I THE PAYSTREAK BOOK III. HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF. SANDON, SEPTEMBER 2 t899. CHAPTER 47 Blake Wilson of Nelson is in town today. ' Mrs. Wm. Lawson and family returned from the Coast Thursday. Jack Lowes spent a few days in town trom Duncan City this week. J. G. Main and family are expected to return from the Co��st to-day. Mrs. W. E. Hodder of Kaslo was visiting with Mrs, Vallance this week. Tommy Milne is papering and decorating the interior of the Payne residence. George Creech, who recently returned from tbe Yukon, is visiting his brother, Bert. Abe Legget, the only one of his kind, has gone to Windermere in search of pastures new. W John Wickles paid |5 into the city police court lor being drunk and disorderly on Thursday. Miss Dovall, who has been visiting with Mrs. Dwyer, left on Thursday tor her home in Walla Walla. C. W. Main, who has been with the Ruth company for some time, left tor Montreal un Wednesday. The meeting of the Mine Owners' Association, which was to have" been held yesterday, will take* place on the 5th. M. W. Day has completed the improvements to his soda WHter factory and now has an institution complete in every detail. Rowland will celebrate Labor Day in grand style on Tuesday. An excursion rate trom Sandon is given over the C. P. R. Ernie King of Kaslo. who is suffer- ing with inflammatory rheumatism, went through to Banff on Monday, accompanied by Pat Walsh. There will be an election of officers by the Sandon Miners' Union today, (���eo. Smith and R.J. McLean are the presidential candidates. Main Bros, will build a warehouse on Cody Avenue, opposite the Pay streak office. A lot has been secured and building will be commenced in a few days. Henry Nightengale, of Kaslo, who tiies the iron horse on the K. A S. express, became a benedict on Wednesday evening, joining hands with Miss Jessie Price of that city. The collector's tax notice is out ��nd property holders are asked to pay up before the end of this month to get the benefit of the one sixth re- hate un the city revenue tax. J. V, Martin, while working in McLaughlin's carpenter shop yesterday, got his hand into tne machinery and had three lingers crushed. The injured members had to be amputated. The Sandon Miners' Union will H'ive a bajl iu Virginia Hall on Tuesday evening next, Labor Day. The invitation is extended to all who want to enjoy themselves and know how to have a good time. The N. & S. train was two hour late yesterday, owing to a delay with the 'Imperial." Since the inauguration of the new service the express has been so regularly on time that a delay is noticable enough to cause comment. D. H. Price, editor of the Aylmer Express, left the Eastern Press Association at Nelson long enough to visit Sandon. He spent a couple of days in the hills, getting an idea of what mining is like when seen at close range. The new addition to the school house is progressing rapidly, .and will be ready for occupancy;in a few days. At present the industry of "teaching the young.7liiind how to shoot" is somewhat Interfered with by the building operations. Jake Hoover, the man who was arrested two weeks ago for flourish' ing a gun at a dance in McGuigan, was fined $50 and costs in the District court last Wednesday. Six- shooters are not considered good form in the best social circles of the camp now-a-days. Dan Godfrey's famous military band will be in Nelson next Saturday. The C. P. R. is giving a single fare for the round trip, going Saturday and returning Monday. Excursions will also t*i run from Kaslo and oTSer points, r The K. A "fir, will give a single fare for the round crip to Nelson on Friday aud Saturday to hear God frey's band. A steamer will connect with the train at Kaslo on Saturday aiternoon, and returning will leave Nelson alter the concert, enabling passengers to return to Sandon on Sunday. A, C. McArthur has received word that he will probably be called on to take charge of the.C. P. R. stuion at Rossland. If "Mac," in the performance of his duties as,agent satisfies the company as well as lie has done the .people of Sandon, they should put him in charge of the Windsor station in Montreal. The continued chilly weather and the frequent fal s of snow on the higher levels should do much to advertise this region as a summer resort. To those in a tropical climate who are suffering from excessive heat we can cheerfully recommend a visit to the Last Chance hill or the Jackson Basin. No artificial coolers are necessary in those parts. A concert under the auspices of the Ladies aid Society of the Presbyterian church will be given in Virginia hall on Friday evening next, 8th inst. There will be a collection in lieu of admission, the proceeds of which will be devoted to interior furnishing of the new church. Mrs. F. A. Wood will sing and many Items of new and special interest are promised. The reprehensible practise of stealing wood is again in vogue in Sandon and is being carried on with crafty vigor by midnight marauders. Next to the man who does not pay his subscription, the wood thief is the most desdicable character that our present dav civilization allows to exist. We m_ke this statement in the hope that pur neighbors may be put on their guard sufficiently to place their wood under cover. We don't care to use woodthat is allowed to remain out in the rain. The up-town citizens of Sandon are manifesting considerable impatience with regard to the street light service. During the dark nignts attendant on the present cloudy weather travelling is dangerous in the upoer part of the town and the city council will be asked to take some action to have the service restored. An economy which jepord- izes the Safety of citizens is not appreciated in this end of the town. - ��� ��� ��� SLOGAN MINES. The Rambler-Cariboo. M few men are employed on out- sWte-work at the Ruth this week. A couple of men were put on at the R. E. tee this week to do outside work. Wm. Thomlinson and Harry Sheran are taking out some ore on their claim adjoining the Stranger in Jackson Basin. The ore shipments from White* water this week were Whitewater 44, Jackson 31. From Sandon for the week. Coin 3, Payne 5| tons. The right of way for the Ruth flume has been completed and construction was started at Cody on Tuesday. John Magner is ineliarge of the work, The ore shipments over the K. A S. have increased considerably during August. All tbe ore is going into the Kootenay Ore Company's sampling works at Kaslo. The Queen Bess is making extensive improvements about their bunk houses and out buildings. When the present alterations are completed there will be accomodation at the mine for 100 men. A 100 foot tunnel contract has been let on the Miller Creek. The work will be done in the lower tunnel and it is expected will tap the ledge. There is good ore showing in the upper tunnel, but the main body is below those workings and the ground is too wet to permit sinking a winze. CITY COUNCIL. A special meeting of the city council was held on Monday evening for the purpose of considering accounts and other matters in connection with Creek Improvements. On motion of Aid. Buckley, sec onded by Aid. Crawford, Mr. J. E. wood was appointed assistant auditor for the purpose of auditing the accounts in connection with the Creek Improvements, 1898. On motion of Aid. Hunter, second- ed*by Aid. Crawford, it was decided that a special meeting of the city council should be held on Friday evening, 1st inst., for the purpose of hearing any charges made by any rate payer in connection with the Creek Improvements accounts, and that Geo Lovatt be notified personally to attend the said meeting. The strike made in the Rambler- Cariboo last week now shows thre; feet of solid ore. The drift will have to be continued for 75 feet along the ledge and an upraise qiade for 110 feet to connect with the shft, whicli has been sunk 190 feet from the upper tunnel, This shaft shows continuous ore all the way down, with two feet of high grade ore in th; bottom. This leaves 300 feet of stop- ing ground between the upper and lower tunnel, from which no ore has yet been taken. A few more men were put on this week and shipments from the property will be increased. J, B. McArthur, president of the company, J. J. Humphrey, vice- president, and A. F. McClaine, secretary, paid a visit to the mine on Wednesday and inspected the new strike. Get a Vote, You Maq Need It. Don C. Kurtz of the Kaslo Recording office, has been appointed collector of votes tor this district. As there will be a federal election within a few munths and a provincial election may occur at almost any time, it is important that those entitled to the franchise who are not already on the list should get their names en at once. No expense is involved and no other proceeding is necessary than to fill out an application form and send it to the collector. The same roll is used for both provincial and dominion lists and one registration entitles the citizen to vote at both elections. If you are not already on the list drop into the Paxstreak offce or send us your name, occupation and address and we will attend to the matter for you tree of charge. If you are a liberal yorir vote is necessary to maintain a stable government, to boost along the "growing time,1' and to keep the tory conspiritors out of office. If you are a conservative your party needs your vote to turn the rascals out, to get into office themselves, and to show the grits that they have sacrificed the confidence of the people of Canada, If you are an independent in politics you should get on the, list in order to help in the overt||row of machine govornment and to oust tbe subsidy hunters and charter sharks who are throttling Canadian manhood and sapping the vitals of this fair dominion through tbe subserviency of a blind partyism. Judging from the prices paid in West Elgin recently, votes should fetch good figures this fall. The owner of a mineral claim near Slocan lake a few weeks ago obtained a eertiflet of improvement, but failed to file the same with the Minister of Mines within thirty days. According to one of this year's am- endmends this delay worked an invalidation of the certificate and tbe owner wrote to the Minister of Mines asking what he should, do. The minister replied advising him to relocate the ground! Work on the Wakefield tramway will probably be commenced next week. The Paystreak. I A NEW TALE OF THE EDMONTON ROUTE. As Black as it is Painted, but as Rich as the Land of Ophir. When the Klondike boom started two years ago there were many routes offered the credulous gold seekers who joined "the mad race for wealth." Each was heralded as the only practicable route to the treasure vault of the Arctic, and maps and distances were distorted so that each was made to appear the shortest, safest and quickest way to the land of gold and snow. There was the St. Michael's river route, the Cbilkoot pass, the Skagway trail, the Dalton trail, Stickine-Teslin route, Ashcroft trail, Peace River route, Spok��ne route, and some even facetiously suggested the New Orleans overland route. All had their quota of unfortunate wayfarers, and each was the scene of terrible tragedies. All were bad, but none were worse than the Edmonton route. Fifteen hundred miles of unexplored prairie and forest, swamp and arid plain, impassable rapids and impenetrable mountain ranges, inland seas and awful expanses of snow and ice. The world has heard how over a thousand eager argonauts dared the dangers of that awful trail; of how a meagre 50 reached, the metropolis of the Yukon; of how another 150 struggled back to civilization, and of how many hundred are still wandering in the wilderness or have passed over the great divide. It was a terrible tale, and no words have been too black to picture the horrors of the overland route to the goldfields. But there is more to tell; not of the horrors of that great lone land, but a tale of hope and a presage of empire. Early in that memorable spring, when the world stood aghast at the blind, mad rush for gold, a little, party of five from Sandon joined the long trek to the land of promise. They were J. A. Hotfmeyer, Joe Snyder, Louis Pecati, Frank Huffman and Mrs. Huffman. All were used to the ways of frontier life and each was an adept in the art of pioneering. Should anyone get through they would not be left behind. They chose the Edmonton route. J, A, Hoffmeyer is back in Sandon now, and the* tale he tells is both interesting and terrible. Starting from Edmonton, their route lay to Athabasca Landing, ��� where they took the Hndsons' Bay steamer down the majestic waters of the Athabasca to Fort Chippewayan. Gliding smoothly down the noble river the voyager passes through a beautiful land ot undulating, parklike prairie, watered by crystal streams and timbered with verdant copses of fir and aspen ; a land whose possibilities for the future are as great as its dangers and lonliness for the present are all-prevading. Here in this far away corner of this great dominion are pastoral lands sufficient to maintain the teeming populations of Europe, but uninhabited save by the nomad aborigines and the lonely factors of the Hudsons' Bay. At Pelican rapids, 80 miles below Athabasca Landing, the Dominion government is sinking a test well In search of oil. Through the six-inch pipe that pierces the earth's crust for a thousand feet there is escaping every day enouge natural gas to supply the city of Toronto; its never-ceasing roar can be heard many miles away and the aroma of petroleum permeates the atmosphere for leagues around. Down along the Athabasca river are many of the greatest wonders of nature : pools of asphalt that bubble and simmer from springs below, natural gas erosions that once lit will burn forever, petroleum swamps which a .carelessly dropped match would turn to a flrey living hell, rivers whose waters are salt and from whose banks the Indians cut the crystal where it is laid up by a bounteous nature. Through all this wilderness of undeveloped wealth* they passed to the Great Slave River and the Great Slave Lake. Here they found a body of water as large as Lake Huron, whose shores have never been explored. At Fort Resolution they met a priest of the Catholic faith who told them of mineral wealth within a day's march of the inland sea. With the aid of an indian guide they were taken to a range of hills within 40 miles of the lake where within the compass of a few miles were found many enormous ledges of galena, veins of gold bearing rock and leads whose surface croppings showed native copper. The party spent many days prospecting in this dis trictj finding mineral deposits of untold value and seeing surface showings the magnitude of which would make a mining man dumb with amazement. After this disaster befell the party. Hurricanes blew on the Great Slave Lake, now this way, now that, but always vielent and unceasing. One day in July, while tossing about in a terrible gale, Frank Huffman was washed out of the boat into the raging sea and in a twinkling was beyond his comrades aid. Supplies were lost in the storm and the party discomfited. From Fort Smith Mr. Hoffmeyer turned back, but the others went on, determined to make their destination. From then until no word has come of their success or failure. Making his way back by easy stages, Mr, Huffman at last made Edmonton, bringing with him samp les of the mineral they had found about Great Slave Lake. Assays from the galena samples gave 100 ounces silver and 70 per cent. lead. Gold and copper assays of fabulous richness were obtained, some specimens running $1,0C0 to the ton. Mr. Hoffmeyer leaves next week for Wilksbarre, Pa., to spend the winter. The wealth he discovered in the north has not turned his head, but, lie says, when the resources of this great region become known and means of communication are afforded he will return to what he considers the greatest undeveloped mineral country in the Dominion of Canada. Hot. John D. is Fixed. The wealth of John D. "Rockefeller has now reached the sum of $244,- 000,000, and furthermore is increasing at the rate of $1,500,000 a month, or $50,000 a day, or $2,083 an hour, or $34.50 a minute, or 57 cents every second of time, day and night, Sundays and holidays, Nelson Miner���Mr. H. W. Hawley arrived in town from the Mollie Gibson mine yesterday. Mr. Hawley, who has the contract for the new wagon road, states that the first three miles from the lake have been completed. He sub-let contracts for construction ot the first five miles from the mine toward the lake. The road will be about 12 miles long when completed. ^ B o o e cc ca S3 EH < E. R. ATHERTON CO. Limited, Business Is quiet, So They Say But we can say that we are selling more sho^s today than ever before. Why! Because we have the largest stock, the best quality and the best Prices o any House in the Country. Do not send out of town for your shoes when yoiL can buy them cheaper right at home, and always be assured of a perfect fit. Spend your money at home and you will no doubt get part of it back again. So says a good citizen. We have in stiock ,51500 worth of Blankets. We have 4 point, 3 1-2 point and 3 point Mackinaw Blankets, the best that are manufactured; they are thick as a board, "warm things." we also have a fine line of white and colored wool blankets, horse blankets, and a large stock of cotton blankets. Also a fine line of pure white cotton filled satin cover quilts, wool filled quilts and baby quilts; these goods just arrived. We do not expect to hold up every person who comes in our store. But we do take great pleasure in showing you the finest and largest stock of bedding in this country. E. R. ATHERTON, Co., Limited. THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, SEPTEMBER 2, 1899. MININ�� RB&OR'DS The following is a complete list of the mining transactions recorded during the week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Denve- were as follows :��� LOCATIONS. August 22���Lake, Granite cr, A Mc- Whirter. 23���Brase, near Rosebery, J Clark. 24���Orrorrora, n fork Carpenter, C Haller. 26���Kitchener, near Cody, E M Quirk. 26���Moon Fraction, Twin lake basin, A J Becker. Tonka Fraction, near Alamo, H T Twigg. ASSESSMENTS. August 22���Red Fox, Red Fox Fraction, Old Newry, Pram. 23���Olencpe, Hub. 24���Fitz, Chitopa, Opatunka, Broken Hill, Edinburgh for 8 vears. 25 ���Pay Day. 26���Okanagan Chief, Imperial. 28���Lee Fraction, Golden. TRANSFKBS. August 22���Alert %, J A McDonald vto Dan McLeod, Aug 22. Bird Fraction 5-12, S T Walker to Alex Smith, Aug 22. Summit Fraction 1, H M Walker to same. 23���Adirondack 2-9, Wm "Niven to H Lowe, W Murray and R Sloan, on Aug 19. 24���Forest King J, J Fraser to E L White, Aug 21. Gipsy Queen i, A Wild to E L White, Aug 21. Le Roi J, Lee Coombs to G H Dawson, June 15. 28���Galena Mines, Limited, notice of liquidation in London Gazette, Jan 10. Kelvin, J Campbell to E Shannon, Aug 26. Snowdon %, L Doolan to J Carolan on Aug 28. OPTIONS. August 26��� P Burns and D D Mann to Lorenzo Alexander, option to purchase for $40,000, Minnehaha, Jennie, Evening, Violet, Carnation and Violet Fraction, Aug 18. SLOCAN CITY DIVISION. LOCATIONS. August 21���Victor, reloc Whatcom, H Reichart. 22���Addie. 1st n fork Lemon, D T Davie and Annie Horton. Venus, 4th s fork Lemon, J Anderson. 23���Legal, reloc Whippooiwill, Ben Robertson and A R Balderson. 24���Lexington Fraction, reloc Polly, I Beaupre. 25���Homestake, reloc of Detective, J Dovion. 26���Eden, Slocan lake, C E Smither- ingale. Golden Hill, Skinner creek, T DTobin. ASSESSMENTS. August 21���Queen, Cheboygan Fraction, Ponce. 22���Silver Mast. 25���Delphian, Chilkat, Rocky Fraction. 26��� Truro, Tamarac No 2 Fraction, Lucifer, Flora, Gold Bank, Gold Rock. TRANSFERS. August1 22���Exchange, Sir Charles Tupper to New Gold Fields of British Columbia, Limited. Ida i, J B Thompson and E B Dunlop to I Robinson. AINSWORTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. August 16.���Georgette,Duncan river, A Goudroux, M Fortien, W A Abbott. Mountain Chief, Meadow cr, J Brighton and J McVeigh. Hard Fraction, same, John Kelly J McKenna and J Campbell. Starlight, same, J Kelly and J Billings. Summit,01ympia,Homestake, and Great Northern, Houser cr, F H Harper. C P R, same, J P Mahoney, K & S, same, RN Barnard. Leila,same. J B Anderson. Ongiana, Little Glacier creek, J Anderson. Foy. same, H R Stovel. Early Bird, Woodbury cr, C H Green. Gallia, Copper cr, C Leblanc. Hutetia, Copper cr, A Hallet. cr, C F Caldwell. No 2 and No 5, same, C C Poyntz. No�� 3, same, F D Crome. No 4, same, A Johnson. Elgin Chief No 2, Glacier cr, S Swanson and J Sherwood. Elgin Chief No 1, same, same. 18���Hilda, Beartrap cr, T Duffy. 19���Atlantic, Sawyer cr. J P Sawyer. Alki Fraction, Kootenav lake, A O Egbert. Jack, Woodbury cr, M E Young. Sanford, Kaslo cr, same. Bob, Woodburv creek, M Murcheson. Teutonic, Davis cr, A McKenzie and T Brown. ASSESSMENTS. August 16���Sil ver Queen .Silver Queen Fraction, Maggie, Elsie, Monitor, Main lander, Chicora, Chippawa, Niagara, Cornwall, Bump and Fraser. 17���Rebel, Alberta No 2, David, Herbert, Elia and Chief. 18���Lucky Boy, Paystreak and Extension of Any*. 19���Congress, Joker and Derby. 21���Comber. Great Western, Silver King, Silver Queen, Yukon, 26 to 1, Southern Cross and Park Region. 22���Sideline bv Sunderhill, Rus- ler, Victor, Horsefly .Waverley.Vernon, New Chummy, Hill Top, Noble Friend, 16 to 1 for four years and Lakeview. 23���Lakeside, Silver Leaf.Knobhill and Kootenay Star. TRANSFERS. August 21���Protest against any sale or deal on the Butte Fraction. Florence L, J, Angus Mclnnes to Florence Mclnnes. 22���Colonial J, J G Ross to J J Red. A REVOLUTION IS PENDING, In the New York Engineering & Mining Journal the assertion is made that it takes three years' time and $750,000 expenditure to put a copper mine on a dividend-paying basis. Thia may be true of all the Michigan, Lake Superior mines, but copper mining, like all other industries, is undergoing a process of evolution,and certain properties recently opened in Ontario will be worked according to the most modern methods and with the latest invented and perfected machinery. The mines alluded to in the E. & M. Journal require to have shafts sunk to the depth of many hundreds, perhaps thousands, of feet into the earth before they strike "pay dirt," and very costly and cumbersome machinery must be purchased and installed for hoisting purposes. On the contrary, mining properties in Ontario, now in process of development, show hundreds of thousands of tons of rich ore now in sight which needs only to be quarried out. Add to this advantage the fact that a process for extracting oxidized nickel direct from the ore has been invented and patented by Prof. Antoine Graf,who ia now engaged in building a battery of hie electro-chemical furnaces at the Mt. Nickel mine, about four miles from Sudbury, Ont., (which is one of the Great Lakes Copper Company's properties) and it is self-evident that a revolution in the copper mining industry is really impending. The Great Lakes Copper Co., organized a short time ago will, without a doubt, ship metal to market within ninety days of the date of organization and be a dividend payer within a year. Under the old process of developing a mine and reducing the ore this would be an impossibility, but the electric process which extracts the metal in the first run through the furnace will render it an easy matter to accomplish thia feat��� Sault Star. Angus Mclnnes has been appointed collector under the revenue act. He is 17���Cloudburst and Dixie, Woodbury I also registrar of the county court. UNCLE SAM IS BOTTEN. In defence of Mr. Astor's change of residence and allegiance it might be urged (if one had the hardihood) that in his native country there is no adequate protection of human life���the primary purpose of government. More human beings are criminally killed in every year in the United States than have died in any modern battle. In England murder is punished, and is therefore seldom committed. In the United States, suspected persons, frequently innocent, are put to death by their neighbors with impunity, and in one large section of the country it is customary to mutilate the victim before killing him, to burn him with red hot irons, to tear his flesh from him in strips and afterwards to curry away portions of the body as souvenirs. In England lynching is unknown. In the United States, mobs of laborers on strike are permitted to murder other laborers in the streets and in their homes, to destroy their employers' property and that of others without effective opposition. In England nothing of this kind is allowed. In the United States no person's good name is secure from the oral or printed lie. In England the slanderer and libeller are silent under the menace of the law. In the United States the courts and legislative bodies are, as a rule, corrupt. In England the judges are just and the legislators honest. Iu the United States ignorant vulgarians and howling demagogues are found everywhere enjoying the distinction of high political preferment. In England the holding of an important of flee is presumptive evidence of education and good breeding. In an American city the public service is controlled and the public revenues looted by coarse, unlettered thieves known as "bosses." In English cities the "boss" is known. When charging so confidently and with such precision the motives impelling Mr. Astor in a change of allegiance, nis star-spangled critics might profitably consider whether some of these facts may not consciously have affected his decision. Not theirs, of course,nor mine, would be affected by considerations so trivial, but to an understanding enfeebled by possession of the "Astjr millions" they might seem relevant and important. The United States were good enough, as doubtless Hades is good enough, for the old original John Jacob, but the degenerate William Waldorf may have an unmanly weakness for security, peace, and self-respect. In draughting the Scheme of Things the Creator made no provision for good government. It is a hope, a dream, "a radiant and adored deceit," a "light that never was on sea nor land." They have it in Heaven, doubtless, and by the way Heaven is a pure autocracy, neither saints nor angels sharing in the cares of state; but here on earth we shall have it only when bo good and wise as to require no government at all. Good government is too precious to be bestowed upon a people so unworthy as to need it. But there are degrees of bad government.and as an American, who has lived and observed in both countries, I am of the solemn conviction that of all the governments of great nations that of the United States is the most senseless, corrupt and inefficient, and that of England the least. That there is anything discreditable in a change of allegiance from the one country to the other, according to interest or taste���or for that matter from any country to any other���is a proposition of such monstrous unreason that it could win assent from nobody but a malicious idiot or a patriot.���'Frisco Examiner. MYSTERIOUS MINE. Bertram Tennyson, of London, Eng., a nephew of the late poet laureate, and a mining ex pert,has been investigating various properties in Cassiar, in the vicinity of Dease lake, in the interests of a British syndicate. While having no glowing accounts of rich quartz or gravel to relate, he is by no means dissatisfied with the district from a mining standpoint. "The gold is there," says Mr. Tennyson, "but capital must be spent in order to secure it. It is emphatically not a poor man's country. What is needed is a hydraulicking plant; with that and the liberal expenditure of money many of these properties can be made to pay dividends." Mr. Teqnyson says that while there has undoubtedly been a great deal of sickness and suffering in that country, more especially on the Edmonton trail, he is satisfied that a good deal of it was due to the ignorance of conditions, unfitness for the life and neglect of proper care of themselves on the part of many. He returns to civilization In perfect health himself, stronger and better in every way for his trip, and having lost only what he could afford to lose���lo pounds of superfluous avoirdupoi i He met some strange characters iu the north, some of them being men of whom probably no one in the outer world has any knowledge of their existence. One such man is a mulatto.named C B Smith, who has been camped nce, have not by any means been realized. Notwithstanding its lower price, the output of the white metal has oeen'maintained at a high level and in 1898 showed the very respectable increase ag'compared with 1897 of 266,314 kilograms, or 4.7 per cent. Taking the production for eight years past, we find that it has been as follows: Kilograms. 1891 4,479,649 ,cq9 5,935,315 Sw 5,339,746 {894"';'.'.'.' 5,554,144 iQQR 5,667,691 896*' 5,496,178 rot 5,668,305 [gjjs;;;;;;; 5,929,619 1 kilogram���32.21 trov ounces. It will be seen that the production of 1898 was larger than that of any previous vear since 1892, and approached what was then considered the extraordinary production of that year- This great output was obsorbed by the world's markets without difficulty, and at average prices not greatly below thoseof previous years. In fact, the price of metal rose toward the end of the year, and has been well maintained since its close. At the time the predictions above re- Peru 1,107,188 Europe: Austria 750,233 Hungary 508,166 France 1,524,138 Germany 9,115,744 Greece Italy Norway Russia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom Asia: Japan 799,850 859,520 89,531 164,324 4,343,786 42,176 , 28,927 147,002 ______________________ 1,479,759 Australasia 10,136,013 HUMOROUS LITTLE THINGS. ���'Getting home trom the seaside?" "Yes." ���'Any curiosities?" "One. My board bill is coming by freight." �� A little Jtutland, Pa., girl is very much up to the times. At her prayers the other night, after the usual appeal for her loved ones, she added: donald. The premier, talking once with a friend on the peculiar customs of different people, stated that on a visit to the west a reception was given him, at which a bishop from Belgium was present. As the party were being escorted by a body of men in Highland costume, the foreign bishop, seeing the bare legs and kilts, asked why the men wore no trousers. "It's just a custom," gravely replied Total $112,478,287 The United States in 1898 was the largest producer, with a total of 58,763,- 127 ounces, or 1.827,723kilograms; Mexico following closely with 1,768,501 kilograms. No other country approached either of these two, Australasia, which was the third producer in rank reporting a total of only 534,360 kilegrams. It is probable that Bolivia was the fourth actual producer, though Germany gives a quantity greater by 138,440 kilograms. The German official statements,however, give the fine silver output of the refineries, and a considerable portion of that was obtained from imported ore and base bullion. Our own production, as given in the table, includes only that from ores mined in the United States. In addition to that quantity our smelters and refineries turned out in 1898 a total of 39,784,000 ounces, or 1,237.560 kilograms, obtained from foreign ores and bullion. SLOGAN ORE SHIPMENTS. Total shipped July 1 to Dec. 81,1898, 17,994 tons. January 1st, 1899, to August 26: Week. Payne Last Chance.. Slocan Star... - . , . T , . , Sir John. "In some places people "And please Ix>M take care of your- tftke off thel_ hatg && ft mftrk o{ honor self, too, for it anything should hap- distinguished gue8te. here they pen to youwe> couldn't have anyone t_ke off their troU8er8;. but Mr. McKmley to depend upon, and he isn't doing as well as papa expected." �� He was a newspaper man, fjL And she a maiden fair; Together thev sat upon the beach Enjoying the fresh sea air. Placing an arm about her waist, He whispered, "Now confess That you have no objections to The 'liberty of the press.'" "According to my belief," said she, "It cannot be so bad; For I know the good book tells us, To 'make waist places glad.'" ���-Chicago News. �� The late Colonel Ingersoll was riding in a street car one day, when the Rev. DeWitt Tal mage got in, and I fer red to were made, we stated our rea doubting their force, and ex- -It is to be noted that by far the greater that the production part of the world's supply of silver now The reasons for comes from the North American contin- sona tor pressed tlu belief would continue large^^^^^^^ _ to belief���the correctness of which time has proved-may be very briefly stated. A large quantity of silver is and will be always saved as a by-product in connection with other metals, as gold, copper, an I lead; silver will continue to be largely used for ornamental and household purposes and in the arts, its position as a valuable and decorative metal being too firmly established by custom to permit a change; and finally, a very large part of the world's population still uses silver as its chief monetary metal���to say nothing of the quantities used for subsidiary coinage in even those countries which adhere most, closely to the gold standard. In the accompanying table we give in detail the silver production of the world in 1898, as collected foi and presented in "The Mineral Industry," Volume VII. The figures are chiefly obtained directly from the producers, or from official records ; careful estimates being made in a tew eases, where there is no official information to be obtained. The figures are given in Troy ounces as a matter of con. venience. In many countries the reports are made in kilograms originally, and in a few years, we trust, all will be returned by that standard. The values givei are the commercial values, as established by the current prices in the New York and London markets :��� Countries. Value. North America: United States $34,670,245 Canada 2,616,110 Mexico 33,546,855 Central American States. 957,909 / >;outh Ameiica: 1M.71. Argentina lW> He met some strange characters in the north, some of them being men of whom probably no one in the outer world has anv knowledge of their exis- tence. One such man is a mulatto.named C. B Smith, who lias been camped on H river bar back of Dease lake for the past 12 years. No man knows just how much this man Smith is taking out, hut the diggings evidently pay, as he has always enough dust to obtain all the. comforts of life to be had in that country. Mr. Tennyson spent a night in Smith's cabin, and found him a most unique and interesting individual. In speaking of his brother, whom he hns not seen for forty years, but of whom he is very proud, because "he is nearly whte," Smith offered to Tennyson a letter of introduction, whom he described as "a perfect gentleman of pleasing personality and irridescent idiocyncra- cies". As Smith could only give his address as "North America, near Man* treal," it is probable that Mr. Tennyson will never have the felicity of meeting the distinguished individual. Mr. Tennyson states that there is a man at a point about 70 miles from Deaso Post, who for many years has been working a hill claim all alone. He lives like a hermit and will converse with no one. He has tunneled into the hill the astounding distance of 2,800 feet and has apparently got some very rich dirt. Some three years ago this man was in Victoria, where he spent money like water for a few months, living on the best in tho land. No one ever found out who he was or where he came from, and one day he silently disappeared and left no trace behind. As soon as ho has got another well nlieo sack he will probablv pay Victoria another visit, but whether his identity will ever become known seems doubtful.���Victoria Globe. { THE PAYSTBEAK, SANDON, B. C, SEPTEMBER 2, 1899. THE WORLD'S SILVER PRODUCTION. The predictions so freely made a few ears ago by those not familiar with the conditions controlling production, that the silver production of the world would rapidly decrease, and might be expected Jvfcll to a point of comparative insigni- J ����� have not by any means been Notwithstanding its lower h^nce, realized. ^^^^^^^^^^^ price the output of the white metal has Jeen maintained at a high level and in 1898 showed the very respectable increase as compared with 1897 of 266,314 kilo- grams, or 4.7 per cent. Taking the production for eight years past, we find that it has been as follows: Kilograms. 1891 4,479,649 ,gj)2 5,935,315 1OQ0 5,oo9,74o J2 I... 5,554,144 \%i 5,667,691 896 '.I 5,496,178 52? 5,668,305 [ggg;;;;;;;;; 5,929,619 1 kilogram���82.21 trov ounces. It will be seen that the production of 1898 was larger than that of any previous yeareince 1892, and approached what was then considered the extraordinary production of that year- This great output was obsorbed by the world's markets without difficulty, and at average prices not greatly below thoseof previous years. In fact, the price of metal rose toward the end of the year, and has been well maintained since its close. At the time the predictions above referred to wt>re made, we stated our reasons for doubting their force, and ex- Peru 1,107,188 Europe: Austria 750,233 Hungary 508,166 France 1,524,138 Germany 9,115,744 Greece 799,850 Italv 859,520 Norway 89,531 Russia 164,324 Spain 4,343,786 Sweden 42,176 Turkey , 28,927 United Kingdom 147,002 Aria a Japan 1,479,759 Australasia 10,136,013 HUMOROUS LITTLE THINGS. Total $112,478,287 The United States in 1898 was the largest producer, with a total of 58,763,- 127 ounces, or 1,827,723 kilograms; Mexico following closely with 1,768,501 kilograms. No other country approached either of these two, Australasia, which was the third producer in rank reporting a total of only 534,360 kilegrams. It is probable that Bolivia was the fourth actual producer, though Germany gives a quantity greater by 138,440 kilograms. The German official statements,however, give the fine silver output of the refineries, and a considerable portion of that was obtained from imported ore and base bullion. Our own production, as given in the table, includes only that from ores mined in the United States. In addition to that quantity our smelters and refineries turned out in 1898 a total of 39,784,000 ounces, or 1,237.560 kilograms, obtained from foreign ores and bullion. It is to be noted that by far the greater , n i -it-f that the production part of the world's supply of silver now pruned the belief that the production j v ^ f ^ ^^ American contin. would continue large. The reasons for this belief���the correctness of which time lias proved-may be very briefly stated. A large quantity of silver is and will be always saved as a by-product in connection with other metals, as gold, copper, un I lead; silver will continue- to be largely used for ornamental and household purposes and in the arts, its position as a valuable and decorative metal being too firmly established by custom to permit a change; and finally, a very large part of the world's population still uses silver as its chief monetary metal���to say nothing of the quantities used for subsidiary coinage in even those countries which adhere most closely to the gold standard. In the accompanying table we give in detail the silver production of the world in 1898, as collected foi and presented in "The Mineral Industry," Volume VII. The figures are chiefly obtained directly from the producers, or from official records; careful estimates being made in a tew cases, where there is no official information to be obtained. The figures are given in Troy ounces as a matter of con venience. In many countries the reports are made in kilograms originally, and in a few years, we trust, all will be returned by that standard. The values give, are the commercial values, as established by the current prices in the New York and London markets :��� Countries. Value. North America: United States $34,670,245 Canada 2,61b,H0 Mexico 33,546,855 Central American States. 957,909 '-;outh America: ,�����_-�� Argentina 188,070 Bolivia ... 6,490,000 Chile.. ... 2,722,245 Colombia:;.;;;'.".'.*. wmi Ecuador 4>55!* comes from the North American contin ent; which in 1898 furnished 3,784,637 kilograms, or 63.5 per cent, of the total. The South American conn tries, which in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries sent to Europe quantities of silver previously unprecedented, now hold a very subordinate place, their aggregate output last year being 605.671 kilograms, or 10.2 per cent.of the world's total. Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and probably Western Argentina have great reserves of silver ores, and may increase their production largely in the future. The European production calls for little remark. Outside of Germany,which is referred to above, the only important producer is Spain,where nearly all of the metal is obtained from the silver-lead ores. The only reporting producer in Asia is Japan. There is reason to believe that some silver is obtained in China, but it is impossible to determine the quantity. No silver is reported from Africa. The Australasian output was chiefly from the Broken Hill and neighboring mines of the Barrier Range in New Sonth Wales; though some comes also from New Zealand. We have had from time to time a renewal of the useless discussion over the cost of producing silver. It is entirely impossible to determine any fair average, the costs of production will vary so even in mines in the same dis- It is sufficient to say that if an indrawn out on an "Getting home trom the seaside?" "Yes." "Any curiosities?" ' "One. My board bill is coming by freight." �� A little Jutland, Pa., girl is very much up to the times. At her prayers the other night, after the usual appeal for her loved ones, she added: "And please, Lord, take care of yourself, too, for it anything should happen to you we couldn't have any one but Mr. McKinley to depend upon, | and he isn't doing as well as papa expected." �� He was a newspaper man, And she a maiden fair; Together thev sat upon the beach Enjoying the fresh sea air. Placing an arm about her waist, He whispered, "Now confess That you have no objections to The 'liberty of the press.'" "According to my belief," said she, "It cannot be so bad; For I know the good book tells us, To 'make waist places glad.'" ������Chicago News. �� The late Colonel Ingersoll was riding in a street car one day, when the Rev. DeWitt Talmage got in, and they presently fell into an argument. Finally Ingersoll said: "Then you would like to live in a place, Brother 1 Talmage, where everyone had to be I j v., i���.���0�� < 8 820 580 60 120 400 710 20 20 Total tons. 60 17,118 Follow the Ore Body. More mining failures have resulted from crosscut tunnels intended to tap the vein than by all other plans combined. Until a mine's development is sufficient to show to a certainty that a substantial ore body is in sight to justify the cost of driving a tunnel, it is a most unsafe proposition. The best rule for beginners is 'the oft-repeated one, "Follow the Ore." A prospecting tunnel is a delusion and a snare. DEALER IN as widely, even in trict creased production is ^ average price of 58# cents, it is highly probable that, in the great majority of cases, silver can be put upon the market for a little leas than that sum. The present indications are that production is still increasing, and that the output for 1899 will be still greater than that of 1898.���E. & M. Journal. *40 to >f50. Call and see them. ��� I also handle the famous Hampden Watch. I state only facts and can back up every assertion made. Q. W. GRIMMETT. Jeweller and Optician. The FILBERT CIGAR Store Cigars, * Tobaccos, Pipes, Smokers' Sundries. Cards and Chips. JAS. WILLIAMSON. "Here is a terrible thing," com raented the young thing,.looking up from, the paper. "A young man attacked his wife with a poker and waa only stopped by the screams ot the woman attracting a passerby, who summoned the police." "Ah, a poker game," replied the major. "The gentleman 'passed,' the lady 'saw him' and 'called.' The Trout Lake Topic says: Mes- Smith and Bailey came down rf*=_m CHARLES GALES |]| TON80RIAL ARTIST. Has the Pincst BARBER SHOP and BATH ROOMS In tne Slocan. Everything New, Complete and Up