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THE PAYSTREAK BOOK IV. SANDON, MARCH 17, 1900. CHAPTER 23 ��*����; HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF. Si Patrick's Day. Mis. H. Nash is on a lair wav to recovery. Over 1,000 feet of Star flume lias leen carried oul by (tildes at different ak points. The Misses McKinnon will open a ft-millinery store in the Crawford block next week. James Marshall left on Wednesday Bbr Scotland, to paj h Gsit to the old Eland of his nativity. The present indications are that this (will be the earliest spring on record jince the country was opened up. Wm. Lovatt, who Was injured last Sunday, is improving rapidly and will je out of the hospital in a few da\s. 11 is reported thai K. T. Lowery will move the Ledge to Nelson as the Sioean getting too small for that publication. The rawhiders now start their trips it three or four o'clock in ihe morning, Bis I ravelling in the hills in daytime is Ttwo dangerous. The Payne shipped ioo tons owr the i K. i\ S., ane thd Last Chance 4*) tons. The Payne shipped two cars oxer the . C. P. R. \eslerda\. The hospital managemenl is indebted jtlo Pal Hums for a donation of $25.00. 1 Pat is a good contributor as well as a good business man. The opening of the Filbert Hotel under its new management was celebrated in a moist and convivial manner on Wednesday evening- Mr. R. W. Rathbone, Silverton, B. C. appears on the registry al the London Office of llie Canadian .Commissioner on February 13th, The police are m iking a round up ol all the dogs in the town and making the owners pay taxes. There should lie at least $75,000,000 collected. Mr. Harry Nash asks ns [o express lor him his thanks to the people of Sandon for their assistance so cheerfully furnished on the occasion of the slide last Sunday. Hurrving, scurrying, whirling, sifting, Driving, flying, swirling, drifting ; Pure as vestal virgin's thought, White as the ligtH from tbe Pole star brought : Feather)', beautiful everything else; Mm, hallowed mackerel ! wail till it melts. Fred H. Shepherd and Alex McFariane who met death in the snow- slide at the Noble Five were hurried in the Sandon Cenielarv on Saturday. The funeral was conducted under the auspices of the Miners'Union, accompanied by the I. C). F., of which McFariane was a member. Canadian capitalists are trying to secure at Ottawa a charter for an all- Canadian railroad from Fort Simson, near Wrangel, through the Cassiar- Atlin mining districts to Bennett, The distance is about 550 miles. The Canadian Government is expected to heavily subsidize the road with the object of benefitting Vancouver, Victoria and Canadian commerce ill general. A Nooal Admission. A novel method of charging admission was instituted at the Ladies Aid social in the Presbyterian church on Thursday evening. C)ne quarter ofa cent a pound was the rale charged, everyone paying according to their weight. This unique method ofcharge is only equalled by the avoirdupois restaurant in Philadelphia, where the boarders are weighed, entering and departing, and charged for the difference, It is related that a Hibernian recently entered this institution with it brick in his pocket, ate more than a circus ostrich, cached the brick under the table and filed a claim al the box office for a bonus as the scales still showed a balance in his favor. Flume Not Responsible. The statement thai the Rulh and Star companies were to be sued for the damage caused by the landslide is not altogether correct. The inference was that the slide was caused by leaks in the Hume,hut up to date there-has been no evidence produced to substantiate the idea, The Slocan Star llume, on Thursday previous, was shut off on account of an accident and had only been running a few hours when the accident occurred. A careful examination of the flume sir.co tlu accident has failed to disclose that there have been any considerable leaks during the winter. Should il transpire that the Star flume was in any way responsible for the damage the company stands ready to pa) for ii without the necessity of a suit. The Ruth Hume has also been examined, bul it has not yet been found that their Hume was accountable for the slide. No Corbin's Need Apphj. The people of the Boundary country are once more to the front for the proposed railway,from the state of Washington into Canada via the Kettle River Valley. Now that the Canadian Pacific has gol its branch completed and the people of British Columbia have put up handsomely in land and money to help I he poor downtrodden promoter, Van Home and Saughnessy will probable be able to show that another road into the Boundary would be superfluous. Van and his friends will be able to lake care of all the money that is to be made in railroading in thai country. Corbin is a cheap guy anyway; and oilers to build railroads without bonuses. Humenial. A very pretty wedding ceremony was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Lyons on Wednesday morning when John Selista Gusty and Miss Eleanor Memis were joined in the bonds of matrimony. Allen Gusty, brother of the groom, acted as best man and Miss May Lyons, sister of the bride as bridesmaid. The ceremony was performed at 7:30, a. in. in ihe presence of members of the family anda few friends of the contracting parties. The happy couple left by the morning train for a tour of coast and Kootenay points. Football League. Last summer the several tow ns in the in the Slocan district derived some onsiderable amusement and recreation from the football game, bul there was a good deal of confusion in the arrangement of the matches and some of the games were arranged on very short notice, There is a movement on loot in the lake towns to organize a foot ball league, taking in Silverton, New Denver, Slocan City and Sandon. Such a movement should meet with the ready support of Sandon football players and the public generally. With some kind of organization it would be possible to arrange a definite schedule, and to distribute the matches so that each town got a consistant number of home games. A little executive ability to start the thing off right is about all that is required. If the boys put their heads together they can have the organization all completed before the season commences. New Denver, Silverton and Slocan City are all favorably situated in the matter of grounds bul Sandon has nothing that will serve as a recreation ground. There was a movement last spring to clear a flat below the town for the purpose,but the scheme fell through. This matter should be taken up and pushed along. The city could well afford to put up handsomely for the purpose and the business men would not lose anything bv subscribing liberally. There is a moral, as well as a physical advantage to be gained by having a recreation ground, for it is self evident that were out door sports in vogue that black jack and oilier seductive diversions of mine camp life would not be as attractive for the youths of the town as they are at present. This is a matter of practical Christianity iu which the church people could interest themselves without any loss of dignity, and with a thorough assurance that they were effecting a reform. Trouble at the Granite and Athabasca. On Wednesday at noon 05 men from the Granite mine and 75 men from ihe Athabasca, mine, near Nelson, quit work on account of the refusal of ihe management to pay the $^.25 compromise scale of the Slocan district. The men had been working on a $j.OO basis pending a settlement of the labor trouble in this section with the implied understanding that they should receive the scale at which a settlement was made. The action of the Nelson mine owners is in sharp contrast to the action of the Movie miners, who had been receiving $;.5ouptothe time of the acceptance of the $3.25 scale in the Slocan, aud accepted the reduction voluntarily. Influx of Japanese. Vancouver, M. C, March 14.--The discontinuance of Japanese immigration to Hawaiian islands has caused a great influx of Japanese at (his port, an army of them arriving by every Oriental steamer. Four houndred arrived today having been passengers from Yokohama by the steamship Glenogle. CONSERVATIVE NOMINEES. Will Contest Fourteen Constituen cies Looks Like a Reconstruction of the Turner Party. In fourteen different constituencies Conservative candidates have already been mentioned, and it is understood that in each case these candidates have consented to be nominated as follows: C. \i. Tisdall, Vancouver; Chas. Wilson, Q. C. Revelstoke; Price Ellison, Vernon; F. J. Fulton, Kamloops; Jno. Elliott, Nelson; Mayor Goodeve, Rossland; A. Gallander, Chilliwack; R. Mc- Mride, Dewdney; T. S. Annabel, or Robey L. Reid, New Westminster; R. Green, Slocan; J. Ross, Last Kootenay; Reeve Wilkinson , Richmon, S Rogers Carriboo; Jos. K. Hunter, Cariboo. It is understood the Victoria Conservatives who have declared for party lines will nominate as three or four of their candidates Messrs. Turner, Mc Phillips and Helmckeil, who represented Victria in the last legislature. It is reported that the ranks of the Conservative party in Vancouver have closed up, one of the leaders, Sir Hibbert Topper having concerned lo sink his personal feelings or opinions that the party may present a united front in the coming election. Mp. Resolution of Condolence. WHEREAS: It has pleased God in the wisdom of His Providence to remove from our midst our brothers Alexander McFariane and Fred H. Shepherd. Therefore Be It Resolved: Thai we, the members of the Sandon Miners' Union, No. 81 of the Western Federation of Miners, extend to the relatives and friends of our late brothers, Alex. McFariane and Fred H. Shepherd, this expression of our heartfelt sympathy with them in their sorrow and bereavement. That a copy of this vote of condolence be forwarded to the relatives of the deceased and inserted in the local press. And Be It F'urtiiek Resolved: That as a mark of respect, the Charter ot" this Union be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days. Sandon Miners1 Union. No Party Line3 for Sandon. A meetin of the Liberal-Conservative Association of Sandon was held in the court house on Tuesday night for the purpose of considering the advisability of sending delegates to the convention in Nelson. The meeting was brief and to the point. A resolution was passed to the effect that the association did no favor party lines and this was supplemented by another motion that Sandon conservatives did not deem it advisable to send delegates to the Nelson convention. Main Wins the Bostock. The grand finale for the Bostock cup was pulled off at the curling rink on Wednesday evening between Grim- mett's rink and Main's invincibles. The game was closely contested and at the 12th end the score stood a tie. In the thirteenth end Main scored one, winning by 11 to 10. Sanford, Mc- Martin, Robertson and Grimmett composed the losing rink and Seal, Fallows, Brown and Main, the winners. THK PAYSTBEAR. SANDON, B.C., MARCH 17. 1900. r. ��� M A ti Kits FONT KIN. P A York gentleman has received from n soldier of the 2nd Black Watch, who tcok part in the battle of Magersfontuin, the following lines descriptive of the night march and the. disaster that hefel the Highland brigade The lines were written iu eainp after tin* battle: Tell you the tale of the battle? Well, there ain't so niucli to tell; Nine hundred went to the slaughter,and nigh four hundred fell. Wire and Mauser rifle, thirst and a burning sun, Knocked us down by the hundred ere the day was done. Wet was the night, cold and dreary; chilled were the men to the hone. Bivouacked there in the open, thinking perhaps of their home. Midnight���they come to awake us, form- us up in the dark, Officers whispered their orders, never a light or a spark; Onward we went till the morning dawned in the east, grey anil drear, While in the front of us looming, the kopjes' bold skyline showed clear. Away on the left of the kopjes we'd not iced a light burning bright, Aud just as the column had hatted it suddenly vanished from sight. Then, ere we knew what had happened two shots on our left ringing out. To the Boers in their trenches gave sig- Dal,.and the rifle halls answered our shout Someone yelled "Charge," and we started, rose up, and rushed out on their fire. Meaning to give them the hayonet.biit, cheeked and stopped by the wire. Bullets and shells ne'er appalled us, trenches, or boulder-strewn hill, But just a few strands of the fencing caught us, nonplussed, standing still. Over the wire, men, or through it! Drive the charge home to the hilt! Vain were the struggles and climbing, barbs sticking deep in the kilt Strong grows the light of the morning, hotter the lead on us rained, Still we remained there before them, holding the ground we had gained; But down on our faces and seek cover, Nothing could live in that fire; "off to the right, nam, and flank them; forward, Me down, men, retire." Then we looked hack, and we cursed them; took home the truth with a groan, "Rest of the brigade are retiring,*' now we must stand it alone. ���'Fbnn a line here, men: we'll hold them," McFarlane'stall form stood erect. Volley and volley we gave them, until their fierce fire was checked Then round the adjutant rallied remnants of different corps- Some of the Black Watch, Argvlls, and some of the gallant Seaforths: All the long day in position, watching their own shells hurst, Lying with dead men and wounded, lips swollen, blue-black with thirst: Not thirty yards from the trenches General VVauchopo lay dead; The Colonel, too, killed, lay beside him, their lives by the'Bom- bullets sped. Nigh on eight hundred our losses���English, Irish and Scotch, Half of them fell on one regiment���God help them-the noble Black Watch Such is the tale of the battle, easy for tongue to tell, Nine hundred men in a deathtrap ��� nearly four hundred fell. What is a poor man without poverty? Ah, what!' There is no sadder sight in all the spectacular scenes of this sphere than a rich man surrounded by his loving relatives, who fret for his funeral. For the poor the fresh air of heaven and an appetite that coyly tempts them to bite shingle nails. For the rich noth ing hut the misery of trussed terrapin and marmalade macaroons. Oh the horrors of marmalade maca roons! Poverty is. indeed,a blessed heritage And so many of us are loaded plumb to the hatches with the h. h. How happy we should be. Did you ever stop to think how cruel it is that a rich man has to go through the world without the blessed heritage of poverty? We who wallow selfishly in our own h.h. seldom have time to sigh for the rich man who i* permitted to sprinkle salt on the tail of a blessed heritage. Possibly we haven't time to sigh, he- cause we are at that moment busily en- yasred in running IS miles to the north east, playfully pursued by a bill collector. The fact that the hill collector was inspired to catch us and whisper sweet nothings iu our ears hy one of the her- itageless rich men who owns a bologna factory make* our selfishness all the more inexcusable. Some day when you meet Mr Andrew Carnegie on tin; street forget for a moment your pride and speak sweetly to him: "Hello, Andy! My heart grieves for you! Vou are lonely and unhappy without the blessed heritage of poverty Take four dollars' worth of mine���nay! nay! thank me not. Andy! 11 'twill bring vou a moment's pleasure take si\ dollars' worth, and give the amount named in small hills, please!" Note with what avidity he will exchange his garish greenbacks for the pleasure of possessing even six little dollars' worth of povertv, Yes. Note, incidentally, the haggard horrors that have been heaped upon him by relentless riches. His coat hangs from his shoulders just as if it had been made expressly for him, with never a button missing. Oh, the misery of it all! His necktie cost eight dollars a yard and looks like a map of Michigan struck by a rollicking rainbow Note that cruel scar under the lower lip. That was caused hy a silver spoon. Yes, one evening while engaged in carrying a silver spoonful of scintillating j soup to its terminal station, news was brought him that an employee had thoughtlessly kicked the ear off an in offensive pig of iron. The shock caused him to lose control of the spoon's steer- ing gear, and it entered Into a hearty collaboration with a retiring part of his chin. At the same time the saucy soup safely pinned to the extreme end of a blessed heritage John will lock up the safe at any time to listen to the story of how the kero Bene lamp exploded and set lire to the cat, and will thrill with pleasure when you tell him that the cat jumped into bread pan and rendered the hist baking you had iu the house totally unlit for publication. Saunter into John's private office someday If J. Pierpout Morgan hap pens to he there cursing the luck that makes his income slop over four million dollars a day, John will chase Pier mil into the corridor and invite you to take a comfortable seat. 01 course, you mustn't take the comfortable seat with you when you leave the building. Ihe rich must not he made to feel their un fortunate position too keenly. Take John's poor, wasted hand iu yours and notice how the cruel sci-snis have left their awful marks around the hiimbaud second finger of the right hand. Possibly you may perceive a woful water blister peeping shyly from beneath that same thumb All these miseries are caused by the daily toil ol dipping coupons, and the disease is known as coupouisis. But. he not afraid. It is not catching. Those who have the blessed, blessed heritage of poverty are immune. -1 leorge Y. Hobart MAKTIN'N PLATFORM. Ituiiuis, us Bteel. . The characteristics of the famous steel made in Damascus were hardness. strength, great elasticity, and a beautiful variegated surface, flashing with prismatic colors at certain angles of untight. The skill of the Damascenes in the manufacture of steel became known to Europe a I tin; time of the crusades, hut the secrets of their process have never been discovered A mining engineer of Russia, General Aanosnff, by analysis and examination Bin reeded in making a steel of nearh ns fine quality as that of Damascus and scarcely did tiiiguishahle from it in appearance. He had charge for a number of years of the iron works at Zlatust, iu the I'ral mountains, where he superintended the manufacture of the fine quality of steel It has been said that since the death of General Annosoff, in 1851, the works have never produced such line steel as that lor which they had previously become celebrated. Influenza and Vontl at-ion. HOB ART'S HARD HITS. As Mr Andrew Carnegie observes; "Poverty is a blessed heritage." Yes. Next to having SI 88 above, expenses, poverty is the sweetest heritage that can possibly be herited. delighted to regain its freedom, put ai 18 scar on a hemstitched tablecloth. Oh, the curse of gold! Some day when you are weary with basking in the sunshine of your blessed heiitagewiunter into the private office of John D. Rockefeller. .John will he tickled into a frenzy to see you. We of the blessed heritage are so selfish, so so selfish! We never think of running in on John and shaking a day-day and cheer him up with our exciting little , ._ ^ nmw, ool stories of the home life of those who are | virtues of those we do not like Atmospheric impurity, savs the Lancet, was largely responsible for ihe recent epidemic of influenza. "If the proper ventilation of private houses, "in! especially the places of business,' were insisted upon by their owners, we should hear much less than we do of the infectious forms of so-called colds." The imperfect provision of ventilation in churches is referred to in the same connection hy The Hospital, which "considers such byildings as hotbeds for influenza on this account, and on account of the gathering togother of persons whose power of resistance has been diminished by recent illness or by other circumstances." Joe Martin, the premier of the prov- ince whom nobody wants and everybody fears, haa given the publio his platform for the approaching elections. It con- sists of 22 planks and is most seductive. Iv arranged to capture the popular vote, particularly the labor party. He boldly appropriates laggeetlodi from his opponents and reconstructs them as his own brilliant ideas In summarised form, doe will abolish the 1200 deposit for legislative candidates and will introduce the Torrens system nf land registration. A redistribution oi Beats is to be bad, g ivernment scaling of logs enforced, ami the disallowed alien laws re enacted. .Mongolians are to be suppressed and all buildings and machinery inspected so as to safeguard public life and health. The London Agency is to he re opened, the resources of the province conserved to the people, the country to be explo ��'d, and money nor- rowed to build trails ami wagon roads everywhere. These roads are to built under the inspection of a government engineer, while the annual expenditure!! must I e kept within the receipts. Government ownership of railways is favored in the building of a railroad from the coast to Kootenay and ii bridge acro.*fl the Fraser. Bonuses to railways to be in cash and no land grants to be given The power of the lieiilcnant-L'overnnr I- to I"' curtailed and an establishment erected for the education of the deal and dumb, The Alien Exclusion Act is tn lie repealed and the Headman Island difliculty to be amicably settled. Pro| er means aie to provided for giving illttl fictions to miners and prospectors���upon mining, presumably. Ou the eight hour question Joe pro vides a straddler RSfollow* : Tin- iptwrn- inent will continue to enforce the law as it stands. An immediate enquiry will bu made bv [he Minister of Mines into ad grievances put forward in connection with its operation with a view to bring ing about an amicable settlement. It an settlement is reached, the principle of the referendum will he applie I and a vote taken at the general election as to whether the law shall he repealed. If ihe law is sustained by the vote, it will be retained upon the statute lioofc with ns- penal clauses. If modified in any way without impairing the principle of the lav by removing any of the friction brought nbqnt, they will he adopted. If the vote is against it the law will he repealed, New Inventions. Avoid a slanderer as you would a scorpion; both sting for the mere pleasure of doing it. Prejudice is a fo�� which obscures the Below is a list of new inventions \e cehtly patented hy various inventors trough the Agency <��f Messrs. Marion J Marion, \(MV y��>rk |jif(. b.uilding Montreal: Canada���W. M. Scott, Stouffville.Ont. infect powder; Robert Ireland et al. l;eachville, Ont., stubble burner. United States -George A. Smith, Albeini, B.C., baby carriage spring; William C. Herbert, Stanstead,Que., soldering iron; P. HOUord, Birtle, Man., device for supporting horses' heads; Janus W Mm | my, St. George. N.K., window sashes; w.G Lambert, Katevale, Que.,combination tool. See where a road ends before you take ". and to what an notion leads before von begin if. TDK PAYSTREAK, SANDON, 13. G, MARCH 17 A TERRIBLE FROST. ANOTHER FATALITY. A Thousand Degrees Below Freezing and a Deficit in the Proceeds. How Sandon Showed its Patriot ism. The Nelson Minstrels Badly Used. The worst frosl that has occurred in Sandon for years settled itself around the Nelson Minislrel Company on Tuesday night when they tried to give a patriotic concert for the benefit of the absent minded begar in South Africa. Sandon people got the idea in some way that their dignity had been trampled on by Nelson people on different occassions lately and they decided to boycott Nelson's show. As a result the audience was not over forty strong and the "Pay, Pay, Pay" recitation got a glacial smile that could be made 0 supply cold storage for all tbe absent minded beggars in South Africa. g'The facts of tbe case are something like this. A public meeting was held in Sandon on March 2nd for the purpose of making arrangements lor a flfctriotic concert. As ii was known that the Nelson Minstrels were to play Npndon sometime in the near future, a ||ttcr was written by p. C. Sewell, addressed lo llie manager of (he Nelson Minstrels, inquiring as to dates and asking who the proceeds would be Credited to. This lei ter was received by I'll.is. Prosser, considered by the executive of tbe Minstrels, and replied to, giving particulars and expressing a hope that, as Sandon was lobe credited With the proceeds, the Minstrels hoped to get all llie help possible from local talent and local sentiment. The reply through some lluke was not received, and coming so close on the alleged grievances ol' ihe curling club, Sandon folks got on their dignity and refused -|o patronize ihe show. \ The show itself was simply rotten. The hoys couldn't s'mg, the end men got rallied, and with one or two exceptions the turns were bad. Hut this ��� Was no doubt largely due to the fact -.that the sparse and sbamefacecd audience sat with a glassy stare and sin- .rounded the plavers with an atmosphere .that would chill a Klondiker. Nelson has at times been accused of unfriendliness toward Sandon, but it is -not in bistorv that Nelson ever treated anyone in such a mean or contemptible manner as Sandon did the Nelson .Minstrels on this occassion. Last Oueen's Birthday Sandon treated Kaslo ,J\n much the same way, and it is credit- g'uble only to the good sense of Kasloites jfthat they overlooked the slight. A few Bmore such occunances will place our flown on a level with the much dispised f eastern country burg and gain for San- ion the enmity of every community in . Kootenay. The Nelson boys only made one mis- l ike, and that was lo go on with their ; show ; when they found that they were I being misused they should have packed their trunks, returned the gate money ? and turned down the footlights. If ' Sandon is so fond ol" ostentation as to I begrudge any little credit that might I possibly belong to Sandon, then Sandon can get no worse treatment from her neighbor than Sandon deserves. .*. The Ferguson Eagle says: The ; silence of the Eagle sanctum was in- ��� terrupted yesterday by a miner, sober too, wbo had just drawn a $174 check, walking in and in all earnestness asking us to cash it. Tbe shock was [ more than we could bear. We will admit having a swelled head and lots of other faults, but slich an opinion as this of ourselves we never for one moment entertained. What a change the climate must make. Wm. McLeod Killed in a Land Slide. Six Houses Wrecked. A fatality which brougb home to Sandon people tbe dangers of living in a mountainous country, occurred on Sunday noon last, by which Wm. McLeod lost his life and Mrs. Harry Nash is seriously injured. Along what is known as the Lovatt's addition the hillsides are steep and covered with a great depth of wash. The heavy rain and long thaw of last week loosened the ground along the hillside and on Sunday at 12:30, without a moment's warning, a large section slid in among the group of residences, wrecking six houses in its course and burying their occupants in the debris. The alarm spread about town as though by magic, and within a few seconds the streets were full of people hurrying to the scene of the castrophe. The first to arrive were able to get Sirs. Eogg and Rev. J. A. Ferguson out without difficulty, and it was found that altho their houses were completely wrejkeJ they were little injured. Rescuers immediately set to work and in a few moments they got Mrs. Fogg's little daughter from under a pile of broken lumber that had a few moments before been their dwelling. The little girl, altho badly frightened, was only slightly injured. Next Mrs. Nash was found and it was clear thai her condition was the most painful among those rescued. She was carried to the house of friends where medical assistance was at hand. Wm. Lovatt was ihe last one found, and allho he he escaped with no worse injury than a dislocated shoulder, it seems almost a m'racle that he did net lose his life. Daring this time it became known that Win. McLeod was in his cabin at tbe time of the slide, and shovels and picks were hastly brought and a large crowd started to unearth tbe ruins. It was apparent from tbe first, however, that his chances of escape were very slim, but notwithstanding this a hundred men worked with all their might until 6:30 when bis remains were found, buried under hundreds of tons of earth, logs and debris. The past week has been a sad one far Sandon and Wm. McLeod's funeral, on Tuesday, was the (bird within a week that has taken place from ihe Miner's Union hall. A Tribute. It's sad to slate, the woeful fate, Of whom we all deplore. They're gone, alas, and bid farewell, Their face we'll ne'er see more. They're gone, alas, to serve the King That rules both land and sea. And bid farewell to Sandon town For all eternity. Our noble hearted brethern, Whatever may befall They buried (hem with honor When the Lord did on them call. They dug their graves both wide and deep, And gently laid them down, 'To moulder there in a silent tomb Close by Sandon town* Oh, may the God of Mercy, On His bright throne above, Comfort those who mourn The dear ones that they love And engrave these words within their hearts, Teach each and every one, To raise their hands to Heaven and say; Oh, (iod thy will be done. John C.vkoi.an. S> �� .22 CO 00 CO o 03 ion. O CO *���* .fi ��� **** S =3 O 0 >< c C�� 0 ��� ***M 0000000000000000000000000% {Everything New, Stylishj {and Up-todate. �� S 8 0000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 The Dray & Transfer Business Formerly conducted by Geo. McPherson has been taken over by WALMSLEY * CREECH, who will handle all business in ibis line with neatness and despatch. 00000000000000000000000000 STOP THAT COUGH. A good many people have thought that a cough didn't amount to much���most excellent people whose friends were sorry to lose them. Now don't make ibis mistake ��� a cough is the first step toward serious and often fatal sickness: -stop it right there. Donaldson's Cough Cure In 25c, 50c., and $1.00 bottles, has proved a marvellous cough stopper. If you've just begun to cough, the 25c. size will fix you ; if its an old cough, try a larger bottle. It always releives and except in the most desperate cases it always cures. F. J. DONALDSON. Gales' Barber Shop anu Bath House, The Best In Slocan. RECO AVE. SANDON. THK PAYSTREAK, SANDON. B. C. MARCH 17 THE PAYSTREAK. PuMi��lie<l Every Saturday in th* heart of the Richest Whin- Metal Camp on Earth. Subscription - - - - $2.00 a year. Strictly in advance. William MacAdams, Publisher and Proprietor. SANDON, B.C., MARCH 17 iqoo. land political hacks should begin to recognize that their actions do not deceive anyone Hut themselves, and that the average voter in British Columbia does not need any advice from paid spielers whose game is too transparent to east (l shadow on the checker board of public lite. There are many men iu this constituency who are entitled to vote and yet have neglected to place their names on the Voters' lists. These men are the worst enemies that this country has. That new map of South Africa is about due. Pail Kruger, your finish is in sight. Cronje was a good general, but the most reckless- flatterer would hesitate to compare him with the great Napoleon. Vet that is what the British do when thev ship him to St Helena. The bones of the Canadians buried in the valley of. the Modder river will go into the foundations of the great political structure that will be known as the Imperial Federation of Great Britain. Pail Kriger is the greatest Imperial Federationist that the world has produced, and the proposition to erect a statue to the venerable Boer on Trafalgar square is but a recognition of a service, inadvertently rendered, which will be more tar-reaching in its effects'than the greates deeds of Nelson. With the Federation of Australia just about completed the Dominion ol South Africa in sight, and the Dominion of Canada going ahead at a lightning gait, it is difficult to believe the star of British ascendency has set. Joe Martin promises to settle ihe eight-hour question by springing the referendum on the people of B. C. Upholders of the eight-hour law have nothing to fear from the referendum but we fail to see how or bv what right the fishermen of the Fraser, the ranchers of Kamloops' or the farmers of Vancouver Island should be asked to settle a question which does not concern them and which thev do not understand. The referendum is the only proper system of government, and by adopting it, Martin makes a good move, but he should limit the vote to those who are "concerned. Promoting friendliness by means of the boycott is obviously impossible. Sandon's action toward the Nelson Minstrels could hardly be calculated to serve as an object lesson of doing as we would be done by. The Ottawa house was turned into a living illustration of hell let loose for recess, just because Jim McMullen told Sir Charles Tupper that he danced holes in every com mandment in the decalogue. Mr. McMullen should re move his talented personage to the B. C. legislature where he could call a man anything from a pro-Boer to a horse- thief without even attracting attention in the gallery. If Martin's friends love him half as much as his enemies fear him he will be the liveliest corpse that B C politicians ever had to deal with after the next election A man who has ability to make so many friends and enemies in as short a time will not be asphyxiated by a political snowslide. Political plugging has become the rage in Nelson and Rossland and even the white-panted chappies have become pluggers in the political game. Nelson and Ross The next revision of the voters' list will take place on the 7th of May. Those who do not get their names on the list before that time will not have a vote. Drop into this office and we will do the matter up for you. Don't let an) political persuasions interfere with your arrival. We have no convictions to intrude as we have not had time to manufacture any. Mr. Cliffe has expressed a willingness to offer himself as a candidate for the commercial interests of the country. He should suit. From what we have seen of Mr. Cliffe since his arrival in this country and before, we have become convinced that his interests in politics are purely commercial. Chas. H. Mackintosh, a politician for revenue only, is spoken of as conservative candidate for Rossland. If the conservatives of Rossland want to be anniliated they onh have to nominate Mackintosh. His name will do the rest. There are a great man\ citizens of the l'nited States in this country who have lived the requisit length of time in Canada but have not become citizens. Gentlemen, we have unbounded respect for the Stars and Stripes, bin while you live amongst us we would like to have vou step under the old flag. Ihe Anglo-Saxon union is coining, and you cannot help it along better than by becoming a Canadian and voting for friendly relations with United States. Smallpox has broken out in Grand Porks, a recent importation from Spokane. If the l'nited States would add to the $20,000,000 which she paid for the Phillipines. the cost of conducting the foot race with Auguinaldo, plus the cost in lives and money of treating the smallpox which her returning soldiers have brought across the Pacific, she would be able to realize what imperialism costs a countn with a rotten government. Little Bobs says: "By the grace of God and the bravery of the British Army Bloomfontein has been taken. Paul Kruger says: - We will yet be victorious. God help us. There seems to be a sleight uncertainty about who God is working for in Africa. W^w fact%D?uSht out in the bnll-pen inquiry al Washington are facts, the heroic justice of Bartlett Sinclair - 1 tinT'l M/rri^an C��Uud la,c,,-v ** P* *>wn in histon as a triumph o\ liberty in the land of the free. sunli^^Kr ^ T mak�� ft SPri"^ ^d the clear p o ot in yRf a ,Sm,*,e da> d<*s ���t open tlu Prospecting season. But both are indications of more to The FILBERT CIGAR Store Jas. Williamson Proprietor. ��� fHK PAYSTREAK, SANDON, H, l*��� MARCH '7 mwrnrvrtmrmTYTrr^^ The E. R. Atherton Co., Ltd. Our Large Stock of Spring and Summer Shoes toill arrioe in about too Weeks In order to make room for Same we are placing in our window a Lot of good shoes which we will dispose of at Figures Below Cost. Prices From $1.50 to $3.00. Farmer Prices $3.00 to $6.00. I The E. R. Atherton Co., Ltd. mi) FREIGHTERS AND CONTIiACTORS. FOR SALE 11 I'm k Mules i Saddle Horses ;i in. Sleighs Gov't Standard Wagons ^AIm> harness, npa rnoe* roinplete with blankets, roiies, etc.: tools, camp ontlits, tents 9or particulars write stilting re(|iiireinents to T. GRAHAM, Ai.bkrt Canton, B. C. CHURCH NOTICES. ;?*>!. AXOIIKW'S I'HKKHYTKHIAN I III IM II: ReV J. A. Ferguson. H. A.,l'ustoi-. Sunday services at ll:i*i a. M. iiinl 7:.'hl I'. M sKkhkiimki Ciiriuii i Rev. A. M. Stanford, 'B.A . 1'iistor. Regular services every Sunda,\ al 11 :ini A M. ami <:��i r. M L Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. I "PORTLANDNo. (A.) MINERAL CLAIM." Situate in the Sloi'iin Minim; Division o West Kootenay District. Where located About three-i|uarters of a mile from the "MONITOR NO. U" Mineral Claims, near Three Forks, in the Sioean Mining Divis. ion of West Kootenav. II. C. Takk Notick that I. K M. Siiinlilamls, act- --&K as agent for J C. Williams. Kree Miner's Hpertiticate No. 11. gOH&i, issued nt Sandon, Hp. C, Dee. 7th. IKHi. administrator lor E S HrV'illianis. Kree Miner's Ce.rtllie.ate No. A.8801J, flusiied at Sandon Kelt, jf.'ith. intend sixty days Bro in the date hereol to apply to the Mining Btleeorder for a Certiorate of Improve mens Hjor the purpose of obtaining a Crown (Irant g-;..of Ihe ahove claim. f. And further take notice that action, under Mgection :(7. must he commenced before the . issuance of such Certiticate of Improvements- dShited this thirteenth dav of January. 1900. K. M Sanoii.nhs. la/l/'ntl Advertise in the Paystreak. M. L. GRIMMETT. L. L B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. SANDON, B.C. F. L. CHRISTIE, L. L. B. Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Notary Public. SANDON MINERS' UNION. | Western Federation of Miners.| Meets every Saturday Evening at R o'clock in Miners' Union Hall. Pre*, Gko. Smith. Vice-I'res, HoWAKP TlioMisoS. Fin Sec, W. L. rlAiil.KH. SANDON MINERS' UNION Hospital. SANDON, B. C. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Subscribers. U.00 per month. Private Patients ttt.00 per day, exclusive of expense <>f physician or surgeon and drugs. Established 18(15. E. M. SANDILANDS. Slocan Mines. SANDON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mining Stocks bought and Sold. General Agent for Slocan Properties. Promising Prospects For Sale. HAMMOND BROS. CO.. Ltd. SANDON. PACKERS and FORWARDERS Sleighs, Cutters, Teams and Saddle Horses for Hire. ���I. D. McLaughlin, President. W. L. HAGLKR, Secretary. 1>K. VV. E. GoMM, Attendant Physician. MlBBS. M. CHISHOUt, Matron. Grant Cox, Wm. Donahbk, J. V.Martin, Wm. Gakiiitt and P. U. Ml urn. Management Committee I. O. O. F. SILVER CITY LODGE NO. 39. Meetings every Friday Evening at 7:30 in Ciawford's Hall. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. REV.A.M 8ANFORD, Vice-Grand C. E. LYONS, ALBERT DAVID, Secretary. Noble Grand. A. F. & A. M. ALTA LODGE NO. 29. Regular Communication held first Thursday in each month in Masonic Hall at 8 p. m. Sojounning brethern are cordially invited to attend Thomas Brown. Secretary CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AND SOO LINE. DAILY DAILY The Direct Route From KOOTENAY COUNTRY To All Points EAST WEST First ClassSleepers on all Trains from REVELSTOKE & KOOTENAY LANDING. Tourist Cars pass Medicine Hat Daily for St. Paul. Sundays and Wednesdays for Toronto, Fridays for Montreal and Boston. Same cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier. DAILY TRAIN 8:00 Lv. sandon Ait. 16:30 CONNECTIONS. Daily to Points readied via. Nakusp. Daily except Sunday to Points reached via Rosebery and Sioean City. Tickets Issued Through and Bag- gage Cheeked to Destination, J. C. CRUSE, Agent, Sandon. E. J.COYLE, W. F ANDERSON, A. G. P. Agt., Trav. Pass. Agt Vancouver, Nelson. Be sure that your tit ket reads via the CANADIAN PACIFIC RATLWAY THK PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, MARCH 17 Hoio to Become One of Us. The following oaths made before any justice of the peace and presented and read at any sitting of the county court, make the person taking the oaths a British subject. It order to become a voter at the next provincial election the applicant will require to be naturalized at least two weeks before the revision of the voters' lists in order to be eligible to have his name placed thereon. The revision is advertised to take place on the 7th of May. OATH OF RESIDENCE. I, , do swear that, in the period of years pre ceding this date, I have resided three years in the Dominion of Canada, with intent to settle therein, without having been during such three years a stated resident in any foreign country. So help me God. Sworn before me at , on the day of 1900. Signature. OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. I, do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, as lawful Sovereign of the L'nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Dominion of Canada, dependent 011 and belonging to the said Kingdom, and that I will defend Her to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies or attempts whatever which shall be made against her Person, Crown and Dignity, and that I will do my Utmost endeavor to disclose and make known to Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, ail the treason or traitorous conspiracies, and attempts which I shall know to be against Her or anv of them ; and all this do I swear without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation. So help me God. Sworn before me at , on the of 1 goo Signature. dav A Western Failure. Toronto Telegram.) Events may falsify the published prophecy of Hewitt Bostock, M. I'., to the effect that Hon. Joseph Martin is dead, and will be buried asrapidlv as the electors of British Columbia can get a chance at him. A province which would tolerate the uselessness of Hewitt Bostock and assassinate the usefulness of Joseph Martin could get no government worse than it deserves. Hewitt Bostock, M. P., ranks as the most profound disappointment of all the members which Western Canada returned to the present parliament. His great wealth and good intentions have not prevented him from degenerating into a slavish toady to the government which serves the corporations which opposed him and betrays the people who trusted him. Harold Bolcc on the Boer War. In the February number of Frank Leslie's Magazine is published an article from the pen of Harold Bolce entitled "The Fighting Boers." The editor has had extensive experience in the Transvaal, in fact was closely identified with some of the leading events connected with the Jamieson raid, being editor of a Johannesburg paper at that time. He will be remembered by Slocan people as having been connected with the Kootenaian two years ago. His article is one of the best that lias appeared on the subject, and in his recapitulation he sums up the situation in the following manner : "The present conflict in Africa is far more significant than a contest between the Colossus of Cape Town and the Giant of Pretoria. Nor is it a repetition of the fiasco of 1X05-0. It is not a mere quarrel concerning the rights of a few thousand aliens. That condition is, of course, involved, but the fundamental issue is whether the world is large enough to permit an ignorant band of indolent vagrant hunters to hoard the vast and fruitful lands which they will not develop. A law of nations and of evolution is al test the survival of the fittest. There is no room in all the earth, the British say, for hermit states, and the nation that buries its talent shall lose it. Kven China, after centuries of isolation, has preceived the handwriting on its wall, and has ordered the historic barrier to be torn down." A Deserted City of Marble. In the county of Hastings, Ontario, is a deserted town called Bridgewater, which is built entirely of marble. About 26 years ago a farmer's wife was searching in the woods for a pig that had strayed away, In a particularly dense part of the forest she found a cold spring of crystal water, and stooped to drink from it. As she did so she slipped on a round stone and fell into the water. Attracted by the peculiar color of the stone, she fished il out and took it home. Investigation showed it to be a 2o\b. nugget of pure gold. Within six months the wilderness had blossomed into the thriving town of Bridgewater, with 5,000 inhabitants. There were old Forty-niners from the Pacific slope, amateurs from Great Britain and the United States, prospectors from every field. Shafts and tunnels were driven by the hundreds. In sinking a shaft a mile south of the town on a claim of B. Flint of Belleville, who is now a member of the Canadian Senate, a vein of marble was discovered. At the suggestion of Flint, who wanted little or nothing for the marble ihe town of Bridgewater was built of solid marble. ll has even to this day, a courthouse, school, church, hotel, stores, and private dwellings constructed wholly of this material. While the town was booming, the entire country around was prospected. Some of the shafts and tunnels were driven more than 100 feet in depth, but, remarkable as it may seem, there was never enough gold found to pay the cost of a single mine in the district. The place where the original nugget was found was christened " Aladin's Cave," and the land in its vicinity sold at fabulous prices. Onv tanner whose farm adjoined the cave sold five acres to an English syndicate for 100,000 dollar cash. The syndicate spent another 100,000 in developing the claim, but never obtained an ounce of free gold. An aged Irishman at Bridgewater, Patrick Keough, received an offer of 125,000 dollars for his farm, which consisted of 100 acres of rock-piled barren land. He refused the offer, holding out for 150,000 dollars, which he never got. Today anyone could buy the property for one dollar an acre. Within a couple years it became apparent to all that mining in Bridgewater would never pay, and the prospectors and citizens departed, leaving the marble town to settle down lo a futureless desolation. D. J. Robertson & Co, Joe Stoecher has taken the manaire- mem of the K.&S. hotel ai McGuigan. Carries the Largest Stock of Furniture in the Slocan. Sandon, B.C. Hunter Bros. Wholesale and Retail Healers in Groceries, Dry Goods, MEN'S FURNISHINGS, HARDWARE, CARPETS, HOOTS & SHOES, TINWARE, LINOLEUMS, HATS & CAPS, CROCKERY, WINDOW SHADES, CLOTHING. We earn llie best lines 1l1.1t monej cm buy, and buying in large quantities save you the extra profit. Sandon Rossland Greenwood Grand Forks. P. BURNS & CO., DEALERS IX MEATS %\rm Sandon, Rossland, Nelson, Trail, Greenwood IHE WM. HAMILTON MANUFACTURING CO., LIMITED. MINING MACHINERY PLTKRBOROUGH, - - ONTARIO, : CANADA . THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B.C., MARCH 17, LOOO WAR. JPrivate Smith of the Royals; the veldt I and a slate-black sky, Hillocks of mud, brick-red with blood, I and a prayer���half curse���to die. A lung and a Mauser bullet, pink forth I and a half-choked cry. te Smith of the Royals; a torrent of I freezing rain: A hail <>>' froHt on a leaf half lost; despair and a grinding pain, And the drip, drip, drip of the heavens ��� to wash out the brand of Cain. Private Smith of the Royals; self-sounding his funeral knell; A bttrniiiL' throat that each gasping note [ scrapes raw like a broken lit ell. A thirst like a red hot iron, and a tongue like a patch of hell. Private Smith of the Royals; the blush of a dawning day ; Ttnpading mist that the sun has kissed ; ���and over the hills away Th* blest Red Cross like an angel in the trail of the men who slay. *. ���..���������' ��� ButPnvate Smith ot the Royals gazeu up at the soft blue sky��� rose tinned nioinlikea babe new [ born and the sweet BOIiged birds ; im high��� j ii Meek of red on his pallid lip and H li 1 ll I of white On bis eve. ��� Heritor! Cadett. ^SPIIK I'KKSII WATKIt HVIHtA. I* Hon- l��ri ,-iiHtil Than tin- My! lio|oKi<iil Cl'i-ai mt'. ^here \\ as once. says mythology, it hydra which inhabited the marsh of Lei'lie. in < ireece. and spread terror in ftlf the country around. This frightful bfatfl'tlire had seven heads, and if some adyisiitin cr lricd. with praiseworthy intention, to cut off one, it immediately .gtSV a-a in Br��\v, there actually exist animals wBth, considering their small size, are Be dreadful than the hydra of the C^eeU. H is a simple sack of some few milli- Hri - iu length, called the fresh water hyd: . .\i-"UimI the orilice of the sack ���an orifice which is the mouth of the nwinii' aie found disposed long-arm* or tentacle.-., armed with poisonous it&Tt- fThe hydra, scry greedy and always in quest of prey, ceaselessly agitates its long arms iu the water, and if one of them encounters any aniinalculae it twines ilself around the poor victim. pierces it with its darts,paralyzesit,aud SO carries it to the mouth of the hydra. Which swallows -Hid digests it, rl here is nothing very extraordinary ill all that, but here is where the fantastic begins. Cutoff one of the arms of the hydra and at the end of twenty minutes the arm will ha ve grown out again; split the animal lengthwise, in such a Way as to separate it in two halves, and each part folds back on itself, welds, its two edges together and you have two Hydras as a result instead of one. ^Instead of splitting the animal length- Wise, cut it across in such a way as to have at the top a depth of sack without, tentacles, at the bottom a kind of ring Or tube provided with arms, but open at both ends; you will see the upper half provide itself very rapidly with arms, and the lower part, which has 'tentacles, close itself at the top in such % way that each half of the original hydra will become a complete and perfect Hrdrn. fCut the. hydra in as many pieces as you may, and each piece will become a perfect hydra, which soon begins to search for food without having the air of troubling about the operation which gave it birth One can do better yet One can, if it is done carefully, turn the hydra inside out,as one turns the finger of a glove, so that the stomach of the animal becomes its skin aud its skiu becomes its stomach In the first moments the hydra seems to experience certain inconveniences���it does not seem to be sure of itself. Frankly, after such an experience it would be strange if it did. But at last, at the end of a few hours, it appears to take its lot philosophically, and takes food and digests it with its former skin, which becomes its new stomach. This is still not all. It is said that wolves will not eat each other. That is a saying evidently fa I.mi as concerns the wolves, but rigorously true as regards the hydras One may take advantage of the gluttony of the animal to make it swallow one of its kind, but it will not delay in finding out the trick played upon it, and it immediately casts up its comrade, thus showing a singular example of fraternity But where the devotion of tho hydra becomes abnegation is when one prevents the swallowed hydra from escaping by piercing both of them with a bristle Then the exterior hydra extends itself in length,while the interior hydra gets off, carrying with it the bristle that traverses it and which does not seem to inconvenience it very much. So we see that the fable of the hydra of Lome is considerably surpassed by the reality. WHAT THK M IK Kit WANTS. lie wants a "falseset ' of teeth for the "mouth of the tunnel," and a girl of experience to paint and powder the 'face of the drift." He wants a four-in-hand tie for the "collar of the shaft." aud a boot for the "foot of the incline." He needs a jockey who can ride a "porphyry horse"and use the "spur of the ledge" on a "bucking donkey" (pump) and "drive a crosscut " He wants an "expert" burglar to "tap tlu; ledge," a detective to "follow the vein" and a watchman to guard the "silver plate. " He wants a hat that will lit a "head of water," and a man who can wear the "cap of a tunnel set." He wants a soldier who has been 'drilled" to handle "gun"and to "shoot" and work a "battery"; also a p;,inter who can distinguish a "color." He wants a "square set" of men to work for him, some feed for his "giraffe." a bird lor ihe "cage," a hnntei to huntthe"gopher"anda "griz/.ley," and a sprinter to "run a drift'' against time. He wants a tidy man who will put an "apron" on aud "clean up" the mill, sweep up the 'dust'' and wash "dirt." He also would like to have the government furnish him with "stamps'' free of charge. He wants the "roof of the drift" shin gled with twenty dollar gold pieces; And when he "dies" he wants to go to the "upper level" and play on a silver "horn" and have his "slapjacks" baked in a "gold pan "���Frisco Review. A large turtle affords eight pounds of tortoise shell. UNANSWKItED. Leaning to listen low at the core of the world's heart beating, The great, dumb heart of the world with its inarticulate cry, "God 1 God! God I" " Through the silence vainly repeating, To shiver hawk from the lark from a blank, unanswering sky. Every throb a prayer for help, hut never a word or a token That One has leaned from his heaven and listened across ids bars. "God 1 God 1 God I" Ami the infinite silence unbroken! The woe of the world's heart beats up the path of the trembling stars. Age after age the same, to the luminous heavens o'er reaching, Ever thiit woeful prayer for help Through the silence hurled, Voiceless, tilling all space with its changeless mute beseeching, "God I God 1 God 1" What help for the heart of the world? ���Beatrice St. George. AN A1J1ZONA BONANZA. One of the most wonderful producing mines of the world is the United Verde copper mine at Jerome,Arizona, owned by \Y. A. Clark, the Montana million- aire. Prom the United Verde copper mine, with its income of Qll,000,OOCa year, Senator Clark derives $80,000 a day. wich is 81,200 an hour, or 120 a minute, say-, the Phoenix Republican If the expectations of Mr. Clark in regard to the output of the l'nited Verde are realized���9116,000,000 pounds of copper a year���his income from this source alone, will be S17,'2SO,tM)0 a year, or 8-lfi,- oiiii a day. At this rate Mr. Clark's Coppermine is worth 8580,000,000. There have been other mines which have produced enormously for a short time, but thev have soon become exhausted. The Verde mine, however, is the wonder of the age, and miners who have had access in any way to the ore body do not pretend to predict what the future may show. If it lasts two years at the present rate of production, Mr. Clark has yet 8520,000,000 to draw upon in annual installments If the mine should last fifty years, his heirs will find a back account un equaled by any in the world. round h droit Vein of Miru. Pr. W.E. Nichols,of Huntingdon,Ind., is back from British Columbia, where, at the head waters of the Peace River,he discovered a great vein of mica. Dr. Nichols, in 1897, penetrated 1700 miles into an unexplored country He cured tin! Indians with his medicines,and they in gratitude told him of gold deposits. He made his way across mountains, and on the slope of one ran across this great vein of mica. The next year he went in again with a. partner, C. VV. Norris, of Chicago, and staked off claims. He and Norris have brought with them five tons of mica, valued at over $200,000. They claim (hey can produce cubes of mica four feet square. Heretofore the largest sheets have been measured in inches. The doctor will claim the prize of ��25,000 offered by the British government for a piece of mica four feet square. He says his sheets can be used as glass in locomotives and battleships. The viorations of tfie gun firing always shatters glass, and the navies of the world will want his mica sheets.���Mining World. HOKSK SKNSK. I am sure these rules are correct, for 1 learned them when a colt from my master, and surelv he knows what is right. And does not man do as he would be done by? �� When a man drops from sheer exhaustion or illness, promptly seize an endboard or a cart stake and pound him on the header the ribs. If this won't recuperate him, kick him violently. This treatment wdll restore him if per sistently administered. �� If a man finds a load too heavy for his strength, knock him down and ham mer him thoroughly with a club. This will increase his power and he will make no more fuss. But do not on any account decrease his load. That would look too much like common sense or humanity, and he will be likely to balk again when overloaded. �� Ply the whip frequently on a man who is at work. No matter if he is doing his best hi* him often, lest he take some comfort. If his load is light.oblige him to go faster to make up for it. Work, starve and abuse him enough to reduce man's average life one-half, as is done with horses. �� Put tight shoes on your man and keen them there until be is lame. This will make him thoroughly miserable.as it does horses. �� Fasten your man's head in a strained position, with his eyes up in the sun. This will give him a fine appearance and prevent stumbling. Of course, he will not be able to do as much work in this fix, hut it makes him wretched and it is also stvlish. r.oiioii the r.ii.i.'. Some years ago a thrifty old cottager named Bethia Rummy attended service every Sunday morning at the little church of St. Elzevir, distant some two miles from her cottage on a hillside in Derbyshire. As regular in her provision for temporal wants as she was in attendance to spiritual necessities, her custom was to place a piece of bacon in a pot, near the fire, to be ready cooked against her return. Then, with a big prayer book, wiapped in a snowy handkerchief, Bethia trudged off to St. Elzevir's. One Sunday, however, she came flustered and late to her usual place just in front of the reading desk, and, to her vicar's astonishment, remarked,as she unfolded the snowy handkerchief, "Lank a daisy me! if 1 haven't biled the Word of Cod, and brought the bacon to church." To Work on Contract. The Le Roi, War Eagle and Centre Star mines, at Rossland, which for a time have been completely shut down for machinery repairs and construction, are now ready to resume operations. They have decided to use the contract system in future, paying by the quantity of work done instead of by the day. The men were informed Monday of the new arrangement. Contracts will be let from day to day until the mines are in full opeiation. No young man has ever looked into a girl's laughing eyes but what believed in wireless telegraphy, THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON. B. (.*., MARCH 17 To Dredge the North Thompson Rioer. (Kamloops Sentinel.) H. R. Bellamy ;��nJ E. C. Kingswell returned from their vis.it to the North Thompson river last week and in an interview with a representative of the Inland Sentinel slated that they were remarkably satisfied with the results of their visit and the tttt* made Ivy them. Mr. Kingswell has had over 12 years pracieal experience in New Zealand in drcd^ino; work; the undertakings with which he has been axaociated having been very successful. Mr. Bellamy gained his experience of the work in the l'nited States. From the tests made last week these gentlemen estimate that they will lv able to take out 130 ounces of go\d every week; this would mean the dredge putting through 2,000 yards of gravel per day of 24 hours. The company have a lease oft)'2 miles of river bed and also two miles ofJamiesou Creek, besides. 10 bench claims, giving them sufficient ground to work for a number of years to come. In fact, it would take seven dredge* eleven years to work the ground held by them. The two dredges which will in all probability be erected within the next three months are to be built on the plan of the New Zealand dredger and will co>t in the neighborhood of $45,o;mi each, containing the latest modern improvements. An electric light plant will furnish the light to enable the dredges to work during the night time. A cyanide plant costing about $8,000 will treat ihe black sand, of which about So toils will be saved, giving a return o." $20 to the ton. Each dredge will give employment to fifteen or twenty men. Mr. Bellamy visited Cariboo last summer for the purpose of witnessing the operation of a dredger on the Quesnelle River, similar to the ones to be built on the North Thompson River. He says that it gave entire satisfaction to the owners. He feels confident tl at the North Thompson river beds will pay handsomely to dredge as the gr ivel is considerably richer than the 0.i-v*-\ nelle river. Work woul be continued for about nine months of the year, as during high water it would be impossible to work the dredge. ereign, been raised from beggary to comfort and affluence. And this is their return. The best punishment for these filthy and ungrateful dogs would be to deport the whole crew of them en masse back to the country from which they were originally hounded out. Tis th The Lion's Whelps. There is scarlet on his forehead. Tlu re are stars across his face, the bloody dew of battle dripping down, dripping down; Bul the war-heart of the Lion Turns to iron in its place, When he halts to face disaster, w hen he turns to meet disgrace; Stung and keen and mettled with the life-blood of his own, Let the hunters ware who flout him, When he calls his whelps about him, When he sets the goal before him and he settles to the pace. Pure Teas Pure COffee MKUKVLVi that the people of Sandon-aa elsewhere�����ppree|Mle good, clean, wholesome Jpp K of excellent flavor, put up in neat, tasty im* ages of I and I pound * "**and at a very reasonable price 1 '"... Becured the agency for th.- famoaa SALADA TFA (a����i|)ta!i which have been sent to yoti.) vjauai/ii 1 un. y\* no mistake about the true value of this TF/\ wild I can safely \ commend it as a delightful beverage. * ljix / Our celebrated Blend of Mocha and Jaca Coffee has no Equal in Sandon and all those toho haoe used it cannot saij too much in its praise. ALL LINKS OF KINK (JR(K'EH1ES OX HAND H. GIEGERICH trains! us, I'e iien! Let them come We can meet them one and all. We have faced the world aforetimesno! in vain, not in vain; Twice ten thousand hearts be \�� iJowed, Twice ten thousand hearts may fall, Bul a million voices answer: "We are ready for the call And the sword we drew for justice shall not see its sheath again, Nor our cannon cease to thunder Till we break their strength asunder, And the Lion's whelps are around him and the Old Flag over all. Stein Bros. Grocers and Bahers, The Best Butter. Eggs and Green Groceries. Slocan Stock. Payne stock advance to $1.33 bid and I.38 asked on the Toronto market on Wednesday. Kambler-Carriboo has dropped back to 2] cents bid, Dardanelles is offering at 3 '2 cents and Noble Five at 10 cents. A FULL LINE OF Best Brands of Indian and Ceylon Tea, Mocha and Java Coffee Hotels and Mine Camps Supplied Expeditiously and Satisfactorily. STOVES! STOVES! UT. II.WT. Till'. IINKST LINK < >K Coal Heaters i:\Li; DISPLAYED IN SAXDOX ST.;;Affusor Cole's Hot Blast Heater, Our claims for this Heater are that il is adapted to any kind of an CROW'S NEST, LLTIIHK'ID'ii:. or ANTIIK.V ITK. burning all kind. pquallv well. Kindly rail ami Inspect oar lines. H. BYERS & Co. No ood$ me but tlie highest class gc handled. Mone) refunded if goods are not satisfactory. The Fruits of at Indiscriminate Immigration Policy Yecre- (Revelstoke Herald.) A Winnipeg despatch makes the startling report that a gang of Meno- nites in the Gretna district, Manitoba, were only prevented from burning ihe Queen in effigy by the interference of a dozen armed Britishers. The miserable wretches were the pioneers of the immigration from Central Europe, with which one government after another in pursuit of a " vigorous immigration policy," has peopled the fertile plains of Western Canada. They came naked and starving, fleeing from the persecution of their own government. They were given government help of all kinds, started up on Canadian lands; they have enjoyed, many of them now for nearly a quarter of a century, the blessings of law, order and religious toleration, They have, under the benign rule of our Most Gracious Sov- Coi)\ A Car of Okanagan tables Just Received. Reco Avenue - - Sandon B, C. I Fol9iott & McMillan. - ��� f^ 0*00********00*0 ft Contractors and Builders. :*: Dealers in Dressed and Rough Lumber. j? {v Sash, Doors. Blinds, etc.. Made to Order at Lowest Possible Prices. 7r^ Mine and Dimension Timber always in Stock. Plans, Estimates an' * ;*- Specifications furnished for all Classes of Building. * $ SHOPS OPPOSITE C. P. R. FREIGHT SHED �� �� RAILROAD AVE. - - - - SANDON, ' ***$***;***$** ****** ****���a The Palace Cafe Sandon Bottling Co. M. W. DAY, Proprietor. : Miinnfiirt liter of : Carbonated Drinks i>i' all kinds. Ale, Sarsparilla, Orange Cider, Champagne Cider. Gi litre 1 Ave. Sandon, Is a prior location in Sandon. tt aims to please and '��� ��ere to stay. I, works ������.,, shi||s am| ^ ^ ^ pended operations or cu. down the quality of its output. It assays high in square meals and the larges. appetite can always bo satisfied by the cluinary efforts of Littly Sammy. Business Men's Lunch 25 cents. Short Order 25 cents and up- Sam Lloyd Proprietor.
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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Sandon (B.C.)
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Sandon, B.C. : William MacAdams
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