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BC Historical Newspapers
The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.
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Volume VI. No. 4. NEW DENVER, B. C, OCTOBER 27, 1898. Price, ��2 00 Year BEAUTIFUL SLOGANS P. A. O'Farrell, the talented writer who is doing- the mining- region of Kootenay for the eastern Canadian press, writes this excellent description of Sandon, the Slocan lake and surrounding country : Sandon is a city of 2,000 people in the bosom of the Kootenay mountains, and above it toweriug* into the limits of everlasting snow are forests a'id mountains that fill the traveller with awe. Sandon has its Mayor, its City Council, its water and fire departments. It has .an electric light system, its first-class hotels, I for one can live here just as luxuriously as in the Queen's or the Waldorf. It has churches���Methodist, Catholic, Episcopalian and Presbyterian, and it has saloons and dance halls without number. It is in good sooth, a cosmopolitan hamlet perched in tlie gorges of the Selkirks. where folks live and thrive just as well as they live and thrive around Milan or Brussels, or Canterbury or Hamilton. The surroundings at Sandon are hot like the surroundings of an Ontario or Ohio hamlet. The neat cottag*es just by gardens and orchards are not seen at Sandon. Here the corn is never seen to g*row, the. fruit trees never bud. or do the flowers ever bloom. The surroundings are mountains, whose slopes are primeval forests, and whose crests are everlasting snows. And yet in all the wide extended territory of the Dominion there is not a single town or hamlet where plenty and content are so plainly visible as in this same mountain city of Sandon., Two railroads connect it .with the outside world and bring thither daily all the creature comforts that wealth can buy. The choicest fruits of California and the richest wines of France have here a ready market. You can see the wares of Ontario, Flanders and New England displayed in the shop windows. The latest magazines, the latest scandals of tlie Champs Elysees and the newest developments ofroriental politics are discussed here in the clubs and cafes before some of the cities around the great lakes or on the banks of the Mississippi catch their significance. And that is so because Sandon is just as cosmopolitan as Venice in its halcyon davs. Here Wales and Scotland" and Cornwall and Minister and Ulster are full}* represented. The German, the Swede, the Frenchman, and the Italian are in force. It seems to me that there are as great a gathering of nationalities and clans as at that debacle which followed the building of the tower of Babel, and they all live and thrive and prosper and "they bless the age and the time in which they were oorn. And this is no fancy picture. I would not like to tarry long- at Sandon. I love the green field," the growing corn, the vineyard and the orchard just as passionately as 1 love the lake, the uioiin tain and the flood. 1 could not live forever in the midst of the most sublime forest and mountain scenery, for I ��� would long for the bellowing* cattle, the browsing; sheep, the flower garden and the orchard. But these folks that live up amid these glorious mountains are just as fascinated by them, and just as attached to them as the sailor to his ship and to the rolling billows of the main. That is one of the mysteries of life, which we Bohemians can never solve. To us Fleet Street aud the Strand, the Tenderloin aud the St. Hue de L' Opera are elysian fields for rest and recreation. ' To the. miner and prospector' there is no spot on earth like the wild mountain regions of the west where the gods have hidden the gold and silver treasures of the world. Seven years ago this Slocan country was discovered. The Slocan country comprises that extensive district lying in the foot of the Columbia and the Kootenay rivers. On the west are those magnificent lakes known as Upper and Lower Arrow, and on the east of this district lies the no less beautiful and picturesque Kootenay lake The Slocan country itself is a region of magnificently glorious mountains bearing a hundred glaciers in its bosom and interspersed by ten thousand torrents, creeks and rivulets, and in the midst ot all the most supremely beautiful lake upon the Americas, ���the Eeerless Slocan. The beauty of Slocan ���ake is so wonderful, so wierd, so unique, so grand that it recalls the words of the English poet : "Beauth's princely majesty is such, It confounas the tongue and makes the heart to quake.'' I have boated over this enchanting lake. I have gazed upon it from mountain tops 5,000 feet above, and I confess that its beauty exercises over me a fascination and a power that no other manifestation of nature that I have yet beheld can be compared to. And what adds perhaps to my amazement is the fact that all this 'marvellous natural scenery should have- been completely hidden from the appreciation of civilized man till'but a few short I doubt if even the boldest and bravest of the red men penetrated these mountain fastnesses or ever boated on the waters of these lovely lakes. To-day the iron horse of civilization rolls along the shores of Slocan Lake and awakes a thousand echoes along those glorious mountains. To-day Canadian Pacific steam boats ply from shore to shore, and ploughs enchanting waters, which are almost too sacred for tho gondola of the artist or the lover. But where are they who gave this Slocan country to Canada and to man ? Where are those prospectors���those pioneers of civilization, who first discovered the fabulous treasures stored in the bosom of the mountains of this lovely land? The first two, Jack' Seaton and Eli Carpenter are both reported dead. Carpenter gave his name to. the creek which flows by Sandon and Three Forks, and that"creek will give him immortality. It was prospecting' along this creek seven years, ag-o that thev stumbled upon the Payne mine, ft was a rich galena or silver-lead mine, and when they found it they hastened back to Ainsworth to have the ore assayed. Some disagreement arose between them and they parted, and Seaton returned to tlie district with Jack McGuigan, Jack Hennessey and Bill Hennessey. They arrived before Carpenter, and they located the Maid of Erin, the Mountain Chief and the Two Jacks���all extensions of the Payne, and then located the Noble Five, the Last Chance and a number of others. Stephen Bailey bought the Payne from Carpenter and Seaton for 8800, and he bought the Maid of Erin, the Two Jacks and the Mountain Chief for 85,000, and these , form the famour. Payne group of mines of the Slocan. S. S. Bailev sold his interest in the Payne group for 875,000 to W A. McCune, of Salt Lake. McCune is one of the best known mining men ofthe west, and is a power politically and financially in Utah. He was one of the old War Eagle stockholders, and he was a firm believer in the great value of that mine, and bitterly opposed its sale to Messrs. Blackstock and Gooderham. He also owned the Nickle Plate and is a stockholder of the Pilgrim and Moneta. When he took possession of the Payne he had the mine opened up in a business-like manner, and the mine is paying $100,000 a month in dividends. 1 went through it a few days ago with Superintendent Dwyer, aiid I found about 120 men working there. The Payne is a big'ger dividend payer than the Le Roi. By mining and sliip- ing 100 tons of ore a'day it can make a yearly net profit of more than $2,000,- 000. ' The Payne is a small fissure averaging not more than two and a half feet," but every pound of galena taken out of that vein will run over 120 ozs. of silver and over 60 per cent, in lead to the ton. One hundred and twenty-five men will break and mine this 100 tons of ore, and no power plant, no air drills, no hoisting "or steam or electric machinery of any kind will be needed for years. In, fact the Payne justly ranks among the richest mines ever discovered. The original discoverers of the group sold the whole out for about 86,000. That was seven years ago. The present owners can clean up $6,000 a day. Eli Carpenter and Jack Seaton reaped but small reward from their great dis- j covery,* for Seaton lies in an obscure grave, and Carpenter, if rumor speaks true, perished in the Klondike while hunting for another stake. McCune on the other hand derives an income from the Payne which places'liim among the financial kings ofthe world. Sandon like every other town and village that I have ever known has its great man, its king, its village Hampden. J. M. Harris is the" King of Sandon. Away back in civil war days Johnny Harris'grew up amid the corn and tobacco fields of old Virginia. Those were dark days for the old Dominion, for ruin and desolation followed in the wake of war. The oldest and wealthiest families were reduced to poverty, and there was nothing left for the youth of the country but. to seek for fortune in fresh fields and pastures. Johnny Harris while! still a mere boy came to the. mining regions of Idaho. He was young, inexperienced and of slight physique, and for years worked ���at odds and ends, and worked the fickle goddess of fortune with a most admirable persistency. Even in those days Johnny Harris was a dreamer. In the gorges" of the Rockies, on the slopes of the forest clothed mountains, in the log cabin or beside the lonely camp fire, he was wont to dream of the home of his youth, and he vowed that some day he would return thither and buy himself a home and a plantation, where he would live the ideal life of old Virginia planters. It was in the midst of these dreams and of sore disaopointments and distress that Harris "heard of the first discoveries of Slocan, and immediately he stampeded for the new country. He secured a third interest in a prospect called the Reco for a few hundred dollars, and the RecO was a bonanza for Johnny Harris. It has made him the king -jf Sandon. He has a monopoly of the lakes, the light and water plants, the trade, and even the gossip ofthe city, and he wears his rewards and honors well. And his day dream is at last accomplished, for away back in old Virginia in the midst of broad acres, gardens, meadows, orchards and corn stands a magnificent mansion, of which J. M. Harris is the lord and master, and thus it has come to pass that the wealth of British Columbia has enabled Johnny Harris to achieve his day dreams and to return to old Virginia "to live henceforth in baronial splendour and in luxurious case. The Reco has two veins, and in one of these is a band of galena that is fabulously rich. They mine ore that runs as high as 810,000 to the ton. But they can only ship in winter, for the ore must be raw-hided on the snow. The mine has paid about 8250,000 in dividends, and it has hardly been touched as vet i he Slocan Star is another of the Sandon mines that has made fortunes for its owners. I am glad to state that discoveries in the lowest tunnel are of such a nature that the Slocan Star is a bigg*er mine than ever. The Ruth is another fabulously rich mine, and is coining money for'its owners, who are an English or else a Scotch company. The Idaho, also principally owned by an English company, is paying big dividends. The Rambler-Cariboo I did not have a chance to see, and 1 could not get positive information about it, but its manager Mr. D. Shea assured me that it would soon rival the Slocan Star.. The Wonderful and the Miller Creek Mines I saw and am satisfied that they will be big producers. To sum up, 1 saw enough of new development iu Sandon to convince the most sceptical that the Sandon district will produce wealth enough to enrich an empire. It is making" millionaires of men who build palaces in Spokane, in Salt Lake and in Butte; of men who buy baronial grandeur on the banks of the James River. It looks to me as if it were far easier to achieve a fortune here than in the Klondike, for the richest so far discovered and produced ai e but a foretaste of the far vaster riches which in course of time these mountains will bring forth. P. A. O'Farrell. The packing of ore down from the California continues. In another day two car loads, or 10 tons, will be at the wharf for shipment. The second clean up of the Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company's properties oii the south fork of tlie Quesnelle, made a week ago, is valued at 336,000, bringing the total for the season up to ��100,000: Late improvements at the Queen Bess have made that mine the best equipped in many ways of the Slocan. The buildings for the "accommodation of the men employed there are tlie most comfortable and conveniently arranged. The clean up at the Fern mine on October 5th amounted to close upon 810.000. There was saved in the mill 86,(550 in 33 days run, which with a car of shipping ore and the concentrates brought the total up to 89,650. The Congo is in trouble. A mechanics lien has been levied upon the two-thirds interest held by F. L. Byron, by Gus Kruger, Robt. R". and Geo. A. McDonald. This is for work done on the property in the past month or two. Since development work on the Noble Five was resumed some months ago that great galena producer has improved greatly. Immense bodies of ore have been struck and it is said the property will be a steady shipper again by the first of the year. The souvenir edition of the Vancouver Province is as'handsome a piece of work as was ever turned out for a like purpose by any paper in the country. It gives, by illustiation and otherwise, a flattering description of Vancouver in particular, and is a credit to the Province. THE M0NEY METALS I IX AND ABOUT THE SLOGAN. showing on the American Good ore is Boy. Ovei 200 men are employed in the mines adjacent to Silverton." The Wakefield will it is estimated ship 1,600 tons of ore this winter. Work is being pushed on the Treasure Vault bunkhouses by Folliott & McMillan. was taken out in one dav last Half a car load of ore and sacked at the Bosun week. Pat Mooney will work the Black Grouse, on the north fork of Carpenter, all winter. Twenty men are working on the True Blue, near Kaslo. A trail is to be built to the lake Enough snow has fallen to enable the Comstoek to commence rawhiding ore to ;the wagon road. Several car loads are to be shipped at once; also a test shipment of concentrating ore is being rawhided to the concentrator, which, according to contract, will be in running order by the middle of January. W. H. Sandiford is pushing work on the Condor group and expects to make of this property, while perhaps not another Bosun, yet a big shipping mine. The property is being surveyed for a crown grant, and everything being done to perfect title, etc permanent, established mine. Washington, Oct 21.���The director of the mint, in his repor*) on the production of precious metals during the calendar, year of 1897 just submitted to the secretary of the treasury, deals not only with the production of gold and silver in the United States, but in foreign countries as well, and draws a comparison between the production^ of the leading producing countries of the world. The value of gold produced in thf. United States during the calendar ye^r of 1867 was 857,363,000. The South African Republic holds first place, producing* gold to. the value of $57,633,861. Australia produced $55,684,182 and Russia 823,245,763. There was a notable increase in the production of gold in the world during 1897 over 1896: The United States increased $4,275,000; the South African Republic made the remarkable gain of $13,854,192; Australia increased $10,502,249 and Russia, 81,709,790. The United States produced during the year 53,860,000 fine ounces of silver and' Mexico, 53,503,180 fine ounces, a decrease for the United States of 4,974,- 900 fine ounces and an increase for Mexico of 8,256,756 fine ounces. The following tables show the production of the principal producing' states and territories of the United States for the calendar year 1897: Gold, men did the damage to the enemy, compelling two of the tribe to bite the dust. Their carcases were on exhibition in the rear of the Jackson House. Machinery for the Whitewater concentrator keeps am ving*, but it is not expected that things will be in running order ere December. Rev. Dr. Spencer, of Toronto, western org-anizer and evangelist of the Baptist church, paid us a visit last week. He has secured a building and in a week or two a missionary ol that body will be devoting part of his time to the"town. OF LOCAL INTEREST. to put it on a footing as a ROSSLAND MIXING NEWS employed on the Big* to be worked on the smelter will resume the coke supply is available from the Crow's Nest. The Pilot Bay operations when Three sacks of ore from the Miller creek property, weighing 700 pounds, were shown in Sandon last week. A sampling of ore sent to the Halls smelter by the Vancouver, Four Mile, gave an average of 364 ounces silver to the ton. Work enough is being done on-the Pembroke, near Silverton, for a crown grant. Gas Kruger has the contract for the work. Some fine ore is being shown by A. E. Fauquier from a strike on tlie'Convention, on Convention bluff, Silver mountain. It is said in London that the price which the London and British Columbia Gold Fields will pay for the Slocan Bov is 850,000. The Fidelity ground is being thoroughly prospected by experts witli a view to starting work on an extensive scale later in the season. It is difficult to get men in the Slocan to cut wood, and in consequence there is said to be something like a wood famine in Sandon. A two-foot ledge is showing on the Baby Fraction, adjoining the Noonday, and tbe ore gives evidence of this being the Noonday lead. The Silver Cup, in the Lardeau, has 350 tons of high grade ore ready for shipment or on the road to the smelter. The ore will run about $165 to the ton. As soon as the first snow falls work will be resumed on the Mamere. The shaft, now down 25 feet, will be sunk deeper on the lead and other openings made. Last week the mines about Sandon and New Denver shipped 560 tons, as follows: Payne 340> . Slocan Star 120, Last Chance 40, Ruth 20, Bosun 20 and California 20. '��� ' ' '������' Five men are Four. Two shifts are Giant. The showing has much improved on the Grand Prize. Excellent quartz and iron are showing on the Alberta. Two machines are at work in the Virginia. The shaft is down 250 feet. The Gertrude shaft is being pushed at the rate of a foot a dav. it is down 105 feet. The Deer Park shaft is down 290 feet. Crosscutting will be commenced when the 300-foot^level is reached. The fault in the Mascot ledge has been passed throug'h and ore is again showing in the workings. The War Eagle shipped 1,063 tons last week. The main shaft is down 700 feet. Ore ;is in the full width of the workings. The three 'compartment shaft on the Centre Star is being* sunk rapidly, and Superintendent Hastings expects to have it down 550 feet inside of a year. Ore shipments last week amounted to 'J,833 tons, as compared with 1,145 tons for the corresponding week last year. Total shipments since January 1st 87,108 tons. The main shaft of the Le Roi is down 800 feet. A station will be; cut out at this level and the shaft continued. Preparations arc; under way to put in 12 stages and an immense amount of ore will be produced. An important strike was made last week on the Jumbo. In many ways this is on<! of the most has yet been made in the camp, for it proves that the main mineral zone of the north belt extends from Columbia mountain through Monte Christo and Red mountains, clear through to Mt. Spokane, a distance of two and one-half miles. Another K. of P. Ball. Sliver. State or Territory. Value. Coin','? Val Alaska * .��1,778.000 *** 150,000 Arizona... 2,805,000 2.982.082 California 14,300,300 613 .'166 Colorado 10,014,200 27,974,435 Idaho 1,710,700 6,336,905 Montana 4,437,400 20.��!57,487 Nevada 2,976,400 1,588,881 ������"few Mexico 376.500 607,535' Oregon 1,353,100 89,212 South Dakota 5.963,900 100,836 Utah 1,726,100 8,171,58.8 Washington .310,900 138,314 The total production of gold for the United States was 2,774,935 fine ounces, value, 857,268,000. Silver, 53,860,000 fine ounces, valued at 869.637,172. While many of the most productive silver mines of the past are closed down the increased production from lead and copper ores has offset this loss The total world's production for the calendar year 1897 was : Gold,. $237,504,800 ; silver, 183,096,090 fine ounces (coinage valve), ��236,730,300. The worH's production of silver is thus shown to be largely in excess of any previous year, that of 1895, when the production was 167,500,960 ounces, being- the larg*est. The total value of gold, deposited at the mints and assay offices during-the year was $87.924,232, consisting of $67,- 923,535 domestic and$20,000,597 foreign. The value of silver deposited at the same institution for return in fine bars which were used in the industrial arts or exported was $12,707,718, of which amount $11,847,530 was domestic and $859,598 foreign. The United States coinage during the vear was: Gold, $76,028,485 and silver, $18,487,297, of which amount $12,651,731 was in standard silver dollars coined from silver purchased under act of July 14, 1S90, prior to November 1, 1893, the date of the repeal of the purchasing clause of said act. The world's coinage during the year, including* re-coinage, was: Gold, $437,- 719.342; silver, $142,380,5SS, or a total of $5S0,099,930. The highest London price for silver. 95 line/ British standard, during the year was 29 13-1'Sd per ounce, the lowest 23;fd and the average price, 27 9-li'd. , equivalent to $0,601J9 in United States money per ounce fine. At the average [trice of silver for the year the bullion value of the silver dollar was $0.*1'!7. The value of the net gold export for the-year was $512,fi09 and the value of the net silver export for the same period was $2ii,287,Hl2. There was consumed in the industrial arts in the United States during the important that calendar year 1897 gold to the $11,870,231 and silver to tlu $11,201,150. The world's consumption of the precious meials in the industrial arts during the same period was: Gold, $59,005,980: silver, $40,135,577. On January 1, 1898, the metallic stock of the United States consisted of: Gold. $745,245,953; silver, $635,310,064; or a total of $1,380,556,017. value of 'ue of va The New Denver Lodge Knights of Pythias will give a social ball in Clever's hall, on Thursday, Nov. 3rd. Tickets $1.00, supper provided extra. It is enough simply to say that the Knights are giving the ball to insure a large attendance Millward's orchestra in attendance���everybody in attendance. Eyes Tested Free. G. W. Grimmett, the well-known jeweler and optician, graduate ofthe Detroit Optical Institute, will be in New Denver on October 31st and Nov. 1st, at Rbbie's tailoring establishment, next to post office. Eyes tested free. JOTTINGS FROM WHITEWATKK. Don't forget the balloon Thursday evening next. James Gilhooley is somewhere on the Colville Reservation. Wm. Boston is doing* work on some Eight Mile properties." , Dan McPherson has sold his drayiiig business to J. C. Harris. Hugh Sutherland and wife arrived from Winnipeg this week. Elizabeth Brown will open an hotel in Three Forks this month*. Mirtin Clair will reopen the Thistle hotel, Silverton in a few days. W. H. Brandon and wife will spend the winter in Guelph, Ontario. Jim Sheeran is thinking seriously of spending the winter in Clncago. On Friday evening the Oddfellows will hold their second annual ball in Slocan City. A sidewalk is being laid down the north side of Slocan avenue to the Record office. Major Reed has finished his annual assessments and will move his camp to Silverton this week. Church of England services in the Mission Room, on Sunday next, 30th inst., at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wm. Glynn and wife left for Spokane on Tuesday. They will spend the winter in tlie Sandwich Islands. The Kootenay * Mining Standard, of Nelson, has made its appearance. It "is wholly to supply a long felt want." Pat Murray has been very ill at Greenwood City for several weeks past from mountain"fever. He is slowlv re- Mr. McDowell, of Aspen, Colorado, was in New Denver on Monday. He thinks the chances in the Slocan are unequalled in America. The C.P.R. is exempt from taxation in Vancouver. The by-law carrying with it such exemption was passed by a vote of 523 against 315. Ed. Shannon and Dan McPherson will work the Arden aud Silverite, two promising claims they own just below the Marion, on Silver mountain. D. Ii. McLennan is in town for a few days. Dan says he left Dad Black in good condition and that Trout Lake City is bound to be a great town some day. The Slocan was visited by a mute book agent last week, and several Xew Den- verites are positive now that there is one thing in existence that beats a . book agent that can talk. Palma Angrignon is having a sight surveyed on Carpenter creek for his electrical power plant, it being his intention to use water power instead of steam as soon as possible. A pleasant social was given last night at the Methodist parsonage to all those win participated in the excellent concert given by the Ladies' Aid in Clever's hall some time ago. Sandon will have a continuation ofthe comique. It was so decided last week when a vote was taken and the beer hall supporters won by four votes. At the same polling it was decided to borrow $15,000 to be expendedon creek improvements. Four of the Whitewater boys had an exciting time last Friday night. They sallied out late in the evening jto repel a projected attack by bruin on the peace loving citizens. After waiting some time lying in ambush they distinctly heard the tread of the approaching foe and the patriotic gents prepared to get in their deadly work. The invading force was composed of four good-sized denzens of the forest. The party who defended was also of that number, but half of the number were armed with rifles, the others carrying revolvers. From reports the revolvered John Thorpe, an undertaker from Westchester, Pa., accompanied by his wife, was in New Denver last Friday and had the remains of Wm. Darlington, who died in Slocan City last summer and was buried in the cemetery here, disinterred, and shipped to his mother's home in Pennsylvania for reinterment bv the side of the father. MISS JANE COOMBS. A rare treat is in store for theatregoers. We congratulate Manager Spencer upon a notable engagement, that of Miss Jane Coombs, one of the world's greatest actresses, who will appear in Sandon in November in a series of her celebrated characters, sup- Eorted by her fine company. This will e the important theatrical event of the season, and our citizens will turn out en masse to welcome this grand actress. THE LEDGE, NEW DKJSVER, B.C., OCTOBER 27, 1898. Sixth Year The Ledge. Published every Thursday. R. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: : ,'io 1.25 2.00 5.00 Three months Six " Twelve "*��� Three years Transient Advertising, 25 cents per line first in sertion, 10 cents per line subsequent insertions nonpareil measurement. TO CONTRIBUTORS. Correspondence from every part of the Kootenay District and communications upon live topics ahvays acceptable. Write on both sides of the paper if you wish. Ahvays send something* good no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it is hot, and we will do the rest A pencil cross in this square indicates that your subscription is due, and that the editor wishes once again to look at your collateral. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1898. SCRAPS FROM THE JEDITOK'S DK5K. AVe publish this week a list ot minerals found in the Slocan. We will be pleased to publish a further list if any more are discovered. In the door ofthe Slocan prosperity can be plainly seen, and before many moons glide past we look for money to be plentiful as turkeys at Christmas. The commission that is * 'investigating" the alleged mismanagement of affairs by the U. S. war department in the war with Spain, is not finding out anything about it, and is developing a fiasco of huge proportions. ' There are estimated to be at least nine prospects on Silver Mountain that will becoVne mines. This number of mines at the back of New Denver will have a tendency to make it a third Butte, as well as the Lucerne of America. There is a County Registrar in New Denver, but he cannot do business owing to the fact that the government has not yet had time to provide him with a seal. It is to be hoped that the matter will not be overlooked much longer. , Sandon decided in favor of a Comique last week by a vote of the people. The feeling must be very , strong in the matter as the element against is generally strong enough to crush anything in opposition. Sandon enjoys the distinction of being a minature Monte Carlo, and is the most wide-open city in Canada. Indications point to a, general election within a year. Both political parties are busy organizing all over the fat Dominion and there will be a hot time in Canada when the event takes place. As a side-show to the main circus, British Columbia will probably have a home election about the same time. Newspaper men will please get their mitts ready. De Moines, la., can turn out more human freaks than almost any other city in America, and this is saying a great deal. The latest is a young woman who committed suicide by deliberately eating live spiders. It should not be difficult to weave a web of interesting circumstances about the body of this unfortunate girl, but what an insane notion, and how like one of Danta's dreams! most importance that the government of British Columbia should have a well-informed agent here thoroughly acquainted with British Columbia, and able to give persons interested in this country reliable information, particularly at the present time, ���* when so many events of momentous importance in the development of the province are occurring. . The interests of British Columbia demand that there should be some agency for the distribution of accurate information regarding the country. So much British capital is already employed in the development of the Province and Canada generally that it is absolutely indispensable that statistical and other data should be readily forthcoming from some office situated in the city." All that Sir Charles says is fully realized by the provincial government. It was, indeed, the full realization of the importance of such an oflice as he refers to being established in London that led to the closing of the office presided over by Mr. Forbes "Vernon. The London Star of Sept. 30, prints a letter bearing directly upon the question, which will give British Columbians a better understanding of the causes that prompted the cutting off of Mr. Vernon's fat office that was so difficult to And, being located far away from the business centre in a fashionable suburb of London. The Star correspondent says, in part: "I think it is rather rough on the most startlingly progressive province of the Dominion that its accredited agent in London should lead interviewers to suggest that British Columbia is in any sense "retreating" and obtain for the opinion the importance of an expression in the. finance column of the Star. "Mr. Vernon is an honorable gentleman who has done yeoman service for his government in ancient times after the ancient methods, and surely with his shrewd Hibernian instinct he must be able to recognize that in these wide-awake modern days, pushing British Columbians demand value for their money, and he cannot honestly think British Columbia has gained value even to the amount of 5 per cent, on his good round salary by the existence of the office over which he so faithfully presides. When, in .1894, the electors would not find him a suitable appointment at home, he was opportunately pitchforked into the snug little berth vacated by Premier Turner's partner, and instead of seeming aggrieved at the carrying out of a long contemplated policy, lie should feel lucky thus to have found active service for his patriotism for so long a time. British Columbia is the young hopeful of Canada, and the alert staff at the high commissioner's offices in Victoria street will not allow information seekers to go away hungry." GO IN' FISHIX'. When the crops hez all been planted, An' the plow's been put away, An' you get to feelin' lonesome Ail' want to take a day In an interview with a Winnipeg newspaper man, ex-Premier Turner told in his own way his opinion ofthe present B. C. government. "The new government and opposition have an exactly equal number of supporters, " said he, ' 'nineteen each. The government is counting on the appointing of an opposition member to the speakership, but in this it will be disappointed, for none of our men could be induced to accept the honor, great though it may be. We are united and will preserve our full strength throughout the coming struggle. * * * Not many dismissals have taken place yet, but a wholesale clean-up is contemplated, the government being afraid to do much at present, owing to its precarious hold upon the reins of power. Their lean and hungry supporters are clamoring loudly for reward in the meantime, and the axe must soon commence to fall on the heads of many civil servants, or the lives of the new ministers will not be worth living." It is readily seen that the ex-Premier has not fullv recovered from the effects of his dismissal from office. He occasionally resorts.to the amusing pastime of articulating through his hat. A(iEXT-fi KN KHA I.'-* O K F I V K C I.OS I** I). IHE MINEKAIS OF SbOCAX, Without referring to quantities but simply to show the variety of minerals found in this camp the following list is interesting. Each item is vouched for by a well-known prospector, who has been a resident here for several years : Silver���Native silver, silver glance, ruby silver, argentiferous. galena, zinc, antimony and grey copper. Gold���Free gold in both quartz and placers, gold associated with iron pyrites, pyrrhotite, copper pyrites, galena and its carbonates. Lead���Galena and its carbonates. Copper���Native copper, eonper pyrites, black oxide of copper, and the carbonates azuntc and malachite, grey copper classed with silver ores. Zinc���Both black and brown varities.of zinc blende, the black jack is generally silver bearing. Iron���Iron pyrites, pyrrhotite. arsnopyrite, llmonite, snat'iic iron and magnetite; -the last named as black sand only. Antimony is found in several places in the camp aud manganese in the form of oxides is often iioticed;on outcrops and with the gangue matter of veins. Small quantises of molybdenite have been noticed. Native arsenic and sulphur are occasionally seen and graphite is plentiful in many of the veins in the slate and limestone area. Clay suitable for brick making, and limestone for production of quick lime both occur in the camp. The following spars occur in the veins here : Limt'Spar (calcite) and heavyspar (barytes.) The former commonly and the hitter rarely. As we would like to have a complete list we shall be p.eased to hear from prospectors or mine owners who may have noticed anv ommissions in above statement. The mine, prospect or particular place of occurrence is requested, Mli AN' JIM, When you hear the reddies barkin' In the trees at early morn, An' the blackbirds callin' loudly In the green an' growin' corn. When the air is sweet and fragrant From the blossoms on the trees, An' the heat is kind of balanced By a soft and coolm' breeze . Resurrect your lishin' tackle From the bo:tom of the drawer; Get out your rubber wadin' boots From behind the kitchen door. Dig some baiter ketch some minnies, 'N sneak off to the crick, Git where the grass is highest. An' the alders kind of thick, 'N goa-fishin'. If i er gittin' cross an' cranky, An' a-feelin' kinder blue, On account of business troubles An bills a coniin' due. If ye have that "all gone" feelin', An' are tired of din an' town, An' want to hrvatho the fresh pure air An' tramp through medders brown If ye want to feel real hungry An'raise an appetite, So's when vou set down to supper The gruh'll taste all right; Git down your jointed lishin' rod, Don't forgit vour lines an' reel; Fix up a little "luncheon An' put it in your creel. Start out early in tbe. mornin', While the dew is on the grass. An' make for that secluded spot Where lays the fightin' bass, 'N go a-tishili'. -W. F. Kuhl. r.IOTJID AIR WONDERS.'. The company organized to manufacture liquid air commercially is building a ��20,000 plant in New York, which will have a capacity of 30 gallons an hour, ���or 720 gallons a day. This is equivalent to an output of 1,440,000 pounds of ice daily. The cost of manufacture will not exceed 10 cents a gallon. The retail price to consumers will be ��2 a gallon��� rather a neat profit'for the producer. But how does this compare with ice? 1 pay 40 cents per 100 pounds, or SO a ton, and am cheated daily. For SO I can buy three gallons of liquid air, equal to three tons of ice, and get my money's worth every time. Then there is the convenience of handling air, which means much. It is as safe as electricity. The manufacture of liquid air commercially is the most important economic accomplishment we have known since the discovery of the uses of steam. Consider a few of the things it will do: It will, besides refrigerating cheaply residences, ice chests, packinghouses, breweries, hospitals, cars, ships, cellars, etc., supplant powder and'dynamite as an explosive, take the place of steam as a i motive power, do away with electricity in the; propulsion of bicycles and horseless carriages, and forever destroy the usefulness of pressure blowers and fans as ventilators. One volume of liquid air produces 748 volumes of gas So far no vessels have been made sufficiently strong to stand the tension on changing the air from a liquid to a gaseous "state, but they will come in time. Liquid air will be used in reducing all refractory ores. Rubber and iron are made so brittle by contact with it that they can be broken like glass, and a fio.v'er exposed to its awful temperature, while retaining its perfect form, crumbles to ashes at the slightest touch. GO SLOW. r-^ ��� -���-*-~-*"~-���-~" * ��� ���**-*-'- Baulk of Montreal. Established 1S17. ,' Capital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00 Reserved fund : : 6,000,000.00 Undivided profits : : 896,850.04 JHEAD OFFICE, MONTKEAt. Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount RorAL, G.C.M.G. President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice President, E. S. Clouston, General Manager, Branches in all parts of Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain, and the United States. New Denver branch F. J. FINUCANE, Manager: >wi*--r**OT*M*npa-j-r'-w'**a SHE NEVER WAS A HOY. When 1 came home the other night, With an ugly looking eye That I had got into a light. Poor ma commenced to cry ; But when' 1 told pa how it was, He clapped his hands for jov, And told me I done bully, 'cause Once he had heeu a boy. "Bows will lie boys," 1 heard him say, ���'���Thev won't be otherwise, And the one unit learns to tight his way Is the one thai, wins the prize ; When I was his age. fightin' was My greatest earthly joy������"' But ma kept on cry in", 'can e She i ever was a'boy. My golly, but I'd hate to be A girl with fluffy hair, Aud always prim as A B C. With clothes too clean to wear ! When ma, was small I s'p-iW; she was Red.eheecked, and sweet, and coy��� But, oh, tho fun that missed her 'cause She never was a boy ! ��� , ��� Good times will come to a comparatively speedy end if everybody rushes into extravagance. A steady period of activity, based upon solid business, will be far better than a "regular boom" with its inevitable reaction. A large proportion of the American people are quick to take chances, and in their self- confidence to go 'beyond their depth in both their business and manner of living. The level headed in all occupations, says an exchange, realize that the time is at hand to make money���not so much through extraordinary prices as by activities in buying and selling, close economies in production and marketing, and the wipinjt out of debts with a consequent saving in interest. Then having gotten a little ahead, the shrewd ones will know how to invest it safely against the I hard times which in the natural course of things may be expected to come again at some date in the future. If a man be level head he will recognize value of tliis caution; if he is not he will rush into some extravagance (that wont do him any good, but that others will profit by) and will be no better off when the next hard times strikes ue. A Few Pointers to Advertisers. Tin-: AuiKUTA I'Hoituct; Co. of Calgary, contemplates sending into the Kuotenay during the fall mid winter regular carload shipments of Potatoes, and other farm produce. The trade only will be .supplied and we solicit the co-oueration of the Slocan dealers. For particulars and prices write to Tims. II. IxgkaM Hox lT.s, Calgary, Alta. . .Representing AlU-rti Produce Co.. and Manitoba (���rain Co., Ltd. We do what we advertise to do. Speakino in a recent interview in London in regard to the closing of the agent-general's office there by the B. C. government, Sir Charles Tupper said Where me an' Jhn played marbles���Jim Clarke, his name in full��� There's still a village only there, an' passin' days are dull. But them old times the locust shades re'ehed clean acrost the .street, The. white blooms hangin' over us���seen nothin' since so sweet. Ai'i'.Mm could, 1 remember well, plump out the middle, man As easy \s some wild cowboy now with his good rifle can. An' seems I hear, **My go this time,'' as plain as then it rung 'When me an' Jim played marbles an' Jim an' un: wus young. Tlie boys. I guess, have wandered off, an' maybe some are dead. Tlie locust trees have rolled down where Once their shudders spread. Tiie oldlike, villagers, no doubt, arc. seen no more where they' Sot. on the fence an' watched the game that they when young would play. Mat still I vea.rn to wonder back, air under that old sl-y Look iny last look on boyhood's scenes when I shall come lo die An' re~t forever niuli where, trees their lovin' shadders flung Where me an' Jim played marl Jes when Jim an' me wus young. ��� Will T. Hale in Cincinnati Eii<piirer_ The following are a few of those who stand in the way of the advancement of a town and are a detriment to any community : Those who go out of their own town to do their trading; those who oppose improvements; those who prefer a quiet town to one of push and busi, ness; those who imagine they run a town; those who distrust public-spirited men ; those who oppose every movement which does not originate with themselves; those who put on a long face Avhen a stranger talks of locating in the town; those who oppose every public enterprise which does not appear of personal benefit to themselves; those who speak to injure the credit of individuals; those who think business can be done without advertising. Company is Kesponsible. C. S. lvASHDALL. .Votary Public. A. E. FAUQUIER. RASHDALL & FAUQUIER MINES & REAL ESTATE. NEW DENVER, B.C. M1N.1NO 1NTEKESTS BuUGHT, SOLD and BONDED. COKRKSPONDKNCE INVITED Abstracts of Title to mineral claims. H. T. BRAG DON, New Denver, B.C. Heavy and Shelf Hardware Mine aud Mill Supplies, Pipe and Fittings, Paints and Oils, Builders' and Contractors' Supplies, Stoves and Kitchen Ware, Agents for Canton Steel. I carry one of the largest and best assorted stocks of Hardware in West Kootenay, and shall be pleased to quote prices upon anything required u my line. -^ggjmCTyrnaft-ai-gtmzr.^^ QTEL^SANDON, *^i ?A ^ m 7^ ^i Sandon, B.C. HPHIS NEW HOUSE, with the old name, is well equipped to accommodate a large number of G-uests. The building is plastered and the rooms are unsurpassed for comfort in ��� the Slocan, while in the Dining Room can be found the best food in the market. Robert Cunning, Proprietor. Don't impair your happiness by bor- I consider it of the lit-1 rowin��- trouble, or lending* money. Pender, a miner injured while working- in the .War Eagle mine, was awarded0 83,000 damages last week by a jury Of the decision the Leader says : ''���Doubtless what influenced the jury more than anything else was the evident loose manner in which certain dangerous expedients were carried on, such for example, as the throwing of steel down into a level along which men were constantly passing. Tlie present case forms a precedent and clearly demonstrates that a company employ- in"' men is responsible for any accident that mav occur to them through neglect or failure on the part ot the company to observe ordinary safeguards in working.*' F Pyinan lias again commenced to do business in New Denver. Bring your watches to him when they are. out of order. This gentleman is evidently having a busy time of it. He is probably- one of those Bohemian artists that are masters of no trade or calling, and travel about from place to place. This striking illustration of how tenderly he is loved is presented more for the purpose ot attracting your attention to this space, that we may impress upon your mind what we have to say. To begin with, we, too, are busy, but not in this way. We are hard pushed to supply the demand for our upholstered goods, in this and neighboring towns. But we are taking orders for more, and if you want anything in this line, in the way ot repairing, making over or making anew, we ask you to see us, examine the work and get prices. WALKER & BAKER, New Kui'uit.iire Dealers niul Kupnivei's Denver's Undertakers ami Kmbiiliiiei's. X. B.���Wc. h;ive the only practical Undertaker and Emhalmer doing business in the Slucan. the Clifton House, Sandon. Has ample accommodations for a large number of people. The rooms are large and airy, and the Dining Room is provided with everything in the market Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers. John Buckley, Prop. Travelers Will lind thc Arlington Hotel a pleasant place to stop at when in Slocan City. G.ETHING & HENDERSON, rroprietors. ic.o.Dk ,��r!??llIed,, for & Delivered AUNDRY W. S. Dkkwry Kaslo, B.C. II. 'IV Twigo New Denver, B.C. DREWRY & TWIGG Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors. Civil and Mining Engineers. Bedford, McNeil Code. S3TRashdall & Fauquier. Agents. TO LETTER-WRITERS HE Postal Authorities' advice to all who write letters is tc have the name and address of the writer printed up'.in the envelope.. This saves time and prevcnti? letters going to the Dead better Otlice. In order to help out the puhiio ill this imp -riant matter we will piviil. yuiir name and address upon Pi i Nn. T while envelopes and mail them to any part of'Caniidit llj-'Mi receipt of . ���" 75 CENTS. 1) R. A.S. MAIW"���..li. Dentist. Kaslo, B ('��� Graduate of American College of Dental Surgery Chicago __ ( -< WlbLIM & JOHNSON. .T (McGiin Mining Engineers & Analy-Chemists. Slocan City, 1! < WASTED. Industrious man of character to travel and appoint agents. Salary and expenses paid. BRAD'bEY-G \ RRETSON COMPANY,Limited Toronto. J. M. M. BENEDUM, Silverton. TllK LEDCiE. New Denver. |]OWARD WEST, Assoc, I! S M. London. Eng MINING ENGINEER, ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, oc ASSAYER. Properties examined and reported- on 1,,; 'in tending purchasers. Assay ollice and Chemical Lahoraiory. Belle vneave. New Denver. 15 C. We are now in a position to give thoroughly sat- isfactory service and solicit your patronage. We make a specialty of tlie liner lines of Cambrics and Linens, etc. All business cash on delivery. Work Done on Short Notice. C. M. NESBITT, Prop. ./'".'"-Rates furnished Hotels, Steamboat Companies, etc, on application. El Dorada Ave. j;[( L. GRIMMETT, L.L.B. BARRISTER, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc Sandon, B, C. in G. KAUQVIEIi. NOTARY PUBLIC. Nakusp, B.C. ���- THE MINERS'EXCHANGE. Three Forks, E. C. Weaver Sixth Year. THE LEDGrE, NEW DENVER, B.C., OCTOBER 27.1898. LIFE IS A GAME OF CARDS. Anon. Life is but a game of cards which each one has to iearn, Each shuffles, cuts and deals a pack and each a trump doth turn, Some turn a high card at the top. while others turn a low, Some hold a hand quite full of trumps, while others none can show. Some shuffle with a practised hand and pack their cards with care, So thev may know when they are dealt where all the leaders are. Thus fools are made the dupes of rogues, and rogues each other cheat; But he is very wise indeed who never mets defeat. In playing, some lead the ace,their counting: card to save, Some play the deuce, and some the tray, and many play the knave. Some play for money and some for fun, and more for worldly fame. And not until the game's played out can they count up their gain. When hearts are trump we play for love, then ��� pleasure decks the hour; No thought of sorrow cheeks, our joy, in rosos beauteous bower. We dance and sing, sweet music make, our cards at random play, And while the hearts remain on top, our game is but a holiday. * When diamonds chance to crown the top, then players.stake their gold, And heavy sums are won and lost by gamblers young aud old. Intent on winning, each doth watch his card neighbor's hand and cheat with eager eye. So ho may watch his him on the sly. When clubs are trump look out for war on ocean and on laud, Kor bloody deeds tire often done when clubs uro in tlie hand. The lives are staked instead of gold, the days are worn out hrcad, Across the iiroad Atlantic now.see clubs hare got the lead. And hist of all when the spade' is turned by the hand of time, It always closes up the game in every land and every clime. ���No matter how much a man may win or'how much a man may save, You'll find the spade turns up at last and digs the player's grave. DEAD ON .THIS TKAI1. A sad case is reported from Sanca. About 20 miles north ofthe place named there are several very promising mineral claims, and a couple of weeks since Joe Hooker visited the district intending* to complete his year's assessment work. ���He was looking for help, and was told that he might possibly secure the services of Ernest Peirie, a native-born Frenchman who has been pror.pecting and trapping in the Kootenays for the past 10 or 12 years. Going to the cabin, Hooker found the Frenchman in what he considered a dying condition and hastened to apprise the sufferer's friends of the state of affairs. He went to the cabin of another Frenchman, known as Alec, some eight miles distant, and told him that if he would attend to Peirie's wants the case would be duly reported at Nelson. Alee . at once proceeded to the sick man's bedside, and Hooker headed for Nelson to report. As soon as j the latter represented the case to Gold Commissioner Dennis that official dispatched four men to the scene of trouble, instructing them to bring the man to Nelson for hospital treatment if his condition would allow it. Meanwhile Alec was assiduously attending to the wants of the sufferer. At the head of Peirie's couch was a rifle, ahvays kept loaded, trapper style. Peirie remarked to his friend due day that death was sometimes too slow in calling a sufferer away, and expressed tlie opinion that one who was in torture and without hope of relief would be justified in expediting the death message. From this Alec naturally inferred that the rifle was too con- venient for a man in this frame of mind, and consequently removed it, hiding the weapon behind tlie cabin door. A few hours afterwards Alec went out to chop some wood and as he proceeded on his journey fancied he heard an unusual noise in the cabin. He returned to find Peirie lying helpless on the floor. The explanation given was that he had fallen from the bed, but the day after this incident Peirie remarked to his faithful attendant, "I told you I fell out of my bunk. 1 lied. 1 tried to get hold of that gun, but I could not get there. I have since been troubled to think that if I got it and blew my brains out, what trouble I would have got you into, my friend. You would have been taken for a murderer. Forgive me, my friend." own footman unless she does so out of her private funds. The Queen cannot communicate with her subjects as can the most menial of her servants, nor can she receive presents from her people save through officers of state or friends personally known to her majesty. Though her decision is absolute after a prisoner has been sentenced she could not interfer with the course of justice before the sentence has been passed. Neither could she interfere in a case of private as opposed to public wrong. Her Majesty is subject to the laws that she signs, and cannot issue a proclamation contrary to law. If, for instance, it were the law of England that no train should travel at a rate exceed- j ing fifty miles an hour, the Queen could not issue a proclamation exempting a certain train from the operation of the law. Though the Queen could recall any subject from abroad, she cannot compel a subject to leave Great Britain. This disability does not cease to operate even in time of war, and, though at such a time the Queen could call upon every able man to take up arms, she could not force a single civilian to leave" the country,even to carry on a necessary war. The Queen is the only person who cannot arrest a suspected felon. No action can be taken against her for breaking the law, and therefore she is precluded from making an arrest as, supposing the suspected prisoner were innocent, no 'action for false imprisonment could be taken against Her Majesty. The law, indeed, assums that the Queen can do no wrong. J.EFKEKSON HOODWINKED. corn, asparagus, celery and spinach, use as little water as possible, and let it boil away, leaving just enough to moisten, and thus save all the desirable soluble matter that may have been drawn out. Cook cabbage and cauliflower uncovered in a larg-e kettle of rapidly boiling water,' salted, and with a saltspoonful of soda in it. Onions, scald and change the water twice. All others cook in water j enough to cover, and drain it off after j cooking. Green summer squash, cab- j bage and other watery vegetables should be pressed in a clotli or strained, and well drained. Many people who attempt to cook are apt to forget that there is a wide distinction between boiled water and boiling i water, and that the freshness is lost by j long boiling, so that the sooner water is I used after it has reached the boiling j treasury could afford to figure on saving. The movement of the silver by freight instead of express is considered altogether feasible. The danger of robbery, it is belie*ved, could be practically eliminated by having the silver put up in 1,000 ounce bars and by the employment of a detail of soldiers to accompany the train. An ordinary wreck would cause no loss with 1,000 ounce bars, even if fire resulted. About the only awkward contingency which officials think could arise would be for the train to go through a bridge into a western river. But that chance is too remote, of course, to be generally considered. Courtesy Towjird Women. point the more satisfactory it will be. If water standslafter boiling, it loses its vitality and cannot be used with good results. That is why tea and coffee are so frequently flat and lifeless, without sparkle or flavor; not because the leaves and berries are not good, but because they are improperly made with boiled water, instead of freshly boiling water. A Train Loud of Silver. The part that one Wah Lee, an humble Celestial, played in founding the great Astor fortunes is told in a story concerning the original John Jacob, which is little known on Manhattan island to-day. It shows the old German trader in the new and brighter light of a diplomat with a **pull" and relates to the ruinous times of the embargo. The worthy merchants of New York, who were watching their line fleets slowly rot at the docks during the year 1808, rose on the morning of Aug VA to see a notice in the daily paper to the following effect: "Yesterday the ship Beaver, Captain Galloway, sailed for China." Everybody knew, of course, that the Beaver belong to John Jacob Astor, and they also knew that her being allowed to leave port when no other ship could, meant an enormous ���pi orit for her owner when she returned laden with a rich East India cargo. From indignant surprise the doughty old New York merchants speedily passed to open anger and interrogation. Tlie matter was investigated, and it was found that Mr. Astor had obtained from President Jefferson a special pei mission for b.is ship Beaver, with a crew of 30 men, to proceed to Canton for the purpose of returning to his native home in China a mighty mandarin of that country who had been sojourning here. The scheme was perfect, but a rival house wrote to Secretary of State Madison that the Chinaman in question was not only not a Mandarin, but nothing more than an outcast whom Mr. Astor had found and picked up for the purpose along the docks. The rather large scandal which resulted blew over in time, however, and a profit of $200,000 went to the credit side of Mr. Astor's ledger when the Beaver returned the following year.��� Penny Magazine. A train load of silver, amounting to 10,000,000 ounces, from Philadelphia to San Francisco, is soon to mark a new era in the government's method of transporting the precious metals between the mints. It has been known for some time that such a shipment was in contemplation, and the appearance of Assistant Secretary Vanderlip of the treasury department in Chicago a few days ago, was for the purpose of making arrangements for the necessary transportation. Mr. Vanderlip was in consultation with several managers of western roads, and it is learned that the shipment will be made on a special fast train, guarded by federal soldiers and detectives. It is supposed hereafter that freight and not express wi}l be' the method of shipment. The Philadelphia mint is being run to its full capacity coining gold ���both foreign and domestic���which has been pouring in at a surprising rate, and the intention is to transfer 10,000,000 ounces of silver to the Pacific coast. This amount means over 300 tons, or over 15 ordinary car loads. The express charges ion any such quantity at anything like schedule rates would be an item which even the United States CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS Nancy Hunks No. 3 Mineral Claim. Young gentlemen, be men, and admirers of woman. Be true to your mothers, loyal to your sisters, faithful to your sweethearts, and manly in your conduct toward and treatment of any that bears the name of woman. Even to the erring woman be tender. Don't dispise her. Reserve your hatred for the villan who ruined her, or the villains j who have since abused her. Speak not j slightingly of those feminine disposi- j tions that may appear to you weak, 1 mt j would make you stronger did you but . I possess them. Let others say what they , j will, act as they will, you stand out like a man, and be tender and courteous and loyal and pure in all your relations with woman. Nothing next to the love of God, which ought to be the law of your life, is more important to the true development of your character and more conducive to your permanent success than your right estimate and devoted love of a pure, good woman. Most of their faults women owe to men. For most of our virtues we men are indebted to women. SYBIXGA. ACIFIC AND SOO-PACIFIC LINE. Peace, pale syringa, with your star-like eyes, Peace, flower of death : Along the evening breeze is floating sweet The perfume of your breath. Pale, cold .syringa, with your shroud-like leaves That chill the soul. For every leaf-like fluttering in the breeze Reckons a toll. Your perfume brought the sorrow back to-night, The heart-break and the pain. I dreamed the wound might heal, but now I know 'Twill evermore remain. Pale, cold syringa-blossom���yet how sweet: I touch my lips to you : The tears are starting now that failed before. If she but knew ! We made a wreath of your white, wax-like leaves To lay upon her breast .- The flowers she ever loved in life should pay Their honor to rest. Peace, pale syringa, with your star-like eyes, Peace, flower of love ; ! Vou brought the pain again, but it will cease Iu heaven above. j ���M. Tisdale. i TO ALL KASTEKX AND EUHOl'EAX I'OINTS. TO PACIFIC COAST, ALASKA, JAPAN, CHINA AND AUSTRALIA I'OINTS. and Baggage checked SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE Through tickets issued to destination. TOURIftT PASS REVELSTOKE r\/inRl DAILY TO ST. PAUL. : CARS DAILY (except Wednesday) TO EASTERN CANADIAN | and U. S. POINTS. I CONNECTIONS j Revelstoke and main line points. i SMSkDaily: lv���DenverC. Siding���ar: Daily 15 50k b.Ank ex.Smidlv Is. Denver Ldg: arex.Sun.lfiiOOk' NELSON, TRAIL, KOSSLAND, ETC. 0:50k ex. Sun: lv N. Denver Ldg: arex.Sun 11.00k \'WANTED.���A First-Class pant vest maker, at once. Ii. J. Robie, Tailor, New Denver. and The i Ascertain rates and full information by ad- i dressing nearest local agent or��� | G.B.GARRETT, Agent Xew Denver. i J^'rF-, A'1(l<*'-son, Trav. Pass. Agt.. Nelson. E. ,1. Coyle, Dist. Pass. Agt., Vancouver. iTal'VVU sensible people travel via O. P. Ry and Soo line. . I k A I. AHOUT VOITK WATCH. Situate in the Slocan City .Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On north slope of Springer Creek, about 21 miles from Sloean Lake. TAKE NOTICE that I, Alfred Driscoll, acting 1 as awmt for H. E. Graves, P. M. C. No. 5K!-1A, Kate Scott. F.M.C. No. 413(57, W. B. Dennison, F. JI. C. No. 010a, and Frederick Rowbottom. F. JI. C. No. 629A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the .Milling* Recorder for a certificate of improvements for tho purpose of obtaining a crown grunt of the above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 2ist day of October, 1S98. oe27 * *# 4 The ���*s-* Palace Cafe, IN SRHPOH iS>*3*"**S>*S*r-*S*-- Eastern Oyster:*, Tender and everything- 4 Chickens 4 the "Market affords in the t 4 way of delicious and. palatable food can be found at Th6 Palace 4 Strangers and others are $ requested to call on us when 4 hunger torments their infcer- If John is not 4 4 4 4 nal anatomy. on shift you are sure to find Charley Is 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Millard & Thompson, t Best-equipped Restaurant in the Slocan It never Closes and the proprietors aim to please their patrons in every way possible. Quebec Mineral Claini. Situated in the Slocan City Minim West Kootenay District. Wlf^ Division of rlc STARTS OX UIS LAST JOUHXBV. As soon as help arrived from Nelson, Peirie was put on an improvised stretcher, and the party started off for Nelson. With a sick man in charge, the smoothest track was sought and streams were forded rather than take the brush. But all in vain. As soon as Maccarone Basin was reached the men resolved to put up for the night in the old shack which did service as a store during the Grouse Creek boom. They lighted up the fire, put the sick man in close proximity, and proceeded to prepare supper. But poor Peirie's hours were numbered, and as his attendants were preparing him for a night's repose he was called to his last long rest. Within some hundred yards of the old store, known to so many prospectors, lie mortal remains which will be known hy an inscription on a piece of an old ois- cuit box: ERNEST PEIRIE, Aged 3<> years. Died October 12, 1898. Native of France, li. LP. Papers found in the cabin of deceased show that he is the owner of a ranch near Sanca, and that it is in charge of a Frenchman and wife. LIMITS ON VICTORIA'S I'OWKR. Chicago Chronicle. The Queen has no power overtaxation and could not create any new office with fees attached to it. The Queen cannot exclude a member from parliament after he has been duly elected, nor can she delegate the duty of signing laws to any one. Though Her Majesty can pardon a murderer, she is debarred by an act passed in the reign of George III. from extending royal clemency to Sabbath breakers. The Queen could sell or give away the royal navy or declare war"witli Russia, but sh'e could', not spend a single farthing of public money without the consent of parliament. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India though she be, Victoria cannot increase tlie pay of her Open your watch and look at the wheels, springs and screws, each an in- dispensible pari of the whole wonderful machine. Notice the busy balance wheel as it Hies to and fro unceasingly day and night, year in and year out. This wonderful little machine is the result of hundreds of years of study and experiment. The watch carried by the average man is composed of 98 pieces, and its manufacture embraces more than 2,000 distinct and separate operations. Some of the smallest screws are so minute that the unaided eye cannot distinguish them from steel filings or specks of dirt. Under a powerful magnifying glass a perfect screw is revealed. The slit at the head is one-fiftieth of an inch wide. It takes 308,000 of these screws to weigh a pound, and a pound is worth ��317. The hairspring is a strip of the finest steel, about 9>o inches long, one-hundredth of an inch wide, one four-hundredth of an inch thick It is coiled up in spiral form and finally tempered. The process of tempering these springs was long held a secret by the few fortunate ones possessing it, and even now it is not generally known. Their manufacture requires great skill and care. The strip is gauged to one-fifth of an inch, but no measuring instrument has as yet been devised capable of fine enough gauging' to determine heforehand by the size of tlie strip what the strength of the finishing spring will be. A one-five-hundredth part of an inch difference in the thickness of the strip makes a difference in the running of a watch of about six minutes per hour. The value of these springs when finished and placed in watches is enormous in proportion to the material from which they are made. A ton of steel made up into hairsprings when in watches is worth more than 12Vo times the value of the same weight in pure gold. Hairspring wire weighs one-twentieth of a grain to the inch. One mile of wire weighs less than half a pound. The balance gives fi\*3 vibrations every second, 300 every minute, 18,000 every hour, 432,000 every day and 157,680,000 every year. At ^ach vibration it rotates about 1% times, which makes 197,100,000 revolutions every year. Take, for illustration, a locomotive with six-foot driving wheels. Let its wheels be run until they have given the same number of revolutions that a watch does in a year, and they will have covered a distance equal to 28 complete circuits of the earth. All this a watch does without any other attention than winding once every 24 hours. . Ahout two miles up the North Fork of Demon Creek on north side of creek. HPAKE NOTICE that I, Dan Hiuilon. acting- as 1 an agent for William Harrison, free miner's certiiicate No. SOO-ttA, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining* Recorder for n, certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining* a Crown Gran t of the ahove chiini. And further take notice that action under Section 37 must be commenced hefore the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 24th day of September. 1808. sp-i!) DAN HANLON. Nelson &Ft. Sheppard fled Mountain RAILWAYS The only all rail ���.���oute without change of cars between Nelson and Rossland and Spokane and Rossland. Direct Route to the Mineral District of the Col- vino Reservation, Nelson, Kaslo, Kootenay Lake and Slocan Points. '���'. DAILY SERVICE. Leave. , Arrive. 6:20 a.m. NELSON 5:35 p.m 12:05 " ROSSLAND 11:20a.m 8:30 a.m. SPOKANE 3:10 p.m. Train leaving* Nelson at 8:30 a. m. make close,' connections at Spokane with trains for all Pacific Coast Points'. Close connection with Steamers for Kaslo ancf all Kootenay lake points. Passengers for Kettle River and Boundary Creek connect at Marcus with stage daily. C. G-. DIXON, Spokane, Wash INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION . & TRADING���0.v LTD. Summer Time Card eif'ective June ao, 1898. Subject to change without notice. Dominion, Felix St. Kevfti-ne, O. 1$. H., Exeter, aiul Payne Fractional Mineral Claims. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District.:. Where located: On Payne mountain, on tin; north slope. ���PAKE NOTICE That I, Charles Moore, of L Kaslo, B. C, and acting- as agent for the St. Keverne Mining Company, Ltd., free miner's certiiicate No. lri.lSfiA, intend, sixty days from the 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 ;i7 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvement;,. Dated this fit'i dav of September, 1898. CHARLES MOORE, I'.L.S. JRio Mineral Claim. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where'located: In Best Basin, McGuigan Creek, nearOkanagan mineral claim. 'IUKE NOTICE that I, William S. Drewr.v, act- 1 ing as agent for E. A.Riclonberg,fr>emiiier's* certificate No. 258(J7A, DanielCosgri ft', free miner's certificate No.l7(>2A and T.F.Cosgiiff. free miner's certiiicate No. -JiiKSA, intend sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements; for the purposo o:' obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further t:i Up. 'notice, that action under sec-, tion ?17, must he commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this -.'7th dav ol August, l.si)8 W. S. DREWRY. WHOLESALE G Agents for B. C. Sugar Refinery and Roval City Pianino* Mills." ���leaiiette Mineral Claim. Canada's Greatest Newspaper, (REGULAR EARLY MORNINQ EDITION) TORONTO^�����^> SS. INTERNATIONAL. South Bound North Bound Read down. Read up. SANDON" Train lvs Dally, l.oo pm Train ar daily 10.50 am KASI.O ���* ar ���' 3.-15 pm Train lv '* 8.00 am trBoat lv 3.30 am ���Kaslo��� Boat ar B.30 pm n " 7 QA ,,m**3 ,l.3(iam Ainsworth vT " o.OOam Pilot Bay c " 5.30 am Balfour JJBoat ar ti.4H am. Five Mile Ft 7.15 am Nelson 7.30 pm'g (i.-lf) pm =*> 0.10 pm~ 5.23 pmji ..- ���.,,���.. IvUipm9 c'Trainar 10.05am Northport Train Ivl.55 ]im>i 1120 am Rossland " la.ofl pm-3 3 10pin Spokane " 8.80 amp SS. ALBERTA. Read down. Read up. Sandon Daily train lv l.oo pm Daily train ar 10.50 am- Kaslo " ar 3.45 pm *' lv 8.00 am jj Boat lv 5.00 pm Mo&T Boat ar 1.00 pm 0.20pm Ainsworth Boat ar 11.10 prn^j 7.00 pm Pilot Bay ���' 11 00 I'lm �� C '��� lo.oo pm Kuskonook " ���" IS.Onpm Goat River �� '��� 1.00 am Boundary " ���g 5 " ar 8.00 am Bonner's F'rv ' lv >k Train lv 11.10 am " Train ar " " ar 2..15 pm Spokane '* !v 8.00 pm? 6.00 pm^ 5.00 pm >, 2.00 pm-a 1.15 pmg 7.50 .iiiicq Including the 24 or 28 page SATURDAY ILLUSTRATED EDITION, will be sent to any address in Manitoba, Northwest Territories, British Columbia and all points WEST OF NORTH BAY for per Annum. SPECIAL KOOTENAY LAKE SERVICE, Commencing June 20,18.98. On Monday, Thursday and Friday ss Alberta, will leave Kaslo 5 p. m. for Ainsworth, Pilot Bay, and Nelson. Leaving Nelson at S a. m.,Tue3; day, Friday and Saturday, calling at Pilot Bay^. Ainsworth and Kaslo, and all way points. GEORGE ALEXANDER, GenM Mgr P. O. Box 122, Kaslo, B.C. KASLO & SLOGAN RY TIME CARD Taking" effect 1.00 o'clock a. m. Sept. 1, 1898, Pacific or 120th Meridian time. Subject to change without notice THE GL.OBE, Toronto, Canada. ��3TA(jent* wanted in evary unrepresented district. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: Four miles east of Rosel.ery, east of Wilson creek 'PAKE NOTICE that I. Herbert T. Twi^g' I agent for Frank Kelly, Free Miner's CeYfiri- catc^o 1S.W7A , intend, sixty days from tho ,h?e WMfl.' ? Il|f'."' t0 t,Ie Mi'"- -"border for ( erf.ihcate ol Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the ahove claim. | And further take notice that action, under section .'(. must, he commenced hefore the I issuance of such certificate of Improvements. | Dated this i'5th day oi August, 18.08. ! HERBERT T." TWIGG. j Leave 8 ;io " 8 to " 0 15 " 10 (HI '��� 10 (18 " io ai " 10 84. 10 45 A.M. Arrive, 3 30 3 05 2 10 2 CO '* 1 50 1 38 P.M Arr. Silver liell No. Mine : and ���al Cli On mp thus. Fraction The ames i Kaslo South Fork Sproule's Whitewater Bear Lake ' * McGuigan " Cody Junction " Sandon Leave CODY LINE. Leave, ll.oo a.m ��� Sandon ��� Arrive, 11.1" " Curly Junction Leave, 11.50 a.m Arrive, 11.25 " ��� Codv ��� " 11.35 a.m ROBT. IRVING, Traffic' Mtigr. GEO. F. 11.5K a.m i For ' anr S. CAMPBELL, cheap raihwad and from all points, apply COPELAND, Superintendent steamship tickets tc to Agent, Sandon. '���PAKE NOTICE that I. Willian .1 acting as agent for the Native A Lesson .in Hoi ling. For all green vegetables use soft water, .salted and freslily boiling. Cook rapidly until soft*. The time will depend upon the age or freshness of the vegetable. With green peas, shelled beans, green Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of VA e.-t Kootenay District. Where located: Adjoining the Surprise. Keno and Gladstone mineral claims, in Best Basin. McGuigan creek. i S. Drewry. .. e Silver Bell .Mining Company, Limited, of Rossland. B. C. Free Miner's Certiiicate No. 13145A. intend sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for :i certiiicate ol improve- j incuts for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant j of Ihe above claim. ��� And further hike notice that action under sec- j tion ."7 must be commenced before the issuance of ' such certificate of improvements. i Dated this 18th day of Aiiyusr, 1808. W. S. DREWRY. NOTICK YTOTIOE is hereby OK APPLICATION- LIOITOK LICJKN.SK. FOI! New Denver, Has been re-ouened under new man- atfement. TiV Dining J too in will always be up to the nr-irket, while tlie bar will contain "-iquors and ciq-ar.s that cannot be surpassed for quality and flavor in the Slocan. find this Ai CO. Tlie Prospectors' Assay Office Brandon, E. C, Old ; and new patrons will hotel 1 just like home. MACOBSON lve" tluit- thirty da\s from i date hereof! will :,Pply lo the'Slipeu, \\n ��� ! Magistrate oM\ e>t. Kootc.ia.v ',������ a license | "^ I liquor at retail at my hotel in Three Fork< \\X i Kootenay, B. C. ' ! T, r , r-'LIZAHETH ].'Rii\v\ j| Three Kirk-, (jet ,ber 27\h. ishs. i Assay Price List Gold. Silver, or Lead, each [ Gold, Silver and Lead, combined 1 Gold and Silver ; Silver and Lead. ; Copner (by Klec.trolysis) ' Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead ' Gold and Copper ��� silver and Copper . Gold. Silver and Copi>er Platinum Mercy ry : Iron or Manganese. Lime. Magnesium, Barium, Silica, phur, each Bismuth, Tin. Cobalt.,Nickel, Antimony. Zinc, and Arsenic, each Coal (Fixed Carbon. Volatile Mutter. Ash, and peivcntairc of- Coke, if Coking Coal;. Terms: JllllCL'Otll. lMI-i. Sul- '.Cash -With .Sample. ������?1.->C> .'1 OO 2 00 2 (X) 2 00 ���I 00 2 nO 2 50 3 (10 i> OO ���I 2 00 2 00 I 0(1 W FRANK DICK, Assuyck- iiii.i Analyst THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., OCTOBER 27, 1898. Sixth Year MINING RB0OROS The following is a complete list, of the mining transactions recorded during the week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Denve- were as follows:��� LOCATIONS. Ocr 18���Tyler. Carpenter, T M Gibson. Filmore, same. Margaret Fraction, Tributary creek, G H Wright, M L Grimmett. Oct 19���Aunt Lena, Canienter. D McCuaig. Oct 20���Moneton.Cody creek,A B Docksteader. Edith Louise, Carpenter, C F Yates, L R Forbes. Oct 21���Norma, Mowich slide, Chas F Nicholson. Oct 22���Cuj>ond, Caqienter, J R Cameron. Kid, relocation of Wisconsin, Cody, George A Simmon. Jimmy,Cody, W J Trethcway. Lake Frational, Dardanelles basin, same. Oct 24���Georgia, north fork Carpenter creek, E G Schmidt. Chico, south fork Carpenter, Jas O'Brien. Irene Fractional, Tributary creek, H B Alexander. Profeshenal Fraction, New Denver, J C Butler. assessments. Uct 18���Black Hock, Banshee, Polo. Oct it)���Last Link, Sunrise No o, Mansfield & Oct 20���Braid, Jumbo, Evangeline, Rosedale. Oct 21���Red Fox Fraction, Minnie, Jewel, Omega, Twilight, Eloria. Oct 22 Amazon, Laughing Waters. Ben ($500 worth of work transfered from Ottawa No 2), Hope. Oct 21���Arab, Black Eagle. CKKTIK1CATK 01' IMl'HOVKMENTS OCT 21���WHIa, to Willow Gold Mining Company, Ltd TliANSKEHS. THE BOS'N'S STOKY. We borrowed some nails from the jointer's bench A hammer and cress-saw, too. And sadly reduced"McCarthy's fence As the good ship Rover grew. Her lordly mast was the old pear tree, Her flag, was a pinafore gay ; And we built her and lauuehed her, and sailed to Feejee On a Saturday morning in May. And all that summer, come rain or shine. To the wide world's ends would we sail, Loading with gems from thc Kaffir mine, Harpooning the polar whale. And the pirate and savage cannibal climes We slaughtered in many a row. Oh, the gallant ship and the glorious times ! And where are my shipmates now ? The captain, a chief of renown is he. Though the dullards may fear or sneer; When duty calls o'er the untried sea, He is skillful and swift to steer. Oh, stainless and. strong, with the glad heart of yore. Sail forth on the shoreless tide, Outward aud godward forever more, With the star gleam of truth for your guide. The cabin boy, oh, his merry eyes ! And the stir aud the fun he made ! Ah, the coolies know where the sahib lies, With a bullet hole in his head. , Wandered far from the track, you see, Yet kingly of heart and hand. He went to the devil so gloriously That the down-hill road was grand. And at work liy his father's bench the mate Looks out on the old-time street, Where grown folk pass with placid gait, And the children's lively feet. '���But the world is growing old," says he, "We have no such boys to-day As the madcap rogues who sailed with me, Tliat holiday morning in May." ���Maggie Clark in N. Y. Sun. Oct 18���Big Timber J, Jas Brown to T M Gibson, June 7. Same 1, T M Gibson to M R W Rathborne, Oct H. Chetopa, Opatunka, John G Steel to Frank A Steel, Oct 11. Oct id���Bristol,Commander, Congo, mechanics liens tiled against ji interest held by F L Byron by Gus Kruger, Robt R McDonald and Geo A . McDonald. Oct 21���Ethel Fraction. H T Ewiu to Robert Ewen, Oct 13. .-S50. Lancaster 1/10, Drunmore 1, J R Cameron to E J Smith, Oct 19. Oct 22���Power of Attorney, Northwest Mining Syndicate to W H Sandiford,Oct 7. Zoroaster i, Chas S Rashdall to Northwest Mining Syndicate, Oct 22. Ashurst Beacon 1, M A Sandiford to Northwest Mining Syndicate, Oct 22. Forget-Me-Not i, same to same, Oct 22. Nanoni i, A E Fauquier to same,Oct 22. Romola J. Edward Stewart to same, Oct 4. Phoenix, Alhambra. Lilly B. J in each, Frank L Christie to E G Schmidt, July 10. Oct 24���Black Fox \, Wm Farney .to Geo M McLean, Oct 5. Dawn Centre |, Geo McLean to Frank Ryan, Oct 24. Hartney J, D D McGillivray to Edward Shannon, Oct 13. S-OCAN CITY DIVISION. LOCATIONS. An- Sept 27���Black Dick, James Galbraith cicnt, J Pilou; Modern, M Murchison. Seit 28���Perth, C E,Smitheriugale', Granville. RI Kirkwood. Sekt 30���Heather Bell, J H Currie *, Katie, A McWhircer; Olympia, A Stewart. Oct 1���Keystone, Dan Hanlon. Oct 3���Michaelmas Fraction, J C Gwillim. Oct 8���Dry Weather, D F Shobeck; Wet Weather, J F Collom. Oct 10���Porto Rico, F G Carlisle; Cuba, Jeff Baty. Oct 11���Radnorian, R C Cameron. Oct 13���Aerolite Fraction, C Reidlinger; Pythian, DA McDonnell: Maysie, Mrs Jeanie Clement; Bertha B, H M Walker. Oct 14���Carrie Fraction, C S Moss. Oct 15- ������ Leslie, J Komalski; Stayner Boy, S Whittaker. ASSESSMENTS. Sept 2S���Zulo. Sept 29���Pine Log, Bondholder. Sept 30���Little Club. Oct 1���Boulder .Hidden Treasure,English Rose. Oct 4���California, October, Nevada. Oct 5���Transfer. Oct C���Rosebery. Oct 7���Native Silver Fraction. Oct 8���Silver Plate. Oct 10���Wizard. Oct 14���Kootenay Pass, Para. Oct 15���North Exchange Fraction. Oct 17���Bulko. TRANSFERS. Sept 27���Plebiscite and Martha, J W Horn to J Kowalski. Sept 28���Neepawa, mortgage Ir, A D McGillivray to 0 J Marino, *800. P of A,C H Brindle to A S Brindle. Dominion, C H Brl-ndle to Mount Mable Mining Company. Sept 30���Dull'erin \, XV Thomlinson to D O Le-wis and C S Moss. Owl J, W H Crawford to same. Oct 5���Eagle Fraction, J each, W Glynn to J H Moran ana C \V Greenlee. Oct G���Katie 1/16, Geo T Gormley to T Madden, Oct 7���Agreement between Slocan Lake Gold and Silver Mines Co and B C E D & J Co re Howard Fraction group. Oct 12-Two Flags ��, D G McCuaig and P Hauck to R C Campbell-Johnston,-$20. Notice of lis pendens re Gold Rock and Gold Bank. Oct 14���Berne }, M Heckraann to C Faas. Kootenay Pass i, H Clever to C Faas. Meteor, Ottawa and Cultus, J, H Hoffman to E J Dyer. Oct 17���Suudown Fraction 1/20, H Bunting and J R Stitt to W B Wilcox, -550. THE FISH CHEEK CAMP. Com'adlix.���The Beer Bros., of the Beatrice mine, have advertised for bids on a contract to build a rawhide trail and have ore, shipped during the winter. A tine specimen of galena ore weighing about 50 pounds has been brought in by W. J. Girard from the Mountain Boy, a close neighbor of the Beatrice. The Silver Dollar, adjoining the Mountain Boy, is at present being developed by Joe Best, the lucky owner, and is more than fulfilling his sanguine expectations. Thc large body of ore revealed has assayed $113 in silver and as high as $50 in gold. A new discovery in the same vicinity has just been made by Messrs. Burke, McKenzie and Allen. If the specimens which they brought in prove half as good as they look, something further will be heard of the Canadian Belle. Mr. Smith Curtis, of Rossland, representing the iLardeau-Goldsmith Mines, Limited, has just concluded a deal with the original iowners for the Brunswick, which, I understand, is to be stocked and worked this coming winter. It is gratifying to be able to say that no man looking for an investment in mineral property has failed to find what he sought for this summer, the only drawback is that so few have come to seek.; "W. M. Bennett, of Sandon, has been up to the Silver Tip basin to see the Copper Cliff, and seemed thoroughly satisfied with the property.���Revelstoke Herald. "__ ������ A MOTHER'S AWFUL CRIME. answer to the arguments advanced by the ministers in the late government, that Cassiar was deserving of two members because there were several thousand voters in the district. When Cassiar was given two members there were just 296 names upon the voters' list, and instead of there being thousands of unregistered voters,there were less than 100. in addition to those so listed. ' * .MINING NEWS. producer in the the Broken Hill The biggest silver world at present is Proprietary Company, in New South ���Wales. The output of that company's mines for the fiscal vear ending* Mav 31st, 1898, was 6,122,370 fine ounces of silver. The Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Montana came second, with a production of 5,074,036 ounces of silver. It is worth noting that in both of these mines the silver is produced in connection with other metals, fit Broken Hill with lead and at Anaconda with copper. The latter is principally a copper mine, since the metal forms the greater part of the value of its ores. The Comnania Huanchaca de Bolivia, has had tlie operation of its mines'seri- oously interfered with for the past two years'by water and other mishaps. Its production in 1897 was 4,886,673 ounces of silver. This is not much more than one-half of the maximum output, which was reached in 1893, and was 9,031,385 ounces. According the to the Fort Steel Prospector, the extensive development work that has been done during the past yt-.ar on Pyramid and Alki creeks and on the North Fork of St. Mary's river, has shown beyond doubt that one of the great mining' centers of East Kootenay will be established in that neighborhood. The most extensive operators there are Pyramid Kootenay Company. Captain T". D. Petty has had from 30 to 40 men constantly" employed,.,on the claims owned by that company and on each of them from S500 to a ��1,000 worth of work has been done. to St. Michaels and smaller shipments are on the way. With the quantities brought away privately by individuals, I should very much doubt if the total reaches $10,000,000. . The wild stories of the mineral wealth of the Yukon district are very much exaggerated. Certainly there are one or two places very well sprinkled with the yellow metal, but for every one that strikes such a spot hundreds search in vain. This coming winter in Dawson City will be terrible. Already thousands are stranded there without, the wherewithal to come back, and yet thousands are daily arriving still, the majority of whom must join the "out-of-works" before many months. Then will come winter, shortness of food, and���starvation."���The Shareholder, London. Don't think a man looks the right wav. everv time his head is turned. The pocket is the heart's thermometer. H. H. Knox, Has removed to the Newmarket Block and Is prepared;to repair every description of Disabled Watches. <nso D. E.Gellatly * Sons DEALEESIN ��� Farm Produce, Fruits, ^ VegCtableS. Okanagan Lake, *�� P- ��* LUCE'S LANDING For the convenience ofthe trade a stock is ahvays kept on hand in the Jelland Building:, SANDON. Mines supplied at wholesale rates. Cars loaded with Produce, Fruits and Vegetables are run into the Slocan every TEN DAYS, and orders can be delivered en route. AINSWORTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. Oct 12���Oscar Fraction. F W Bauer; Ballina, M Mc Andrews; B A, J S Anderson and S C Bos- well; Black Patti, H Roy Stovel; Iceland Empire, Scotland, S M Anderson; Best, Geo Arho. Oct 14���Silver Monarch, T Johnson ; B C, Geo Walker. Oct lo���Cumberland, -J A Gillis; York, XV S Drcwry. Oct 17���Three Muskat.eers, H A Hankey; Sentinel, W <) Ii'ibinson; Cody,.) W Livers; \V J, T Harris. Ocr is���Arlrlie D,C O Wese; Emerald Fraction, D F ritrobeck; B A Fraction, O E Boiling. ASSKSSMEXTS. Oct li'���Uhncttalic, Dead Medicine, King Rose, Burnt Hill, Red Dirt, Iron Mountain. Oct l'J���l'luto Fraction, Franklin, Humboldt. B li B, Florence 11, Bunker Hill, Red Brick, Silver Kiiiir Fraction. Oc i 11 ���Bryan. Japan. Oct I*-,���Brickeye,Kate. Oct 17���Frisco, St Faiicras. Oct is���Free Silver, American. CKIU'IKICATK Ol" I.MI'UOVICMKS IS. ( k.t 1 ">��� lieba, Hera, l'luto, Oppollo to M Bucke and G V Mc-.Ken/ie. TKANSKE11S. Oct l'J���Morniu-ir Star 1. A Swanson to George Matthews. Oct l'S���l'luto Fraction, A O .'Johnson to Maurice Bucke. Oct It���Kilmarnock, T Owen. Summit and Wishbone, C N Owen Owen. Hero and Heba i, C R Garland to M A Bucke. Iron Cap, Lavina and Ruthie Jr, \V J White to L E Booker. Iron Cap, Lavina and Ruthie Bell J, X McLeod to same. Same J. J A Otto to same Same, all interest, A Booker and G M Booker to F Viets. Oct 15���Victoria,\V A Clute to Chas A Fleming. Alberta, D J Miinn and D VV Moore to C A Fleming. Oct 17���Virginia Dare and Gold Bug J, G A Beoken to G C Spearing. Iron Chief J, John Hastie to A L Homer. Admiral Dewey J. same to same. Dedication 1/5, David Good to Dave Clark. Indication 1/5, same H Maw.dsley. Othello, Golden, Etta J, Black Patticon, H Roy Stovel to J M Anderson, Allan. D Tnomey to Jim Anderson. Oct 18���G XV Roche and J M,Moore, release of certain bonds in Albion* Mfnihg:Coi '���'���'��� ��� Mable C 1, A O Mooars to J D Cook. Clearwater, Lennet, Sewall, Carbonet No i and Congress }, F J Donaldson to J.E.Jones. $700: A despatch from Toronto tells the following gruesome story of a mother's awful crime: Eliza Burrrell, wife of E. Burrell, marble 'polisher, living at 559 Logan avenue, in the north east end of the city, murdered her three infant children while apparently in a state of insanity. Her husband returned from work about 8 o'clock, and his wife, who presented nothing unusual in her appearance, began to prepare dinner. Her husband asked for the children. She said they were sleeping up stairs. After a while "her husband said that he would go up and see them, aud after a slight attempt on the part of his wife to stop him, he went to their bedroom, where he found the three little ones lying dead on the bed. The frantic father rushed for a doctor, but the medical man, on coming, said they had been dead for some hours. The unhappy woman talked freely about her act, not apparently realzing the enormity of the deed. She had smothered them with cotton rags about thiee o'clock in the afternoon. She had killed them because she did not want them to grow up wicked. "They are angels now," she said, "and I shall soon be with them." She said that she had killed the baby first and the elder children had looked on laughing, supposing that she was playing with the child. A. L. POODRIEK SUICII>ES. A Kig Silver terlge. Kenneth Williams, lately returned to Vancouver from the Omineca and Cassiar districts, brings particulars of a recent interesting find, a big ledge of silver, in the Omineca country. Of course, silver 350 miles away from Hazle- ton is good for nothing at the present time, but the fact that silver exists there at all is interesting in itself. Mr. Williams says that men on the Liard are making $4 and $5 per day during the season of low water panning out gold on the bars. The silver find was made in August by the two sons of a Hudson's Bay store-keeper on the Edmonton trail. The young fellows outfitted in Vancouver and going up the Skeena struck out across the country from Edmonton. The ledge runs from a stream up the side of a mountain and on the other side of the river it takes up its course distinctly traceable. Thpy staked off a claim apiece, but though it is as rich as the average of ore in the Slocan they cannot make anything out of it. Bonds Secured on ���ardeau Properties. The Lardeau district is receiving considerable attention this fall from mining- men. J. H. Berry, of Rossland, has secured a couple of options on Lardeau properties* On the America, a claim owned by Abrahamson Brothers and Thomas Taylor, he has secured an eiirht months' option. The terms call for the payment of $2,000 on December 1st, and the balance���$4,000���on June 1st, 1899. He has also a 12 months' option on the Morning' Star, owned by Abrahamson Brothers. The payments under this bond aggregate 815,000, and are spread lover the 12 months. The Morning Star is supposed to have the Silver Cup lead. it is two claims distant from the Silver Cup, and has a very fair showing, the result of four assessments. THE SELKIRK HOTEL SILVERTON, B.C. Is a new three-story hotel situated near the wharf. The house is plastered and the rooms are furnished in a manner calculated to make travelers call again. Mining and Commercial men will appreciate the home comforts ot this hotel. BRANDON & BARRETT Provides ample and pleasant accommodation for the traveling: public. Telegrams for rooms promptly attended to. STEGE & AVISON, - - -".-..'- Proprietors. Dealers in i_ *_H__*_>*B__i *_lfl_l'|j'i��l'P'BiQ'iP0^l^'0 Hardware, Tin and Graniteware, Miners' Supplies, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty, Doors & Windows. SLOGAN CITY, B.C. New- Dress Goods, Another KepuMic Dividend. In the wilds of one of the northern islands of the Queen Charlotte group, A. L. Poudrier, a well-known surveyor of Victoria, deliberately took his own life. The act was undoubtedly committed while he was suffering from a lit of despondency, caused by the isolation of his position", and the physicaVexhaustion due to the nature of his work. A. L. Poudrier was well-known in the Slocan. Two years ago he ran a survey line via Woodbury and Four Mile creeks to Slocan lake for the K. ��� S. He was employed for sometime in the summer of '97"about Kootenay lake, locating and surveying land and timber limits for tlie same company. Later he was brought into prominence for the glowing accounts he wrote of the of Ashcroft trail and the. route to Klondike from Spokane. Lll'EKAb-COSSKRVATIVES. The Republic company declared another dividend last week. The amount is $30,000, which is at the rate of three cents per share. The payment will be made November 10th, and transfer books will close November 1st. This is the second monthly dividend, and will make a total of $60,000. There is every assurance that the dividends will continue at this rate every month, with a bright prospect of larger monthly payments when the mill is running at its full capacity. Has ��5,000,000 Worth, of Ore in Sight. affei��sorj faf-Oi]-,!9 *$K**K Latest novelties in Dress Goods for Summer and Fall wear; also ready- made Clothing, Neck wear, Hats, and Caps, Boots and Shoes ���the most complete stock in the lake section���at prices as low as it is possible to make them. We invite your inr spection. Look into our show- window. "We are displaying a fine line of novelties. McLachlan & McKay, New Denve:*. Slocan NEW DENVER, B.C. ������ ^r\ifcWaf��r>, ]__>. (�� Tfa c, 108 Bishopsgate St JLIl'L/ (within) British L0ND0N-ENG- Su'iser"-"-- '"*'" Columbia Review Sulisciibtion,.*52.flO per annum To Brokers. Mining* Engineers, owners of Alining Claims. Mining Engineers, Assay- ers, Journalists and others��� An office of the Slocan Hospital has been opened at Sandon under the medical superintendence of DR. P. H. POWERS. Subscribers on presentation of their orders or tickets at the Sandon office will receive medical or surgical treatment and the necessary medicines tree of charge. All serious cases will be admitted to the Hospital for treatment. Miners in regular employ, subscribing through their payroll, can secure all the privileges of theabove. For further information apply to��� J. E. Brouse, M.D., ��� New Denyer, B.C. Stevenson to Mary E to Mary E Alex. Lucas is now in the Slocan organizing Liberal-Conservative associations. In New Denver Joseph Mill- ward has been appointed secretary and other officers will be appointed in a few days. At Three Forks A. C. Abbs was elected president and T. J. Brennan secretary. In Sandon the following officers were appointed: . F.L.Christie, president:; Dr. Power, 1st vice-president; A. C. McArthur, 2nd vice-president ; F. C. Sewell, secretary. The executive committtee consists of D. R. McLean, S. A. Mighton, A. Stirrett, Jno. Switzer, E. M. Sandilands, C. Cliffe and L. Doolan. The resources developed this summer in the Iron Mask, at Rossland, have not been surpassed by any of the sensational developments in the No. 1., Columbia & Kootenay and Le Roi. Outside of the disputed vein very large bodies of ore have been opened up. A conservative estimate places the amount of ore in sight at S5.i)00,O00. The Iron Mask has "been making very satisfactory profits all summer. No smelter returns liave been received of less than 830 per ton, and the average is well over that. Mr. Doolin���Fat. O'llouliham���Vis, Mike. Mr. D.���I'm dving? O'H.���Yis aire, Mike? Mr. 1).���Without revenge on Terry Googin for what he said about me whin Bridget threw him over to be me bride DTI.���Thrue for vou, Mike. Mr. D. (silence)���Pat! (TIL���Vis, Mike. Mr. D.���Aire viz still me friend? O'H.���I aire, "Mike. Mr. D.���Whin Tin ��-one will ver see that me Bridget marries Terry?" O'H.���I will, Mike. Mr. D.���Sind fer th' priest, Pat.��� Philadelphia Times. Reasonable Prices and the best and freshest line of Groceries, Canned Goods, Fine Teas ^ Coffees Are the rule at Advertise in the B. C. Review, the only representative B. C. Journal in Europe. A Good Investment. ����� # ^0*^^' DR. MILLOY, DENTIST Rooms in Reco Hotel, Sandon. ASLO motel Family & Commercial. ___''_'_ _ __ Oft _ i *_ O __>_@ �� 9 9 '��� *_-^*9���^w���t�����" AGENTS. Wc pay straight weekly .salaries of from *l(i to ������?-.'(>. aecordinijr to ability, forrranvasserson "Life, anil Work of Mr. Gladstone." The demand for this wonderful volume is keepinj.'-all hands working early and late. The only Canadian and British work published. Endorsed by the Re vul Family and leading public men. A 'bit,', clni-ap book. BRADLKY-GAKRETSON CO., Limited. Toronto L arge And Comfortable Rooms Fitted with every modern convenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50 and $3 per day. COCKLE & PAPWORTH, Proprietors. The DENVER CD.RIH BROS BRICK FOR SALE. JOHN GOETTSCHE, XEW DEXVER. CASSIAR VOTING. The official returns of the voting in the, Cassiar election shows that Clifford received 179 votes, Irving* 159, and Tayish 54. There were also 10 spoiled ballots. These, figures give an effective KLONDYKE WKALTH-AND WOE; We have always been somewhat loath to accept the "tail" statements made with regard to the Klondike output of gold. Our attitude now proves to be correct for instead of $50,000,000 and upwards, representing the value of the gold sent down, about $10,000,000 appears to be nearer the mark. It is extremely hard td get the exact figures, but a reliable correrpondent in Vancouver,British Columbia,writes that"about $3,000,000or $4,000,000 worth have been brought down Wholesale Wine & Liquor Merchants ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS. To and from European points via Canadian and American Hues. Apply for sailing dates, rates, tickets and full information to any C. P. Ry agent or��� G. B. GARRETT, C. P. R. Agent, Xew Denver. WM. STITT, &en. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg. Nakusp, Is a comfortable hotel for travellers to stop at. Mrs. McDougald/ .of SANDON. Carry the finest Stock of Liquors in the Kootenay Country. Orders by mail or wire .attended to promptly NOTICE. All accounts due me must be settled forthwith or they will be placed in court for collection. H. CLEVER, New Denver, Aug. 18.1898. AGENTS. I am just starting the 'best thing for money- making-you have seen-for-*many a day. -Your name and address will bring the golden Information. '������������'��� ���*��� ��� -' ��������� '������������:'' ���'��������� '��� ������������ '���" '��� ���"��� T. H. LINSCOT'T, Toronto FRED J. SQUIRE Nelson, B. C. Merchant Tailor. Full Line of ��uitin_rs and Trouserings a)wavs on hand. itcnell k Insurance ��nd G-^eral Commission AdENTS. N_W DKKVEB. B. C._ ___**_
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