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Mr Special News from Mines of Cariboo and Lillooet' 5HCR0F URNAL. •VV 'S'^-L, «**_. 4\ '" The Only Paper Published in tho County of Cariboo. VOL. 5, NO. 4. ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. MAY 27. 1899. $2.00 PER YEAR A Pure [ndo-Oeylan Blend iu lead packages at 50_. per lb. I m iked f. _F\.. W_ FOSTER, General Wiercl.an-, A.S_HCCl?-0_t1T .A-l-TID OLIIST TON, AGENT FOR GIANT POWDER COMPANY. B. O. HOTEL, Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. Directly opposite Depot, •• ■ ASHOROFT, B.C. This Hotel lias been lately refitted and refurnished. A new wing, SO x 20 feet, containing nineteen rooms, including bath and sample rooms, lias been added. Good table and good service The only first-class Hotel in towu. Free Sample Room in Connection- The H. B. A. Vogel Commercial College BaBBO-S: BLOCK, H-.-.STI-S'a-S ST., r._.--x_... Vanoouver. B.O. THOBOtTGH X_STST_=1-TCTIO-ST I--T BOOKKEEPING (pr_u.ti.al motbods, uo toxt bcoks), BUSINESS nETHODS, CORRESPONDENCE, PENI.ANSH1P, SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING, and the General English Branches. &r s__3_Nrx-j _B"OH. pbospeotus. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, QUESNELLE CARIBOO, MOUTH, B.O (10LDEN RIVER QUESNELLE. Joseph Huutor, of Victoria, superintendent of tbo Golden Kiver Quesnollo Company, spont a fow days in Asbcroft tbis weok, and loft ou Friday for Quosnollo Porks, Mr, Huutor stated to tbo Journal that work would bo douo ou tho company's proporty this season, but tbat It was hardly possiblo now to do much on it until after high wator. Vory likely uot until August, when bo expected to put on a largo force aud push tbo work as rapidly as possiblo. Mr. Hunter, whilo lu England, formed another syndicate for doing somo work in tho vicinity of tbo Forks. This work will claim liis attention for awhile during tho high stag., of tho water, lt is vory unfortunato that, owing to a lack of funds, we believo, this work was not pushed hint fall, as tho conditions were thou most favorable. Thu nicotian liml work is pronounced by all to bo a per- foot piece of work. As to tbo outcome of furl her work In the old ohaiiuul, wo unanimously hopo for successful operations. While details are not made public, it seems very evident that tho stockholders havo nob realized as yot on their holdings as thoy bad liopod to do. Thoro is, howovor, much work yet to do boforo the truo merit of tbo proposition can bo absolutely do- lermlned. THB LAC LA IIACItl: CAROUSAL. Editor Jodiinal—Sir: The article in your issue of last week, taken by you from ouo of your exchanges, referring to Lao La Hache dances, oto., ought to bo contradicted by ono and all. Lac La Hache is not and never was a mining camp, and anyone wishing to writo up tbo placo and givo au imaginative picture of tbe dances bold there might at least stick to truth, as anyone with the least amount of common souse would know that suoh a description wore overdrawn to suoh a dogree that it would disgust those reading it. People living there and bringing up their families naturally feel indignant at suoh a degrading aooount of tbo doings in tbeir vloinity, and one and all unite in loudly expressing their disapproval of the article referred to. Yours truly, A Reader, St. Louis, Mo., May 23.-R. P. Elliott, a mine owner of Dawson City, has returned to the United States after an absence of nearly a year and a half iu tho goldfields. He is full of enthusiasm over the new oountry. He said: "The Yukon & White Pass Railway is now comploted from Skagway to the summit of the pass, a distance of 18 miles, and for a distanco of 12 miles further the road bed Is ready for tho rails. Hy July 4th tho management expects to have trains running between Sltugway aud Uennett whore passengers can tako steamers to White Horso Rapids, then by tramway around tho rapids about four miles iu length, to tho other side where he can tnko a steamor direct to Dawsoa. Theso connections made, the trip from Seattlo to Dawson oan be made in 10 to 12 days." D8REOT IMPORTERS AND DEALERS __>_ WINES, LIQUORS ANO CIGARS, DEY GOODS, flMCEBIES, Hardware, Boots and Shoes, Miners' Supplies. m Bed-Rock Prices. (aXJA-LIT^- Goods Guaranteed definite steps toward!* settling lliis. important matter? So far us we oun learn tho septic tank system has the very nL- traotivo advantage of being cheap iu its operation whilo doing tho work per footly. Something liko thut is wanted in Victoria. lt is Lo bo hoped tho council will bestir themselves and mnko somo endeavor to obtain information on tho Bubjeet. By lho way, if the city ounuot show iu the matter of this investigation a little moro flrmnes.; uud determination than haa boon displayed in tho caso of lho sower opnucctiom. it would bo wiser to let lho wholo thing severely alone, antl rub along in Lho old style. Colonist, B.C. aozrtt- Nut.-.-:. Au extra of tho B.C. Gazette, Issued Tuosday, contains Lho followiug nn- nouiioomohts of iuterost to this section! Alexander Douglop Molnnoa, of Alexandria, to bo u uoronor. All appointments of Jiistiuos of tho Pence horotoforo made ure rescinded; tho following arc the appointments for this vicinity: Wm, Adams, li. A. Collins, Soda Crook; T, Armstrong, R. ... Bid- well,. Alexis Creel.; li. Borland, Ii. P. Horan, S. T. Hall, ,1. l-.itonau.Io, 150- Milo Houso; F. M. Beaumont, C. R. Wilson, Hancoville; A. Barlow, Qnes* nollenioiith; \V. Abel, 111-Milo House; A. MoKinloy, 115-Milo House: M. G. Drummoud, G. DoBtor, Risky Creek; T. McK. Ewan, Empire Valloy; T, G. Earl, Thos. Seward, Lyttou; F. VV. Foster, D. A. Stoddnrt, Wm. Saul, Clinton; S. Gibbs, J. Molver, E S. Peters, Lillooot; J. F. Gibsou, H. MoBdward, Cadwallador Creek; J, Hodson, H, Mofi'att, W. Webster, Alexandria; H. Jones, F. J. Trogillus, Stanley; L. C. Knowles, Poraberton Meadows: Walter Langley, I.Lehman, Francis Webb, Ashcroft; J. E. Moore, Alkali Lake; H. Mc- Dermott, John Stevenson, J. Stone, Barkerville; Cornelius O'Halloran, Pavilion; J, D, Prentice, Dog Creok; W, H. G. Thompson, Horsolly; William Teague, Yale; G. A. Veith, Forks of Qucsnelle; Sidney Williams, Quesnello; W. Allan, Bridge Creok; E. Choato, North Bond; S. S. DeSair, Horsefly; A. Hamilton, Agassi/.; J. Lyons, North Bend. Allninj, New... Hotel E6_acir_a.i--xtc>_cx V^J.rTOO'-J-V.B.R, -B.O. Redecorated, retm-mslied and ei_lai'ged. Heating and lighting (electric) perfect. Lo Oornte (late of St. Charles Hotel, New Orlcjtns) in charge of the kit-lien. Headquarters for Mining Men. W. H. RflAWDSLEY, Manager. Pre.ving Albernl. Alberni, May 24.—W. S. Harris, man agor ot the Harvey mine of Granite creek, camo up last evening und roportod that at about the 70-foot level 120 feet in the tunnel the mother lode was struck, showing about two feet of very rioh galeno. The claim showed assays which Mr. Short, the former manager, had made as high as 85,580, and on several occasions the assays have gone from 8400 to 85 000. This is undoubtedly the Klondike of Vancouvoi Island. Several prospectors have found showings on tho Dnnsmuir belt opposite tho Granite Creek find which they claim is of the samo stud' and oro long showipgs will be brought forth which will astonish tho natives. Another find of a line ledge was discovered by Mr. Lindsay on Sproat •lake, ho following the ledge for over 11,000 feet, it being from four to twenty foot wido. An assay was mado and it was very encouraging. Some very flno oro is being mined at the Consolidated Alberni on Mineral Hill, and it is expected the stamp mill will be workiug by June 1, Vancouver, B. C, by the Broker's Association of that place. Some of the better known stocks are quite lively over thore. A sample taken from tho uew strike at the Noonday in tho Slocau gavo assay returns of S10 ounces of silver. The pay streak at this point is full of gray copper and wire silver. Tho Knob Hill, in tho main tunnel aud crosscut shows HOO foet of lodgo mattor which will go on an average 815 in gold and copper. Tho Knob Hill aud Old Ironsides combined aro now able to ship -100 tons of oro daily. A picked specimen from Lbe Spotted Horso mineral claim on Round Mountain, near Ymir, assayed SU), 631-1, (33. Au assay of a sample from tlio dump of tho Big Horn group assayed 812.10 iu gold aud 610 iu copper. This is highly satisfactory as thero aro mauy tons of oro on tho dump and plenty of it iu sight. From tho Stanford group, at Lhe head of Quartz Greek au assay from tho surface weut 69.40. Au extra shaft has beeu put on tho Q. S., iu tho Palmer mountain district, and a largo quantity of oro is beiug put aside for shipment. Tho average assays of tho oro are running 14.2 per .ent. and 810 iu gold. The preliminary steps havo boen takon by the Q. S. oompany to secure a patent to 18 claims and six mill sites, Sinco operations woro started, July 5,1807, there has not boen a woek day that work has not boen iu progress. Considerable work has beon unostentatiously done on tho Winnipeg claim during tbo past two years. Tbis claim is situated on Audersou crook, about two miles east of Nelson, and belongs to G. A. Heginbottom and K. L. Pocook. Besides tbe erection of tho necessary buildings and a good deal of BARKER VILLI.1. Wo aro lu receipt of a letter from Barkervlllo containing information that is of interest., but the letter is unfortunately, by mistake evidently, not signed, Wo quote a fow extraots from tho same and particularly advise our correspondents that all letters must bo signed or they can not bo published. Wo do not moan by this that we will publish the name signed, but wo must know who sends tbo lottor so that wo may bo ablo to judge absolutely of its reliability, Tho letter states among other nows items that Mr. Jas. Champion, C aud M. E., etc., has accepted the position as superintendent of tho company lately formed tu England by Lho Mund-Bromuor syndicate, Ihe name of Lhe company being tho Gold Lauds Company, Limited, aud that ho has started to survoy tho ditoh for lho claim on Williams crook, abovo tbo Cariboo Gold Fiolds Company's prop orty, of which Mr. Champion was formerly engineer and miuiug suporiu- teudout, whioh position ho resigned last fall. This seasou work will bo commenced on tho Lowhoo orook property. The ditch which was survoyed last year will bo a littlo over 13 milos in length and will bo constructed to carry 800 inches of water, taking wator from Jack of Clubs and Lightuing oreeks, This work will also bo douo undor chargo of Mr. Champion, Mr. Loon Champion has severed his connection with the Cariboo Gold Fields Company and is assistant surveyor, etc, of tho Gold Lands Company. Tho outlook for a good season in tbis vicinity has not been bettor for many years, aud we hope for good results from somo of tbo large enterprises being pushed along. Bottoming creeks and opeuiug up old channels is at bost slow work, aud while tho reward is practically certain if pushed to a finish it takes time, monoy and oxperienoo to mnko a success. Past In the Ice. Advices from the Northwest confirm tho previous reports that nearly half of tho Yukon fleet is fast in the ice und will probably bo destroyed whon tho spring freshet comos. The boats will probably bo crushed comes down. They woro all engaged In general freighting and passenger business on the Yukon betweon St. Michael and Dawson City. Origin ot an Old Saving. There's many a slip 'twlxt tho cup and the lip," is attributed to Ananas, king of the island of Sacos, in tho Gre- ciau archipelago. "The king, 30 runs the story, had planted a viuoyard but ho hnd treated his slaves so badly that ono of them predicted that his master would never livo to even taste of its wine. When tho vintage oamo, the king asked for a oup of wine, and then nskod tho slave what he thought of his prophesy. "I think there's many slip betweon the oup and the lip," solemnly answered. Just at that moment a messonger in hot haste rushed into the palace, informing the king that a wild boar had broken into the ineyard and was destroying it. An- emus put down his wine cup untasted nud hurried out to attaok the ravagor, but in the chose was killed. bottom in tho usual way. Short lad dors woro used and tho mon brought to the surface through tho working of tho Irou Musk. Tho injured were taken to tho Sistors hospital, and tho dead to tho undertaking rooms of Lockhart it Jordan. Au Inquest will bc hold to determine tho responsibility for the dreadful happening.—Rossland Minor Latest Prom Manila. Manila, May 23.—Tho Filipino commissioners were told tbat personal rights would bo guaranteed the same ns under the United States constitution. They approved in the school system, the separation of the ohuroh and the state. Thoy objeot to tbe entire soheme, however, on the ground that it gave them great personal but not political liberty. Thoy could not endorse the plan officially, though pleased with it personally. Prof. Schurman believes that it will ultimately be adopted, Rosario, a Filipino congressman, accompanied by an insurgent captain, irfaco work, n cross-cut tunnel forty surrenderedto Otis, Hosays Lunais UJridoif Wk-.w Management. Mr. Hotol, and Fred. Nolson now Las entire charge of the has thoroughly renovated and refitted it. Dining rooms well supplied, neat-aud urdui'tyi The bar is well supplied with the host grade of Wines, Liquors nnd Cigars. The house solicits a fair share of the public patronage. Free Sample Room; for Commercial Travelers. Sbwiko Disposal. Vancouver is to bo admired for its enterprise in determining to send to the town of Champaign, Illinois, a deputation consisting of tho Mayor aud tho City Engineer, for tho purposo of inspecting and reporting upou lho system otsowage disposal iu operation there, It is known ns the septic tank system, and it is described by thoso who havo soon it at work as a most ef feotive way of gottiug rid of tho detritus of u oity, It is understood chut if tho report of tho deputation be favorable, Vancouver will bo likely to adopt tho system iu tho disposal of its sewage. As this is a subjeot witb which tbo oity of Victoria has had moro thau enough trouble, might it not bo well to communicate with tho Vancouver corporation with a view to either sharing the cost of the deputation or obtaining nn early copy of the report they will mako so that our city could at the earliest opportunity tako some I have a mino. feet in length has just boen comploted, Tbis tunnel has just cut tho main lodgo on tho property, whioh shows up four foot in width. The ore is galena nud carries small gold values. The samo tunnel also cut auothor vein two feot in width, also of galena, but which only carried a trace of gold. Tho troubles over tho frue Bluo mine, noar Kaslo, will probably come up in tbo courts in tho noar futuro. Sinco tho Hall Miues pooplo stopped work Stephenson and Praser, tho owners, havo boon trying to secure possession of tho proporty, but the Hall Miues refuses to roturn tbo bond and so lho proporty is Hod up. About 18 tons of oro woro takou dowu to Knslo for shipment and woro Rent to Nelson lnst Friday morniug by tbo Hnll Mines, but Stephenson und Fraser havo applied for an Injunction straining thom from using it until tho oourt dooidos who owns it. Whou tho Hall Mines mon withdraw frtJm tho mino thoy took away ovorythlng that was portable, ovon to tho windows iu tho shack. Slophouson and Praser havo entered action to seouro a roturn of tha bond and for possession of tho mino, so that thoy oau continue to work on, as thoy aro confident thoy absoluto dictator and AguinaMo fears him. Every Filipino leader suBpeots tho other of treachery. Major Bill had four men wounded in reconnoitering expedition. Pour Men were Killed. Throo mon wero killed aud two woro porhaps fatally injured at 12:30 lnst Saturday in the War Eagle mine. The electric skip foil from tho 250 to the (100-foot level, a distanco of 350 feet. Killed. H. A. Honeyford, James O. Palmer, Thos. Neville. Injured, W, P. Schoiiold. Miko Cook. Tho meagre details obtainod by tho Rossland Miner, owing to the late hour, indicate that tho men entered tho skip u tho maiu shaft for tho purposo of going from ono lovol to tho other. In somo inexplicablo wny the ongineer in okargo of the elootrio hoist, lost con trol of the skip, which shot down the shaft. Minors rushed to tho roscuo, nud woroooufrunted byaterrible sight. Tho skip was so badly smashed and the machinery so damaged, that it was impossible to bring tbo men from tbe I'-HSci-Rcr List. Following is a list of passengers who loft for the uorth on tho B. C. X. Co.'s stagos this woek. J Hunter, J Huutor, jr, 150} C N Black, Van Wo, Quesnollo: Mr Boll, P W MeKoiii-ie, Lillooet; Mr. Sanson, Clinton. The arrivals were: Mr. Baker, of Opponhoimor Bros., Vancouver, aud Mr. SaudeHs, representing tho Hudsons Bay Company, who camo in by special ages, _____ Dot-ict-li-ir (he Queen. Prominence brings with it nil kinds of trouble, tho biggest of whioh is tho aunoyanco from cranks. During Victoria's long roigu sho has boon pursued by thoso visionaries. Tho most noted crank who over bothered Britain's Queen was a man, or boy, named Jones. Ho stuck at nothing to find out as muoh as possiblo about Hor Majesty. Ho was always appearing in tho most unexpected placos, aud managed to slip into the palace times without number. Once he was discovered under tbe tablo in a sittiug room, and ignominiously ejected, Four times wns he taken to jail bofore ho disappeared for good. Trcadwell Stamp Mill. An Associated Press dispatch from Tacoma announces that tho largest stamp mill in tbo world was started up on May 18 by D. O. Mills at tbo Tread- well mino, on Douglas Island, Alaska. Tho now mill contains sixty batteries of fivo stamps oach, with a crushing oapacityof four tons to eaoh stamp every 24 hours. The Treadwoll and its associated miues now havo 880 stamps iu operation. Thoy orusb 8520 tous of ore overy 24 hours, averaging about 31 per tou in gold, or 814,000 daily. One-third of this output is settled in concentrates and shipped to tho Tacoma -j!1,:i3o, per day is tho amount of gold actually released on Douglas island. Edward Jenner. Edward Jeuner, discoverer of vaccination, was born in Glouohestershire on May 17,1749. Ho studied medloiao flrst under Mr. Ludlow, an eminent surgeon at Sodbury, near Bristol, aud afterwards under tho celebrated John Hunter in London. At Sodbury bo mot a young countrywoman, who said that she could not take smallpox because sho had had cowpox. He returnod to tbo subject from timo to time, but it was not until May, 1700, that ho successfully vaccinated a boy named James Phipps. Tho practice met with the most violent opposition from tho medical profession, audit was asserted that vaccinated persons had assumed the shapo and nature of cattle. Tho opposition of the profession, however, gradually died away, and a yoar after tbo announcement of the discovery Jenner recoived a declaration of conlldence from seventy of the loading surgeons and physicians of London. Honors were conferred ou bim by foreign courts. Parliament voted him .010,000 in 1802 and .£20,000 moro in 1807, and in 1858 a public statue was erected iu his honor in London, Out From Dawson. Estill Turns and W. B. Gurnee, of Dawson City, aro registered at tho Juneau hotel. These gentlemen loft Dawson April 3rd, and had many unploas- ant oxperlencos on tho trail coming out, owiug to tho bad condition of tho ioe. They roport all tho steamers from Dawson oity to Lake Bennett in good condition and froo from iujury by the spring break up, but tho steamers on the lower Yukon, says Mr. Turns, are in a bad position. Dawson was vory quiet as the men wore crowding from Stowart rivor and other deserted streams to seouro work at tho spring wash-up, whioh started two weoks earlier and is now in full swing. Thistle oreek, a dump on Discovery crook, is ono of the outside creeks thnt will make a good showing. Twenty milos above, ou Tularo crook thero bas been a stampede to tho bonch. Tho creel- has boon prospected without success, but lator ona 801 nugget was found in tho bonch. The new telegraph lino to Dawson is now to lower Bennett, The lino is running on tho right hand side as you go down. Blasts are being placed in Tnglsh to blow up the rocks, on the six milo rivor to assist navigation. Theso gentlemen will go to Ko- diak Island on tho Dora to prospect for quartz—Juneau Record. PLANT TOBACCO. Editor AsiKitoi-T Journal—Dear Sir: I seo by your last issue tho ranchers oro talking of growing somo tobacco. Would you kindly slato in your next thnt I havo a number of excellent tobacco plants ready to sot out which I will sell at $5 por hundred. Yours truly, Chas. E. BROWNE. Harper's Mill, May 25th, 1801), The Rre Company. Thoro is yet a balauco of betweon 3200 and 8300 to bo paid for our Uro apparatus and there is about S'KJ for tbo llro hall owing to Robert Stoddard remaining unpaid. Our firemen talked vory bravely about getting up an en- tortniumont of somo kind and raising tho money, but it appears to have beeu all talk as no one has moved in the matter. Instead of regular practices with the hose, wo believe three or four will cover each time tho company has been called out for practice. The citizens contributed Hberaly toward buying the lire apparatus, let tbe firemen do their part nnd take the initiative iu raising the bnlauce of the funds that should have been raised long ago.-CoM The city of St. Johns, was wiped out to the extent of a half million of dollars on Thursday. Tho Fraser river at Lillooet rose threo feet within the past twenty-four hours, and is still rising. Tho Oddfellows have carpeted and fixed up their hall in fine shape. It now presonts a neat and -:ozy appearance. Tho execution of Perrier, tho New Westminster murderer, hus beeu post ponod for oue month in order to givo bim nu examination a* to his sanity. Dick Stewart, who ha. been to tho Halcyon Hot Springs for treatment Cor rboumutism, writes Arthur Haddock that he is no better and will soon lean, for Vaucouver. Tho French statistical!. Dr. Lmer. says tbat half ot all human beings die beforo 17, that only one person in LO.- 000 lives to bo 100 yean old, and than to bo 00. The manager of the Bank of British North America at Montreal bus received a cable from the courc of directors of the banit ia England subscribing 31,000 to the sufferers ta the fire at Dawson City. Business men who subscribed toward the purchase ot hose for Are pretention should at once pay up aay sums that may yet bo due on their .uhscrip- tions. It is not fair to oblige a committee to go around collecting and Ui make sometimes tbe second or third call without receiving tbe money. A report has just been received ny tho JOURNAL from Horsefly, which ia, we believe, authentic, that the Horsefly Gold Mining Co. (the Ward Co.* are taking out on an average 31,000 per dav, and have a large amount of immensely rich gravel in sight. One thousand dollars per day in bright. shining gold, and only a comparatively small plant working. The Horsefly is all right. _ Tho LordLientenantof Ireland, Earl Cadogan, has released O'Hanlon, Malic tt and James Fitzharris, alias "Skin tho Goat," the lost three Irish political prisoners, who were sentenced for life for conspiring to murder Lord Frederick Cavendish, chief secretary for Ireland, and Mr. T. M. Burke, permanent under-secretary for Ireland, who who were assassinated by stabbing in Phamix Park, Dublin, May Gtb, 1S82. Lair Birds. The "mound fowls" of Australia and New Guliien construct mounds of decayed leaves for their nests In these the eggs nro Inlil and covered over with tho same material Tho warmth engendered by tha decomposition of the leaves onuses the eggs to hatch, and tho young In duo time burrow their way out to llfo and tho opon air. Theso birds nro regarded ai the laziest of nil the feathery kingdom. Nest to them comes tho common black- bird of America for laziness. Theso blackbirds never build nests of their own, but Iny tlieir eggs In tho nests of other birds nnd leavo them to be hatched by foster mothers This Is an unfortunate Imposition on tho smaller birds, ns tho black- bird's young Is so large when first hatched that ho 03OH crowds tho smaller birds out uf thu ucst and has It all to himself. Thomas McEwen, of Empire Valley, was in town a day this week. Mr. Mc Ewen states that tho loss of stock iu wintering has not boen so light throughout his section for very many yoars as it was tho past season. Considerable mining is boing dono along the Fraser, and at Big Bar in par- tloular, A Rndo Youth. "How do you account for this, ma'am?" And ho held aloft a lump of coal which he hnd just dug out from the sirloin steak. Tho ]niid!.itly slightly (lushed "1 suppose the poor cows Bouietlmc* strny aloug tho railroad track," sho said. "But you must admit tho steak Is tender.' Ho thumped the coal with his knife. "Yes,' he said harshly; '-locomotive tender.' And the meal progressed ln silence.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Quite a Difference. "Ho says ono role of his life has been to keep his conscience clear." "Ob, surely you misunderstood!' "Why, what do you think ho said?' '-Probably that tho one great rulo of his llfo wns to keep clear of his conscience."— Chicago Post A physician calculates that lt takes eight times tho BtrenglJi to go up stairs that Is required for the same distance on the 1ml, ( THE ASHCROFT JOURNAL. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY, P, S. REYNOLDS Bditov and Proprietor, SATURDAY, MAY 27. 1800, A Luetic Curiliii.i I.nU-rprl.lu. Wo havo beou awiiro for several months past that certain lulluoutlal groups in tlio oily are becoming inter osLed in the old liver i.hailliels nl' (Jail boo which are well known lo bo high ly auriferous aud had caused reports to bo mado on some nf the best known creeks by milling engineers nl' repute; but until the prospectus of the Cariboo Consolidated came into our bunds lately we did not know how exleusivo those operations woro intended to bo. As we have on many former occasions referred at length tn tho great wonlth wliich remains In tho gold-bearing gravels of the Cariboo, many of .our road- dors do not need to bo reminded that it was owing to tho discovery of coarse gold on the Prasor rivor in 18,"»8 which led lo the big Cariboo gold rush of 1850-60. Uis estimated tbat in tho early sixties gold to tho vatuo of CIO,- 000,000 was extracted by the crudest of mining appliances from these crook: Aftor stripping the upper gravels o \Villiam_, Lightning, Koithley and other creeks, the miners found that thoir way to the richest grouud near bed-roc!', was barred by an inrush of water, with which they woro quite unable to copo- with tho very primi- tivo mining appliances theu at their command. No attempt was made to thoroughly oxploro tbo old river channels until within tho last fow years, when several companies have been formed, the majority being (ana diau or American, and largo sums havo been expended in fluming, plpelaylug, etc., which is now commencing to bring its reward. It is ouly by working ou a largo scale aud with tho best and most powerful hydraulic machinery that satisfactory results can bo obtained, and to appreciate tho position it is necessary to understand tho meaning of what geological authorities term '•ancient channels." In bygone times tlio mountain gulches havo boeu filled with debris of soft schists aud slates which had been grouud down tho steep slopes by glacial uction. That debris contained largo amounts olgold brought down from tho rioh veins iu tho mouutaiu sides. Tho most recent li.Hn_m.jr. I. nf Curihnndemonstrates ho cient cbaunels and suoh dobris containing rioh auriferous deposits uvail ablo for Immediate workiug, und in ex tout aud valuo aro beyond anything hitherto known, from California to A Ins ku. All thoso who are acquainted with tho district aro of the opinion that ono of tho richest liarvasts in tho annuls of miniug awaits the development or doop gravels, ami that this is not mero opin ion, uor oven tho probably sound, but still uncoflrmed, .judgment of tho chief living experts, was partly rlomonstartod by the ollicial report of the Gold Commissioner, in which ho stated, "Tho opinion has prevailed for many yoars among our most, experienced minors from California and Australia that, judging from tho formation of lho couutry, thero exists, und ultimately would be found in this (Cariboo) dis trict, immense obliterated river ohau- nels, which received thoir gold from tbo chief supply uf the precious metal.' For nearly thirty years this once lively miniug section was practically abandoned, and It is only within tho last yoar or two Unit miuing men with capital-'iave turned their attention to this partially worked district. Senator Campbell, a loading hydraulic mining engineer nl" California, has stated that no Held offers tho inducements for tho legitimate investment of capital in gold raining as does this Cariboo district of British Columbia. The groat majority of tbe public nre unaware nf tho past record of Cariboo's famous creeks. In this connection, it is not out of placo to roproduco a letter which appeared in our columns exactly a vear ago. The writer, James Moore, of (Juesnclie Porks, wont to Cariboo in IH5R. His lottor ran: "I havo bunted up somo old records of output of gold from claims iu early days in Cariboo. Some of your readers may bo interested iu comparing this output with lho returns from Klondiko. Cariboo is ou tho ovorlund route from Spokano to Klondike, tho wholo routo bo'uig in tho gold bolt. "I have confined lho investigation to to Williams croek, ono of tho most famous gold producing streams of tbo sixties. Tho records hero show that the following companies cleaned up tho amounts set after thoir names during tho days when gold-mining on Williams creek was In active operation; "Cameron compauy, 81,000,000; Ruby Company, 8000,000; Tinker company, 8700,000, most of this in 300 foet of ground: Aurora company,8000,000; Caledonia company, 8500,000, in flfteon mouths' work-; Dllloroompaay,8100,000, in 1100 feot of ground; Prince of Wales company, 8100,000; Moffat company, $.'100,000; Watty company, $80,000; Dead Broke compauy, 870,000; Ericson company, $350,000: Nigger company, 8155,- 000. Tho Beauregard company cleanod up as high as SOO ounces per twenty- rour hours' work; the Nover Swoat company from 60 to 200 ounces in 21 hours'work; aud the Now York company from 100 to 200 ounces iu 21 hours' work. A numbor of other cluims ou this crook paid in the same proportion. "Now, as for prospects, wo hear of as high as 8800 to tho pan in Klondiko, Compare that with pan prospects in Cariboo. Tho highest prospect I now remember was 81050 to the pan, I also remembor 80500 iu flvo pans on Williams creel.." Tho great majority of the old minors wore of opinion lhal thi.- richest ground remained untouched; and thero are many pioneers today lu lhut district. wbo hold claims which they aro quito unable to work for want, uf Biillloiont oapital to lustal the rorjuisito machinery, but they are loth to soil, believing as thoy do thai their ground contains enormously rich deposits, and ns soon us othor claims in the- district have been proved thoy will be ablo I" uhl aiu capital nu their own terms, This, Indeed, they may succeed iu lining before long, but Ihey have, alas! already had to wait many yours. Ouo of tho romantic features of gnld miuing is thc history of mines, which, like nations, havo their rise and fall. and too often prospectors dovoto thoir onorgios tn the discovery of new mines to the neglect of old workings which. through lack of the modern appliances. wore abandoned as exhausted, and still are found to contain more gold than their former owners were ever ablo tt recover. This is essentially the case lu Carl boo, which today offers as i-emuncra tivo a Held for scientific miuing as exists anywhere. There are many advantages in this method of gnld miuing whioh should not bo overlooked by ii vostors iu mining enterprises. Tl gold exists iu the gravel in coarse Hakes and uuggets. Some of th latter have beeu obtained as largo as 3™ ounces, and the great expense crushing and extracting, which bears so heavily on this Industry in othor countries, is entirely obviated. The properties obtained by the Carl boo Consolidated are some of tho most important in the district, and hav been very thoroughly investigated and favorably reported ou by many well known mining engineers. The reports alone mako a bulky pamphlet of III pages, which contain much iutor esting information and valuabl data. J. Cobeldiok, who is ouo of tho most prominent miuing men iu tho provinco, says: "I may say, for your information that Lowheo croek ceased to bo worked because tho several owners who worked the ground in lhe early sixties did not know that water was available for hydraulic purposes, and also were too much divided among themselves to form n combined effort to secure water. "Theso two facts explain why it that this valuablo property remained available for negotiation and purchase at the present time. Now, however ..._.v.,i._t> «u.Wiil"*._.il_nn»j "SUMOlfe-fl.* fU bydrnulicing, I am of opinion that lho property is a most valuablo une, and woll worth tho price agreed to bo given for it. "Whilst at Barkcrvillo ongagod i thoso investigations I saw sovoral ounces of gold that had been washed oul from tho ground at Lowhce creek, whilo wo wero there, by two men, with tho most primitive appliances. The gnld is very courso gold, ono piece weighing over 7 ounces, another piece about half that weight. This gold was secured as a sample of what class of gnld the property yields. "Tho amount of gold bearing gravol contained in tho property agreed to bo purchased will last very many yoars, working on u large scale; in addition In that, tho property, owing to it-, newly acquired water supply, controls a largo additional area of that kind of ground, which facts together places the date of exhaustion beyond tho Iitetimo of anyone associated with the presont purchase. "In concluding this report, 1 desire to put ou record that I havo no interest hi any of lho properties negotiated for, or in lho persons owning thom. I also desiro lo say that I was greatly impressed duriug tho journey by tho abundant evidence*, thero are of lhe great wealth of gold contained in tho auriferous grave! formation of British Columbia." Concerning a dredging proporty on Cuyuse creek obtained by the company, thoir ongineer, Mr. Brett, says: 'The ground you havo on the lease contains all tho concentrates of tho crook, as it is tho only deposit, all tlio gravel and fine gold for the wholo length of lho creok has been washed down into tho flats hold .by you, ] consider these two proportios referred to amongst tho bost ou tho Kraser, and all tbat is required is a good, strong drodgo, woll nianagod by capablo men. You will have no troublo in saving gold, as thero is no float gold in tho distriot." bo acquired have been made by oight or nine experienced mining men, including Messrs. E. 1\ l.a.hbono, W. Thompson and J, Cobeldiok, whoso reports aro open for inspect inn, and confirm in every particular the views held by the vendors. It.seems almost inconceivable that this lho nineteenth century the Cariboo distriot, indicating such po- lial wealth, remains practically neglected, or that Dr, Dawson, tho eminent geologist and mineralogist of the Govornmont Survey Department, should have found it uoooossary, as is the case, to continually draw attention lo such a vast Held, and to deprecate its nogloot. Tbe Cariboo Consolidated is in many ways llio largest and most Important Cariboo enterprise yet off' orod hi this couulry. It has several strings lo its bow, lor the company ac quire.*, nineteen proportios, comprising an approximate area of over 12,000 acres, together with flvo miles of diedg i'ig rights. The whole of thoso, haying been carefully selected, aro a guarantee ns to prospects, wliich are enhanced if the company adopt, as proposed, tho different methods of working, such ns drifting, bydrnullolug and dredging, If wo ouly soled Lightning Creok, on which the company acquires four claims, or 320 acres, tbe future should In. assured when Mr. Kathbono coin- putos.tbo expenditure on his properly at 030,000 par annum. Tho old min ers, lacking capital to provido pumping machinery, were drowned out whon actually making 30 oz. to tho "sot" (about 8 cubic yards) in ouo shaft, while in I ho othor shaft 10 oz. were returned to the "set." Prom the report of Senator Campbel. it appears that a comparatively small expenditure nf capital will deal with .the water que..- tion, I'Yoni thomulucreoknbovo these properties, 80,200,000 huvo boon obtained, whilo upwards nf 81,000,000 have been won from claims below. (liven reasonable weather, tho forth coining season in lhe Cariboo and Lii looot districts should amply demonstrate the correclness of the statements made in the prospectus even if tho following by J. J. Dickson bo too sanguine: ' The cost of dredgiog such material as wo have will not exceed '.'< cents per cubic yard, While 1 believe many parts of the bars will pay probably 85 to tho yard, 1 think that 50 cenls lo the cubic yard would bo n reasonable estimate." He considers that with such an immense doposit, if tho estimate wore ouly 20 cents to tho yard, an immouso revonuo would accrue, namely. ■?.".!I,~.l._.,000, after de- dueling:! cents per cubic yard for operating expenses. Tho purchase price has been fixed by tho Gold Lauds Corporation, who aro tho vendors to and promoters of the compauy, at L'lT.O.OOO, payable its to £60,000 iu cash, and as Lo 1.190,003 in fully paid shares of the company, or partly in cash and partly is fully paid shares. Provision proportlbu-ito reduction- ot the "purchase consideration in caso tho company should not take over any particular properties. Theso arrangements strike us as being on a fair aud oquitablo basis. Timber i.s abundant in tho immediate neighborhood, tho dumping grounds aro well chosen aud ndoquate, and another important feature is that there aro no restrictions with regard to thoso as in California. Tliero is, too, a good road for freight, labor now adays is relatively cheap, and, apart fiom tho fact that tho opera tions will be conducted uudor the laws of 13. C., which aro greatly in favour of mining investors, the directors do noi seem lo have wandered from strict ver- icity iu their conclusion that lho consolidation of tlieso properties presents i full and BulUelent guarantee for a most successful undertaking. When fully equipped und in working order, tho claims should speedily arrive at a position to return handsome profits upon capital invested. Tho engiuoers have estimated that a net annual profit of l'JO_:.000 may be oxpected from live of tho above properties ulone; at the same timo thoy show that profits un a large scale may bo reasonably anticipated from tho others. THE OLD WORLD, About H,000,000 ions of coal nro annually consumed In London Thu most common name for a placo In 1-iiglanil is Newton, which occurs no fewer tllllll 7. times Prussia's new landtag building at Berlin is a failure, the acoustlo properties of the representatives' hall being bo bud that ppi'.'.kei-s eniinolj lie heard even In Ihc front Bouts lu place of wedding eako in Holland wedding swcols aro given—-"bruid-zulk- crs," they arc called. They nro .landed round by children and drasorvod In .lower trimmed baskets l'arls sowers are being searched carefully for treasure trove owing to the recent discovery by a workman under tho Hue Mcmlumrtru ut a bundle containing 000. 000 francs In securities. Some lime ago tlio wnler of a well not many miles from Hi... in began to taste of petroleum Though cleaned repeatedly, It got will-so, and at latest accounts 75 por cent of Uie liquid was potrolouin, Bergen, Norway, Is going to iaeilltato the cat ra nee of vessels Into the harbor In stormy wentlior by placing tanks of oil on tliu breakwater and sprondlng tho oil on thu waler by means of small pipes Russia lias taken np tliu Italian Idea of using the army as a means ef education, All conscript., aro to be taught reading nnd writ ing during their six years' servlci anil whero It Is necessary will lie (rained for trades as well On Sopt, ID last a Bavarian at Billlll.org eoiib up a small balloon, to which win ta».!u-d Ills card, witli the rotjlicst thnt thu tinder of tlu: balloon should let him know where it t--iirlu.il lliu ground Threo iiiimihs later ho got his ami, with n lutnit from lhe man who luul round the balloon in _-.uiidei-l-.ud. Kuglaiul POPULAR SCIENCE. Space has a tompernturo of DOO ilegruos Mow nro Many scientists now believe lhal the at- a gram or mall nr (he mllllll in Knoh Boalo Tho heart ot a vc- average 58 totho mil enter 79 Thls'repr '.ti.oiiO lieiits iu -'I hi Thu tensile siren, only ion dry grease er si I.O.C.T. Tliursdiiv cv o'clock, Via to attond. Asm-Kill-.' l.oniii. NO. "" I. O. (I. T. Moris eve ling In Uil.ltelhuvH Mall 7: up ni.-iiiU-i. o.mhiillv invii, I. II. UK-.SON. Slid OflUD IfER ffflUN [)_---! Como and inspect my a' oo' SCOTCH GOODS! My ilrst shipment direct. They are a credit to tho name Ihey bear. Tweeds, Serges, Worsteds, Vlcimas, Pantings, Breechlngs, Vestings. Charges moderate, Pirst-olnss workmanship, TOMMcCOSH Dominion Hotel. ^^ KANLOOPS, B.C. .." Hi Ii Contest!.. Tho working pooplo of tho Wliltechapcl district enjoy all kinds of trials of skill. One of theso is tin. basket carrying contest. Tho men commence with half n dozen baskets, and thon, after several heats aro run, thoy aro gradually Increased until aa many ns 10 or 17 baskets nj-o balanced on tho bends of thu competitors. Many ami arlfulare the dodges resorted to by tho contestants, of which tlio following will servo, ns nn example. Ono competitor on ono occasion arrived at tho hall with hia baskets, 10 lu number, already stacked on a burrow outside. They were all glued together. In this raco neatness is taken lllto consideration as well as speed and number of baskets carried. Tho prizes in lliis, as well as In all tho com petitions, consist of medals, purses of Bilver ami nil maimer of useful articles. Shriving contests uro extremely popular '- Whltechnpol, Every Men. Convenience for Commercial - First-class Cuisine (French Chef). Woll Stocked Bar. PROPRIETOR, MOTIOE. Siiiiii!_> of lho County Conn ... Carihoo will 1)0 holden as follows: 150-Mile House. Friday. UHli June. 1800. bOlm Creek. Monday, tutli June. JSllfl. .-Hi_.sin.1k1, Tlmrs.l.iv, aand June, INDll. Richfield, Monthly, 20th June, lsui). Court opens each day ut to o'eloek ia lhe irenoon, liy Order. JAMES McKEN. I".e_7istr.tr, Countv Com! ol Cariboo. H.C. Tth April. 1SU9. ..Otli H.irk.i ,„, ,-,,., ; --■.-.., and there nro always lho directors of lho company nppenr plenty of subject., cnger to bo operated up- '"iplto tho danger of cuts and gashes, land Cigar Manufacturing Co. of B.C, Ltd. D R. R.MAT H ISO N DEWTIST. (Graduate Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, Philadelphia.) OFFICE-MAIN ST., KAMLOOPS, U.C THOM CHONG LONG, Kiii'ilojiiieiil Oflito, -lur.. und i'irsl-I'liiss Laiinili-y. IOTICE. Notice is hereby given that after the expiration of thirty days t Intend tu apply tu the Chief Commissioner of Lands aad Works [or permission to purchase 100 acres of iiih.ci.-i iiied land situated about une ahove (.olden Kiver Ouesnelle Co.'s dam,commencing at a post marked "A,"S.W. thence east ao chain: llience north Hn chains, thence west _10 chain; thence soalu 80 cliains to post of commence meat. JOHN Ml* UAH. Ouesnelle Korku, MiUcll SBltl, 1800. -1810 P.O. Box -117. Telephone 138 Stanley Park Livery-—_-_^_--=, Sale and Feed Stables Hacks, Carriages, Buggies, Double and Single Drivers, and Saddle Horses. - - McRAE BROS., Proprietors, Corner Georgia and Seymour Streets, VANCOUVER, • B.C. Ornamental Trees! Hull's, Ruses, Hollies, l.lindodrndror Fancy I.vogreens, ele, Thousands growti oa mv own grounds. .Most complele stoek tlili Province. Hoes ami lice Minjilies, agiicti tural implements, spray pumps, cut llowei New catalogue now ready. _M:.-r._E-C_E_]__Nr_R/"_-r Olll Westminster Rond, Vancouver, H,C. ASHCUOFT Wholesale aud Retail Dealer iu Hay, Grain, Chop Feed, &c. Br*Anent for E. G. Prior A Co., agricultural implements. NOTICE. Notice la hereby given to Sheritr John Stev- pnson, of Harkerville. Cariboo. Iiritish Columbia, and to anv other claimant against tlu- bltlncyuold Mining and Development Co.." [lint-1 am the sole owner of the engine and boiler being used by said company on tlieir boats on the Smoker River, U.C. Said petty has been mine since t80C, and ...... loaned to tliu Sidney Mining Co.. tbey having iu» title to them whatever. Anyone 'attempt ing to levy, sett, or disturb my rights in sau property will be prosecuted bvlaw. MRS CLARA HAWKS WOODRL'XH, UO Buffalo. N-Y. ANUFACTUttEItS OF- FINE HAVANA CIGARS. PRIDE of; KAMLOOPS INTERIOR LA MORENA to jiossess ovory qualification coast-til tiiiK a Btroaff board, Tho chairman is Uout.-CiBii. Sir Jamos Sevan Edwardes, l..l<_. John Girdwcod, .1.1'., (ho managing director, is a leading sph-ifc on tho board of tho Lady Shonton MinhiR Company. Thn.. tho gentlemen who aro taltioff ohurgo of tho destinies of this company hold responsible positions besides possessing substantial stakes in tho undertaking, und tho fact that it bus boon decided that, the wholo share oapital of .£350,000 slinll rank- equally for dividond is'an advantage to tho investor, who is apt to get confused when discriminating betwoou preferred, deferred, or founders' shares. A strong point, aud ono which may be emphasized, is working capital, while as an additional safeguard tho public is assured that tho diraotors will not pro- coed to allotment unless at least one- half of these have been subscribed for. Reports on tho properties proposed to The Olevoi- Weaver Bird. An hitoi-oatinghird is tho "weaver." It Booms to bo fond of making enormous neds merely for tho purposo of exorciso In tho art of construction. Supply theso birds with striugs and straw, and tlioy will uso thom up rapidly, and their fabric i.s woven with a porfcotUOSS that Is astonishing. In some countries it is thu custom of tbo weaver birds to colonize and build ono big flat topped platform, two or threo yards across, Which is so admirably put together as fo shed tho rain as well as any roof could do. Under this roof they malm individual pookot shaped nests, bringing up under this unl-jiii. strii-.tui-.. a largo and Interesting family of littlo weavers. Thoro Is auothor bird called tlio "tailor," which, Instead of weaving Hn Host, incloses it in big leaves and studies tho latter together with plant libera, jiiBt us one would sew a piece of cloth. Too Much. "Don't you hate to have a man toll you the samo story twico." "Yes, especially if It Is ono that I toltl thu,"—Chicago Record. ASHCROFT WATER, ELECTRIC & IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. »! __________ NOTICE i_ hereby given that an e_-.iraor.li nary general meeting of tbe sliare- Iioldei-. untie above company will he held at tlie: office of the eonipany. in Asbcroft. British Lohiiul.ia. on .MoiHlav, Ihr-J--nddav ot Mm lHli.l. at thr hour of eleven o'clock th the (ore- noon, tiM-nn.-iilcrthe <| nest inn ol the eoniuanv pun basing the property, roal and personal, riylitr-, i.rivilejici. and franchises of the '\\sh ctoft Waterworks Uompauy, Limited." and of the Ashcroft Water. Light and Power Company. I.united." and thc powers l)t:lii.."iijy '''Vf1''11-,'I'f'enns of which proposed purchase •vill lu-laid before the meeting! and to con- siderthe ipiestion of Ibo companv borrowine a Mim not eneeedindlfty thousand dollara on the credit of the company and or securing the repayment of the money so borrowed or of par] thereof, with Interest, hy mortgages of the miih.rtJikiii«. tolls. ji.M'ts. acipiirefi and to he acquired, and of tbe future calls on share- holders, aad of Issuing bonds or debentures therefor or tor part thereof, and ;>f negotiatint!. selliim, pledging and hypothecating smh nioitnanes anil bunds and of obtaining temporary advances pending the sale or hvpothceatioti thereof and of properly securing the repayment of suoh temporary advances, anil in lbe event of such order being made approving of such nro- po.-ed imroliase, ami of an order heini* made auiliori/iiiL' thc proposed borrowing of lifiv tlumsind dollars, orin the event o[ either <i| such orders lieiui; made tin- meeting will be -idtourncd til! the directors shall have prepared a .bylaw or bylaws In accordance witli such order or ordera. and tbat on the meeting rc- simiing after sui'h ailuitinnnont tlie slid bvlaw or bylaws will lie considered and if approved will he rat-lied and continued and tho deed-j of iransfci and bills of sale transferring the property of the vendor companies will he submitted lo tbe company for inspection and approval. and the tnorl- IM-.cs. bunds, debentures, agreements and other documents to be issued and executed by the companv in connection with said pro nosed loan will lie submitted for latiliealion and confirmation, and all other business ro- -liiiu-d in connection with the said proposed purchase, and the borrowing of said money ku,] -,» urine -..ui.-. and with Itu ,h- , I, ,|,-, „- imd hypothecating of thc said morlgai.es. bonds, debentures and agreements will be- transacted, and to remove from ilbce all or any of the directors ind'appoint others in their place respec- lively, and to make bylaw:; providing for the transaction ofthe general business of the compnny tSTirXI'm db .B-Et-TTSO-IXr ) General Blacksmiths, Horseshoeing, Steel,Iron and Boi-dwood Liu-iber kept iu stock, also wagons suitable for freighting and ranching. Shop on Railway Avonuo. - - - ASHCROFT, B.C. I- XjE_E3IIvl_A.Isr, Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wagon Buildei HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. Iron, Stu_l n-d Tlmljor kept lu .tuck, -ml Kofill C'lllls lii'[:l .ill llllill. Ill I'rllll.n- 1'i'i of "Tin: Uhin-ii Tiro Bolter" will warranto-, und price, lowor tlmi and _-l>-.t_ ASIICHOKT, i f-lu.ii of Eosti-rii iu:iil_ Ciin..i-_s, H_-_r_-1>.- n ion, nml iilsn mii-o tn order. Maim.-otu.or Ji nil BlackimlUn slionld use. All work ovor. An us_o.tiii.iit of Collins nlwuvs on hum). I. C. vi i. n-jvery SALE & FEED STABLES. Buggies, Soluble and Single Drivers, and Sacidie Horses. Special trips iiiiuIj' to Lillooel ami Cm-iboo.* Wholesale and rotnil dealers in Hay and (iruiu. M. 1>. S-JflWART, \v. OROZIBR. _St©*W€trt dks Crozier, ■ P.O. llus fl, AHIK'I.OI'T, U.C. JX. NAVIGATION COMPANY.Ld. SODA CREEK. OUESNELLE. Tin Steamor "Ohavlotto uill commoiico hei- regular trips on tlio opening of navigation on tlio uppor Fraser rivor, making eloso .oiinoc.iou with tlio B.C. lixpress Company's stages carrying Her Majesty's tioyal .Mails. Freight left al Sodn Creel, [or thc steamor will la-stored free of oharge, also freight bj steamer for |uiints beyond Quesnollo will be forwarded iree of charge fov such forwarding. Fare each way, $4.50; freight per tou, Js|u. Quesnello, B.C. '.TAMES REID, Manager. LEADS THEM ALL! If you havo u Cotitfh or Cold use Lambert's - - - FOR SALE. lit.' Acres Of rich liiitiniii land, iiartlvi-lcuri'tl, ■'Villi small hull--; and .tatik-; mtv favnr.ililv ■-iiti.tti.-d, Tlia- -.-..nun. ..xr.-pti.-inal terms. " Apply lo A. II.J. MAUTL-.Y. BOlc TheGnHiBe, H.c. SALE. Syrup (it Douglas HENDERSON BROS., Wholesale Druggists, VICTORIA und VANCOUVER, I3.C. KAMLOOPS MOUSE, P. HEROD, Proprietor. KAMLOOPS, - -B.C. Is the place where yon can -always be nira of pettl-iff the Choicest Wines and Liquors And the Best Brands.if Foreign and Domestic Cigars. om mnl Jerry Golds worth Tea! Maple Leaf Coffee! AnAl Dnlry Stock Kaiicli for sale, A ccn- ir.il i.laa' (or a Creamery. Kor partinilar*. npply lo the untlersltrtieu, A. S. ULRICH, ilSic 133-Mik' Huns.-, Lac La Hache, U.C. f-OTICE. ..^''.J'^'l'-JiL'i'i-l.j-Kiv.iitli-t from ami niter 1 '.V'J"' I -IJJJll, , ! - rc..„_„„ll._ (or „ny 't.l'J. (nmncl.d ..itjH'in my -rilten order. DnlcdutAahcrotltl a nlol!Fobra__v,_s__ '-'lc C. W. EA_._, For Sale ! THE MEADOW LAKE PROPERTY. •tsv.vk,;,,«:-, , :,ii.t-tu ;>-.mated on the ' '■--.I '■iliai !.-a<l-i..,inil_f .Main Cariboo .Vanon ■<_■„.<' I,,,,- e„;,l.. Alkali Lake, l.mmre Val l'->. lilt-l..im- Kaii-lu-. nnd totlie rest of tlu- loi.ti ry .,n the west .;di-oi tin-Kraser river and Hie -hurt mule m the Cliilroten country. I here are :.■-.-. a, res of Crown (.-rant. :j'JOncres ol iireeiiu-umi. all unmruniR-red. a huce r.a«. lure.un a-„„]l„„. lu-well situated for"a i a. :si I,- h.m.-e. and is doiiij.' a cood trade as -inin. iui c-.mi.etitii.ti. lhe house rontaius y, hi IJi.hj.j.iJj-, al;,,,:,; Mlliiii-- room, and din- ii. - oj tu ;„:,; ht.-nen: all the Moms are fairly Mi[.|,iie 1 «,[!, the necessary outlll for each. ;,|lll',lllll!::!r1 "ell-nited forilalr.-- iS;.iitpo-e-: a milk house, ehum, seventy pans 11,. [il.u-k-mith-lioii. Necessary tools \v-„!..» , T' f,|u',is ''"rr*!ls- l'clllir- etc. , V ',' ■ ,n;,k--1 -ver. rake. sleiK!is. and vari- ou> otiier Implements. A few horses anil Tlie BUrrotindllia country alTords line crai:- im; toriiorys and cattle and Is well watered. in -e.i-i.n ducks, geeac ami prairie chii-kcn For tiarticiil 1M1T11. ciiui -IREA8K, ona, H.C. apply either to J. Ii. N ii'uii, B.C., or to CREASE K lienors, temple Building, Vic- ot- ta CANADIAN TEA IMPORTERS ANO WHOLESALE CROGERS, VANCOUVER., ■ li.<' I-AMIOOPES, LOST. Ull reward on return ti CORNWALL IIHOS. CASH! FOR FURS. Marten are hiRli and wanted, The dark-skins are in Ihejnealest ileinatiil. l-'nr lat^e, dink, ime-kins I will imy lni.li [Hires, and other i-oloi- aceordiuj-ly. Those s]iiI,|1|i)n to me can ielv on fair ti-ealinent ami inonint returns. J will remain at Winiiipei; until ...mil..! li.lli, and if all |joes well 1 will rein.,, -n NiivciHlier Sgo^'l&.-_-._sdtel&l,,,nl,■ C. W. BALDWIN, P.O. Box 901. WIuuiiJC'B, Mnu. luiny. rnnl for ^em-rii'l bn.ini 1 KYAN. I JOHN SHII-LDSj CLAUDK K. DOiAT, JAS. C.S. SHIELDS, BERNARD RYAN. I Director- of Conilmny. HATCREEK Blacksmith Shop. I desire to give notice to teamsters nud others wishing blacksmithing doue, that I have leased tlie Hat Creek Blacksmith Shop and have on hand a full line of steel, iron, etc., for the general black- smithing business. All work entrusted to hie will be done thoroughly and with neatness and despatch. I). NEVIN. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL R'Y is tl.cl.csl line lo aod Trom Chictico Mil. watikco nnd nil polhls East, Witli 11, (1,155 mill's ol llioroughly n([iilpnDd rontl It rcficlit'8 all iii-lnci|inl Imsitii'ss i*onters in Northern Illinois; Wlconsln, Iowa, Mlnnoeotn.Soutn Dakota, North Dakota and North Miclilgan THE OWLY LINE I.ui.iiltifr Elooll-lo Llolllod nml Slciim Hcnlcil VoMlbuloil Triilna. Tlmo tiiblcs, innils mul iiiformnllon ro- timliug rolllos, nitua nml oilier il_lnil» romilng to tlie ronil will |,_ iiiniisiici on npiJlionlioji to any coupon ti. lii'l iigonl, 0. by aililn-asing 0, .I.lSimv Oiin.rnl Aeonl 1'urtlnuU. Oru. SOO-PACIFIC LINE. 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Vatioouvcr.l_.17. lie [j 4 $6 THE MOAT. aj( ArAiml Mils llohonod homo of hoary ponco. lnvul.irriil.l_i in itu yliiHsy mont, A brcntli of (,'lio.stlj-riii]iiiii--i-a mollis lo flout, Ami murmur mid tlio Immemorial trees. ■Tin- li-mlr-i- <.loj.es whero cnlllo browse nt onus bin .1 soflly, liko n pit-con'H cuier-ild tlirait, Ami Bclf olillvloiL- timo forgets to nolo Tlio Ulght of velvet footed centuries. Tlie goldon mi ml iim., netted in tho close, Sleeps Indolently by tho yew's slow slmdoj bttll ns oomo relic un old iimaler mndo Tlio jeweled pencoek's rich cmuniil rIowb, And on yon mogay wall (Imt youtliful roso Blooms like n roso which novor menus fo fado, -MnUiUdo Dlind in "A Bolcollon of Poems." THE RIGHT OF WAY. "It Is ridiculous," Bnld tlio president of tho Groat Southwestern railway, "tlmt wo should ho blopkad by tlio obstinacy of one mnn In our endeavor fo build this l_r.im.lt line. A casual obsorvor would cortnlnly Bupposo that tho oxeoutlvo department of tho company hnd suifloiout bralna to ovor* como such uu obstacle ns tills, The situ..- tion la simple enough. Hero is our rond nnd hero nro tlio mountains • in whicli Ilm now strikes hnvo boon mndo. To develop thom machinery must bu hauled in mul oro hauled out. i'luiti means n branch lino. Ono nmn owns nil the land—mesa nnd foothills—betweon tlio railroad and tho mines, Wo must oross his ranch, but lio declines fo boII a right of way, Uo Is n plouoor ami is bull headed, Uo snys tbo couulry wns getting along .without railroad., when hodnino thoro nnd Hint It enn got along without thom Btlll. Wo must overcomo bis objootlons Bub how? Wo offor to pay hlm woll for nil daniago dono, and hu ropllea by BiiggesHug Hint, our Bttitliug outflt brlug along one lint oar o. coillns, Ilo Is cot-tnlnbr n contrary Indl- vidnnl. Hftvol stniril tho anno oorrootly.1' "Yuu Imve," said iho second vleo iircsl- dent, 'l'lio pi-osldont arose and iilolcet! iml.li ■ilk hut. "All rlK-it," ho said, "Wo must got across Umi. much some whv." A cloud of dust was bomlnir Aavn tho mml. 'i'hoophlliis Smith oarorti Ily watched It fora momoill mul thru tumod Hiicvriut among tlm howldors by tho ranlsldo, lluoyriii wns Ms inula Just nlicod o( tha dust cloud npiH-uivii n I'l-.uiiio horn tooling wildly down tho road toward hlm, Now nud thon hooonldwitch gllmiiBosof n swaying buokhoard mul a young lady ollllglltg to Ilm Boat. Tlu-.i]iliiliH, who wus i. oarolnl young mini, pub his brier wood pipo in Uio Insldo poak-,6 of his jacket, drow his Bouihrord down tightly upon his hoad and thon dlslutorostodly watched tho opprooolitug runaway. As tho itnsfc oloud anil its coutonls pnssofl Buoyriia whoclod, mul thoy, too, went Dying down tlia road. Through sand and over bowlders thoy went—horso, buck* uoard, limlo oud dust. "lCxeusoino, miss," snid Thoophilus ns ho camo alongside mid reached for tho bit of lho running horso, "Ploasant day, is lt not." Hogrlppodtho brldto hard, pulled iildo* Ways mul biickwnrd, nnd Buoyrns cheerfully sot down to tlio occasion and slid. Tliero Was moro dust, nnd then tbey stopped, Thcophiius rnbbcdsomoot tho dirt from his eyes and raised his sombrero to tho girl in tho buckboorcL Bho looked nt him with wido open bluo eyes. "I am very sorry," ho said politely, "to stop you so rudely merely to ask you a question, but will you kindly pardon mo und Inform mo whero Colonel Snortnlly lives." Tho young lady's lip quivered, nnd, instead of replying, she burst into tenrs. Then, recovering I'rom her cmbnrrnssmonti BUd fright, sho drew n deep breath nnd smiled faintly, und ns tho color camo bnck to her checks sho answered; "I nm tho colonel's daughter, and I will gladly show you lho wny homo." Thcophiius spoko a few words to tho still restless horse, handed tho reins up to tlio young lady "and led Buoyrus totho renr of tho buckhoard, to which ho tied him. "I suppose," said lho colonel's daughter as they stnrtcd up tho roatl, "thnt I should thank you for earing my life and my father's best buckboard. Really I thnnk you very muoli. If you will stop nt tbo houso fur dinner, I will try to chow my gratitude with somo tortillas and fri- jolos of my own cooking." "Tho debt of gratitude is on my sido nnd not yours," Thcophiius answered. "I nm in senreh of work ns n cowboy, nnd I cannot but hopo thnt yourncquuintauca ia un nuspicious omen." ''Cowboys don't talk liko that," sho bo id, n littlo sharply, eying, him in sur- , priso. " You'ro not fitted for a range man anyway, Cattlemen don't rldo mules. I'npti says tliero is ouly ono auiu.nl more ridiculous, stupid and Idiotic than a mule and that i.-. the man who rides ono." "But your father doesn't know Buoy- rus." "Nor his owner," sho rejoined, laughing. They stopped in front of a long, low ntlobo mnchhouso, with deep sot windows and doors. Ivy circled, tho windows nnd climbed to tlio eaves, A fow firs, somo tall bluo gums nnd a dozen palms stood In tho front yard. Tho house wns sot fnr bnck, nnd tho veranda that surrounded it Was hnlf hidden in tho green of ornngo trees. A strenm from tho mountains run through tho orchard in the rear, Its courso marked by u lino of cottonwoods and willows thnt broko thc monotony of tho otherwise treeless mesa. On tho other sido of tliu creek and nt somo distance from tho houso were tlio corrals niul stables of tho ranch. The young lady stepped lightly to tho ground. "I will call papa," she snid. A few minutes Inter ft tall mnn, henvy set, with n fneo liko tho full moon in liar- vest time, his scanty Kicks somewhat grizzled with tho first snowfall of tho winter or lifo, enmo swinging down tho walk with great strides. ''How nir yo!" hu shouted beforo reaching thc gato. "Glory tells mo yo ketched that son of saton that jest in time. I'm mighty glod to meet yc." Ho seized Thcophiius' hnnd,.and Thcuplulus tried to look plenscd. ".Tnokl" shouted Colonel Snorlally, A dusty cowboy wf th n sombrero on tho bnck of his head sauntered around tlio corner of tho house "Tako thnt boss out beyond thar tin shoot him I Como in, Mr.—-cr"— ".Smith." "Dinncr'H bo ready by nn by. Whar'd tlmt bcasb como from." ho added, pointing at Buoyrtta. "He's my mule," answered.Tl-oophiliis. "Yon don't sny sol S'posed yo know'd belter'n that, Mules hain't no placo on this ranch. Can't yo And a grouser to givo him to." "Buoynis is no common mule," snid ids owner calmly, "lio knows moro thnn any horso you over saw. Aud ho enu ruu too." This lost remark muuscd Lho colouol so mightily thnt ho wit down on iho poroh nop and laughed heartily. A mulo thut could rail I "I novor yot clapped eyes on ii mulo t hat could ketch a ycnrliu calf iu a fnlr nice. Musti bo ft slow kontry yo grow'd up iti, young num." Tho colonel wiped his eyes nnd chuckled. "Well, if I slay," snid tho dofaudcrof muloa determinedly, "I'll show ynu ono mulo that can run." "Stay I Of courso yo'll stay If yo want- er," snid Colonel Snortnllycordially, "Yo kin hov yer pick of jobs, an of yo -.nu_.lt mako a holy show of tlmt mulo wo'Il per- vldo tho necessary accessories," ThoophUus staid. Ho was handy wtth tho Inrlat, rodo n horse like it natlvo and. m mulo n great deal bettor. Ho «TJftgi)tiy understood all tho marks nnu (loops ot tno bovino oharaetoi', mul very shortly won that for himself which ho could nut for his mule—the colonel's respect. When Bucynis would head -iff a. skillful stain- poller, Colonel Huuriully would grumble something ahout ''fools rushln in," and when ho would doflgo a boUigonmb stcou In-would growl Bomothtug about a''fool for luck." On the subject of mules tho colouol and ThoophUus continued to dis* agrco Thoy argued the question morning, noun and night, Tho colonel pointed oul the bad qualities of tho mulo. Tho- ophilus grow eloquent over tho hnlriial's viftuc.-. Glory smiled, but took no part in tho dlsdnsslon which resulted In ibo famous raco iit Orng's Corner—a raco that is still memoroblo throughout all of tho Ponoho Bnslu country. The colonel brought out ft long legged mustang that ho bad plirolinsod across lliii bonier tho year before. This mustang was a sad deceiver mid had lightened tlio pocket of many a cowboy who had backed a homo animal against tho Imported stock. A lightweight Mexican rodo him. A few minutes later Buoyrus ambled forth, wearing that surprised look of a mulo when ho is but half awakened frum a sweot dream of peace wilh plenty of barley hay in it. Judge Ai-I.an.saw West officiated us starter ami judge. All tho Inhabitants of tho Basin were on hand to seo tho race, nnd even old man Johnson stopped his sheep shearing and camo from over lho range with all hands to ciijuy the holiday. At lho start lho mustang ran away from Buoyrus, nud at tlm quhrtortliero was room chough tot a thrashing machluo between Ihem. Tho crowd laughed and cheered, For somo reason GlorytUd'u'ot Rtnile. But when Ilm animals reached tho half thoro was nohaugo, Buoyrus scouted to romombor thub ho wna ub.tl.or asleep nor working lor tlm government. Ho began to run. At tbe tasb quarter there was BlloilCO, for tho crowd was holding lis breath. ThomuBtnug and Buoyl'ilB camo down Ilm homo Bl retell, mid DuoyrilB passed under tllO Wlro siniicMiltig niTii-ii Ihan A STRIKING CONTRAST -•-nicrliii; III-. Ull lit-.. uud tlm IIouho ■> When a senator ts clecteU Slates, ho sends his oruddii vunco. Thoy aro preceni linear ahead. Timl lllght Till ful tad. of good t reviewed ilm mo i llei iln hiller ophlli rolleotlot (1111111.1 showed a woo- ilo, Ho ostenlalloiisly ts of tho mulo I'mntly arlleulnr, The eotonel il tlm end of bul illy, % lu- The Cok glha. 11 ouid outrun Mm Overland limited Crag's Coi-uer to tlm mountain mad ng, a dlstflllCO Of a littlo over a mile, ■el Sin_rlallynro-.il lu bis wrath and "I'll bobyo anything yo wnnt that yer wall eyed apology fer n boss can't do anything of (ho kind," ho said. "Will you bob my plok of nny hundred unimproved acres on your ranch ngninst Buoyrus that ho can't?" .jiilctly asked Thi -phi "Sortinly," said the colouol, who, deep down In Ills heart, hid a liking for Blicy- rus. "All riglit," said Thcophiius. "If you say so, wo will set ilo it tomorrow—going west." Tlio colonel said bo and went to bed. Ily lho light of thoBtars that night a man rodo hurriedly down to Crag's Corner, tho nearest railroad station, and bofore dawn rodo its hurriedly back to tho ranch again. Tho next day was nnother day of cxclto- mont in tho Basin, Tiio rumor of tho novel race spread swiftly. That is why Iko Williams heard, way up iu Kocky Gulch, thnt Colonel Snorlally had bet hfs 10,000 acre ranch against a herd of mules that a certain swift animal of that kind could uot beat tho Overland limited In a ten milo race. The wagon rond ran for milos along the railroad track, so Bucyrus was nob handicapped. Thc raco was an even ono up to tho last CO yards, wlien Buoyrus, by a tremendous spurt, shot ahead nnd passed the crossing with 80 feet of daylight between himself nnd tho engine. But thero nro wiseacres In tho Basin who shako their bends when telling of thnt wonderful nico and hint that tho engineer wns half asleep. Colonel Snortally was n good loser, nnd ho cheerfully invited Thcophiius out tho next day to choose his 100 acres. Ho was not tho less cheerful because Thcophiius the night before hail mado him o present of Buoyrus. Thcophiius proved ou amazing chooser. Ho took a narrow strip of land running from tho corner up to Warder's canyon, at tho foot of lho mountains. To tho colonel's jesting about his cholco ho said something about it making a good raco track. About a week later Thcophiius was enjoying one evening a quiet after dinner smoke on thc veranda. Ho was nt peace with the world, when Colonel Snortally camo tip tho walk. Tho colonel's faco wns liko lhe sun shining red through a thundercloud. Ho was too much'agitated to speak for a minute, but when he did begin to talk his words wero to tho point. From his expressions ouo might gather that ho was perturbed by tho fact that Thcophiius had sold a certain hundredacres of land as a right of way to tho Groat Southwestern Railway company. Colonel Snortally finished hy declaring his intention of removing from tho sceno a stranger who hnd taken him in, and therewith drow his revolver. Thero was a rustle of a dress, ft low cry, and Glory wns sobbing, with her faco on Thcophiius' shoulder. "Don't do it, colonel, unless you feel compelled to," said Thcophiius, rising, with ono arm about Glory, "nnd unless you wnnt to mnko Glory a widow. Wo wero married two days ngo." Colonel Snortally's fneo grow whito nnd lho revolver slipped from his grasp. Glory was the dearest of nil to him. Tho presidontoffhoGre.it Southwestern Railway company looked across tho street and down soven storloa to a certain plebeian sign, Then ho aroso nnd picked up his cane nnd silk hat. "Well," ho said, "wo wou, nfter all, Tlmt was cleverly done—-cleverly done." "Yes," said tho second vleo president, "hut tho attacking forco lost heavily, for tho youug man from my olllco who engineered lho deal has man-led tbo colonel's daughter, mado pence with tho colonel, and nt tho last report was laying out a town ot tho terminus of onr projected branch and selling corner Iota,"—Paul fshoup In Argon .nt,. - l.nr-l... it In thu United ii luad- his col- league, read from thu _.<■-!_ and filed 111 tho secretary-., olllco unless s.i.nu objection is raised, when they are sen., tn tho commit* too on privileges and elections for examination When n f_ti.itt.or elect appear.., ho steps i|iui-tl,v up to the clerk's desk, escort- bu by his c-illcngno, takes an oath to support the constitution of tho United States mul.is tlmn led Ion desk on the outer row, whioh his colleague hns selected for him, where ho receives tho congratulations of his friends mid introductions to tlie senator.'! who care to mnko his acquaintance Ho looks as wise as may bo and waits for adjournment, .whon ho goes to tho secretary's oilloo, writes his autograph in a big red book for tho uso of tho cashier and draws bis mileage. Iu thu Hnglisfc houso of lords tho proceedings aro very different. A newly created peer enters that historic chamber In a robe of scarlet velvet trimmed with ermine, attended by two fellow peers, who net as his sponsors nnd escorted by tho black rod, as tho sergoniit-at-arnts Is known, uud tho garter king at arms, arrayed in a gorgeous tabard. Tho procession marches around, makes low bows ta Um empty throne and to the presiding olli- cer, who is tlio lord high chancellor, from dilferent parts of tho glided"ohombor, to which that Imposing person gravely responds. When tho new peer renchos tho throne, ho kneels reverently and place., upon tho empty chair, where her majesty tlm quoon ought to lw silling, tho patent of nobility ho 1ms reeolvod from his sovereign. Ho Is thon led to thu woolsack, whero tho hud chancellor udiuliiist«rs te hlm thn oath. Illasponsnrs next lend hlm to tlm proper bench, whero ho tokos Ills seat for a moment. Then all throo rise and bow threo times at tho vacant throuii nnd threo times to tlm presiding officer. Tho lord high chancellor then leaves tho woolsack nnd comes down to Bliat.0 hands wilh Iho new peer mid weleomu him lo tlm house. Tho other peers comu also and tender lliolr congratulations.—Chicago -Record; • : TWO FAMOUS FRENCH CORPS. A Cont out u. Nervo Ile live en Ihu '..iniim-i uml tins Chun nan rn, A famous corps, says a writer In Chit ins, Is that of tho French zouaves, whoso plo- turosquo uniform, consisting of baggy red trousers, short, bluo braided Jacket, gaiters and closo lifting oap (a sort of fez) bus been seen in many great buttles. Thu zouaves gained tholrrlchcst laurels during tho Cilmean war, at which time the corps, although supposed only to consist of Frenchmen, had attracted to Us ranks many young men of other nations—J-iig- llsh, Scotch, Irish, Germans nnd Italians. Mnny of theso, no doubt, wero soldiers of fortune, anxious to servo in a body tha fnino of which was worldwide. Hut Franco was not to enjoy tho monopoly of a zouave corps, for somo teu years later, when tho American civil war broke out, two bodies of American zouaves wero formed, ono by tho Federals, tho other by tho Confederates. They wero uniformed much after tho French stylo and gained a great reputation for dash and courage. This was particularly tho caso with tho Confederate zouaves, who wero known as the Louisiana Tigers. When tho French zouaves wero serving iu -Africa, they had ono day to perform a long and terrible march in tho blistering sun. Tho chasseurs a pied, a corps of famous marchers, wero with them, but tho soldiers of both corps woro ready to sink with hunger, thirst and exhaustion. Toward evening they nrrivoil nt a town, nnd tho colonel of tho chasseurs appealed to his men to enter tho placo In a stylo worthy of French soldiers. Tho men responded bravoly, and with bugles sounding thoy marched In with a light, springy step, looking ns little as possiblo liko men who woro half dead with fatiguo, This wns too much for tho zouaves. They hod Buffered, if possiblo, worse thnn tho chasseurs, but nt tho command of thoir colonel thoy braced them- Belves up and, although ready to drop, entered the town on tho run, swinging their muskets round thoir heads, that being an evolution of tho zoiu.ro drill. Tlicy had "gono ono better" than tho chasseurs. (HSTABLIBHUD1850.) DEALERS IN- Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails, &c, Ml! and Pi_ining Supplies, Waggons, Buggies, Cutters, Farm Implements, &£. Victoria. Vancouver Kamloops. 9 [t ■ Importers of— , Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, And Mantil'iic-tui. im ui—, Overalls, Shi s, and all kinds of Clothing suitable fo. the Mining Trade. '.I and 11 Yates Street, Victoria, B.O. ACIFIC HOTEL Hi Uiuloil neur Dopot, K/UILOOl'S, B.O. DUPONT & Ef'RNING, - - Props. MACKAY SADDLERY AND HARNESS CO. 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"Thoother dny," said a klndei'- gnrton teacher, "I read my littlo folks tho famous poem of'Littlo Boy Bluo,' which begins, •'Littlo Boy Bluo, como blow your horn, ThoRlicop's In tho men-low, thocow'a iuthe corn, and closes with "Wlioro's tho littlo boy that tends the ehoop? Ho'h undor tlio li.iy._oc.l_ fast nsl-cp. "Ono littlo girl finished her ploturo in a twinkling and brought it to ino. 'Why, Miiinio,'snidX, 'you hnvo drawn a very nico haycock, but whore is Littlo Boy Blue?' " 'He's under the haycock I' said Minnie,"—Harper's Bazar. Cruelty to the Tortolie. Tho London humano societies nro agl* tilting against tortoise shell ornaments bo* causo of tho torturo tho animals nro subjected to In depriving them of tho shell. Thoy nro Ilrst somihollcd over a red ember iii-.- until tho flesh that secures tho shell to tho body is softened, Tho animal is then shelled clean, and, though tho suffering must ho intense, ono rarely dies, but in a fow months grows another shell, of which lie is deprived In tho samo manner. Tho Inrgcst of tho shells aro obtained in tho islands near Ceylon and aro a largo part of tho Industry of tho natives. 'THE WELCOME' re^§Sro*pnhtousE MRS. GEO. KNAPPETT, Proprietress. Meals nt all hours, dny und night, Fresh oysters iu uuy style always on hand, Privato boxes for ladies and dining parties. Supper is to flany Indispensable! Aud tlie question arises what should we eat, drink aud avoid,'supper being a late refreshment. We Should Avoid =*' We Anything and everything tbat does not ' with the following simple hygienic That which readily assimilates aud does uot overtax tho digestive powers during the night. We Should Drink Only that which induces healthy sleep without any reactionary depression iu the morning. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Jnitan'-i Pnvllament. Tho Japanese diet comprises two houses —tho houso of peers nnd tho houso of representatives. It meets oneo oach year. It is often dissolved upon au ndvorso voto nftcr tho plan of tho English parliament. Tho cinporor hns tho power of voto, and every law must recetvo his sanction boforo becoming valid. VRIL Treo planting should ho dono now nt the first opportunity. Qulii-o trees need uot bo planted moro thnn 10 to 18 feet apart. l_iet tho ground to bo planted to trees ready now as soou ns possiblo. Pruning in good season now is ouo of tho best ways of thinning fruits, Thu grape, quince, currant, gooseberry and roso grow readily from cutting... Soma kuowlcdgo and oxpotionco are needed to make fruit growing a success. Otlttlngs should bo mado of yearling wood—thu growth of tho previous season. OultiiiEis should bo planted out ns soon n.4 tlio ground can be worked tn tho spriug. For trees tlio fertiliser should extend tu far or even farther than tho largest branuh- os. Trees and vines that aro sheltered from the winds will bud outsoonor thau thoso exposed. Phosphate fertilizers givo a rich flavor, to grapes that is not attainable in any other way, Fuchsia cuttings rooted now and grown within shook will mako beau! Ifulj BhapOly •.knits by May. If any trees or shrubs havu been broken by tlio storms ol' winter cut off the broken parts smoothly. Got tho Sent. A short timo slnco two young *|vemon euterod a street ear and found only standing room. Ouo of tlicm whispered to her Companion* "I am going to get a seat f rolii ono of theso mou. You just tako notlco." Hho selected a scdp,to looking mnn, sailed up to him nnd boldly oponed flro. "My donr Mr. Orcon, how delighted 1 am to meet youl You nro almost a sliau- gorl Will I nccopt your sent. Woll, I do feel tired, I heartily admit) Thank yon so much." Tho sodnto man, a porfect strnngor of courso, quietly gavo her his seat, saying: "S.it down, Jane, my glrll Dou't of ton seo you out ou wnshlng dny I You must feel tired! How's your nirJstrcss?" Thu young woman got her scat, hut lost her vivacity.—Answers. COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL. KAMLOOPS, B.O. ■Hub wull known houso lias boen reopened by its new proprietor and Iiiih been thoroughly renovated and fllUm up .... . . 'P. A. BARN HART, Prop. K-.MLOOP5, _B. O. _i..m;i'A(."ituj:us of ■ , LACE.. BEER AMD PORTER. Also GINGER ESEE-i, SODA WATER, LESWOMADE, and other Aerated Drinks. Under pur tiew mnnnBeiji-nt we Imve u.rjiiimeijtly BCciireil the jjervlcea of a ilr*!.p|-_« l>t.w.., wlii,li:i.iilmrmi|>li].v nvrrluml,.! i_ll,n-. an.I w. ar. m>- |irv|.,ir.i! lo (arni^Ji Hit- uank.-i .villi .an lu« |„.,.r, vvl.t.li Is . ,-i-mi.l t.i nun,, and Mir. tn „l.. o I >atls[a.Jii,n. All or-cra l,y mail or othenvlBC lainnntlj- nHemloti to. GFve um a trial. E. T. W. PEABSE, Manager. QUKSNI-M-E, - 1! 0. New luaiiHc-i it. llui. I lii'itilijiiurleru hr 13. X. Ktugeti. [.i>-tl,|iiurt_i_ I'or iiiiiiiiitr met), w„\\ Itirmglitiil mollis. Titlilo supplied willi everything iit Si'U-nii. Most ciunpli'in bur in Cariboo. Stable* in uoiiueution, Mav ___ Oats in qiiacjly !•'. SOFSRUAMP.. rt. -OUNSOiV, |.,.,,r Cheapest house on earth, write for prices M. P„ GORDON, - KAMLOOPS, B.C, L e no-use, C. W. EAGLE, Proprietor. On the S-lain .load from the 150-Mile House to Quesnelle Forks. Good ucuouiiijoiln.ions for travelers and Rood stabling, Teed, etc.. for team-. A woll stocked bur in connection. I deal largely in bay, grain, and Carmprodaoa gonerally. VANCOUVER, B.C. WIE-COLIES ALE <^~~ Haidware, Stoves, etc. Mill and Mine Supplies. Agents for the Giant Powder Company. Agents for the Majestic Steel Sange _V__.il Ordore Solioitod. 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing point for all the hydraulic mines at Horse Fly, North and South Forks and maiu Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. At tl is Point will bo lound a good assortment of GENERAL MERCH AND ISE & MINERS SUPPLI ES Also one of the best Hotels oil the route Information cheerfully given VEITH & BORLAND Proprietors and Slock Raisers. a. LEISER. This Space is Reserved For HKENTZMAN PIANOS. W DE KEYSER. AGENT, ASHCROFT. Ami They Mveil lliiypMy Hirer After, "Miss Willing," b-gan tho young mim aa ho wiped tho cold perspiration from hia brow, "aro you fond af storlcsP" "If thoy aro now, Mr. Woortby,* replied tho fair nmld, "I simply doto on tliom." "But tho ouo I wus Roing to tell you, Miss Willing, la not now," mid lho young iiii'm. "It is, I might auy, Mlas Willing— cr, Ol.ir.i—tho old, old story, but"— "Oh, never mint., Gcorgo I" sho litter- -....«-._. liifw.-. __.. iicln-.tmu., I'm mu''' I luilln. hOC-M «■' I-*. Mil"—(.ll.- CLINTON HOTEL, OLI-CrTTOlSr. B.O. ; MAI-SHALL & SMITH, Propriotora. '. BOARD RND LODGING BV THE DUY. WEEK OR MONTH iljllng. [IuaOquurteis fur llio Curl' Huiillngnnil llalilus In Ul" vicinity Ural Wines Bplrlta and Cigars, Gbod itt-iilng, -lo-jh-nrlei. for U.'o, Cnrlboo, Importers and Wholesale Healers in WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS VICTORIA, B. C. Oppenheimer Bros. WHOLESALE GROCERS Vancouver, : : : B. C. 3VE. IDTJI^CO-lSriD;, DEALER 1N- Ha.dwa.e, Stoves and Tinware, Lillooet nml Dog Creok linos of singes. ASBCROFT, B.C. THE ASHCROFT JOURNAL SATURDAY. MAY 27, 1809. Horse racing has been tho excite- ment in town tbis week. Somo peoplo can't even keep track of tholr hut when out pioulolug. LOCAL AND DISTRICT HEWS. County Court next Monday, the 29th in ABhcroft. Queen Victoria wus born Mny 24th, 1810 mul is thorotoro rust eighty yoars of BRO. Goorgo V. Storkoy, of Spences Bridge, was in town for u conplo of duys this wook. .laok Wyness hus been down with tho measles for tho pust wook but is now convalescent. (iluwson & Plnnoll uro spreading puint in Kamloops uud Boom to bo enjoying thomsolvL's there. Honry Cargilo hus gono to tho Arrow Luko Hot SpriuRS to spend u fow wooks. P, W, Foster hus improved much in health sinoo ho arrived in Ashcroft u few weoks uro. Fred Nolson is again around attending to busiuoss, having entirely rocov- ed from tho measles, Mrs. Jamos Haddock, wlio hus been on the siok list of Into, is improved In health and again out of doors. Tho B. C. X. Company set out 150 trees this woek. They are from tho Evans ranch, und uro thrifty and woll grown, Horses uro nono too plentiful in this section ami yet thero seems very littlo domaud for them. Of work horsos. thoro aro very fow, if any, on tbo market. J.T, Wilkinson, of tho Province, roturnod from u trip to Quesnello by Tuesday's stage. Ho reports tho roads as impussable abovo Quosuollo and n yood iuto tho Forks. Bountiful ruins of lato hnvo mado the surrounding ranches look a hundred per cant, better, aud trees und gardens in Ashcroft huve beon much benefited by tho lato rains. Tho English party spoken of sov oral times in the Journal, uro still horo, nearly all tbo party having beon in Vancouver for the pnst week. It is not yet certain when thoy will mako u start. Charles aud Arthur Haddock are aSout to commonco work on their quartz ledgo ubout four miles from towu. Tho surface showing is favorable for it copper-gold proposition of value. About one hundred, including children, uttenJed tho Savonus picuio and report a good time. Quito a fow families met at Cache Creek nnd a Tow families went only across tho river and spent a pleasant day. Kumloops wants a new hotel all right, wo suppose, but still uutil it is built pooplo cun get along very well with tho Grand Pacific, tho Cosmopolitan, the Dominion and others, where you cun get a good meul and bed at any time. Many huudred sawlogs, belonging to tho Ashcroft Wuter und Light Compauy are boomed iu tho North Thompson a fow miles nbovo Kumloops. Thoy aro boing hold there until a decisiou is reached as to whoro tho company will placo their mill. From Scotland comes tho story of a mun who had to dismiss his gardener for dishonesty. For tho sake of the muu's wife and family, however, ho gave him a "cbarauter," framing it in this wise: "I hereby cortify thut A. B. hus boen my gardener for over two years, and tbat during that timo he has got more out of my garden than any man I ever employed." Messrs. Hoffman and LaDuo, of New York, are stopping at tho Cargile Houso, having left the east for Cariboo. They shipped, ns they now find very foolishly, their supplies from Ottawa. Thoy could have dono much better here, Hnd would not have been ao foolish as to have brought n wagon and tonm out had thoy waited Tor better advice. They havo not yot decided just what thoy will do, Wo believo that bofore another yoar rolls around Kamloops will be a woll kuown and prosperous mining camp. With the Pothook, the Irou Musk und tho Chorry Croek mines so fnr advanced that they uro known absolutely to be valuable, and many other properties looking well so far as thoy are developed, Kamloops has every reason to oxpect to bo counted among tho prosperous mining towns of British Columbia in the near futuro. Ouo or two small prospecting com panies uro boing formed in Ashcroft to keep men ont prospecting for quart/, lodges. There is vory littlo doubt but that quartz of good grade will yot be found not twenty miles from Ashcroft, It seems only fair to presume that somo of tbe surfuce showings made now iu this vicinity, by only u littlo work will eventually provo to curry sulli- otenfc copper and gold ns to prove highly valuable. Tho following is one of tho numerous notices given ns by our neighbors ro gardiug our change of namo: Tho B, (_!. Minino Jm.itN.u. comes to us this week under a new numo, tbo Asim.uo.'T Journal, However the publisher stutos there is no chango in tho management, and we congratulate the people of Carihoo aud Lillooot that thore is not. It commonces its r.th year with tho last issue, whioh is newsy, clean, bright und dignified as have been nil numbers received at this ofllco in the past, Evidently tho people of Ashcroft and its surroundings know a good newspaper mau and bow to appreciate bim by the way they support brothor Reynolds' efforts to givo them u paper.—Palmer Mountain ProBpector. Stewart & Crosier uro now doing a good livery and feed business. Tho decision about tlio locution of tho saw mill has not yet been reuohed, Mr. uud Mra. GharloB Pennie spent u day iu towu the foro part of the woek. Dexter & Son will have u good looking houyo on Brink street when completed. J. H. CLEMENTS, Phm.B., Tho counter-jumpers fixed tho job- lota plenty ut Savonas on lust Wednesday. Score, IT to 80, or thereabouts, The Kumloops Brewery is much improved of late, and tho quality of tho beer mnde give., wo believe, guuernl satisfaction. Thc boiler for tho Miocene miuo was loaded yesterday. The pumps will ho in Ashcroft uext week und will bo forwarded at once. Twenty-uno bottles of champagne in n morning by a small party is not a bad record. It wns made in Aslieroft ono day this week nud was not u noisy day either. Tho Dawson City llro, whereby 111 buildings wero consumed, which with other losses amounted to moro than a million dollars, is a severe blow even to that wonderfully rich miuing camp. A mooting of tho Inland Agricultural Society wns hold lust Tuesday, but wns further postposed u*.itil tho SOth iust., whou a date will bo set upon which to hold tho exhibition, if it is held at ul). Horao races for money und glory took place this week ou more than one ovoning. Tlie hanging ut Kamloops of the Indian Caslmar will be private, only ofii- ilals will bo nllowed to bo presont. Doc English, from tho Bonaparto was in towu yesterday. Quito by accident thero wns a horso raco or two nlso. Tho flno rains of tho pust wook muke the ranchers of this community rejoice tho uuticiputiou of a full crop this season. The Aslieroft Drug k Stationery Store When needing Drugs, Chemicals, Patent SVIedicines, Toilet Articles, Fine Soaps, School Supplies, Stationery, Fishing Tackle, Reading Matter, etc., etc. YOU WILL FIND John Pcobles, of Stanley, ia in towu. Ho says no heavily loaded teams huvo yet beeu through to Barkeryille, nud will not for a couple of weoks. William A. Legeyt, of Victoria, com mitted snicldo lust Mouday by cutting his throat. Ilo wns 15 years of ago and a native of the island of Jersey. Barrister Murphy roturnod ou Tuesday's stago from his old homo in Cnriboo. Mr. Murphy's mother, whilo in a very serious condition, may not experience auy material chango for somo months, is the verdict of her physicians. The Cariboo Hydraulic, with its four 0-inch monitors turned in against tho bank and iu tho pit, will mako a showing this year such as has not yet beou done. It is safe to say thoro will bc dividends declared on Cariboo stock tbis seuson. Reports of marvellously rich gravol ln tho Horsefly Gold Mining Company's ground continue to comedown. It is stated thut there is a strip of gravel from two to four feet thick on rim rock and so far uncovered for 200 feet, thut avoragos $15 per pan in gold, Mr. Bostock is luboring earnestly for the building of tbo Quosnelle-Atlin- Dnwsou telegraph lino, nnd us Mr. Tarto is uow uKiun ablo to bo at his office wo may hope to see work start this season, although it is now so lute thnt it is hardly to be expected that arrangements for its completion cun be mado and the line built this year. Governments, like individuals, aro prone to make promises aud givo encouragement for public works where thero is no real ground for so doing and much disappointment is felt thereby. Reports from Quosnollo Forks state that tho Gold Point Co. are working between thirty and forty mon and aro doing well. The ground is showing up very well aud the owners nro more1 thnn pleused with the outlook. We understand thut tho plan of building resorvoirs iu which to pump, hus boon abandoned and that they will pump directly against tho bank. Holes aro being put down by the side of tho river so as to get clear wuter for pumping, us the tailings from tho Cariboo miuo makes the ontiro stream muddy clear below thoir ground. A. H. Walters, tho proprietor of tho the Texada Hotel at Stuart Buy, spent n fow hours in tho city on Sunday ovening, his visit boing chiefly for tho purposo of consulting tho police in n theft case, wherein ho plays the part of victim. Three young men who had beon temporarily in his employ were notified that their services were not required after a certain dato. Thoy decided that tbey would not wait until the duy announced by tbeir employer, und he awakened ono morning to find thut thev had not only taken themselves oil' to parts unknown, but had appropriated his sloop to expodinto their movements, with 885 of his money to do- fray incidental travelling expenses. No trace hus yot been socured of the whorenbouts of tho trio.—Colonist. All the directors of tho Inland Agricultural Association uro earnestly requested to be present at tho meeting which has been culled for next Tuesday. Somothiug must bo dono in the way of business arrangements for tho fall fair if wo oxpect to do anything. We must be ut work. It seems that, instead of us wo hoped lust full, thnt tho society hud money enough on hand to pay all prizes in full and to pay o(_ tho mortgage on tho hull and grounds, there wns not euough monoy collected to puy up tho prize list, lot alone tho standing indebtedness. As to whoso fault this wus we do not pretend to suggest, but as it is a fact that much money was nover collected, it iB obvious to all that something is wrong with tho system, and if we hopo for success wo should at next Tuesday's mooting muke suoh arrangements as will bettor meet the requirements iu tho futuro than they bavo in tho past, The Sentinel snys: Alphonso Focault brought down a boom of logs from the North Thompson Kiver on Monday Inst for tho Asheroft Milling Company, If you wish to find a good place in which to spend the hot months this summer, try tho Point Comfort Hotel, who have nu adv. in this issue, lt is uu ideal summor resort. Snow is staying on very late through out Cariboo and tho seasou promise-1 to bo n good one for water, and hydraullclng should lust longer this sea son around Bnrkerville than usual. A new residence is iu contemplation on Bancroft street that will add to tho appearance of the block. It will be built nearly opposite to the houso oc cupied by Messrs, Harvoy and Murphy. "Did the minister say anything comforting?" asked the neighbor of the widow recently bereaved. "Indeed, he didn't," was the quick reply; " ho suid my husband was better off." In Southern California thero is a "left-handed" club, with a membership of nearly 2,000 scattered throughout all the principal towns. To bo left- handed is tbe ouly qualification necos- snry for membership. Wm. Walker, of the Bonaparte, und Philip Parke, of Cache Creek, spent day in town this week. Mr. Walker reports his neighbor, Thomas Morgan, as not improving, and Jamos Walker, at Clinton, is entirely helpless from rheu- mutism. Tho Inland Cigar Factory, at Kamloops, with its 35 omployeos, is a busy place. There is more business than talk around there, and tho success of tho establishment is duo to tho work they do and tbo class of goods thoy turu out, The boys ou the island toll a good story of how a Swede reported the ac cident when Johnson fell 250 feot down the shaft nud escuped injury. Tho Swede rushed into Winston, at tho Comet, und suid: "Mino friend fell 256 foet nud did not knock him sensible." —Juneau Record. Wo desiro to be very careful how we advise men to mnko tho trip to Cariboo looking for work, as it ia a long aud comparatively oxponsivo trip, but from all wo can learn or the conditions the men will not havo troublo : curing work at reusonuble wages throughout tho seuson, still, if men wish to be certain ubout it before leaving Ashcroft it is easy to telegraph Quesnollo, Barkerville, Stanley or the 150-Mile Houso und find out tho exact conditions. Messrs. Hoffman aud Lu Duo, of Now York, left for homo yesterday. They stated that thoy did not caro to put in monoy and timo prospecting iu British Columbia under tho present anti-alien law, as whilo it docs not affect hydraulics nor dredging ground it does make u differouco with those who intended prospecting a comparatively new section, as, if now diggings wore struck, aliens would not be permitted to stake grouud aud would not bo able to take advantage of their being in tlio country near whoro such strikes may bo mado. Thoy loft with the intention of going to Culiforniu iu the near futuro on mining business. Some curious facts nro told ubout our calendar. No century can begin on Wednesday, Friday or Sunday. Tho sumo calondurs cuu bo used every '20 years. Ootober ulwnys begins on the sumo duy of tho wook as January, April July: September as December, February, March and Novombor begin on the same duys. May, Juuo und August always begin on different days from each othor, and every othor month of tho yoar. Tho ilrst and last duys of the yeur nre always tho same. Theso rules do not apply to lenp your, when comparison is mude between days beforo uud after February 20, I riPiroiai-iotO-r o.t lsl. A 11uulilie.I ilriiRfiist lonks nfter your waillK. -iml. Kr_--.li »|i-l.i-iliUe stock. 8rd. Kiglit prices and right treatment, Semi all vour mail orders anil 1 will do iny best to fill them to your satisfaction. Aimit for Amik-hl. l-'ire, Life and Biiilduitr and Lonn companies. Write for circulars. Cariboo^ Lillooet Stage Travel j Clinton and way points—Mouday, Wednesday nnd Friday All points in Cariboo—Monday. Lillooet direct- -Monday and Friday. Through aud roturn tickets at reduced vjitos. Special oouvoyauoes famished. British Columbia Express Company HEAD OFFICE, - ASHGROFT, B^C, PPwSlR* P* RITHET & 'CO,, LTD \\ holesiui r— IN BLAOK AND COLORED FOR - LADIES -■ AND - CHILDREN. ASHCROFT TRADING CO.'S LIQTJOES and GROCERIES. Agents Columbia Flouring Mills, Eiulcrliy and Vernon, THE ASHCROFT DRUG COMPANY. ■luitP oi__i_A-Xii-_:-i-i «* oo.) Brick Block, noxt door to Bank of B.N.A., ASHCROFT, B.C. A lnvgti and well-asaovtecl stock of New Goods. Prices reasonable. Spocial iitt.iMil.mii lu orders by mail. Lot us know what is wnu toil wlmt is thu trouble, and medicines, otc, will ho promptly forwarded, :?DH. CLARKE'S OFFICE AT STORE. All business und mining mon in Curiboo should recognize tho (not thut u bunk ut Ashoroft is of much benefit nud convenience to nil doing busiuoss iu this section, uud tho bauk should huve, so far as possible, tho unitod patronage of Curiboo down to Ashoroft. A littlo business from each means much whou put together. You can get tho samo price for uold dust at Ashcroft thnt you can at Vancouver or Victoria, and save expense. Tbo Ashcroft Bunk of B. N. A. will receive your gold dust, pay you on account nearly its full vuluo if you wish aud send tho lot down for assay, settling with you iu full after tbe exact valuo is ascertained by tbe assay. It costs, we believe, just as much to send a. lot of gold dust by express to Victoria as it does to send it direct to Sau Francisco, therefore the Ashcroft bank can afford to do better by its customers in handling gold thau any othor bank can do. KINDER and MORGAN Painters, Paperhangers, Kalsominers. The abovo firm is now prepared to execute all orders in connection with the Fainting business which may be intrusted to them. Out-of-town orders are solicited and will receive prompt attention. SIDNEY WILLIAMS, P.L.S., P.A.S.I., London. Land Sum-vni, Civil l-iu-iiievr.Dr.iiiBl.taHiai. QUESNELLE MOUTH, B. C. Ei-giii-cring and Surv..y work. IteportB on mining properties. Mora nud plans --- pared of uny portion of Cariboo district. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS "DANDY" MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Lillooet District, on the left left bank nf Cayimsli Creek, iiiljiiiiiintr the i-asii-rlv l.i-.imlurv line nf tlie "Anil.le" Mineral Claim. Take notice that I, Kdgnr A. Bennett, Krei Millirs Cert ilie;..-. No. 17:.S.. A. issued al Kevi-lMnke on tlie 3rd iiav nf November, 1H.1S, Gem-ial MaiKu.ei nf Hn- l.illuni-t, 1-raser Kiver and Cariboo Hold -Melds, l_ii.iit_.-d, Krec .Miner'- Cernlicale No. tilST-l, i.sm-.l at Revel- stoke on tlu- -.I'lh dav ot Juno. . Hits, intend. 00 days after dale hereof, tn npply to the _-_._.__.(■ Recorder for a Certificate nl Improve im-iits. for the luirjiose of obtaining a Crown Grant for tbe above claim, And further lake notice that action, tinder section 117. must be commenced before the issuance ..f Midi Ctrliticate of Improvements- Dated lliu--J.-Jlhd.ivoi .Mav. Is:m. -Uio - EDGAR A. BENNETT. FOR SALIi. Avery comfortable cottage, two bedrooms and a sitting room, neatly furnishod, in ouo of the best localities in town. Will bo sold cheap as tho owner is lcavlug tbis locality. Apply to A. S. VanAlstyuo, at tho Ashcroft Hotel, HOTEL PLOMPBItS PASS, MATNE ISLAND, B.C. (Midway between Vancouver and Victoria.) lawn tennis and kuliiini. .1 list the i-lii-i! to h|j._ml it holiday during the hot summer months; The house is well furnished and with all modern convenience-.. The steamer leaves New Westminster every Monday. Thur-dav and Sahndav. Moderate rates. Apply to manager, DRINK BEER! This is the timo of tho yoar when- a cooling drink is most refreshing, and tbo most cooling drink at any time is browed at tbo WESTMINSTER BREWERY, N. NELSON, Prop. I. H. CASE, Agent, Ashoroft- UST OF ADVERTISERS MERCHANDISE. P \V Foster Asbcroft McArthur & Harper Viotb St Hot-land 150 Mile House Hudsons Bay Co Quesnelle James Reid HOTELS. Ashcroft Hotel Ashci Cargile House " Welcome Restaurant " Clinton Hotel Cliuton John McRao Quesnelle Forks Occidental Hotel Quesnelle Beaver Lake House Beaver Lake Cosmopolitan Hotel Kamloops Grand Pacific Hotel -Dominion Hotel Kamloops House " Hotel Badmiugton Vanoouver Point Comfort Hotel Mayne Island Kamloops CIGAR MANUFACTURERS. ABhcroft Vancouver Kamloops Asheroft Ashoroft Hat Creek Inland Cigar Factory HARDWARE, M Dumond Thos Dunn & Co MoLotmau. McFeely &. Co E G Prior & Co JEWELRY. N do Keysor BLACK3M1THIS9. I Lehman Smith & Bryson D Novin WHOLESALE MERCHANDISE. Oppenheimer Bros Vancouver Pither & Leiser Viotorla RP Rithet & Oo Viotorla Lonz & Leiser Victoria Wm Braid & Co Vanoouver Henderson Bros Vanoouver STABLES AND STAGES, Stewart & Crosier Ashoroft II C Express Co McRae Bros Vancouver C H Gibson ' Ashoroft J D Gillis DRUGS AND STATIONERY. J H Clements Ashoroft Clarko & Co " Kamloops Westminster Ashcroft Imperial Brewery Westminster Brewery PAINTERS Kinder & Morgan STEAMDOATS Charlotte Soda Creek-Quesnelle FURNITURE. U V Gordon Kamloops MINING MACHINERY. Armstrong & Morrison Vanoouver EDUCATIONAL. Vogel Commercial College Vanoouver HANKS. Bank of B. N. A. SADDLERY, L Mackay TAILORING. Thos McCosh DENTIBT. R Mathlson LAND SURVEYOR. Sidney Williams RAILROADS. C P U, A h Clements, agent Asbcroft C M & St P, C J Eddy, agent Portland FEED STORE. M P Stewart Ashoroft MISCELLANEOUS, I O G T J B Bryson Laundry Thom Chong Lung Raw Furs G W Baldwin Fruit aud Ornamental Trees M J Henry Asheroft Ashoroft Asheroft Kamloops Quesnelle For Sale Notico Notice For Sale Notioo Columbia Bicycles For Sale A. S. Ulrich John McRae Mrs Woodruff A H J Martloy James MoKen C E Tisdall Crease & Crpwe COLUMBIA MEAT MARKET, KV"' Have consUntly on hand a good Riipply of Cloud auppllo. ul .-l.p_.o__, WHOLESALE and RETAIL. J. D. GILLIS, Proprietor Ouesnelle Mouth, B. C. All Projected Railroads tor Northo.n British Columl.m poinl tu Qii-SiiolUi Mouth au the centra and distributing dopol .or llic vm-ious mining camps in tlio groal gold bearing Dis- ■ trust of Cariboo. The undersigned keeps a line selected stock of the choicest goods procurable, consisting jjf BACON, BEANS. BUTTER, FLOUR, AND MILL FEED, AND A GENERAL LINE OF GROCERIES. Mining, Prospecting &. Hunting Outfits. Hardware and Agricultural Imole- ments. Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc. Lumber, Rough and Dressed. Cedar Shingles. Hay and Crain. JJLJ&'ES REID. N. de Keyser, The Ashcroft Jeweler. IIIOT DCPClW-Tn A. largo consignment which UUO I IlLUL I V HU it will pay you to inspect, of -JEWELIR,"..:, WATCHES, EYEGLASSES QS SPECTACLES Seut C.O.D.. allowing examination before paying enmo, Xo express charges. Agent for Heintzman Pianos. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. PAII-UP CAPITAL - - - • $4,868,666.67 GOLD RESERVE FUND ■ ■ • • 1,460,000.00 " Head Office, London, England, No. 3 Clement's Lane. Brauobes in tho principal towns at tlie Dominion of Canada, Ageucics iu New York and Sim Prauoiaoo. Branches in British Columbia—Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, [Trail, Kaslo, Greenwood and Ashcroft. Drafts issued on tbo abovo Branches aud Agencies, and on China and Japan. Gold Dust and Amalgam purchased. O. .EI. C__KE_BSO_N\ MEAT MARKET, * WHOLESALE AJYD RETAIL. Attention and satisfaction guaranteea to customers. Main Street, ASHCROFT, B C, THOS. ACoLtd -IMPORTERS Of- Shelf and Heavy Hardware. , Placer and Quarts Mining Supplies ' tW Write son Quotations. I autl 10 Cordova Street, Vaueouvor, B.C. Standard of the World. 1899 PRICES: Chain, $5.5; Chainless, $85. | The Strongest and Eaj.iost-Hum.iiig Wheel Made. , Tisdall's Gun Stored VANCOUVER, D.O. -_■_______■ ______■
Title changes in chronological order: The British Columbia Mining Journal (1895-05-09 to 1896-05-02), The B.C. Mining Journal (1896-05-09 to 1899-04-29), and Ashcroft Journal (1899-05-06 to 1967).
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