frnrTTv^**^^ i/U6***%t^ THE PAYSTREAK BOOK III THB PIR-lr CHURCH BELL, ���U~,,I, _..._. .jR_..'V ���Hi. -tir.i ehuwh baU in the Slocan will call ����int and sinner to worship nt New Denver to-morrow."-New* itain. ' I never quit a camp nntll I hear tbe flrst ehttrob bell."���Jim Ward, prvipector, philosopher and New Denver ptoiurr. Say Hill whSI waa tbat chimin* sound 1 beard aS^Ua ag����? It .ouuded like ��� chnrch ball, A*ringin' soli and low, ���ul .tirriu* Hp old meinorhw With Kb tahoe., don't yon ktsow .*��� ��� * �� ��� ��� H-- was diggtsg on the mountain Silver -uSgtain when a bell vnt up rrotri far belww him. Soft a* any fttnattat knell, ! t. tlr��t Imploring mamV* And it bonal htm tn a spelt. A nd, mnaiav, down t be ��*ook��4 trail -~ Hat io hani-to where Old 11(11" p �������*"����>" tlsv morning. The escape from total A woman who travelled wider the soubriquette ��** "Little'May" com* I mitted suicide in Grand Forks. She ! was unknown in Sandon. The compressor plsnt belonging to the James Cooper Co. which has lain in the CT. K yard tor some time was loaded yesterday for Ainsworth. If the state ot the weather does not very quickly improve and bring dry from ttie Boundary. Mrs* J. 0. Main went to Vancouver Mnvt*r. The committee haa not been rath in making ststements. I.i ���!���*��� >t, ii waa nor known what ths rom- unticrmen were doing untM it bad been ���lone, aud as S reeult of tbeir businesslike method of doing things tbey hsve nut hapl to retract any statement made and have never taken a backward step. The report of the secretarv of the exe- cniiee i-omimttee ehuwed that they had ippdi4iged to secure for May 24th all the main at tractions of the Kootenays. First the bos* reel race wss sssored, snd the committee presented the following rules which are lo govern tbe race, snd which ��'f signed by tlie captains of tbe Nelson ami tumdand lesma: " Purse, |300, first prise Watawf. 200 tarda. Harh competing team ahali consist of not mors than 12 men ami s captain. All cart* must be of the same ��eight. Either ropes or hsraess may ba used. Competing teams to start by mstol ahot, with hubs of carta on starting line. The first cart over finish bus shall be declared winner. Tlie starter and jmlgee of tbe race absll be selected by s committee of one from esch competing The assurance was also given of tbe match game ol baseball between tbe bandon and Nelson team*. Also of a lacrosse match between New Denver and Nelson, and a football gsme between < he crack teams of these cities. These lour events were given ss tbe main drawing cards, and It -waa promised by the committee tbst other field snd H<|uatic sports would be srranged thst * "nip! lie fast enough to satisfy the swift* ei*t. Also a single or double-handed drilling contest will be pulled oft. Hood 1'nrsea are out up lor each and every event���good enousb to sngsge tlie stten- tion of tlte best sporting teams against all loud-mouthed opposition. The committee reported that more funds were needed to meet the demands <>f the celebration, snd more thsn hall of the Additional Sum was raised on the ���pot, ami the day following the subscriptions exceeded tbe amount asked for. whatever sum tbe committee finds is iincessary will lie forthcoming to make tlie Slocan Lake Jubilee the greatest event in the historv of the Sloesn. The several committees have been ap pointed by tbe executive committee and all the work attaching to the celebration now -n_*��� ProPer hands. Following sre ths chairmen of the committees.wbo sre empowered to call others to tbeir as aiatanre:���Transportation, A. Sproat; baseball, 0. Lone ��� lacrosse, H.J. Robie: football, W. H. Gibbs; program and advertising, H. M. Walker; grounds and %m)**ai *}*nd' A' McGHlivraj; finance, *____________ A' VISITOR OV IMPORTANCE. H C. Oswald, a director of tbe Northwest Mining Syndicate, Ltd., accompanied by Mrs. Oswald, srrived in town on Monday evening, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. W H. Sandiford. Mr.Oswald visited snd Inspected the Bosun mine on Tuesdsy, snd warmly congratulated Mr. Sandiford on the condition of tbe mine, the results thst bave alreadv been obtained, and the prospects for the future. Both Mr. end Mrs. Oswald are delighted with New Denver, and are pleased tbst the headquarters of the companv are located in such a convenient and pretty place. We wish in the name of the *own and district to extend to them a hearty welcome. Their stay here will extend to several weeks. Consultations will be held between manager snd director, planaIsld for the future working of the company, the operations of which will no doubt oe ex tended in the district, which haa already derived ao much benefit from the working of the Bosun. Mr. Oswald tea Eirtner in the old and respected firm of eatlev - Co , London, doing business all over tbe world, and this Is by no means the first time he has inspected mines msnsged by Mr. Sandiford tn other and distant parts of the globe ��� Ledge. s Custom Hone* Betnr-aa. The following are tbe returns of tbe Nelson snd Kossland custom hop��� for the month of April, a* given in the Nelson "Tribune. The returns from tbe outports of Waneta and Rykert's are included In those of Nelson; and the returns from tbe outpoHs of Trail snd Sheen Creek sre included of those of Rossland Imisrta- Value Dutiable , ��� *s.T4* Prm tm Tutsi tayrsi Duty enOsewa 19.743 74 Extsiru " ' Value Th< mine-cuke. Tt tons I *�� ore.SSltoos IM** Total. Uk" mine S l*A�� The forest A* Animal* snd their produce Aerk-ullural (Pitpdurta ��� Uaaafarturrs ��� *.*w* Total exports HISS ROSSI���SO. Imnorts-- Value XSbie *�����** Prm m *** Total ���_*��_������_ Duty roth* te��l �����/*���� "%���*- tsK Other rich properties are the Ivanhoe, which since 1896 has crushed 57,800 tons, averaging $88 a ton. and the As- socistion. whose shares, with a par value of ��l, sre now standing at ��6. The mines of the district turn out 100X100 ounces a month. What might be termed (he gold colony comprises sbout 975,000 square miles. All are owned by English capitalists, with their headquarters in London, and all are turning out immense quantities of gold. The great trouble in some of the districts is tbe lack of water, and a project is on foot to pump water from the coast to the gold fields, a distance of over 800 miles, through pipes two and a half feet through. This will probably be finished in about two years and will cost ��8,000,000. But with all the enormous gold output Australia is no place for tne poor roan, and the benefits derived from the output is simply the working-men's wsges, the dividends going to the British capitalists and syndicates in London who control most of the mines in the country. Coming to Canada. ���__���___�� * British Board of Trade emigration returns for the first three months of the current year are very flattering to the Dominion. The number of people leaving the United Kingdoms ports for Canada show an increase of 24 per cent, over the corresponding period of 1898. while emigration returns to the United States for the same periou show a decrease of 15 per cent.; sad that of other British colonies, including South Africa, has practically remained stationary or shows a slight falling off. Australian Mining. Tlie Calgoorlie mines sre the property of a very smsll syndicste at Adelslde, capitalised at ��150, and today all the properties In thst district sre en the market st ��900,000. snd since 1H98 have paid ��3,000,000 in dividends. The first property to be floated was the Grant Boulder, which was discovered by Mr. Ilannan in June, 1898, snd floated In April, 1895. Since then it has turned out over eight tons of gold snd WAN) tons o�� quarts bss been crushed. The average value Is about $52 wr ton The reason thst crushing has been so slow is thst these oroperlies aro about BOO miles from the coast and there If no waterway over which transports mtgnt go. Another property ia the Lakeview which has a lode 36 feet wide and averages very rich, Metmly a fJ-rter Suafce. It was a bitter cold night and the fur nsce fire burned slow, but there wss a warm time for a few seconds at least in the home of an op-town politician. He had been attending one of those breesy kind of meetings, and retired somewhat late in a shivery snd somewhat confused sort of feeling, says Uie Cleveland* Plain- Dealer Of one thing be was certain, his feet were cold, very cold. In a tentative sort of a way he thrust them towards tbs warmer side of the bed, where his wife was calmly sleeping. An instant later there wss a terrified yell���then another, then another. ������Julia, wake up!" gasped the politician; ''there's something in tbe bed! Strike a light, quick!" His wife was on her feet at once, striking bsndfuls of matches, while the hero ot a dozen political battles writhed and gasped in sn agony ol terror. "It's a worm���a scorpion���a coldblooded viper!" he said. ''Hurry, I'm holding it! Gee! But it squirms! There it goes!" snd ss the gss flared up and the clothes were turned back, hs deftly tossed out s slim, shinv, tremulous object which wriggled downward to the floor, where it slowly shaped itself into a glistening coil. It was a metallic garter, one of tbe spiral, ventilated sort. The wife of the h�� ro is afflicted with cold feet herself snd on that night had waited attout d... obing the afflicted members until suejrly settled in bed. But she thinks the joke a little too good to keep. ��� ADVERTISING AXIOMS. The majority of men believe in advertising, and advertise. A part of the minority of men believe in advertising and do not advertise. The balance of the minority either do rot believe in advertising at all. or else believe in it sufficiently to advertise only intermittentls. This serai-intelligent business man finds that a decent sised advertisement in a decent publication costs say from ten to fifty dollars s time. He attacks the mathematical problem to discover that it is necessary to sell four refrigerators, two overcoats, twenty-five rolls of wall paper, forty-two pairs of stockings, or half a dosen rocking chairs to realise sufficient profit to meet tbe advertising cost of a single insertion. Hs is one of thoss men who invest their money with s string to it, when the money rolls round the corner in search of fertile ground to grow in he jerks it back to himself. They are a sort of "sufficient unto the day** sort of people, who do not believe in casting their bread upon the waters. The more honesty s msn has the less he affects the air of a saint. -Lavater. HOTEL Victoria JOHN V. PERKS. Prop. HEATED BY UAT AID and Electric rlVS I Mlft Bella aad Light in every room.... Large and well lighted Sample Booms Hourly Street Car between hotel and Station. Pree has meets all trains..... Reasonable Ratea. JtBVElSTOEB INTERNATIONA- NAVIGATION & TRADINGS-, LTD. Bummer Time Card effective June SB, USS. Subject to change without notice. SS. INTERNATIONAL. Broth Boand North Bound Bead down. Bead up. asatsm Train We Dally, L00 pm Train ar datty lOjo am " S��pm3w "It 4.45 pm* - ar ���* &45pm Train It " 800 BBoatlTS-Oam -Kaalo- Boat ar ISO 8. '* 4J0am Ainsworth " 7-0pm' Cf ** 5.ooam PUot Bay " -45 pm, ��� " ,530am Balfour ' ---��-��� gBoat ar ��.s�� am. Flee Mile Pt " 715am Nelson ....,.,.��_- jPjTralnar 10 Oody Junction Arrive, a sa p.m IS ������ IS * t to ���* too ���* 1 45 ������ 1 S4 M -��3o_ "Leave 1 15 ����� CODY LINE. Leave, 11.00 a.m ��� Sandon ��� Arrive, n.50a.m ArrlTe,ll_5 - - Oody - ���* ujfta.m ROBT. IRVING, Tn-kMajr. GBf5. P. COPELANDL Ruperlntender.1 For eneap railroad aad atoamshtn tickets to and from all points, apply lo & CAMPBELL, Agent, Sandon. 111 i ���'������' *M I 1 1 _ I i (���'" p' -J i IP II ^ ��� 'I ii Ii : I I" I ��� THE PAVSTPvKAK*, SANDON, B. C, MAY ltt, IH8*. The Paystreak Is Issued STery Saturday in Sandon, tn the heart of the greatest White Metal camp on earth. Subscription . ., ��� ��� StOOayear StricUy In advance. Address: Tas Paysts*__, Sandon, B.C. Wm. MacAi>_U8. SANDON. B.C., MAY 13, 1899. MINISTES OF MINES REPORT. The annual report of the Minister of Mines has just been issued. In point of appearances it is much handsomer than the report of Mr. Carlyle, hut viewed from the point of completeness and detail, it is hardly to be compared with that of two years ago. The official returns of our province s mineral output for last year are, aa regards the metal yield in general, some* what disappointing, when merely cursorily notedat a'���first fiance," for the aggregate yield of gold, silver, lead and copper shows a decline of nearly $865,- 000 from the like results of the operations of 1897. Thus while the metal yield of British Columbia amounted ia value to $7,567,551 in 1897, the corresponding worth of last vear stood at *7,172,766. Speaking of this decline the News- Advertiser very tritely says: "If the figures are scratinised in detail there is less ground for temporary disappointment and much in favor of the large hopes which we sil entertain of the SCi��t mining- future of British Columbia. ������Thos more than the whole of the net decline in the value of the province's metal output ie due to temporary slackening of operations In the silver-lead districts of West Kootenay, more particularly in Ainsworth���-where the ore though abundant is low grade���and the Slocan. Thus the output of Ainsworth fell from a value of f Uo\M5 to tlfiMOl. and that of the Slocan from 18,290,686 to 12,619,852. The Nelson district also showed a temporary decline in output value of about 194,000, and East Kootenay a decline of rather over |30,000 However, already there are hopeful signs of a change for the better as regards the sil ver-lead yield of our province, despite the fell and the fluctua tions in the price of silver which in part caused the decline of last year, though that decline was then also aggravated no doubt by tbe Yukon boom, which may be regarded now as either past or passing. "On the other hand, the largely increased gold and copper production of British Columbia Airing the past year gave good cause for congratulation, as auguring a brilliant early future for oar province in regard to the mining of the two most important metals, each of which is, unlike silver, steadily growing in demand value. "Thus the did gold fields of Cariboo increased last year tbeir output from 1825,000 in value to 1389,960,and admittedly in Cariboo the new era of scientific gold getting is only just beginning, and the present output is consequently smsll indeed in comparison to what we may reasonably ex pert from the district in s very short time. ' Caaaisr again showed largely aa a result of tbe Atlin discoveries made late in the season, a eonsiderable increase of yield, the output rising from $37,060 to $107,800, the latter figures doubtless representing only a small portion of what we may reasonably expect tbe Atlin yield alone to prove tont before the expiration of the present Vear. "The famous copper-gold district of Trail creek also showed, under the circumstances, a satisfactory gain in out put. the value of which rose from $2.- 097,280 to $2,470,811; whilst in Osoyoos, wherein is situated amongst other pro- S!rtre��U_3famous0-rihoomiiw of Camp cKinney, the metal yield���principally golden���rose from $142,982 to $B48,112 output certain to advance immensely in the early future, aud as certain to show a very considerable further gam of value even in the course of the present year. , , "then, too, there is every certainty of a very big advance indeed this year of the copper, gold aud silver output of claims which are gradually becoming mines on the coast and adjacent islands, Including Vancouver Island The out- ftut of these mines wss slender indeed n 1898, amouuting iu value only to $19,487, though even this showed double the worth of the previous year. But in 1899 we may expect relatively large results from the various mines, for a single one of the coast mines slone���the Dorothv Morton-has already yielded since tbe beginning of the year a silver- gold value (hat surpasses the results of the whole of the grouped districts for 1898 '"Hence we msv confidently snttei* pate that the general results of our Provinces metal mining in 1899 will tar exceed those of 1898. for whilst we may reasonably expect that the output of Uie silver-lead districts will sgatn rise in value to something like the returns of 1987 despite silver.depredation, we may on the other hand count with practical certainty on a very targe aggregate increase of the gold, silver and copper yields of Trail creek. t fcoyoos, Yale, and the Coast snd the Island districts of the province, whilst there are Certain to ensue verv large gains of gold output with still larger possibilities in Atlin. "We msy reckon, too, with full assurance on a verv considerable increase of the gold yields of the hydraulic mines of Cariboo. We therefore anticipate that, though the advance of