Volume VI. No. 25. NEW DENVER, B. C, MARCH 23, 1899 Price, $2 00 Year SL06AN GA/HP NEWS | bOCAT. >jru\s____s CHIT-CHAT I body or EVAXS KKCOVKBK1). SLOCAN THK RrOHKST, take orders in held in Bosun Travelling tailors still tho, Slocan. A social dance will be hall to-night. Gorman West is running* a restaurant in Greenwood. E. Rammelmeyer, of the Emily Edith, is seeking health' in California. L. 0. Lane, the Sandon packer, has extended his business to Silverton. Dr. Milloy will return to Sandon next week and attend to dental business. .lap King* is developing some gold properties "upon the Colville reservation. , Dave Bremner and John McMillan left Skagway a few days ago for Atlin lake. James Wiggington returned from the Boundary. He intends to locate at •Greenwood. The K. of P. "At Home," next Thursday evening, gives promise of being an enjoyable affair. The sun crossed the equator on Monday and the annual equinoxial weather is making life disagreeable. Rev. Cleland, of Sandon, will hold services in the Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. '[ Grand Chancellor James Haddow, of Nanaimo, will officially visit the local K. of P. lodge on Wednesday next. Lumber is on the ground for the Anglican church to be erected on Seventh street, and work has been started. A bank president visited Silverton and Slocan City this week, and we anticipate the usual report of another branch or two i The assertion, so weird and desolate, and that bears with it thoughts of a grave in icy,unknown depths, that Slocan lake gives ru-t up its dead, will no longer hold good; The firBt body of anyone drowned in its waters has floated ashore and been recovered, and the remains of Jack Evans are now at, rest in the silent grave at Nelson. Evans, it will be remembered, was a deckhand on tlie steamer Slocan and on the night of Jan. 20th, while engaged about the boat, he walked overboard and was drowned. No thought was given to the possibility of ever recovering his body, but on Monday evening, it was found floating near the shore at Roseoery, and was recovered by the boat officials and taken to Nelson Tuesday for burial. Evans was a native of Maine. He was a desolate spirit, and upon being rescued by the deckhands when he fell overboard upon another occasion at Silverton some weeks prior to his drowning, he cursed his rescuers and asked, "Why in he was not allowed to go." This is the first body that has ever been recovered from the lake. Though long and persistent searches were made for the bodies of other unfortunates who lost their lives in the icy water at various times in the past seven years, they were never seen again after sinking below the j surface. ■ ! The. Slocan is undoubtedly the richest mining division in the Province, and for investment pure and simple, stocks in the standard mines of this camp are the safest investment that offer at present to an intending purchaser. The recent strikes in the Queen Bess, Vulture, Slocan Star, Reco, Treasure Vault and Noble Five prove tliat the ore bodies in the Slocan have only begun to show their '.richness and continuity, and there is not a property iu this division, which, with fairly intelligent treatment can fail to become a dividend payer There has been a slump lately in"the Dardanelles stock, but this was due more to extraneous dealings amongst the big* stockholders, than to the conditions of the mine itself, which at present is nearer to being on a dividend paying basis than for some time previously. Buyers cannot make a mistake if they purchase the Slocan stocks of those properties which are held by strong companies, or to be more explicit, by those companies whose largest stockholders until the mine gives them a. return in the shape of dividends. The Ivanhoe, owned by the Minnesoto Silver j Mines Company,' has so much ore in sight that the owners have decided to | put up a mill and tramway, and this I property will soon be one of the big j shippers of British Columbia. As it is j owned by a close corporation however, the investing public will not have an opportunity of profiting by its richness — Nelson Economist. SAJ1PHSG WOKKS AT NELSON'. NAKUSP. bout to be established on the lake. a Joseph Brandon lias bought N. F. MeNaught's interest in the Corncracker and Fairhaven. These claims are above the Bosun and development upon .them will be resumed immediately. Services will be held in the Methodist church next Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Everybody welcome. R.N.Powell. Morning subject, "Ordered into Active Service;" evening subject, "Why are there so Few Conversions?" 1 W. C. Husband has been appointed manager of the Halycon Hot Springs Hotel." Hub will soon become popular with the western people. He is genial, to a finish, and understands human nature clear through the.entire formation. Mr. James O'Neil, for the last seven years clerk in Mr. John Paisley's grocery store, left on Monday night for New Denver, B.C. Mr. O'Neil is one of our popular young men, and of the class we very much dislike to see leaving our midst.—Napanee Beaver. A large number of the K. of P. brethren attended the anniversary church •service of th« local lodge Sunday morning from Sandon lodge. Membersof the Uniform Rank were present in full dress and in the march to and from church they presented a very creditable appear- .ance. <:■ _ SLOCAN MINERAL FLOAT. Mr. Hugh McCutcheon, collector of customs atNakusp, was in Rossland the other day on a business trip. When seen by a Record representative he stated that a syndicate formed in Toronto has bought up the two hot water mineral springs back of the town, and will put. up a $50,000 sanitarium, with all modern improvements and accommodations. The buildings will, when completed, make quite a village in themselves, as beside the main hotel and sanitorium buildings there will be 12 separate cottages for' guests, also houses for the officials of the j company, stable, etc. The location has ! been selected directly back of the town on the flat at the foot of the mountain, and a driveway is now completed to it! The company will also have an electric power and light plant of sufficient capacity to furnish the city with electriclights. A lime quarry is now being opened within a few miles of town, td»supply lime to the Trail smelter. Nakusp is situated about80 miles from the Canadian Pacific Railway main line, and at the terminus of the Nakusp &| Slocan Railway on Arrow lake, where j two steamers connect daily with the rail-' road. There is both a bonded customs j and inland revenue warehouse; there is j also a large wholesale grocery store. As a summer and health resort it cannot be beaten. Mountain trout are in every stream and large and small game can be found any and everywhere. There is good boating on the lake. There is to be a grand ball on April 3rd, which will be the social event of the season. G. M. McDowell, who intends to erect sampling works at Nelson, had a conference with leading officials of, the C.P.R. with regard to his request for. a grant of a portion of the C. P. R. right of way to enable him to construct his plant. The two parties came to an agreement by which Mr. McDowell is given a 80 years' lease of a portion, of the right of way on condition that the buildings.be begun within three months and completed within six. The buildings, which will be on the lake shore just inside the city limits, will be constructed 22 feet from the centre of the tract and will have 100 I feet frontage with 50 feet of depth. The j major part of the buildings will be on the j foreshore of the lake and will be built on piles. The outermost piles will be 75 feet in length. The site chosen is just where the rights of way of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard and C P. railways join, and it is expected that the two lines will be connected by a neutral switch. Until this is effected the former road will get access to the works bym^ans of atrestle. The necessary plans have been drawn by C. W. McArthur, formerly of Denver, Col., and the machinery has been ordered from the machine company of Quebec. .'FLOAT OF ("KNERAI. INTEREST. In 1.8f>7 in the Rand, South Africa, g-old district, there were in operation 4,075 stamps: in 1898, 5,012; the tonnage crushed in 1807 was 5,3*25,355— about 4J tons per stamp per day. As in the United States, the tendency is to increase the capacity per stamp. In the past ten vears that district has vielded 8320,000.000 in gold. At Windsor Castle, on one occasion, theGiiardsBand wag playing out on the terrace during dejeuner, and the Queen was so much struck by one pretty inarch tune that she desired one of the Maids of Honor to go and ascertain what it was called., The classic features of that high bom damsel were suffused with blushes as she returned and made answer : "'Come Where the '-Booze .'is Cheaper,' Your Majesty !'1 Robbie had longed for a baby brother and a pair of white rabbits. The answer to both wishes came on the same morning but it was not quite satisfactory, for there were two baby brothers and only one rabbit. Robbie was greatly disgusted at the mistake The next day his father found the following notice tacked to the gate post: " For sale- One nice fat baby ; or I will exchange for a white rabbit." One of the San Francisco papers has a correspondent at Juneau in the person of Hal Hoffman In a recent article by that gentleman he says that in retaliation of the Atlin alien" bill presumably^ that Canadians will be driven out by force from the Porcupine creek district. This statement has caused a great deal of adverse criticism here as well as in other Canadian cities, and it is thought that there is no justification for the statement. GAMPS N0T FAR AWA1 THK AIUJVGTOX T)KA1.. The following is taken from the Spokane Review, and it is to be hoped there is more in it than a mere puff for Frank Watson, one of the principal newspaper miners on the coast: A deal has been consumated in Spokane which will introduce Roston capital into the lead district of the Slocan and will doubtless bring one of the promising properties of tliat part of British Columbia immediately to the front as a great mine. The Arlington mine is the property in question Who the Boston capitalists are is not announced at present, but there is every assurance that the deal,is ago. are attractingattention of eastern capital and Boston has made money enough in mines to know that,a venture of this kind is safe. Those who know the Arlington say that the mine will be shipping ore within six months and should begin to pay profits soon after. THE TREADWELL MrNES. The Arlington mine is one of .the The great beef trust which sold meat at Dawson for $1.50 per lb. last year is now; 'almost forgotten and prices are about as low as they are in Vancouver. The poorest beef, sells at 15 cents and the best at 25 cents per lb. to the. quarter; 'One thing that has fbrced'down the prices is the order that all beef that is not kept in refrigerators by May, 1st Avill be condemned and must be thrown away. There are no refrigerators at Dawson, and nonein course of construction, so that the prices will probably go still lower. MORTON FREWEN ON SILVER. THK PAYNE. The tunnel on the Stockholm is in HO feet. The Reco discharged 18 men last week. There are 15 tons on the dump of the Palmito taken from No. 2 tunnel. The Comstock and Vancouver each made a shipment to Trail last week. The tunnel on the Snap is.in 90 feet. This property should be a shipper in (30 days. J. F. Mcintosh, of Kaslo, lias bought an eighth interest in the Isis, from Black Bros The Noble Five has ore in its lowest tunnel, No. 8 The.showing is from five to 11 inches of concentrating ore. , The lower tunnel .on the Queen Bess is in ore for over a 100 feet. Nearly 200 tons of ore were sent down the hill from this mine last week. It is now ag*ainst the law to thaw dynamite within 150 feet of the mouth of a tunnel. Some of the Sloean mines will have to thaw in balloons. There is no particular trouble between the Comstock Mines and T. L. Mitchell. The amount of stuff appearing in some papers over the matter is a waste of space. Ore has been struck on the Marion in the face of the tunnel now in about 150 feet. Work is going steadily on and the property will be thoroughly opened up before further shipments are made. The break in the machinery at the Dardanelles has been repaired, and work was resumed last Thursday. The shaft on this property is down 500 feet and the machinery is too light to properly handle tlie water and hoisting. ANOTHER ENTERPRISE DEAL. The report is current that the London and British Columbia Goldfields, Ltd., of London, Eng., through their agents here, have taken over the Enterprise mine, Ten Mile. Mr. Aylard, resident manager of thc Enterprise, is not at liberty to give out any information garding the deal and it is not de- known that the sale has been made, but from indications it is safe to assume that the Enterprise has or is about to change hands, and that the London company will take it over. Choice Lemons. Fresh Eggs Hazelwood Butter at Bourne Bros. and SLOCAN ORE .SHIPMENTS. Total shipped Julv 1 to Dec. 31, 1808, 17,994 tons. January 1st, -1899. to March 18th: ' j From Sandon. Payne Last Chance Sapphire Coin Ajsix Sovereign lteco Ivanhoe Treasure Vault Trade. Dollar From Throe Forks Idaho Mines Q,ueen Bess Wild Goose Monitor From Whitewater. AVhiteivater Jackson Bell From McGmjtan. Antoine Rambler Dardanelles Great Western From Xew Denver. Bosun Marion From Silverton. Fidelity.- Vancouver Wakefield Emily Edith Comstock | Montreal, March 14.—Application for a new charter for the Payne Consolidated Mining Company will be forwarded to Victoria to-morrow. The directors of the re-organized company will be: W. L. Hogue. banker, of Anaconda, Montana; A. W. McCune, owner of Salt Lake City street railway; F. L. Seargeant, of Anaconda; James Ross, Senator Forget, Wm. Hanson, Col. Fred Henshaw and Clarence J. McCuaig,;of Montreal. It appears that the .presidency of the Payne will be offered to W. L. Hogue. This afternoon Mr McCuaig received a telegram stating that the shipments from the Payne from Jan."l to March 14 reached 1,388 tons, which" netted $52 per km rc-i ton' after deducting duty and charges for itiitfOv freight and treatment. This amounts to innei*, ^25,000, or about $50,000 a month. Mr. C. H. Hand, the chief manager, also reports the showing in the different levels to be of the most satisfactory nature, and such as to warrant the belief that Montreal and Toronto people now control the richest property in British Columbia. Morton Frewen, the well-known London financier, speaking of the outlook for silver, says in a recent note: "Had it been possible to obtain from Washington a proposal to re-open your mints at 1 to 22 on condition that" the. Indian mints were siuiultanaously flung wide open to the free coinage of rupees, in other words, to restore silver momet- alism in India for 300,000.000 of people on condition that you restored bi-metal- ism, we might under those conditions have advanced an all important step on the road to the complete restoration of silver as a money, metal. But no support could be obtained for any such proposal, and at the present moment silver is drifting, and drifting dangerously. It is a clear case that it has been possible for the government of the United States for some months to have restored silver at the rate of $1 per ounce, but there was no one to push it. It is the sin of the century that it is so." 'THE BACHELOR BOYS. last well The SLOCAN MINES. The concert and dance given Friday night by the band was very attended and highly enjoyable, selections by the band given in the open air drew a large crowd, and the affair was very successful from every 'point of view. A short but appreciative musical program was rendered, after Band President Sproat gave a synopsis of the progress of the band and outlined briefly the objects of the organization. ' I The rendition of the homespun farce i entitled "The Bachelor Boy*" afforded j great fun for the audience, as it was; entirely of a local nature and revealed j the every day life in "bach" quarters of our boys, giving their trials and sorrows, fun and folly. WANT TO FORM A LEAOIJE. Week. Total. 2K0 2,4 ill Kid i,:«k 18 ia 40 20 too 100 oo 18 mo 1S2 698 15 40 tiSl 'iO 314 30 45 135 80 48 20 m> -'0 3 20 300 580 40 40 00 Total tons. 722 8,171 Mr. Donald Kennedy, writing from 70 Gracechurch street to the Financial News, says: "Sir,—Referring to your interesting interview with Mr. A. McMillan, of Rossland, British Columbia, I am glad to note that Mr. McMillan drew attention to the fact that the silver-lead mines of the. Slocan pay hanclsorne.lv The general public have an idea that silver mining does not pay ; whereas, as a matter of fact, the' silver-lead mines of British Columbia, in several instances, have paid extremely well. It may surprise many of your readers to hear that the greatest''dividend-paver of all the mines in British Columbia is a silver-lead mine. Tlie celebrated Payne mine, situated near Sandon, in the Slocan district, has paid more in The followingcommunication has been received from the Nelson Baseball Club: Nelson, B.C., March 20, 1899. Editor The Lkdgk, Dear Sir: We have organized for 1899. Do you intend forming a club in your town? If so! would it not be in tlie best interests of j the game to arrange a series o? matches, somewhat after tlie nature of a league, j the league to comprise say, Kaslo. Nel-; eon, New Denver. Northport, Rossland. j Revelstoke, Sandon and Slocan City.! Supposing you send a delegate to "a' general meeting at Nelson on "Good Friday. Trusting that you as an enthusiast will push the matter along. Let us hear from you soon. Yours sincerely, Harry Houston, secretarv. Bourne Bros, have just received a consignment of Spring Goods, Oil Cloth, dividends than any mine in the whole; Sheetings, ,Tickinp*s of the Province. Even when silver- and lead were at their verv lowest the j Payne paid larger monthly dividends! than even the great Le Roi'mine. The i profits for the month of November last j were si.00,000. ! Blue Deinins. luting Muslin, Velveteen, Felts. White Canvas, •lanuei. Swiss Straw Matting, Floor Rugs, Mats, Hosiery, Negligee Shirts, Dress Lining and many other articles required by the citizens of the Silverv Slocan town's. richest silver properties in the vicinity of Slocan City. It has been owned for about two years by a Spokane company which was" organized by Frank Watson. The property comprises the Arlington and Burlington claims and was located by Robert Cooper and C. E. Fielding who have ever since retained interests in it. In 1896 John A. Finch had the group under bond and did considerable work upon it without finding the main lead, his tunnel, as subse. quent development proved, having been run in the wrong direction. Later on the mine lay idle for many months until Frank Watson came along and after looking it Oyer concluded that it was one of the richest showings he had ever seen and took a bond on it for $50,000. , Then followed the formation of the Spokane company. The'property has seen hard times! The company was hampered for. lack of funds and the Arlington war away up Springer creek where no road had ever been built and shipment of ore was therefore expensive. Then there were conflicting interests and dissensions among the stockholders and the result was slow development and a rapidly accumulating debt. In all 1,200 feet of work was done, most of it being accomplished under the direction, of Frank Watson, who was in charge of the work when the wheels were running smoothly. This development reached a depth of 175 feet and opened up a, wondeiful bo.lyof ore which is authentically reported to show 30 feet in thickness. The company made shipments; which yielded 240 ounceB silver and 16 to 20 per cent. lead. It is said that the ore is growing heavier in lead as depth is gained. Last Buinmer the company found itself in such straits that it became necessary to give a mortgage on the claims. The Bank of British North America furnished the, money. The mortgage was later transferred to Ross Thompson, of Rossland. Work on the mine was almost entirely suspended. It was when matters were in this tangle that Frank Watson began to work for the redemption.of the mine.. He began the arduous task seven months ago and has just completed it. The terms of the deal are that a new company is to be formed to be known as the Arlington Mines, Limited, with headquarters, probably in Spokane.' The capitalization is to be 1,000,000 shares and 750,0.00 shares will go into the treasury. The remaining'250,000 shares will be issued to the stockholders of the old company at the rate of one share for eve'-y four held in the old corporation. The new company assumes the mortgage and has arranged to pay it and all other outstanding debts of tlie old company within .30 days. The Boston people take up sufficient of the treasury stock to placa $50,000 at once in the treasury, of the company and have guaranteed that the same amount will be forthcoming later if needed to make a paying mine of the Arlington. These terms have been agreed to by the unanimous vote of the stockholders of the old company present at a recent meeting where 708,000 shares of the 813,- 000'shares issued were represented. "Within 30 days," a stockholder is reported as saying, "work will begin on the Arlington with ;t large force of men. The development will be upon a large scale, with all the necessary machinery and the plans of the company include the early erection of a concentrator. Frank Watson paid a visit to Victoria lately and secured from the Provincial j Government $2,500 with which to com-j plete the road which tlie Government | started to build up the creek from Slocan I City to the mines. Work on this will | begin as soon as spring opens up. Much credit, is due to Frank Watson for putting this deal through in the face of discouragements. The company has been so torn with internal troubles that no reconciliation seemed possible and most of us thought the Arlington was a dead duck. But Watson saved the mine although it took seven months of scheming ami maneuvering and harmonizing to bring it about."' It is rather a new thing for Boston capital to take up silver and lead pi impositions. Copper investments are the favorites in tlie Massachusetts city. But the profits which Slocan shippers pay employment of a great According to late advices from Jum-aii the new stamp mills being* erected by the Treadwell Mining Company on Douglas Island have commenced grinding away at the low-grade ore that yields many hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. The ''number of stamps added.is" 750 and. the output of the mine will be materially increased. 1-he Al-ki'and' City of Topoka have been cai ryitig the machinery north for the last three,..months. The new mills will mean the many'more men. In this connection it is interesting* to note that local and Seattle papers have gone far astray in giving the credit of the discovery "of the famous Treadwell mine to Peter E'. DeVille, who claims to have visited the Klondike in, 1879.,.; A, The.original discoverer and,locator of the Treadwell 'mine was, it is said, Peter Erussard, a Frenchman After Erussard made the discovery he,did considerable work in stripping off a portion of the surface, leaving exposed a large quantity of quartz of such low* grade that he thought it',was practically worthless, and at the same time he discovered that he was not a citizen of the United States and could not hold the property. This was in 1881 and early in the next year John Treadwell appeared on the scene and Erussard offered to sell hinrthe property. After examining the ledge Mr. Treadwell asked him what he wanted for it and was told that as lie was in need of a suit of clothes and if he would buy one for him. lie would turn, the property over. Mr. Treadwell gave hitn an. order for the clothes on Koekler & James, and Ernssard picked out a $35 suit, and transferred the now-famous Treadweli mine. Mr. Treadwell gave the property a thorough,prospecting and then went to San Francisco where he interested Messrs. Fnre, Freeborn and Hill, of San Francisco, and Senator John Sherman, of Nevada. These men furnished the money with which to thorougly prospect the property. A five-stamp mill was erected and a tunnel started. The quartz was run through the mill but being of such low .grade with a five-stamp mill it would not pay. It was, however, ascertained that instead of being a vein of, quartz it was a mountain. Mr. Treadwell again visited San Francisco and explained to his partners the vastness of the deposit and that with 120 stamps the: property would pay handsome dividends. A120- stamp mill was purchased and Mr Treadwell personally superintended its erection and in August, 1885,-them ill: was started and in 1890, 130 more stamps were added, making: it the largest mill under one roof in the world. The mine has made all of its owners millionaires from an original investment of a S35 suit of clothes. Peter Erussard, or "French Pete''as he was commonly known, remained around Juneau until 1888,when he went to Seattle and opened a fish market. Since the sale of the mine Erussard has been the racipient of many substantial favors from Mr. John Treadwell.— News-Advertiser. The Rise in Copper. The copper market presents no new features, holding firm at 18 cents. The fact that this metal maintains this high figure practically demonstrates the contentions of the bulls that the advance has been based upon legitimate, hut nevertheless abnormal conditions. That the demand has greatly exceeded the supply and that while the latter is making strenuous efforts to catch up, yet the pace of the former is by no means slow, which promises a good market for some months to come. In fact it is our opinion that coppe will be selling for 20 cents before the end of 1899.—Western Mining World. A Scotch minister was once catechising his young parshionors before the congregation, when lie put the usual first question to a girl whose father kept a public ■," quid I name: j there, was no reply. I repeated, and then, of the congregation. "Nane o" your fun. ken my name well say. when ye. come nig*lit. 'Bet, bring m< house. "What is your. e.d tlie minister. But The. question was to the amusement the girl answered, Mr. Minister. Ye enouirh. D'ye no to oor house on a some ale?"" Thk Lkdoe office i' working a nice- shoot of high grade in printing, and shipments arc; being made to many camps. Call in and assay the, samples. The bulldog is. chained up and there is- no danger of getting knocked down by the wind from our big cylinder press. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MARCH 23, 1899. Sixth Year The Ledge Published every Thursday. R. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three months ., — : --- £ .75 Six " •- .-.1.25 Twelve " ^.00 THEEE YEAKS • • - o-0° Transient Advertising, 25 cents i>cr line first in sertion, 10 cents per line subsequent insertions nonpareil measurement. TO CONTRIBUTORS. C ji-respondence from every part of the Kootenay District and communications upon live topics always acceptable. Write on both sides of the paper if you wish. Always send something good no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it s hot, and we will do the rest i portance to tbe silver lead producers of the Slocan, and will do more to i stir up the already awakening'cap- ! italists to these {jreat dividend-paying: I properties than columns of carefully- prepared statistics on the merits of the Slocan as a money-making dis trict. In the year 1898 the total amount of ore shipped from the Slocan reached 17,000 tons. If the present rate of shipment is maintained, and there is hope that it will be, the output for 1899 will be in the neighborhood of 40,000 ot a value ©f $5,000,000. The mines that were shippers last year are heavier shippers this year, and in every case the promise is that the outpuc from many, if not all of them, will increase instead of diminish." A pencil cross in this square indicates that your subscription is due, and that the editor wishes once ag-ain to look at your collateral. Western mining nierf. when they are successful have a passion for spending their money elsewhere than around the camps in which they made it. Bill Clark, of Montana, has ordered a white palace built in New York which will be one ofthe finest private houses in the world. It will be constructed in the purest style of the French renaissance. Three hundred It was twenty years last Monday j thousand dollars' worth of granite since we first Went astray. Upon! will be used in it-; the carving* will > f BUKSDAr, MARCH 23. 1899. SCRAP'S JKKOM THK KUITOR'S DESK. Some think that if people slept more they would reach the age of 200. There should be plenty of old people in Victoria. BKTT.RK THAN A t'ABIN. true, will redound to the good of the people of Canada, as it will probably result in the building* of a transcontinental railway. It will be a rival to the Canadian Pacific Railway, which has grown so proud,arrogant and domineer- j ing, since it imagines- that it holds the i whin hand over the people of nearly all j of Canada. ' . | For a long time D. D. Mann audi William Mackenzie have been the char ter procurers for the Canadian Paciiic j railway They could go to provincial i legislatures, even to the Dominion Par-1 liament, and procure chanters, where j Sir William Van Home and T. G.j Shaughnessy dare hardly show then- faces In time Messrs: Mackenzie and Mann came to be known simply as the agents of the C. P. R. managers, for shortly after chartern were obtained they would turn them over to the agents of that road. It was noticed, too, by the observant, that the firm of Mackenzie & I Mann nearly always secured fat con-J tracts from the Canadian Pacific when j the railway schemes had evoluted to the! construction period. This method of procedure went on and on until the firm of Mackenzie & Mann hecame both wealthy and influential. Now, however, it is rumored in inner railway circles that this quartet of schemers have, quarreled, and there is said to he war to the knife hetween them. On tlie one side **"*** >—»-'^-»»-'»-»»- »- frfTHi TTa JThinJWfc 5 1 ok of Montreal Established 1817. Capital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00 Reserved fund : : 6,000,000.00 Undivided profits : : 981,328.04 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Rostal, G.C.M.G. President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice President, E..S. Clouston, General Manager, Branches in all parts of Canada, Newfoundland, Great BritainA and the United States. New Denver branch E. PF7T, Manager d :o750 for 10 hours work and there has been no trouble. If the law is enforced in I the Slocan it will probably cause I ■wages to be gauged accordingly, j This is not desirable, and rather than j have it occur we believe most of the j miners would prefer the old time shit: and the $3.50. Most of them are in the hills to make money and are not partial to legislation that will decrease their earning capacity. For the interest of the district it is to be hoped that the matter will be adjusted in a manner satisfactory to labor and capital. In the great stores of Toronto are j hundreds of girls working tor wages j so small that it is surprising to find ! any of them decent. Yet people all J over Canada will patronize such in-j stitutions never thinking when they j are saving a few cents that it could ! not be clone if proper wages were j paid the slaves of these merchant; kings. Sl.OCAN OitK SMIPM.KNTS. Since the stocking of the Payne1 more attention has been paid to the j Slocan by eastern people. They are; commencing io realize that the Slocan - is the richest of all the rich camps ot '■ British Columbia. The Toronto Globe ■ has the following reference to our: output: "There is no better method ol" judging of the progress of British Co- ; lumbia mining than in studying the Slocan ore shipments. February'.-;; shipments bring the total shipments from January 1 to March 1 up to 6,500 tons. If this rate of shipment1 is continued it will bring the output; for the year up to a figure more than '■,' double that of IS'-X will add new ini-, RASHDALL & FAUQUIER . "MINES & REAL ESTATE. NEW DENVER, B.C. MINING 1NTKRKSTK BOUGHT, 'SOLD A NI. BONDED. INVITED Abstracts of Title 10 mineral claims. CORRESPONDENCE IU passing $fv>w as viewed by *«« a western editor itttfte effete east. 0 travel westtto East in the winter may not seem reasonable, but 1 performed the feat successfully without hitting a single tie. It can easily be ac complished by getting into a comfortable C. P. R. car and stopping in it for about five days. It may be like living in a cage, as far as freedom of action is concerned, but the comfort found on this great road, ..coupled with the courtesy of the train officials, reduces the monotony to a minimum. Walking across the continent gives a greater opportunity to test the various brands of ozone found in this glorious Dominion, but that method of travel is not popular with the masses. When I left the Slocan last January, the surface indications upon the mountains were principally snow. Nothing of a startling nature occurred until I reached Revelstoke. In that city an enterprising citizen gave me an ad. I nearly fell dead, as for many moons I had not been taking anything as strong as ads. Still, I took the, ad., although the shock to my financial anatomy was visible for several hours. Quite a number of people, insinuated before I got out of the hill country that I held an option upon a calico claim in the. East, and wasgoinj; back to close the deal. The train I left Revttlstoke upon was almost devoid of passengers, and if • Alex Lncas had not been on board I would have had an attack of ennui. Alex and I spent several hours planning how to make a million or more. Before we had the matter settled, Alex left the train at Golden and I proceeded upon my rapid career. When the curtain of night fell over the mountains I located a berth, rolled in and dreamed of my many backward subscribers. Just before sun-up I looked out of the window and saw Medicine Hat. That is a nice name for a town. I do not know how it obtained such a cognomen. Probably in early days some old trail blazer was sick and the Indians gave him medicine out of a hat. The red man is still here. They sell horns to tenderfeet. They wanted $1 a horn. This is more than I ever pay for a horn. This horn game is getting rather old. Seven years ago the same gang were working it when I passed through this famous spot. From Medicine Hat east the journey was very tiresome. The plains, covered with a knife-blade seam of snow, were about as interesting to me 'as beans without bacon. At Moosejaw I had an opportunity'of parading up and down the platform for half an hour. Struck a chute of fresh milk here. For a short bit I obtained about a quart. It was extremely high grade and carried very little water, and not a trace of chalk. As I allowed tlie lacteal fluid to trickle down my throat ir. put me in mind of the summer I spent with my Uncle Billy in the county of Grey. I was tender and delicate in those days and Billy insisted upon tne drinking so muck milk that 1 often wonder how I escaped bein-_r a cowboy. Mv L'ncle Billy was one of the most original men 1 have ever seen. Iff <"dy could write a play with Billy as the leading character I would electrify the universe- However, this'has nothing to do with Moosejaw. That town is beau'ifully situated as a fresh air resort. There is plenty-if air in sight. .Ml you have to do is to locate it. not, meet with a single up, or a single thing At Brandon the The Devil Fish Is truly a formidable enemy in its native element, and has been known to attack boats when enraged. 'A man caught in its terrible embrace is imme diately drawn under water to a horrible death. Scrofula . Is a disease that might almost be classed with the devil fish for loathsomeness, and its victims are legion. Now as.Spring is drawing ' near and your s\ stem perhaps weakened by the strain of a severe winter, and your blood weak and watery, you might be an easv victim for some such loathsome disease. Be warned in time. Your blood is poor and bad Begin at once a rigorous course of treatment, with. that best of all hi nod pari fiers and spring tonics-- OTEL SANDON, vK ^ 7ft ^ 7ft 7ft 'V "^N- Sandon, B.C. rpHIS NEW HOUSE, with the old name, is well equipped to accommodate a large number of G-uests. The building is plastered and tlie rooms are unsurpassed for comfort in the Slocan, while, in the Dining Room can be found the best food in the market. ' Robert Cunning, Proprietor. The Clifton House, rax -sbarsapar For sale at— Nelson's Drug & nook Store Sunday Im.hips: - la Sandon. Hasiuni'leaccoiuiiwdatioiisfor a l.-irt-y number of |ieoplu. The rooms are large. and airy, and the. Diniiif** Koom is provided with everything- in the market Smnplo Rooms for Commercial Traveler.*. John Buckle}', Prop. vr \r \f \r \f \r \f y ■'CALLUM' Dealers in Hardware, Tin and Miners'Supplies, Paints, Oils. Glass and SLOOANTCiTY, B.C. i A A A A A A -A A j ramteware, 'htty, Doors .& Windows. New Denver, B. 07 p. m. We do what we advertise :or:itory. Bel viie ;;vc. Xew Denver. !!('. J. H. MILLWARD, w }{L. GRIMMETT, L.L.B. BAKRl'STEK, Solicitor..' Notary Public, Etc. Writer ggley will buy some handsome Sandon, B. C. "^^i articles of furniture just now. i! m NEW DENVER. Froni r.lii? town to Brandon I d'u H.dvi*nf.uiv. The train was not held occur that would jar our nervous; system r *&*s\ ■ II i\ 1J .1 • FAI& BAKER. 'alma ; c_ r^ A i * c.*irs bee.*»me mon1 crowded and I heard irmiv or K^s n.bout wheat. Foi* tin- benefit ot'inoimiain people I nii^lit, say that wheat is found in Manitoba in hir^e quantifies. It is easily mined and when r.he irost does uor <_rivo it the marble heart the folks around here are full manv of them ml! of rve. of joy. At \ hockey mate Arberv 1 found had just expire* -. <• vv ■ii vry IL- S'*i;ri!i; .•.!•' :i nd Oi'pii ir'Ms ] d «'-ti:I>„l!ii«"i-s. ! >>jA«\ ; -X. IL-->'i'i: Ii.'ivi' : ii-■•i.d> !));<(•! i>"< 1 I7n(l.-rtiikpr ^'■r- i and Krril-jiliixT 'li.iinu im-in-"--* in ill'' S]i>i',-in. eg XEW DENVER G! iV" rOR CROI icrA.. !J :.-. Ai-;S■•--, •■ n- : f" Hli.liV'.-, ;\l.M,l!-:, l.iOlr i'll-i >'!«■'-' '3! St. .\il- | ,, . . g -jj . T7 llxiiiV mid ..-illicull.:-! I'r.s'i:,■-:■(.■! Stain, i:f. writu f> , UOA I PI "I JT_1 JTL IL $t{PPPPP A,"w"""SH"""'1MS,!,,W! iOE, WOOD, Etc j. Silverton. .u. M. BENEDUM, Livery and Feed Stables, General Dray ing. 1 e.'iins. meet, all boats ;md Trains. NEW DiENVER denoral 'Dravinan. Ice, [lav and Grain for Sale. Filled. 9 Ice Houses Livery and iaiit Stabiles, Sixth Year. THE LEDUE, NEW DENVER, JB.C, MARCH 23. 1899. ANOTHER "VAMPrRK.' (A lunfc" way after Kipling-.) A n ass there \yao. and he took delight. (Even as you and I) lv sitting far into tha hours of night, Cutting and dealing/with all his might. And hating to quit at the morning light (Even as you and I;. Oh, thc sleep we lost and the heap we lost. And the useless cards we drew ; All In that simple and popular game. That always enticing and popular gams, Which there's no need to name for you. ,An **••« there was, and he held a '-pair" (Even as you and I) . Of aces, iind drew two more quite fair, Then bet all he had. with never a care, But a "straight flush" broke him beyond repair, (Even .as you and I,). Oh, the moans we made and the groans we made j O'er the pots that we ought to ha"e won, I All in that simple and popular game, j That gentleman's game, the American game j Where you get a good run for your "mon." j Still the ass will play when he has the dough | (Even as you audi). .,, * And the chips will come and the chips will go -, He'll say with a nod when they're coming slow, "It's time for my luck to change, yon know" (Even as you and I). And it isn't the sin and it isn't the tin That makes us all sore and ill; It's thinking of hands tliat we ought to have held, The -'fulls" and thc, -fours" that m; ought to have held, And the ••flushes" we couldn't lilt. ---"Chanies," in Boston Traveller. 'THK LULL,_«VS OF NATIONS. j the Mother Goose lullabys and nursery rhymes. Many of you may not know that "Mother Goose" wasa "really" woman, as the children say. She was born about the year 1665 in Charles- town, N. S- Her* maiden name was be starvation, and took off his coat and went to work in earnest. He kept on with the angleworm diet until he found that his one little bird was consuming* from 14 to 18 yards of angleworms a day. This was too much for his pati- Elizabeth Foster. She married a! ence, and he proceeded to substitute widower named Isaac Goose, who had j the more easily rnanag-ed diet of bread a family of ten children. As years!and milk and" other delicacies, which passed oil Mrs. Goose added six child-j were, however, not nearly so much'to ren oi her own to her already large j Miss Robin's taste, familv. There Avere not so many j Wanting* to discover whether he had picture-books and toys in those days, so j been catering to a family of abnormal she had to find a way for herself to | appetites, our friend took to watching* amuse her "goslings," so she used to i the methods of a real mother bird, and make up songs to sing to them. We | found that she fed her young every two arc well acquainted with one about j minutes. He then consulted the learn- "The old woman, who lived in her i ed books upon birds*, and discovered shoe, had so many children she didn't j that 14 yards of worms a day, with know what, to do." Then there are j meals every two minutes, is the average those old favorites,, Little Miss Muffet, \ rate of feeding fledglings. He has, Bo-Peep, and countless others. Prob- j therefore, decided that he does not care Q8HMK3>flfflWli (it>Ci(&ftl-8iiWWiWI to take up raising birds by business. WOMAN. hand as a WHO WRITES ADVICE. ably these nursery songs would never have become famous if Mother Goose had not, after her husband's death, gone to live with a married daughter in Boston, whose husband was a printer. I Here she sang her old songs to her j A woman there was and she wrote for the press, o-r-nirl urwi Her onn-in-l-iw ■ rhinkitio* (Am you or.I might do), gianu-son. nor son m-i.iw, inmKing iShetolrl how to cut and tit a dress, to make granny's SOllgS a source of | And how to stow many a savory muss, revenue, printed them in an attractive i Hut she never had done it herself, I guess, form, and so they have come down to i (Which none of her readers knew.; us. Mother Goose died in 1757 at the j oh. the hour we spent and the flair we spent a<'*C of 92 veal**- And the sugar we wasted like sand. °fhen tliere are the darkey lullabys Ut the best of the woman who never had cooked. There are many ways Although the subject of my are uiu uarncy luiiiiuvs, i ^mll„nv we know that she never could cook). which no one can sing like tlie old j And did not understand, negro mammies We can picture them j I (As you or I might do). How out of a barrel to make a chair. to ourselves as they were "down South, ' A Wo,ntt» l,""ri" Wi,s ai,(i slie m'otft ■'■*•••",llil have had to prepare this paper, to ob tain any written information on the subject. I have consulted several encyclopedias, and they have completely ignored the word lullaby. I have also dipped into several musical works with the same result. Apparently, the musical world does not consider lullabys of suliicient importance to collect, or even to mention. The word lullaby is derived from the German lullen—to compose to sleep— and means "a song to uuiet infants.' We all know that wherever there are mothers and their babes there must be lullabys. It matters not whether the mother.is a heathen or a Christian, thej mother-love will teach her songs to | hush her baby's cries. No record has j been preserved of the lullabys by which Eve,,the mother of all creation, hushed her babes to sleep; doubtless they were exceeding sweet, as nature was her only singing-teacher and she had had no'training in up-to-date trills and quavers; doubtless, also, they were tinged with sadness and remorse, as she mused upon the beautiful Garden of Eden, from which she bad been forever expelled through her sinfulness. As music, literature and art are always grouped together, like the three graces, it will not be digressing too much to sav that in ancient literature also, there'is verv little written, about child-life, although, if we listen intently (like the wise magician of Arabia, who, bv* placing his ear to the ground iu the heart of the great African desert, could detect the pattering of children's feet on.the streets of Bagdad, and hear the different voices as they played their childish games), we can hear an occasional note from the children of far-off lands and times There are a few references to children in ancient literature, so natural, as were the old Greek poet, Homer, makes one of his characters say : ■•lli'siie.riis ln-inir-s nil things back. Which the ilavliu-lu. made us lack. Brums I ho sheep and goats in rest, Brines the baby to the breast." crooning their "pore white lambs" to sleep. Their lullabys were in the negro dialect and full of the rhythm, which characterizes the darkey -.melodies;.' Eugene Field has written many sweet- little nursery songs. And last, and least also, in stature at any rate, comes that nation of invisible sprites, the Brownies, with whom we are all so well acquainted through the clever pen and pencil of Palmer Cox. A book of Brownie lullabies and songs has been written and set to music by S. G. Pratt, and dedicated to Sol Smith Russell, who introduces them in his famous play, "A Poor Relation." One lullaby runs thus. Such frolics we have iii babydom dear, .Such jokes we tell in this little car, lie lauurhs and crows so full of glee, And bubbles over with mystery. But all the, babies belong to our band. Their babbling and cooing we understand. We teach them line tricks to plav on Ma-uin, Fine riddles to mystify dearest Pa-pa. riiug Noodleurn, Toodlenm. lullably, Sinir Noodleum, Toodlenm, close your eye. Miss Emma Lowkuy. A UNIFORM OK BLUE. To hammer and sa w and hack, In making a chair in which no one would sit , A chair ii. which no one could possibly sit. Without a crick in his back. A woman there was and she had her fun, (Retter than you and I;) She wroie-out re:eints and sin.; never tried one, .She-wrote about children—of course she had none—' Slip.' told us to do what, she never had done, (And never intended to try.) An it isn't to toil and it isn't to spoil Tliat brims the cup of disjrrace— It's to follow a woman who didn't know beans (A woman who never had cooked j},ny beans.J But wrote and was paid to fill space. —Boston Congregational 1st. Of lifting1 the load of trouble from the shoulders of the weary, wav worn traveller as he passes on his way. To know just what to do and when to do it has puzzled the minds of some ofthe greatest hotel men of the ■ itge: We do not claim any' great superiority over others, but we have learned by close attention to the requirements ot our patrons what best pleases them and adds to the comforts and popularity ot our house. Pioneers of the Slocan were' our patrons when the clouds of adversity darkened the trails of every camp in Kootenay. and tXiey are with us still now when the suns of prosperity shine forth in splendor making- mellow the heart of man. ™timfAM AND SCO LINE. Fur those who want tlie EAST^srwES" To any point in United States or Canada St. James otel-M_- NewDenver First-Class ;i!i(] Tickets issued .- a tion. Tourist Sleepers Ocean P> Ocean. operated from ind Baggage- checked todestin No Customs Difficulties. COXNKCTIOKS ■ ' ■' Revelstoke and main line points. 8:45k Daily: lv—Deliver C Siding—ar: Dailv 15 50k 8:85k ex.Sundlv N. Denver Ldg: arex.Sun.lfi:f»0k ' X__ROX, THAU,. HOSSLANn, ETC. D:50k ex. Sun: lv X. Denver Ldp: arex.Sun 14.00k Ascertain rates and full information by addressing nearest local accent or— G. B. GARRETT. AsjciitXow Deliver. W.'F. Anderson, Trav. Pass. A_t., Nelson. K. J. Coyle, Dist. Pass. Acrt.. Vancouver. How to -.'fit there is via C. P. Rv & Soo Line. ©I JACOBSON & CO. b Falls k Irtta SYSTEM. icmamnziixjnzM HOTEL Th'soldiers have come home again, An' we who didn't ko Air wettin' on the hindmost seat, An' don't stand any show. Th' girls can't see us any more, N«> matter whut we do, Their eyes is sot on them as wear* A uniform of blue. I didn't stay at home been/. I didn't want t'go : Hut what could mother do alone, An' likewise little Joe V ['ve. got to earn the bread they eat. An' see thoy're cared for, too, That's whv I'ain't a-wearin' now A uniform of blue. I don't regret the choice I made ; I'd ruther hev th' light That shines on dear old mother's f*ce When-1 come home at night L'liau all them girly girly smile.* That's e.omin' now to von Who think you're it been/, you wear A uniform of blue. —H. Tim*. . .Two men had a very hard tramp throiurh the mountains the other day near ' Ferguson": They came over 30 miles under the most adverse circumstances. One of them, a man named Big*£far,'was chopping' wood when his axe caujrht in some overhanging* branches' and, with his bad aim, the axe came down and cut his thumb off «t the first joint. He was alone at the time and could only stick the two parts together and holding* them that way went to his partner, who was live miles away. Together they bound up the wound as best they' could and then beg'ana I'atiguiii"* walk of over 30 miles to the town.' There he.was put into the hospital and a very painful operation had to be performed. Sulphur was mined in the United States in 1898 in l.'tah, Nevada and Louisiana. The total production was about 3,000: short tons, valued at §66,- 000. The Nevada product was shipped to San Francisco. Utah produced ;537 tons. The production of sulphur in Louisiana (made by the French process as in previous years), amounted to 1,427 short tons. 'Nothing* was done at the Louisiana mines after May. HOT A!R HEATED li V and Electric Bells and Light in every room. Large aud well lighted .Sample Rooms Hourly Street Gar between hotel and Station. Free 1 >us meets a 11 tra in s Rea.ioiiii-hle Rates. REVELSTOKE FEED J. SQTJIBE Nelson, B. C. Merchant Tailor. 'Full Line of fc'nifinsrs and TrouseriiiQ-saWavs on hand. a NOYiOE. .".'"";" NELSON &' FORT SHEPPARD CO. RED MOUNTAIN RY CO. The all rail and direct route between the Kootenay ..District and.. All British Columbia Ponts Pacific Coast Points PujO'et; Sound Points Eastern Canada and the United States. w . THE CNDKIISIONE'* hereby jrivp notice VV thai tlie partnership heretofore cxiMlini;- between us, under the style or Jinn of Sre;.re & Avi- son. us hotel keeper* at. the Newmarket li-tel. at New Denver, 1"! C. has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. All nee.nmts due lo the late lirm of Stef?c& Avison liiu.sr lie paid forthwith to Henry Stege. and till accounts due by the said late firm will bo paid by Henry Stefre. H EN RV STEGE. THOMAS AV-iSON. Wif.ne-w Chaki.es S. Rashhali.. Notary Public. Dated. January U-l. ISlii). T) R. A. S. MARSHALL HUNfiKY AS A RKAR. | .(iraduate i Chicago Dentist. Kaslo. B C if Anieric.-in i -oiletrctif Denial Surgery This hit of ancient poetry makes us think, that "perhaps the first song* from human .lips was a lullaby, and the first notion of metre derived itself from thej rocking of an infant in its mother's arms j or in a era die.'' I In art also the ancients seem to liave I paid but little attention to child-life as j a. study, although there are a few ex-! aniples, which show that the Greeks i and Romans did not entirely refrain; from depictinn*childish beauty j In the middle ii.o-es, however, child-j life was entirely suppressed,, except in j the church. I (Amino* down to modern times, we j mav thank our luckv stars that we were j not' born Chinese 'babies; that is, if i their lullabys areas inharmonious as j their music in o*eneral. The Chinese i ignore harmony on principle, and their; secular melodies are merely sequences | of notes. It is said chat tlieir sacred Imperial Hymn, which is siino* once a [ vear, witli <>*reat pomp, is but a '* sequence of l,on_*-drawn notes.:' French and kalian babies are more In thia happy land no famine comes j nig-h the Sierra bear, says .John Muir j in the Atlantic All the year round his j bread is sure, for some of the thousand j kinds that he likes are always in season I and accessible, rang-ed on the shelves j of the mountain like stores in a pantry, j From one to the other, from climate to ; climate, up and down hedimbs, feasting* ; on each in turn, enjoying* as great : variety as if he travelled to far-off c'oun- j tries north and south. To him almost j cverylhiug is food except granite Every tree helps to feed him, and every ; bush and herb, with fruits and flowers. ! leaves-and bark, and almost everything ] living** or dead within reach, animals i and insects—badg-ers,goptiers,squirrels, j lizards, snakes, "etc. and ants, bees,; wasps, old and young*, tog-ether with i their eggs and larvae," and tlieir moss, j ■Trass and paper nests. Craunched and ! Tiie Agents forB. C. Sugar Refinery and Royal City Planing Mills. Connects al, Spokane with GRKAT NORTHERN RAILWAY NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY 0. R. R. & NAVIGATION CO. Leaves Nelson 9:40 a. m. Maps furnished, Ticket.* sold and information- {riven by local and connecting'Hoe Ticket agents- C. G. DIXON, G-. P. & T. A. Spokane, Wash NAVIGATION & TRADINGCO., LTD. Summer Time Card effective June in, 18!*8. Subject, to change without notice. SS. South Bound Read down. Nakusp, Is ;: comfortable hold bir traveller lo slop at. Mrs/McDougald. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS Monday, Monday I'Vae.l.ioii.M.l, Sunshine, KitSii Frsiccional, Yakima, (l-!v»;;on and "Mine *ti in<■ raI Claims. rituaie in the Slociiti .Mining Division ol' W-'i'St Kootenay District. Where loca led: At the head :>f Howson Creek. fortunate, as there is a predominance of j quickly as a. boy eats a buttered muffins melodv in their national music, which1 no doubt shows itself in the lullabys. In Germanv babes are suri«* to sleep with harmonious lullabs, as m that; "and of music harmony occupies the first place. Bv the North Sea, in the "Land of Mid- niisht'Sun," we hear the mother singing* luilahvs that are weird and wild and full of queer fancies The following* is Norse lullahv, written by M. L. Van Vorst: hashed. do'wA all goes to his marvellous ^AKE notice that I, williani S,DrewJT,.act stoinach and vanish as if cast into a tire. What digestion! A sheep or wounded deer or pig lie eats warm about as Over the crust of the hard, white snow, The little feel, of the reindeer tro f flush, hush, the winds are low'. And th • lin:: littl • liel's arc riiv,'iiigr! Nothing ca i reach Mice of w >e or liirm — S:ife iu'tli • shelter of mother's arm i Kush. hush, the wind's a charm). And mother's voice is ship-in;,'. Father is coniinir—he ride* apace : Kleet, are the steeds with the winds that ra (Hush, hush, for a. litfie space) : 'Che snow to his mantle's clinjfiuer Mis flvinj*: ver the crust •>•'' lb" snow, hard by. The little feet "!' the reindeer fly (Mush. hush, in your little u*! i. Aud the line beds are i inffiu/J ! Nothinir can reach us of woe or harm - Sale in the shelter of father's arm - Mush. bush, the wind's a charm.), And mother's voice is siiiiriii.'i. or, should the meat be a month old, it is still welcomed with tremendous relish After so gross a meal as this, perhaps the next' will be strawberries and clover, or raspberries and mushrooms and nuts, or puc.kery acorns and chokeberries- And, as if fearing that anything eatable in all his dominions should" escape being eaten, he breaks into cabins to look after dried i apples, bacon, etc.: but when he has | had a full meal of more tempting dain- I ties he usually leaves it undisturbed, ! though he has been known to drag it 1 up throiurh a hole in the roof, carry it to .the foot of a tree and lie down on it and ; enjoy j never is . . ,man alone is an enemy to be feared. j ''Bar meat.*' said a hunter, from whom I : was seeking information ; "bar meat is ! the best meat in the mountains, their : .skins make the best beds and their grease the best butter. Biscuit shorten- j ed with Vi'ir grease goes as far as beans: ' a man will walk all' day on a couple of ; them biscuit." Voracious iTatrle Robins. J. insr as ajsrent for thi'Sunshine, Mining Com-: III) paiiv." Limited, Free Miner's certilieate \ fsS) No.12071 A. intend, sixty-days frour the date I (jj<, hereof, to apply to the' Mining' Recorder for j ((('t certificates of'improvements, for the purpose of obtaining1 a crown grant of ouch of tho above claims. And further lake notice tliat action under Sec. 37 must be commenced before the. issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this .-list day of October. 189K. W. S. DREWRY. Havana Mineral (Hahri a siesta. Eating everything, i section 37. must he commence •1 i- ii- , % u , .„.',« „,7i - issuance ol .-neb eertiiicat.e ol 1m is he himself except by man, and Dntvd Ulis.lri, ,lrty „,- March, isn: Situate in the Sloean .Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Whore located: On North Fork of Carpenter Creek-, about one and one-half mile^ from Three Forks, R. C , TAKE NOTICE that I. E. M. Sandilands. F. M. C. No. lll.iaA, aifent for Henrietta Ointzbnr- ; •;cr. F.AI.C.Xo. .'larilo intend.CO days from the date ! hereof, to apply to the JMining Recorder for a ' Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that, action, under be commenced before the m prove mollis. I. IJiiisy, Kastern, f-'larenr? iii Scotland it is lullaby.-; are touched the national Scott;si the bagpipes. Sir written "A probable that the with strains from i-biirn instruinent, Waiter Scott has Ijiillaby uf an infant Chief,"' it i!d not ascertain whether as iieeii set '<> music, or not. '.v* 1111 c, are a I uilabv • A wonkl-be philanthropist relates his experiences trying to play mother to a nest of little robins, which had by some accident been deprived of their rightful mother's care. He diligently set to work digo*in»* angleworms, and suppos- in»- that'he wasfulfillinghis whole duty, if the rioor little ; Situate* in the Sloean Mining Division of West Kootenay District V\rhere located: \\'est of Mowson ('reek, near the Alamo. : i-pAKE NOTICE tliat !. W. S. .Drewry. a< aneut : L for The Scottish Colonial G-obl Fields. Ltd.. F. M. Cert. Xo. XIiilT.a. and George \V. Hughes. ' F. il. Cert. Xo. U-liiTo. intend sixty days from (he ! dab' hereof to apidy to the .Minim- lice inter i for eerlilicates of impi-ovemonls I'm- thc pur|iose i uf ! the aiiove claims. And further ; tion :17 niiist In of such ccrtilie. Dated thisi'nt •.k l.i>t :J*iKf;-<-H;u!stono M Dim- when one of the j'.ioor little sougstcn Upon examination of the hedy writte.n I which was reduced to skin and hone il s;d: to musi-. familiai- with that beauti- ■v.vcrt. and "7.>w, Sweet andj (Me; Lit cnimerafe them here. .... e' ever the third one died >v i tiie foster pare.nt came to the cnnciiisuni ! that it must have died of starvation Deeply o-rieved at his shortcomin-_s, he. i-eiloitbTed his efforts determined to at least sav.- the other two. it w.:s ^ 1 1,- the the nor ong. however, beAre a. secon:! one . evirleut'y of the sa:ac mala' ie :rood man (lien resolved that Coming to onr own Ann.'.rica we. nave. of it witar- should not Situate in tin Koot i.'i:ay »i\-1 • mill's e Ka-:i,. ami Cari'ooi Mi I Vilii-'-O ( 'nil !i:-.!ij'. ■t-'AK'E Xi i'I'ICK thai 1. i e.-cnt (er Edwiirtl :il.ri."i7. ami .'•.. U*. Sie_le. ! .-.ix* \' day- frmn 1 he dan- Aliii'iu.'.:' 'Recorder fi r ■■•■ mcnls foi- the imrii'-.-e o,' n of tlieabnvc ci.iiin. And iiiribi r ia.\e uotiei lion .'17 must be comnn ! e .-.iieh errtilica'e ol iinj.-r-/. Dated this .-.';i|]i ,|;,y of.I : ii Min 111.1; J 'i'.' i ief . W 'l(!]-e lon.'l >f .\!--f.: itiv.-i ij *-;e 11 uailw; claim of 1 ii I,-,,1 .i.-ihi.u. ' .M.i'.X- !icr-if : cert-iiical biaiiiitu.- ; ■ : ii.i INTERNATIONAL. North Bound Read up. SAX1ION Train lvs Dally, l.on pm Train ar daily 10.50 am KASLO .-" ar :-' t'.'loiun Train lv '*' S.OOam &Boat lv 3.30 am —Kaslo— Boat ar S.:j0 pu'-Z' Z, " 1.30 am Ainsworth '• 7.30 pm_ t^" - 5.00 am Pilot Bay •' <*.-t5 pm = a " 5.30 am Balfour •' H.10 pm'/- j^Boat ar (i.lo am. Five Alile Pr •• 5.2S pm ; • '* 7.15 am Nelson " lv 1.45 pm ^ sTrainar 10.05am Northport Train Iv 1.55 pm ••. = ;' 1120 am Rowland " 12.05 pnv-E •~ '• •'! 10 pm Spokane •' s.8n;nn±' SS. AM-IBR'l Sand ,.\ VI.on jiui Kuslo ar S.-J5 Jim v 5.(10 pm AIo&T ii.20jim .\i::sworth Hi 7.0a run i'it.ot Hay 10.!io;iii! Kuskonook I2.0iiprn Oo«t River 1.0(i am Boundary .-.oo am Bonner's 'S'vy ■ lv -TfTrain lv il.-to .-tin " '['lain ar ar 2.-15 I'iii Spokane '" lv .Rend up. >:i Daily train arlo.50 am lv s.Oi'ain Boat a r 1.00 pm it; ar J1.-I0 pm.- 11 1.0 iiin,- s.OO 11111^ iioopmj.. ">.00 Jim > 2.(X) pm-_' 1.15 pm _ 7.50 nm'7: -SiMXUAL KOOTENAY LAKE SERVICK. Com men ci ns -Tune 20, lSDS. On Mpi'ilay, Thursday and Friday ss Allien a wil: (cave Kaslo 5 p. m. for Ainsworth, Pilot Bav, aud Nclscn. Leuvin.L'- Nelson at ;:i a. in., Tucs- -. Friday and Saturday, calliu.u- at Pilot. Bay, Aiusw irth and K.aslo. and /ill way points. GEORGE ALEXANDER. Gen'i .Uy- P. O. Box 122. Kaslo. B.C. I CV V LUUi **• <»• \V>- aim •*&' «*■ £1 TIME CARD Taking* effect 1.00 o'clock a. ra. Jan. 3, 1899, Pacific or 120th Meridian time. Subject to change without notice A.M. Arrivt :. IS 55 P..U •A 20 •' v O ', ' f "> 10 " 2 00 ■' I -15 " 1 34 " 1 23 " 1 15 " Kaslo SouHi Fork Sproule's ' Whitewata: Bear Lake McGuipan Bailey's Cody "Junction •• Sandon Lcav< CODV LINE. ll.OOa.m -— Sandon — Arrive, 11.51) a.m 11.10 " Cody Junction Leave. 11.50 a.m Arrive, 11.25 " — Codv -- •• n.35a.m IOBT. IRVING, Traffic Afnerr. GEO. h\ COPELAND, Superlnteiu'icr.i For cneap railroad and steamship tickets to Hampre the i.-.-'uau ■s ol imiiroyciui.:i!i.-'. dav ofJiiniiarv. 1.~;: *: * - \V. .--. ld.'EWHV , Gold. Silver, or Lcad.CJK'h Gold. Silver and Lead, combmed... : Gold and Silver ! Silver and Lead ' (>!>•-(':• fby Electrolysis;. , i.'!old. Silver. Coppe.r and I.evd Gold ami (.lopper Silver and Copiier Gold. Silver a;id ('opo.-i Plaliimm Mercury "Iron or' Maucane-i.-. Lime, M.-.L'tii'siinu. l>.-u-.iiiii. Silica. .-•hiir. each nmih.Tiu. i.'iliait. Xiekel. Aulit: >'ine. ami Arsenic, ca.-li (••i.-il (Fi.vc'd Carbon. Yob'il,, Ma:tiT. -ecniiiire of Coke, if C, SI .50 :■* w 2 00 2 00 2 IK' 1 uf) 2 5" 2 50 .", 00 r, no A =h ikin.i: Terms: Tune .'nth. 1SU5. C.'jsJ) V.ith xnietlc, FRAIOC DIGK , Assayer and Artalist A car load ■ ;' fro-ii o-nuvi-ics. inehul- ins'a trrcat varii'ty oi'ciiMiicI _*im>.-Is just received at B ifiiirnc itrii- THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MARCH 23, 1899. Sixth Year THK COIJVTKT SEWSP.1PRK. Then: is a little country and read— A papejr. poorly ! Tinted and indeed'; With p>s small and narrow, mid ink inclined tu spread, And here and there a letter gravely stand on iti« head, Or caps, a bit erratic, are popping into vietv 3n unexpected places, and 'knocking- things askew. A real old fashioned pa|x.;r from my littlw native town ; Each week I hail it? coining- and I never put it down Till 1 read its every column, all the local news vouknow : About tne dear old country folks, I lived with long- ago. pai>er that i love to «t behind the time.* whose cattle look if won- I uote whose burn is painted the prize. And how Uriah Potts has raised a squash drous size. How farmer Martin's daughter takes the school another year— At this I pause and smile a bit and f>el a trifle queer— Remembering- how in bygone days when life seemed made of mirth. 1 thought this schoolma'am's mother was the sweetest girl on earth. And now and then, perchance, I read, mat one I knew ia dead, Or find, agaiu. some boyhood chum the second time has vred ; And so it goes, and none can know what memories sad and sweet, Comeback to rnc wheue're I read this homely little sheet. —E. G. in the Iowa Reformer" "GAMBLING IN CAKTHOO. High Stavk«« Played for Sixties. in the Kiirly During- 16iil-G*2, when each claim about liichiield produced from 25 lbs. to 50 lbs. of gold daily, it was a very lively town. The most popular games of the time were "Faro,""Monte/' and "Draw Poker." The stakes played for sometimes ran up into thousands. Woodward and Copeland's faro game dealt an open limit of $100 to high rollers, who invariably played to win or lose $10,000 at a sitting. On one occasion a gambler named Pete Liberty, haying lost his last dollar in a poker game, stood watching the players, when somebody dropped a fow checks on the floor, and' in picking them up left a splitter (which is half" the value of the regular check) for the sweeper. This diminutive piece of ivory did not escape the eagle eye of Pete Liberty, and not many moments elapsed before he had possession of it. The last turn was ebout to be made with a five, nine, and jack in the box. He placed the splitter on the nine and called it nine jack. The turn came just as he called it. This gave him two checks more to play the next deal with, at the end of which he was playing the limit, and before going to bed that night had won the the extraordinary sum of $16,000 with only a splitter for a starter. "Spanish Monte" was the favorite game with the old-timers, who played it in real Mexican style, and it was amusing to hear old Californians sav "San Viejo" and "Tecolote Chiquita.*" The amount that a player could bet was $100 straight upSlOO "Viejo," practically a $200 limit. rrhe term "Viejo" is used to denote the suit of the opposite card of the layout. For instance, if the queen of hearts and the five of diamonds is the layout, the five of hearts would be "Viejo." Thus, if a player staked 55100 on the five of diamonds straight up and $100 "Viejo," and the five of hearts won, he would be paid $200 ; and if the queen of diamonds won for the dealer tho player lost $200, and any other suit winning player or dealer would only lose $100 straight up. If the player won his straight up and "Viejo" bets, he was priveleged to put ud the whole sum of $400 on "Tecolote." This means that the player bets that another five will appear before a queen. Should he win this also he is allowed to play the whole amount on "Tecolote Chiquita," which signifies that he bets the last five will appear before another queen. In this manner sacks of gold dust containing fiom $100 to $1,000 would change hands as often as a baseball in a league game, until it was finally lost over the bank and another took its place. Many large bets by professional sports have been made, but the most money that was ever put up by one man at "Monte" was by Johnny Witson, who turned a card for |930 and won it. Draw poker was a very popular game in 1862, and many big games were played in Jim Woodward's saloon, at Rich field, when flour, bacon and beans sold at $1 a pound, and everybody had plenty of gold to pay for it.' Joe Copeland/Joe Stewart,' Abbott, and Bob Nobles were the big four that used to play together, and it was not unusual for one of the party to get up from the table $10,000 winner." In those lively times the saloons kept open all night/for no well-regulated poker game was ever played until after lamp light, which is no doubt for the purpose of allowing the players to pull their hats down over their eyes and appear to look wise. Joe Stewart was considered the best poker player in the country, but luck did not seem to favor him On one occasion he had three aces to ooen the pot with, and he bet $20. Copeland raised him $50 on queens up, Abbott raised Copeland $100 on three jacks. When it came to Noble's turn to play he only had a pair of deuces, but made a bluff to steal the pot by betting'8500. All hands called the bet, which made the pot about $2,000. Joe Stewart drew two cards and got a pair of kings; Copeland drew one card and got a I queen ; Abbott drew two cards and got j two tens ; Nobles drew three cards and got two deuces. Then the betting commenced. Joe Stewart bet $500,' Copeland saw his $500 and raised him $500 more Abbott called Copeland's raise of $500 and bet $1,000, Stewart called Abbott's raise, and Copeland laid his hand down • when it came to Nobles turn to play he raised Stewart $1,000, Abbott stood the raise, which .Stewart also called. On the show down, Bob Nobles, the lucky emigrant, of course, won the pot with his four deuces. This man in his short stay of six months in liichlield won and took away with him over $30,000, which he. with poker player's usual luck, divided up among the gamblers of San Francisco, returning a few months later to the scene of his snece-shil operations dead broke selected. This need not be a developed mine, but one possessing the character: istics that eventually make one. No amount of development work will make a mine if the mineral is not placed thare by nature. Thus it is absolutely necessary to be very careful in selecting the property. Then again the way those who know virtually nothing at all about mining conduct its affairs are reallv responsible >or their full share of the recorded failures in mining. Many a good mining property is reported a failure owing to incompetent management. Generally this mismanagement takes place mile's away from .the real base of operation. These directors are comfortably ensconced, in a well furnished room in'the rear of some prominent banking institution and around the directors' table, over which the affairs of a nation are discussed. These men probably never saw a mine, yet they are well" versed in business matters of all kinds and proceed on the same basis. Thev have a good mine, with a 10-stamp mil), making good profits considering the size of the milling plant. -It is here where trie good business tactics come in. A big stock of goods and increased sales means larger returns. In their opinion a larger mill will do the business. A few more miners put to work will supply this mill with ore, and the profits must certainly be forthcoming. They lose sight of the fact that it is necessary to keep a "stock" of ore in sight. In their opinion all that is necessary is to put more men to work. More men can take out.the required amount To do "dead" work and put the necessary ore in sight to them is not good business. However, they find out their mistake when it is too iate. They have a good mill, but not sufficient ore to keep it going. Thus a failure is recorded. Time and space will not permit to lay down a set of rules and causes of the failure in inining. They are too many. Good, careful management when a mine is found is absolutely necessary. In the first place a good prospect' is one of the principle requisites. There need be recorded but few failures in mining if good careful judgement is first used in selecting the property: This is too often left to incompetent hands.—Western Mining World. _ _ PROS! ATbIS OITV. immediately, unless it is something they ought not to believe. It takes continual hammering* to make any advertising profitable. Be sure you are pushing your best points forward, then keep on pushing and'vou'll-win out. THE BUSINESS MAN. life is full of He comes into The business man's crosses and temptations the world without his consent, goes out against his will, and the trip between the two extremities.exceedingly rocky. The rule of contraries is one of the important features of the trip. When he is little the big girls kiss him, and when he is big the little girls kiss him. If he raises a large family he is a chump; but if he raises a small cheque he is a thief and a fraud, and. he is shunned like a Chinaman with the seven-year itch. If he is poor, he is a bad manager; if he is rich, he's dishonest; if he's out-of politics, you can't tell where to place him, and he's no good to his country; if he don't give for charity, he's a stingy cuss and lives only for himself; if he dies young, there was a great future ahead of him ; if he lives to an old age, he has missed his calling. He is introduced to this world by a' dector, and to the next by the same process. The road is rock'v. but man likes to travel it MRS. ATKrXS. I leftSkagway Monday, February 20. It was 10 degrees below zero. Rode on train 18 miles over the White Pass for the small sum of $5. It took us six and a half hours to get to the summit. There it was 3fi° below and an awful wind. There were about 100 teams on the White Pass that day in sight at one time. Many a face was frozen. We got to Log Cabin that night, haying* walked 16 miles during the afternoon. On the 21st it was 37° below at Log Cabin. Here meals are $1. each ; 50c for a bunk whether you have your own blankets or not, and the same prices prevail all the way to Atlin., This is the first time I ever eat horseflesh. I understand that a horse was snowbound on the trail and could not get either way. There was no food for the animal so it was shot and we got some of it for supper—$1 a meal; very cheap for horse meat. At Log Cabin the snow is five or six feet deep', some places-on the trail it is from seven to 10 feet. Freight from Skagway to Atlin is 17c per lb. by dog team or horses. Horses are driven here one ahead of the other. There are, I understad, about 3,000 horses on the trails. Feed is $20 for $100 lbs. of hay, and grain the same. Horses are of no use here. In two months, or as soon as the lakes open up, they will be of no use. But there are enough horses here at anv rate. The alien law has put a stop to work here; nothing doing at all. There is only one building going up to speak of, and' that is for the banks of Commerce and Halifax. The Government officers are all in one building about 15x120. No work here at all; very dull and 40° below zero. The old teamsters say that this is the coldest they have had this winter. Vou can see all sorts and varieties of frozen feet, from the toe up to the knee, on some men on the trail. Hbnrv Cargill. To Tommy all thc plory, To us wi'mmen ail the tan. So s'elp me that's the story In a liloomin' puner bag-. O, I woes out. chariii' every day, Till iny back is nearly broke", Ooinin' 'oino to 'e;ir the liyby cry— Life ain't no liloomin' jok'<>. Tlie Kurnil's wife she visitsus, She preaches Gord and suap ; She makes a nice,; infernal fuss ; She's gone—I. can't but mope. It's an Mlisti 'ole islndycr, 'Tain't no liloomin' coral strand ; An' every hand's again yer, In that orful thirsty land. IVen nigger'elpcall'd Abdul— 'E's a devil who'll he diurui'd ; 'E's thc. hirst drop in the cupful O' a life with worry eraiuici'd. 'E thumps the byby on the 'ead. Gives it lioperum to eat, And when tho critter looks like dead, 'E says 'tis the bally heat. Me'usband 'e's a yorry, too, An' 'e gits right'out o"and ; The Kurnil's lady's ayah, Lu. An' 'e flirt at the band. I'd like to punch 'er ugly 'ead, An' comb Jim's sandy 'air; I orften wishes I were (tend, An' free from karkin' car*. For Tommy 'as the glory, An' the wlmmeii 'as the grind ; It's just the old, old story Of tlie woman left be'ind. Rudyard Kiplin', 'e's a poet, Of that there ain't no doubt; But 'e writes's bloomfn'poems, Air 'e leaves the wintmeii out. —The Sketch. Winnipeg. acrjnee I am leaving Sandon selling my large stock of. '. . . Watches, Jewelery, Clocks and ilvenvare at the very lowest possible prices. I wish to clear oat the whole line. This is the opportunity to secure bargains. . . . Being the only Scientific Optician in the Slocan you will see the need of having your eyes properly fitted with glasses before my departure, which will be very soon. Q. W, GRIMMETT, Jeweler and Optician, Sanndomi. To the Ladies of amid o o GREETING:—- We have on hand about 400 pairs of Ladies'and Children's shoes which we are to dispose of at a sacrifice in order to make room in our salesroom for new stock now on the road. The stock includes a fine line of Tie, Strap and Buckle Slippers in Tan and Black Ladies' lace and button shoes- latest styles. 77 Quilted Satin and Felt Slippers. Children's Spring & High-heel shoes A special line of Boys School Shoes. E. R. ATHERTON CO., Ltd, POST OFFICE STORE. SANDON. bacon Is not always at your command iu a mining camp, but you can get the best on the market AT HO BEN'S HATS HATS We have just [received a large consignment of thoroughly up-to-date goods from the leading Eastern dealers. The prices will not allow the goods -——to remain long in stock. Call early.——— Hunter Bros. SANDON - ROSSLAND "Sweating" i< It is all very well to be an enthusiastic friend of labor. Practice, as well as talk, and don't send east to "sweating" shops because things are cheaper, but buy where fair treatment is accorded to employees. Tn Winnipeg, where no Chinese are employed, we find that a factory pays for making* overalls,with four pockets, 70 cents per dozen pairs, or *2c. apiece, and this gives the &*iris the magnificent income "of from $2 to;$4 a week. Thev now want the factory to give them three meals a day. No Chinaman would work for such a wage, and certainly no white girl should. Whether the girls will get there three meals a day is uncertain, as right does not alwavs succeed in this world of ours. And if you find it hard to get first-class canned goods, butter and eggs, fruits and vegetables, you should. . . TRYHOBEN Provides ample and pleasant accommodation lor the traveling public. Telegrams for rooms promptly attended to. HENRY STEGE, - - - ... \ Proprietor. IMPATIENCE IN ADVERTISING. Under the caption " Impatience in Advertising,1'the Seattle Trade Register publishes the following pertinent remarks by C. V. White, the Trade Register's special advertising correspondent : If one merchant makes advertising paying, there is no reason why another merchant in the same line cannot. There is no legitimate reason. The man who is discouraged in his advertising should write this fact down The proper kind of advertising, the kind that is culminative, requires time. When the results do come, they don't come with a rush. The growth is of the substantial, healthy kind. Beginners get impatient waiting for returns, are worried over their competitors large ads. It is a great deal better to have a 4-inch ad. every day for a year than a 12-inch ad. for three months. It will bring more business finally. It is a matter of utter indifference to most people whether they trade, at a certain store or not. If the idea strikes them right, they make a change, Advertising influences people to make a change; causes them to be more particular, more exacting It creates demand. Hundreds of auvertiscnionts create demands tnat the store they advertise cannot satisfy. Although the demand is created, it is not :rood advertising1. Townsite entries may be made by incorporated towns and cities on the "mineral lands of the United States, but no title can be acquired by such towns or cities to any vein of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper or lead, or to any valid mining claim or possession held under existing law. When mineral veins are possessed within the limits of an incorporated town or city, and such possession is recognized by local authority or by the laws of the United States, "the title to town lots is subject to such recognized possession and the necessary use thereof, and when entry has been made or patent issued for such town- sites to such incorporated town or city, the possessor of such mineral vein may enter and receive patent for such mineral vein, and the surface ground appertaining thereto': Provided, That no entry shall be made by such mineral vein claimant for surface ground where the owner or occupier of the surface ground shall have had possession of the title of the mineral vein applicant This is a story told by Sir William Van Rome: An "American" lady at the Winnipeg exhibition was viewing the floral specimens when the question of nataionl emblems came up. It was pointed out to her that the rose was the national flower of England, the thistle the emblem of Scotland, and the shamrock the emblem of Ireland. "And the golden rod is the national flower of the 'Americans," she added, "What is Canada's national flower?'' No one answered, and to satisfy her curiosity she went over to an attendant and inquired, "Whal is Canada's national flower?" "Ogilvie's ma'am."' said he. A large stock of gents' furnishings to select from; also miners' supplies and hardware AT HO BEN'S Mail orders. New Denver, B. C. Jas. M. Patterson & Co. Dealers in and a complete line of $1.00 By using the New Denver envelope in your correspondence. Printed with your name in the return corner, and sold by The Ledge at FIRST HUNDRED, FIFTY CENTS each subsequent hundred. Goods. Eyes tested and glasses fitted for any vision Whitewater, B.C, aslo hotel Family & Commercial. L arge And Comfortable ^ Rooms Fitted with every modern convenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50 and $3 per day. COCKLE & PAPWORTH, Proprietors. DENVER ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS. To and from European points viu Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates, rates, tickets and full information to any C. P. Ry agent or— G. B. GARRETT. C. P. R. Agent, New Denver. WM. STITT, 3en. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg. BRICK FOR SALE. JOHN GOETTSCHE, NEW DENVER. F.E. MORRISON, dds. DENTIST Crown. Plate and Bridge work. Office, Broken Hill Blk. Nelson. The following is too #*ood to he lost, j It is said to have been found ou the i wall of a deserted shack in the heart of j Nebraska: "Fore, miles from a naber, i sixteen miles from a post oftis, twenty-! five miles from a ralerode. -foreteen j miles from a school hons, forty-one miles j from a church, a hundred aud fifty j miles from timber, half a mile from j water. Glold bless our homes, we're _*one to P»ritish Columbia to get a fresh start." FAILURE IN MINING. He is certainly a layman who will attempt t/> designate the most common cause of failure, in mining. There is no .such a tiling. It may be due to a number of causes Of course the one requisite is that a good property must be i don't believe very ,,iuch of anythii I By selecting those things in which! , you lead, by creating a demand for! ' them, you do good advertising If your j j competitor uses pages white you use | | inches, granting that yon are creating i j a demand that you can supply, his sue- j ; cess should be a matter of indifference i | to you. Vou can't follow him and ex- j i pect to succeed. Vou have to branch j j mir. I like to see a merchant watch his i j competitors, excel them but not followl I them. People like to know the business I policy ofthe store with which they are > I dealing F,ach store has a certain in-' j dividuality. if this individuality is thej | _*ood kind, that should bo. a strong fea- , ture in everv ad. i'eople will not fall : i over one another to believe it. Thev! A line of old newspapers for sale at this office. In order to clean out the stock the price has been put at 25 cents a hundred copies, and no picked samples. This is one of the opportunities of a life time and should be located before it is too late. Wheat (Terms, Swiss Food, Buckwheat Flour, Hygienic Flour and many other high class foods always in stock at Bourne, Bros. F. Pyman has again commenced to do business in New Denver. Bring your watches to him when they are out of order. ! Bourne Bros, have a nice line of Field. Garden, Flower Seeds and Onion Sets. Anything not in stock can be procured upon short notice. You Can ave By selecting your BROOCHES PENDANTS NECKLACES BRACELETS From the immense stock of Watches in Solid G-old, Gold Filled, or Silver Cases, in all sizes from the smallest in Lady's to those suitable foi- the most severe work. Set with Diamond;< Emeralds, Opals, Pearls, Rubies and Olivines ^Everything in clocks for either Office, Hall, Mantle or Bedroom. There is nothing in British Columbia as good in Jewelery and Silverware. ?_V}»^eU"Known aml Reliable Meiiden Britannia HolIow-wat-P -,,,,1 1847 Rogers Bros. Knives, Forks and Spoons. Good this store will be ENGRAVED FRKK. Orders attended to - ' _ _ . i>y s "bought in mail promptly JACOB DOVER, Nelson, B. C.