THE PAYSTPFAK BOOK II. SANDON AND COPY, APRIL 2, 1898. CHAPTER 28 HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF The tattles Aid gave an April Kool social last night. Aid. Mighton will leave on Sui.* dav fur a two month's visit in'for- (mio and eastern cities. Thomas R. Pourew, of Sew lleii- ver, has bought **** butcher iuisinesa of MeCallu*. A T\i*HB\y*iit, The force* at the Keco and Last t hitnce have been reduced, owing to the breaking up ol the rawhide trail a. I'ri Thompson has iwught an in- t* rest in the hotel that Henry Stcge has at i tlenora and will leave fbr t hat town in a few days. A number of gentlemen whose iiiiiti*iriotiMie*s and Integrity were (l.Hitofiil, received blue papers tills week. They took tlie hint. The Brigade was called out Mop- ���lav for a tire at Harry Nash's place .... Capitol Hill. The tadie* Aid I came to tlie rescue, however... and [presented a disastrous amllargatfan. ikib McTaggart has gone up the IU i 11. And Row the boy s sa v he waa n<*t serious when he aula he. wsm ready to take up amis against Spain [in hi* c-Htntry's cause. Ten iocbes of clean ore liar been Uruck in the JUffo. The eotu|��n\, after tiding a hit of work wtth onh jiiidiirerent stmeena, finally closed (down laat fall, and the property has lain idle since W. W. Warner r*-c**utly took* two-year's lease 011 the f-ropertv, ami found ore at the [ilea* shot. Such la luck in a mine I cam p. N��*rt. Nflson and Mesdsme*. Nib [���*>n and Thompson have purchased [the Klomlike hotel fromCha*. Urn |ni* and will open a dining room in la few days. It is their Intenibai to |eondnet a hotel that will warrant a fair share of the mining trade. Taos. Kelley, aged 51 years, a "iiner resident of Big Rapids. Mich., Mi'tlofpeiiuiiionla at the Balmoral P"��*'l on Monday last. The remains fere taken to Kaslo on Tuesday for (nterrmeut. Kelley, who ha�� ouly on a short time'in tlie country, ���'as employed at the Idaho mines, ind hail been alok onlv a week when he died. 1 seven foit ledge with ten inches of carbonates and six inches of galena on the hanging wall. This Is considered by those who have seen it to be one of the beat strikes ever made on, the creek. Mr. O'Connell left for Spokane On Kridav, where he will make arrangements tor aetive development operations on the claim. CHURCH kofiCBs; - Anglican Church Hev. 0. V. Yates will preach to-morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in Spencer's hall. 1 Presbyterian church Regular services in Virginia hall morning and evening. Rev. .1. A. Cleland. Meth-dUt Church-Kev. A. M Sanford, A. B., Pastor. Regular services tomorrow at lis. m. and 7:30 p. in. Tbe pastor will preach iu tlie morning on "The Generous Christ* Ian." and in the evening on "The LiraCfa Great Statesman." Every-' body welcome. Special -service*, have been held in tha Methodist Church this week with fair attendance and good results. The Rev. R. N. Powell, of New Denver, assisted tba pasmr on Tuesdav and Wcdnesdav evenings, preaching two very effectual sermons. Services will be continued mx*week. ^^tntit Hay, of the Sulvati-m COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Council met on Monday evening, March 27th with Mayer Atherton in the chair, all members present. Minutes of the Isst met ting were read and adopted. A petition was read-praying for tbe cancellation of the license granted to Ihe Theatre Comique, to which the foUowing names were attached: Macdonald Bros, Hugh McGee, Ben- natt & Wamslev, Robt Cunning, John Buckley, Switzer* McCluskey, Thompson Bros, J 8 Richardson, Bert 0 Nelson, L Port man, Water- land, Harry McDonell, R Orondo, Lowes A Harrington. Moved by Aid Cunning, seconded by aid Switzer, Uiat the license of tbe Central Music Hall to carry on theatrics I entertsitintents be not renewed. A vote was taken as follows: Yeas -Saitzer, Cunning. Nays���Hunter, Mighton, Crawford, Broddv. wiHtrtvea Stornptlean Sal- JDeeNnr to be called on Thursday in the MetbodUt Church on Men dav evening. 'I*he views presented wiil illustrate tlie rescue work of the Aimv, in tbe interest of which work the Adjutant \t* visiting the towns of the Province. Further announce ment in the church on Sunday. The Naahcille Students. Bohx: In Ssndon, on April 1st, Ihe, wife ol K. R. Atheruai ofa laughter. Strike on Codu Creek. A very good strike was made on Ihe Rover claim on Wcdnetdav. I hi* claim, situated about a mile up [ody creek, adjoining the Bolajidt r {roup, opposite tlie Noonday, is the popertv of D. B. O'Connell oisl Aug N Anderson. Two ledges croaa the lla in from the Bolander property, vol lour men have been working for fo past two months on a 100-foot Tfnnel to catch one of tliese loads, mo work waa all In wash and the Klgc was crosscut on the surface of F* ^untry rock under 00 feet of rash. The showing at present is a The excellent company of negro musical artists, the Nashville Stu dent*, made their second appearance at Chopin ball last night -before a large audience. The programme showed a mtdly ot catchy ballads, southern plantation melodies, old camp meeting songs, sketches of lite -down in the quarter*,' cake walking, and ventriloquism. All the choruses were tine and the enthusiastic audience were net at all backward in demanding cue*am ... Mackenaie, the ���.limiting tenor, Is a natural "nigger minstrel," and take* to comedian parts aa naturally as a duck slide*-* off into the water. He has a sof* serene, penetrating, insinuating, gal vanizing smile that sort of warms up the cockiest ol a man's heart as it were, or words to'that effect; and is able to keep his audience much of the lime in a howling condition. He spent his school days making things hot If not hotter for his "teacher dear" at Enterprise, Miss. Mac has spent seventeen years in concert work. Kl Paso Dally Times. Whosoever misseth the Firemen's Ball on K-ister Monday, understand- eth not his biz and knowetb not when? he is at. -loved by Aid Mighton, seconded by Aid Broddy, that the Central Music Hall be granted a license to carry on theatrical entertainments for the space of one month at a rate of $5 per night, payable in advance. Amendment to th** motion: Moved bv Aid Switzer, seconded by Aid ���Cunning, that the motion belaid e*Vr for consideration at. a special night, March 81st. The amendment was lost by a standing vote, as follows: Yeas -Canning, Switzer. Navs-Crawford, Hunter, Broddv, Mightor. The motion was then carried as follows: Veas���Hunter, Crawford, Mighton, Broddy. Navs���Cunning, Switzer. Report of the Committee of Public Works concerning improvements in Carpenter and Cody creeks was received and fyled. Moved, Hunter; seconded, Mighton ; That the Provincial Government to* petitioned to psss an act to enable the corporation of the City of Sandon to borrow certain sums'of money; and that the city solicitor be instructed to set in the matter. Carried. Moved, Switzer; seconded,Broddy; That the Finance Committee be in ment of such work. All members were present. Mayor Atherton in tbe chair. Finance Committee presented a report concerning means to be adopted for raiding innds for carrying out the improvements. Council went into committee ofthe whole and reported. ' Report of the Finance Committee was laid over for consideration at the next meeting. A motion was carried that the services of Mr. Riblet, C. E., be engaged to make a survey and plat tor the work on Carpenter and Cody creeks. The Committee of Public Works was authorised to make arrangements for commencing work of improvements. Council Adjourned. SANDON ORE SHIPMENTS. The shipments of ore from Sandon from August 1,1897, to March 31st, 181)8, inclusive, were as follows: Slocan Star, -Ruth, Payne, Idaho Mines, Noble Five, Reco, American Jiov, Sloean Bov-, Wonderful, Ajax, Majestic, Freddie Lee. Mt. Adams, Last Chance, (toodenougb, Cananian Group, Sovereign, Trade Dollar, Oueen Bess, Fountain Fraction, Miscellaneous, Ajax Fraetion Wonderful Bird Total, : : Ore shipments for the week fhnh March 24th, to March 31st, inclusive, were as follows: Pavne 200, Ruth 100, I-ast Chance 80 tons, Reco 40, Slocan Star i7|, Wonderful Bird 2*. Total, 439J tons.~K. A S. 2,1*874 tons. 4,785 ��,TO0| 1564 519| U08| 29 ** 42 58 12 16 0 15 * 1204 35 20 34 15 204 5 10. 18 24 21,3594 tons For the week ending March 28st, _ _ ____ _. ... AO tons of Payne ore were shipped structed to ftnd out what means can \<*ver the C. P. R. be adopted to raise funds for the | Idaho Mines, February 100 tons, immediate Improvements in the creek. Carried. On motion, the bonds of the city collector and citv treasurer be placed at fS.OOOeach. Motion appointing A. ���. McArthur city auditor at a salary of #100 a year was carried. Messrs. Harris A Kelley were notified that the steam hosting apparatus in the tire hall was not working satisfactorily. Council adjourned. March 30th. Special meeting called bv the Mayor tor the purpose of considering means of performing improvements in Carpenter and Cody creeks, and for the purpose of making arrangements for the commence- March to 2<'*h 590, Total 690 tons. Whiaket) Prohibited rt Wrangel. Col lector of Customs Ivv has decided to strictly enfotce the liquor prohibition In Alaska, and, in fact, he has already started to enforce it.'' A few evenings ago, every drop of liquor offered for sale in Wrangel was seized by tbe custom* officers, and the saloons were forced to close. Some were carrying big stocks and the loss will fall heavily on them. It is said that the law will also lie enforced in other Alaskan cities.and, contrary to the practice of the past, the saloon-keepers will not be warned of what is to come and thus enabled to secrete the bulk of their stock. .S0 ���'4 ..���A ���x'aM J m Ki ���0y t &-_������� ������'%&**i* "%,, *?*W* ��� **tf3o!t0 PIE *%* ' & wm ���j'r-�� im�� its .i--"'iifi V'.ii-'ia ?-T3 ���*A Vi;,;. ��� -'���' ��� M ������st: 1 ���v | ��� i tl w 'I '��� I * :��� THK ! PAYSTKEAK. 9AN1-*. B.C.. APKH. ft '*" Don't Tamper With the Mining Lama. In the year 1861. mining was in Its ii.fancv in British Columbia in fact the only mining carried on was In the plaeer. At that time Sir James pouglas was. Lieutenant-Governor of tlie province and the capital was at Westminster. There were no mining law in force, and Sir James Douglas forwarded a request to the miners at Cariboo, fbr them to formulate a series of mining laws, having a judge or some official to correct and put them in form to lie passed upon by the local House. This was tbe inception of our mining taws in the province; every miner had a vote, and a series of laws were framed and presented to the House by Judge Walkeni, then member from Carib *��>. These laws were then favorable to the miner and itrospecto.*, from cfiese lawsemiiiatod the miners' license. The miners, recognizing fact that mineral claims should he recorded, and that the expense of the recording must 4a 11 upon the government, prop, wed ttmt $2.50 be iwid as a recompense tor recording, and $2.50 as a hospital fund. Kvery miner in the province was in accord with these mini ng law* The miner, as a rule- never kicks against a reasonable tn* just las-, but of late years the now amendments have ma lieen fawn-able to either the miner or prospector, later amendment* have been more favorable, and as the law now stands, all are now satisded. A constant changing of the act creates confusion, mid should be only .done after a careful consideration of facts. And therefore sll tampering with the mineral act ihould be carefully scrutinize.!, and ondemned if not favorable to the .nining industrv of the province. Tlie mineral areas of British Columbia are large and comparatively unknown for want ot research and development, and it is therefore to the interest of the province that the miner and prospector should lie assisted b> the government in their endseavor to open up the vast treasure vaults of this province. It is the opinion of many that new amendments should receive a favorable recognizatlon from a committee of mining men before its passage. As it la, the miner only kicks when some hayseed undertakes to form an amendment to the act, when he don't know or don't understand what is required for the developing of the great mineral resources of the province. Here's ��� Suggestion. A prominent mining and tliiancial agent dropped into the Pavstrbak office the other day, and opened up on us, something like this i "Its wrong! I tell you it's all wrong! The interests of Kootenay are being sacrificed to the transportation oompnnies and boomers of the the Coast. The Klondike is over estimated and great numbers of peo** 'opportunity.". pie are being inveigled into the frozen north on the strength of boom literature and statements which facts don't justify. The Kootenay has never been properly advertised, tts wealth will be greatest when Klondike is obsolete, yet its name is hardly known where Klondike is a household word. Supt. White said the other day that he figured that a hundred million dollars would chsnge hands in transporting and outfitting fbr the north. What for ? To take out some flifteen millions of plscer gold. If that amount were invested in the Slocan it would be the greatest inining camp on earth. These mines are permanent, not like the placer booms of the north. Capi tttl is going the wrorg way. It ought to be stopped. I tell you It is all wrong." "You're right. Anyone know* that. But how do you propose to remedy it?" "Remedy it!" exclaimed the financial man. "Why, no rented) has been attempted yet. It should not ht? a difficult to do. All that is required is common-sense co-operation by the several boards of tra-l* iu the country. Advertise thia dis trict. Don't let a man go to Klon dike without knowing all about Kootenay before he starts. Katablisii bureaus of information in Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Dyea, Skagway, Wrangel, aiai. every other place where the Klondike-** could he in tercepted. Put good, practical, com- tutai-seuse bushiest* men, who ha ye had experience iu the Kootenay, into these otttces. Supply tin***** men with all kinds of advertising matter not boom literature, but facta and statistics and bring these directly tithe attention of those people who sre going north. Tell them about our output, our mines, smelters, railway facilities, climate, and all other Inducements which the country affords. Thousands of people would be turned toward Kootenay. Experts and representatives of cspits I would have an opportunity to learn a few facta that would be or interest to them snd value to the Kootenay. Suppose they do not come directly to this district, the information thus im-anted would eventually benefit this country. These people who represent capital are looking for investments. If they don't ttml what they want in Klon. dike they will look elsewhere. If Kootenay does the advertising Kootenay will get tlie l**ueltt. Advertising this country is sure money snd the investment should be made. Intercept the people going In and coming out. Have a good agent there to do some hard headed talking, (rive them common sense and facts and the result Is Inevitable. It lies in the hands of the boards of trade of these towns to do this. An investment of 110,000 would be worth millions in this connection. The present moment Is the golden A Chute of JOB PRINTING Is Still Being Worked at THE PAYSTREAK OFFICE. There Ih not mneh pay In It, but the quality of the work Is Just as hijrh a* It wan when Sandon waa the Hottest Town in the Gulch. Tlie price* are mime what despondent in sympathy with the sad condition of trade, and NOW IS THE TIHE To lay away a supply for the *ood times that are likely to come upon ih suddenly and without warning. THE l'AVSTItKAK, SANDON, B.C., APRIL 2, lft*. TWO WOMAN'S LIVES. Two b I*** wen turn hi Um- mII-jimm- town, On the taty saan Srtsta day t Tbay *_wft-��d*J'*4et^lBth--4jmc4h-*' lu the v��rjf <��lf aune way; M .�������_> Aud U4b ��*nt j-aru and tnnoc*ttt At f-iUns i*������� of anow, Hot am ot OteJMlived InUr* terrtcad -mi**, Two cbUdnm ptn*'��d in ttw trlfHwine town. And tlw rSIMnm bath won tmtt. Hot om bad cur* tan-Aid Maootb nod mond, Tbe ollwr had tanyi-d hrnli; Two rbUdrwn tmtb gnw up apnea, A* other rblldrwn grow, But one of Omm Unrd hi ilw UrmtMd Sou*, Aod mw in tlw nttnt twlow. Two m-ldww wtonsbt tn Uw mlt tato* tuwa, Aod ti*w wm wa-Msd nnd tovad; The otlwr Mwthnjiiffb tlw fiirulu'* part Thc World wbtm ber sl*u*t muvt-d; AndiMw wm MnStmt a hat>tJ> bride. Ttw ollwr knew ear** and war*; Wot on�� ol Uwn U*/*d In Uw tettaead knon And om tn throttnt twlow. Tm. wonwn lay Srad In Uw a*tt-mon lown. Aud oua bad bad tawnier eat*. Tb** other wm Wtt b> dw aiooa on bar nalkt ��tt tbln and Uni*; A nd ������'��** bad many to mourn hue km*. Wot th*> tdbat tew wnr* w.mid ��>����� -, W.*r >������' bad lived in tba ***rt-*-**4-d boon. And una In the ��tr.*et hdum. If Jem* wbci db*4 tor Uw rich and Uw poor. in w..iMln��tt��h<��ly km, Tm* l, o|><*ratin-_ at 11<��rr, returned a fea ��lay* a*o from that I'oint, where be had lieen with John B. Atkinson s representative of an eastern syttdkata, looklna ov. ��� the stdvautatfe* .itb*re.I for smelting purport**. Mr. Atkinson is highly please.! with the location snd predicts thst in tbe near futuie 'melting planta will lie operated more snt-cfsamny in l*ark county, than at ma.iy points In the west. Tlte new plant will In* operated in con neci ton witli ths Isrpe coke work* of the Montana Coal and I*oke Comtmny al I lore. It ts pf-of-nerd to o-jdatf tlie ovens now in uss with sn improved own which will save Uie gas and other by- pnalucta from tlte ami. Tlie ga�� will he Mored in tanks and mil be utiltaed in conducting the smelter. The Yellow some river st this poiitt gives a never failing water power, which together with the product* taken from the ami, while the coking process i* taking place, will niake it possible to reduce ore* cheaper than mvmr before attempted in Montana. Kxperta sre confident that tbe pmpfwed smelter would revolutionise the reduction oi ores in Ihe west. Tlie economical iv ���bition of on* will reault in s large mini la*r of mines carrying low-gtade ore beiti-* placed in operation and will be an im- I mt taut factor in developing the mining distort in this portion of the state. It was Mr. Conrad's first intention to erect a plant at a cost of a I-out flftn.tUi but the plan* hsve now la-en chan*_��*��l completely ami fully |7U0,UU0 will be SS* peiuled on the plant. lip i.i a a a bocsikt. Pitbole creek flows through Allegheny township. Venango county, and empties into the Allegheny river eight ttiilceabove Oil City. Upon ths tmnk* of this insignificant stream rose tlie most wonderful town in some resjiect* the world ever saw, says tlte Pltisburg Dispatch. In the space of only three months a farming commtmitv of three or four hundred families wss transformed into a city of 16,000 people. Petroleum did it. An operator named 1. N. Frawr was the first to invade this tract, which, from surface indications, waa good for little else than a stone quarrv. This wns i i the fall of 1864. The following January The story of a young and devote* 1 father. The baby was his first, and he wanted to weigh il. "It's a bumper mU right!" he exclaimed. "Where are the scales T* tlie domestir bunted up an old-faah- ed pair, and Hie proud young father assumed charged ol the operation. "I'll trr it at eight pounds," he said, "liditnf the weight along the beam at that figure. ^^^^^ "It won't do. She weighs ever so much more than that." He then AA the weight along several notches farther. "Hy George!" lie aaid. "She weight* more*than tciiiwunda-eleveo���twelve��� thirteen���fourteen! Is it possible!" He set the baby and tbe scales down and rec-ied himself. "Biggest baby I ever saw," he pante-i, resuming the weighing proeeai*. "Fif teen ami a half���sixteen! This thing won't weigh her. See. sixteen is the last notch, ami she jerks it un like a feather! (ioand gets big pair of scales at some neighbor's. Ill bet a tenner that she weiiths over twenty pounds. Millie," he shouted, rushing into the next room, "she's the biggest h**by in this country- weighs over sixteen pounds!" "What did you weigh her on ?" inquired the young mother. "On the old aesles in the kitchen." "The figureson those an* only ounces," she replied quietly. "Bring me toe baby, John." Oet Dawn lo Hu��tne����. (train*, says : A word to Ihe young man preparing to open a store of hi** own: When you jjot ready to tell I lie public what you are g-iiing to do. Dee plenty of advertising* space to tell your atory well and thoroughly, hut tell it simply Just get down tn husiiie*.s and tell people in short, simple words, all about your new store and your now ���,-ood*. Act like a solid htialhesa man. not like a llv by ni^'lit hoi ii*�� �� .,,. .v ...���.-- fakir The man who merely jumps tin ami down might as well stand still "Soft nml fair jfoe**, far in a dav." Work up a go.A solid business by solid business methods Coax and wheedle nml surest ami argue���don't try to yank trade in by the hair. As Bill Nye once sagely observed, "When.you want to kiss a girl. don't grab for It.* Take your timc-*->its there " Tho surest way to wealth is to create it���not tn accumulate what others have created.- Iceland Stanford. A section of country that is now attracting much attention is Peace river. Of this so lar as known valuable mining section few reliable reports are obtainable. From the fact that at the present time a part of 25 men from Fresno, and San Lois Obispe, California, are here outfitting for that section for a two years stay, and that next month from one district alone, a party of 50 men will arrive for that section, besides hundreds of other gold seekers that will be coming in from now on. It seems an opportune time to urge on the government that this is the accepted time for encouragement to transportation cotn- Knies to build up and open the section own as the Peace river country, by steamers, railroads, wagon roads, trails, etc. We understand a company sre now applying, or about to do so, to tbe provincial government for a charter for railroad and steamboat lines from Ashcroft. If so justice wilt demand that a careful consideration be paid the company above referred to. or any other company that can command the necessary capital to undertakea work of this magnitude. Reports of tne striking of this magnitude. Reports of the striking of rich diggings at the headwaters of the Findlay river, which with the Parsnip forms the Peace river seems to be authentic. There are many thou sands of square miles in that'section lying north ot Omentca, and east that could well be reached by a transportation line with the starting point at Ashcroft by rail 1**5. miles Soda Creek, from there" hy steamer to Quesnelle and with the promised government work mi the Cottonwood and Fort George canyons, and a little work is required on Hie outk* to Stuart's lake, a continuous water course is ot��e,n to the upper end of North TaHa Lake, or by the use ofGi***comh portage across the Fraser J, I*fci mile* above Quesnelle. the portage bein** ouly seven miles across to Sum mlt lake, the source of the Parsnip is reached, and down this stream the navigation is good as far as and even below the Findlay branch. These routes would open up an immense territory Cariboo with its more than 7,OiM),OJ0 pounds of freight sent tbrousrh from Ashemft Inst year would benefit great- Iv Omeniea'with its most promising hydraulic properties that are being now opened up on a large scale, and the rnst unexplored country lying north, stretching out toward the Laird and the Mack nixie rivers, all would be immensely benefitted by a course of action that will bring abont as speedilv aa may he the introduction of railroad* and steamboats ���Ashcroft Journal Hj-ptaotlslng n Hon. "Did vou ever hypnotise a chicken '*���*' asked Police Commissioner Kind the other night "It's dead easy Just catch your hen, place it on the floor in front of you with its tail toward you. Take a" piece of chalk and draw a straight line, beginning* at a point just under the hen's head and extending a foot and a half or more "The bird will fasten its eyes on the chalk, and in a twinkling she is uncoi ��� acinus of anvthimr but tiiat line You can cuff and kick her about as much as you please, but here *xaxe will immediately return to the chalk line When I waa"nailing before the ma��t it was not an unusual thing on a ealtn day, when there was no work in sight, to see ;i dtuett or more sailors, each wtth a hen in hia hands, draw iixts* chalk marks It is the most perfect case of complete hypnotism I ever saw. Just try it Some time if vou dont believe It."���Toronto Blade,* . You'll never track me through the world by the quarters I've dropped.��� C P. Huntington. I never made a loan iuHiieneed by other consideration-, than the prolvt- blllty of the payment of the interest and the return of the principal.���!>���() Mills. THE SOBO Or THB DITBB*. Do yon bear my snmmons hammer thro* the crackle and the eUmur. Da too feel my throb and thrill? When I meet the wnell of powder, ob, my merry note grown louder. And my son*? shall not he BUI. Follow, each ijeside Ms fellow, 'heath Um vapors arey and yellow, Wildly, cbeerinff, sternly damn, And ramble, rumble, ramble, when the smoke- wreaths tose and tumble, Ton ahall bear tbe rollbur dram. Follow ibe dram I Men forget their fears and foflJeeu they face the Winding volleys. And tbe young iwfuKs they come. With their simple ranbunit faces, from the oniet country placet*. To the call of me, ttw dram. Come, pioughboy, lad and carter, and yoar life blood l reel r barter For Uie bullet rare tor tome. And rattle, rattle, rattle through tbe din aad roar of battle. You shall hear the rolling dram. Follow the dram I When Uie hoys that follow fast there, drop aside and fall at laat there, From the -.urging lines of red. Then no more of npmp and raffle; my notes awhile I mutt-*. And I moan and mourn the dead. Hot the rlisiiig battle needs me, and the whlstl ing l-uilet speeds me: Through tlie reeling ranks I come, And clatter, clatter, clatter, where the broken rechnents scatter, Vou shall bear the rolling dram. Follow the dram I -P.1I M��H Ga-etk-. A young smart-looking Scotch clergyman was preaching in a strange country church. Fearing that his hair was not properly parted in the middle, or perhaps that be might have a smudge on his nose, he quietly and significantly aaid to the tteadle, there being no mirror in the vestry: "John, could you get me a _;lass V John disappeared, and. after a few minutes returned with something nnder his coat, which, to the astonishment of the clergymau, he produced in tbe form of a lemonade bottle, with a gill of whisky in it, saying: "Ye maunna let on [tell] altout it, minister,for 1 got it as a great favor; and 1 wadna hae trot it ava if I hadna aaid it was for you V' It may he well to mention that amongst the humbler orders in Scotland "aglass" is the expression for s dram of liquor. In the foregoing anecdote we sre not told whether the minister or John consumed the gill. >���_������������������-___������������������_������__ If you are��� Thirsty, weary, " HUNGRY, Call at the Hotel Ivanhoc. HOTEL SAN DON Ih tin* Pioneer Houae of the City 4*hdta-9t0*t-* ->-> a I R. CUNNING, Proprietor. SANDON BOTTLING CO. FITZGERALD A DAV. Propn. Mamifntuivrtt of all Kinds of CARBONATFD DRINKS Syphons, Ginger' Ale, Sarsaptrilla, Etc, Ktc. 8andox-, BO. Patronize home industry when -yon want the best m THE PAYSTItEAK, SANOON, B* C., APttO. **. ***% The Pavstreak. Is issued every Saturday tn Sandon, tn ute heart of the gTeateat White Metal camp on earth. Subscription ��� ... |_.00sye*r StrtcUyln advance. Adflraw; Taa PAV-rasaa, Sandon, B.C. SANDON. B. C APRIL 2, 1898 The 8pokane route to the Slocan Is in good condition, no trouble being experienced in dossing the passes. John L. Sullivan is anxious to raise a regiment of prlae fighters to go agalnat Spain.' This would paral ize the Dons, as tbey are unacquainted with jawbone warfare. A genuine ghost Is ssid to haunt one of the placer claims near Da arson City. IDght be a ghost of some of tbe chances the people are taking In their search for the metal that is yellow in its complexion. The talk about an alliance between England nnd the United States may grow into something substantial. If the two nations Would stand pat they could bluff tbe balance of the world on any military proposition that might heave in sight. The dividing of the Slocan into three divisions last year against tbe wishes of the people will furnish a tew nails for the coffin ofthe present B. C. Government Tbe sooner it gets six leet of earth the better fbr this unfortunate Province. Spain and the United States The Court ot Inquiry has reported to President McKinley its findings, which are that the Maine disaster was the result of the explosion of a floating submarine mine. The blame cannot be directly fixed upon the Spanish government, but it is safe to wager that Uncle 8am will take this oppor tunity to give Spsin a thrashing. It wont be necessary for us to become excited, nor would it be good man- ners to do so. It would be more de coreous fbr us to open anaoo-unt with Uncle Sara and prepare to receive his patriotic financiers, wbo are bent on traveling in foreign lai ds when tbat nation is at war. We can reeoui mend any of tbe Slocan Lake towns fbr quietude and rest���and they are perfectly sale. j situation Many Have their heads so completely turned by the Klondike excitement that nothing can be done with them." This is the correct explanation of the Klondike furor. The inexperienced eastern man, who haa never seen a gold or silver mine, allows hi* fancy *- ���*-* chained by a umu--. .... - liitlc pile of nUjCtfets of nroii-WH|tienttal value comparco with he monthly profits paid by scores of *��� ������.-"���_ ... <__.__��� __tjf aad TRIED TO RKrOBM. The Sad In tho ��real k Spanish" has been taken off the blll-of tare in several New York restaurants owing to the high grade of patriotism now prevailing In tbat city. This is surprising, as our American cousins should be prepared to down anything Spanish. It* Eaquimault is entitled to two members in tbe Provincial Jumble now in session at Victoria, surely the Slocan, with more.than five times the number of voters should have one representative in that brilliant as semUage of massive intellects. i Tii sodden change in thc Mineral Act in reference to advertising certi floats of improvement notices Is said to have been made to please a surveyor with political influence who would have been out a few doHarson advertising if Baker's amendment had become law. Nice legislators we have in B. C. The U C Government does, not display good sense in distributing their advertising. They pay the same rate to all papers, but prefer in many oases to waste the people's money by patronising little patent gutted, pap-socking rags without influence or scarcely any circulation, to bold and independent Journals whose edito swill jk* say 'that'sgood"to every move that the bunglers make. ���'" * i-' ��� It Is now almost, an smut-red fact that war will be declared between Story or a UoM Waat. Tompkins went away ont west last fall to win fame and fortune in journalism and incidentally to elevate society generally. His success may be imagined, notes tlie Detroit Free Press, from the fact that he was back to hia native soil, out of pocket and out of spirits, wh3e he unburdened himself thus to the first friend he met: ."Don't yon say anything about the big, great-hearted West to tne*" "Didn't you get along all right out there ?" "Oet along! Aw, yea! I got along home as toon as 1 could, and here I'm going to may. I'll just tell you all about it. I atarted my paper up all right and got out one number, and I made it good and strong and told the people tome solemn truths about the morals and manners of the town, and how I'd come out there in a missionary spirit, as it ���dere, to help them to do better, etc. Well, if you'd believe me, tbe paper hadn't been out three hours before a l*ig, ungentlemanly brute sailed into my office and kicked me out of mv chair and kicked me over my desk and dragged me around by the heels am) held me out of the second slor y window, bead downward, until I'd promise to take back what I'd said about his saloon. Th��*n a woman came in and would have boras- whipped me if I had not locked myself up in a closet. She hadn't been gone 10 minutes befoie a man came in and knocked three of my front teeth down my throat and poured a lot of paste all over me. before 1 could get it washed off a whole lot of rude creatures came tearing un the stairs, using awful language auo they threw mv whole outfit out of the windows and dragged me down stairs and chucked me in a pond, and when they threatened to ride me on a rail if I didn't leave the place in three hours, I got up and left, as any man of spirit would have done. The east is good enough for me. Tlie wild west isn't susceptible to culture anyhow." ILLUSION or MIHIMO. A Rossland mining operator, horns from an eastern trip, recites the difficulties experienced in interesting the uninformed in quartz mining: "You show them a piece of Kootenay ore, and thev look at it cloudy and ask: 'Where is the gold/' Vou tell them that it is in the rock, and thev reply: ���Where is It? I can not see it*' Then they will tell you that the pure gofd is to be found in the Klondike, and all one has to do to get it is to diir for It and take ont the gold. 1 told them the g��dm the Kootenay rock Is not Ut*e /told, and had to explain how it is extracted before they understood the smelting mines ll took* so easv out icing There are the lumps of gold, dug fronrthe earth iu a way not unlike that of digging potatoes You get to Klondike, vou stake out your datet, vou shovel the pav earth into a rocker, land at night vou* stow away tbe nug gets in a coal oil csn. No skill, no e*|ierienee, no bookkeeping* required. One mail can do it as well a* another (>t course this a fanciful picture is very different from the real thing, tail the Klondtker does not learn the differ ence until he gets upon the ground. This desire of the ea*tern man to one the reals-mid likewise make* him ao easy tb *l tor the promoter who 1* selling or t.t��*tking that most tre*chei*��tt* of gold tnitu-.. the narrow scam or the pockety chute from which moat of the tine gold quart* specimens are taken Some of thsse liny veins, an inch or less in thickness, turn out specimens lhat are veritable jewel**. Rut thev hardly ever return a profit. The im*\ perienedd investor know* no-thing of thai His fancy l�� caught by thi* hand some speehnen. ami again**! thai a 'min toad of pay ore without t >>������ *, eit��w itleain weighs as nothing with hint, lb* want* an interest in a mine wh ������*<* tb| gold can be picked mil aod -flowed away in one's pocket without ant medium of railroads and smelters And lhat is why aomany eastern people lose at mining.���Spokane Review rnited States declared the i^��� . ���*\% Lome admitted that h�� Wrote the letter and resigned r\lf organs said the letter did m.t m,m to much, thai It was a privsiei*,--- andeowM not he official I*, r^c-mii** and that tt was not neci***-** , etn, j* Spain to apologias. "Tba Maine wss Mown up ���> H*v._, harbor. Without waiting tor stir tun tha cur pre* declared ii an ��r*>im They suppresssd tlie fans Thev mi * *d 4ak����r Interview, i, -^ , rant that the Maine ��** *���*�����_����� hlorppdn Tbe cur pr**** ui.iihm-^ the Cubans did tt. or r> ����. ,(..���_. bv some uaautboriiusj ,-.r.. -,-, Hn pleaded thai Spain could o..t he mj s*-____sftWa,M-__llMs1l s ^^^���n-t-sr"-*s ****o*w -- "All evor th* eountry the . nr ttrgtm are -whining excuses for Spain ��m fawning at tne feel of their Utidi**i Ing masters. It It enough *��� -,n*u- u honest American nanounce hi.ditt*** ahlp. These are the organ* ���**��<**�� m sa* much to asy shout 'national smt>.*t some ihae ago ** Ott rtahAs af Mood U��~<-����-. , THK ���*��?**��� r��K��*. >The following trenchan criticism t* from the pen of V V Adams, one of th. editor* of ihe New Time He writ*** from the standpoint of " President John Smith * "De l/inie. the Spanish minister l�� the t'nited States, wrote �� letter la which he -mid thst i*rt*��idei*t McKinley wai a low poiititican, and tbat Spain had no intentions of carrving out it* proini-sea. I "Kvery goht bug. cur organ Id the Bestdse being iadtspntal'v ridb it cosl deposits. Cast Kootenav is mM. m good authority, to haw Other remmrm availing the completion oi il* ��.-.<���> Neat hut railway One ot ih,-** t* m fully devstope ths petruteum find in tto ���vwtttjeaatrfn portion of the > *,t ���,*�����. vviley. This is S -auction A "t l��s tittle known sad is seper-?-**** j<*>n�� tW eemstader of tlte district by ��� *.��***��� d high mountains. TbeoofU.. ->t��ws are good, aod two different .jvuhots 4 oil have bmrn looad on K��*s - �� ������ ���***���.. a short diataoes north of ti��** UwtsvUn baa. There is natural gas I*���������-.. the \*A rock thai bora* fnseiy on igto"**��. to *^rl��ya. of tho Wominioo '...-..-���hsswi ���ii-rvey, makes special trii* to ����i<-.��sS�� snd wss surprised to fio���� n>*t fi* ��s -vas gsatrtns and also thst it �� a* to-wd tht cs-mbrian formati**!) m ��ll ed llyf.jotvt are tn I *rttt��**a loae I tieble stone "Ws save MP having s coat ��l ****** M ''*4tht T* "My Wmod ssbl mv griffit, wmMA took wait dragging bis ������*"���*��� >! ��<'d IbillKHT MtrDOJItl.t) Mm Mait^gst* ffiMJCTi*] \*Xi rs rt **> K�� i ) % MACDOKAL1) BROH., Proprietor. Rates fl.SO to 92.1V) \a*r day.- . Headquarters Ibr Mining H)a��ulaUws nnd Cnpliallsta Reco Ave., ��� - ��� Handon. HX Dealer iq MEArV* : AT: SANDCN, R(XSSIjANI), NKlW, KASIA PII.OT HAY TIIREK FOKK8. UNO 3ANDON. #r W/M'AN ciir 'tm ffAtST-ifeJ-.--. SANDON, B.O., APH1L 2, 1898. MlMMWOktb WB-l-ttl OS U. C. Irttht annual report of the Minister Mines tsWas ars given showing tba output of thstode mime, the returns being taken for use actually rsalissd upon during the year. The flrat table shows that up to 1MB British Columbia has produced intalnerais no less Ian 1112,- 418,488, gt*A and coal being the two prlndi-41 Matures. The rspM Increase during the past seven years Is In Itself a suedact history of the growth of Provincial mines. In lft*2, the influence of lode mines first began to be felt, since which the increase hss been wholly due to metalliferous mines, tbe coal output not hv creasing. The report notes the increase In the output of coke from Coihot, the -hulk going to the Kootenay smelters, and allude* to a new and important market ior thia coke now opening In Mexico. In dealing frith ths gratifying growth of Uie mininjf industry, Mr. Cariyle ssy* tbat while the rasiiltssre net phenomea- al, tho tacresss of the output of lode mine* from 1100,000 in I Wi to |7,0W,0HO in Itttf, and with aa ineroase of t* per cent. In the past year, commands attention. That 1801 will ace a substantial in- civaiet* now asstirsd from the amount ��it ore now In sight in tbe different distorts, snd from tlte tact thst tlie .��m .iint ol customs return*, fov shipments ol ��a* for Januarv, ISSH, were tl.tW.45H a* -outpared witlt 1075^00 in 1897 {these ���bipments from West Koot.-nay only.) Tin* report notes also tbe iiie*-osasd in* crassa of capita) In the Province. The interest of capital tn tbe mineral re famrcsa of the l*rovince hss been srouaed to a degree quite uoraineitenrate with what the mining nsgkma are now proper- .il to show or o#er, ami in <*r**at Britain a large amount Of monev ta how ready to i-eaeut hero, providcl p**>\, butanes* like <>n>|io*��iUoos ��*an ta? presented. Not only Sre gold properties now greatly iu ���li-maiid, mil also silver and eop|t��r, as tin* money-making pusstbititias of tlu* hit_h grade silver ore*, a* found in the siocnn, ainsworth snd other camps, are acknowledged bv investor***, but often ignored by spscuUtors, who wish to osier to the public's tests for gold.0 Mr. tariyle has this to ssy shout tbe good effects of ths new company's set: ' (hiring the sarly part of the year, pending tlie enactment ef tbe new oomuany'a act, with mors stringent regulations, a great many mining companies were registered with a capitslisslion tbat savored of the ridiculous, but the payment of WO or 1100 for Um liven** on July 1st eras mors thaa a great manv of these companies could stand, and they ceased to exist. A good many com- tianle*, organised solely to mske money by the sale of stock, ss ths public wa�� then worked up to such a pitch a* to to* willing to buy almost sny thing offered, have ��o*|wnded with no assets, aa they never poawmert anything except bonds or options on properly or unwonted loca- liona. However, strong companies, snd Uie number is increasing, have lieen purchasing both prospect* and developed properties or mine*, snd mining operations are becoming extensive, and more thorough snd substantial work is being done.,r He hss, too, some good advice tooffer: "To the public at large It may be well to state In reference to tne mining resourcea of this Province, thst Uwy now promise. to become yearly more valuable, that British Columbia can n-Vtv claim a place among tbe mining countries ol Ute world, ami that with favorable climatic and natural conditions, excellent law* and good Government, snd rapidly extending means of transportation and cheaper treatment ol ores, many op|*or- tunttiss tor the careful sad proper investment of money are now here afforded. But it Is slso to be retnehiher ed thst this la no longer a terra incognita, that there sre many here already closely watching for and prepared to purchase any good claim* that may he din- that it Is quits absurd to anyone, probably totally covered, and ���Oppose tiiat -..jwinr, ytUtJWtny MJUMI- tgnorant of tninins affair*, can corns here "EL"1.*tew ***** ***** UP properties ���Ith phenomenally rich showings, sshss been claimed by some wbo hsvs come, bought snd gone back to Host companies mr means of most specious prospectuses. Thsre sre msny good properties thst, from sortsce indications snd scanty de* velopment, promise favorably, but it is atones seen Uiat capital must begot, snd for snob companies sre needed, but when a company promises deflnltsly large and speedy returns from properties ���with little or no development done upon them, the public should be then extremely suspicious. The Province has been made to unjustly suffer for the deeds of s few such companies, which have quickly proved their inability to fulfill their glowing promise* of quick and large returns, although in some instances, when proper work has been done, these promises may yet be redeemed. So far sll this silver-lead ore has had to be exported to the United States for treatment, but at both the Trail and Nelson smelters, lead stacks are being erected, and the smelting of this high ���rade lead ore will be attempted, providing dry ore, or thst containing lees thsn five per cent, ot lead will intermix So far the amount of this dry silver ore lias heen very small in this Province, and its discovery would greedy serve to amplify tbe smelting of these silver-lesd ores within our own borders. West Kootenay produced nearly all of thia ore during 1HM7, the North Star mine in Kaat Kootenay (impended shipments utiUI Uie completion of tbe Crow's Nest Pass railway. As Mated elsewhere, thi* average net or yield values of 33,57tf ton** ot Uw* >lucan ore were 108*5 ounces per ton, and 45.7 tier cent, lead, with a total gram vslue of |M?.70 per ton, or ISO tn tMnst. No large copper mines have yet developed. The production of 5,325,000 pounds during ISO? came almost enttrelv from Rossland and the Hull mines at Nelson, the average yield vslue st Um* former being 1.32 per cent., st Uie letter .���U-i per cent. Work ia in progress on the, st presHiit, low grade copper it-earing deposits in Boundary Creek district, and considerable pnwpecting was ilone at Kamloops, on the Island of Vancouver and adjacent islands, especially at tin- Van Aada oo Texada island, whence several hundred tons of good grade bronile ore wees shipped. Tbe production of tbe colleriets on Vsncouver Inland waa about the same aa that of the previous year, but in 1808 the demand for coal should greatly increa.��e in consequence of the very great increase In tbe number of steamers engaged in ths northern trade. Tbe coke ovens t.t Oomox produced over 17,000 tona of coke, moatlv for the Kootenay smelters, and Urge barges sre being built so Uiat the coke can Tie sent to the mainland in cam. to avoid re-shipment there. The great Held* of coal in Ktst Kootenay will soon be availshl**' aa the railroad through tbe Crow's Nest Pass west to the Columbia river will be completed in another year, when coal and coke will be delivered in Kaat and West Kootenay, and thus effect great improvment in the conditions affecting the smelting industry of Uie interior. About 2,000 tons of magnetic iron were shinned from Ute Glen iron mines ties ^^^^���^^^���^^^^P^K____ _,_k-H|__.__i t**- Kamloops to the American smelters tor a Hux. Some platinum was secured bom the hydraulic and placer mines in Caridoo antl Vale, and tne Minister of Mine* haa asked for samples of black sands to be sent in to tbe Isborato y of the department, where such will be tented free for platinum snd iridium, tor both of which are ever a good market snd good prices. The cinnabar mines in Uie Kamloops [district have temporarily shut down, without proving anything yet of value. Taking up Uie various districts of Uie Province. Mr. CubUs, after describing the work of tho different hydraulic mines In Cariboo, says that as the district in which mining is done in Cariboo I ia yet only a small part of that division, territory may yet be diaeoesfsd slong the continuation of ths gold belt to the Northwest. In describing the HaU Mines, in. ths Nelson divison, the report notes shst thai matte smelting blast furnace at the works is the biggest on this eontiaent- snd oapsble of smelting 300 tons s dsy. During Um yesr 47,500 tons of Silver King ore were smelted, yielding 054,585 on. of silver and 3,453,644 lbs* of copper sod a little gold. ' Por Uie Slooan district the net smelter returns save 3,(M1-,2B7 ess. of silver, 30,* 707,705 foe. lead, and 183 oas. of gold,'a value of 13,200,686, sgsinst ���i.tt-.Oll the ding year. Ths actual yields per ton were 108.5 oSs. silver, 46.7 per cent, lesd, s vslue ner ion of f07.71. The Slocan mines pa-d dividends amounting to 1060,000 in 1807. In the Trail district the net production wss 68,804 tons, of which there were 07,024 om. of gold, 110,088 of silver, 1,810,586 lbs., of eopper, a- value of 12,007,280, as against $1,243,360 for the previous year. The net average per ton was 1.42 om. gold, 1.60 oss. ailver,* 1.32 per rent, copper; value |30.48. The dividends paid by this district were 6400,000 in 1808. Mr. Carlyle calls attention to the fact tbat the few ss to assessment work is evaded by men relocating each others claims, and then deeding them back to the original owners. This has the effect of retarding mining progress, and lie advocates as a remedy of the evil that a certain amount of work should bs required within 90 days after location. ' The rush to the north will haves good effect on Uiat portion of tht Province Mr. Carlyle predicts. In earlier 'days qharU was neglected in Cassiar and'Cariboo, but now both placer and lode mines will be looked for, and hence tbe activity in the north will" tie great, and the discoveries may bn of great value. The reports notes, too, thst with Uie extension of railroads, cheaper coke ana coal and better smelting rates, it wilt be found posaible to utilise vast quantities oi low grade ores thsn cannot now be worked profitably. Speaking of placer gold, the report note* the work being done on hydraulic mining leases on Cariboo and other parts oi Uie Province, and remarks that dining the past year gold dredging on the Fraser river lias for Uie first time met wiUi encouraging success, ss the conditions are better Understood and more experienced men attack the problem. Oold ores, not amenable to amalgamation or any of Uie wet processes, but profitably treatable by smelting to a copper-iron matte or base lead bullion and refining, are now the source of moat of the lode gold reduced ia the Province, aa at Rossland. By many who are only familiar with tree milling ores, tbe importance of these smelting ores is not appreciated, bat their importance in cresses when it i* learned Uiat by this process s return of 05 to 98 per cent, of the ssssy .vslue is guaranteed; that smelting charges are decreasing, and that with smelting plants becoming more easily accessible, the owner of a producing property ot thisclass haa not to incur the cost of a plant or mill to treat his ores, but can sell st once to the smelter. Henoe large bodies of sulphide, and otherwise refractory gold ores, carrying from $15 to |*_u per ton in gold, as are being developed in tlie Province, are becoming profitable and in some centres will become more so when the railroads, building or projected, sre completed. In Kossland, ss stated elsewhere, the sverage vield vslue in 1887 for 63.804 tons wss 130.48 per ton, with s net value of profit of f 12 to $10 per ton, which net value Will, in all probability, soon | in crease. A large amount been found In Katrview Kinney in Yale, in Kootenay, in the Nelson division.1 tn Lilloot t, and along* the coast ami coast islands, but, with af ew exceptions, these veins as tested have pro veil to have low- values. The Cariboo mine, at Cimp McKinnev, haa s good ore chute thatthas paid $190,000 net; very rich fret* inilin-f ore was taken out of the Poorman lead near Nelson, snd the Fern mine Sear there is now becoming s producer;)but this olssa of raining has -not lyek msde moch headway, sltnoagh. that greater attention now being paaa, * the* erection of stamp mills, etc., will greatly tend to prove ap these leads. Tbe silver mines produced tby far the greater psrt of ths output'of the mises Tor 1807, snd although sBvss isnot now held in such high favor, ita friends sre getting handsom returns, from.the high ���grade ores, ss produced in WeetKoot- unajt*. With ths notable exasptioo of the silver-copper ore of the Hsu mines, snd stuns of the smaller properties, sll of ths silver ore carries a teiy high' per- centage'of lead or -secure iu gslsnd and blends. ��� *��� An Irishman who bad been tea tight ^ with a neighbor had ana of his ears chewed off. He consulted a lawyer concerning the bringing of a prosecution, and after a somewhat lengthy account of the difficulty, ended hfe-gEny ss follows : "I wouldn't mind so rawch tor myself, lawyer, but IM hste likeilhedevil to raises family wid one ear." -obability, soon: in- ount of qua ts [lias dew and Camp Mc- Cariboo, in East -j.I_.ui divi-ionJ in Klondike Start from VANCOUVER * Because l.\ VANCOUVER is the best outfitting point on the Coast; goods considerably cheaper than in tbe United 8tates. t. V ANOOU VER b the nearestfport of departure to tbe Yukon District. 3. VANCOUVER i* the terminus of IbaC.P. Railway, whose steamers will start from Vancouver thk spring. I. All northbound -Seaman-call at VAN COUVER. 5. Direct steamer* to Yukon port* hav* now commence I to nm from VANCOUVER. S������> VANCOUVER is the only Canadian port where |-_>aen*e-r. transfer direct from train to steamer. 1. KLONDIKE ie in Canada. Outfit in VANCOUVER and aata ��*per cent. Ctostoma Duty. W. GODFREY, President Board of Trade. Vancouver, B. C. KASLU &SL0CAM RY TIME CAM) Subject to change without notiee Trains run oo Pacific Standard Time. KmIo South Fork S-.route's Whitewater Beer Lake MrOu-wan Graa�� -SAM) and upwards. Ptj-Miiinra lickcted through to all points In Britain or Ireland, aad at 8| Great Husfflallv low rates to all parts of the Eartttean tVntlncut. Prepaid Paamfea ���rrantmd from nil i-olMta. Apply tp A. C. McARTHUR. C.l'.B. A��eiit Sandon, or WILLIAM STITT. General Aireat, V. P. R. Offices, Wlnnlixar i \ ����� m * ."_*!_i ihgsM m ��� ���* yk> "Irf THE TAYvSTREAK, SANDON, B.C, APMH. W.^ MINING R&&ORD��, The following ia a complete list of the mining transactions recorded during the week in the several mining divisions of the 81ocan. Those of New Denve* were ss follows:��� LOCATIOB8. *"' ' .1 ��,,. Mabcs tt-Aimb, Csrneot��r, Chas Jietrfhans. Gray Ft-a,sam--,Dlof1ttniproo(__ North Comot, Sight Mils, Johnb Bald;' cnmriCATB or qu^yMiprn. Mi-ran���Marion. ���, ,. ���*, . Mabcb as-surer Oard��pauum), .., '..* Mabcb is-Molfie. Mabch w-Bc' '' Sow rracttoa, t. __���_��� ^t.tV***M* Mabcb MBeoedi MolBe *i , Little Wid- > Sot. to JssM '100. Eliisthsn, Klnkora, Pinto No a.Tryon, H E McGarvelte to Same claiins. Mart US' Bracdoa. Henry Sher ran, Hertaaa -&rec_toJ>Vn> H _k-udUord. March S6, m0��i *H,005dowat*18/itt�� six mouths, SVMKti nine months. slocA*. orr* div*J��io*. *$: .._,- f-HH-jrf'utr. IOCATIORS. Mabch 1��*-Chsslsr.'w H Uemt-h. Mabch fl-Preartlau, Nail McMillan. - ��� r j-SMt-sms'-ri-t Mabch 3S-Madg*��.Blacfc ^rUioa. Poadss No t. } I; AINSWORTH DIVISION. LO.CATIOSS. Mabch lS^KaakSopok, D Graham; Lake Mabch -S-Chari-ston, Alt Brite; Marvin, i MUAmtd WtLUanw. ��� ��� . _ . MAROts -_-*-lX L *���*&�� [^Kingston |, J A.Otbaon to James A tement bet<-��*j*n, same Mabch fl���Princess, H L Sawyer to Fred A ,,Wlpeler,bertson. Same, f. J R Robertson to Whitewater Mines. 1/4. Same, 1/6. J L Montgomery to same. Same. l/��. J L fUtaUack U* ssme Monarvh, S��, Silver Pox J. J W Caldwell to A J Watson. North W**stern, North Star, Saving* Bank. White Cap, Duncan, Good Hope, Homestake Crown, 0**lbv Cliff. }, James Hanson and A E Noreeu to O G Laberee. BnJMal. High Rock, Custer ll*, O G Latsiw asms, ssme to Avery Labs-re*-*. Esstman and Lubeck if.*. Avery Laiberee to W H Clark*. Erie |, A E Noreen to O G Leber**. Bear Cree 1, Jas Hanson to ssme, Coptsrr Xuinret yit, ,1 IVtiYSun to Avery La- beree. *��� Same, same to W H Clarke. Silver Perk, Ibex, Kingston 1/U.O Johnson to Avery Labe-ree. Same, same to W H Clarke. ' Same 1, same to O G Laberee. Liils-ek. Slurdam and Eastmin |, A-ery Laberee and W H Clarke to same. I Ot-pner Nut-vet. Bear Cn*ek |, I G Peterson to O Q Laberee. Hjnrdant 1/U, W H Clarke to Avery Laberee. TREATED LIKE DOOS. How Laborers on tha Crow's Neat Ball* road are Served. There has been no end of trouble among the employees on the line of the Crow's Fast Pass railway in East Kootenay. Complaints Itave been frequent that the contractors were mistreating the men and that the pay waa so meager, under the rules adopted, that the men could not keep themselves in food. The matter rem bed a crisis a few weeks ngo when complaint* became so loud that a cemmissiou was sent out flora Ottawa by the Government to investigate the matter. Finding that help was* near, some of the men struck, arid the commission' heard tales of suffering that iu 'some cases Stowed evidence of careleesaess and indifference, and even cruelty, on the part of the subcontractors. Among the latter who came in for severe censure Is Qeo Nelson, Wetldsnown in Spokane, who has been in charge of ona of the camps and in said to be the,subcontractor in realitv, although tha contract is in the narae'rof sne Major Bowles.asan Amen can taa not-coitf raet directly (of work on the construction of the road. * A" gentleman came doWn from the north couutrv a few days since who has been In charge of one ol the camps on the line of construction where better conditions prevailed than in the other*. He is *n intelligent Scotchman, on his way to Teslin lake to work on the rail road tiiat is to be built by MeKeiuie ft Mann this summer. He has been in a position to see the sad state or affairs along the line of the Crow s Scat road, and he tells s sorry story about it to the Spokesmen Review. -The trouble is due to two causes, said he. "I suppose man-'* inhumanity to man waa never better demonstrate-! than it has been on that road this winter and that trait of human nature li otic cause, and the other is tbat the subcou- tractors failed to recognize the conditions that would confront them in building a road through a howling wilderness and made their bids too low. Few of them have capital to carry them thr *ugh, and as 80 percent, of their pay is withheld until the contract is completed, most of them are short of funds, and the result is that *Ue men are unpaid or are given time-checks on which are markeo 'no funds when sent to McLeod for payment. "Employment agents in the cities of eastern Canada have been gathering up men snd promising them all sorts, of things to gift them out to work on lite roacT '{ecently about 9uo Frenchmen were shipped out from Hull, a town opposite Otttawa Some of these men found on arrival that they were cUrged with railroad fare and that the wages of $1 50 per day with f l |ier week deducted for board "would leave them nothing when loss from bad weather was taken into account. They struck Their demands were not aceedi-d to. They asked for food, so that they could make their way back to McLeod and start for home.~ Assistant Superintendent P. G Xash refused 10 fe��*d litem, and at the points of revolvers drove the unlucky wretches from his camp and starte ��� them back on the trail Hi) miles to McLeod. Then, to bring ihe matter dowtt to refined cruelty, Nash sent a courier ahead to notify everv i-amp along the line to refuse to give the strikers food as they passed,orders thst I know were disregarded by soma of ihe men in charge of camps The first official act of the government commie* siott, after hearing the testimony rewriting Nash's action, was to discharge him. They did right, but I feel that he was made a scapegoat when oth-dra were equally guilty. When the commission approached Fort Steele the men in a camp which was in charge of George Nelson, of Spokane, struck aud came to Fort Steele to testify before the commission The issue of the Fort Steele Pros-wi tor of March r>th tells something of their testimony. As the Prospector tells the story, ���2H men from Major Bowies' cam,, appeared before the committee and commission. They appointed E. Wease spokesman, and the evidence he gave was sworn to by all of them Among the matters sworn to, the following are the principal points: "We have not lieen paid for December or January. Pay dav was supposed to be on the 15th of the month I ha/ember was settled by time checks, which have not been paid For Januarv neither money or time checks hsve been given us Time cheeks were payable at Major Bowles' office at M?. and ran not get them until they get mone*** The camo is filthy, dirtvand uit**betiered *'\Ve have a g*-*��l esolt, but U�� k -.110- plies. and the f��t.��.l has fallen ojf in quality and quantity <��n that artoutii Board wa�� fair sntlltwo nanthsjuM "We -ee n��* dot-tor al ill, and * * ;nv*�� Is puy 00 cent* per m otth for m.*dicat attendance /���nt ��'", cenis t ��r mad ****. vice, and aid** got leltiT. >nw*\ in iwa or three w��..k* I hoe only known tti the doctor visiting the camp <��nce in %i* Week* For the la*t two s��rk. tl��er<�� ha* t������en a *ui��ply of WsdUlna We don t know ihe uoctqrs name 'With a poll tat of gt. mMical it temlaiice M cent*. *', cents for mail servjci', and hiss of time. w�� are not getting 75 cent* per d.iv " The Praspostaf make* ihe toiiowiu_* asMertiou: "Front reliable sottree* we have obtained the following- fart* in re;ird to the wa?es of the work men . * Ur Watson w %* tu.reiiuK.ti. ��i tirttM i be tiegan a series of exprronenu mi-*i*4 convinred tbe pby*��rian of thetrwihtH the *a��*rkman�� aat.nn... 1>r Wauo ��� to certain mow' that his meth-41. imUA \ ble sod will give bu pantmta ihe b*m*k A it. He dipslinc* W give '.*��� th��< *,*tw I the, sectett. ot It. He declares, totwe* a, I tbat soy medi. A expert '*r ��.*w**4 a j tett***.e��i in bi�� dinsovarv >., *.. ^_m-.-�� hita and be wilt fKvs 0,* mtetb 4��tss ��at aay tbae HI* A*ve*ui��ii--u* ton i t��ee��t a* trnteh dlr-*�� *.A U*** ,ri nAm ll.**n of feoale idlispHng nt to taxi**4 ! **i*��ing. f he early ex peri **��� 1 r mix �� *m to to I Wal*aat were am ms 1 <*���*** Tin j mare which be driv*** w. ��� ��� ��� .* itssi" 4 I one exf��s*f*,taei��t Whrti f. ������ w* ''heraine eestain that t*\ **.\A*- ������������ llneoeed In aw animsl, h* din*iA*d 4t1eHit��m tktwatd* ham/iu -���>*?* *n mf-sattv -good reanlt*. a A l**�� m****m\ to* say*, ba* never ,a '*��������-! �������� ' state*ae��-d wh'Hh I*. Wat wot mom t��*re*t he sav* statH is n��*4 iu-**~**it for I So mother i��aia4ergo *������** " '��� vo#��il The *U*ni.ir pretei. * >��nh the lathe' atone. *-* ���> **dktw ot^toft. to tto *�� in tbt* *(W.*��eore Am fatbetand otbwr phyaWmn* ***** wd agree with iVdesss.r Scheack iW nourishment or diet have *n��ihm-'���� di with drtortaiolHg the ��� x �� s cWt Neither doo* be a*jw�� with -He I r***- wof tbat Ihe father ha* te* inttw*-*** a iMerwilnlwg **��x Uf '�����' ��� - *h** <** has a* morb MHoeace a�� the th��*r fhe phvsik-ian Has �� . ��* *������� nwe* of -HvMhtrth lb- M^ tlrinlv tbat in ���* > *y on- A *he* m eoild bav*. iotltv <**-,A tb > ���'���* child bv askiux b*.��f �� . **�������� I' A**\ tnd coold have I Ati ��^Wr the chlM at a��v ��oue bei.��re *u untt IlllT tjt RrsrioM or ana. Datthury. Conn ��� \ discovery like lhat of Professor Schotnk.of Vienna, iu relation lo determining the sex of a child More its birth, ha* Mm made by Dr Wilbur S Watson. Dr WatSOU a**erts pnsitivelv lhar It is within hi* (tower not only to inrtuence the *ex o. as*tsi��B *<-* '*t***rin : ''^K*tA^:*tt^*va��� ���*^^*r-r' rZ '. tax .Ui if yoti rtKtld to * ***** ' ' U* "M.r sns����'.*t *e P���**�� "JJ ���I'd bnrrow enoowt- *��>��������*to l,r* the mat of my lib*' __. Be goodinTt"'^ ���> s'"ir%'Ai'j�� roqulre double **MMtn* ��*,r ,*"> "^A vouloan toyout iwlatjves > snd mortgage -' **** **** A 'can IttnestiiMMil* Kootenay Mercantile Tailoring Co A fall line of PIECE GOODS always in Sit* tmmmrmmtm MINING WtOI'RUTY BOUOHT **)l AND ftftXJKKD J. it & & CAMERON. THK PAYSTREAK, SAX DOS, B.C., APRIL 2, 1898. ^, Roaebert). M.Heattie, general a|*ent for tmebery Townsite (Joy., was in ity yesterday. HpeakliiK of the k, he had this to say: 'On thc , prospects to-day are very i hetter than they were a mouth i Mir town, Riasda'ry, Is coining front in a way that is Indlsput- la i ��f fly a* im hi out by tbe Townsite lor them* im}-rovetnenta. In In-dun I might say that the C. P. ���* !.������%. putting In track acaka, ���ti!> ones in die dlatrlet. This, lotiln, has been decided upon i 11"* tact that Kosebery holds ke\ (.. sll theoutf-utot the K��*ote *;������* ;iil matte snd bullion pass ��a\ L.the main Iim* of the f\ Iron Or* In Ihe Bad Undo. ��� ��dwood, S. ll. Last summer lot'tin* g**o| jgiv*. of tlie I'nlted sea -nrvey apt-tit coii-shh table iu the llad l.and* In thc vicinity "iitr Wiflgi. agi-iicy In aludying geology of Smith Dakota ami tern Nebraska, tin* main end in ������"iiiifto afe-ertain tin' under ��� ���nl ri-MHirons for water i:i that ion. It Is now und<- -oed that ���nil unex|ieet4il discoveries were which may, to a great extent, ve the bail lands of the name of [t-bleasnesa. Kxteiisi ve deposits of Wiie iron ore. were found near [agency buildings, which, tlie f"gl��t thinks, will some day e valuable to work. Kxtend- *>uthward from the agency, into Nebraska, was also found [xtenslve deposit if volcanic ash Mi is estimated to be fifteen feet ami covers a large area. The is a tide quality and is sharp o*A. It is valuable for polishing Mr and is alau used quitt* ex tensively for scouring soaps. Of more immediate importance and in- terestest to the Indians of the reservation, perhs ps, is the discovery in the vicinity of the agency of geologic conditions which indicate that an excellent artesian water supply is available. It is calculated from the way the formations are arched that the artesian basin is *iear the surface and that when tapped, a strong pressure flow will be forthcoming. There bas been considerable difficulty experienced at the agency and on the reservation In getting a supply of good liealthfnl water and It is expected that on tlie strength of the investigates! antl discoveries of laat season, the artesian basin will lie tapped in the near future. How to Stop a Paper. The(irand Forks, M.D. Kepubli can is a hard paper to stop, lait one subscriber succeeded In the follow- ng way, to-wit: January* 12 1��*W Walaliville X 1) to tin? editor of the grand forks republican and northwest news dear sir 1 notlfVed yoo to diseontinnev my paperdeoember i*a; i ti*ifyed you on January llth 1&<7 to discaitinn my paper as it would to* unkulled tour i had the post master tn rite to yon and yet your paper kom*. th poast master sent the papers bsk to you and not fled vou that they were nn haled hair on Munday January 10 I herd that tlier wm won of the northwest news in the nfcs Hair me. now mr editor if you ar in Ibe leak! boglng please let me no ami I will seand vou a tinier but for kriatsake keep your paper.* Exposed Himself. A gn-at crowd gathered in the busy Sainton *tivet. In tbe center nf the crowd at��aal a tall, broad- shouldered v Ming man. stylishly dressed, long hair, and of a pale, Intel leetual eon utena nee. .1 ust now, however, his face was distorted with mingled grief and rage. ���*.% money !" be cried in agonised accents. "My beautiful, erisft, green money! rii�� accumulated aavingaof weeks! l��one~-all gone I" Hen* he broke down, and, bursting Into teats, wept with extraordinary vehemence, while the croard stared wtth that deep absorption wliich most of us take in other people's affair*. Finally a |adiceinan accidentally appeared, and to him the young man related his grievance. "How did you come to lose your money ?" inquired the officer. "Why a rude fellow stopped me on the street just now and emptied my pockets." ���ran you describe him ?" "Yes. He was very short, barely Hve leet high, and extremely thin." "Was he armed?" ���Oh, no." "Then, why in thunder did you let him rob you ?" -What, could I do?" "Do?" echoed the astonished policeman. "Why, use your fists and protect yourself." "What, strike him'."exclaimed the young man in horrified tones. "How dreadfully vulgar! Why, I never struck a man in my life!" Then like a flash tbe crowd divined tbe troth. The victim of tbe robbery was a professional prize tighter. The Goodenough, ��� SANDON, B. C. ���erican Plan, MM pot day. ropean Plaa, *t.*xt par day. Strictly Srat claaa. MRS. M. A. SMITH, Prop. |f PLASHES. Smoke Trail Blazers. Tbe best value in Miners' Gloves at thc Post Office Store. California Gloves, every pair war ranted, at the Post Office Store. There are no Trail Blazers in Dawson. So much tbe worse tor Dawson. Do not say there are no good gloves in town. See those at the Post Office 8torc. The Ssndon Hand Laundry and Bath House is still in the lead for fine starch work. Work called for snd delivered promptly. It is worth while to call at the C. P. R. office and get new rates to eastern points. A great number have already taken advantage nf the low fares'to visit their old homes A Special Consignment from San Francisco of 34 dozen pair of Gloves, Including California Buckskins Asbestos, Horsehide, Australian Goat skin, Genuine Seal-skin, Fireproof Horse-hide, at the Post Office Store. Dr. A. MILLOY, DENTIST. ROOMS IN RB0O HOTEL. SANDON. m t i i DR. )*** 8. MARSHALL ���ASLft, ���.����� Will I* at th** Hotal Balmoral ��nee a moatk. Hie XashviHe Students will manufacture amusement for the Sandon public in Spencer's hall on the 15th and Kith. * B APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENCE. SOTICR Is from April Ob I (riven, that thirty .lay. [ apply to the Corporation hereby will apply to the txirpoi of Sandon for a Jfcrenc* to sail liquor by -Mtsr.il in the Wilton House. JOHN Bt'CKI-EV S��n*ton. March SA HSS. Dissolution nf Partnership. Net ice Is hereby **iren that tlie partnership lately eilstlac between William Walmsley end Hucfa McGee in the Star Hotol l�� thb day dissolved hy mutual consent. Hu��h McOee will continue th* business, pay all ontstaud iiia debt, and collect all accounts. William Walmsley. Hoah McGee. Handon. B. C. March llth, ISW. MINING STOCKS And Other Investments. Kvery Representation Guaranteed. J. M. HARRIS, THE FILBERT 1 Wfl. SUDROW, Fir.t uUhol. rlass in every particular. Newly far Best liquors. NOBLE FIVE HOTEL . COOT, ft. C. BONGARD 4 PIECKART, Proprietors. The Flmi Clnaa Hotel of Cody. Rates: ***.'*.'per dav. Special Rates by the Weak. TRY A I.C. CITY CIGAR STORE 9. a. A Fall Lino of Cigars, Tobaecos, Pipes nnd Smokers' Sundries In Stock. Headquarter* lor Playing Cards and Poker Chips. ( MOO A��l ^^^^^ Trail Blazer Cigar And Ton WUl Smoke No Other. THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B.C., APRIL :\ iflS& ���s= BILL NYE HEARD PROM. E. C. Biseell Gioea a Graphic Dis* cription ot the Trip to Alaska. Wrakgel, March 22nd���If any of the readers of the PaYstreak want to realize what humanity can endure in search of wealth tbey should come to Alaska. They should take passage on a freight steamer out of Seattle for any port in Alaska, and thev will at once commence to realize.* They wiU'be told that the boat will sail at such a time, that the ac cominodations arc superb, aud the comfort of passengers is the boat's Erincipal aim���all of which they will elieve. But they will learn shortly that the Klondike rush has bred aii order of men as steamboat agent.- who have entered the thirty-second degree of Modern Klondike Liars. The boat wjll not nail on advertised time, but each day after the ticket holder will be assured it will go next day for certain. When the day comes for sailing tht* time will be divided into hours,.and commiMicin. nt 10 o'clock a. in., the passenger.- will be tjld each hour that thc boat sails the next, until, at 10 o'clock at night, he quits asking and goes t laid, only to be pulled oat at mi.I night and ordered on deck to stand in the rain an hour and bo o Minted by thc government inspect * \ But the passenger...with nn freigtr has a pleasant time c -iiipaivil with the man who has freight to s'lip. Al! freight has to l�� prepaid, aiul when the shipper gets his stuff on the dock and has calculated abput what tin freight will be from the rate he lis been quoted, he will learn fn in tin freight agent when he receive* hi bill of lading how dense is hi. i?.nuance about steamho-iting. Then will be wharfage, h.nding ch.i.'ges, an I measurements that wilt seem especially .designed to reach Uie bit- torn of his pocket-book. After lie ha - recovered from the sliock and hi^ pulse has become normal, he wi: commence worrying ab-.au getting his freight aboard. Among scores ot men who seem to be b.��sinn as pi**. .ible, and Telegraph and (eslin will be better places than Wrangel thi- .uiunier. There an* a number of Sandon people here, among them Kran! Jutler, Df, Brunei', Charlie Mae and dr-4. Mic, Mr. and Mrs. Terrill, (frank Hull, Shirley Bros., and Mr. McNeil. K. C. Bl-mgU- Notice. Haviiij: sold <>ur bat-bat tattiaas. to Thorns. It. Power, we ��i,h to thuiik lh�� puhi'u lor pa.t favor, sn.l trut flint ttu-v sill U< .-,.*��� �� liberal pfttroiuu*** upon our moos*am. -KMixim ntant-s Sun ion. April l.t. |*<*, APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENCE. N'JT't'K i. ttotobf rttvsa.that thttty day. torn April ith I will �����>������.> to ti,. (Wt-Afstiai A Huii'ioii tor it Uo-rara to aell li.)uor l>v r*��ttu ii thi*l'.i:toi. HoBsS AOUS BitKi.KY Hun too, M.ir liri. is-st Dissolution of Partnership. Notice i. hercl-y ai*,��?u that tin* j..rri..r.hi|, Ht��ly fxUting Is-twcrti William Walm��U*v ml Hush Mi the to tin- Star Hotel I. thi. 'lav 'i-jsolvei l<>- mutual consul. Htuth M time till routintu- thebuttaSB*. pay all oiit**sn-t og ilaht, on I coll����-t all account, William YValm.l-y. HikIi Mt'tUm. Sttmlon. D. V . Marrh llth, m<*. VMM ING ST0CK5 And Other Investments. -ivery Representation Guaranteed. J. Nl. HARRIS, Sandon, B.C. CITY CIGAR STORE 8. A. MIGHTON A Full Line of Cigars, Tobneeoa, Pipes and Smokers' Sundries In Stock. I Headquarters lor Playing Cards and Poker Chips. ���* Hc-^^^��i:. ^-;:;-;-; >K ilC XC *�� Hi 3�� JjC *HOK t$mm IN addition lo llw Kane) HIIW��-J^******,** *,**Vwr *''"-n*tmm. *<��� luivc added u> osr l.rjre (����a-lineB�� <*> Hundart tior��*�� , t~w 3J mm" FINK PICKLES, week Plain and Mixed, In I. .land lOfal. polls, nnd in fim.-y laatitaftr ���Jmmediate table use. SAUER KRAUT, yrtttbf* ""d* """t" "��"���* ni oil Hue Bonelew Gudftsti; Maekerel In 25 lb. bits, j siidiMfc. rlon, Ubrador Herring, In 1 bWs.: Sainton Hellk*, in .','. tb |��j and other lines tf ViAi in imrkagv*. EVAPORATED FRUIT, i^rr _.'"���-zTi ? Tin floest line nf this clase ��f gtasl** ****** m*m In Sanibm HAMS AND BACON, ���^v^_r,"f,h,r"'"'- **] Just receivfsl, a ear Usui ����f P0TATGEB, from Uie noted S^liumd**** Valley, ami utbec Vegetables, free fn��m frost. our regular **i**ek or nRAPPRIR^ *M ****** *miH,n,t i!s"r����i*-��i UAV/ViCii\lUO| pnrbaices. (ISo��td dock We are agents ft��r the * ���������'. to ot,Ut Hamilton Byers, KASLO. SAMMiX. niittK wiiuri: X J i WAN At OH White & Cavanaugh CODV. II. c. Msimfncturxr. of Rough and Dressed Lumber Sf 00 AVI ���ANOON Canadian Pacific Ry. ASM Soo-Pacific Line. Taa POai sae *AOfn*0* **���*< *����* To Eastern & Europc-r* Pom's To Pacific Coast & F*r *-** Pbinta. To Rkh and Active GoW FieWi of Klondike -nd th* Yukon. Httggttge Checked tol>-.tlnnti<* nnd Throoirh Tleb��"t* I a New Tourist Car Service. Daily to Ht. Paul llally Except Tue-lax u* V**** Canadian and V. > ,,in,i OAILV CONNECTION , . fo Main Lias Pointt. aad. excrv ������ ***�� ftttti* ���ti To an. from Nslssn toiivo Hnndon 7:4^ a.m. A��*rrtsln pmnt.nl MtW'CKI��� It**t**J fntl Infonnatbju hy a4tj*ws*aii>�� ,nf* ���csnt, nr A. C. Mt AKT1UU Agent, Sand* w r y ":-\, K J ttiVI.K. MM. I'mss Act Vmn*oH\-r, ii ***** *., ���*���' K.tlmstir. fun.l.l.ct t��t,oi,in����*f���r* ntui liul|,lt,r��. Orders left at Jty.'iV Hardwarei IL ��� , , . , u. .��� , I tfc��siir��* Hint t.tii tl-K-'i "* Htoit* win rtaeivf Prompt Attention.t rasa. ia.> i*a�� ih�� ha" w �� th'