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, -ii . »7, t-i1 _:_____ -JOUR J VOL.4., NO. 2', ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCTOBER I. 1898. $2.00 PER YEAR ran uooqs Have An Onll and .See (.hi Fashionable Millinery, ess G-oods, and ■ >ats Gapes. Alec I., hiriki. inirin wc are olVering snme decided ns in -.-.siery. Caps, ress Remnants. Mull .i.l.'i- will Ire iirompll; mitlHfru linn tr, rjlu. ' Lull, id nnr bosl oltorUi usod u> uiv _F ■ '.. :eosa?:e_.:R,. Genera ant and Storage amd ii dins' Assent, .SHOROPT, B.O. Mili-u-^-vV-: [HOTEL, Divoctlv .-pUD-it. Dc] rop. ietor„ ASHCROFT, B.C, This Hotel has Ij n iittctl ami i-efiu-nisheA. A new win;., .i'i x -.'. ;',.-;. coutaiumg nineteen rooms, including bntli ami sample room-, will l.e opened l.y Oct. 1st. tiri.nl taljl- and .,■ ' ■■■--■ ice Tlir only lirst-class ii,.!. 1 in towu. :lin. : HOTEL, OK, B.O. J 'O MAIISHAI.L .v SMITH, Propfiolors, : BOARD 6NDtOQGIllG Bl THE DAV", WEEK OB MOUTH. Bcsl Win--, Si hits un , • ■• ■ ' si I ling; Heart-quarters for tlio Cnriboo, Lillooet mul i'.i Ci i „ . Hunting und ..sh.ug la tho vicinity. Trim & Haddock, LiVERY, SALE & FEED STABLE. ASHCROFT, B.O, Sad.ll.-. I'ack ami Driving Horses for sale and lure, l.igs kepi at botli stables. Special trip* mad-- to Lillooet or poinis in Cariboo at any linn'. Wire at our expense for rigs. wholes .1.1! IKAI.KKS IN' IIAV AXD 01-A1N. :.j3SOisr .» ii I J- - . I WHOLES ILE AXD RETAIL. All. Mam Street, liaranteeit to customers. ASHCROFT, IS C. Ih P- Under Hew l_.ana_*ement. Ah-, and Mrs."-,. Elkins have entire charge of the Hotel, ami have thoroughly renovaled ami relittcd it. Dining rooms well supplied, neat and orderly. The bar, under the management of Cargilc &. llevery, is well Rnpjdicd with llu1 best grade ni' Wines, Liquors ami Cigars. Tin. house solicits a Fair share of llic public patronage, Aslicroft.-ll.C., t\ i -'."rih. 1siis. I _ mill. ™gh§p h ASHCROFT FAIR. On Tuesday and Wednesday tlie matter of tobacco culture, next Aveek Ashcroft liopt^s tlie establishment of cream- hnvo you as its guest, and eries antl any and everything that all will bringalongsome* of interest lo agriculture in thiny to exhibit; stock, cer- this district. Turn oul and eals, vegetal des, fancy work help to make it.a success, [fit or anything uf interest to lhe does not suit you as it is, gel community, ll is especially in and help make it better, requested of farmers that those Turn out everybody on Tiles- Mving in this community day antl Wednesduy ol' noxt llOllld be able to talk over week. I-IM.AV MIVl-W. Tbis wool, thoro arrivod iu Anhorort Mi*. OburloH Morrill, ouo oil u purty of livo mon who loft Edmonton last March tho north wostom gold Holds, Mr. ■rill slates thut thoy hud u hard trip rrom IflduMmtoninloFortaruhnm, bul. suffered no aovoro losses. lio tuul >iiD companion ouuio out. louvlng thn itlior tin 'oo mou in mi (lm Finlay to tin tor, Tho ouLIro party would bavo luyojl but round thut thoy would bo shoal ol' Btipplios by ho doing, Mr. Monill umi companion thoroforo oamo nl, with tho Intention or goiug in again iu (ho spring viu Ashcroft umi Qucsuello. Whilo ut the [iMnlny no startling finds if Hold woro roportod, two men camo n aEtor supplies at ffort Graham, ono ninn had ubout $85 iu gold dust und tho otlior ubout 860. Both stated Hint thoy had boon pros pooling on the high cuehos of tho Finlay uud that thoy bad found burs on whioh thoy hud made for n short timo 620 por duy uud wonld hnvo remained thoro to, work but thoir supplies ruu short. They woro to return immediately with moro supplies obtained from Port Graham and Mr. Morrill's party wero going iu with them to investigate the truth of tho reports. Ou tho wuy out Mr. Merrill states that he heard nothingof any parties being stuck or destitute on the Asheroft trail and thut he bus much faith iu northern British Coluinbiu ur, i pood Uold for prospeotiug for gold. | He bud a loug trip ou tho Edmonton routo and some rough experience but wns well uud strong, us wore till of his purty, wheu they roaohedFort Graham, j Ue suys that trails uro uow being made j iuto tho Liard river oountry from that section aud tbat iu tho near tuture it will bc much less difllcult going in'to the northern rivers. The country will bo better known and more advantage cun bo takon of natural routes thut so far hnvo beeu pructicully unknown except in somo cases to the natives, who are sometimes hard to persuade to guide parties to auy particular section they might desiro to visit. Quito u good mnny mon buvo prospected on the upper Peace river, tbo Parsnip und on tho lower Finlay, but none huvo found grouud that would at tho'preseut time pay to work. With Increased facilities for supplying the Intorior witb food and tools at much less expense thau ts now possible, Mi- Merrill thinks tbnt plucer ground muy bo found valuable thut is now impossible to work with u profit. Colonist if thoy would devote, if such things must bo, a littlo moro time to coast routes and thoir horrors, nutr- dore, tales of robbory und plundering, thoir whole sblplotulB of deluded Copper river Illinois, their water logged vossols, that woro sent out by unprincipled Bpooultitors, uusafo to cross a mill pond, and (hut sunk in culm wou- tlier, even us did u corlaiu steamer witb i-OoriO precious lives, tho hundreds who buvo lost thoir lives in crossing Chih'oot. Pass and through Skagway or on the lakes below and in the swift rapids of tbe Lewes river instead of devoting wholo pagos to tbo horrors of a routo where mon could at uny timo turn buck and in a very fow duys, if tbey found supplies running short, reach safety. Ashcroft regrets deeply tlmt there bus boen disappointment und suffering on tho trail through to Glenora. The trip wus attempted by many who should never huvo undertaken it. Men thut were not horsemen uud uot tit to get In and drill In a UN* country. Some of this class did wellr Others would not attempt to help themselves und loudly wail. As a rule thev would uot take the advice of old timers but went ou regardless of the fact thut their horses us u rule were entirely unlit for such n journey. Tho season i roved lute uud rainy so that slow time wus mnde, but we do not believe there is uny starvation on tbe trail unless it be some sick or lost prospectors, und if there is auy chance of this being the case we say earnestly, let all possible assistance bo rendered quickly. Tbo talk of tbe Tost Intelligencer about the Uuited States sending iu assist auce to her distressed citizens, so far as tho Asbcroft route is concerned is all rot, uud everybody in British Columbia liuows it. Relief Parties. Westminster Fire Fund. Following are tho donations up to duto for the relief of tho lire sufferers of New Westminster: Jas.Haddoak S i>.00 Previously uokuowledged 22S.OO Total... *j:;:;.i-o ALLISON WOODS, Proprietor. Meals u_!uH hours, duy aud night, IVi-sh oysters in any style always on hand. Private boxes for hidlcs and dining parties. Nevin &. Peterson, WORKERS ■ Cruiiplroll Bratliov.) invSMITHS, WOOD- i\0 -WJSSTS. Blaoksmithing oE all olfts us and woodwork, Ilprsoshoolng a spoolajty. Engines, Tlirt'.-iliiug and MowtiiR Machines, Binders' Plows, uud all kinds of Farming Muuhlltery repaired. Wagons nnd Buggies built to ordor. Aud now tho Post Intelligencer says that it is pained to bo obliged to publish tho rates of sturvation, deaths and disasters on tho Aslieroft and Edmonton trails, but thinks it is but a just retribution for tho attacks mado by Canadian journals on tho Skagway and Dyea routes. Tho editor of the Post- In tell igoncer should, of course, know that thero bas beon moro suffering on tho Dyea and Skagway routes than hits over been published and yet roports of many hundreds of deaths buvo been given out by newspapers generally. Ho should kuow that at uo plnco on tho Ashcroft routo can you bo moro thau 150 to 200 milos at tho utmost from a Hudson's Buy post. Uu should know that every stream and luko in northorn British Columbia abounds in lish, that birds aro plentiful on aud along tho mountain and hill sides, that game is found in profusion in some places aud somo gumo lo bu found in any part of tbo country, thnt if miners oould not go ahead in uo caso wus it muny duys work to go back to u supply poiut, aud thut auy mnn in an emergency should livo as did Tbibots und McLelluu, tho discoverers of Cassiar, who lived solely by their guns and fishing tackle, and this for more than three yours. Thero have beon no deaths on tho trail oxcopt that of Sir Arthur Curtis thut thoro i.s any uccount of, uud Jus. Deacon uud party hnvo been through this senson from ono end of tho routo to tho othor and buck. Tho man wbo talks ubout tho Indians damming Mud rivor to got toll out of tho miuers is tolling fairy stories nntl tho most of his talk wns tho talk ofn mau who litis still a pipe dream in mind. Talk of $160 horses in Asheroft. No mnn paid j*j of thut for his horses, and tho most paid only 810 to $20, nud of tho horrors oftho trail, huudrods traveled it _I0 years ago and no ouo died on it. It would bo fur moro honest on tho part of tho Post Intelligencer uud tho Victoria Accnmm dilation New Westminster [inhibition. Parties attending tho New Westminster Exhibition if unable to get accommodation at Now Westminster cuu do so with little difficulty in Vnncouver. tu order to fucilitule tlio movement to uutl from the Exhibition the Canadian Pacific Rullway will run several fast trains in each direction between Vnncouver uud New Westminster, tbo run to occupy less than one hour in each direction, with u fifty ceut fare for tho round trip, this rate being available from Vancouver, and from New Westminster. AMicnilt Donation Receive-1,. The following letter of acknowledgment was received Tuosduy: New Westminster, Sept. 22,1808. Mr. C. 13. Deans, Asbcroft, B. C. Dear Sir:—Kindly convey to tbo citizens of Ashoroft my sincere thanks for your efforts put forth iu our behalf at this time, nud for your most generous contributions amounting to 3213 to aid in the work of relieving our distressed uud homeless citizens. Tbo evidence or your desiro to aid us in our distressed condition is urn- ply shown in your generous contribution. I am Dear Sir, Yours very truly, Tnos. Ovens, Mayor, Tilt: liOl.l'I.N CACHE ROIHU-RV. I'rom n thoroughly reliable source wo learn that tboamouutoE umulgam stolen ut the Golden Cacho mill a fow duys since wns exuctly J108J& ounces. This is figured by tho officials of tho coinpuny ut 20 per cent gold, or about 81,000. Lust Sunduy thero wus shipped down to the coast 82,500, making a total of 9-1,000. Thero wero DOO tons of rook orushod, so tho avorago was about 84.50 per ton, It is also stated that no moro work will be dono this fall ut tho mill but that a forco working night and day will push iu tho lowor tunnel, which will tup tho lodgo somo hundreds of feet lowor nnd will, it is hoped, show up u better body of oro thuu tho rock so Eur orushod hus proven. Some of tbo men uro indignant ovor their arrest and ouo,at least, threatens a civil suit for damages, Tho caso ins Wrapped iu mystery but timo will •y likely unravel it. Thoro sooms to be, un lho pint of the directors, a wish inve the wholo mutter of tho Golden Oaoho robbery und itsrosultskuown and accurately givon out. One of tho directors who wus in Ashcroft tins wook us much annoyed ut tho pross reports that 810,000 was stolon. The Northern Trails. rom somo of its officials wbo havo arrived from tho north, tho Provincial government has been able to obtain some authentic information about the condition of tbo trail between Hazolton und Telegraph Creok und the probable situation in regard to the people who nro now scattered along it. Tho.re.iuK of this is to convince the Govor-"tjent that tho sensational statemen. that huvo appeared in somo of the provincial nowspapers aud which aro based on roports by persons who claim to have mnde the journey over the trail botwoon Ashcroft und Telegraph Creek, aro greatly exaggerated as to lho nctual situation. That the trail is difficult uud iu somo places utmost impassable for horses, there is not much doubt. That the route is considerably longer thuu wus stated by peoplo who were interested in "booming" it, seems to bo also equally certain, Nor is thero uny question thut somo of tbo parties wbo selected tbat routo iu preference to othors havo suffered considerable hardship and bnve beeu greatly dis- appointed ut the journey being so much more trying and tedious than they had antieiptttcd But allowing all this tho situation is very different from that depicted by the sensational statements to which we bavo referred. I u order, however, to avoid the possibility of auy suffering or hardship beiug endured by parties who may bo still ou tho truil, with their outfits lost dnuiugcd uud their stocks of provisions exiiuusted, tho government has sent up special instructions to its agents to tuko uny steps necessary for tho succor uud relief of such people. Both at Hazelton aud Telegraph creek their wuuts will bo relieved and assistance rendered to enable them to get to their destination and it is to ,bo hoped tbat government's efforts will accomplish all tint is ueccessary undor the cir- iumstances.—News Advertiser. Tho Hurry Lindley combination will agniu visit Aslicrolt next wook und will remain the entire week und givo a choice selection, changing tin; play each night. Soveral new people aro now with the troupe and among thom Miss Adeln'nle Flint, u tragedian of eminence will make her ilrst appear an ao in ABhcroft us leading ludy. Mi Tulbort, Lewis, lending mun. an excel lent noted eastern comedian, Mr. Oliver Paul, Mr. 'Arry Arrisou, tho poor of the great Albert Chevalier, has beeu engaged und will sing each uight bis celebrated songs, while tbo gonial Hurry Lindley und othor favorites of the old troiipo will appear ouch night. The opening night will bo with tho laughable comedy by Edwin Millnn Royal entitled, "FrlondB," Tbo balance of tin; plays will bo announced nightly. Reserved seats ou sale nt Clement's drug store. OMENICA, Wo aro in receipt of the following letter with tho name of tho writer signed to a noto requesting its publication. In order that no injustico may bo douo anyone wo republish the interview with Captain Black as givon in the Journal of. July Oth. Tho writer of tho letter has misquoted Mr, Black's statement tbat "Col. Wright expected to bo iu aud at work ou his company's grouud by tbo J^th'mst," Our Dies show that what Captaiu Black did say relative to Col. Wright was that "Col. Wright oxpeoted to bo iu and at wjrk on his company's grouud by tho Jf._% inst." Mauson Crook, B. C. Aug. 31,1893. BniTon Mining Journal, Dear Sir:— Iu your issue of July Oth under lho heading of "Report from Omenicu" a Capt? Black states, "Col. Wright expects to be in aud at work on his com- pany's ground by tho llth inst. Work.is progressing favorably on the Victoria Company's miues iu Omenica." I am afraid Capt. ? Black's memory is out of repair, aud must be failing, us tbo writer with Col. Wright met Capt. Black on the Manson creek trail ou 27th June, about lt a. m., and within 3 days travel of Manson creek, which pluce wus reached by Col, Wright nt noon of tlio SOth Juno. Col. Wright slopped und hud ti talk with Messrs. Rathbono and George, who wero tic- compunylug Capt.? Black out from Omonica, Mr. Black should bo a littlo more cureful of his dates. His motivos for muking such a statement aro apparent. Tbo shareholders of tho Victoiiu Company's mines must bc plensod tn learn that work is "progressing favorably on their property. Somo of them should mako a trip out hero or soud u competent engineer to report cn thu "favorable work." No ono residing about here cun seo it. Mr. Black's Btutemeuts about tho Nation river country uro all moonshine. I have taluctl to a dozen men who bavo prospected through tho Nation rivor country und they nil suy thoro is nothing iu washing thoro. I know ono man who wintered at Robson creek on Black's advico and did uot mako a oont. Black sent out men to stake out claims at tho Nation and prospect. This man wisely abandoned tbo idea and weut to tho Yukon. I do uot wish to cry down uny part of tho country, but it is not fair to let such stuteinenls us Black's go uncontradicted. Thoy mislead peoplo in tho oust und other purls of Canada nnd the United Stutos. Thanking you fortho spuco. Yours truly, A Pilgrim in Omenica. Extract from Journal of July Oth": Capt. Black, of Munson creek, camo in ou Thursday's stage from Curiboo, aud from him wo learn thut Inspector Moody, with a forco of 13 mon, is now engaged iu cutting u trnil through from Munson creok to Fort Graham, on the Findlay rivor, and from there will con- linuo it on through to Douse lake. The mounted polico will then reach tho nortliorn section via Ashcroft, Quosnollo, Omonica aud Fort Grnham, The routo thoy traveled to roach Fort Graham from Edmonton is condemned by thom uu impructicublo. Cupt. Black states that a new creok about 12 miles from Gormansou creek has boon fouud that prospocts well audit has ull boeu located, A single pan from a section of bodrock tbat was exposed gave returns of ovor 83, Tho partios located had not sufficient supplies to do much work us yot, but will soon be sinking iu sovoral places uud from the prospects already obtained t.h«ro i, no doubt that thoso are diggings of valuable ground. A good roport has also como out from Nation river. ' ^ y Thoro is room, Captain Black states, for thousands of mon in thut country, if roadaSffe built, to work at ground that will pay from 81 to 85 per day, but the difficulties of gottiug iu there now aro so great that supplies aro very high. A wagon road from Quesnelle through via tho old tolegraph trail to Glenora would, with brunches to Findlay, Omonica aud Nation rivers, open up tho country so thut thousands of mon could do woll iu thut section. Ho has located for himself and company Toy's bar, et tho mouth ofthe Findlny, for a h yd rau lick ing proposition, expecting noxt year to work the samo with a steam shovel, Among othors interested with Cupt. Black aro Sir Charles Tupper and Barrister Poters, now of Victoria. Nothing hud boou hoard from Sir Arthur Curtis, who was lately lost iu tho woods noar Mud river, and no doubt ho has perished, Meu along the trail are as a rule getting along very well. Many parties have lost horsos owing to their not knowing how to care for them on tbe trail, and they buvo wundored away. The seasou wus a mouth lute and the rains woro unusually heavy this spring. Feed is in great abundance ull through tho northern country. Col. Wright oxpeoted to bo in and at work ou his company's grounds by tho tth inst. Work is progressing favorably on tbe Victoria company's mines in Omonica. No Distress on the Trail. R.S. Aldon, of Walla Walla, who went north with a companion lust spring is staying in Ashcroft for u few days. Mr. Aldon went ns far north us Hazleton and states tbat owing to the excessive spring rains and tbe grout amount of travel ever tho trail that it wus a hard trip. Tho foro part of Au gust when ho left Hazelton, ho states that there wero iu all in that part of tho country about 1,000 to 1,200 men, Many of thom aro working for pros poctlug companies. Some are supplied with two year's food aud others were waiting to go down tho river on tho Hudson's Buy steamor dally expected, Some were pushing on to Glenora, and some after a fow week's prospecting in tho Omenica country would turn back to Quesnello. Owing to tbo lurgo mim bers of inexperienced men who attempted to paok into tho country a hard timo was had und somo abandoned their surplus articles and large food supplies that thev started with. He states that ho knows of uo ono and did uot hear of any ouo that was iu distress and tbnt thero is an abundance of food atoug tho trail at different placos whoro ho traveled. If some of tho mou do uot got out before cold weather thero will bo suffering, but thero sooms to him to bo more likelihood of distress among those men who wont up to prospect or work for law oompauies thau among any other class of men, us It Is churned some of the companies are short of food now. Mr. Aldeu states that tho truil was much better comiug out from Hazolton thnn it was in going in. Ho will return to Walla Walla soon. SALMON Attn. The show hsld horo on tho 23rd and 21th wus au unqualified success. On tho afternoon or tbo first dny quite a number of thc residents oftho Arm und mnny 'from Notch Hill, Kamloops nnd Euderby arrived in Umo for the formal opening of the exhibition, Mr. Palmer, the president of the Agricultural society, called tho gathering to order and nfter a few preliminary remarks introduced Mr. 1'urlo of Lyttou, president of the Horticultural so oloty of this part of tbo couutry. Mr, Eurle wns Ihe judge of tbo fruit exhibit and spoke hopefully of the prospects of the fruitgrowing cupubillties of Salmon Arm. Fivo years ago he visited this pluce on a similar occasion aud bc described tho Improvement as most encouraging. Ho referred to the quarantining of fruit uud the necessity of keeping u careful guard over diseased fruit trees brought iu from places affected with the disease peculiar to fruit. He spoke strong words of encouragement totho farmers and fruit growers of Salmon Arm uud complimented them on tbe splendid showing mado uud the line quality of everything put on exhibition. Mr. Earle is an enthusiast and lias made the fruit growing a success, nnd he gives the benefit of his long experience to those who are muking u beginning in fruit growing. He pointed out forcibly that fruit growing would be the mainstay of this country with its unlimited market in the great northwest. Mr. Currie of Kamloops was then introduced aud in a few pructical words showed tbe benefit of such exhibitions and tho importance of eucourugiug them oven if everyone could uot get :i Ilrst prize, Mr. Currb represented tho society in Kumloops and praised be energy displayod by the formers of Salmon Ann In bringing ubout so cred- Itablo an exhibition. The last Introduced uud the gentleman to open the exhibition wus F.J. Doauo, M. P, P., of Kamloops. Ho thanked tho farmers of Salmon Arm the honor conferred on bim in ask bim to open the exhibition. Ho spoko of tbe great benefit., derived from such exhibitions nud the instruc tion gained lu meeting with those whoso knowledge bud beeu gained by a long uud successful experience-. He hoped to bo able to supplement in a generous wny the amount already given by tho government towards the eu- oonrngcraentrof horticulture and which Mr, Eurle referred to us being insufficient to curry out the object of the society iu a successful manner; He referred to tho beautiful exhibit madia by the ladies, The ^handicraft in this lino would do credit to a larger and muro ambitious exhibition, Mr. Deane then declared the exhibition opened. It wus then iu order to enter the building and examine all the really splendid samples on the tables. Indeed it wus astonishing to look at them. The magnificent growth, healthy ap- pearanco and fine quality of every article were an index of what this fertile valley is capable of producing. The writer bus seldom seen at any exhibition finer specimens of e-ibbage. turnips, parsnips, carrots, potatoes, corn, pumpkins and wheat. But it wns iuthe horticultural department one wns struck with deli_rht uud .wonder. Tho magnificent samples of apples could not be surpassed in tbe famous valloy of Annapolis. N\ 8.. and yet it was tbe product of trees of a few yours growth. Quite a variety of beautiful plums were on exhibition nnd the pours were of tbe finest size und quality. This valloy is made up of an intelli gent and energetic class of farmers and the years spent in toilsome labor clearing the heavily timbered land will soon be crowned with abundant reward. it wus n groat pleasure to be prosent at tho show for oue got au additional proof of the capabilities of British Coluinbiu us an agricultural and fruit growing country. Mr. Palmer, tho president, aud Mr. McGuiro, the secretary, deserve the thanks of the community for the indefatigable manner in which tbey carried out so successfully the exhibition of 1898. Aftor Ibc cuttle show was over and tbe decision wasgivon in tbe afternoon . of Saturday, games were entered iuto with great spirit. Euderby ngninst Salmon Arm resulted in a victory for the lutter. Tbo man's in luck Thnt feasts on duck. Wo have been most fortunate t his sou- son through the courtesy of our good The Cariboo mine, at Quesnello, is still running full blast and no recent wash-up has tukon placo, aa reported in thu press dispatches east. Wo are so informed by a pnrty who just cume from the Forks, aud that the results of this wash-up, wheu it does take placo will be very satisfactory to ull interested. Tho Golden Kiver Quesuolle peoplo are hard at work on French Bar, about four miles from the village of Quesnello Forks. Work on the dam at Moorobeud is being pushed as rapidly us possible so thut whether the ditch is completed or uot the dam will neigffbors, Messrs, Goss, Lehman, Haddock uud this wook Messrs. Win. Bailey, und Marcus Bailey having return ed from n week's bunt near the 70-Mllo Houso with largo bags of ducks uud n ..._ number of goese. They woro absent bo liulshed und a large amount of water ubout u weok and report huviug had ul hold bnok in Moorobeud lake. There very fortunate trip from a sportsman's is au air of prosperity around Ques- vlow, Besides all gumo eaten or given nolle Forks and the miuing outlook away, thoy brought homo uearly 100 was never so good before in thnt sec- ducks nnd four goose, | tion. THE B.C. MINING JOURNAL. ISSUED I.VEI-Y SATtinnAY, F. S, REYNOLDS, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription lulciMieriinnum - - ' S--011 AtlycrllBcnicnl- pald. Atlvuttli ■ illtfcoiUinuua until SATURDAY, OOTOBBK I, 1808. It is roportod Ihul Hi lOloBon drodgo now ut work on the Quosnollo Is doing good work but not moving tho amount or mntorlal that wus expected of it whon built, Tho following description is takon from tba uompuuy's dosorlp tivo pnmphlal: "The avorugo drodgo buill liy us will dig twenty foot bolow tho surface of tho wuter and rot|uircs a boat about 71) feet long by 22 root beam with u slit in tho forward oud H loot loug aud !10 iuchos wido. Tin' inuchluory consists of our patent arm :m foot long, which is plvotully mounted on tho boal to work in tbo slit und has tumblers ut oach ond with a foliar un oach. sulltoiont to hold the ondloss chain in posi-ii Tbis arm o m bo placed in anv position for working and will dig luto a bank or from nny depth in twenty feet witb out causing the bucket chain to bs come slack or taut, and the chain is at nil times in its downward courso from tho driving wheel, inclined sn as to cuusetlio buckets to dump their con tents with a dour vortical full into the grizzly. Tho continuous bucket chain runs from the lowor oud of tlie arm ovor tt heavy sprocket wheel at the top, where the power is applied und continues down under tbo arm autl so on. Ibo power is obtuluod from a twenty horse power reversible engine and ia trans mlttod to heavy gears in a way to give 105 horse-power whoro applied to tho chain from the sprocket. The material discharges fnun the buckets into u gri/./ly whoro tho coarse gravol und rooks ure washed uud sopu rated from'tin'floor dirt, tho former being carried oil' llirough a chute on the side of Ibe bout, aud the latter iuto sluices and overtnldes arranged to save the flue gold. In operating dredges wo have found u mucbine capable id' handling ouo oil- llic yard per minute is better adapted for gold dredging than ono with a capacity threo or four times as lurgo, us tbe gold c in bo more readily separated from the gravol aud saved. Tho capacity depends entirely on the space tit our disposal for saving the gold. Tbo gross capacity of thu dredgo is a little less tbun two cubic yards per minute, und will, uudor favorable conditions, dig ono uiul one-half cubic yards. In steady work we find that •2,000 cubic yards per duy of 21 hours is a fuir average, The depth capacity of lbe dredgo varies according to Icoal conditions, We seldom huvo a oul! I'm* a dredge to dig moro than thirty feet below the surface of tho water, although wo mm cooslruot them to dig any roasouablo depth. A -.onu Wuy To Wire. 'Hie most widely sopuratod points between wbicb a telegram can bo sent are Iiritish Columbia aud Now Zealand, Tiio telegram would cross North America. NowfouudUud, tho Atlantic, Ibi tiin, Germany, Russia (European uud . Asiatic), China, Jupuu, Java and Australia, It would mako nearly a circuit of the globe, and would traverse over 20,000 mllos'.in doing so, Some Pads Ahum Ambsr. hung before tho priucipalof tbo magnet wus thought about in Europe, but probably mil. before it wus understood in China, the attractive powor of timber was known, tho auciont Greoka calling it oloktrou, saystbo'.Ohioago Chronicle. Amber Iswldoly distributed throughout the globe. Barbarous African tribes went* it as ornaments; iu Finland uud Lapland they believe timber oil is a curative for rheumatism, iieuralglti and similar troubles. In olden times amber was probably found lit Greeoo and Sic ily. Tlio orientals had a real vmieru tion for amber, and a Turkish pasha would lay up treasure by purchasing it. In central Russia there Is an earth amber uud it is argued Irom this that tho sou must at one timo have covered the pluce. This Russian amber is of whitish hue. Borne people prefer tho clouded amber, others will have nothing but the clour. The reason smokers nro so fond of umber mouthpieces uud holdors is that, you cannot, destroy amber by dissolving it unless you resort toiinexhaustive scientillc experiments it is lib- Bolutoly uonporons, nothing will '-ink into it: a simple washing will cleanse it of nicotine, and It is a nonconductor of bent. Letter Prom (llenora, Glonora,B.C.,Sopt,lu, Mnnythunks for tho copies of the World which hive boon sent mo from limo to limn back, ull of which woro awaiting my arrival herefrom tbo interior. 1 buvo road ovory one from Ilrst to last with interest und have found In thoso avast amount of mutter which was now to us, not having heard a word from the outside world for sovoral months. ■Ineod hardly state thut tho bottom bus been hnocked out of this country in consequence oflhe stoppago which was put to tho railway construction by tho action of thc Senate. Tho Provincial govornmont has ex- pouded a considerable sum of money in repairing and constructing a (rail from the Stickiuo river to Teslin lake, but tbo couutiy being a dllllcult one for road construction, u very large amount of money could bo appropriately applied in ibo mutter of road building. Tbo Canadian forces going in this way bud n dUUai.lt timo of it, but, 1 believe tlmt they huvo succeeded in roach lug Toslln luko. A lurgo numbor who luul made up thoir minds to go iu by tho Stickluo-Tosllu lake frail, not ring fo fuoo the dlllloultlos before thom, rotracod thoir steps and went in by way of Skagway, Tito Klondlkora who wont, iu by way of Ashcroft and ib.-Cariboo trail are beginning to ariivo.anil tho tales thoy toll aro startling In tho oxtromo. A fow havo also arrived by way or tho Edmonton trail. Somo of those took li mouths or muro in getting this far. All the iii.'ii, somothiug Ilka 12H, who have boon al work ropalrlug tho trail uro oxpoctod iu tomorrow, bo Glonora Which I'or tho past toil Weeks has been perfectly lint, will liven up Bomowbat. Tin* b-tters of Faith lYnltm appealing in Ihe Wm-ld copied from the To routo Globo aro road yviili ureal inter- osthoro. I did uol have lbe pleasure of that lady's aCqlllllutauoe, although I mol her un tho trail sovoral limes. I musl say, however, that sho draws con sidorubly ou her Imagination,but withal her letters will no doubt bo appreciated by the outside world. Today thero is grout excitement ou Glonora over ; n alleged strike ona crook running inlo tho Stloklno rivor, six miles below tho town. Six claims 1 know bnve alrouly beeu recorded. The .report suys, however, Hint the numbor ranges us high us 10. Gold nil tbe wuy from 110 cents to 8-i to the pun is reported to be taken out. Men ure going down in row-boats in great numbers, and several will go down early tomorrow morniug, your humble servant being amongst the rest. Mow far this report is authentic 1 am not yet prepared to stale, I -ti t 1 du know that tbe excitement is bore, uiul for my own purl am inclined to believe thoro i.s somothiug in it. Two or three days, however, will loll the Inlo. R.H. Hall, ox-M. IM'., manugerof the Hudson's Hay Co., here, had u narrow escape from- drowning while trying in swim the'Stickiuo river, uud was dangerously ill fiVu few hours tiff, ler his rescue. High foVor set in, but at the latest reports he waslmproving. 11 lias been ruining here steadily for the last three days, aud old-timers say that weave now fairly in our full wea- ih'i*. 7 u. m„ September 1.0,- Am off down tbe river in n canoe to investigate for myself as to tbo alleged now discoveries. Tbo weather cleared up during tlie night, uutl the morning is a beautiful ona. II. B Berlin, Sopt, 20. A now and highly Important invention was tested at the Gorman naval muuoouvor this week. It wus in tho shape of u Greed Phooul- cun lire, in yen i ed by u Berlin engineer. If ignites on contact with tho air and water and .-annul bo iiuonched either by water or uurtli. It burns with u brilliant Hume, u:.ouoding n brilliant searchlight audit can be sunk under wator i r under ground and when brought In tho surface will instantly burst, inii) llumont tiny desired poiul. ll wna Loaf oil during tbo night, ovolu Lions oil' Heligoland imd Kiel and provod most olllclont iu delecting tho prosDiiuu of tho onoiny. TooeIiq Prom Al__ka. 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing- point for all the hydraulic mines at Horso Fly, North and South Forks and main Quesnelle River, also the stoek ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. :_x_ri:i_T-E5]:R/s tools. Wu mako a special line of Picks for prospectors. Thoy uro light aud strong and can bo de- handled for packing, BOATS IFO-R. SALE. Wo aro ulso making a number of boats specially made for river tralllo, Partios going north should communicate with us. .... HORSE S-E-CO-EI-NTO-. And repairing of ull kinds a specialty. Prices reasonable, Gonoral Blacksmith and Woodworkers ... .... Ol€t_rXs__o cfc Rogers, (_a"D"____lS-N"-E3IjXj_El -tS-COtrT-H:, B. C. ■ 'lit- (Man tu I'e An. A spooitil from Winnipeg says: Indians reaching Dauphin from ibo far northwest roport mooting tin Esquimaux wbo tolla of tho appearance of a strange mun who descended among thom from tho clouds on tbo Hudson Buy, Tho gonoral belief is thut tho muu is Andree. I'.mlltCti.i'.l I l-EQlt. Washington Olty, Sopt. 20. -Returns to tho Geological Survey show the total production of lead in the United States from all sources during the past six months of 180S was 100,113 net tons, as compared with 280,508 tons during the year 1807, und 201,00-J Ions iu 1890. This includes soft loud, hard lend and metul obtuluod by smelting foreign base ores, but not ores in bond. During ibe Ilrst half of 1898 thero wero oxportod !il,IJU tons of lead from foreign base bullion refined in bond and 7,308 short tons of lead from foreign ores smelted in bond. Reports from uearly all of tho important producers show u decline in stocks from 17,003 tons on January 1st to ltl,7H!) tons ou July 1st. An estimate for tho consumption for the Ilrst half of 18081s 117,707 short tons, Thi' llguros presented indicate nn increased production in this country, balanced fully by _. uulablo growth in consumption, whioh is at lho rate ol' 237,000 tons per annum. Steamer llrisciiv.it/ Wrccl Vlotorlu, B.C., Sept. 23. The steamer Barbara Uoscnwiiz wus driven ou a rock four miles abovo Kltkatlab about noon on Friday last while bound north. Her crew arrived hero today on tho Princess Louise. When thoy left tho Boscowitv, was lying on her -;iilo with the water sweeping through hor and it is likely she will become a lolnl less, At high tide she is all but covered, only tho upper works being visible. An attempt was mado to buck the vessel olf, but It was unavailing. The coal und cargo were shifted to tho uf tor part of tho vessel, tho passengers Hiding tho crew and tlie boat rose somo, but still stuck fast to tho jagged rocks. Tho current swung tho stern round closer to tho rocks and with tho falling of tho lido she graduly rolled ovor on hor starboard side, A bout was biwer- od and wont to Kitkatlah and sent In* diuns to tbe rosciie. A largo fleet of sloops, oanoos and skill's put out towing u scow to receive tho freight, from tho doomed vessel. Tbe passengers wero tukeu off und all the freight, unloaded before the vessel keeled over. In its full tbesteumor ul- most wrecked the scow. The freight and passengers were all lauded at Kit- katluh. ■ Tho Boscowitz was built, horn iu 1883 was 120 feet long, 22 feet bourn and 10 foot bold, Shu is owned by Captain Warren und bus boen u money maker ever siuco she has been In tho service, Captain Stool and all ber olllcers aro spoken well of and aro regarded as careful navigators, fort Towusond, Supt, 20. Steamship Topoka arrivod tonight rrom Lynn canal ports witli LOO LClo.ulil.avs, 00 por cenl. of whom have litllo or no dust to show i'or their oxperiouco in tho laud of gold and thoy all express themselves us boiug glad to get out alive. Three thousuhd cases of typhoid fo- ver is tho estimate placed ou tbe number of sick iu Dawson on September. 0 aud u large number of doaths occur dally, of which no record is made. Men who were strong aud healthy when thoy went inlo Dawson lire now totter ing about barely ablo to help them solve?, awaiting cold weather to stop the ravages of fever. Itis estimated that ahout 0,000 pooplo joined tho nodi to Stewart river and notwithstanding that nearly every foot of available grouud bas boon prospected nn gnld was found. That sec tion bus been doserLod by .ill oxcopt a fow wbo hope to create auothor excitement next season. Amoug tho Topoku'a pus: gors was Jos. f-adue, founder of Dawson, U duo is un bis way to Now York on bus!- noss commoted with tho LaduoTrad- lug Company. Uc speaks in the highest terms of lho future of Dawson aud suys llmt mauy who return are men I U.ut even if the country wus ouo solid lls^ss of gold would not mako anything con*ei[ueiit!y they give the country a bad name. Uc admits thoro is a great ileal of sickness, but says that Dawson is the hospital for all camps. When anyone is taken sick anywhere along the river he is tukon lo Dawson, which gets the credit of being unhealthy. Dawson has u new paper, the Klondike Miner, started by partios from Australia, tho Ilrst issue appearing on September 4. A tragedy cume neur being enacted in Dawson iu tbe eurly part of the mouth. Miners becuuiu so worked up over the actions of (.old Commissioner l-'iiwcetf that quite a movement was placed on foot by those who had been defrauded out of their eluiins to take the matter into their owu bauds aud lynch I'nweeU, Tho movement w cheeked by the more conservative und cool bended miners who pointed out the disastrous results in future of such au action nud thoy had assurances that all the evils complained of would soon be remedied by the home government, where a committeo has presented a writ Leu statement of all tho grievances, Wheu this party left everything wns quiet. Uight Rov. Bishop Howe, of the Epls- copul diocese td' Aluska, who bus speut several years in the interior of Alaska, passed through here ou tbe Citv of Topoka on his way Lo Washington,!). C., to attend the triennial convention ofthe Episcopal church, which con venes uoxt month. In speaking of existing conditions at Dawson, Bishop i.owe said: "The system of royalty, of recording und timber licenses, etc., were all denounced. IE one-tenth of the charges mudo woro true, then there is un immediate uoed of elmnge. "Gold Commissioner If'awoott, whom lhad tho pleasure of meeting, did not strike me us a man wiio would agree to any dishonorable notion or dealings. I um going to speak advhedly, because 1 caunot vouch as tho absolute truth fullness of these cases, but [.gentleman of Seattle told me that being very ill and almost in despair of recovery, he gavo u friend 810 to go und get bis let. tors, The man returnod und said ■The postmaster I member of tho mounted police) said, "d have no time to bother with his muil for 610," und his letter bo did not got, Another mau was wrecked, a Canadian, ou his way down fhe river and lnst everything, Goodheartod miners took bim up. carried b'uu on to Dawson, and witb u rifle thoy had loaned him be killed a moose. This hosold at Dawson for S700, Immediately after be was arrested for shooting without a lic-.-use tmd lined tho exnet amount for which he bad sold Ihe moose uhd put in jail for three monlbs. These uiul many similarstoi iesare freely told, and if Ihey uro truo they ure horrible.' At tl ib Point will be fouud a good assortment of GENERAL iflERCHAND 18E & MINERS SUPPLI ES Also one of ihe best Hotels on ihe route Information cheerfully given. VEITH & BORLAND Proprietors and Stock Raisers. iMpoirrmts or Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Placer and Qua. .2 Mining Supplies £,-*." White nm Quotations, 8 nml in Cordovu Stroot, Vancouver, ll.O. VANCOUVER, - B. C. Mines and Real Estate. Only first duss properties hand-Ted. Telegraphic address: "Cortes," Vancouver. Word by the Amur indicates that tho Alibi 1-alto couulry is turniuR out well It sooms lhut, uold is found iu plenty nu till I he crooks sn fas worked, while lho f-old bearing country is very much lnrgor than war. sil|i|iosed until lute prospecting showed up tho fuel. If is now known that it extends from bolow Discovery on Pine up to Surprise hike, uud covered much of the territory embraced in lhe different streams flowing Into that intiyuiilolent body of wator. Surprise lako is estimated lo be T."» miles long, and inuny streams enter it on either side, all of which so far prospected show up rich iu [gold. In thc distriot so far known to bo gold-boar Ing there is room for 50,000 minors,aud many old miners stuto that tho diggings will rival the Klondike, and will hold the attention of tho world next your, us tho Klondiko did the past; sou- son. Slmlllkimi.-.i District. Mining mon who returned recently from the Simililuuuecn dislrict uro most enthusiastic conoornlng the hugo doposits of onppor found thoro. DllVld Uny and I). M. L-Vonoh aro interested iu twolvo prospects including two ly in-.' near the Sunset nnd auothor lying near the EolonGardner ownod by Ross Thompson tind Clive Priuglo. lt is stated that lho whole of Copper mountain Is a huge deposit of copper. The mineral belt cun bo traced for milos limits sevorul thonsund feet wide. TUWe ure numerous prospectors on tho mountain but little work hus been done so fur excepting on the Helen Gardner whoro a shaft is down Ufty feet.—Leader. A I..suit' At Sea. A. thjilling tale of rescue from the son wns brought up on tho steamer Walla Walla ou her lust trip. An apprentice boy on the British bark lu- vercunld, from Sun Francisco to Astoria foil overboard when the ship was ei^bt duys out. All uttempts to find him proved unavailing, and tbo hid was given up for lost, tho bark speeding on her wuy. But young Hondorsou was not doomed to death then, for ho kept himself on top of the water until tho Walla Walla hove in sight, two hours later, when he wus taken aboard, nearly dead. The steamer was almost on him when the boy wus seen by tbe lookout and rescued. Mender sou was put ashore and at once made his wny lo Astoria, where bo again joined tbe luvercauld. WnnliitiK tlm TifjiT. A good story bus buon copied In tho papers from Ln Franco du Nonl about a Cos- Btiob, ignorant at tlio Fronah Inngiingo nnd equally Ignorant or fear, who was liiri'tl nt Moscow by tlie lion tumor l'.*/.un todlbnn tlio ciil'l-s of liis wild bensts, Their undor- Bt nulling or nils.milorst muling wns nr- rnngotl by men ns a ( gestures ami dumb show, ns tt.nt unfortuunto tower ut Bnbol liludorcil liitolllBlblo spcooh betweon tlio l-'r.ii-.uiiiui and tho Cosetitilt, and i'.zuti thought ili;i- tliu mnn thoroughly undor* _tm.il what Iui lind to do. Tlio noxt morning the Tartar bognn his now dutloa hy entering with buokot, sponge nnd broom, nut tho oogo of a tamo boast us liis niiistor bud dono, imt of it Bliloti'lkl uii.ni.iotl iIgor, whioh Itiynsloop upon tlio lloor. The (loreo tin imnl nwolio nnd Used hia cyoa upon tho mnu, who on Imly proceeded to wot his lnrgofipougo nml, unterrlfl-d, to approach tho tiger. At this iiiniiu-iifc L'czo.i uppourad upon the s-Jeno-mil wiia struck with horror. Any sound nr motion upon his part would In* tvnalfy thoilnngeror the situation by rousing llio b-iist to (ory, so ho iptlotly waited till tho need should ariso to rush to the niiin'a iissl-tniiou. Tho moujik, apougoln hand, npprnaohoil the aiiinml and, perfectly fearless, pro* ci'i-il.il to rub bim down, as if ho hntl been a horso or ting, while the tiger, nppnrcntly delighted by tho application of cold water, rollotl ovor on its buck, stretched out Its pnws find, purring, offered ovory part cf Itu body to the (Jossnck, who wn_hod hlm us coinplnaoiiily ns a mother bathes l-.i-r Infant*, Then ho left tho ongo nnd would havo ropontedtlio hnznrdous experiment upon another savngo from tho desert liml not I'.zon drawn hlm olt with dllll- oiilty.—Emily Mayer Higgins in Llppln- cott's. Food In au Egyptian Village, "An Artist Among tho Fellnlicon" ia tlio title of un artlolo in Tho Century, ..Tilt.nnud lllustrntodby 1.1. Talbot Kolly, ilm I-iigllsh artist. Mr. Kolly . nys of bis dally food Inn typical Egyptian vlllngo! Wu I'igo enrly, nnd a Clip of oolTou ia always uffored, Bomotlmos nooompanlod by a pieco nf broiitl or n small eako mndo of flour mixed with honoy or oil. Soniowhoro nbout midday, if wo uro within reach, soma light food, such us boiled eggs, brond nnd i-. liVo in sent to us. In mniiy casus tlio .ggfi aro bulled hard, shelled and served in n Inrgo bowl of oil, and tho nioal has tho added Interest of tho endeavor to cntch thu allppory niorsolB ns thoy bob nbout In tlio liquid. Tlio tnsto for oil or semnn {clarified butter) Is ono thnt must bo acquired. Both nro frequently moro or loss rancid and nro liberally mixed with almost everything you ont. At night from 0 to 8 p. in. tlio only real moid ol tbo dny ia prepared. It la almost always tho enine, This consists of a little vory grotisy soup, to whicli is ridded ttomnn, stowed or boiled mutton or gont'R flesh on a pyramid uf rice, nnd tho eoruinoniiil dish of rlz b'il lnbnn (boiled i-lcu aud milk). This last is always good, and In most cases is thooiilythlngoatftblo. Pigeons aud turkeys form n pleasant vnrl- oty whon offered, but fow hosts givo ono tho choice, a "lamb or kid of tho Dock" holng considered u moro''hoiiorable" dish und demanded by ona'B position, Tlio Or on ml Is Slnklrtv. Ani'.rnm Load Mint s, N. V.. A .nulla '2d feet high spanning part nfuswump truvoraod by tho Now York und Now I'higland railway, a mllu wost of Pino Plains, in Duchess County, has sunk completely out oC sight in tho bog, lu auothor purl, of the swump n telegraph polo ulongsldo tho track has disappeared. Sixty men are at work wilh construction and gravol trains piling 120 tons of gravel uud stone u duy upon the roud bed, wliich sinks faster than flllod in. On Suuduy night lhe rond bed was 11 inches lower than Sunday uight. A piece cf pipe used for sounding has boeu driven 120 feet into this bog and uo bottom found. The roadbed looks as if twisted by an earthquake. Residents for miles around flock to the scene of the phenomenon and spoe- uluto upon tho possibility of their bouses also sinking into tho swampy hind. liI-.-pl.nm (Ins a .lul;.. A very amusing storv is told of an elephant and a constablo. The day wns very windy, und the constable stood in the shelter of a large build ing in an opposite direction from that in which the elephant was appearing, Tho circus had riven its performance for tbe woek und men und animals were on their way tti the uext towu, Tbe performing elephant was started on in advance of tbe others. He und his keeper were walking quietlj-* along in tho very early morning. Tho only disturbance wus the elephant's evident determination to walk on the fool path. His keeper drove him from the sidewalk several times, but, liko n mischievous little boy buck he would go. When the elephant reached the corner where the constable was ho touched the coustablo on the arm with his trunk. The constable turning, saw tbo huge boast at bis shoulder, and frightened almost to death, began running down the street, and the elephant after him. The keeper called and called but the animal paid no attoutiou. The elephant run until bo reached an open gateway, into which the constable ruahod, shutting the gates nfter bim. The keeper snys the elephant fairly chuckled, as though be Imd hud a greut deal of fun. I fl P T Asn.-uo.-T t.onc].; No. l.U.U. I. I- O. ti. T, Meets uv. Tihi..-'!;_y i-vt'iiin;-' m l lil.lfi'tlmvs Hall 7 n'cltu-k. Visitinr im-mlii-ir*. ■ ..-..liallv ni-.in .1 loiittt-'tid. J. li. I.KYSU'N.Skc. Notice Is hereby given that do days nfte date I inlL-ml to npi'ly i<> tbo chief cum in is siimeriif lands ami wiirks (nr |jeniiissitni a litirchasu'loo acit's uf bniil al a point in-ar liana south-west i.f lot i:in, from lliis slakr t-.i- ■to cliains, tlit-me Miiitli -In rliums. ib.-n.c we. ■to chain-, thenci-north-in chains to point o ClIllllllL-tlCL'tllCllt. WM. MEASON, JR. Dog Creek,B.C., Seutcmberotli, LB08. S0-21 NOTICE. Take notice that I. C. I-'. VeilOsln, l-'.M.C. No. 1-l.iv.r.j., will-ini-lv In the S...M cnnnins- Slolli'riif .Man-oil .•*.•.■]: lina vi-jiil to imirliar-i- tlm.---hutiil.-d ami twenty i;:::in acics of land co'inii-.-iiriiiK at this S.W, Nn. 1 initial iro-t ihene-ruiitiiiu. hall a mik- iu nn easterly (11 lectiun tua ]iosI marked No. e. llience in t nortlierlv direction in llu- hank of river Id i |iust marked No. il. thence wer-lerlv half a mih ma Dost marked No. i, thence hack to com men com en I. [Signed) CF. VENOSTA July 2nd, irnm. 20-31 ss.oo Will buy ii genuine Willttumi Mem Wind Watch. Solid Ntckle Silver, Dust Pro warranted two yoars, TROREY, i Jeweler, VANCOUVISli, - - B.C. _gr- Kopairi-i! n Bpootolt., Oppenheimer Bros. WHOLESALE GROCERS Vancouver, B.C. & LEISER. Importers and Wholesale Dealers in WINES LIQUORS and CIGAR? VICTORIA, II. (.. J"0_E3HnT -m:c_r^u_e_i HOTEL & GENERA! STORE. QTJ-ES3STBXJX..B POB^ 13. C A full assortment of Drygoods, Boots ami Shoes, In/no s aid Cigar, llaid- mire, Miners Supplies. Hay, Grain and StabHn^ Irt.es right. Johnston & Gill, PROPRIETORS NORTH THOMPSON BRICK YARD.-^^*-*-*^ KAMLOOPS, B. C. 3y_-_SO_>TS, P1ASTBBBBS S- CO_sr_?T-__CTO-S.S. -Inusnrrrl -stimntea lunrlshed Itrk'ks. Lime, Ccrncnl. Hair ;,rnl I.ntlis (or sale in large or small quantities, Send for nrlees. NORTH R.C...AYIGATION COMPANY, Ltd ' SODA CREEK - - - QUESNELLE. Tlie steamer "Chavlotte" will commence her regular trips on the opening of navigation on the tipper Fraser river, malting close connections with the 11. C. Express company's stages carrying her Majesty's Royal Mails. Freight left at Soda Creek for the steamer will lie stored free of charge, also freight Iry steamer for points beyond Quesnelle will lie forwarded free of charge for such forwarding. Fare each way )?4...0. Freight per ton 810. Qu-Esuelle, B. C.,' JAMES REID, February loth, 1898. Manager. WHOLBSALE- Haiclware, Stoves, etc.. Mill and Mine Supplies. Agents for the Giant Powder Company- Agents for tne majestic Steel Range XvXrril 0„-C_0_*S Solioitocl. VRIL, LiniTED Manufacturers of the most compact and complete Our object is to supply the maximum amount of nourishment in the minimum of bulk. Our list comprises! Dried Vegetables, Bovril, in tins, Johnston's Fluid Beef, in tins, Bovril Beef Tablets, Ration Cartridges, Soup Modules, Lime Juice Nodules, Compressed Beef, etc., etc. Descriptive lists sent on application. BOVRIL; ™ Pood Specialist-, Hospital Purveyors, Army & Navy Contractors Loudon, England, and Montreal, Ciiniuln. fl McLennan, McFeely & Q| [td. VANCOUVER. B.C. 7f r A LITERARY INCIDENT. Onto tin- mnn witli lioolia ho uuld (TIlU man J_■ _-_ list unwinding): "i'lioy'ru beautiful) tu bluo and red. I lllto tliu text anil binding. I'd lili» to have it fict of tbis, And tlmt delights nm grontly. Tliis mnn iny favor itu autlioi- is. I'vo missed Iiim sorely lately!" Tlio bookman einilod nnd blessed hia stars, His norvoa nnstnuitf- itn.Htcady, To ilniil; tlio llternry liars Bud boon let dowu already! "Ami ln.-1-o'n n iii-inci'ly <-.i-*l_mer," llu thought: "I'vo but to toll hlm Tu nmuc tlio books ho doth pro/or. And straightway I shall noil hiinl" "But," quoth Uio customer, "while I Lllto bricks where'er I spy thorn, Invariably I pnss 1I11.11 by. I never—novor buy thorn!" And whilo tho dust ot that high dome Tha ngout shook nnd sorrowed The other follow lilod htin lunno To road tlio boolta im'd borrowed! -Atlanta Constitution. NOEA'S BLUNDER. If Wins Miitly Rico Imd yawned oneo Bluco breakfast, Bho had yawned aecora of limes, nntl oven protty Kvolcon wns -growing drowsy ovor hoc ambroldoryby tliu window, For It wnu a hopolcESly ru'mv tiny in mtd-Ootobor, with tliu sky vailed In dark gray mist, tlio tlntod loaves llim! iny down into mat-Oil layers of dim oolur 4ii-ixii.il tlio columns of thu pin/-..a, nnd tbo lull dahlias uearly prostrated by tlm Btontly downpour. No walks, no gatherings of ferns, uianm, berrlos ln tlia attll, dullcloiu woods, no dreamy ramblon lo tlio niinint.iiii tops, nnd, worati.nnd snddosl till, r tu road, ■And I won't, bodoluded into working -ffontuLa," said Matty, "nor yot Inlo urowola autl KwiBlngtou Rtlloli, Iflvolcon, wlmt Is that delightftil book tlmt. papa wns rending ulond out nf bint nlithi." "Do yon in.'iin lliu 'tteoronttoini uf a Country I'ltrarnir1" Bald l.vuleun, coimxir* hm IwuHhndosof fow colored wool. M If Hint's llio namo or tt; yes." "Ilo took IttotltQolly wllb Mni,,T»lil Kv.-b-.'ii "1 BIlW It. HlloklllR mil, of Ills coat jioaltoti when lm wait running for llio train • provoking IM tight.I Matly.i-lii-ii- lm- bur dlmiilotl linntla nbovo lior head, "whon It'.! thn book of nil books that. I illould like to road on a day lllto tlilnl" "Mr Wlntou lias a copy ut li," said Kw-iivn, threading n wonted needlo with tlm very darkest nlmilo ot garnet. ■Hm wlmt good will Hint do mo." snid Matty illswmsolatoly. " Morrow It," BUggostcd Evolton. "Everybody borrows everything In n nlnoa Hko this, and I'm aura Mr, Wlnton would bo glad to oblige you."" •■ lim bowf" urged Matty. "Tho hotol Is at lOtiBt Imlf a uiili> awny." "Send Nora" • "Nora, Indcodl I don'ti Bnpposo Norn ovordld iiti errand in ber llfo," said Mnlly. "Then It's high Umo sho commenced." laughingly BUggoatod Evoleon. "Writo a noto " *1 d rather scud a verbal moisago," Enid Matty, "nml 1 wouldn't send at all if 1 wasn't dying to road tho end of that essay thnt papa began lnst night." Nora, ileop in tho energetic occupations of blacking tho kitchen stove, was summoned u|i stairs. "Norn," snid Matty imprcBSlvoly, "I want you to nolo thu hotol. You know Whoro that is?" "Suro an 1 do, miss," said Nora, with mouth wido open andoyesof Intense attention. ■•And ask for Mr. Wlnton and tell hlm that Miss Matty Hlco send- her compliments nnd would liko to borrow tho 'Recreations of a Country Parson.' STou'ro ri,7*-_ Euro you understand?" I-i "Yls'm, nn why wouldn't If" promptly retorted Nora, rather nettled by this implied aspersion on ber powers of cotupro- bonsion "And como bnok ns quick ns you can." "Suro .m it's mo that will," -said Nora, Aud presently the two Bisters caught a Blimp "MIsb Matty Kino's compliments^" anld Nora, without In tho loost abating tho fllu'lllnosB of hor voico, "nn sho wants to borrow you." "I bog your pardon," said Mr, Fon- talno, "but I'm not quito suro that I understand you, my Rood woman," "I'm Gjioakln tho English Iniigungo, suro," Gold Nora, somewhat aiTroutod. "Sho wants to borrow you." "But .what for?" said ho, ignoring tho tittorsof tlm group which was now fast gathering on tlm veranda, "To amuso harself wltl this rainy dny," Kidd Nora. " You're to come book wld mo, pl'aso. I wns to bring you. Miss Matty Rico's compliments, an"— "Really," said Mr. Fontaino, "Ihls is very strnngo." "Tho Ricoa livo in a III tie Swiss cottnyo by tlm Haldino fulls," suggested tlm hotel clerk. "Gontloman goes up mul down to thoolty everyday; keeps a pony carriage." "You'ro to como baak with mo, pl'nso," interrupted N-.m. " 'Tliu rectory,' or 'llio country parson,' Miss Matty Hleo's compliments, an"— Mr. Fontaine, hurriedly surveying tho situation in liis mind's eye, decided it wns belter to obey this Kti.tn-fo request- Putting on a waterproof wrap and nrmlug hlmsolfwlth a light silk umbrolln, ho accompanied Norn MeSbnno, to the great bnzzlug nnd whispering of tho group on Lho veranda. Miss Itioo was listlessly watohiug Evo- lccn's orabroidoryaa tho door bounced open mul Nora rushed in, osolnlinlng: "Hero hoist I'vo brought him I" "JJronghti whom I" o__olalmcd Mary In BUl'pi'lBO, "Tho couutry parson, "Thoro wasn't, n*. it, but it wasn't ^ "What on carll about. ' snid Matt; And tliutl Mr. Ft Ing Ida liaii lu Ida 1 "1 nm tho olorg; I boot nny uso?" Matty colored a rtoap ohorry pink. "Oii, di-ni-, Uin so sorry," Bho fnltorod, "Imt thuro Is soinu itroailfttl mlBtnko boro, 1 Kent Norn io tho hotel tu borrow a book, and Bhe has brought mo bnok—n maul" "A book?" wild Mr. Fuiilnlno. "Yoa,"sald Mnttio. trying Imitlorntid h.-inlor to koop baoK bet- laughter natlio uomloBldoof the oiroumatanoo .orcotl it* imlf upuu her. " 'Tho Itoorontlon ol n Cuiintry Paraon.' -Mr. Wlnton bus It." Mi- l-untnlno began to laugh. So did Matty ami Evelet-n, nml ln livo mlnutoa thoy woro tho bust frtondB In tho world. Mr. Kniitnlun staid io luneb, aud (hoy never know lim. ihat long, rainy after- lioou whlled Itself awny until nt last thu Idim drlftsof BkyBpread bannora nbovo the pino trees uu old Sky Top and every Blllnlllg drop wns transformed inlo u tiny rainbow. Mr. Fontaino cnnio often nfter that. So did Paul Wlnton, iho owner of tho genuine "Country Parson." And when the family closed ita cottage and roturnod ta the olty iho two young men discovered that ibo journey to XMillndelphla wna not such a very loo;; ono, and thoro is every probability that tlio lacking rectory will bo built lu ibo sprint- and that tho country parson wiil brio--: a pretty young wifo tliero—at least so says popular gossip. "Dear, stupid old Nora!" says Matty Hlco "It waa all hor doing, and sho shall havo a homo with mo always." "But blunders don't always terininnto Kiicccsilully," Eveken gravely remarks.— Wavorly Magazine. WAR SIDE LIGHTS. Colonel Wood's timely advice, "Don't swear, boys, but hIiuoL!" deserves to bocomo classic— Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Because Spain is getting muro than she bargained for sho is convinced that the ,-- . "O T"l_l_r\_r_i Yankees nro u nation of shopkeepers.— \j J\.X\\.l}\J\Jj Chicago Nows. Naval Constructor Hobson remembered Lord .Volscloy's advice, "If you want tc got on In war, do your best to got killed." —City of Mexico Herald. As wo hnvo said boforo, tho battleship grand old TcKns may bo a second class iwmolnd, but sho Is a NX.XX, AA, lirst class lighter.—Galveston News. At Santiago, ns ut Manila bay, tho fact was again forcibly shown thnt tho effectiveness of tho modern navy Ilea In tha man behind tho guns.—Newark Advor- tifioi'. Commodore Watson, ono of Farragut'*- enhs, will command the expedition ngninst lho const of Spain. Dewey is auothor. It wns a good school to bu brought up in.— Now York Evening Sun. HUDSON'S BAY COMPAHl QUESNELLE MOUTH, B.C. DIRECT IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN said Norn, l inquired for in girl talking Moment, walked lu, hold- old ho. 'Can SISTERLY CITIES. It Is to bo hoped that Boston will nut get up a lea parly lu show Its ancestral objection to tho stamp tax.—Cldcajjo Bee* o'rd. Thero can bu no sohomo of territorial iiggrandizomout Unit) will nut find universal favor ln Chicago.—Si, Louis Globe- Democrat, Olovelnnd courts nru trying to break tho divorce rooord, Tho moro onoa tlmt nre Hindu two the bigger can bn Ihu Cleveland directory estimate of population,—Buffalo 1'] iproas. WOLSE-LEY AND THE TROOPERS. Tlm Groat Hug!llll rmiltiiry I'oiinmuiilor'f Wny uf Midline l-'i-lni't". Au Incident, happened soma years ago in the onfo of areslmirnnt of rather good class ln (ho city uf Dublin, which Is an apt IlltiBl ration ol how a gontloman anil place himself on a tooting ol oquallty with an Inferior lu station without sncrlflclng lil-ullj-iilly. AUlint Umo, aud prubably Uio Biuno imri'ow nilndtwl Bplrlti nnd ultra BuobblBhnoBB oxlata thoro still, it was the habit fortho proprietors of tbo bottorclass bai-ruuiii.i toi-ofUBO In serve drinks to private Boldlfltss. II. was liumnlerlnl how woll belmved tlu-y m.^lib bo ui- how llioy might rank as noncomnilaalonod ofllcors, thorulo Was Inllo.-ihle. Qn tho oeeaslou referred to two flnoly fot up men of a dragoon regiment, both Wearing long service stripes nnd tho chevrons of troop sergeant* entered this placo, mul approaching lhe bur, nsked for drinks. They were refused fnthor ourtly. Thoy said nothing, but, turning on their heels, prepared to leave. Tho lino appearance of tbo two men had attracted tho attoutiou of the guosts, among whom wero threo or four wlio wcru Bitting together quietly siiiukitif* nt ono nt tlio tables. Tho mon had almost reached tho door whou ono of the smokers arose, calling out sharply, "Halt!" WINES, LIQUORS AND DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Hardware, Boots and Shoes, Miners' Supplies. Bed-Rock Prices. Goods Guaranteed, <_4XjA-x.i_-"_r. MACKAY SADDLERY AND HARNESS CO. JIANUKACTUHKHS ANI1 IMI'OltTKUB OP Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips, Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNESS'AND DESPATCH All ordes liy mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed ASHCROFT. : : : : B. C. \V. I). Mackinnon, M.E. J. Benson. M.A. MIHmCEHCINEEfiS.MIHtftALQCISTS&ASSAYERS Mackinnon Block, Vancouver, and Lillooet. (1st class ccrtiticiilcs School of Mines, Camborne, England.) Snmpless asBayed and mining properties reported on. SIDNEY WaUAMS,P.L.S.,P.A,S.!.,I.ond Uud Surveyor, Civil Enclnccr and DriuiKlitamnii, QUESNELLE MOUTH, 11. C, Engineering anil Survey work. Reports on mining properties. Maps uiul plans pared of any portion of Cariboo district. \V. U. ROBERTSON I-. M. ROBERTSON. ROBERTSON BROS. _B_E2,O.E_:___]_as, Offices MacKinnon Bldcj., VANCOUVER, B.C. Ti I1PEBL BREWERY AN _30X>_-u ^7-.".__.T-_i:-*. *-^<_>n_-_s co. lager Beer and. Porter- Tke Best Quality only Brewed from choice Malt and Hops' -*_:a.i_-:_-,oo-?s, b. a. WATER lnc i-ith onr llr. - Soda Water, Gtnaev Ate, • Mineral Water of a tt kinds. All orders from tit), nnd countra Illltl receive our pulnniit.i- solicited. Special uttcntiim to nil orders -'rt our/ii-itss u-ill muLc. il un object tofjtvc ua pour orders. inpnitim- Ciller and nd ties! itttenlin QUESNELLE, IJ 0. Now mnna&onieiit. Hat. for mining men, woll .urniahed rooms. Boiiaon. Most comploto bar in Cariboo Stables in connection., Iln F. HOPEROAHP & A. JOHNSON, ] headquarters ror ll. X. stages Heath'um ters everything in Proprietors Good Stabling in connection. KUSSELL & H-i-SOD, - - Proprietors- All kinds ot ores bought. Kvery appliance for complete sampling and "mill tests, STUMPY CELEBRITIES. Many Kotat-Ie Cliiiractcrs Have l.ccn Short In Stature. .Socrates was stumpy, nlso St. Pnul and Alcsnndpr tho Greut, great only as a war- tature l^itli ho and his far raoro intellectual father, Philip of Maccdon, searco reached middlo holght. Iu this regard wo may rank them with tho famous Spartan -general, Agcsllaus; with Attiln, tho "sconrgo "ot Clod"—broad shouldered, thickset, sinewy, short; with Theodore II, kiiicr of tho Goths, of whom Casslodorus • beneath the foldsof n rusty writes, -'lio is rather short than tall, somo- ESTABLI8IIJ.D 1800. W. PELLEWHARVEY, F.CS MINING ENGINEER AND ASSAYER. VANCOUVER, - - * B.C. Agent for Tho'habltof obetlienco to tho command XI^^An-pT^'METll.'cO Wales I caused tho soldiers to stop, although they CAMEL GOLD EXTRACTIN& CO. LD. ditl not acknowledge tho right to ho halt- " ' ' .:!«-...i_- ed by any ono in civilian clothes. Tho man who had boon smoking -walked up to tho bar and said to tho attendaut: •'lean purchase what drink I require here, I suppose." "Yes, sh-," replied tho man. "Then immediately servo theso two gentlemen (emphasising tho word) with whatever they demand." Turning to tho soldiers, ho Bald: "Gentlemen, will you drink with mc." "With pleasure, sir," said one, replying for both, Thoy drank together, and whon the soldiers wero about leaving ouo of them, turning to tho man in civilian clothes, said: "i-xeuso mo, sir, but wo should liko to £Unton know tho namo of tho gentleman to whom wo owo this courtesy " Tho man smiled. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL R'Y ihc best line lo and from Chicago, Mil- nikeo nnd nil points Enst. Wilh Hs 0,153 miles ot thoroughly equipped road it rciiches all principal business ceulc.s iu Northorn IIMnis; Wisonsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Soutn Dakota, Korth DEhtio Br.O Ml Michigan NOTICE Notice is i:il;, with a mammoth um- v,:,..t fitont| wlth Bhnpely limbs alike litho brulln held over her head, dlaippenrlng bo- imi\ ._trong," hind tliu hugo leaves of tho rhudodentlroo,^ AetltiS, too, eoiumniider in chief of tho ' Itoman troops and prop of the tottering "I hopo she won't bo long," said Matty. ''Why should she:-" said Bercno Evolcen. And sho went on composedly witli tiio pomegranate blossoms she wns embroider- in;,', whilo -Many sat down to the piano nud tried to pick nut tho notes of koiuo dreamy refrain which had haunted her ever since sho henrd it at the opera last winter with i'atti smiling on tho stago and the lull orcho.trt. thundering on thu strains Autl Nora, plunging down tho rnvlne like anything Imt a wood nymph, plashed hei-way to lho going of a -inurler of i. mile out of her road on account of a spotted snnl.o and slopped for n good chat with a fellow Qlborninn who was on Ida way lo tho poato-Hjo. "There," said Norn itm sho turned away from Teddy O'Hara, 'an sure I'vo forgotten the namo as clone as if I niver had heard it.' "Whoso namo '-frnB It, nlnnn." consolingly domnndod t:ulonel Hoss' eonohmuu, who. e soft nothings had put tho iiie.-i.ago completely out of Nora's hoad. , "There waa somuthln in it about tho Iteotory ut a Country Parson,' " snid ".oro, twisting herself Into tho letter H Willi lho violent attempt at recollection to whicli she forced herself. -There .aiu' no rectory hereabouts," enlil Teddy "Sure It ain't built yoti lint tho parson, he's up on tho hotel steps. I Been iiim tliero an I camo beyant. A tall young gentleman with a high vest—for all liie wurreld liko Hookwell—nn spectacles us glmlu as yo plum Is it a mc-:_ago yu'vu got for him, Norn, niavourneen." '-I'm to borrow hlm I" Bnld Norn, fixing her dull, glassy storo on Toddy O'Horo'fl astonished face. "To borrow hlm." repeated Teddy. Toddy uttered n whistle. "It's thu quarrost loan n3 Ivor I heard of/' said lie "An If it's a fair question, who Is it wants him?" "Miss Matty Rice's compliments," repeated Norn, with pan-olliko promptitude, "an she wauls to borrow tho parson." Toddy exploded luto a laugh. "Sure, tin if it was leap year," said he, "I sAould think it mbnut something, I niver beard such a message in all mo born days licforo. But I must make haste or the mail will lieolT." Awny trudged Teddy, while Nora kept on lo lho hotel, nU unconscious of tho curious transfonnntlon that hail befallen her luckless message "Is the pni'Bon herer" demanded Bhe, Blinking her umbrella and stamping tho mud oft her feet on tho steps of the mountain hotel, which was slill well filled witli guests who hnd lingered to seo tho splendors of tho Oelobe-r forest among lho woods. Tho holel clerk, who had "iust como nut to gUneo nt tho barometer, fit arcd at hor, Hm young ladles nn tho wido veranda giggled, the Btoiibold gontlomcn who wore walking up nnd down the hoards lo gain tholr dally two miles of exercise mopped Short, and a spectacled, grnvo looking young man, who was talking with n lady ■just, hoyoudl glanced abound ns It ho fancied that hn was personal!.. nddfOBEed, "Ho yuu want, tha—clorgyninii." said the hold clerk, doubtful, .vet* polite. "Is it a BUineiU-umnor a chimney swapo I'd be innnlil, d'ye Until;?*' retorted -Nora, I thinning to Imagine that sho was being Koman empire iu thedays of Valent was a man of low stature, therein resembling Timour the Tartar, self described as a "puny, lame, decrepit littlo wight, though lord of Asia and terror of tho world;" also tha great Coudo and his pygmy contemporary, Marshal Luxembourg, niel named "The Littlo" by thoso who admired hlm for making Louis XIV Louis the Grunt, who, by the bye, less his high heeled shoes aud towering wig, dwindles io about B feet 0 inches. lint even thus pared down to lho inches nature gavo hlm he was a giant compared with Sir Francis Drake and with Admiral Keppe.—"Little Koppcl," ns every sailor in tho licet fondly dubbed b.im from pure love and admiration, When Keppol—a commodoro nt 24—was and an apology from tho dey iv an insult totho Iiritish Hag, nigh a imio that tho dey exclaimed against iho Insolence of the British king lor charging (."beardless boy" with m h a message to hlm. lloplted tho heartless boy. "Were my master wont to toko length of beard for a test of wisdom he'd havu sent your dnyshlp a ho goat." Oliver Cromwell, ClavcrhoilSO und Mo* hornet All must ho content totnkoitout in brains, for they all lacked inche3. Two n! these great names naturally suggest that of mml her famous soldier and usurper, Napoleon Bonaparte, "Lo Petit Onporal," as his men lovingly called him, stood al...mt r, l.-et (French) in his stockings, say In Btotnro t! ele. .i Duke beat hlm about cix inches, while ibc 6feet -1 inchesoC Nol- eon pluco bim mid-.vay or thereabouts between the victor and iho victim of Waterloo.— Pitt sin u-g Dispatch. is Wolseley—Colonel Wolselcy." In a trico two pair of heels camo together with a click, and two left arms wero brought up with precision to u salute, whieh Wolscley as formally returned. He turned uway with a smile, nud ns the two sergeants marched out an outburst of hand claps testified to tho cordial appreciation of ovory witness of tho scono. That was a gootl many years ago. Wolscley had n capital war record eveu then, but ho has since seen much service and is now hotter known to tho world as Viscount Wolscley, commander in chief of the English nrmy- —Philadelphia Times. hereby given thai u sitting ofthe rnuntv court of Cariboo will be held nt r':mt,m. on Thursday, 27th Oct.. 1808. nl ten jlockln the forenoon. avfKdtir[OUEi: Registrar of the County Court of Cariboo at Certainly. My name Clinton. THE ONLY Runirliip Electric Liglrlcrr nnrl Slnui Hiritlcil Vestilml-tl Trains. Time tallies, maps nnrl llrftnrnatiolt re- (jnrdiuy routes, rales irnil oilier- details rehiring tn tire rortrl will Ire fnriiislierl .. application to airy -on|i..n ticket agent, a liy addressing -. ' Euuv General Agon Pnrtland, Ore. (Utt'KTS, (111. ILOTHi- etc., etc. Cheapest house on earth, write for prices DOM. - K-AN|LOOPS, B.C ra ir- :'-'-. li ' C PRIOR & a in *W_ o a b _. tl %£> a \* fe-*fei Victoria, Vanoouve-., '•-Si- tiamloop5. NOTICE THE VALUE OF FRESH AIR. of All he i Sometliing Which Slioiild Not Be TakoD Iu Litllo Dally Dosce. Tho admitted advantage of an outdoor life in many morbid conditions nnd notably in consumption seems to point to tho conclusion that thero is something definitely injurious In tho indoor llfo whieh is now thn common inodoof existence among civilized people. It ia a striking and startling thing that tlio moro removal of a patient Into tho opeu nir should lowor his fever, should remove his night sweats and Sittings of the County Court of Cnriboo will beholden as follows: kiclilicld .- Monday, ?nl October, itm i .': , -IiV"." Tii.ir.di-V. Hth October, SflB S". aCu-el Taewlay. Hth October, WHS lBO-MlkUoU-e.Tiiursday, 18th tJctober, 1808 Court opens each day at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. B>'0rdYAM!.:-McKEN. Bnrkerville, B, Registrar County Court of Cariboo, "IE, B.C., Will-U.-.V, wo-. '*' Mtl.1 SOO-PACIFIC LINE. The Bast and Cheaeest ROUTE TO ALL ElSTKIti\ I'OUTS. TOURIST CAB SERVICE. Totirlsl cars run daily except TueBtiayn to Montreal nnd eastern Canada. The Dining Cnr service rlong the line c' (he C.P.R. Is unequalled anywhere. No, 1, westhound due at Ashcrnfl at '-'. 1 ^ a-ni. No. 2, eaBtbound, ---l' i1-1'-1- TABLE. tuko away his heetie, and it is diflloult to ghowintf tho Dates and Places ot avoid tho oonoluslon that if theso symptoms aro removed by tho purity of tho all outsido they must have been largely caused by tho impurity of tho nir within the houso. Nor havo wo nny right to assume that it is tho consumptive only who suffers. Doubtless tho healthy -struggle against and overcomo evil influences boforo which thoso who nro tuberculosis succumb, but that is not lo say that In tlio struggle wo do not suffer, nnd, Indeed, tho facts recently brought forward aro sufficient to Courts of Assize, Nisi Priiis, Oyer and Terminer, and General Gaol Delivery for the Year 1898. FALL ASSIZES. Thursday, aand September. .......Monday, 20th September. ....Monday. 3rd October. ... Friday. Mth October. Monday, lOlh October. Westminster....Tuesday, 1st November. Clinton.... Richfield.. Kamloops. Lytton Vernon... New show that lho stuffy life of warmth and Vancouver.,. . Monday, Hth November. .Tuesday, 16th November. .Tuesday, 2-i.nd November. Agricultural Implements of all kinds Ifti-gest Mock In Un' province nntl best assormentt American Bain wagons also Canadian Buin suitnblo I'or freighting ilm! ftum purposes. Buggies Carts, Spring Wagons. ali ut prices In suit tin* times Orders silled promotlv. %rmslr©iig' MANi'i*AL-n;n!:::s op m AND |H0H piPE, AND ||!N|HG ^flGHiHEBY, Ollice and works -Foot of Hentloy nvo. We tu*o rankinp the best and most ser- vioenblQ Mining Oro Cars (Inoladlng "S000(>" ctirs) fur sale in tbe market. Thoso Cars are all fitted witli Cant Stool W'll oris and nru mado in diiterentsizes. VVritefot parttealars. V.O. Box 61. Vancouver, 1J_C- KOOTENAY SeRVICE. .„• Going north J^' and west Head up. S!(fb leave K1CVKLSTOKK arrive 10.H" 13,20 NAKUSP 3200 TRAIL 2800 ROSSLAND 22.30 arrive NELSON leave Read down. lo.on 18.00 IS.I" 10.15 16.65 18.40 "THREE FORKS arrive SAN DON leave SLOCAN CITY *-*.*-• 11 7.1.". Empress Royal Ma Surprised. Tho yomiR reformer was » Bttporlatlvoly feminine creature whose soul abhorred Rounds hnrflher thnn those which como from i!:o hai'|i, but her sympnthles hod boon uroiiHod and sho hod ontorod her nmno on tho roll of Friendly Visitors, Sho felt that sho could no longer face hor dear Eucluty frlonda without boing ablo to toll of horoxiioi'loiiccs in reforming somebody. Armtng hoi-icir wiih dlsl.afeotanta Bho •started on her errand. Olluibing a stairway in tho tenement district, sho trav- crsed n dnrlt hall, feeling an Imnglimry dunipnegs eroop through hor slioos nnd thinking of cough drops for tho morrow. I-iitcrlng ono of tho rooms, sho found herself unexpectedly In Uio presence oE a polo, poorlv dressed woman, and coneltid* ed rIio would begin her work of rqforni by remlniUug her that clonnljnoss is akin to goillinesa, and tin Inspootion of tho promises was In order. Turning eiuitlously townrd ihu nnnmdo bod, BiisploloiiH or Booing"tho torror which croopoth by night," horoyofl rostcd upon n wonmii with a newborn babo at her eltlo. "idid uot know thnt you had'othor*-! ltvlnfl witli .vou," romarkod lho visitor. "She does not livo here. Sho Is my neighbor." "Whv hi she In this room and in your bod'." " "Weil, lady, yoti see 1 hnvo n window imd a bit nr carp-at, and 1 Invited her to (sbino becnui-e I thunglit It would hut. de- comfort which civilized mnn now "cn- Victoria., joys" is bud for tho health oven of tho Nanaimo.. healthiest. Wo mako our windows fit, wo pad our doors, wo shiver ut a draft, wc surround ourselves with woolen curtains, dusty cut-pels nnd Duffy, luxurious upholstery, wo brcnthb tho namo air over and over again, nnd then wo wonder that we nro nob strong nnd vigorous. The fact Is wo aro daily using up tho exuberant vitality With whieh nnturo has provided us inGtrugglingagalufltnrtlfloial OCTOBER Sth to conditions. How poworfulfor ovil, how deteriorating t hoso conditions aro, Is shown by llio fact thut tholr moro removal gives book to tho oonsutnptivo that vitality which enables him to overcomo tho seeds of disease within him. Fresh air is not a thing to bo taken in Utile doses oneo a day, bub ti thing to livo on.—London Hospital. Empress of India, Empress of Japan, Empress of China, and China, October overy four 1898Provincial Exhibition i898 »«-,« wi UNDER IMRKCTIONOFTHB ROYAL AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY of British Columbia, 13th. (inclusive) AT NEW WESTMINSTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS - - CITIZENS' GRAND YEARLY GELEBRA1I0H ■ Q-JESNELLE, B.C. The only First-class Board and Lodging Stable in connection. Every attention Quesnell guests. J, A. Mc SAAO, Prop- SI8.000-IN PRIZES-SI8,000; Canadian-Australian Mail Line Miowera, Warrimoo and Aorangi, For Honolulu. Fiji- Australia, Ootober 20th. Novombor 17th. and overy four wooks tberourter. , In lim Uu t.im.jiiur.'il. I wna visited hy 11 robust looltliiff mnn in tlioprlnioo- llfo, who slnled thut hn wns ti muster plumbor, nnd Hint, being ilo-loiont ln bis arithmetic, ho waa .hiding li, dlilleult to hoop track ot bis bookkuop* or'a accounts, now that his business wus Increasing. A littlo fencing, however, olloitotl tho pitiable admission that hu wns totally unoblo to roadl Ho oould rend flguros, odd 11 littlo anil just writo Ids own namo—nil ho Imd ever learned In Ids un tivo country—the Gtcon Islo, but, though ho luul hitherto been BUoaosB-ul ill aonoaiil- lug hin limitations from tho pooplo abono him, certain olrouinBtanceB had rooontly givon hlin tho alarm, and ho had made up hta mind to try to mend matters. And what n Struggle was hlsl What pathos in bis groping offorts to spell out Ills way the thro Tbe premium Pyro—Spectacular Bombardment of Santiago de Cuba, and Blowing Up of the "Maine," KollowodbynnUo-to-diaeFlrewqrkBDbiplny, whiili liu. la-en siieeiiiltv seaired for FOUR nights at an enormouB expense. Lactrosse and Baseball Matches, Bicycle Meet, Horse Races, Aquatic, Sailor, and Caledonian .Sports, Promenade Concerts. DOO SHOW- -OPEN TO THP. WORLD Tho finest Bnnds In the Province will 1 vide Music. ,,, , Special rales over all Hallway and Steamboat .gh tbe primer which his own littlo lines. .i-.-i.ii.i-., . . ' .... No entrance foe cbnmcd for Exniniu.- " niituu list.. en try forms and Iidl liiformn- 1 I ■ llioi-lci I the had thrown aside two yonrsboforol But night aftor night, summer nnd winter, ho kept It up, until nt last ho had Ids reward, nnd bo could look his littlo boy boldly In tho face und had no moro fearn of bis bookkeeper.—Chambers' Journal, tion on application to MAYOR OVENS, W. II. EDMONDS. Chairman Cul. Coin. Sec. Ccl, Com T.J.TI.APP. A. MALINS. 1'res. R.A. St l.St'c. See. K.A. &■ I. Soe. \V. H.KITARy.EiililbUioiiCommlBtfoner. For full information as to rates, time es^e., apply (0 the nearest ticket *"** A; L. OLBHKNTB, Agent, Ashoroft, J; CoYi.tr, District Pflbsttngcrr trfr-nt. - I'mmnnvpr. 13.0 or to E. __ III P i! Distances from Ashcroft to C. M.-D.llUl.l-rl... li Iili lij 1 1 D.SG0IB .01 ■\\7e are mnv prepared to tram -port freight aoi-os- Giscomb Portnge at --easoiiable rates. Parties going nortli should', not fail to moke preparations! for this portage. DAJ-T- & BANinELD, ( (Jiscoiub I'ortuge, B.C. I 1 lii! I i IP 1 I i i II i IT] 11 111' ISC JOURNAL, $2 A YEAR _____■■ .. ■ ■ THE B.C. MINING JOURNAL SATURDAY, OOTOBEU 1, 1898. LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS. N. do Koysor ia doing ft very prosper- ous jewelry business. Soo Uio uotloosot' millinery opontag at U\ W. Foster's this ufteruoou. Hen Uio ml. of lho Harry tiiudloyOom- ody Compauy in another coluimi. Tho (floutrio lights nnd wator system will bo in good working older for tho Pair. Mis. tt, OMugloynud Miss Tingley spont ti lew days this weok visiting Mrs. (Jims. Pontile Mr. Plouruoy, Son of Judge Flournoy of Baltimore Md., is spending a fow duys in Aslicrolt tliis week. Mi*. N. Armstrong, of Seattle, spent u conplo of days in Ashcroft ou bis return from Lillooel tbis woek. Mr. MoCosh, tho tailor, Is getting u largo trado and will soou enlarge bis ijuarters and put In moro help. A biuil. would receive a good patronage iu Ashcroft. What banking con- corn will bo the ilrst to establish u branch? Mr. Chas. Campion, wbo bas Eorsonio timo been in the employ of C. Gibson here, left for the Kootenoy couutry lust Wednesday night. Win. Walker uud Philip Parke were iu town tbis week looking after the in tercsts of Uie Ashcroft fair. Some ex hibits havo been sent down to tho Now Westminster exhibition. New buildings ure being delayed ou account of tho lack of material. As soon as lumber that hns beeu ordered arrives, several new building will bo pushed along to completion. Twenty-three dollars to the pan was taken out of tbe Horsefly Qold Mining Co.'s ground. Of courso tbis is ouly one pan, but it is a pretty good mine whore one pan can be gotten that runs sil. There is a splendid opening in Ash croft for a cigar factory and no doubt arrangements oouW bo mado for a business plaoe with the owners of tbo new buildings going up soon on Railway avenue. Dr. Craighead, accompanied by tbe Pittsburg Dredging Company's engineer, Mr. Stanley, passed through Ashcroft tliis week ou their way to Quesnelle to begin operations in dredging on tho Fraser river a few miles above Ouesnelle. A, C. Boyd, of Cottonwood, came down last week from homo and has taken his departure for tbe east to take up the study of electrical engineering. Mr. Boyd is a bright, capable young man und will no doubt make a success of the lino of work lie engages in. Turn out to tbe Fair nnd bring along an exhibit. The electric lights will bo showing up well. The new water pipes filled so far as laid. Wo should all try Lo mako tho occasion of the annual fair such a success that it will grow popularity yoar by year until tbo Aslieroft fair will bo tho ono of tho season. Douglass McDonald and .lames Grant, registering from Scotland, aro staying for a few days in Ashcroft making arrangements for guides and other preparations for a hunting trip for big game. They contemplate visiting tho section in north of Horsefly. They should meet with plenty of bear aud deer iu that well knowu game country Wo aro in receipt this week of a let ter containing the neocossary money torn subscription to lhe JOUltNAL from our old acquiuitanoo, David Smiley, of Payne mine, Kootenay. If Dave should tuko it into his head Lo visit this section all checker players will bo accom- adatod, us few men in the west can bold Iiim oven in this favorite game of liis. Tbo .Sentinel contains a couple of seusible items regarding lho overland trail north, In its Tuesday edition. Tiie curious thing is that it is now iSonti* nol) tho Ashcroft trail. A few months- ago it was (Sentinel and Standard) tho Kamloops trail. Wo join heartily in saying that, the report of distress on the trail should be promptly investigated and if thero is distress givo all possiblo assistance. Mr. Charles P. Law, of Vancouver returned Lo Ashoroft on Tuesday, after spending some time iu the Bridge river und Cadwalliiiler sections of Llllooet district. Mr. Law is extensively inter ested iu different parts of the province in mining, and speaks very favorably of the province ns a whole, as a mining country. He was favorably impressed with tho Lillooet sections and Intends to return to them lator on. W. R Gove, superintendent of tho New Fraser River Dredging Company now operating a dredge very successfully at Big Bar on tho Fraser river, speut a day in town this week. Mr. Gore ifi well ploased with what tlieir company is doing and states that gold dredging on tho Fraser is a perfectly pracitical operation and predicts that much wealth will be takon out by river dredging in the course of the noxt twenty years in the rivers of this section. A Boitauo publishes a legal ad this wook. Scliool is coining ou nicely ao Ear this season. Lindloy's Comedy Company will add Lo tho attractions of Fair week. Mr. do Koysor returned Thursday from a busiuoss trip up tho road. The returning olllcor for tho Ash oil polling district was W. Higgcu bottom. Seo tiio notice regarding train sor vice during tho Westminster Fair, it another column. Thoro will be. wo believe, a pro grammo of sports arranged for Thurs day of next woek. McArthur & Harper aro having i good season's trade. Their storo ii neat, well stocked and woll kept. Major Walsh's roport to Mr. Sifton on tho Yukon situation advises the practical abolition of tlie royalty on tlio gold output. If tho beautiful weather that tho Kamloops peoplo have enjoyed this week at their Fair continues noxt week we shall be exceptionally favored, Marcus Bailey returned Thursday from his outing uear tho TO. Lots of ducks aud geese fell by liis gun and many of us bore havo benollled thereby. Alex Shields will leave noxt wool- fur the Cariboo country to gather up the polling boxes and take them to to Kamloops, where tho ollicial count will bo made. It is to be hoped that something will bo doue at an early day to secure a teacher aud organize a band in Ashcroft. Thero is good material hero for a band and wo believe it could be mado a success of. Lieutenant Governor Mclnnes has been invited by secretary Burr to open tlio fair. As yot no response has been received to the secretary's letter, but it is hoped that he may bo able to favor us with his presence. Au nssay has been mndo by S. L. Howo of samples from tbo Roso Leaf and White Roso claims on McGiIlivray crook, in Lillooet, adjoining tho claims recently bonded by R. J. Skinner from Brett Bros. Tbo samples were taken throo feet down and show gold value of S10.500 a tou. Tho Mioceuo company striking rich gravel in tbo old chauuol in the Horsefly is makiug that section jubilant and much work will bo engaged in in the Horsolly couutry from now on. We understand the Miocene company will soon ship in tho necessary machinery for sinking a large working shaft ou this ground. The Kam Loop- Pair, The Kamloops exhibition was opened on Wednesday at :i p. m. by Liout.-Gov- ornor Mclnuos, who in a short, pithy, speech, complimented the peoplo on thoir very flue showing of fruit and vegetables, Ho deplored tho fact that thoro were so fow cattlo on exhibition, but it being a new country, ho hoped that time would remedy that. Ho thanked everyone for the kind welcome extondod to Mrs. Mclnnes and himself, nud hoped he would bo there many times iu tho futuro. Mr. Hewitt Bostock, M. P., and F. J. Deane, M.P. P., also spoke. Thoatton- deuco has beou fair, but not large, and a successful exhibition has been held. Sir Arthur Curtlc. One of tho companions of tho unfortunate Sir Arthur Curtis who is supposed to have died from exposure alter being separated from his companions about HO miles north of Quesnelle, it still encamped at Mud river and has parlies of Indiaus out searching for tho remains of his friend. A reward of 81,500 is offered for tho recovery of tho body. A large scope of counlry has beeu gono over but after tracing Sir Arthur Curtis about seven miles from camp all signs of him wore lost, and it is very dilllcult to arrive at a conclusion as to whero his wnndor- ings led him. There is uo talk of foul play so far as wo can learn nud uo truth in tho reports that tho Indians know whoro tho body is but aro awaiting a larger reward. Kutzebue Sound. The Post Intelligencer oftho IlOLh, states that seven more men havo lost their lives at Kutzebue Sound. After Lbe many disgusted and disappointed mon from tbat Seattlo boomed section havo dispersed iu some direction moro than 1,000 men are still stranded thoro and no gold diggings found. Would it not bo just as woll for tho Seattle people to worry a littlo about tho thousands of people deluded by tho steamer lines inlo going to the God-forsaken country around Copper rivor with its glaciers and torrents, tlie Kutzebue country and its disappointments to thousands, and otiior boomed sectious, as to publish whole pages about tho horrors of tho Ashcroft routo'. Tho poor fellows iu tho abovo moutioued sections aro not within a fow day's travel of a Hudson's Bay post, and thero is no way of laud travel toward relief. Thoy must have steamboats to get back on or starve, Thu Ashcroit Troll, We can well uudorstand how paper!; lu the slates Liml. have au object in view, that of preventing Lho use ol' any but a Seattlo routo to tlie nortliern gold Holds, should publish soma of the rot the Post Intelligencer 1ms been indulging iu this week, such us the ridiculous statements made, us it is claimed. by two or threo mon who came to Vauoouvor with such talcs id' woe. Wo ro- for uow particularly l<> Lho story of onc.l. A. Grey,of New York. II' Mr. I Groy isGorrootly reported lio said. "In ono placo I counted 100 liorses dead in live milt's. On tin' poison plaitm horses lay hoaped in hundreds. Further on wo arrived at quicksands with douse forosts tin oauh sido that wo could noi penetrate. Then thoro woro quagmires wilh horsos in rows dead with packs slill on Iheir bucks. It is a solemn truth thatour parly of twenty led ouv horses over tbo bucks nl' llu- pom- buried liniL(-fs. Beyond this wo came in a Lroo on which wus blazed, "Eat hero and turn back." Just boyoud h; the slough of Despond uud I'm- two weary miles we trudged aloug with our Inn-sis at times actually up to their backs in mud etc. One after auothor wodragged them out and put n bullol Llirough their heads." The Lale further roports, "Weary, footsore otc, we reached Glenora. There everything was Hat. Wosold our outfits, each one for somo 8^1 ou thc 8100,horses and saddles that cost at Aslieroft 8150 goiug for 810 etc. Sir Ar thur Curtis committed suioido, eto. That llic seasou was nearly a mouth later than common nt Quosliollo i-* ;i fact. That men by lhe huudrods who came to AsherofL insisted against ull advice on going on to the rontl long be foro feed was fur enough advanced, aud thai lust season there was much more ruin thuu has before falli'ii in ono season for many years is true, and in consequence of lho fuels tho trail was much more dlllloull Hum year than is usual. We bavo now mon living here tlmt have been over this route 1.0 years ago und drove largo bauds of cattle llirough as well as pack trains, The meu who started ovorhilld ns u rule were poorly equipped but. they camo here most of lliem with a deter mutation to havo their own wav. uud cheap horses, early departure nnd fow practical men along were the results.' The mon who go to Vauoouvor nnd state tbat they paid in Aslicrofl 8150 for horsos lliat Ihey sold in Gtouoru for 810 or any other price tire liars pure and simple. The average price paid in Ashcroft for liorses was 610 Lo 820. A very few paid more niul many paid loss. Tho storv ofthe novelist, HuniHu Garland, that is going tho rounds, about his losing mauy men and lhe most of his horses, of which he luul many, is a fair sample. Mr, Garland lefL Ashcroft witb exactly ono man and in all four horses, oue each for himself and compatiiou to pack nnd one each lo ride. The inference given by lhe press dispatches east is that he had a dozen or twenty men and a hundred horses. At no Lime on Lhe route could men have beon a very great distance Irom a Hudsons Bay post. Every man Hint loft Ashcroft carried a gun and Qshing tacklo nud had horses. Men bnve lived for years, as did Thibet-*- and McLelleu, the disepverers of Cassiar, in Lhut samo couutry wilh nothing whatever Lo depend on except llieir guns and fishing tackle, and if so many men as Messrs. Grey uud Atwootl state are broke what did tbey have togoou. Surely they did not have much money lo expend oo Llieir way north from Ashcroft. All will regret exceedingly that such talcs are told that will be believed in many sections to bo true, and we say rather than to tako any chances that any along the trails nrc lost or s'tck airl helpless we think it would be a good idea to send a party through again from Glenora to Hazleton. Tlie government party undor Jamos Deacon is now on that route we suppose and would certainly relieve uny side or sLranded party tliey came across. It hardly seems possible Llmt auy men of judgment could bo iu danger of starvation in any case on a route where fish and birds und gamo are found as tbey aro in nortliern British Columbia. The stories like that of the Indians damming up Mud river ho that, the prospectors could not cross are thoroughly ludicrous. Sir Arthur Curtis could not have been driven to commit suicide by his hardships as lie was only 00 miles over a good trail from Quesnelle. when; thero is a post-oflice, tolegraph line, etc., and ho could have reached iL in one day and night's ride hud he wished. Vieth A Borland's pack, train under John Harris' management, packed I'rom Ashcroft to Hazleton for ten years.' Last spring Robert Borlaud sold Lho train of 70 mules and agreed to deliver , them over this self same trail ul. Glenora aud ho did it. John Harris drove iu 1100 head of cattlo over the same trail to Glenoia this season niul luul packed over the entire trail before. Does this look as though it was a death trap. Simply this, more people passed over the trail than over before, the season was Into, much more rain fell than usual, and Lhe wo ry I of all, mou Lliat know nothing of Hie work* at- atteniptcd to pack horsos uver ii. Wo have heard of no deaths on this trnil ouLsido of Sil" Arthur Oill'tis. Does tho Post Intelligencer recall the u-J bodies taken out of a snow slide on one of its boomed routes? Does iL recall tho hundreds drowned in the White Horso rapids, or Lhe thousands of horses killed ou the Sltugway route? The Colonist, strange to say, lakes up this matter, yet is it Btrangol A railroad will be built some day through central Brilish Columbia. Then all will not have to pay tribute to const cities who wish Lu visit tho northern country. Is the Colonist already trying to head off Lho procession? It would Boom so. VISITORS TO THE NEW WESTMINSTER EXHIBITION Should not fail to call on ns, iu our new premises, Hastings street. - - Special prices during fair week. Tram fares refunded to purchasers, Seasonable G-oociss _ PABS- MALT EXTRACT- | MON-S-UWAT LIMB JUICK Ilii-. per bol;. or '■', for 81. | SMITH'S PLY PADS Do por priokuffo. CLEMENTS' IRON PILLS (or Uio TANGLEFOOT FLY PAPEE- Bloo_—-5e. por box or ,1 ior .1. | :i sheets for Hie. J. H. 03_J_BItJ:_li3I?*iraJ?S*9 <$ lilli Clinton nml way points—Moii(.lay, Wednesday iiiul Friday, All points in Cariboo—Monday and Friday, connecting with steamer Charlotte at Soda Creek. Lillooet direct—Monday and Friday. Through und return tickets ut re.lueod rates. Spccinl couvo.vuiR.es furnished. We have added to our stoek this week n large shipment of Ory Coods, Clothing and Cents' Furnishings - - ^——Of all hinds. Oomo nml buy where you enn get tho best value for your money.. M'ARTHUR & HARPER, merchants. _3_r J-_XrES _3__OOK, ASHCBOFT. British Columbia Express Company larke & Stuart, Booksellers, Stationers and Printers, .-^c^- SS Cordnvu street, VAKOOUVEB, -B.O WALL FABER TYPEWRITERS TOYS and .FANCY GOODS |ENGINEERS SUPPLIES PIANOS and ORGANS WRAPPING PAPER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS [PAPER BAGS, TWINE, otc Lmlios rem cm l> it that Miss Hughes, milliner I'm* McArthur & Harper,, will bo in Ashcroft ou Monday, Tuesday nnd Wednesduy und will bo prepared to show tip to date styles. Ashoroft voted 25 in favor of prohibition und 11 against. Thu voto in tho eastern provinces hus gone ulso for tho passing of a prohibitory bill, but meu will likely continue to drink. Tho prospectus of the Bou d'Orr mines is out. The company is stocked for 8500,000 and the property comprises Eour chums. Good returns huvo beon received from the rock sampled uud the ledgo on the Littlo Joo is without doubt rich. Tho mines nro situated ou or neur Bridge river in tho Llllooet district uud local interest is excited bo cause ubout one your ago the property wus discovered by Hoary Curgile, of Ashcroft, who sold it to tho syndicate, plaoiug itou tho market for 825,000, He has already received substantial payments on it und will, wo understand, soon receive the balance. The company have expended large sums in lhe development of the property siuco buying it of Mr. Curgile. HARRY LINDLEY DRAMATIC CO. Tuesday, Oct. 4th, and each uight afterwards through tho weok of tho Fair, will give entertainments ut tho TOWN HALL, Opening on Tuesday evening with tho play eutitled "±r'_RI_E_]__>riDS" All the old favorites of lust season imd several now stars will appear. • Tho series of entertainments will bo select and iu perfect good taste. A change in the programme will bo mado oach night. Doors open at 7:110. Reserved seats on sale at Clements' Drug Store. LAND NOTICE. hv i-i ln-r-hv given tliaiut llic _-xi-.ir.tlion ■liiysl mtrmltdiii'-ily lo llic chief runi- itit-r nf liitith iiiul wnrks fur ln-mii. siuti in : .•■tnuinv. of |.;i-tnr;inaiiil xitiiau.l in .t-t ili-iri.-l. "il tin- ca-l -iik- of l-ra. cr rivi-r, ■■ !.-.n.,.ii;i* l.i-ki.v'sllal.i-iimnii-n.- mitial ImisI A.ll..llu-niV wesl Klli-11 ■■ins ■ imt.li Mi.-li-Lin.. iln-iii-ccast mi cliaiiiH, . south Ho cliains to point of commene.- 1 have bought tho business of N. A McPhorson, merohant tailor, and nm now prepared to show a good selection of Tweeds, Trouserings, Serges, g Also patterns of tho latest Winter Goods, Overcoatings. Serges. Worsteds, etc* Cull und soo thorn beforo ordering elsewhere. By strict attention to business, good workmuuship and moderate charges, I solicit a share of the public patronage, TH0S.ll.C08H MERCHANT TAILOR, ASHCUOFT, B.C. '-y' Repairing and cleaning ..specialty, All orders by mail or express punctually attended to. CARIBOO DISTRICT ASSESSMENT ACT. C.DURT.S OK REVISION AND APPEAL J tinder Uu- iii.ivi.inii. nf tlie iilmve act will lie linlilen for C-.irib.Hi Di. tricl at places ami on ilutc. as lielow, viz: At Win. Wornmld'B house, Stanley, Lightning creek, on -Otmclay, October 17th, at le o'clock a in. Mclnnes' lioii.se, Alexandria, on Wednesday October HUli.at 10 o'clock a.m. McLeese'a house. Soda Creek, on Friday October 21st, at io o'clock a.m. 150 M lie House, on Saturday, October 22nd at :t o'clock -.in. Government ollice. Quesnelle. on Thursday. October 27th, at 10 o'clock a.m. Government ofllce, Harkerville. on Wednesday, November 2nd. at lu o'clock a.m. JNO. BOWRON, Judge, Court of Revision and Appeal- Bnrkerville, September 12th, lBUH. * 20 _&_TOTIO_Et OF Dissolution of Partnership. ... /cry stable keepers, at Ashernft. U.C.. was dissnlvei' bv mutual consent on March 1st. ISIlS, tin said Henry Trim reliring from tlie business and being -.n-cecilcd by l.ihvanl Trim. The firm name and stvle of Trim & Haddock is retained. All debts due the old linn are to he paid tn ils successors, and they amiabilities. In the County Court of Cariboo HOLDEN AT OUESNELLE. Between Frank Peterson- Plaintiff, and The Sidney Oold Mining & Development Company, Limited, Defendant. To the Sidney Oold Mining & Dcvclopim-nl Company, Limited : Take notice thai a plaint has been entered and a summons issued auainst vou in ih- above county court by Frank Peterson, u. Ouesnelle. for the sum of S7S.;iH. f.ir a bill of exchange for S7K.:iS. and an order bas been made Hint ibe publication of a tsntnc uf tbe entry of sucli plaint in the Iiritish Cluinhu Miniii-; Journal shall be deemed to lie service of the summon*! upon you. The summons will be heard at Ouesnelle on the Olli dav of October at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, on which dav you are required to appear, and if you do not appear either in person or by your Solicitor at tbe lime and place above mentioned, such order will be made and proceedings taken as the judge may think iust and expedient. Hated tbis latll dav of September. 1808. J. W. BURK, 20t8 Registrar, Iii tlie County Court of Cariboo HOLDEN At QUESNELLE. Between Charles Lotuleen, Plaintiff, The Sidney Gold' Mining & Development Company. Limited, Defendant. To the Sidney Oold Mining & Development Company, Limited: Taku notice thai a plaint has been entered and a summons issued against you in the above counly court by Frank I.oudeen, of ijiu-stielk.fot tliesuui of 8(1-1, for a bill of exchange for St. I, and an order has been made Ihat the publication of a nollce of the entry of such plaint in the Iiritish Columbia Mining Journal shall be deemed to be service of the summons upon you. The summon:, will be heard at Ouesnelle on the (Ith day of October at eleven o'clock in lhe forenoon, on which dav you are required lo appearand if you do nut appear either in ncr- " or hv vnnr solicitor at the lime aud place ve mentioned, such order will be made and proceedings taken as the judge may think jusl and expedient. NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given timl al lhe expiration if Ho davs I inlend In apply lo Ihe honorable chief niinnihsioner nf lands and works for permission to purchase lot -12.., nmsisiing of U-Jii acres of pastoral land situated in the Liliuoel district ndJoininB lot 9B4 north. J. E, MOORE. Alkali Lake, September 8th. leos, 90-98 HEAD OFFICE, ASHCROFT, B.C. QUESNELLE KLONDIKE. The niulct'-ignoil having Woiity*fl\-- yenrs ox-ioriuiico in outlining sni-vuy. mining, hunting and ti'iuling piirlius goiug in all (li.ec.iotis from QiiohiioIIo Mouth is now [>.«pnr.<l with tho rci|iiisil(. supplic. I., mi I lii nil «1 laj favor Iiim \vilh m I. -Umionu... this is the Poor Man's Houte to tlio Klon. dike. No ovcrurowclotl Btcamoi-s, No blocking in ilillinilt pus-irs. No cliilics to pay. No vexatious customs regulations to comply with. An open load over which if you cannot afford to ride, you can go on fool. Good goods and fail treatment. CTj^MIKliS REID. Remington tuns Are tho best value now offered iu firearms. I eau supply thom from atook, iu hammer or hammorless. *_fc^ym.,:__>c, .-*"] CHAS. E.TISD ALL, VANCOUVER, B.C. HERE WE ME FOREVER 1ST. DE KBYSSR The Ashcroft Jeweler, ASHOROPT, - .B.a. A full lino of Jowolvy, Watches :uui Optical poods always on baud. Prices tbo lowest, aud nil articles aud work warranted. Scud Orders by mail or express direct and save ogeuts' commlssiou ot from 20 to _I0 per cent. Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wagon Builder HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY, _ron„8tcol nud Timber kept In stock, and a Blocker Eustora mndo Cnn-tnces, BukrIw antl Horn! Curls \.v\.\ un huiul ui t-.iii.i-il |>i ia'.., uiul also mndo to order. Mimufactufcr of " The Uhui-iii Tiio Setter " wlilcli all DtaolumlLlia Bhould use. All work warranted, mul ]i.i.--; lowor than over. Au oBBortment of UjHIu- hikI Cu".l--t- ul'Viiv- on huiul. ; ASHOROFT, - - - - - - B. 0. -JVC- IDTJ^EON^, DEALER 1N- Hardware, Stoves and Tinware, ASIICUOI."., ll.C. S_IV_CITIX db BRYSON General Blacksmiths, Horseshoeing. Steel, Iron and Hardwood I.uinlrer kept in stoolc, also wngnso suitable fur freighting and ranoliing. Shop on Railway Avenuo. - ASHOROFT, B.C. Cariboo Exchange lloti This well known house 1i»h boon.fooponotl hy ila mnv nvupr und has been thoroughly ronovtitot) and filtod up, "T-lr-e-^n-rrT-w*--, .-.I. i.i-i*v ■Y"-""tjj;.-;.'i\r-H.jinil uigura; lliu <liniii_i rooms uro well kopt und woll supplied. Board and rooms by tlio duy, wook or month, frloos moduruto. Wo invite u Fair share oE tho pivtronugo of lho Iruvoling publiu nud uf lho local business, ALLISON WOODS. G. E. JOHNSON.
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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