3 purchase money 3 EDGE, like Bill, P.O. DATS by ARANI‘EED annery. AG rr well-known! mrers. Kinnun ï¬ne E . Montreal 0., MONTREAL kept on hand Suitable “For some distance†is a vague and Perfidious phrase to apply to the flight at the coming air-ship. *Bt. suggests the chagrin, perhaps the defeat, of modern science, which wantons in com- plicated astronomical and other calcu- lations, knows with shocking exactness my far the flea jumps, the kangaroo leaps and similar trifles. {It is a strange and significant lapse from the usual accuracy of science when the last and highest achievement of the mast promising craft for navigating the ides. is reported in a *term so general as “for some distance.†'“But he can’t fly†has been the most serious reproach to the man of science who boasts of :halfa century of won- éerful results in his wrestling with the throes of nature. To merely list his achievements would be a large under- This reproach: causes “him to suffer mate for what he has failed to do than “k rejoices over the great things he has We. His study of the structure of the frigate, bird, which, PIof. Lancaster 3333, mves with fixed wings at the rate of 100 miles an hour}, has led to naming more than the waste of money taking. The public knows of the con«- struction of giant telescopes, of amazâ€" ing electrical appliances, of nameless, mysterious rays that penetrate Where 3 rifle bullet can not enter, ofa thou- sand products of inventive genius and mechanical skill; besides these, there are strange things knmvzn only to un- mitigated persons of sv-ie-nce, called by games that are all Greek to the gen- :11. But he can’t fly. - ' “'th 'the- hitherto exact man of acme, loaded with tape lines, pocket males and; pedometers, prurient with? ï¬gures, Swaggea‘ing with Preciseness, sets up a poor appearance of joy and m‘t‘miaction and’ translates the glitter- :m and deflusive phrase “for some dis- lance" as something higbfly favorable; than The pretends ‘to see in ‘Prof. lmley’s doubtful feat a solution of the problem that has balked him, ï¬bers is "warrant for assuming that he has Virtually failed and that the few, mmainiing years of this proud‘ ‘cen- but); of science" will pass dismally may with‘ ambitious man still subject $0 the implacable laws of gravity and dependent on surface lines for rapid transit Near an obscure and ’land- locked bay, we are told, Where the curi- a‘ns world does not pefnetrate, Where only the amphibious fishermen, caring m for the things of the air above m of the water “beneath, could wit- near his Itimid temtaJti'on, Prof. Lang- key eons'tzructed and at last sailed his aeroplane. On? a breezy Saturday af- ï¬ernoon the) aluminum monster had its minglicasted wheels awhir, and when“ mleased from it‘s detaining ro‘pes “111 heaped into the aim like a{ thing of Rife, in the face of a perceptible breeze. mad. aï¬tm' saiiling gracefully for some distance; aiighted'bn the surface of the “It’s. a bird-(and can fly â€â€"after some further attention is paid to its steer- ing apparatus and other parts-«is the verdict of the men’ of science who wit- nessed the event, but who happened tin be without their familiar tape lines and decline to make a closer estimate of the! flight than the expression- quot- «1. AV hat! is needed to bring the cen- {my to a'glorious close is to apply Mr. .Kee‘ly’s motor to the aemplane. Until this is done it must stifll be said of pre- Mntious man; that “he can’t fly.†Socialistic Mobâ€"Bring him out! Inventor, putting his head out of the %ng him! Down nut. monopoly! uï¬ndow,-â€"-Goodness 111181 What; does this man? ‘ Mob Spokesmnnâ€"le moost die! Ve hear you invent a machine vat do do work off von hoondret. man. You dake .mt out off deir months; you-â€"-â€" ‘ Inventorâ€"This machine. of mine is an attachment for brewerles, and will ï¬ring beer down to one cent a glass. ' lob, wildIy,-â€"H‘orray ! Hungry Higginsâ€"“Tot ? You dune no what. a. miser is? éA miser is a. man‘ tint denies hissle the necessaries ofl life, when he has the money to buy HellmJ'un, what are you doing now? Working for the same old farmer I “had for last year. Doing pretty well? In. Last year I. did. well enough. I at 320 a. month, ' thlS year the old m â€played. it low dow_n on me and Weary \Vatkinsâ€"O, I have met 301116 of “them tellers. But I thought they! called themselves prohibitionists. 'iiaalplayed: ,it lgw down c m me take his crop [or NOTES AND COMIIIENTS CHANGE OF HEART. THE \YAYSIDE VIE\Y. MEAN. A WflNDERFUL UGUNTRY MR. BAILEY DESCRIBES THE B. MINING REGION. Its Presnit Is Great, Its Possibilities 1m mouseâ€"Transport Facilities Required So That All Work Could Be â€one \Vithin Our 031:1 Borders. 311‘ ..S Bailey has earned the right to call himself a miner. Born in Ken- . tucky, he started as bell bo3 in a pack train of a hundred and tw ent3--five mules, thirt3-four 3ears ago, and has been interested in mining in one form or another ever since. He has work- ed or owned mines in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and \Vashington, and has now mining interests in Rossland, in Ainsworth, where he 'is operating the Dellie mine, and in the East Koote- 1133’ section. Last October he sold a Pr0perty in the Slocan district for $125,- 000, and this mine is now being oper- , ated at a profit of $40,000 a month, with about half of a million dollars’ worth of ore in sight. Mr. Bailey has lived I in the British Columbia mining regions between eight and nine years , he knows all the camps and he stakes his reputaâ€" tion upon the assertion that the value of the metals exported from that prov- ince during the next eight years, ,in- cluding gold, silver and copper, will be greater than that of any other counâ€" try on earth. The Slocan Reviewgives the value of the output for last year at over $3,000,000, and this only includes the sections now served by a railway -â€"-Rossland, Ainsworth, Slocan and Toad Mountain. NEED RAILIVAY FACILITIES. “ It is this want of railway facilities 1 that is hindering the development of; the country,†says Mr. Bailey. “For: instance, in the Trout Lake, Fish Lake, Murphy Creek, Goat River, St. Mary Perry Creek, Fort Steel and other sec- tions there are not only no railways, but in many cases not even the rough- est trail. Yet here are many mines of low grade ore, assaying forty to fitâ€" ty ounces of silver per ton, and sixty per cent. of lead, which it is absolute- ly impossible to move until means of transit. are cheapened. These mines have been examined by careful and competent engineers, and their value is beyond question. The building of the Crow’ s Nest Pass Railw a3 is of the Steele section, and with this coal ’the very best of coke could be made, which is indispensable for smelting purposes, The ore is now shipped to smelters across the border because of this ab- sence of fuel, and what this means to the country will be apparent when it is understood that three men are neces- sary to take care of. the ore from the time that it leaves the mine until it is marketable, that is, in transport,smelt- ing and refining; in .addition, each :of these men would have to pay five dolâ€" lars for a miner’s license, and three dol- 'lars provincial revenue tax, so that the total loss to British Columbia and Canada, and the consequent gain to the United States, is even now a pretty considerable sum and grows larger every day.†l A \VONDEBEUL COUNTRY. “It is a great, a wonderful country,†continues Mr. Bailey, “and the more one knows of mining, the more sure one is that that is so. Fancy a region about two hundred miles long, and from fifty to a hundred and fifty miles wide absolutely crowded with a wealth of precious metals of the utmost diversity. It crops out in one section as ‘gold and copper; in another as gold and iron; here it is lead and silver exclusively, there, lead and copper; in another place the ore will have a large percentage of. copper and a smaller percentage of lead and gold; at the lower end of Slocan Lake nothing else is found but silver dry ores; the O. K., J.K.L., and Golden Drip mines yield partly free milling ores, and the Cariboo on Rock Creek shows a percentage of from eigh- * ty-five to ninety per cent. of free mill- ; _-AA-...A- “1â€"H VJ LLVV UV u-uvv.’ rvâ€" _____ 0 ing oresâ€"or all that IS at present util- ized. The old Poor Man mine, ten miles below Nelson, is another free milling _mix_13,_whjch, althoqgh it is be- _L_‘I’_.. 1...,“ inénworEe-awslowiyâ€"and priyately, has made a profit of from $100,000 to $150,- 000 during the past five years." “\YILDCATS†AND hflNING. Mr. Bailey says that no one deprea- cates “ wildcat†swindles more than those who are expending money andl energy in the country, but he considâ€" ers that there has been less of that sort of thing in British Columbia than iznl any mining country with which he is: acquainted. In acelebrated recipe con-w cerning the way to cook a hare, the catching of the. hare was stated ntoqbe ‘ 'll' a'ï¬Ã©Eé'égar'i ï¬feâ€"IiIâ€"râ€"l'ihery, and Mr; Bailey comrders. 1t just as well for the mâ€" tendmg Investor to be sure that there is a mine. Being assured that there is veritably a mine, however. upon which an independent and qualified en- gineer has reported favorably. upon which the assays are also reported good, and which is being promoted by men who are considered honorable in other walks of life, Mr. Bailey considers that the investor ought to be Willing to take some chances.†There are risks kuv â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"v __ __ __ upon jthe S1300}: Exchange, in real es- tate, 3n ordmary business. and if ï¬nin- ing- nskn' are heavier. the profits of success @553 out of all proportion.†“The War Eagle mine was sold four different t1mes,.â€â€˜ says Mr. Bailey. “and reverted to its original owners, because the new capital was exhausted. 'It was olbsed up for periods of months at a time and then started again. In 1894 thezshaa‘es went begging at six cents, and now, when the capital is four times what it was then, it is selling for $1.25 per share. \Vith several oth- er properties it was sold the other day to. the: Goodaham‘ syndicate for $750,- THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, Mar. 18, 1397. 000. Another and more striking in- stance is the Le Roi Shares 'iIl this mine were offered at six cents in Spokâ€" ane in 1891, and at W enty-five cents in 1895. In the fall of 1895 the shares sold at a doller, the mine having chang- ed hands for $53, 000_ and the purchas- Uu .uuvuuo .Luu. quu,uuu, wuu . w... ers were thought to be theblggeSt fOOIS on earth. well, an English syndicate offered the directors $4,000,000 for this mine the other day and it was refus- ed! Take again the Silver King, 1n the Toad Mountain section. In the sum- mer of 1893 it was sold to a Scotch syn- dicate for $50,030 money and some stock. This syndicate capitalized the mine at $1,500,000, and the shares are now sell~ ing at ten dollars. Last year thlS mlne cleared a profit of about £28,000.†ACTIVE PRESENT, GREAT FUTURE. “ It has been said that there are only about half a dozen mines 1n active op- eration, Mr. Bailey; what is your re- ply _to_ that ?†'“v ruvu _ v {1“ (‘1 ..... “.1 VV V4.45“... “ It is too absurd. In the Slocan and and Ainsworth section alone there are form twenty-five to thirty mes shipâ€" ping ore and possibly as many more under course of development workâ€"â€" many of which have shipped more or less ore. These latter are now derel- oping for the purpose of acquirmg greater depth, by runnlng across tun- nels_ _or sinking shafts.†K -,_._-L__ .-A The Cornwall Express Travels From Low don to lixeter Without. a Pause. The longest regular daily run made Without a stop by any railway train in the world has just been placed on the schedule of the Great \Vestern Railway, of England. It: is made between Paddington sta- tion, in London, and Exeter, a distance of 194 miles, in three hours and thirty- six minutes, by what is known as the Cornwall express. It. is remarkable not so much owing to the time, as for the fact? that not a stop is made from one end of the run to the other. There have been longer runs made witholut a step, but they have been made by special and not regular trains. The average speed attained by the Corn- to a peculiar construction of; the road at... Bristol, 118 miles from London, the {train is obliged to slow down to a speed‘ of ten miles an hour. The express train is composed of six long coaches, a tender and engine. An American would call it a vestibule train, but the English prefer to call the cars “bogie clerestoried corridor coach-es,†bogie being a term applied to the trucks. They are fully as heavy as an ordinary drawingâ€"room car, each one weighing about forty-seven thou- sand pounds, while the train without the engine and tender weighs one hun- dred and forty .tons. The weight of the engine and tender is eightyâ€"one tons, making the total weight of the train as it rushes along. on its long run two hundred and twenty-one tons. 5““ VVVV “an“-v“ vvâ€"~â€" _ During the run it is necessary to take water for the engine twice. This however, does not necessitate any stop as it is taken up from a trench beside the track as the train. speeds along at nearly a mile a minute. “U“; W â€o'v .The engine which draws this essen- tially “through train. is a curions- meter, while what must by compari- son be termed the small wheels of the engine,'six in number, known. as trail- ers, are four feet six inches in. diam- eter. r The water tank. of the engine holds thirty thousand gallons, andowhenerun~ ning at full. speed there 18- a steam pressure of. 160 pounds. to the square inch, while there is a heating: surface of 1,561 square feet. {Each day the run is made. the train leaving. Paddington station at 10.25 o’clock in the morning, and it never fails. to roll into St. Band’s station, in Exeter, exactly on: time: The time allowed by the schedule for? thisrun . makes no allowance for‘ delays- of any kind. Even: the time lost in going over the loop around Bristol. and the necessary slowing down when going through Bath is not allowed for; M.M. Olafsen and Philpsen,’ two Dan- ish officers who recently explored†the Pamir country north of the; 11511113135“ 33, foumd there unknown. tribes 'Who are fire worshipers, and ignorant; of the use of money. Their amimaals ere all dwarf- ed, the cows being: the: 8128 of ponies. LONGEST RUN WETHOUT STOP. Mrs. Sham-+1 Suppose- you: have heard that Miss Ricmtm and Miss Gazzam are deadjy enemies no‘wj‘.’ f bottom 61: if.“ k vâ€"' “01875;†will: as, I fhleard; but I gii'dn’i: hm. Mid was the man at the {Interest allowed on Savings Bank de- posits of $1 and upwards. Prompt attention and every facility afford- ed customers livi t at a distance. . J. ï¬aLY, Agent. gapi‘tzgf Authorized . Pald Up Reservep Fund Agencies in all principal points in On- tario, Quebec, Manitoba, United States and England. A general Banking business transact- ed. Drafts issued and collections made on all points. Deposits received and inâ€" terest allowed at current rates. Office and Residence 21 short distance east of McAllister’s Hotel, Lambton Street, Lower Town. Office hours from 12 to 2 o’clock“ - = Diseases of EYE, EAR, NOSE And T1130AT. 1. \ NEUS’RADTI‘. ONT. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. Edinburgh, Scotland. Of- fice and Residence, opposite Temperance Hall, Holstein. P661: Office, Durham. Will be tt the Commercial Hotel Priceville, ï¬rst VVedneaday in and Standard Bank of Canada. B eristcrs, Solicitors, Notaries, Conveyancers, Etc. OFFICE:â€"â€"â€"In MchEre Block, Opposite the Knapp House, Lower Town, Durham ARRISTER, SOLICITOR etc. Ofï¬ce Upper Town, Durham. Collection and Agencilpremptly attended to. Searcheamade at. the egmtry Uflice. H UGH MacKAY, Durham, Land Valu ator und Licensed Auctioneer for the Ceunty‘ of Grey. Sales promptly attended to and notes cashed. IAMES CARSON, Durham, Licensed 0 Auctioneer icr lite County of Grey Land Valuator, Bailiff of the 2nd Division Court Sales and all other matters promptly attended toâ€"higheet references furnished $25,009 to loan at the lowest. rate of i ] OHN QUEEN, ORCHABDVILLE, has 0 resumed'his old businass. and is prepar ed to loan any amount of money on real estate. Old mortgages paid otf on the moatliberalterms. Fire and Lif Insur- ances effected in the bait. Stock Companies Oflioezâ€"Fir'st door east of the un Pharmac . Caldgsr'a Block. Roaidanoezâ€" irst door west 1 ““VV- Vuvvv'w -v- at lowest. rates. Correspondence to Orchsrdvill P. 05'. or a. cull solicited Clerk Division Court. Notary Public. Lam!3 Valuator, Insurance Agent Commit-toner, etc. Money to lend. Money invested for parties Farms bought and sold. ' required. ., A. L BROWN. JAMES BROWN, Issuer Liconm, Durham, Ont. DR. T. G. HOLT, L. D. s. ARRISTER, Solicitor. etc. omce over L. Grant’s store. Lower Town. Head (mime, Toronto. G. 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