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4 I kA \L*+\ J 0( VOL. 4., NO. 13. ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JULY 30, 1898. $2.00 PER YEAR To make room for decided I. offer in uii, aitii-ely New Stoc k of k, I In Dry Goods, Clothing, Hals and Caps, and Boots and Shoes Al a great reduction on former prices ■FOR CASH A liberal diseni nnrl other Trill Mll.l I.. Tliis IF1 "W. FOSTER, ASHCKOFT, B.C. Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. Diroctlv opposite Depot, • • ASlICltO-T, Il.l' This 1 Intel hns been lately refitted and refurnished. A ni'w win;;', 50 x 2(5 feet, containing nineteen rooms, including l.iilh and sample rooms, will be open I iood table and good service The only ti.st-.l-.-s Hotel in town. ■d l.v Oct, 1st, ST-AMBR HUMBOLDT ARRIVES. r : MAHSUALL 80&RD AND LODGING CLINTON, 73.a. _ SMITH, Proprietors, IY THE DUY, WEEK OR With ;i goldon oargo worth 85..000.O00 und 105 mou and women from Dawson, throo ol' whom worn millionaires of Uio first water, tlio steamer Humboldt, Capt, John BonniBold, reached iiort ut 3:30 Wednesday afternoon after a run ut' Lou daya from tbo mouth ut' tlio Yukon river, Tlio Humboldt is the sixteenth treasure ship to arrive from tho north tliis month, uud Uio gold shipped south on her luoroasos tho Klondiko receipts to Hourly 812,000,000, of whiuh more thnn throe-fourths hus boon landod in Seattle. Nearly ouo Imlf of tho enormous treasure nn board tbo Humboldt wus in ho bauds of threo men throo lucky udlviduals whoronohod lho Kloudiko .'iih the vanguard ui half-slarvoduilu* ih that rushed up Um Yukon from Circle Cily nml Forty Mil--, ufter Goorgo W, Curiuuok uunouuoud bis lucky discovery mndo on Uoimii'/ii crook August 17, 181)0. John lilrtoksou draw tbo richost plum of nil whon ho located olulni Nn. 10 oil lliniauy.il crook, und tbo 6.100,- 000 which lio brought nut roprosonts Uo* probable amount nl' Ibis year's oloun-up, hud it boon Ihilshod, Somo of ISriuksou'a gold wub tukon nut lust your. Hlsrousou for mil. oomplotiug tho olouniiig this year wus lho Oann* (linn royalty of 10 por oont. Antono l'\ Sinudor, with ii thousniul pounds of lumpy nuggots and Bhlulug gold dust undor his bunk in (ho llnost stutoroom mi lho Humboldt, und with drafts carefully hidden nwuy, whioh makes his treusuro worth fully •3:100,000, is tho second ol' the Humboldt's Lrio. Ho is probably bettor known ns tbo mun wlm loved nud won Violet Raymond, the beautiful Dnwson vaudeville queen won hor perhaps witb hlspiloof gold, but most assuredly won her, She is now Mrs. Stuuder and thoyarogoing to Paris to show tho Fronohmon how to spend numey. ,J. D. Meonuoh, with $300,000, mostly in dust, is the third very rich mau who returned on the Humboldt to enjoy his wealth. Ho sold his olaim, one of the richest ou Bonanza, to Droxol, Morgan .v, Uo. for 8250,000, according to liis companions ou tho Uiitubuldt. Mrs. Moemich and small childrou roturnod with him,—P. I. bunds, Thirty-two men wero nt work on tho olonn-up of these throe olulms, nud almost evory turn uf the shovel would reveal u shiniug unggot, Thn output will lie larger Muin must pooplo expect, notwithstanding nil reports to the contrary. Thoro uro twenty men in Alaska this year to every ono who was fchOro last yoar and tbo country is crowded, li. is necessary to huvo capital to buy up property, iu order to make money, ul though it is possiblo that history will repent itself and lliero will ba new discoveries, us thero hnvo ulwuys been ouch succeeding yeur." Mr. Meenach intended tu send liis wifo und children homo lust full. Tlio bout, which it was supposed would mako tho lust tri|i, I'n und willio ho wns ut propuruttoiiB For hi lire, his cache, willi was stolen. Pour waa ui'Ci-s-iiiry lo r '■'MM' ■ An niii rutior'o Oplnloi tailed lo nni nriilni ripper ir oil) r ft-llil. - li oosfc lilli dopn. ,i -I.f. llllllHIIII.l iplnM II..' iioiin slol, ■MONTH. Best Wines, Spirits nnrl Clears. Good r Lilloocl and il.r; Crcr.k lines of slapm. iiiiniii'i" Headquarters for the i and fishing in Uiovleii .nttbo .ily. MACKAY SADDLERY AND .1) IMt'OU i HARNESS eo. .-Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips, Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNESS UNO DESPATCH AU onh'-'s by mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed 9 ASHCROFT. : : : : B. C. Trim & Haddod LIVERY, SALE & FEED STABLE ASHCROFT AND LILLOOET. sale aud hive Horses fc Bigi Saddle, Puck nml Drivin kept at bofcli stables. Special trips made to Lillooet or poiuts iu Ciu-ibi time. Wire at our expense I'or rigs. AND UEl'All. DEAI/EIiS IM 11 VV AMU llliAlX. t any WUOI.KM.VI.- C ii. C_-KCJBS01sr: WHOLESALE AJYD BMTfllL. Alien'ion and satisfaction guaranteed to customers. nceiMcti'-i .._-.m-.t_ Is Twenty flllllo ASIICKOFT, Ji. 0. Is i.owiukIoi* n8w management iuu. has been thpvouglily ru novated. Culinary department unsnvpai-Bed. Tlio Bur is Btbckecl witli elioioe liquors antl cigars ami will bo in charge of experienced men. Every convenience for commercial men. CARGILE & DEVERY Proprietors. RESTAU ALMSON WOODS, Proprietor Aft SE3 SE The season's clean-up, 1 believe, will reach as high ns twenty million dollars, bile other miners who havo been in in Yukon country for two or more years place the estimate ns high as thirty million," said J, D. Meenaoh, n well known Seattle man, who made his lirst trip to the fur uorth in'95, ton Post-Intelligencer reporter, at the Hotel Northern last night. Mr. Meenach and bis family, consist* iugof his wife and three children, returned on tho Humboldt. He is now independently rich, as the result of the sale of claims Nos. GO and iili on Bo- nau/u and No. 13 on Eldorado, to Drox* 1, Morgan _. Co., of New York. It was reported after thc arrival ol' tho steamer that tbo amount paid for theso three claims was 8*100,000, Mr, Monaco admitted that the consideration was over $200,000. Before going to Alaska Mr. Mcouncil was n street grading contractor, and lived on the corner of Willow and Williamson streets, near the James street power house, iu the Bpring of '05 ho left Seattle tor Alaska and located claims in tho Circle City district, He returned to Seattle well satisfied with the result of his first trip, aud in the spring of '07 lie mado it secoud journey northward. Ou his second visit ho sold his Circle City property aud started for the Klondike, whoro lie invested the proceeds of tlie sale in Eldorado, Bonanza, Dominion, All Oold and Skookum bench property. This year lie disposed of his Eldorado and Bonanza holdings aud will return iu tlio spring to look after his other holdings. Old Yukouers predict that Me- naeh is destined to bocomo a millionaire, and thev do not envy him, as he has proven to be ono of tho sipiarest men that over handled n shovel in Alaska. To tho reporter Mr, Meenaoh said: "I believo that tho output of Bldora lo uud Bonanza alone will reach from ^12,000,000 to 810,000,000, whilo tbo entire Klondike will yield ut least 820,- 000,000 aud possibly 830,000,000, The pooplo of tho United States should not ixpeot that tho summer's output will bo brought out. Alex. McDonald has already invested 83,000,000 in buying up claims, anil lio estimates the value of his property at80,0Q0,000, Miners are tho people who are buying up claims, and they pay tho most money i'or them It is necessary that thoy keep gold1 there with which to transact business, and as long as they remain thero thoy will koop their gold with them. Before 1 left I was offered 850,000 for two of my claims liy McDonald, but 1 declined the oll'er. I supervised tho oloau-up of tho property on Eldorado and Bonanza which I sold, and tho Alliance will being down 8150,000 as n result of the clean-up fov Droxol t Morgan and Co. I would havo retained this property bul. my wife, children and myself be A typical old minor stood loaning ovor tho .'tiUlup of of tho Garonno us sho pulled inlo tho wharf, and ro* marked to his uompiiulous: "Tliis towu ha1; grown since I saw It Ilrst." Tho speaker wa.il;. II. Ohuroh, who will bo romomborod by many of the old Carihoo and Cassiar minors. Mr, Church la one of that adventurous body of mou wbo, oommouelug miuing iu California in Ml., followed tho various rushes uutil they got within the Arctic circle and discovered tho richer plauor digging Of Alaska and the Oauadiau jYukon. He lirst made his acquaintance with British Columbia mines iu Cariboo iu I860. There he remained Cor fourteen yours, when ho wont to Casslar. Twenty years woro spout thore, and then working still further north, Mr. Ohuroh struck into the Yukon counlry. A man who had the patience and por- .overonoe to stick to mining all those years, certainly deserves to make a fortune, but unluckily as a rule these old miners do not make the big stakes. However, Mr. Ohuroh iias a fairly heavy bag with him, about 85,000, and be lias drafts for another 810,000 which was sent down on the St. Paul. This is the result of four years' work, most of the time as foreman ou one of the big mines on Eldorado creok. Ho is therefore better able than mauy to judge of the output of the Kloudiko aud he says 810,000,000 is an outside estimate. Tlie shortago of water, ho says, did not tend to decrease the output but made it necessary tocontiuue the work of washing up longer than usual. This increased the cost to the mino owner and on the other hand gave the laborers more work. The cleanup was pretty well completed when Mr. Church left Dawson Eldorado creek turned out as well as expected, and some parts of upper Bonanza wore also satisfactory, but lower Bonanza was a groat disappointment. Tbe new creeks ure being boomed considerably, "but," Mr, Church remarked, "it seems peculiar to me that tlie claim owners on theso new creeks do not do more prospecting. There aro certainly good spots iu Dominion, Sulphur, Hunker and othor creeks, but they are only spotted. The claim owners seeta to be afraid to sink, pro- ferriug to sell." Tho prospects of many of the men in Dawson are not of tho brightest. According to Mr. Church there is considerable fever and scurvy among tbe men, and others are simply worn out by tho hardships they havo endured. Now that miniug is over for the season there aro 20,000 idle men in tho city, some with money to come out, others with a lew months' provisions which they will havo to sell, and still others with neither provisions or money. They will have to wait till winter sets iu to get work. Mr, Church will not return to tho Kloudiko, bis health not permitting, and therefore his opinion as to lho Dominion mining regulations and the need of amondmonts to them can bo tukon as au unselfish verdict. If tlio excessive royalties are uot done away with, lie says, some of the men now ranked as millionaires wilt be ruined. They havu bought the olaims on time, uud having to pay the royalty makes it, uuprolitable to work them. Therefore tbey will have to allow tho claims to revert to the original owners ami lose what tbey paid on them, Big Ale:.. -McDonald is one example of this. Ho has been buying everything he could lay his hands ou und now finds that ou account of th' 'oyalty lie can only work the best claims at a prollt. A claim has to produce better than 820 a day to be profitable. Many of thc claims huvo not been worked on this account. Just beforo Mr. Church left Dawson, McDonald told bim that unless the royalty was abolished he would bo ruined. While not belittling tho richness of Klondiko, Mr. Church says bo saw richer spots lu Cariboo than ho bus yot seen in the Yukon country. - Colonist. M.t.lHllNU IN CARIHOO, •Mr. (.. P. Hull, of New York, who is one of lho parties interested iu tho Oleson Dredge-Co., of Tacoma, was in Ashcroft last Tuesday and seemed to bo iu good spirits over tho successful starting up of tlio lirst Oleson dredge, which is uow being operated by tho Northwest Gold Mining Co. on the Quosnollo Kiver about 1.1 miles above Quesnello, Mr. Hall staled that the machine wits built by the Oleson Co. and guar- inlood to handle (10 cubic yards per hour, It was run successfully for ouo wool: by the contractors and was then turned ovor to tho compauy above I on Friday, the 22nd, uud is now being nm very successfully. The dretlge i on tho bucket system, 20 buck very other one being armed with to tear up the bank, tho next bo- noolh rim. 'I he gravel is raised and dumped evenly into tho sluices I Iho machinery Is capablo of, and 1 ■; raise considerably more than tlio guurautood amount of mi cubic yards por hour. The sluices are in charge of W, C. Pry, a practical minor, who, with with Mr. VV. A. Johnson, Is interested ii the plaul, they being tho original ease holders of the ground. Tiie plant oostcomplete.andas abovo italed after a week's steady run, 810,- 000 ou tho Quesnello rivor and could be built somewhat cheaper at Quosuollo village as tho wagon freight on lumber is high, lt is impossible to take a dredger through the Donnelson rapids, L0 miles above the mouth, so it necessitated tlio building of the dredge above tho canyon, Tho Oleson compauy have thn machinery on the ground for nnother dredger to bo built a few miles abovo the present oue and to operate on au adjoining lease. The expense of running the dredge is small, Mr. Hall claiming that -SI"' per day being tbe expense for a shift of S hours and that 000 yards cun be easily raised during a shift, lt will bo readily seen that if tho cost of raising gravel is estimated ou this basis, that ground averaging 10 cents per yard could be mined at au enormous profit, more than 6150 per duy of 21 hours. As u fact thero are bars on tho Quesnelle and Fruser that will, in plan es, run several dollars to tho yard nud tho average of large deposits is from to ."iO cents per cubic yard. Mr. Hall Is how on his way east to organize u company to put a dredge iu the Cottonwood river, on the lower end of which he has secured a louse. The entire section-above and around Queanello ou both tbo Fraser and Quesnello rivers is under lease, nud if, us now seems very fair to persume, there is a successful method that is practical and cheap, fouud for raising the gravel, an enormous industry will be opeued up, On an ordinary live-mile lease of the Prasor or Quosnelle rivers thero is enough good ground for workiug to lust u halt dozen dredgers u lifetime and not be worked out then. In many instances low benches adjoining tho rivor will bo worked as woll as tho river beds. All in the upper country will bo interested iu tlio ultimate results of the work now apparently so well under wuy by this company, T!i l big ■11 In ahd oh ill tu Of tin and .ernes the liquor department, 2 and then tho ofllce and salesroom 10x40, Upstairs Muuugor Robiitnoi and his assistants havo tholr Hvini apartments. The buildiug is of modern stylo am ory attraotivi sabelfryaud nouncothoop store, and don mental uvohite auooof the building. routing on the rivor bank house 30x00, in which will I tbo goods to be sont furLlu An inclined slip will run dow dock at tho river'n odgo, and iioist will bring tho freight boats lo the.war.-hou--.i-. Tl cona will run all tbo seusou tho company's supplh ■■;, and Lho Caledonia will also ougngo in tlie samo business as soon as it Ima mado its four trips lo the EJkGoim. Tho ll.U. Co. now has about 100 pack horses on Uio Tesliu trail, aud is hiring all tho horsos to be bad, paying thirty live couls por pound for paokiufi to Teslin. iippca •om tho Strath- brlnging fiestolerlnij n Kick. A i lurke'd copy of tho Glenora News couli ina tho folk-wing notes regarding th c mdition of tho mon now at Glou- ora tt ho have no liorses for packing. Asv, i bo scon, a moro thau serious misti '..,- hns boon w.'i-ic by those in autlu rity in tiio promises iu not having prom it amd thorough work dono iu the early spring. A wagon roud should The Glonora News has tho following items whicli proves tlio Ashcroft route to that place to bo feasible: George Hayes returnod Wednesday from a trip to the const, Mra, Hayes coining with him. With tho goods ho brought back ho went on to Tolegraph to meet his pack train that bad jusl arrivod from Asbcroft. Ho oxpoots Lo go right through to Selkirk, whoro ho will open a general store. Frank Cullbreath, tho Telegraph croek business man was in town on Wednesday. He states that ou its noxt trip to Tesliu his pack train will paok goods from Tolegraph to Tesliu for 2-'i cents a pound. He also suys there aro 801) horses in aud opposite Telegraph that camo in over tho trail from Ashcroft tliis week. Seems Like a Plei i Trip. Tlie ClillCQlcn Murder. "P.T.O." writes a letter to tho Mixing Journal in which lie seems to imagine because the Kamloops papers aro anxious for justice Lo bo doue to Samien that they must necessarily bo prejudiced against Lho man ho killed. Iu this he is entirely mistaken. Tho Indian, whatever ho may havo douo, hud as good u right to a proper trial ns a white man, aud this ho did not huvo, inasmuch us counsel was not provided him till the last moment. Whoso the fault was wo do not know but suoh was tbo case. Sumieu, possibly, may huvo been tho worst savage uudor tho sun. Ilo may never have seen wagons, as "P.T.O." erroueously says, for, though ho lived at Tatla lake, ho has boou as far' dowu as Nightingale houso at Alexis creek, whore ho must havo seou some evidences of civilization, moro than a year before tiio murder. But the less civilized the man, tho moro excuse for him, and tho moro reason for treating iiim less harshly thau a mau of oducatiuu, who should know- better, should bo treated.—Standard. Miss Anuio Louise White, of Now York, und Miss LUlio Klci.er, (heCanu „ , _ diau soprano, aro on the road coming enmo tired of Alaska life, and it is not j wost and expect to spend an evening Meals , day and tit; Private boxi bl. Fresh oysters in any styli *, for ladios and dining parties. always on band. Ivisilblo to go away unless it is possi- in Aslicrolt. They should be welcomed blu to leave your proporty in safo by a good house, Improvcnicnts at til.no.a. Down at the Hudson's Bay post in New Glenora work is going on at a rapid rate. The sound of tho hammer aud saw is heard ull day long, und buildings, Lbe best iu the country, uro growing as if by magic. The 11.B. post at Glenora is to bo tho i supply point lor all tho posts iu tho ' Yukon'and Cassiar districts. Horo will bo stored the goods that are to be used by the people In the intorior, uud if ouo supposes that great preparations uro not being mado to handle this great trade, they have only to mako tho trip to tlio Glonora post and sco tho shiploads of goods stored there. Tho main storo build in* is 30x90, a story and a half in height. Buck of the storo a mammoth frost proof collar io to bo built in tlio bunk of earth that begins its rise thore, Tho lower story of tho building is composed of u warehouse and supply room 28x80 feet, at tho roar ond of the building, Then Talk about the hardships of the over* land route, if Guy 0. Brown, who wrote the following letter I n the Sentinel, is not having a good time, who is? Our readers in Ashcroft and along the Cariboo road will recall the party of whom the writer speaks: Sfoney Croek, June 17. Still waiting for our friends, filling in tlio timo doing u littlo washing, shaving, bathing, etc, Coming up the trail all the way from Quosnelle parties pass aud repass, always speak, nnd sometimes camp near liy. Aftor tho dishfia are washed and everything mado ready for tbe night, wo visit each othor's oamps and speak of the adventures of tho day how we crossed certain bog holes, of packs slipping, horses hulking, but tho general topic of conversation bus been: "How are wo going to cross Mud river?" Mud rivor was a bud one--everybody said so - and tho subject was discussed ut length over uud over again, and the building of rafts planned out. Finally wo enmo iu sight of Mud river and found two parties in camp discussing ways and moans of crossing. As wo cume lo the edgo of the river ray horso wanted a drink, and while he was slaking his thirst 1 took in the situation and picked out a good landing place on the opposite shoro (tho stream is 1100 feet wide). As soon as tho horse has finished drinking 1 urged him iuto tho water, spurred him in the flunks and in he plunged, and in a fow minutes 1 was on Lhe opposito shore, By tho way, I forgot to mention that I am "bell boy,''that is, 1 havo n bell on my horse and the others follow him. After landing, 1 rang tho bell, tho horses neighed, and une, a buckskin, snorted, shook his head and dashed into thc river. 1 kept lbe boll jingling and my comrades urged tho other horses on. Ouo by one they camo, uud in less thau 15 minutes wo had crossed our outfit of ten horsos without removing a pack or getting anything wot, over this muoh-talkcd-of Mud river. Iu ouo of the parties encamped at Mud river were two Indies, young and handsome, neatly dressed, wearing ladies' cowboy hats, and bearing every look of refinement, but so frail lo Lake such a trip as they were on Lo Teslin lake. Thoy oamo from Boston, Muss,, and wo call this tho American party. Ono of tho American gentlemen shouted: "if you can do that we can," to which 1 replied: "It ir; easy enough," Ouo of the ladles called out: "But what will we do?'' and thou, after a moment's silence, added:' "If you would come and lake us I should not bo afraid of crossing." Tliis appeal I could not resist, and so promptly ro* crossed and took the duty in hand. One lady rode sido saddle, tho other a stock saddle. I said to tlio ladies: "You will lake oil' your shoes and "But we would prefer to keep our stcckiugs on,1'interrupted one, und 1 said no more, All was soon ready, and plenty of rope connected all threo saddles. My horse took to tho wator splendidly and paddled like a wuter wheel. They were u littlo slow iu getting the other horses started, bnt finally we were all in and made a splondid lauding, everybody shoutiug and cheering ns we did so. and the ladies wero much excited. have boen built at the earliest possiblo dato in the spring. A (rail will accom modato tho Ashcroft overland men, for ill k lioracB for paoklng, but tho men who landed nt Glenora without horses, ure uufortuuiilo enough to be Lied up for mauy wi oks, Tho lesson taughl is plain, No maltcr what par- lica administer the affairs of tbe provinco or whal liund to ateor tho ship of slato, a wagon road from Quesnello through to Lako Teslin is tho most pressing public work on hand, and as much us i'i possible should bo accomplished towards this object yot this season, The remarks by tho News aro us follow:;: The latest papers have contained declarations to the effect tbat Mackenzie, MilUu & Co. huvo sigued tho contract to build both wagon road und railroad and that work would begin immediately, yet the instructions seut on hero are to put un tho necessary men nnd build a trail to Tesliu. Last year the Callbrcaths built u trail from Tolegraph creek Lo Teslin hike. Then the government appropriated $12,000 for trails in this vicinity, ami some of (hat was put ou tho Cull- breath trail. Theu the government oflloial hero was told to tako tho bul- anco of tho money and build a trail ou top of tho trail previously built. Theu camo further instructions to the gov- ornuient agent to bulk! auother trail on top of thu one now existing,no matter whaL tbo expense might be, ami now comes orders lo Mackenzie, Maun i. Co. to build another trail on top of ail of 'em, the government to pay the freight. The result of all ibis is that there will lie ii good trail to Tesliu lake, one rail on top of auother uutil the pay* .Irciik of trails is as thick us thc muck on somo purl.; of it. Tills will be a, Hue tiling I'or oompanies owning pack trains of from forty to two hundred but il, cannot help the poor Kluudiker who has no horses, wbo wouldn't know how to puck them it he had thom, aud who cuunot pay %"A) per ton for freighting for u distanco of 100 milos. In short it's a howling disgrace to both the Dominion and Provincial governments, the way this route has been treated. Where tbo blame lies is hard to toll, Both governments talk right and seem to be straining evory nervi. to mako this route a good oue, but tho work tlmt follows the talk is all ia an opposite directum to what the talk would indicate we might expect. About" four thousand poor suckers bavo been coaxed into this jumping-OfE placo with the understanding that thoro would be a wagon road for them to travol over, and most of them have gono broke in tho effort to make a portage of 100 miles, where the freight rdto is from §750 to §800 per ton. Thoso who havo not gone on for a dozen mile.., whero ihey are hung up at the end of the wagou road, have been hold hero for months on the promise that there would be a wagon road soon. The result is the butchering of tbo best routo to tho Yukon, hy the terrible negligence of these whose duty it was to advance the route's best interests. Continuing, the News says it isn't at .11 pleasant to be compelled to say all this. It means death to tho prospects of tliis enterprise. No newspaper could make a living here. Yet the few thousands of dollars interested in the News pales into insignificance when compared witb the sums spent by the horde of gold-seekers who uro fretting out their lives betwoou Glenora and TesJlnlako, Meu who knew better thau to tackle tbo northern routes Imvo uio'vtgagod Iheir homes and spent thoir all to try to reach the gold country over this "easy" route, and others uro being "ribbed" up by the const papers and by transportation lines to try the Gk-nora-Tesliu routo and tho News will not in sileuce countenance tho work. Without tbe.wagon road to Teslin lake, t ho routo is a failure as a cheap route. If you cannot bring tlio necessary horses to pack your supplies for you, or cannot pay at least 67_.il per tou freight, lo Teslin, you aro crazy as a loon to try to make tho trip via Glenora. Somo day there will be a wagou road oi-railroad from Glenora or Telegraph creelc to Tesliu like. When lhal day comes there will bo no other route to tho Yukon. But tho time will not omc this year, evidently. Gen. Kiuchant and C. A. Semliu aro at the coast ou business. Major BurnoU,of Lillooet, arrived iu Ashcroft on Suuday last, and on Monday morning mot a Miss Featbcaston- liaugli, On the same day they wore united in matrimony by the Rev. An- stey Dorrel, at St. Alban's Church. Tlio major and his bride left tho sumo day for their futuro homo iu Lillooet THEB.C. MINING JOURNAL. _-___5______= ISSUKD EVEltV SATl'ltPAY. P. S. REYNOLDS, IM it or and Proprietor. Subscription price, pern nniuii - - - 88.00. SATURDAY, JULY m. 1808. The Ilrst public Ice A'oodpnoumallooHh dovator, saya tho V oolt plnoo lasl Tin \ fow weoks ago tho nlo fo the and 11, B. Wi arrived in VllllUOUl ho building of a n uompauy ol well I, s. Thodrawlugsn m wiih tho model, rgo boat mid puo afternoon n-s, 0, G f Los Ange vei* to Ink undid Ollle -VII Van plans ii well ii alio al taehmcnl thai is lu be buill, were made with tho tisalHtauco of Henry Parker, lb.* marine engineer of ihis cily. Tho Vancouver company, which has not yet rocoivod an ollicial name, is oomposod of il. Abbott .-ind others, wilh C. 0. Benneit ns Hccrolury-trciisuror, Tho latter bus i'ur several months past taken an interest iu lhe matter and it was largely through his representations that, the experiments and now assured work will lie gouo on with, and t his new system of dredging I'or gold be put in operation. I_ wry one knows that in Hie Yukou and other largo gold-bearing rivers thoro lire mauy bars and portions of the riverbed that would pay to be worked but for the fact of their being uudor waler. au insuperable bur rier pi nt e me; patented in to do away DSSOl! till being taken. Tin it hus ouly receutly North America, proposes with, this diflloulty. Messrs. Garrison and W onorgotio, practical men, World representative In go t torn of False creek in Un The water at ibe point whero the wns anchored was nbout six leel. . but of course lhis depth can bi creased to thirty or forty feet by use of the big machine mi which company intoud to spend -rlu.OOO to 850,000. Tlie present scow, in lhe bi of whicli lhe caisson is situated, only about "JO feel long, but Lhe new one will he well ovor lm' feel. The caisson is simply an air-light cylinder, built similarly lo a diving bell, witli nt bottom Hour, which is lowered through tho bottom of tbo soow to tho bed ol the creek or river as the case may be. liy lhe present nrraiigemeiit ouo descends through a trap door into tho upper of the iwo chambers of the big serious of all Lhe abnormal developments of tho human body brought on by Immoderate nse of tho silout steed of steel. Tho kuowlcdgo of the oxistmice of the bicycle heart comes forcibly before the public ut this Umo on account of the fuel that great numbers of iiiuii- leur athletes in apparently good condition are being rejected by the military authorities when they oll'er themselves for any branch id' the service. Tbe olllcor iu charge uf lhe recruiting olllce at Third avenue und Ninth st New York city, told a Sunday World reporter that out of every tou men ro-1 Jeotod for any cause whatever there is oue man whoso application Is rejected on account, of ho-Ai't trouble, which is more or less caused by bicycle heart. 11 is even worse among lhe appliea tions to tho army of Franco. It oamo oul recently that eight well known l-Yomih wheelmen were promptly rejected by Ihe medical authorities on mt of blcyolo heart, The wl 1- ivoro astonished at thoir rejection, all outward appearances Ihey in thebesL of health und train* But they wero not allowed lo join the army, even in the capacity of bicycle couriers. The simple cause of thobloyoloheart is in taking more exercise on your wheel- that is, stirring up the circulation of your blood more thnn your heart is normally equipped to sustain without injury. The more violent. your wheeling is lbe more violent will be Lhe rush of blood Lo your b and lhe sooner will you develop the bi- yclo uourt. The best cure I'or bicycle heart is lo top wheeling for a couple of weeks i months, according to Lhe degreo the bicycle heart has been developed. Then when you begin again, you must mit yourself to short hours, and short ins on your wheel, gradually iuoroas* ig the time and the distance. Terrltoriul l.vpunsion. in :m ablourtlolo in UieNortb American Review on "Seward's Ideas of Territorial Expansion," Frederic Ban croft seems to sum up at Ihe begin ning Hi pro-end tonooi "Tho questioi to expand lot courso if iva gi for half a cenl when, how and our boundaries national wolfai Mr. Bancroft favorite piostion whi u thi nl ry, h is now in a sou- ot whether wo aro j is a matter of ourselves wisely ouger but it is, e can wo expand ulngoonsly to our Din trap is ihen closed all .ir pressure inside is In ut three pounds ro lbe There is no unpleasant n except ul first rrom a sli of I he ears and tlio close (.'. When lhe ail* pressure has reused Lo what, it is in the iber tlio trap door between onodmid, this time, wilh i descend to tho bowels of Al the bottom one BtllU of tlio creok and digging can he comfortably carried uevonuoss in tlio bed of tli stream makes no difference, us, at tli time of I he lest made, one could extend au arm uudor the edge of (he cais ami from it allow a piece of wood escape to lbe surface of tho water i side. Al'ler Ih'- visitors had sulislled themselves Ihul n shovel would pick cyiind tight and Ihe creased by id square inch, tiugli mospl been incro; lower chilli Ihem is 0] caudles yoi the earth". on the bed operations upgn ol ch tin ended to chamber, Ihe trap doi closed, otherwise whe was removed all thou and the wafer come r wi from nmslimc.es, he upper g carefully fop door Id rush out uudor* neutli. Au interesting phenomena OUrrod here. The air iu the upper chamber was of course much mon douse than the outside atmospheri and it. exerted such a power on tin trap door abovo that lbe hiller would not open, though a weight uf UKI pounds was placed upon il. until Uv uii- was reduced by allowing it b osuapo to nearly tho same deusiiy a ordinary atmosphere. Tin- new caisson will give a space nf in by !20 feet o.i the bottom of a stream on which minors can work. Il is proposed to hav dredge to take away the loose sloneaud the gold bearing gri by uu olovator to Ih and so deposited washed. The object of lhe prospect places at |1 accessible. Tho islo .pernio th be lilted ! topuf tho caisson tu sluices lo be lew scheme is to ■eseut entirely npany's intention liilnooulhoYuki roxtyoar. A M-it-ltl--Wii'l. Mr. Wilbi party from Monday fro parly is, lo tukon plies to Ihem. taken in Ihroo Lr but have as much mo Mr. Wilbor brought ory of a'lodgo of clom Colorado prospector, The lind was made Dense Lake. Then quartz locations beinj uro uo rich placer Iln Watson party are -,u member of the Watso 1'ellurido, Cub. came i i Dense Lako where hi iho another load of 3tl] m. Thoy have iilrend f supplioi io take h loads id i of a disco irble by thi id ido ISO some but thoro Is us yel. The prospecting' the Liard lhis summer. Glenora News. trt, [.-cunt Nnt Lowered. Detroit, July 23,—Tbo feature yes* I lerdiiy was Star Pointer's attempt to lower his record of l:50J{f. His time of 2:01'.. is considered remarkably good I'or this season of Lhe your. The truck was in prime condition for speeding, on. But the bicycle heart, which is but Lhe weather rather col. Pointer's just now developing to such an alarm 'time by quarters was flO'-,, liO!1/-, ing prominence, is by fur tho most li32,2:01^, Tlie Iticyclo Heurt. Ami now conies the bicycle li There huvo been many olher bicych portions of theauutomy, all bad onougl ami disugroeuble in their own wny such us the bicycle face, the bicycle eye, tho bicycle hand, foot, foe, und so win ,vs that Mr, So iry-wasoxpiuisi ■iird 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing point for all the hydraulic mines ut Horse Fly, North and South Forks and main Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. -IMPORTERS OF nil- t0 best < nl policy ■dinlo the io favored sh had vir- lecutlon in •ipi le lumpiest of Ki irsOlark uud inior Patrick mding with th of ihe various additions •y, beginning with lhe skuskia by George Rog- i- the sanction or Gov Henry of Virginia, aud j purchase of Alaska. iamiu Franklin was (lie earliest advocate of territorial expansion, and rdoutly hollovod in uud worked for a Lilion of all the colonies from the Gulf of Mexico to the northward, and later. John Adams iu 1785 desired Canada and Nova Seolin, oven at (he expense of war. I pi of our m .- tern lory we not only paid the expenses of a war. but lift ecu millions of dollars lo Mexico, tho counlry (hen secured be ing us distant as to time from our com nien-ial and political centres as Hawaii now i*. This territory would htv boon annexed at un earlier date hut f tho opposition of the North lo iioqu: ing more lorriLory in lbe Soulli, who slavery could be extended, and i A l.rt.vc Womnn. The wife of section foreman Barrows, of Wigwam, prevented what might have been a serious wreck Tor a Canadian Pucilic Railway freight train on Wednesday morning last. Mrs. Barrows happened to be looking out of her window at-I o'clock in the morn-, iug, aud noticed a huge tree lying across the railroad truck. Just as she -poned the frontdoor, she heard a [rain approaching, and without even stopping to put on her boots she ran a distance of nearly a quarter of a milo bare-footed and Hugged tho train. As this spot is just at the ond of a sharp curve and a long bridge, nothing but Mrs. Barrows' great presence of mind .oold havo prevented a very serious ae- ■Ideiit and perhaps loss of lifo. The spot is between tho 15 and Pi milo boards on lho Arrow Luke branch. Cuu.su und [.tied. Tennyson took a pieco of paper, wrote a poem on it, mid made it worth S05,000 that's genius. Vanderhilt writes a few words on a piece of paper and makes it worth 850,. 1100,01)*. Unit's capital. Uncle Sain lakes an ounce und fi quarter of gold, stamps au eagle upon il, and makes it 820 that's money. A mechanic takes S10 worth of i torial nnd makes a 8150 bicycle Unit's skill. A butcher takes a piece of 17-cent rump and make's u 61.10 porterhouse of it tliuL's talent. A lady buys a 82 dress and tells hor friends she had to semi away for il and it cost 825 that's ■ well fibbing. A laborer toils fourteen hours a day for81.n0 -that's work. The writer of this can draw u cheque for 810 on a local bunk, ultuoli a revenue stump, und it won't bo honored that's whut Bob Ingersoll says doesn't, exist at all. -Port Towuseud Call. La llonne Sic. Anne de ll-nupr.. A story comes from Quebec of two startling cures at tho shrine of Sle. Anno de Beau pre. Thoy wero members of a largo Ontario pilgrimage. The pilgrimage wus iu two purls. Seven huudred were from Pembroke uudor tho auspices of Mgr. Lorrain. bishop of the place, and wero accompanied by Rev. Fathers Picotte, Lo- nioiue and Latulippo, Tho pilgrims traveled by the sleamor Three Rivers. The other part of the pilgrimage consisted of 1,000 people from Smith's Falls, Ont., uudor lho euro of tho Hov Fathor Stanton, and traveled by rail. Miss Perrcault, of Sheenboro, who accompanied the pilgrimage, and who is about thirty yoars of ago, has been unable Lo walk for threo years, and has had to use crutches. The two doctors from Montreal and Pembroke who attended her attributed hor lameness to rheiimati .m. Yesterday, after venerating the relic uud receiving Iho sucrn- meiit. sho sprang to her feet, and, leaving her crutches behind hor, walked quite easily and naturally oul of the church on Lbe arm of a priest aud giving thanks to the Almighty and to Lu Bonne Sle. Anno. Since then she has walked freely about. Tho other case is (hat or a young girl named Cunningham, 1'nun Eganvlllc, Oul., who has been almost completely blind by an affection of tho eyes for ubout a year, und who now claims to see perfectly. Tho pilgrims all appeared to ho iu tho greatest glee over theso reported manifestations of Divine power. reason given by a me cabinet for not taking territory was given " feared that lu acquire t vent making slave i'ornia and Now M abc oik' late > might ; ofi As rlyas L8i lhal lhe lime v. -this nation wi Mr. Soward assoi uld soon come w have acquired s .at Mexico can la bed without disturb- At tl is Point will be found a good assortment of GENERAL MERCHANDI SE& MINERS SUPPLIES Also one of ihe best Hotels on the route Information cheerfully given. VEITH & BORLAND. Proprietors and Stock Raisers. idur even lay national progress." The aides;, men iu this country have 'rom time to (imeadvocated lhe acquisition of islands in lhe West Indies. As early us 1*:':. ,Tohu Quinoy Adams declared Ihat Porto Rico and Cuba ro natural appendages of this country and thnl Culm was of transcendent importance. President Polk endeavored to purchase Cuba and later Lho Democrats favored acquiring it by purchase if possible, by seizure if necessary. Opposition to expansion in those days came from tbe men wlm. if ii had not been for the probable increase of slavo territory, would have approved it. Now (he conditions have changed: slavery no longer stands in lhe way of progress and lhe extension of territory and the islands that it was thought desirable lo buy or seize at tho cost of war, will he ours by aouquesfc iu a war waged without thought of conquest. We have pledged ourselves that we are warring, not, for the conquest of Cuba, but lo free its oppressed people, and national honor demands that we do not lake advantage of the situation to add that island to our territory, if it is found (hat her people are capable of establishing and maintaining nu independent government of their own. Porto Rico, the Ladronos ami tho Philippines will be ours liy right of conquest, and it is only u question tif political and commercial advantages whether ihey shall bo permanently re- tainod as American colonies. In tho case of the Philippines human questions also enter as lo iheir disposition iu caso it is decided that tlie responsibilities coming with annexation would prove greater than the advantages. It would seem as if lhe time predicted by Mr. Seward has arrived, when those peoples aud this new territory eau bo received and absorbed without disturbance of harmony, imparl ing tbo national vigor or checking national progress, ami that the addition would materially augment our commercial vigor ami advance our national progress. Tacoma Ledger. Commodore Watson, who uow coi into prominence as the commander the flying squadron which is to attack lhe coast of Spain, is another of tho hoys trained under theoye of l-'arragut. It was Watson who lashed the admiral to tho rigging of lhe Hartford in tho thick of tho fight, iu Mobile buy. In his olDeia! report Parrugut said "Lieut. Wntsun has been brought to your attention in former times. Ilo was on the deck attending to the signals, and performed bis duty, as might bo expected, thoroughly. Ho Isascion worthy of tho noble stock ho springs from, and 1 commend him to your attention," Commodore Wutson's experience included the battles of Now Orleans. Vioksburg and Port Hudson, as well as that of Mobile. There is a celebrated cook in London about whom it is said I hat he makes an income of over 810,000 u year. Ho is attached to no house, but in his own broughman sets out toward evening for tbe bouse of some rich man who is going to give a dinner at which ovory dish must bo abovo criticism. Here he alights and makes for the kitchen, goes through the process of lasting all tho soups, sauces, ami mado dishes advising when his palate suggests u little more suit, here, a pinch of herbs there, a dash of BUgUL' iu Ihis entree, a suspicion of onion in that salmis, etc. This done ho pockets his fee of 82oand drives on to the next dinner-giving patron who has bidden him to his feast in Lhis strange fashion, His nightly list comprises many houses all j through the Loudon seasou, Liable tn be Shut. General Shaftcr bus not notified tbe War Department of tho disgraceful I conduct of Sylvester Scovel, but it is believed Ihat lhe despatch printed iu the New York Herald is reliable, Mr, Morrison, assistant Adjutant- General, says the offense is a most serious one und that It Is punishable by death. The method of prooooduro Is the appoint ment of a military court by Geii.Shurier. This court is composed of ofllcors who are supposed to bo unprejudiced, hm ii is hardly possiblo they could bo free from bias when called upon fo try a caso so oulragenus, especially when Iheir commanding oflicer has been insulted in suoh a public manner and under such humiliating circumstances, Snivel's futo resls entirely in Shatter's bauds so loug us lie is within his jurisdiction. The court-iuurtiiil cun sentence Scovel to bo shot, and thuro is uo powor on earth that could save him. Even tho President could hardly Interfere, without approving Soovol's acl ion, so that the peppery young mau may huvo to suffer severely for his lorn per. According to information obtainable here, the United States officers, accompanied by a regiment of regulars, entered the city of Santiago with the vanquished Toral und his stall' and took possession of the palace, tho seat of municipal government. Thero was much pomp displayed, both llttiug to the occasion, uud at sharp noon Capt. McKittriok, Lieut. Wheeler und Lieut. Miley ascended to tho cupola to unfurl the American flag, Scovel, in a very officious manner, attempted to make himself u pint of tbe commission assigned to raise Old Glory. The guards forced him to ro Ure. Tliis so angered him that ho pushed his way through the crowd to Gen. Shafter's sido aud insultingly slapped bis fneo. The General wus ignorant of Soovol's treatment ut the bauds of his soldiers, and was at a loss to kuow tho cause of his conduct. He ordered the correspondent arrested, however, aud tho latter is now said to bo in a strongly protected guard-house. NOTICE. Ul to [Lt en thai hist-. ItlipUCfltlOH ' da mul Wn ion lo pti.C)in-0 a cIur nt tin* iii ii t li* lu ini-dmse by T uurtli -Ulrl.iiiii!. west clinltlB, cast so cliiiln- l-1 il I llr. Valley, Jan • ll ! illh.-a onis-" Met-.*. iKliiy Hiatus, small * ii initial ti.iinl. JOHN McKWI-N. lllll. IHUH. llll NOTICE. . Notice li lietelv Rlv-n flifl ' *1"'" i.ii;illiini<nnMuvf.i.i;.ki-al>|ili>'iiluii.l Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Placer and Quartz iinintj Supplies _*$" Wiuti: ton Quotations. ,S and 10 Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.O. __M_. 1%/, VANCOUVER Mines and Real Estate. Only i properties ttnuiUed. Telegraphic nddres ••Colic WHOLESALE GROCERS Vancouver, : : : 15. C. Importers and Wholesale Dealers in WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS V1CTOFIA, I'.. ( . M. ll tit nd ,-.., ab'dllilillB, UlliilB0 -'hani: i-st .lu-iiaiiis, north80chain nM"H'k. -A-LB-ON. ill), IHUH. 711 NOTICE. s hereby u (Lu all. dine i intend to mi ,-, - Contml-sioner of L-ntiua nnd Works ler per- mission lu imreliase n-lii acre- of land, emn- nietn-iiiR al tin- nmllie;ist i-ortier ul I .trt ll.il tlien-T uurtli fie i-liains, wi-M HO cliains, suiill 80 cliains, east NO chains ta initial point. T1IUMA.. .Mti.Wl.N. h 'ire Valley, otli June, 18118, OtK NOTICE. Came Into my enclosure at Heaver .alio last autumn, three liur-e.- tU's.rilu-il as follmv. One small gray home about -1 years old brand era on right hi]). One small sorrel tnaremu brands; while face One bay horset four white feci • stripe in face; (l'\ on right shoulder; Q> on right hip; 8 o" left sitle of neck. The owner is requested to claim property. ji.iy Hiari-i-s ami remove lliem. If tins is not dune Uie animals will be sold by tue un Satnr- dav, .iiiiv aotli. at 10 o'clock, at mv above des-rUied premises al Heaver valley rancli. Cariboo. Dated at Harper's Camp. June 20, 180H. 015 ROBERT ANDERSON, NOTICE. Commissioner of Land- and Works for jn'i mission lo purchase (140 acres of land cou: menclng at the northeast corner of tlieappllci tion lu purchase by Jnhn Mcl.wcn, tlienc nortli 8t) cliains. west 81) chains, south no chains, east 8H chains to initial point. ALEXANDER McEWEN Empire Valley, June Otli, 18U8. 0110 NOTICE. CTAILORINGD Weare Hereto Stay Aud ure giv.UK'good satisfaction to our patrons. Cull uud see our New Stock of Bummer Sultlugs before ordering elsewhere. - - ^'* Satisfaction guaranteed. . M-PHERSON MERCHANT TAILOR, NOTICE. Nolicc is hereby (riven that at the expinitiii ..: liiiuvdavs I shall :i]-I'ly lo the chief Coitl- inis-iom-r iif lands and works fm |iir*misruon In .liven and use fnr imiration imr-iosesiiftv 1..O1 i nelle. of water from three small streams fallin- intu the Kraser river below Watson liar eree fora term of tii net v- nine years. JIM SIBBALDS. High Bar, July 6th, lnus. lots NOTICE. A SITTING (»F THE COUNTY COURT nf Cariboo will lie held at Ashcroft, H. C. tin .Mmiilav, lhe 1st dav of Aufjust, A.I)., 181)8. at IllO hour of II a. in. Hv Order. JOSEPH WM, BURR, Deputy Registrar C. C. of Cariboo, Ashcroft, B.C., June 10, 1808, Ut8 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. l_.-_t.ito Mtllcola1. Tlipiiinsm... Dnrwnspd. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai the iiiidershrncd administrator tif the estate ol Mali-nhii Thompson, di.-eased, will receive and m■tile all leiral claims airalnst the said estiiti-uf .Malcolm Thompson presented to the nn.)..fli;ri'.*.| .i-tiiilm.l-.H.ir All ,1 i*. iim-l In- in leiral form and presented hefore September 1st, 181)8. All persons Indebted to the said estate are r. ■!■-. ii.iliihrll'.it -IU" Hu*-.une. W. P. KI-I.N. Administrator, I U7 A.htroft, B.C. Notice Is hereby alven that sixty days after dale I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lauds and works fur permission to purchase one hundred and sixiv- uneaci.""f bind _i"i.iu* in C.irlU>r> dlslrict described as billows: Commencing al a post planted about -jo chains east of tin- wiiimn to.u' runninfi from Stula Creek lo Chilentin ami distant about four miles from Soda Creek. Ilienct west 40.GO cliains; thence south 10 chains; thence east •10 cliains: Ihence north -10 chai to point of commencement. R. A. COLLINS Dated June 2nd, 1808. BHO TABLE. ShowiuK tho Dates uud Places of Courts of Assize, Nisi Prlus, Oyer and Terminer, uud General Gaol Delivery for tbo Year 1808. FALL ASSIZES. Clinton Thursday, aantl September. R lch Held Monday, 20th September. Kamloops Monday, 3rd October. Lytton Friday, llth (Jctober. Vernon Monday, 10th October. New Westminster....Tuesday, 1st November. Vancotivei Victoria.... Nanaimo... .... Monday, Hth November. ....Tuesday. 15th November. ... .Tuesday, 23ttd November, Attempted Hurder Tho nbovo reward will bo paid by tho Provincial Govorumout for information that will load to tho arrest uud tiouviotlon of tho person or persons who shot Philip Golan, ut Savoniis Perry, on tho SOth Juno last. Coinmunieiite with Constablo Burr, Ashoroft, B.C., or tho undersigned, By order, P.B.HUSSKY, Superintendent Provincial Polltto, Provluolal Poltoo Department, Victoria, B.C., July 8th, 1808. lltl cronj-T -\_:c:e_.____;e HOTEL tt GEi STORE. (SiXJ-BSHST BLLB FOB.v.., _•/ lull assortment of Drygoods, Boots ond Shoes, tjquo ware, Miners Supplies. Hav, Grain and Stabtiti nd Ciga.; Ha. Vrtas right. CHARLES' HACH, (Successor to The Solil-Erskiuo Furniture Co., Ltd,) MA'S UFA OTUREIl Olf- .ii.ni.iire, Upholstery, Mattresses, Window Blinds, etc, -■el importer of Carpets, Linoleums, Oilcloths, Carriages, Crobkory, Glassware, ete. id .Mi Cordova St., Vancouver, B, C Johnston 8l Gill -PROPRIETOR. NORTH THOMPSON BRICK YARD. KAMLOOPS, B.C. __--_SO_>.S, PLASTBEEES & COISTTEACTOBS. I'luris and Estimate, mrol-t-d ISricks. Lime, Cement, Hair and Lutli.; for Bnle ;.rr hrr-'..' or .mall nunntltkrs, -end for pries. NORTH B.CNAVIGATION COMPANY, Ltd SODA CHEEK - - - QUESNELLE. The steamer "Charlotte" will commence her I'-guhiv trips on the opening of imvig-tiou on the upper Fruser river, inditing close connections with thr H. (.'. Express company's stages carryiug her Mnjesty's Royal Mails. Freight lefl at Soda Creel, for the steamer mil he stored free of charge, also freight by steamer for p..'nils beyond Quesnelle will be forwarded free of charge for such forwarding. Fan' each way S_.o0. Freight per ton §10. Qunsuelle, B.C., JAMES REID, February loth, 180S. Manager. EAGLE&PAXT GENERAL MERCHANTS. Dealers in Groceries, Hardware, Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Drugs and Farm Produce. THE CHEAPEST CASH STORE IN THE CARIBOO DISTRICT. ONWARD RANCH, CARIBOO, IS. O. BOVRIL Is the greatest of all preparations for the COUNTRY OR SEASIDE HOME. IiOYUII. as a beverage is the most perfect form of CONCENTRATED NOURISHMENT. AU you require to make it is HOT WATER. BOVRIL Spread on bread anil buiter forms a savory and sustaining sandwich. When used in tho preparation of Soups, Gravies, Stews. Hashes, Entrees, etc., the perfection of economical cool-Ory is achieved. TRY IT AMD BE CONVINCED, To be had from all Grocers and Druggists. J^O^E-UX-i, __.i3__:i_*___ 10 Farringilou street, London, England 25 and 2. St, Peter street, Montreal, Canada. . -. !• A VEIIY KNOWING DOG THE TRUTHFUL TALE OF A MOST MARVELOUS CANINE. l)l_a_lur dime tu W»g Whou Ho Tried to Kins the licit oa it Hatch of Clies-iiuta Tluit Were (.prims ** New Stories at » lliil.I Mcu's Dlmin, Ooloiiol John McGM-Ciidy, tho veteran liott'l clerk of Pittsburg, ntareconbeon- vontlou mnde tlio assertion thut ono well trained dog was of mora value than four bellboys in « properly conducted hotel. "For .0 yeara nnd more," continued Colonel McGllllcudy, "I'vo stood behind tlm desks of hotels nil over this country, nnd during ton of those yearn I drown salary for my dog Wag an woll ns far myself. Ho wns left ovor In Will.esl.arro, Pn., by u circus troop, nnd when ho found tlmt ho wns deserted ho naturally went to tho hotel where I was. Our hotel got most of (ho tiientricol business in thoso days, nnd Unit dog know it. Ho was a dirty whito bull, with 11 stumpy tail, it scarred face, bloodshot eyes nnd tlio remains of i\ re- i_n.rl.fit.ly lino sot of teeth. It wns a warm nftornoon, nnd I was dazing in an easy ohnlr boh Iml tho do-k wlmn I wan awakened by n loud bark. I looked up nnd, slicking above tlio level of the desk, wiih il dog's head. Two bloodshot eyes glared at mo, and n pair of dirty foropnws rested on tho register. Wo had Buffered from a mad dog BOH ro, ami 1 wns Hiiro that tho animal in front of uio could not bo anno, l jumped out of my chair*, and ns I did so tho dog Bprilllg Oil the desk. Hu looked me over urltlonlly nml than wagged hl» tail The relief wns great, 1 coaxed hlm down from (ho desk, gavo bim Bomothlng to oat, nnd from Mint moment, wn wero fust, fi-lmitls. "li was quite by ucoldoti. that Wng developed Ills grentosti usofuliiess. I taught Mm n lot nf tricks Mint, any dog cntt lctirn, suoh ns growling mid Bhowing his ugly lei-Hi wlien strangorfl naked mo to ciibIi ahockB, watching tho dining room lloor nt tin-nil lines to iniil.ti Hiiro Unit, only gllOStB eutorod, nud ovon running o.rniHla In ra* s|iunsa to enllfl, For this last vrorh 1 uti.-.i iiRtunll slatit around his nook, on which was printed, 'What tlo you wnnt?1 A pan* ell wus attnohod to it. Wlion a mnn rung fora bollboy, 1 would sny toWngt " '(io to room BO nnd get. tho goiltlu- man's ordor, Wng.' "Awny lto would go, nntl 1 never knew hlm to miikn a inlstiiko, )l» mndo himself very useful lu tltUBO Wliys, bill, us I Bnld boforo, It was purely by ueeitlent Unit his greatest iisofuliiuss oamo about. Wag wns liko u puppy in onu ohnrnotorlstlo. His nppctltO wits largo, nml ho would swallow anything that, ho oould get Into Mb mouth. 1 kept, mi my desk In the ofiloo a huntil Iml powerful nlnrm clock* so that when l Was nu uii. In duty it nil happened to tnku a imp 1 mi-jlit bo aroused in tlmo to onll up suoh guests, as Intended to go on tho early trains, Wng wntched that olook hungrily for the Ilrst two weeks tlmt lie wns with me. Tho nlnrm bell nnnoyod him. Ono morning when it rung out Wag, who had boon slooplng near lho stove, jumped up, minion bound on tho desk and, bworo I could prevent it, swallowed tlio elnek. Thut night 1 was on duty. IJoforo falling Into a light sleep that should carry me through io tho time when It wns my duty to arouBO tho guests I noticed tbat Wng Went through a lot of motions that wero new to mo. Ho stretched himself out on his bnok and wound his foot around in thu nir much ns a gymnast doos when he is balancing a barrel on his feet. I was tired, nnd I foil asleep without troubling myself much about the dog. 1 was aroused by tho familiar sound of my alarm bell. Tho sound oamo from tlio lluur, mid I looked down. Tliero was Wng standing up nnd looking nt mo knowingly, Tliu ringing enmo from liis stomach. Wag winked ono of hid red eyes nt mo, nnd wheu thu ringing stopped ho stretched himself out nnd went to sleep ..gain. "Now, you fellows mny not believo this, nnd I wouldn't if I had not seen tho thing mysalf. Thnt dog, with almost human intelligence, lind discovered a way of winding up tlmt clock by stretching himself out ou his bnek und waving his foot In tho nir. Vou seo, it was n clock with a regular key nttnohmonfe on tho back. On the following night I saw Wng go through his peculiar motions, nnd at tho proper hour tho nest morning tho alarm rang out nt tin. regular timo. Then 1 know thut I had a dot* thnt wns worth while. Wng knew It, too, nnd his now importance made him very dignilled. 1 tininod him so that lt wasn't necessary for mu to get up in the morning, Wag would wind tho cloak up every night, and when In tho morning ho henrd tbo admonitory click Inside which gavo warning that tlm alarm would ring In hnlf a mlnuto hu would trot up stnlrs umi, as tho alarm raug, walk up nnd down 1 ti front of tho rooms occupied by early guests. You don't know how many hours' sleep that dog saved mo. Ho went with mu from ono hotel to nnother, nnd ho wns .such n curiosity that I brought him to a hotel men's dinner in this city. Everyone petted him and fed him, ami Wag was on bis good behavior. Ho listened patiently to all tho speeches until Mr. Simeon Ford began telling now stories. Thon Wng got tluivti un his buck und begun waving his feet. lie was at thu othur end of tho room from whero I wns sooted. I know, of course, tlmt bo wns merely winding up tho alarm, but tho waiters didn't. Thoy i i..,u;.ii! that hu was having a lit. Hefore 1 could in t i-i-fem two of thom grabbed hint mid hustled him out of thu room Justus tho bell began to ring. Thoy throw him Intn tho Btroot, and 1 Imvoti't seen hiui sllioo, hut I can toll"— At. this point tho presiding officer pounded with his gavel to Indicate that Colonel Mciiillleudy'.. timo hnd expired.—Now Vork Sun. - Euphonic Spelllii-f, A gontlcmnn received n letter In whioh were these words: "Not finding Brown nt lioili, I delivered your mescg tohisyf." Tho gentleman, finding itbnd spelling aud therefore not very intelligible, culled his biOy to help him rend It. Botweon thom tbt.v picked out tho moaning of all but the "yf," whicli thoy could not understand. Tho lady proposod calling bor chninborninld, "boonuso Hotty," snys Bho, "lifts the best kmiok at reading bnd spelling of any ono I know." Hetty cumo nnd was surprised thut uolther sir uor mndnm could tell what "yf" was. "Why," snys she, " 'yf spells wifo, What olso can it spell. And Indeed It is a much shorter method of spoiling wife thnn 'doubloyou- i 1 (',' which in reality spoil doubleyfey." —New Vork Lodgor. ono out saniowiiei'i) near tho ilesireil spot. As a rule, tho village., hnvo Uie iippcur- iinoo of fortifications, lho outside walls boing frequently without doors or windows, and tho Junes of Um village terminating In innsslvo wooden doors,, which nro usually closed at nightfall and guarded on tho Insldo by tho vlllngo guffrah, or night watchmen. Enoh "houso" has usually ono door, open in;* into tho latio, small and low, und tho fow windows, if provided nt nil, aro merely silts In tho mud wall, innocent of glass or shutter, but ornamented with a lattico of split bainl-ino, placed crosswlso during building. Vontllntion thero in virtually nono, tho smoko of tho llro of tiling or corncobs ilnding Its egress by tho door and well nigh choking tlio inhabit- nuts, whicli Include not only tho family, but chickens, turkeys, pigeons, gouts and whatever livo stock tho inhabitants possess. Kvery effort to exclude nir scorns to lio made, tho houses being too low to feel tho breezes, nnd tho streets too narrow to allow of any nir circulation, Tho roofs, covered with piles of rubbish for fuel, afford accommodation fora second Installment of goats, pigeons, eats, nnd especially dogs, Ono wonders how lifo can bo supported in BUoh conditions, yot (lie people nro well conditioned ami healthy, living (heir lives in tlio fields mid returning to ihelr houses only to ont and sleep. Insect life nnturiilly abounds, (lie Egyptian den particularly boiug n prodigy oi' manly vigor nnd nativity, but tho fellah has a hide like ngamoos (lho Egyptian buffalo), and oven travelers like myself eventually boootuo Impervious lo lis onslaught. Outsido Um vlllngo and ilmus. fit their very doors Um lillli and offal of tho place nro deposited, resulting In the development of thnt plague peculiar lo (Egyptian llfo—"llloi"—doming, but Ithoufi ROSALIND IN ARDEN. ivhloll vlllngo able. .ml tliu i».|iiiilly valuable rut tllO. wuubi quickly bocomo imlnlmMi- AN OOD LITTLE GIFT. Vi.1in-l.il* i r.nIn-lit* in. Thu young bu-lncss womnn was lu a down town rosiatirnni for luncheon. At Ilm (able With her Kilt a litllo blind girl with hov mother, gluing bosldo tliooltlld, sho took pains to liolp liar lu everyway possible, pulling uvprytliliig llmt, she might nood within liorwuoh, The girl be* r« mn oonsoloiisi if n helpful liund near uud, turning to hor mother, Biildt "Wlm Is It, innmuinf" "It Is n lady who Is silling next to yuu," answered the mother. "Who is-.li,-:" nsked tlio olilld ngnin, "l nm n business womnu," enmo the nnswer fi-nm tho subjoat of hoc questions. "Anddo you nlwaysoomo herotolnnch- eon, and do many busiuoss women cume here:-" nskod tho oh lid, much Interested. Then, ns sllQ received n reply, sbo turned tn her uiutiiei' mnl said: "Js tho ludy pretty, innmuinf" ".Sho has a very plcaBnnt face," answered Uio mother. "Yes, I knew that from her voice," said tho child. "Can't I givo Uie lady something. Is this pre!!;,-':" Her hands hnd been wandering ovor tho table in .search of something that might do for n gift for hor now friend, and sho picked up an oyster shell In which n, raw oyster luul been served. "No, it is not protty," nnswered tho mother, "but 1 think tho lady would take anything." "1 should liko very much to givo you this, "said tho child prettily, turning to tho business womnn ami holding out to her the oyster shell. And tho business woman took it gratefully nnd keeps it among her treasures as a souvenir of a very pleasant nnd pnthotlo littlo incident. —New Vork Times. Xwenly-in... Millions nf Caudles. In St, Nicholas thoro Is on article onti- tled "A Glnnt Caudle," by \V. S. llnr- wood, describing ono of tho sights of tlio Stockholm exposition. Mr. Harwood says: It soomsstraugo in ihis day of electricity that tliero can be found In a part of tho world whero civilization has gone a people who are so generally given over to candle* light ns arc tho inhabitants of Sweden. In ono year ono firm In Sweden manufactures for the trndo of Sweden almost exclusively 01,000,000 candles of nU sizes from i.' or 3 Inches in height up to 7 feet. Inspitoof tho introduction of electricity into tho cities lho peoplo keep using candles, nnd they oven seem to think them a uooossnry part of their household effects. During the weeks from tho latter part of -.lay to tho Ist ot July you will rarely find any ouo during the ni-dit u.-ing un nrUfieial light of any kind, for tlio nights aro almost as bright as duy. If you choose to stay up ;dl night during tbo period ol longest dnys, yuu can read the finest print with ease at any timo in tho 9-1 hours, nnd you can make photographs If you so wish all the night long willi capital results, Up in Lapland ns lato ns tho 86th of July I had excellent results in making photographs at 13 o'clock nt night aud at 1 aud a o'clock In tlm moruing, nnd iho only failure I hnd was In one caso when I gave oven too much tlmo to Uio exposure. TYPICAL EGYPTIAN VILLAGE. Mul-. nl Mnu Drloil Muil, Without Vent Hulton uud l-'ull of Vermin. It. Talbot Kelly, tho English artist, has written for Tho Contury au article entitled "An Artist Among tho l*'ollnheon." Mr. Kolly soys of a typical Egyptian vlllngo: lliillt. entirely of sun dried mud, tho tiiunll, low huts, fiom considerations of euunumy ami spuuu, julu ono unothov wlieiiovoc possible. Narrow and tortuous lanes, left at haphazard, form tho only Uinroughftircs, iu whicli at first appears to In ti hugo mound of mud, -tirmounted by ht'iipBof cotton and ilurrj -.talks, whioh serve lliu dual purpose of thatch and fuel. Mnny of tlieso lanes uru m*.o ouls-do-sno, ending abruptly lu a neighbor's .courtyard and forcing ono to retrnco bis "stops and try again. Exporlonco has taught mo tbat li, Is novor wlso to assume that the stroots load in the direction at first suggested. Ib is often safer to start tho other way and trust tu tho winding o( tlio uatli toui__._r TRAITS OF THE CHINESE. Tlieir liter I ml lift rail 00 t» Buffoi-lUff nud Their llti-liu-sit Hon oat j*, Tho Chlnnnmn is not wantonly cruel, but ho is niarvclously Indifferent to tho Bufferings of others. The ooolt will novor unit with kerosononnd set lt alight, not to onjoy its Bufferings! but boonuso ho bo- lleves "its screams will scare its follows awny. A magistrate will fan himself gently on the execution ground on which a yelling mnh-._i.tor is boing gradually out to pieces, not because ho enjoys the spectacle, but because itis nil purt ol' his day's work, A crowtl of spectatot's will watch a child drown because it is no olio's special business to save It and because to interfere In whnt does not concern you may givo rise to trouble. I-'roni what hus boon 'already said as to tho keen interest taken by the Chinese In money matters it may bo surmised that thoy should bo put excellence n "nation of sljnpkeepers." And so thoy aro. To their credit bo it snid that they havo thoroughly roulizod that bargninsnrc binding. 'Tho tea merchant may entlenvor In every way to got lhe bettor of his European con- fcere, but oneo Uie mystic words "plittoo book"—1. o., enter it in writing—havo been uttered the latter amy rely on the transaction being faithfully oarr led through. This comparatively high standard af comnioroinl morality naturally results In nn elaborate system of credit., greatly to thu advantage uf both contracting parties, nntl, though tlio "squoozo," or perquisite, outers Into every arrangement, It is nob BUlllolont to Btop tho wheels of commerce, though undoubtedly it frequently ologs thom, To go abok on your word in a business triine.io.ion ur to fail to moot your liabilities causes a (.'liinanian tV-OBO face," and this is tn bim unbearable Tho snarlQoos which ho will mnkoon tha approach of his new year lo enable hlm to avoid bolsg posted as insolvent nro as exlraordlltiiry as they uru admirable. Nnr would it bo right lo omit iill re.crcuco to the fact that to their justice they frequently add generosity. 1 well remember n ease In whioh an American who had fulled nfter yours uf labor was Bllpportod during tho remainder of his llfo by his "eomtirattoro," ns the nntivo employed by lHuropunn firms In thoir dealings with Chinese is termed, —(.■on temporary He view. Wales Is Ino richest part of tlrent 13rlt* nln in mineral weallb. England produces nnnitully nbout $10 to each acre, Scotland ti littlo less Ihan $lu, but thu product of Wales nmounts -•» o\'or $30 per aero. Pipe little birds, go pipe, pipe, pipe. Fair Rosalind far lovo Ib ripe, Ho mako tha woods ot Artl.n ring With lovo notes sweet ns flowers in spring, For 'iicutli tho greenwood tree she sighs, And lovo thoughts blossom ln hor oyos. Iti fashion liko a inan arrayed, To hide tho beauty of tho mnld She wooes Orlando's words of bliss, Sho charms his smile, tlm drinks his klaa, And moves tho swelling lips of Pan To pipe tho loves of muid and mnn. Her bosom tremble.. Ilka n flower By Eoft winds shnlten In Its bower, And blushes piny nbout her fneo Like roses lu u plensnnt place, And nipt iinni'- birds pipe to the wind, "Tliero-i nono so sweet ns ..osnlind." —Charles Lusted ln American Queen. EQUAL TO ALL OCCASIONS. Advcraitr Teg tod to tbe Full the Ur_.it*. neat of General WMhlngtoti. Novor did n dictator indeed find him- eolf ln greater strnlts. In nil directions ho hnd been sending for men. Iiy every method ho sought to hold thoso ho had. Vet ns fust ns ho gnthered In now troops others left him, for tho bnno of shorten listmeiits poisoned everything. Ho wns not only lighting a civil wur, but ho hnd to mnko his army as he fought, nnd even for thut he hnd only thoso shifting sands to build on. " Thoy oomo," ho wrote of the militia, "you onnnot tell wlien nnd net you cannot tell where, consume your provisions, wasto your stores and leave you at last atn erltlenl moment." He was as near desperation as hoover omuu In his life. Wo mn rend It nU now In his letters, but ho showed nothing of lt to his ninn, Schuyler, always fnlthfu), sent him BQtno troops, Sullivan, too, enmo with those that Lee hnd triad to lend, nnd then It wus found thnt Iho terms of these very troop, wero expiring nml thnt by tlm new year ho would bn left with only 1,001), although uttho moment ho hud botween li,00O and O.UOO mon still with hlm and In outlying de I nol i me n ts. Opposed to him Woro tlm Iiritish, 1111,000Strong, with houd- quiirters In Now Vor4c, and utroug dlvl- Mnii't mutinied la thu New Jersey towns. Outnumbered hlx to one, 111 provided lu every wny nml with a dissolving army, it was a terrible situation to faco and eon- qilor, Hut Washington roso to tho height of thu occasion. Under the strain his full greatness enmo out—uo more yielding to councils now, no moro modest submission nf his own opinion to thnt of others. A lesser mau, knowing thnt tlio Iiritish hnd BUSPOlltlod operations, would have drawn his army together and tried to house and recruit it through ths winter. Washington, with bis llrni grasp of nil tho military and political conditions, knew that ho ought to fight nnd determined to do bo. •—"Tho Story ot tho Revolution," by Senator H. 0. Lodge, in Scrlbnor's. Chinese Cookerjr. Tiio Chincso nro a nation of cooks. Tliero Is scarcely an individual In their vnst community who is not moro or loss competent to cook himself a respectable dinner. Chinese tradition points ton dato some thousands of years beforo tho Christian era at which nn inspired ruler of old first taught mankind tho application of flro to food. But, without wishing to be Irrovor- ent, wo think it desirable to confine our investigations to periods of greater historical certainty. Tho peasant sits down to dinner cooked by tho band of hia wifo or daughter-in- law. In inrgo establishments tho cooks arc invariably mou. Hnlf a dozen coolies will squat round a bucket of steaming rloo ami from four to six small savory dishes of stowed cabbage, onions, scraps of fnt pork, cheap fish, eto. Thoy llll their bowls a discretion from tho bucket. They help thomsolvos discreetly with tholr chopsticks from the various relishes provided. On ordinary occasions oven a wealthy Cliiiiuiniin will sit down to some such simple faro, served indeed on a tnblo Instead of on tho ground, bnt In almost equally simple style. It is only when a banquet Is substituted for tho usual meal that eating is treated seriously as a flno art, in a manner worthy its importance to the human raco. Then tho guests will assemble between 9 and 4 p. in. nnd will remain steadily at tho tablo until any hour from 10 p. in, to midnight. Pipes ano lighted betweon tho courses, and a whiff or two of light tobacco smoko Is Inhaled into the lungs, while within easy roach of tho tablo, if tho festivity Is at all on a grand scnlo, tho denfening noiso of a theatrical perform a n co continues almost without Intermission,—Now York Ledger. llulrpliis Seen ou the Sidewalk. "It booms to me," snid a ninn who hns occasion to go nbout town a good dual, "thnt thero Is no pnrt of the olty In which ono may not como across lost hairpins. Ona mny soe them lying on ths sidewalk In Fifth avenuo nnd ln remote sido streets alike. Tbo flrst impression that ono gets from these scattered hairpins is of tho common uso of tho hairpin. Tho common kinds of hairpins such as aro seen lying about in this manner must ba mode and sold in tons. Tho next lmprevslon from them that a mnn gots, anyway, must bo of tho number that a woman oarrlai ln ber hair, for, though ho sees bo many hairpins scattered about, ho doesn't meet womon with their hair banging looso. Thoir bnlr Is fastonod with go many that they don't miss one."—-New York Sun. Equal to the Occasion. Somo tlmo ngo a frlond of mina got a curious prosent from a sea captain. It was » flno specimen of tbo bird which sailors onll tho "laughing jncknss," and bo wna not a littlo proud of It As ho wns carrying It homo ho mot a brnwny Irish navvy, wbo stopped nud asked him: "Phwat kind of a burrd Is that, sorr." "That's a laughing jnoknss," explained my friend geninlly. Tho Irishman, thinking ha was beiug mndo fun of, wns oqunl to tho occasion and responded, with a twinkle In tbo cyo: "It'a not ycrsllf, It's tho burrd Ol mnne, iorr."—London Answers. camo into Dawson, and what resulted therefrom, this Interesting Coatuio of tho eurly history of Dawson was unknown beyond tbo limits of tbo littlo towu. "Link" Duli'S, us ho is called mumig bis acquaintances iu Tacoma, is decidedly droll, Ho tolls wlmt lio Ims lo say in bis own way, and tbo fact flint "Link" bus never waited Hsloiiors stuuo his return homo last week will in dioate to wlmt extent bis talk goes, Last night, while answering questions and relating some ol' bis oxperiouoos in aud about Dawson, the ox-ohlefof police said: To inako monoy thoro uow n follow should tuko in some luxury to soil; something not easily Lo bo had und easily transported, And that just reminds mc! I kuow you fellows wou'l, believe what I'm goiug to say, but its tbe truth just the same. Speaking of currying In luxuries reminded mo of it. A German, a hard up, old dolupidiit- ed-looking man, struck towu ono dny about two weoks before Christmas, All bo bad was a box tbat he carried up to tbo Plbuoor saloon, where ho opened it and displayed a turkey all cooked and trimmed. It would have loiuptud it saint. Tbo old follow told bow bis wile at Skagway bad cooked It, and how ho had trudged iuto Dawson curry lug i\ intending to put it up for I'lilllo, Ohttuuosworo tobu sold up to Christ mas eve, umi muy I it.- ynu I bink I lie gang didn't play up against I hat game, Bv ory nnui in town who bad Uio price took a whack at the rallle, The sports woro tho chief patrons. Tbey shook, turned tbo high curd mid did till sor's tif things to guiuble for olianoos, I think it was Doocmbor 23 when I tookaohttuoo. I wus tho ITnth person to pay in 82.fi0, aud before the bird was rallied off '2*~itl ohauoes were sold, The turkey was kept nn lbe back bar where all oould see it, and it wus luugli- nblo to heiii' the boys talk. Every man witb a ohance Invited some one or more friends to join bim in ontlug the turkey, pretending bo had the gome already won, Without joking, I was just praying some of my own kind would win tbe bird, aud tbat some of us might "pull out" on tbo dice-shaking, Some of tbo boys bud as mnny us ten chances, antl numberless combines were mado between those interested us to how tho bird would bo cut up, I'll not go into littlo details, but tho night that turkey was rallied wo woro all as anxious as wo were on the night we Ilrst heard the news of tbe Dewey light at Manila. Eaob bolder of u chance took a go at tbe dice box. The high haul was to tube tho turkey. Everyman in Dawson tbat 1 knew made a try at it—ouo. "flop," lbe top baud to tako the bird, Tiie saloon was crowded, and while tbe initio was on tho faro and roulette games might ns well have been on tbo trail. The whole town was just 'tending to tho rallle. With all tbo people wbo hud a throw there weie, of course, some big bands, Harry Ash had eight chances, but tbo best be could do was to get sixes and fives. I shook my oue chanoo and those of several of my friends, bnt I wasn't even close to tbo best bund. Somo minor living in town had shaken a full band early in tho raffle, and we all thought he wns a suro winner. Nono of us camo near to beating bim, When tho list bud been almost exhausted, somo old Dago with ab unpronounceable name took the box. He rattled the bones, sat tho box on tho bar upsido down, as the others had done, and the bartender lifted it. Win? Of courso bo won. Yes. he got four of a kind. No, I don't know who Iielped him eat the bird. I heard be took it off to his oaoin and ate it all himself. I'm sure 1 wasn't iu with it. No, I'm .not joshing, It actually oo* ourred, just .-is I tell you. That old German got ovei 8000 for bis turkey. And it's not surprising, either. Tbo man who brought Iu tho first paper telling of tho Manila fight netted more than 81,000 out of it. At Dawson wo paid 50 cents apieco to bear bim rend it at tbo dance hall. Ho roud tbo paper nil about the district, and I know ho cleaned up to exceed 81,000 from it. Why, a young fellow wbo brought in a shipment of oysters hist winter mnde 86,000 out of his "spec." That's why I say tho way to make money in Alaska, barring miuing. is to (ako in something that everybody w,ants, and that thoy waut bad enough to ,-wy a Rot)d price for. ,0.0. T.: -ODOR Ni). T, M-eta L-v. full,,v.s I l.ill 7 L-o-llnlly ' ■III111". ,l1i;.IIv n,vill-,! J.li. HKYSON.S-O. MlillHCfilCINEtRS.MUitHAL-OlSiS-.A-.AYEIIS 1 l-l rln, nul-noi SIUNHV WILLIAMS,!'. llr... rsli l»r rr, anil Lillo. nilol Minus, ml... K irroiinrtl- i.,..A,-.L,I.o Q.ESNKM.- MOUTH, II. 0. ir.i-iu.'.Tiu!,' mnl Survny work. Ilirnorl. on mining oron-.!!.- Mllrja unrl plnns. pro- lniri.1 of orij. portion "I l.'iiiil)iin -inll-tt LAf-D ?_OT5CE5 . CKl-ET-MAN. presenting Jas. ,nii, of Kl. Paul, nt Winnipeg, wish inn my shippers that I will re- shlpmonts of raw furs up In August luth, Thoso wbo Imvo sotnu lots nf Mill-tell allOllUl ship lliem at oneo whilo I can givo good prices Toi'them. If all is well I will return to Winnipeg next fall, 0, W. BALDWIN, 10 0m Winnipeg, Man. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL R'Y 1 O 10 mol IVi.l l ci Icngo, Mil ll nil mints : ,ii-i. Will it Hi irougblj pp-tl out 11 1,1-1 n Ipul bus UK'S cunlt: •*. ii il reaches northern minis; Wlsonaln, lown, Nlinnesoto, Soutn lialioin, NcrlH DeUtta ne l .1 Michigan THE ONLY LINE Riiiiniiii- Eieclrlc Lighted tmil Slcnm Heated Vosltbulcil Trains. Time bibles, nut pa und infoi'mnllon ru- gnrtling mules, rates und oilier ilotnils relating lo-iho rontl will lie furnished oh uppllcHtinn tn nny coupon ticket ngeul, or by addressing 0, J.Ennv General Aguul, Portland, Ora. SOO-PACIFIC LINE. "he Best and Oheaoest I'O ALL* EASTERN POIRS, ROUTE Tweodlo Dam and Tweedle Dt#> "I'm sorry/1 ho said, "thnt you'ro badly bruised aftor tbnt musty full, but you know I always warned you against riding a wlmol." "Indeed you need nob sympathize with mo at all," groaned ulio of tlio splints nnd bnndnges. "Dr. Bawbouos said thnt if I bail nut suoh a flno constitution, built np by rlillng a wheel, that fall would have killed mo,"—Now York Coiiimurolnl Advertiser. British tMocknde-Ruinwr Captured. Key Wost, .I"'? 3-.-Th0 Urit's1' steamer Regulus, "f i*°ul l-"m tu,1S! was captured by tbo U-ito1 States auxiliary Ruuboat Haw*, J" '"ilos lro'" Soguo lu Grunrlo, Prr.vinoe ot Santa CTara last night, and -no brought -ere. today. Sho had lauded it °ar*>o "I- S»; gua la Grando and was whou token. Tho RogulU- St. Johu, N, B. TOURIST CAR SERVICE. urlst-rrs run daily cxccM Tiuadiry la-ill anil eastern Canada, a Dining Car ten-Ice nlonn the line i.f M'.K. is unequalled anywhere. nnectlonB at Vuncouvur will, alea...- forClilna,Japan,Hawaiian [elands and Ef EM. A SODA ■_v_._._r__;:__ «7jro_=aj_fcs CO. Lager Beef imd Port or. The Most Quality only Brewed irom choice Malt and Hops" -HI iSlLOOPS, B. C. SODA WATER WORKS. ill.ami Iml mi,, QUESNELLE, Stables ir HOKI'I.Oi.MF & Headquarter", everything ill COSMOPOLITAI Km&_!U. ©PS, _3. O, Cood Stablinsr ir? J. H. RUSSELL, - LYTTOS., ■ TEL, ices, rtect ion. Proprietor 11: 111 ctinsequeiii I'emov.- ir])|)..)i ditticns us usual. I' niul from station free HOTEL, - - ■ B.C. ■ lire, tlm Ui...r.K Motel bns been .flirt, and has tin- samo aceommo- i-citil traveler.' trunks haul..! to n-ge. A. P. tlAUTIEE, Prop ;- ... ... I\TT S _shi_._-_i^ m tit Cheapest house oh oari.., writs for prices M. P, iDORBON, ILOOPS, B.C Agricultm-al Implements of till kinds lui'KCst sliicli in tin- [iroviiico rmil best ussoruieutt American l.iiin wagons also Canadian Bain suitnlilo for n-elglttlut; mnl farm purposes. Buggies Carls, Spring Wagons. llll III prlct I l» sail the times- Order,- filled promotlv. KOOTENAY SERViCE. ioltiB nst (Jt'ini: uurtli tii. mnl west Rend tl WHl Read up. Wo L3.20 jii.oti j'-.nn cave KEVELSTOKE arrive lU.ap NAKUSP 11 -H> TRAIL. 10.00 ROSSLAND l».«n arrive NELSON leave 18,40 10.16 ifi.r.n if .-in iirtiVL* SANIX)N Il-uvc 7.45 SLOGAN CITY 0.00 Armstrong MAKUF Steel im \m pi§J m UANUfACTURERS O; IHIHG JVjflCWNERi. We ;n*t- making the best and mast ser- 1> /"\ *4 1~\ ("A vloBiiblo Mining Oro Cars (including -. K l\ IvS S-v "suoop" curs) for sale in tbe market. I i h\ I\ . 1 These Cars aro nil Htted with Cast „J V_/__. I1VU steel Wheels and nre made in WB^uwrBJMMaMMMlugJJL,WTr*.m,CTM, clift'ofentsizes. Write t'l.r particulars. Olfico and works Foot ol! tloatloy avo, P.O. Box 51. Vancouver, 1_5 l*li. clegnntly fitted |.nssun-jer atenmera TARTAR and ATHENIAN TO WRANGEL and SKAGJUAY Will sail nr 1 |i,m., Thursday Aug. 4, & Thur-tday Aug. 11 And livery Tluiredrry therenfter, Vc.'i.iriiini.lr.li.'n nn-.l.u.ll-cl .in :)..y All...!;:. .li.ri'.r- r -.., ,r.. 1. . .1 ... ....... i,.: i,. -l:it..... , il ;„„il!,T,!,i..riiriiTs-|lr."l.-.'la»s. Meal. i).|iial In Hrat dnau hotel. , For full information as to rates, time _>',-., 17//A' lo the neaiest ticket agent to A.I. . CLEMENTS, Agont. Ashoroft, oml-g rurt wns t'l-oin Diinolirrlolis of tiro cnpltol nt) WimlrliiK' toll: l.t'i.-lli, 751 foot 4 lnohos; brnniltl,. rrom 1S1 to HIM fi'.it; lt oovorft 158,119 Ritnrrro feot; from has., lino of lilrllillriK to tin. til) of stntlio, 287 fuot 11 ItlohcB, Tlio lii'll.-lil of tha ilorrio nbovo tiro Imsi, lino an tin) unst, front li BB7 fput S Ijioliu. First Turkey In D.w.an. Tnuomn, July 24.—Stories ti-oui tho Klondiko nro now so common that un- loss Inlos In'ru- upon uuggots or somo oxtrnordinary hardships for thoir sub- joot mattor thoy aro commonly dcolur- od to bo scarcely worth tbo telling. Incidents without ond havo oomo down from tho groat mining Hold, but until Lincoln Dalrs, an ox-chief of poliao of Taooma, related how tho ilrst turkey— stalled, cooked nnd ready for eating— -Mrln. Should tlo OuUIJc. Lobtilou, July 22.—-ho Daily -olograph today publlslios a flispotoh from St. Po fan-burg which snys tiro ladios of tho Bt issian court oro ureal ly ri|.aet at tho fa ct thut tlio czarina Ims forM-don oignre tto smoking In hor prosonoo. Thed ispatch adds tlmt tiro Indies huvo petiti oucd her maj.sty to withdraw tho prohibitory uku.se, pointing out that, tho indies smolro cixrrretts nt rill thero rurts of Europe nml that thoro ar-M lokora among tho oruwuotl heads anil |p rincossos of blood royal, incl-d- l-grtjf- o dowugor czuriuri. tho empross oBAllll itrla, tho quoou ren-lrt of Slriirn aadiat ro iiuoon of Portngnl, while they all_giB tho greatest devotee of all is tho Pcinci ss Honry of Portugal, tlio, sister of the -Kariun. or to E. J. Covi.b, District JPaSKongor iijjcnl VttnoouvGr. It. C. Wb nrc ii"«' prepared to tatispoi't freiglit across Giscomb Portage at reasonable mtt's. Parties going nortli sliould not fail to make preparations tor tliis portage. & HAiNKIKl.l), JESNELLE, B.O. Hie only First class Board and Lodging Stable in connection. Kvery attention Ques "•lli'st.* J. A. &.C.SAAC, Prop- ij Vi il 2 in •7= il1! 3 -i, *_r i- T± KAMLOOPS B.O. Curries the Largest uud Most Complete Stock of M*__R__ES__ artd SAOOLERY IN THE 1NT1S1UOU Mi 9 .1 = Si I ID E I 1 il itances from Ashcroft to r. McUi ll_l Crei aii-BUiu ior...Miiolioi |us.Mil-ll... IIUMII.-Ilt. liri.iMilt! Mu 11 ...Mil.- llu 1---J-MMl-II.i l*J7-Mili-llu int.Mil Tl; ita i:t III*.Mi Mi',- II, ll.i iaeiu.-iui_.terB for . ■Klondiko outflttore ;e-M;ill<mk-i tck Saddles a spec litly attended to. nl iit ll.it Creek. 1' Hi 11 tyi W O li IM __; .1- ll1 lii (T! 131 re li il fi) liii I 1 (M t3- 1 ii r. in k o i '_r, "li .■'..■■. iil HE MINING JOURNAL, $2A YEAR ____■ warn THE B.C. MINING JOURNAL. SATURDAY, JULV 1)0, 1808, LOCAL AMD DISTRICT MEWS. Gooi'go Ward is spoii-ling Salmon tlsliiiiK will soou begin iti tbo Thompson, 'Un; wiir will, from prosout appeal' nres, .soon ho over. Look out noxl, spring for north to tho uold Holds. Miss Uim MiioTut visit inn fi'lourta in . sh, nl' Ittimloops, is uliorort. Miss. 13, Brown days nt Cacho C'reo ip 1'i.i'l*.'. s s[-ondliiK a 1'ow i vlsIUiiKMra, Plill- D. A. Htoddtu-d, il' Clinton, spoilt ii : Thoro is a splondid oponlng for : oigar faotory tit Ashoroft. Tho weather for tho past wook in i Ashoroft hns boon vory warm. n ploi of till Atlfttlini naked fov b ing froight, other uoluti This is n good timo to givo tho now atlor shop uu ordor for a full suit, .l'l lliis wool", gultift flown J Tho UHUtll siiinm.r roports ubout n No. i. Sootty crook nro again Hunting iiu.iind, ir mid Mrs. Liowis mndu . Splendid blaoltborrios uro boing |i to r.tllooot i In-foro purl, i shipped in in iiuiuiUtioa from uonr tho oUiruingon Tuosduy. const, Soo N. do Koysor'sohnugoof adv. this 1 : wook. Ilo i.s building up u substantial i busiuoss in Uariboo, wifo iiim fi'i is oaliod to M. A. Uilrd i A saw mill in this looality will vory materially reduce tho price of lumber liir building und feuolng. Kov. T. Muir, of Vt* Rev. P. IX Muir. Will Pre_b.Ytorinn ohuroh m ning next Subbulli, i. father ol ut'ii in the ng aud evo Stuart Henderson took n trip over to tho Hat Crook coal mino this wook. It isa property, Mr. Uoudersou thinks, that mightbo mado oxtremoly valuable. Build a wagon road from Quesuolle to Glenora, with sido roads nud trail! to Omenica, Findlay rivor, and otlior ; points. j Tho lino mou uro now putting up tho J olectrio wire from tho dam down to town, Nearly all of tho houses in town uro wired, ■* James Newland, who hns boon in ! such poor health for somo time, hud u pnrtioulary bad attack this woek but is now somewhat hotter. Arthur Murtley towu this weokafte usual. Quito a" 1' Ullooot was in Lillooot. freight us amount of freight leaves Ashcroft for Lillooot during the year. H. 1-\ English, of thoBouuparte.speut a day in town this wook, Mr. English snys tin' crops never looked bettor on tho Bonaparto than this seasou. I-Youi 7") acres he expects to put up 200 tons of hay. It hus not, boon learned that auy ouo wus killed iu luwn on Thursday night ns was ab first feared. The whoops and yells were only the peculiar way some of our young men have under cortaiu circumstances. Nothing farther 1ms been heard of the fate of Sir Arthur Curtis. Somo curious -hcortosuro advanced concerning his fate, but, tho genorallv accepted one is thnt he wandered oil'nud that his body may yet be found by somo'of tho largo numbor uf Fort George In- diuns now searching for bim. A uow sidewalk reaching from tho ment market down in front of tho Welcome restnrant is a decided improve ment to Railway avenue. The Cosmopollton hotel at Kamloops, ruu by Russoll & Herod, docs a good business the year through. You got an exceptionally good table nud tbi food is well served. Now is a good timo to buy Ashcroft real estate. With tho bright outlook for this town it should be u good investment to put up n dozen or twenty cottages for rent noxt season. Mr, and Mrs. Higginbottom nro spending a fow duys at Savonas, where Mrs. Higginbottom is rapidly recovering ber strength after ber recontso* voro Hlucss. Mr. ll. Higgiubottom, of Chileoten, who has been iu tho Kamloops hospital with typhoid fever for some months is also at Savonas and rapidly convulesolng. Tho chinaman arrested at Savonas on suspicion of being the assailant of old mnu Gntin wus nfter a lengthy examination released, no proof connecting hiui with tho crime boiug brought forth. It is slill unknown who aro tho champion oribbage players. A woek ago wc thought we knew who was tho best player iu town. Since thou wo have found that we woro entirely mistaken. IS. G. Prior, at Kamloops, has as fine it stock of goods ns can bo fouud iu the province. Their trade in agricultural implements, wagons, sleighs, etc., is very large throughout tho upper counlry nnd around Ashcroft. GuyC fill yi.iiu Urou :Indie i speaks thai Ii- at tin ) Ktill beauti- mtlyi ; Peoplo uro now saying, "Well, I guess ; 1 will go to Savonns, or to Pavilion, or : to Kelly's hike to camp out. Thought Dominion News Notes. .Too Girard, aged 17, entered his employer's, Payette's, storo in Montreal and begun rilling the safe. Pnyotto, who isa grocer, caught Girard und tho boy tired two shots at him from a revolver, I'avetto fell to the Hoot* protending to be wounded, antl the boy forced him to a pledge of secrecy at the point of the weapon. Glrurd has boon urrested for attempting murder Iti. a case of rending dime novels. President Hives Wilson und Mr. Price, of the Grand Trunk, have Bailed from England to inspect, the mad. Goo. Allan, a ileal' ami dumb pedlar, of Weston, Out., while walking on tin railroad track ucar Bolton was struck by a (*. P. I., express uud killed, Ponton, Uie bunk robbery suspect, goal at Napaueo, bus refused ball. Two of bis friends offered to furnish bonds but Ponton declined their offer, say ing: "1 don't intend to move out of here until 1 am a free man,'' James D. Kelly, a lineman, has been killed at Potorboro by ti shock from an electric wire, throwing him I'rom thi pole. Mr. MeNieoll, of tho 0, P. H. said in Toronto yesterday that he hud hope of ending thc railway rate war. J. Enoch Thompson, ol Toronto, has been made a Chevalier of the Royal aud Distinguished Ordor of Carlos 111 for his services as consul of Spain in Toronto. Accompanying thc medal h a gold enameled modal suitably in scribed. Mary aud Marion Robortsou, two Potorboro young ladies, were Up whilo canoeing near Toronto island. Marlon was rescued by u steward or passing steamor but Mary wns drowned Thc Sockeye Hun. oortod across Mud river, ami says they ■ wo,lld «° somewhere elso this year, were known as members ot the Boston I bufc -"lMS lho oM imping grounds aro party. Timo works wonders. When | '-bout as good as*any," the pnrly loft iu belonging to lho somewhere from 1 ugu, weighing fro each, and woro handsome, i*o the young Indies Boston pnrty wero iriy to HEty years of n IfiOto SIX) pounds ut classed as at ull The new Cn slumps arc tu from llu- local these stamps ' delivery uf recipient, is ;i which thoro is ulii Spl'l ready lo In ostofltco. Tli 11 ius-iro i'ii Immediate tiers, providing the esidont of a city in delivery system. In ft is within the limits of possibility that by n yeur from next summer oue cuu buy u ticket at Ashcroft for Omonica, taking the narrow gauge from Ashcroft to Soda Crock aud from there by steamer to North Tutla lake, witb good roads and trails all through issued j that soctiop. ise of ! Why not build n telephone lino from ; Quesnollo Forks to tbe loO-Milo House. | It is needed uud could well bo assisted by the government ton sufficient extent ul delivery othor places tho special delivery letters ■ . , . will bo delivered in tbe quickest wny | .S™?;^^?™^?1?:. Tho n'v'' possiblo. Tin-stump costs ti'ti cents, aud iho lottor must nlso hnvo the ordi nary postage upon it, Ton cents in ordinary stumps will not nnswer the purpose of the spcoiulstanip, nue to the government from the Qucsnelle Porks section is lurgo nnd a telephone line is much needed. Clemens U. Jones, who has boen fortho pnst three months carefully going through the Cariboo country und hus seen and realized its future possibilities, will return noxt spring about May 1st and will spend uext season iu tlie north of Cariboo. Mr. Jones says, "I believe great, mines will be opened there in tho neur future.'' Ho will very likely tako hold of sunn- properties that ln> lias now under consideru ion. Mr, Joues says that Charles Hud- dock is an ideal guide uud just the { possible lind some way of reaching the niuntohavealiiiigwil.li a party. T:e North Thompson with somo of tho horses and outfit belonging to Mi*, j splondid cedar timber growing in tbo Tbo ridiculous rot about 170 men being drowned traveling over tho Ash* , croft route, is comical if provoking. : Of courso, there is not a shadow of ! truth in it, not ono having been . drowned. Thoro was ono fatal accident on tho Praser in which a man was j drowned. His pnrty wns on thoir wny ! to Peace river and not to Klondike. A. Poccault, who has beon somo mouths in tho northern country, will leave in u few duys to examine tho Clearwater as a water course, und if Jonoa woro all lofl to bo ready for : about. May 1st. i chargo of Chin-lie start next season only It is an inspiriting Bight to see test with ton good mon and in two cats, nu alio side, the men with broonm and clubs, and on fair sized rat on lho othor, Tli test look plnoo iu front uf Poster's storo Tuosduy morning und llunlly resulted in tho death of tlio rat, but nut until the light luul boon prolonged some time, us thu muster of tho cats could not muke his animals watch tho box and tho captain of thu broom brigade failed utterly Lo ItOOp Ills ranks closed up, and when tho rat charged the ranks opened up and let it through, but unfortunately for tbo rut Justus bo was reaching safety point Clem-water couutiy. Itis stated that | thore is u splendid growth of cedar along Clearwater river. If thoy cun bo gotten to tho North Thompson thero will be no trouble nbout ratting them down to Kamloops. Mv. Foccault is an experienced river driver uud hns parties with means bucking him. Captain I'itteudreigh, of Westminster, whoso sou hns written bim from Port Wrangel giving the Ashcroft route Ills bad better advise bis son to guess agniu. There were no drownings except on tbe Praser river of a man on his way to Peace river, and of thoso who started to go through to Glenora nbout 200 men and 800 horses reached that place from the 10th to tho liJth of this mouth. Very fow havo turned ler lho back and those who havo boon ovor the During the past lew dnys, says tlr Columbian, parties interested iu lie Fraser salmon industry have been au\ iously wulchiitg for the annual advent of tho sockoye, nnd, as day after day goes by without uny appreciable in crease iu tho meagre catch, there hus beeu considerable speculation ns to when tho run might arrive. The cumstanoes seem to justify the opinion of mnny that tho big run is commoui ing Inter each year, uud as fow can remember tho dates of the ruu in pr. cediug years, our "fish editor" has turned up tho tiles of the Columbia) aud found tho following item, on Wed nesday, Aug. 1th, 1894: "After a long aud anxious wait, tho advance guard of the big sockoye ruu struck tho riv last uight, aud the boats fishing in tbe lower reaches nud outsido brought in from 100 to 250 lish euch, this moraine. The big run may now bo said to have fairly commenced, though it is later, by four days, thau ever before iu the history of thc industry on tho Praser rivor." In 1805, the first big catch seems to have been made on Sunday night, July 21st. In 189(1, after several large preliminary spurts, tho first big catch, till along tlie river, was made Sunduy night, Aug, Oth. Lnst year tbe big run began on Suuday night, July 25th. There is, apparently, no rule to go by in timiug tho big run. Tho salmon may congregate iu millions in the gulf, but they will tiot enter thc river until they ure ready to proceed to tho spawning grounds. That they aro not yet ready, is proved by tho condition of thc spawn of such us havo already beeu taken off the mouth of the river. Most peoplo do not expect the big run now until next Sunday night. Kate Will Uo On. Montreal, July 27. -Mr. McNicholl, general traffic manager of the C, P. R., wus approached today concerning rumors of tho rate war coming to uu end. Ho said: "At preseut I can sco no hope of ending tho railway rate war." The lt-tiiiet-1)niV-on Malls. Victoria, July 27. A contract has beon mndo with tbo Bonnet Luke Navigation Company, of this city, for tbe carriage of Canadian nud United Stales mails betweon Beuuot nnd Dawson, All classes of mutter will bo handled. A l*lovc in l:..qiiliniilt. Esquimau village isstirrod by a rumor that tho wholo site is about to bo acquired by the Imperial govornmont, for tho purposes of the fortification works and dock-yard extension. Sov oral properties huvo recently been pur chased uud it is said that tho whole village site will shortly be taken pes- session of, and the buildings removed. Genuine Bargains! Wi' have |iln._„ mi our centre tables a lol of . PRINTS, MUSLINS, etc. leareil out ut greatly reduced prices. -Will;. -to mul I '-I'. Print I'or -... Regulnr 15o. Print I'or lflir. Com. low prices. nl Boo th-in r'.inl wo will sliow you other Kooiis lit _ol'l'OSpo_ditl_ly M'ARTH GENERAL MERCHANTS. BAEHES BLOCK, ABHOBO.'T. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY QUESNELLE CARIBOO, MOUTH, C. RECT .IMPORTERS DEALERS IN LIQUORS AND CIGARS, « MODS, GROCE-IES, Hardware, Boots and Shoes, Miners' Supplies. Bod-Rock Pi'iccs. Goods Guaranteed. c_4T_..-_.x._:T'-_r. -_v_Lllsr_E-]-R'S TOOLS. \V.* make is Thoy ui'o handled fo Bpooliil lino of Picks for prospectors, light aud strong and eau bo de* ■ packing. BOATS IFOIR, SALE. Wo UHK shoi .re also making a number of boats spooially : for river tvafflo, Parties going north Id communicate with us. .... HZO-EFiS-E] S-E-IO-BI-tNTO-. And repairing of all kinds a specialty. Prices reasonable. General Blacksmith and Wood- Tlio best 52 a day house in Vaneouver, has been added -.) a first class Turkish Baths B. CT. THOMAS, _P.E2.0_P. & Peterson, (Formerly Campbell Brothers) GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, WOODWORKERS and MACHINISTS. Blacksmithing of all classes and woodwork, Horseshoeing a specialty. Engines, Thrpshlng and Mowing Machines, Binders, Plows, and all kinds of Farming Machinery repaired; Wagons uud Buggies built to order. The worst kicker that wo have hoard of who went over tho Asheroft route, was ii mnn named Burton, from Cali t'oi'iiia, and ho is tho one man who found fault with tho prico of horses hero, stating that he could buy them in California for 85 apiece,and thought ho ought to do tho same in Ashcroft. Ho hud trouble with his party and thoy deposed him from tho leadership and wont on, reaching Glenora sufely i in good season. Stops of tho store u buck handed blow frail say that as far as Hazelton itis from a broom in Uie hands of one til good atrl from there on, while not good, Her Majesty's collection ofllcors is fur from Impassable and will im- stuniied him, utid tho ranks closed In , provo rapidly this year, as much work aud finished the poor rat. is beiug done on it by tho govornmont. Mr. Moore, who was one ofthe party tbat left curly in tlio season for the Parsnip river on a lay out and description of tho country as given by Capt. Broughman, returned the fore part of tho week thoroughly dissatisfied with tho sectiou ho visited. Ho says ho can prove that Captain Broughman never proapoctod tho ground as claimed and that there is uo truth in tho statements of river diggings in tbo section, tho gold being very lino, and no bars that can be worked tuadvantage, Mr. Moore Is on bis way oast und will, he states, look up Mr. Broughman in a legal way. Am..lean Gunners Cun Sliuot. The story which has gone the rounds of the press to the effect that most of Dewey's gunners were Englishmen, decoyed from tho British-Chinese squadron by promises of 8500 u mouth, has undergone thorough investigation, and proven utterly fouudatlonloss, As all kuow, England's declaration of neutrality would alone prevent the possibility of the enlistment of British gunners upon Ameriean warships. But the most Interesting statement on the point is that of Capt. Crowuinshield, Chief of tlie Unitod States Bureau of Navigation, whieh is that out of 1,445 men in Dewey's squadron all but 47 aro American citizens by birth or adoption, and of these _7 ouly eight are British subjects, and not oue of them a gun captain or a gun pointer in the battle of Manila Bay. A squadron that has only one mau in thirty a foreigner sau American iu every sense of the word. To thus detract by falsification from the'splendid achievements of tlio American navy is unfair aud contemptible in the extreme. Tbe United States has never been distinguished as a naval power, but all through her history her gunners have been uniformly successful. The war of 1812 furnishes ample verification of this contention, when, upon one occasion, the historic "Shannon" broke a succession of British defeats by her Bltilful gunnery. That the Americans have thoroughly whipped the Spaniards on wuter was of course no more than was anticipated, but that the loss of life upon the American ships was so influitesimally email, surely iudicatod tho possession oE more than ordinary skill In manoeuvring and gunner:;, and worthily called forth from their British sympathizers tho highest possible encomiums for American skill and valor. Westminster Sun, Mi*. Irwin, Indian agont for this district, spent a couple of days in Ashcroft tbis week, while here visiting tho government wards on tho Bounpurto. LAND NOTICE. Teslin Cily Is Boom)*.-:. Charles Wright, of Wright & Cull breath, merchants of Teslin lake, is the latest arrival from the upper country, says thc Glenora News. He came iu after supplies for tho store at that poiut, and was to leave in a week's timo. Of Teslin City he said: 'Tho town is all right. Things are booming thero, aud it would uot surprise me to hear any day of a rich striko being mnde near Teslin. Thero uro about 200 people there, one-third residents, another third prospectors and the rose pushing on to Dawson. Tho sawmill is running full blast, and lumber sells at 8150 per thousand feet. Tho new steamboat, the Anglian, was launched Juno loth, and has started on its trial trip. Thoy expect tho bout to mako tho trip from Teslin to Dawson in three days, und tho return trip to Teslin in twelve days. Just before 1 left, a prospector came in with some rock said to ruu high in tellurium, but whut thero is in it I cannot say. Thore are thirty to forty cabins on tho townsite. Provisions uro high und not too plentiful." Mr. Wright went iu wlfh tho Call- breath puektrahl, which carried goods for their storo ut Teslin. Ho sold tho load in two duys and came back for more goods. His Hour brought 830 per suck of 50 pouuds, and other articles ut corresponding high prices. Seaisonable C__VoocLs I HST MAW EX-RAO. MO-tl'SEIUU- LIMB JUICE. itoo; por hot. or a for W, | smith's PLY PADS Do |.or paoliORO, B-1BNTS' IRON PIEtiS .for 111-1TANGLBHrOOT FL. PAPER- llloor. .lio, por box or 11 for SI.. 3 alwola for Wo, Tenders Wanted I cutlers wi I |iV n--c.iv.tl hy llu-iin.lLTsiKn-.il "!'lii-iiul.li--ii.ini-- Au-:.\-^m-\\.Un',M;v yum; nl inyrli.iiil.niiM..,,, Willow t-v.-r. m.ir Hisi!."n till-, ;ihi.in I.,,iiiio [jniiTiilr. i.f iri'iL'lit rnn-.i-.tnii.' uhiiu.i •■ntitvlv nf nui-hinnv iK-.-IVi-. I -lilT. . [Jllil.-r, it.llllil |)llllll(]_. , .■i:.l!u'n>:u.inil;irs mny lie liail t.f \V. 11. Utill-V i^ Co, Alsu, fn. .iitiint-aiul.ti-li._riii.Mit my slii.fL mm.*-:mti i-nnlMi.f mi-cl ,hv ,iltli !)ri-i.-ii wn.,,!. hi .'iti)..iii.,. th,. l„w-._i („■ uny ti-nd-'t- mil iie-essurily rt-Cfivwi, Address luniliti;; n-nilrrt. tt) Aslli-n.fi Illltl wood ten-Jura lo Biirkervllle. I'-'" M. A, LAIRD. noi-xiasi Mt iiaxc?. (Sta.tloaa.o_p_ Cariboo i Lillooet Sta^e Travel Clinton nnd w.-iv poinis -Monday, Wedncscliiy mul FVi-iiy. A-H points iii Oiu-ii-oo—Monday ami Pridny, .onu._i.ug willi s.-iiinci' Charlotte al 'Soda Creek. Lillooet direct -Monday ami Friday. Through rrml roturu tiekols ut r-daood rates. Spwriul oonvoyauoos furuishod. British Columbia Express Company HEAD OFFICE, - ■ ASHCROFT, B.C. Tlio iui(l_T_if;iioil having Ivviinlj -live yearn oxpcrioi in oiitfiUiiigHiirvoy. mining, limiting and trading parties going in all ilii-i'liuns IV I'lii'snelli. M I, ',.. ,,,,u prnpareil witli '■'"-' i*i'i|iii»i iipplies In outlll „ll win, nm-, favor Iiim ..iih „ call. I.eluoiulier lhis is the Pun. Man's It,.,, the Klon dike. No ovei-rnivded steamers. No liloeking in ditllcull passes. No duties ti: pay. No vexatious eiistoms regulations '" ' pl.V with. An open road over whieh if you eannol afford to ride, you ean go on foot. Hood goods and fair treatment. J"_A__M:_EJS. .REID. AO mm.\ Sk I run showing n full line of these world- reuowmil greeu heart rods. ffy J\ Mosl ,■ plete liue of fisliiug tackle in the 1'ivr in,','. C HAS. E. TISDALL, VANCOUVER, B.C. ARE FOREVE: isr„ _d:s 2css"2"s_b_r9 The Ashcroft Jeweler. ASHCROFT, - B.C. A full lino of Jewelry, Watahes nml Optical goods always on baud. Prices tbe lowest, and all urttoloa aud work warrnuted. Soud Orders by mull or express direct uud savo ngeuts' commission o_ from 'Jo to !10 por ceut, Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wagon Builder HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY, Iron, Stool i.u-1 Timber kept lu stoek, mul i. stuck of Rnstcrn mado Carriages, Buggies nml Rond (.'iii't-i I,. -;l iui li-unl ;ii I'-iltu-.iI j .if-*, timl nlrci iiiiuIl- u> tinier. Miiuii.nct.ircr nf " Tlio Uhm-iii Tiru Setter " wlilcli nil BlflckBinlllis sltouhl use. All woik warrnuted, nnd prices lower thnn over. An assortment or Oollins nnd CiuikcU al-vflVH uu Imiul. ' ASHai-OFT, - - -. ' - - - B.O. DBAIiBR I.N , Hardware, Stoves and Tinware, ASHCROFT. B.C. fSj_\JI3:3l1,lt_£ db _Biit"i__rss*o_iNr General Blacksmiths, Horseshoe Steel, Iron uiul Hardwood Lumber ..opt in stock, also w suitable for freighting nntl ranching, Shop on Railway Avenue. - ASHOROFT, ignao cby n •-■ii Hint 1 Blmll nt tin.- vm innku npiillcntion lo iui-.MiHn.-i uf l;iml-tiii(i winks for |.iiic!i;isi-:t-Jii ii.-ri-s nf lnnil -iln- •iiHor river nenr Alkn " V in-i - nii-t. , ihc -; at Hi*- Ml.llll- illll! IL Alkali UkC.-fitly lllll, 1808. .CHAS. A. LE1_. NOTICE Nutlcu Im hereby kIvcii timl aslllliiK tif tin- rctiiny f i nf Cii-il'iMi will hi- lii'iil ;,| flmitiii. on'I'luii-Nilitv,'J.Di (In.. IHUH. nt tm oVloddn tliflon-nniiii. ih'.ml.r V, HIJUKS l-i'nii-lriirof llic County Court of Ciifilnio m Clinton, lutM m 0 M ______ o Hi M Obtain Our quotations on TUNERS' & PROSPECTORS' SUPPLIES Picks, Shovols, (iol'l Pans, (i.,l<l Sciilea, Pucli Statl-Jos, DogSloiglis, Rivoi' Bouts, Touts, Shoot Steel Stoves, Camp Utensils, ato., otc, Vancouver-*, B.O, Bond for lithouraphorl Klontllko hiop and tinjiiiililoli containing routes, trails und lull Information—PRIDE!. M O b I ___
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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