THE'LEDGE,'NEW DKJS'VER, B.C., MARCH 30, 1899. Sixth Year The Ledge. Published every Thursday. R. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier. ! bits The tourist got in a rage, pull- i ed out a dollar, gave it to cabby and j swore he would not pay one cent more :as he would not be imposed upon. ���- ! This bit of information may be useful I to those who have never been a bit ..-?.<���*"��� i , .. 1.251 away from home. .. t'.e-o i ��� SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three months Six " Twelve '��� Three ykaus o.oo ��� ��� Transient Advertising, 25 cents per line firstin ��� GREATER New York will Celebrate sertion, 10 cents per line subsequent insertions , the 24tD 0f May this year. LeSSer nonpareil measurement. | New Denver will do the same thing [provided funds and enthusiasm are i in abundance. TO CONTRIBUTORS. C jrrespondenee from every partof the Kootenay District and communications upon live topics always acceptable. Write on both sides of the i paper if you wish. Always' send something good j no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it j meals can be had in that city for ten A story comes from Dawson that s hot. and we will do the rest A pencil cross in this square indicates that your subscription is due, and that the editor wishes once again to look at your collateral. cents. Grub must be more plentiful than gold around the modern home of Ananias. X f HUKSDAY, MARCH 3C. 1899. THK H. C. (JOVKKNMKNT. If the B. C. Legislature can deyise some means to do away with lobbyists they will confer a great benefit upon | this Province. ! The greatest men of all ages have Tin-: B.C. Government is located at j agreed that the surest way to get to Victoria and can be traced as far as | heaven is to always pay the printer. Vancouver. | ���-...-.-....._-:���:.-���-.=���.-.=; It is plainly visible during the j winter months and its brains can i occasionally be seen by the aid of a i mogul X Ray. I It works for Joe Martin, as well as I the down trodden taxpayer. j It aims to cut down everything and j believes that the devil should take j care of all supporters of the late Turner Government. It has not yet been snow-slided by public opinion or raided by tlie victims of cheap salaries. It has not stood the test of time, but its paystreak of economy is growing wider. It is a cheap Government and no one should be without it. The annual assessment is only $3, and no home is complete without it. Go in and see it when you reach Victoria, but do not tell them you saw this article. They might borrow your paper to save a nickel. THE .BACHELLOB'S COMPtAINT. Returning home at close of day, Who gently chide* mv long: delay, And by my side delights to stay 7 Nobody. WJio sets for inc. the easy chair. Spreads out the paper with such care. Anel lays my slippers ready there? Nobody When plunged in deep and dire distress When anxious cares my heart oppress, Who whispers hope of happiness ? Nobody When sickness comes in sorrow's train, And srief distracts tlie levered brain, Who sympathizes with pain ? Nobody. SAYIN��S OF GREAT MEN. IBiftnHr Ti inirhih*i>ifi *fcll*fr ***- "-i*���- ������ -mma Tffclth iJ hlTXr.E THINl'S. A -.mod-bye ki.-* in a little thins-. With your hanii on the door tn ji'n. But it takes ihe venom ont of tho slhifr Of. a thoughtless word or a cruel ilinir That you made an hour h-jto. A kiss of greeting is sweet and mre Aftor the toil nf ihe day. And it smooths the furrows plowed by care, The lines on the forehead you onee called fair, In the years that have flown away. Th a little thinji to say. "You are kind : I love you my cents. The name as applied to monev origfinated in the Southern States, but is principally in vogue west of the Rockies. If you go into the average store in Toronto and ask for two bits worth of anything they will look at you with astonishment. It is Chinook to them and they "no savey." Some people imagine that a bit means a dollar, and queer mistakes occasionally occur this way. An English tourist, who thought he knew it all, hired a hack one day in Vancouver. At the end of the short drive the hackman stated that he wanted six tbe passing slw as viewed by *��* a western editor in tbe effete east. ROM Carbery to Winnipeg T did not notice anything very startling. mhere were no flies on Winnipeg and the thermometer was at par. East of that city the cars were filled with a new lot ot passengers, and I had an interview with several of them. One, who seemed to be the most cheerful in the smoking car, had been called home to see his wife die. I admired his placid manner. Inwardly he may have been all torn up over the sad hews, but outwardly he resembled a man who had struck it rich on Silver mountain and was going east to buy a few day's hilarity. I wondered at the coolness.of this philosupher and thought of how I would feel if I had a wife on the point of pushing clouds with the angels that have gone before. Life on the cars is a mixture of fun. and pathos. Many things of a mirthful nature are often seen, but occasionally pathetic scenes loom up before our eyes and cause us to think that our option on life is liable to expire at any moment and cause us to prospect a country where we do not have to carry blankets and report says the streets are paved with yellow metal. This was brought forcibly to my mind at a station where we took our inanimate passenger on board. He was in a pine box and perfectly dead. At a station further down the line a group of weeping women indicated that someone loved the passenger in the pine box, and that he was being brought home to be planted near to the dear ones left behind. It is scenes like this one that tap the vein of sadness in our anatomy, and cause us to wonder at the thinness of the dividing line between this life, and oblivion. It seems to me almost too bad that, no matter how we live, or what we do, death is bound to get into the game sooner or later, and turn a blackjack against every player. I am not particularly stuck on anything sad. I have always avoided as much as possible anything of that nature. I believe in merriment, in making this life one long coinedv from the cradle until we are mingled with the blest. Always be merry, gentle render, even if you do owe us a few dollars. Be good, keep fairly sober, always bet on case cards, pay the printer, and you need not fear the cinch everj- human creature runs up against--, just once. "What a long stretch of barren country there is between Port Arthur and North Bay! No big towns no farms, no factories, no mines. Nothing but rocks, stones, scrubby timber and lonely railroad stations. Here and there we get a glimpse of blue Superior. It struck me forcibly that a vigorous band of road agents could ply their vocation along this rocky shore with impunity. I was nervous about this idea and hid my bag of gold and diamonds under the seat. No road agents appearing I was rather disappointed. The conductor informed me that no gentlemen of this profession had been seen in that vicinity since Peninsula Harbor faded out of existence. Buy your seeds at NELSON'S Drug and Hook Store, New Denver, B. 0. '���' ALWAYS FRESH AND GOOD Big Assortment. Onion Sets will soon be on sale. Established- connection with the best Seed Growers in Canada. Give us your order Sandon. Has ample accommodations for a larg-e number of i��eople. The rooms are large and airy, and the Dinin-j" Koom is provided with every'.hing, in the market Sample. Rooms for Commercial Travelers. John Buckley, Prop. Dealei*s in Hardware, Tin and Graniteware, Miners'Supplies, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty, Doors & Windows. Sunday hours: 2 to .'> p. in. We do what we advertise to do. Travelers Will iind the Arlington Hotel a pleasant place to stop at when in SI.can City. GETHIXG- & HENDERSON. Proprietors. W. S. Drewky Kaslo, B.C H. T.Twi��<; New Denver. B.C. WALKEH & .BAKER, New l-'urnituro I>��iilevs and Repairers Denver's Undertakers ami Kiiilmliuers. N li. ��� Wo have tin- only practical Undertaker and Emlialnier doiii-jr liusinc Writer NEW DENVER. J. C, HARIRI: NEW DENVER General Drayman, Ice, Wood9 Hav and Grain for Sale. Ice Houses Filled. Livery and Baat Stables. THE .LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MARCH 30, 1899. Sixth Yeah MIXING RB0ORDS I'Ati following is a complete list of the j mining transactions recorded euriag the | week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Derive- were j as follows:��� j LOCATIONS. I Mak -in���Mudie. Four Mile. D Brandon. Ree.same. XV H Brand ou. Ret- Friietiitn.sa.nie. Jo.rej-h Brandon. Mak l'1���Luc-ky Bert.same. Albert William;-. | It SH.VKR-LEAD PRO If I. KM. Suggested That a Can:i, iiiirton Xo 2. JaxW���Delley. Nancy Hank*. Fed ti--Smeralda. Feu 13���Alexandra. ASSESSMENTS. Jan -JH���Iron Horse, Joe Bailey : Chester. Fkji is���Iron Horse. Fed 21���Erin Fraction, Erin, Evening- Star. Miu .'���Admiral Dewey. Del Monte. Mak 7���Climax No �� two years, Maine, two years. Mak to���Black Prince, Dundas. Young Dominion No'8 three yeaivs. Mak 2,r>���Torpedo, Daylight. Mak 21���Kind-tlil. St Lawrence, Standard, Morniii':r Star No <;. TltANSI-'KltS. Feu 1���Trenton and Last Chance Noll, James Crun to George Kydd. Feb 2���Premium 1-, N McMillan to M L ijrim- mett. Feu 7���Pureion 5, M B Merritt to L K Larson. Same J, L K Larson to Ii A Prosser. Sunnyside -i, H S Sinkan to XV E Boie. Same J, Joseph Duhamel to same. j Fek ���.'(������Silver Slug ���}, XV II Downing to God-1 frey Adams. I Pkij'JI���Iron Horse J, Dan McDonald to Angus McLean. Feh a.">���Nohle Four, M Cameron to D Nichol. Mak li���Montezuma J, C W Aylin to S J Might- ton, Same J, S J MiglHon to D McNaught. Mak 8���Truro. Alex Stuart to John McKinnon. Kilo and AVeilge Fraction 1112, J McNaught to N F McNauglit. Mak'11���Truro J. J McKinnon to A C Behne. Mak iii'���Mineral Mountain, C A Kirkwood to K I Kirkwood. Mak 23���Noble Four -J, D Niehol to J F Kesler- AINSWORTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. Mak 18��� Fair Chance, J jU Sweeney; Bedouin, E, H Kemp ; Copper Star, Ellen Turner; Mollie, E L Smith; Delhi, R ei Kenyou; De Ia Mar, C A Freeman. Mak 18���Review, A B Walker;Sunnyside. Chas Dodd; Robert S. Mat Burke: Snowshoe, A Asselin. assessments. Mario���Silver Bell. Mak 11���Magnet. Mak 13���Boars Paw. Mar It���Silver Fox, Dream. .1 Mak 15���Vancouver, Deserter, Jeff Davis. Mar 20���Milford Star, Lone Star, Last Chance, Bunker hill. Mak 22���1 C. Jeanette, Monarch, Franklin, Humboll., Franklin and Humbolt survey. No 11. Charleston, permit ifor Iwork done to apply on the Kingston liy Charleston Mining- Co. transfers. 1��aji 11���Magnet 4, N F Johnson to J Emdal. . Mar 13���Monte Carlo, International, Cariboo, Fractional Fraction, NS Fraction, North Slope, South Slope, Evening Star, Northern Light, i, H P Johnson to C F Caldwell. Mar 15- Fidelity, A B Walker to A C Buzzette. Mar Hi���Indicator 1/5, TG Proctor to H Roy, J A Macdonald and J B Q-osselln. Sl^OO. Virginia Dare and Gold Bug, J, G- C Spearing to H Roy and J A Macdonald, $500. Mar 18���Kootenay Queen, Slocan Chief, No 10, i, John R Reavis to C D Francis. Mar 20���Great Britain Group i, R McLean authorizes J G Moody to negotiate sale or purchase. Mar 31 $2,500. Emden, St Albans, Vermont, J. Black Cloud, ,\, F H Townsend to James ChiBlett. White Grouse, Rainy Lay, 4, Henry Pillkahn to Jas Chislett: -Hector J,. H S Gillette to S H Nichols, SLOCAN ORE SHIPMENTS. Total shipped July 1 to Dee 17,994 tons. January 1st, March :25th : From Sandon. Week Payne 470 Last Chance 140 Sapphire Coin Aj.-ix Sovereign Reco 20 I vanillic Treasure Vaull 20 Trade Dollar From Three. Porks Idaho Mines Queen Bess 22ij Wild Goose Monitor : m From Whitewater. Whitewater Jackson .'13 Bell From .McGuigan. Anloine Rambler Dardanelles Great Western From Xew Denver. B i.-Tin 20 Marion From Silverton. Fidelity.- Vancouver 2o Wake-Held Emily Edith ��� Oomstock Go 31, 1898, 1899, to Total. 2,981 1,440 18 12 10 20 180 100 55 18 (>J0 921 15 100 ii51 347 80 15 135 8n 18 .���NX) 20 3 300 580 -in 120 Total tons. 1,047 '���> ,220 Silver Shipments to Asia. The exports of silver from London to the east in January show a considerable decrease this year, the total value having been ��641,880, against ��738,765. To China there was a large comparative increase, the total being ��225,H80, against ��114,271 in 1898; but tlie shipments to India and the Straits were ��416,500, against ��624,494. The value of the silver shipments from San Francisco to China showed a decrease of 16 per cent, the total for January last having been $710,- 937. hands Where competition is not existent, rates are hardly likely to lie cut by tlie direct intervention of the jroveni ment of the country. The past history of that o'dvernnien't, whether it be liberal or conservative, lias shown that such intervention is not probable. TheC. P. li. have established a smelter at Trail : they are proposing* to establish others in the Boundary country Having' the whole of the railway transportation in their own hands, it is an easy matter to foresee that the building- of these smelters, foo-etlier with the imposition .of an export duty, will throw the whole of the lead business into their lap. In other words, herein lies the foreshadowing- uf a g*ig*antic monopoly. It is easy to criticize always; it is easy to say wl'iat should not be done. It is harder to suggest a line of policy. However, there is a way out. of the diihculty And that way,' though, perhaps, bold, is not to be condemned on that account, the more so that it is nut- unprecedented. Tlie British Columbia.Legislature has lately passed a resolution strong'ly advocating* the establishment of a mint. At present the whole of the coiuag-e of this country, with the exception of denominations less than ��1, is represented by paper. Part of this is in the hands of the various banks, and part under the direction of the Dominion Government. Supposing' that a mint were estabished, immediate work could be found for it in the coinage of silver dollars. At the same time the Canadian Government should call in the present issue of one and two dollar notes and send out no more. That further work could be found for it, and at the same time further the interests of the silver mine owners, will presently be shown. Outside of our home market, a large sale of both silver and lead can be found in China and Japan. The port of Swatow, in South China, practically supplies the whole of that vast country with its pewter manufactures. The commission, ,if appointed, could make special inquiries at this particular point. At Canton, at Pekin, and at Tokio, mints have been established. At the latter place a silver dollar is coined : at the former, little or no attempt is made in this direction; the efforts of the Chinese mints being* principally directed to the coinage of subsidiary pieces.- Here again are points where a market ought to be found for our metal. But there is a wider and profounder scheme than even these, But first, the condition of the coinage of China should be cursively glanced at. The Chinese reckon their money���which is wholly silver���using neither gold nor paper, by weight. There are five, ten, twenty- five and fifty-cent pieces in circulation. There are also a few Chinese dollars but their chief coin is the Mexican dollar. This last coin is minted in Mexico, and though not so finely made as the Japanese yeu, is owing*, perhaps, to the very inexpensiveness of its mintage, a very formidable rival of the other. But before a further step is taken into this subject, a glance at the attitude cf "John Chinaman" on the silver question, would be well His staple of value is rice. There are 400,000,000 people in China; there are are in India and its dependencies, 300,000,000 more; there are in Burmah, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, and the great Malayan Archipelago, at least a further "50,000,000. And then wo have to reckon in the millions of Japan. A vast majority of these people use rice as their daily food. Rice is grown everywhere. Rice,g*rown in such quantities and over such wide areas, having* so many markets and so many centers of distribution, cannot be cornered by any Oriental Chicago Consequently, ' John Chinaman," regarding these facts, will tell you that with the exception of a slight fiuctation, owing to-somei.local famine, that the price of rice .cannot materially alter He also finds that in the year of grace, 1899, as in the year of grace (or calamity), .1873, that the same weight of rice can be purchased by practically the same weight of silver, lie will, therefore, tell you that silver is not depreciated. He is, in fact, a Bryanite, although he knows nothing of hi'to I. As has boon stated, the Chinese idea of money is weight and purity. To him, therefore, the Jap yen, the Canton and Mexican dollar, alfboing of practically the same: weight, are to him of the same value General Grant, while president of the United States, understanding this fact, brought out the notion, or rather thought out the notion of the American trade dollar. This dollar was to be of no value as legal tender in the country of the United States, but could be used by any nation outside, if they so chose. Several millions were coined and were sent out to the Orient, and were to be seen circulating as legal tender from Singapare through Hong Kong and Shanghai to the city of Yokohoma. At that time the Japanese yen. as a commercial coin, did not exist. The Canton dollar had j not been thought of. The trade dollar was at once taken up by the Orientals, since it was in value a very small fraction better than anv of its competitors. For some reason, the exactitude of which is hardly necessary to discuss, else we bring the wrath of the