VOI,. III. NELSON, B. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1899. NO. 15" THE', NELSON ECONOMIST \s Issued svery Wednesday at the City of Nelson, B. C, by D. M. Carley. Subscription : $2.00 per annum ; if paid in advance, $1.50. Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully solicited. Only articles of merit .will be advertised in these columns, and the interests of readers -will ber carefully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. ' Notice.���There .are several hundred readers of The Economist'behind in their subscriptions. , No doubt this , *s attributable to neglect and all that will be required to ensure a hasty response is this gentle reminder. As we have said, those who circulated the pc tition against the music hall by-la v have found out that Nelson is ill need of some place that will minimize the evils of a vice that is spreading to an alarming extent. How do they propose to coimtact this evil ? Where are young men without homes to spend the evening ? If it were not for the the, fact ; that those same young men are thrown on their own resources to select ���entertainment, how long would these dens of iniquity flourish oh the principal street of,Nelson ? Those women have grown rich on the money of the young men who have been driven to their houses because of lack of something tc divert interest in other directions. f~\WING to the absence of Aid. Been the music ^~S hall by-law was laid over till the next meeting of the council. The opponents of the music hall will present a petition against the by-law, while ��� those who are in favor of it will present a petition endorsing the general piiuciples of the by-law. We rather imagine the discussion of the subject' and the ; circulation of the petitions have developed a few facts that the, general public have overlooked; and that is, ������ Nelson is badly in1 need of some place where young men and visitors to the city miy pass away an hour or so in harmless amusement. The Economist has long, held this view, and for that reason has advocated the establishment ofa music hall, shorn of those disgraceful features that are so often *o be found in the variety hall dive in the mining camps. A variety hall without police surveillance and permitted to be conducted on the lines of those dens of iniquity which disgraced Kaslo, Sandon and other towns, would not be any better than houses of prostitution, and must not be permitted. The by-law is very emphatic on this point, and certainly the citizens of Nelson will not permit any su^h festering evil to exist here. The respectably conducted music hall seemed to us the only solution of the problem, and for this reason we have advocated it. The Economist would prefer a high-class vaudeville house, in which liquor'5 would not be sold, to a music hall. But such a venture could only be made a success by popular subscription, as no manager v\ ho knew his business would undertake an enterprise of that character without some reasonable assurance of success. A vaudeville manager who ,. would engage cheap artists without knowing some- thing about their special ability to attract audiences would make an ignominious0 failure of the venture. The successful conduct of a vaudeville house de- marids exceptional qualifications and judgment in certain lines. Before any manager would consider a venture of this character in a city of the population of Nelson he would require a guarantee of at least $300 per week. Every resident of Nelson has unlimited faith in the future of the city. But to reach the limit of our aspirations the city must be made attractive for all classes. Already the citizens have established the nucleus of a library. Much of the credit of this undertaking must be given to the ladies who have worked unceasingly to provide Nelson with a library that has already done an incalculable amount of good. But there are many whose tastes do not incline in the direction of reading books, and many more who like to sandwich their reading with music and light entertainment, and there are yet hundreds who do not 1 care for fiction or history.. This latter class, if properly looked after might develop into good citizens. Just now they spend the earlier part of their evenings around the saloons, and later on in an intoxicated condition parade the streets making night hideous with their howls of profanity and obscenity, terrorizing women and corrupting young children. A great many of them sooner or later reach the brothels and there contract associations th&t mean ruin to reputation and health.- Will no one stretch forth a hand to save these wrecks of humanity ? They are not regarded as desirable visitors to the homes of our citizens and the Nelson Club has not yet signified its. willingness to accept them, as members. Where must they go ���to the saloon and the brothel. Then there is no deliverance. Have those who are circulating the petition against the music hall taken the future of this class into consideration. If so, what are they prepared to offer that will assist,in making them good citizens. In the name of all that is virtuous and pure in humanity, speak now. Is our ?! I* THE NELSON ECONOMIST ���*>.% much-boasted Christian charity a myth ? Evasion home. This has happened before, and undoubtedly of the question,means contributing towards*and com- will happen again. We"do not'wish to be ��� under- plicity in the crime. stood as* reflecting on anyone in this matter. Here , ��� in Canada every British subject is regarded a Canadian We believe the people who are moving in the mat- and given every hereditary privilege of the ''native ter of a music hall are actuated by the highest and born." - That shows we are Britains first and Cana- purest motives���that of reclaiming the victims who dians afterwards. Our objection is that the selection are gradually descending the social scale. They are of Old Counttymen to uphold the military spirit and credit of Canada does not fulfill the spirit and .intention or the undertaking to send Canadian volunteers to the defence of the Empire. , We are proud of the prepared to entertain any proposal calculated.to make men better and warn those who are alread}' hovering around the brink of the danger. A gymnasium will not fill the bill. The majority of men who labor physically for a living do not require a gymnasium to develop'their muscle. What they do want, and their desire in the respect of signing a petition in favor of a'music hall almost approaches a demand, is a place where they can sit down and smoke nnd commune with their friends, without sacrificing their manhood. Again we ask the opponents of the music hall what have they to offer as a substitute? Now is the accepted time to speak for salvation. The Government of the Dominion of Canada has. had a striking illustration of the colonial spirit in the almost instantaneous response- of 42,000 volunteers from Canada to the call of dutyc The loyalty of Canadians can no longer be called into question. As Sir Hibbert Tupper put it, when addressing the volunteers ;in Nelson Monday evening, it��is the full force and meaning of the refrain of the poet, " Hands around." We are especially proud of the young men in Kootenay who offered to make sacrifices for the Empire. We are sure those chosen will give a good account of themselves, but we are not sure that the o selections will give satisfaction. As we understand it, the call was to show the world that Canadians were one in spirit' with the Motherland. Already it had been demonstrated on many a well-fought battlefield that the British people were loyal to the flag, and it seems to many that the choice, (out of all proportion to the number volunteering) of so many Old Countrymen did not convey the lesson that was intended to be taught.. Of the four taken from Nelson, only one was a Canadian born. Three were Scotchmen by birth, and we are certain they will fight with all the heroic determination that' has made Scotia's sons under arms a foe to be feared. No better men could have been chosen, and no one finds fault on that score ; but suppose one of the three chosen should accomplish an act of heroism worthy of special mention, would he be given credit for it as a Scotchman or as a Canadian ? Again, when these men come in contact with a British officer, which is more than likely to occur, for the British officer is more affable with a colonial private than he is with one of his own men, what will be the officer's surprise to hear what he supposed to be a Canadian responding to a question writh the rich accent of Old Scotland ? ���;. The same may be said of Englishmen and Irishmen chosen, and we are convinced that British officers will not regard it altogether as a mark of Canadian sentiment and loyalty when we send to South Africa the same class of men they could have , secured at spirit that���animated the Scotchmen who have gone to the front, but we may be pardoned for remarking we would be prouder still if they were Canadians., " Another topic for discussion-in connection with the dispatch of colonial volunteers to South Africa, is the suggestion to have a Canadian regiment officered by Canadians. We sincerely hope such a thing will not be attempted. Canadians know practically nothing of war. They never heard the, sound of bullets in , earnest, and they know little, if anything, of regular . army discipline. Were we to learn that a Canadian regiment officered by Canadians was engaged in action Ave would have some fears as to- the' result. . A soldier may be ever so brave and capable of the greatest deeds of daring, but the first roar of the . cannon, . ifif he has never been in action before, unnerves him, and perhaps precipitate a stampede.,, Fifty per cent, of the British army are accustomed to the barking of an enemy's guns, and at least seventy-five per cent, of the officers have seen more or less ^active service. The guns of the enemy is inspiriting music to their finely-attuned warrior e^rs. The proportion of fatalities among British officers is far greater than that of the men. They expose themselves recklessly to the , bullets of the enemy, for the more perilous the chance taken the greater the reward^ They kno-f how to die. What we hope will be done is that the colonial volunteers will be attached . to British regiments���at least during'the early stages of the campaign. Let the Canadian officers and men once smell powder and stand the first v'shock, and for many reasons they should be superior to the soldier of an}'- country' in the world. They are the material out of which great soldiers are made, but they are not yet soldiers. Again, one volunteer is worth ten pressed men. The magnanimity of the Liberal party of the Dominion of Canada was perhaps never more forcibly illustrated than on the occasion of the call for officers and men for service in South Africa. Of the officers selected to accompany the contingent, considerably over half are Conservatives. This may be taken either as an evidence of faith in the superior military qualities of Conservative officers, or as a desire on the part of Liberal officers to seek the greater security to life and liinb afforded by remaining at home. When the Liberal party wants soldiers, it seeks them in the Conservative ranks, but when it wants political office seekers, it never goes outside the ranks of its own party. But there are good soldiers among the THE NELSON ECONOMIST Liberals, and we have a few of these right here in British Columbia. In commenting on the disgraceful condition of the ,_._. Court House a^ Nelson, The Economist only voiced ^s*P the opinion of the public and of every jugde who has been so unfortunate as to be called upoir to preside at the.court. It was not, as the Tribune suggests, a desire to take a fling at the Semlin Government. That aggregation has so many sins to answer for already, that we did not consider another charge of wilful neglect would make much difference. The judges on the British Columbia bench cannot be accused of hostility to Mr. Semlin, yet they, have declared the Nelson Court House to be the foulest place of the kind in the Province, The Tribune is altogether too sensitive about matters affecting the Semlin administration. The visit of President Shaughnessy and other C. P. R. officials to Nelson this_week has decided the question as to this city becoming a divisional -point. Mr. Shaughnessy has stated, that Nelson would be made a divisional point; and more than that he has announced that the company will begin at once - to make certain rearrangements in the C. P. R. yard,' whic will embrace extensive improvements along the waterfront, including a station, workshops, etc. This will mean the permanent employment here of.-a .small army of workmen and a consequent heavy payroll. Of course N elson will be asked to make some concessions in the way of tax exemptions, and no doubt our citizens will deal liberally with the company. No obstacle should be'thrown in the way of the C. P. R's policy to assist in making Nelson a great distributing centre. There are other filthy spots in Nelson besides the Court House. ,, Take the streets, for instance. There is scarcely a street in the city at the present time that is not covered a foot thick with mud. The majority of the crossings are almost "impassable, and heavy rains will always produce the same results until the City Council devises a system of permanent street improvements. Patching up streets has resulted in failure in every other city in the world. Why should we expect it to work differently here? We do not want to seem like asking too much, but we do hope that the Dublin Fusileers will leave a Boer or so for the Rocky Mountain Rangers. In the din and shout of battle these days, we do not hear that sole embodiment of the Imperial idea, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, calling ou his patriotic French- Canadian soldiers to follow him to the fight. Capt. Hodgins is a fine type of the colonial soldier, and while he may not have the largest command that will reach South Africa, he can point to Messrs. Dickson, Patterson and Lee with a considerable degree of pride. That they may all distinguish themselves iu the present conflict is the earnest wish of every citizen of Nelson. There was afloat last evening a rumor that the mine-owners and miners had held a consultation and settled their differences. t Investigation disclosed that, there was no truth in the rumor and that no meeting had taken place: There is a feeling, however, in certain quarters that an effort will be made on behalf of one party to the dispute to effect a reconciliation, but on what basis no one is yet prepared to say. As an entertainer, no Canadian has been longer before the public than Mr. J. W. Bengough, the cartoonist, who will shortly be seen at the Nelson Opera House. All'the public men of Canada have been, at one time or another caricatured by Mr. Ben- gaugh, and although on occasion severe enough, he never left a sting. An enjoyable evening with Canada's famous cartoonist may be spent. , Perhaps it may be out of place Jo drag the fair name of woman into our present" controversy with Oom Paul, but we cannot refrain from remarking that the printed pictures of Mrs. Oom'Paul do not convey any striking evidences of beauty on the part of that lady. < - The Economist would be specially remiss in its duty were it to neglect extending congratulations to fhe Smelter band on having added " Rule Britannia" to its repertoire of,popular marches. '1 HE Ottawa Citizen- is strongly of the opinion that the Transvaal has some outside backing, or it would not be so Transvaliant. Things appear to be coming Kruger's w.,y these days. The Shamrock lost in New York, but the , Dublin .Fusileers sustained the glory of Old Ireland iu the ,r Transvaal. It is expected that Hon. J. H. Turner, ex-Premier of British Columbia, will arrive in Victoria early next week. With so many Conservatives fighting in South Africa, now would be a good time for Laurier to bring on a general election. Nei<SON is rapidly developing into a wholesale center. Our wholesale merchants can fill orders for every branch of trade. Even in jewellery we can sell most advantageously to the trade. Mr. Jacob Dover is how making a tour of the Boundary country with a line of samples not exceeded in quality and variety by the representatives of Eastern jewellery!houses, and the prices are all right, too. EVENTS AND GOSSIP T RECEIVED the following letter last Saturday : J- Union Club, Victoria, B. C, October 19th. Dear Sir : ��� Apropos of the item iu Events and Gossip, Oct. nth, reprisoner being sent after his keeper ; there is a story told of a small country town in the Province of Quebec, where the prisoners used to roam around the town, returning for meals and lock-up; One of these turned up late on several occasions. His ��keeper treated him to the sharp reprimand that unless he came in on time he would lock him out. Yours truly, Fred J. Claxton. I was conversing with a bank clerk the other day, and in the course , of the conversation he remarked about the popular notion, that men who occupied such ��� positions as his had the very ''softest snaps" of any class of working-people alive, and said that such opinions were entirely erroneous. , It, was true that dry goods store and grocery clerks and workshop employees labor more hours'-ao day than,,bank clerks, but their labors were nothing like as confining, nerve destroy- ��� ing and perplexing.,, There could be, in his opinion, no harder work in the world than keeping one's eyes glued on a page full of figures all day, figures which represented'nothing but mathematical sums of which the solution was never reached. The monotony and dreariness ��� of it was something appalling, and especially so on those da}^s which come to every one when, though riot sick, the"mind and brain refuse to work with alacrity and precision. It w?s maddening,'dull, ambition-destroying, and-altogether undesirable employment. This is a view which is entirely contrary to the general opinion, but it only goes to prove the well-known fact, that each man believes the one particular vocation which he pursues is beyond cavil, the hardest and most disagreeable of ���all which life offers. A prominent feature,of thj mercantile reports is the announcements from the different districts regarding strikes. I have given the relationship between capital and labor considerable thought, and I am convinced that one of the greatest mistakes made by workingmen when airing their often supposed grievances against capital is that it is the least of the forces against which labor has to contend. The truth is that there are forces far more powerful than capital that take advantage of labor,; forces that at the same time take adyantageof capital-���the forces of intellect and will. If all capital, all money, all wealth, so called, should be utterly. destroyed at one. fell blow, what would be the result ? Simply that the industrial society would reorganize itself on^much the same lines and give its highest rewards, as usual, to men of the highest ability; and the lowest to those, as in the past,: who could contribute nothing but muscular force to the creation of new capital. Indefatig able resolution ;.ud hard self-denial would slowly, perhaps, but surely, make the conquering force of will a social power. Capital is created by this genius for accumulation,'and no'laws or institutions that have ever been created by man have availed against it. The man who lives for the future' will survive and flourish from a pecuniary standpoint ; the man who lives only'for'the present will surelyperish. Ninety- nine per cent of the intellect, will and muscle that enter the world possess no other capital. Wherever you find capital there you will find the greatest number desiring to use capital, and wherever capital finds most employment.there' you , will find labor. Labor cannot,be taxed to ' destruction rior to point when it ceases to be productive,' but capital is frequently forced to risk utter destruction and'annihilation in order to be productive. If there were a better understanding between , labor and capital, strikes would not be, so numerous. Too often capitalists take it for granted that governments should be run altogether in their interests, and labor has no rights that capital is bound to respect.. That is atyrannygbf capital. When labor undertakes to die-' tate to capital how it should be distributed and with- out taking into consideration the safety and profits of the venture, then we have a t}Tanuy of labor. Several recent sensational murders are . affording texts for sermons in Canadian and United States papers. It is pointed out that many of the most atrocious murders of recent years have been committed by church members���good living young men, who read good books, and in such cases the victims have nearly'all been young women. Commenting on the salutary influence of the Church in its general , workings one paper qualifies this much of an admission by alleging that religion provides a cloak for scoundrels who masquerade as godly men that they may serve their own evil ends. The term '��� man of the world," continues the same publication, usually carries with, it the thought that a man has had his experiences in life and knows thoroughly good from bad through having bad ample association with both. To the unworldly the term implies that his associations outside the pale of conventionality have been numerous. This man does not pretend to be good in its narrow acceptation. He knows that the ages of public consent havejmade the laws of personal conduct in man much less rigid than with women. He is rarely a seducer, and his general respect for women is of the highest order. His intrigues are upon the basis that '' woman leads and man follows." He is quite willing to follow, but is equally willing to stop, the moment a word or a look from her implies that the affair must go no. further. Women .'frequently,-. engage in affairs . that are unconventional through vanity, love of admiration, or pure mischievousness, and know that they can be as safe as they- wish to be THE NELSON ECONOMIST with a man of the world. Worldly women will ��� trust themselves or their daughters , with this man much more quickly than with the man whose pretentions of .goodness are too great. They know that in the indulgence of the baser passions the man of the world looks to those already unfortunate" and does.not seek victims, and the willing can hardly be called victims. Churches are cursed by a few such scoundrels as Durant, who, a few years ago, murdered Blanche Lamont aud, Minnie Williams in Emmanuel " Baptist Church, . San ��� Francisco. He had been proven an insulter of women upon all- possible occasions, using the church for ..opportunity and cover. ��� One such wolf, under the- lamp's wool of the church is worse than a whole pack of howling vampires in their own guise after one poor, lamb." Another notable instance was the-case .of Rev. J. W,. Reams, the Methodist' clergyman of Merced, Cal., who, a few years ago, seduced Lucy Rucker, a young girl of his congregation,, sloping with her to Victoria. Congregations cannot watch too closely for the evidence of the Durant and Reams types in their midst. Mothers cannct be" too careful about the company their daughters keep. Young women ' away from home who wish to be good, should never forgive the first improper advance���to pardon is to encourage. - It seems a hard thing, to say, and there are notable exceptions, but be careful, how far you trust the young man of apparent unusual goodness. Miss LaDell, t the elocutionist, gave one of' her unique entertainments at the .Nelson Opera House, last Monday evening. ' In several of the scenes the audience was deeply ' moved-; indeedr so great was the nervous, strain that many left the house before the entertainment was half over. The French Company will play a return engagement of three nights at the Nelson Opera House, beginning Thursday evening, with "Young Mrs. Win- throp." The company was here a few weeks ago, and no doubt they will receive a hearty welcome on their return. , I learned that his firm had spent a fabulous" sum in the use of printers' ink, and I inferred from what the gentleman told me that,he had' no reason to regret his investment. The" young man who" runs the �� establishment is a firm believer iu the merit" of heralding forth the virtues of his wares, and he does- so with the_-cousciousness of a person who has something to' offer to the people. I asked a canvasser the other day who were the most liberal advertisers, ai?d f his answer was brief���" Successful men." He told me chat he never-called on a man who knew nothing about business to solicit ah advertisement���for the very good reason that he would not get it. ;> '' There are altogether too many firms in business,"' he said. '' Men get tired of, tilling, the soil and they go into, business. They know nothing whatever about keeping stock, and less about the methods pursued by men who conduct large houses. These men never advertise, aud I regard it as so much waste time iu calling on them for an advertisement. The men who advertise are those who have a good thing and are not afraid to court investigation." A larp-e percentage of the millionaires of Great' Britian, ���Canada and the United States are, or were at one time, liberal patrons,of the columns of the press. Sir Thomas Liptoii is one of the most conspicuous instances. There have been many humorous stories told of the experiences of Englishmen iu the Northwest, but the following, I think, is something new. A few years ago a young Englishman took up a ranch in the Territories and stocked it well with horses and cows. The first winter, on the advice of a neighbor, he bought a lot of bran for his cattle. It cost a great deal, and the young rancher determined he would not pay out so much money the following winter. So, when the spring came he plowed twenty acres of his ranch and koived brcvu,. A few years ago a capitalist made a proposal to buy out the stock and good-will of the Royal Baking Powder Company, New York City. An appointment was made and the capitalist was informed- thai- it would take several million dollars to buy out the firm. He asked to be shown the stock,; .and was surprised to find only a few, thousand dollars worth, of goods on hand. He regarded it as rather a strange matter tlmt the assets of the firm should be valued at several millions when the /stoat only represented a few thousand dollars. He was shown the books'' .of the firm and, he found that practically all. the assests of the firm were the vast .sii'm.a of money paid out for (judicious advertising. From this it may be reasoned that one firm in this world at least has found it to :>be profitable to advertise. The other day, in conversation with one of the leading merchants of Nelson, Awa}' down in the bottom of nearly every heart, no matter be the possessor rich or poor, there is a warm spot for the scenes and conditions of youthful days. I read a little incident in a paper the other day of a director of a large corporation who was in the habit of,prowling around his ' office, which emphasizes the statement with which the paragraph begins. One morning' he happened to come across the dinner pail of the office boy. His curiosity led : him', to take off the cover. A slice of home-made bread, two doughnuts, and a piece of a}-pie-pie tempted the millionaire's, appetite..:.; He became a boy again,,and the dinner���paii seemed;to be the same one he-;carried sixty, years ago. Just then the office Ix^ came iii; and surprised the old man e? ting the. pie ���he had finished the bread and the doughnuts. "That's my dinner your eating?" said the boy.' "Y'es, sonny, suspect it;may,be,, but it's a first rate one, fot,all that: i I've not eaten so good v one > for sixty years." <( There," he added, as lie finished the pie, " take that and go out and buy yourself a ."��� r��KM 8 THE NELSON ECONOMIST \ . dinner: but you wont get so good a one," and he handed the boy a five dollar bill. For, days after fie old man kept referring to the first-class dinner he had eaten from the boy's pail. Anion* the prominent visitors to Nelson this week are Sir. Charles Hibbert Tupper and Mr. Charles Wilson., Sir Hibbert is attending to his court .business- and incidentally,-no doubt, glancing over the political field. " His appearance on the platform on the occasion of his short address to the volunteers, brought forth .a ��� spontaneous; outburst of To*/ applause. , , Mr Charles Wilson or, " Charlie" Wilson, as ,.his friends call him; is in the public eye at the present time -. His name has been suggested us leader of the new Provincial Conservative party, and as such his movements are watched with ' much interest by local Conservatives. The fire department was called out Monday evening ' and the mud impeded progress to the extent that the hook and ladder truck might easily have been mistaken for the principal vehicle in-a funeral procession. ��� ^ ' The Tramway Company will have the power on before the cars arrive from Peterboro. Good strikes are reported from several mining districts in the interior. An"eminent archseologist has been delving on Baker street and come across several steel rails running parallel with each. Antiquarians are of the opinion that the rails of the Nelson Tramway Company have at last been unearthed. Canadians were specially pleased to learn that General Ynle with a handful of men had performed a - brilliant strategetical movement. The general is a native of Canada. ..'���-" ' The state department is evidently not disposed to consider the Alaskan boundary claims of the Canadian Government, as outlined by Sir Louis Davis. They say Sir Louis Davis proposal is nothing more or less than a summary of the claims heretofore pre- ferred. It is with pleasure I observe that John Houston has been enrolled as a member of the Nelson Curling Club. When John's Scotch blood gets up, he will wield "thestanes" with devastating precision. Previous to her departure for a six months'visit to California, Mrs. Brougham, assisted by other local talent, will give a farewell concert at the Nelson Opera House. During her residence in this city, Mrs. Brougham has done much to elevate music. She, has ever been ready to respond when called upon to sing for charitable purposes, and it is with no desire to reflect on other vocalists in the city when I say many a musical event would have fallen very flat, had it.not been for the presence of this lady. The citizens of Nelson will leave themselves open to the charge of ingratitude if'they fail to accord Mrs. Brougham a perfect ovation on, the occasion of her farewell concert: It will be many months before we hear her splendidly trained voice again, so let us all unite in making the forthcoming concert a-success.' It is noted at Victoria that the best marksmen of Fifth regiment did not enlist for service in ^ South Africa. Good marksmen are most wanted in the P O present conflict. , ' r. o-. TO A SKELETON. c " ' �� Behold this ruin ! "Twasaskull Once of ethereal spirit full. ' This narrow cell was Life's retreat, , This space was Thought's mysterious seat. What beauteous visions filled the spot, What dreams of pleasure long forgot ? , Nor hope, nor joy, nor love, nor fear, Have left one trace of record here. Beneath the moldering canopy Once shone the bright and busy eye, But start not at the dismal void-^ ��� If social love that eye employed, If with ho lawless fire it gleamed, But through the.dews of kindness beamed, That eye should be forever bright ��� When stars and,,sun are sunk in night. Within this hollow cavern hung The ready, swift, and tuneful tongue ; If Falsehood's honey it disdained. And when it could not praise was chained ; If hold in Virtue's cause it spoke- Yet gentle concord never broke��� This silent tongue shall plead for thee When time unveils Eternity ! Say, did these fingers delve the mine ? Or with the envied rubies shine ? jr0.hftw the rock or wear the gem Can little now avail to them. But if the page of Truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on Wealth and Fame. s Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod ? If from Affliction's humble shed ; If Grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to Virtue's cot returned��� These feet with angel wings shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky ! ���"���"**. r Anonymous. %' The Ancient Order of Hibernians of St, John, N, B has repudiated the action of the Montreal division in'passing a resolution of sympathy with the Boers. The Winnipeg contingent for the Transvaal left on Tuesday for Quebec, They were given a hearty send-off. A Red Cross Society has been formed at.Ottawa.: HERE AND THERE The Pleasant Sensations of Hanging. Early in the century a man came back ' from the.. grave. His name was Hugh Raymond, and he was, hanged for crime. By some rare chance his neck was unbroken by the drop, and the vital spark was not extinct when friends, bore the body away and o succeeded in bringing him back-to life. The message that Raymond brought back was surprising. He said that the real punishment of a man who is hanged is not. physical pain, but the terror of , approaching death. Hanging itself was merely " the languorous going to sleep ofa drowsy man, wherein were mingled sensations as in moments of strange bodily "ecstasy." The1" fact'that Raymond's account of his hanging eliminates the element of pain makes it probable that he was telling the truth. If he had felt any p .in at all, he>, would have been inclined to exaggerate it. ��� From Raymond's case physicians ' have generally , concluded that hanging iu itself does not cause' pain., It is the feir of being' hanged-.that hurts./ The convulsions of the body so . often noticed are purely muscular, not the writhings ofla man in agony. perty !" The Court, was held in an upper room, so the usher stood aghast at the order. " Please, you Lordship, it's'downstairs," he stammered. "Then bring it up instantly, "sternly ordered the Judge. The usher departed, and a moment laterT a pounding and bumping, mingled with earnest ex-, hortations, was heard on the staircase; the door, was pushed open, and.the paiiting official appeared, drag-/ ging in a native blue bull. His Lordship was dum-' founded, but speedily, recovered his composure, and observed, with judicial wisdom, "It is always best, when possible, for the Judge to personally view the stolen property. Usher, you may remove the���ah��� stolen propart)7," , *._��� Love-Making On,Board Ship. Once a captain of a famous >Gunard ship plying ' between Liverpool and New .York became known as " Calico Hains," because "of his fondness for fair ladies who might take passage with .him. But that was nothing. A whole steamship-line���the.great Peninsular and Oriental���is being .roundly denounced because its officers are such unmitigated flirts. The company has been obliged to make new rules regulating the conduct of junior officers towards passengers. A sad case is reported from . Melbourne. A man out there sent money to his-sweetheart in England to come over and become his wife. Two days after landing she married an officer - of the ship that carried her to Australia. Then the disappointed man sent for his sister '.to ^be .his housekeeper. She came, but was soon married toanother brass-buttoned lover. The doctor is usually the worst-flirt on board ship. He's apt to be a young fellow, just out of the medical school, and his duties placehini ��� at one upon confidential terms with ladies who have headaches. It is generally understood thatthe-ship's doctor can cut out even the "old man,".the:eaptaim . How An Elephant Saved a Battle. There is a beautiful story of an old elephant engaged in a battle on the plains of India. He was a standard-bearer, and' carried on his huge back the Royal ensign, the rallying-point of the Poona host, At the beginning of the'fight he lost his master. The " mahout," or driver, had just given the word halt, when he received a fctal wound, and'fell to the ground, . where he lay under a heap of slain. The obedient elephant stood still while the battle closed around him and the standard he carried. He never stirred a foot, refusing to advance or retire, as the conflict became hotter aud fiercer, until the Mahrattas, seeing the standard still flying steedily in its place, refused to believe that they were being beaten, and rallied again and again round the colors. , And all this "while, amid the din of battle the patient animal stood straining its ears to catch the sound of that voice it would never hear again. At length the tide of conquest left the field deserted. The Mahrattas swept on its pursuit of the flying foe but the elephant, like a rock, stood there, with the dead and dying around, and the ensign waving in its place. For three days and nights .it remained where its master had given the command to halt. No bribe or threat could move it. They then sent to a village, one hundred miles away, and brought the mahout's little son. The noble hero seemed then to remember how the driver had sometimes given his authority to the little child, and immediately, with all the shattered trappings dinging as he went, Spaced quietly and slowly away A Production In the Case. An Indian Judge, when Just appointed to his position was not very well acquainted with Hindustani, He was trying -a icase in which a Hindoo was charged with stealings ���"nilghai," or blue bull. The Judge had not the slightest idea what a "nilghai'' was, but it would not do to-betray his'ignorance tp/the natives, so he said, ",BringJforward the stolen pro- A Hero Of Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington was once asked who, in his opinion, was the bravest man at Waterloo. ���M can't tell you that," he said, " but I can tell ,you of one than whom I am sure there was no 'braver," " ."/;/, '�����-.',���" The following isthe story put in the words of the writer :-t-- ....��������� " There was a private in the artillery. A farmhouse with an orchard, surrounded by a thick hedge, ��� ''.'.��� " ��� ��� ������ ���>' ' i- ��� ��� ' tiMa 10 THE NELSON ECONOMIST formed a most important point in the British position, and was ordered to be held' against the enemy at any sacrifice. The hottest of the battle, raged around the point, but the, English behaved well, and beat back the French again and again. , "Atlast the powder and ball were found to be running short: at the same time the hedges surrounding the orchard took 'fire. In the meantime a messenger had been sent to the rear for more powder and ball, and in a short time two loaded wagons came galloping down to the farmhouse, the gallant defenders of which were keeping up a 'scanty fire through the flames which surrounded'the post. The driver of the first wagon spurred his ��� horses towards the burning heap, but the flames rose fiercely, round and caught the powder, which exploded, sending rider, horses, and waggon in fragments into the open air. For one instant the driver of the second waggon paused, appalled by his comrade's fate ; the next, observing that the flames, beaten back for a moment by the'explosion, afforded him one desperate chance, he sent his horses at the smouldering breach,'and, ���amid the cheers of the garrison, lauded his cargo , safely withim Behind1 him the flames closed up and raged more fiercely than ever. This private never lived to receive the reward which his act merited, but. later in the engagement he was kilied, (lying with the consciousness that he had saved the day." Absent-Minded Men. When a boj', Coleridge, walking along .-a London, street, swinging , his arms, accidentally struck his. hand against a man's pocket, and was promptly collared for a shocking young.pick pocket." Bursting into tears, he blubbered : ���'' I���I'm no thief, sir. I was playing I was Leander swimming the Helle- , spont.'' 'You know the ���rest���how the gentleman apologised and helped the lad to get books and learning- ' '' '��� Horace Greelev was ��� very absent-minded. It is.' told of him that when he was at dinner one day a plate of cheese was passed by the servant. Instead of taking one piece he took the plate -in his left hand and ate piece by piece, talking between bites about tho Brook Farm experiment until the last bite dis- . appeared. ��� . The Rev. Mr. Swinton, of Oxford, was once.'called ' upon' to preach to three men condemned to be hanged; on ��� the following Friday. He used for the purpose a, ..Humphreys & Pittock e �� �� Next to Nelson Hotel, Baker Street,, Telephone No. 93. . v All Leading Newspapers Agents for victoria colonist Seattle Times S. F. Bulletin- " S. F. Call Nelson Economist Nelson Miner' Nelson Tribune Victoria Times Toronto Mail and Empire New York Sunday World Vancouver News-Advertis er -Winnipeg Tribune Winnipeg Telegram Toronto Globe And Other Periodicals. CIGARS TOBACCO zmMOBKiac*.z*Ciicz*zx&a AND ��� ��� ��� . . . . ��� l I CO J I o m ��� California -Fruit Received Daily Osier & Gurd, nes and Real Estate Baker Street, -...Over;..'-' Bank of Halifax Nelson, B. C. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Ash, Lady Aberdeen, Lily Fraction, Minto Fraction and Haddo Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the Kelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : On Morning Mountain. Take notice that I, John McLatchie, P.L.S., of Nelson, acting as agent for Herbert T. AVil- son, Froo Miner's Oi tinea to No 21.U69 A, David T. Mowat, Free Minor's Certificate No. 21.71S A, and Malcolm llcddle, Free Miner's Certificate No B 11,611. intend, sixty days from the dale hereof, to aypiy to the'Mining Recorder for Certificates of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown (jranis of the above claims. And further take notice Unit action, under, section 37, must be commenced before 1 he- issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated thisMfh day of October, A. D. ISOfl. John McL.vtoiiir. EST M��M DUTCHER LB Wholesale and lidtail Dealers in Gamps supplied on .shortest notice and lowest prices. Mail orders receive ; careful attention., ���-, '' Nothing bnt fresh _ and wholesome, meats and supplies kept in stock. '���'' '���,./������ ..'��� ������:������'"'"..:������ .'"��� E. C.-:TRAYES, Manager THE NELSON ECONOMIST 11 sermon on repentance which he had onced preached. , It closed with the words : ���" We shall resume the consideration of this topic on next lord's Day." ,* One day the poet Shelley and his friend Trelawney 6^ were leaving the house of the former in Leghorn when they stepped ��� over a fat fair baby in the, doorway. " Whose child is that?" asked Trelawney. "Don't know," replied Shelley. Mrs. Shelley had come to see the two set out. " That's too bad not to know your own child," she said. ���" Why, you goose, that's Percy." King Soloman a Pessimist and an Egotist. And yet this King (Solomon) with his magnificence and unrivaled power, this shrewd judge, this skillful statesman, this scholar with his wide culture became a pessimist,, and stands forth one of the saddest figures in all the history of melancholy. But if we analyze his misery we find that he was a pessimist, not because meii are disciplined by conflict and MRS. BROUGHAM will give a FAREWELL CONCERT In the Nelson Opera House, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1899 Assisted by Miss Carey, Mrs. W. A. Macdonald, Mr. Frank Oliver (of, Rossland), Mr. G. Kydd, Mr. R. M. Macdonald, .Mr. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Archbold, Herr Stelner, and a chorus of ladies and gentlemen. Seats can be obtained at the Thomson's Stationery and Canada Book and Drug Company's stores. trouble, but Decause" he was "a. confirmed egotist. Had men .used printing presses in those far-off days the first letter to be exhausted in setting up Solomon's copy would have, been the capita letter " I" "I" builded me houses, ��' I" got me soldiers, "I" wrote proverbs, "I" had man servants, "I" had maid servants. Through insatiable egotism , Solomon lifted up this "I" as a columnar hitching post, and asked all creation to stand around and admire him. But simplicity is to a great man what sweetness is to a rose. A bloated and overwrought egotism makes happiness impossible. f BE si ...HAVE RECEIVED... 1*0 MORE CARLOADS OF FURNITURE In Stock. They do the business because their prices are the best. Baker St., Cor. of Kootenay St., Nelson, B. C 1 ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������*������������������������*������* - ��� \ 71 GK & ������������������������������������������������������J ��� t ��� t ��� ��� LOvyl 1 I TELEPHONES 10 AND 41. POSTOFFICE ?OX K & W. ^ ^ # I West Baker Street West Baker Street 'tsmmmmmmsmmii^mmmmmmmimsmmmmiim^im^mmmmmtmmmm THE FETE OF ST. CYPRIAN I MARCEL DUPRAT had come to see his cousin Miette���more than cousin, he said, for she was to marry him���and in the large dining room at the farmhouse, where the kettle' sang over the alcohol lamp, he,' was . seated at a white table, with a bottle of wine and a glass before him. He drank a little from time to time as he watched Miette going' aud coming, busy with household cares.' ��� ��� Out of doors, in the deep, blue sky of Provence,, cthe June siiri blazed down upon the olive trees, the wheat and the rose-covered walks, while in the distance, across the fields, flowed the river, which in turn fertilizes and ravages the surrounding country, 'the rapid and majestic Rhone. . v ��� ��� Marcel\vas a tall, well-built, good-looking fellow, and the only >time he came near losing his self-confidence was when he was "with Miette. With .his- forehead wrinkled, his cane tracing figures on. the floor, he said, timidly : " Yes, Miette, I have come to see when you'. are going to decide. Here it is summer and we are not married yet, and }rou know you promised '*,' n Miette, without'pausing in her occupation, replied: " That concerns my mother and father. Ask them." "You know very well, Miette; that is not true. Your mother and father, . want you to do as you please. It all depends on you, and you alone." Miette laughed aloud and,- -leaving her work, ��> < t < c planted Jierself before the young man, crossing lie arms with a resolute air. " Well, if it depends on me. as 3-011 say, do you want to know when I'will marry von, Marcel?" "Yes, when?" ' , , " When you stop drinking!" ancLshe returned, to her work. " Oh ! that���you always say the same thing." " Because chere is always the same thing to say. " Miette, I assure you, all last week I drank uoth ing but water." " But you made up for it on.Sunday." . Who told you that?" , ' What is the difference, as long as I know !" " Well I remember that I did drink a little, that is vour fault, too���you worry me so." "How?" ��� , " Marry me and you will see that I'll, stop." ���" I prefer to marry you after you have stopped." " You will discover some day thatcyou have been , unjust'to me." " We shall see on St. Cyprian's day." , This was a day celebrated 03' the country people in honor of their patron saint. " Let us see.if; on the day of the fete, you can go all day without drinking." ., "Arid if I do, will you marry me ?" Perhaps." ���. but' CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. "Ida D" Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of WestKootenay District. Where located: On North Fork of Salmon River, adjoining the -'Second Relief "Mineral Claim. Take notice that T/John A. Coryell, Provincial Land Surveyor, as agent for Reginald K. Neill, Free Miner'siCertifica'te No B 11,676, and Joseph E. Read.' Free Miner's Certificate No. 19.08S A, intend, sixty days from the' date hereof, to apolv to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, iorthe purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 87, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements Dated this 10th day of August, 1899. Juiix A. Coryell. ~s WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Meat Merchants CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. ''East End," "Sunnyside" and "Badger" Mineral Claims, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. '���Vhere 1 oca red : On Toad fountain, east of and near the''Grizzly Bear-" Claim. Take notice that I, A.S. Farwell, agent- for K J. Palmer, No. 19,91(1 A, as to two-thirds, and J. H. Wright, No. 23,012 A, as to one-third undivided interest in said claims, inLend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply 1o the Mining Recorder for Certificates of Improvements, for Ji<-' purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificates of Improvements. Dated Ibis Kith day of October, LSJiH.J 26-10-99 A. v-!. FAitWEm,.. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. HEAD OFFICE: Nelson, B. C. . BRANCHES AT . ROSSLAND TRAIL NELSON SANDON THREE FORKS SLOCAN Cm KASLO Tiger Mineral Claim, situate in the Nel.son Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : About five miles west from Nelson, near Eagle Creek. Take notice that 1, Arthur S. Farwell, agen for George A. Kirk, Free Miner's Certificate No. S8.3S-3, 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 of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the . issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 15th day of August, 1S99. 23-8-99. ''���.-��� . A. S. Ear-well.' HEN you buy OKELL & MORRIS' (VKELL & f_ Preserves^ M0RRIS ^ Fruit Preserves * ol you get what are pure British Columbia o{ fruit and sugar, and your money is left at )o home. Are absolutely the PUREST AND BEST. Come iu and inspect our stock of Carvers, Spoons, Cutlery and House Furnishings. mporters of Heavy and Shelf Hardware, THE NELSON ECONOMIST 13 " Well, good-by," said he, a little encouraged, going toward the door. " Let me advise you not to be so friendly with ��� Cassoulet," said Miette. , " Why, he is my very best friend,'.' replied Marcel, as he left, whistling osten;atiously, but carrying a heavy heart. . " The poor'boy loved Miette more than all the world and would have sacrificed his life for her gladly, but some way he had not succeeded in giving up wiiie, in spite of his many good resolutions. It ivas so strange that it was so easy to take just one glass, .that one followed another more easily still. Ashe walked along the roE.d he thought of his fine acres of land, of his pretty home, where he had lived alone since the death of his parents, and , reflected how little he, cared to i\ ork them for himself alone. The thought of Miette there "keeping the house for .him made him renew his vows to win her by not touching another drop of wine. These vows he would undoubtedly have kept had it not been for his friend Cassoulet, who was anxious to supplant him in'the affections of Miette. Seeing " him determined not to drink, Cassoulet would begin to sing the praises of Miette, aud then impress upon ' Marcel that she cared more for the young men .of the town than for a simple farmer like himself, and that she meant some 'day to throw him over and marry one of them. Finally Marcel's jealously would become aroused and he would drink to quench its fire. Of this Miette was always certain to hear, for Cassou- . let looked out for that. <, She was very gay and pretty on the day of the fete, as she stepped from the carriage, with her parents, on 1 he1 bank of the Rhone opposite the place where the celebration was to take place. Marcel was waiting there for her, accompanied by his inseparable friend, Cassoulet. They crossed the river in a boat and found upon reaching the other side that the great crowd of people assembled for miles around, were already eating luncheon under the shade of the big 'trees. ��� ' As soon as lunch was over the dincinir begpn. A large platform had been built and covered with an awning nd at one end sat a provincial 'orchestra, composed of two violins, a flute and a ha? p. Marcel danced many limes with Mieiie, who smiled sweetly upon him. He was radiant with joy, forgetting the suspicions aroused by Cassoulet, and. "seemed nearer than ever before to the realization of o his desire. At luncheon he had refused anything to drink, and now-he promised to do so not only all day, but all his life. ��� He was'rewarded by a look of tenderness that made his nap.piuess still deeper. Those who weie, not dancing sat . at little table- under th entrees,' and when not,, with Miette, Marcel wa - ATfcNflUDt BROlHtfb JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS Fine Watches a Specialty NELSON, B. G. A m sq is 1 fulfil 1 hi n&LL d 1 HEE i ahubui Family Groceries Kvery Line Fresh. Fruit in Season. ,��*& V J3 VANCOUVER and KELSCK Near Fhair Hotel. Victoria Ftreei Nelson. c ��** Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Opp. Ciistom House, Sei?��� 8.C CLUB HOTEL ' Corner Stanley and Siliva Sts. I RATES; 3>i per clay and up. 5chocner Beer, ��o cents, E. J- Curran, Proprietor. CERTiFSCATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Balmoral Mineral Claim, situate iji (lip Nelson Minim? Division of West Kooton-:y Districf. . ' ��� Where Located:, On the Hall Mines Wagon Road, Y)A miles'south ofAiNelson. Take notice that I, John- McLat.:! io, actinias agent for E. W. Cleversley, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,781 A, F. J. Moore, Free Minor's Certificate No. 21,782 A, and Peter Mecgan, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,783 A, intend, sixty clays irom. Uie date.hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant ofthc above claim. Ann" furl, nor take notice -that n> tion, under section ';���>;, must, bi*" commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvMiieois. Dated thi.s ICth dav o'f September. 189!)."- JtiH NjIcLATCKIE^ CSRTSFJCATE OF IM ROVE SflE NTS.' flic Delight, Woodstock, Ca'-gary and A(- lanfic Mineral Obiini-Csitua-te in' the Nclsoh Mining Division of West Kootena.v* District. ���Whore located: On Toad Mountain, about one inile west of ���'Silver King" Mineral Claim.. '-. Take notice that I, John; McLalehie. P.L.H., oi the City of Nelson, acting as'agent for iho DelightoGold Mining Company, rlimited,'Free Miners's. Certificate Wo. B 26.CS7, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to anplv to the Mih-ing-HccOrder for a Certificate of I'm provc- menTsVfor the- purpose of obtaining Crown Grants ol'the above claims. And further take notice-that .action, under section1 :>7. must be eomunenecd before -.the issuance of such Certificate of Impr.ov.elncnfs. Dated this.six'teehth day of August, 1*89. ' ' * John McLatchjj':; .* CERTSFIC^T OF IMPROVE WK^Ts; ' ' Golden Fa tile Mineral Claim, situate in" the Nelson Mining--Division of West Ko'itenav Districf. l .''..." Wlier^ located: On the sonUTsivie of Red- Mountain on Half Creek. '" - . Take notice that I, John MdatHiio. P.L.K.. of Nelson ?>. 0.. acfintr as a<rent for G.'A Kirk, -Froc Miner's Ccrtifioafe'.'No.SS.vSo; intend, six'y days from thedafehen-of. to! apply to flic Minim-; Recorder for it" Cer1ifk>a'o of Improvements, for The purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of flic above' c-hu'm. And further take notice",that 'action, under section ;?7. must be commeiTced "before the issuance -of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this twenty-third diy of August, l<<99. . Jonx McI;.\TririK. . _ _i___\ i_ ._,'_��� Express and Draying Having purchased the express and dravin business of J. W. Cowan, we are prepared to do all kinds of work in this" line, and solicit the patronage of the people of Nelson. Orders left at D. McArthur A Co's store, northwest corner Baker and Ward streets, will recei-ve prompt attention. Telephone So. " ' GOMER DAVIS. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENT-' Drummer Mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of v West Kootenay District. Where located: On westerh'" slope of and near the headwaters of Hover Creek. Take notice that I, John MoLaichie, P.L.S., of the City-of Nelson, acting as ag-?nt for Robert Ronnie, Free Miner's Certificate No. B 11,531, Benjamin F. Butler, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,610 A, Olive 13. Jones, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21 S19 A, and Thomas R.Jones, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21.818 A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to ��� apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate v, improvements, for the purposeofobt.ining a Crown Grant of i.-:" above cisiiui. And further take eoi>,_-o that action, under section;57;musi be commenced before the issu-- a-nce of such curtiijeate oi improvements. Dated f his .second day of Uotober,"lM>9."' -' JoiT^T McLATCi'rrk. ns mith hu ^ > 5 2 B ��EL; AND Josephine Street Ne'son. STARTLERS t-' *' 14 THE NELSON ECONOMISf < \ here with the inevitable Cassoulet, who did not fail to call his attention to the young men froni the town who talked and danced with Miette/ < ' ' ' "See," he said, " how gracious and animated she is when she talks, and how she smiles at,them !" It did not take long to light the fires of jealousy in the lover, who thought he could see that her smiles were not for him alone. No, she was a . coquette ; she did not love him ; she never had loved him. He,was all for going to her at once and reproaching ' her publicly, but his friend dissuaded him, and they retired instead to a neighboring inn, where Cassoulet offered him the consolation of a bottle of wine. Here they remained until Marcel became decidedly muddled, and it was time to return to the, others,, who,were making preparations to go home. He and Miette, with several others, crossed the river, very wide and deep at this point, in the" same bo t, and Miette perceived, with a pain in her heart, her lover's condition. She was silent, and sad. When the boat reached the middle of the stream, Miette dropped her handkerchief into the watter. Reach ing quickl}'- and instinctively for it, she lost her balance, and the next instant had disappeared in the waves. A cry of horror arose from the boat, but before all had realized what had happened,, Marcel,, his faculties completely restored by the shock, had stripped off his coat and leaped into the water. After what seemed ah eternity he reappeared with the girl, in his arms. She was put into the boat, and before she reached the opposite side had recovered consciousness. . Marcel,drove home and remained until she,was- ^able to see him, later in the evening. Then, in mutual explanations, both learned of Cassoulet's teachery. What took place between those two men,was never known ; Cassoulet left* the vicinity the next "day and was never heard of again, and several weeks, later Marcel and Miette, were married. On the wedding day, Marcel repeated his vow never to drink again ; and this time he has kept it.��� From the French. <- .. i i'-' Canadian "> 'V Pacific Ky. *MD S00 LINE EAST AND WEST The Direct Route from Kootenay Country to AH Points. FIRST-CLASS SLEEPERS On All Trains from REVELSTOKE AND KOOTENAY LOG TOURIST CARS pass Medicine Hat daily for St. Paul, Sundays and Wednesdays for Toronto, Fridays for Montreal and Boston. CONNECTIONS To and from Robson, Rossland. 7.10 ex Sun, Lv.. .NELSON.. Ar. ex. gun.10.40 18.00 daily Lv NELSON Ar. daily 21.40 Morning train connects Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for all BOUNDARY CREEK POINTS Evening train connects to and from Main Line and Points North, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays from all Boundary Creek Points. KOOTENAY RIVER ROUTE. Daily Str Moyie Dailv 23.00 Lv NELSON. Ar. 16.20 Connects Kootenay Landing with Crow's Nest. Branch trains. KOOTENAY LAKE���KASLO ROUTE. Ex. Sun. Str. Kokanee Ex. Sun 16.00 Lv NELSON Ai. 11.00 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, to Argenta and return, leaviug Kaslo at 20.00k. SAN DON AND SLOGAN POINTS. 9.00. ex Sun. Lv. ..NELSON. .Ar. ex. Sun. 14.20 4 hours���NELSON TO ROSSLAND���hours 4 For rates and full information address nearest local agent, or C. E. Beasley. City Passenger Agent. R. W. Drew,!Agent, Nelson. W. F. Anderson, E.J. Coyle, Trav. Pass. Agent, A. G. P. Agent Nelson, B.C. Vancouver, B. C. Nelson Planing Mill Doors, Sashes and Turned Work Brackets and Office Fittings Satisfaction Guaranteed. Prices Reasonable COMflANDING ATTENTION is simply a matter of being well dressed. Those who wear garments cut and tailored by us will receive all the attention a well dressed man deserves. �� Our winter suits of Harris Homespuns are marvels of good quality, good style and good workmaship. The value is great. FRED. J, SQUIRE Baker St, Nelson.. pf innnnnnnnnnnntt Lumber, Lath, 2 Shingles. �� Y LAKE SAW MILL G.O. BUCHANAN, Proprietor. Orders Promptly Filled arid [Sash & Doors �� Satisfaction Given. Nelson Mouldings, S Yard, Foot of Hendryx Street. | Turned Work. J JOHN RAE, AGENT. o ii^mllMUWlBllMM^HIllMMWBAWUWWMWi