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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. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/xnakledge\/items\/1.0307119\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" \\\nVolume VIII. No, 48.\nNEW DENVER, B. C, AUGUST 29, IJiOl,\nPrice, $2.00 Year\nIS'\nADVANCE\n'\u202238\n@Qrwa.\\ .NeWs FToat 1\n . 23\nIn and About the Slocan and Neighboring Camps 23\nthat are' Talked About. S\u00a7\n<\nViOOAL CHIT-CHAT.\nWork on the Crow's Nest Southern\nrailway was started this week.\nThe knocker and his hammer are\nalways in sight at Slocan City.\nService in tho Methodist church Sunday morning. A. E. Roberts, pastor.\nDon't lose any sleep on account of\nslander; it will shake off when it gets\ndry.\nBorn.\u2014In New Denver, on Wednesday,\nAugust 21, the wife of John Williams\nof a Bon.\nGet a walking cane from John Williams and be a dude while your money\nis in sight.\nTho Kelly Merrymakers did not play\na return engagement at New Denver.\nOther camps were less favored.\n Tt's-aU-i'igiit for_a man \u25a0tQ\u201ewake.unJin\nthe morning fresh as a daisy, but he\nshouldn't make a bouquet of himself.\nJohn Sheridan and George Vallance\nhave returned from a trip through the\nPeace country, wiser but none tho richer.\nWhitakor Wright has resigned as\nhead of the Lo Uoi. Union men think\nthis le tho first step toward t\\e settlement of tho strike.\nA Paris doctor advertises to make\nshort ladies tall. The secret of his process is not divulged, but it must consist\nchiefly In pulling their legB.\nA Board of Trade has been organlzod\nat Slocan City. It should benefit tlio\ncommunity now that masticating the\nrag is reduced to a minimum.\nWm C. E. Koch Is forced to increase\nhis freighting outfit to handle tho great\nincrease in business that ho is getting\nin thii and Slocan City divisions.\nTho active cucumber, tho juicy pear,\nthe sweet apple, tho red tomato, the\nluscious peach and most of their relatives can always be found at John Williams' store.\nColonel Marsh Is ahoad of tho Now\nYork Theatre Co. Ho is from Kentucky, although not a total abstainer,\nhaving tasted water once or twice since\nthe days when he followed Morgan.\nThe first supply of marble for Nel*\ngon'a i-oBtofllce building to bo erected\nat once arrived from tho \"quarry last\nSaturday and the luarblu walla ol the\nbuilding will rapidly assume shape,\nProd MacNaughton, who spent several\nyears In the Slocan before ho sold out\nMh Intercut in tho Cumberland, has\narrived at the Coast from the Yukon.\nHe wa* in the wreck of the Islander.\nA New York Judge haa decided that\nno wife has a right to go through her\nhupband't pockets. But this decision\ndoes not affect that which falls on the\nfloor, nor docs it apply In the Slocan.\nSammy Whittaker has guided the\ndeatiny of the tango for the part four\nmonth* al tha Black Prince. Ills laugh\nIs just as marry a* It was when he\nowned all tho hotel* In Slocan City and\nact up duck dinner* for tho trail blaaara.\nMartin Clair lo\u00ab bis Ufft In tha Klotv*\nni**t* (Me **fi*T K e-wnnanv offer* to\nk\u00bb8\n\u00bbS\nan authority on the subjects of mines\nand minerals, and anything from his\npen will be widely read.\nThere is every reason to believe that\nthe mines of Rossland will soon be\nworking again. The miners have\nfaith in the ability of Governor Mcintosh to settle the difficulty. He is\nworking hard to have the stubborn\nmine managers recalled by their respective companies, and has met with\nconsiderable success to date.\nThe Stuttz Theatrical Company met\nwith a kindly reception when they\nopened a two-nights engagement at\nBosun Hall Monday evening. \"Was\nShe to Blame\" was the opening play,\nfollowed by \"Jack's Lost Paradise\"\nTuesday evening. Both performances\nwere well received, and the Stuttz Company won a favorable position in tho\nhearts of New Denver theatre-goers, as\na \u25a0good'orflinary theatYicarorgaiiization\"\nThey carry with them George Olmi, a\nbaritone singer of great voice and culture.\nThe Byron N White company is\ncutting down the force at the Slocan\nStar mine. Negotiations are on with\ntho Selby and Trail smelters for a rate\nwhich will permit tho White company\nto ship the ore in a crude state anil save\nthe cost of milling and the loss which\nAlways attends the concentrating of tho\nhigh-grade ore of tho Slocan. There is\nreason 'to believe that tho smelter people will give a rate away below anything ever before offered for lead ores,\nLast year J. G. Stuttz, the veteran\nactor, was in tho Slocan practically\nupon his uppers. The (ire that swept\nover Sandon left him stranded and\nwith an amateur company ho struggled\nagainst fato and left tho Kootenay\nowing many. This month he returned,\nflush with money, and playing to good\nhouses everywhere he has raised tho\ncurtain. With a glad heart he has also\nbeen busy paying those who trusted\nhim after the dark days of the Sandon\ndisastor, and earning for himself one of\nthe best titles on earth\u2014that of an\nhonest man.\nand C. E. Smitheringale, shared in the\ndivi'ion of the money. The property is\nnow owned by the Ricowilabi Mining\nCo., with headquarters at San Fran\ncisco. J. Frank Collom continues managing director of tlie company; Wm.\nThomlinson, superintendent of tbe\nmine, and W. H. Warren, foreman.\nUnder the able management of these\nmen, \u00a750,000 has been' spent upon the\nproperty in development, since the\nbond was sia-ned a year ago, and it has\nbeen proven sufficiently to warrant the\npayment of tho price stated, without\nasking an extension of time on the\nbond Two strong parallel leads have\nbeen open by tunnels and shafts, and\nore is showing in all the principal workings. Two small shipments were made\nfrom the property last winter, the returns being very satisfactory. The\nsame capital that is operating the Arlington .is developing the Speculator;\nthe properties adjoin and the possibilities oi the latter are quite as great as\nthe former.\t\nUNIONISM AS IT SHOULD KE.\nR. C. Clute, recently in tho Toronto\nGlobe, made public some important\ntestimony taken by him in 1899 when\nmaking inquiry into the labor troubles\nin B. C, which should go far to prove\nthatJtJjrQperlyJcQnductjiiiLoi'ganizatiQii\nfll.OCAN MINKHAL iXOAT.\nSIi men are employed at the Lucky\nJim.\nA 60-ton shipmont is beiug made by\nthctGoodotiough.\nThe long tunnel being driven on the\nRed Fox Is In l,0CO feet.\nTwelve men aro doing development\nwork on tho Great Woatern.\nFifty men are employed at the Whitewater, and the mill li running full*\nhanded\nPot* Angriguon'a pack train Is taking\nsupplies to the Marlon for a large force\nof men.\nA lower af tho Last Chance tramway\nwaa burned laat week. It was\nquickly rebuilt, the tram bt-lnjc out of\nuse but a short tlm*.\nThe rectnt strike on the Fisher\nMaiden shows 180 ounce* in silver from\noro taken from tho surface. The strike\nU a very Important oue to thU property\nand enmo bnlldinr* will b\u00ab erected\n*>\u00ab.'-vn foT a half interest in thejcloae to It.\nJlVi Mf-i\nplacer property he owned, provided the\nmonev is spent in development. The\ndeal will largely benefit hia brother,\nThomas Clair.\nVl. iS,. Ymhiioti hiei \"lM-t,. *p\u00bbi.v< .i^*.-.1.'.^..\nwere married on Tuesday at the Now*\nmarket Hotel. Rov. A. K. Robert* tied\nt\u00bb,e knot while A. D. McOiilivray acted\n\u2022* fToomsman and Misa Todd aa brides-\nmaid. The happy empie were the\nrw.ijiif.nU ut ittivny pviwitnta and the\ncongratulation* of a wide circle of\nfriends.\nThe excellent article appearing In\ntbeae tniamn* !**\u00ab wtttsk on tbe miner*]\nttttmttm of British Columbia wat writ*\nttmbr U \u00a3\u2022 Oawafbell-J^ft-rtftni and\nshould hnre bet*n ermtfl*) t* him. Mr.\nCampbell-Johnston ia wfeWy known as\nThe Bosun sent, out a carload of ore\non Saturday, the first for many weeks.\nIt Is not the intention of the company\nto reimmft regular shipments for some\n, . , i . \u2022 \u00bb ii\nput from the property will mark a new\nepoch in Its remarkable history. A\nvery Important atrlke waa made In No\n8 tunnel the past week when tho oro\nbody widened to 12 Inches. Tha development work -if tho, piwt few motttUa\nla bringing more ore in eight than has\norcf henn *bnw\\nJ_IU t<_ \u00a3l t lU\u00bb i*J Wtlttf \u2022\u2022\u2022>n.,i> Put\npersonal grievances bet wean the men\nand tho bosses I think those are the\nprincipal reasons.'\nTO nV.HI!MK WO UK.\nable here than in any camp in tlie\nNorthwest. Mr. Geiser st-ites tho wages\narid hours will be: Machinemen, $3 50,\neight hours; shovelers and unskilled\nlabor underground, $2.50, eight hours;\ncommon labor, surface, $2.50; carpenters, S3.50, nine hours; machine blacksmiths, SI, ten hours; engineers, 88.50\nand 84, eight and ten hours.\n1\nPHOENIX (iltOUP SOM).\nGeorge Ay lard and Neil Gething,\nthrough T. S. Dunbar, of Portland,\nOre., last week signed the papers in a\ndeal whereby the Viking Mining and\nDevelopment Co. secures control ofthe\nPhoenix group, near Slocan City. The\nbonders get S7,000 cash and 15 per ceut.\nof the capital stock, the company agreeing to put \u00a750,000 into the treasury for\ndevelopment purposes. Under this\nfavorable financial state of affairs operations will be started on an extensive\nscale and the property, already in a fair\nstate of development, will soon become\na regular shipper.\nTHK MOVEMKNT OF SII\/VKR.\nThere has been a very large increase\nin shipments of silver to the British\nEast Indies since January, and a large\ndecrease in those to China. The great\nincrease in shipments to India is due to\nporne srpe'te^Cfty noat a\nas\n\u00a73 Items\n1\nRaked from the News Mill on Local Affairs\nat the Queen City of Kootenay.\n\u25a0_J\nlarge purch^seiTfOr\"coinage by*the Gov\neminent; to an increase in exportB of\nmerchandise from India proper and the\npartial recovery from the depression\ncaused by famine and plague; and\nfinally to the continued high price of\ntin, necessitating large shipments of ,\nsilver to the Straits Settlements. The\ntfi-i'dl iirwrftRRA in tho .regular exports\nshows the paralysis of trade in China\nbetter than anything else could. Tho\nproduction of silver in the world in 1900\nwas 183,032,653 troy ounces; and from\nall the Information at the command of\nthe Engineering and Mining Journal,\nit seems probable that production this\nyear is now going on at about the same\nrate. The countries generally grouped\nas the East have thus far this year absorbed about 46 por cent, of the world's\noutput of silver; and this has been done\nin tho face of an unexampled depression\nof trade in the case of ono of tho largest\nsilver-buying countries.\n8MXJAN OKK SHIl'MKNTH.\nThe total amount of ore shipped from\nthe Slocan and Slocan City mining\ndivisions for the year 1900 was, approximately, 85,000 tons. Sinco January 1\nto Aug, 24,1001, tho shipments havo\nbeen as follows:\nWeek Tout\nPayne IS\nLast Chance\t\nHlocanNtar 6S\nRuth\t\nUosun W>\nHewrett\t\nAmerican Boy W\nIvanhoe \t\nTr-iik Dollar\t\nHiiinot (Jacknon liaaln)\t\nBoverelKO-\t\nWnndf rtul\t\nArlington 100\nTwo Friend*\t\nKnlenH'tM \u00ab0\nHartney\t\nBlack Trtnce xS\nOuodenuuit'h\t\nMllU-r Omsk\t\nHero ,\t\nhiiuitet (Can.OoliI Field*\t\nHllvcr Kinir\t\nN'.iltle Five ,\t\nHi-tlFox\t\nAiitnliie\t\nOil.fill llftM\t\nMnnilor ,\t\n(V.rlnth \t\nIltiitlbiilder \t\nIlnml'lcr\t\nsnriirl*w\t\nhut.).. llltAJJ\t\n(*llllll-\"-lll \t\nH|\u00bb-f'tll\u00bblnr\t\n.\\J,.\u00ab\t\nKhIki\t\nKnilly Edith\t\nPli'ttiiil*\t\nAlpha\t\nV.& M\t\nMurtiid ... \t\nHiiltv \t\n#\u2022*.\u00ab,<**f*\u00ab ...... ..... . ..,,.,,\nHiimttttm ,\nISift\nhum\nm\ntoo\n9*1\n\u00bb.\u00ab\nItW\n340\n111\n41\nten\n40\nSWi\n140\nm\nUi\nX)\nVIS\nNl\nu\nI'O\n11\n'\u25a0M\nM\u00bb\nto\nn\n:**\ntn\ni-i\n11\n1\"\nI'l\nS;t\nI\"\n\u00ab\n40\n:'n\ntl\n1\nA professional man from the East,\nwhose golden dreams have not been\nrealized in.this country, returned from\nthe Lardeau last week. He tells a hard\nstory of the methods employed in dealing with the workmen who are building\nthe new line in that district Hired\nthrough an employment agency, for the\nservices of which they are taxed two\ndollars, they are transported at half-\nfare to the scene of labor, and set to\nwork in gangs. After working a few\ndays an individual in authority comes\nalong and intimates that there are too\nmany men at this branch and about\nhalf of them' are discharged, with the\nintimation that they can get work\nfarther along the line if they will take\nthe trouble to move in that direction.\nThe discharged workmen are paid off\nwith a time-chock, against which is\ncharged one dollar for medical fee and\nTwoAtoiraW_fol^tir\u00a5*~Sisfers\u2014Hospital\"\nfund. This check cannot be exchanged\nfor a bank check nearer than Duncan\nCity and tho bank check is payable at\nKaslo, unless the men prefer to have it\ncashed by the II H. at a discount of 25\nper cent. All of which, says the schoolmaster, is a scheme to keep the mon\n\"broke\" and at the mercy of the corporation Until ouoii tlino .it* nil* JuVj la completed.\n+\nThe circus of Sells and Gray, which.a\nlocal wag suggests should travel under\nthe name of a gray sell, took something\nmore than gold out of Nelson. Two\nChinese boys and a very fly young lady\nwho has a reputation in throe cities\njoined tho company at this place. Tha\nChinese boys were taken on for domestic\npurposes, and were promised a safe\npassage Into the forbidden, territory of\nthe States, It being planned that thoy\nshould travel fn boxes over the line.\nThe usual number of jays were victimized at the Gate of Receipts. One\nwell-known Nelson gentleman paid four\ndollars and a half for his ticket, which\nhe thinks was a little high. Iln was\n\u2022\u2022worked\" In tho following manner,\nPresenting a silver dollar in payment\nfor his ticket ho was told it would not\npass without discount ou the Canadian\nside. He then handed over a live-dollar bill which the ticket seller professed\nto be unable to change, and as the\neasioKt way out of the dilliculty. said,\n\u2022'Oh, well, give mo your silver; I'll let\nit go tin* timo,\" at tho Hume time handing back the V and fifty cents in change.\nWhen i> was too late the victim discovered he had been givou a one-dollar\nbill in place of the five he tendered,\nIn relation to tho trouble between tho\npost ollice contractor and tho men It is\nsaid that the Minister nf Labor has\nwired instructions that the government\nwage scale must be observed or tho\ncontractor forfeit his job. At the present rate of progress the building will\nprobably \\m .OMpl.Urd in i-'lti or lh(*r<*-\nabiitii, and itlihotirfh thc workmen lie\npaid at the rate of tlve dollars a day\nthey are not likely to get rich while\nworking oiie-liHll a day pur week.\n\"Lady Audley's Secret,\" and \"Under\ntho Gaslight,\" wore put on, which in a\nmeasure accounts for the week's success.\n+\nA most interesting lecture on Theo-\nsophy, the religion of the Hindoos, was\ndelivered by Professor Kundsen of San\nFrancisco in the MinerB' Union Hall on\nFriday evening. At the close an invitation was given for anyone to ask\nquestions, and a spirited debate took\nplace between the lecturer and the\nclergymen, who were evidently present\nwith the intention of defending their\nfaith. This was unfortunate for the\nrest of the audience, as the persons who\ndesired information rather than argument were given no opportunity to\nacquire the same.\n+\nThe situation at the Nelson saw mill\nreinaiiied\"prac-tically*~urich\"iinged\"aii~thB\u2014\nweek until Saturday, when work was\nresumed with a new half crew. The\nowners express themselves as quite\nwilling to accede to the demand of the\nmen, but absolutely refuse to take two\nof the striken) back on any terms.\n+\nThe Socialist Club was addressed last\n'\u00bbtv tt'tcrnnoii bv Mr. O I,, Lennox\non \"Home-made Money.\" Mi\\Lcniiox'\u201e\nviews were anti-socialistic, and a warm\ndiscussion followed his address,in which\nmany strong arguments for a national\ncurrency were brought forward. Magistrate Crease will address next Sunday's\nmeeting on tho subject of \"Municipal\nSocialism.\"\n+\nOne of the exponents of Seventh Day\nAdventism is reported to have made a\nstrong statement uoiicernlng the end of\ntho world at a recent meeting, According to this gentleman's prophecy those\npeople who witnessed the wonderful\nmeteoric display of 1833 are to live to\nsee the end, and if It douu not so happen\nthen the bible is not true.\n+\nThere Is trouble in tho R. M. B. baud,\nand as a consequence the street concerts\nbargained for by the city council are off,\nwith part of August and all the September dates unfilled. Tho cause of dissension is said to have been the refusal\nof the American element in tho com*\npuny to wear the King's uniform. Aud\nnow people are wondering if a part of\nthat one hundred dollar bonus will be\nrefunded.\n4*\nIt is sail that a loca) minister, aftor a\nlong struggle with a sickly prayer\nmeeting, has announced to his congregation that there will be no more prayer\nmeetings in that church until Its adherents want prayer meetings had enough\nto ask for them and to support them.\nThe census returns are out, but the\nNelson enumerators are still unpaid for\ntheir services in counting the population\nof this district.\nAN* KMHtMOm IM'KKASK.\nTotal trm*-..\n\u00bbM\nlf.,1.7.1\n\u00abrr.<*t*i.ATon takkm ovkr.\nThe bond on the Sp\u00abttl.ttor w*\u00bb taken\nup latt wa\u00ab>k, and the balance of tha\npn rchaa* monev,t4?\u00bb,ft*). paid over. R \u25a0\ni, KIrkwooJ, Tho\u00bb, Kllpatrlck, A.Tnnli\nWord comes from Rossland tliat work\nwill be resumed at the IOit;lii liitl*, til (lil.t lil_V vtnw\n, . , i \u2022 \u2022 . i,. , i i - \u25a0\n^,llt;.\u00ab U^'llll *l*H. \\ll tl!lt|l!l. Unit, ftttttl^ t,'l\nthe poor nt it'iidiiiK to the Lord, made a\nInciter Invc-Mmtftl than *he inK-ndcd\nlast week. She wirted ovet a pile of\nhomier*-* mid rtuul\u00ab it up into two it-m'-ds\nthe KtiJJ ir<-\u00abr*hl0 one* to Ix\nfor her own uac, while the too-holey\nones were to be given to tho poor. In\na (It of abstraction she gave away the\nwrong bundle, and now she in wondering whether the gift will be accounted\nI nolo her lor charity.\n' Tbe -rigar* kr-jf-l bv\nir to bt* smoked w-ifhfiW\n!i.hr- Williaw-a\nwait ins* f**r a\nt\nNelson theatre goers had au enjoy-\nat'de time U.t we*k. Tbt\u00bb N'ew York\nTheatr-* Coni|Kiiiy gave four cvtiiing\nand one afternoon |ter(oruiHiue, playing\nto a cro* ded houi\u00ab' on each occasion.\nThe total value at tin- place of production ol the mineral and initial output of tho IJ illicit Mates iu I'M was\ntl,t.'i,i,'iiM,i>*-*,l, as comparon wiili|i,_lM,-\n-IVMW tu law, n gain of tl!;l'i!Kl,!-4'ifor\n(he year. Theae*ie tftciimiitiv lotted\ncorrected ligttica given by \"The Miner*\n;tl Itittn-trv \"' nf St-w York Of lh(\u00bb**(*\nreserved vasl Humt-, uhiih an* without precedent\niu tin*- history ol the mineral industry,\nore* and minerals t-onirihtititd p'il2,o.*>,-\ntin in Iimi mul |X7,',*iH,7'rt In 1*W;\nmetal*, |:\u00bb_l,4:W,rAl in IW> nnd WiVi,.\no't'Alu in lH-ci; M'roiidarv products,\n$7^,1iu,i,'Ki iu I'm.\" ami m,41'M<7\u00bb In\nmoo- \u00ab')ii)ip\u00ab the vain-' of KM'iwli) fsiTielfeil\nor it'liiii'i] from foitigii nulerul was\nt-v.\/lil.'-.i'! iu I'mi mul 17(1,471,510 in\nWi\nAny fool tan follow the crowd, but it\ntakes merit to stand alone and follow\nThe popular old playtof \"Hast Lynne,\"l the dictates of one's coniclence. fV\n\\\nV, -,\nTHE LEDGE, NEW .\"DENVER, ti. 0., AUGUST 29, 1901.\nEighth Yeap.\nThe IjKDOK 1-i two ilollars a yenrin Htlvancc. When not so paid it is ?2.sti to parties worthy ol credit. \u25a0 Lewi ailvcrtisini-liineni + a\nnonuariel lino first insertion, mul 5 cents a line each subsequent insertion. Roiidinn notices is cents a line, ami commercial ailvorlisini*\ngraded In prices lU'cortliiiB to circumstances.\nFELLOW PILGRIMS: The Leiice is located nt Xew Pcnvcr. B. C. ami can lie traced to many parts of the earth. It conies to the fr-nt\nevery Thursday and has never l>eon raided by tlie sheriff, siiowslided by cheaii silver, or subdued by the fear nf man. It works lor thu trail\nblazer as well as tlie bay-windowed and cluimp\u00bbi;iie-llnvored capidilist. It aims to be on tbe ripht side of everything and believes tliat 1 .ell\nshould be administered to the wicked in lar-je doses. It lias stooti the test of time, and an ever-increasing niiyst reals is proof tlmt it is\nbetter to tell the truth, even if the heavens do occasionally hit our smokestack. A chute of job work is worked occasionally for tho bcrn-nt\nof humanity anil the financier. Come in and see us. but do not pat, the bull doR on the cranium, or chase the black cow from our wafer\nbarrel: one is savafio and the other a victim of thirst. One of the. noblest works of creation is the man who always pays the printer; In is\nsure of a bunk in paradise, with thornless roses for a pillow by nif*ht, nnd nothing but (.'old to look at by day.\nR. T. LOWERY, Editor and Hnancier.\nThe Ledge.\nA pencil cross in tins square\nindicates that your subscri])-\ntlon is due, and that the editor\nwishes once again to look at\nfour collateral.\nTHURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1901.\nLowery's Claim will next appear\nabout the 14th of September. Xews\nagents will serve it on ice, if neees- \\ xo see if there is anything in it,\nary.\nHades seeking to tie up all the\nbrimstone until they cmi get time\nThere are 50 miles of hair\n: Party politics, priestcraft, Puri-\nuPon I tanical ideas and niossback methods\nmediately I'get into trouble\" and half\nof.lt would fall all oveji* itself to get\ninto Bill's oflice.\n\u2022'Well, ono day Bill met me\nabout three miles away from the\nranch an said: 'Bill, I want your\nadvice. I've got something in my\npocket and on my mind, and I\nwant you to tell me what to do.'\n\"With that he unbuttoned his\ncoat and pulled out a letter from a\nDenver newspaper, enclosing a\ncheck for \u00a720, showed it to me.and\nasked, 'Shall I become a funny\nman or a- lawyer?' 1 looked at\nBill, and then at the cheek, and\nback at Bill again. , That check\nsurprised me even more than it did\nhim. But I was there to give\njudgment, and had to do it.\n'\u25a0\u2022Bill,' I said, 'if you can lind\nfoolish people anywhere in this\nworld who are ready to part with\ngood bank checks for that stulfyou\ngrind out go right to the house, get\na big bottle out of the cupboard,\nput a wet towel about your head,\nand sit down and grind. A man\nmust have brains to be a lawyer.'\n''And Bill's wife never spoke to\nme for three years.''\n\/\nthe head of nearly every woman. i0f doing business all tend to keep\nXo wonder that men sometimes get this ore-it Dominic\none on their*coats.\nFROM THE EDITOR'S TjrPEK STOPE.\nIn Japan horses are shod with\nstraw shoes. \t\nIt is an ill wind that does not\nblow oh Xew Denver.\nThere is red snow in some parts\nof the Arctic regions.\nSheep are used in India and\nPersia as pack animals.\nUnder development the Slocan\nmines are continually improving.\nMany a man has dollars for\nwhisky, and cents for literature.\nJapan is smaller than California,\nyet it contains 44 millions of people.\nBees suck over three million\nflowers to get one pound of honey.\nPetty politicians will petrify any\ncountry. B.C. has plenty of them.\nCanada's population would be\nlarger if it had fewer one cent people. \t\nThe llight of angels must be\nerratic. They have no tails to steer\nby, all wings._ ;\t\nChinese never change the cut of\ntheir clothes. Thus an old suit is\nalways in fashion.\nWhat's the mat ter with putting\nBill (.ulliher in the Dominion Cabinet ? lie is big enough.\nIn Vancouver it used to lie Maxwell and the .Mint. Now it is\nMaxwell and the Cabinet.\nIn the South tlw race problem\nseems to be a burning question that\nis constantly growing blneker.\nSoldiers never strike for shorter\nhours or more pay. Still, no one\ncalls them scabs or wage slaves.\nNear Xew Zealand, at a depth of\n330 fathoms, a fish bit the cable.\nHad a story probably for some of\nthe Coast newspapers.\nWith the aid of a microphone\none can hear a fly walk. Xo instrument is necessary to tell when\nthey light on your nose.\nPayta, in Peru, is the dryest\nplace on earth. It rains once in\nseven years and the natives know\nnothing about soft water.\nHighway robberies are growing\nso common in America that the\npeople should leave their treasure\ninion from rising to\nthe position it is1 entitled to hold.\nThe oldest map in the world is\nin Palestine. It is 1,700 years old\nand shows part of the holy land.\nIt would look well framed alongside the Year Book of British Columbia.\nIt is reported that the Hill-Morgan grabbers have secured a controlling interest in the C. P. R.\nstock. It is not known how our\nDominion legislators like the change\nof bosses, but they ought to be in a\nposition shortly to give Pierp and\nhis pals a clear bill-of-sale of Canada.\nWe have adopted the same plan this year\nas we operated so successfully last to fit our men\nKA folk with first-class tailor-made clothes at eastern\ny*J prices. A large selection of Pall Suitings just in.\nV** You choose the goods, we take your measure,\nA the tailor guarantees a fit. Get in your order\nU early. We have also lately received'a fine line\n* of Underclothing, Men's Footwear, Shirts, Ties,\nIJ Collars and Cufls - -\n!*J Hats, Caps, Etc.\nft\ns, and all the latest styles in\nOur Shirts and Ties are the\nchoicest yet shown by us.\nBourne Bros.,\nXEW DENVER, B.C.I\n\/\nwith \"editors for sale-lceeping.\nBaseball has broken out severely\nin Porto llico. Fanning is very\npopular with the six league teams\nwho pound the air in that sunny\nclime.\nii\nAll Jfllttllft StH.tj\u00bbU |UlIllll\u00ab*\u00bb\ntain 95 per cent copper, 2 per cent\ntin, and 3 per cent zinc. The government makes 81.00 upon every\npound minted.\nAt Niagara Falls a newsdealer\nwas fined \u00a310 for selling papers on\nSunday. This is one reason why\nCanada's census shows such a small\nincrease in ten years.\nPul(|iie,a plant from which liquor\nis distilled, is mighty in Mexico.\nRather than destroy a patch of it \u00ab\nrailroad entering the City of Mexico tunneled through a church.\nThe Italian police have discovered that Bresci did not lire the\nshot that killed King Humbert'.\nFrom his perch in the clouds Bresci\nmust smile at the delayed news.\nIn Holland many of the houses\nhave a door that is never used except when n death or marringe\ntakes place, the Dutch placing these\ntwo events upon equal .standing.\nThere is a timber mine in China.\nThe SultanT7^',eeo is deeply | J\" ^\u00ab\u00abH\u00abn\u201eali\u201e,,uihni.t iio fee,\nfascinated with Highland music. \\[nm th\" H,,H\"\"\" \u00bb '\u00ab\"l\"*\u00ab\u00ab \"f \u00bb'*\u00ab*\nThe constant strife between labor\nand capital in the Cuitcd States\nwill eventually cause a revolution.\nHe owns a set of pipes that cost\n*-I..*>imi.\nA subscriber in Kaslo writes us\nthat he must \u25ba'top taking this paper\nuntil sanity is restored in British\nColumbia.\nhas been found. The timber mined\nis used for making collins, trough*\naud carving.\ni-\\\/uu-\n-one*-Oi^hc\nlucky prospectors of the Slocan,\nalthough hard work has had much\nto do with his prosperity. He can\nslide the pack off his back now and\nsit in the shade of Easy street for\nthe balance of his time on earth,\nPAl'nnli'a lw\u201ek Hill 1.-) iH-clA\",- ivittl\nthousand marks.\nThe Sultan of Turkey is til ways\nafraid of being poisoned. Kvory\ndish that is prepared in his kitchen\nis fastened with red wax nnd the\nseal is not broken until the dish is\nset before him. Notwithstanding\nall this the Sultan is as thin as a\nskeleton. If he would eat less and\ngive his harem a vacation his health\nwould be much better.\nhow mil, xvi\nnor\n\u25a0i'l* A UT.\nFAIRY TALKS Ol' TKXAS Oil. I'lEUlS\nOne of the most amusing cases\nthat has come under my observation is that of an old woman who\nowned thirty acres of poor land\nnear Beaumont, on which she was\ntrying to make a living by raising\ngarden truck. She was so poor she\noouldn't afford to hire any help,\nand did all her work in the garden,\nas well as carting the produce to\nmarket. After the boom set in she\nold twenty acres for 8100.000 cash.\nA little later, when it was found\nthat, her remaining ten acres were\nright in the heart of the oil terri-\ntorry, an offer of 81,000,0*00 cash\nwas made for the land. The old\nwoman was simply paralyzed. She\nL'i'Unti!1i,\u2014*vv~m r,v\u2014,-litj > Wt~r*r\u2014jwivuili-\nwith her, imt when the money was\nlaid down she burst into tears, and\ncried out: ''Take it away, I'd be\nafraid to have so much money. I've\ngot all I need now.\" Sell she will\nnot*, and still runs her garden patch\nwitn on Aveiis going down all around\nher.\nA 'barber had a two years\" lease\non a building thai is worth probably 81,IKK). One of the oil speculators wanted il for an ollice and\ngave him 8-**\\0iKI to move out.\nThere are four of the Hey wood\nboys, and they have a most dramatic history,which i:-\u25a0 mily natural,\nperhaps, eoie-idering the fad that\nthey were in the ilu-a-trieal line before embarking in the oil business.\nW. Scott Hey wood was the first of\nthe four to locate in Texas, He\nwas prospecting for oil in Southern\nCalifornia when he heard of the\nLucas strike, lie had just eight\nminutes in which to catch a train,\nand barely money enough to pay\nhis fare to llcauiiiont. Without\ngoing home to bid his wifegood-by,\nor to get a change of linen, he\njumped on the cars and at the first\nstop wired u ntc-'-age to \\7\\< wife.\nE. FERGUSON & CO.\nNELSON, B. C.\nWHOLESALE LIQUORS AND CIGARS\nWE HAVE EX ROUTE\nONE CAU G. & W. WHISKIES ex. TORONTO\nONE CAR IMPORTED LIQUORS ex. LIVERPOOL\nONE CAR DOG'S HEAD ALE AND STOUT ex. LONDON, ENG.\nONE CAR \"RANIER\" BEER ex. SEATTLE.\niSTThc \"Hauler\" Heer Ims lieooine the favorite Beei* in the Coast Cities. It has met In suecessfu\ncompetition the fatuous Milwaukee Beers.\nOur Special Canadian Rye is the most palatable whiskey in the market.\nWe have it in bulk and is cases, 5's and G's. We are agents for the Bruns*\nwick-Balke-ColIender Co. Billiard and Pool Tables and supplies of all kinds\nWrite us for prices and terms.\nJ.Q. BUNYAN&XO.,d\u2122\u00b0d\u00b1\nHAVE ADDED\nColonel \u2022\u2022Hill\" Hoot, of Laramie.\nWyo., dealer in wild animals and\ndiscoverer of -'Hill Xvi-,\" and who\nnow has charge of the Indian village at (lien Island, tells the following story of how he 'discovered'\nthe humorist:\n\u2022'Hill Nye, when a young man,\nwasn't much; in fact, folks in Laramie wondered whether he would\neventually dry up and blow away, j m^-,^ a ,\u201e\u201e.,.-,.,, lnv,.stiKat'on (,r\nor just die of plain starvation. ,h*. Held at Heauu.om. he wired his\nTWO CARLOADS OF NEW FURNITURE\nto their stock, consisting of Iron Beds, Rattan Goods,\nUpholstered Goods, Tables, Chairs, Desks, Mattresses\nlicit kuuiii Sets, .Sldeionrtls, Wardrobes, Ladies'\nDressing Tables, China Closets, Kitchen Cupboards.\nWRITE FOR QUOTATIONS LARGE OR SMALL ORDERS' N\n* THE PROSPECTORS' EXCHANGE *\nNO. 4 K -W. C. BLOCK, NELSON, B. C\nO'lltl. Silver-Lead ami C\"ii|n'V Mlin'.-< vvhimhI at the KXl'll ANOK.\nKliKK Mil.UNO ;n'l.|i',-itii-.. u miii-d-ut mn-e fur Enxtern InvtN|.ir<.\nI'.iilii-i. Iiiivine uiluiiii: | fn; iity ti.r wile nil- ru|iii>.\u00abt'-ii tn wml sumpl-'!- of thclriiiv to\ntin- l-;.\\ch,iiiv'i' fp-r exhibition.\nII -umiili'9 Hlii.tihl In- M'itt hv K\\|Hi\"'.-. jii'i'iiaiil. ('iii'i'i'S|ni|iilii|ire Kolii-ileil.\nAtlilivs-all \"i.iiii-i'lilii-attoir-1\"- AMtllHW !\u2022\". ItOSl'NUKHOI-lt,\n? 'I'i'K'iliiiiiii Nn. I\"!. I'. O. l|pi.\\Ton, Ni'Uuii, II. C.\nThe Newmarket Hotel,\nNKW DKNVKU, B. fJ.\nIbis one of the must beautiful locations in America, and the public are\niissitrod of pleasant accommodations.\nUKXKY STK.G1-; \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u25a0 Proprietor.\nThings would never come liis way,\nand that same way led through\nmany rocky places. Kvervthing\nto which he turned hif hand seemed\nto wither under it, and he began t-o\nthink that he wus a 'hoodoo.'\nbrothers, Dewey. Alba and Satituel\nlleywood. lo -onie on at once.\nThey did so, tiikiug a little money\nwith them. They began buying\noptions, inducing some capitalists\nto join them in drilling a well, and\nAt a Slocan mine the other tiny\na miner nuide a roar ngaitist the\n<\u00ab\u00ab-k bf nM|U|4\nin these mountains\n\u2022-Bill was a pretty discouraged!are now worth fullySo.immi.ikwjand\nsort of a cuss when I said to him | i\u00bb \u00bb to\\r way of making a lot more,\nand hiH.wifu one day: 'Comeout to| \u2022\u2022specially if the new well turns out\ntay with me Uiv n\nTh\nSMOKE\nKEhOWNA\nCIQAR8\nUNION MADE\nbugs and their wives wear litem a\npetticoats. Knsv way to get them\nin the sack.\n\\ iiiMtb-'l r:nn \\;\\A M*mdny dend-\nt'licd the glow of (lie I'ol'e-t (\"lCJ'Hi-\ntioij piv\u00abi\u00bb, and Ha.-he-l the >i\u00abi-ki\n(tut rif the air.\nThe Year Monk issued by the\n**t * . \"mi-i nne n( t,\u00bb Miinewitllt lo>-\nMUM'tl. H m\u00bb\\!- tliat .Sew ill-liver\nis lu mill's from S|\u00bbokaiie. Such\n-\u25a0illy mistake* make people wonder\nwhose cbibl compiled this publica-\nHie wveek ul the Islander can *.-\u2022(), lion.\nto pick'\nwhile' nnd they came. Long before this time I'lauceH. Hill's wife,\nhod made up her iiiind that Hill\nwas cast iu the mold <>f a lawyer,\n.ui\u00ab1 -no-M-dwr u-onldilobut Hill must\n'indv V.r.v. So \\\\\\\\i I'tttni' Hlonf\nwith liiwold !x*oksai\u00bbd would wander amuud tht- r.meh trying t*\u00bb iim*\nMin.* ozone and paget*of niackwHmc.\nto be a -.usher. i iteic is no prjcn\non a gushing well-it will bring I A-dclfCSS\nanything a man ad mt. >m mt. , >4 tec\"^ WT>4 _*?%* fc-tTW WT__rf mt.%* 'mi.X** >*L X mC\".**WTV\nti\n*\nBank of MoetireaL\nseveral of the thing'- I liml in \u2022'\nputs one in iiiiii(lj,.\u201e,,lNiar(l seemed to do little g\"\"d.\noon. Its edit':r evi-i ..|.;Very little wliih- Hill would J[)[\nhurin*. tln> sHiiiiiier iitonile* thei,|,.\u201e-|v fhinks ihat bitr tvpe, b\u00bbts of A*,,.*-!- u'wox. n rife -.iiirflifiig be \u00a7\nKing of tirceee works on a limit, j paper, and M'lf praise al-oitt th'';called ftitiiiv, send it away, and ||\n'1 le-te i- tio .(> tounliiiiy Cii ihe oo- , u i.uiiet luhdilhl V ol Its liewr* |_ell'i > ' auxiouslv wait t'\u00ab\u00bbr tile llgtltlllllg* , I 1\nl.tiil.ll-lli'il IH|7.\nrni>iuil {nil {mul up; \u2022tU'.iM.i.t,* Hi,\u00ab.i\nUeoerved in nil : : 7,<>WWti\nCndividrd protltft : : r.lil.ixi.tH\nin:in itrru'r, miintiiku..\n!I \\ l.\"iM.STi(viiicosut.nl Mount Horn. C.C.MU, Piv.-ddctir.\nHo.v.\u00ab;. A. DfttMvtoxii, Vice I'rc-ideiit.\nI* S. t.ijH'-T\"N, ticnerai Mfiiutt't-i',\nI'r.te.i'hes tn all tp.tm ut C'nri\u00bb(tii, Xewronixittnnl, t'lret-.i P.r'ttibi. -muS\n:\u2022* \\ S'afes,\n'A\nii\nlions of royalty,\nrn\n(III ihe IlelavMII'e 1*1 Vet li-hcilltcll\nink hollow Io-\/*; in (he water and\nf\u00ab\/\u00bb thfto tn t)w -iirf.-ic** \" b*-n\nicoiistituto tt great paper.\nSo far Morgan tun'\nthd-v nr** lill\"*\u00abl with li-h.\nliends have not n-ciin \u2022! a corner iu\nin the shftpe of H cheek, to strike.\nI his trust Now, Kniwi** discouraged all this.\nShe wanted the law or nothing-\nFViifMli-e. ,-(lfhoti|'b it i- whi-petcl She felt that once Hill hutlj; out III*\nthai thev have utanv ngent- tni\"hii\u00bbgle all the world would im- \\\nEighth Yeae.\nTHE LEDttE, NEW DENVER, Ii (j., AUGUST 29 1901.\nTWO VERDICTS.\nShe was a woman, worn and thin,\nWhom the world condemned for a single sin;\nThey cast her out on the king's highway,\nAnd passed her up as they went to pray.\nHe was a man, and more to blame,\nBut the world spared him a breath of shame.\nBeneath his feet he saw her lie.\nBut raised his head and passed her by.\nThey were the people who went to pi ay\nAt the temple of God on a holy day.\nThey scorned the woman, forgave the man;\nIt was ever thus since the world began.\nTimo passed on and the woman died,\nOn the Cross of Shame she was crucified;\nBut the world was stern ant1 would not yield,\nAnd they buried her in the Potter's Field.\nThe man died, too, and they buried him\nIn a casket of cloth with a silver rim, \"\nAnd said, as they turned fr<*mi his i\/raye away:\n\"We have buried an honest man today.-'\nTwo mortals, knot-kin-*-; at Heaven's gate,\nStood face to face to inquire their fate.\nHe carried a passport with earthly sign,\nBut she a pardon from Love Divine.\nO, yo who judge 'twlx virtue and vice,\nWhich, think you, entered to Paradise?\nNot he whom the world had said would win,\nFor tho woman alone was ushered In.\nu\u00abttAMAA*___M_AAi_IAMMM\n0 | ^ents JUst PsssrnS By I\nA confidential agency, or what is\nmore to the point, a marriage bureau,\nis to be opened in London for the raale-\ning of American heiresses to European\ntitles, the number of American women\nv\/ho long to sell themselves for social\nrank being amazing. This sounds like\na josh, but it isn't. Wealth and good\nsense seldom run in pairs. Neither do\nsociety women and plebeian God-fearing\nladies. The grandest work of God is a\nkind, loving, womanly .vonum; the\nsaddest work of pasBion run wild is a\nprudish, fad-crazed society woman\nTheve is little difference between those\nof Europe and those of America. The\ndifference, if any, is in favor of the\nAmerican, for she has the collateral and\ncan pay for the privilege of being foolish. If America had a horde of old\n'skates\" with titles pinned to thein and\nEurope had the heiresses, the stocking\n\u2022would be on the other leg. So far as\n\"society\" goes the game is easy. It is\nas bad in one country as the other. The\nAmerican heiress is no worse when she\npays for the privilege of warming the\ncouch of some broken-down blue-blood\nthan the English society woman who\nencourages such whoredom. The es-\n\" t'^lBKln^^Jf\"thlB~l1^llflvket~pla'ce~for-the\u2022\ntransfer of womanly virtue for society\nrank may look decidedly bad, but it is\nquite in tiino with the times. Wealth\nruleB society. Society has reached that\nstage of corruption when aU that ia ennobling, truthful and spiritual is buried\nin the mire of social custom. Truth\nis spoken of flippantly, purity of tnlntl\nand heart is drowned iu the fascination\n>\u25a0- of social vices; and when such a condi\ntion exists, why expect purity of body?\nMarriage, in society, is seldom a matter\nof love anyway. It is more often one\nof social consideration on woman's part,\nThen what is there that is so revolting\nabout this high-handed whoredom from\nthe standpoint of \"sifiety'**\" The\nAmerican heiress is open about it\nCrazed by the indulgences of society\nfads, she boldly seeks a wider field, and\nunblushiiujly offers her wad to unythin.\nthat wears a title, She buys the title,\nnot the thing that wears it. She does\nit to win iu the game she is playing\nThe polliwogs in the social mud puddle\nmay lift their heads iu holy horror al\nher effrontery, but she is a white robed\nangel from naradisc. compared with the\narticle of merchandise that she buys\nShe is not so much to blame; she is only\na woman, and where is the woman that\nwould mil Raci'ilice her body and sntil to\nwin out after she ha* been drawn into a\ngame of this kind'\/ Hecatii-e, there ix a\npiece of human llesh attached tothetitlv\nis not her fault; !*he would gladlv \\ sotu'K to\nbe found in America, and if these iih-.iie '\n* heiresses mint have a title in order to ,\nplay the game, they <\u00bbUfcht t<*> differ the\npenalty that goes with it; tiike the hitter\nM'ilh the vwei'l. th*. pur wild the title,\nt\nAnd u *n(1 !us answei\" was: \"ITave\nwould appear, always ready to drink as!t0 do -** stranger. Everybody\nlong as the others paid the bills, but j around here is using $500 and\nnever being known to invite anybody | \u00a71,000, I have a dozen or so of\nto have anything at his expense. '\nIt was a common form of sport among\ncertain free and-easy fellows to try to\nfind how far Bankhead would go in his\npeculiar way without permitting shame\nto hold him back, and it is recorded that\nhe once took 27 drinks and cigars at\nthe invitation of othors without once\noffering to pay. So they got to calling\nhim \"the sponge,\" but he didn't seem\nto mind it much\u2014or, if he did, he never\npermitted it to keep him away from\nany place where he thought there\nmight be a chance to get a free drink.\nFinally he died, as all men must, and\nafter the burial John Magofi, a big\ndriller who looked like a comic opera\npirate and liked a jok e as 'well as the\nnext man, suggested that the boys\nraise a monument over \"the sponge's\"\ngrave. There was a good deal of opposition to the scheme* at first, but\nMagee argued eloquently, and succeeded in raising a purse of $47, which he\nwas authorized to spend for such a\nmemorial as he might in his wisdom\nselect\nThe unveiling took place on a Sunday morning in September, and every\ndriller and tool dresser who had contributed to the fund went out to attend\nthe ceremony. AVheu Magee pulled\naway the sheet a slim, white slab was\nrevealed. It bore no inscription save\nthis:\nthein thrust at me every day, and\nI must have the change handy.\"\nAt night he locks the desk and goes\nto sleep on the top of it, with a\nbrace of pistols within easy reach.\nBefore the boom this man was\ndeeply in debt, and his entire outfit\nwasn't worth more than 8850.\nHow his receipts are from $1,700\nto $_,000 a day, and he's got all\nkinds of money.\u2014Chicago Inter-\nOcean.\nA Kansas exchange tells of a robust\nliar who is growing stouter every day\nin that direction. He let loose a story\nof a man who tried to kill a chinch bug.\nHe fed him poison, cracked him in the\ndoors and froze him in ice. The bug\nalways came up smiling and looked at\nthe man with a sardonic eye. Finally\nhe carried the bug to a foundry and\ndropped it into a ladle of melted iron.\nFifteen years afterwards his wife broke\na skillet she had been using for some\nyears and that .chinch bug hopped out\nrtnd asked the nearest road to a cornfield.\t\nThe man who never gives offense is\nas clever as he is scarce.\nBOYS, THIS IS ON ME.\nThe stone still stands.\nCLANK'S TROUBLES.\nThe struggle which has been going\non for some time between Senator W.\n,AAJlark,andj!is^mplQ\\:ei^\nVerde properties in Arizona still continues The contest grows more bitter\neach day and neither party to the controversy shows any sign of yielding.\nThere are now about 1200 men on strike\nat Mr. Clark's Arizona properties. They\ndemand eight hours in mines and smelters. Senator dark has declined to\ngrant the demand of the uie-n; he says\nhe has made every concession to his\nArizona employes that he proposes to\nmake. Senator Clark in a message to\nthe Los Angeles Express complains that\nthe news about tho strike us sent out\nfrom .Icrninc lias been doing him an\ninjustice He says ihe miners did not\nstrike, only the smelterineii and mechanics iu the mines and mills Senator\nClark says those that did strike did so\nwithout authority from their union and\nadds that all the men in the mines and\nsmellers who liave real hard jobs have.\nhad eight hours for a long timo.\nIt is expected that the wlmleproperty\nwill eventually be tied up, (is there is\nno prospect uf a settlement,\nThe finest. 17-Jewel- d\nwatch in the maiket at\nthe price \t\n$13\nThe Hamilton 17-,Ieweled movement\nin Nickle case, is the best and most\nbeautiful watch in the market at a\nvery low figure.\nI have Hamilton movements fully\njeweled, of\n\"ElflFbeSnptHl-\nity, from....\nF.very watch guaranteed. Send for\na $13 watch, mailed upon receipt of\nprice.\nG. W. GHIMMETT, Graduate Optician\nSANDON. B. C.\nKootenay Coffee\nCompany\nCOFFEE ROASTERS\nThe author of a great reformation is almost always unpopular in\nhis own age. He generally passes\nlis' life in disquiet and danger. It\nis therefore for the interest of the\nhuman race that the memory of\nsuch men should be held in reverence, and that they should be supported against the scorn and hatred\nof their contemporaries by the hope\nof leaving a great and imperishable\nname. To go ou the forlorn hope\nof truth is a service of peril. \"Who\nwill undertake it, if it be not also\na service of honor? It is easy\nenough, after the rampart's are carried, to find men to plant the Hag\non the highest tower. The dilli-\nculty is to Hud men who are ready\nto go first into the breach.\u2014Muo\natilay.\nCONDENSED ADS.\n FOR SALE.\t\nDKV OllK PKOPEKTY, North Fork Car-'\npeiit,-r tret'];-ALPS, ALPS FRACTION,\nami AI.TUKUS\u2014Crown Grants obtained. Apply, W. J. MCMILLAN & CO., Vancouver, B.C.\nTENTS & AWNINGS,\n1\nMIEO. MADSON, Nelson, li. C, manufactures rents, Awnings, Horse and Wagon\nCover*i, and all kinds of Canvas Goods.\nWc\ndo\njexpert\n'Optical\nwork I\nf Brown Bros.,\n\u2122 The Jewelers, Nelson.\nEYES\nEXAMINED\nFREE,\nAND NO\n* GLASSES\nPRESCRIBED\n\u201e UNLESS\nNEEDED.\nDENTISTRY.\nDR. MORRISON,\nNKLSUX.B, c.\nDENTIST\nCor. WA1U) & BAKER Sta.\nDR. MILLOY, ROKKD\nHas had 15 years exiierienee in dental work, and\nmakes a specialty of Gold Hri.l(-'e Work. Most\ncomplete denl'il utJiee in B C.\nSANIT AR.IU0V1.\nHALCYON HOT SI'HIXGS SANITARIUM. The most complete II r A I Til\non ihe Continent of North Ameri- II CA L I ll\nca. Situated midst scenery nn- n r O ft n T\nrivalled for Grandeur. Boating, n LO U II I\nFishhiK anil Kxem-sions. Renident Physician\nand Nurse. Teleyriqihie c-oiMiiumeation with all\nparts of the world; two mails arrive and depart\neveryday, Its bathes cure all nervous and\nmuscular diseases; Its waters heal all Kidnev,\nLiver and Stomach A ilments. Terms: >Y,i to A\\S\nper week, ace'ii'dini* to residence In hotel or\nvillas. The price of a round-trip ticket between\nNew Denver and Halevon. obtainable all the\nyear round and good for_n day.-., is .-.\"i.S.i. Halcyon Springs, Arrow Lake, 11. O.\nSURVEYOR.\nK HEYLAND, Engineer and Provincial\nJAL, Laud Surveyor. Sandon.\nDRUGS,\nFOR SALE.\nA thoroughbred Berkshire Boar.\nApply at\u2014\nQueen Bess Mine,\nTHE NELSON HOTKL^BAR\nmakes a specialty of mixed\ndrinks, and affords ........\nA Weary and\nThirsty Public\na 24-lioiir-day opportunity of\ndrinking the most delicious\nbeverages produced by art and\ngood liquors The cigars can be\nsmoked when not a breeze is\nstirring, and add pleasure to the\nJlfjLQfaiiy.loyurjfiraodtQb.iccii\t\nw.\nplies.\nV. TKKTZKI. & CO., Nelson, B.C.,\nDealers in all Drugs and Asstycrs' Sup*\nTAILORS,\nJK. CAMKHOX, Sandon, Manufactures\n. Clothing to order; aud solicits patronage\nfrom all classes.\nWholesale MeroliEm\/ts.\nI\nUJKNKK, I1KKTOX * CO., Wholesale\nMerchants and Importers; Liquors. Cigare\nand Dry Goods. Nelson. Vancouver, Victoria\nand London. Eng\nJOHN* CHOLIHTCH & CO., Nelson.\n\u00bb\/ Importers, Wholesale Grocers and Provision\nMerchants.\ni___ica-__.i_i.\nFt.. CHUISTIK, 1.. 1.. \u00ab., Barrister, So-\n, lici'or. Notary Public, Sandon, B, 0.,\nEvery Friday at Silvcrto.i.\ntf\nReisterer & Va.ughan\nNELSON.\n*\\.f I.. GKIMMKTT, I.. L. B., Barrister,\nlYl. Solicitor,Notarv Public. Sandon, B.C.\nBranch Office at New Denver every Saturday.\ntIt_iT_S__isr\nI'i',iti-i-- in Ten** and CollVe,\n\\il t'i;!it'N and prices, a\ntri-il order Hollclli'-I\t\nKootenay Coffee Company\nI'.c\nII ,\\ l-.'. West Ititl-or m.\nNELSON\", ll. C.\nTHE MINERS'\nEXCHANGE,\nThree Forks\nB. C.\nProvides accommodation foi\nthe tritv.lltiiir public ....\nI'lcasnit ivoms, nnd good\nWhose4)\nMace *\nfltHE ARLINGTON HOTEL, Slocan City.\n1 is headquarters for Mining and Commercial\nm:o. kvaxs-\nUKM CHOI1 HOUSI-; KASLO,\nincnU. The bar la stocked j Frosli Finli nil tl\u00ab\u00abUmi', \"gjjjS\nwltlt wines, lit|Uur\u00bb_ and il^iiiltry niiMtlii! tinic. 25 U\u00ab\neiK\u00abr*.\nMATHS.\nHOT nnd COLD!\nFIENDS U\nAtn-\u00bbri''ftM |itlc\u25a0\u00bb. s\niiullilinry.nl want,\nii. sTlMTIIKUfN. Ki\u00bb*!i. II.(\n, I,,,, .|.M \u00ab,. ,\n.ll.., Film* !\nK.ifwlf. nt t\nH\u00ab-ii(l fur | it I''*'*) -\"ni |\n(,<\u2022> -m<(.\ni.iia-i'w|. Tdll'V 'J|1|l|*''WlJ\"1#\"l I'll' \"1i|'l.'*\nUf\/\u00bb- ii bv iticaiiK <\u00bbf wlil\u00abkuy ati'l tmuei\nit lu 1m< (.hf\/ilnt'-ly v\u00ab!ii-fb'\u00bb>, Tln-v \u25a0 I-**J\nnot timl Hiiylliiinr In -'lJ-*jMiriiy-(' the u**'\nu'. u-hinkin- .i\u00ab *t Iti'Vfrn'ji*. but milv -i\u00ab :*\nmlrrotw killer. Thc i4t'n thn! <-vhi-k*-y\nis imi a _-(\u2022! ia killer i* liaMi* :\u2022\u00bb w-rck\nthe* whUkt-y buwitii**,.. iinlifi it i\u00ab \u00bb..l.|\niifxh-r \u00bb \u00bbew imiii- N\u00abl\u00bb<-\u00bb\u00bbly >lrttik<*\nAtifki-y a\u00ab n iii'vi'ta-ft', \u00abtnl it it wmi\nkitl |?(*nn(* whnt *\/t\u00bb\u00abyt W tt? Tht* *li*\nfiW-TY ic liki* I'nKtiy nn^'scr \u00ab\u00bb' *-i \u25a0 e*ive;\nit will mm*\\f lead i\u00ab tirmiMf. Think\nul the iinlUOU*, lhAt hA\\t lAkil, ihi*\nwhidkt'v vi.utt* t'v t.\u00ab>U, in t!u,u''U'lu*t'm.\nTWivk \u00abi4 Mi* \u00bbn\u00bb*.'rt*\u00bbi\"R\u00bb *\u00ab4 rnnfictMilii***, r.htl\nhurt* featttm) nff nf tht* hirm-in ->r<~*\u00bbm<*m\nwhiki th*\" mtinl b** l*bmM meltt lh\u00ab\nNfknn S>aw and\n\u25a0* mm,**.- w m t* %--*'# m *\u25a0 m * w*\nPlaning Mills, Ltd,\nt-Uiiiv-Vi\nDoors\nWindows i\nStore Fronts J\nShow Cases !\nStore k Bar Fixtures!\nCounters\nFancy Glass\nHUGH M\\EN, Proprietor.\nSay,\nPartner\nSijriml Luwkhy's (.*I.AiM\nto foint? your \\vnv hy\nst' tin* Ittiuhf iiu-?.\n;il (\u00bbl freedom tin thi**.\n-\u2022aitti. fHu\". \"hi!\" c!a\ntliutmht nf ;\u00bbmvlui.-.i !..\n\u25a01|.|M-|\nH. GIEGERICH\nSt\u00ab|\u00bble and Fancy\nGROCERIES\n\\ge\\\\\\ tor\nGOODWIN CANDLES\nGIANT POWDER\nI. V-l. ' Al.S-WuSil .( \u25a0. ,;,,.-,*\\\nJ. E. Angrignon\nThe 1.t*;i*lincf\nI iniMUHLOOLh\nFinest Shop tn the Slocan.\n\"i.p-fd-f,-. *t\u00bb\u00ab.if\u00bb,t, itmlUn\";,'\u25a0 We., >:\u00ab\"\u2022*\nr>*tiv('t, it \u2022'.\nH.i:.T.HAliLTAIiN,C.E.\nM|V|N\u00bb. F.S'-.lSK! C\nN'ni^vN\nNOTICE.\nTO MF.I.IN'OIIKN'T (.\"0.(\u00bb\\V\\Klt.\nTo John Ki.diiicii, or to any person or|iewins\nto whom he, may have tri\\ii\"ferreil hi.ilnteiest\nill the''Vernoii\" Minenil Cliilin, one of the\n\"Nonpareil\" group, dtiiati' near llinr l.iike,\nin the Slocan .Mhiliij* liivlsion of West\nKonteiiay DlotrU't:\nVOl* are Isi-redy notllled that uelmve expeuiliil\n1 \u2022pp'i'i.ii.') in labor and iin|iroveini'iits nn m-\ncount 'if your interest In the Vernon Mineral\nClaim. I'lu' above mentioned -l<>'..t-,.'. |< vour\n|ii'ii|ioit|iiu ot' tin' expeiifii' iH'i-erniti-y in 'ini'm-tu\niiold the fall) cliillll mi'lei- tile provi'dnu* nl the\nMineral Act, ami if wlihl.i iiiuity dayi I'l-niiH In-\ndate '.it thii notice yi.u full or refuse to <*uu!illuiti-\ntlie ii* o\\'e m!\u2022 1111 <\u2022 11.- IMli dm o| ,|u|\\\\\nlii'il.\n.1. l*:i-TKMisi\n' nni'tt-rii S|i'i'|iiti^ ('mi* Kcin|.'ii;iy I.djf\nI to Tdrimtii: Ariiivvhi'.nl tn Vancouver\nK\"i ttiiic i.ilile., i.ii. - hih! lull iiid.riiiHtloi) mil\ni mi ot wdilren* the lii-im -t I'\" ., l*. ,U*'.. S'pi.i.iiiver,\ni I, \u2022\u00bb*. Cniii r, !\u2022 I* (..NiNiin, M I)\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENT ; ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS\nTOMC I It \\( HON Mimr.it claim,\nIn ami froin Kuro|'p|i |\u00bblnt\u00bb >|h Ciinailiarv\nimt Atnt-rU'-tu lliifi V j -i-i v Ir *ai*ini* dabi\nin MIpiMi. i'liM.m .a \\\\,*\\ i l-tr\u00ab,t\u00bbflnt\u00bbai.il f;dl v.,:- i:u..::, ., '. \u00bbnj C.\nHy -i-jnit or\u2014\n11 II i.AIUIKTT.\n(\", I'. It. U'lit.N'e** Hfic-ifr.\nW I\". K. Culm,,'\u201e,.., ;, *, *,, \\w' , W Iip.iI|\u00abii(\nWin .- I..i-,.|.,(:\n.nO'ili'liiW \u25a0 S,h,| |(,,.f,\" |\n M. H.,.-, f...\nI Mil )\u2022'*\u2022 <-ltille.it, N'o II '..'V,.' \u201e,. |,^. ;.\np l'i III loll II IVll.il, I I.. Mil., I'ulVilili, al;\n*\u00bb'\" O .'\u2022\u00ab'\u00bb-. I.l. ml \u00bbnn iii). torn ihi itpiu\nIk-ii I, tii ftppH io the MIpiU-i* Kiimlei l.,i ...\nCtrtiiii ,<\u2022<- -it |ni(.i..i,-,i,, .,i. im iln (nit|\u00bb,M ,,f\n\u2022 llill.ll,|.,>- ,1 ( loi, I, I,|.ii,|,.1 l|iv\u201e|p,Ve el.illl).\nAmi liiitlk t :\u25a0 t, te I,, il, ,| ,\u201e Hop ui,i!,|.,,\ntl ii \"\u25a0: iiiit-f i\u00bb < ..lulu, i.i ,(| I,. f.i.. ii,., i.ii,i,i\n|l.<(> \u2022( till* . -nl .1 u\n\u25a0( (niTH-l I't'l\n\u00bb'. M. H ti'il -\n\\t\u00bbM\"*Hl:il,. Ii:ii\\\u00abim;, \\|it\\ns.\nf.t \\( Ut'.M.H, .1 Villi , \u00ab|.U'II t\nItiutl i\u00abi\u00abl vn\\|\"Ut|'||. I in it.,i,\ni!|. \u25a0 i-i,' I l-i \u2022 ,\n1\nin,\nM..\n*hi. *\u00bb\u2022\u00bb\u00bb** i.\np.. \u25a0.:,.' I , V\nV. \u00ab\n'!,',, ,.\n\u25a0\u25a0\u2022\u2022 M-.\n.11-\n.; tt\u00bb\n. 'tin\nM l\nI-.!, .\nI: \u2022\n\u25a0 a\u00bb i\u00bb,. *%,,\n, ... yt...\nI* M< Ia\nll \u00bb\n* I\ni|..\ny.,\nWl\nit\nli'ili l.-K , I-.\n** \\V I* IU.\n* r\n. i,ii. \u2022\ntl * if,,?\n\u00bbVM\n\u2022I,.\nt HIM\nliflt HI\nwiirmmir\n': SfOJM\\\nCharles Hillycr, Manager i\u00ab.T. uwery\nv\u00bb\u00bbi\u00bbr\nHOTRI.\nV<*\\\u00bb, Dcnvrr, U.C.\nSUames\n\u00ab \u00bb\u00bb\u25a0\u00ab.****.\u00ab\u2022*\u2022# ill |*ir\u00bbf^,\n'*\u00bb\u00ab. ri'i-nU ,*iwl VigArv\u2014Yevt wrvi-re ihr..tig*\u00ab\"i\u00abti!.\nTMB HFST IS NOT\nTOO GOOD\n\u2022loli !Yinti\u00bbi-_ is ;in ,*irt.\nIt \u00abs tod lay \u2022\u2022ni' \u00ab\u00bbf tin'\nino-i *t\u00abtV'iiice\u00ab'inii iii>i\u00ablf (\u2022\u00bb roii'h\njicrffrfioii than ever\niwlojc in i)i\u00ab* hi-fittrv\nnt' \\tl'ttltlll'_... I'AilA iljl-\nr(iiiM-.s.s man\nH'\u00ab'*i\u00ab_nizi's flu* 'mji.nf-\niiin \u2022* oi li.tv iiio his sia-\nrioii\u00bbTv u\u00abK priiiK-d.\n-\u25a0\nNOt C'^A Off rr\n-AT \u2022ihi: If I Oh .wWESSttffiEKBBSSSH-**\u00ae^ -\t\nTHE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B. 0., AUGUST 29, 1901.\nEighth Yeab\nDe Contract Role System\nAfVM turt omm ot* taht_\u00ab nwdci-.\nIn a paper prepared for the American\nInstitute of Mining Engineers by Carl A.\nDavis, superintendent of the Centre\nStar and War Eagle mines, explains\nthe adoption of the \"hole-contract\" system in the Rossland camp. \"The cost\nof mining during tho past history of\nthese mines has been excessive, principally b\\ reason of the inefficiency of,\nlabor under the wage system. The\namount of labor performed per man\nwas unsatisfactory, and Edmund B.\nKirby, the general manager, decided to\nadopt the contract system as a remedy.\nFor this purpose the method now in use\nwas devised by the writer as best\nadapted to the local conditions. On\nMarch 12th, 1000, tliis system was presented to the miners of the War Eagle\nand the Centre Star The issue remained unsettled for several weeks,\nduring which tbe mines were closed.\nOn April 5th an amicable understanding' was reached and the miners resumed work on the new terms. The\nsystem was introduced by degrees, and\nthe results of a year's trial have shown\n\u2022it to be an unqualified success,\n* * * Two methods are employed\nin measuring the amount of work performed: 1. Measurement of the number of linear feet of advance This\nmethod, commonly employed in all parts\nof the world, is applicable to headings\nonly, such as drifts, cross-cuts, raises,\nwinzes and shaft-sinking. In these\nmines, where payment is made per running foot, the contractors are charged\nfor the explosives, which are furnished\nto them by the company at cost. This\nresults in greater economy in the use of\nexplosives than is secured bv tlie practice followed in some Western mineB of\nsupplying the powder, etc., free. Under such an arrangement the men are\nnot as careful as they would otherwise\nbe to put their holes in the most advantageous positions; and, substituting\npowder (which costs them nothing) for\nlabor, they make the total cost of the\nwork unnecessarily large. In raises\nand winzes, the necessary timbering\nis performed by the company; but in\nshaft-sinking the contractors place the\nsets in position, subject to the approval\nof the mine foreman. Blasting is done\nby the contractors at any time.\n2. Measurement of number of feet of\n~hoTeSTiriiiedT^his'system^flrsra-iopted*\nfor use in the stopes, has been shown by\nexperience to possess several advantages oyer the one above described; so\nthat, in many cases, it is now used even\nin drifting and cross-cutting, and deserves to be here more fully described.\nUnder the hole system, the underground\nwork is carried on by two 8-hour shifts,\narranged os follows: morning shift, 7 a.\nm. to 4 p. m., with an interval of one\nhour for dinner; afternoon shift, lp. m.\nto 1 a. m., with one hour for supper.\nThe men are raised from and lowered\ninto the mine on their own time (i e.\nbefore terminal times given), making 8\nhours the actual working timo. Iu\nshaft-sinking and in occasional headings, three shifts aro employed, and\nthe work is carried on continuously\nduring tho 24 hours. With tha exception of tho main shaft, in which the\ncontract includes 12 men, contracts are\ngenerally lot to four men, working in\npairs for two 8-hour shifts dally. Contracts aro verbal, not written. No subcontracting is permitted, and the men\nuhare equally in the profits of each contract. In caso of sickness a contractor\nmust provide a substitute. If any contractor wishes to leavo before the expiration of the contract, he is paid his\nshare of tho net earnings according to\nhis proportion of tho total number of\nshifts worked. Prices are fixed and\ncontracts ar* 'ot Rt tbo beginning of\neach month.\nOn beginning work, nnch let nf contractors is supplied with a tool chest,\nprovided with lock and key, containing\n\u202211 necessary tools and supplies for ma-\nchinos, for which a receipt is taken. At\nthe expiration of tho contract thc tools\nare Inventoried, and those missing aro\ncharged to the contractors. On tlio\nother hand, there is no charge for breakage, If tho broken tools aro turned In\nand new ones are Issued. Machine drill\nrepairs are made by the company; but\nit ii understood that breakages through\nneglect or carelessness Is sufficient\ntanim* Ar diiihattfi*. Wht-ri dutirud, a\nbox of Heel drills i* placed at home con*\nVenieiH point on the level. This box\nhas two conipnitiuentH, one for sharp\nHeel, placed therein by th\u00ab lonbpacker;\nholes, and leave thein in shape for the\nblasting crew, before leaving the working faces at 1 a. m. The number of feet\nof holes drilled is measured at the end\nof the shift, at which time a record of\nthe measurement is furnished to the\ncontractors, aud a duplicate is de\nlivered at the office.\n\"The blasting, crew works between\nthe hours of 1 a. m. and 7 a. in , and its\nwork consists in loading and blasting\nthe holes drilled by the miners. This\neffects a considerable saving in the\nconsumption of explosives, as these are\nhandled by a few picked men only.\nAnother advantage.of this method is\nthat it involves no loss of time by\nminers and muckers in waiting for the\nworking faces to become clear of smoke\n* * * \"The following tables show\nthe saving effected by the substitution\nof the contract for the wage system. In\nthis connection I may add that the advantage thus gained by the employer is\nnot lost to the workmen. The miner\nnow receives daily from \u00a71 to $4.25, as\nagainst $3.50 under the wage system.\nComparative cost of sloping-\nContract\nHole-System\nper ton*\nDrilling SO.356)\nBlastin\u00bb 0.021)\nExplosives 0.100\n\u00bbJ>R;\nWage\nSystem\nper tout\n,$0,750\n0.115\nScream\nBAhING\nHighest Honors, World's Fair\nOold Medal, Midwinter Fair\nAvoid Baking Powders containing\nalum. They are Injurious to health\n(\u25a0\u25a0\nHeadquarters for\nKarn pi*nos\u00aborgans Karri |\nTHEY ARE THE BEST IN CANADA.\nTotal $0,477\n$0,865\nComparative cost of development\nwork-\nContract Waffi'-\nHole-System System\nper foot; per fo .i\nDrilling $5.36 '\nBlasting 0.68\nExplosives .,,..\n*_.io\n2. A\nTotal 88.79 $11.11\n'Calculated from '\u00bb,8iy tons of ore sloped.\n(Calculated from 13,818 ions of ore mined.\n'.Calculated from 1,241 feet of headings driven.\n^Calculated from 1,377 5 feet of headings driven.\nEqually important with the savings\nper foot or ton shown in these tables is\nthe increased speed with which shafts\nhave been sunk, and the headings have\nbeen driven. For it is clear that, other\nconditions remaining the same, the output of the mines is governed by the\ntime required to open now ground in\ndepth by sinking and driving levels,\netc. In drifting and cross-cutting the\naverage rate of advance per month has\nbeen increased from 50.8 ft. under the\nwage system to 07.5 ft. under the contract system; this comparison being\n,mad(*Lou.th(*Lbasis.,Qf-2.\u00abhift8^44nen).per-.\nday, and a 30-day month. In shaft\nsinking, calculating on a basis of three\nshifts (12 men) per day and a 30-day\nmonth, 555 ft. done under the wage\nsystem, show the rate of advance per\nmonth to have been Increased from 27.2\nft. to the present average of 58 ft.\"\nLOST THK OKXTRK,\nOne of the best railroad stories\nof the year is going the rounds of\ntho newspapers of the country and\nis published as being told by Silas\nPorter to a gathering of railroad\nmen in Chanute, Wisconsin. Porter\nwas endeavoring to illustrate the\npoint that nearly every man who\njoins a now party does so because\nhe thinks ho could run the government better than it is befng run,\nand he used the great engineers'\nstrike of a few years ago as tho\nfoundation of his anecdote.\nA Chicago railroad, finding itself\ntied up for want of engineers, advertised for men to fill the vacancies. This advertisement came beneath the eye of an old fellow who\nwas running a saw mill engine up\nin tho woods of Wisconsin. The\nold man was getting only $1 per\nday and board,and 15 a day offered\nby tho railroad looked particularly\nalluring. He reasoned to hlmtwlf\nthat an engine wn* an engine and\nthat a man who could keep one\ngoing in a lumber camp would have\nno trouble in handling a locomotive, so ho packed up his meagre\nbelongings and lit out for the oflice\nof the railroad manager in Chicago.\n\"What road havo you ever\nworked on?\" queried the manager\nwhen the WiMwihin umie hie up\npea ranee.\n\"Oh, the Marquette & Hhehov\nbefore she hit the wall on the other\nside he managed to reverse her,and\nwith another snort, she backed out\non the siding. Here old Wisconsin\nthrew her over for the second time\nand once more she entered the\nroundhouse, only to come reeling\nback again, when, to save the house,\nhe gave her the lever. All this\ntime the master mechanic had been\nwatching the performance with\nmingled indignation and amazement. As the engine came by him\nfor the second time he shouted:\n\"Here, you blankety, blank\nblank, why don't you house that\nlocomotive?''\nSticking his head out of the cab\nwindow old Wisconsin shouted\nback with equal indignation: \"I\ngot her in twice, you d\u2014n fool;\nwhy in the h\u20141 didn't you shut\nthe door?\"\nSEWING MACHINES\nNew Raymond Oak Cabinet.... $40 Wheeler & Wilson Cabinet.... $50 M\nNew Home, Drop Head 40 ' Domestic ..... qq *~*\nAU mail orders will have our prompt and careful attention.\nJACOB DOVER,\nTHE JEWELER,' Nelson, B. C.\nMIXERS'' WAGES IX THE WEST.\nIn most of the mining campB in Western America the standard rate of wages\npaid employes in metalliferous mines\nis S3 per day. The Western Federation\nof miners having forced the same rate\nof wages to be paid to muckers as to\nthe highest skilled miners.\nIn certain parts of Colorado all classes\nof underground workers are paid $2.50\na day and 10 hours.\nIn certain other portions of Colorado\nPrayer\u2014The echo of desire.\nToil\u2014Tlie author of sleep.\nVice\u2014The flag of hell.\nAtheist\u2014One who throws God overboard, and loses himself seeking the\nlost treasure.\nWisdom\u2014The true friend that shows\nua we are wrong hy putting us right.\nEnvy\u2014A fiend who covets all he sees,\nwould steal all he covets and would\nstrangle all his superiors.\nLife\u2014The busybody that makes\nknown to the world the secrets of the\nheart. ___\t\nThere is no real success in any pursuit in life without hard work. \"I find,\"\nsaid Livingstone, the great missionary\nexplorer, when addressing the spinners\nof Glasgow, \"that all eminent men work\nhard. Eminent geologists, mineralogists, men of science work hard, and\nboth early and late, It matters not\nwhat position a man may occupy as a\ngeneral thing his labor will constitute\nthe measure of his success. Eminence\nin any profession or calling is obtained\nonly by toil. There is hard, earnest,\npersistent work somewhere before this\nend is reached. It is not luck, but toil;\nnot chance, but well-directed labor that\nmakes life a success \" ^\nCorrespond-\nR. REISTERER & CO., Nelson, B.C.\nBrewers of Fine Lager Beer and Porter\u2014the best in the land,\nence solicited. Address\u2014\nH. BYERS & CO.\nHARDWARE\nthe wagesTare \u00a73 and 8 hours.\nIn California over a great\nwages are 82 50 and 10 hours.\nIn Butte the wages are\" $3.50 for\nunderground workers, and 8 hours.\nIn the Coour d'Alenes.the wages\nS3.50 and 10 hours.\nThe wages paid to the miners of\nRossland average $4.25 for skilled and\n$2 50 for unskilled, 8 hours\u2014Rossland\nMiner.\npart the\nall\nare\nTho man who feels certain of success\nand labors to that end is seldom mis*\ntaken.\nBRICK\nMARBLE\nLIME\nTHE MANSFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY are now prepared\nto supply builders and contractors\nwith all the above building materials.\nOur,, products received First Prizes\nand Medals the last two years at the\nSpokane Exposition. The Lime that\nwe are now manufacturing is not\nexcelled, Special quotations to contractors on application.\nTHC MANSFIELD\nMANUFACTURING\nCOMPANY\nNELSON, B.C. P.O. BOX 688\nREblABbEHVSSAYa\nGold $ .50 1 Gold and SUvim*..*? .75\nLead 501 Gold.silv'r.eo'm'r 1.50\nSamples l>y mall receive prompt attention.\nRich Ores and Bullion Bought.\nOGDEN ASSAY CO,\n1439 10th St., Donvor, Colo.\nSmoke\nTuckett\nCigar Oo.\nUnion\nLabel\nCigars\nFor -.irlcoa apply to\u2014\nW.J. MCMILLAN* CO.\nWholcuts A (rents for B.C.\nVancouver, H. O.\nBrands:\nMonogram\nMarguerite\nBouquet\nOur Special\n\u00a31 Condor\nSchiller\nSELL\nBLACKSMITH'S,\nMILL, MINE and\nSTEAMBOAT\nSUPPLIES.\nAn up-to-date lino of\nSHELF & HEAVY HARD-\nWARE, TRUAX ORE\nCARS, STEEL RAILS and\nCANTON STEEL, Etc ,\nconstantly on hand.\nHead office: NELSON, U.C.'\nStoics at SANDON, KASLO, and NELSON.\nP.BURNS&C0.\nHave shops in nearly all the camps and cities\nof Kootenay and Boundary. They sell the\nbest ifieat obtainable and aim to give satisfaction to every customer. Try a line of their\nsteaks-^-C\u00ae-^--#--^-^#-^-^#--#\nP. BURNS & CO.\n= v,\nCalifornia\nWine Co.,\nNELSON, B.C.\nWholesale dealer* In\nJAMES CROFT,\nSeeds, Trees,\nPlants\ngnu,\" tvpliod the old man, tvnu'iii-\ntliu ut Inn- foi* dull Mteai, which t'h* toot' l 'KM'il*tf \"h1*1 \u00ab'\u00bb>\" wn* the rriad tlmt\npacker collect(\u00bb while replenfHhlriir Hip I ran !>y Ills former wiwniUI -r-amn.\n\"i'li\u00bbn.t\" 1 \"AH ripht.\" r^vnmlM tho mm\\-\\\n'-TH.. nrM duty i,l thn miner* on tne \\ ftr,. \u00bb, Vo\u201e ,,OWJJ U)(j)(lrouJ||^\\\nu ,,iek (low,, ih. bom) hnmt> mA ^ f , m !\nihe OlnHitiii \\\\ hen i ' J *\u00bb\nthu inftHti-r mechanic that I K'lit\nAGRICULTURAL\nIMPLEMENTS,\nHEE SUPPLIES.\nFRUIT BASKETS,\nFERTILIZERS.\nBlllbS for Fall Planting.\nCatalog Freo.\nDRAY ING\nHaallnjr and Packing to Mines,\nand general local business.\nWOOD AND COAL FOR SALE\nNew Denver, It. C.\nChoice Wines\nand Fragrant\nCigars ^\nAgents for Calgary Beer.\nWADD8 BROS *\nPHOTOGRAPHERS\nVANCOUVER -.\u00ab\u2022 NCltON, B.C.\nJ. \\\\. CLARK,\nMINES\nand MINING\nReports, Examinations and Management.\nNEWDENVER, > B, O,\nT1K\nASLO HOTEL\nFamily & Commercial.\nL\narge\nAnd\nComfortable\nRooms\nFitted with every modern\nconvenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50\nand $3 per day.\nCOCKLE & PAPWORTH,\nProprietors.\nPALMA ANGRIGNON\nGeneral Draylng: Mining Supplies and Heavy Transportation a Specialty.\nOar Baggage wagons meet all Sunday trains.\nSaddle Hones and Pack Aumuts.\nFeed Stables at New Denver.\nOUR COHSET DEPARTMENT IS UP-TO-DATE\nIN* AM. STYLES AND\nPRICES.\nFred. Irvine & Co,\nNELSON, B. C\nNEW LINE OF SPIKES awi\nRIBBON ENDS JUST IN,\nHPIKESfromfictofiOc\n.norning nhift i* t\nground ii*ii ftoiii Kit' titaaling\nthe \"back\" lm*s Ween mado aecure, thn\nti.'lpliir... . -irii . ..* Hit inil ilrSlHlti. l.i-ii\nvei\u00abU (-(iitiiitu\"U\u00ably during tho lw-\". 8-\nhour .-liifi*. Tic- location of the hole*\nto Im* driliH i** marked, \u00abntli an*! direction ari\u00bb iii-\niUihUiI hy the foreman Mi*M>Ucr*r It***'* 1 \u25a0pi-ottivcr, ti, C. i\nwiitTK latent osxv I\nvon\nI New Autumn Goods\nUUI\niM\\-wn i ia mo\nhi ilue limt- old Wimwxin n-\nIKurteti for duty, nnd the master\nmr-clianir- told him he could m-t\nright to work by rutuiiiiK --Hint\nIwJfw, nr tiime ilrilled tun deep, nre not f engine over there into the rrmnd-\nnccepted hy the foreman ai entitled to {holism*.\" .Mounting thn eight-\nprM (nr, tin-l nn ov, ^Au.xl check ut', *i\u201efliT. \u201eja VV iwoiiHtn opned tbe'\nthrottle and with a mwrt *he pitched j v*n Camp Loneh Goods, OtmfeetkHi-\ninto thp yawning doorway, oldt ci*)'ana rrail.\nh\" p.-i.vf f'-r. ,111-7 .in ni*i ,i\nI lie J. un! i\u00bb *ll tlmt m netitMiry to insure ir\u00bb<>! wfitti. IMIlin-. fw-ormld*.\nWithout friierrnptinn ditrirtjr workir..-\nI* \u00bb\u00bbILLiniVIO\nDealer In\nIMPORTED\n*M0 DOMESTIC OIQAR8\nANDTOBAOOOE8,\nPIPES, &C.\nhour*, \u00bbnd i* \"nly *foj'|\u00ab*'* p1'****.** l\u00ab**Hy wwr-wl. Wnti\nBATHS IS OONNICTOK.\nN wwmtrket Block. N ew Denver\nOPENING\nDaily\nCALL AND SEE OUH PALL MASTLKS AND LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR FELr HAT*.\nFirmUtofl.ADIKS'FrflS. LADIES FLANELKTTK anil PLAID HIIIRT WAlSfJ*.\nWOOL MATTRESSES and EIDERDOWN QI'lLTS\nHarbin*in V^ines, Vrnnka and Traveling Ikgi.\nLADIES' KID OLOVFS, FIFTY OENTS YAW\n.Hm our Wa\u00bb)i Kid (rlo-re*.\nW\u00bbLK AOEKTS FWR\nBFTTERICK PATERNS.\nTHK OVI.V RKLIARLF-\n1\nFred. Irvine & Co,\nNELSON, B. C\n'RIINKS Ann VALISES OF\nALL SIZES asoSTYLES\nat VERY LOW PRICES\nmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiMiiiniiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiimm\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014mmm*tmm","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"New Denver (B.C.)","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"The_Ledge_New_Denver_1901_08_29","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0307119","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"49.991389","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-117.377222","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"Preceding Title: The Nakusp Ledge

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