{"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.14288\/1.0307020":{"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":"1899-03-23","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\/1.0307020\/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":" Volume VI. No. 25.\nNEW DENVER, B. C, MARCH 23, 1899\nPrice, $2 00 Year\nSL06AN GA\/HP NEWS |\nbOCAT.\n>jru\\s____s\nCHIT-CHAT\nI\nbody or\nEVAXS\nKKCOVKBK1).\nSLOCAN THK RrOHKST,\ntake orders in\nheld in Bosun\nTravelling tailors still\ntho, Slocan.\nA social dance will be\nhall to-night.\nGorman West is running* a restaurant\nin Greenwood.\nE. Rammelmeyer, of the Emily Edith,\nis seeking health' in California.\nL. 0. Lane, the Sandon packer, has\nextended his business to Silverton.\nDr. Milloy will return to Sandon next\nweek and attend to dental business.\n.lap King* is developing some gold\nproperties \"upon the Colville reservation.\n, Dave Bremner and John McMillan\nleft Skagway a few days ago for Atlin\nlake.\nJames Wiggington returned from the\nBoundary. He intends to locate at\n\u2022Greenwood.\nThe K. of P. \"At Home,\" next Thursday evening, gives promise of being an\nenjoyable affair.\nThe sun crossed the equator on Monday and the annual equinoxial weather\nis making life disagreeable.\nRev. Cleland, of Sandon, will hold\nservices in the Presbyterian church\nSunday morning at 11 o'clock. '[\nGrand Chancellor James Haddow, of\nNanaimo, will officially visit the local K.\nof P. lodge on Wednesday next.\nLumber is on the ground for the\nAnglican church to be erected on Seventh\nstreet, and work has been started.\nA bank president visited Silverton and\nSlocan City this week, and we anticipate\nthe usual report of another branch or two\ni The assertion, so weird and desolate,\nand that bears with it thoughts of a\ngrave in icy,unknown depths, that Slocan\nlake gives ru-t up its dead, will no longer\nhold good; The firBt body of anyone\ndrowned in its waters has floated ashore\nand been recovered, and the remains of\nJack Evans are now at, rest in the silent\ngrave at Nelson. Evans, it will be remembered, was a deckhand on tlie\nsteamer Slocan and on the night of Jan.\n20th, while engaged about the boat, he\nwalked overboard and was drowned.\nNo thought was given to the possibility\nof ever recovering his body, but on Monday evening, it was found floating near\nthe shore at Roseoery, and was recovered by the boat officials and taken to\nNelson Tuesday for burial.\nEvans was a native of Maine. He was\na desolate spirit, and upon being rescued\nby the deckhands when he fell overboard\nupon another occasion at Silverton some\nweeks prior to his drowning, he cursed\nhis rescuers and asked, \"Why in he\nwas not allowed to go.\"\nThis is the first body that has ever\nbeen recovered from the lake. Though\nlong and persistent searches were made\nfor the bodies of other unfortunates who\nlost their lives in the icy water at various\ntimes in the past seven years, they were\nnever seen again after sinking below the j\nsurface. \u25a0 !\nThe. Slocan is undoubtedly the richest\nmining division in the Province, and\nfor investment pure and simple, stocks\nin the standard mines of this camp are\nthe safest investment that offer at present to an intending purchaser. The\nrecent strikes in the Queen Bess, Vulture, Slocan Star, Reco, Treasure Vault\nand Noble Five prove tliat the ore\nbodies in the Slocan have only begun to\nshow their '.richness and continuity, and\nthere is not a property iu this division,\nwhich, with fairly intelligent treatment\ncan fail to become a dividend payer\nThere has been a slump lately in\"the\nDardanelles stock, but this was due\nmore to extraneous dealings amongst\nthe big* stockholders, than to the conditions of the mine itself, which at present\nis nearer to being on a dividend paying\nbasis than for some time previously.\nBuyers cannot make a mistake if they\npurchase the Slocan stocks of those\nproperties which are held by strong\ncompanies, or to be more explicit, by\nthose companies whose largest stockholders until the mine gives them a.\nreturn in the shape of dividends. The\nIvanhoe, owned by the Minnesoto Silver j\nMines Company,' has so much ore in\nsight that the owners have decided to |\nput up a mill and tramway, and this I\nproperty will soon be one of the big j\nshippers of British Columbia. As it is j\nowned by a close corporation however,\nthe investing public will not have an\nopportunity of profiting by its richness\n\u2014 Nelson Economist.\nSAJ1PHSG WOKKS AT NELSON'.\nNAKUSP.\nbout to be established on the lake.\na\nJoseph Brandon lias bought N. F.\nMeNaught's interest in the Corncracker\nand Fairhaven. These claims are\nabove the Bosun and development upon\n.them will be resumed immediately.\nServices will be held in the Methodist\nchurch next Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:15\np.m. Everybody welcome. R.N.Powell.\nMorning subject, \"Ordered into Active\nService;\" evening subject, \"Why are\nthere so Few Conversions?\"\n1 W. C. Husband has been appointed\nmanager of the Halycon Hot Springs\nHotel.\" Hub will soon become popular\nwith the western people. He is genial,\nto a finish, and understands human nature clear through the.entire formation.\nMr. James O'Neil, for the last seven\nyears clerk in Mr. John Paisley's grocery\nstore, left on Monday night for New\nDenver, B.C. Mr. O'Neil is one of our\npopular young men, and of the class we\nvery much dislike to see leaving our\nmidst.\u2014Napanee Beaver.\nA large number of the K. of P. brethren attended the anniversary church\n\u2022service of th\u00ab local lodge Sunday morning from Sandon lodge. Membersof the\nUniform Rank were present in full dress\nand in the march to and from church\nthey presented a very creditable appear-\n.ance. <:\u25a0 _\nSLOCAN MINERAL FLOAT.\nMr. Hugh McCutcheon, collector of\ncustoms atNakusp, was in Rossland the\nother day on a business trip. When\nseen by a Record representative he\nstated that a syndicate formed in Toronto\nhas bought up the two hot water mineral\nsprings back of the town, and will put.\nup a $50,000 sanitarium, with all modern\nimprovements and accommodations. The\nbuildings will, when completed, make\nquite a village in themselves, as beside\nthe main hotel and sanitorium buildings\nthere will be 12 separate cottages for'\nguests, also houses for the officials of the j\ncompany, stable, etc. The location has !\nbeen selected directly back of the town\non the flat at the foot of the mountain,\nand a driveway is now completed to it!\nThe company will also have an electric\npower and light plant of sufficient capacity to furnish the city with electriclights.\nA lime quarry is now being opened\nwithin a few miles of town, td\u00bbsupply\nlime to the Trail smelter.\nNakusp is situated about80 miles from\nthe Canadian Pacific Railway main line,\nand at the terminus of the Nakusp &|\nSlocan Railway on Arrow lake, where j\ntwo steamers connect daily with the rail-'\nroad. There is both a bonded customs j\nand inland revenue warehouse; there is j\nalso a large wholesale grocery store. As\na summer and health resort it cannot be\nbeaten. Mountain trout are in every\nstream and large and small game can be\nfound any and everywhere. There is\ngood boating on the lake. There is to\nbe a grand ball on April 3rd, which will\nbe the social event of the season.\nG. M. McDowell, who intends to erect\nsampling works at Nelson, had a conference with leading officials of, the C.P.R.\nwith regard to his request for. a grant of\na portion of the C. P. R. right of way to\nenable him to construct his plant. The\ntwo parties came to an agreement by\nwhich Mr. McDowell is given a 80 years'\nlease of a portion, of the right of way on\ncondition that the buildings.be begun\nwithin three months and completed\nwithin six. The buildings, which will\nbe on the lake shore just inside the city\nlimits, will be constructed 22 feet from\nthe centre of the tract and will have 100 I\nfeet frontage with 50 feet of depth. The j\nmajor part of the buildings will be on the j\nforeshore of the lake and will be built on\npiles. The outermost piles will be 75\nfeet in length. The site chosen is just\nwhere the rights of way of the Nelson &\nFort Sheppard and C P. railways join,\nand it is expected that the two lines will\nbe connected by a neutral switch. Until\nthis is effected the former road will get\naccess to the works bym^ans of atrestle.\nThe necessary plans have been drawn by\nC. W. McArthur, formerly of Denver,\nCol., and the machinery has been ordered from the machine company of Quebec.\n.'FLOAT OF (\"KNERAI. INTEREST.\nIn 1.8f>7 in the Rand, South Africa,\ng-old district, there were in operation\n4,075 stamps: in 1898, 5,012; the tonnage crushed in 1807 was 5,3*25,355\u2014\nabout 4J tons per stamp per day. As in\nthe United States, the tendency is to\nincrease the capacity per stamp. In the\npast ten vears that district has vielded\n8320,000.000 in gold.\nAt Windsor Castle, on one occasion,\ntheGiiardsBand wag playing out on the\nterrace during dejeuner, and the Queen\nwas so much struck by one pretty inarch\ntune that she desired one of the Maids\nof Honor to go and ascertain what it\nwas called., The classic features of that\nhigh bom damsel were suffused with\nblushes as she returned and made answer : \"'Come Where the '-Booze .'is\nCheaper,' Your Majesty !'1\nRobbie had longed for a baby brother\nand a pair of white rabbits. The answer\nto both wishes came on the same morning but it was not quite satisfactory, for\nthere were two baby brothers and only\none rabbit. Robbie was greatly disgusted at the mistake The next day\nhis father found the following notice\ntacked to the gate post: \" For sale-\nOne nice fat baby ; or I will exchange\nfor a white rabbit.\"\nOne of the San Francisco papers has\na correspondent at Juneau in the person\nof Hal Hoffman In a recent article by\nthat gentleman he says that in retaliation of the Atlin alien\" bill presumably^\nthat Canadians will be driven out by\nforce from the Porcupine creek district.\nThis statement has caused a great deal\nof adverse criticism here as well as in\nother Canadian cities, and it is thought\nthat there is no justification for the\nstatement.\nGAMPS N0T FAR AWA1\nTHK AIUJVGTOX T)KA1..\nThe following is taken from the Spokane Review, and it is to be hoped\nthere is more in it than a mere puff for\nFrank Watson, one of the principal\nnewspaper miners on the coast:\nA deal has been consumated in\nSpokane which will introduce Roston\ncapital into the lead district of the Slocan and will doubtless bring one of the\npromising properties of tliat part of\nBritish Columbia immediately to the\nfront as a great mine. The Arlington\nmine is the property in question Who\nthe Boston capitalists are is not announced at present, but there is every\nassurance that the deal,is ago.\nare attractingattention of eastern capital\nand Boston has made money enough in\nmines to know that,a venture of this\nkind is safe. Those who know the\nArlington say that the mine will be shipping ore within six months and should\nbegin to pay profits soon after.\nTHE TREADWELL MrNES.\nThe Arlington mine is one of .the\nThe great beef trust which sold meat\nat Dawson for $1.50 per lb. last year is\nnow; 'almost forgotten and prices are\nabout as low as they are in Vancouver.\nThe poorest beef, sells at 15 cents and\nthe best at 25 cents per lb. to the. quarter; 'One thing that has fbrced'down the\nprices is the order that all beef that is\nnot kept in refrigerators by May, 1st\nAvill be condemned and must be thrown\naway. There are no refrigerators at\nDawson, and nonein course of construction, so that the prices will probably go\nstill lower.\nMORTON FREWEN ON SILVER.\nTHK PAYNE.\nThe tunnel on the Stockholm is in HO\nfeet.\nThe Reco discharged 18 men last\nweek.\nThere are 15 tons on the dump of the\nPalmito taken from No. 2 tunnel.\nThe Comstock and Vancouver each\nmade a shipment to Trail last week.\nThe tunnel on the Snap is.in 90 feet.\nThis property should be a shipper in (30\ndays.\nJ. F. Mcintosh, of Kaslo, lias bought\nan eighth interest in the Isis, from\nBlack Bros\nThe Noble Five has ore in its lowest\ntunnel, No. 8 The.showing is from five\nto 11 inches of concentrating ore. ,\nThe lower tunnel .on the Queen Bess\nis in ore for over a 100 feet. Nearly 200\ntons of ore were sent down the hill from\nthis mine last week.\nIt is now ag*ainst the law to thaw\ndynamite within 150 feet of the mouth\nof a tunnel. Some of the Sloean mines\nwill have to thaw in balloons.\nThere is no particular trouble between the Comstock Mines and T. L.\nMitchell. The amount of stuff appearing in some papers over the matter is a\nwaste of space.\nOre has been struck on the Marion in\nthe face of the tunnel now in about 150\nfeet. Work is going steadily on and the\nproperty will be thoroughly opened up\nbefore further shipments are made.\nThe break in the machinery at the\nDardanelles has been repaired, and\nwork was resumed last Thursday. The\nshaft on this property is down 500 feet\nand the machinery is too light to properly handle tlie water and hoisting.\nANOTHER ENTERPRISE DEAL.\nThe report is current that the London\nand British Columbia Goldfields, Ltd.,\nof London, Eng., through their agents\nhere, have taken over the Enterprise\nmine, Ten Mile. Mr. Aylard, resident\nmanager of thc Enterprise, is not at\nliberty to give out any information\ngarding the deal and it is not de-\nknown that the sale has been made, but\nfrom indications it is safe to assume that\nthe Enterprise has or is about to change\nhands, and that the London company\nwill take it over.\nChoice Lemons. Fresh Eggs\nHazelwood Butter at Bourne Bros.\nand\nSLOCAN ORE .SHIPMENTS.\nTotal shipped Julv 1 to Dec. 31, 1808,\n17,994 tons. January 1st, -1899. to\nMarch 18th: ' j\nFrom Sandon.\nPayne\t\nLast Chance\t\nSapphire\t\nCoin\t\nAjsix \t\nSovereign\t\nlteco\t\nIvanhoe \t\nTreasure Vault\t\nTrade. Dollar\t\nFrom Throe Forks\nIdaho Mines\t\nQ,ueen Bess\t\nWild Goose \t\nMonitor\t\nFrom Whitewater.\nAVhiteivater\t\nJackson\t\nBell\t\nFrom McGmjtan.\nAntoine\t\nRambler\t\nDardanelles\t\nGreat Western \t\nFrom Xew Denver.\nBosun\t\nMarion\t\nFrom Silverton.\nFidelity.-\t\nVancouver\t\nWakefield\t\nEmily Edith\t\nComstock\t\n| Montreal, March 14.\u2014Application for\na new charter for the Payne Consolidated\nMining Company will be forwarded to\nVictoria to-morrow. The directors of\nthe re-organized company will be: W.\nL. Hogue. banker, of Anaconda, Montana; A. W. McCune, owner of Salt Lake\nCity street railway; F. L. Seargeant, of\nAnaconda; James Ross, Senator Forget,\nWm. Hanson, Col. Fred Henshaw and\nClarence J. McCuaig,;of Montreal.\nIt appears that the .presidency of the\nPayne will be offered to W. L. Hogue.\nThis afternoon Mr McCuaig received\na telegram stating that the shipments\nfrom the Payne from Jan.\"l to March 14\nreached 1,388 tons, which\" netted $52 per\nkm rc-i ton' after deducting duty and charges for\nitiitfOv freight and treatment. This amounts to\ninnei*, ^25,000, or about $50,000 a month. Mr.\nC. H. Hand, the chief manager, also\nreports the showing in the different levels\nto be of the most satisfactory nature, and\nsuch as to warrant the belief that Montreal and Toronto people now control the\nrichest property in British Columbia.\nMorton Frewen, the well-known London financier, speaking of the outlook\nfor silver, says in a recent note:\n\"Had it been possible to obtain from\nWashington a proposal to re-open your\nmints at 1 to 22 on condition that\" the.\nIndian mints were siuiultanaously flung\nwide open to the free coinage of rupees,\nin other words, to restore silver momet-\nalism in India for 300,000.000 of people\non condition that you restored bi-metal-\nism, we might under those conditions\nhave advanced an all important step on\nthe road to the complete restoration of\nsilver as a money, metal. But no support\ncould be obtained for any such proposal,\nand at the present moment silver is\ndrifting, and drifting dangerously. It is\na clear case that it has been possible for\nthe government of the United States for\nsome months to have restored silver at\nthe rate of $1 per ounce, but there was\nno one to push it. It is the sin of the\ncentury that it is so.\"\n'THE BACHELOR BOYS.\nlast\nwell\nThe\nSLOCAN MINES.\nThe concert and dance given\nFriday night by the band was very\nattended and highly enjoyable,\nselections by the band given in the open\nair drew a large crowd, and the affair\nwas very successful from every 'point of\nview. A short but appreciative musical\nprogram was rendered, after Band President Sproat gave a synopsis of the progress of the band and outlined briefly\nthe objects of the organization. ' I\nThe rendition of the homespun farce i\nentitled \"The Bachelor Boy*\" afforded j\ngreat fun for the audience, as it was;\nentirely of a local nature and revealed j\nthe every day life in \"bach\" quarters of\nour boys, giving their trials and sorrows,\nfun and folly.\nWANT TO FORM A LEAOIJE.\nWeek.\nTotal.\n2K0\n2,4 ill\nKid\ni,:\u00abk\n18\nia\n40\n20\ntoo\n100\noo\n18\nmo\n1S2\n698\n15\n40\ntiSl\n'iO\n314\n30\n45\n135\n80\n48\n20\nm>\n-'0\n3\n20\n300\n580\n40\n40\n00\nTotal tons.\n722\n8,171\nMr. Donald Kennedy, writing from 70\nGracechurch street to the Financial\nNews, says:\n\"Sir,\u2014Referring to your interesting\ninterview with Mr. A. McMillan, of\nRossland, British Columbia, I am glad\nto note that Mr. McMillan drew attention to the fact that the silver-lead\nmines of the. Slocan pay hanclsorne.lv\nThe general public have an idea that\nsilver mining does not pay ; whereas,\nas a matter of fact, the' silver-lead\nmines of British Columbia, in several\ninstances, have paid extremely well. It\nmay surprise many of your readers to\nhear that the greatest''dividend-paver\nof all the mines in British Columbia is\na silver-lead mine. Tlie celebrated\nPayne mine, situated near Sandon, in\nthe Slocan district, has paid more in\nThe followingcommunication has been\nreceived from the Nelson Baseball Club:\nNelson, B.C., March 20, 1899.\nEditor The Lkdgk, Dear Sir: We\nhave organized for 1899. Do you intend\nforming a club in your town? If so!\nwould it not be in tlie best interests of j\nthe game to arrange a series o? matches,\nsomewhat after tlie nature of a league, j\nthe league to comprise say, Kaslo. Nel-;\neon, New Denver. Northport, Rossland. j\nRevelstoke, Sandon and Slocan City.!\nSupposing you send a delegate to \"a'\ngeneral meeting at Nelson on \"Good Friday. Trusting that you as an enthusiast\nwill push the matter along. Let us\nhear from you soon. Yours sincerely,\nHarry Houston, secretarv.\nBourne Bros, have just received a\nconsignment of Spring Goods, Oil Cloth,\ndividends than any mine in the whole; Sheetings, ,Tickinp*s\nof the Province. Even when silver-\nand lead were at their verv lowest the j\nPayne paid larger monthly dividends!\nthan even the great Le Roi'mine. The i\nprofits for the month of November last j\nwere si.00,000. !\nBlue Deinins.\nluting\nMuslin, Velveteen, Felts.\nWhite Canvas,\n\u2022lanuei. Swiss\nStraw Matting, Floor Rugs, Mats, Hosiery, Negligee Shirts, Dress Lining and many\nother articles required by the citizens\nof the Silverv Slocan town's.\nrichest silver properties in the vicinity\nof Slocan City. It has been owned for\nabout two years by a Spokane company\nwhich was\" organized by Frank Watson. The property comprises the Arlington and Burlington claims and was\nlocated by Robert Cooper and C. E.\nFielding who have ever since retained\ninterests in it. In 1896 John A. Finch\nhad the group under bond and did considerable work upon it without finding\nthe main lead, his tunnel, as subse.\nquent development proved, having\nbeen run in the wrong direction. Later\non the mine lay idle for many months\nuntil Frank Watson came along and\nafter looking it Oyer concluded that it\nwas one of the richest showings he\nhad ever seen and took a bond on it for\n$50,000. , Then followed the formation\nof the Spokane company.\nThe'property has seen hard times!\nThe company was hampered for. lack of\nfunds and the Arlington war away up\nSpringer creek where no road had ever\nbeen built and shipment of ore was\ntherefore expensive. Then there were\nconflicting interests and dissensions\namong the stockholders and the result\nwas slow development and a rapidly\naccumulating debt. In all 1,200 feet of\nwork was done, most of it being accomplished under the direction, of Frank\nWatson, who was in charge of the work\nwhen the wheels were running smoothly.\nThis development reached a depth of\n175 feet and opened up a, wondeiful\nbo.lyof ore which is authentically reported to show 30 feet in thickness.\nThe company made shipments; which\nyielded 240 ounceB silver and 16 to 20\nper cent. lead. It is said that the ore\nis growing heavier in lead as depth is\ngained.\nLast Buinmer the company found itself\nin such straits that it became necessary\nto give a mortgage on the claims. The\nBank of British North America furnished\nthe, money. The mortgage was later\ntransferred to Ross Thompson, of Rossland. Work on the mine was almost\nentirely suspended. It was when matters were in this tangle that Frank\nWatson began to work for the redemption.of the mine.. He began the arduous\ntask seven months ago and has just completed it. The terms of the deal are that\na new company is to be formed to be\nknown as the Arlington Mines, Limited,\nwith headquarters, probably in Spokane.'\nThe capitalization is to be 1,000,000\nshares and 750,0.00 shares will go into the\ntreasury. The remaining'250,000 shares\nwill be issued to the stockholders of the\nold company at the rate of one share for\neve'-y four held in the old corporation.\nThe new company assumes the mortgage\nand has arranged to pay it and all other\noutstanding debts of tlie old company\nwithin .30 days. The Boston people take\nup sufficient of the treasury stock to\nplaca $50,000 at once in the treasury,\nof the company and have guaranteed\nthat the same amount will be forthcoming later if needed to make a paying\nmine of the Arlington.\nThese terms have been agreed to by\nthe unanimous vote of the stockholders\nof the old company present at a recent\nmeeting where 708,000 shares of the 813,-\n000'shares issued were represented.\n\"Within 30 days,\" a stockholder is\nreported as saying, \"work will begin on\nthe Arlington with ;t large force of men.\nThe development will be upon a large\nscale, with all the necessary machinery\nand the plans of the company include\nthe early erection of a concentrator.\nFrank Watson paid a visit to Victoria\nlately and secured from the Provincial j\nGovernment $2,500 with which to com-j\nplete the road which tlie Government |\nstarted to build up the creek from Slocan I\nCity to the mines. Work on this will |\nbegin as soon as spring opens up. Much\ncredit, is due to Frank Watson for putting this deal through in the face of discouragements. The company has been\nso torn with internal troubles that no\nreconciliation seemed possible and most\nof us thought the Arlington was a dead\nduck. But Watson saved the mine although it took seven months of scheming ami maneuvering and harmonizing\nto bring it about.\"'\nIt is rather a new thing for Boston\ncapital to take up silver and lead pi impositions. Copper investments are the\nfavorites in tlie Massachusetts city. But\nthe profits which Slocan shippers pay\nemployment of a great\nAccording to late advices from Jum-aii\nthe new stamp mills being* erected by\nthe Treadwell Mining Company on\nDouglas Island have commenced grinding away at the low-grade ore that\nyields many hundreds of thousands of\ndollars every year. The ''number of\nstamps added.is\" 750 and. the output of\nthe mine will be materially increased.\n1-he Al-ki'and' City of Topoka have\nbeen cai ryitig the machinery north for\nthe last three,..months. The new mills\nwill mean the\nmany'more men.\nIn this connection it is interesting* to\nnote that local and Seattle papers have\ngone far astray in giving the credit of\nthe discovery \"of the famous Treadwell\nmine to Peter E'. DeVille, who claims to\nhave visited the Klondike in, 1879.,.; A,\nThe.original discoverer and,locator of\nthe Treadwell 'mine was, it is said,\nPeter Erussard, a Frenchman After\nErussard made the discovery he,did\nconsiderable work in stripping off a\nportion of the surface, leaving exposed\na large quantity of quartz of such low*\ngrade that he thought it',was practically worthless, and at the same time\nhe discovered that he was not a citizen\nof the United States and could not\nhold the property. This was in 1881 and\nearly in the next year John Treadwell\nappeared on the scene and Erussard\noffered to sell hinrthe property. After\nexamining the ledge Mr. Treadwell\nasked him what he wanted for it and\nwas told that as lie was in need of a\nsuit of clothes and if he would buy\none for him. lie would turn, the property over. Mr. Treadwell gave hitn an.\norder for the clothes on Koekler &\nJames, and Ernssard picked out a $35\nsuit, and transferred the now-famous\nTreadweli mine.\nMr. Treadwell gave the property a\nthorough,prospecting and then went to\nSan Francisco where he interested\nMessrs. Fnre, Freeborn and Hill, of\nSan Francisco, and Senator John Sherman, of Nevada. These men furnished\nthe money with which to thorougly\nprospect the property. A five-stamp\nmill was erected and a tunnel started.\nThe quartz was run through the mill\nbut being of such low .grade with a\nfive-stamp mill it would not pay. It\nwas, however, ascertained that instead\nof being a vein of, quartz it was a\nmountain. Mr. Treadwell again visited\nSan Francisco and explained to his\npartners the vastness of the deposit\nand that with 120 stamps the: property\nwould pay handsome dividends. A120-\nstamp mill was purchased and Mr\nTreadwell personally superintended its\nerection and in August, 1885,-them ill:\nwas started and in 1890, 130 more stamps\nwere added, making: it the largest mill\nunder one roof in the world. The mine\nhas made all of its owners millionaires\nfrom an original investment of a S35\nsuit of clothes.\nPeter Erussard, or \"French Pete''as\nhe was commonly known, remained\naround Juneau until 1888,when he went\nto Seattle and opened a fish market.\nSince the sale of the mine Erussard has\nbeen the racipient of many substantial\nfavors from Mr. John Treadwell.\u2014\nNews-Advertiser.\nThe Rise in Copper.\nThe copper market presents no new\nfeatures, holding firm at 18 cents. The\nfact that this metal maintains this high\nfigure practically demonstrates the contentions of the bulls that the advance\nhas been based upon legitimate, hut\nnevertheless abnormal conditions. That\nthe demand has greatly exceeded the\nsupply and that while the latter is making strenuous efforts to catch up, yet the\npace of the former is by no means slow,\nwhich promises a good market for some\nmonths to come. In fact it is our opinion that coppe will be selling for 20\ncents before the end of 1899.\u2014Western\nMining World.\nA Scotch minister was once catechising his young parshionors before the\ncongregation, when lie put the usual\nfirst question to a girl whose father\nkept a public\n\u25a0,\" quid\nI name:\nj there, was no reply.\nI repeated, and then,\nof the congregation.\n\"Nane o\" your fun.\nken my name well\nsay. when ye. come\nnig*lit. 'Bet, bring m<\nhouse. \"What is your.\ne.d tlie minister. But\nThe. question was\nto the amusement\nthe girl answered,\nMr. Minister. Ye\nenouirh. D'ye no\nto oor house on a\nsome ale?\"\"\nThk Lkdoe office i' working a nice-\nshoot of high grade in printing, and\nshipments arc; being made to many\ncamps. Call in and assay the, samples.\nThe bulldog is. chained up and there is-\nno danger of getting knocked down by\nthe wind from our big cylinder press. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MARCH 23, 1899.\nSixth Year\nThe Ledge\nPublished every Thursday.\nR. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier.\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES:\nThree months ., \u2014 : --- \u00a3 .75\nSix \" \u2022- .-.1.25\nTwelve \" ^.00\nTHEEE YEAKS \u2022 \u2022 - o-0\u00b0\nTransient Advertising, 25 cents i>cr line first in\nsertion, 10 cents per line subsequent insertions\nnonpareil measurement.\nTO CONTRIBUTORS.\nC ji-respondence from every part of the Kootenay\nDistrict and communications upon live topics\nalways acceptable. Write on both sides of the\npaper if you wish. Always send something good\nno matter how crude. Get your copy in while it\ns hot, and we will do the rest\ni portance to tbe silver lead producers\nof the Slocan, and will do more to\ni stir up the already awakening'cap-\n! italists to these {jreat dividend-paying:\nI properties than columns of carefully-\nprepared statistics on the merits of\nthe Slocan as a money-making dis\ntrict. In the year 1898 the total\namount of ore shipped from the Slocan\nreached 17,000 tons. If the present\nrate of shipment is maintained, and\nthere is hope that it will be, the output for 1899 will be in the neighborhood of 40,000 ot a value \u00a9f $5,000,000.\nThe mines that were shippers last\nyear are heavier shippers this year,\nand in every case the promise is that\nthe outpuc from many, if not all of\nthem, will increase instead of diminish.\"\nA pencil cross in this square\nindicates that your subscription is due, and that the editor\nwishes once ag-ain to look at\nyour collateral.\nWestern mining nierf. when they\nare successful have a passion for\nspending their money elsewhere than\naround the camps in which they made\nit. Bill Clark, of Montana, has ordered a white palace built in New York\nwhich will be one ofthe finest private\nhouses in the world. It will be constructed in the purest style of the\nFrench renaissance. Three hundred\nIt was twenty years last Monday j thousand dollars' worth of granite\nsince we first Went astray. Upon! will be used in it-; the carving* will\n> f BUKSDAr, MARCH 23. 1899.\nSCRAP'S JKKOM THK KUITOR'S DESK.\nSome think that if people slept more\nthey would reach the age of 200.\nThere should be plenty of old people\nin Victoria.\nBKTT.RK THAN A t'ABIN.\ntrue, will redound to the good of the\npeople of Canada, as it will probably\nresult in the building* of a transcontinental railway. It will be a rival to the\nCanadian Pacific Railway, which has\ngrown so proud,arrogant and domineer- j\ning, since it imagines- that it holds the i\nwhin hand over the people of nearly all j\nof Canada. ' . |\nFor a long time D. D. Mann audi\nWilliam Mackenzie have been the char\nter procurers for the Canadian Paciiic j\nrailway They could go to provincial i\nlegislatures, even to the Dominion Par-1\nliament, and procure chanters, where j\nSir William Van Home and T. G.j\nShaughnessy dare hardly show then-\nfaces In time Messrs: Mackenzie and\nMann came to be known simply as\nthe agents of the C. P. R. managers, for\nshortly after chartern were obtained\nthey would turn them over to the agents\nof that road. It was noticed, too, by the\nobservant, that the firm of Mackenzie & I\nMann nearly always secured fat con-J\ntracts from the Canadian Pacific when j\nthe railway schemes had evoluted to the!\nconstruction period. This method of\nprocedure went on and on until the firm\nof Mackenzie & Mann hecame both\nwealthy and influential. Now, however,\nit is rumored in inner railway circles\nthat this quartet of schemers have, quarreled, and there is said to he war to the\nknife hetween them. On tlie one side\n**\"*** >\u2014\u00bb-'^-\u00bb\u00bb-'\u00bb-\u00bb\u00bb- \u00bb-\nfrfTHi TTa JThinJWfc\n5\n1\nok of Montreal\nEstablished 1817.\nCapital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00\nReserved fund : : 6,000,000.00\nUndivided profits : : 981,328.04\nHEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL.\nRt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Rostal, G.C.M.G. President.\nHon. G. A. Drummond, Vice President,\nE..S. Clouston, General Manager,\nBranches in all parts of Canada, Newfoundland, Great BritainA and\nthe United States.\nNew Denver branch\nE. PF7T, Manager\nd\n:o750\nfor 10 hours work and there has been\nno trouble. If the law is enforced in I\nthe Slocan it will probably cause I\n\u25a0wages to be gauged accordingly, j\nThis is not desirable, and rather than j\nhave it occur we believe most of the j\nminers would prefer the old time shit:\nand the $3.50. Most of them are in\nthe hills to make money and are not\npartial to legislation that will decrease\ntheir earning capacity. For the interest of the district it is to be hoped\nthat the matter will be adjusted in a\nmanner satisfactory to labor and capital.\nIn the great stores of Toronto are j\nhundreds of girls working tor wages j\nso small that it is surprising to find !\nany of them decent. Yet people all J\nover Canada will patronize such in-j\nstitutions never thinking when they j\nare saving a few cents that it could !\nnot be clone if proper wages were j\npaid the slaves of these merchant;\nkings.\t\nSl.OCAN OitK SMIPM.KNTS.\nSince the stocking of the Payne1\nmore attention has been paid to the j\nSlocan by eastern people. They are;\ncommencing io realize that the Slocan -\nis the richest of all the rich camps ot '\u25a0\nBritish Columbia. The Toronto Globe \u25a0\nhas the following reference to our:\noutput:\n\"There is no better method ol\"\njudging of the progress of British Co- ;\nlumbia mining than in studying the\nSlocan ore shipments. February'.-;;\nshipments bring the total shipments\nfrom January 1 to March 1 up to\n6,500 tons. If this rate of shipment1\nis continued it will bring the output;\nfor the year up to a figure more than '\u25a0,'\ndouble that of IS'-X will add new ini-,\nRASHDALL & FAUQUIER\n. \"MINES & REAL ESTATE.\nNEW DENVER, B.C.\nMINING 1NTKRKSTK BOUGHT, 'SOLD A NI. BONDED.\n INVITED\t\nAbstracts of Title 10 mineral claims.\nCORRESPONDENCE\nIU passing $fv>w\nas viewed by *\u00ab\u00ab\na western editor\nitttfte effete east.\n0 travel westtto East in the winter may not seem\nreasonable, but 1 performed the feat successfully\nwithout hitting a single tie. It can easily be ac\ncomplished by getting into a comfortable C. P. R.\ncar and stopping in it for about five days. It may be like\nliving in a cage, as far as freedom of action is concerned,\nbut the comfort found on this great road, ..coupled with the\ncourtesy of the train officials, reduces the monotony to a\nminimum. Walking across the continent gives a greater\nopportunity to test the various brands of ozone found in this\nglorious Dominion, but that method of travel is not popular\nwith the masses.\nWhen I left the Slocan last January, the surface indications upon the mountains were principally snow. Nothing\nof a startling nature occurred until I reached Revelstoke.\nIn that city an enterprising citizen gave me an ad. I nearly\nfell dead, as for many moons I had not been taking anything\nas strong as ads. Still, I took the, ad., although the shock\nto my financial anatomy was visible for several hours.\nQuite a number of people, insinuated before I got out of\nthe hill country that I held an option upon a calico claim in\nthe. East, and wasgoinj; back to close the deal.\nThe train I left Revttlstoke upon was almost devoid of\npassengers, and if \u2022 Alex Lncas had not been on board I\nwould have had an attack of ennui. Alex and I spent several hours planning how to make a million or more. Before\nwe had the matter settled, Alex left the train at Golden and\nI proceeded upon my rapid career.\nWhen the curtain of night fell over the mountains I\nlocated a berth, rolled in and dreamed of my many backward subscribers. Just before sun-up I looked out of the\nwindow and saw Medicine Hat. That is a nice name for a\ntown. I do not know how it obtained such a cognomen.\nProbably in early days some old trail blazer was sick and\nthe Indians gave him medicine out of a hat. The red man\nis still here. They sell horns to tenderfeet. They wanted\n$1 a horn. This is more than I ever pay for a horn. This\nhorn game is getting rather old. Seven years ago the same\ngang were working it when I passed through this famous\nspot.\nFrom Medicine Hat east the journey was very tiresome.\nThe plains, covered with a knife-blade seam of snow, were\nabout as interesting to me 'as beans without bacon. At\nMoosejaw I had an opportunity'of parading up and down the\nplatform for half an hour. Struck a chute of fresh milk\nhere. For a short bit I obtained about a quart. It was extremely high grade and carried very little water, and not a\ntrace of chalk. As I allowed tlie lacteal fluid to trickle\ndown my throat ir. put me in mind of the summer I spent\nwith my Uncle Billy in the county of Grey. I was tender\nand delicate in those days and Billy insisted upon tne drinking so muck milk that 1 often wonder how I escaped bein-_r\na cowboy. Mv L'ncle Billy was one of the most original\nmen 1 have ever seen. Iff <\"dy could write a play with\nBilly as the leading character I would electrify the universe-\nHowever, this'has nothing to do with Moosejaw. That\ntown is beau'ifully situated as a fresh air resort. There is\nplenty-if air in sight. .Ml you have to do is to locate it.\nnot, meet with a single\nup, or a single thing\nAt Brandon the\nThe\nDevil Fish\nIs truly a formidable enemy in its native element,\nand has been known to\nattack boats when enraged.\n'A man caught in its terrible embrace is imme\ndiately drawn under water\nto a horrible death.\nScrofula\n. Is a disease that might almost be classed with the\ndevil fish for loathsomeness, and its victims are\nlegion. Now as.Spring is\ndrawing ' near and your\ns\\ stem perhaps weakened\nby the strain of a severe\nwinter, and your blood\nweak and watery, you\nmight be an easv victim\nfor some such loathsome\ndisease.\nBe warned in time. Your\nblood is poor and bad\nBegin at once a rigorous\ncourse of treatment, with.\nthat best of all hi nod pari\nfiers and spring tonics--\nOTEL SANDON,\nvK ^ 7ft ^ 7ft 7ft 'V \"^N-\nSandon, B.C.\nrpHIS NEW HOUSE, with the old name, is\nwell equipped to accommodate a large\nnumber of G-uests. The building is plastered\nand tlie rooms are unsurpassed for comfort in\nthe Slocan, while, in the Dining Room can be\nfound the best food in the market.\n ' Robert Cunning, Proprietor.\nThe Clifton House,\nrax -sbarsapar\nFor sale at\u2014\nNelson's\nDrug & nook Store\nSunday Im.hips: -\nla\nSandon.\nHasiuni'leaccoiuiiwdatioiisfor a l.-irt-y number of |ieoplu. The rooms are large.\nand airy, and the. Diniiif** Koom is provided with everything- in the market\nSmnplo Rooms for Commercial Traveler.*.\nJohn Buckle}', Prop.\nvr \\r \\f \\r \\f \\r \\f y\n\u25a0'CALLUM'\n Dealers in\nHardware, Tin and\nMiners'Supplies, Paints, Oils. Glass and\nSLOOANTCiTY, B.C.\ni A A A A A A -A A j\nramteware,\n'htty, Doors .& Windows.\nNew Denver, B. 07\np. m.\nWe do what we advertise :or:itory. Bel\nviie ;;vc. Xew Denver. !!('.\nJ. H. MILLWARD,\nw\n}{L. GRIMMETT, L.L.B.\nBAKRl'STEK,\nSolicitor..' Notary Public, Etc.\nWriter\nggley will buy some handsome Sandon, B. C.\n\"^^i articles of furniture just now.\ni!\nm\nNEW DENVER.\nFroni r.lii? town to Brandon I d'u\nH.dvi*nf.uiv. The train was not held\noccur that would jar our nervous; system\nr\n*&*s\\ \u25a0\nII i\\ 1J .1 \u2022\nFAI& BAKER.\n'alma\n; c_\nr^\nA\ni\n*\nc.*irs bee.*\u00bbme mon1 crowded and I heard irmiv or K^s n.bout\nwheat. Foi* tin- benefit ot'inoimiain people I nii^lit, say that\nwheat is found in Manitoba in hir^e quantifies. It is easily\nmined and when r.he irost does uor <_rivo it the marble heart\nthe folks around here are full\nmanv of them ml! of rve.\nof joy. At\n\\ hockey mate\nArberv 1 found\nhad just expire*\n-. <\u2022 vv\n\u25a0ii vry\nIL-\nS'*i;ri!i; .\u2022.!\u2022'\n:i nd Oi'pii ir'Ms ]\nd \u00ab'-ti:I>\u201el!ii\u00ab\"i-s. !\n>>jA\u00ab\\ ; -X. IL-->'i'i: Ii.'ivi' : ii-\u25a0\u2022i.d> !));<(\u2022! i>\"< 1 I7n(l.-rtiikpr\n^'\u25a0r- i and Krril-jiliixT 'li.iinu im-in-\"--* in ill'' S]i>i',-in.\neg\nXEW DENVER\nG!\niV\"\nrOR CROI icrA.. !J :.-. Ai-;S\u25a0\u2022--, \u2022\u25a0 n- :\nf\" Hli.liV'.-, ;\\l.M,l!-:, l.iOlr i'll-i >'!\u00ab\u25a0'-' '3! St. .\\il- | ,, . . g -jj . T7\nllxiiiV mid ..-illicull.:-! I'r.s'i:,\u25a0-:\u25a0(.\u25a0! Stain, i:f. writu f> , UOA I PI \"I JT_1 JTL IL\n$t{PPPPP A,\"w\"\"\"SH\"\"\"'1MS,!,,W! iOE, WOOD, Etc\nj.\nSilverton.\n.u.\nM. BENEDUM,\nLivery and Feed Stables, General\nDray ing. 1 e.'iins. meet, all boats ;md\nTrains.\nNEW DiENVER\ndenoral 'Dravinan. Ice,\n[lav and Grain for Sale.\nFilled.\n9\nIce Houses\nLivery and\niaiit\nStabiles, Sixth Year.\nTHE LEDUE, NEW DENVER, JB.C, MARCH 23. 1899.\nANOTHER \"VAMPrRK.'\n(A lunfc\" way after Kipling-.)\nA n ass there \\yao. and he took delight.\n(Even as you and I)\nlv sitting far into tha hours of night,\nCutting and dealing\/with all his might.\nAnd hating to quit at the morning light\n(Even as you and I;.\nOh, thc sleep we lost and the heap we lost.\nAnd the useless cards we drew ;\nAll In that simple and popular game.\nThat always enticing and popular gams,\nWhich there's no need to name for you.\n,An **\u2022\u2022\u00ab there was, and he held a '-pair\"\n(Even as you and I) .\nOf aces, iind drew two more quite fair,\nThen bet all he had. with never a care,\nBut a \"straight flush\" broke him beyond repair,\n(Even .as you and I,).\nOh, the moans we made and the groans we made j\nO'er the pots that we ought to ha\"e won, I\nAll in that simple and popular game, j\nThat gentleman's game, the American game j\nWhere you get a good run for your \"mon.\" j\nStill the ass will play when he has the dough |\n(Even as you audi). .,, *\nAnd the chips will come and the chips will go -,\nHe'll say with a nod when they're coming slow,\n\"It's time for my luck to change, yon know\"\n(Even as you and I).\nAnd it isn't the sin and it isn't the tin\nThat makes us all sore and ill;\nIt's thinking of hands tliat we ought to have held,\nThe -'fulls\" and thc, -fours\" that m; ought to\nhave held,\nAnd the \u2022\u2022flushes\" we couldn't lilt.\n---\"Chanies,\" in Boston Traveller.\n'THK LULL,_\u00abVS OF NATIONS. j\nthe Mother Goose lullabys and nursery\nrhymes. Many of you may not know\nthat \"Mother Goose\" wasa \"really\"\nwoman, as the children say. She was\nborn about the year 1665 in Charles-\ntown, N. S- Her* maiden name was\nbe starvation, and took off his coat and\nwent to work in earnest. He kept on\nwith the angleworm diet until he found\nthat his one little bird was consuming*\nfrom 14 to 18 yards of angleworms a\nday. This was too much for his pati-\nElizabeth Foster. She married a! ence, and he proceeded to substitute\nwidower named Isaac Goose, who had j the more easily rnanag-ed diet of bread\na family of ten children. As years!and milk and\" other delicacies, which\npassed oil Mrs. Goose added six child-j were, however, not nearly so much'to\nren oi her own to her already large j Miss Robin's taste,\nfamilv. There Avere not so many j Wanting* to discover whether he had\npicture-books and toys in those days, so j been catering to a family of abnormal\nshe had to find a way for herself to | appetites, our friend took to watching*\namuse her \"goslings,\" so she used to i the methods of a real mother bird, and\nmake up songs to sing to them. We | found that she fed her young every two\narc well acquainted with one about j minutes. He then consulted the learn-\n\"The old woman, who lived in her i ed books upon birds*, and discovered\nshoe, had so many children she didn't j that 14 yards of worms a day, with\nknow what, to do.\" Then there are j meals every two minutes, is the average\nthose old favorites,, Little Miss Muffet, \\ rate of feeding fledglings. He has,\nBo-Peep, and countless others. Prob- j therefore, decided that he does not care\nQ8HMK3>flfflWli (it>Ci(&ftl-8iiWWiWI\nto take up raising birds by\nbusiness.\nWOMAN.\nhand\nas a\nWHO WRITES ADVICE.\nably these nursery songs would never\nhave become famous if Mother Goose\nhad not, after her husband's death, gone\nto live with a married daughter in\nBoston, whose husband was a printer. I\nHere she sang her old songs to her j A woman there was and she wrote for the press,\no-r-nirl urwi Her onn-in-l-iw \u25a0 rhinkitio* (Am you or.I might do),\ngianu-son. nor son m-i.iw, inmKing iShetolrl how to cut and tit a dress,\nto make granny's SOllgS a source of | And how to stow many a savory muss,\nrevenue, printed them in an attractive i Hut she never had done it herself, I guess,\nform, and so they have come down to i (Which none of her readers knew.;\nus. Mother Goose died in 1757 at the j oh. the hour we spent and the flair we spent\na<'*C of 92 veal**- And the sugar we wasted like sand.\n\u00b0fhen tliere are the darkey lullabys Ut the best of the woman who never had cooked.\nThere are\nmany ways\nAlthough the subject of my\nare uiu uarncy luiiiiuvs, i ^mll\u201env we know that she never could cook).\nwhich no one can sing like tlie old j And did not understand,\nnegro mammies We can picture them j\nI (As you or I might do).\nHow out of a barrel to make a chair.\nto ourselves as they were \"down South, ' A Wo,ntt\u00bb l,\"\"ri\" Wi,s ai,(i slie m'otft \u25a0'\u25a0*\u2022\u2022\u2022\",llil\nhave had to prepare this paper, to ob\ntain any written information on the\nsubject. I have consulted several encyclopedias, and they have completely\nignored the word lullaby. I have also\ndipped into several musical works with\nthe same result. Apparently, the\nmusical world does not consider lullabys\nof suliicient importance to collect, or\neven to mention.\nThe word lullaby is derived from the\nGerman lullen\u2014to compose to sleep\u2014\nand means \"a song to uuiet infants.'\nWe all know that wherever there are\nmothers and their babes there must be\nlullabys. It matters not whether the\nmother.is a heathen or a Christian, thej\nmother-love will teach her songs to |\nhush her baby's cries. No record has j\nbeen preserved of the lullabys by which\nEve,,the mother of all creation, hushed\nher babes to sleep; doubtless they\nwere exceeding sweet, as nature was\nher only singing-teacher and she had\nhad no'training in up-to-date trills and\nquavers; doubtless, also, they were\ntinged with sadness and remorse, as\nshe mused upon the beautiful Garden\nof Eden, from which she bad been forever expelled through her sinfulness.\nAs music, literature and art are\nalways grouped together, like the three\ngraces, it will not be digressing too\nmuch to sav that in ancient literature\nalso, there'is verv little written, about\nchild-life, although, if we listen intently\n(like the wise magician of Arabia, who,\nbv* placing his ear to the ground iu the\nheart of the great African desert, could\ndetect the pattering of children's feet\non.the streets of Bagdad, and hear the\ndifferent voices as they played their\nchildish games), we can hear an occasional note from the children of far-off\nlands and times There are a few references to children in ancient literature,\nso natural, as were the old Greek poet,\nHomer, makes one of his characters\nsay :\n\u25a0\u2022lli'siie.riis ln-inir-s nil things back.\nWhich the ilavliu-lu. made us lack.\nBrums I ho sheep and goats in rest,\nBrines the baby to the breast.\"\ncrooning their \"pore white lambs\" to\nsleep. Their lullabys were in the\nnegro dialect and full of the rhythm,\nwhich characterizes the darkey -.melodies;.'\nEugene Field has written many sweet-\nlittle nursery songs.\nAnd last, and least also, in stature at\nany rate, comes that nation of invisible\nsprites, the Brownies, with whom we\nare all so well acquainted through the\nclever pen and pencil of Palmer Cox.\nA book of Brownie lullabies and songs\nhas been written and set to music by\nS. G. Pratt, and dedicated to Sol Smith\nRussell, who introduces them in his\nfamous play, \"A Poor Relation.\" One\nlullaby runs thus.\nSuch frolics we have iii babydom dear,\n.Such jokes we tell in this little car,\nlie lauurhs and crows so full of glee,\nAnd bubbles over with mystery.\nBut all the, babies belong to our band.\nTheir babbling and cooing we understand.\nWe teach them line tricks to plav on Ma-uin,\nFine riddles to mystify dearest Pa-pa.\nriiug Noodleurn, Toodlenm. lullably,\nSinir Noodleum, Toodlenm, close your eye.\nMiss Emma Lowkuy.\nA UNIFORM OK BLUE.\nTo hammer and sa w and hack,\nIn making a chair in which no one would sit ,\nA chair ii. which no one could possibly sit.\nWithout a crick in his back.\nA woman there was and she had her fun,\n(Retter than you and I;)\nShe wroie-out re:eints and sin.; never tried one,\n.She-wrote about children\u2014of course she had\nnone\u2014'\nSlip.' told us to do what, she never had done,\n(And never intended to try.)\nAn it isn't to toil and it isn't to spoil\nTliat brims the cup of disjrrace\u2014\nIt's to follow a woman who didn't know beans\n(A woman who never had cooked j},ny beans.J\nBut wrote and was paid to fill space.\n\u2014Boston Congregational 1st.\nOf lifting1 the load of\ntrouble from the\nshoulders of the\nweary, wav worn\ntraveller as he passes on his way. To\nknow just what to do and when to do it\nhas puzzled the minds of some ofthe\ngreatest hotel men of the \u25a0 itge: We do\nnot claim any' great superiority over\nothers, but we have learned by close\nattention to the requirements ot our\npatrons what best pleases them and adds\nto the comforts and popularity ot our\nhouse. Pioneers of the Slocan were' our\npatrons when the clouds of adversity\ndarkened the trails of every camp in\nKootenay. and tXiey are\nwith us still now when\nthe suns of prosperity\nshine forth in splendor\nmaking- mellow the heart\nof man.\n\u2122timfAM\nAND SCO LINE.\nFur those who want tlie\nEAST^srwES\"\nTo any point in United States or Canada\nSt. James\notel-M_-\nNewDenver\nFirst-Class ;i!i(]\nTickets issued .-\na tion.\nTourist Sleepers\nOcean P> Ocean.\noperated from\nind Baggage- checked todestin\nNo Customs Difficulties.\nCOXNKCTIOKS \u25a0 ' \u25a0'\nRevelstoke and main line points.\n8:45k Daily: lv\u2014Deliver C Siding\u2014ar: Dailv 15 50k\n8:85k ex.Sundlv N. Denver Ldg: arex.Sun.lfi:f\u00bb0k\n' X__ROX, THAU,. HOSSLANn, ETC.\nD:50k ex. Sun: lv X. Denver Ldp: arex.Sun 14.00k\nAscertain rates and full information by addressing nearest local accent or\u2014\nG. B. GARRETT. AsjciitXow Deliver.\nW.'F. Anderson, Trav. Pass. A_t., Nelson.\nK. J. Coyle, Dist. Pass. Acrt.. Vancouver.\nHow to -.'fit there is via C. P. Rv & Soo Line.\n\u00a9I\nJACOBSON & CO.\nb Falls k Irtta\nSYSTEM.\nicmamnziixjnzM\nHOTEL\nTh'soldiers have come home again,\nAn' we who didn't ko\nAir wettin' on the hindmost seat,\nAn' don't stand any show.\nTh' girls can't see us any more,\nN\u00ab> matter whut we do,\nTheir eyes is sot on them as wear*\nA uniform of blue.\nI didn't stay at home been\/.\nI didn't want t'go :\nHut what could mother do alone,\nAn' likewise little Joe V\n['ve. got to earn the bread they eat.\nAn' see thoy're cared for, too,\nThat's whv I'ain't a-wearin' now\nA uniform of blue.\nI don't regret the choice I made ;\nI'd ruther hev th' light\nThat shines on dear old mother's f*ce\nWhen-1 come home at night\nL'liau all them girly girly smile.*\nThat's e.omin' now to von\nWho think you're it been\/, you wear\nA uniform of blue.\n\u2014H. Tim*.\n. .Two men had a very hard tramp\nthroiurh the mountains the other day\nnear ' Ferguson\": They came over 30\nmiles under the most adverse circumstances. One of them, a man named\nBig*\u00a3far,'was chopping' wood when his\naxe caujrht in some overhanging*\nbranches' and, with his bad aim, the\naxe came down and cut his thumb off \u00abt\nthe first joint. He was alone at the\ntime and could only stick the two parts\ntogether and holding* them that way\nwent to his partner, who was live miles\naway. Together they bound up the\nwound as best they' could and then\nbeg'ana I'atiguiii\"* walk of over 30 miles\nto the town.' There he.was put into the\nhospital and a very painful operation\nhad to be performed.\nSulphur was mined in the United\nStates in 1898 in l.'tah, Nevada and\nLouisiana. The total production was\nabout 3,000: short tons, valued at \u00a766,-\n000. The Nevada product was shipped\nto San Francisco. Utah produced ;537\ntons. The production of sulphur in\nLouisiana (made by the French process\nas in previous years), amounted to\n1,427 short tons. 'Nothing* was done at\nthe Louisiana mines after May.\nHOT A!R\nHEATED li V\nand Electric\nBells and Light in every room.\nLarge aud well lighted .Sample Rooms\nHourly Street Gar between hotel and\nStation. Free 1 >us meets a 11 tra in s\t\nRea.ioiiii-hle Rates.\nREVELSTOKE\nFEED J. SQTJIBE\nNelson, B. C.\nMerchant Tailor.\n'Full Line of fc'nifinsrs and\nTrouseriiiQ-saWavs on hand.\na NOYiOE. .\".'\"\";\"\nNELSON &' FORT SHEPPARD CO.\nRED MOUNTAIN RY CO.\nThe all rail and direct route\nbetween the Kootenay\n..District and..\nAll British Columbia Ponts\nPacific Coast Points\nPujO'et; Sound Points\nEastern Canada and the\nUnited States.\nw\n. THE CNDKIISIONE'* hereby jrivp notice\nVV thai tlie partnership heretofore cxiMlini;- between us, under the style or Jinn of Sre;.re & Avi-\nson. us hotel keeper* at. the Newmarket li-tel. at\nNew Denver, 1\"! C. has this day been dissolved\nby mutual consent.\nAll nee.nmts due lo the late lirm of Stef?c&\nAvison liiu.sr lie paid forthwith to Henry Stege.\nand till accounts due by the said late firm will\nbo paid by Henry Stefre.\nH EN RV STEGE.\nTHOMAS AV-iSON.\nWif.ne-w Chaki.es S. Rashhali..\nNotary Public.\nDated. January U-l. ISlii).\nT)\nR. A. S. MARSHALL\nHUNfiKY AS A RKAR.\n| .(iraduate\ni Chicago\nDentist.\nKaslo. B C\nif Anieric.-in i -oiletrctif Denial Surgery\nThis hit of ancient poetry makes us\nthink, that \"perhaps the first song* from\nhuman .lips was a lullaby, and the first\nnotion of metre derived itself from thej\nrocking of an infant in its mother's arms j\nor in a era die.'' I\nIn art also the ancients seem to liave I\npaid but little attention to child-life as j\na. study, although there are a few ex-!\naniples, which show that the Greeks i\nand Romans did not entirely refrain;\nfrom depictinn*childish beauty j\nIn the middle ii.o-es, however, child-j\nlife was entirely suppressed,, except in j\nthe church. I\n(Amino* down to modern times, we j\nmav thank our luckv stars that we were j\nnot' born Chinese 'babies; that is, if i\ntheir lullabys areas inharmonious as j\ntheir music in o*eneral. The Chinese i\nignore harmony on principle, and their;\nsecular melodies are merely sequences |\nof notes. It is said chat tlieir sacred\nImperial Hymn, which is siino* once a [\nvear, witli <>*reat pomp, is but a\n'* sequence of l,on_*-drawn notes.:'\nFrench and kalian babies are more\nIn thia happy land no famine comes j\nnig-h the Sierra bear, says .John Muir j\nin the Atlantic All the year round his j\nbread is sure, for some of the thousand j\nkinds that he likes are always in season I\nand accessible, rang-ed on the shelves j\nof the mountain like stores in a pantry, j\nFrom one to the other, from climate to ;\nclimate, up and down hedimbs, feasting* ;\non each in turn, enjoying* as great :\nvariety as if he travelled to far-off c'oun- j\ntries north and south. To him almost j\ncverylhiug is food except granite\nEvery tree helps to feed him, and every ;\nbush and herb, with fruits and flowers. !\nleaves-and bark, and almost everything ]\nliving** or dead within reach, animals i\nand insects\u2014badg-ers,goptiers,squirrels, j\nlizards, snakes, \"etc. and ants, bees,;\nwasps, old and young*, tog-ether with i\ntheir eggs and larvae,\" and tlieir moss, j\n\u25a0Trass and paper nests. Craunched and !\nTiie\nAgents forB. C. Sugar Refinery and Royal\nCity Planing Mills.\nConnects al, Spokane with\nGRKAT NORTHERN RAILWAY\nNORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY\n0. R. R. & NAVIGATION CO.\nLeaves Nelson 9:40 a. m.\nMaps furnished, Ticket.* sold and information-\n{riven by local and connecting'Hoe Ticket agents-\nC. G. DIXON, G-. P. & T. A.\nSpokane, Wash\nNAVIGATION\n& TRADINGCO., LTD.\nSummer Time Card effective June in, 18!*8.\nSubject, to change without notice.\nSS.\nSouth Bound\nRead down.\nNakusp,\nIs ;: comfortable hold bir traveller\nlo slop at.\nMrs\/McDougald.\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS\nMonday, Monday I'Vae.l.ioii.M.l, Sunshine,\nKitSii Frsiccional, Yakima, (l-!v\u00bb;;on\nand \"Mine *ti in<\u25a0 raI Claims.\nrituaie in the Slociiti .Mining Division ol' W-'i'St\nKootenay District. Where loca led: At\nthe head :>f Howson Creek.\nfortunate, as there is a predominance of j quickly as a. boy eats a buttered muffins\nmelodv in their national music, which1\nno doubt shows itself in the lullabys. In\nGermanv babes are suri\u00ab* to sleep with\nharmonious lullabs, as m that; \"and of\nmusic harmony occupies the first place.\nBv the North Sea, in the \"Land of Mid-\nniisht'Sun,\" we hear the mother singing*\nluilahvs that are weird and wild and\nfull of queer fancies The following* is\nNorse lullahv, written by M. L. Van\nVorst:\nhashed. do'wA all goes to his marvellous ^AKE notice that I, williani S,DrewJT,.act\nstoinach and vanish as if cast into a tire.\nWhat digestion! A sheep or wounded\ndeer or pig lie eats warm about as\nOver the crust of the hard, white snow,\nThe little feel, of the reindeer tro\nf flush, hush, the winds are low'.\nAnd th \u2022 lin:: littl \u2022 liel's arc riiv,'iiigr!\nNothing ca i reach Mice of w >e or liirm \u2014\nS:ife iu'tli \u2022 shelter of mother's arm\ni Kush. hush, the wind's a charm).\nAnd mother's voice is ship-in;,'.\nFather is coniinir\u2014he ride* apace :\nKleet, are the steeds with the winds that ra\n(Hush, hush, for a. litfie space) :\n'Che snow to his mantle's clinjfiuer\nMis flvinj*: ver the crust \u2022>\u2022'' lb\" snow, hard by.\nThe little feet \"!' the reindeer fly\n(Mush. hush, in your little u*! i.\nAud the line beds are i inffiu\/J !\nNothinir can reach us of woe or harm -\nSale in the shelter of father's arm\n- Mush. bush, the wind's a charm.),\nAnd mother's voice is siiiiriii.'i.\nor, should the meat be a month old, it\nis still welcomed with tremendous\nrelish After so gross a meal as this,\nperhaps the next' will be strawberries\nand clover, or raspberries and mushrooms and nuts, or puc.kery acorns\nand chokeberries- And, as if fearing\nthat anything eatable in all his dominions should\" escape being eaten, he\nbreaks into cabins to look after dried\ni apples, bacon, etc.: but when he has\n| had a full meal of more tempting dain-\nI ties he usually leaves it undisturbed,\n! though he has been known to drag it\n1 up throiurh a hole in the roof, carry it to\n.the foot of a tree and lie down on it and\n; enjoy\nj never is . .\n,man alone is an enemy to be feared.\nj ''Bar meat.*' said a hunter, from whom I\n: was seeking information ; \"bar meat is\n! the best meat in the mountains, their\n: .skins make the best beds and their\ngrease the best butter. Biscuit shorten-\nj ed with Vi'ir grease goes as far as beans:\n' a man will walk all' day on a couple of\n; them biscuit.\"\nVoracious iTatrle Robins.\nJ. insr as ajsrent for thi'Sunshine, Mining Com-: III)\npaiiv.\" Limited, Free Miner's certilieate \\ fsS)\nNo.12071 A. intend, sixty-days frour the date I (jj<,\nhereof, to apply to the' Mining' Recorder for j ((('t\ncertificates of'improvements, for the purpose of\nobtaining1 a crown grant of ouch of tho above\nclaims.\nAnd further lake notice tliat action under Sec.\n37 must be commenced before the. issuance of such\ncertificates of improvements.\nDated this .-list day of October. 189K.\nW. S. DREWRY.\nHavana Mineral (Hahri\na siesta. Eating everything, i section 37. must he commence\n\u20221 i- ii- , % u , .\u201e.',\u00ab \u201e,7i - issuance ol .-neb eertiiicat.e ol 1m\nis he himself except by man, and Dntvd Ulis.lri, ,lrty \u201e,- March, isn:\nSituate in the Sloean .Mining Division of West\nKootenay District. Whore located: On\nNorth Fork of Carpenter Creek-, about one\nand one-half mile^ from Three Forks, R. C ,\nTAKE NOTICE that I. E. M. Sandilands. F. M.\nC. No. lll.iaA, aifent for Henrietta Ointzbnr- ;\n\u2022;cr. F.AI.C.Xo. .'larilo intend.CO days from the date !\nhereof, to apply to the JMining Recorder for a '\nCertificate of Improvements, for the purpose of\nobtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take notice that, action, under\nbe commenced before the\nm prove mollis.\nI.\nIJiiisy,\nKastern,\nf-'larenr?\niii Scotland it is\nlullaby.-; are touched\nthe national Scott;si\nthe bagpipes. Sir\nwritten \"A\nprobable that the\nwith strains from\ni-biirn instruinent,\nWaiter Scott has\nIjiillaby uf an infant Chief,\"'\nit\ni!d not ascertain whether\nas iieeii set '<> music, or not.\n'.v*\n1111\nc, are a I\nuilabv \u2022\nA wonkl-be philanthropist relates his\nexperiences trying to play mother to a\nnest of little robins, which had by some\naccident been deprived of their rightful\nmother's care. He diligently set to\nwork digo*in\u00bb* angleworms, and suppos-\nin\u00bb- that'he wasfulfillinghis whole duty,\nif the rioor little\n; Situate* in the Sloean Mining Division of West\nKootenay District V\\rhere located: \\\\'est\nof Mowson ('reek, near the Alamo.\n: i-pAKE NOTICE tliat !. W. S. .Drewry. a< aneut\n: L for The Scottish Colonial G-obl Fields. Ltd..\nF. M. Cert. Xo. XIiilT.a. and George \\V. Hughes. '\nF. il. Cert. Xo. U-liiTo. intend sixty days from (he !\ndab' hereof to apidy to the .Minim- lice inter i\nfor eerlilicates of impi-ovemonls I'm- thc pur|iose i\nuf ! the aiiove\nclaims.\nAnd further ;\ntion :17 niiist In\nof such ccrtilie.\nDated thisi'nt\n\u2022.k\nl.i>t :J*iKf;-<-H;u!stono M\nDim-\nwhen one of the j'.ioor little sougstcn\nUpon examination of the hedy\nwritte.n I which was reduced to skin and hone\nil s;d: to musi-.\nfamiliai- with that beauti-\n\u25a0v.vcrt. and \"7.>w, Sweet andj (Me;\nLit cnimerafe them here. ....\ne' ever the third one died\n>v i tiie foster pare.nt came to the cnnciiisuni\n! that it must have died of starvation\nDeeply o-rieved at his shortcomin-_s,\nhe. i-eiloitbTed his efforts determined to\nat least sav.- the other two. it w.:s\n^ 1\n1,-\nthe\nthe\nnor\nong. however, beAre a. secon:! one\n. evirleut'y of the sa:ac mala'\nie :rood man (lien resolved that\nComing to onr own Ann.'.rica we. nave.\nof it\nwitar-\nshould not\nSituate in tin\nKoot i.'i:ay\n\u00bbi\\-1 \u2022 mill's e\nKa-:i,. ami\nCari'ooi Mi\nI Vilii-'-O ( 'nil\n!i:-.!ij'.\n\u25a0t-'AK'E Xi i'I'ICK thai 1.\ni e.-cnt (er Edwiirtl\n:il.ri.\"i7. ami .'\u2022.. U*. Sie_le. !\n.-.ix* \\' day- frmn 1 he dan-\nAliii'iu.'.:' 'Recorder fi r \u25a0\u25a0\u2022\u25a0\nmcnls foi- the imrii'-.-e o,' n\nof tlieabnvc ci.iiin.\nAnd iiiribi r ia.\\e uotiei\nlion .'17 must be comnn ! e\n.-.iieh errtilica'e ol iinj.-r-\/.\nDated this .-.';i|]i ,|;,y of.I\n: ii Min 111.1; J 'i'.' i\nief . W 'l(!]-e lon.'l\n>f .\\!--f.: itiv.-i ij *-;e\n11 uailw;\nclaim of\n1 ii\nI,-,,1\n.i.-ihi.u.\n' .M.i'.X-\n!icr-if :\ncert-iiical\nbiaiiiitu.- ;\n\u25a0 : ii.i\nINTERNATIONAL.\nNorth Bound\nRead up.\nSAX1ION\nTrain lvs Dally, l.on pm Train ar daily 10.50 am\nKASLO\n.-\" ar :-' t'.'loiun Train lv '*' S.OOam\n&Boat lv 3.30 am \u2014Kaslo\u2014 Boat ar S.:j0 pu'-Z'\nZ, \" 1.30 am Ainsworth '\u2022 7.30 pm_\nt^\" - 5.00 am Pilot Bay \u2022' <*.-t5 pm =\na \" 5.30 am Balfour \u2022' H.10 pm'\/-\nj^Boat ar (i.lo am. Five Alile Pr \u2022\u2022 5.2S pm ;\n\u2022 '* 7.15 am Nelson \" lv 1.45 pm ^\nsTrainar 10.05am Northport Train Iv 1.55 pm \u2022\u2022.\n= ;' 1120 am Rowland \" 12.05 pnv-E\n\u2022~ '\u2022 \u2022'! 10 pm Spokane \u2022' s.8n;nn\u00b1'\nSS.\nAM-IBR'l\nSand\n,.\\\nVI.on jiui\nKuslo\nar S.-J5 Jim\nv 5.(10 pm AIo&T\nii.20jim .\\i::sworth Hi\n7.0a run i'it.ot Hay\n10.!io;iii! Kuskonook\nI2.0iiprn Oo\u00abt River\n1.0(i am Boundary\n.-.oo am Bonner's 'S'vy \u25a0 lv\n-TfTrain lv il.-to .-tin \" '['lain ar\nar 2.-15 I'iii Spokane '\" lv\n.Rend up.\n>:i\nDaily train arlo.50 am\nlv s.Oi'ain\nBoat a r 1.00 pm\nit; ar J1.-I0 pm.-\n11 1.0 iiin,-\ns.OO 11111^\niioopmj..\n\">.00 Jim >\n2.(X) pm-_'\n1.15 pm _\n7.50 nm'7:\n-SiMXUAL KOOTENAY LAKE SERVICK.\nCom men ci ns -Tune 20, lSDS.\nOn Mpi'ilay, Thursday and Friday ss Allien a\nwil: (cave Kaslo 5 p. m. for Ainsworth, Pilot Bav,\naud Nclscn. Leuvin.L'- Nelson at ;:i a. in., Tucs-\n-. Friday and Saturday, calliu.u- at Pilot. Bay,\nAiusw irth and K.aslo. and \/ill way points.\nGEORGE ALEXANDER. Gen'i .Uy-\nP. O. Box 122. Kaslo. B.C.\nI CV V LUUi\n**\u2022 <\u00bb\u2022 \\V>- aim \u2022*&' \u00ab*\u25a0 \u00a31\nTIME CARD\nTaking* effect 1.00 o'clock a. ra.\nJan. 3, 1899, Pacific or 120th Meridian time.\nSubject to change without notice\nA.M.\nArrivt\n:. IS 55 P..U\n\u2022A 20 \u2022'\nv O ', ' f\n\"> 10 \"\n2 00 \u25a0'\nI -15 \"\n1 34 \"\n1 23 \"\n1 15 \"\nKaslo\nSouHi Fork\nSproule's '\nWhitewata:\nBear Lake\nMcGuipan\nBailey's\nCody \"Junction \u2022\u2022\nSandon Lcav<\nCODV LINE.\nll.OOa.m -\u2014 Sandon \u2014 Arrive, 11.51) a.m\n11.10 \" Cody Junction Leave. 11.50 a.m\nArrive, 11.25 \" \u2014 Codv -- \u2022\u2022 n.35a.m\nIOBT. IRVING,\nTraffic Afnerr.\nGEO. h\\ COPELAND,\nSuperlnteiu'icr.i\nFor cneap railroad and steamship tickets to\nHampre the i.-.-'uau\n\u25a0s ol imiiroyciui.:i!i.-'.\ndav ofJiiniiarv. 1.~;: *: * -\n\\V. .--. ld.'EWHV\n, Gold. Silver, or Lcad.CJK'h\t\nGold. Silver and Lead, combmed...\n: Gold and Silver\t\n! Silver and Lead\t\n' (>!>\u2022-(':\u2022 fby Electrolysis;.\t\n, i.'!old. Silver. Coppe.r and I.evd\t\nGold ami (.lopper\t\nSilver and Copiier\t\nGold. Silver a;id ('opo.-i \t\nPlaliimm\t\nMercury\t\n\"Iron or' Maucane-i.-.\t\nLime, M.-.L'tii'siinu. l>.-u-.iiiii. Silica.\n.-\u2022hiir. each\t\nnmih.Tiu. i.'iliait. Xiekel. Aulit:\n>'ine. ami Arsenic, ca.-li\t\n(\u2022\u2022i.-il (Fi.vc'd Carbon. Yob'il,, Ma:tiT.\n-ecniiiire of Coke, if C,\nSI .50\n:\u25a0* w\n2 00\n2 00\n2 IK'\n1 uf)\n2 5\"\n2 50\n.\", 00\nr, no\nA =h\nikin.i:\nTerms:\nTune .'nth. 1SU5.\nC.'jsJ) V.ith xnietlc,\nFRAIOC DIGK\n, Assayer and Artalist\nA car load \u25a0 ;' fro-ii o-nuvi-ics. inehul-\nins'a trrcat varii'ty oi'ciiMiicI _*im>.-Is just\nreceived at B\nifiiirnc itrii- THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., MARCH 23, 1899.\nSixth Year\nTHK COIJVTKT SEWSP.1PRK.\nThen: is a little country\nand read\u2014\nA papejr. poorly ! Tinted and\nindeed';\nWith p>s small and narrow, mid ink inclined\ntu spread,\nAnd here and there a letter gravely stand on iti\u00ab\nhead,\nOr caps, a bit erratic, are popping into vietv\n3n unexpected places, and 'knocking- things\naskew.\nA real old fashioned pa|x.;r from my littlw native\ntown ;\nEach week I hail it? coining- and I never put it\ndown\nTill 1 read its every column, all the local news\nvouknow :\nAbout tne dear old country folks, I lived with\nlong- ago.\npai>er that i love to \u00abt\nbehind the time.*\nwhose cattle look\nif won-\nI uote whose burn is painted\nthe prize.\nAnd how Uriah Potts has raised a squash\ndrous size.\nHow farmer Martin's daughter takes the school\nanother year\u2014\nAt this I pause and smile a bit and f>el a trifle\nqueer\u2014\nRemembering- how in bygone days when life\nseemed made of mirth.\n1 thought this schoolma'am's mother was the\nsweetest girl on earth.\nAnd now and then, perchance, I read, mat one I\nknew ia dead,\nOr find, agaiu. some boyhood chum the second\ntime has vred ;\nAnd so it goes, and none can know what memories sad and sweet,\nComeback to rnc wheue're I read this homely\nlittle sheet.\n\u2014E. G. in the Iowa Reformer\"\n\"GAMBLING IN CAKTHOO.\nHigh Stavk\u00ab\u00ab\nPlayed for\nSixties.\nin the Kiirly\nDuring- 16iil-G*2, when each claim\nabout liichiield produced from 25 lbs. to\n50 lbs. of gold daily, it was a very lively\ntown. The most popular games of the\ntime were \"Faro,\"\"Monte\/' and \"Draw\nPoker.\" The stakes played for sometimes ran up into thousands. Woodward and Copeland's faro game dealt\nan open limit of $100 to high rollers,\nwho invariably played to win or lose\n$10,000 at a sitting. On one occasion a\ngambler named Pete Liberty, haying\nlost his last dollar in a poker game,\nstood watching the players, when somebody dropped a fow checks on the floor,\nand' in picking them up left a splitter\n(which is half\" the value of the regular\ncheck) for the sweeper. This diminutive piece of ivory did not escape the\neagle eye of Pete Liberty, and not\nmany moments elapsed before he had\npossession of it. The last turn was\nebout to be made with a five, nine, and\njack in the box. He placed the splitter\non the nine and called it nine jack.\nThe turn came just as he called it.\nThis gave him two checks more to play\nthe next deal with, at the end of which\nhe was playing the limit, and before\ngoing to bed that night had won the\nthe extraordinary sum of $16,000 with\nonly a splitter for a starter.\n\"Spanish Monte\" was the favorite\ngame with the old-timers, who played\nit in real Mexican style, and it was\namusing to hear old Californians sav\n\"San Viejo\" and \"Tecolote Chiquita.*\"\nThe amount that a player could bet was\n$100 straight upSlOO \"Viejo,\" practically\na $200 limit. rrhe term \"Viejo\" is used\nto denote the suit of the opposite card\nof the layout. For instance, if the\nqueen of hearts and the five of diamonds\nis the layout, the five of hearts would\nbe \"Viejo.\" Thus, if a player staked\n55100 on the five of diamonds straight up\nand $100 \"Viejo,\" and the five of hearts\nwon, he would be paid $200 ; and if the\nqueen of diamonds won for the dealer\ntho player lost $200, and any other suit\nwinning player or dealer would only\nlose $100 straight up. If the player\nwon his straight up and \"Viejo\" bets,\nhe was priveleged to put ud the whole\nsum of $400 on \"Tecolote.\" This means\nthat the player bets that another five\nwill appear before a queen. Should he\nwin this also he is allowed to play the\nwhole amount on \"Tecolote Chiquita,\"\nwhich signifies that he bets the last five\nwill appear before another queen. In\nthis manner sacks of gold dust containing fiom $100 to $1,000 would change\nhands as often as a baseball in a league\ngame, until it was finally lost over the\nbank and another took its place. Many\nlarge bets by professional sports have\nbeen made, but the most money that\nwas ever put up by one man at \"Monte\"\nwas by Johnny Witson, who turned a\ncard for |930 and won it.\nDraw poker was a very popular game\nin 1862, and many big games were played in Jim Woodward's saloon, at Rich\nfield, when flour, bacon and beans sold\nat $1 a pound, and everybody had\nplenty of gold to pay for it.' Joe Copeland\/Joe Stewart,' Abbott, and Bob\nNobles were the big four that used to\nplay together, and it was not unusual\nfor one of the party to get up from\nthe table $10,000 winner.\" In those\nlively times the saloons kept open all\nnight\/for no well-regulated poker game\nwas ever played until after lamp light,\nwhich is no doubt for the purpose of\nallowing the players to pull their hats\ndown over their eyes and appear to\nlook wise. Joe Stewart was considered\nthe best poker player in the country,\nbut luck did not seem to favor him On\none occasion he had three aces to ooen\nthe pot with, and he bet $20. Copeland\nraised him $50 on queens up, Abbott\nraised Copeland $100 on three jacks.\nWhen it came to Noble's turn to play\nhe only had a pair of deuces, but made\na bluff to steal the pot by betting'8500.\nAll hands called the bet, which made\nthe pot about $2,000. Joe Stewart drew\ntwo cards and got a pair of kings;\nCopeland drew one card and got a I\nqueen ; Abbott drew two cards and got j\ntwo tens ; Nobles drew three cards and\ngot two deuces. Then the betting commenced. Joe Stewart bet $500,' Copeland saw his $500 and raised him $500\nmore Abbott called Copeland's raise\nof $500 and bet $1,000, Stewart called\nAbbott's raise, and Copeland laid his\nhand down \u2022 when it came to Nobles\nturn to play he raised Stewart $1,000,\nAbbott stood the raise, which .Stewart\nalso called. On the show down, Bob\nNobles, the lucky emigrant, of course,\nwon the pot with his four deuces.\nThis man in his short stay of six months\nin liichlield won and took away with\nhim over $30,000, which he. with poker\nplayer's usual luck, divided up among\nthe gamblers of San Francisco, returning a few months later to the scene of\nhis snece-shil operations dead broke\nselected. This need not be a developed\nmine, but one possessing the character:\nistics that eventually make one. No\namount of development work will make\na mine if the mineral is not placed thare\nby nature. Thus it is absolutely necessary to be very careful in selecting the\nproperty. Then again the way those\nwho know virtually nothing at all about\nmining conduct its affairs are reallv responsible >or their full share of the\nrecorded failures in mining. Many a\ngood mining property is reported a\nfailure owing to incompetent management. Generally this mismanagement\ntakes place mile's away from .the real\nbase of operation. These directors are\ncomfortably ensconced, in a well furnished room in'the rear of some prominent\nbanking institution and around the\ndirectors' table, over which the affairs\nof a nation are discussed. These men\nprobably never saw a mine, yet they\nare well\" versed in business matters of\nall kinds and proceed on the same\nbasis. Thev have a good mine, with a\n10-stamp mil), making good profits considering the size of the milling plant. -It\nis here where trie good business tactics\ncome in. A big stock of goods and increased sales means larger returns. In\ntheir opinion a larger mill will do the\nbusiness. A few more miners put to\nwork will supply this mill with ore, and\nthe profits must certainly be forthcoming. They lose sight of the fact that it\nis necessary to keep a \"stock\" of ore in\nsight. In their opinion all that is necessary is to put more men to work. More\nmen can take out.the required amount\nTo do \"dead\" work and put the necessary ore in sight to them is not good\nbusiness. However, they find out their\nmistake when it is too iate. They have\na good mill, but not sufficient ore to\nkeep it going. Thus a failure is recorded. Time and space will not permit to lay down a set of rules and causes\nof the failure in inining. They are too\nmany. Good, careful management\nwhen a mine is found is absolutely\nnecessary. In the first place a good\nprospect' is one of the principle requisites. There need be recorded but\nfew failures in mining if good careful\njudgement is first used in selecting the\nproperty: This is too often left to\nincompetent hands.\u2014Western Mining\nWorld. _ _\t\nPROS! ATbIS OITV.\nimmediately, unless it is something\nthey ought not to believe.\nIt takes continual hammering* to make\nany advertising profitable.\nBe sure you are pushing your best\npoints forward, then keep on pushing\nand'vou'll-win out.\nTHE BUSINESS MAN.\nlife is full of\nHe comes into\nThe business man's\ncrosses and temptations\nthe world without his consent, goes out\nagainst his will, and the trip between\nthe two extremities.exceedingly rocky.\nThe rule of contraries is one of the important features of the trip. When he\nis little the big girls kiss him, and when\nhe is big the little girls kiss him. If he\nraises a large family he is a chump; but\nif he raises a small cheque he is a thief\nand a fraud, and. he is shunned like a\nChinaman with the seven-year itch. If\nhe is poor, he is a bad manager; if he is\nrich, he's dishonest; if he's out-of\npolitics, you can't tell where to place\nhim, and he's no good to his country; if\nhe don't give for charity, he's a stingy\ncuss and lives only for himself; if he\ndies young, there was a great future\nahead of him ; if he lives to an old age,\nhe has missed his calling. He is introduced to this world by a' dector, and to\nthe next by the same process. The\nroad is rock'v. but man likes to travel it\nMRS. ATKrXS.\nI leftSkagway Monday, February 20.\nIt was 10 degrees below zero. Rode on\ntrain 18 miles over the White Pass for\nthe small sum of $5. It took us six and\na half hours to get to the summit.\nThere it was 3fi\u00b0 below and an awful\nwind. There were about 100 teams on\nthe White Pass that day in sight at one\ntime. Many a face was frozen. We\ngot to Log Cabin that night, haying*\nwalked 16 miles during the afternoon.\nOn the 21st it was 37\u00b0 below at Log\nCabin. Here meals are $1. each ; 50c\nfor a bunk whether you have your own\nblankets or not, and the same prices\nprevail all the way to Atlin., This is\nthe first time I ever eat horseflesh. I\nunderstand that a horse was snowbound\non the trail and could not get either\nway. There was no food for the animal\nso it was shot and we got some of it for\nsupper\u2014$1 a meal; very cheap for\nhorse meat. At Log Cabin the snow is\nfive or six feet deep', some places-on the\ntrail it is from seven to 10 feet. Freight\nfrom Skagway to Atlin is 17c per lb. by\ndog team or horses. Horses are driven\nhere one ahead of the other. There\nare, I understad, about 3,000 horses on\nthe trails. Feed is $20 for $100 lbs. of\nhay, and grain the same. Horses are\nof no use here. In two months, or as\nsoon as the lakes open up, they will be\nof no use. But there are enough horses\nhere at anv rate.\nThe alien law has put a stop to work\nhere; nothing doing at all. There is\nonly one building going up to speak of,\nand' that is for the banks of Commerce\nand Halifax. The Government officers\nare all in one building about 15x120.\nNo work here at all; very dull and 40\u00b0\nbelow zero. The old teamsters say that\nthis is the coldest they have had this\nwinter. Vou can see all sorts and\nvarieties of frozen feet, from the toe up\nto the knee, on some men on the trail.\nHbnrv Cargill.\nTo Tommy all thc plory,\nTo us wi'mmen ail the tan.\nSo s'elp me that's the story\nIn a liloomin' puner bag-.\nO, I woes out. chariii' every day,\nTill iny back is nearly broke\",\nOoinin' 'oino to 'e;ir the liyby cry\u2014\nLife ain't no liloomin' jok'<>.\nTlie Kurnil's wife she visitsus,\nShe preaches Gord and suap ;\nShe makes a nice,; infernal fuss ;\nShe's gone\u2014I. can't but mope.\nIt's an Mlisti 'ole islndycr,\n'Tain't no liloomin' coral strand ;\nAn' every hand's again yer,\nIn that orful thirsty land.\nIVen nigger'elpcall'd Abdul\u2014\n'E's a devil who'll he diurui'd ;\n'E's thc. hirst drop in the cupful\nO' a life with worry eraiuici'd.\n'E thumps the byby on the 'ead.\nGives it lioperum to eat,\nAnd when tho critter looks like dead,\n'E says 'tis the bally heat.\nMe'usband 'e's a yorry, too,\nAn' 'e gits right'out o\"and ;\nThe Kurnil's lady's ayah, Lu.\nAn' 'e flirt at the band.\nI'd like to punch 'er ugly 'ead,\nAn' comb Jim's sandy 'air;\nI orften wishes I were (tend,\nAn' free from karkin' car*.\nFor Tommy 'as the glory,\nAn' the wlmmeii 'as the grind ;\nIt's just the old, old story\nOf tlie woman left be'ind.\nRudyard Kiplin', 'e's a poet,\nOf that there ain't no doubt;\nBut 'e writes's bloomfn'poems,\nAir 'e leaves the wintmeii out.\n\u2014The Sketch.\nWinnipeg.\nacrjnee\nI am leaving Sandon\nselling my large\nstock of. '. . .\nWatches,\nJewelery,\nClocks and\nilvenvare\nat the very lowest possible prices. I wish to\nclear oat the whole line.\nThis is the opportunity\nto secure bargains. . . .\nBeing the only Scientific Optician in the\nSlocan you will see the\nneed of having your\neyes properly fitted with\nglasses before my departure, which will be\nvery soon.\nQ. W, GRIMMETT,\nJeweler and Optician,\nSanndomi.\nTo the Ladies of\namid\no\no\nGREETING:\u2014- We have on hand\nabout 400 pairs of Ladies'and Children's\nshoes which we are to dispose of at a\nsacrifice in order to make room in our\nsalesroom for new stock now on the road.\nThe stock includes a fine line of Tie,\nStrap and Buckle Slippers in Tan and\nBlack Ladies' lace and button shoes-\nlatest styles. 77\nQuilted Satin and Felt Slippers.\nChildren's Spring & High-heel shoes\nA special line of Boys School Shoes.\nE. R. ATHERTON CO., Ltd,\nPOST OFFICE STORE. SANDON.\nbacon\nIs not always at your\ncommand iu a mining\ncamp, but you can\nget the best on the\nmarket\t\nAT HO BEN'S\nHATS\nHATS\nWe have just [received a large consignment of thoroughly up-to-date goods\nfrom the leading Eastern dealers. The prices will not allow the goods\n-\u2014\u2014to remain long in stock. Call early.\u2014\u2014\u2014\nHunter Bros.\nSANDON -\nROSSLAND\n\"Sweating\" i<\nIt is all very well to be an enthusiastic friend of labor. Practice, as well\nas talk, and don't send east to \"sweating\" shops because things are cheaper,\nbut buy where fair treatment is accorded to employees. Tn Winnipeg, where\nno Chinese are employed, we find that\na factory pays for making* overalls,with\nfour pockets, 70 cents per dozen pairs,\nor *2c. apiece, and this gives the &*iris\nthe magnificent income \"of from $2 to;$4\na week. Thev now want the factory\nto give them three meals a day. No\nChinaman would work for such a wage,\nand certainly no white girl should.\nWhether the girls will get there three\nmeals a day is uncertain, as right does\nnot alwavs succeed in this world of ours.\nAnd if you find it hard\nto get first-class canned goods, butter and\neggs, fruits and vegetables, you should. . .\nTRYHOBEN\nProvides ample and pleasant accommodation lor the traveling public.\nTelegrams for rooms promptly attended to.\nHENRY STEGE, - - - ... \\ Proprietor.\nIMPATIENCE IN ADVERTISING.\nUnder the caption \" Impatience in\nAdvertising,1'the Seattle Trade Register publishes the following pertinent\nremarks by C. V. White, the Trade\nRegister's special advertising correspondent :\nIf one merchant makes advertising\npaying, there is no reason why another\nmerchant in the same line cannot.\nThere is no legitimate reason.\nThe man who is discouraged in his\nadvertising should write this fact down\nThe proper kind of advertising, the\nkind that is culminative, requires time.\nWhen the results do come, they don't\ncome with a rush. The growth is of the\nsubstantial, healthy kind.\nBeginners get impatient waiting for\nreturns, are worried over their competitors large ads. It is a great deal better\nto have a 4-inch ad. every day for a\nyear than a 12-inch ad. for three months.\nIt will bring more business finally.\nIt is a matter of utter indifference to\nmost people whether they trade, at a\ncertain store or not. If the idea strikes\nthem right, they make a change, Advertising influences people to make a\nchange; causes them to be more particular, more exacting It creates demand.\nHundreds of auvertiscnionts create\ndemands tnat the store they advertise\ncannot satisfy. Although the demand\nis created, it is not :rood advertising1.\nTownsite entries may be made by incorporated towns and cities on the \"mineral lands of the United States, but no\ntitle can be acquired by such towns or\ncities to any vein of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper or lead, or to any valid\nmining claim or possession held under\nexisting law. When mineral veins are\npossessed within the limits of an incorporated town or city, and such possession is recognized by local authority or\nby the laws of the United States, \"the\ntitle to town lots is subject to such\nrecognized possession and the necessary\nuse thereof, and when entry has been\nmade or patent issued for such town-\nsites to such incorporated town or city,\nthe possessor of such mineral vein may\nenter and receive patent for such mineral vein, and the surface ground\nappertaining thereto': Provided, That\nno entry shall be made by such mineral\nvein claimant for surface ground where\nthe owner or occupier of the surface\nground shall have had possession of the\ntitle of the mineral vein applicant\nThis is a story told by Sir William\nVan Rome: An \"American\" lady at\nthe Winnipeg exhibition was viewing\nthe floral specimens when the question\nof nataionl emblems came up. It was\npointed out to her that the rose was the\nnational flower of England, the thistle\nthe emblem of Scotland, and the shamrock the emblem of Ireland. \"And the\ngolden rod is the national flower of the\n'Americans,\" she added, \"What is Canada's national flower?'' No one answered, and to satisfy her curiosity she\nwent over to an attendant and inquired, \"Whal is Canada's national flower?\"\n\"Ogilvie's ma'am.\"' said he.\nA large stock of gents'\nfurnishings to select\nfrom; also miners'\nsupplies and hardware\nAT HO BEN'S\nMail orders.\nNew Denver, B.\nC.\nJas. M. Patterson\n& Co.\nDealers in\nand a complete line of\n$1.00\nBy using the New Denver envelope in your\ncorrespondence. Printed with your name in\nthe return corner, and\nsold by The Ledge at\nFIRST HUNDRED,\nFIFTY CENTS each subsequent hundred.\nGoods.\nEyes tested and glasses\nfitted for any vision\nWhitewater, B.C,\naslo hotel\nFamily & Commercial.\nL\narge\nAnd\nComfortable\n^ Rooms\nFitted with every modern\nconvenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50\nand $3 per day.\nCOCKLE & PAPWORTH,\nProprietors.\nDENVER\nATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS.\nTo and from European points viu Canadian\nand American lines. Apply for sailing dates,\nrates, tickets and full information to any C. P.\nRy agent or\u2014\nG. B. GARRETT.\nC. P. R. Agent, New Denver.\nWM. STITT, 3en. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg.\nBRICK\nFOR SALE.\nJOHN GOETTSCHE,\nNEW DENVER.\nF.E. MORRISON, dds.\nDENTIST\nCrown. Plate and Bridge work.\nOffice, Broken Hill Blk. Nelson.\nThe following is too #*ood to he lost, j\nIt is said to have been found ou the i\nwall of a deserted shack in the heart of j\nNebraska: \"Fore, miles from a naber, i\nsixteen miles from a post oftis, twenty-!\nfive miles from a ralerode. -foreteen j\nmiles from a school hons, forty-one miles j\nfrom a church, a hundred aud fifty j\nmiles from timber, half a mile from j\nwater. Glold bless our homes, we're\n_*one to P\u00bbritish Columbia to get a fresh\nstart.\"\nFAILURE IN MINING.\nHe is certainly a layman who will\nattempt t\/> designate the most common\ncause of failure, in mining. There is no\n.such a tiling. It may be due to a number of causes Of course the one requisite is that a good property must be i don't believe very ,,iuch of anythii\nI By selecting those things in which!\n, you lead, by creating a demand for!\n' them, you do good advertising If your j\nj competitor uses pages white you use |\n| inches, granting that yon are creating i\nj a demand that you can supply, his sue- j\n; cess should be a matter of indifference i\n| to you. Vou can't follow him and ex- j\ni pect to succeed. Vou have to branch j\nj mir. I like to see a merchant watch his i\nj competitors, excel them but not followl\nI them. People like to know the business\nI policy ofthe store with which they are >\nI dealing F,ach store has a certain in-'\nj dividuality. if this individuality is thej\n| _*ood kind, that should bo. a strong fea-\n, ture in everv ad. i'eople will not fall :\ni over one another to believe it. Thev!\nA line of old newspapers for sale at\nthis office. In order to clean out the\nstock the price has been put at 25 cents\na hundred copies, and no picked\nsamples. This is one of the opportunities of a life time and should be located\nbefore it is too late.\nWheat (Terms, Swiss Food, Buckwheat Flour, Hygienic Flour and many\nother high class foods always in stock\nat Bourne, Bros.\nF. Pyman has again commenced to do\nbusiness in New Denver. Bring your\nwatches to him when they are out of\norder. !\nBourne Bros, have a nice line of\nField. Garden, Flower Seeds and Onion\nSets. Anything not in stock can be\nprocured upon short notice.\nYou Can\nave\nBy selecting your\nBROOCHES\nPENDANTS\nNECKLACES\nBRACELETS\nFrom the immense stock of Watches in Solid\nG-old, Gold Filled, or Silver Cases, in all sizes\nfrom the smallest in Lady's to those\nsuitable foi- the most severe work.\nSet with Diamond;<\nEmeralds, Opals, Pearls,\nRubies and Olivines\n^Everything in clocks for either Office, Hall,\nMantle or Bedroom. There is nothing in British\nColumbia as good in Jewelery and Silverware.\n?_V}\u00bb^eU\"Known aml Reliable Meiiden Britannia HolIow-wat-P -,,,,1\n1847 Rogers Bros. Knives, Forks and Spoons. Good\nthis store will be ENGRAVED FRKK. Orders\nattended to - ' _ _ .\ni>y\ns \"bought in\nmail promptly\nJACOB DOVER, Nelson, B. C.","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"Preceding Title: The Nakusp Ledge

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