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■>*.-;.,i,,,"f""*'-i.»3-g^i / Special News from Mines of Cariboo and Lillooet ASHCROFT JOURNAL. The Only Paper Published in the County of Cariboo. VOL. 5., NO. 2. ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. MAY 13. 1899. $2.00 PER YEAR Try ' . ' 'flonarch' Tea! * . * A Pure IndoCeylan Blend in lead packages at 50c. per lit. Specially pile) for -P. "W- IFOST-EJ.R,, General Merchant, ASHOKOPT A-XTD OI_,I-STTO-Sr, B. O. AGENT FOB GIANT POWDER COMPANY. ASHCROFT HOTEL, Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. Directly opposite Depot, ■ • ASHOROFT, B.C. This Hotel has been lately refitted and refurnished. A new wing, 50 x 26 feet, containing nineteen rooms, including bath and sample rooms, has been added. Good table and good service The only first-class Hotel in town. Free Sample Room in Connection- The H. B. A. Vogel Commercial College CEBECJIC B-__OC____, HAaTI-TaS ST., p.o.Boxs.7 Vancouver. B.C. T_e_:0-_-.OTTca---c x_tsrsT-3xrcTio_sr i_sr BOOKKEEPING (practical methods, no tnxt books J, BUSINESS I.ETH0DS, CORRESPONDENCE, PEN-UNSHIP, SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, and the General English Branches. r_r sunn) ron frobpbotub. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, QUESNELLE MOUTH, CARIBOO, " - - B.C. DIRECT IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, DRY GOODS, -BOCERIES, Hardware, Boots and Shoes, Miners' Supplies. Bed-Rock Prices. Goods Guaranteed. <3XTAIiIT*_r. Hotel _B_a.cir_-_Li-txtort nVJ_--ISrOOTJ"V-E_R, _B.O. Redecorated, .etui-lushed and enlarged. Heating a__ _ lighting (electric) perfect. Le Comte (late of St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans) in charge of the kitchen. Headquarters for Mining Men. W. H. MA WPS LEY, Manager. CARGILE HOUSE Under New Management. Mr. Fred. Nelson, uow has entire charge of the Hotel, and has thoroughly renovated aud refitted it. Dining rooms well supplied, neat and orderly. • The bar is well supplied with the best grade of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The house solicits a fair share of the public patronage. Free Sample Roomr for Commercial Travelers. DREDaiNQ POR GOLD. Tho following extracts aro takon from the report of tbe Hou. A. J. (adman, Minister of Mines for Now Zealand, and will be of interest to thoso in Cariboo who are engaged in saving gold by a similar method: The interest evinced in dredgiug operations continues witb- unabated vigor. Claims have been taken up not only in tho rivors, but in tho terraces and flats adjacent thereto, and ulso in alluvial flats where tho depth of the ground had hitherto been tbe chief obstuole to the auriferous wash being worked by other methods. Dredgiug operation!, aro now being conducted lu tbe stream of swift flowing: rivers, suab as the Clutha, Ku- warau aod Molyuoux; aud in tho losser rivers, such its tho Kyoburu, Munuhor- ikiti, Tiii-pokn and Glonoro; as woll us in smaller streams and old river doposits. Tho depth from wbioh material is elevated boing from 25 ft. to .Hi ft. lu the rivers, aud various depths from fl ft, to .15 ft in other places, It will bo seen that dredges of different modified construction are required for the changed circumstances tbat occur In dllferout localities. It bus now boon clearly demonstrated tbat dredges eau bo successfully bandied In places whero the water supply is limited. A large paddock is first ox oavuted to contain water sufficient to float the dredgo. Operations aro then commenced by working one side of the basin. The gravel, after being washed, is discharged behind the dredge, either by an ordinary flume, or when depth increases, the larger stonos are conveyed by an elevating process and stacked a considerable distanco from tbe stern of the dredge. Tbe finer gravel only is allowed to be discharged without being elevated, The work done enlarges the basin in which the dredgo floats, thus giving more room for future movements, and Bhould the water become thickened by continuous use there is in most places a small stream or creek within reasonable distance from whioh water Is run to the pool In which the dredge floats. Prior to being worked by the dredge an area of 5 or 6 acres presents an ordinary level appearance, and after being worked, although perhaps not level, is in suoh a state tbat in could bo harrowed and grass sown, if necessary. It thus follows that in working gravels by this process no very great damage is done to the land, and the streams are not polluted to any extent, nor flllod up with gravel, as in tbe case of ordinary sluicing, the whole of the material being raised, washed and again do- posited with very littlo eventual surface change. The marked advantage In dredging compared with sluicing or other methods is that it enables quantities of material to be flrst elevated and afterwards deposited at a less cost than bas so far been possible by any mechenicul process in use, except in places where ample water power can be applied. In dredging in river beds attention is being further directed to extending operations by working' tbe gravel in tbe banks above water level. There are many olaims taken up that have an apparent large quantity of material to work on, but, so far, no effort has been made to ascertain the possible quantity of gold that exists In the gravels. In order, therefore, to enable a fair estimate of the value contained in the ground to be made, owners should cause sufficient exploring work to be done for tbat purpose beforo commencing to build expensive dredges, there being a general tendency to incur expense in providing for the treatment and handling of the material, whilst at tbe same time the quantity and value have not been determined in a practical way. As muoh of the ground suitable for dredging is what is generally designated as wet ground, a certain amount of expense muBt be incurred to sink prospecting shafts, whether by hand or by the aid of steam or water power. It appears to me that, for the purpose of testing tbe gravels by sinking when tbe water is heavy, it would be of great advantage to use a steam pump of the Tangye or any other suitable make, and I would point out to those interested that co-operation on tbe part of various claim holders would be to tbe best advantage, Asultable plantcould be procured at a reasonable oost, conveyed to the ground, and, as very little trouble is attendant on the erection or working of the pumps, they oould bo in use in a day or two. Tbe sizo of shaft being determined, all suitable timber should be prepared and tn readiness, Work could then be goue on with in sinking, tbe gravel from different floorB—say, every 3 ft.—being separately stacked on tbe surface. Tbis gravel oould be washed, and the total quantity in eaoh section or floor aaoertained, and when the various heaps were dealt with the total of the whole products divided by the number of oubio yards removed from tbe shaft would give tbe value per yard of the material through which tho shaft was sunk. This would only give the average value of a very limited area of thc claim; consequently, it would be necessary to sink further shafts in suoh places as would, from local indications, afford a reasonable chance of ascertaining tho approximate quantity of gold that tho claim would probably contain. When a shaft had been bottomed, tbe timber could bo drawn, and the plant and material removed to a place wbero nnother prospecting shaft was to be sunk. If a party of men woro employed in this way they would becomo used to the work, uud be able to curry it on so that u prospecting shaft could bo completed at a much less cost than in tho caso of inexperienced parties of men undertaking tbo work for each claim. On lho contents of tho gravel taken from the different shafts being ascertained {and in this tho utmost skill and cure is required), it will bo seen what quantity of material is available, and its value per yard, Tbo dredging engineer should be consulted as to whether lho results given warrant that the gravels could bo mado to yield prollt, und be could then detcrmino whut class of drodgo would bo most suitable. Tho great areas of rivor deposit lu the valleys and flats throughout the greater part of tbe auriferous districts In Otago and Southland that hitherto buvo not boen explored, but wbicb in many Instances are known to contain small quantities of gold, uro woll worthy of being prospected in a systematic manner us above indicated. There is every reason to oxpect that tbe result oxploration would show many places to contain sufficient quantities of gold to afford remunerative employment to a largo numbor of mon in currying on dredging work. This is reasonably to be oxpeoted, as in the past tbe amount of gold required to muke a payable prospect was so much more than what is now considered to bo payuble for dredging. Care, it is to be hoped, will be observed by those embarking in tbe dredging industry to profit by the hints above given as to prospecting bofore dredge building is begun in the working of their claims. One of the errors fallen into iu quartz mining, especially iu the Auk- land district during the late boom, consisted in the erection of very expensive maohiuery for treatment of tbe products before it was discovered whether quartz in payable quantities existed in the mines or not, and this should, if possible, be avoided. Ill advised and precipitate aotiou, such as bos too often obtnined, will tend to materially prejudice the prospects of tho dredging industry, the moro as It is expressed intention of those interested to proceed with the construction of many new dredges, However, as before remarked, if due precautions are observed in tbe direction of securing knowledge of the prospects by preliminary work, tbe industry will bc prosecuted on a sounder basis, and its expansion will necessarily tend to enhance the yield of gold from tho alluvial deposits of the colony; A couple of up-to-date dredges aro desoribed as follows: Magnetic Gold Dredging Co.—The leading dimensions of tbe dredge are are as follows: Length, 109 ft.; width of beam, 25 ft. 6 in.; depth, 7 ft. The ladder Is 75 ft. long, designed to dredge to a depth of 50 ft. from the surface of the water. The buokots are 5^ cu. ft. capacity. The engine is one of Messrs. Marshall's lOhore powor compounds, and surface condensation is effected by water raised for gold saving purposes. Tbo winch is driven by a pair of horizontal engines, fitted with reversing motion. Tbe boiler is of tho Cornish multitubular type tho working pressure beiug 150 lbs. per sq. in. The ladder is raised and lowered in tbe usual manner from tbe winch. The buckets are put in motion by the tumbler, driven by gears and rope drive from engine. The material is delivered onto drop plate, and from thonce into perforated screen, the line stuff falling through screen onto gold saving tables. Tbe material in screen is washed by perforated pipe running all through screen, and tbe tables are supplied with an additional supply by the branch pipes at back of screen. The water is supplied by a centrifugal pump, driven from the engine by a bolt. Tho coarse material tbat will not pass through holes in screen is delivered into stone shoot and passed direot overboard into the current, or olevated by means of an elevator. Unity Gold Drodging Co.—Length, 85 ft.; width, 20 ft. 0 in ; ladder, 60 ft.; buckets, _..£ ou. ft. capacity. Tho engine Is one of Messrs, Marshall's 10 horse power compound and surface condenser. Centrifugal pump and air pump are placed bolow deck. Tbe winch is driven by worms and worm wheels, the power being supplied by a pair of vertical engines fitted witb reversing gear. Tho boilor is ono of Messrs. Marshall's 20 horso powor dredger typo, tho workiug pressure being HO lbs. per sq. in. The ladder is raised and lowered in tbo usual manner from tho winch. Ted material is delivered from the buckets iuto tbe revolving screen, and the fine stuff distributed over a double sot of tabids leading each way from the centre of the screen. Tbe coarse material that will not pass through the screen is delivered to an elevator and deposited astern of the vessel. Improvements are constantly being made in dredges and engineers vie with one another in producing more HORSI-FLy. Senator If. 11. Campbell and bis daughter, Miss li.un.co, came down this wook from Horsefly and Mr. Campbell is now at tbo coast. He is making arrangements for putting in another boiler to add to the pumping capacity. Tho big shaft is now down over 200 feet. Tho last 100 feet hus been altogether quartz gravel and not a shovel full but that thero is gold in. If it were possiblo to hydraulic this ground, that is if thero wus lower ground for a dump, .Mr. Campbell snys it would be tho greatest hydraulic mino in the world. Bodrook is from 460 to 500 fret whoro bo is uow sinking as the p< oapobtlng shaft of last summer showed. At 250 foet a pertnuiiout station will bo pit in and tho water tbat now seeps in from bolow tho olay covering in sumo looso gravel will bo naught and pumped from tho station. If it becomes troublesome it will bo sloped out by puddling inside of tho timbers, which can be easily done. At proscut tbo pumps uro raising about '150 gallons per minute, but tho amount in gradually lessening. lu all Mr. Campbell has ubout 110 men employed, although quite a number uro on tbo sick list, meuslos being in enrnp. At the Horsefly Gold Miuiug Company's mine suporiutondont Deasoy hus about 20 meu ut work and feood results muy be looked for with confidence, All in all the outlook is very bright for tbe Horsefly cump. WILLOW RIVER. Through tho courtesy of Mr. Kirk- Patrick, who has beou Mr. Laird's foro- mau for the past four years on Willow river and wbo mado tho borings to determine the depth of bedrock of tho old chunnol, wo are ablo to give tbe latest news of interest from that sec tion. Mr. Laird is now just through into grovel and is vory cautiously making bis wuy into tbo old chanuol. Tbe present opening into tbo old channel, or old river bed, is tbo fourth oue made, each of the others having either cured iu or beeu crowded dowu away from safe ground. Tho present workings consist of a drift ruu from tho bottom of the bedrock shaft sunk at Bido of tho river, this drift boiug 550 feot in length. Tbe preseut opening from this drift into tbe old channel being, as above stated, tbe fourth one ruu, starts back from tbe face about 00 feet aud bears to tho left through solid ground. Each of the othor openings having beon bulkheaded solidly so that uo water oan get through. -Mr. Kirkpatrick is very hopeful that the present drift will prove a success. Of tbo results of tbo work so far as richness of the gravel is concerned he is satisfied that very rich ground will be found, prospecting haviug shown this as from the drifts opened before small amounts of gravel have boen secured that prospect and tho holes put dowu with tbe jetting machine ulso showed the richness of tbo ground, quite u prospeot having been forced up outsido of tbe drill to tho surface, Mr. Kirkpatrick states that the snowfall is more than usual. At Mosquito Creek the Flynn brothers have tbeir ditches shoveled out and aro ready for work. The Cariboo Gold Fields will begin work as soou as tbo water starts and their ditches aro opened. At Lightning Creok work is progressing well. At Quesnelle the outlook is good for tbo soason. Men are in demand, especially good miuers, $5,00 per day being offered by Mr. Laird and othors, but a sufficient numbor could not bo secured at any price and while tho amount of work to bo done is of courso not so very great be believes thero will be a demand for moro meu than can bo found at Quesnelle, Stanley uud Barkerville. Mr, Kirkpatrick loft for Oweu Sound on Thursday night to bo gono about six weeks on a visit to relatives. tion than Dodge City, Kas., or Tombstone, A.T., ever did, Tho town in question is Lao Lit Hache, aud it has for inhabitants less than 1000 miners Tho si range part of it is that Lac Lu Hache won its reputation for downright roughness in oue night, just as tho minors gained the wealth tbey are now recklessly spending in one big lucky striko. Thoro is a premium on everything of a sporting nature, and nothing Is too bud for tho minora, The town bus tin- only dozen fighting turkey gobblers in tbo country, anil nearly every miner has a prize bulldog organic cock, Gambling runs wide opon ull fhe time aud saloons never closo. Sunday, April 10th, was a dav of fame for Lac La Mitotic. Ouo of tho most terrible and Moody prize-fights in tho history of the ring was fought on the green turf that afternoon for a purse of 92,000. It lasted fifty rounds and at the ond of four hours' lighting the ground was running with human blood. "Tar Flat" Brown of Sun Francisco, and Jack O'FIarroty of Cork, were tbo principals. Burl blood hud existed between thom for a long time, aud as the men wore easily matched and Lac La Hache has no newspapers in which tbey could do tbo lighting tho contest really cumo off. Time after timo the men were all knocked out. Whole rounds would pass without a blow struck, whilo tbe men mutually held off to got wind, O'Plurrely finally landed twico in succession ou tho Sau Francisco man's jaw ami the fight was ovor. Tho spectators looked at the bloody field and tbo wounded lighters aud bad no doubt that tho fight wus ou tho square, A bacchanalian danco followed which rivals anything in history. -Men and women, reckless with wiue, went to every extreme; a madder scene was novor soeu boforo, Thousands of dol lars wero to be spent in ono mad uight of dissipation. Tho crowd gathered early and wero soon gayly whirling out tho measures of tho dunce. Tubs! wero placed around tbe room to suvo the waiters trouble. The miners und their friends drunk out of pint cups. It was not loug at this rate until tho dance became an orgy. Tho crashing of glusses, tho shrill cries of excited women and the sound of shooting only added to tbo excitement. Tlio fighting gobblers wero culled in, und in a terrible contest gored ouch other todcutti. Two bulldogs, thc prido of Lho camp, wero pitted, and tho crowd looked on. Fights over women wero numerous. No ouo went homo sober. Tbo champagne held out, and beforo morniug tho floor of Somerset hall was covered with drunken sleepers entirely overcomo by wiuo aud excitement. Luc La Hacho will never forget tho Suuday. 'ihey uro already planning for more good times uud purpose raising u magnificent purse for two eastern fighters of world-drawing reputation, If tho gold in Lac La Hacho placer beds holds out the camp will soou be kuowu as tho toughest place in all the world. Methodist District Conference. Upon tabulating the work of tho dis trict it was found tbat satisfactory progress had been made iu ull departments. Tho financial returns show an increase, especially the amounts raised for tho missionary society, for tho trustee boards and for tbo support of tho ministers lu the fields. Tbe total amotiut raised for all purposes reaches tho sum of 80,438. Tho spiritual reports wero very encouraging, showing u gratifying increase of membership, notwithstanding a lurgo number of re- tnovals to other parts. Tho quarterly official Board of tho Kumloops Methodist church met ou Tuesday evening. Satisfactory reports from every department of tho church's work were presented. Tho amount raised for alt purposes was81-483, Tbe Rev. C, Luduer was vory cordially invited to return for another year.— Sentinel. BARKBVILLB, Oa Tuesday, of hist week, our little towu was aroused from ils peaceful slumber.-, by thc sharp ring of fire bell No. 2, In less time thuu it takes to tell it our litllo village was aroused from its dormant, wintry condition to lhut of extreme excitement und activity, Tho firemen turned out to a man, nnd - with such promptitude thut it would have done credit to even some of our oilies where sucli a thing is almost uu every day occurrence. Captaiu Mc- Global! handled the hose with greut skill, and In a short timo the lire, which was consuming the olllce of tho Chief of Police, was under control and everything passed off in good shape, excepting a fow aooidehtdl shower b.iths aud a little ..uowbulliug beforo dispersing. Hardly bad Lho excitement subsided whou un excitement of another nature took place in another part of the town, when Uvo of our local sports seemed to spring into prominence, both aspiring for pugilistic honors. As the old proverb reads that we cannot always tell by ttie looks of a frog bow far he will jump, of which faet was demonstrated boyoud the shadow of a doubt as neither parties bad ever before shown outconspicuoits in the fistic world. Yet they succeeded in astonishing even the most conservative sports not only iu lhe use of tbeir arms but tu tbeir most marvelous fool work. After a long and glorious contest the tight was declared u draw und both men uud their friends feel thut tbeir honor is vindicated. Death-, ut the Provincial Hinm.. Thos. Burton died at the Provincial Home on the 1th inst. He wasanafc-fra of Lancashire, Eug.. and wus a blacksmith by trade. He waa well known Eh the Cariboo and Granite creuk districts. He was ''.I year*, old, and Imd been iu the couutry for ID years. Louis Mouralot also died at tha Provincial Home ou the 1th last. Hu wna an old timer, coming to British Columbia in LSil, aud was well known ui Cariboo and Casslar. He went tn tho home about two months aito from Lii looet, where he bad resided at lute. H._ was a native of France and waa ■-___ years of age. Tlie Ctuar -.maker. When you see a man irrip n afifar betweeu bis teeth and hold it ('.IP*:, cureless of whether it burns or not., you eau set bim dowu aa an aggressive, calculating uud exacting individual. If a man smokes a oigar deliberately; just euough to ke*ip it lii_.ht.-if, and delights in taking it from bis mouth ami watching the blue smoke from it 'iurL upward, bo will likely be an easy going man, good natured and honest. There is another tellow who smokes intermittently, takes a puff and then rests and fumbles his ei-zar about. He is apt to have little decision of character, uud to be easily affected by circumstances. A man may be nervous und fumble his cigar a good bit. and in this event ho is a would-be swell, vain and frivolous. He invariably tilt., his cigar upwards, while a sensible. level headed follow will hold it straight out from the mouth. Wheu you see a man chewing upon un unlighted cigar and twisting it about, ho is nervous, but of gr->at tenacity. A mau who cannot keep his cigar alight has a whole souled disposition. Ho bus a lively nature, is a hail fellow well met, glib of tongue and usually a good story teller. Out of Place, A rather disastrous wager was that of tbe mau who made a bet witb his sweetheart that be could dust tbe sit ting room before sho could throw a stone that would hit tho fence. At the end of an hour sho bad broken threo window panes, hit a small boy and destroyed several rosebushes, while be had smashed four vases, knocked down two pictures and brushed some bric-a-brac into tbo flro. And yet thoro are peoplo who maintain that the spheres of tbo sexes uro one and the same. A Tough {lining Crimp. Tho Nolson Tribune of tbo 5th says: Tbo following story Is going tho rounds of tho press. Tho reader Is led to believe that Lac La Hacho is a modern mining town, and tbe iuoidonts recited occurred last April. Tho incidents probably occurred in April, 1801 or '02, during tbe flush daysot Cariboo. There Is no suoh town in British Columbia today, und tbe toughest town in tho proviuco is probably the ono in which J. O, McLagan's paper is published: "A special from Seattlo to the Sau Francisco Chronicle says: Up -in tho mountains of British Columbia n new buckets of greater oapacity. ["tou I in a powerful and effective muchiuory, and j "tough town" has sprung up which Is fair way to bear a worse repute Quesnelle Oold Recovery Co. Tho followiug license for an extra- provincial company is taken from tbo lust B.C. Gazette, and may bo of iuterost to tho Quosnollo division: Tbo Quesnello Gold Recovery Co., Ld,, is licoused to carry on business in tbo province, and to curry out all or auy of tbo objects following. Tbe bead office of tbo company is 139 Cannon st., Loudon, Eng. Tboamouut of capitnl is 50,000 shares nt CI euch, The head office in this proviuco is ut 40 Goverumeut st., Victoria, and C, A. Holland is attorney for tbo compauy. The objects for which the company has befit established are: To enter into and carry iuto effect, either with or without modification, an agreement (tho draft of which has boen already prepared aud is initialed for the purpose of identification by two of tbo subscribers to tho memorandum) expressed to bo made botween Quesnelle Dredging aud Hydruulicing Syndicate, Ld., of the one part, aud tho Quesuolle Gold Recovery Co., Ld., of tho othor part, for tbo acquisition by this compauy of certain property therein described, and to devolop, work, turu to account, or denl with such property; aud for nny of tho abovo purposes or otherwise, other powers and objects muy be exercised independently of tbo primary objects bere stated, Olil Timers. R, E, Gosnell writing to the World says: Kamloops is, of ull places iu the Interior, the best expression of old- timo influences, if we except, perhaps, Asbcroft und points on tbe Cariboo stuge line. What I mean by that is thut thero is an atmosphere of tho past a greut many of the old hands being in evidence. It is difficult to explain quite clearly my meaning, but those who travol about the country will understand. Kumloops and vicinity has not yet beeu made amenable to the influences which . coutrol the newer towns. Among tho old timers there is a bond of fellowship, a sort ot masonry, and that spirit of abandon and iudiff- crcuco to couveutioualties tbat mark them out distiuctively. There is tbe peculiarity about them that thoy have apparently us much cor* tempt for each other as possible. I never yet spoke to an early British Columbian about somo other well- known pioneer but I was informed that "be is tbo biggest liar in British Columbia," nnd yet tbey all have a common contempt for tho new comer or "chechaco," und express n certain nmount of cordiality with each other wheu thoy meet, proving the truth of Bobbie Burns'statemout that "A muu's a man for a'thut and a' thut." With tho old-timer, enthusiasm has oozod out uud gouo years ago. His early experience here kuocked all sentiment out of him and he lakes things in a matter-of-fact, go-as-you-please way Thoro is more or loss cynicism iu tbo composition of ull pioneers. They enjoy a game of "seven-up" or "crib" and tlieir daily tipple as a matter of habit and as for tbo rest it is a case of "sufficient unto tho day is tbe evil ihereof." No one ovor saw ono of thom excited. THE ASHCROFT JOURNAL. I8SI.I--I. BVIillY S ATI'1!. DAY. P. S. REYNOLDS Subscription |>ri Editor antl Proprietor, Iscnntimietl until mi plication. S.VrUIiDAY, MAY Ul, 1800. REPORT OP MINISTBIt OP HINI.5. A1.A11AMA AMI Tho Alabama und Dlsoovory claims, to prove that this is the more advisable method. Tbe Olson dredge, which was worked on the Quesnello river, somo lifteen miles above its mouth, has given ovidenco of being probably tbe nearest appronoh to the dredgo sultablo for our rapid rivers. Tbis is a machine of lhe elevator type, and although of loss power than either tbe Pittsburg or McOovklo plants, has been working during tho entiro season in a very sat is fm-lory way. A second dredge on the sumo lines is now undor construction by the company, So far tbe greatest dilllculty Lhut all of the dredging enterprises havo encountered is iu inventing proper up- plilinoos to save the line gold, which is iu very largo preponderance iu our swift streams. All ol tlioraaohlnos uro capable of raising largo quantities of grave],bull he form or oonsl ruction best adapted to raising gravel in large quui only worked part of tbo season. I have not yot learned why thoy suspended operations. Tho other companies prospecting on tbo Horsolly and vicinity have no dovelcpmouts to report for the season. Ro quarlz mining, there is nothing to report, although iu Angus, and September, ISil", there were quite a number of locations made neur Clearwater lake imd recorded iu this ofllce. 1 do uot, know of uny work being douo upuu the locations. 0mi;mca District, on Mosquito creek, have, lhis sensou, tllijos luH] for Having lhe fine gold doOi ilntuinod their reputation as divi doud payers. It, is understood that these proportios are under option to a strong langliah company; and il' lhe option is taken lip work will be carried on on a muoh larger scale than hero- toforo. UOLDI5N I'ltnvlNf'.-. MINES. This company is engaged near Quesnelle, aboul throe miles west of (ho Prasor river, on a large undertaking »>!' a somewhat novel but very interesting nature. Briefly slated, lhe company is running a rock tunnel, some 1,500 feet, in length, to intercept the old chauiiol of the Quesnello river which, it is believed, passes llirough tho high bluff of basaltic rock situated on Baker creek at this point. Work bus progressed steadily since its inception, and I undersluud that lhe work of exploration is nearly comploted. 1 bavo been unable to secure a detailed account of the work thai bus beeu dono, but am assured tbat everything in connection with the proposition is in a most satisfactory condition. St.'MMIT 01.E--K. Considerable attention has been attracted during llio past season to tbo prospecting work on this creek of tht Klondike Gold Mining and Develop ment Company. Many previous ut tempts havo been made lo prospeol this channel, but, owiug to luck of facilities to handle the water oucouu tored, thoy were unsuccessful, Tbo above company, under the manage ment of Mr. P. T. Hamshaw, has been more successful, in that tt shaft HO feot in depth was sunk: and. whilo il was found that it was impossible to tinuo it to bedrock without machinery to pump tho water mot with at thut depth, yet sufficient datu was hud to promise encouraging results. Summit creek is about, 11 miles in length; and all of It is held under leasehold or record. A good deal of work has in past yoars been done upon it, in a small way; and encouraging prtispeuls have been secured. Should the development work of tbe above oompany, and of the others who are exploiting the creek, provo satisfactory, a camp of importance will doubtless bo found thero, MlXE-IUt, CLAIMS. Another year .has passed without adding anything to our knowledge of tho capubilities of our distriot as a quartz mining section. Many promising lodes have been discovered, but littlo more Ihuii assessment work has beeu done ou them, and they are still in embryo. lt appears only reasonable tbat the wealth of the historic placers of Williams, Lightuing, Mosquito and other cree Us, must have had its parent source not far from whoro it was found. Tho evidence of this is even more convinoiug when lho fragile nature of much of the gold, in nugget form, is considered. Very many uuggets havo beou found of so friable u nature thai they could be compressed in tbe baud, this proving conclusively that they could not buvo been carried far from their source, and moreover, in many cases, lhe gold is found wilh quartz still adhering lo it. Prospecting for gold bearing quart/. in this section, however, is rather difficult, owing to tbe deep alluvial deposit, which covers tho rock almost everywhere. If it is a fuot that Lhe gold in our crooks and rivers had Its origin in tho quart'/, ledges, tho discovery of ouo lodo of a permanent character aud of sulllcieut richness to puy for develop ment and milling, will doubtless lead to tbo search for and discovery othors, Ono fact which strongly mitigates against us as a quart/ mining district, especially in the uppor portion, is our remoteness from a railroad. If one of the projected railways becomes an assured fact, 1 feel suro *t Imt this branch of tho mining industry will claim due attention in these parts. riiVBii Dw-.i.inso, Considerable attention is being attracted to this method of winning the precious metals from the sands of our rivers: and lattorly from the bars formed in tbo small lakes at the outlet of small auriferous streams, So far tho work which has been carried on has been almost entirely experimental. Some 275 miles on tlie Praser, Quesnollo, Cottonwood and Willow rivers: and ou the Cariboo, .luck of Clubs and Wight Mile lakes, aro uow held under dredgiug leusos. There is probably us much moro ground available fordredg ing purposes, und should Lhe work now being prosecuted in this line demonstrate thut tho gravels of our fivers and lukos can bo handled advantageously und cheaply, il will cerlainly open up an immense llolJ. I feel safe in saying that in Lhis district the suction drodgo has proved a failure. Some of tho companies huvo adopted tbo dipper typo, but so far have not made a working.tcstBuiHoiout lliy V. W. Villi... This u-ok liu numbo ol yoar BUJIlll i iiii.iiuy not yet appear to have been Iiii. upon. Tho companies which have beeu working Un* several years with very 111* lillei-ent success are worthy of all praise for llieir persistent ell'orts. 1 feel satisfied that proper methods will yot bo discovered for handling Lhe gravel oi our rivers, and, as Ihey have already been proved to be auriferous, thore will then be added a very important, branch of our miniiigiudustry. Tho Pittsburg and Cariboo Dredging Company, who have concessions near Cotton wood canyon, on the Praser river, about twenty miles abovo Quesnelle, met with a serious misfortune this season in having tbelr huge dredge cast high and dry on a tint1 the river. Owing to Lhe rapid Tall of water, they were unable to (lout the dredge without removing the machinery. This unfortunate accident entailed the loss of lho season's work, and was the more disheartening us the company had just completed lho installation of a dipper typo in placo of the suotion form hitherto used. The MoCorklo dredge, operating on tho Quesnollo river, which was first, worked on the suction system aud later changed to lhe dipper type, bus passed into new bunds, and is, 1 understand, Lo bo again refitted, Lhis time with a bucket elevator appliance. Soveral uew dredging companies havo recently been formed, giving further assurance that Lho at least partial failure of Lho attempts so far made aro no deterrent to further efforts. Tho numbor of men engaged in miniug will not materially differ from that of previous years. 1 estimate the number at 350 whites aud 400 Chinese and .Japanese. Tht following is a summary of the mining transactions of the district, adiug Nov. ilOlb, 1S08; Individual free miners' certificates ssuod, 1,373. company's certificates, tb creek leases, 28; hydraulic leases, 58; dredging leases, 52; placer claims recorded, 117; mineral claims recorded, 147; water records for mining, 22; cer tificates of work issued ou mineral ,._, 2-'f; applications for leases uot, yet issued, -1". Quesnelle Division Keitiiley Creek Disthiot. illy \V.Stephenson, Mining Recorder.) A good supply of water for lho greater part of tho season enabled hydraulic milling to bo carried on to gooil advantage in lhis section of the district. Development work has not been carried ou to lho extent anticipated, only a few companies doiug work to uny great amount. On Lite main Qucsnelle river, lhe Maud (Pour Milo creok), nnd lho two companies owning tbe dredgiug leases for tho first twenty miles from Quesnelle Porks down, have done a considerable amount of prospecting, and ihey claim with good results. On tho South Fork of Quosnelle river, tho Golden Kiver Quesnollo Company have completed their dam at tbe outlet cf Quesnollo luko, and were able to work for a short time during Lbe latter part of tho season in the bed of the river, obtaining, I believe, vory good prospects for tholr further operations. The Victoria Consolidated Hydraulic Mining Company carried on prospecting with a good forco of men for nearly tbe whole season on Rose's gulch, South Pork river, but I have not learned wilh what results. Tho Con soliduted Cariboo, also ou the South Pork, worked as usual with a large force of men for lho wholo season; In fact, iL may bo said, for lho whole year as there are at present ovor thirty men who will oontlnuo working for tho com puny during Lhe winter. On tho North Pork- of Quesnello river very litllo work was dono during the season, three men working on tbo Moore Company claim, Spanish creek, and some prospecting work dono on Lhe Mathers lease, being about all, ox copt somo desultory work by Chinese. Koithley, Snowshoo, Martin and Harvoy crooks huvo mado no uow developments for tho season, tho small companies working with about lho usual results, On tho Horsefly rivor there has been considerable work dono for Lhe sou sou. TheJMiooene Oompany got their shaft down to a depth of over 101) foet, and although not positive that tbey are in tho deepest ground yet, they have obtained prospects that Lbe manager, Senator R, H. Campbell, says will pay very well lo work, and he is preparing Lo sink a uow and much larger shaft than tho ono from which ho has ob tained his prospects, and thore is very little doubt but that wILhiu another year this old channel will bo thoroughly tested us to its value. Tho Horsofly Gold Mining ('ompany has beon running two hydraulic elevators for a good part of lho season, and, according to report, with very good eucoess. The Horsolly Hydraulic mine ian worked for I is now held by miners, who huvo expended quite a sum of money and la In u- upon u bedrock Hume. This properly is at the present Limo ubout Lu be sold to uu English syndicule, who propose workiug it upon a large scale, VITA!. OREEK, Vital creek is beiug worked by a company of Chinamen. Leases havo been applied for .by a company of Nanaimo gentlemen, wbo have beeu prospecting Llieir ground all the past season. The 43rd Mining and Milling Company have just, about comploted their work of development, and now havo a line of ditch and ilumo about completed to their ground upou Kildare. Slate and Mauson creeks, They havo had a very complete sawmill working I'm-the past two years. All the stool piping, monitors and elevators are now on lho ground, ready to bo placed in position, Tbeir Hume is ii feet iu width, :t'., foot deep: tbo. ditch is 11 Feet, ou top, ■] feot on bottom, and II feel deep. "tt-lu..L-ii" Notices. Bvory editor bas rocoivod them, suys i exchange. The posl master is not to bluuio. Por instance, ihero was a man by j he name of well, sny Tim Shori, who Bent us throo notices to slop liis puper; he didn't want it any longer. We wondered what wn-, the mutLer. Upon Investigating iho subscription book wo found Tim was short $10. Ilo did uot waut us to loso any nmn- by bim. A low days afterward Short wus at church and his melodious tenor rang out loud nnd clour in I hut old soul-stirring hymn, "Jesus Paid li AU." Ho might havo boon mistaken but his earnestness Impressod us. So the noxt day wo sent him it receipt in full, beggiug bis pardon for not, know- ing that ho hud made nu assignment of his liabilities lo ihu Almighty. DR.R.MATHISON DEWTISTn lUmlu-U l'-niisylvjiiilu Coll-ne ol Dautnl Surgery, PlUlad.lplllii.) OFFICE-MAIN ST.."KAMLOOPS, H.C .11 CHONG LUNG, liloyiudiil Ofllco, (Store I First-Ota kimilrj', url! i- _miu cleaner uiul clienper thuu THC ..OT1CE. RYSON General Blacksmiths, Horseshoeing, Stoel, Iron aud Hardwood Lumber kopt in stock, also wagons suitable I'm' Eroiglitiug aild Shop on I_nil-.vu.vA-. Vanc-tiiig. ASIICROL'T, B.O. JL. s....' IT"" i Jed :_m:.a_:_n". Blacksmith, .'. hcdwriolii and Wagoti Builder HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. an il that alter tlie . .iM'tio The Cost <ji 'i Buy, It would bo a good tli and girls, too, lo get si figures, of what their tbom. P. B. Fish gives cost of ii boy. lie e.umi Till: O-.lI_it.10A CON80I.lDATl.l- CO. This compauy havo not done any work in lhe division [his past season. huviug souurod a layover lYoin tho gov* Ol'tiuiout, although some development worlt has boon done on this company's Claims. A sale of this grouud lo an American eonipany is ponding at lho present time, whioh I trust will go through, as this large cxloni, of ground, if worked, would advance lbe interests of lhe district very much, Tho greatest drawback to the district is tho Ureal expense or getting iu supplies, freights boiuR 15 cents per pound from Ashoroft, a distance of about 620 miles. While there bavo beou uo creeks discovered this past season which would warrant men going iu thoro to work Ihem by pick, shovel ami sluiye boxes. there have boen fouud largo areas of gravel which carry gold in quantities that will pay very well when worked by hydraulics, and the following list tif applications for leases will show that the meu who havo been in tho district tbis past scisou havo faith in the future of tbe Omeulca district: Manson croek, 25; Germansen crook, '■l± Lost crook, 10; Quartz crook, li; Meslhiea river, 15; Osliuca fiver, 11; Omenica rivor, 18; Vital creek, 11. Total, llil. ng for ull boys, :m- Idea, in roal parouts ilo for l leotur. on Un* tes that, ut tbe ago of lll'lei-n, a good boy. receiving tho advantages of city life, will cost, couuting compound interest on Uie sum invested, not less than 6(1,000, At Lweuly-otio he will not cost uny more lllloss he goes to oollogo, win n In* will costlwiee as much, A bad boy costs about 810,000 at twenty-one, provided ho does not go lo college. If he does go he costs as muoli more. I'lie vnluo of a uiothor'a tours ami a father's gray baits are boyoud tho roach of llguros tooxpress. The money sido is far tlm smallor of tho two. And when it man has pul $10,000 or 820,000 Into a boy, what bus lm a rigid to expect of him. Wind i-: lair. Is il fair for Um boy lo work lihnsoll' to death, lo run, jump, play ball, or do anything in such away us to disable him or break him down? Is il fair I'or bim to ruin himsolfwlth drink, delllo himself wilh lobar.-. wilh sin. Some of i all of our properly ii and if wo lose thom i indeed; while if they do woll we be ropnld a hundred fold. Boys do you think ubout Mm mallei', change. S.W.ili-.u--- mins, thence uUnBtopost ■ Korku, Mtuch 3Br.l. 18- ■*l IM .liliiii n'm.'-'kA!-. P.O. 1!-...; I 17. Stanley Park Livery^-sa^-^ Sale antl Feed Stables Hacks, Carri-i}!*-.'.., Buggies, Double antl Single Drivers, and Saddle Morses. - ■■ McRAE BROS., Prop ri utni'S, fleorRiii mn Seymour SI VNCOUVUR, n.c 1,1 Pi ll rii-idtr Carrlitm.fi, Itaggk- ■ lo order Mi.nii.:ii.tiii'<-i Bhoald uho. All work rl_u"iil of Utitlhia ni & Haddock, LIVERY, SALE & FEED STABLE. ASHCROFT, B.C. lVk Di i vi uc 1i< kepi ni ho' Sj.tvial I linii'. Wi nl'- c al -V1101_l.BA.il. AMI C lo.Lillo expense i l.KTAII. DI.AI.1-Ua r and hire, in Cariboo Rigs ut any ov rn.: IN HAY AM) oil-UN. In tlie Comity Court ol Cmilioo himsoir all bo How Mica 1. Obtained. The mica trade is coutrollod practically by two or threo big concerns in New York. Cbieauo aud Doslon. These houses havo an agent, says tbo Affe of Steel, who buys for cash whatever mica is brought by tbo miners. Thoy control lho mni*l.e_ and llx lho prices lo be paid lo tho miner, as well as the prices for which it is sold in tho markets. Mica, it need barely bo said, Is a vory valuable, almost precious, miueral, as thoso who aro obliged to buy a small strip for their stovo doors will testify, A ptiokago worth hun dreds of dollars eau bo carried iu a basket sluug over tbe arm, or in a pair of saddlebags ou horsebaok. Wheu prepared for tbo murkct, tho solid block, as takou from Ibo miuo, is split into sheets. Theso aro eut into squares or rectangles of almost every possible si/.e, from 2x2 inches up to 8x10 iuches and sometimes even larger. Thero are uo less thau 18.1 sizes kept in stoek by dealers. Tho miuiug of mica is the poetry of mining. It is impossible lo coueeive of a iiioio exciting and facimitiug em ploymeut, Tho vein of mica-bearing quartz, lying between rocks of differ ont formation, has been fouud. Tho cap roek has been blasted away. Little "uigger-hcuds," small lumps oferunv bling mica mixed with sluto and other roek, are growing plentiful. Tho rock is carefully examined by tbo experienced minor, uud all indications are ihat mica will soou bo found. A blust is mado, The rock and debris aro cleared away, and thoro iu tho bottom is a block of the preciousstull'.araggcd corner showing Itself black aud glitter iug iu tho whito quart/, in which Ills imbedded. With tho tips of tho llu gers tho minor gently aud ull'ectionate ly brushes away tho dirt aud small Btonoswbich partly cover it. Its thick' noss is carefully notod, its position in tho rock is learnedly discussed, and many a speculation indulged iu as lo its sizo and quality. Tho holo is quickly drilled, tbo small blast is made, just loosening tbe roek, and all eagerly crowd around as ono or tho meu with his pick pulls away tho brokou stouo. Thero It lies, a black glittering muss, nine or ton inches across Ha faco, throo or four inches thick, aud irregular in shape, as all blocks of mica aro. A good sized block, and, if solid and of perfect- cleavage, will bo worth several dollars. Tho excitement is not allayed, however, and will uot bo until tbo block is split opou and wo know how it looks on tho insldo. Itis a very bad thing to split open a block at tho mino, and contrary to nil rules, for thoro is danger that tho lino, polished faces will be scratched, Cinnabar occurs very commonly in lho coast ruUKO of California, usually at or near thoeoiilac.tof sandstone and serpentine. Many of those occurrences aro of small importance, yd aro geographically similar to those of many of tbe large producing mines. Cinnabar is also found in small quantity in lho gold belt, ono notable occurrence being in Mariposa county noav Horseshoe bend of the Merced river, whero the cinnabar is associated with gold. Fruit Ornamental Trees! mlutitlrniiH, In Browing io Stock in Is-I.O-.-E.E.Elsr.R'Y .j.i I \V-_tmlllsti. Kond, Vancouver, U.C. ASHCROFT WATER, ELECTRIC & IMPROVEMENT COMPAUY. NT holders ol tli' the othec of i Columbia, Ol 1800, ut tin- I noon, to cmi: piiri-h;i-im_ i rights, prlvllt Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hay, Grain, Qixop Feed, &e. i-tPAffent for E. Q. Prior & Co,, agr cultural implements. LEADS l_)KN AT ASMCI T* >( .md if properly nt uf inch temporary .osud purchase iiithorlzlnH th. liousand iTolln. g made tl .bylawor byli ind tlmt n i Un meeting re- sliming after bu ir bylaws will 1 if a-,;! will be ratified pro- .lilted tn t gages, bond md other docti icnta lobe >y the conipnn used loan will Du -sttbtnl mil con Iir nm tii 1, .'ilii ii.l i "'. . itu-v ind hypotftcci non-la. deben ullice ull v any m.l iippoinl ■ Iran Miction uf I u general UfltH ss ol th com- [j any. cling any iifiln- ssoflh coni- nunl l.HL.i Dated lhe Oil dnv.ii Mn I'l.TKl. 1 YAN Il.l. .-*, ¥ CLAUD* 1.. 1 ;ix.\T Sill l.i is, UERNAUD HYAN, 1UJ Dire :tim (Comi my. »_;_.. Nollct js horel y given ti Slit-riit John Stev- . |I:i|l..-|Tlll.-, t'ilM no, Ilii other Cli l.ir- k-v,-\u\ ment Co.," llu.jJj.l f Ihu l imtl l.v snid tlieir ImillsDl ilu-Siii U-, KiV: U.C. lit-rtv li miu. -u , iim l.um-,1' Uln-Sil iiL-vMiiiii IVHli- ■hii! ever. - Hit in pt - ing ml* W...--11. urilistiivii mv liu Ih li Will It ...■nsi-rllln _. HAWK MI'S i"i0ll0 Bunrai. Inland Cigar Manufacturing Co. of B.C, Ltd. FINE HAVANA CIGARS. C__i__.' j__lj3c.oi--_-t-.o-_: pi<iue of; kai.il-01 >: interior la morena KAMLOOPS, If y. u Imvo ii Oougb or Cold us. Lambert's - - - Syrup of Douglas Pine. HENDERSON BROS., Wholesale Druggists, VICTORIA mul VANCOUVER, D.O. W. C. Morgan. Next door to Telegraph oltlue. Matt res ses-c?— .Mndo to order nud repaired. Desks<^ Built ut reasonable ratea. Fui*niture<^" Manufactured or repaired. tW AH kinds of UpholBterltlg done witli neatness and despatch. Picture Praming a specially. IAIL00PS P. HEROD, Proprietor, KAMLOOPS, - - B.C. Ih the place hi- aim ■lien oE Kfttlli-T the Choicest Wines and Liquors And tlie Bust Brands of Foreign and Domestic Cigars, Oyster Col M&TCREE& Blacksmith Shop. 1 desire to give nuliee to teamsters and others wishing lilji.ksiiiilliing done, that 1 have leased the Hat Creek Blacksmith Simp and have on hand :i full liue of steel, iron, etc., for the general black- smithing business. All work entrusted to me will lie done thoroughly and with neatness and despatch. D. NEVIN. .G.T.- FOH cordially l._vlli_-1 Hlf'St.N.SKC. \LE. m-l.|.-illv<'li'-m'tl. ■ ; very fnvoiaWy ■.■■iini.i.ii ii .nil-. MAI.TI.KY. ■he i.ii.nm', It.C, FOR* SALE. NOTICE. JOSKPH \V. BURR, $10.00 me I shall ii coiitmctiMl v l.<1 nt As-iCroi given that from imd utter ii be responsible fur any iihuin my wi it ten order. :li:-^H.I.i| l-rl.ruaiv.ism'. (.*. .V.'l.A...-!-:. Fully warranted. if mn BatlBfiictory U.C. Cliarges pre Your money refunded Sent tn uny place In aid on receipt of 610. Tit© jgg -I* Y The J eweler. VANCOUVER, B.C. tW RopairiuR a specially. For ?S-Etle ! TKE MEADOW LAKE PROPERTY. i tin- M.mi t'afilui.i Whjiiui . Alkali Lake, llitipue Val- .iie. anil td the rest (if the of tl . Fr r nnd iiffM-ei UlU- lilli r.j.ui -iil i country. 're.nif.rant. 820 acres robered, a larne pas- - well Htuati-il tor a i pood, tra' The oni'.,m an.l .Ull Dominion Hotel. ^ KANLOOPS- B.C. ■n. Firs OhoC). ttiouoo for Comme: -di-Sis Ctiisiuo (Fren Well Stocked Bur, other liiiilihn_:«. Well snite.1 inr dairy- posesi a milk house, clinm, seventy tc. l-lncksmltli shop. Necessary tools ni. country affprds tine graz- ld cattle and is well watered. •, geese and prairie chicken if npply either to J, E. N. in. B.C., or to CREASE & itors, Tt'iitpk- Bnildins. Vic- 6i-ia NOTICE. C J. ROBIHSOHv PROPRIETOR. GoTdswortli Tea! Maple Leaf Coffee! HaiU-rvilk-. ll.C. 71 ..iihtj-Coi.it of Carihoo will "rlday. loth June. 1800. lay. lOlli June. L8O0. ay, Mnd June, i860, ',30th June. 1800, i day at 10 o'clock in lhe JAMES McKEN, " lurt or Carlhoo. 7th April, ihu^. floiU. I..-. R,0 11.1003 tO. TEA IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS, VANCOUVER, 11. (.' CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL R'Y ts llio best lino io ami rrom Chicnuo. Milwaukee nml all points Enst, Willi ils 0,11)5 miles ol thoroughly equipped rond il reaches all prlnolpill busln.oss centers in Northern Illinois; Wieonsln- lown, Minnesota, Soutn Dakota, North Dnltotrj ond North Michigan E ONLY LIME Runntng Eleolrle Li^hieii nml Bldara Healed VoBllbuletl Tmliia. Time tftbloB, uitipa nnd information ro- gtirtling rotilca, ratos anil oilier tlotalU relating-to llio road will lio furulBhcd on application to any coiiji'o'ri iiakol agout, or byliddrcasing C.J.IjIuiy QonoralAgont, Portland, Oro. SOO-PACIPIC LINE. The Best and Cheaoest ItOUTE TO ALL EASTERN FOISTS. TOURIST CAR SERVICE. . Tourist car leavi!- dully fnr St. Paul; fit Itu-tnu and Mniitical. W.iliKs.lays; f.irTnroilr In. Mnmlay.amlKri-ays, impress Lin Empress of India, Empress of Japan, EmpresB of China, Japan mid Chiiiu, Canadlaii- an, Miowera, Warrimoo and Aorangi, Por Honolulu, Fiji, Australia, ovary four weoks. For full information as to rotes, time _.-.., apply lo. the neatest ticket agent lo A. L.. CLEMENTS, ur to Agent, Ashoroft E. .1. Coylk, District l'u-jitjiifjer Bgent, V>noouver,B,0. mmtm 4 LOOKING FOR FLAWS. Don't look r<>r flaws ns you go on through life, Awl oven wlien you Hnd them It Is .visit) anil kind to ho mi.no.vlmt blind And look for tho virtue behind thom, Vor tho ..loudiest nlj.lit hns a bint ot light Komcwhero In tbo kIiiuIowh hiding; It is hotter by far to look for a star Tlmn tho HpoU on lho aim abiding. Tho oin-i-Diit of lifo runs over nwny To tbo bosom of Ood'a (-rent ocean. Don't sot your force 'gainst tbo river's conrw And think to niter its motion, Don't wasto u curso on tbo universe— Don't shrink ut tbo trlnls heforo you, Don't butt nt tho storm witb your puny form, But bond und lot it go o'er you. Tho world will nover ndjuat Itself To suit your whims to tbo lottor; Somo tblng3 must go wrong your wholo lifo long, And tbo sooner you know It tho better. It 13 folly to ti(.bt wilh the Infinite And go under at lnst in ibo wrc-tlo. Tho wisest mnn -hnpes into God's plan As tho water shapes into a vessel. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. frlglitom 'iili pQl'Si THE CLOCK. Tliero was at Eplnol In 1G0O or 1700 and something—It is su longngo thnt I do not remember tbe exiiei dale—a olook with chimes, muslo nnd moving figures that excited tho admiration of all tho neighboring towns. From Vesotil, Obnumont, Nancy and oven Btrassburg, from tho four cardinal points, ill root, .flnrUed inqulslllvo men and mniion, who ot tha approach ol midday orowded luto iho bhclc shop nr old Master Tliihiiiiii', iim ingenious constructor of this complicated machine, MiiBtor Tlpbultio hml never euiiM'iilcil to part wiih his mitslerpleee. Totho oITits of Honors nnd money, n huflilivil timofl i*o|ienled, lio gavo formal rofiiBttls, saying: "My nallvii lown will lllliorlt II (fftOt l»y death. If yoit took nwny iny eloi-L now, you woitlfl I.lll nm, you m.<\ for It Is ii pail, of my llfo." Milliter 'I'lplmhio did noti oxnggtimlo, 1'orl.mn yoan, olworboil In ilm most tm- possiblo cnluulntlons, ho Imd conceived ami thought oul his plan ol mechanism, In fuet, it look ion years boforo bis project wasroallWHl Uo made all the pieces him- Meif nnd lilted tin in togotlwr patiently after it thousand frilHllWH Irlnls. Ob, bow lUIUiy sloepldSS nights, bow mnny bidden rtlsoouriiBomontsI Ih- nltrtlnod finally iho certainty of triumph, lntloed Master Ti- plmlllo did not Dinggorato In claiming tlmbthisolook wnsa purl nf his life. Ono day, then, (he liibabltantsof Epiunl learned tlmt tlioold ebii-kmaUerhadMilved bis problem and (hat they wero summoned io assure thomsolvofl tif tbo perfect working of thu apparatus. Thev look caro imt to inlss the appointment. Tbey admired very innoh tlio con- htnietlon of the lmu-hine, Iml, when nt lhe stroke of 19 Ihu meehniilsm sot iu motion lho figures, men atttrms, heralds, apostles, ele., when tlio chimes rang, mysterious hells played a popular air. lho cock crowed, (ho ox bollowcd, the ass began to bray and the fat goose lo tiller his hoarse cry— due, us OTory OUO knows, lo a eold eon- traotod by an ancestor on Christmas night —there wns a wild admiration, an irresistible enthusiasm, among the speetators. "Oneo more!" they called out. "1 cannot oblige you," replied Master Tipbaitie. "The machinery isarranged to work only every 2. hour.., If 1 disturb Ibo least thing, tbo wholo is deranged, aild I am too old to recommrnco sttch labors. Conn* back tomorrow," On the nest day tho sif-'htseors enmo In still greater numbers. Then lho news spread and reached tho country nnd tbo neighboring towns. Every day the back shop was filled wiih admirers who were untiring in applauding tbe masterpiece of _-.evr.-ln TipbolUO. But for somo years Master Tiplinlno had remained Indifferent to tbo slncerest and tho loudest praise--. In tho confused din of exclamations bo listened ouly to the laugh of a child, a clear laugh, joyous and fresh ns the chant of a niountniu cascade, purer and more melodious than tho mysterious bells that saug in tho clock. Among all tbo faces that benttownrd him gaping witb surprise Tlphnlne observed only the pink aud white checks of Gulllo* mine, a pretty littlo child of 6 years of ngo, his granddaughter. GuIUoraino did not miss ono of tho midday representations, Master Tlphaino Installed bet* in iho first row; then ho raised tho curtain that protected hisclock. From this moment all bis attention was directed to his granddaughter. With as much impatience ns tho child ho counted tho tickings, bo awaited tbo preliminary clicks. Immovable, in u.Btatoof ecstasy, Gulllo- mine fixed ber wido opened bluo eyes on tho clock. Click, click, . f-r-r-r*oul Gearings, sprint--*, cogwheels, begnn to movo with a noise liko lho Happing of wings. Muster Tlphaino read on Gulllomino's faco tbo emotions that pervaded it, and ho felt a childish joy. Coo-coo-ricool Tho cock aroso on tho top of tho belfry. Guillemino clasped hor hands. Tho bells tingled, and iho infant. Saviour, lying In tho manger, appenrod. Thero wero thu ox, tho ass and (ho fat goose. Higher up angels hovered in thoclonds, which tho dovo, carrying tbo olivo branch, Hew across. Tho magi, iho shepherds, followed by their Ideating Hooks, filed by tn procession. Guillemino began to fidget on her stool, Sho bit her lips; pulled ber fingoi-s. Master Tlphaino himself is restless. Liko tbo littlo giil, he Is awaiting tho surprise!. Tliero ir is—the temptation of St. Anthony) Tho Imps which danco about and tbo friend that gambols cavort unceasingly. Tbat was Ihe surprise that Guillemino was waiting for. Wild with joy, sbo jumped about, clapped her hands and laughed. Ah, this laugh 1 That was tho stirprlso that Master Tipbaiuo waited for. Tho old grandfather laughed lu his turn, lio laughed until ho was ready to weep, and tho procession ended as tbo cock, rising again, dosed the entertainment with a crowning con-coo-rlcool Master Tlphaino seized tlio littlo nir), shaking with laughter, clasped ber in bis arms and mingled his snowy looks wilh tho blond ringlets of Uuillemiuo. Ono cold day in December tho sightseers of l.plnal, who In spite of tho cold camo to tlm shop of iho master Hud; maker as punctually as certain citizens of Paris not long ago used to go to tbo Palais Royal to rogtilato their watches by tbo report of tho caution, found the door obstructed by .old SoVCrltl Tipbaitie. "iNo ono can como in today," said ho sadly. "Why!" tbey asked, "Is tlio clock broken:-'' "Tho dock is not broken," replied Tl- phninn lu a slill sadder tono. "Bub Gull. leniiiH. bi t k, pour litllo one, nnd wo aro expecting llio doctor, who ought) to bo hero soou, Ho, then,.l nsk you, pleaso to go away without nolso." They acceded to bis request, mado their excuses nud withdrew. Master Tiuhiilne then entered n room with einsefl Shutters. lit up by a few burning fagots, At tbo end of tliis room in an nlcovo, where tbo fantastic shadows danced about, thero was a while bed, and in lliat whito bed, quito pale and dellcite, liiiillemlno was lying. At tbe fool, of ihu bed a young man nnd a young woman were Standing, looking sadly at tlio Utile girl. Mastur Tlphrilno advanced with soft, sleps, trying to prevent tho lloor from creaking under bis weight, und when ho was quito near tho bod ho Bald, addressing tho young man: " .Veil, my son, has sho spoken!" "No; she has not Sho docs not soom to bear when sho Is spoken to, nnd yot she looks at us with ber beautiful bluo oyes," "father." salt! tlio vouutr womau. '*1 Master Tlphaino bent ovor tho onuch antl tried to smile "Guillemino!" said he 'J.itl lo Qulllo-, mino." Tho prostrate child fixed on him eyes, that seemed to sco no longer. She did uot Btlr. "God havo pity on us!' sighed Muster Tlphaino, drawing aside. Poor, gontlo Qulllomlnoi On. tbo pro- vloua day, a lillle afler tlm .nldd.iv representation, a high foyer had seized bar, Duringu part of tho night sho had been delirious, crying out and struggling ngnlllst Invisible beings, and since morning she had remained iu this statu of alarming torpor, her limbs stlii'cned, her oyes staring. Master Tlphaino looked aft tlio lips of Guillemino, those poor, pnlo lips from which only yestorday the melody of laughter escaped. Thero wus a knock at tho door. Tlphaino went to lift tbo latch. Au old man entered. "Guillemino," raid Master 'J.lphaino, "hero is iho doctor, who has como io pay you a visit." Tbo doctor examined the child and meditated a long tlmo "Well?" said Master Tlplmlne. Tho doctor shook his head wilh an ati_i- lotis nir. "It Is serious—very serious," lio paid, Tho young man, hearing theso words, motion sign to tho young wonitm and went out. "What Is to bo done?" naked Tlphaino. "Abovo all, sbo musl; be r on Bed from (bis filial torpor. It l.i thin prnstmtIon that makes me uneasy. Now, Ihen, try to divert her, rouse lior up; othorwlso I can answer for nothing." Thereupon lbe iloelnr weut away, Then tbo ybllllg woman sal; down near Gulllo- mine nnd. repres-lrg her sobs, naiig nil ohl roundelay thai u nl to pleaso Hie child Um ni ll.-iiiini Bho edlh ..he did not hear, ''What Is lo lm dune? What Is lo bo doner' sobbed lbe young woman, and nho began bor Bong again Hotiru piuwiPil aulllomlne booumomore nml mora pale n the while pillows Afflicted, ho|i.-h's.., TlphiiUie, |ho youug mail and Ibo young woman bcoaiUU nilenl. now, mid nil wil.. slill In tl-.e room Suddenly a rhythmical noise was heard. Tick, tuck, tick. Imkl " .mdei-Tlphuluii Itnll Ids oyobn IT SHOOK HIS HEf'VES. An I n u I dent 'flint Aludo n -linn Feel Qr.ecr I'.ic Airltllv. V The otlior niglil-," said a young lawyer, 'I wns preparing ..onio tedious pleadings which had to be submitted in court tho following morning, and, knowing lhut I would need every moment of my time, I (locked niytolf In a small privato consultation room in tho rear of my suit, whoro no chance caller could interrupt um Tho room is very diminutive, with only miu window, looking into a court, and no fur- iiiburo oxcopt ii tablo and two or three chain. Well, I worked on steadily, hour alter hour, lung after the city Imd'seilied inlo sleep aud silence Tbe building was sos-lill I could hear oven an occasional mouse scamper across iho door- alono. At la-l I concluded lho task and, silting erect :n my chair, began to stroleh my cramped limbs "Asldldsomy eyes happened to fall on a lighted cigar stump lying on tbo carpet not four feet away, and 1 slopped stock still, frozen wilh amazement. I do not smoko. I had been sluing for hours in thai, littlo locked room, I could swear that, no ono had entered. The window was tightly closed, yet thoro, right at my reel, lay a half consumed cigar witli a great livo coal slill glowing at, tlio end. It Bcoms ridiculous to confess, but n thrill of horror ran through mo liko a galvanic fihock. A hallucination of any kind Is an appalling thing, It makes no dlfforouoo how- grotesque or honicly Lho subject, lt carries such frightful suggestion of breakdown in one's mental engine room. "Well, I finally summoned lip enough nervo lo stoop down and examine Ibo Stump, and what do vou think It was? Why, a tinfoil capsule from tho top uf an ordinary quart bottle of mucilage, lu stripping it off It bad assumed Ihe circular twist ut a cigar mid, lho foil being In-own, was jusl. llio right color. The red seal at Ibe top formed tbo coal, and a yard or so away lho Illusion was perfect. I drew a deep brealb of relief, but it was mi* tually several days beforo my nerves ro- Bituied tholr normal lenslon."—-New Or- iQftiis •rimos-Domoomt. G. PitiCiH & c (1_J._..I;L1S11__)_ 18.-1.) DEALERS liN- Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails, &c. ■ _Viill aiid _-_i.iis._y Supplies, Wagons; Buggies, Gutters, Farm Implements, &c, Victoria. Vancouver Kamloops. Importers uf—, Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, And Mnm-fncturei's of-s Overalls, Shi s, .Hid all kinds of Clothing suitable fot- the 6Wnis.fi; Trade. l) unci : I .'nils Street, Victoria, B.C. .CMC HOTEL, Siliuili'il Jii'iiJ- Depot, KA.ILOOl'S, ll.C. DUPONT & CORNING, - - Props, rt .\ -i lll|i, irn "11 ■il Ily •l,i 1,11., ;, ho nni.u mi In mill l-O.OJ! mil v, nillri ul 'nt lu llll oil umi. 1 his ip In .null if lho olook," Willi 1 "Whnt In yoti wn It: tl) tlol 'II ll.C llio i l.y ni \ •IIIk-." Tin V 1' ll,il lliu 1 'll llll ith 1 ink shop V ilp 1101 1) n 1 It boforo soil lllll i'i Ihool itnln ,-fc thn > ,-ji _ 'l'l- 1 l.i. ask nil. co. Tlio i- H'k ni pen oil ci llllO' Vou mlno'8 eyes Boomcdto move. "Look closely now, Guill lire going to sco the manger nud ibewlso kiti^s and St. Antliouy, How you arc (to- In-r to l-iujrh I" "But, father," *iid tbe young man, "it is 11 o'clock at nlghl and tbe llguros will not appear until noon tomorrow. Can Guillemino wait until then?" '■Sho shall not wait," rep'iiH! Master Tiplinlno In a low tone, "and tho figures are going to appear," "But," suid tbe young man, turning pale, ''you can only bring about such a result by breaking up tbe mechanism." "Ye-i, that i3 true." "Father, tliis is your life work"— Master Tiphaino motioned to his eou to bo silent.. "Bring mc a llghtj" ho said. Uo then drew out nails, screws, plntOS, laying bare llio Byatems of wheels, eto Tiphiiiuo worked slowly, for his bands trembled a little. '■Givo mo tbe hammer," ho said suddenly. Armed with tlio hammer, ho was ubout to strike a blow, then stopped. Was bo hesitating? Ho looked at QtiUlemino, who was storing fi-ccdly at tbo clock. ''Pay attention, my Guillemino! Now you are going to laugh. Vou will laugh, Won't youV" He struck a sharp blow. The machine seemed to groan, The spring unbent with a formidable humming, tbo gearings rolled around. Mnster Tiphaino threw Ibo hummer far from bim and, slavering, luid to lean against tho wtdl, '•Light up the clock now," suid ho to his son, "and look, my Gulllomlnol" The hands turned wildly, 'i'liero camo the cock, tho men at arms, there were tbo ox und tbo hoarse, fut goose, and tbo bells tingled and the chimes rung out. Guillemino bad raised her bead, ber lips partly opened as if in hosltottug prelude to laughter. Ah, tliero Is St, Anthony, wbo, quicker than ever, runs along, dragged by bis friend with extraordinary gam- hidings, and tho imps, und St. Anthony nnd tho wlso men and tho shepherds danced afrnntlo round totho hurrying sounds of the chimes and tbo bells. At last tho hesitating Inttghof Guillu* mino roso by degrees, ascending liko n sang of reviving lib-, und Dually breaking forth clear and radiant. Hut while she, tbo geutlo littlo girl, was thus reviving to new life, tlm poor clock wns in its last agony. Sinister cracking, like a death rattle; from which Master Tlphaino suffered horribly, shook Its frame. Iu order not to hear these dual moans Tlphaino listened totho laughter of tho child, Oneo more a prolonged cracking, a last effort of the machinery, and then all was over. The clock lived no longer, bub Guillemino was laughing Btlll. And so, wlion this famous clock was shown somo year.-; ago at, Epinnl, it was said—on tbo authority of' competent persons wh(S had studied tbo mutilated mechanism—that tho masterpiece uf Sovorlu Tipbtiinowas a failure and bad never worked,—From tho i'reuch For Short Stories. MATRON AND MAID. Thn real tmm.. of Miss Maude Atlniiii tho gifted actress, h Maude Klskaddeu. I'alll'H bcauly Is said lo havo dejiarlcd, U a result of (oo much liiiii-, paint and euutuel. Harvard'sroprosoutatlvo totho next irl- innlnl congress of orientalists, to bo held lU tlm University of Homo in Oclober. will bo a woman, Miss Zoltu Nuttall. Mine, ttostatltl, tho wife of llio author of "Cyrano de llergerao," la ouo of thn most refined women in Paris, and it ia Whispered that many of her goniB of diction appear In hor husband's writings. Mrs. Binda Glltlum of Morohead, Ky., has been adjudged insane, by.Imlge Nloltel «nd sent to tlit) nsyluni nt; Lexington, Mrs, Gilliam becanio Insane from tbo oUeetr. of a blto from a poisonous snnko. Miss Helen Sargent is president of tho Art Workers' Club For Women, a new organization formed in New Vork to improve tlie social status of lbe artist'9 model, to givo to tbo model at least a portion of tho honor gained by llio picture. Queen Vietoria Ims conferred tbo decoration of tbo Imperial Order of (he Grown Df India upon Lady Ourzon, wifo of tho viceroy and governor general ut India. Lady Curzon was Miss Mary- Victoria Loiter, daughter of L. 'A. Loiter of Washington Mrs. Blunt, mother of tho bishop of Hull, died recently at tho ago of DT^i years. She ce)cbratcd tbo jnbilco of IClng Gcorgo 111 with her great-grandmother, who was burn iu Queen Anno's reign Their two lives spanned nearly tho wholo of tho eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Mine. Cundelarla, who died at San Antonio, Tex., tho other day, at tho ago of 111, crossed tho enemy's line., and entered the Alamo during Its memorable slego, when sho acted as a nurse, seeing tho (loath of .lames Bowio and Davy Crockett. The stato legislature gavo hor a pension of $72 a year. Mmo. do Fevrler, a sister-in-law of tho French General do Fovrler who recently resigned tbo graud chancellorship of tho Legion of Llonor, was murdered recently by a mulo servant Sho was 8-J years of sgo and had mado a will leaving her servant .00,000 francs and making him executor of her estate. Mrs. J. A. Xclson of Hailey, Ida., went to the Klondiko last spring and opened a bakery, whieh, lt is Bald, pays her a proflb of *7o io $100 a day. Sho bough! a claim which is paying well Mrs. Nolson is an Miorgotio woman who emigrated to Idaho (cn years ago, married and has helped her husband develop mining property thero. EAGKAT SADDLfittY iii HABHES8 SO. MANUICAOTUUKHB .-Nil tMI'OIl U-llS Ol" Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips, Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH SOT [.ESS MD DESPATCH Allorde sbv mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed ASHCROFT. .-,•! : : : B. C. jOEcisr -m:or-a.ei STORE. Gj'J-7-2. __ST-_3I_Xj_B FOBii, IB. C A lull assortment of Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, I.!fno?s and Cigar, llaid- inare, Miners Supplies. Hay, Grain and SlaMu_t ________ rii'lit. COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL. KAMLOOPS, .B.O. This well known houso has boon reopened liy it« new proprietor and has been thoroughly renovated and filled up _ _R A. BARN HART, Prop^ IMPERIAL BREWING GO. LTD. 3X. iV__V_:XjOO_F»S, _B. o. BlA_.0FAt-Tl--.E-lS Olf- LAGER BEER AND PORTE5.. Als© GINGER BEER, SODA WATER; LElW-./.-DE- and other Aerated Drinks. Under our new management we have permanently secured tlie services of n first-clHH brewer, \-e\iu luis lhnr,ni;;lil.. _i\-«-thjiulfil uur cellars, and wi; ;iti- now prepared In furimb the ■ -i.irl-.t-l willi .hit new lieer. whicli is sec.mil tu mine and sure to [live guild s.ilis.nctinn. All or den, by mail or otherwise promptly intended to. Give (is a (rial. E. T- W PEARSE, Manager. Occidental Hotel, QUEBNBLLK, - 11 C. Now tiiiimiK.iiii'iu. Ilnii'l h-ailq-ll.tci- for B. X. Btiip*. Q. Hilquuilms for mlliili), mm, wull fui'inslioil rooms, '1'uljle Blippliflil «iiii nverythliif* in BniiBnii. Most onmplnlo bur III Onribuo. Siiilili-s in uoniioctioii, Muv ii.ul Oats in i|uni. Ily, I''. IIOIi'iaillAMP,. A. JOHNSON, - - P,„i„i,.i,.,.. Cheapest house on earth, write for prices M. P. QOROQm, - KAMLOOPS, B.C. Beaver Lake House, 0. W. EAGLE, Proprietor. Dn the _tf_ain Road from the 150-Mile House to Quesnelle Forks. Good accommodations fot- travelers aud i>ood stabling, feed. etc.. for teams. A woll stocked bar lu oonneotlon. 1 deal largely in hay, grain, and farmprodu.ee ^enerullv. lAlJLIS _ 5_-rafS__j__!-_s;_^_.v(.j_r.v:-r-"-:;^ Water Works o. Wiinina; Plants Tlio largest and best equipped rlvetted steel pipe making [jlant on tin1 coast. Estimates Fmlsta1, Laige n Sni.'-I Quantities, to Delay In Delivery, .allil.elloi Guaranlted. miiistrong & il Olllco anil works-Foot of Hcutloy uvo. VANCOUVER, B.C. 'THE WELCOME' RESTAURANT as»oMOP HOUSE MRS. fiEO. KNAPPETT, Proprietress. Meals at all hours, day uud night. Fresh oysters in any style always on baud. Pr.rttt.0 boxes Eor Indies and dining parties. Tno l. Harry—What in thtinilor diti yon nsk tliat; follow what Uinu it was for whon you carry a watch that la always tight on tho notch? Dick—I merely wanted to givo hi in an excuso to exhibit hia watoh,—Boston TrauscrlMft. A lliifii Toil. A rat's tall Is a wonderful thing. The great naturalist Ouvlor says that thoro nro moroiiuisclosIn thin ottriotta appendogo than aro to bo found in that, part of tho liniiiaii anatomy which Ib moat ndmlrod lor its Ingenious Btrtictura—namely, iho hand, To tlm rat, in fact, its tallBervoa naafibrtof hand, by means of which tho animal ts enabled to crawl along hm-rov. lctlgos or othor dlfllonit paaanges, using it to balanoo with or to gain a hold, Itis preheusllo, liko tliu tai la of Bomomonkoys. By inonnB of lb.tho littlo boasti eau; Jump tip heights otherwise) Ina-ccsfliblo, oiiiplby* lug lt ns a projci-ilUi suriiijr. WARNINGS. PERT PERSONALS. When lho sword and pen join forces, as in Genoral King's caso, success is inevitable.—Boston Globo. William Nail was recently married In Cincinnati. Happy man. Xo woman eau tlrlvo a n.iil.—Chicuyo News. General Harrison Gray Otis, though only an editor, lights as well a_t a special oorreapondont,—l'opeka Journal. It is to bo noticed that in nil of Spain's troubles Don Carlos has not been nblo to mako progress beyond a bluff.—Cincinnati Enquirer, Tho fiilonco of Polygamlat Roberts indicates that, in somo respects, lio would mako a superior sort of coui.__.ssinan.— Kansas City Journal, Li Hung Chans Is reported to be suffering from aswolliugof tho lower limbs. Ohang will yet end up on tho stago.— .Minneapolis Journal. Mr. Theodora Il-ivetneycr lias earned $4 us u juror. Ho must fool liko a man who hns found a stray dtmo ln Ills pocket or obtained u pass to a thoator.—Baltimore Herald. Lillian Russell must feel moro or less embarrassed, playing around the country unit never knowing hut that ono of her Etophusbandfl is In tho audience. — Ht. Paul Dispatch. Tho Prlnco of Wales nover has anything moro than tea, toast uud ono ogg for breakfast, And yet busybodles sometimes wonder how tho British peoplo can afford to support him. Supper Is to flany ISP* And the question arises what should we eat, drink and avoid, supper licing a late refreshment. Wc Slionld Avoid =5- We Should Eat We Should Drink Anything and everything that does not " itb the followiug simple hygienic That which readily assimilates nnd does not overtax the digestive powers during tbo uight. , | > Only that which induces healthy sleep 111!/ without auy reactionary depression in tbe Mc[ennan, MuFkly & C^ ill VAMCOIJVEH, B.C. ■WHOLBSALB<?^" Haidware, Stoves, etc. Mill and Mine Supplies. Agents for the Giant Powder Company. Agents for the Majestic Steel Sange S-Cc.il Oi'dora Solicited. 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing point for all the hydraulic mines at Horse Fly, North and South Forks and main Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. THE CYNIC. At tl io Point will be found a good assortment of GENERAL MERCHAND ISE&MI NERS SUPPLIE8 Also one of the best Hotels on the route Information cheerfully given VEITH & BORLAND Proprietors and Stock Raisers. Don't send for a plifBlalan it you aro lovesick. Don't eat plo With your fingers, Kali ib With your mouth Dou't neglect your family lii order to peso as a publlo benefactor Don't Kit down and Walt for a good job to oomo along and hunt yon up, Don't talk too freely Whon you don't know what yon uru talking about, Don't quarrel, but if you must qutirro- tlon't quarrel with your bit-nil and buttor. Don't think all itiimte.ii' pliotogra'pliors arc pessimists becahsii tlioy tako poor VK-iVH of life. Tho poorer tlio piano player tho loiulcr sho iil ays. Every community haa customs oC ltd own that would nob ho tolerated in other communities, Tho ouly time a man reniomlior.. that) lm lias any complexion at ail is wlion im -.cleats a now tie, When tho man a woman refused to marry gets rich, she In in n position to talk about tho irony of fate. It takes a woman as long tosoloobn scat at lho thi.ntei" ns it docs for tho average man lo pick out a miw euit. of clothes. Havo you never noticed how the peoplo Hoiirlsh whom you tllsllko and what troubles overtake those of whom you nro fund?' lt Is rarely tho ease thnt a man can light a olgilt1 and his wlio not got a look lu her Cacti as if sho saw 10 cents thrown into tho flro. The worst enemies havo formerly been friends, as a rule, and ono is pretty apt to say of tho other. "I am tlio best friond ho ever had.' Somehow meat never tastes riglit when a doctor sits at lho head of thc tablo and does the carving It Is too suggestive of atirgleal oporatioua.—Alulilsoi. OUobo. This Space is Reserved For N BE I-EYSEIt AGENT, ASHCROFT. & LEISER. Importers aud Wholesale Dealers in WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS VICTORIA, B. C. Oppenlieimer Bros. WHOLESALE GROCERS Vancouver, B.C. CI. HOTEL, CLI-STTO-ST. B.C.- MA.HSHALL & SMITH, Proprietors. :m:- -DirnvnoisnD., DEALER IN- 80RRD AND LODGING BV THF DIV, WEEK OB RI.1NTH. U.BI WllJM, Spirits und Cigar.'. Oimil swilling. Eltjiultiunrlcu fm llin c'-"lll,"°, I liillooet nml Dog Ct,'--- Hoes ol'stngM. Hunting.,-.!- Jsllloa In tlio vicinity. Hardware, Stoves and Tinware, ASHOROFT, B.C. THE ASHCROFT JOURNAL SATURDAY, MAV 18, 1800. LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS. _ilr. Gore roturnod to Big Bar yesterday. Don't forget the raeotlug at the town hail tonight. Mr. Callaway, ngent ior tho Holutz- man piano, is iu luwn, The ll, C. Express Co. will oommeuoo the semi weekly sorvloo on Monday next, running ooiiohos from Ashoroft ovory Monday and L-Vidiiy. The road from Quosuollo Lo Barker* villo is at present inipussublo with u team. Mall is carried by Sandy Ijoidto on foot for forty miles.. Colonel Wright has gone to the coast on busiuoss, but will bo bnok soon lo go by stage to Quesnollo, wbero ho will overtake his panic train. O.E. .Johnson, ui the Cariboo Ex- obauge, has not been in good health of lale but is now improving. His build Ing is nearly completed and is u con veniont and well arranged house. l-voi-yboily receiving notice should puy up promptly for their trees nnd save trouble for tbe committee who have already done a good deal of gratuitous work in connection with tbe trees. Rev. Mr. Laidley left hist Monday morning forNanaimo, where the stationing committee meet ou Tuesday morning. Tho conference opens on Wednesday morning uud will last about oight days. Word was received, Tuesday, that Jessie, tho eldest daughter of Ed Choate, O.P.R. bridgo foreman, had passed away at North Bend, after a painful illness. The funeral was held at Vancouver on Wednesday. Yesterday morning, for tho first limo this season, mail left tho second time In the week for Quosnelle, It is expected that thero will bo regular semi- weekly mail from now ou from Ashoroft to Cariboo aud way points. J olin Wyness roturnod this weok from it visit to relatives iu Scotland and is now at work nt tho Aslieroft Hotel, .lack says a visit is u pleasant experience but Ihat nftcr a few weeks of it he feels like going to work again. Tho suggestion, under the present blood-thirsty condition of tho peoplo of Lac La Hacho, according to u correspondent from there, tbat delegates bo sent to the world's disiirinaneut tinti wur congress might not bo ouL of place. Wm, Boyd, a prospector who loft Cariboo for Atliu several months ugo, .returned this week and is on his way again to Cariboo, which is, he says, good enough for bim. Ho bus no use for Atlin luko or the surrounding country. On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Nolson gave a pleasant evening danco at lho Cargilo houso to tbo youug folks of tho vicinity. From tho fact that thc guests stayed until live o'clock in the morning wo imagine n goud timo was bad. The latest reports from Tote Jaune Cacho are to tho effect that there is no cause for excitement. A prospector just returned from that section stated to Uio Golden Era thut there wus positively nothing developed so far to justify recent sensational reports. John Robert Blair, of Into of the uorth of Ireland, arrived ut Ashcroft the foro part of the week and is now with his brother, who is superintendent of the Perry ranch, belonging to lho Western Canudmn Ranching Co. 11' John Robert makes us good a citizen of British Columbia ns bis brother bas ho will be a credit to tbo community. Anyone owning a dog should think enough of his neighbor's rights so as uot to turn the howling brute ont to muke night hideous witb his bowls uud barking. Several nights tliis week a chorus of from six to twenty dogs' voices have "echoed through the land" In tho neighborhood whoro we livo for hours nt a time. Somo of these dogs will die before long wo hope. A. G. Wallace, of Happy Valley, was in the Journal office on Friday of this week. Ho saw for tlie first timo a typewriter und printing press, aud to say that be wus astonished is putting it mild, He did not try to blow out lho electric lights although it was his first sight of such au institution and bo wns decidedly loary of them, Ho suys he will visit Aslieroft again within auothor ten years. Mr, W, F. Gore, who is one of tho pioneer dredging men of British Columbia, spont it couple of days in town this week. Me is operating a dredgo on Big Bar, about CO miles from Ashoroft, Ho is raising ubout 000 yards of ground per day of ten hours nnd is saving the gold. In the neur ruliiro he will put In au eleotrio light plant und work nights also. This would buvo been done long before this but for tho fact that the stockholders live iu England nud it is hard to get them to thoroughly understand tho truo conditions obtaluing. The plant is, wo nro assured by Mr. Gore, paying well and is a comploto success. Ho will return to Big Bar in a day or two, I Don'tforgetto WATER the TREES. Pipe for tho Gold Poiut mino is moving up lhe road. Mrs. I. Lehman returned last Saturday from a visit to Vaucouver. Tho Bioncunum party now oxpect to Htnrt for Omenica noxt Monday. The end of the Philippine wur is not far oil', if reports uro to bo relied upon. tiiiitc a number of improvements have been made in thc gymnasium of lute. .las. B, l.eighton, superintendent of tho B. C. X., roturnod this week from a trip over the linos of tho company. Denis Murphy, barrister, left for home ut Lao Un Hacho yesterday upon receiving news of bis mother's serious illness, No nows as yot ubout tlie new school house, or as lo wlio is lo receive tho appoiutment of recorder uud collector for this district. Oliver Evans has beeu seriously sick for tlie past few wooks. His many friends uud old neighbors hope for his speedy Improvement, The Ashcroft Hotol is undergoing a thorough renovation at present. Tho dining room Is to be plastered nud tbe bed rooms ure being kalsomiued. Mr. and Mrs, Harp, of Lillooet, passed through Ashcroft on Thursday on their way to Kosslaod, whore thoy intend making their future home. Mr, and Mrs. Tingloy visited thoir daughter Paulino ut Kamloops lhis week. Miss Pauline has only recently become ooiivuloseunt utter tho measles. Yesterday Mr. Sliaw, of tbo school board, wus informed by letter from Mr. Robinson, Superintendent of Schools, that plans, etc., for tho now school house would bo sent very soou. _!\ W. Foster arrived in Ashcroft the foro part of tbo weok direct from San Francisco. He is, although not woll, much better than when ho loft Viotorla, and is steadily improving. Major-General J. C. Kinohant, one of Cariboo's Members of Parliament spent a few days in Ashcroft this week leaving yesterday for Clinton. The general will spend some weeks in Cari. boo visiting his constituents. How about the Agricultural Society. Already Kamloops and Vernon have moved in the matter and named the time, etc. Vernon has out its prize lists. Ashcroft must bo doiug something soon if we propose to inako a success this year. A Nicola lake correspondent writes: Wero this locality on a lino of railway the Klondike or Atlin rush would be almost a funeral procession in comparison, for be it remembered tbeie is not only untold mineral wealth, but ulso ono of tbo best climates in the world. Tbo uew spring bonnet is a stunner. It has u cowcatcher in front, n tail board behind, u .lower garden on top, witli u bunch of grass ou one side and a bird's carcase on tho other side. The wholo is elaborately bound together with crushed ribbons and topped otr with a vory abundant millinery bill,-— Ex. J, D. Prentice, member for East Lillooet, and superintendent for tho Westorn Canadian Ranching Compauy, arrived in Ashcroft this week, it being his first visit to this section In somo mouths. Mr. and Mrs. Prentice aro to bo congratulated on tho arrival of a young sou a few days sinco. Mr. Prentice will remain In this section for somo time looking after his company's interests. Mr. O, Dwyer, who has spont some time in the Dominion government employ in looking ovor and reporting tho conditions existing regarding a railway through interior British Columbia will this season, by his roport from Asbcroft to the Forks of tbe Skeona conclude his survey. He states that a railroad can bo built along the line indicated without serious difficulties. Ho will leiivo io about ton duys for Quesnelle. Tho treo committoo have acted vory uufairly. It wus promised that tbo cost should be SI.00 per tree to those giving orders to the tree committeo for trees, boxing und planting, aod they received orders for sovoral hundred trees with this understanding. Now the bills nro sent out and the citizens uro only charged 76 cents por tree. Evidently wo havo no geniuses on tho committeo or thoy would bavo lived up to tho agreement in somo way. In 1802, at Spences Bridge, or, as it wus then called, Cook's Ferry, Ladnor's puck train cumo along. By somo mistake u mule was left outside of tho corrnll whilo a part of tho train, including tho belt marc, wns tukon on tbo ferry. The poor beast, with four kegs of nails on its back, bearing the tinkle of the boll on tho leader's neck plunged Into the Thom pson*T'i ver "imd tried its best to overtake tho bell. The kegs of nuils, of course, caused It to sink, but a couple or Mexican packers jumped in and cut the pack looso and saved the 8100 mule. This is an actual fact and vouched for by several old timers. I 34TH MAV CI-I.I-HHATION. All interested In nn excursion on thut day please moot nt tho town hall tonight at 8 o'clock. A committee will bo appointed to carry out tho wishes of tho meeting. Tom Hamilton is now night clerk at tho Cargilo House. Messrs. Shields and Ryan nre expected in Ashcroft next Tuosday if not delayed, Jack Wyness has dropped back into his old plnoo at (ho Ashcroft hotel very naturally. Work is still progressing on Scotty crock, and a boom may bo looked for in thut section. It is nearly strawberry timo. At tho coast California berries are retailing at 25 cents per box. D. O'Hara, Sergeaut-at-Arms for tho Legislature, is sojourning on his ranch on the Bonaparte. Col. Wright returned from tbe coast" last night and will loavo on Monday stage for Quesnelle. Beforo long tho counter jumpers propose to finish tho odds and ends nt tho bnso bull grounds. Charles Ramos and Mr. Owen woro visiting quartz properties on Langley mountain on Thursday. Walter Gow, wbo has boon with N. DeKeyser, the jeweler, for the past threo weeks, loaves for Vnncouver tonight, This afternoon will seo tho counter jumpers or elso tbo other fellows feeling vory cheap after tho baseball gamo. Wo arc pleased to bo able to stato that Mrs, Webb, who hus been so long aud seriously ill is at present improv ing. Mr. Walter Hnstie,of Naphnee, Ont, arrived in town tho flrst of tho weok, and bus entered tho services of F. W. Foster. The Prasor river at Lillooet rose feet on Thursday and Friday of this week, but during the last 30 hours has fallen 2 feet. The Lyceum Company that were to have been hero on the 29th have can celled all up-country dates and will remain in Vancouver until Inter on. Jack Wilson was arrested yesterday at Copper creek by Constable Burr and is now in tho Ashcroft look-up. The oharge against bim is in connection with cattle. Tho Empire Limited, which is to maintain nn average speed of 45 miles per hour on its run from coast to coast, will probably commence running some time next month. Everybody anticipates high water aud thoro may be some Interruption to railway service for a few days, It wise to bavo all orders needed within tbo next few weeks filled at once. After a committee makes agreement with citizens to furnssh them trees for street shading, planted and boxed, for 81.00 apiece and then only chargo 75 cents per tree it is' very evident that they never served in such a capacity in a boodle town or this would not hnvo occurred. J. D. Prentice is in favor of a cold storage plant being ereoted at Ashcroft. Mr. Prentice, with the large stock interests he represents, is exactly tbe right man to take hold of such a proposition and if he and the stock men would do so Ashcroft will do its best to help the business along to a successful! result. This has been the coldest and most backward spring for many years. Thero is a general belief among the old timers tbat tbis season will see very high water in the Praser, Colum biu und Thompson. The weather having been so much colder than common up to this time the usual first rise has not taken place, and bot weather that must come soon will, it is feared, send tho snow down in a rush. Why not get a good road through via Highland valley to tbo copper mines of tbe Mammette lako country? It said by prospectors and others who huvo traveled the trail to be the short est from Asbcroft to tho lako than it is from any point on the railroad, and that a good road could be easily mado. If mines aro developed in that section, as now looks reasonable to expect, we should have a road through and a stage line in operation. It is vory evident that all of the peo pie, us well as some of tho Members for tbo interior, do not believe that roads and bridges, and other improvements, should be held up by the statement that thore is no money, and yet a million dollars bo contributed to the Pacific cubio. It sooms to be the impression of nil in tbis section that tbe cable should bo built by tbe Dominion in connection with other colonies and England, If at all. Certainly, very fow, if any, in the interior of tho province, favors the government of British Columbia putting in $1,000,000 towards lt, Raw Furs! 1 am authorized to pay tho highest London Market price for Itaw Furs of every description. Small or large consignments attended to promptly, and cheque or money order sent by return mail. Ship to us and be convinced. Write for our tags. nM:. _F\ ST. „JOHN, Buyer of Haw _ urs, Molntyre Block, WINNIPEG., MAN. 50-2 Buyer for M. A1.E..11.U. & Co., London, Eno. •» 4 Cariboo^ Lillooet Stage Travel | Clinton and way points—Monday, Wednesday and Friday All points iu Cariboo—Monday. Lillooet direct—Monday and Friday. Through and rotilrn tickets at reduced rates. Special convoy uncos furnished. British Columbia Express Company HEAO OFFICE, ■ ASHCUOFT, B.C. 5ome of My Specialties: Almond and Witch tinsel Cream, 25c u bottle. Carbolic Snlve, 85c a box. . __._._.|Kir.__.i Willi loitiik-s j-l l;it..i. buttle. Too!Inn-lie Dro|..., If.c a buttle. Iron Blood I'lllu, B5c n box nr 0 boxes for 81. Cough Syrup, 25c and 50c. Jamaica (.linger, USi. a bottle. Cathartic Plila, 35c a box. Worm Powders, aGc a box. I.ye Water, ar.r a bottle. Dentllla Tooth Powder, 2Cc a bottle. Largo nnd Well Assorted Stock- Honest Treatment mid Honest Prices Has aud Is buildins up my Drug and Stationery business. You run no risk when dealing witb me as I cheerfully refund your money if you are not satisfied. t-__T"N.B.—My mail order department will rerve you tho same as it you bought in person. All mail orders filled as promptly as possiblo. J. H. CLEMENTS, Phm.B., X3x-*u*sgiist aud Stationor, Opposite C.P.R. Station, _A_.S_E_._C_R0:FT, _B. C. I P. RITHET k CO., LTD, -B.O. — Whclesale- -20 pairs Men's Tan Shoes, good valuo at 1(8.00 foi' $2.50. •20 " Boys' " " ' " " 2.25 for 1.75. 15 " Youths" " " " 1.75 for 1.50. Our .stock of Hoots uml .Shoos is lurgo ami compl-Lo; wo koop nothing but good goods uud soil lliem ohoup. ASHCROFT TRADING CO. THE ASHCROFT DRUG COMPANY. i _______ nto OUAnHLIl «fe GO.) Brick Block, next door to Bank of B.N.A., ASHCROFT, B.C. KI.CEIVED THIS WEI-K-Nestle's Food, Wilson's Kly Pails (tlie best), Seipel's Svrii[., Vaseline in I-lb. tins or ..iul I bullies. Howard's Cani|ilior, Scott's and Wami.ole's Cod Uver Oil. Al-(i, more Cigars {domestic and imported), more Oriental Cream (wbicb ladies pronounce "tbe most ..l,-i_;mt [nr|>:.r_itu.ii inr tin- -..in ever made"), more Cusbmeie Bouquet Soap (soap is ii necessity, but Cashmere Bouquet Soap is a luxury), more Bunnell, etc. A larger list of new goods ordered, and to arrive next week. Special attention to orders by mail. Let us know what is wanted or what is the troublo, aud medicines, eto., will be promptly forwarded. S3TDB. CLAEKE'S OFFICE AT STORE. BUSINESS ITEMS. See-ohange of adv. of the Ashcroft Trading Co. Send to J. H. Clements for a copy of the "Uariboo Road March," The Asbcroft Drug Company (late Clarke _fc Co.) are receiving new goods eaoh week. Seo adv. Nurses Por Atlin. The ladies of the Presbyteriau Church, iu conjunction with the home Mission Committee of the General Assembly, have decided to send a staff of nurses to Atlin, which is absolutely unprovided in this respect. Tbeir action is due to the urgent request of the Presbyterian missionary stationed there. *-'A house has been bought ai Atlin for tbeir accommodation, and tbe nurses will start next week for their new duties. Hippy Carries.!-.. The London correspondent of a New York morning paper quotes Mr. Andrew Carnegie in au interview as say ing, in answer to a question regarding the disposition of his fortune of ?200, 000,000: "I intend to distribute my wealthy reserving only a provision against any anxiety for the future of my daughter. She wil) not be a great heiress.. My time will be spent in searching out good objects, both in America and Great Britain, and in writing1." SIDNEY WILLIAMS, P.L.S., P.A.8.I., London. Land Surveyor, Civil Engineer, Draughtsman. QUESNELLE MOUTH, B. C. Engineering and Survey work. Reports ou mining properties. Maps and plans prepared of any portion of Cariboo district. CASH! FOR FURS. Marten'arc bigb and wanted. The dark skins re in tbe greatest demand. For large, dark, Bnesklna I will pay bigb prices, and other colors accordingly. Those shipping to me can rely on fair treatment and prompt returns. 1 will remain at Winnipeg until August 151b. nnd if nil goes well I will return in November, 181)0. Those of my friends and others changing their places of business, kiddly notify C. W. BALDWIN, P.O. Box 0-4. Winnipeg, Mun. H-L-J-Y*--- Hi"!!- B_!i§ Come and inspect my a' oo' SCOTCH GOODS! My first shipment direct. They nro a credit to the name they bear. Twoeds, Serges, Worsteds, V Id mas, Pantlngs, Breech I ngs, Vestlngs. Charges moderate. First-olasa workmanship. TOMMcOOSH THE MERCHANT TAILOR, ABHOROFI • ■ ■ B,0. LIST OF ADVERTISERS MERCHANDISE. P W Poster Abhoroft McArthur & Harper Vieth & Borland 150 Mile House Hudsons Bay Co Quesnelle James Reid HOTELS. Asbcroft Hotel Ashoroft ('argile House Welcome Restaurant Cliutou Hotel Clinton John McRae Quesnelle Porks Occidental Hotel Quesnelle Beaver Lake House Beaver Lake Cosmopolitan Hotel Kamloops Grand Pacific Hotel Dominion Hotel Kamloops House Hotel Badmingtou Vancouver CIGAR MANUFACTURERS. Inland Cigar Factory Kamloops HARDWARE. M Dumond Ashcroft Thos Dunn & Co Vancouver McLennan, McFeely & Co E O Prior & Co Kamloops JEWELRY. N de Keyser ABhcroft BLACKSMITH INS. I Lehman Ashcroft Smith & Bryson D Nev-in Hat Creek WHOLESALE MERCHANDISE, Oppenheimer Bros < ■ Vaneouver Pither & Leiser Victoria RP Rithet & Oo Victoria Lenz & Leiser Victoria Wm Braid & Co Vancouver Heuderson Bros Vancouver STABLES AND STAGES. Trim & Haddock Ashoroft B C Express Co " McRae Bros Vancouver MEATS. C H Gibson Ashoroft J D Gillis * DRUGS AND STATIONERY, J H Clements Ashoroft Clarke & Co " BREWERY. Imperial Brewery Kamloops FURNITURE, M I* Gordon Kamloops MINING MACHINERY. Armstrong & Morrison Vancouver EDUCATIONAL. Vogel Commercial College Vanoouver BANKS. Bank of B. N. A, Ashoroft SADDLERY. L Mackay Ashcroft TAILORING, Thos MoCosh Ashoroft UPHOLSTERING. W C Morgan Ashoroft DENTIST, R Mathison Kamloops LAND SURVEYOR. Sidney Williams Quesnelle RAILROADS, C P R, A L Clements, agent Ashoroft U M & St P, C J Eddy, agent Portland FEED STORE. M P Stewart Ashoroft MISCELLANEOUS. I O G T J B Bryson Laundry Thom Chong Lung Raw Furs G W Baldwin Raw Furs M F St John Fruit and Ornamental Trees M J Henry For Salo A. S. Ulrioh Notice John MoRae Notice Mrs Woodruff For Salo A H J Martley Notioe -fames MoKen Columbia Bicycles C E Tisdall For Salo Crease & Crease In the County Oourt J W Burr Ashoroft W-H-fc I Co Poter Ryan et al LIQUORS and GROCERIES. Agents Columbia Flouring Mills, Enclerby nnd Vernon. COLUMBIA MEAT MARKET, ,SH.T" Have constantly on band a good supply of— . Diii-XM •———Good Buppllos ill fair prices. WHOLESALE nnd RETAIL, J. D. CILLIS, Proprietor. Ouesnelle Mouth, B. C. All ProjeotocI Railroads fur Northern British Columbia point to Quosuelle Mouth as the centre and ais.ribnting depot tor the various mining camps in llio groat gold bearing District of Cariboo. The undersigned keeps a line selected stock of the choicest goods procurable, consisting of BACON, BEANS. BUTTER, FLOUR, AND MILL FEED, AND A GENERAL LINE OF GROCERIES. Mining, Prospecting & Hunting Outfits. Hardware and Agricultural Imole- ments. Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc. Lumber, Rough and Dressed. Cedar Shingles. Hay and Crain. -T.__.:_v_:____3 iR-Ei-D. N. de Keyser, The Ashcroft Jeweler. NOT QCPC I WCn A 1 urge consignment wliich UUO I -ILIIL I ¥ LU it will pay you to inspect, of JEWELRY, W.A.Ta-E-C.EJS, EYEGLASSES QS SPECTACLES Sent C.O.D., allowing examination before paying same, Xo express charges. Agent for Heintzman Pianos. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. $4,811,(06.07 GOLD PAII-UP CAPITAL - - ■ RESERVE FUND ■ ■ ■ • 1,460,000.00 Head Office, London, England, No. 3 Clement's Lane. Branches in the principal towns of the Dominion of Canada. Agencies in New York and San Pranolsoo. Branches in British Columbia—Victoria, Vanoouver, Rossland, Trail, Kaslo, Greenwood and Ashcroft. Drafts issued on the above Branches and Agencies, and on China and Japan. Qold Pust and Amalgam purchased. G. .EI. GKr.BSO.__Nr, MEAT MARKET, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Atten'xon and satisfaction guaranteea ta customers. Mam Street, ASHCROFT, B C, THOS. DUNN&CoLtd -IMPORTERS OP- Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Placer and Quartz Mining Supplies %W Write eor Quotations. 8 and 10 Cordova Street, Vanoouver, B.C. Columbia Bicycles Standard of the World. 1899 PRICES: Chain, $55; Chainless, $85. The Strongest and Easiest-Running Wheel Made. Tisdall's Gun Store, VANOOUVBB, B.O. m
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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