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The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. 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The teamsters and -hack drivers of Nelson are organizing a union. c Ed Corning has resumed business in the Hotel Edwards at Revelstoke. Born, in New Denver, on Feb. 6, the wife of Rev. A. E. Roberts, of a son. Rev.. Mr. Duncan will conduct divine service at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. Seivices in the Methodist church next Sunday, morning and evening. Rev. A. E. Roberts, pastor. Wm. Gibbs, at the Bank of Montreal, has been appointed to receive subscriptions for the Canadian Patriotic Fund. A concert was given in Slocan City, Tuesday night, in aid of the Methodist church, at which New Denver talent assisted. J. H. Stewart has secured the contract for building the Balfour extension of the C P.R. from Nelson. It will be built at once. Charlie Cullin, the well known lacrosse player of Victoria, has been appointed to the Slocan as an extra provincial constable. ,,,'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' The C.P.R. will sell tickets to Ross- land, sing'le fare for the round trip, on Feb.12, 18, 14, 15, and 16. This is on account of the winter carnival at Ross- laud. Only two weeks more to tlie 22nd, when the local lodge Knights of Pythias and George Washington will celebrate their natal days. Clover's hall will hold a gay and lively eroAvd that night. Owing to trouble over machinery,the War Eagle and Centre Star mines, at Rossland, have shut down. This is regarded as a disaster to Rossland, as many months will elapse before they are again in full operation. The tunnel through Bull Dog mountain, on the C. & W. Railway, has been finished. It is 16x28 feet in size and ovei ;3000 feet long. The completion of the tunnel will greatly expedite business between New Denver and the Boundary. The shipments of ore from Rossland during January amounted to 24,500 tons. More than 15,000 tons went to the Trail smelter, while the balance went to Northport. The Le Roi, War Eagle, Centra Star, Iron Mask,Evening Star, I X L, Monte Christo and Giant were the shippers. Next Thursday night, Feb. 15, a concert will be given in the Bosun Hall, in aid of the Canadian Patriotic Fund. A good and soul-stirring' programme is being arranged. Let everyone join in making the affair a huge success. Show your loyalty to the Empire by attending and contribute your mite towards the welfare of the loved ones of the Absont- Minded Beggars who have gone to tight their nation's battles in South Africa THE CAPJ5T.LA. ZZJ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd SIOCAX MINKRAI, FLOAT Last week's ore shipments totaled up 351 tons. The Wakefield tramway has been completed. , Ninety-one men are now employed at the Payne. On the Rambler the force has \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdbeen increased to 45 men. A 75-foot tunnel has been started on the Lone Jack claim. The Neepawa, Ten Mile, has a small force of men working. Ore shipments on the Payne have risen to 40 tons per day. The American Boy made another shipment last week, of 21 tons. Ore shipments from the Slocan during January amounted to 1218 tons. Plans have been drawn up for a 100- ton concentrator for the Ivanhoe. The Emily Edith has shipped a car of ore, the first Four Mile property to ship this year. The Payne isgradually increasing its shipments, 330 tons having been sent out last week. There are 14 men working at the Enterprise and some life is now apparent in the, Ten Mile camp. Forty tons of ore was shipped by the Rambler last week, bringing the total for the month up to 232 tons. The Get There Eli group, on Twelve Mile creek, has been stocked. Work will commence at once on the property under the direction of C. W. Harrington. The Donnelley group of live claims, close to Sandon, has been bonded to Major Haekett, on behalf of eastern parties for $25,000. Two tunnels will be driven and 12 men employed. BIG mining; oral. Cjnwforil l\ufffd\ufffdny Properties Disposed of to Eastern Capitalists. from eight to 15 CITIZEN'S MKBTIXG. A citizen's meeting v*is held at Sandon Tuesday evening for the purpose of discussing the Slocan labor trouble. Delegates from the various Slocan towns and Kaslo were present. After examining the proposals for settlement between the union and mine owners, it was found that the principal cause for dispute was the thirty days' notice of change in wage schedule asked by the union. The meeting also disclosed the fact that many lies had been told by individuals on both sides, which have caused a great deal of trouble. Wm. Hunter, W. Thomlinson, John Keen,14. 11. Pitts, and A. B. Docksteader were appointed a committee to endeavor to effect a permanent settlement. They interviewed the mine owners' execu. tive committee after the meeting, and it is expected that in a lew days they will be able to arrange a settlement of the difficulty, if too many cranks do not impede their progress. ANOTIIKK IIAHTNBY PAVMBNT. Another mining deal of considerable importance to West Kootenay, says the Rossland Miner, has just been concluded by J. C. Drewry, the managing director of the Canadian Gold Fields Syndicats, Limited. He has purchased what is known as the Commonwealth group of mines, consisting of the Commonwealth, Republic and Sultan, and two fractions. These properties are silver lead, the ore carrying a considerable amount af grey copper. They are situated on Hooker creek, on the east side'of Kootenay lake, about 12 miles east of Crawford Bay- A good wagon road and government trail lead from Crawford Bay direct to the properties. The main ledge is feet wide and extends through the entire group. It has already been proved for a distance of over 2,000 feet by a series of open cuts, test pits and one shaft, which has been sunk to a depth of 30 feet. In each and all of these workings good concentrating ore has been discovered, with paystreaks of high grade grey copper ore, which can be sorted and shipped. Two tons of this ore has been already packed out to Crawford Bay and shipped to the Hall Mines smelter, netting over 8200 to the ton. The best showing of clean ore is at the bottom of the shaft. A tunnel has also been driven on a parallel lead for a distance of nearly 300 feet opening up a fine body of concentrating ore. The Commonwealth group has been quietly developed for the past three years by the owners, T G. Procter, of Nelson; \\V. S Drewry, of New Denver; and J. J. Shallcross, of Victoria Over 87,000 has been spent in development work. The properties have all been surveyed, and crown grants are now being taken out. Mr. Drewry says it is his intention to immediately sink the shaft on the main ledge another 100 feet so as to test the vein. He will then put a compressor plant on the'property and-drive a main working tunnel to tap the vein at a depth of SOU feet-, As soon.as sufficient work has been done to justify it. a 150- ton concentrator will lie erected on the property. Hooker creek, which crosses the Commonwealth group, will furnish ample water power, to drive all of the machinery, including the compressor plant. The amount paid for the group was 850,000, aim it is considered a bargain at that price. WILL HELP THK MINERS. Slocan Workmen Meet With Strong Sympathy in Vancouver. The following resolution has been unanimously adopted by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council with regard to the situation in the Slocan:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ' \" Vhereas, on account of the operation of the eight hour law in the Slocan district of British, Columbia the union men working in and around the mines have been locked out by the owners, the majority of whom were never in this province, and only desire to enhance its prosperity (?) by taking away its wealth, in a manner similar to the Chinese; \"Therefore be it resolved that the Trades and Labor Council of Vancouver heartily endorse the action of the locked out workmen of the Slocan, and will do all in its power to assist them in their struggle for decent conditions, under which to labor, and by all legitimate means will prevent,and do hereby call upon all -union'men to prevent, working men being induced by misrepresentations to go to the Slocan while the present difficulty exists,\" It wa's also moved and carried \"that the delegates of the Trade and Labor Council consider themselves a committee to watch trains and boats, and tbe offices of all employment agencies, and to prevail upon all union men to do the same, with a view to preventing work- inginen going to the Slocan.\" Regarding Government action on the eight hour law, the Labor Council resolved that \"We, the Trades and Labor Council of Vancouver, in meeting assembled,do unanimously urge the provincial government, to abstain from interfering with the eight hour law in any way,but to give it a fair trial for a number of years, so as to be able to judge of its worth. We feel the agitation at present existing, is being- fomented by men who have no regard for humanity, whose only object is to amass a fortune at the expense of tbe workingmen. Therefore, we urge the government to standby this law, and in no way interfere with its working, and this council will hold those members of parliament to account who vote in favor of repealing or modifying it in any way, and that this resolution be forwarded to the provincial govern ment.\" 0U.ERADEBALLI Last Thursday night's ball, given by I W. F. Jeffries, George Washington the local Miners' Union, was a cracker- | R-B- Thompson,Natal Volunteer. HOB EXPLAINS MATTKKS. Several Thoiis;uiii!Lrimui, Liberty. Mrs! Davis, Domino. Mrs. Tucker, Miss Canada. Mrs Garrett, Grecian Goddess. Mrs Ferguson. Queen of Diamonds. Mrs. Shannon, Highland' Lassie. Mrs. Nesbitt. Snow Queen. Mrs. Nelson, Nurse. Mrs. Hill, Nurse. Mrs. black. Black Diamond. MissGiilis, Queen of Cards. Miss Nelson, Free Silver. GENTLEMEN. D. J. Weir, Lieutenant Canadian Militia E. Angrignon, Napoleon I. R. 1. Kirk wood, Uncle Sam. G. Sutherland, King of Hearts. T Lloyd, French Infantryman. Albert Owens, Milkmaid. C. D. McCrae, French Gentleman. J. Hughes, Antiquity. A. McDonald, French Cavalier. G. Crawford, Queen Bess Courtier. Geo. Avlwin, The Versatile McGinty. Following is the text of the petition sent by the Slocan City citizens to the government, asking for an appropriation of 815,000 in extending the wagon road uj> Ten Mile to the head of the. creek:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"it is our earnest belief that the numerous mineral properties situated on Ten Mile creek, and the country lying adjacent to its head waters, have been sufficiently developed to prove their value, as producers of mineral wealth. A large amount of capital is at present engaged in opening'up these properties ami getting their products to market. But the lack of any adequate means of getting in and out of the. country is a sorbins hindrance to present and contemplated improvements.,-)nd believing thai the expenditure of public money in rendering more, accessible the rich districts of the, province will result in large public benefits and increased revenues to the government, we respectfully petition your honorable body for an appropriation of $15,000 for Ihe purpose of continuing a wagon road to the head of Ten Mile, a distance of eleven miles.'' The petitioners also ask for an appropriation of $ii0.0uo for a wagon road, 15 miles in length,to be built up Lemon creek. Oldest Tree on Karth. The oldest tree on earth with an authentic history is the great Bhoo tree of Burmah. For twenty centuries it has been held sacred to Buddha, and no person is allowed to touch its trunk. When the leaves fall they are carried av>ay as relics by pilgrims. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 8, 1900. Seventh Yeak The Ledge. Published every Thursday. R. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three months * . <5 six \" ........:..... 1.25 Twelve \" 2.00 THBEE YKARS 5.00 Transient Advertising-, 25 cents per line first in sertion, 10 cents per line subsequent insertions nonpareil measurement. TO CONTRIBUTORS. Correspondence from every partof the Kootenay District and communications upon live topics always acceptable. Write on both sides of this paper if you wish. Always send something Rood no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it is hot, and we will do the rest, A pencil cross in this square indicates that your subscription is due, and that tlie editor wishes once n^ain to look at your collateral. TBURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1900. IFKOM' THK KDITOli'S I'lM'KK STOIMC. Death is cheap in'South.. Africa and there seems to be a. desire upon the part of Canadians to take advantage of the bargains in-that line. The Dominion of Canada should have a law in operation compelling all labor troubles to be settled by arbitration. A law of this kind would dp...away ivith contentions such as we have had in the Slocan tor more than eight months. der air vill pe soaked mit profane ejaculations. Der miners are pehind de kopjes, vhile the mine owners haf gone into de veldt to raise troops.\" Paul: \"Veil, Joub, dey must pe hot dimes ofer der, but dey don'd get de action dot ve haf. Ve baf a game worth our money, und if dem British Columbia ruff riders get drowned on der vayoud here ve can stay pehind dis kopje for ages, but if dem fellers loom up our name vas Dree Forks.\" Joub: \"Der poys dell me dot Buller is still singing dose songs, 'On der Banks of der Tugela,' and, Til lick Dem, Bye and Bye.\" Paul: \"Joub, you should not pe so sycopanorious. Ve must remember dot New Denver vas not built in dree veeks, und Buller may yet get pehind dis kopje. If he does ve vill den realize dot great bodies move slowly, und get some place dey are going yonce occasionally. Hand me dot Nelson Miner. 1 vant someding to put me to sleep.\" Paul soon sleeps, but Joub is kept awake all night reading The Ledge, and wondering how its editor withstands the generous support that is given him by an admiring public. fcjfcMfcft i\ufffd\ufffd*r>JW FOR THK BOKK There is smallpox in Spokane and it' is advisable to keep away from that. city. It is a scab disease, and should be strictly boycotted as once it gets into a community it kills competition and drives other microbes into the Tugela of oblivion. It is the business men who have suffered in the present labor trouble. The mine owners do not live here and have ether resources. Most of the miners have no stake in the country and can get out without calling a meeting of their creditors. Not so with the merchants. They have to work long shifts and pray that some day the silver lining will again appear in the financial clouds. We already notice the effect of the war upon our business. Paul Kru- ger's government owes Barbarian Brown neaiiy $2,000,000. Last week Brown stopped his paper. If Paul had paid up, Brown would probably not have had to experience the shock of jarring loose from our subscription list. Thus does the shadow of grim war fall across the threshold of two more homes\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBrown's and our's. For many years past the English army has been the abiding place of aristocrats in search of medals and easy fame. By whipping natives in the Soudan and other places, some of the officers have become the petted lions of society in London. Now that they are pitted against a lot of Dutch farmers they find that it takes more than gold lace and bought commissions to succeed. Brains and ability are of more use just now than blue blood and handsome figures. If the Canadians can not do any better than their English cousins have done so far in South Africa, they need not call upon us when they return. R. H. Davis recently stated to a London paper that the people of the United States were with England in the present attempt at war in South Africa. A Chicago paper gets furious over the matter, and says it is not so in the following smelter style: \"When this sort of talk is accepted for gospel and printed by a large English newspaper, there need be no further searching for proof of the fact that England is up against the real thing. That country has been so thoroughly whipped and so thoroughly humiliated by the compara- tiye handful of compatriots opposed to it that it is willing to accept the braying of an ass for the silver voice of an angel. It is hardly necessary to say that Davis is wilfully misrepresenting sentiment in this country, wilfully misrepresenting the facts. There is not the slightest doubt that if the question could be put to popular vote, Great Britain would be ordered to lay down its arms and forbear further interference with the Transvaal. It is almost an impossibility in city] or country to find a man who is in sympathy with England. The meetings to express liking and encouragement for the Boers have been made up of thousands upon thousands of Americans who have not a drop of blood in their veins other than English, whose sympathies are naturally with England, but who recognize that, in the present instance, England is unutterably, irrevocably wrong. \"The sympathies of the common people of this country are with the asinine wearers ef loud-checked trousers and and dinky hats, who file up and down Broadway and practice saying, 'blawsted' and 'Gawd blime me' do not stand as representatives of this nation at all. Furthermore, the time when England was the Mother Country, as these chumps are so fond of calliug her, went by forty years and more ago. So vast has been the infusion of other strains since the close of our civil war that England is now no more the mother of this country than she is the mother, of Central America.\" This caustic pen mucker has got it in a violent form. He is probably some disgruntled, Englishman He lies when he states that scarcely a man in the United States can be found in sympathy with England. The United States is\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd filled with a foreign element who hate the British much the same as a cur hates a big dog. This is tht element, that makes the noise, and would cut the lion's throat' if they could do so without danger to! their own putrid constitutions. The j United States people manipulators. One is as unreasonable as the other; both are detrimental when it comes to settling a dispute, and neither is desirable in the Slocan in the settlement of the trouble at hand. If less were said by these agitators in hotel corridors and on the streets, and an honest effort put forth to build up the industries of the camp, and bring labor and capital together, the gift of gab that they unfortunately possess might be turned to good service. I5KHI.N1) THK IvOIMK. Doomed Paul: \"Ve must get some long glawsses, Jouby.\" Joubert: \"Vy?\" D. P.: \"Veil the English may n^ed dem for der Scotch und sodn vhen ve are far avay.\" Joubert: \"Paul, 1 se by der news dis morning dot der var is still on in der Slocan. Der fight has been some hot lately. Der Finn brigade broke der lines und are smashing ore in der Payne. De coast contingent went to der front mit an armed train. <\ufffd\ufffdn de inside, but surrendered at, Silverton. Oder brigades vill pe fetched up und existence. The oommon people ot this country are, at heart, a just people, and they hate injustice. They are opposed to England's unlawful, immoral and brutal war of conquest, and they are opposed to our own unlawful, immoral and brutal war of conquest in the. islands of the Philippine group. The two invasions are similar, only in the respect that the Anglo-Saxon governments are acting as pirates, but the wrong that is existent in both is sufficient to condemn them both in the minds of men who are able to rise superior to party clamor and jingo claptrap. \"If Davis were a man born in Philadelphia and confined all of his life to New York there would be some excuse for his misrepresenting the attitude of America. That portion of the United States is the Anglomaniacal portion. There are thousands of so- called 'upper class' New Yorkers who believe that the English can do no wrong. He is, however, a person of wider experience. Opportunity has been afforded him to learn better, and he has learned better. He has deliberately misstated the truth in his London interview. There is not a city or a country precinct between Portland, Maine, a.id Portland, Ore., wherein sympathizers with the Afrikanders and believers in the justice of the cause ot the Afrikanders are not in a heavy majority. This country has giown too big tor worship ot England, mainly because it is the colonizing power of the world. It has grown too much to be dominated by England's choice of clothing. It speaks the language too well to cultivate the English accent. Outside ol a small partof the dwelleiv, in New York city, it does not bow down to England in anythiii\". It does not dream ol inarching 'shoulder to shoulder' with England in looting the world. It is content to work out its own salvation in its own way and to loaw to England full measure of lib crtv i;i working out its own. The When fortune treats you slightingly And everything goes wrong, Remember that you still are free. To labor and be strong. To him who bravely does his part Misfortune is no crime. Just hold your grip and keep up heart And learn to bide your time. The surest road to greatness lies Through hard and patient work, The glorious name that never dies Comes not unto the shirk. Fame sits upon an eminence, A pinnacle sublime. He who would win must seek her thence, Strive on and bide his time. The man of hope and energy, Who keeps one gold in sight, Who goes his way with constancy, . Will some time\" win the fight The man whose life ;i glory lends j: To every age and clime, Is he whose purpose never heuds, Who works and hides his time. Go onward. O'er the future's hills, The dawn falls cool and sweet Go onward. He can win who wills And bows not to defeat. Go onward, though your path may lie. Through calumny and slime; The way will brighten by and by, Go on'iand bide vour time. JOHN WILLIAMS Dealer in IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS and-tobACCOES, PIPESL&C. Van Camp Lunch Goods, Confectionery and Fruit. The Clifton House, Sandon. BATHS IN CONNECTION. Newmarket Block. New Denver J.E. Angrignon The Leading Hairdresser Has ample accommodations Cor a large number of i>eoi>le. The rooms are large and airy, and the Dining Room is provided with everything: in the market Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers. John Buckle3', Prop. Bosun Block, New Denver, B.C. And when the fight at last, is <> er, The toil at lust is done; When standing on life's farther shore, Beneath her setting sun; Beyond the future's unbarred gate, The bells of heaven chime; And justice, love and glory wait For him who bides his time \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDenver News Travelers Will tind the Arlington Hotel u pleasant place ro stop ;it when in Slocan City. GETHIXG & HENDERSON\". Proprietors. NEW DENVER, B. C. Provides ample and pleasant accommodation lor the traveling- public. Telegrams for rooms promptly attended to. HENRY STEGE, - - - -' '.- Proprietor. Williams has received preserved fruit from France, which are the finest goods ever brought into the camp. If you cannot buy it, call in and look at it. It will make vour mouth water. BRICK FOR SALE. .IOI1X GOKTTSCHK, XEW DKSVIf.K. In the British navy there are 150 vessels that have been in service at least 25 J years. _ i Neshit alwaws has a line of fruit, con- j fectionery and tohaccoes that are the | best in the market. | II. I). CURTIS, Notary Public. Mines; Real Estate; Insurance; accountant. Abstracts of Title Furnished, SLOCAN CITY, 13. C. HOTEL New Denver, B.C. A. J ACOBSON & CO,, Props Best meals in the city\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdComfortable rooms\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBar replete with the best of Liquors and Cigars\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBest service throughout. Hill Bros. Marmtacturers'of s, GRAND \\V. S. DHKWHY Kaslo. B.C H. T.Twiod New Denver, B.C. Will be given by Slocan City fliners' DREWRY & TWIGG Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor; Civil and Mining Engineers. Bedford, McNeil Code. ^Rashdall & Fauquier, Agents. In Scbonberff's Hall on Friday Eve, Feb. 16,1900 Commencing at 9 o'clock. All cordially invited to attend. Tickets, including supper, $2.50. are j^ L. GRIMMETT, L.L.B. BARRISTER, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. Sandon, B. C. Branch office at New Denver every Saturday. F. L. CHRISTIE, L.L.B. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, Etc. NOTARY PUBLIC. Every Friday at Silverton. SANDON, B.C and Shingles Orders shipped to all parts of the Country. Mill at head of \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSlocan Lake.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Postoffice address, Rosebery. The T Young men, become your own assayers. Three months will teach yon assaying for gold, silver and copper. Live and learn how, cheaper than you now live Columbia College, Board and Instruction in assaying' .. . all for.... ONLY $26.00 PER MONTH Write to the principal\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd REV. W. J. SIPPRELL, B.A.B.D., New Westminster. All classes of learning- may be had in this the only college of its kind in the west. Nakusp. Is a comfortable hotel for travellers to stou at. Mrs. McDougald.' J. K. CLARK, MINES and MINING Reports, Examinations and Management. NEW DENVER, - B.OC. By this we do not mean to take up any amount of your valu- We simply wish to call thy discussion. tie new stock The selections are very pretty, q B, j \ufffd\ufffd\/ unpa prices very low. Bier stock of Linoleums, On Clot :Unj KSKM& lrf3=* ikJVctk\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffdf sC3 \ufffd\ufffd3. \\! \ufffd\ufffd\"w ueiii7aer; Seventh Yeak. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 8. 1900. Pathos and' fu n for Old and You ng THK PACK ON THK FLOOR. 'Twas a balmy summer evening, and a goodly crowd was there, \"Which well nigh filled Joe's barroom that stood upon the square. And as songs and witty stories came through the open door, A vagabond came slowly in and stood upon the floor. Where did it come from? someone said, the wind has blown it in, What does it want? another cried, some whiskey, rum or gin? Here, Toby, sic him, if your stomachTe equal to the work, 1 wouldn't touch him with a fork, he's as dirty as a Turk. This badinage the poor wretch took in stoical uood grace, In fact he smiled, as though he'd struck the proper place. Now, boys, I know there's goodly hearts among so good a crowd, To be in such good company would make a deacon proud. (iive me a drink,that's what I want, I'm out of funds, you know; AVhen I had cash to treat the gang this hand was never alow. What? you laugh as if this pocket had never held a sou; My boys, I once was fixed as well as any one of you. There, thanks, that's braced me nicely. God bless you one and all, JN'ext time I pass this good saloon I'll make another call. Give you a song, I can't do that, my singing days are.past, My voice is gone, my throat worn out, my lungH are going fast. Say, give me another whiskey and I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll tell you a funny story, and a fact I'll promise too; That I ever was a decent man not one of you would think, Kut I was some four or fivb years back, say, give me another drink. Fill her up, Joe, I want to put some life into this frame, Such, little drinks'to a bum like me are miserably tame. Five fingers, there, that is the score, and corking whiskey, too, Well, boys, here's luck,and landlord, my best regards to you. You've treated me pretty kindly, boys, and, I'd like to tell you how I came to be the dirty sot you see before you now. As I told you, once I was a man, with muscle, frame and health, And but for a blunder might have made considerable wealth. I was a painter. Not one who daubed on paint or wood; But an artist, and for my age was rated pretty good. 1 worked hard at my canvas, and was bidding fair to rise, Till gradually I saw the star of fame before mv eyes. nose turned white wanst more, his eyes shone like the stars, and bis v'ice was as soft as a silver flute. Begorra, whin he opened the door o' the shanty his wife didn't know him. \"What can I do for you, sir?'' said Biddy to him, as polite as ye plaze, as he went in. \"Ye can give me my supper, Biddy,\" says Paddy, not knowin' the differ tbe wather made to him. \"But who ar're ye?'' said Biddy. \"Who am 1? Is it crazy ye ar're?\" says Paddy. \"Don't ye see I'm your husband?\" \"Faith, and if ye are, you're thirty years younger than ye were this morning,\" says she. \"Usha, I'm thinkin' you're right,\" said Paddy, lookin' in the glass. \"Run, Biddy, run down to tlie spring in the valley beyant, and take a sup o' the wather. Sure, ye'll get a new set ,oJ teeth and your cock eye'H be cured. Hurry, woman, hurry.\" So Biddy ran as if the divvil was after her, and Paddy sat down and lighted his pipe, waitin' for her to come back. Well if he waited an hour,he waited two,whin he began to get onaisy and started out to find her. Well, whin he got near the fountain, what should he see sittin' agin the wall but a little girl babby about a year old, cryin'as if 'twould burst wid grief. \"What happened you, acushla?\" said Paddy, takin'the child in his arrums. \"Don't you know me?\" says the child, wringin' her hands. \"Faith, I don't,\" said Paddy. \"Who ar're you?\" \"I'm your wife,\" says th\ufffd\ufffd child. \"My wife!\" says Paddy. \"Yis,\" says the child, \"I'm afther drinkin' too much o' the wather!\" THK KiaiKDY THAT FAILED. It Would Not Cure the Husband or the Smoking Habit. When he had finished his dinner that day he was preaching on Job. \"My brethren,\" said he, \"Job, in the first place, was a sairly tried man ; Job.in the second place, was an uncommonly patient man; Job, in the third place^ever Women Workers. evening he lighted one of his usual brand preached in the Coogate; fourthly, and of good cigars. \"Men are mysterious to me,\" she thought, regarding him out of the tail of her eye. \"Women only think they're foxy,\" he thought, blowing smoke rings into the Swiss curtains. PAT O'MALIiEY. lastly, had Job preached there,Lord help his patience!\" At anither time, before the service began, when there was a great noise o' folks gaun into their seats, he gol up in the pu'pit an' cried out\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"Oh that 1 could hear the pence birlin' in the plate at the door wi' half the noise ye mak wi' yer cheepin' shoon ! Oh that Paul had been here wi' a lang wudden , , , . , , _Ll ladle! for yer coppers are strangers in a When the moon hangs high, and the t . , , , .. , ,, clock strikes \"dry!\" far country, an as for yer silver an gold (That's the time they close the bars in let us pray.\" this here city) Pat's so crazy for a drink he'd get hazy H'' r\ufffd\ufffd*i>\ufffd\ufffd Kansas City Herald. And when he thinks he's safely out o' I \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd hail, ' I Laziness not Tolerated. , How that thirsty Pat O'Malley goes a The total rumber of women over 18 years old employed in the factories and workshops of the British Islands is about 500,000. of whom 11 per cent belong to trades unions. The 8=hour Law It is told of u certain lazy city that in order to save himself any inconvenience, when lie had his house remodeled he included an automatic bath tub. The tub was so arranged that he could lie in bed and upon pushing a but- Has been on shift in the Slocan for many weeks, but it has not injured the quality of the beverages in the Ivan hoe at Sandon. Nearly everything is new around this old-time tavern except the whiskey and the landlord. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS Monitor Mineral Claim. Situate in lie Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay Distiiet. Where located: South of Three Forks townsite. fAKE NOTICE that I. Herbert T. Twife- as L agent for George A. Petty, F. M. Cert. No. 13930, Eleanor J. Kendall: P.' M. Cert. No. 1387.0, and Alfred It. Fmgiand. F. M. Cert. No. 13874, intend, sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mhiiiifr Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtain ing Crown a grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 tr.ust be. commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvement*. Dated this nth da.v of January, ihoo. HERBERT T. TWIGG. Sundown Fraction Mineral Claim. DickOrando, for further information. 1 painted a picture, perhaps you've seen, 'tis called the Chase of Fame; It brought me fifteen hundred pounds and added to my name. And then I met a woman. Now, here comes the funny part, With eyes that petrilled my brain and sunk into my heart. Why don't you laugh? 'tis funny that a vagabond like me Gould ever love a woman and expect her love for me. But it was so,and for a month her smiles were freely given, And when her loving lips touched mine, it carried me to heaven. Boys, did you ever see a girl for whom your soul you'd give? With a form like Milo Venus, too beautiful to live. With lips that would beat the Koh-i- noor, and -a wealth of chesnut hair, If so'twas she, for there never was another half so fair. I was working at a portrait, one afternoon in May, Of a fair-haired boy, a friend of mine, who lived across the way, And Madeline admired it, and much to my surprise, Said she'd like to know tbe man that had such dreamy eyes. It didn't take long to know him, and before a month had flown My friend had stolen my darling and I was left alone. And before a year of misery had passed above my head, Tha jewel I had treasured so had tarnished and was dead, That's why I took todrink, boys, why, 1 never saw you smile, I thought that you would be amused,and laughing all the while. Why, what's the matter, friend? I saw a tear drop in your eye; Come, laugh like me, 'tis only babes and women that should cry. Say, if you give me another drink, boys, it will make me glad, And I'll draw right here the picture that drove me mad. Oiive me that piece of chalk with which you mark the baseball score, You shall see the lovely Madeline upon the barroom floor. Another drink, and with chalk in hand. the vagabond began To draw a face that well might buy the soul of any man, And as he added another lock upon tho shapely head, With fearful shriek, he rose, and fell across the picture, dead. THK FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. \"It, will only be necessary for you to drop about half a teaspoonful of the mixture into his cup of coffee each morning,\" the circular said, \"and the taste for tobacco will gradually leave him. He J may not cease the use of tobacco imme- j diately, but within a week he will begin | to abhor tobacco if the mixture is given ! him faithfully every morning.\" And so the young wife sen slinking up the alley With'the growler under his coat tail! Sick\"of Patrick's tricks, fit to match Old Nick's, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Doolan swore he'd^ run the loafer in, for sure\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd So he tried the cunning ruse close to hide in soft felt shoes Till he'd catch O'Malley \"tapping at the dure.\" But bold Patrick smelt a rat when he missed the well known tread, So he pounded \"Rat-tat-tat\" at another | The beggar was thus in a tight hole. If dive instead; | he refused to work the pump, he stood a And when Doolan rushed to lug him | , . , , . , , ., , off to eaol Isood chance of being drowned; if he Laziness has never been looked upon lightly by the Dutch. They once had a rough-and-ready but perfect cure for begging. When a strong, able bodied man was caught in the act of asking for alms, he was forthwith cast into a pit. At, the top of the pit was a tap, which was turned upon the man. At the bottom of the pit was a pump, by means of which the water could be pumped out. HEWER & CROFT, Hauling1 and Packing to Mines, and general local business. WOOD AND COAL FOR SA Neiv Denver, IJ. C. Winkinv slyly, Pat O'Malley went a slinking up the alley, With the growler under his coat tail! \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFrederick Sims\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Weston, Ont. New Story About Greeley. Probably the best reminiscences of Horace Greeley are those related by t her little ' Congressman Amos Cummings. \"Dur- two-dollar bill on and got a flagon of the \\ inS m? connection, with the Tribune,' said Mr. Curhminga the other day, \"Mr. Paddy Flaherty was walkin' along in the vale wan day jist for divarshun,whin he came to a beautiful fountain, bub- blin' up out, o' the ground, and all covered wid rainbnwo. 'Twas a hot day and Paddy was thirsty, ho he got down on his hands and knees and drank about a pint o' the wather, and it tasted like dew from the heather mountain at Kil- larney. Goin' home he noticed that he had no pain from the rheumatiz in his ankle and all the gray haiis were dhrop- pin' from his head and chin. His red tobacco cure, \"Pretty bum coffee this morning,\" he remarked drily the first time she dropped a half teaspoonful of the mixture into his cup. \"It's the same as we've been using right alone, ' she replied craftily. Now, lo and behold! he was a pretty proposition himself, and he had, unbeknownst to her, seen the prckage holding the flagon of agin tobacco mixture when it was delivered. So after dinner that evening he produced a large bulky package of fine cut tobacco from his pocket and took therefrom a plenteous chew. It was the first chew he had ever taken in h\ufffd\ufffdr presence, and she marvelled thereat, but. she determined to persist with the prescribed treatment. \"Dead rank chicory again this morning, isn't it?\" he inquired next morning at breakfast. \"I'm sure it tastes the same to me,\" she replied. That evening after dinner be produced a short, black clay pipe and a package of a new kind of tobacco that was as black as the ground work of a Jolly Roger. \"Thought I'd bring this old dudeen up from the office,\" I13 .explained cheerfully. \"It's as sweet as a nut.\" Whereupon he filled the house with the aroma of punk that was strong enough to bret;k rock. \"This grocery person who gets all my wages is certainly doing us on thiB coffee game,\" he remarked when he tasted his cup next morning. \"Really,\" she said, gazing innocently at the ten cent bunch of asters in the middle of the table, \"I can't detect any difference.\" \"And yet there are low foreheads that don't believe that all women are born actresses,\" said he to himself on his way to the office that morning. That evening he brought home a box of auction stogies, and after he had smoked one of them after dinner, all of the people in the neighboring fiats stuffed cotton in the hall door keyholes and closed the hall transoms. \"1 must persist, though,\" thought his harried little wife, gloomily.\" \"Coffee tastes like stewed gunnysacks again this morning,\" he remarked at the next breakfast. She felt a bit sorry for him, but she was determined to use up that flagon of \"agin tobacco,\" if she had to chloroform him and pour it down his throat. That evening, however, her resolution deserted her. After dinner, for the first time to her knowledge, he pulled out a package of cigarettes, lit one and began to smoke it. She went upstairs, poured out the remaining portion of her $'2 worth of agin tobacco and carefully hid the bottle. \"Coffee's all right this morning,\" said he at the breakfast table ihe very next day. j \"Yes?\" she inuuired. absently. good chance of being drowned worked the pump for an hour or two, he was likely to learn a lesson that hitherto he had not cared to. Generally, the beggar gladly left his laziness in the pit. The water cure worked wonders on many patients. PHOTOGRAPHERS LOOK! Cabinet Solio sl.-lo, go prepaid Film Cartridges, s\ufffd\ufffdx3i..7Sc. Other Supplies, same rates. O. STRATH EARN, Kaslo, B. C. E B. Dunlop BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER. Situated in the Slot\/an City Milling Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On the north side of Lemon Creek, opposite the mouth of Summit creek. 'PAKE NOTICE that 7. Dan Hanlon. aetini\/1 as I mi ajrent for J. D. Wallace F .M. C. No. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd2-2-mA: W. H. U\/Jllcnx, F. M.C. No. B.'OfiCS; fl\". J. Koliertsnn, F. M. C. No. B1V224: William Colp- nian, F. M. C. Xo. aa-JMA: John Roland Slitt, F. M. O. No. BKffiW, mid .Herbert Hiiiitiny. F. M.C. No. H'iL'fM. intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the \" Mining Kccorder for it Certificate of Improvements, for tiie purpose of obtaining n Crown Grant of tin; above claim. And further take notice that action under sec- lion 87 must he commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this nith day of December, lfs\ufffd\ufffd). DAN HANI.ON. United Kinpire Mineral Claim. Situate in ihe Slocan Oitv Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On the north side of Ten Mile Creek about seven miles from Slocan lake -TAKE NOTICE That I, R. W. Gordoi,. F. MV X C. No. 39032A. uctiiifi- for myself and as agent for H. W. Kent, F.M.C. No. .W280. Thomas Dunn, F. M. C. No. 201G\ufffd\ufffd, J. H. Ward. F. M. C, No 191J17A. and Geo. Williamson, F.M.C. No. 14029JI. intend, sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining: 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 Section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 29th da v ol October, 1899. 12-28 \" R. W.GORDON. Victor Mineral Claim. Situate in the Slocan MiniiiR Division of West KootenRy District. Where located: On the South Fork of Carpenter creek, about a mile from Sandon opposite mouth of Noble Five Gulch, a relocation of the St. Paul No. 2. rPAKE NOTICE That I. James Marshall, free 1 miner's certificate Nc. 19604A, intend, sixty days from the date, hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements for tho purpose of obtaining1 a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate,of improvemente. Dated this 7th day of December, 1899 12-11 \" JAMES MARSHALL. Proinestora. Mineral Claim. Children's Hair Cutting a Specially. SLOCAN CITY. - - B. C. Greeley made a savage attack on the legislature at Albany for its neglect of public rmsinesB. It was alleged that j there was a great deal of conviviality j among the members at that particular j session, and the allegations were prob- i ably well founded. Mr. Greeley appeal- j ed to have inside information about it, ' and one of his strongest editorials was based on these charges. The article handled the majority without gloves and ! was a tine example of Mr, Greeley's j strongest invective. He spoke of the j public disgrace ol such proceedings j 'when members of the legislature of the | great state of New York neglect the peo-1 pies' business and put in their days and j nights drinking champagne and Piper i Heidsick!' The proof of this article j falling under my eye, I carried it to Mr. | Greeley and called his attention to his | slip in phraseology in speaking of j \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdchampage and Piper Heidsick.' I ex-i plained to him that Piper Heidsick was j simply a certain brand of champagne, which was a great revelation to Mr. Greeley. For a moment he was manifestly chagrined. But as his pencil went into the proof and his face lightened up with that peculiar smile of his, he said : 'Say, Asa,' he never got my name right, 'Say, Asa, I'll bet ten dollars I'm the only man on the Tribune that could make the mistake!' \" How the Walls Ran Down. Situate in the Arrow Lake Mining Division of West Koote.iay District. Where located: On Mineral Creek, 3* miles from Cariboo Creek. TAKE NOTICE, That 1, N. F. Townsend, acting as agent for John IT. McDowell. F. M. C. I B.13518; Pat Cumingham, F.M.C. 34867A., James Brady, F. M. C. 96157 Nelson Demers, F. M. C. 10797 A, and Frank H. Bourne. F. M. C. 1082SA. intend, sixty davs from the date, hereof, to apply to the Mining 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 section 37, must he commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 2\/ith day of August. A. D. 1899. 30-11 N. F. TOWNSEND. St. Clair Mineral Claim. The Irishman who went up in the hotel lift without knowing what it was did not recover easily from the surprise. He relates the story in this way : \"I wint to the hotel, and says I, 'Is Mr. Smith in?' \" 'Yes,' says the man with the sojer cap, 'Will yez step inV \"So I steph into the closet, and all of a siuldini he pulls the rope, and\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdit's the truth I'm tellin' ye\/.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe walls of the building began running down into the cellar. \" 'Ooh, murther!\" says I, 'what'llbe- com\ufffd\ufffd of Bridget and the children which was left below there?' \"Says the sojer cap man, 'Be. aisy, sorr; they'll be all right when yez come down.' \" 'Come down, is it;\" says I. 'And it's no closet at all, but a haythenish baloon that yez got me in !' \"And with that the walls stood stock still, and he-opened tbe door, and there \\ I was wid the roof just above my head. And, begorra, that's all that saved me from goin' up to the very hevings in- tirely!\" Wee Sicotty <>' the Coogate, years, passino' HE art of printing has made startling advancement in recent The old faces are a way; the old style of razzle-dazzle printing is no longer popular. Everything today must be clean- cut, well-balanced, and at tlie same time sufficiently ornamental to -'catch the eye.\" 'HAT'S the kind of work that wo do in the Job partment of The Ledge. Up-fo-dnto in everything. We please our customers, and as a result wo never lose one until they die. As to prices, we can give you the lowest. We print anything in (hej commercial line. Mail orders! i attended to promptly. j Situate in the Slocan Mininir Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: Mowich Slide, Cnrpuntw creek. rpAKE NOTICE That 1. Herbert T. Twigjr, 1 aprent for .las. H. Moraii, Free Miner's Orti- nc-iite No. 189 4. and Charles W. Greenlee, F. M. C. No. l.-itlii. intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to .-inpjv to the Miniiifr Recorder for a certificate of iin|iiMvemeiits. for the purpose of obtaining a crown jrrantoi' the above claim. And further take notice that action under Sec. 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate, of improvements. Dated this 21 \ufffd\ufffd (lav of December. 18ii9. HERBERT T.TWIUG. That Kitchener Mineral Claim. Situate in the Slocan Miniiifr Division of West, Kootenay District. Where located: ()n the South Fork of Carpenter Creek, about three miles up from Cody. H. C HPAKE NOTICE That I,\" E. M. Quirk, free 1 miner'.-.1, certificate No. 20501. intend. GO days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining: Recorder for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a crown jrrant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this l.lth day of January, lfioo. 1-18 Canadian ANDSOO LINE, )o Between The direct route from Kootenay Country to all points East and West. First-Class Sleepers on all trains trom Revelstoke and Kootenay Ldg\\ Tourist Cars pass Medicine Hat daily for St, Paul; Sundays and Wed- nesdays for Toronto; Fridays for Montreal and Boston.' Same cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier. | CON.VKCTIONS ! Revelstoke and main line points. j 8:5.rik Dlyrlv \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDenver C. Sidiusr\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdar: Dail v l.v.-tok S:l.r)k ex. Sun: Iv N.Denver \\l({g: area. Sim.l.V.mk HOSRI.AXJl, NELSON CHOW'S XKST I'.KANCH AXl> not.'NDAHV f'Oi;XTHY. !t.Mik ex. Sun: lv X.Denver I,d.\ufffd\ufffd: arc.v Sun i::.:<\"k TO AMi KISOM SAXIH.1N l.\"i..\"'ik dly lv Denver ('. S.rk- : r div >.;ok l-'i ;io|< ex Sim !v. \\ Denver Lilt.- ar ex Sun '.i.-ink Ascertain rates and lull infm met i..n 1,\\ ,,j drcssiiifr ne.iri'si l-n-nl atrent <\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd G.B. (iARKETT. Alt VY. E. Anderson. Tvav. Pass. E. .1. Coyle. A. O. !'. .-U-t.. \\';im it Ni'-.v I >i'ii ver. Ait.. .Vels-.n. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdi-iiver. There w;ts Wee Scotty, o' the Coogate Kirk; an' a I'anious preacher he was. says .lames Smith in his \"Sketches.\" Ye eouldna get a seat in his kirk when he was at the height o' his popularity, But he was sadly hathered wi' his flock, for they kept him ttye in hot water. Ae ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS. I'o and fi'nin Eui-iipeaii [mint- via (.'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,] ami Aiiii-ricai: bi'i \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-. Apply fur -.nlrii: rati1-, tirki-t- ,-i!:i! m-I! iiii'ni-iiiaiiiri i' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:> l.'v a .-I nt or <:. U. >. a lif.'K'r,\" \ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd P. Iv. \\:;,-| I. \\,\ufffd\ufffd , .., W. P. I1', i'aniin in:\/*, .i. *;. - \\ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd V. ailia ii \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 8, 1900. Seventh Yeah MINING RE.0ORDS The following is a complete list of the mining transactions recorded curing the week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Denve \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd were as follows:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ASSESSMENTS.' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJan -24\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSpeculator. -25\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHelena. THANSFEKS. Jan 28\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTonka Fraction \ufffd\ufffd, Herbert T Twig-g' co Geo W Hughes Tonka Fraction f, same to Scottish Colonial Goldfields, ltd, Nov 22. 30\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdChicago No 2 and. Cube Lode, notice of sale by sheriff on Feb 9, of all interest of Alonzo D Coplen. to recover \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1707.30 for Charles Callag-han. Commonwealth, Ernest M Brindle to Mount liable M & S'Co, ltd, Jan 30. AIIfSTVOKTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. .laii 15\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLutheran. Princess creek, by J Henry. 19\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBlythe, Kaslo creek, .j Henry. assessments. .Jan 16\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMorning-Star No. 2. THANSFEKS. Jan 15\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAgreement between Geo W Hughes and P McCue on Pay Ore fraction. .10\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHillhurst \ufffd\ufffd. D Peterson to J Me- Hachlan. Same, A McPbadden to D Peterson, Anna May \ufffd\ufffd, Anna May Munro and 1 Munro to A\" L Davis. 17\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTony and Glacier, all, T Long, W Clougrii and R Bradshaw to Rene Laudi, S3500. Same to same, receipt in full for the 58500. The Boss, Sam, and Johnson, f each, 0 T Stone to D Tuomev. Reco Star 1-16, C H Cameron to F A McGinn. SI.OCAN CITY DIVISION. some time, and every New Zealander is sure of a job at $2.00 per day of eight hours. There are now affiliated in the American Federation of Labor 73 national and international bodies,11 state federations, 118 central labor unions and trade assemblies, 595 local unions having no national head, and 202 federal labor unions. The total membership of these unions is almost two and oue-half millions, the increase during the past year being about 225,000. Those wage earners who receive three or four times as much for their work as other laborers, must remember that unless they help to advance the wage of the lower priced man, it is a mere question of time when they themselves will be compelled to Suffer a reduction. Therefore, get together, and help your less favored brother. The finest labor temple in tbe world is in Paris. It was built in 1892 and cost the city $400,000, and eighty-two trades organizations have meeting places and offices beneath its root, for which light nominal rent is paid. The financial council appropriates annually $10,000 for its maintenance, and the civic authorities agree it has done much good in promoting the well-being of the working classes. Krugor's TUrifty Wife. cr, J Loug- r.OCATIONS. Dec 27\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFranklin, 1st n f Lemon, F Provost. Georgia, same, same^ Northern, same, same, 28\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdReciprocity, same, P McGuire. Christmas Tree, Lemon creek, by same. Jan 3\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBlack Bess fr, Twelve Mile cr, J Lougheed and J Waafer. 12\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLast Chance. Dayton heed. Diadem, Lemon cr, F Provost. Century, same, N Gething-. First Century, same, F Provost. Industry, same, G Henderson. Snow Flake, same, F Provost. Lake City, same, same. Queen City- same, G Henderson. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Stayner, same, F Provost. Kalamazoo, same, same. 17\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDandy, same, same. Carley, same, N Gething. St Charles, same, G Henderson. Last Chance, same, F Provost. Michigan, same, N Gething. 13\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdUnion, Springer cr, J Lougheed and J Waafer. Pacific, same, same. 27\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDerby, Lemon cr, J Lougheed and N E Holingrew. Hull, same, same. ASSESSMENTS. Dec 23\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdRainbow, Lillie B. 29\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdNoble Four for three years. Jan 15\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe Chapleau. Besides cutting her husband's hair, Mrs. Kruger also makes it her business to know where the long stocking is, in which Oom Paul, having scant faith in banks and investments, keeps the bulk of his fortune hidden. Many a fat roll of bank notes, they say, go to her favorite nephews out of the stocking- aforesaid. They tell many quaint stories of Mrs. Kruger. Here, are a few of her eccentricities:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDespite the enormous wealth of her husband, she has never had a single white servant inside her doors. Every morning she receives her visitors at the hour of 6 o'clock\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthis, according to her ideas, being an advanced hour of tha day. She gives much time to the preserving of her garden fruit, which she dries in a coffin that hangs from the kitchen rafters (a. j very old Boer custom\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe spare coffin being ever in readiness should any member of the family chance to die). She deeply resents new Tangled ideas and innovations, and, it is said, quickly put her foot down when her husband, on his return from England, proudly showed his acquisition of one or two civilized habits from those verdomde English. Dominion Arbitration Law. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Jan 4\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGolden Crown. 25\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLegal Tender No 3. TKANSFBitS. Jan 3\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdV & M, Get There Eli, F L C, Reno and Accidental, 1-20 each, C W Harrington to W E Gomm, $100. Silver Tip, all, L Heckman to F Dick and J Balko. 9\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdPuritan 2-5, L K Larson and S E Prosser to C M Larsen. 18\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdEvening Star 1-0 and Morning Star $, F S Andrews to S B Clement, $250. Zella %, Oscar McMillan to Annie Weidert. -22\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdReform X, W Kerr to F Strohn. 24\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdManhattan, all, W D McGregor to P Dickenson. Berkshire, all, A E Rothermel to the same. Leon \ufffd\ufffd, J McGregor to same. 25\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdPuritan \ufffd\ufffd, C M Larsen to D S Hardie. Bachelor h, R A McDonald to James Smith, Sioor I.A.BOK NOTES. \"What the Struggling jllassos Are Doing in tho World. in Austria 120,000 coal miners are on strike for an eight-hour dav. Railroad men in England have decided to demand an eight-hour day. The advanced civilization of the nineteenth century has been felt in Georgia to such an extent that its legislature,now in session, has passed a bill prohibiting child iabor under 12 years. The Bakers' Unions of New York city, formerly affiliated with the Socialistic Trade and Labor Alliance, have seceded from th'\ufffd\ufffdt body and returned to the linker's and Confectioners International Union. About lot) nowsooys went on a strike recently in Portland, Ore., and refused to handle the Evening Telegram,because that paper declined to allow them to return unsold copies. All carriers were stopped, and -\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdcvcral thousand papers were destroyed by the boys The drivers and eo.nduc.1ors of tramways at Madrid, an'! other workmen connected with that industry, have gone on strike. Thev demand higher wages, a ten hour day, and two days' rest per month. The men are very orderly and are beiinr well supplied by voluntary subscriptions. New Zealanders have achieved what workingmeu in othercountriea are clamoring for. Among the functions of that government is the providing of work for all who apply. This has been done for in the speech from the throne at the opening of the Dominion Parliament last week, a general arbitration law is foreshadowed in the following extract: The attention of the government has been called to the conflicts which occasionally arise between workingmen and their employers. While it may not be possible to wholly, prevent such difficulties by legislation, my government thinks that many of the disputes might be avoided if better provisions could be made for the friendly intervention of boards of conciliation, the conclusions of which, while not legally binding, would have much weight with both sides, and be useful in bringing an intelligent public opinion to bear on these complicated subjects. You will be invited to consider whether the provincial legislation in this matter may not be usefully supplemented, by an enactment providing for the establishment of a Dominion tribunal for assisting in the settlement of such questions. Romanci! vs. Reality. When in a novel it says: \"Yvonne leaned out of the casement and peered with yearning eyes into the landscape all enshrouded in darkness,\" ten to one she is simply looking- out into the back yard before yelling over the banisters, \"Maw, did you put the cat out?\" SITUATION WANTED. A thoroughly competent assayer seeks a position. Has a Government Certificate. Address, W. G. Watson, Vancouver, B. C. Williams has apples in stock that are fit for angels to eat. Sample them It will not wreck your financial standing to any appreciable extent. Ex-Empress Eugenie is a victim of the tea habit. She is said to drink thirty or fortv cups a dav. California produces about one third of the almonds consumed in the United States, 17. at Rossland, February 13 to 17 Agents and pursers, Revelstoke and south, Fernie and west, sell tickets on Feb. 12th, 13th,14th, loth, and 16th; limiting going portion to day of sale and return portion good to leave Rossland up to Feb. 18th. Geo. B. Garrett, C.P.R. Agent. Established in Nelson 1890. Most complete and up-to-date stock of Jewelry in the Kootenays. Watch repairing a specialty As we only employ first-class jewelers, all work guaranteed. Mail orders receive our prompt attention. The Kootenay Jeweler, NELSON, B.C. Q. B. flatthews, Sells the Best Cigars in NELSON ASLO HOTEL Family & Commercial. arge And Comfortable sJ__L Rooms QUEEN'S HOTEL Heated with Hot Air and Lighted by Electricity Large, comfortable bedrooms and first-class dining: room. Sample rooms for commercial men RATES, $2 PER DAY MRS. E. C. CLARKE, Prop., Late of the Royal Hotel Calgary. Baker St., Nelson, B, C. Fitted with every modern convenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50 and $3 per day. COCKLE & PAP WORTH, Proprietors. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd JL NELSON Carry a complete stock of NITUR and solicit orders from any part of the province. Write for prices FEED J. SQUIKE Nelson, B. C. Merchant Tailor. Full Line of Suitings and Trouserings always on hand. S WADDSB.RQ0 * f PHOTOGRAPHERS VANCOUVER and NELSON, B.C that waken everything but The Dead. At E. M. BRINDLE'S, New Denver. California Wine Co., -NELSON, B.C, : \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 4. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd DR. MILLOY, DENTIST ROSSLAND. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd :\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd>\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd: Wholesale Dealers i Choice Wines and Fragrant Cigars. Write for Prices. Oar Stock is the Largest in Kootenay OUR CORSET DEPARTMENT IS UP-TO-DATE IN ALL STYLES AND PRICES. Why send East for your Dry Goods when you can purchase from us and have them by next day's mail, at prices AS LOW, IF NOT LOWER, than the Departmental Stores of the East? We have one of the largest stocks in all departments in the West\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdButtons, Sheetings, Linens, Dress Goods, Silks, White- wear, Corsets, Gloves, Ready-made Shirts, Costumes, Carpets, Floor Oilcloths, Linoleums, Curtains, Window Shades, Etc. Write for Samples and Our Prices. red, Irvine & Co., NELSON, B. C MILLINERY\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdALL THE LATEST STYLES AT LOWEST PRICES. Fred. Irvine & Co., T NELSON, B. C. ! MEN'S , FURNISHINGS A SPECIALTY. THE GATEWAY\/ CITY AND DISTRIBUTING \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdi^-rrfraiisxiTrrars^'i'.'-^TrjirrT-rTniMT-JSi: POINT FOR THE BOUNDARY COUNTRY. zzz \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdKTnt.jMc m mnwH imm&t snt&xmzrBia Grand opportunity for investments in Real Estate, Fruit and Vegetable Farms, etc. For information address\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd J. A, SMITH. Furnishes accommodations to the traveling public equal to any on Sloc.m Lake. Comfortable beds and tasty meals. The best brands of liquors and cigars on the market. TH0S. LAKE, Prop. Brewers of Fine Laerer Beer and Porter\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe best in the land. Correspond- solicited. Address\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd R. 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