{"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.14288\/1.0306988":{"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms#identifierAIP":[{"value":"17f50108-90cf-42fa-8386-a05c4f037eec","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/dataProvider":[{"value":"CONTENTdm","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isPartOf":[{"value":"BC Historical Newspapers","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued":[{"value":"2011-09-29","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"1901-04-11","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/description":[{"value":"The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. 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.","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/xnakledge\/items\/1.0306988\/source.json","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/format":[{"value":"application\/pdf","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note":[{"value":" 'I - ))\n\\\nVolume VIII. No 28.\nNEW DENVER, B. C, APRIL llv 1901.\nPrice, $2.00 Year ADvanck\ni\\\nV\n\u2022Sen^' News \u25a0.P'oat \u00a7\n'.\u25a0.-\u25a0'.\"...\u25a0.\u25a0\"-...';\"\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014''7d.d 28\nIn and About'\u25a0\u25a0\"the Slocan and .Neighboring Camps p\nTalked About.\nLOCAL OHM-CHAT.\nHen are being added to the Bosun\nforce regularly.\nAnother case of smallpox has developed at Cranbrook.\nA. Ferland has decided to retire from\nbusiness in Nelson.\nA son was born to Mrs. W. Noble,\nSlocan City, last week.\nWork will be resumed on the Tamarac\nwith an increased force.\nMrs. Gibbs and children left for their\nhome in the Okonogan the past week.\nThe Slocan Star has 122 men on the\nroll, and the mill and mine are working\nfull handed.\nThe annual meeting of the Kootenay\nTeacher's Institute was held in Nelson\nthe past week.\nJas. Currie left for Trout Lake City\nance unpaid, it would cause much hardship to many New Denverites. The\nlots were sold by the Government under certain conditions that have never\nbeen carried out. The people were deceived, and their money taken from\nthem under false pretenses. It a\nprivate corporation were to attempt\nsuch \"a high-handed piece of injustice\nthe courts would be appealed to.\nTHERK WILL BE NO STRIKK.\nThe Rossland Miners' Union Monday\nballoted on the question as to whether\na strike should be inaugurated to sustain the muckers in their demand for\nan advance of from 12,60 to $3.00 in the\npay per day, and as to whether certain\nother grievances should be remedied\non penalty of a walk out. When the\nballoting was concluded it was found\nthe vote stood 12 short of the number\nr'~ on Monday. ~Mra7Currie~w\u00bbIl remain\nhere for some time.\nGeorge Ay lard is having a stone base\nbuilt around his home property and will\nbuild up the low ground.\nRecorder Mclnnes is building an ad*\ndition to his home that will greatly add\nto its appearance and comfort.\nSix burials in one week is not so bad\nfor a town like Nelson, considering- the\nr small number of doctors there.\nFruit stains may be removed from\ntable cloths and napkins by pouring\nboiling water through the spots.\nThe cent belt is being lengthened.\nIt now extends to Vancouver, and will\neventually be round the Kootenay.\nA second carload of meat was wrecked\nlast week on tbe trestle crossing Sloean\nriver, a few miles below Slocan City.\nDistrict Association No. 8, W. F. M..\nwas In session Ih Nelson last week. C.\nM. Nesbitt represented the New Denver\nUnion at the convention.\nEaster services will bo held in St.\nStephen's church next Sunday. Matins\nand Holy Communion at 11 o'clock.\nEvensong at 7:80. Rev. O. Arthur\nMount, Vicar.\nIt is now reported that McKenzie k\nMann will bid on the construction of\ntheCoast-Kootenay line, the prohibitive\nconditions laid down by the government\nnotwithstanding\nAt Nelson last week the District Association of the W. F. M. passed a reso*\nlotion favoring the government ownership and operation of smelters and\nrefineries to treat tho silver-lead ores of\nB.C.\nLook oat for the one-arm man, the\nburnsd'hand man, the one leg fake, and\nothers of the pleading-card tribe. They\nare turning this way. Two of them\nworked Nelson last week, and got\n^ gloriously full on the proceeds, winding\n^ up In Jill.\nEaster services In the Presbyterian\nand Methodist churches last Sunday\nmorning and evening were largely at*\ntended and greatly enjoyed The children's service In the afternoon was\nespecially good, particularly the singing\nby the young people.\nThe legislature has adjourned for two\nweeks, me oo\/cti is to anon toe\nUteuiOtif* wu cuiuuu iiitii Oiu\u00abs,uueui.\u00bb\nen the railway qutt.ion.lhe government\nhavinf dodded to be pitted enUrttjr Vr\ntheir supporters on this question. The\nb*jpd\u00ab\u00ab4 \u00aboe*eh will not Im delivered\nuntil after the retxm.\nA. E. Roberts has been deputised to\ntake the census in New Denver, Silver-\nton, Roseberv, and ihe mine* on Pour\nMile. Ten Mile and adjacent polnu. n*\nit now engaged in the work, and will bo\ngiad to see anyone whom he hat tnisaed\n\\n hit rmmttit tt U tn the Inter-*** a!\n| all that m one *bould be left oat of tbe\ntsmras report.\nIf the Government should earn- out\nIts advertised Intention of foreclosing\nead setting a< pnWie auction the gov-\nrequired for a tbree-quartewlnajoritjs\nthe number necessary for the strike,\nand this, of course, means that there\nwill be no strike. The officers of the\nunion are much disgruntled over the\nresult. They claim a number of grievances, and the chief cause of these is\nthe violation of the agreement entered\ninto last year in which it Is claimed the\nmine managers promised to allow the\nofficers of the union ihe privilege of\nsoliciting members from among nonunion miners.\nIt is alleged that this agreement has\nbeen broken by refusing the walking\ndelegates access to the mines. They\nalso object to the syutom of espionage\nwhich exists In someol the mines and\nobject to being spied on by detectives\nof an alien agency. Thoy also object,\nthey say, to the attempted disruption\nof the union by the frequent discharging\nof union men on various pretoxts and\nAlso to the Importation ot alien labor.\nOn the other, hand, tho bosses allege\nthat if the strike had been organized\nthat they would ht\u00bbve doled down their\nmines and lowered the scale of wages\nto |8.00 for machine men and 99.00 for\nmuckers against 18.20 and 19.60, the\npresent wages.\nRKDUGK1) MONRf-OUOmt UATsCK.\nAn arrangement hm just been concluded between the United States and\nCanada, under which ill postal moneys\ntent between the country and Canada\nwill go at the dome\u00abtlc ritte ef three-\ntenths of one per cent, Instead of the\ninternational rste of one per cent, as at\npresent. This concsiilon Is regarded\nas more Important to the money order\nbusiness than any action taken since\nthe Inception of the syitem. The money\norders annually sent to Canada\nfrom the United Statei now aggregate\nabout 12,000,000. The exchange of these\norders has been restricted to 4,000 offices\nbnt under the naw arrangomont\nwill be extended to 80,000 oftloes in tbe\nUnited States, any monsyordsr office in\neither country being thus authorised to\niaau* or pay thsm. It te saiii that th\u00ab\nradical reduction in the rate will treble\nthe business,\nTWO f KARS' MINKRAt. MWlDtJCTIOM\n\u2022?A\u00a5H.f* tlw.rt \u00ab!\u00a5*\u00bb Wrt *\u00bb*!..I\"* \u00bbtl IN W\u00bb\u00abf..\u00ab|i\niii I*\nof rho mineral itnt<*\u00bb**I nf RHUe.h Columbia for lfifln, as reported hy the Provincial Mineralogist. We now add the\nquantities, from a Matement jn*t received The metal production nf Brltlah\nlW\u00bb^*;\u00bb\u00bbV\u00bb^^.4 Viii*. W#fc \\*l.V. V*l ^ ;* 'I'll*.. '& M '*.'*\u2022 4,it\nfollows:\nISIS.\nLotto f\u00abJ4 \u2022*\ncrease of 145,878 tons? or 11 2 per cent.\nThe coke made was 85,149 tons, against\n81,281 tons in 1899, an increase of 50,868\ntons. Tho production of coke was more\nthan doubled last year.\nCommenting upon this the Engineering and Mining Journal of New York\nsays: \"As the output of coal in British\nColumbia is rapidly increasing and at*\ntention is now being directed to its iron\ndeposits;'it appears as though it will\nriot be long before the mineral production of the province will be greater, not\nonly in the total, as at present, but as\nwell in all the individual minerals (excepting nickel and platinum), than that\nof the remainder of the Dominion east\nof the Rocky Mountains.\"\nDEAD MUST PAT.\nA\" peculiar instance of collecting revenue occurred in Rossland recently\nLouis Bodkin was killed on February\n10. After several days had elapsed\nthose having his affairs in hand went\nto the mine office to receive what\nmouey was due when death overtook\nthe unfortunate young man. They\nwere given the amount less revenue\ntax for the year. The idea of collecting\nrevenue tax from a dead man is something new to us, and wo believe it is to\nmoBt others. Wo do not know whether\n^he^Amount_deductfidJsAtoAbe_tran8.-\nmitted to the other shore or not, but\nour impression, derived from Sunday\nschool teachings, is that no taxes are\nnecessary there. The deducting of\nmonies from dead men under such circumstances appears much like highway\nrobbery. It reminds us of ah incident\nof the early days of the Coeur d'Alenes.\nA man had been shot and killed. On\nhia person was found a revolver and\n118 in cosh. A case of carrying concealed weapons was brought against\nthe corpse and the $18 confiscated by\nthe levying of a fine in that amount.\nAnd the ' remains were interred at\ncounty expense.\u2014Industrial World.\nssrue\nWILL BBDDOB TUB OUTPUT.\nThe rumor that the output of the\nCoeur d'Alenes would shortly be reduced on account of the heavy surplus\nof load on the American market Is in\npart confirmed by a dispatch from\nWallace. The recent conference of\nsilver-loud producers held in New York\nwas supposed to have tho reduction of\nthe output, for a time at least, in mind.\nIt Is said that the American Smelting &\nRefining Company has itself about GO,*\n000 tons of a lead surplus. The extremely weak condition of tho London\nlead market makes exporting the surplus without a very heavy loss impossi \u2022\nble, and rather than break the present\nprice It Is believed thst an agreement\nhas been entered Into whereby the pro*\nduccrs got the present fiat rate ol U\nper 100 weight for the lead under the\ncondition that tho output Is held down\nto a certain point until the market Is\nopen again.\nA PLAI-SPBA-INU CMtlUO.\n11*41*\n1SJ9S\n%A1.UA\nTuuiaotd\n\u00bbW\u00ab*\u00bb\nMilter \u2022\u2022 tiSMll SMt,*\u00ab\nOetwtf IM. iitHJSl *ATUA>\ntirnit \u2014 IMW.tM MXMjm\nThe quantity of ores mined ir the\nProvince last vear w_* iii,73.i Un.*.\nThe total number of thipptng mines reported in 190O was m, of whteh lUrt\nwere m which reported ov*r 100 tons\neach. The production ol coal reported\nfor last year was I ,mjm tow, again*\nThe Rev. Mr. Kettlewell, In tbe\ncourse of an address recently delivered\nIn Guelph, Ontario, on \"Christian Socialism,\" saldr 'in many of our eitles\nare to be found the sweat shops, in\nMontreal, Toronto and Hamilton, and\neven In Gait men were earning tlve\ndollars per week making shoes. It Is\neasy to talk of the slut of the Jews; it is\neasy for the centregstion to crucify the\nPharisee*, bnt tho danger is coming\nnearer homo. Yon hsvo hoard, no\ndoubt, of the rec\u00abnf combination formed\n\".' . \u2014 P. iviuikiiI. UMrtl t. 111*. WW\njiy.uj'Ji et!vj'ixm ^\u25a0vhat'i\/i'4: .lievii ai ?J.\ntwhs, aud has j**.J a profit of 18 cents\non th* ttiMtk, y*\u00ab. tn my \u00aba*s *\/6iw\u00bb I\nhave known thorn to pay their era-\nplovce* 80 ami 90 wiit* j^r week\u2014not\nptut any '\nTcxixri won AMI A* I.\nL. 8. (Hit, tho Nelson piano tuner,\nwill start on his Slot an circuit on April\n15th. hit trip having been delayed on\naccount of tuning for Albani.\ntoo.*.*.* _h i.Aiam.\n\"Soon** or tat*r th* Canadian Pselfte\nwill build from Grand Forks to BepuV\nlie. Ko definite arrangements have\nissued it may acquire it by purchase, or\nif ierms could not be made with a possible franchise holder, by application for\ncharter. Building in a road from some\npoint on the S. F. & N. on the part of\nthe Great Northern would not affect us.\nOur line would go through just the\nsame.\" So declared G. M. Bosworth,\nof Montreal, in Spokane the other day.\nMr. Bosworth is general traffic manager\nof the C. P. R.and 'ought to be in a\nposition to speak with authority.\n, SCIENCE AND MINING.\nAt the Golden Cross lOO-stamp mill at\nHedges, San Diego county, California,\nthe average yield of the 400 tons daily\ncrushed is $3 per ton; average cost of\ntreatment 74 cents per ton.\nThe sawmills of the Yukon have resumed operations and every town between Bennett and Dawson is building\nboats of different sizes and descriptions.\nNo less than 80 vessels will be engaged\nin Alaskan traffic during the coming\nsummer.\nOwing to the decline in the price of\ncyanide and the improved mechanical\ndevices for saving precious metal in\nlow grade ores, a mining company in\nAlaska is said to have made a profit last\nyear of $678,961 from rock averaging\nonly $2.08 to the ton.\n\" i OVIU1DULU 10 UOCVl Dj iuo uoopoiguir\n& Heat Company of London to enrich\nits gas. For this purpose the company\nreceived a huge consignment of oil\nfrom Borneo. -The vessel which conveyed the oil to England, a distance of\n9,000 miles, was driven by means of oil\nfuel.\nExtensive experiments were made\nlast year at the Philadelphia mint on\nthe electrolytic refining of gold bullion.\nBesides the pure gold obtained,platinum\nand other metals of the platinum group\nwere saved as by-products. The process has been adopted by the U. S.\ngovernment.\nIn sampling silver-lead bullion bars\nIt may happen that samples take(n by\nchipping out of tho top and bottom of\neach bar would give a result less than\nthe actual value of the bar, as that part\nof the bullion lying against the sides of\nthe mold is liable to be richer in silver,\nof which none would be obtained in the\ntop and bottom chip sample.\nA now method of preparing amalgamating plates by which rusty gold can\nbo caught is being successfully tested\nat Snake river, Idaho Tho plate of the\nrocker, made of copper,ls first annealed,\nroughed with nitric acid, brightened\nwith cyanide of potassium, then a little\nsilver nitrate Is put on with the quicksilver, the silver being subsequently\npartially removed with nitric acid. The\nplate Is next tet with gold, the little\ngold specks not left loose, but set hard\nwith fire, thl* leaving the plate very\nrough. Finally quicksilver Is put on\nand the gold slightly smoothed with a\nspotula. The plate is now full of little\npockets or rifles which cateh and retain\ntbe seated gold until It is brightened by\ncyanide or eat with acid. The ordinary\nsmooth plate with toft silver amalgam\ncould not do the required work. This\nrough plate, however, though wet with\nquicksilver and set at a steep grade,\nretains the rusty gotd. The burlap process works well where there is no slime\nnor magnetic sand.\n\u00ab.\/_\nThe-AVTtiTnS Situation\n\u2022 Much, of the .Trouble is Due to Causes That\n' he Cured in a Short Time.\nA. C. Gait, writing in the Nelson\nMiner, tells some very plain truths\nabout the mining situation in B. O. He\nsays, in part:\n\"Few people realize to what an extent the country is suffering from the\noperation of causes which can be removed. The subject is a wide one. It\ncan only be dealt with satisfactorily by\nexperts in various lines, such as political economists, mining men and\npoliticians, who have taken the pains to\nstudy the question not only theoretically, bu^ by practical observation. But\nit does not require the skill of an expert to point out certain glaring facts,\nand to invite discussion, with a view to\nimproving the present condition of\naffairs.\n\"Fact No. t-We have in British Columbia one of the moet valuable mineral\ncountries in the world, containing the\nnjortherJy_eAtenslon\u201egl_a\u201emineral belt\nSLOGAN ORB SHIPMBNTS.\nThe total amount of ore shipped from\nthe Slocan and Slocan City mining\ndivisions for the year 1900 was, approximately, 35,000 tons. Since January 1\nto April 6,1901, the shipments have\nbeen as follows:\nWeek\nPs.yne ,,\t\nLastCh&nce......... 37\nSlocan Star.... *1\nRuth.............:\t\nBosun to\nHe'rett\t\nAmerican Boy. 40\nIvanhoe ..81\nTrade Dollar........\t\nSovereign\t\nWonderful..........\t\nArlington 80\nTwo Friends..... :\t\nEnterprise A.,\t\nHartney :.\t\nBlack Prince.... 10\nOoodenough\t\nMiller Creek....,\t\nReco.\n40\nwhich has produced enormous wealth\nin the United States. Experts are all\nagreed that a sufficient evidence al\nready exists to warrant us in concluding\nthat our mineral lands will, upon development, yield similar results.\nFact No. 2\u2014The mining Industry of\nBritish Columbia depends very largely\nupon the introduction of foreign capital\nin order to secure development of the\nmines. Tbe experience of the last few\nyears has taught us that the development of a prospect no matter how\npromising, into a mine, requires an expenditure of from $50,000 to 1100,000 at\nthe veiy least. The scarcity of roads,\nthe cost of transportation, the expense\nof necessary machinery and the high\nprice of all articles of consumption,\neffectively prevent the prospector from\nopening up a mine without the aid of\ncapital'.\nFact No. 8\u2014-Foreign capital has Almost ceased to flow Into the mines of\nBritish Columbia. If anyone doubts\nthis statement let him consult those\nwhoso business it is to procure capital\nfor any mining purpose, whether (or\ntho purchase of a mineral claim, or for\nshares in companies which are operat\ning good properties, or, most convincing\nof all, let him make a personal effort to\nobtain capital foi any given mining\nproject and he will soon realize the\ntruth of the above genoral statement\n\"Fact No. 4-Tho mining Industry,\ninstead of thriving, as it ought lo do\nwith imch magnificent opportunities *s\nwe know It possesses, is steadily and\nrapidly diminishing. This is a disagreeable conclusion to arrive at, but\nwe shall never secure the prosperity we\nought to enjoy unless we are willing to\nlook facts in the face, and sot to work\nto remove the causes which hinder our\nprogress,\n\"If all\nSunset (Jackson Basin)......\t\nSunust (Can. Gold Fields..\t\nSilverKlng\t\nRed Fox M\nAntolne .... .;..\ninAatKjJpggf\u2014j=p~ x i=i~- .. 1, ,\nQl\nHi\nTotal\n14*\n64*\nMS\nSS4\ntot\nin\n604\n5TS\nIN\nUT\n4\nIMS\n40\nBO\nUO\nSO\n145\nSO\n80\n240\nSJ\n14\n41\n18\n\u201eJ87-,\n365\n64\nti\nUt\nSO\n10\n15\n10\n10\n1\u00bb\nSI)\nMonitor..\nCorinth .\"\t\nBondholder\t\nRambler 84\nSurprise...... ,\t\nKaslo Group\t\nChapleau\t\nSpeculator\t\nAfax\t\nSoho 19\nEmily Edith .*... to\nTotaltons... Ul ~8,lTl\nThe Payne did not ship last week.\nNext in importance to the Payne as a\nshipper is t he Arlington. The corrected\nstatement of the company shows the\ntotal shipments since Jan. 1st to be\n1295 tons. This is less than 200 tons\nbelow that of the Payne. Tbe total\nSlocan shipments for the first quarter\nare, so far as heard from, 8,171 tons,\nwith the output from Three Forks for\nMarch to be re port od. As compared\nwith last year this Is about 1,200 tons\nbelow the shipments for the same period,\ntho shortage of March being particularly noticeable. As this has been caused\nby reason of the smoltor difficulty tho\nshortage will quickly be made up when\nthe problem now confronting the silver*\nlead mine owners is delved.\nthis disappointment were a\nphysical necessity we should indeed be\nin a lorry plight But I have a strong\nimpression that the present retrogression Is due to causes which aro not\ndifficult to tee, and which can be re*\nmovud. Tho '\u2022xpentw of mining is\nabnormally high. Frew miners' certlH-\neaten, excessive fees for incorporating\ncompanies, customs duties which alone\n.. iatti'AM. the; co*t of operation by at least\nil*>* nor **\u00ab>nl Inrmn** t*vf\u00bb\u00ab rovonrn-\nta\u00ab\u00abs, tlmbor rovaltlen, ta_\u00ab\u00ab\u00ab on tlti*\nbeen made, bit I think the ro*d will\n\u2022mwitnt \\M9 m wrodf* inert? \u00bb\u2022 a la_i- *,**MirW lent in itete, thowinf an rrt-|ewne. Ir * trtnebt** ht* already been\nC\u00ab*t \u00abf 9 Wtttdlnf la Hls-si Lift.\nA few \u00abocks since a Mr. Vandsrbilt\nand a Miss French, ot New York, were\nmarried. Tho wedding proved a very\nexpensive affair and if such figure* woro\n.. .\u201e,.\u00ab.,*.\u00ab. \u00bb* \u00bb\u00bb.m i,.?.... .t it,. ...,..\u00bb,.!\n\u2022'\u25a0\u25a0'' . \u2022.\u2022\u2022<\u25a0> .. ..t .....\nVnot iVi* mnrris,-.* Heww tcitit(! *>-m\\W\nnot be burdened with nnmos. Here\nar* th\u00ab flgun**:\nTwo #r*Hal trains | SO,***)\nBride's troutnoau 15,OM\nP. i i 11 <\u00bb * w fit it I n w it n\u00bb\u00abw *. (% Y4\nFloral deeorstlrmt 6,m\u00abfV>rr\ninhaling tulphtiroui fumes, but never\noutput ol ore, all combine to render ,i,f\"l|,.'.<_;,,_lr.!,.,.,J\"*> tu mur.u\/.!\nmining on this side of the line fully 50\nper c\u00abnt\nStatts.\nhigher than it is in tho litiitt\u00bbi\n10,000\n200,000\n5,000\n2.000\nTotal.\nTheteaspetatar* of nun\ngrt**>. -hat \u00ab< ten Ti rregrwt.\na direct bounty\nby tho government in favor of tho development of our mines. The remedy\nwhioh I would tuggf-at would be to deal\nwith thn subject matter aa an infant in-\n\u25a0I'j*rtr*f. rwjiilrinjr nil thn frtifrtring* r_ri*\nwhich the government can bestow upon\nit. .i^u..1.'. ai iucnuuiug Uui uupo^u\nwhich at prtmatii overburden it, remo*.'e\nthttn, at If**t for a period of a fow\nyears, until w<> can show to tho outside\nIBM.OOi) world a fair array of dividend-paying\nU fifty d* mint* which wiil encourage people to\n* invest thfrtr money in trw? indnttry.\nA v. Demon Itond 11 'Mt p.m.\n(Don't get fripfhtened at thr* dying\ngroan* you may hear.)\nA'v. Perdition .... Midnl.ht\n[ l jckHs lor Malt' hy an barkee|*rs.j\nWhen John L. Sullivan was in his\nprime he mat King Edward, then the\nPrince of Wales, and smoked some tivo\ncigars at his ex pence,\nTl.* vroviiwUt nunc tax of ?\u00ab. S. far\nthe prment year\n\u20224\u00bb*),t**>.\nii expectod to yield\nThirty thousand miners are (die\nMcotland owing to ihe strike for an\nhour day.\nin\ni*\nThe choicest line of nthtng tackle in\nthe Hioean at Nelson's brag Htor*. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B. C, APRIL 11, 1901.\nEighth Yeah\nTme Ledge U two dollar* a year in advance. When not bo paid it is S2.50 to parties worthy of oredit. Legal advertising 10 oents n\nnonparlel line first insertion, and 5 cents a line each subsequent insertion. Reading- notices 25 cents a line, and commercial advertising\nuded in prices according to circumstances.\nFELLOW PILGRIMS: Tuk Ledge Is located at NewDenver. B. 0.. and can be traced to many parts of the earth. It comes to the front\ngrap\nFELLOW PILGRIMS: Tuk Ledge Is located at New Denver. B. (J., and can be traced to many parts o: tne eartn.\nevery Thursday and has never been raided by the sheriff, snowslided by cheap silver, or subdued by the fear of man. It works for the trail\nblazer as well us the bay-windowed and champagne-flavored capitalist. It aims to be on the right side of everything and believes that hell\nshould be administered to the wicked in large doses. It has stooa the test of time, and an ever-increasing paystreak is proof that it is\nbettor to tell the truth, even if tho heavens do occasionally hit our smokestack. A. chute of job work is worked occasionally for the benefit\nof humanity and tl It was in a\nr\\U Ulc home in the east\nSorter\nIhe following notice indicates:\nTo the Bmi\nCompanies:\nRossland, April 1st. 1901.\nof the Undersigned Mining\nIt being a matter of common report that a certain clement in the Rossland Miners' Union la\nInsisting upon the abrogation of the settlement\nthat was entered into a year ago at the instance\not Messrs. R. O. Clute and Ralph Smith, we\nthink it only right to all concerned that we\nshould state at the earliest opportunity offered,\nthat if any action Is taken by the Miners' Union\nlooking to a change In the existing labor conditions In this camp, we. the undersigned, will\nhave ho alternative but to close down our mines\nand re-open only under a reduced scale of wages.\nThe accumulating burdens that have been Imposed upon the mining industry In this province\nare already heavy to Bear, and If thocs burdens\nare Increased, it will he Imnosslble to operate\nthese mines on a business basis.\nVv e have been struggling for a long time past\nto put these mines on a paying basis, aim have\nbeen devising all manner of ways and means for\nthe accomplishment of this end without retort*\ning to the reduction of wages.\nConsequently, any further trouble or expense\nto the companies at this time will leave no alternative' but to abandon our effort to maintain\nwages at the old standard, and we will be com*\nuelled to adopt the long considered plan of reducing miners' wages to 18.00 per day. and muckers\nana unskilled surface labor to W.oo per day.\nLe Roi Mining Co., Ltd. '\nLe Roi No I, Ltd.\nRossland Groat Western Mines, Ltd.\nKootenay Mining Co., Ltd.,\nByBernard Macdonald, G.M.\nThoWarWleO.M.*D.Co.,Ltd. *\nThe Centre Star Mining Oo., Ltd.,\nBy Edmund B. Klrby, G.M.\nWhatever might be the alleged\ncause of trouble in the Rossland\ncamp, tho Miners' Union has failed\nto state it. It is evident from the\nwording of the mine managers' announcement that the men have in\ncontemplation a demand that will\nnot be granted and if insisted upon\nwill bring woe to themselves and\nthe camp. If such is the case the\ngovernment commissioner should\ntake immediate stepB to overcome\nthe difficulty. The miners of B.C.\nare as intelligent a class of work*\nmen as any country can boast of.\nThey must realize the trying conditions that now exist in mining,\nand realizing this they must know\nthat any action on their part at\nthis time that would cause trouble\nand the closing of the mlnes.would\nbring upon them the curse of the\nwhole people. All classes are willing to concede to the Miners' Union\ntho same rights as any other body\nof workmen are entitled to, but not\nmow, and if a few labor leader*\nfrom the other side, l>acked up by\ntheir loud-mouthed following, are\nto be allowed to run the Union con\ntrory to tho demands and welfare\nof the more conservative Canadian\nquaint\nThe\nmother of that home\nwas one of those kind,\nloving, trustful mortals that make\nfor the betterment of man\u2014a\nmother that any man should be\nproud of. Two of her boys, now\ngrown to manhood j had left, the\nhome two years or more ago for the\nSlocan country. The visitor at the\nhome had recently returned from\nthis favored by nature, but damned\nby man camp, and was answering\nthe dear old mother's questions as\nbest he could about her boys and\nhow they were getting on. \"You\nknow, John,\" said she, after enquiring particularly about him with\nthat pride that goes with a mother's\nlove, \"well, John he has done well,\nhasn't he? Yes, John, when he\nfirst went out there, got to be manager of one of the big mines. Then\nhe advanced to be assayer,and now\nhe is sorting ore for the company.\"\nSo trustful, so proud, was this old\nlady of her son's achievements,that\nthe visitor had not the heart to\ncorrect her, and came away leaving\nher none the wiser as to the relative importance of her son's ad-\nvancemeht.\" 3Win-Eis~Keaft\"~Ke\nknew the good old mother had been\ndeceived by her boys.\nThis is not an extraordinary case.\nThere are many others. Men who\nin the old eastern home were glad\nto get any kind of a job, come out\nhere and one of the first things they\ndo is to drop a line to the old folks\nand tell them a cock and bull story\nof the rapid strides they are making and what a fortunate thing it\nwas for the country that they got\nhere just when they did. They\nare not satisfied to tell the truth.\nThe result is that other young men\nthere hear of it and come this way,\nexpecting to take the management\nof a mine, or some other position\nof equal importance. Few of them\nadvance as rapidly as John did.\nhe worrying about his millions\u2014\nthe result of his business successes.\nA million here, five million there;\nit is going as it came. It's all fun\nto Carnegie. But his life has been\nno joke.\nMadame Albani is coming to the\nKootenay to sing. According to a\npress despatch from Vancouver she\nis very anxious to know all about\nthe country. \"Is it very wild up\nthere?\" she asked a writer. Yes,\nAlba, it's very wild up here, but\nnot so wild as it will be after your\nvisit.\nThe census taker is abroad iu the\nSlocan. He is a walking interrogation point, and can ask yon 538\nquestions if he wants to. And you\nmust answer every one. He gets\n$3 a day and expenses. You give\nyour time and pay your own expenses.\nThe Emperor of Germany, Czar\nof Russia and Sultan of Turkey are\nall booked to be killed by the assassin's bullet. There is, after all,\nsome advantage in running a newspaper in New Denver and working\nfor $10 a month.\nThere may be some truth in the\nstatement that the mind cannot\ngrasp the idea of one million dollars, but our hands, are willing to\nhelp.\nAccording to the census there\nare 39,000,000 hogs in the United\nStates. This does not include those\nof Wall street.\nwould make their mothers moan\u2014\nhe's a knocker.\nThere's the fickle juicy maiden,\nwhose life is all a dream, who tells\nyou all in secret not what is, but\nwhat may seem\u20146he's a knocker.\nThere's the gray-haired failing\nmother, who,' of other mother's\ngirls, totes tongue about the neighborhood\u2014the slandrbus lie unfurls\n\u2014she's a knocker.\nThere's the proud and haughty\nmistress, in silks adorned and fair,\nwho tells in polished English the\ngossip in the air\u2014she's a knocker,\nThere's the preacher of the gos\npel, who naught but good would\nbring, yet, to keep the story going,\nrepeats what others sing\u2014he's a\nknocker.\nThere's the knocker's brothers,\nsisters; fathers, mothers, .uncles,\naunts, some are petticoated misters, others dress like men in pants\n\u2014all are knockers.\nAre you?\n\"\"ir* Jewelers\n7\nImporters of Fine Watcues.\n~ itr\t\nWatchmakers and\nOpticians, Send for our fine Watch Catalogue.\nOLD GOLD and SILVER bought at the highest\nprice.\nPATENAUDE BROS.,\nNELSON. B. O.\nfe-*%%*%*\/>>V%-%%'%'%'%<%'%' V*\nWhat is a knocker?\nThere's the man of gentle mien,\nwhose typanum 's full of spleen\u2014\nhe'8 a knocker.\nThere's the sympathetic friend,\nglad to tell your troubles o'er to\nyour neighbors, door to door\u2014he's\na knocker.\nThere's the shallow-pated mortal\nwho can see no faults his own,\nbut his neighbor's appear like\nmountains from his seat upon the\nthrone\u2014he's a knocker.\nThere's the man of kindly meaning, who would naught of trouble\nbring, but because of no harm seem-\ning^he repeats th\"e~harmfui~tEing^^\nhe's a knocker.\nThere's the educated swell whose\ntongue can run like\u2014well, like the\nnose of some school urchin who's\nhad a taste of birch'en where his\npants fit closest to him\u2014he's a\nknocker.\nThere's the man who owns a\nwild cat, that wears naught of\npussy's fur, who, because his\nneighbor \"gets there,\" can see no\nore in '\u2022 'her'' \u2014he' b a knocker.\nThere's the merry, well-met fellow, who has sisters of his own, yet\nwho gloats o'er tales of others that\nSupplies\naSpecialty\nOur stqck is as complete tliis season as it can\nwell be. There is no need of our attempting to\nname the many lines of Miners' Supplies. The\nminer knows what he wants; all that is necessary\nfor us to tell him is that we can give him what\nhe calls for; but here are a few reminders:\nBLACKSMITH COAL (Cumberland & Michel)\nDRILL STEEL POWDER\nBENNETT'S FUSE\nDETONATORS\nHardware of all descriptions Enquire prices\n55\nBourne Bros., W\nNEW DENVER, B. C.\nBoston is the home of bean eaters,\nand one would suppose that all\nclasses were manual laborers there,\nyet it is said that no city in\nAmerica affords like opportunities\nfor a young lady of refined tastes\nto make her astute.\nAndrew Carnegie looked upon\nbusiness as \"just fun.\" He says\nit never cost him a care and was\nnever a burden to him. Neither is\nFOR SALE\nChe\nM\/illltU\niili\nJ \u201eyjj(3(,i. Uji'I'iilj' two hit':\n\u00ablic\nano\n\u00bb 11\ngave me bnek 20 cent**, and I\ntially toll dead. Much midnight\nhonesty at a railroad indigestion\ncounter wan iinparelled in my\nchocked cHit'cr. Vv uen i rnwirn Ui\nCalgary I will get another piece of\nt)ie. Cowboys mounted the train\nicre and rode it successfully. None\nof them were drunk and the lights\nremained intact. This proves that\na cowboy ih not alway* bad. When\nI was at college studying the works\nof Readto and Adams 5 formed the\nfalse opinion that cowboys killed\nIndians, drank Montana slboep dip,\npainted camps red with the blood\nof their victims, Mid raised nothing\nbill hell nnd fold (Wkfi. This Is\nIx* jolcki'd uf> U'tlBj' and taken\npar- across tho line. The mining industry hft\u00bb\u00ab Buffered enough from\nthe gang of knockers who always\nmanage somehow to keep dissatis-\nlavtion ujh* ami uil\u00ab uiuoiih m unb-\ncnlty. \t\nBlack riinorcas,\nB, Plymouth Rocks\nlvwiv. nm -'.Mii*\nW. A. TrUIPMAN, Ntlsan, S. C, Sat MS\n+Palm\nK* Ul. & Block\nDtlSOH\nCOFFER AND\nOYSTER PARLOK\nCUT FLOWERS\nani> HOUSE PLANTS\nE. FERGUSON & CO.\nNELSON, B. C.\n% - n i' '\nWholesale Liquor Merchants\nFinest Stook of Imported Goods in the upper country. All leading brands of\nCanadian Whiskies\nDawson's Perfection, Usher's, De war's, Mitchell's snd Doctor's\nSpecial Scotch Whiskies\nKoot\u00abnny Agents for Urunswlolcllalke-Collnniler Co, Billiard Tables.\nEl Cielo, Buena Galsna, Rosebery, Flor de Marca and La Veda Cigars\nN\ntLjc nnAoocATrn-O' trvrM-iamdc r\n* \"~ 4 K.*>W. C. BLOCK, NELSON,\nOUH MOTTO IK\nPKtiSH UOOOS\nand FULL WEIOHT\n49\nSKATS FOR SALE\nFOR ALL\nOPERA. HOl.SK\nPERFORMANCES\nTHE PROSPECTORS' EXCHANGE\nNO. 4 K.-W. C. BLOCK, NELSON, B. C.\nGold, Hllver-Lead aud Copper Mines wanted atthe KXCHANGE.\nFRKE MILLING GOLD properties wanted at onc\u00abTor Kaiternlni\nParties bavlUR mining properly for sale are requeued to senour\nInvestors,\ntuples of their tire to\nthe Exchange fcff exhibition.' ' .,..,..\nAll samples should Im sent by BxiireM. pr*|.ald. Corrw-oudeiica *rt_4tad.\nAdiliras aU eommonlostlons to-: INURKW V. ROHKNBBROKK,\nTelephone No. 104. P.O. Box 700. Nelson, U. O.\ni**%%%**%*+%+*+*++%**%++++^>%S9*++%>*<\nThe NewmarketHotel,\nNEW DENVER, B. C.\nHas one ot the most beautiful locations in America, and the public ire\nassured of pleasant accommodations.\nI '. \". 7~ . Proprietor.\nHBNBY STBGK,\nSMOKE\nKELiOWNA\nCIGARS\nUNION MADE\n*%>\nl_t\nWord cornea from Victoria that\nthere will be no change in the Mineral Act at thin acaaion of the legia-\nlature. it ww* ever thua. The\namendment* that were proposed\nthis year are capable of doing ranch\ngood to the mining indtiatry. Had\nthej been in the ahape of aoine-\nthing that would, if it were poaai-\nble, canae more trouble, they undoubtedly would have been pawed,\nWatch\nRepairs\nby\nMall\nVi %\u25a0 ' \"ii htifit ;ci'\u00ab\n\u00ab-(|uill. m well br\nmill ii. ll you left\n\u00bb\"iir HHti'h itfrtfwi-\n.illy.\nIf >|ul U* <\u2022\u00bb<*\nnionry y.ii intendt\u00bb\nltiv\u00ab-*i In one, and\nli.Mll'lll- (If,* *''Jle\npr.-f.rr.\u00abl, and we\nwill \u00bbMid von th\u00ab\nl\u00ab-*i ^.iiir|,rocnr*liU'\nfur ilie money.\nBrown Bros.,\nTht Jeweler*, Netton.\nBanak of Montreal.\nKtlanllihi.it mil.\nCapital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00\nUndivided proflta : t 510,0\u00bbI.Oi\nHKA\u00bb omOK, MONTRKAI..\nKt. Hok. Ijorii Stiuthcona a.id Motmr Rotau O.CH.O. Prealdent.\nHon. O. A. Drl'Mmonu, Vice PreaWent,\nR a Clouktok, General Manager,\nllnuichci ift all yj&vta .>{ C\u201etva\u00bbl&, Nevrfbandt&nd, Orcat Rrttuln. uivf\nthe United State*.\nNew Denver branch\nLB B. DE VRREk, Manager Eighth Yeas.\nTHE LEDUE, NEW DENVER, B. C, APRIL 11 1901.\n\\\nde\nX\nV\nTUBES IS AI.li A-COMIN' OCT.\nTrees is all a-comin' ont.\nSummer winds Is hummln',''\nDe chas-nut he's a dandy,\nMaple blossom's comin',\nMaple shakes hor leaves out; de ellum is bat slow,\nOh, nlggahs, how It'makes me think of summahs\nlong ago 1\nLie-lock swing herse'f around\nAn sez. \"Ain't I de stuff ?\"\nBut de .birch her is a lady\nWhat won't take any bluff.\nMaple shakes her leaves out; de ellum Is but slow,\nOh, nlggahs, how It makes me think of summahs\nlong ago!\nDe grand old oak stands solium,\nJest like some stiff old man,\nHe don't put out no rush of leaves,\nIt ain't his gen'ral plan;\nBut he's got ter hump hissel'. you bet, when\n.' summah hot winds blow,\nOh, darkies, how It makes me think of summahs\nlong ago!\nBut here and there there Stan's alone\nSome old tree dry and black,\nHe don't put out no blossoms,\nAn' his HmbB Is like to crack;\nNo heat 11 wake him up, you bet, he's done gone\ndead for sho',\nOh, darkles, how It makes me think of summahs\nlong ago! ;\"\nI once was like de chas'nut;\nDen I was like de ellum;\nDe airs I done gone gave mese'f,\nTwould take too long to tell'urn;\nDen like de solid oak I got, my leaves came out\nbut slow,\nOh, darkies, how it makes me think of summahs\nlong ago! \"..-,\u25a0\u25a0\nAn' now I'm like de dead ole tree.\nDe gap is at de root.\nBut be cant clime up de branches\nOr make de blossom*, shoot;\nBut I like to stan' among de trees when de sun'\nall in a glow,\n.Oh, darkles, how it makes me think of summahs\nlong ago!\nA FORTUNK IN THREE DATS.\nThe toll-owing true account is taken\nirom a description of the fabulous\nstrikes of early days in California by\ntbe Placer Herald, published at Auburn, Cal., on June 30th, 1877: \"The\nrichest strike made in this county for\nmany years, and as rich perhaps ae\nwas ever made, we have the pleasure \u00ab>f recording. A. 0. Bell, com\nmonly called Pike Bell, who with his\nfamily has resided for many years on\nBald mil, a few miles north of Auburn, as many know is a dauntless\nprospector., Though occasionally\nmaking a strike of some considerable\nimportance in the past he has managed, like most modern prospectors,\nto keep poor. Last winter, in particular, he was in very straightened\ncircumstances, having no money and\nthe merchants rerasing to credit him.\nHe offered his horse, worth about $50\ntor S10, thut he might buy bread for\nMb children. Failing in his efforts\nto sacrifice the horse, he pawned the\n\"ring-offhia-wife's-Snger-tQ-obtain-the:\nnecessaries ot life. Under such circumstances many would have given\nup prospecting and gone at something\nthat,promised more certain results.\nNot so, however, with Pike. Day by\nday, be continued his researches for\nthe glittering treasure, and whether\nthe passing day revealed a color or\nnot, hia spirits were always jubilant,\napparently kept up by the nope that\nteemed never to desert him of doing\nbetter on the morrow. At last the\nlucky day came. It waa about three\nweeks ago, when hunting around\nover the hills, he struck his piok into\na little mound which resembled\nsomewhat in appearance an ant hill,\nand to his delight he unearthed some\npieces of decomposed quartz attached\nto whioh were some colors of gold.\nEncouraged at this prospect he began\nto alnk on his new lead and was re\nwarded by finding more or lest {raid\nat every stage of descent. Last Sat\nurday he had reaohed a depth of\nabout thirty feet and bad taken ont\nIn sinking that far rock estimated to\nbe worth about $1600. The rock be*\nlug rotten, ar what is called by\nquartz miners decomposed, be had,\nwith little effort, pounded oat in a\nmortar enough to pay expenses aa he\nprogressed. He bad hired men to\nassist him in working tbe mine, and\non last Monday morning they went\nto work as usual. The gouge, aa we\nwould call if, aa it is too rotten to be\nproperly called a ledge, waa discovered by noon to have become rod*\ndenly richer. In tbe afternoon\nchunks of almost pure gold was taken\nout, and the decomposed wtoff thai\nOiled the Interstices between the\nrocks was so rich In gold that Pike\nbegan to waih It out with a pan.\nFromihreepanrals washed Monday\nafternoon, be obtained gold estimated\nto be worth between R000and$5,\n000. Tbat evening he came into\ntown, am), giving us a hint of what\nhe bad got, invited us to go out and\nsee It. On Tuesday afternoon we\nvisited tbe mine. We found Bell\nwith a pan of gold in hit hands worth\n$1,000 to $.,R00, which he aamred u\u00bb\nall came from one pan of dirt; \"but,\"\n*ald he, ''If you don't Mis? v# It. I'\nwill wash another pan and show you.\"\nWe told him to wash. The pan was.\nsent down in the shaft ami soon returned tilled with a mans of muddy, \\\nrocky stuff that sparkled all over\nwith piece* of gold. Thin waa washed >\ntm and waa found to contain fatly as\nmuch ot the preetoua meu\u00bb, u m*,\nmore, t.i*u \u25a0.\u00ab'.\u00ab _\u201e\u00bb U ..-J ja_4 .\".*\ntahed panning when we arrived. It'.,\nwa* rtatty tt* grwaHiMt ttgbt, we ever:.\nsaw. Belt having convinced ut of A\nthe richness nf his mine took uatot\nt.iti *\\l&mttc 'iii* i\/.t*. *i i*.*. A.. ,.i.'..>^.'.>'.p^i' '.\u201e *8\u00bb-\nthe pre* k*M day's panning. ihaiw\u00ab.\nmight he convinced of aU he had uxd'\nua. The sight was one more eaallv j\nImagined than described. Aa wis\nlooked upon the nana of gold before\nas we thought of Aladdin and hfai\ntamp, and wintered if tb\u00ab *u*r> bid\nnot been suggested by tome soeh i\nreality aa was imbyt _ u\u00bb. On VV_tl*\n\u2022etday \u00abvening, Mr. Bell (It t* \"Mr.\"\nnow atftea he tuts Iota ef roM, it was\nout $10,000 in three pans that day;\nthat he had taken out, all told, up to\nthat time, between $30,000 and $35,-\n000, and that he had an offer and was\nabout to sell for $20,000. When asked\nbis notion of selling, he said he would\nget away with $50 000, and that was\nenough for him\nTHK ORIGIN OF CARDS.\nThe origin of playing cards is; says\nthe New York Sun, involved in mystery. Although the Chinese claim\nto have invented them in the reign\nofLen-Ho, A.D., 1120. the generally\nreceived opinion is that they were\nbrought into Europe by the gypsies\nand were first used in Spain. How\nand when they were first introduced\ninto England is not known. They\nhave been long used there, however,\nfor in 1463, by an act of Parliament\ndated in that year, the importation of\nplaying cards was forbidden, Cards\nwere popular in t>he fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, from the highest to\nthe lowest. In the privy purse expenses of Elizabeth of York, Queen to\nHenry VII., is found, under date of\n1502, this entry: \"Item, to the Queen's\ngrace upon the feast ot St. Stephen's,\nfor her sport of cards this Christmas,\n100 shillings.\" James IV bf Scotland\nsurprised his future bride, Margaret,\nsister of Henry VIH., playing at cards\nwhen he paid her his first visit. When\nMary Tudor was princess, thare are\nnumerous entries in the list of her\nErivy purse expenses of money given\ner wherewith to play at cards.\nNaturally, under the Puritans, card\nplaying was anathematized, but,\nafter the Restoration, it became ram\npant once more. Pepys notes in his\ndiary, under date of February 17,\n1677: \"This evening, going to the\nQueen's side (of Whitehall Palace), to\nsee the ladies, I espied the Queen, the\nDuchess of York and another or two\nat cards, with a room full of great\nladies and men, which I was amazed\nat to see on Sunday, and would not\nhave believed it.\" A year later he\nrecords: \"I saw deep and prodigious\ngaming at the Groom Porter's (an\nofficer of the royal household), vast\nheaps of gold squandered away in a\nvain and profuse manner. This I\nlooked on as a horrid vice, and unsuitable to a Christian court\" Gam\nbling in the Groom Porter's Room\ncontinued to bo an institution until it\nwas abolished in the early part of the\nreign of George III. In the reign of\nAnne, gambling seems to have reach\ned an especially high pitch.\nPAPA. WHAT. WOULD\nFOR HE?\nTQtl TAM\nShe was ready to sleep and she lay on my arm\nIn her little frilled cap so fine.\nWith her golden hair falling out at the edge\nLike a circle of noon sunshine.\nAnd I hummed the old tune of\" Banbury Cross,\"\nAnd \"Three Men Who Put Out to Sea,\"\nWhen she sleepily said,as she closed her blue eyes,\n\u25a0..\"\u25a0 Papa, what would you take for me?\"\n,And I answered, \"A dollar, dear little heart,\"\nAnd she slept, baby weary with play,\nBut 1 held her warm In my love-strong arms,\nAnd I rocked her and rocked away. ;\nOh, the dollar meant all the world to me\u2014\n.The land and the sea and the sky,\nThe lowest depth'of the lowest place; .\nThe highest of,all that's high.\nAll the cities, with streets and palaces,\nWith their people and stores of art,\nI would not take for one low, soft throb\nOf my little one's loving heart.\nNor all the gold that was ever found '\nIn the busy wealth-finding past\nWould I take for one smile of my darling's face,\nDid I know it must be the last.\nSo I rocked my baby and rocked away,\nAnd I felt such a sweet content,\nFor the words of the son*, expressed more to me\nThan they ever before had meant.\nAnd the night ciepton, and I slept and dreamed\nOf things far too gladsome to be. .\nAnd I wakened with lips saying close In my ear,\n\"Papa, what would you take for me?\"\n\u2014Eugene Field.\nA TWAIN TALE WITH AN OBVIOUS\nMORAL.\nMark Twain declares that when a\nman makes an appeal for charity it\nis a great mistake to get everybody\nready to give money and then not\npass the hat,\n\"Some years ago in Hartford,\" be\nsaid, the other day, \"we all went to\nchurch on a hot, sweltering night, to\nhear the annual report of Mr. Haw-\nley, a city missionary, who went\naround finding the people who needed\nhelp and didn't want to ask for it.\nHe told ot the life in the cellars where\npoverty resided, he gave instances of\nthe heroism and devotion of the poor.\nTbe poor are always good to each\nother. When a man with millions\ngives, we make a great deal of noise.\nIt is noise in the wrong place. For\nit's the widow's mite that counts.\nWell, Hawley worked me up to a,\nSIMILARITIES.\nAs the Egg Reporter was toasting\nhia_8hinsJby^he_jdnteE^flxei_he\nsoliloquized in the following manner:\nA hen sits on her nest and lays eggs.\nAn editor sits on his office chair and\nlies in his bed\u2014or in his paper. The\nhen 'feathers her nest;'' the editor\ndoes not\u2014he cuts his own throat by\ndoing business for nothing simply to\nkeep his competitors from getting it.\nThe hen cackles after she has laid a\ngood fresh egg; the editor cackles\nabout what he intends to do, but\nseldom does it. Sensible hen. The\nhen scratches for a living: so does the\neditor, The ben hatches chickens\nthat come to some good; most editors\nhatch schemes that never amount to\nanything The hen presents her bill\nwhen ahe wants something, and\nusually gets it; the editor presents\nhis bill and hardly ever geti anything. The hen has a comb which\nshe doesn't use; the editor may have\na comb, and uses it sometimes, but\nnot always. The hen has wings; the\neditor has none and never will have.\nThe hen isn't a high fiver; tbe editor\n\u2014is sometimes. The hen broods and\nraises a large family; the editor\nbroods over how he it going to raise\ntbe large family he already has, as\nwell as overwasted energies and lost\nopportunities. The hen is a rooster\nwhen sho sleeps; that's queer; the\neditor la a queer rooster all the time.\nThe hen often gets cooped: the editor\nSeta (sjoooped, too, sometimes. The\nen often gets it in tbe neck; to does\nthe editor. Sometimes the hen crows;\ntbe editor almost all the time, but no\none ever knows why. There may\nbe other similarities between the hen\nand the editor, bnt they do not eome\nto mind Just now.--Ex!\nSa A. HARTMAN\nOffice: li) First Ave.\nP. O. Box 37\nROSSLAND, B. C.\nV. & N. Phone. Established at Rossland 1896\nMines and Investments\nPROMOTING OF MINING DEALS AND\nSTOCK COMPANIES A SPECIALTY.\nWe have first-class connections with mining\nmen and capitalists In the United States and\nEastern Canada and can find the necessary\nmoney to work and develop meritorious silver-\nlead properties In the Lardo and Slocan districts.\nIf you have a good silver-lead property with fine\nsurface showings, please write to us and we will\nfind the right party to take hold.\njrreat Btate. I couldn't wait for him\nto get through. I had 1400 in my\npocket I wanted to give that and\nborrow more to give. You could see\ngreenbacks in every eye. But he\ndidn't pass the hat,and it,grew hotter\nand we grew sleepier. My enthusiasm went down, down, down\u2014$100\nat a time, till filially, when the plate\ncame around, I stole ten cents out of\nit. So you see a neglect like this\nmay lead to crime.\"\u2014Argonaut.\nVegetables and Fish. 7\nAmong the Japanese the riki6ha\nmen with muscles like ^steel bands,\nwill whirl their seated passengers\nover the ground at the speed of a\nhorse's trot, 40 miles a day, for da>s\ntogether. Their diet consists of rice,\nvegetables and occasionally a little\nfish. The Lascars, on a similar diet,\nmake the best seamen in the world.\naranaanara orb*- or tauta** rowoin\nTDK?\n\u25a0tilt,\n* CREAM\nBAKING\nMINT\nHighest Honors, World's Fair\nGold Medal, Midwinter Fair\nAvoid Baking Powdera containing\nalum. They \u00bbr_ iqjuriooa to bealth\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.\nTHE MANSFIELD\nMANUFACTURING\nCOMPANY\nNELSON, B.C. P.O. BOX 688\nJAMESJ.GQDFREY\n) MINES,\nINVESTMENTS\nand INSURANCE\/*\/*\nGrimmett Block, Reco Ave.\nSandon, B.C.\nRents Collected. District agent for\nThe Great West Life Assurance Co., Winnipeg, Man.\nAgent Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company.\nConnectlcul K|re Insurance Co., of Hartford\niKtna Fire Insurance Company.\nfluent*, of Hartford,Conn.,\nPacific. Coast Fire Insurance O\nCompany.\nImperial ltetrhttry Company,\nThc Dominion of Canada Guarantee\nAccident Insurance Company.\nand\nTHE MINERS'\nEXCHANGE,\nThree Porks\nB. C.\nTHE\nBIG STORE\nProvides accommodation for\nthe travelling: public\t\nPleasant rooms, and good\nmeals. The bar is stocked\nwith wines, liquors and\ncigara HOT and COLD\nBATHS.\nHUGH NI\\EN, Proprietor.\nNOTICE!.\nTOWN LOTS. NBW DENVER.\nNOTICE in hereby given tliat, In pursuance of\nthe notification published by thin Depart-\n] ment, and dated tiwi June, 1899, under section\nS8of the \"Land Act,\" aKriicments for the sale of\nLots In thc Town of New Denver, which were\npurchased from the Government at puhllc auction on 20th July, 1892, and upon which the balance of purchase money mill interest Is not fully\npaid up by the 30th April next, will bc cancelled\nand all moneys paid therein trill tie forfeited.\n\".V, C.WELLS,\nChief Commissioner of Lands and Works.\nLands and Works Dejiartineiit, Victoria, B. C,\n21st March, inoi.\nWhen in NELSON see our\nSANDON.\nCall and see the largest\nstock of Dry Goods, Carpets,\nBoots, Shoes, Hats and Gents'\nFurnishings in the Slocan.\nThe Hunter-Kendrick Co.\nKespectfully-\n8. A. HARTMAN.\nSpain ban tower daily papers\nany other European country.\nthan\nWhen in need ol\nFAMOUS\nHAMPDEN WATCHES\nPRICES OF A FEW OF THE\nLEADING ORADEB:\nJohn Hancock. SI Jewell, the lending rail- *,0 ft\nway watch.. \"\u2022''\u2022,\nNew Railway, 17 ruby Jewels, adjusted... ftJJQ\nDueber Grand, 17 jewels, sdjunted, a specially good watch for good time and 4(1 fi\nharaiervlce v\u25a0*\u25a0 *-*\nDueber Watch Co,, 14 jewel*. * good time 40 50\npiece; satisfactory for \u00bblittle money \u25bc*'\u2022\nChampion, 7 Jewel., warranted satisfactory, 4g\nThose price* will compare favorably with any\nlegitimate Jewelery house, east or west I have\nsuitable cases In nickle, Oliver and gold tilled,\nfrom tfl.Sn to I16.0H.\nG. W. GRIMMETT, Graduate Outiclan\nand Jeweler.\n SANDON, P. C \t\nH. GIEGERICH\nStaple and Fancy\nGROCERIES\nAgent for\nGOODWIN CANDLES\nGIANT POWDER\nJ. E. Angrignon\nThe Leading\nHairdresser\nFinest Shop in the Slocan.\nBrick Block, Bellevue Ave.,\nDenver, B. C.\nNew\nSILVERWARE\nA full line of Silverware and choice\nConfectionery at\nnrsJ.H.Wereley's\nJosephine St., New Denver.\n$25\nE. SKINNER, Tailor\nFred. J. Squire,\nManager.\nPALMA ANGRIGNON\nGeneral Drayins: Mining\" Sup-\n_ Dlies^anOeaxyJLmnsmrtjA\nation a Specialty.\nOur Baggage wagons meet all Sunday trains.\nCi\nSaddle Horses and Pack \\jinuis.\nFeed Stables at New Denver.\nATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS\nTo and from European points via Canadtar\nand American lines. Apply for sailing dates\nrates, tickets and fall Information to anyC.\nBy agent or\u2014\nG. B. GARRETT,\nC. P. R. A sent. New Denver,\nW P. V. Cummlnw. 0. 8. S. A(*t\u201e Wlnnlpev\n**********\n***********\u25a0%***********\u2022\nBEWARE OF IMITATIONS\n*\n|_ ^T^ lii.AUISJ HMsllMt.\n'CAOWN aHAND'\n'\u00ab\nKAHLO\nAIXHWORTH\nHANDONI\nPicture Framing and Rootn\nMoulding, write ut\n\\\nf.i RR_nirv*,r.n-t\nPAINTERS & BKOMTORS J\nP. J. RUSSELL\nliuyer snd Rxporirr <4\nRAW FURS\nIIIUHKMT PIUCKX\nI'KoMI't HKltM.'.h\nFAtt! V-tmiBTUKST\nTRADE\nstii). hy Ki|n**m\nNELSON, B C\nMARK\n\u2022\"\u25a0\/\u00ab\u25a0\u00bb\u25a0\u25a0<\nHill Bros.\nManufacturer* ot\nvrLwox, fii.r..\nMall nriUis rttciv* |>r\ndays apply to Recorder to have your interest in\nabove claim transferred tome, pursuant to section 4, Mineral Act Amendment Aot\/1900\nB. W. BOLL,\nFire Valley, B. C, March88.1901.\nNOTICE.\nTO DELINQUENT CO-OWNER.\nToV\nH. BEHNE, or to any person or nersous\nto whom he may have transferred hia interest\nin tbe Miner Boy mineral claim, situate ou\nthe north side of Carpenter creek. In the\nSlocan Mining Division of West Kootenay\nDistrict and recorded In the Recorder's office\nat New Denver, B. Or,ou July 4th, 1898.\nYOU or any of you are hereby notified that we\nhave expended two hundred and fifty-six\ndollars and fifty cents In labor and Improvements upon the above mliicral claim, under tbe_\nSrovKlon orthemineral act, ana If within ninety\"\navs from the date of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditures, together with ill cost of advertising,\nyour Interest in said mineral claim wiil become\nthe property of the undersigned under section 4\ncf an Act entitled An Actio Amend tbe Mineral\nActlWO.\nDated this 13d day otUnrch. 1S01\nTHEODORE F. ADAMS.\nA. F. ADAMS.\nNOTICE.\nTO DELINQUENT OO-OWNEHS.\nTo E.J. MATHEWS, or to any person or per-\n*on* to whom he may have transferred his\ninterest In the Hstllo E mineral claim, at\nGlacier creek, a tributary of Wilson creek,\nnine miles from Three Forks, and recorded In\nthe Record office ior the Slocan Mlnlns;\nDivision.\nVOU ARE HEBEIU.NOTIFIED that! hats-\nexpended One Hundred Dollars In labor and\nrements upon the iho*\/e mentteiM *'\t\nIn order to hold Mid mineral cl\nImprovements upon the shove mentioned mineral\nhum,\t\nnvu\nd\u00bbU- - .\u2014,\t\no contrlbuti your proportion of such\nexpenditure, together with all eosts 6radverut*\n...SflPwSB\nty days from the title of this notice you fall\norrefusnto contrlbuti yQiir proixirtw * \"-*\u25a0\nthe provisions of the Miiieml Act, in\nnln\u00abj\nIng, your Interest In \u00ab\u00abhl claim will become tbe\nproperty of the subscriber under Section 4 of au\nAct entitled, \"An Art to Amend the Mineral Art\nWOO.\"\nJOSEPH B. MARTIN.\nThree Forks, H. C, Kirch ul. ll\u00ab'l.\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENT\nDENVKR. UHIKF, UKB flHOItB. OLI>\nMAN nnd KKLI'IK Mineral Claims.\nSituate In the Slocan lllninir Division of W\u00abm\nKooUnay DlatiH WUere toe-tent:\none milemuUm\u00abMof N'*>w Denver.\nAbnet\nTAKE NOTICE that I, John MrUtchI\u00bb,\n1 the city uf Kelxoii Ictliig an agent for R\nCampbellJohnston, (rw mfntr*s eerUirale \u00a5\u00bb\u25a0\nM,W\u00bb, Intend, slilj*itt. tnm th* dateWreof,\nto awly to the Mhilnir Iworder for CertW \"\n\u2022r\niv\u00abmeais,_ IwMhf puiwen\nOranUof the sborr\n^ further lake nolku\ntion tt. must he wmnifnc*.\nof ubt,abu>(\nAnd further take mkt thai action, undrr He\non IT, must he commenced 1\nof such UerUfteati* ol li\nI\nh\u00bbfor* the issiisnre\n Jmpraveesenu.\nDated lists Mrd d\u00bbi o( Nbrusry, luoi.\nSS!M\nr;p r. *i\netna (HIAHDA Mineral Claim-\nKllusW lu tb\u00ab Airvnf |.\u00abkr Mining IMvl.ton ol\nW\u00abMRomri*tj DliirtH. Wbtt* loeaMt--\nOti MliK'n.ltrrrk.iU.ttl thr.\u00bb tnthni fr..mH\u00ab\nJonrtton with t.'ailloo(*r\u00abrk.\nTAKH NOTlCKTIistt, r,C.(\u00bbrwf.,frfK\u00bbhwii\nll. C . \u00abrtin* a*\n\" M.C atw. Ilw\nd I;*\u00bb*(\u2022\u25a0\u2022 M As\n*ml. \"Itii iUyi\n.|vly tnth* Mlnlnif I0ff\u00bbril<*r fw\nImpriiitrnknl for (Iki |\u00bbur|\u00abaN> ,4\ntine; at ihmiI d.r William II. Iturtl.\nr, j*. i* m,m. ir ' \" '\nand fmitm M _\t\nIntend, \u00abmt il*ys (wm \u00bbh* 'Ut\u00bb* li#rt\u00ab>f, tin\napttly tn the Mlnlnif llff-.nl'** for a r#r\u00abHi>at#> of\nIlwiriH\nAiinu,\n(ill irr.F.IIf.W^,\nF. M. \u00ab\", V\u00ab\u00bb \u00bb *>.*\u00bb.\n...... . . 4\u00bbislnlmr a\n<*rown Oram \u00abf th\u00ab- sl\u00abnr < l\u00ablm\nAM ftiilkK-v i*k\u00ab iKllit that t'limi. under set'*\ntlmi Xt.mil** in' iiifniiim.*.! Mot.- ibt iwuam-e\ntit SUfh I \"ntinV-sli\" iH liii|.ri.vrinri,|.\niMtwl lhl\u00ab 3>\u00abh d*jr ol l>rt\u00ab*l^r, \\Jt*\nM\nF 4*. tiMKKX, P I..*.\nCANADIAN\n^ PACIFJ^\nand\nShingles\nGutta PerchJi Water-proof Fuse lias\n%*U-m\u00ab._- urtuo. n>itwu t *lw% t#t* #\n\u2022ILVCHTON.B C. A\nDIRECT ROUTE\nr\u00bb \u2022\n11 f\\ il I\nt'liivr*.\n\u00bb\nmm bvans*\n\u2022IHke-bftore). wm tn wwn tftin,, ik_tiw\nww iKA.b\\tig; \\H% be Iwnl ttktrs Pemlwy iwwiilrf\" Itoie\nKAMA.\n'rVrrt^m *b\\\\i+fi l\/> *\\\\ prtii\nj tV-nutry, Mil! *t bt*A\nI ~.et\u00bb\u00bb wUh tlw tot* ol\nUttpt** nntt ne_r*\u2014iV*t mtrietf tbn*ttf Itr^t.\nI'NI^riM.KIISKUVIM:.\ntil'V'K TIMK\nSt'lTJtn K^rn\u00bbM\u00bb.NT\nffcr -id Ttriftt in.\nKMil.ANU THK diXTISKXT\nAUSTRALIA (illNA JAI'AX\n___ \u2022**\n\u00abn.nmrN f\"*WMrm 'Mu'\n*\u00bbt\u00bb WitlUtnt.\nr\u00ab>f l\u00abn*UMM. f i'\u00abi _u.4 :dh .\u00abi_ M\u00ab|_M*k.\nets i* idetfie* tht mm W\u00bbt \u00bbr *\"\"\"*\" **\u2022\n\u00ab.\u00bb,r\u00abA\u00abBirrT, A\u00abrr.f\ni. j. (n\u00bb\u00bb\u00bbu. * \u00bb. i* irt. t ,^w, at iimi\nf. * I***** .(\u00bb\u00bb\u2022*,\n\\ THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B. C, APRIL 11, 1901.\nEighth Year\nTh_ Lkdgk is two dollars a year in advance. When not so paid it i* S2..V) to parties worthy of credit. Legal advertising 10 cents a\nnonpariel line first insertion, and 5 cents a line each subsequent insertion. Reudini* notices 25 cents a line, nnd commercial advertism**\ngraded in prices according to circumstances.\nFELLOW PILGRIMS: THK Lkboe Is located at NewDenver. B. C and oan be traced to many parts of the earth. It comes to the front\nevery Thursday and has never been raided by the sheriff, snowslidcd by cheap silver, or subdued by the fear of man. It works for the trail\nblazer as well as the bay-windowed and champagne-iinvored capitalist. It aims to be ,on the right side of everything and believes that hell\nshould be administered to the wicked in large doses. It has stood the test of time, and an ever-increasing puystr^ak is proof that it is\nbetter to tell the truth, even if the heavens do occasionally hit our smokestack. A chute ot job work is worked occasionally for the benefit\nof humanity and the financier. Come in and see us, but do not pat the bull dog on the cranium, or ohase the black cow from our water\nbarrel: one is savage and the other a victim of thirst. One of the noblest works of creation is the man who always pays the printer; he vs\nsure of a bunk in paradise, with thornless roses for a pillow by night, and nothing but gold to look at \"Jday^ Editor and Financier\nThe Ledge.\nA pencil cross m this square\nindicates that your subscription is due, and that the editor\nwishes once again to look at\nfour collateral.\nTffURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1901.\nTowards\nSun-up\nTo go towards the\nsun-up part of this\ncontinent is comparatively easy nowadays. AU that is necessary is a\nticket and the ability to stay on the\ncars while they are in motion. The\nC.P.R. will do the rest. I left the\nbeautiful scenery of New Denver a\nfew days ago, and have reached\nWinnipeg without running up\nagainst a monte game or any other\nserious complication. At many\npoints the people have flocked\naround me holding money in their\nhands, and clamoring for a position\non the subscription list of New\nDenver's leading excitement. If\nthis sort of thing does not stop this\npaper will soon reach the million\nmark.\n ,At_JR6velstoka_the_peopl^,aiie,\nhopeful, and praying for the Big\nBend to wake up and come to their\nfinancial salvation. Travel eastward from B* C. is rather light at\npresent, while the westbound trains\nare crowded with folks whose faces\ncarry an expression of hope and\nenthusiasm. They are probably\nglad to get away from the cobweb\ncustoms of the east and breathe the\nspirit of freedom that permeates\nthe far west. Meals are still\nserved at the Glacier and Field.\nDid you ever catch a meal there?\nYou are. allowed 25 minutes to eat,\nfor which privilege you are taxed\nthree cents a minute. The soup is\nwaiting for you when you slide into\nyour seat, and then the waiter\nhands you dishes of various kinds\nof meats and you help yourself to\nall you can stand. The action is\nquick and the tendency dyspeptic.\nThe old town of Donald wears a\nruined experience, and nothing met\nour train there except the railroad\nagent, and a stately flock of last\ncentury chickens. Since the fatal\nsnowslide at Rogers Pass the station\nhas been moved a mile east. Snow\nHhede are found along the surface\nhere for many miles. It must cost\nthe C.P.R. $150,000 a year to keep\nthorn in repair. The hotel at Field\nis being enlarged to keep pace with\nthe ever-increasing tourist trade.\n8wlw\u00bb guides are found at Field\nquite uuineruiutly. They guide the\nintrepid high-climbers who strike\nthe Rockies every summer iu search\nof mountain peaks, and the inspiration that comes from gazing into\nthe blue canopy from an exalted\nposition. Between Caumore and\nCalgary a crazy man rode in the\nsmoking compartment with me. A\nman never knows what he will\nmeet when he leaves his gun at\nhoini*. However. I escaped this\ndeadly peril without having to\ndraw my bated breath.\nCalgary seeing to be a live town,\na* many of the citizens were at the\ndepot at 1 a. in. when the train\nrolled in. It is ttaid to be a great\ncow camp, but I could not get a\nglass of milk at the railroad lunch\n...... 4 , *. t t-.r.\u201e nr\\,t n f^tt\\r,r, f\\f r\\i\/\u00bb\nTITld ImTi'^-d tboWW two VlH\u00ab, WVl\u00ab*\ngave int* ba^k 20 cents, and I par\ntislly foil dead. Such\nnot so,as revealed to me by the cold\ngasse of experience. The cowboys\naround Calgary will not bite you.\nYou can put your hand on any of\nthem and they will not hoist their\ncannon in your face. Even if you\nask them to take a drink you are\nnot taking any great risks. Just\nnow I have received a message\nfrom J. C. Crome stating that several members of his church are\nwaiting to see me, and I will cut\nthis letter off until I get out of town,\nwhen I will resume with vigor.\n\"Because She Loved Him So,\"\nis the innocent caption under which\na new comedy has recently been\nstaged, yet the newspapers find it\nnecessary to add that the play ''is\nwithout the slightest trace of impropriety. \" \u25a0 In stage parlance this\nsimply means that the play is just\n\u2022\u2022proper\" enough to come within\nthe scope of decency and that\na popular number.\nit is\nMaking\nThat trouble is brewing at Rossland be-\nT rn 11 h I p \u2022iween the m*ne work-\nI \u2022 UUUlc er8 and the operators\ntiIFfoii6Win]p^\nRossland, April 1st. 1901.\nTo the Employees of the Undersigned Mining\nCompanies:\nIt being a matter of common report that a certain element in the Rossland Miners' Union is\nInsisting upon the abrogation of the settlement\nAn Ore n \"\" in a\nSorter\nthat was entered into a year ago at the Instance\not Messrs. R. O. Clute and Ralph Smith, we\nthink it only right to all concerned that we\nshould state at the earliest opportunity offered,\nthat if any action is taken by the Miners' Union\nlooking to a change in the existing labor conditions In this camp, we. the undersigned, will\nhave no alternative but to clow down our mines\nand re-open only under a reduced scale of wages.\nThe accumulating burdens that have boen imposed upon tbe mining Industry In this province\nare already heavy to bear, ana If tho;-* burdens\nare Increased, it will be lmoosalble to operate\nthese mines on a business basis.\nVV e have been struggling for a long time nut\nto put these mines on a paying bails, aua hav*\nbeen devising all manner of ways and means for\nthe accomplishment of this end without resort*\ning to the reduction of wages.\nConsequently, any further trouble or expense\nto the companies at this time will leava no alternative but to abandon our effort to maintain\nwages at the old standard, and we. will be compelled to adopt tbe long considered plan of reduo*\nIng miners'wages to IS.rtO per day. and muckari\nunskilled surface labor to 4S.oo per day.\nan\nLa Roi Mining* Co., Ltd.\nLa Roi No \u00ab, Ltd.\nRowland Great Western Mines, Ltd\nKootenay Mining Co.. Ltd.,\nBy Bernard Macdonald\nquaint\nhome in the east. The\nmother of that home\nwas one of those kind,\nloving, trustful mortals that make\nfor the betterment of man\u2014a\nmother that any man should be\nproud of. Two of her boys; now\ngrown to manhood, had left the\nhome two-years or more ago for the\nSlocan country. The visitor at the\nhome had recently returned from\nthis favored by nature, but damned\nby man camp, and was answering\nthe dear old mother's questions as\nbest he could about her boys and\nhow they were getting on. \"You\nknow, John,\" said she, after enquiring particularly about him with\nthat pride that goes with a mother's\nlove,\"well, John he has done well,\nhasn't he? Yes, John, when he\nfirst went out there, got to be manager of one of the big mines. Then\nhe advanced to be assayer, and now\nhe is sorting ore for the company.\"\nSo trustfal, so proud, was this old\nlady of her son's achievements,that\nthe visitor had not the heart to\ncorrect her, and came away leaving\nher none the wiser as to the relative importance of her son's ad-\n'Vancementr~BuHn\u2014his-heart\u2014he\nknew the good old mother had been\ndeceived by her boys.\nThis is not an extraordinary case.\nThere are many others. Men who\nin the old eastern home were glad\nto get any kind of a job, come out\nhere and one of the first things they\ndo is to drop a line to the old folks\nand tell them a cock and bull story\nof the rapid strides they are making and what a fortunate thing it\nwas for the country that they got\nhere just when they did. They\nare not satisfied to tell the truth.\nThe result is that other young men\nthere hear of it and come this way,\nexpecting to take the management\nof a mine, or some other position\nof equal importance. Few of them\nadvance as rapidly as John did.\nhe worrying about his millions\u2014\nthe result of his business successes.\nA million here, five million there;\nit is going as it came, It's all fun\nto Carnegie. But his life has been\nno joke. \"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\nMadame Albahi is coming to the\nKootenay to sing. , According to a\npress despatch from Vancouver she\nis very anxious to know all about\nthe country. \"Is it very wild up\nthere?\" she asked a writer. Yes,\nAlba, it's very wild up here, i but\nnot so wild as it will be after your\nvisit. 7.\nThe census taker is abroad in the\nSlocan. He is a walking interrogation point, and can ask you 538\nquestions if he wants to. And you\nmust answer every one. He gets\n$3 a day and expenses. You give\nyour time and pay your own expenses.\nThe Emperor of Germany, Czar\nof Russia and Sultan of Turkey are\nall booked to be killed by the assassin's bullet. There is, after all,\nsome advantage in running a newspaper in New Denver and working\nfor $10 a month.\nmoan\u2014\nwould make their mothers\nhe's a knocker.\nThere's the fickle juicy maiden,\nwhose life iB all a dream,\" who tells\nyou all in secret not what is, but\nwhat may Beem\u2014she's a knocker.\nThere's the gray-haired failing\nmother, who, of other mother's\ngirls, totes tongue about the neighborhood\u2014the slandrbus lie unfurls\n\u2014she's a knocker.\nThere's the proud and haughty\nmistress, in silks adorned and fair,\nwho tells in polished English the\ngossip in the air\u2014she's a knocker.\nThere's the preacher of the gospel, who naught but good would\nbring, yet, to keep the story going,\nrepeats what others sing\u2014he's a\nknocker.\nThere's the knocker's brothers,\nsisters; fathers, mothers, uncles,\naunts, some are petticoated misters, others dress like men in pants\n-^all are knockers.\nAre you?\nThere may be some truth in the\nstatement that the mind cannot\ngrasp the idea of one million dollars, but our hands are willing to\nhelp. , ______\nAccording to the census there\nare 39,000,000 hogs iii the United\nStates. This does not include those\nof Wall street.\nO.M.\nhonesty st a railroad indignation\ncounter wat* unparelled in my\n*,,.. . .*\nv.iir>\\,i.W'\\vnv*vi, v.**.-*. > \u00bbv.vnk.. \u00ab\u2022>>\nCalgary I will get another piece of\npie. Cowboy* mounted the train\nnets* ami rod*- It suewssfullv. None\nof theui were drunk and the lights\nremained intact. This proves that\nm \u00ab*\u00bb\u00abU>) .a tmt aIwa^a Ijad. Whim\nI was at college Mitidyfng the works\nof Hnadka and Adam* i ftirmrtl th*\nbUM opinion that cowboys killed\nIndians, drank Montana nhoep dip,\npainted camps red with th*> blood\nof tsWr virtimtt. and rained uothing\ntat h<-)l and cold dock**. Thii is\nJV xwro-fcru \u00ab-\u00abuuiiiiiuiu>\u00ab\nThe WarT.agle 0. M. * D,Co.,Ltd.\nThe Centre star Mining Co.. Ltd..\nBy Edmund D. Kir by, O.M.\nWhatever might, be the alleged\ncause of trouble in the Rossland\ncamp, the Miners' Union has failed\nto state it. It is evident from the\nwording of the mine managers' announcement that the men have in\ncontemplation a demand that will\nnot be granted and if insisted upon\nwill bring woe to themselves and\nthe camp. If such is the case the\ngovernment commissioner should\ntake immediate steps to overcome\nthe difficulty. The miners of B.C.\nare as intelligent a class of workmen as any country can boast of.\nThey must realize the trying conditions that now exist in mining,\nand realizing this they must know\nthat any action on their part at\nthis time that would cause trouble\nand the closing of the mines,would\nbring upon them the curse of the\nwhole people. All classes are willing to concede to the Miners'., Union\nthe same rights as any other body\nof workmen art} entitled to, but not\nmore, and if a few labor leaders\nfrom the other side, backed up by\ntheir loud-mouthed following, are\nto 1m\u00ab allowed to run the Union contrary to the demands ami welfare\nof the more conservative Canadian\n..\u2022a\u00bb*V*y.\u00bbh\u00ab tVift wittnln mii\\rt vhmttit\n*>\u25a0 a\nbo |>\\oV**rt up bodily and *aV\u00ab*n\narrow the line. The mining in-\nmidnight dnstry has* suffered enough from\n7\n\"\"iT* Jewelers\nr\nImporters of Fine Watcnes. Watchmakers and\nOpticians. Send for our fine Watch Catalogue.\nOLD GOLD and SILVER bought at the highest\nprice.\nPATENAUDE BROS.,\nNELSON, B, 0.\n\\ Ktwcwfc WPCKSPJ\nL%'%^%^%^^'V%^^^V*lV'%'%^#\nWhat is a knocker?\nThere's the man of gentle mien,\nwhose typanum 's full of spleen\u2014\nhe's a kuocker.\nThere's the sympathetic friend,\nglad to tell your troubles o'er to\nyour neighbors, door to door\u2014he's\na knocker.\nThere's the shallow-pated mortal\nwho can see no faults his own,\nbut his neighbor's appear like\nmountains from his seat upon the\nthrone\u2014he's a knocker.\nThere's the man of kindly meaning, who would naught of trouble\nbring, but because of no harm seem-\n\"ing\"he\"repeatB\"the\u2122harmful-thing\u2014-\nhe's a knocker.\nThere's the educated swell whose\ntongue can run like\u2014well, like the\nnose of some school urchin who's\nhad a taste of birch 'en where his\npants fit closest to him\u2014he's a\nknocker.\nThere's the man who owns a\nwild cat, that wears naught of\npussy's fur, who, because his\nneighbor \"gets there,\" can see no\nore in \"her\"\u2014he's a knocker.\nThere's the merry, well-met fellow, who has sisters of his own, yet\nwho gloats o'er tales of others that\nBoston is the home of bean eaters,\nand one would suppose that all\nclasses were manual laborers there,\nyet it is said that no city in\nAmerica aifords like opportunities\nfor a young lady of refined tastes\nto make her astute.\nAndrew Carnegie looked upon\nbusiness as \"just fun.\" He says\nit never cost him a care and was\nnever a burden to him. Neither is\nFOR SALE\nOur stock, is as complete this season as it can\nwell be. There is no need of our attempting to\nname the many lines of MinersV Supplies. The\nminer knows what he wants; all that is necessary\nfor us to tell him is that we can give him what\nhe calls for; but here are a few reminders:\nBLACKSMITH COAL (Cumberland & Michel)\nDRILL STEEL POWDER\nBENNETT'S FUSE\nDETONATORS\nHardware of all descriptions Enquire prices\nBourne Bros.,\nNEWDENVER, B.C.\n9*\nT\n\u00ab! tl-\nBlack ninorcns,\nB. Plymouth Rocks\nOr\n*Palm\nii ttl. \u20ac. Block\nnelson\nCO-WEE AND\nOYSTKll l-ARLOK\nCUT FLOWERS\nAmi HOUSE PLANTS\nOUU MOTTO IS\n1H1.SH GOODS\nANi\u00bb FULL WEIGHT\nSKATS FOR SALE\nFOR ALL\nOPERA HOl'SE\nPERFORMANCES\n^*$^w$m$*4|**$\u00bb^\nE. FERGUSON & CO.\nNELSON, B. C.\nWholesale Liquor Merchants\nFinest Stock of Imported Goods in the upper country. All leading brands of\nCanadian Whiskies\nDawson's Perfection, Usher's, Dewar's, Mitchell's and Doctor's\nSpecial Scotch Whiskies\nKiiol.ti.y Ak.hu for Bruit.wl\u00abk-B\u00bblk..G.ll.nd.r (P.. Bllll.nl Twbl...\nEl Clelo, Baona Galana, Rosebery, Flor de Sfarca and La Veda Cigars\n|\u00bbald\nthe Kxrhtnte for exhibition,\naquitm an romaiuaioiiiou* iu\u2014 anunr.vt r, RORKNE.KKQKR.\nT*)li;|>I)oiu No. 104. P. 0. Box 701), NoUon, 11. O. '\nrt%u*v*v\u00bb%%WiVi\u00bb%%%i%%vut4%%\u00bb%^iv*\nThe NewmarketHotel,\nNEW DENVER, B. C.\nHas one ol the most beautiful locutions in America, and the public are\nassured of pleasant accommodations.\n Proprietor.\nHENHY 8TKGE,\n IU,L.,..B..\nSMOKE\nKEhOW^A\nir*;\nCIGARS\nUNION MADE\nWw*\n4ff9* Cnf #Tt**> **>\n*\u00ab rrt *\u00ab\u2666\u25a0 t\u00ab\nHlWrw flltt MAt.K..\nW. A. THIiHMAN, N*|*M. B. C, Hoi M\u00bb\nthe gang of knocker* who always*\nmanajie wmu'how to keep difwattH-\ni&K\\.,j,i ....H C,.\u00bbv\u00ab \".\u00bb.... >...\u00bb..1...\nculty.\nWord come* from Victoria that\nthere will be no change in the Mineral Act at thii** twnAlon of the l.-gis-\nIiisture. ft watA e\\ev thus. The\namendment* that were proponed\nthin year an* capable of tloiog ttsuuh\ngood to the mining iodnxtry. Hail\nthey been In the nhape of something that would, If it were pomi-\nble. cause more trouble, they un*\ndoubtedly would have been pawed.\nUSaok of Montreal.\nKtlNt.lftlir.-l till?.\nCapital (all patd up) $12,UXUU).U)\niWrvwItrmrt \u2022 \u2022 7.000.000.csm>N, General Manager,\nItroncrte,-* in all mm ot Otn-ida, Newfrinndlamf, f\u00bbr\u00bb\u00bbnt Brltnln, nnA\nthe United State*.\nNew Denver branch\nLE B.DE VEBBIe. Manater Eighth Year.\n\\\nH\n.iVT--\nTHE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., APRIL 11 1901.\n.\ni\ny\nTRKES IS AIO. A-COMIN' OUT.\nTrees is all a-comin' out. '\nSummer winds Is hummln',\nDe chas-nut he's a dandy,\nMaple blossom' a comin*,\nMaple shakes her leaves out; de,ellum Is bnt slow,\nOh, niggahs, how It makes me think of summahs\nlong ago!\nLie-lock swing herse'f around\nAn sez, \"Ain't I de stuff?\"\nBut de birch her Is a lady\nWhat won't take any bluff.\nMaple shakes her leaves out; de ellum is but slow,\nOh, nl^gahs, bow It makes me think of summahs\nlong ago 1\nDe grand old oak stands solium,\nJest like some stiff old man,\nHe don't put out no rush of leaves,\nIt ain't his gen'ral plan-\nBut he's got ter hump hisscl*. you bet, when 'de\n' summah hot winds blow,\nOh, darkies, how It makes me think of summahs\nlong ago! pi\nBut here aud there there Stan's alone\nSome old tree dry and black,..\nHe don't put out no blossoms,\nAn'his limbs is like to crack;\nNo heat ll wake him up, you bet, he's done gone\ndead for sho', A\nOh, darkies, how It makes me think of summahs\nlongago! '\nI once was like die chas'mit;\nDen I was like de ellum;\nDe airs I done gone gave mese'f,\nTwould take too long to tell'um;\nDen like de solid oak I got, my leaven came out\nbut slow,\nOh, darkies, how it makes me ihink of summahs\nlongago!\nAn' how I'm like de dead ole tree,\nDeseplsatderoot,\nBut he cant clime up de branches\nOr make de blossoms shoot;\nBut I like to stan' among de trees when da sun*\nall in a glow,\n.Oh, darkles, how it makes me think of summahs\nlongago!\nA FORTUNE IN THREE DATS.\nThe following true account is taken\nirom a description of the fabulous\nstrikes of early days in California by\ntbe Placer Herald, published at Auburn, Cal., on June 30th, 1877: \"The\nrichest strike made in this county for\nmany years, and as rich perhaps as\nwas ever made, we have the pleasure of recording*. A. 0. Bell, com\nmonly called Pike Bell, who with his\nfamily has resided for many years on\nBald Mill, ft few miles north of Auburn, as many know is a dauntless\nprospector. Though occasionally\nmaking a strike ot some considerable\nimportance in the past he has managed, like most modern prospectors,\nto keep poor. Last winter, in particular, he waB in very straightened\ncircumstances, having no money and\nthe merchants refusing to credit him.\nHe offered his horse, worth about $50\nior S10, thht he might buy bread for\nhis children. Failing in his efforts\nto sacrifice the horse, he pawned the\nnecessaries ot life. Under such circumstances many would haye given\nout $10,000 in three pans that day;\nthat he had taken out, all told, up to\nthat time, between $30,000 and $35,-\n000, and that he had an offer and was\nabout to sell for $20,000. When asked\nhis notion, of selling, he said he would\nget away with $50,000, and that was\nenough for him\nTHE ORIGIN OS\" CARDS.\nPAPA. WHAT WOULD\nFOR ME?\nTOU *TA__5\nThe origin of playing cards is, says\nthe New York Sun, involved in mystery. Although the Chinese claim\nto have invented them in the reign\nofLen-Ho, A.D.. 1120. the generally\nreceived opinion is that they were\nbrought into Europe by the gypsies\nand were first used in Spain. How\nand when they were first introduced\ninto England is not known. They\nhave been long used there, however,\nfor in 1463, by an act of Parliament\ndated in that year, the importation of\nplaying cards was forbidden. Cards\nwere popular in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, from the highest to\nthe lowest. In tbe privy purse expenses of Elizabeth of York, Queen to\nHenry VII., is found, under date of\n1502, this entry: \"Item, to the Queen's\ngrace upon the feast ot St. Stephen's,\nfor her sport of cards this Christmas,\n100 shillings.\" James IV of Scotland\nsurprised his future bride, Margaret,\nsister of Henry VIH., playing at cards\nwhen he paid her his first visit. When\nMary Tudor was princess, there are\nnumerous entries in the list of her\nprivy purse expenses of money given\nher wherewith to play at cards.\nNaturally, under the Puritans, card\nplaying was anathematized, but,\nafter the Restoration, it became rampant once more. Pepys notes in his\ndiary, under date of February 17,\n1677: \"This evening, going to the\nQueen's side (of Whitehall Palace), to\nsee the ladies, I espied the Queen, the\nDuchess of York and another or two\nat cards, with a room lull of great\nladies and men, which I was amazed\nat to see on Sunday, and would not\nhave believed it.\" A year later he\nrecords: \"I saw deep and prodigious\ngaming at the Groom Porter's (an\nofficer ot the royal household), vast\nheaps of gold squandered away in a\nvain and profuse manner. This I\nlooked on as a. horrid vice, and unsuitable to a Christian court.\" Gam\nbling in the Groom Porter's Room\ncontinued to be an institution until it\nwas abolished in the early part of the\nreign of George III. In the reign of\nAnne, gambling seems to have reached an especially high pitch.\nSIMILARITIES.\nAs the Egg Reporter was toasting\nhis jhins_J)y the winter's fire, he\nTSSlIoquizea iiTthe ioiiewitrgmanner:1\nA hen sits on her nest and lays eggs.\nAn editor sits on his oflice chair and\nlies in his bed\u2014or in his paper. The\nhen \"feathers her nest;'* the editor\ndoes not\u2014he cuts his own throat by\ndoing business for nothing simply to\nShe was ready to sleep and she lay on my \u00bbrm\nIn her little frilled cap so fine,\nWith her golden hair falling out at the edge\nLike a circle of noon sunshine.\nAnd I hummed the old tune of \"Banbury Cross,\"\nAnd \"Three Men Who Put Out to Sea,\" c\nWhen she sleepily said.as she closed her blue eyes,\n\"Papa, what would you take for me?\"\nL And I answered, \"A dollar, dear little heart,\"\nAnd she slept, baby weary with play,\nBut 1 held her warm In my love-strong arms,\nAnd I rocked her and rocked away.\nOh, the dollar meant all the world to me\u2014\nThe land and the sea and the sky,\nThe lowest depth of the lowest place.\nThe highest of,all that's high.\nAll the cities, with streets and palaces,\nWith their people and stores of art,\nI would not take for one low, soft throb\nOf my little one's loving heart.\nNor all the gold that was ever found\nIn the busrKwealth-findlng past\nWould I- take for one smile of my darling1 s face,\nDid I know It must be the last.\nSo I rocked my,baby and rocked away,\nAiid I felt such a sweet content,\nFor the words of the son*, expressed more to me\nThan they ever before had meant.\nAnd the night ciept on, and I slept and dreamed\nOf things far too gladsome to be.\nAnd I wakened with Ups saying close In my ear,\n\"Papa, what would you'take for me ?\"\n\u2014Eugene Field.\ngreat state. I couldn't wait for him\nto get through. I had $400 in my\npocket. I wanted to give that and\nborrow more to give. You could see\ngreenbacks in every eye. Bat he\ndidn't pass the hat,and it grew hotter\nand we grew sleepier. My enthusiasm went down, down, down\u2014$100\nat a time, till finally, when the plate\ncame around, I stole ten cents out bf\nit So you see a neglect like this\nmay lead to crime.\"--Argonaut.\nVegetables and Fish.\nAmong the Japanese the rikisha\nmen with muscles like steel bands,\nwill whirl their seated passengers\nover the ground at the speed of a\nhorse's trot, 40 miles a day, for da> s\ntogether. Their diet consists of rice,\nvegetables and occasionally a little\nfish. The Lascars, on a similar diet,\nmake the best seamen in the world.\nA TWAIN TALE WITH\n\u2022 MORAL.\nAN OBVIOUS\nkeep his competitors from getting it.\nThe hen cackles after she has laid a\ngood fresh eg&; the editor cackleB\nabout what he intends to do, but\nseldom does it. Sensible hen. The\nben scratches for a,'liv ing: so does the\neditor, The hen hatches chickens\nthat come to some good; mo*t editors\nhatch schemes that never amount to\nanything Tbe hen presents her bill\nwhen she wants something, and\nusually gets it; the editor presents\nhia bill and hardly ever gets anything. The hen has a comb whioh\nshe doesn't use; the editor may have\na comb, and uses it sometimes, but\nnot always. The hen has wings; the\neditor has none and never will have, j\nThe hen isn't a high flyer; tbe editor\n\u2014is sometimes. The hen broods and\nraises a large family; the editor\nbroods over how he is going to ralso\nthe large family ho already has, as\nwell as overwasted energies and lost\nopportunities. The hen Is a rooster\nwhen she sleeps; that's queer; the\neditor is a queer rooster all the time.\nThe hen olten gets cooped; the editor\ngets (sjcooped, too, sometimes. The\nben often gets it in the neck; so does\nthe editor. Sometimes the hen crows;\nthe editor almost all the time, but no\none ever knows why. Tbers may\nbe other similarities between the hen\nand the editor, but they do not come\nto mind just now.\u2014Ex.\nup prospecting and gone at something\nthat promised more certain results.\nNot bo, however, with Pike. Day by\nday, he continued his researches for\nthe glittering treasure, and whether\nthe passing day revealed a color or\nnot, his spirits were always jubilant,\napparently kept up by the hope that\nseemed never to desert him of doing\nbetter on the morrow. At last the\nlucky day came. It was about three\nweeks ago, when hunting around\nover the hills, he struck his plok into\na little mound which resembled\nsomewhat in appearance an ant bill,\nand to his delight he unearthed some\npieces of decomposed quartz attached\nto which were some colors of gold.\nEncouraged at this prospect he began\nto sink on his new lead and was re\nwarded by finding more or less gold\nat every stage of descent. Last Sat\nurday be had reached a depth of\nabout thirty teet and bad taken out\nin sinking that far rock estimated to\nbe worth about $1500. The rock being rotten, or what is called by\nquarts miners decomposed, he had,\nwith little effort, pounded out in a\nmortar enough to pay expenses as he\nprogressed. He had hired men to\nassist him in working th* mine, and\non last Monday morning they went\nto work as usual, The gouge, as wa\nwould call it, as It is too rotten to be\nproperly called a ledge, was discovered by noon to have become suddenly rioher. In the afternoon\nchunks of almost pure gold was taken\nout, and the decomposed stuff that\nfilled the Interstices between the\nrocks was so rich In gold that Pike\nbegan to wash it out with a pan.\nFrom three panfuls washed Monday\nalternoon, he obtained gold estimated\nto be worth between $4,000 and $6,\n000. That evening he came into\ntown, and, giving us a hint of what\nhe had got, Invited us to go out and\nsee It. On Tuesday afternoon we\nvisited the mine. We found Noll\nwith a pan of gold In his hands worth\n$1,000 to $1,500, which he assured m\nall came from one pan of dirt; \"but,\"\nsaid he, 'If you don't believe It, I\nwill wssh another pan and show you.\"\nWe told hlro to wanli. Tlie pan wat\nsent down In the abaft and soon returned filled with a mass of muddy,\nrocky muff that sparkled all over!\nwith pieces of gold, This was washed i\nout, and was found to contain fully as;\n' .* \u2022 . i *. . , \u2022\nwurc, t.b\u00bbT> thf cmc br. bnd $r\\rt, fin l\nIshcd panning when we arrived, it, j\nwu really the greatest sight we over,\n\u2022aw. Bell having convinced m of \u25a0, \u201e \u201e , . ,\nthe richness r* his mint took us\u00bb*# M\u00bbii\u00abr.!..iWfi\u00bb\u00bb^.mpi*iMiii..f. *\nh\\\u00ab linn to m \u00abtmw n\u00ab tb, Twnraf-riM nf - 4^%%%*%^*V%*%-%\u00ab%%%^ii\nthe ureviotu day's panning, that we\nmight be convinced of all he had told\nus. The sight was one mora easilv i\nImagined than desertbed. As wi\nlooked upon the pan* of gold before\nus we thought of Aladdin and his\nlamp, and wondered If th*** \u00abtory had \u2022\nnot been suggested by some such\nreality aa was bofore mi. On W\u00ab\u00bbrl\nMtday eveolag, Mr. Bell (li, is \"Mr.- mm KVaNB'\nnow tiaee he has lots of gold, it was\n\"Pike\" betoreX WM In ft*\" -MPta,\nand be Informed u* that what we\nwas nothing; that he had taken\nMark Twain declares that when a\nman makes an appeal for charity it\nis a great mistake to get everybody\nready to give money and then not\npass the hat.\n\"Some years ago in Hartford,\" be\nsaid, the other day, \"we all went to\nchurch on a hot, sweltering night, to\nhear the annual report of Mr. Haw.\nley, a city missionary, who went\naround finding the people who needed\nhelp and didn t want to ask for it.\nHe told ot the life in the cellars where\npoverty resided, he gave instances of\nthe heroism and devotion of the poor.\nThe poor are always good to each\nother. When a man with millions\ngives, we make a great deal of noise.\nIt is noise in the wrong place. For\nit's the widow's mite that counts.\nWell, Hawley worked me up to a\nS-.A. HARTMAN\nOffice: 10 First Ave.\nP. O. Box 37\nROSSLAND, B. C.\nV. & X. Phone. Established at Rossland 1896\nMines and Investments\nPROMOTING OF MINING DEALS AND\nSTOCK COMPANIES A SPECIALTY.\n***\u25a0\u25a0 \u00ab*\u2022**\u2022\u25a0 OftBAU Of TART** fOWOSM\nTCHEAM\nBAKING\nP0WMR\nHighest Honors, World's Fair\nGold Medal, Midwinter Pair\nA-rold Baking Powders containing\nalum. They \u00ab*e Injurious to health\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.\nTHE MANSFIELD\nMANUFACTURING\nCOMPANY\nNELSON, B.C. P.O. BOX 688\nTHE MINERS'\nEXCHANGE,\nThree Forks\nB. C.\nTHE\nBIG STORE\nProvides accommodation for\nthe travelling public.... 7.\nPleasant rooms, and good\nmeals. The bar is stocked\nwith wines, liquors and\ncigars. HOT and COLD\nBATHS.\nHUGHNI\\EW, Proprietor.\nVVe have tirst-class connections with mining\nmen aud capitalists in the United States and\nEastern Canada and can And the necessary\nmoney to work and develop meritorious silver-\nlead properties In the Lardo and Slocau districts.\nIf you have a good silver-lead property with line\nsurface showings, please write to us and we will\ntind the right party to take hold.\nRespectfully-\nS. A. HARTMAN.\nSpulii hait fewer dally papers\nany other European country.\nthai*\nFAMOUS\nHAMPDEN WATCHES\nPRICES OK A FEW OF THE\nLEADING GRADE8:\nJohn Hancock, SI Jewels, the leading rail- _a R\nway watch 7. $\u00b0\u00b0\nNew Railway, 17 ruby Jewel*, adjusted.,..j&ttQ\nDueber Grand, 17 Jewels, adjusted, a specially good watch for good time and 4*11_\nharcf service 7 TAO\nDueber Watch Co.. 15 jewels, a good time &Q SO\npiece; satisfactory for a little money V-\u2022\nChampion, 7 jemla, warranted satisfactory, fig\nThose prices will compare favorably with any\nlegitimate jewelery house, east or west I have\nsuitable cases In nli-klr, silver and gold filled,\nfrom \u00abl.fti to tlft.oii.\nG. W. GRIMMETT, Graduate Ojitlelan\nand Jeweler.\nSANDON. B. C.\nSANDON.\nCall and see the largest\nstock of Dry Goods, Carpets,\nBoots, Shoes, Hats and Gents'\nFurnishings in the Sloean.\n'\" \"\u00b0. '\" \"\u25a0' 7 7\nThe Hunter-Kendrick Co.\nJ. E. Angrignon\nThe Leading\nHairdresser\nFinest Shop in the Slocan.\nWhen in NELSON see our\n$25\nE. SKINNER, Tailor\nFred. J. Scjiiire,\nManager.\nJAMES J. GODFREY\nMINES,.\nINVESTMENTS\nand INSURANCE\/fc\/fc\nGriimmett Block, Reco Ave.\nSandon, B. C.\nRents Collected. District agent for\nThe Great West Lite Assurance Co., Winnipeg, Man.\nAgent Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company.\nConnecticut Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford\n^Etna Fire Insurance Company \u25a0\nPhcenlx, of Hartford, Conn.,\nPacific Coast Fire Insurance Company,\nImperial Registry Company,\nThe Dominion of Canada Guarantee\nAccident Insurance Company-\nand\nNOTIOIB.\nTOWN LOTS. NEW DENVKR.\n\\TOTICE is hereby given that, In pursuance of\n1\" the notification published by this Department, and dated and June, 18$), under section\n88 of the \"Land Act,\" agreements for the sale of\nLots in thc Town of New Denver, which were\nPurchased from thc Government ai puhlic auc-\non on 80th July, 1892, and upon which the balance of purchase money and Interest Is not fully\npaid up by thc 30th April next, will be cancelled\nand all moneys paid therein will be forfeited.\nW.C. WELLS,\nChief Commissioner of Lands and Works.\nLandsand Works Department, Victoria, B. C,\n2lst March, iooi.\nNOTICE.\nPALMA ANGRIGNON\nGeneral Draying: Mining Supplies and Heavy Transport-\nTO DELINQUENT CO-OWNER.\nTo THOMAS SHEA, owner of au undivided\none-eighth (J) interest in the Nabob mineral\nclaim, situated on Reco mountain, and adjoining Blue Bird and Trade Dollar mineral\nclaims,and recorded at New Denver record\nOffice. \u25a0'\nTAKE NOTICE, that I, B. W. Bull, have done\nand recorded the annual assessment work as\nrequired by Section 24 of the Mineral Act, on the\nabove claim for year ending July 15, 1900, and\nthat your share of expense of said work\"is now\ndue. Should you fail to contribute your share of\nexpenditure for above work together with cost of\nthis advertisement I will at expiration of said 90\ndayB apply to Recorder to have your interest in\nabove claim transferred to me, pursuant to section 4, Mineral Act Amendment Act,11900\nB. W. BULL,\nFire Valley, B. C, March 28.1901.\nNOTICE.\nTO DELINQUENT CO-OWNER.\nToV. H. BEHNE, or to any person or persons\nto whom he may have transferred his interest\nIn the Miner Boy mineral claim, situate on\nthe north side of Carpenter creek, In the\nSlocan Mining Division of West Kootenay\nDistrict and recorded In the Recorder'*! office\nat New Denver, B. C.,ou July 4th, 1898.\nnotified that we\nhundred and fifty-six\nIn labor and Improve-\nBrick Block, Bellevue Ave.\nDenver, B. C,\nNew\nSILVERWARE\nA full line of Silverware and choice\nConfectionery at\nrirsJ.H.Wereley's\nJosephine St.. New Denver.\nafion a specialty.\nOur Baggage wagons meet all Sunday trains.\nSaddle Horses and Pack Annuls.\nFeed Stables at New Denver.\nATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS\no ' '' \u25a0\nTo and from European points via Canadian\nand American lines. Apply for sailing date*\nrates, tickets and full Information to any C.\nRy agent or\u2014\n(J. B. GARRETT.\nC. P. R. Agent, New Denver.\nW P. K.Cumm.nw. S.8.H. Agt..Wlunlp#u\nH. GIEGERICH\nStaple and Fancy\nGROCERIES\nAgent for\nGOODWIN CANDLES\nGIANT POWDER\nBEWARE OF IMITATION?\n*\n^NETt*\n_ ^r i>in_u \u25a0\u25a0>u>i.\nCAOWN IRAND'\n*\nKAMI\/)\nAIN8WOHTII\nHANDON\nPicture Framing and\nMoulding, write to\nF ,1 RR&HI FY & on\nmvm & DBOBATOBS J\nP. J. RUSSELL\nlluyeraiid Kspwii-mf\nRAW FURS\nIIIOHKHT PKICF.M\nPROMPT RETl'HSH\nPAIR AHWIRTMKKT\nTRAOE\nKh!|. by Kn|m*\u00bb\nNELSON, B.C\nYOU or any of you are hereby\nhave expended two hund\ndollars and fifty cents In labor and Imnrc\nments upon the above mineral claim, under the\nS.uTusivic v.^.uD.il.ii\\:iat\"i*Vi^\u00bbln\u00ab?llTTluilirilIlIC*\/\"\"\"\nays from the date of this notice you fall or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditures, together with all cost of advertising,\nyour interest in said mineral claim will become\ntbe property of the undersigned under section 4\ncf an Act entitled An Act to Amend the Mineral\nActl900.\nDated this tU day of March. 1901-\nTHEODORE F. ADAMS.\nA. F. ADAMS.\nNOTICE.\nTO DELINQUENT CO-OWNERS.\nTo E. J. MATHEWS, or to any person or per-\nHOiis to whom he may have transferred hi*\ninterest in the Hattie E mineral claim, at\nGlacier creek, a tributary of Wilson creek,\nnine miles from Three Forks, and recorded In\ntbe Record tifflce for the HIochii Mining\nDivision.\nVOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that I have\neipended One Hundred Dollars In labor and\n..... rovements upon the above mentioned mineral\nclaim, In order to bold said mineral claim under\nImprovements upon the above mentioned mineral\nclaim, In order to bold said mineral claim under\nthe provisions of the Mineral Act, and If within\nninety days from the date of this notice you fall\nor refuse to contribute your proportion of such\nexpenditure, toi*ether with ail eosta or advertu*\nIng, your Interest In \u00abald claim will become tbe\nproperty of the subfc-riber under Section 4 of an\nAct entitled, \"An Art to Amend thn Mineral Act\nWOO.\"\nJOSEPH B. MARTIN.\nThree Forks, B. C, March XI, MM.\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENT\nDRNVKR, t; 11 IKK, I.AKK KHOKK, OI.O\nMAS ami KKLFIK Mineral Claims.\nHltuatc lu the Hlocan Minim*\nKootenay I)Uti let. .Where locaie.li About\nDivision of West\njre local\none mile eouthraH of N*>w Denver.\n'PAKE NOTICE that I,\nI the city of Nelson sci ._. _.\nCempbell-Jobiiston. free miner's eerthVau |fo.\n, Intend, ility day* from the date Mraof,\n' to the Mining Kerorder for tierttloeM\nuf-'btatnjqg\nO,\nir a* agent\n, . ... il\"\nBM.TA7.-~\" , .\nto apply to the Mining\nof Improtemenis, for the purpose\nCrown Oranta of the atom claims.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 87, must be commenced before the (Nuance\nof such Uertincatee of Improvements.\nDated this ISrd day ot February. lMJl.\n.WHIN Mrr.ATCIHR, P.\nI..\u00bb.\nMARK\nOftA UKAXDA Mineral Claim\nMiiune In the \t\nWest Konifiiity IHSIrlrl.\nAriw Lake Mining lHvl.ioii ot\n _ . nar District. When loeatedi-\nOn Mineral Creek, about time mllr* from Its\nJunction with CaribooOw V\nfAKK NOTIORThett. F.C .Or<\u00ab-n,of Nelson ,\n1 It.('..ailing\u00ab.auent f..r William II, Hurtt.\nF, U. C *t,m. tw\u201em It. II err. F. M. C. M.*W,\nand iir|i<>*<< of ntitwltvlug a\nCrown ((rent nf lli. hImiv. rlklut.\nAnd 'tirth-r fak* iihH'-h* tlw* a. flun, under \u00ab\u2022\u00ab\u2022 \u25a0\nHun a;,iiiu.i Im ...muiriMiiil iN'fuii'tin-iwueiire\nN.II.C.\nis rirrrlv- prompt\ni *i*^%%*m^*>y\u00bb**%% **%+%*\nmm*}\nPlace i\nWLum\nber\nOutta Porcha Water-proof Fuse has\nIwon nrovo\/l \u00abnif not. ftnimd WRtitiiip'\nNo miss-holes; No riinnJn;\nDIRECT\n11\nROUTE\nlm*\nr ict\nTf 1 t\u2022 I\nINIIVTH\nand\nShingles\nagents:\nSOUR&E S!1C2. W. HUfiTEH CO\nNCWOCN t\u00ab,\u00ab.C. SILVCKTON.V C.\n%%*%%%%-**V\u00bb**%r%%%%^%%%%%^\u00bb%^\nI!N'KQI7\\J.I,KI\u00bb SKKVU K\ntfVV'K TIMK\nOEM CHOP HOUSE, KWU\\\nVrmh fhh ill ibttlm^ MfJLS\nP_nltryror*ttr*Um\u00ab 25 UP\nOitlf.ri ihiviM~l to *H j\u00abrtt\nOoantry. MHI ut hejwi\n\u2014Slocan I_tk\u00ab.-\nof\nthe\nSt James\nI'oMoflrte* addresM. RoMbtrjr.\nHOTEL\nNew Oenvcr, B.C.\na . acowt\u00bbN 9vo.,p*m\nH\u00ab****r meal* tn ihe city\u2014CemlofUWe rr~*.mt\u2014Har r.|>J\u00ab*t\u00ab' with Iht hm ol\nI.honni tttMl (Igan\u2014IWi n. rvk-i* throiiftiout.\nIhr\nKNUMKI-\nAURTRAMA\n\u00bbt> TlrhH* Ui\nTHKCONTINKNT\nCHINA JAPAN\n\u25a0PRKPAII* TIPRKTS* y\u00bb\"\nol.lM-.HN.\nFor ilMUUti. \u2022\u00ab .\u00bb si... i\u00abii..\nen \u00ab* *4drtmtht r\u00bb**tv\u00ab* Vw*J \u00bbr\no.ai.Aititm A\u00ab..t\nR. \/U\u00bble, A.f.. V.. A\u00abi,. V*\u00abf*w\n\u00bb..* ritfien.jil* t *'\u25a0&*. -'-\"\n\u2022-(*,\u2666\n'-?!\u00ab\u00ab-\u2022;\n\u00ab-'\n^f l,J*n>r:'\"*<*]\n\u20224.A\". \u2022 \u25a0 v\n' A>J< l'\"- X\nW.-7\n\"i-rt:\nTHE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., APRIL 11, 1901.\nEigiteh Yeab\nCONCEIT.\nAllittle dog barked at the big round moon\nThat smiled in the evening sky;\nAnd the neighbors smote him with rocks and\nshoon\u2014\nBut still he continued his rageful tune\nAnd he barked till his throat was dry.\nThe little dog bounc\u00abd like a rubber ball,\nFor his anger quite drove him1 wild;\nAnd he said, \"I'm a terror although I'm small,\nAnd I dare you, you impudent fellow, to fall\"\nBut the moon only smiled and smiled.\nThen the little dog barked at a terrible rate,\nBut he challenged the moon In vain,\nFor as calmly and slowly as the working of fate\nThe moon moved along In a manner sedate, .\nAnd smiled at the dog in disdain.\nBut soon,'neath a hill that obstructed the west,\nThe moon sank down out of sight,\nA nd It smiled as It slowly dropped under the crest;\nBut the little dog said, as he laid down to rest\n\"Well! I scared it away, all right!\"\n\u2022Mg\nBy*\nIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIQ\n^v^r)ts jUst passrrjg\nillllllllllHIIIIIIIH\nThe Hamilton Heral speaks of a book\nagent employed by a Toronto publishing firm who has brought action against\nthe firm for wrongful dismissal. One\nof the reasons given by the firm for dismissing the agent is that, being an\nIrishman, he got drunk on St. Patrick's\nday. The trial judge dismissed the action, but the Divisional court reversed\nthe decision nf the trial judge, and now\nthe case is before the Court of Appeal.\nAmong* the reasons given by the Divisional court for reversing the trial\njudge's decision are these: \"It mayalBO\nbe laid down as law that no employer\nwould be justified in dismissing an\nIrish employee for taking too much\nliquor on St. Patrick's day. Such a\nruling would be subversive of the foundation upon which our social fabric\nrests. . . .There are certain feelings which are implanted in the human\nbreast at birth, and one of them ia the\ninalienable right of an Irishman to conduct himself as he sees tit in his own\n\u2022syjfjs on March 17.\" If this ruling is\nsustained by the Court of Appeal it will\nplace the employer in rather a peculiar\nposition, for, if an Irishman can get\ndrunk on St. Patrick's day, arid yet\niorce his employer to hold him in his\nposition, what is to prevent any man\nat any time getting drunk and offering\nan an excuse for his conduct the state\nment that it his inalienable right to\ncelebrate any day he may choose, or all\ndays for that matter, in a manner \"as\nhe aeeo fit in his own eyes.\"\nhe had given \"just one more kick,'' and\nit was that effort that was needed\nHe floated out on a piece of butter.\nMoral\u2014for the prospector, mine owner,\nmine worker, businessman and artisan\nin the Slocan\u2014keep a'kicking. This\nis butter-making time.\n+\nMinister Wu is a Chinaman From\na civilized or religious standpoint he is\nlikewise a heathen. By education and\nexperience he is nevertheless a diplomat and a philosopher. As evidence of\nthis the following suggestive story is\ntold. Whan Wu was in Chicago at the\ntime of the Columbian exhibition, he\nmet several women holding official po\nsttion in connection with the big show.\nThis dialogue literally occurred between one of these and Wu: \"How old\nare you?\" A evasive Binile on the fair\nbut silent lips. \"Married?\" \"Yes.''\n\"Plenty money?\" \"Yes.\" \"Good husband?\"' \"Yes!\" \"Fine home?\" \"Ye*.''\n\"Why don't you stay there?\"\n-' \u25a0 +7 \u25a0..\nA counting machine has been invented which will count four thousand\nquarters in seven minutes\u2014a task that\nwould occupy an ordinary person nearly as many hours. A machine of this\nkind would be invaluable in the Slocan\nat the present time. It would be particularly handy if attached to our big\npress. This office is partial to silver in\nthe coin form. The fortunes of all our\nemployees have been reduced to this\nmetal of 25-cent denomination, and it\nfrequently happens that much valuable\ntime is loat in searching our pockets\nand carpet-bags for the fortune that has\nflown, and which we delighted so much\nto pair with a panfs button or jingle in\nour dreams. For the present, however,\nwe will not add a quarter-counting machine to the already large list of supplies in our mechanical department.\nThe old variety will answer yet awhile\nin the business department. Bring in\nyour quarters to be counted.\niiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiit\nThere are, roughly speaking, 225,000,\n000 acres of unoccupied Crown lands in\nthe Province of British Columbia. These\nlands are, in the main, unoccupied and\nunproductive because they are inaccessible. They are known to contain\ngreat resources of iron, coal, oil, silver,\nlead, gold, copper, and to be covered\nwith limitless quantities of fine timber,\nbesides containing many million acres\nof diversified farming and grazing land\nThey only require population, capital,\nand means of transportation. In order\nto properly make known the Immense\nresources of the Province It has been\nproposed that the Province should is\nsue 25,000,000 acres of land scrip, carry\ning with it tho right of location on any\nof tbe Crown Lands which are unoccupied. This scrip should carry with it\nthe right to everything that is in the\nland or on it; and should be issued in\ndenominations of 40, 80, 160, 320 and\n640 acres, at the uniform price of 11 per\nacre, the proceeds to he used to con*\n\u2022tract railways through undeveloped\nportions of the province, the railways\n\u2022o built to be leased to companies mak*\nIng the best offer to the Province. This\nwould have the same effect as author*\nising a loan of 125,000,000, but the Province would have to pay no Interest on\ntbe money thus raised. This would be\na stupendous undertaking but a practical one. Its feasibility depends upon\nthe manner of advertising tbe script\nand tb*t those expected to subscribe to\nIt should be convinced that it has actual\nand progratiyo value. Ot this anyone\nacquainted with the history and re*\nsources of the Province can have no\ndoubt. But tbe Ignorance ot tbe outside world regarding British Columbia\nIs surprising and must be overcome before either tbe money or the people will\nbe forthcoming. Under tbe present\nproposal, a fund of 11,250,000 ia provided\nfor tbat purpose. If tho Issue woro authorised, a six months' educational\npropaganda would be necessary for Its\nsiiccewlul subscription. The expen*\nditore nf thia lurn in this way would\nguarantee the successful issue of 128,*\n000,000 in scrip, enabling the construction of 1,000 miles of railway, and draw\na ntream of population, capital and en*\nt. ett. te. If\u00bbfr> th. Pwivltir* Iti enwn *f\u00bb.\n*-r<*\u00bb fytrnmnnanrate with U* Ittnnt r~\n\u2022oiinm\n+\nOttctt ujmiii a time\u2014as the story goes\u2014\n\u00bb nu in b~r ofl rng* hy some means got\n(nlif, \u2022> piii (if tnltl f*Cri 1r\\,\u00bb*\u00bbt \u00bbr>r~tf\u00abi,\ntion. p.~a**\u2014Un>n' ar. no nog* in tht*\nlake.] \"How U thl*?* ih\u00aby exclaimed,\n\"but a short time ago we were happy\nI contented, all our surrounding* con*\nhealth and growth. Now what\nnr* imhmarg. d hy art\nfgb of value in its way, yet\nId nur tuitc, ami foul to frog\ntost entrap*, but we will not\nknout a kirk.\" 8\u00a9 all eon-\nkick. One after another\nf, their kicks grew faint, and\nthat sank to tbe bottom,\nit \u2022** mmbk rx* give ~|\u00bb MtU\n\u25a0;C\u00a9MMVH!WT10(*$.\nMHIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIHH\nTHK MILLION DOLLAB MISSIONARY\nTRUST.\nTo the Editor of Thk Lbdok :\nDear Sir,\u2014During the last two years\nthe missionaries' war in China, and the\nefforts of the churches at home to raise\na Century Fund Million Dollars for the\nextension of missionary enterprise, has\nbrought the question of missions sufli\nciently to the front as to have already\nbecome a public question upon which\n\"the man in the street\" has a perfect\nright to pass an opinion. There is an\nold and tried maxim that, \"Bachelors\nwives and old maids' childron are al\nways perfect,\" on the principle that it\nis \"easier to preach than to practice,\"\nwhich principle, if applied to the Anglo\nSaxon race, would simply mean that\nthe application of a little more practical\nChristian ethics to British and American business life and international reflations would probably do more to\nenlighten the \"man sitting in darkness\"\nthan the present one of \"glass beads\nand theology, maxim guns and hymn\nbooks, trade, gin and torches of progress and enlightenment (patent adjust*,\nable ones.)\" Something of this nature\nhas characterised the missionary work\nof the last century, which the young,\nclear eyes of Now Contury aro beginning\nto notice. Upon this tho church has\nbeen raising and spending millions of\nmoney, froquontly resulting in finding\nthe after state of that country worse\nthan tho first, and unhappily leaving\nour own beloved country in a similar\ncondition.\nAs a proof of the former statement, if\nany were needed, It Is related on very\ncreditable evidence that in heathen\ncountries, where, before they were\ntouched by the Influence of eastern\ncivilization, the people were honest,\nmora) and truthful, have subsequently\nbecome exactly the reverse, and now\ndrink and lie and strear and steal like\nChristians.\nKvea in Manitoba the same condition\nof things exists amongst tbe Mennonites.\nThey are a strictly religious sect, and\ncame to Canada thirty years ago, from\ntbe Steppes ot Russia. So long as they\nretained their Identity they alio retained\ntheir morality and purity. Bin. by con*\nstent commercial and social relationship\nwith the civilisation (?) of the west, they\nare. many of them, fast becoming as*\nslmilated and can drink and swear and\n\"cut up dog\" like their clvllixed neighbors.\nDoubtlchH the director, of the mUalon*\nary trust may bu able to explain away\nthis condition of nffnlrs. But \"the man\non the street,\" who In compelled to judge\nnil niillr\u00bb nr.U-H'l,. >> ...ill \u201e.. \u2022*.\u00ab\u00bb.\nIloteical, W the results of experiment I\nand demonstration, is entitled to criticize, when the results facing him are\nbelow the government standard.\nIu this frame of mind, our dear, delightful, old friend, Mark Twain, in a\ntrenchant article in the February Number of the North Americas Review,''goes\nfor\" the missionary with some of hie old\ntime vigor. He does not reflect upon\nthe self-sacrificing* labor of the pioneer\nmissionary, whose work is too often\nsoaled with hie blood, but the trafficing\nmammon-mougering specimen, who, in\nthe name ofthe Prince of Peace, is but\ntoo frequently a military spy and forerunner, and who depends upon maxim\nguns and warships for the dissemination\nof the Ten Commandments and the\nGolden Rule.\n\"Russia,\" says Mark Twain, \"plays\nthe game injudiciously, and with its\nbanner of the Prince of Peace in one\nhand, and its loot basket and butcher\nknife in the other, seizes Manchuria,\nraids its villages and chokes its rivers\nwith the swollen corpses of countless\nmassacred peasants.\"\nIs it possible to find a condition of\nthings in China or any pagan country\nto compare with the following rottenness\nand degradation described in a recent\nnumber of the New York Sun. The\nwriter states that \"name,'' date and\nplace can be supplied to those of little\nfaith, or to anyone who feels himself\naggrieved. It is a plain statement of\nrecord and observation.written without\nlicense and without garnish. . . .\nWhere respectable residents have to\nfasten their doors and windows on\nsummer nights, at 100\u00b0 temperature,\nrather than catch the faint whiff of\nbreeze; where naked women dance by\nnight in tlie streets, and unsexed men\nprowl like vultures through the darkness on'business,' not only permitted\nbut encouraged by the police; where\nthe education of infants begins with the\nknowledge of prostitution and the training of little girls in the arts of Phryne;\nwhere American girls brought up with\nthe refinements of American homes are\nimported from small towns up tho State\nof Massachusetts, Connecticut and New\nJersey and kept as virtually prisoners\nas if they were locked up behind jail\nbars until they have lost all semblance\nof, womanhood; where small boys are\ntaught to solicit for the women of disorderly houses; where there is an organized society of young men (?) whose sole\nbusiness in life is to corrupt young girls\naud turn them over to bawdy houses;\n_whAr\u00ab^n\u00bbAn_wfllI*ln\u00ab\u00bb_ji*ith_J:hAi*v_jySvi\u00bba\nalong the street are openly insulted;\nwhere children that have adult diseases\nare the chief patrons of hospitals and\ndispensaries; where it is the rule.rather\nthan the exception, that murder, rape,\nrobbery and theft go unpunished\u2014In\nshort, where the premium of the most\nawful forms of vice is the profit of the\npoliticians \"\nSurely this is a catalogue of blackness\nand heathenism sufficiently long and\nbase to deserve the labors of the missionary and the dollars of the missionary subscriber. YEL D'ORD.\nKootenay, B C, April 6,1001.\nEstablished in Nelson\nspring\nMillinery\nJuMreceived. AimLarg. Htock <>f Ladli**and\nliUMa' Rtioai -latest .print Mhapee,\nat Mr St Merkley's\nNew Denver\nHeE.T.HAULTAW,C.E.\nMINING ENGINEER\n\"\"\"SWAB** - - NEum\n8\n^Bicycles\nat\nHalf\nPrice\nJACOB DOVER, C.P.R. Watch Inspector.\n&CS3 KSEX3Ri\u00a3g_ g^KK^K5KSK3CX5\n.\/\n$65 ones now for\nCome and take your choice\nbefore they are all gone__>->\nSmoke\nTuckett\nCigar Co.\nUnion Brands\nLabel Marguerite\npj\u00bb v Bouquet\n\\-\/Xg\u00ab;IO0m,Special\nEl Condor\nfor -prices apply to\u2014\nw.j. momillan * oo. Schiller\nWholesale Agents for B.O.\nVancouver, 8.(3.\nJAMES CROFT,\nDRAY ING\nHauling and Packing to Mines,\nnnd general local business.\nWOOD AND COAL FOR SAI\nNelson, BX\nJACOB DOVER'S\nTHE) JB3\"WEirjEIR,.\nJss-Our Watchmaking and Jewelry departments have no equal\nin Kootenay. Mail orders receive our prompt and careful attention.\n8\nNew Utnttr, It. V.\nFruit and Trp\nOrnamental 11 U ,\\\nHeeds, Flnnta, Vines, etc..\nKitra choice stock of Cherry,\nPeach. Apricot, PJuui and\nother Irult trees. Must cum*\npieu* stock In the Province,\nltxi \\iHice Catalogue live.\nM. J. HENRY,\n*M\u00bb ttV*tinln\u00abt*r RimiI. v\u00bbnc\u25a0\u25a0. S0,*r^ k\u00bbbUo* \u00ab*i\"-on!lB. o!\nacb Ofttce at New Denver evary Saturday\nIXOTB&CjS.\nrpHB LKI.AND HOUSE. Nakusp. B. C\u201e\nI provjdei good accoramodartot.i for travelers.\nMM. MODftUailD.\n31HK ARLINGTON HOTKL, Sloean Oity.\nti headquarter* for Mining and Ooromtrctal\nen. OtTRIMO k IttKDMaON\nNelson Brewing Co.\n\"^ rtSMrLST?d Porter-,he b\"-,n the \"\"\"*\u2022 to\u2122*\u2122*-\nR. REISTERER & CO., Nelson, B.C.\nH. BYERS & CO.,\nHEAVY AND SHELF\nHARDWARE\nGoal, Iron,\nSteel, Blowers,\nWater Motors,\nTruax Ore Cars,\nOre Buckets,\nRails, Belting,\nPacking, Wire Rope.\nTin and Sheet\nIronWorkers\nNBLSON, B. C,\nKASLO, B. C.\nSANDON, B. C,\nP.BURNS&QO.\nHave shops in nearly all the camps and cities\nof Kootenay and Boundary. They sell the\nbest meat obtainable and aim to give satisfaction to every customer. Try a line of their\nP. BURNS & CO.\nCalifornia\nWine Co.,\nNELSON, B.C.\nWholesale dealers In\nChoice Wines\nand Fragrant\nCigars\" \"+\nAgents for Calgary Beer.\nS WADD8 BROS <\ni PHOTOGRAPHERS ,\n_ V.NCOUVIR ... Nf ISON, I.e.\nd. K. OLARK,\nMINES\nand MINING\nRaporta, Examinations and Management.\nNEWDENVER, - B.O.\nN\nHEfy^AStO HOTEL\nT*K\nPa-ally * Coamerelal.\n\u2022\u2022\u2022*t\u00abe**teet\u00ab\u00abt\u00bb\u00ab\u00bbt(t\u00abl\u00abl\narge\nAnd\nL\nComfortable\nRooms\nFitted with every modern\nconvenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50\nand $3 per day,\nCOCKLE & PAPWORTH,\nProprietor*.\nDENTISTRY.\nDR. MILLOY\nROSSLAND\nMost complete Dentil Office In B. C.\nV*A\nOUU C0K8ET DEPAlVr.\nMENT IS UP-TO-DATE\nIN ALL STYLES AND\nPRICKS.\n!\nFred. Irvine & Co.\nNELSON, B. 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