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tf Special News from Mines af Cariboo and Lillooet. A5HCROFT JOURNAL. Oldest Paper Published in the County of Cariboo. VOL. 5, NO. 20. ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEPTEMBER 16. 1899. 82.00 PER YEAR F. W. Foster, IMPORTER OP Fall Millinery LADIES' COATS. LADIES' CAPES. Our now goods lu the iilmve linos nro now in titook nnd Include sotue very nine linos in Sailor and Walking Hats; also. Ladies' .liuikota and Cuppa. We slmll be planned to nee out ludy customers and show thom what wo havo. Prices right. _F\. W. .FOSTER, A-SIfCOE-OFT AND a LIN" TO-XT, B. O. ASHCROFT HOTEL, Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. Directly opposite Depot, • • ASHCROFT, B.C. This Hotel has been lately refitted and refurnished. A new wing, 50 x 26 feet, containing nineteen rooms, including bath and sample rooms, has been added. Good table and good service The only first-class Hotel in town. Free Sample Room in Connection- The H.B.A. Vogel Commercial College, DeBeck Block, Hastings St., Vancouver, B C. THOROUGH INSTRUCTION IN BOOKKEEPING ("SPSS-BE"1) BUSINESS METHODS, CORRESPOND ENCE, PENMANSHIP, SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, md the cenemi enclish BRANCHES. fW Send for Prospectus. P.O. Box 347. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, QUESNELLE MOUTH, CARIBOO, - " - B.O. DIRECT IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. Hardware, Boots and Shoes, Miners' Supplies. Bed-Rock Prices. Goods Guaranteed. G-TT.A.LIT-SZ'. Arlington Hotel ■V"jA_EsTOOTJvbb, B.O. Near corner of Cambie and Cordova streets. Newly furnished rooms. Call and see us. ismi BEN. WEHRFRITZ, Proprietor. r CARGILE HOUSE Under New Management. Mr. Fred. Nelson uow has entire charge of the Hotel, and has thoroughly renovated and refitted it, Dining rooms well supplied, neat and orderly. The bar is well supplied with the best grade of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The house solicits a fair share of the public patronage. Free Sample Roomr for Commercial Travelers. WHAT THB UlTLANDBRS WANT, The following brief description of reasons for tho present Transvaal trouble and tbo complaints of tho Uitlanders Is taken from the " Forum " and ts of particular interest. Tho article Is from the pen of Mr. Thomas R. Dodd, Seo. of tho South African League and a leader among tbo Transvaal Uitlanders. Id a few words, Great Britain bas been tn possession of Capo Colony since 1814; in 1837 oertain of tho Boors, disaattlled with British rulo,tuigL'ated to the north—tbe exodus was kuown as tho Great Trek—and sot up a Ro- publlc of their owu. Paul Krugor is about the lost survivor of tho Groat Trek. In 1877 tho Republic wus at about the end of Its tether, with a million dollars of debt, with 12 shillings aud 0 penoo in tbo Treasury. Anarchy came and Great Britain seized the country. Tbo Boers dotortninod not long after to regain tbelr Indopondotioo and lu 1881 they succeeded, iiritish arms suffering sevoru defeat. As nrosult self ■govornmout was given to the Inhabitants uf tbo country: while the suzerainty or Groat Britain was practically oxprossod iu lho Convention of IHH1 - rt.f_.roiu... to which was omitted in tho Couvontion of 18B4, Tho provision, wbioli is still iu forooi stipulates that uo trouty into wliich tho South African Republic may outer with foreign states shall bc valid uutil it bas received tho approval of Great Hritaln. The rotations craated betwoou tbe Boers—tbe descendants of the Trek- kers—and the Uitlanders—tho later comers—may be best shown by tho following dialogue, which is an extract from the report of tbe discussion at the conference which preceded the signing of the Convention: Hr. Kruger: There will be equal protection for all. Sir E. Wood: And equal privileges ? Mr. Kruger: We make no difference so far as burgher rights are concerned. There may perhaps be some slight difference tn the case of a young person who haa just come into tbe country. Had this declaration of intention been expressed in tbe Convention, in set terms, the present trouble oould never .have arisen. But the Convention was interpreted by the Transvaal Government in a pettifogging spirit, and bit by bit the rights of tbe Uitlanders were whittled away. Tbe franchise, whioh, in 1881, was obtainable after a 12 months' residence, was, at the beginning of tbis year (1890) practically not obtainable at all; for, when at 14 years' residence—including a period of probation, during which be incurred all the responsibilities of citizenship, but did not enjoy all the privi. leges—had qualified the applicant, the consent of two-thirds af the burghers and the approval of the government were still required. Consequently, it ts generally felt by the Uitlanders, that tt has been the intention of the government to restrict the franchise to one privileged race. For some years after the retrogression tbe country was fairly prosperous, the revenue just about balancing tho expenditure. But ia 1887, owing to the discovery of gold at Borberton, a decided change for the better began to manifest itself, the revenue leaping from £230,581 for the last nino months of 1895 to £868,433 for the year 1887. from tbat time on there was a steady increase until, tn 1898, tbe total revenue amounted to £4,462,104. The discovery of gold, first in the quartz reef of Barberton, and later in in the unique, oongtomorate deposits at Johannesburg, rendered tbe future progress of the Republic certain, and if tbe rulers had been as wise as nature bad been generous there would have been no burning political question in tbe Transvaal today. Liberal as were the terms of tbe Con vention of 1891, tbe Boers were in no wise satisfied with them. The result of their dissatisfaction was the Convention of 1884, tn whioh there was no mention of suzerainty, and whioh was generally more favorable to the Boers than that of 1881, The tendency of the administration from 1881 to 1895 may, perhaps, bo best illustrated by quoting tbe demands made ln 1805, by the body known as the Transvaal National Union—an indiscriminate body, oomposed of capitalists, professional men, merchants and workingmen anxious to seouro political reform. Their demands were formulated as follows: 1, A Constitution safeguarded from hasty ohange. (It bad become a common praottco to make alterations in the written Constitution, with uo more formality than tbat required forordi nary Volksraad legislation.) 2, Au equitable franchise law and fair representation. (The strigency of the franchise law has beeu already explained. The districts where the bulk of the Uitlanders, and iudood of the entire population, lived, were only given sucb representatives as the number of resident burghers entitled thom to have.) 3, Equality of tbo Dutch and English languages, (The language employed in over 90 per oent. of the business transactions is l-oglif'fi aud the same may be said of tbe conversation, yet the official language of tho oountry is High Dutch, which vory few of tho burghers understand, speaking as thoy do, a local patois.) 4. Tho heads of tbo government department to bo responsible to the legislature. (Tho members of the Executive have no soat in the Volksraad, aud bhe Minister of Mines—surely tho most important oliiciul in suoh a oountry ns tho Transvaal--has no seat in tbo Executive.) 5. Removal of religious disabilities. (Catholics and Jews aro not allowed to hold government appointments,) fj. Independence of tho courts. 7. Liberal aud comprehensive education. 8. Freo trado In South African products. Whon it Is stated that tho olvil aer- vico is uttorly incompetent and almost utterly corrupt; that the bribtiry of Volksraad members was a common practice, and that, in addition to tlio long-standing liquor, dynamito and railway concessions, others hud beon applied for, it will bo soou how urgontly reforms wore needed. Petition after potition bad boou sent to Pretoria, only to bo rejected. Then came the Jameson mid. A statomout of tho demands of tbe Uiihiiiilti-Oiiuiif.il made iu June, 1899 will again illustrate how serious wero tho griovanuos of tho peoplo: 1, Legislation by mere Volksraad resolution to be abolished. 2, Equitablo franchise law and fair representlon, with redistribution sohonie. !1. English and Dutch languages to be official. 4, Reorganization of tho civil service. Uigb Court to bo independent, (At present the judges of the High Court aro required, under pain of dismissal, to respect any resolution of the Volksraad, however hastily it may havo beon passed. This demand was tbe direct result of an action in which an American subjeot obtained damages against the government.) 6. Reform of education, 7. The cancellation of monopolies. (In addition to the long-standing liquor, railway and dynamite monopolies—the last two of which are said to represent a permanent tax of from £000,00(1 to £1,000,000 per annum upon the couutry although conducted almost solely in tho interest of the monopoly holders- there are now monopolies engaged in the manufacture of cocoa, calcium, oar- bide, soap, candles, matches, brushes, etc.) That it should bo necessary at tbe close of this century in any civilized country for white mon of education and ability to ask for these rights may well seem incredible. Tbat tbey should ask for them in vain seems impossible. Redress having been promised by tho British Government, it will no doubt, be secured. And it is only wheu tbe demanded concessions are granted that the South African Republio will prove worthy of it name. Thi Oenerals Said to lie Weakening. Boston, Sept. 13.—The Post today announced that it has received the following private dispatch from Paris: Generals Rouguet and Mercier havo offered on the part of the army to demand from president Loubet the par don of Capt, Drefus, if the Jewish committee will drop the matter, and on condition that Dreyfus shall live away from tbe largo cities of France for throe yoars." 150-MILE HOUSE RACES. Tho following is the program of races to bo hold at 150-Mile House, Wednesday and Thursday, October 18th and 19th, 1899: FIRST DAV. The Chilcotin Stakes.—First, 810, second, $10; about }■■_ mile dash; catch weights. The Provincial Stakes.—First, $75, second 825; apout '.» milo dash; weight for age; opeu to horses bred and owned iu this province. The 150-Mile House Stakes.—A cup (value, 825) presented by Messrs Doer- iug k Marstrand, and $50 in Bpeoie for tho lirst; second, 825; about Jjj mile heats, two in three; catch weights, Polo Pony Stakes—First, 825, second, 810; for fourteen bands and under; about}'_ milo dash; catch weights, Iudiaus' Race.—First, 820, second, $5; '., milo dash; catch weights. Tho 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th races are restricted to horses owned lu the district of Cariboo or Lillooet for six months prior to date of this meeting. SECOND DAY. The Provincial Stakes.-Flrst, 8100, seoond, 850; weight for age; about ?_£ milo dash; opeu to horsos bred and owned iu this province. Tho Williams Lako Stakes.—First §50, second 815; about }_ mile heats, two in throe; catch weights. Tho Cariboo Cup.—Valuo 850 with 875 iu specie, presented by the Cariboo Trading Compauy for tho lirst; second, 825; third, 810;-about % mile dash; woight for age. Tho Consolation Stakes.—A saddle, value 810, presented by A. C. Foster, for the first; second 820; about K mile heats, two in three; oatoh weights. Indians' Race.-First, 830, second, $5; about % mite dash; oatoh weights. Tbe 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th races are restricted to horses owned in the dis< triot of Cariboo or Lillooot for six months prior to date of this meeting. UARKBRVILLG, The Cariboo Gold Fields are running a drain up from tbeir pit to catch bed rook above and are said to be gotng through some remarkably good gronnd. Gold Commissioner Bowron who bas beon on tho sick list is somewhat improved but not yet well. He was lately visited by tho doctor from Quesnelle there bolog no medical man now in Barkerville. The Blaok Jaok hydraulio mine washed up, tt is reported, about 400 ounces for tbo season, John Peebles, of Stanley, was burled on tho 2nd aftor a short illness. Mr, Peebles was known to all hero having lived a long and busy life in this section. He waa a square dealing, honorable man and respected as suoh by tho community. The now wagon road leading off from the main road near tbe Kurtz aud Lano ground has been completed to the Odium and Shepherd mines a distanco of about six miles from Barkerville. Tho road will, it is oxpeoted, bo continued on down Summit oreek to tbe Hamshaw-Youngs camp which is about 8 miles from the preseut end of tho road, also at Eight Mile lake, or near there a road will fork off that serve Sugar and Stewart creek Eight and Nino Mile lakes and that section iu general. Tbe road will lead up to Summit creek through Downies pass and will be of muoh assistance to all of the above spoken of section. At Hamshaw and Youngs on Summit the shaft first sunk was not deop enough to oatoh tbe bottom and drift ing out so it is being sunk to a greater depth. The sawmill was not gotten in running order as was expected earlier in tbe season and the lumber for tbe flumes, etc, was whipsawod by Chinese, It is expected tbat a run will bo made yet this season on their properties. A syndicate of local people bad secured sexeral olaims on Summit oreek and will arrange to begin work at an early day and will push the samo energetically believing that there is good pay in the bed of the oreek. Messrs, Isaacs, Cockle and Anderson are at work on their olaims on Sugar oreek and have taken out considerable dust this soason although only working in a small way. The properties on Coffee oreek and around Eight Mile lako are all regarded as good. Ou tbe Odium-Shepherd claims a thorough prospecting this season has shown conclusively tbat there is an average of 16 to 25 feet of gravel sufficient In area to last for from 25 to 75 years according to the amount of water used, and that a fair average of tbis gravel gives results, actually saved, of 81.25 cents per cubic yard. The company now intend running a tunnel to bo partly in gravel and partly in rock, some 2,000 feet through tbe ridge between Downies Pass and the Odium- Shepherd properties. This will, when completed, furnish a dump for the entire group, or nearly ull of it, and there will be water tbe season through of seldom less than 400 inches, sometimes running nearly 1,000 as it will next year. After opening up it will be a good producer for soveral life times to come. Will Meet on January Fourth. This week's Gazette contains tbe proolamation convening the legislature on Thursday, January 4th, 1900. Tbe session of 1899 commenced on January 5th, Copper Property Near Ashcroft Bonded. The copper properties owned by J, Haddook and sons, about 31, miles from Ashoroft, were this week bonded, through Mr. H. Shoppers, to a responsible mining company witb a largo capital. Work will be begun on tho property within 60 days, and,-according to the terms of tbe bond, must be continuous. The price for whioh tbe property is bonded is understood to be fair but not excessive. The outlook Ib good for a mtno of value being opened up. The ledge is large and tbe croppings give returns of about 5 per oent. to copper, with a little silver and gold. It will be of great advantage to Asbcroft and vloinity if this property, as no* looks probable, turns out well. The owners have done a sensible thing to bond tbo property at a fair prioe instead of holding indefinitely for big figures. Succe.islul Oold Dredging. As an instance of what successful dredging for gold means, we notico tbat the Hartley and Riley-Beaoh Gold Dredging Co., of New Zealand, on July 23rd paid In dividends 82.60 per sharo on 85 shares in ten days actual work, being one-half of tbe capital in vested. Such a tremendous profit as tbis Bhould arouse dredging men of British Columbia to tbe importance of tbe rivers and streams of tbe province for dredging properties. It seoms beyond question that no better field for suoh work is found ln the world than the streams of this province, and this is being gradually brought home to tbe investors and dredging men of England who have so largely invested in New Zealand. We believe it is a faotthat there have beeu no failures reported in gold dredging in New Zealand. If praotio.il men take up the business in British Columbia there should be no failures bere. So far there bas been, unfortunately, too muoh stock play and not chough actual dredging knowledge in oonnection, on the Fraser and Qucsnelle rivers. It now looks as though more thorough work will be dono in this line, and that success will bc achieved goes without saying. Cobbled..* Qold Dredge. Mr, F. Satchell Clark, designer of this dredge, is now superintending the construction work at Lytton. He visited Ashoroft tho early part of this week to attend to clearing tho machinery at_the ou&toms bouse. Ten carloads of machinery havo already arrived and three or four niore are on the way, which will complete tho shipment, This machinery, as was noticed iu tbe Journal of last week, was all manufactured in England from Mr. Clark's plans. Mr. Clark only arrived from England about two weeks ago but has already put his ways into position, on which the pontoons will be built. These pontoons, of which there aro two, will be about 13 feet wide, by 110 feet long, and will bo placed about 5 feet apart, leaving room for tbo buckets to operate. Tbe buckets aro made of special toughened cast steel. Iu point of durability and excellence of workmanship we have nover seen anything of this description superior to these buckets. Tbey will run at tbo rate of 16 per minute and will each contain o% onbio feet. Under most favorable circumstances tbis dredgo is capable of handling 5,000 oubio yards in a day of 24 hours, but Mr, Clark informs us tbat from 2,000 to 3,000 oubio yards will be the actual work dono, and not 200 yards as has been reported. The power will be supplied by two special wood-burning Roboy boilers and compound condensing engines developing about 100 h.p. The dredgo will not have any propelling power but will be moved by a powerful wiucb weighing 14 tons, and steel cables. To aid in the handling of tbe warping lines at night two search lights will be used, operated from a dynamo ou the dredge. A centrifugal pump handling 3,000 gallons of water per minute supplies the water for washing tbe gravel. The gravel first passes through a hugo revolving screen, the fine material being then conveyed onto the gold saving tables, leaving the refuse to be lifted by tbe elevator and deposited clear of the dredge. The completion of this dredge should open a new era for dredging for gold. The suction dredges have proved unsuitable for the work and, wo think, have been very largely abandoned. Tbe dipper dredges, one at. or near North Bend, the other at Big Bar, are, we understand, working successfully. But it appears to us the valuo of gold dredging leases on the Fraser river should be proved conclusively by the Cobbledick dredge, as it is of tbe same type as tbo New Zealand dredges which have proved successful. Local conditions may be entirely different from those of .New Zealand, and it may be possible tbat extensive alterations must be made on Mr. Clark's plans, but a trial of the Fraser river as a profitable Investment of capital by Mr, Cob- blediok's company witb this dredge, will, we think, bring resuslts Impossible in any style of dredgo at present working in British Columbia. Mr. Clark has proved the ability of this dredgo in New Zealand, ond it would seem the only element of speculation to be confidered is, the quantity of gold. The dredging company which Mr. Clark floated in England is to take up leoses held by bim on the Thompson river, near Pennies Station, about 15 miles east of Ashcroft. He does not propose to commence operations on this lease for some time. The Engineering and Mining Journal (Now York) wants the address gf a oer tain J. H. Smith, who, it believes, was also known under the namo of Geo, Ryall, of KaliBpeil, Mont. Said Smith went to the Klondike in 1897 and 1808, and left Dawson last December. Anyone knowing bis present address will oonfer a favor by sending same to that journal. The Rev. Pritohard, who has boen spending tbo season at Barkerville, camo down on Thursday's stage, and left for the coast next morning, Mr. Pritchard spent somo time recently at tho Hamshaw k Youngs' camp, on Summit croek and thinks very highly of the outlook in that seotion, Messrs. Hamshaw k Youngs have boen piping for some days and tho returns aro very satisfactory and indicate a complete success of their hydraulio mine. They have drifted out from tbe bottom of their shaft some 80 feet into tbe old bed of Summit creok but apparently are not deep enough to bottom the creek. The outlook, however, is considered to be good and the water is handled without difficulty. Messrs. Hamshaw and Youngs, and their families, have a pleasant camp borne and are passing the time rery agreeably, but are putting in hard work and will make tbis season count. HORSE RACB5 AND SP0RT5. The followiug is tbe progrumme of horso rncos aud athletic sports, in oonnection witb tbo annual fair of the Inland Agricultural Association, to be hold at Ashoroft Sept. 28th and 29tb: HORSE RACES. First Day. 1st Race-Purse, 840 to first and 810 tosooond; 5 8 mile heats, two in three; catcb weights. 2nd Race—Purse, 835 to first and 810 to secoud; half-mile dash; catch weights; for 2,3 and i-vear-olds; provincial brod horses only. 3rd Raoo—Purse, 825 to flrst and 87,50 to seoond; quarter-mile heats; oatoh weights; for provincial bred horses only.' Second Dav. 1st Race Purse,850 to first and 820 to second; half-mile heats; two iu three; for provincial bred horses only; catch weights. 2nd Race—Purse: 830 to flrst and 810 to second; 5-8 mile dash; catcb weights. 3rd Race—Purse,825to first and 87.50 to second; trot or pace;} free for all; half-mile heats; for provincial bred horses. 4th Race—Consolation purse, 820 to flrst; hulfmile dash; catch weights; for horses that have not won money at tbis meeting. Indian races will be run each day for fair purses. Rules—California Jockey Club. Entranco fee, 10 per cent, of tocal value of purse. Weights to be as follows—2-year olds 05 lbs; 3-year-olds 105 lbs; 4-year-olds 120 lbs; 5-yeurolds and aged 125 lbs. ATHLETIC SPORTS. Baseball, Ashcroft vs. Lillooet. PRIZES. I 3 3 Race, 100yards, open...... |5 82 50 Race, 440 yards, open 3 2 SO Race, 100 yards, boys under 10; open 2 I Race, 100 yurds, boys under 12, opon I 75a Race, 100 yards, girls under 10, open 2 L Long jump, running.open. 3 2 Hop, step and jump, running, open 3 2 Hop, step andfjump, standing, open 3 2 High jump, running, open. 3 2 Obstacle race, open 3 2 I Sack race, opeu :) 3 L Three-legged race, open... ■ '■ 2 L Bicycle race, '.j'-mile, in three heats 5 2 50 Gymkhana races. Threo entries in each event or au second prize. The decision of die judges to be final. Don't Talk Too Much. Don't talk too much. You were given two ears and only one tongue that you might hear twice as much as you speak, says the Philosopher of the Boston Transcript, who always knows what he is talking about. People will like you all the more the less you have to say and the more you listen, or seem to listen, to what they say. If yau rarely part your lips ia company, company may suspect you of being a dullard. Tbis may cause them to pity you, and pity, it is said, is akin to love. Compauy will be certainly more inclined to love you for keeping your mouth shut than far always having it open. Mauy a one has acquired a reputation for superior wisdom simply by flattering another's pride by permit ting him to talk on without interuption. Many a one, indeed, bos left with tbe monotoguist tbe impression that be is a bright conversationalist, whereas bad he attempted to do his share of the talking he might have been declared a bore. Dou't.. talk too much. If you talk too much you are likely to say things which, though you may forget them as soon as they are spoken, will bo remembered against you. If another loses his temper, a. the saying is, when one's temper is very much in evidence, don't lose yours. At least don't talk back. Silence fs your most effective weapon. It will tear his very vitals, whereas it you are an ignoramus don't givo tbe fact away by airing your limited vocabulary. If you are wise you will always keep a bridle on your tongue, and are, therefore in no need of admonition. Be cautious about that which is everyone's family subject, self. Hundreds of things you may Bay about yourself, and think tbat they will never bo beard from again. But they are almost certain to be repeated, and in such a manner as to make you appear ridiculous or despicable. Don't talk too much. Let others do the talk* ing and bo happy. Let others exhibit their weak minds. Let others uncover their shady past and their not over- bright present. But you—don't talk too much. Passenger List. The following is tbe list of passengers arriving at and departing from Ashcroft this week by the B. C, Express Co.'s stages. DEPARTURES. F G Vernon, Mr Grahame, Ross Robinson, Dr Welsh, Mrs Comer, Mrs Carson, .Miss MaoGee, O A McKinley, C Tetley. ARniVALS.2 E Odium. O A McKinley, W Chapman, Mr Nelson, Mr Sanders, C VV Eagle, A I Perrlard, Rev Pritchard, Mr Weeks, Mraud Mrs Sparks, C Seymour Baker, A J Bourdariat. THE ASHCROFT JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERT. SATURDAY. F. S. REYNOLDS Editor and Proprietor Subscription price, per nnnum 83.00 Advertisements will not bo discontinued until paid, Advertising ratea on application. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1800. ATLIN IS ALL RltiHT. "Tho trip to Atlin is simply a holiday excursion," said Aid, K. B. Skiunor. who has recently returnod from tlio now plaoor Holds of tho north. Aid. Skinner was north on busiuess, being interested in a saw mill and Bomo hydraulic mining propositions in Atliu, paying a compliment to Capt. O'Brien of the Rosalie, on the excellent quality of tho accommodation for passengers, Aid. Skinner spoko further about his trip, lie said. " Ou arriving at Skagway you tako tbe Whito Pass & Yukon railway ta Bennett. Tlie scenery along this lino is unsurpassed for beauty and grandeur, At Bennett you will find tbe steamer Glenora ready to convoy you to Taku, and us this steamer is owned by tho John Irving Navigation company, it is unnecessary to givo it any recommendation. "On reaching Taku you cross by the tramway about two milos to Atliu lako and then you step on the steamer Scotia, which convoys you to Atlin City in about 35 minutes. " 1 thiuk Atlin is tho most perfect towusito I over saw. Tbo nearest approach to it in British Columbia is New Denver, on Slocan lako. Atlin, like all new mining camps, is largely composed of tents, but tliero are a great many substantial buildings, lu fact, I was moro than surprised to see so much building considering tiie many adverse roports which havo beon published from time to timo in tbo press of Vancouver and elsewhere. "But the town is dead. Hotels, su loons and stores aro barely making expenses, where they should all bo reaping tho benellts of a miuing boom. "Asking tho cause for this state of affairs, tho reply I got from everyone was the snme. Tho placo was killed Ity the alien bill and I truly believe it. Sinco 1 have been iu British Columbia I have argued that legislation which would shut out tho American people would ho a great mistake aud anyone doubting this has only to visit Atliu to be convinced. " Had it uot been for tbis bill you would seo today u population of not less than 25,000 to 35,000 peoplo iu the district and where claims changed hands for a few dollars tho original ownors would have received as mauy thousands, thus placing them in a position to go and prospect iu the deep diggings. "Dozens of quartz ledges have beon located, but in uo instance that I know of has any work been dono. I was asked to go and look at claims from which the locators obtained good looking samples, but when thoy told mo I could see nothing more than what tbey bad to show, I did not wasto tho time, " Now, if tbe Americans had not boen shut out from tho placer diggings you would have seen thousands of dol lars spent this season in developing thc whole district. Pino City, which is situated at Discovery on Pine creek, about seven miles from Atlin, is a typical mining camp, with a population of at least 3,000, all as busy as bees. If you go down to tbo creek and look up and down as far as the eye can reach you can see scores of water wheels with all the necessary plant to work tho creek claims. Spruce creek is tho samo. I weut up to Willow, Surprise, Wright, Boulder and Dominion, but Apparently nono of them are doing as much as Pine aud Spruce, as the diggings aro deeper. I did not go to McKeo creok, but from all I could learn it will bo a big producer. ■' Did I see gold ?" " Yos, lots of it. Why one claim above Discovery on Pine, iu which I am interested, hud a clean up specially for myself and tho result was lit! ouuees for six mon for ono day. Sinco then thoy havo had two moro clean ups and tho result was a littlo over six ounces to tho man for 10 hours' work. "Ou tbo Caledonia group, consisting of 11 bench claims, in whicli .Messrs. Dunn, Irving, Brackott and myself have a controlling interest, wo had a clean up of 60 ounces. 1 saw one clean up of 135 ounces, which was over 10 ounces to tho man, and still thero aro croakers who say Atlin is uo good. "I think there is no destitution iu Atlin, If thoro is I saw uouo of it, and tliu bost evidence that thero is nono is the fact that Mr. Billett, manager of the Bank of Commerce, told mo ho had money to tho oredit o[ tlio relief committees and no applicant bad ever boen refuse) assistance. That tho country is healthy is proved by tho fact that tho hospital is not a fluancial success. "What tho output is likely to bo is diflloult to sny. It is ouly since July tbat tho most of tho claims have been worked, but I should say it will bo about 81,500,000. The banks put it at 81,000,000, based, no doubt, ou what tboy have taken in during tho past month, whilo I expect this and noxt month will increase materially. "Still, even at 81,000,000, cousideriug all tho disadvantages undor which the district suffered this year, it sets at rest tbo cry of tho disgruntled that tho country is no good. I think tho Ilrst step of the government should bo to repeal the alien bill, which is, ond always was, in my opinion, most ill- advisod. "Auother thing I think that the government should do is to look more closely into the requirements of such a country. Laws governing cities like Victoria und Vauouvor aro not applicable to a place like Atlin. JuBt fancy, in a. mining camp all tho hotels and saloons aro closed on Sunday by order of tbo government police. Everyone, even tho police, knows such a law is obnoxious and in no cose is it observed, excepting by tho simple formality of closing tho front door." - Provinco. Pollution ol Water bv Cyanide. Tho Now Zealand "Mines Record" for June says that a complaint having boeu mado liy a settlor as to tho pollution of tho Wnlomo strenm, iu the Hauraki mining district, through the discharge of tailings and cyanide of potassium from tho Manowai Gobi Mining Company b battory and oyanldo plant, the inspector was requested by tho minister cf mines to obtain samples of tho wator for the purposo of analysis, Threo samples of tho water woro accordingly taken out of the stream, about 300 yards below tho placo whoro tho Monowai cyanide plant is situated. Two bottles woro flllod on May 15th, at 10:15 a.m., wheu thoro was only u Httlo tailings and n suakagefroin the cyanide plant finding its way iuto tho stream; two bottles woro filled on tho followiug day, at 3:30 p.m., whon n settlor was discharged into tho stream, and after mixing with tho water; and two bottles wore filled ou May 18th, at 11 a.m., 20 minutes aftor a settler containing tailings treated by cyauide of potassium had beon discharged into llio stream, there beiug about threo sluice heads of water ruuniug iuto tho stream at tbo timo. When tho samples wero taken tho battory was not running, but tho cyanide plant was working. Three samples of tho wator, put iuto six bottles, wero forwarded to tho government analyst, who has roportod as follows: "No. 1 is clear, without any sedimentary mattor. I did not lind any trace of cyanogen in tho poisonous form iu this water. "No. 2 is a very turbid, and contains a good deal of silicious sand. This is of a pale green color, owing to tho prosL'uc? of ferro-oyan.de of iron, a salt which is. however, quite inoonous to health. This water contains a minute trace of cyanogen iu its poisonous form. This is cither freo or united with potash as the hydro-cyanide. "No. 3 is a slightly turbid water, containing a niiuuto proportion of ferro- cyanide of iron, but not of cyanogen iu its poisonous form. "Theso results clearly prove that Nos. 1 and 3 are not polluted with cyanogen in its poisonous form, and that ovon No. 2, which contains a considerable quantity of tailings, can hardly bo considered a dangerous water to stock or even to human beings; besides, its groat turbidity would prevent stock, etc., partaking of it." We si minister Exhibition. lu order to swoll tho influx of visitors to this year's Provincial Fail Fair, tlio Canadian Pacific Railway Co. havo generously agreed to convoy ull exhibits from Calgary west absolutely froo of freight charges, provided the ownership of tlio exhibits is not changed, and that thoy aro roturnod immediately to aftor the show to tho points from which thoy weto originally shipped. Live stock will be carried at cue fare. Tho Company have also agreed lo greatly reduce rates uf lure fur visitors to tho oxhibitiou, us the following scale will show, TO NEW WESTMINSTER AND RETURN, Westminster Junction, 15c; Port Moody,05o; Vancouver, 50c; Hammond. 80cj Hanoy, 00c; Whnruook, 81,20; Mis sion Juuotiou $1.70; Huntington, ?2.20j Agassis., 83.13; Hope, 81.95; Yale, $.1.70; North Bend 80,05; Lytton, 80,00] Speuoe's Bridgo, 67.55; Ashcroft, $8.30: Savonas, $0.00; Kamloops, 80,75: Shush wap, S10.75; Salmon Arm, 811.70; Sloa- mous Junction, 612,25; Clan William 61330; Revelstoke, 613.55; Ulcillowaol 814.40; Glacier. 814,00; Beaver Mouth 815,00; Donald, 615.05; Goldou, 610.15: l'alliser 810.85; Field, 817.15; Hector, 617.70; Laggan, 818.00; Banff, 810.00; Anthracite, 810.15; Canmore, 819.4i Morley, $20,20; Cochrane, 820.75; Cul gary,621.15; Euderby,812,05; Armstrong, 81320; Vernon, 818.00; Okanagan Laud tag, $13.80; Kelowna, 8U.80; Pontioton 810.50. Smokes " Four .era " Now. " I remember," said tbo mau of fallen fortunes, "and not with regret, fori always look on life cheerfully, the time I smoked imported cigars, at twenty cents apiece, and whon the idea I would ever havo to smoko cheaper ones did not outer my uiiud. But circumstnnc-s changed, and after a whilo I found I would havo to givo them up for a time, though 1 never doubted that 1 should gut back to them again. So just temporarily, I dropped down to ten centers and they woro not so bad. I fouud I could get a pretty good sort of a cigar for ton cents. The time cumo when tho tcu-ceiitcr was as far beyond me Js tho twenty-center had been, for ii Head ot mending my fortunes continued to fail, Then I took to five centers aud discovered it was possible tt buy a very good cigar for that price. So I bought my good ltvo- ceutors, forgot the taste of tho ten- ceuters aud twenty-centers, and was satisfied. It never occurred to me that I could get below that, but I did. I dropped to tho stogies, throe for five, and a good mako, too. I likod tho stogies. I smoked thom for n timo, aud thou—it seemed as though ways of adapting mysolf to the situatiou opeued to mo ns mv fortunes declined. I found a placo whero thoy sold four good- sizod cigars for live cents, and that's what I am smoking now, four for fivo. If I wore to compare theso with tho twenty-centers, it would bo to Uie disadvantage of these, uo doubt, but I have como down to four-for-lives gradually, and so I don't note the difference. I conld, of course, bo moro eoouomicat still by smoking a pipe; prefer a cigar and I smoko tho fourfers cheerfully, never doubting Ihat I shall iu due timo climb back again to the fragrant Havauus." Courts of Assize, Nisi Prlus, Oyer and Terminer, and General Gaol Delivery, will bo hold as follows: Clinton, September 21: Richfield, September 10; Nanaimo, September 27: Victoria, October 1; Vancouver, October 10; New Westminster, October 17; Kamloops, October 17; Nelson, October 17; Vernon October 21; Dona! October 31, Will you have a piece of pie, Mr, Goodman?" askod Bobby's mother of tlm minister. Thanks, no," he replied. Will you, Bobby 1" sho inquired. No, I think not," snid Bobby, rather hesitating. Tho minister looked at Bobby In surprise. I thought ail littlo boys wore fond of pie," he said. They are." replied Bobby, " I could oat that hull pie, but ma said if you didn't take any I niusn't, and she'd save it for to-morrow,"—What to Eat, The Lale.it In Ex.cullons. Tho voice of lho humautariun in be Ing raised Just now in indignant appeal against tho new mode of execution that Frenchmen propose to adopt in place of tho guillotine. Tho new method consists in getting rid cf murderers by piercing their brniua with a noodle. Tho criminal is placed in a chair, bis hands firmly bound la tho frame work, and over his head, fitting down on the shoulders, is placed u huge helmet resembling the heuilet that lhe deep- sea diver wears. Where tho lomploi of tho wearer come nro two holes through which ponotratos the points ot tho needles, these needles being coil ueotod with an electric battery. Iho executioner touches a button. Instantly thc two needles leap from their sockets and pen.'Irate through tlio temples into the brain of the criminal. At the same timo an electric powor is imparted to tiie two noodles so that thoy are really the coveyors of power ful alternating current flashes that, it is claimed, rent asunder and destroy so large a portion of the brain cells that death is instantaneous. Tho advocates of the death-helmet- killing claim that it is really the most humane in thc world, and that tho ob jections to its use are purely imaginative aud wholly ill-founded. They point to tlio electrocution favored in the United States as being less merci ful, becauso it is au electric killing that keops tho condemned in tho grasp of tho current for somo seconds, whilo thc electric helmet method it instantaneous, for with nn electric needle through the brain no one can live for even a fraction of aseconJ. Strike on Caribou Creek. According to the Dawson News of the llth ult., a strike has been reported on Caribou creek, which enters Dominion at No. 27 below upper discovery. Tlie find was made on beuch opposite No. S> on the left limit. As soon as the strike had been made, the prospectors camo to Dawson and recorded several benches. As is usual, the find was only whispered to chosen few nud a quiet stampede was inaugurated. By Suuday and Monday tbo whole creek in thc left limit had beeu located clean to tbe head und perhaps further. It is claimed that on a bonch opposite No. 0 pay dirt to a depth of threo feet had been struck, averaging ten cents to tho pan. This was culled a conservative statement, but it was sub sequoutly asserted that the pay dirt was .vorth from 50 to 75 cents to tho pan. The former figure is nearer correct, probably, than tho others. Mr, Ross, one of the claim stokers, says that on discovery claim a shaft has beon sunk fourteen foet to bodrock and fair pay has beeu found, averaging, ho thought, nbout ten cents a pan. A year ago Caribou creek claims sold well. As muoh as 610,000 uud 812,000 was received for Individual claims. Considerable development work hns beon dono but no pay streak bns over beon found iu the creek, which is probably tivo miles long. As thoro was notbiug found in tho creek claims it was concluded that tho pay streak must bo in the hillside and tbe result of prospecting was the location of pay opposite No. 0, about 200 feot up the hillside. An exohango says: "Why do they have church bells? What good nro they? Men go to tho bank or a storo at the proper timo without a bell. Women open up their millinery stores on timo without being rung up. Peoplo in tbo couutry, whero thero nro no bolls, get to church ou time. Tho fact is, church bolls aro a relic of ancient times. Pooplo have thom becauso it is customary. Thoy do no good. Really, thoy aro n nuisance." Capt. Shimmon, of the bark Eaglo Craig, whicli arrived at Queenstown from Portland (Oregon), for ordors, roports that on August 1 last, when seventy miles vest of the Fnstnet, u large blue carrier pigoou flew ou board the vessel. The bird was greatly exhausted and was easily caught, and being cared for a littlo becamo ngnin lively and strong. Ou examining tho bird au India-rubber band was discovered ou ouo of its legs. The letter B and 411 were stamped ou it, UST OF ADVERTISERS MBR0I_AND_.SE, F W Fostor Ashcroft Ashcrofi Trading Co " Vioth & Borland 150 Milo Houso Hudsons Bny Co Quosnollo Jamos Reid IIOTI.LS. Ashcroft Hotel Ashcroft Cargilo House " Grand Central Clinton Hotel Clinton John McRao Quosnelle Forks Occidental Hotel Quesnello Boavor Lako House Beaver Lake Cosmopolitan Hotol Kamloops Grand Pacific Hotol " Kamloops House " Arlington Vancouver Point Comfort Hotel Mayne Island Hotol Toxuda Stui'fc Bay OIQAB MANUFACTURERS. Inland Cigar Factory Kamloops IJARDWARE. M Dumond ABhcroft Thos Dunn k Co Vancouver McLennan, MeKeely k Co " B G Prior & Co Kiimloops BLACKSMITH 1NQ, I Lehman Ashcroft Smith k Bryson D Novin Hat Creek WflOLESALE MERCHANDISE. Oppenh&itnor Bros Vancouvor Pither & Leiser Victoria HP Rithet k Co Victoria Leuz it Leiser Victoria Henderson Bros Vancouver STABLES AND STAOES, Stewart & Crozier Ashcroft II C Express Co " McRaa Hros Vancouver C H Gibsou MEATS, Ashoroft DRUGS AND STATIONERY, J H Clements Ashcrofi BREWERY. Imporial Brewery Kumloops PAINTERS W 0 Morgan Ashcroft STEAMBOATS Charlotte Soda Crook-Qucsnolli FURNITURE, M r Gordon Ktimtoop: MINING MACHINERY. Armstrong it Morrison Vauconvoi EDUCATIONAL. Vogol Commercial College Vancouver HANKS. Bank of B. N. A. Ashcroft SADDLERY. L Mackay Ashcroft TAILORING, Thos McCosh Ashcroll Dan Stewart VtlUCOUVOl' LAND BURV8VOH. Sidney Williams Quesnello RAILROADS. 0 P U, A L Clements, agent Ashcroft 0 M A tit V, 0 3 Eddy, agent Portland JEWELERS. Davidson Bros Vancouve STATION KHS. Bailey Bros Co Ltd Vancouver SPORTING GOODS, Chas I. Tisdall Vancouver INSURANCE, Mutual Lifo New York GREEN HOUSE. M J Henry Vancouver EXHIBITIONS Provincial New Westminster Inland Ashcroft MISCELLANEOUS, Wanted Miss McQuarrie 1 O G T J B Bryson Laundry Tbom Chong Lung For Sale Ii C Rnyson Notice F O Copoland Notioo C W Eaglo Great Opportunity A Martley For Snlo Stuart Henderson For Salo A S Ulrich Assay Olllce W T Steiu Pianos Hointzman k Co Miueral Claims D .Murphy NOTICE. In tho Matter of tho Estate of Alalcolr McLachlan, Deceased. Notice [-.hereby given that bynnordurmnde liy Mis Honor J ...lut' L'urmv.iil, Juilcf nf tin- C.-uiitv Court ■>. t-'iiriliiin. on the l_!.h dav of Au-iM. lM'U, li'tUTa of iiilniiiiistratjoii w.-,, irrantf-l to John A. Kra^tr, t.f ijui'snelh'itmutli H.C.. oflidal administrator of tin- t'uuntv o Carihoo, to tlicK-rsiinril I'-tatcof Malcolm Mc Lachlan, (k'ccascil inn-Mat.-, laic of Ashcrofi U.C. All persons indebted lo the said i-stat. are re_)iiin-d to ray the amount duchy thi-in i< thc said John A. Fraser or lhe tinacrslciiei forthwith. A11]j,i.-oiis havin- rlainis a-alli^ thc Slid Malcolm .M--l_aeW.il. are rei|Uire.l |. semlfiill parlicniar-thereof i'.iMvvcrilii'diimlii Ihc nature of Ihc M-curlties lif any] held Ir Ihem lo the said J. A. Kraser or the utidur sit-'iicd on or he ime ihr I Tt In lav of November IHS.H. Aflcrtlie 17th day of November. INU.t tlie Administrator will proceed io ili-.uif.uii. tlu- a-set-. of the -aide-late a: noun the par _ untitled thcri'M. bavin..' ie;:a.d onlv to claims of which they shall then have notice. Dated Ihu l-Jth dav of Aicust. Hid... DKNIS MlKl'IIV, UUD -.olicitorfurA.l.mniMiati. FOR SALE. That newly built house ami .tabling know i^ the "Wesl Ku.I House," corner of Uailwa avenue and Sixth :-iteet, in center "I lt>\.i.-i;, Ashcroft-ia rooms, electric li_;.it. water i house, stabling: for to horses, :t moms an lnrgo loft in barn. For further pnrilculars apply to STl'AKT lll-NDKI.SON. 1711 Aslieroft. HAT CREEK Blacksmith Shop. 1 decire to give notice to teiinisters and others wishing bl acl.smithing clone, that 1 huve leased tlie Hat Creek Blacksmith Shop nnd have on hand iv full line of steel, iron, etc., for the general black- smithing business. All work entrusted to me will be done thoroughly and with neatness iud despatch. D. NKVIN. .ip1 Manufacturing Co. of B.C, Ltd. — MANUFACTURERS OF FINE HAVANA CIGARS. Our Si-ooialtios: PRIDE Ol*. KAMLOOPS INTERIOR - ■ ' LA MORENA EAMLOOPS, B.' C. n fi T ABJIOROPT LOI.O-J No. 25 I.U. u. I. I. O. iJ. T. Meets every llim .Inv .■v,.,iii.,. In (Jil,lfi.|l,iws Hall ?:JI(I u dud;. \ i.iiinj. minil,.!., , imliallv in.ii.'d end. .1. ll. IIKYSON. sbc. NOTICE THOMAS MELDRUM, Deceased. Nolle olhei J,( ii|)on oi the |j;lM rn.Ukt.-J of So itiven that all creilitors and ine .mv eh.lm- «.r ileininul . iv estate of Thomas Mel- t Creek, deceased, to send .■rilinc ot ibeir claims or ile utiilei-u-iicd, on or before Ictoher. IHUII, after which I to distribute tbe assets oi _:ar.Loiily i (tu bal! llu Dated Ibis LOtli day of August, 1H0H. hdav of Auunst. lHOil. K. C. COPBLAND, POINT COMFORT I'LU.MI'Klt.S l'ASH, ..IAYSB ISLAND, B.O, (Midway between Vancouver and Victoria.) This holel is situated on one of the most ie.ii.iiiul i-hunN m the liulf of l.eoru'ia. L'lim .teiU-!is.hilul:j.'oo.lhoJitlii£andtisliiiis lawn tennis aud Imthiiifr. Just tbe Hucc to spend a holiday during the hot summer months. 'lbe bouse is well furnished and willi all Steaiiiei leaws Vaneouver on Mondays and New Westminster on Thursdays ami Saturdays. Moderate rates. Apply lo manager. THOM CHONG LUNG, Kiiililiiuiii'iil. Office, Slum mid i'irsl-t'liiss Laundry, Where woik is ilone eleaner and cheaper Ihan Ht mil* other place In town. ABhcroft. - - Br|t|8h Columbia. It tlBl end of lown. near whimiii bridge. KAMLOOPS HOUSE, P- HEROD, Proprietor, always bc sine of netting lhe Cholcost Wines and Liquors Amllliellest [hands of Foreign and Domestic Cigars Dysler Cocktails and Tom and Jerry are spec i alt les. Government Assay O.F'.F'IO.E Tlie Vancouver Hoard of Trade JIVES NOTICE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF Have established an Assay Ollice in Van- concer and that the banks and merchants will negotiate the certificates issued by the Gov- ernment Assayer In charge, \V. Pellew- Harvey, Fairfield Block, opposite Postoflice, Vancouver city. CHAS. E. TISDALL, President. WILLIAM T. STEIN, C.A., 7nia Secretary. MINERAL CLAIMS FOR SALE Tenders will be received bv the undersigned tipto Thursday, Oct. lilli. lHmi, for the purchase of the following mineral claims: A ten der imn- be for any mini ber of claims. "Dominion," situate near 8(1 mile post, old Cariboo road, "Cracker Jack." a' ■ miles east of Ashcroft. "On.Turin," 7 mile:- below Aslicrolt. near llio mile oust, old Carihoo road. "tlolil liug." about ■'[ mile from llotanie creek and I'i mile from Thoui|i-on river, ad- joinim.' ".Monarch" mineral claim. •■Noonday." ahout two miles from the mouth of Thmni-son river ou lhe north side, ad- joining "Album! No. •_" mineral claim. much. "Suter Johnny." on Langley mounlalt.. near ion mile i-osi aforesaid, two-thirds interest. All of said claims being the property of the estate of Ihc late Malcolm McLachlan. The highest or any tender not neces-.n-jlv accepted. DENIS Mfi.l'HY Ashcroft. Nilicitorfor estate of Malcolm McLaehlan. September Otli, 1800. lot4 Stanley Park Sale and Feed Stables Macks, Carriages, Buggies, Double and Single Drivers. and Saddle Horses. - - McRAE BROS., Proprietors, Corner Georgia and Seymour Streets, VANCOUVER, - B.C. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL R Y is Hit: best line tu imd from C-liici.fiO.Mil- Wiiukee ami till points Enst. Willi its 0,155 miloB ol thoroughly equipped rond il reti'lics nil iirincipal busiuess centers ia Northern Illinois; Wisonsln, lown, Minnesota, Soutn Dakota, North Dakota ant) North Michigan THE ONLY LINE Running Electric Lijiliiod Hnd Steam 1-JvntLHl Vestlbuictl Trains. Time tables, maps and information re- gnvclttig roulca, rules and other details relating to tho mud will ba furnished ou application to any coupon tieltct agent, or liy addressing O.J.fiuoY General Agent, Portland, Oro. CLINTON HOTEL, CLINTON, B.O. ' : MAHSHALL _. SMITH, Proprietors. ; BOARD AND LODGING BY THE DAY, WEEK OR MONTH. Special Prize List. Ashcroft Fair, Sept. 27, 28 and 29. Wl i.™ nfe- .' _em. "' exh'Wtor taking most prizes in Dir. L 85 00 B. h™ Si _' l8m in- ProT'nclal mado cheese, not less than 10 lbs. 0 00 n. ti? ' C."S.A- ST"n' 6ost liIlllibit <* vegetables By Thos. A. Sharpo, best exhibit of fruit .... {.has. George, best cow and oalf '.'£' games, best pioce of ladies' work.!!!!! ■• -vi ^±^^}r_^'^^^^^?o'k.,..:::::::::::::;;:::::: ___ - 00 2 00 200 50 5 00 5 00 5 00 I- aSd _2™ ' £?. pr "" " TW?t»bI<«- ■ (Sentinel one year, value) in nn, bent no , most prizes in grain and seeds " " " inland Sontinol, most prizes in Division E " " We^B?™ 'i.f,1. '"i" . S°" ¥" be8t 5amPle oots.not les8 'u»» » "»• weiler Bros., best loaf ot bread Arm Rnnkim. Phnir The Columbian, best and neatest di_pliy"of b_._to.V_. rolls oi? pa?, 11 Thn,r.«i.'.Uv.',_.-"-_.-.L-.:',,;-.-."--(Wee't,3rColumolBn °oe year, valuo) 2 00 14 1 ho Columbian, exhibitor taking most prizes in fruit , „ Tho V'Ai,'.mi.io-'i.'''.','''.'".'_'-- :-!_#eek,y Columbian ono year, valuo) 2 00 Sc-s^fs.^ _.-' --,'." *;,- ..■ t Weekly Nows-Advortiser ono year, value) 2 00 News-Advertiser, most prizes lo Division C _._.,.._,■ a'.. *" Ii '"'.' ••■_■■ ■ (Weekly News-Advertiser ono year,value) 2 00 News-Advertiser, most prizes In Division D _,-,'-•'',"~, (Weekly NowsAdvortlsor ono year, vaiuc) 2 00 V otor a Tjmos, most prizes In Dlv. A,.. .(Daily Times V utoriii Times, largest slnglo potato. .(Weokly TIuioh Unas, l'onnie, best collection bouse plants In pots .... ii!"m mnte' bMt collodion preserved fruit... I hllip 1'arko, bost oxhibit of whoat, oats and barley , . !!",',• 9/ . • """J™11, most prlzos in Division U.... * I'.. Q. 1 rlor ,. t'o., bost collection Mold and garden produoo " "I'lanct Jr." Horse Cultivator, or au Oliver ulilllinl plow .ti(Daily Times one yoar, valuo) ■ • — 4 0Il0 j,0R1.( valuo) 8 Oil 2 (HI 5 00 li (X) 10 (Kl 10 00 For Sale or Rent. Oil pniv leraii, a nntlcliiN Momilllg luunr. J'""' ,'B 11 »"'"! i""n«. nlulillliB lur r,„ Iihi.c ■,. nil n. .,.„;,:,, v innliiiilillniiH, nml hi,,,-!,. 'iiuiii -lu.l. ,,,„„d imMiirr. 1,-nnil. mnl iil,,,m ||, inns itnit.l.- Inn,I, well wiilt'ii'il: mul ,„.{„_ known iii. Ilie ni-Mllo House, Ouillmo niinl. ilimiKIJnoilNloi,|,mu nml lijiicksinlllri, liusl- Hess. Aluily In ll.C. RAYSON 4 CO, "lie Alllcroll, ll.C WANTED. Siiiiiiiinn .-is (iovcrnusB. cuuuiry im.-.erred Ainily, stilting terma, to Alias MACQUARRIBj IBtl Vale, .i.C. NOTICE. Notice Is hereby fflven that from and after thi* il.uc l shall nut be responsible for any dt'bts r_.iiir._cti.-t without my written order. Dated at Ashcroft tills 98ra of February, 1H0B. ■»3tc C. W. EAQLE, LEADS THEM ALL1 If you bare a Cough or Cold use Lambert's - - - Syrup of Douglas Pine. Sold by all Druggists and General Stores. 3t> cents per bottle. Prepared bv HENDERSON BROS., Wholesale Druggist), VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B.C H^Yl? H_i! B°is Come and Inspect mj a' oo1 SCOTCH GOODS! My first sliipmentdirect. Tbey are a oredit to the name they bear. Tweeds, Serges, Worsteds, Vlclmat, Printings, Breeohlngs, Vesting*. Charges moderate. First-class workmanship. TOMMcOOSH THE MERCHANT TAILOR, ASHCROFT ■ • • B.C FOR 8ALE. An Al Dulry Stork Katicli tonuilo. A cell trill pliu-i- fur h l/.riiiiii'.v. i-'ui ii.iituiil.il apply to the miiliTrilKiicil. A. S. ULRICH, OBlc 18!).Mile Home, Uo Lu Hartif, H.C CANADIAN s_ . ^Pacific Ky. SOO-PACIFIC LINE. 4 DAYS ACROSS THE CONTINENT IMPERIAL LIMITED Tlie fastest and best equipped train crossing tlie continent. Trains leaving the Pacific coast Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays connect at Fort William with the palatial lake steamers "Manitoba," "Alberta" and "Athabasca" across thc Great Lakes. For full particulars us to time, rates, and for copies of C.P.R. publications apply to A. L. CLEMENTS, or to Agent, Ashcroft. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver, B.C. 1899. PROVINCIAL 1899. EXHIBITION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF The Ropl Agricultural and Industrial Society of B.C. WILL BE UBLO AT New Westminster, B. C. ON October 3rd, 4th, 5th &6th $15,000-IN PRIZES-$15,000 OPEN TO THE WORLD. In land Agricultural Association WILL open WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 And will continue for three days, GOOD RACING I GOOD SPORTS! FIRST CLASS ENTERTAINMENTS, Come and visit the Pair. We promise you It shall be the best ever held in Ashcroft. Good Prizes and good Purses for Races. For niuhitr programme see postern. Send for Prize List. Ciias. Pennie, Joseph Wm. Burr, , President. Secretary. Board op Management—P. S. Reynolds (ahairman), J, E. Knight, Henry Harvey, J, O. Barnes, Qeo. 1, Blair. A Round of Pleasure for Four Whole Days. Horse Races. Bicycle Races. Championship Lacrosse. Naval and Military Sports. Aquatics. Gymkhana. Baseball. Football. Band Tournament. MAGNIFICENT ILLUMINATIONS. Grand Concert eaoh ovening. Speoial attraction at tho Now Westminster Opera House. Monster Excursions from all points, at greatly reduced rates. For speoial features see small handbills. No entrance fee charged for Exhibits, EXKCUTIVE-IHh Wowlilp Mayor Ovens, T. J. Trapp, w. J. Mntlierfl, < ico. u. Hrymper R. F. Antloraon, Altlcrtnan J. V, Send, nnu Alder-nun M. Situ .nir. T. J, TRAPP. ARTHUR MALINS. President. Secretary. W. H. KKAKY, CummlBBloii.r. a M m ■L,l THE WORLD OF THE HEART. HlUlll ii ..Ik, lit;; world wiih itu moving lifol Uu..!. ii big, .% world with Its euro nnd «trlfel -liiiiiiiiiiiiL. ii.i_.shin uh every dny To Whom wa novor eny nyo or nny; Hoart tliroba Hounding nlmoat In our oars, Eyoa rnlso-l lo ours that oro suffusod with tours; Tho ling of orlmo In tho dark unfurled In thia big, big world. Buchn small, small world of wliich wo ar* parti Buoh n email, small world, tho world of tht hoart I Por aftor all haa been done and said, Pages written nnd sermons read, The world resolves itself into tliis— A woman's smilo, a lover's Mau. And thoso two souls in truo union wrought Oive to Us bigness no passing thought. Little they enro for the surging throng. Crowds novor will ln tholr world belong. They hear the sob nnd nolo tho sigh And crime nnd stnrvatlon ulik- decry. Vet tho tiniest planet in Infinite space Would to them be oqunlly ns groat n plac«. Love, tho mnglclnn, hns changed it nil, And to them always thc world nee-ins kiiif.I1. -Philadelphia Tii WT "If wantin to wna doll) nn tliero weren't no weenien, I'd n ben in Sail* nyiigo long ngo," said Abner Ricka* luiclt. Ho rolled n nnil keg closo to tbo ntovr, twitted himself npon it, dipped a Immlful of crushed tobacco loaves from Ins cont pocket into his pipo nntl lighted tlio odorous weed with n miliihnr niiiti-lc Then he wngged his heard nt tlio iiflseinblt'd coinpuny nnd repented, "Yopslr, I'd bflll 111SlllldytlgO lung ngo.' "Woeiuon ain't-unci) on fighttn nwny from homo/' obaorvod Sniunol Shtiltor, biting ii cnbtc Inch out of plug of Agri- cultui'lttt'H Chtivni which ho hml borrowed from thn MAI) who wns Hitting next hlm on the counter. Thn chnriti lind piiHHcil half way .(round thn circle nnd tin remaining cubic inch of It Itnd been lestoieil to ilsowner. when Aimer, not ontchlng the full Intent nf Mr. MiinlTer'H reinnrk, rtiplieil: "Viiiis.; thoy'a u lionp o' truth in thnt (hero. Wettnien Issol ng'in ftirriii warn. Lenst- wnyn my WflOmon ia Now"— "Do they prefer tho domoatlo klmir nsked tlio drnmmer of not inns, who wna packing up bis. .imp!., enso preparatory to leaving thn store. "Not nt nil—not nt all," said Mr. Rleknbtick. "Yo see, iny uiissna passed thoo Bich terrible times bnck in 1 son, when I was n-biuigiu nwny nt the rebels down in the Wilderness, that when thia hero Spayniah war broke out she snia to mo, snia ehe, 'Yo jnst shan't go.' " 'Marthy,' enis I, 'I'm n weteran. Tho governor o'Pennsylvania hns call for 10,000 men, nu he don't name me, hnt ha menus mo jest the same. Bo every mortal an jest right, I bein a wet- eran nm included in thnt 10,000." "Wilh that I pats on mo bines an gits down mo musket nu kisses tho little ones all nronn an stnrts fer tho door. Well, sir, yon una never seen seek a time ez was raised when they see I waa off to fight the Spnynynrde. Mnry Alice, the eldeat, jest th'owed her arms aroun my neck an bust ont with tears. The seven othera begin to bawl, 'Pnp, pnp, you'll git sliootedl' "'Children,' I Enis, enia I, 'yonr papa's a weteran an a experienced soldier. Duty calle, nn ho obeys.' "The missels didn't see things thet wny. She jest gets me be the collar an Ecta me down in an armchair, draws mo boots, walks off with them an me musket an hides'em. Sho wern't goin to have no foolin round tho shanty, she enyd. "Marthy seemed to think thot thet tliero settled it, tn telle didn't know me, fer all tho evoniu ez I set tliero be the fire so meeklike I was n-thinkin. Scenes wasn't to my likiu, so I concldod I'd jest let on liko I hed givo up all idea o' fightin Spnyaynrda, wait toll the family waa asleep an then vanquish. "At midnight I acta up in bed. The moon wna aiiinin thoo tho winder, jest half lightin tho room, eo I could movo nioun without trippin over tho furniture. The missus was a-snoriu gentle- like, nn overhead in tlie attic I could hear a soft siiiflin jest liko a thrasher ci.gino when the mon li._H__.iet down for dinner. It wna the children nslecp. I climbs out over the footboard nn looks aroun for mo boots. Thero tbey was Btickin out under the missus' pillow. Knowin I couldn't git 'em without wiikin her, I concided to vanquish barefoot. But they wns one thing ag'in thia, and thet wns thet tho door was locked an Eouia un bed took the key. I tried the winder, hut thet hod been nailed shet Then I gits mad—thet there kind o' qnietliko mad when ye boils up inside nn lies to keep yer month shet. It'a the meanest kind o' mnd too. It seemed like thero was a smile n-plnyiu nronn the missus' faco, an thet mado mo sourer 'an over an kinder spurred mo on. "Well, sirs, ez I Btood thero in the middle o' the room thinkin what I'd do next and wonderin whether I hadn't better jist slip bnck to bed, mo eye ketched eight o' an old conif table that filled a hole in the wall whore the daubin hed fell out from ntween the lawgs. Tbot put me in mind o' a scheme thet 1 wasn't long in kerryin out, fer tho hole was pretty good sized an I'm a small man an wiry. In less'n no time tho comf'tnblo was outer thet bole, an [ wna in it. I staid in it, too, for jist ns mo head nn arms an shoulders got out o' doora I folt a sharp prickin in mo side. I pushed back an a groat big splinter jagged me. I tried to go on for'a'd, nn it jagged mo again, eo hnd I 'most yelled. So I staid right there— one-half oaten the house an tho ether hnlf in. Seemed liko timo bogin to niGVo awful Blow thon, an it 'penred a wholo day 'foro the moon went from tho top o' tho old lone pi no troo in grandttddy'a chestnut, which is jest 3-0 feet Then mo feot nn legs was bnkin over the stovo nn tho cold Apryl winds wns n whiatlin down mo neck. "I took to count in jest to pass timo, in I low I must a counted 111,000,000 iiforn I heard foostateps up the rond. A mnn como outen tlio woods nn inter the moonlit olenrhi, whoro I conld seo ho waa olo Hen Binglo. I whistled agin an callod eoftlike to him. Ho sneakod up to tho gato nn looked agin. " 'Hon, help,' I whispers. " 'Who is you a-growin outen the side o' Ab Ricknbnck's ehanty V he calls, kinder hoarse and Beared. With that hu pints n mnsket at me worry throat- enin. "'Hon Bingle/snia 1 'Don't yan dnst ahootl It'a mo, Ab Rickaback, nn I want yon to pall mo out. I'm goln to war.' . _,. "Then it dawned on him what 1 wai up to, nn he come over an looks at me. I seen he hed on his bines, too, an I knowd cz ho hnd given his womnn tbo sneak an was off to fight Spnnynrds. He wanted to laugh, but I told bim it were no time fer sech foolin, but jeat to break off that splinter an pull me loose. "Now, Hen's an obligln, patriotic kind o* a feller, an tho, as he sayd, ha hadn't much timo to waste, ez hia woman wns likely to wake ap any minute an find him gono, be reached np an broke off the splinter. Bat I fit the hole so tight I couldn't badge, an he suyd ho'd pull me ont. So ho gits npon tho wall o' tho well which was jist below mo an grabs me be both handa an drawed. I'd moved about aa inch, when ho kicked out wildlike an hang ta mo liko n ton o' bay an gasped an gronncd. I thought thet yank bed dis- j'inted mo all over, an yells, 'Let gol' " 'Don't yon dnst let gol1 ba sale, lookin up at me kind o' agonizin. "Then I soe that neither me nor Hen Binglo was ever goin to fight Spayn- ynrds, fer he'd stepped off the wall on waa hnngin down into tbe well "Splinters! Why, I'd rnthor hed a splintor stickin in every inch o' my body 'an olo* Hen Dingle's 300 pounds a-drnwin mo from my natural height i»* S feet 0 inter a man o' 6 feet 5. Thct's what it seemed like. Hen, ht nats how dcop mo well was, an when I sayd 40 foot, with 10 feet o' wotter at the bottom, ho sayd he'd never speak to mn ng'in if I Ict go my holt nn him. I sayd I guest lie wouldn't, an ha let ont a whoop thet brought tha missus an tba little ones a-tmnblin outen the house. "Mnrthy stared at nsamlnnt*. Then plio ants, 'Abner. wbero was yon a-go- inl' " 'Tofight Hpaynyards,' sals I, sheep- iablllto. " 'An you, lien IlingltiV alio anta " 'Hume,' gasps Hen. *' 'Does yonr wife know you're ontf snia Iho misses, flora aa a Jodgfl- " 'No,' sais Hen. " 'Then I'vo h mind to go over to yonr placo nn git her,' snia Marthy. " 'It's two miles,' Hen groaned, 'un I'll be drowned ng'in you git back. Lemma up now, an I'll go home au stay there.' "Mnrthy turns around qnietlike, walks inter the house an cornea oat with tho family Bible. "'Hen Bingle,' aha snia, __oleiu.il ilea, holdin the book to his month, 'does yon promise to tell the wholo troth annoth- in but the truth an not to go to wart' "Hen didn't waste no time in kisain that book ao luud I conld hear an echo of it over nlong the ridge. I kissed it pretty loud meself, to be sore. Themis* ens lifted Hen oaten tht well, an ha slipped off home. His woman never knowed nawthin about the trouble tell she met my missus two weeks later at protrncted meeting over to Pine Swamp church. Ez fer me, but far a splinter I'd bo in Sandyago now."—St. Louis Republic. What (he Blikop Tfco««_-t. Sometimes profanity Is profane, and then there are deliverances of that sort that do not sound profane. It depends a good deal npon tha lips whence tba words flow. Not long ago a bishop of tho Episcopal church from a northern state—a cleric with a well developed sense of humor—made a flying visit to Washington, stopping at tbe home hare of a gentleman who used to be ona of hia parishioners. Thia gentleman la addicted to anlpbnric speech. Ha haa prayerfully resisted for many years his nntnrnl impulse to wither np tbe air upon the slightest occasion, bnt ensa he will, and he can't help it One day, while the bishop was at hia house, tbe host fonnd that something bad gone wrong in his stable, and ho let ont on the coachman in his customary lurid style. After be had singed the atmosphere in tbe neighborhood of tha stable for five minutes he started back fer tha houso, and be was somewhat chagrined to seo the bishop standing in the yard, looking at some flower beds. The gen- tlemnn knew that the bishop had heard him. "I know it isn't right," he explained to the bishop, "bat you know me, and yon know that I call a apada a spndo." "Do yon T" Inquired tbe bishop, with a quizzical smile. "Now, I should have thought that voa'd call it a ahoT* el." A Modern Mrs. Malapro*. An interesting volume, "With a Palette In Eastern Pnlaces," by K. It Merrick, tells amusing stories of many climes. Of the western world was I modern Mrs. Malaprop, pretty, amiabla and rich, who sat to the author for her portrait "She told me," he says, "that her husband 'hobnobbed' with everybody and told such 'cotton wool' (cock nnd bull) stories; tbat a girl she knew wns training to be an 'archdeacon' (deaconess); that aha was obliged to part with her coachman because ha wns snch a 'gay Othello;* that aba bad India rnbber 'tiles' pnt on the wheela of her carriage; that a man she knew wns a regnlar 'marmoset' (martinet) in his own honse, and a certain titla always descended from uncla to nephew, as thoy invariably died 'childish.' " Among the nnmerons celebrities whom Miss Merrick met in India was Lord Roberts, whose antipathy to cats gave rise to a littlo story of metempsychosis. On one of his homeward voyagea Lord Roberts "nsked to have tbo cat removed when bo camo on board ship, and a stranger, not knowing wbo he waa, said to Lady Roberts, 'Don't yon think that little gentleman over thero must bnve been a mouse ip a former etnto Y "—Household Words. Ilia (.rent Sorrow. "Hard luck I" groaned tho fashion* nhly dressed young man on tho hotel divan, shifting his feot to tho rungs of the chair opposite. "Hard luck—that's my nnme." The young fellow at his sido, in liko attire, kept sympathetic silence. "Yes, if it hadn't been for my tongh luck, I'd have all sorts of money," ho went on, pulling his hat down over bis eyes nnd sending a pnff of cigarette smoke up against its brim. "Iwasdead solid with a pretty littlo girl—cashier in one of the big hotels. She wanted to reform me, make a mnn ont of me, siio said. Twice I came in to sco her when I wasn't Bteady on my feot, and sbo told me thnt if sho ever lenrned of mo getting too much again it would bo nil dny between us. Well, ono night I dropped into tho hotel whon I couldn't tell the floor from tho ceiling. Sho hasn't spoken to me since." 'Can't see anything so bud nbout thnt," commented the friend. "Thero aro lots of othors." 'Yes, but"—tbo young mnn wns slinking his bend nnd his voico wns sorrowful—"bnt it was just tho next week thnt nn old undo died and sho enmo in for n cool 100,000." Again tho young fellow nt his side kept sympathetic silence.—Chicago Journal. rolnon In the Mood of tho Kel. It has boen known for years tbnt tbo blood of cols contains n highly poison- ona principle. A dog inoculated with a dozen drops of eel's blood dies in ten minutes. Thla discovery wus mndo about ten yeara ngo by two Itlllit.il brothers namo Moaso. Thn poison ia readily do- strayed by heat nnd by mere lnpue of time, whoroln it differs from a smtke poison, which long retains its virulence. Moreover, eel serum la harmless when taken with food, it invariably anconmba to tbo processes of digoation. If summ bu taken from nn nnlmnl tbnt bus been rendored hmmitio to snuko poison nnd injected undor the skin of nn eel, the poisonous proporty ot tbo eol'a blood is thereby impaired. Serum takon from nn eei ia naturally about threo times aa poisonons as tho sornm of tlio moat vicious viper. Although diluted eol eorum mny protect nu nnimal from so deadly a poison aa viper venom, tbe converso does uot hold good; the serum of vipers is no protection agninat tho poison of oola' sernin. Sorum obtained from animal" gradually trained up to withstand fatal doses of serpent vonom differs from ordinary sernm in tho nBton tailing rapidity of its action. Not only its protective, but also ita undoubted enrntive power baa been established.— Good Words. Ilnlr Toothpick".. Of all the curious articles of commerce that you have over mentioned in print I have never seen one more strango than a 'line' I regularly send to Chinn, to the Brazils and in very large quantities to Rnssia." The speaker wna a "foreign merchant," and he was addressing a contributor wbo has mado a specialty of paragraphs dealing with ont of tho wny occupations. "The articles I refer to are toothpicks that are made of walrus whiskers. Vast quantities of the stiff, thick whiskers of the walrus are shipped, from Alaska chiefly, to myself, and to some others in England. Thoso wbo send them pall them ont one by one with special tweezers, and after the whiskers have been trimmed and stiffened here they aro mado up into bundles and sent abroad. The higher class Chinese seem to no other kind of toothpick, and tho more wealthy of the Russians always nse them at their clubs and hotels. I send oat some thousands of bundles yearly, and, though to the bhyer tbey are much dearer, as well ns more ornamental, they leave plonty of profit to tha dealer. "—Exchange. In the II onr dins Home. Gazing dreamily at the "God Bless Our Home" pastel on tbe wall, the boarder with the freckles on his nosa continued, "Yes, it really gives ma gren't pleasure to notice that tbe butter isconvnlcscingl" Tbo mnn with the barb wire beard looked unhappy, and nn expression of contempt, not unmixed, however, with curiosity, flitted across the face of tba landlady. "ConvalescingI" sho replied. "What do you menn I" Tbo mnn with tha yellow whiakera smiled expectantly. The man with tbo freckles on his noso nerved himself for the ordeal and replied, "Because It grows stronner every day I" During tho excitement tbat followed thu man witb tho doable chin helped himself to tlie last slice of bread on tha table. .. _ fc _ An Old Mnrrlntrc Bond, Below we print n marriage bond aa nsed in Georgia many years ngo. Tho copy we havu is quito an old looking, faded paper: Georgia, Jefferson County.—Know all men by these presents thnt wo, Henry Brown nnd V.niter Stone, nre held nnd firmly bound mite the court of ordinary of JofTorson county tn the sum of 1867.11, to which pnyment well nnd truly to be made wo bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly nml bov erally, (Irmly by thoso presents, scaled with our seals imd dated this 17th dny of November, 1620. Tbo condition of the above obligation is suoh that, whereas thore Is a marriage Intended to bo solemnized botween Honry Brown and Susry Wright. How, if thoro bo no lawful causo to obstruct the same, thon this obligation to be Told, elM to remain in full force and virtue. Signed, waled and acknowledged in tho presence ot John O. Hoatick, dcjiy. el-tlt. 111- Hknj.y X Bito v. n Mark. Wilter Stone. —Lonisvillo (Ga.) News and Farmer. The Sheet Anchor. "That was my sheet anchor"—!, e., my best hope, my last refuge; the iheet anchor of a ship, which, in stress of weather, is tbe sailora' chief dependence. Tho word sheet is a corruption of the word shote (thrown out), meaning tho nnchor "thrown out" in foul w wither. Tbe Greeks and Romans snid, "My sacred anchor," referring totho •beet nncbor, which was always dedicated to some god. Joke on the Major. The major, jnst returned from Boston, tells in strict confidence this story: "I had engaged my berth nnd wns standing on tho renr platform flvo minutes before the train pulled out of the Park Bqunre depot, when n middle aged woman nnd a handsome girl, both ladies, passed me and entered tbo car, accompanied by a gentlemanly looking chap who carried thoir baggago. A moment later this fellow rushed up to me nnd said ho was in a most ombnrrnssing position, hnd hia sister nnd mother nbonrd nnd hnd lost his mileage book. He wonld introduce mo to them nnd give me any security for $35. I snid I needed neither introdnction nor security, but wonld givo him $10—nil I bud to spnre, Ho insisted on giving me bis dinmrnd Bcnrfpin, and then rushed into tbo station to seo if ho could get moro cash. Aa tbo train pulled out without him ho came running wildly nfter it, bnt bad to give it np. "Then tbe porter nppiottched me tentatively. 'Wna that mnn annoying yon 1' ho said. I told him no 'Uo insisted ou carrying the baggage of two Indies inside, sab, nn—nn—did bo get nny money out of yon?' " 'Of course ho didn't, snid I. tint I took thu llvst opportunity of e-wnliitrig that pin It waa worth ubout live cents.' E. C. PRIOR & CO. Ld. (ESTABLISHED 1850.) DEALERS IN- Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails, &c. Mill and Mining Supplies, Waggons, Buggies, Cut" ters, Farm Implements, &c. Victoria. Vancouver Kamloops. Lenz & Leiser, Importers of Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, Ami Manufacturers of—, Overalls, Shirts, and all kinds of Clothing suitable for the Mining Trade. i) and 11 Yates Street, Victoria, B.C. GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL, Siluulcil noar Do|Jot, KAMLOOl'B, B.C. DUPONT & CORNING, ■ - Props. MACKAY SADDLERY AND HARNESS CO. MAKUlfACTUIlKIia AND IMi'DitTKIlB OF Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips, Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH Alt orders by mail promptly attended to and satirfaction guaranteed ASHCROFT. B. C. HOTEL & GENERAL STORE. GiXJES3STEI-.X.-B FOK.s., 33. C. A pull assortment of Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Liquors and Cigar, Jlard- ware, Miners Supplies. Hay, Grata and Stabling. Intxs right. HYDRAULIC PIPE Water Works or Mining Plants. The largest and best equipped rivetted steel pipe making plant on the coast. Estimates Furnished. Large or Snail O.a.llll.s, lo Delay Id Delivery. Sallifaelta Guaranteed. Armstrong & Morrison Office and works—Foot of Heatley aTe. VANCOUVER, B.C. HEINTZMAH & GO. PIANOS. All the Great Artists oflthe day have endorsed and eulogized these Celebrated Instruments and pronounced them to be the leading Pianos of Canada. NORTH B.C. NAVIGATION COMPANY.Ld. SODA CREEK. QUESNELLE. Tlie Steamer "Charlotte" will commence her regular trips on the opening of navigation on the upper Fraser river, making close connection with the B.C. Express Company's stages carrying Her Majesty's Royal Mails. Freight left at Soda Creek for the steamer will be stored free of charge, also freight by steamer for points beyond Quesnelle will be forwarded free of charge for such forwarding. Fare each way, §4.50; freight per ton, $10. Quesnelle, B.C. JAMES REID, Manager. Distances from Ashcroft to ChcIic Creek 0 C. MrDonuld's 12 |l:it Creek 14 ■in .Mli' House 30 _i2 .Mile House 33 Clintun S3 nu-Mlle I oust.. OL.Mjlel ouse. 70.Mile ! ouse. 8..-Mile 1 ouse. 87.Mile ! L00-Mil0 LOB-MilG 108-Mile Ill-Mile 110-Mle 117-Mile !■-•! Mile l-^-Mili: l'_7Mi1. 183-Mlle i:il-Mi1e 137-Mile 1 141.MI.el LI.-MHel ir.ti-Mllel . Hudii Creek. Alexandria mi Mnl!:iifrt 1B0 Au-lr.ilu.irn 108 Hi-h.miiirs 200 Shc|ilierd's 305 I J...--.u.-lie 380 C_.lh>m.....i| 241 Hi-;iv.t]>jiss 301 HI;.i._ry 307 lI.irkiTV.nu 380 Hlu Luke* 160 Ik-HVt-r Uk(>* 107 U'..-s.h-II_. Forks* 101 ]|«T.y'«t 33 Kjlin/Bf 38 Ma.rW-lr.t 87 L'a.illimt 40 l-:-nu;il.'st 41 (Vllidlnran'st 41« Cole'M 43K l.h.tkst 40 ...•-.ihli.-y.it 50 1'-.--11.1:1.lit 68 tlJt-.ndi off r-tlUt Creek. OU8C 73 ouse BB ouse..... 00 ouse 03 ouse 00 ouse 100 ouse 102 ouse 108 ouse 107 ouse 113 ouse 117 ouse 110 ioiiBC 133 ouse 130 niise 120 ouse 105 COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL. 'J19 w»" known house hus boen reopened by iln now proprieto and has boen thoroughly renovated and littcd up P. A. BARN HART. Prop. THE IMPERIAL BREWINC GO. LTD. EC AMLOOPS, B. O. MANUFACTURERS OF , LASFak__?_f£_._AN BARTER. Also C,NiCrEi&J!-£f£' SOD-.A WATER, LEMONADE, and other Aerated Drinks. hr.«»V"-iln SSIiffiKSEft't'|J"JJ,""" !)<"■'' Permanently sccur.- the services of « fliut-clu. rn.i.KU «illi .mi nvv. In. -r, which tssccunil tn nunc mn sure l.i ;:ivc c 1 siuMnctlnii. All ortlera by mail or otherwise iirumplly nllenileil to. (jVveiiSa trial E. T. W. PEARSE, Manager. Occidental Hotel, QUESNELLE, -BO. Now management. Hotel headquarters for IJ. X. BtugoB. Headquarter for mining mon, well furnishod rooms. Table supplied with everything in Boason. Most completo bar in Cariboo. Stables in oonneotion, IJav a.ld Oats iu quan-.ity. F. H0FER0AMP4 A. JOHNSON, - - Proprietors FURNITURE Cheapest house on earth, write for prices CARPETS, UII. CLOTHS etc., etc. Ml. P. CORDON, - KAMLOOPS, B.C. Beaver Lake House, C. W. EAGLE, Proprietor. On the Main Road from the 150-Mile House to Quesnelle Forks. Good accommodations for travelers and Rood stabling, feed, etc., for teams. A well stocked bar in connection. I deal largely in hay, grain, and farmproduoe generally. McLennan, McF^ly & fa |td. V_A._VOOT.TVER,, _B. C. WHOLBSA_LB<^~ Haiclware, Stoves, etc. Mill and Mine Supplies. Agents for the Giant Powder Companv- Agents for the Majestic Steel Range __-__ctll Orclo-re Solicited. 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing point for all the hydraulic mines at Horse Fly, North and South Forks and main Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. At tl is Point will be found a good assortment of GENERAL MERCH AND ISE&MI NERS SUPPLI ES Also one of the best Hotels on the route. Information cheerfully given. VEITH & BORLAND Proprietors and Stock Raisers. PITHER & LEISER. Importers and Wholesale Dealers in WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS VICTORIA, B. L. Oppenheimer Bros. WHOLESALE GROCERS Vaneouver, : : : B. C. SMITH db _B_0.-*5rSO_Kr General Blacksmiths, Horseshoeing, Steel, Irou and Hardwood Lumber kept iu stock, also wagons suitable for freighting and ranching. Shop on Railway A venue. - ASHOROFT, B.O, THE ASHCROFT JOURNAL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 180!), LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS. Wm, Allan, formerly of tho 100-Mile House, is shipping cattle to tho coast this wook. Tho libel suit ngalnst tho Ashoroft Journal wus dismissed lust Saturday by Justices Lehman and Webb, G. E. Johnson expects to bo homo about tho 22nd. Ho is still seriously sick. Seymour Bakor, a mining man from Qucsuello, passed tnrough towu this wook. J. Wilsou, the cattlo king of tho district, is this wook looking after his in tho Alkali lako section, Krugor is of nil things humau. Ho suffers from tbat great failing of want lug things just because ho oan't havo thom. S. Homans is sojourning with his family ou tlio Somlin ranch nt present Mr, Homans is usually a busy st_>ok man and certainly deserves a fow days rest. Tho Kumloops cornet baud will bo iu attendance at tho Ashcroft Fair for two days or moro, Como to tho fair and bring exhibits. This moans ovorybody. Tho August returns from tho Alaska Treadwoll aro: 540 stamps crushed 59,509 tons of oro, tho estimated realizable valuo of Lho bullion boing 893,02-1, Saved 1,319 tous sulphurets, tho estimated realizable valuo of which was $52,553, Tiio working expeuses wero S2s,r.oo. i A grand literary and musical outer tatnmont by Miss LaDell, assisted by local talent, will bo given undor tho auspices of tho Ladies Aid of tho Presbyterian Church, on Thursday ovening, September 21st, in tho town hall. Admission 50c. aud 75c; reserved soat plan at Clements' drug store, Somo splendid samples of fruit grown by Mr. Langloy on tho Basque vanch wero received iu towu this weok, For plums or pears wo havo found nono yet this soason so well flavored. Sir. Langley wonld do tho Agricultural Society u favor if ho would exhibit lliis season in fruits and iu stock. Hon. F. C. Cotton, minister of finance iu tho Semliu goverumont, is iu Nelsou. Ho doos not look as though ho had beon through tho threshing machine that his govornmont has beon run through so often of lato by tho Via- toria Colonist. Mr. Cotton says the legislature will meet ou January 1th, and that tho govornmont will be prepared to transact business ox pod ■ itiously and successfully,—Tribune, Attorney Murphy is awny on a busiuoss trip to tho coast in connection with tho water right cases nfl'ccting somo of tho ranches laying south of tho town. J. C. Barnes is also away to the coast, and whilo away will consult, at his local physician's request, an oculist. Ho has a sorious trouble a.Foot'mg ono of his oyos, a diseaso known medically as glaucoma, boiug a hardening of tho eyeball and requiring radical and prompt treatment to prevent total loss of tho eye. Sam Adler, who crossed tho Thomp son rivor on his way down from Cariboo 10 years ago this fall, having gono up via Lillooet and tho Prasor, spent a night In town this woek. Mr. Adler has within tho past two years visited Atliu, Dawson aud tho northwest iu gonoral. Ho has, probably, dono what no othor man alive over did. Forty years ago ho rocked out of Cariboo the gold to mako a wedding ring for the lady ho afterwards married. Twenty yoars ago in Granite creok, ho rocked out tbo gold that was mado iuto his daughter's wedding ring, aud this soason in Atlin ho again sot to work with a rocker and rooked out enough gold to mako a wedding ring for his grand- daughter and presented it to her at her recont marriage. Can anyone equal this record? Somo of tbo Barkervlllo passongorsde- scribe tho entertainment given at that town last woek by Prof. Cooper, tho blind phrenologist. He advertised that the most popular man in town would bo presented with u baby at the closo or tho entertainment, Of courso Mr. S. A. Rogers' frionds pushed him into tho breech and tho baby, which proved to a baby pig in full dress mado of gunny sacks, was duly presented to tho bachelor merchant. Mr. Roger however, had a littlo tho best of tbe joke, for tho pig had only been purchased a few hours before from one of his men and now tho pig reposes iu its accustomed peu aud the fivo dollars Is being sported by Jlr. Rogers, Tho lecture tour of Prof. Cooper has proven a decided success financially as all who saw lho unfortunato blind man in Ashcroft will bo glad (o learn. Mr. Alox. Bourdariat, of Paris, a mining engineer who has been exan, ining tho Columbia group of mines on Quesnollo river, known locally as tho French claims, returned Thursday to Ashcroft and loft this morning for Vancouver. Ho lias had a forco of from six to ten mou employed for tho past two months sinking shafts and prospecting tho above namod pro parties, lie has boon fortunate onough to have had the assistance of Mr. Wai nor, of tho Cariboo luinc, for a few days iu looking up tho water problem and thinks the compauy eau get a sufficient quantity of water for successful hydrauliclng from Beaver rivor and its sources. A3 to tbo roport ho will mako or his rccommoudations ro Carding purchase of tho abovo properties, Mr. Bourdariat does not state, as his reports are not yot made up and Bubtuittod to his principals, but ho speaks highly of the couutry in general aud intends to again visit tho Cariboo oountry. It is all right to treat your friends, but when you dou't liko musk melon and tbo pears aro not ripe, wo fail to seo the joko, W. A lion, of Bridge creek, I. Loh. man and J, 0, Barnes shipped several cars of cattlo to the coast this weok, in chargo of C. Goorgo. Thero is a most suggestive and wholly libellous arrangement of notices on ouo ot tlio oxhibitiou buildings. Tbe visitor reads. " Press," " Boware of Pickpockets."—Star, Toronto. Tho Commercial Hotol, at Vancouver, is now under now management nud is securing a good patronage. It has always been a favorite stopping placo for peoplo from tbis section. Mrs. Oarson, of Pavilion Mountain, registered at tho Ashcroft Hotel this week. Mrs, Carson has beeu visiting at tho coast aud is ou her way homo accompanied by her sister, Miss Magee, Mrs. Davis, of Victoria is visiting Mr, D. Murphy aud his sister, This is Mrs, Davis'first visit to tbo upper couutry and she intends visiting the 111-Mile Houso iu compauy with Miss Murph Archio Clements loft ou Monday for Graud Forks to tako charge of tbo Company's business at that point. Mrs. Clements, who is now in Vancouver, will join her husband in a fow weeks. Property owners ure objecting to tho dangerous habit, much too frequent in Ashcroft,of burning wasto paper ou tho street. Evon in wet weather tbis is not a desirable practice and should not bo continued. It uow looks as though tho cnrlei would curl und tlio skaters skato when the proper season arrives. Arrangements to that eli'eot aro boiug pushed along by Messrs Gillard aud Bromner, of tho commiLtee. Remember tho Clinton races and don't forget tho ICO-Milo carnival and contlnuj to bear in mind tho fact that Ashcroft will have a fair ou the 27th 28Lh aud 20th. Good music, good races, aud u good time generally. Mr. W. Morgau has beou actingjas mixologist at tbe Grand Central for tho past week. " Billy " says tbat he has uot quit slinging the brush and that all ordors for painting or paper hanging at uuy time will receive prompt attention. From Cliuton comes a lino as follows: A little daughter arrived at the homo Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bell, in Cliuton, Friday, Sept. 8, whicli was warmly welcomed by both families, senior aud junior. Accept tho congratulations of your many friends, Ed. Mr. Leslie, of North Bend, has been appointed station master at Ashcroft and has beou iustalled by tho auditor Mr. Loslio is woll known iu Ashoroft whero his wife's people reside und is woll thought of by tho busiuess men and community iu genoral. Tho Occidental Hotol, at Quesnello, Is notwithstanding thoslowtlmesdoing a fairly good business this seasou. Tho building was entirely refitted last year aud is now well furuishod. Hoffor camp & Johnson, the proprietors, aro popular with all classes of travelers through tho quaint little town of Quosnelle, Superintendent of Indian Agencies Vowell is now in tlie Chileoten conn try with a survey party laying out reservations for some of tho interior tribes. Mr. Green is iu charge as chief surveyor and the time estimated for completing tho survey is about two months. Tbo party weut through Ash croft last week. Tho Imperial Brewing Co., and th. Inland Cigar Manufacturing Co., of Kamloops, aro eacb an industry that is a credit to Kamloops. They aro tho means of quito a large forco of men boing employed, and tbis of itself means much for a small city like Kamloops. Both of tho abovo concerns, by moans of good goods and fair treatment, have built up a good trade, Tbo Nelson Tribune of tbo 13th says: "Hon. F. C. Cotton, llio mainspring of the Semlin government, is in Rossland, If his programme is not interfered with, Mr. Cotton will visit Nelson today." Mr, Cotton has announced his intention of taking a Cariboo trip, and us Minister of Lauds and Works ho will find much or interest in that section. Cariboo needs liberal appropriations for roads aud is justly entitled to them. Prof. E. Odium, who has been ongagod developing the Odium Shepherd mines noar Barkerville this season camo down on Tuesday's stago aud left the uoxt morning for the coast. Mr. Odium thinks that tho region surrounding Barkerville will again yield heavily iu gold in the near futuro aud from his knowlcdgo of tho section spoken of he should bo regarded as speaking advisedly, this being his second season pout at or uear Barkerville, CARIBOO, Tho Cariboo mino has mado a small wash up, but it will uot bo seut dowu until thc big wash up is made, which will bo boforo very long. Teu thousand dollars was cloanod up at tho Ward miuo a few days ago. lt is said to be tho result of ouly six davs work. Whether this report is true or not, it is takon from very rich ground, and tho mine will make a record this season that will ploaso all Interested In Cariboo mines. Senator Campbell at last roports was down 320 foot nud everything is looking very favorable. Tho Golden Kiver Quosnelle will begin washing the first of tho week with 30 or 10 men and moro soon to ho added. Tho Gold Point Company aro at work aud aro taking water from tho North Fork for their pumps. Nothing definite lias been learned from the Newell Gold Dredging Co,, which is at work on tho Quesnello. C. B. Deans and wife' returnod tins weok from a trip to the coast. Mr, Deans, as ono or tho firm of tho Ashcroft Trading Co., is busy fifty weoks iu the yoar and surely should havo two for recreation. All three of tho dredges in tho vichi ity of Quesnelle, two on tbo Qucsnelle river and ono on tho Fraser, aro at work. It is too soon as yot to ascertain particulars of their operations, but the outlook seems good. Receipts at the Customs Houso will total, for the last eight days about 6800. This does nob tako into account tbo Cobledlok dredging maohlnory of which thoro is eight or ten car loads, boing shipped to Lytton. IL will also bo entered here. J. H. CLEMENTS, Phm.B., Proprietor ot ^ ASHCROFT DRUG ANI) STATIONERY STORE. SEASONABLE GOODS; Lime Juice, Ely Pads, Tanglefoot, Choico Cigars. Whou needing Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines,Toilet Articles, Fino Soaps, Soliooi Supplies, Stationery, Fishing Tackle, Reading Matter, oto. YOU WILL FIND 1st. A i|ii;i!ilii't!iliii[;i.i^iltpl>ksa(lL'ryom\viiiila. mill. I-i. U ii|i-li)-il;it(.'tit(ick. a..l. Uiulii ni-icfrtiimlrinlil liv_ilnii.it. Send all ymir mail orders anil l will do my beat lit till thorn to vour satisfaction, Agent ior A-vlilviil. 1'ir.-, l.ifv uml lloiliiing uiul Loan ™m|>rmi_.s. Write fur circulars. The gravelling of Railway Avonuo by Stowart & Cro/.ier, under the direction of Government Agent, .1. W. Burr, is progressing satisfactorily. The teams aro now working south of Fourth St. and In a day or two will have completed a much needed work. Assist tho base ball team iu every way possiblo that tboy may havo plenty of practico fortho game with Lillooet on tho 28th, This will bo tho best exhibition of the gamo over seen iu Ashcroft and tho boys should have all the encouragement wo can give them, Grass lawns, audjflower gardens are greatly improving tho appearance of our resldontal properties. Brink St, from S. Tlngley's residenco to Sixth St, having moro ornamental and shade trees than other parts of tho town presents a most pleasant and homelike appearance. A letter irom Dexter it Sou, requesting that their mail be forwarded to Graud Forks, states that they expect to bB iu Ashcroft about November, being now at work iu Grand Forks. The baseball team will miss young Dexter in their match with Lillooet duriug tho Fair. M. P. Stewart, of Stewart k Crozier, has returned from a visit to tbe coast. Uo roports that a large quantity of hay and graiu will be lost on tho lower Praser owing to continued rains. Vanoouver ho found progressing as usual. Black Jack (wo moan the horso) is not seriously injured nnd will pull through. Mr. D. W. Rowlands and Miss Grace Brown were married at St. Alban's church, ou Wednesday, the 13th inst., in the presence of quite a concourse of friends. They left ou tbo east bound train for a short trip and ou their roturn will koep houso in tho Hawthorne residence, on Brink street. The young people's numerous friends wish thom tho bost of success ou their journey through life. Miss Campbell's flower garden on Fourth St. is the best example of th, possibilities in tliis lino. Dr. Williams and J. H, Cloments, on Railway Ave,, havo very ilno lawns. Vegetable gardens are also in evidence as thoy never buvo been before- owing to tho want of water. This want has been efficiently attended to by tho Ashcroft Water Works Co., all parts of tho town boing reached by thoir system. Bulbs For Fall Planting. 20,000 Holland Bulbs to arrive in September; .,,(i()0 Japan Lllllcsto arrive in (..-.(.Iht. ..r.uu Uliinlink'11. Irons, A/alt.is, Magmiliiis, Kinus fie, to arrive in October. Tlii-i-sumls of Uosi'h, Camel fan, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Sliruhs, etc., (.'rowing on my own grounds for the fall ir.-ute. Catalogue-j free. M. J. HENRY, - - Vancouver, B. C MINERAL CLAIMS FOR SALE Tentlers will he received by the undersigned .11> to Thursday, Oet. fill.. I Him, for llic pur* ciia.je ol Die following mineral claim:.: A lender may lie for any number of claims, "Dominion,'" silualo near HO mile post, old Cariboo road. ••Ci acker.I acl;," I".'., miles east of Aslicrofl. "Dutrcrin." 7 miles lielow Ashcrofi, near 100 mile nosl, old Cariboo rond. "Hold ling," about i'i mile from llotanie creek and l1, mile from Tlimiij.s.iu river, :ul- joiniiiK "Monarch" mineral claim. "Noonday." about Iwo mili-a from the mouth of Thompson river on the nortli side, adjoining "Albana No. __" mineral claim. "Turn O'Shanter,', undivided -., interest, on Basque ranch, near loo mile post, old Cariboo All of amd claims be inn ihe property of the -state of the lale Malcolm McLachlan. The tilirliirsl or any lender not iiecessitilv iccepted. DENIS MURPHY Ashcrofi. Sulit iior for estate of Malcolm McLachlan. September Oil), iBUU, 1014 We Can Suit You Having received a largo shipment of Men's and Boys' Clothing direct from tho manufacturers wo oan givo special values iu Men's Suits at $5, $8, $9, $10, $12, *l-l, §15, Men's Odd Pants at £1.75, g3, £;., §3.50, U, $4.50, §5. Boys1 Slits and Odd Pants. _W Wo invite inspection. THE ASHOROFT TRADING GO. -LMr.mr_.Ks ov Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Placer and Quartz Mining Supplies 35T Wrim ton Quotation, 8 and 10 Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C. Cariboos Lillooel Stage Travel Clinton nnd wny points—Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All points in Cariboo—Monday and Friday. Lillooet direct—Monday and Friday. Through ond rotura tlokota at roduo-d ratoa. Speoial oonvoyatioos f uriilshod. British Columbia Express Company HEAD OFFICE, • ASHCROFT, B.C. R. P. RITHET k CO., LTD VICTORIA., Wholesale- i .B.O. LIQUORS and GROCERIES. Agents Columbia Flouring Mills, Enderby and Vernon. Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wagon Builder HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. Iron, Rtoul null Timlin- kui.t In Block, mul a Block ot Knaturn umilo CarrltigM, UhrhIm mul Houd Curls kvy.X ou Iniml nt iv.1u.-ihI |)Hl'oe. nml llliio mndu lo imliT. Mii.i.ifiie.iir.T or." Tlii) l.t-liiuiin Tin. Sutler " wlilcli ull H... ..muHIis slumlil uso, All work warranted, nml iirlc-8 lowor limn ovor. An _i680rt.iiu.it or Oolllna ami Cflnhota nlways 011 hum), AHHOnOFT, - - - - - H. O. ivery SALE & FEED STABLES. Buggies, Double and Single Drivers, and Saddle Horses. Special trips made to Lillooet nnd Cariboo. Wholesale and retail dealers in Hay and Grain. M. P. STEWART. Ste^wari W. CROZIER. P. O. Box 8, ASHCROFT, B.C. Fall Fairs. Tho followiup list sliotvs the date nnd places of tho Fall fails ;is far us known: Xanaimo September _'-, -Jl OkanaRan September '_'!, JJT, _s Ashcroft September _7, _S. _!< New Westminster..Ootober 3, ■!. 5, 6 Kamloops October 11, 12, 13 fi GREAT OPPORTUNITY. The Grange, Pnvi.ini.. W'c.t Lillooel. This It-nih.- uml lovely valley, ami;.mini.' nearly l.iiDo ;iitus. wiih improvi'ini'i-ls, stoirk, crops, cti-.. M the valuo nf ii|i\v.ml* of Sfl.OUO, is now offered for fiile at a low figure. A nood in- wr'miji. Come and ?ve it. or, write for full description ami particulars to ARTHUR HARTLEY, Otc The Grange, Ashcrofi. INSPECT OUR NEW 1800 SIDNEY WILLIAMS, P.L.S., !AIR=TIQHT P.A.S.I., London. Land Surveyor. Civil Knjrmeer,Draughtsman. I QUESNELLE MOUTH, 13. C. Euolneerlng nud Survey work. Reports on mining proportlCB. Maps nntl pinna prepared of any portion of Cnriboo ili.tri_t. HEATERS Tailor, Vancouver, ._.: lm ftj L 0&V A GREAT FUEL SAVER AND LOW IN PRICE. MARK DUMOND, Ashcroft. Fine Tailoring n sp.ciulty, Perfect lit guaranteed: Send Bailey Bros, Co. Ld. I lj|F u°s I For Prices of WATCHES, WHOLESALE AND ItET.UL BOOKS, STATIONERY and ARTISTS' MATERIALS. Photo Stock Dealers and Picture Framers. Oil ANYTHING IN THE JEWELRY LINE Wo manufacture anything you wish: Vancouver and kamloops. Davidson Bros. 111! Cordova St., Vancouver, B.C. W.C.MO PAINTER. ********* The above ia now prepared lo execute nil orders in connection with the Paintiug business which mny be intrusted to him. Out-of-town orders aro solicited and will receive prompt attention. j(OTEL) TtEXADJD A. II. WALTERS, Proprietor. STTTRT BAY, B.C. Good n_-Ommod.tti.OD_ for llio travelling public. 1 J_-S_EiO-ER/0_PT, B.C. Large Airy Booms. Only First-Class Hotel in Town. Sample Booms Free. C. E. JOHNSON. Proprietor. All Projected Railroads for Northern British Columbia point to Quesnelle Mouth as the centre and distributing depot for the various milling camps in the great gold bearing District of Cariboo. Tne undersigned keeps a fine selected stock of the choicest goods procurable, consisting of BACON, BEANS, BDTTEB, FLOUR, AND MILL FEED, AND A GENERAL LINE OF 6B0CEBIES. Mining, Prospecting dc Hunting Outfits. Hardware and Agricultural Implements. Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc. Lumber, Rough and Dressed. Cedar Shingles. Hay and Crain. Tlie Mutual Life Insurance Company OIF ZLsnEJW "Y-OK/IC. KIC_H:_A.-Ea_D _A_. -MT'CCTRX-nr _PK,33SI-D_B3<rT. Present Assets exdfeeds $277,517,325.36; surplus over all liabilities, $37,723,101,59. The company issues the most liberal contracts that are sold. Tho oompany pays out an average ot $50,000 a day in death claims, endowments and anuuities. The company is universal, doing business throughout tho world, and the Mutual Life is the largest, strongest and best company. Insure in it. STANLEY HENDERSON, Manager for Mainland, VANCOUVER, B.C, H. P. HOR/tN, District Agent, 150-MILE HOUSE B.C. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. PAID-UP CAPITAL ■ ■ • - $4,866,666.67 COLD RESERVE FUND ■ • ■ ■ 1,460,000.00 " Head Office, London, England, No. 3 Clement's Lane. Branohes in the principal towns of the Dominion of Canada. Agencies in New York and San Francisco, Branohes in British Columbia—Viotorla, Vanoouver, Rossland, Trail, Kaslo, Greonwood and Ashoroft, Drafts issued on the above Branohes and Agencies, and on China and Japan. Gold Dust and Amalgam purchased. C. EC. C3-IB301T_ MEAT MARKET. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Attention and satisfaction guarantee* to customers. Mam Street, ASHCROFT, B C. 22 Caliber Rifles in Belgian Floberts, Steveiis, Marlin, Wiuclies* cheater; Quackentmsh aud Remington makes. All kinds of 22 caliber cartridges in stook, including 22 long and short smokeless. Send for catalogue. Ouesnelle Mouth, B. C. I ij /j 1 CHARLES E. TISDALL, Vancouver.
Title changes in chronological order: The British Columbia Mining Journal (1895-05-09 to 1896-05-02), The B.C. Mining Journal (1896-05-09 to 1899-04-29), and Ashcroft Journal (1899-05-06 to 1967).
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