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THE PAYSTREAK BOOK III. SANDON, SEPTEMBER 9 1899. CHAPTER 48 HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF. Judge Forin held court in Kaslo this week. About 20 people will go to Nelson today to heat- Godfrey's band. Mr. and Mrs. Christie visited Kaslo in the early part of the week. Jas. Williamson went to Nelson yesterday on a trip combining business and pleasure. A. C. McArthur will leave for Rossland on. Tuesday to take the 0. P. R. station there. Mrs. Egan left oh Tuesday for Philadelphia, Pa., where she will spend a three months' visit. 8. S. Weinant went south on Wednesday. He will spend several months in Denver, Colorado. Pat Murphy, proprietor of the Lake View hotel, Selkirk, spent a few days in town this week; There was no coucil meeting on Monday evening. The town is still as dark as the ace of spades. Main Bros, will commence the construction of their warehouse next week. The building will be 25 x 50 feet. P. J. Hickey returned from Spo kane on Wednesday, accompanied by Mrs. Hickey and children, who will spend some lime In Sandon. J. K. Clark and David W. King spent a few days this week examining a valuable property close to town and an important deal is probable in the near future. Mrs. Funk's daughters, Misses Susie and Mamie Funk, and her mother, Mrs. Murphy, arrived in Sandon yesterdav to become resi dents of this town. There were, no ore shipments this week, no council meeting, no police court and no street lights in Sandon. This record is broken only by Rose- bery, It. C., and Brandon, Manitoba Manager Macdonald of the Levina Mine was iu Kaslo this week looking for miners but had to send to other points as none could be found iu that tiwn. lie was paying the standard scale ot ��8,50. Af concert was given in White'- Witier on Tuesday evening by the ladies of th.- Prcsbvtcri m church. Several Sand >n people to >1< part aad tbe programme was the best ever prod nod in that towr, There is a movement on fo it to establish a gxmnaslum under the auspices of the tire brigade for the coining winter. No definite steps liave yet Ix-en taken, but there is every assurance that such an insti- tition would be popular In Smdon. There is nothing definite known outside of the ring about, the proceedings of the meeting of the Mine Own e's Association on Tuesday evening. The rumored distentions have not '���esulted in the opening of any of the 1 irgc properties. A Court of Revision for thn purpose of revising the voters' lists for Slocan riding of West Kootenay dis trict will be held in Sandon on Monday, November 5th. All who are not on the list should make application before that time. The dance given bv the Miners Lnion in Virginia hall on Tuesdav evening wasan occasion of unalloyed pleasure. About forty couples participated and tripped it to the strains of the Sandon orchestra to their hearts' content. A surplus of $25 went to the hospital fund. Jas. Dimmick returned from the Lardeau this week, bringing aa tro phies for his summer's work some of the prettiest ore samples that have beep seen from that camp. ' 'Jimmy" owns the Early Bird claim on Eight Mile creek, and as the ore shows everything from galena to black sulphides he believes he has a bonanza. Trout Lake wants to play foot ball with Sandon kickers. It the Trout Lake athletes will issue a challenge good for Slocan against L irdeau they will be able to get a game that should satisfy them. There are only about enough players in this district for one good team just at,present. Win. Findley (Black Scotty) met with an accident in the early part of the week, while going up to his claims on Little Canyon creek, in the Lardo-Duucan. His injuries were not of a serious nature and although he is now laid up at Argenta, will be able tj bo about again In a few davs. SLOCAN MINES. The annual meeting of the Liberal- Conservative Union of B. C. will be hold in New Westminster on the 5th of next month. The question of party lines in Provincial affairs and other matters politically important will be discussed. Sandon has a Conservative association and will probably send delegates. Bertgough, the caricature artist, will visit Sandon next month. Ben- gough is the best caricaturist in Canada, it not in America. He made a national reputation for himself as publisher of the "Grip" and has I travelled for many years- giving illustrated lectures. His onlv weap- ons are a piece of charcoal and n sheet of paper, but he has wrecked governments and mule fools of knurs. To use the classic langtnge lof Mr. Doolev, "he can draw a picture of Ve_, Hinnessey, as wud make the likes of you an' me want to resort to a brick pile for satisfaction." The recent improvements to the Ivanhoe trail make it the best trail in the Slocan district. The five drill compressor for the Ivanhoe is being freighted up to the the mine. A. J. McVichie has charge ot the work. The Dardenelles is being pumped out and preparations made to resume operations immediately. Manager Tretheway has spent several days at the mine recently, A pipe line is being laid connecting the Last Chance with the Noble Five system, which will furnish air for the drills in the ong tunnel to t;��p the Galena ledge. Twenty tbfii of' ore were shipped from the Rambler this week. It is the richest ore ever shipped from the mine, showing considerable native silver. Twenty men are now on the payroll. The Vulture propertv will commence shipping ore in a few days. It is in the hands of the Mining &' Financial Trust Co., of Vancouver, and development work has been going on steadily for several months past. The toree was increased this week. j The crushing machinery for the Ruth Mines concentrator was shipped bv Fraser & Chalmers trom Chicago on August 24th and was delivered in Kaslo last Monday, making the unusually fast time of eleven days on the ri��ad. This machinery will be installed at once, \enson syndicate get the other three- quarters. For the present the management will be retained by Mr. Bennedum and his partners. The Noonday is one ot the earliest locations on the Galena Farm and showed large deposits of auriferous galena Boat. The owners failed to .find the ledge, but the lessees were fortunate in striking it shortly after commencing work. It has since developed into a regular bonanza, upwards ot 400 tons of ore having been taken out and shipped. It is , most conveniently located and most easily handled and developed. Canadian Mining Institute Meeting. The Canadian Mining Institute, which was billed to hold a meeting at Rossland yesterday, will hold another meeting at Nelson on the 12th. At the Nelson meeting, which will be the regular meeting of the members, the following papers are on the syllabus for discussion: "On Mine Costs." by John E. Hardman, President; "Oa the Small economics of Mining." by Howard West, A. R. S. M., New Denver; "On Mining and Milling Practice at Ymir," by S. S Fowler, E. M., Nelson; "On Direct Cy a nidation of the ores of the Dorothy Morton mine," by W. Pel- lew Harvey. The Institute will welcome the attendance of all local mining men. or parties interested in mining. Will Siloer Decline? The Chicago. F. B. O'Neil, one of the original owners ot the Ruth, is commencing operations on the Chicago group, near the Freddie Lee. Th*'Chicago, wnidi is one of the early locations of the camp, has a good ore-showing and is considered a most promising property. A large outfit of supplies was sent up to the property yester day and work will be commenced immediately. The Crow's Nest Coa tilling up the Nelson winter's gupp keep several tor Immediate Companv w ieds with a V of fuel and will thousand tons ready delivery. The coal niined this war is from a lower level and much superior to that shipped last vear, containing only 3 per cent ash and as high as 70 per cent lix��'d carbon. A heavy consignment will be received In Sandon in a few days bv 11. Bvers ct Co., the local agents, which should furnish an easy solution tor the vexatious wood question. The ore from the Lucky Jim is being held at the Kootenay; Ore Co'e sampling works, Kaslo, and will shortly be shipped to England, j Dzoclopment on Wilson Creek. A. E. Bloomineaur, who has been identifyed with Slocan properties since the early days of the camp, has C>4 men at work on the Jeanette and Champion on Wilson creek. Cabins are being built, trails put into good condition and preparations made for carrying on work all win ter. The Jeanette has a 500-foot tunnel and the Champion 100 feet of work done. Both tunnels are being pushed ahead as rapidly as possible. Noonday Reported Sold. An immediate slump in the price of silver is one of the probable effects of a declaration ot hostilities in the fransviial. The South African Re public is the greatest gold producer in the world, and with its output withdrawn from the money markets _rokl would increase in value at a tremendous rate. As the Boers would destroy the workings of the Rand mines, thereby stopping production for some time, the close of a war in the Transvaal would undoubtedly find the gold standard countries in a very bad financial condition. As an inevitable consequence prices would fall and silver prices, on account of the recent adoption of a gold basis in India and for other reasons, would probably become panic. That there is a lively possibility of such a state of affairs is evidenced by the anxiety of London and New York financiers during the last few days to close up all risky or speculative deals and put themselves in a position to withstand the shock that would come with the declaration of hostilities in the Transvaal. (Nelson Tribune.) Parties down from the Slocan report that three-quarters of the Noonday mine has been sold to parties represented bv Percy Dickenson of Slocan Cltv. The terms ot the deal are not given out,, but it is generally understood that Bennedum and the Stewart brothers, who have a lease and bond on the property, retain alquent and insistant, showing the full quarter interest, and that the Dick- appreciation of the audience. Last Night's Concert. The concert given in Virginia hall yesterday evening under the auspices ot the Ladies Aid Society of ttte Presbyterian church was a very successful affair. The attendance was even larger than anticipated and the programme, which was a long one, was fully appreciated. The numbers were all by local talent and it cannot be said that Sandon lacks musical ability. Enchores were fre- i The Paystreak. THE SLAVE LAKE FINDS. A Toronto Company Makes Rich Discoceries in the Far North. What has been surmised by scientists and confidently stated by the Mines Contract and Investigation Company of Toronto, in a recent circular, that the gold belt and generally metalliferous belt of Ontario reached northwestward to the shores of the Arctic, between Mackenzie River and Hudson Bay, has been confirmed by a recent letter from one of the two explorers, H. Livermore, a mining engineer and metallurgist, sent out by the company a considerable time ago to explore and develop in the neighborhood of Great Slave Lake, which is 800 miles in a straight line east ot the Klondike. The two explorers had almost been given up for lost for the past three months, but the president of" the company, Mr, J. W. Cheesworth, is jast in receipt of a letter showing that they and their party of half-breeds were well and were pushing mining matters. South of the Great Slave Lake, above the sixtieth parallel, they have located what they call the lead mines (Silver Head) 39 miles south of the lake, and tne other properties 140 miles northeast of Fort Resolution, which they call Fond Du Lac mines, different in character from the other, and carrying silver and gold. The silver in the properties partly opened up ranges from $1250 to $6000 in value. Gold is found, also native copper, and everything to indicate a new and hitherto unknown mining field of the richest character, which may yet take its place among the great mining fields of the world. Two other companies, one from Chicago, have also entered the field, but it is proof of the richness of Canada in ores, that even the barren lands between the fertile Mackenzie Basin and Hudson Bay have been opened and proven rich, and the Toronto firm that has there, as in British Columbia and Ontario, put men to work, deserves much credit for its efforts in bringing the enormous mineral resources of Canada before the world. Mr. Livermore's fellow explorer is Mr. H. Baker. Both of them hail trom Bristol, England. A MYSTERIOUS MINE. A Dease Lake Hermit Who Has Run a 2500-foot Tunnel. ��� Victoria Globe : Among the passengers down from the north on the Cottage City was Mr. Bertram Ten nysonof London, England, a nephew of the poetlaurate. Mr. Tennyson is a mining engineer nnd has been investigating various properties in Cassiar in the vicinity of Dease Lake, in the interests of a British syndicate. He states that there is a man at a point about 70 miles from Dease Post who for many years past has been working a hill claim all alone. He lives like a hermit and will converse with no one. He has tunnelled into the hill the astounding distance ot 25C0 feet and has apparently got rich dirt, Some three;years ago this man was in Victoria, where he spent his money like water.for a few months, living on the best in the land. No one ever found out who he was or where he came from, and one day he silently disappeared from the citv and left no trace behind. As soon as he has got another well-filled sack he will prob ably pay Victoria another visit, but whether his identity will ever be known seems doubtful. PARRY SOUND COPPER BOOM. Eceruone has a Copper Mine and All are Prospectioe Millionaires. The Ontario Bureau of Mines recently received a letter from Dr. Coleman, who is engaged in making an examination of the Parry Sound copper belt for the Government. He says: "Everyone here is possessed of a copper niine or else is looking for one. Everywhere I have seen prospects in which more or less copper bv rites or born ite were to be seen. The widespread occurrence of ores of copper is very striking, but ot course, the vast majority of claims visited will never make copper mines. The only properties that can be called mines are the McGowan and the Wilcox, and they are far too little developed to make them certainties. But both the McGowan mine and the Wilcox seem to have some thousands of tons of marketable ore in sight, in the case of the latter property running low in copper, about 4 per cent, according to Dr. Elftman, geologist and assayer for the Parry Sound Company. The only test made was the shipping of six carloads ot ore, about 140 tons, to the Orfordsmelting works, the returns being about 15 |x;r cent copper for four carloads and 16 per cent for the other two. The value of the copper contents of the six carloads was &7570, and the balance returned as net proceeds, $5399. The Orford company are said to have plans tor a smelting furnace on Lake Huron, and will buy any ore up to or above 4 per cent, at current rates, less 30 cents per ton freight. On the whole it looks as though there will be at least a few good mines here." The Beatty estate has given the Parry Sound Copper Company 40 acres ot land in the town of Parrv Sound, on which a customs smelter is lo be erected. Valuable Mineral Discocerq. The officials connected with the deparmcnt of mines ot New South Wales have discovered in the colony vast deposits ot beauxite. Samples of ore trom Wingello, in the northern portion of the colony, were analyzed by the New South Wales mines department, and found to contain a considerable percentage of alumani. It has been ascertained that variously tinted beauxite ores occur in enormous quantities in the district. In the southern country have been found iron ores containing a considerable quantity ot alumina, and which in some respects resemble the ferruginous beauxites of Wingello, passing by insensible giadations into basalt. Through ignorance of its real character the ore has been largely used for road-making purposes. Three samples of ore on being analyzed were found to contain 58, 35 and 40 per cent aluminum. Oom Paul Kruger is so busy Russianizing the growler that he may miss some points in the game. T3 3 O O EH E. R. ATHER'i ON CO. Limited, Business Is Quiet, So They Say. But we can say that we are selling* more shoes today than ever before. Why? Because we have the largest stock, the best quality and the best Prices of any House in the Country. Do not send out of town for your shoes when you can buy them cheaper right at home, and always be assured of a perfect lit. Spend your money at home and you will no doubt get part of it back again. So says a good citizen. We have in stock $1500 worth of Blankets. We have 4 point, 3 1-2 point and 3 point Mackinaw Blankets, the best that are manufactured; they are thick as a board, "warm things." we also have a fine line of white and colored wool blankets, horse blankets, and a large stock of cotton blankets. Also a fine line of pure white cotton filled satin cover quilts, wool filled quilts ami baby quilts; these goods just arrived. We do not expect to hold up every person who comes in our store. But we do take great pleasure in showing you the finest and largest stock of bedding in this country. rS * > H S W P9 HI O Z r p. I I E. R. ATHERTON, Co., Limited. I THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, SEPTEMBER 9,1899. IX THE PALMY DAYS. Won All the Money With the Odds Decidedly Against Him. "Times ain't what they used to be in Memphis," mused the old timer, as he .shoved his hands far down in his trousers pockets and felt about for the ''case" coin which he knew to he there. "In them days, 'long about '86, '67, or '68, money was plentiful and sportin' people rolled 'em high. Jefferson street from No. 9, clean down to Third street, was gambling houses, and everyone of them was straight except two. And say, that puts me in mind of a lucky play I had once It sounds like pipe, but it's true. 1 beats the game at 40 Jefferson street and they didn't do noth- in' but deal the old thing there. It was one of the two brace houses and the fellers that worked there were so crooked they slept in beds made in the shape of the letter S. They couldn't a*et no rest in any other kind. "Up at the El Dorado on Saturday nights the keno game begun at 7 o'clock at 50 cents a card, and ran that way until 9, when it was a dollar a card. 1 goes down there one night about 10 o'clock and took my luck with me, and by 12 o'clock I had salted away $600. Next day it was rainin' and drizzlin' and I didn't have nothin' else to do, so 1 dropped into 'forty' and set into the game there. I knew that the game was 'bent,1 but 1 had this money and didn't mind takin' a chance. "I hadn't been in the game long until I picks up four aces. I bet 'em up the cat's back and a man across the table kept comin' back at me. When it came to the show-down I had him beat and) the banker announces that the game is broke. "I waits till they gits another stake and the game starts again. I played along and finally picks up four deuces. I keeps bettin' 'em and finally the showdown comes again and I has the other fellow beat. The banker says the bank is broke again and I cashes in. They Mere fixin'up hands, you know, and 1 got the 'cooler' twice when it was meant for one of the house men. The man who was to get the 'cooler' gets my hand and, of course, he thinks he has the 'cooler,' so he bets the banks' roll against me. "The man who owned the joint was upstairs asleep, and they went and woke him up. He comes down bitin' mad and says: '��� 'Where's the sucker that broke this brace game?" and I smiles and says. 'He's right here' He knows me, and when 1 says that he smiles and says. 4Well, if anybody had to get it. I'm glad it's you. You're mighty lucky, you are ' "He didn't do nothin' hut lire the fathead that fixes the cards up wrong "1 wouldn't tell this story if I couldn't prove it, but the man I can prove it by is right back there in the. saloon." The man in the saloon corroborated tbe story between drinks. Another OOBUV d'.Vlene Strike. In the Comr d'Alenes last week there was a strike at the Frisco mine. The non-union men struck because three union miners were employed in the mine. The union men were discharged and work was resumed, AN IMPORTANT FIND. Another important find was made this week by N. D. McMillan on a claim situated back of the Neglected group, and within 40 minutes' walk of the town. A strong ledge, carrying gold-silver ore, was uncovered, and an assay from the three-inch paystreak gave the satisfactory returns of $22 M in gold and 1343 oz. of silver to the ton This was not from specially selected specimens, but from ore taken on the surface. A tunnel has been started 35 feet lower down the hill to tap the ledge at depth.���The Ledge. greater "When you want to recall my name, just think that you are dry and 1 am Dryer." Then they proceeded to liquidate. Once, a Coiniquer A NARROW f SCAM. THE MERRIMAC BONDED. Messrs.Ward,AUen,Long and Tucker have bonded the Merrimac, on Silver mountain and close to this town, to the company represented by D. W. King. The terms and price are private. The Merrimac is situated just below the Marion and is considered a very valuable property. ___ * Increasing Its Capital. Advices from Toronto state that it is proposed to increase the capital of the Crow's Nest Coal Company to $10,000,- 000. Of this amount $8,000,000 will be common stock, issued as a bonus to the holders of the present $2,000,000 stock, which will be preferred. The company believe that their prospects warrant their taking this step, and they fully expect to be able to pay a dividend upon the full issu?. of the stock. This deal is said to have been already decided upon and on the return of Senator G. A. Cox from the east and Mr. Jaffray from the went, some official announce will likely be made. A large part of the big increase in the C.P.R. earnings is attributed to the working of the Crow's Nest railway. Railway Business Increasing. Following the establishment of the Imperial Limited, on which the Canadian Pacific Railway now rushes its passengers to and from the Pacific coast, that company is also to inaugurate a fast freight service to the coast and Kootenay. Freight will be carried on a train to be known as the "Pacific Coast Bullet," which will run Irom Fort William to Laggan in 93 hours and 55 minutes, and to Kootenay Landing in 100 hours and 10 minutes. It will leave Fort William at 2 p.m., central time, and reach Laggan at 10.15 p.m.. mountain time, and Kootenay Landing at 5:30 a m., mountain time. The company is also arranging a similar service for the Pacific division. The CPU. will use 2,000 new 80-ton box cars, constructed at the carworks of the companv for western grain business this season. The. new cars will have a capacity of 1,000 bushels each. A "Dry" Name. There is a brewery man in Sandon named Dryer. He was in New Denver the. other day, placing orders for his liquid jov, which, by the way, is "no so had." For the second time during tin* dav. he met a townsman me; eh���er���1 didn't just Maud Roselle, who recently crossed the great divide by the pistol route, at Dawson, formerly done a turn at the Kaslo Comique. She had made $150,000 in the Klondike and was waiting until it became $100,000, when her passion- mad lover, Davis, ended both their careers by the administration of lead in a rapid and condensed form. "WASN'T I SCARED." Some girls have fellows, a dozen or so, Before being caught for a wife; While I never had but just one little beau In all my maidenly life. I, somehow, was always afraid of the boys, Tho' I really don't know what I feared; And when he first hinted at love and its joys��� Oh, mamma, but wasn't I scared! We sat in the parlor, one Saturday night, The sofa seemed terribly small; He turned down the lamp till its flickering light Would scarce cast a shadow at all. Then softly and timidly taking my hand He squeezed it as hard as he dared; I knew he was going to say something, and��� Oh, mamma, but wasn't I scared! In tenderest accents he called me his dear, The sweetest voung creature on earth; I never before felt so nervous and queer As then since the day of my birtn. He drew me up close "to his quivering breast, I struggled and asked how he dared; And when on mv lips his warm kisses he press'd��� Oh, mamma, but wasn't I scared! The day of our wedding, each maidenly "chum Said things which I thought were not nice; And every old dame in the neighborhood came To offer me words of advice. When asked if I'd love and cherish through life, At the preacher I stupidly stared; And when I was tola I was really a wife��� Oh, mamma, but wasn't I scared! The wedding was over, the guests had all gone, Papa wound the clock up and said, With a stre',ch of his arms and a terrible yawn: "It's time'honest folks were in bed!" I looked at mamma, in confusion, and she Said our room overhead was prepared; And when Charlie looked sorter sheepish at me��� Oh, mamma, but wasn't I scared! LIBKRAI.-CONSERVATIVK MEETING. Hewspaper Man Came Near Going fcs Heaven by the Dynamite Route. "Talking about narrow escapes," said Campbell Hardy, who has experienced the ups and downs of 12 yuan of newspaper life, to a Galveston News man, "reminds me of an experience 1 underwent while running a little country newspaper up in Illinois, chasiug the festive advertisement and the elusive news Item. My office and plant, where I molded public opinion and told a limited number of subscribers what to do in order to be saved, was located in a harness shop. One bright spring morning, while engaged in writing an editorial I was interrupted in my intellectual reverie by the sound of scurrying feet below, and the next Instant by a terrific explosion, which shook the building. "All was a blank for tbe next minute, when I found myself lying up against a broken sash. Gathering myself together, after wondering whether It was the falling of a brick wall or the kick of an energetio mole that had struck me, I surveyed the ruins. There was a hole in the flour Ik'sU'.u me aud one in the roof above, through whioh you could have driven a go-, eminent ox team, and a 'pled' nnd wrerkefi newspaper office. It appears that the occupant below had sprung the combination of hit safe, and, being desirous o: to- eovoring the princely sum of $1.70, along With some valuable papers, hud in a moment of temporary insanity engaged a party to blow open the safe door with dynamite. The sate was placed on its back, charged with the explosive, and the fuse touched off. "The bright, intellectual engineer of tbe job neglected to notify me when the services began, and the results were at above stated. It was a miracle that I was not blown to pieces, but, as luok would have it, I was just outside of the dead line, tor had I met the safe In its upward flight the chanoes are my friends would be still looking for my remains with a rake. Though I Was sotbewhat bruised and disfigured, 1 am pleased to note that I remained in the ring. Gentlemen, 1 have been jumbled up in a railroad accident, mingled with the tall of a Dakota blizzard, been wreoked at sea and storm tossed, but this was my narrowest escape from sudden death that I have to chronicle It was decidedly a case of being blown up, but not oot. I am destined to die a natural death; Otherwise 1 would have crossed the great divide long ago, for I've been on the brink several times. Like the tonsorial artist, I stand ready to cry. Next!'' "Oh! excuse catch your The annual meeting of the Liberal- Conservative Union for British Columbia, will be held at the Assembly Hall, New Westminster on the 5th day of October next, commencing at 10 a.m. All Liberal-Conservatives will be welcome. The right to vote is confined to delegates chosen by Liberal-Conservative associations or district meetings regularly convened for this purpose. One delegate for every twenty members of such association or district meeting. Proxies can only be used by members of the Union. Advantage may be taken of the railway rates to and from the Exhi A Knotty Problem. "Why, Ethel, what are you doing with that big medical work in your lap?" "Well, Arabella, you'd never guess, I am quite sure." "You are not going to make a doctor of yourself, are you?" "Not at all. I am trying to find out which of my two suitors I love enough to marry. What do you think of that?" "How can a cyclopedia of medicine help you?" "Well, It's this way. Mr. Oldspoon is 67 years of age. Be is worth ��80,000 and has consumption. Mr. Dukkats is 65 years old. He is worth ��100,000 and has heart disease. I thought perhaps this medioal book would help me to make up my mind. I have about decided that I love Mr. Dukkats the better. Which would you love?" ��� _trund Magazine. name when we were introduced awhile ,mtion which is being held at the same n<ro " "Drver! Dryer!! D-r-y-e-r!!!" time. Geo. H. Cowan, Secretary. ago. replied '<Dr: the man of malt and hops, j D. H. Wilson, President. Oyster Cocktail*. Oyster cocktails are not quite as dissipated as they sound, since no liquor is need in their preparation. To make them, mix together the juice of half a lemon (strained), 10 drops oi tabasco sauce, half teaspoonful of horse radish, half teaspoon- ful of paprika and the sumo of tomato catsup; put 2 oysters In a glass���Blue Points are best���and p. ur In a quarter of the sauoe, which is enough for 8 oysters. Scientific Boxer. Garber���What does your son do fori living? Nabber���He's a scientific boxer. "A pugilist?" "No, undertaker."���Boston Travels?. .���* ! ��l| I*' >' THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, SEPTEMBER 9, 1899. The Paystreak. Ii issued every Saturday in Sandon, in the heart of the greatest White Metal camp on earth. Subscription ��� ... #2.00 a year Strictly in advance. Address: The Paystreak, Sandon, B.C. Wm. Macadams. SANDON. B. C., SEPT, 9, 1899. THE NEWSPAPER HABIT. Victims ot the newspaper habit are very numerous in Canada, Although it is easily acquired, it generally takes everything a man has to keep it going. A college course and a diploma are necessary before the doctor, lawyer, dentist and parson habit can be successfully indulged in. Not so with the newspaper business. Any geysler who can beg, borrow or steal a few pounds of type and paper can run a rag of some description and worry his friends to the border of insolvency. The money stage of the habit is seldom reached by jacklegs They generally expire before that time, unwashed, and forgotten by all except their creditors. Jackleg papers are a nuisance to the legitimate profession. T hey are the scabs in the business. We have two such institutions in the Slocan. One of them is in Silver- ton and the other in Sandon. The one in Silverton is run as an attachment to a pill-pounding shop. Its so-called proprietor is young, and.in his own estimation a greater editor than Horace Greeley. He has the habit so bad that all tbe manhood restorers in his shop would not euro him. He is content to howl for high- waged miners on an income that would starve a Chinaman, and make the scrummiest kind of a scab die of fright. Still, the incense of flatterv burned around him by local soreheads is so sweet to his inflated and abnormal vanity, that he is satisfied to labor in a vineyard filled with the weeds of petty spile and local jealousy, and take his pay in redfish and the glory that is so pleasing to an immensely developed bump of egotism. The boy has recently got married. It is to be hoped that his wife will spank him until his brains be come more prominent and his conceit fades away to a whisper. The other literary pimple of the Slocan erupts every week at Sandon. Its editor has been a victim of the newspaper habit for many decades. It is said he caught it in Bruce while teaching school. He has it in such an advanced stage that even a politi cal position could hardly save him. Year after year this victim has struggled with the hallucination that he knows how to run a newspaper. It has made him so weak at times that his family have had to support him, while the wholesale houses shipped him nothing but frost. Still, with a deathless zeal, he has plunged on, while his subscriber wondered at the fall. It is something terrible to con template. It is simply awful to sec such genius in the clutch of such a habit. To think that his heavy editorials must go down to posterity only accompanied by an array of dead ads, is enough to drive a lunatic to the borders of sanity. The tragedies of journalism are many. Here is a man wasting bis energies and life in the pursuit ot a delusion, when without the habit he might have made his mark in the world. As a chopper ot wood or a puller ot turnips, he might have earned a decent living and benefited the earth. But no! the fates are against him; and, as a martyr to the journalistic fever, he must continue to rave until the mania expends itself. ���The Ledge. THIS GAME LAWS. The open seasons for game are. respectively, as follows, both dates being inclusive:��� September 1st to February 28th���Bittern, ducks of all kinds.heron, meadow lark, plover. September 1st to December 31st���Cariboo, elk, wapiti (bull), grouse of all kinds, including prairie chickens, hare, moose (bull.) September 1st to December 14th��� Deer, mountain goat, mountain sheep (ram.) November 2nd to March 31st���Beaver, land otter, marten. Unless specially provided, it is unlawful to shoot or destroy the following:��� Insectivorous birds, English blackbirds, caribou (cow or calf), chaffinch, deer (fawn under 12 months), elk, wapiti (cow, or calf under two years), gull, linnet, moose (cow or calf under twelve months), mountain sheep (ewe or lamb), English partridge, cock pheasant, quail of all kinds, skylark, thrush, and eggs of protected birds. Farmers only may shoot robins in gardens, between June 1st and September 1st. It is unlawful to buy, sell, or expose for sale, show, or advertisement:���Insect! voroue birds,bittern,English blackbird, caribou (cow or calf), chaffinch, deer (fawn under 12 months), or doe, elk or wapiti, of any sex or age, grouse, of all kinds, except blue grouse, which may be sold during the open season: gull, linnet, meadow lark, moose (cow or calf), mountain sheep (ewe or lamb), English partridge, cock pheasant, hen pheasant, quail, robin, skylark, thrush, at any time. It is unlawful to buy, sell, or expose for sale, show, or advertisement: Caribou, hare, bull moose, mountain goat, mountain ram, before October 1st: buck deer, blue grouse, plover, during the close season. It is unlawful to kill or take in one, season, more than five caribou,ten deer, two elk, 250 duck, two moose, five mountain goats, three mountain rams, and to hunt deer with aogs, or kill deer for hides alone. If Canada continues to fill up with foreign people, it will not be long before the English language in the Dominion will h_ve excessive competition. We strike right now tor a law compelling the use of one language from ocean to ocean. DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS. Temper���A good thing to keep un- displayed. Undertaker���The end man in life's minstrel show. Perquisite���A steal authorized by the powers that be. Centurion���The cyclist who succeeds in making a century run. Adversity���The proper balance in which to weigh your friends. Solitude���Something that will make cranks of many thoughtful people, Time���A perpetual motion arrangement for making yesterdays of tomorrows. Pride���Something that makes a politician buy the office instead of permit ting his opponent to accept it at the hands of the people. After preaching tor 80 years, a parson, named Houldsworth, has just died in England in a poor house. He must have been a mighty poor preacher, or else extremely out of luck. More than 75 per cent, ot the population of Ireland adhere to the Roman Catholic faith. Preaching must be a bonanza in the land of the shamrocks and blackthorns. DON'T. Don't look upon the wine list that can't be read. Don't think a fancy umbrella handle turns the rain. Don't worry yourself and others with what can't be remedied. Don't think a standing army isn't made to lay down occasionally. Don't attempt to stack the cards with a man who is hard to deal with. Don't attempt to play Hamlet unless you have at least a ghost of a show. Don't think that because brevity is the soul of wit that curtness embodies it. Don't think the woman who poses as a man-hater can't be induced to change her name. Don't be too sure it's a compliment if told you sing like a bird. The screech owl is a bird. Uncle Kben on How to Get Rich. "Some men," said old Uncle Eben, "wouldn't hab no trouble 'tall bout g-et- tin5 rich ef dey held on as tight to de money de earns asdey does to de money dey borrows " Many of our worst troubles are those we expect but never happen. Hunter Bros. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries. Dry Goods. MEN'S FURNISHINGS, HARDWARE, CARPETS, BOOTS & SHOES, TINWARE, LINOLEUMS. HATS & GAPS, CROCKERY, WINDOW SHADES, CLOTHING. We carry the best lines that money can buy, and, buying in large quantities, save you the extra profit, Sandon Rossland Greenwood Grand Forks HotelSandon The pioneer house of the City First-Class in every particular R. Cunning, Proprietor. Sandon THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, SEPTEMBER 9. 1899. SLOCAN MINERAL FLOAT. The Merrimac is to be surveyed for a crown grant. A first payment on the Noonday bond was made Friday. Three miles of the Molly Gibson wagon road, Kokanee creek, hai been finished. Four men are working on the Hewett, Four Mile, under bond to Spokane people. Eight inches of ore broke into the face of the drift on the Queen Fraction last Thursday. The ore chute continues in strength on the Marion. About a carload of ore ie on the dump. The force on the Marion has been increased to 10 men. Another tunnel will be commenced on the lead. Many alterations and improvements are being effected at the Queen Bees. There is room now tor 100 men. The new workings of the Anglo-Saxon are 15 feet under ground. The quartz is mixed with iron, galena and zinc. Harry Sheran and Wm. Thomlinson are working a claim in the Jackson basin. They are taking out some fine ore. A large amount of supplies have been taken into the Jeannette, Wilson creek. Development will be vigorously pushed. McWhirter and Anderson hare a fine showing- of galena on the Eagle's Nest, on the summit opposite the Enterprise group. The work done recently on the Bird, below the Dalhousie, Ten Mile, has greatly improved that property. Some fine ore is showing in the face of the drift. An assay made on Monday on the ore taken from the recent strike made on the United Empire, Ten Mile, gave the splendid returns of $21.80 in gold and 102 oz. silver. The Butte, north fork of Ten Mile, has a tine showing. The new drift is in 25 feet, with several stringers of good ore in the breast. One of these has a streak <jf ruby silver through it. I'rof. Montgomery, of Trinity college, Toronto, has been here during the week inspecting a number of properties, including the Bosun. He also examined certain Ten Mile claims. (to Monday the owners commenced work on the Mollie Hughes. Two men are employed, with T.Avison in charge I he operations will be confined principally to the No. 1 tunnel and shaft. A well-defined quartz ledge has been uncovered on the United Empire, Ten "ile. Considerable iron and sulphide ore is mixed through it, giving good values. The Black Cloud adjoins the 1 nited Empire on the west and the Weymouth on the north. A Toronto paper states that Charles A. Mackay, president of the Nelson "liners* union, and the accredited representative of the Slocan unions, is in tn<-east, and will visit all the mining sections of Canada, with a view to impressing miners with the present situation of the labor trouble in Kootenay. manager of the dining room at the Arlington hotel, has taken a trip to Nelson. A very pleasant dance was given by Mrs. Hicks at her hotel last week. The music was furnished by Messrs. McMillan and McFarlane Cupid has been very busy here and doing a land office business, with the result that several matrimonial contracts will be closed this autumn. J. S. Potter and W. J. Wildran, of Portland, Ore., are here taking photos of the town. Every dog and baby in the place has posed before the camera. The Skylark & Ranger,being worked by Percy Dickenson, is looking very well, and they are now taking out high grade ore. It gives good values in gold. The local footballers undertook a trip to Silverton last week, to decide the championship of the world. Silverton came out of the melee with four straight games to the Slocan boys' nil. They have now retired to their cabins for the winter. Al. Teeter, who is to have charge of the local exhibit of ores at the Spokane fair, has already collected a fine assortment of samples from a good many of the claims in this division. The exhibit should prove a good advertisement for this country. The assessment work on the Climax group of daims, on Lemon creek, has just been completed for this year. This property consists of five claims. A tunnel of 30 feet has been run in on the ledge and numerous open cuts made. Some very good samples of the vein have been brought in, the ore running very high in gold. A good deal of free gold is to be seen in almost every piece of quartz broken. The paystreak is 15 inches wide, and an average assay goes about $80 to the ton in gold. sion to Nelson to hear Godfrey's band. John A. Turner, gold commissioner and government agent at Nelson, has resigned, to take effect September 30. Too many political bosses waB the trouble. J. S. Lawrence, of Nakusp, has been amount in the new stock, and is about to offer its stock in London. The mine comprises about 70 acres, with a vein about 80 feet wide on the surface, and running about $7 to the ton in gold. Its gross output with a ten stamp mill for three years, averaged $8,000 per appointed trainmaster on the'newBoun" week' and with the th��ty stamp-mill "tOOAN CITY NKWS IN ItltlKF. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Johnson were in Ne'*on last Week. Miss Agnes Swanson, the popular NEW DKNVER ITEMS. for Miss Kate Anderson left Tuesday Wing-am, Ont. The painters are improving the outside appearance of St. Stephen's. P. Rowe has the contract for building the new schoolhouse at Silverton. The C.P.R. reports business on all its Kootenay lines good, except in the Slocan. General Manager Sweeny of the Bank of Montreal in this province, was here on Monday. The government has promised to bear half the expense for a wagon road up Silver mountain. If it does not let up raining in the Slocan, Noah and his ark will soon be able to do business. Dick Shea is picking Ireland and telling the the wonderful Slocan. Howard West will read a paper at the meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute in Nelson on Sept. 12. Mrs. H. J. Robie and family left on Thursday for Nelson, where Mr. Kobie is engaged in merchant tailoring. Silverton defeated Slocan City 4 goals to nil at the former place. Billy Thompson went down and refereed the game. Rev. Roberts is celebrating the arrival of his wife and child from then- eastern home by taking in the excur dary railway, and W. F. Tye superintendent. The division runs from Robson to Grand Forks. A wag at Nakusp last week set out some decoy ducks on the bosom of the lake. Several sportsmen wasted a pile of shot on them before they caught on. Then the air smelted of sulphur for several minutes. H. O. Alexander, formerly of this town but now of Vancouver,has been covering himself with glory in the aquatic world. At the recent regattas in Oregon, he has assisted in defeating the beat coast oarsmen in singles, doubles and four-oars. Batt, the watchman at the Mountain Chief, has a very intelligent dog. He is called Chief and was born on the day that the great fire of '94 licked Three Forks to an ashy finish. Chief knows more than some governments. When he finds a stone on the wagon road between New Denver and the Forks, he will roll it down the side of the mountain, and in this way does his best to keep this great pike open to jreneral traffic. NOONDAY MINE BONDED. New Denver Ledge. Word comes from Slocan City that the noted Noonday mine in this district, has been bonded to Percy Dickenson, acting on behalf of eastern capital. The price and conditions are held private, though the figure is understood to be substantial. The present lessees are to continue in possession for a couple of months before handing over the property. Mr. Dickenson paid several visits to the property and was greatly taken with the showing,strongly recommending its purchase. The Noonday was among the first claims located, its staking being largely due to the amount of galena float lying scattered over the ground. The owners did considerable work, but failed to locate the ledge, though subsequent work by the lessees proved that they had just grazed the ore chute. At the first of the year, the owners, Messrs. McNicholl, Duffy, Spencer and Jackson gave a lease and bond on the claim to J. M. M. Benedum and Stewart Bros. They have shipped considerable ore, still leaving large reserves. On Friday they made the first payment on the $35,000 bond. SiiKmiii Mine Sold. put in last fall, the earnings have been at the rate of $151,000 per year. Sunday observance is getting to be a fad in Vancouver. Why not have two Sundays instead of one? It would lessen the labors of man and give him greater opportunities to read up on theology, or go fishing. D M. W. DAY. Proprietor. Manufaturer of all 1 Kinds of CARBONATED DRINKS Syphons, Gingei Ale, Sarsaparilla, Etc., Etc. Sandon, B.C. Patronize home industry when you want the best KOOTENAY RAILWAY & NAVIGATION CO. Operating Kaslo & Slocan Railway, International Navigation & Trading Company, shamrocks in natives about The largest deal ever made in the Western Ontario gold fields has just been concluded in the sale of the Sultana mine to the British Capital Corporation for $450,000. The mine has been the property of John F. Caldwell, who, as single owner, has for years been at work there, and has developed the property to its present condition. He was the first man to open a mine on the Lake of the Woods. Experts for the English buyers a few weeks ago report- ee that there is no less than $8,850,000 in gold in sight in the mine, besides immense reserves. The new company has paid Mr. Caldwell $875,000 and a large KASLO & SLOCAN RAILWAY. Schedule of Time. Pacific Standard ���Time- Passenger train for Sandon and way stations leaves Kaslo at 8:00 a m. daily, returning, leaves Sandon at 1:15 p. m., arriving at Kaslo at 3:55 p. in. INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRADING CO., operating on Kootenay Lake and River. S. S. INTERNATIONAL. Leaves Kaslo for Nelson at 6:00 a. m., daily except Sunday. Returning leaves Nelson at 4:30 p. ra., calling at Balfour, Pilot Bay, Ainsworth and all way points. Connections with S. F. & N. train to and from Spokane at, Five Mile Point; also with str. Alberta to and from Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. S. S. ALBERTA. Leaves Nelson for Bonner's Ft pry, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 a in., connecting with steamer International from Kaslo at Pilot Bay. Retur ling leaves Bonner's Ferry at 7:00 a. m., Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, connecting with str. International tor Kaslo, Lardo and Argenta. Direct connections made at Bonner's Ferry with Great Northern Railway for all points east and west. LARDO-DUNCAN DIVISION. Steamer International leaves aslo for Lardo and Argenta at 8:45 . m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Steamer Alberta leaves Kaslo fur Lardo and Argenta at 8 p.m. Sundays. Steamers call at principal landings in both directions, and at other points when signalled. ickets sold to all point i Ca ada and the United Statas. o ascertain rates and full information, address��� Robert Irving, Manager. S. Campbell, Kaslo, B. C. Freight and Ticket Agt., Sandon. THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C , SEPTEMBER 9, 1899. THE WISEST WORD. Tim Doolan and his wife, wan night, Were drinkin' av the crayture, Whin something started up a fight, And they wint at it right an' tight, According to their nature. O'Grady and mesilf stood near, Expecting bloody murther; Says he to me, "Let's interfere," But I, pretending uot to hear, Moved off a little further. "Lave off, ye brute," says he to Tim; "No man would sthrike a lady." But both the Doolans turned on him, And in a whist the two av thim Were walloping O'Grady. That night whin I was home, in bed, Remembering this token, I took the notion in my head, That the wisest word i iver said Was the wan that wasn't spoken. GOT THEIR CASH MIXED. "A man shouldn't judge others by appearances or by what he hears," said a printer in the Washington Post the other day. "Several years ago 1 landed in New York dead broke. I went to the proprietor of a boarding house and asked him to stake me to a room. I knew the man pretty well, and I also knew the kind of a place he ran. It was a rookery where all the crooks of. the city congregated. Of course they were of the high- class sort. Among them were counterfeiters, confidence men, 'hand-shakers,' and all those v, hose tricks were then new but which the sophisticated public now know as well as the men who work the grafts. "The man who ran the house told me he might give me a bunk with a fellow who was occupying a double room, and that he would fix me up with a single room so soon as one became vacant. I was glad to take anything, and as the other fellow was willing, we became roommates. I soon got work and was able to pay my way, but 1 still kept the room at this house, because I felt under such obligations. "I never knew what was the vocation of the man I was rooming with. None of the rest of the boys did, either, not even the smoothest of the 'con' men. He would go away for a few days and come back with a roll as big as the leg of an elephant, but he was so close-mouthed that no one discovered his graft. He was always free with his coin, so no one asked any questions. "I was a bit leary of him, and so one night when 1 rolled in a i rifle worse for a slight jag, I looked around for a place to put my money. I only had about $15, but 1 wanted it when I woke in the morning. The other fellow was lying asleep in his bed, so I tucked the wad under the edge of the carpet. "1 woke ihe next morning with the fiercest thirst I ever had in my life. I dressed and went over to the carpet to get my money. The bar was open when I got downstairs, and I ordered brandy and soda. When 1 pulled out the roll I *ouud a $50 bill wrapped around the out- ide. 1 thought I had the D. T.'s till the bar-keeper looked up and said: " 'Hey, Bill, been playing bank?" " 'What do you say is the denomination of this bill?' I asked, holding up the roll. " 'It's a fifty,' said the bar-keeper. 'Why?' " 'Nothing,' I said, 'but let me count this money.' I skinned the roll and found there was $700 in it. I nearly dropped dead, bur. kept my mouth shut. Pretty soon the fellow who had the room with me came in and asked for a drink. He pulled out a wad of $1 bills, and the expression on his face would have made a Chinaman laugh. I went over to him and said: " 'Here, I'll trade you my roll for yours.' "He looked at me for a moment, and he gave me the only smile I ever saw on his face. " 'Must have hid out pretty close together, last night, pard,' he said, as we shook hfnds, "After that we weren't so careful and I never lost a cent by it." AN AMERICAN ABROAD. "Well, I'll tell you right here," said the newly arrived American, as be took his matutinal drink, "for real, conscientious drinking you English boys make us look the dirty deuce in a new deck, and that's no dream. We don't stand one, two, three, with you, and after last night I feel like a white chip. "Some of the boys took me round the town, and if we didn't cut into the grape good and hard, I'm a liar. All of us got tanked: but I had taken a foolish powder and was the Patsy Boliver for fair. Yes, siree, I was it. "They do say that some people know when they have had enough; but you can take my tip that when I've had enough that I don't know anything��� and that was me last night. You see, I sort of got stuck on your Scotch whiskey, and I guess I must have licked up eight or nine high balls before I switched over on to the grape. "Say, that wine game is an awful stun, and a fellow is a sucker to go up against it. I've a good mind to climb on to the watercart and take the veil. When you wake up in the morning and find that you've blown a good fat wad, and you're told by a pal that you've gone on your knees to a barmaid, right in front of a lot of strange stiffs, it's about time to shut down. "Talking about that barmaid, though, she was a swell dame, with a pair of lamps on her that were corkers,and with a figure that would make a man forget home and mother. I guess, however, I don't stand very strong with her just now. What the trouble was I can't just quite remember, but I have hazy dreams of getting the icy eye and an intimation that it would be as well to roll my hoop out of the bar���and say, do you know, 1 thought I was the real thing with that fairy. "Gee! you may think you're a wise gezabe, but you never know your luck with the dames. They're like dog trainers. Once they get you clinched, they'll make you jump through, lie down, walk lame, play dead and come to life at name of policeman: and it's dollars to doughnuts you'll do it every time. Have you ever blown yourself good and plenty on a girl, thinking that you had copped her, and then found that she was just pulling your leg and one of your pals had been the main guy for months? Of course you have, and when you tumbled, you felt like 30 cents. It's a thing that's coming to all of us. I know that the women have had me winging many a time ���and I am no slob at that. No sir! i women and wine are dangerous playthings, and he's a wise Willie that swears off both. I tell you, I've had my fill of Philadelphia ash blondes and the good old grape of many wards and countries, and if I know myself, my glorious pyrotechnical career finishes right here, and my elaborately frescoed past shall be but a sad memory. "What's yours, the same? "That's right; fill'em up again.sonny." WOMEN AS INVENTORS. SI.OCAN ORE SHIPMENTS. Total shipped July 1 to Dec. 31 y^ noi t,m< January 1st, 1899,'to 17,994 tons Sept. 2 Week 51 Total IM 54s 33 18 (0 20 180 IIS IU Some of the most valuable as well as important inventions have been patented to women,among which may be num ��� bered the first cook stove, a permutation lock having 3,000 different combinations, a machine for making screws (invented by a little girl) which revolutionized that industry, and the valuable Burden process of making horse shoes, which resulted in a saving over the old process of many millions of dollars per year. The first patent to a woman was given in 1808, and since then the number hai increased to many thousands. Theee facts are interesting, not only because indicating the rapid and almost marvelous growth of woman's intellect, but also from the fact that the inventive genius of woman invades fields, in which one would scarcely credit her with any interest much less knowledge. One would not be surprised that a hat-pin, corset, glove-fastener, etc., should be invented by women, but when one learns that juch inventions as telescopes, making marble from limestone, and dams and reservoirs, are evolved, people begin to be interested. 3 IS ft ?�� 660 1,441 Li SQn Payne Last Chance Sioean Star Sapphire Coin �� Ajax Sovereigu Reco Ivanhoe Treasure Vault Trade Dollar Liberty Hill Madison Wonderful American Boy Idatio Mines Queen Bess Wild Goose Monitor Whitewater ��� j^j Jackwn 31 Vii Bell ", Wellington y Antoine jj Rambler ^ Dardanelles \{��� Great Western ^ Bosun 540 Mnviin y Caueila "3 Fidelity.1 3 Vancouver $jo Wakefield 5* Emily Edith 6 Oomstook 12 Noonday t Enterprise Tlu Tamame so Black Prince H Total tons M; A "DIFFERENCE." 17.8011 A Parrot Story. A good parrot story i9 told in the London Letter. A farm laborer spied an escaped parrot once sitting on a cottage roof It was the first time he had ever seen such a bird, and getting a ladder, he proceeded to climb up after the unknown treasure. But when he reached the roof, the parrot flapped a wing at him, and demanded sternly, "What d'ye want?" There was a pause. Then the laborer touched his cap and stammered out, "I beg your pardon, sir, I thought you were a bird." He had to climb down. Work will be commenced this month on the extension of theC.P.R. from Nelson to Balfour. Mrs. V. P. Hadley, writes: "Two children, beneath an oak. played among the grass and flowers, unmindful of the pretty scene made brighter by their happy presence and innocent prattle. Both were of one ajje, perfect in form and features. Dim pies played hide-and-seek, twixt smiles and pouts, as on they chatted like two young bob-o'-links. One had brown eyes, and hair to match, and ways as winsome as her looks. The other had eyes of heavenly blue, and massive curls of yellow gold. No stranger passing tailed to cast a smiling glance upon the two; for both were fair���surpassing fair���and called forth words of praise and love. So bright and cute was this pretty pair, 'twas hard to choose between two. But, horrors! had those strangers known the truth, that out-spoken, undivided praise would ne'er have fallen upon the twain. One, only, would have called forth admiration: for one���the brown-eyed ohlld-wM born in wedlock while the blue-eved cherub, was born "outside." DEALER IN (V <^_ MEAT S ATi SANDON, ROSSLAND, NELSON, KASLO, PILOT BAY THREE FORKS, SLOCAN CITY. THE_EA��STREAK. Sporting Netcs from Nakusp. Duck shooting on the Columbia lliis become a favorite pastime at Nakusp. The clucks are none too plentiful, but a gentleman from far- off Germany hoping to lure some unsophisticated tourist of the air, anchored a covey of wooden decoys on the placid waters ot the noble stream. Keeorder Fauquier, who is somewhat of a sportsman, was the first to spy the flock of imitation canvas backs, and getting a precocious youth to navigate his craft, stole cautiously within range and emptied a broadside with unerring aim. The decoys were carved from emotionless basswood, but it was a horsey smile that greeted the sports man when he paddled up to capture his prize. What he said was not intended for publication. He went home and kept his own council. In the early morn of the following day Mr. Sutherland, the village blacksmith, proceeded stealthily along the river bank in search of game. He found the, Teutons decoys where Mr, Fauquier had left them ami the bombardment that followed was so heavy1 that half the delusive inures sank from the weight of lead absorbed daring the engagement. The others wore the same old smile. \Ju Don-it, Nakusp Special Liar. dog its freedom, and finally bought the string for 25 cents. The last the pay saw ot the kind-hearted stranger lie was kicking the stuffing out otthe dog because it hung back when he pulled on the string." CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Church:��� Rev. A. M. Sanford, B. A., Pastor. Regular services to-morrow at 11 a. m. and 7:30. p m. Presbyterian Church :��� Divine service will be held in Virginia Hall at 7:30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Cleland, Minister. Certificate of Improvements. +* OTIOE. Hough on Hetcitt. [Toronto Telegram | A mummy one thousand years old has just been dug up mi the coast of British Columbia, and the people can elect it member for Vale Cariboo in tlu: lull assurance that it will be as powerful and agressive as Hewitt Bostock, M, P. A Lesson on Economics. la a paper on colonization bv Wakefield it is told how an English gentleman of enterprise and means, desirous of establish ing a large farm in a newly opened colony, secured a grant ot land and took the necessary supplies, implements and workmen. In a week his force of workmen bad disappeared, as each could get land adjacent free for himself and would not work lor less than tbe full product of his labor. To guard against ilu.si evil the writer advises that in ''itch colony the land be withheld from the. workers, so that they will he obliged to work for the extensive tanners for wages. If the enterprising farmer was required to pay workmen as much as they could mike on their own laud there, would 'hj no margin of profit left for himself, The suggestion shows how the uhjeet in view determines the policy. If the object be to create a class composed of a few rich owners and another class composed of a great many I"11"' dependents, the Wakefield scheme would be successful. But if the object be a democracy with equality of opportunity, a diametric- ftIl.V opposite course would be required. Judge Charles G. Garrison, of New Jersey, is evidently not an expansionist. He uses the following fable to describe the situation iu tho Philippines: "A boy who had a brindle dog on a string'was so tired that the dog was on the point ol achieving Independence, when a member of the societ> for the prevention of cruelty to animals accosted the boy and eluded him hotly tor not giving the "TELEPHONE" MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : On Payne Mountain, adjoining the "Two ���lacks" and ''Thursday Fraction" mineral claims, in the Slocan Mining Division ol West Kootenay; B.C. Take Notice that I, E. M. Sandilanda (Certificate No. B 1875ft) acting as agent for the Payne Consolidated Mining Company, Limit ed, Free Miner's Certificate No. B 18921, intend, sixty days from date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under Section :17, must be commenced before tbe j issuance of such Certificate of Improvements Dated this twe\ty-flrst day of July, 1809. E. M. Samulanhs, Agent. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. IRENE FRACTION MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located On Tributary Creek. Take Notice that I, H. B. Alexander, of Sandon, B. C , Free Miner's Certificate No. .l.L'.'i.'.V, intend, sixty da.v.s from the date hereof, to opply to the Mining Recorder for a Certi licate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section :i7. must lie eommened before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements Dated this twenty-ninth day of .July, WM. H. B. Alexander. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. WELLINGTON, CHAMBERS, EUREKA AND ���IAY GOULD MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in tha Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : On the North Slope of tbe South Fork of Carpenter Creek, above the Town of Cody. Take Notice that I, .1. H.Gray, acting as agent for Mrs. L. Berens, Free Miner's Certificate No. 84896 A. Ed. Becker.F. M. C. No. 18198' John Caldwell, F. M. C. No. 18792. F. A. Dever- eux, P. M. ('. No. 63848 a,C. L. Preston, K. M. C No. 10849A, 0. T. Stone, F. M. 0. No. 10868A and .1. H.Gray. V. M. 0. No. 28145 A, intend sixty days from date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claims, And further take notice that action, under section 87, must lie commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this twenty-first day of July, 1899. J,H. Gray. MINERS' HOTEL WATERLAND _ WESTERBERG Proprietors. SANDON, B. C. M. L. GRIMMETT. L L B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Pnblic, Etc. Headquarters for Miners. Well stocked bar in connection. First class accommodations. Board by the day or week. SANDON, B. C. F- L. CHRISTIE, L. L. B. Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Notary Public. SANDON, B. C. Established 1895. E. M. SANDILANDS. Slocan Mines. SANDON, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mining Stocks bought and Sold. General Agent for Slocan Properties. Promising Prospects For Sale. Atlantic Steamship Tickets. to and from European point,!; via Canadian and American lines. Apply for Bailing dates, rates, tickets and full information to any C. P. Ry agent, or A. C. McARTHUR, C. P. R. Ajfent, Sandon. WM. STITT, Geii. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg-. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AND S00 LINE. IMPERIAL LIMITED DAILY DAILY Oartificat. of Improvements. NOTICE. ���IRON DUKE" MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in tin-Ainsworth Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On the Notrh Fork of Kaslo ('reek, adjoining the Metlakatta Mineral Claim. Take Notice that 1, M. 11, W. Rathborne. of Silverton. B.C., Free Miner's Certificate No 3337 a. Intend, sixty days from date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for ft Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And furtner take notice that action, undei section 87, must be common" | before tin f such Certificate of [mprov* i 'cuts M. H. W. KATinmuNh Dated thia 14th day of July, 18JP. HAMMOND BROS, CO.. Ltd. SANDON. PACKERS and FORWARDERS Sleighs, Cutters, Teams and Saddle Horses for Hire. ^���^^^^i^>^-B��^��_i^___________-___--_---M-~-*~*"~~"~""~~~�� SANDON MINERS' UNION Hospital. issuance oi Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. ATLAS No. -' MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay Diatiot. Where located: About three miles from Three Forks, on the North Fork of Carpenter Creek. Take notice that I. Chas. Moore, of Kaslo R ('..acting as agent for Chas. S. Ellis, Free Miners Certificate No. 88177A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder fora Certificate of Improve ments, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the ahove claim. And further take notice thai W^���&1 section :i<, mtUt be commenced before th. issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated thi�� first day of August, 1899. ('has. Moore. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Subscribers. H.00 per month. Private Patients ����.00 per day, ex-i elusive of expense of physician or Mirgenn and drugs. int. W. E. Gomm, Attendant Physician. MissS. M. ClUBHUliM, Matron. CHAM Co.\, W.M.DoNAlIlK, .1. V. MARTIN, Wm GARIUTP and 1'. II. Ml III mv. Management Committee. A. F. & A. M. Regular Communication of ALTA LODGE, U. D., held first Thursday in each Monti), in Masonic Hall, Sandon, at 8 v. M. Sojourning brethern cordially invited. W. II. Lilly, Secretary. Advertise in the Paystreak. FAST and SUPERIOR SERVICE JUST INAUGURATED. EAST WEST Optional Routes East From The KOOTENAY COUNTRY. First Clas Sleepers on all Trains from ARROWHEAD & KOOTENAY LANDING. Tourist Cars pass Revelstoke, Daily for St. Paul. Thursdays for Montreal and Boston. Tuesdays and Saturdays for Toronto SANDON TO TORONTO 94 hrs MONTREAL l��H hrs. NEW YORK no hrs WINNIPEG 64 hrs VANCOUVER 84hrs. VICTORIA at hrs. CONNECTIONS. Daily to Points Reached via. Nakusp. Daily except Sunday to Points reached via Rosobery and Slocan City. DAILY TRAIN 13:30 k Lv. sandon Arr. 13:00 k Tickets Issued Through and Baggage Checked to Destination. A. C. McARTHUR, Agent, Sandon. E. J.COYLE, W. F ANDERSON, A. G. P. Agt,, Trtiv. Pttss. Agt Vancouver, Nelson. Be sure that your ticket reads vin the CANADIAN PA01E1C RAILWAY The Paystreak. The Boards of Trade Memorial. The committee appointed by the Associated Boards of Trade of South Kootenay to report on the eight-hour law has drawn up a memorial to J. Fred Hume, Minister of Mines, in which they state the mine owners case as it has been stated before, and advise the Minister that in their estimation it would be in the best interests of the district to have the law held in abeyance until the next meetins of the legislature, when both sides of the ease could be presented and thoroughly discussed. In drawing up the memorial the members of the committee have evidently overlooked one very import ant feature. The mines of this camp would not resume operations on a ten hour basis if clause No. 4, Bill 80 were held in abeyance as they advise. The miners are asking '$3.50 for eight hours work and going to work wherever they can get it. Onlp the Slocan mines are tied up. To hold the law in abeyance, which for the time beinj: would be equivalent to its repeal, would be the signal for an attempt to put the mines of other camps now at work on an eight hour basis back to ten hour shifts This would result in a strike in every camp in British Columbia. The Klondike Telegraph. Vancouver, Sept. 7.���J. B. Charle- son, superintendant of public works and telegraph construction in the Yukon, with his staff arrived in Dawson on the 16th of August and stated that the telegraph line was being pushed forward with all possible haste. He expects to have the line strung and in operation to Dawson bv the middle of October. Neto Discoceries up North. Vancouver, Sept. 5th.���New discoveries of copper and rich gold quartz from Taku Ann are reported by passengers on the Kosalie which arrived from Skagway this morning. A passenger by the Rosalie was Dr. J. J. Chambers of New York, who has been for some time in Cape Nome district. He says that this ia as good a place as Dawson was when discoveries were first made there and he thinks that next year will see a large amount of gold taken out. lie is representative of Chicago. LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION. ' THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Liberal Conservative Union of British Columbia will be held at the Assembly Hall, New Westminster on the 5th day of October next, commencing at 10 a. m. All Liberal Conservatives will be welcome. The right to vote is confined to delegates chosen by Liberal Conservative Associations or District Meetings regularly convened for the purpose, one member for every twenty members of such Association or District Meeting. Proxies can only be used by members of the Union, Advantage may be taken of the Railway rates to and from the Exhibition, whicn is to be held at the same time, D. H. Wilsox, Geo. H. Cowan, President. Secretary. The Kamloops exhibition has been postponed until the 11th, 12th and loth of October. It is rumored that W. A. Carl.vie, supintendant of the Le Roi mine at Rossland, bus been offered the snper- intendency of the Rio Tinto copper mines in Spain at a salary of 6_5,- 000 a year. An important American iron and steel company has paid $10,000 on a working option over the McKellar iron properties in the Atikokan District, Thunder Bay District, Out. The amount involved is ��350,030, The deposits contain magnetic ore high in iron and are reported of great extent and value. The Paystreak is ready to receive tenders for a job lot of poetry about the beautiful snow which is so conspicuous from the townshe. Leave your samples under the woodshed or place them in the flume just behind the Printing Palace. Hamilton Watches Are the best for Hani Service, beim? the favorite Railroad Watch of North America, largely taking the place of other watches where accurate time is required. The Jewels in these W stob.es nre Jewels, not imitation, and set in Gold. The Higher Graded have Sapphire Pallets. Everything that goes to miike the finest Timekeeper is to 1 e found in these Watches. Seventeen Jewel Grades from *80 to PA. Twenty-one Jewels from 40 to tVi. Call and see them. I also handle the famous Hampden Watch. I state only facts and can hack up every assertion made. Q. W. GRIMMETT. Jeweller and Optician. The FILBERT CIGAR Store Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes, Smokers' Sundries. Cards and Chips. JAS. WILLIAMSON. CHARLES GALES TONSORIAL ARTIST. Has the Finest BARBER SHOP and BATH ROOMS In tne Slocan. Everything New, Complete and Up'to/date. The Comfort and Convenience of Patrons will receive the most Careful attention. Call and see us at the New Stand. Two Doors Above the Pcut Office. RECO AVE. SANDON. Fine Seasonable Groceries and Table Novelties. Unequalled for Variety and Purity. Hotels, Mines and Families will find it to their ad vantage to see these new goods in all lines before purchasing elsewhere. Mailorders will receive as usual our prompt attention and forwarded as desired H. GIEGERICH, KASLO, Sandon, B.C. AINSWORTH. H. BYERS & Co. ���____w_���-��� ������~������_^^^��� Builders and Heavy Hardware. Prospectors Outfits, Picks, Shovels and Steel. Camp Stoves, Camp Cooking Utensils. Powder, Caps and Fuse. RECO AVE. SANDON. J. R. & D. Cameron, * OOTENAY TAILORS. JLBJLBjUJLQJLejU See our New Goods. The atest in Fall Suitings. We �� arry the Finest Lines in the ��j Slocan. Fit, Material and \. orkmanship Guaranteed. SANDON. Donaldson's Rheumatic Cure. it has Cured Others, It Will Cure You. J. DONALDSON, DRUGGIST. RECO AVENUE, SANDON, B. C. * Folliott & McMillan. | 0*0*00**000*0*00 $ Contractors and Builders. f Dealers in Dressed and Rough Lumber. $ 000**000*00* <^ Sash, Doors, Blinds, etc, Made to Order at Lowest Possible Prices- ^ Mine and Dimension Timber always In Stock. Plans, Estimates and ^ Specifications furnished for all Classes of Building. ^ SHOPS OPPOSITE C. P. R. FREIGHT SHED. | RAILROAD AVE. - - - - SANDON. . wmmmmmm mmmmmm * * **
Issued simultaneously in Sandon and Cody; publisher headquarted in Sandon. Published by Jno. J. Langstaff from 1896-09-26 to 1897-03-27; by an unidentified party from 1897-04-03 to 1899-04-08; and by WM. MacAdams from 1899-04-15 to 1899-12-30.
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