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THE YUKON RUSH
HOW THE THOUSANDS WILU
REACH ALASKA.
Vhmrm Are Many Routes Spoken of, Btt
a tt Only Two Ar Advteabl. for
the Gold Seeker to AttemptSome
if the Dlffieultlee to Ma Overcome.
Special Correspond06-!
Mow many will go to the Klondike
next yr, how will they be transport
ed, are questions now being asked by
transportation companies aud the
thousands interested in one way or an
other in the great movement about to
tak- place. - Even the man going
thither to seek his fortune U vitally in
terested in these matters. It there is
too big a crowd he may not be able to
secure a passage, or to get a proper
outfit, or be snoop ssful in transporting
it into the interior. He wonld better
not trust too much to luck nor depend
too much upon being able to trrel in
the regular way. Certainly, so lar al
the regular atoamera are concerned,
their berths will all be engaged weeks
tn advance, and the man who neglect
to secure passage early may have to
wait a long time for hia turn to oome
around. JEven on the overland trains
there is promise of inconvenience, if not
delay. So great a rush, all in one di
rection, will tax .the rolling Stook of
the railroads to its utmost, sinoe cars
will have to go back empty.
The lowest estimate of the number of
people who will start for Alaska next
spring is 60,000, while some who have
given the subject much attention place
the .figure as high as 800,000. At an
average of 800 to each vessel, it would
require 170 steamers to convey the min
imum number, while 680 would be
necessary to accommodate the maxi
mum. To send 170 steamers in the
months of February, March and April
would make it necessary for two to
ail each day. There ia now advertised
pot one-quatrer the steamers necessary.
The others will no doubt be provided,
for there are numerous transportation
projects on foot, but nothing definite
about them can yet be said. This is
sufficient to show that the man who
intends to join the first great rush by
the way of the passes and lakes would
do well to make sure of his passage to
Dyea or Skaguay. As to the route by
the way of St Michaels and the river,
that will not be open till June, and
extensive transportation projects now
under way will be sufficiently developed
long before that time to make it well
to postpone any estimates until later.
Tli ere are but two well known and
undeniably practical routes to the Yu
kon mines.' One is by the mountain
parses from Dyea and Skaguay to the
lakes and thence by boat down the lakes
and rivers, and the other is by ocean
steamer to St. Michaels and thence up
the river by light draft steamer. All
other routes are yet to be proved, and
all who try them must expeot to meet
with the tribulations and uncertainties
that lay in the path of the pioneer.
Undoubtedly the great majority of Yu
koners will try the passes, since the
mi hps can be reached in this way two
or three months earlier than by steam
er, and, of these the greater number
will go over the regular Yukon trail by
the way of Chilkoot pass, the next
greater number going from Skaguay over
the White pass.
It is well thoroughly to understand
this route and its variation as to the
two passes. Linn eanal, about 100
miles north of Juneau, penetrates a
number of miles northerly into the
coast mountains, the very head of it be
ing divided into two arms by a rocky
promontory. Into the easterly arm
flows Skaguay river and into the west
erly arm the Dyea river. Both are
rapid, ice-cold mouutain streams, nav
igable for canoes only for several miles.
At the head of these arms are located
the new towns of Skagnay and Dyea.
From these points it is necessary to
cross the high mountain divide to
Lakes Lindermann and Bennett, where
boe.ts are constructed for the journey
down the river. Until the past season
the Yukoners have used the Chilkoot
pass, from Dyea, exclusively, the Chil
kat Indians packing all the supplies at
the usual rate of 15 cents a pound.
The route ia '37 miles long, and the
summit- of the pass is 8,200 feet high.
The Indians have always refused to
pack by any other route, declaring this
to be the best one. Last summer, ow
ing to the great rush and the eager
ness of all to get over at any cost, the
Indians raised their price for packing,
until often as high as a dollar a pound
was paid them. This, and the crowded
condition of the trail, led many to try
the Skaguay trail, which, though 41
miles long, was asserted to be better,
because the summit of the pass was
some 600 feet lower. It was found,
however, that the trail was not so good,
that the river had to be crossed several
' times, and that, though the pass was
somewhat lower, the trail led up and
down hill so much that the actual
climbing done was greater than by the
Chilkoot pass, where the ascent was
gradual to the foot of the summit di
vide, when one very steep climb was
necessary. The practical result was
that a very much larger percentage of
thot-.e who tried the Chilkoot pass suc
ceeded in reaching the lakes, than of
those who attempted thi Skaguay route.
Nevertheless, improvements are now
being made on both trails, and both
will be. extensively used in the spring,
it being much easier to go in over the
snow, when the rocks and mud which
made the trails so difficult last fall are
covered up.
Thcie are projected improvements
for both of those trails, in the nature
of railroads and tramways, but as yet
only Chilkoot pass stows anything tan
gible. A combined railroad and tram
way is under construction and is prom
sed" to he completed by the first of Feb
ruary, for the taking of freight from
Dyea through to Lake Lindermann. The
probabilities are that this convenience
will be provided by that time, or
shortly thereafter. The company oper
ating it purposes to contract to carry
freight from Dyea to the lake at a price
much below what it would cost to pack
It over, and to handle it so promptly
that by the time the owner can walk
over, the trail his freight will get
thoiujh. With this tramway in opera
tion, and nothing similar on the Bkag-
nay trail, the Chilkoot pass would get
all (tie travel. There are, However,
still other tramways and nilroad pro
mts on both. trails, but when they will
be ready for use is uncertain. At the
PK-auul time it would seem as though
this Chilkoot tramway will be the only
thing ready-early enough to accommo
date the first rush in ..February and
March. Until that time, there is ap
parently little choice between the trails
for winter travel, and those who go in
before February may take either. For
those who go in over the snow Yu
kon sled is necessary. This is a strong
skeleton sled aud may be purchased at
any regular outfitting point. Many
take dogs to help draw sleds, but all
can not do this. If it is done, special
provision must be made for food for
the animals.
After the lakes have been reached,
the remainder of the route is the same
for both passes, consisting of about 600
miles of lake and river navigation to
Dawson City, at the mouth of the
Klondike. It is BO miles further to
Forty-Mile, and Circle City is 800
miles down the river from Dawson.
The new town of Kara part City is still
about 600 miles further down the Yu
kon, at the mouth of Munook creek,
not far above the point where the
Tannanah flows into the great rivet.
This entire lake and river journey la
made in strong boats, usually built out
of timber whipsawed by the Yukoners
on the banks of Lakes Lindermann or
Bennett. There is a small saw mill
there, but it is unable to out, enough
timber to fill the demand. Doubtless
other mills will be taken in as soon as
the tramway is completed, but miners
should not rely upon this, but should
take an outfit of tools and material for
building a boat, as well as oars and
rowlocks. Efforts to take in boats over
the pass last fall were unsuccessful,
even in sections. Though it might be
easier to do so over the snow, it is
doubtful if it would not consume as
much extra time and labor as the
building of a boat would require.
When the tramway is at work, special
ly constructed boats could no doubt be
taken in to advantage, and valuable
time be saved.
The route leads through Lake Linder
mann, 6 miles, a portage to Lake Ben
nett, 1 mile; down the lake, 84 miles;
tli rough Cariboo crossing to Lake Tag
ish, S miles; down the lake 19 miles;
by river to Lake Marsh, 8 miles;
across tne lake passing vtinuy Arm,
19 miles. Those who go in the win
ter and early spring can proceed to this
point by drawing their boats on sleds,
but there they must wait for the ice to
break nn before proceeding down the
river in their boats, unless they intend
to go through light, dragging sled
over the snow and ice. Twenty-five
miles below Lake Marsh is the dreaded
Miles canyon, and just below this
place are White Horse rapids. Both
of these places may be safely run in
the boat if the utmost care is exer
cised. Many boats have been wrecked
here and their contents lost, while sev
eral unfortunate anen have been
drowned. No one should attempt these
difficult passages without first having
carefully studied the situation. Thirty
miles further down the river is Lake
Le Barge, 80 miles long. Five Finger
rapids are 163 miles below this lake,
and Rink rapids are 3 .miles further.
These are the last of the specially dan
gerous places, though care must be ex
ercised during the entire journey.
- As to other routes from the coast,
there are bnt three that have any
prominence, and none of them is as yet
sufficiently known to make it advisa
ble for the ordinary gold seeker to at
tempt them. One of them is the Dal
ton trail, leading northerly over the
mountains just west of the Chilkoot
pass, and paralleling the lake and
river route for about 300 miles, finally
striking the Yukon below the most
dangerous rapids. It is claimed that
this is the best route for a railroad, but
it is yet to be shown how practicable
it is for general use. The government
will probably attempt to send in a re
lief exjedition by this route early in
the spring.
The Takii and the Stiokeen routes,
one starting from Tako inlet, near Ju
neau, and the other from the Stiokeen
river, near Wrangel, converge at Lake
Teslin. Small river steamers can nav
igate this lake and pass down the
Hootalinqoa river to the Yukon below
the rapids, and thus to Dawson and be
yond. It is claimed that such steam
ers will be built on the lake in the
spring and that trails will be opened ior ' g J
up to the lake and pack trains put on, , can DeFdrawD by
to be followed soon by railroad,; bnt, or(J farm team u d 't
until this is actually done the gold ,... ,., ,,,,. . . .
seeker would do well not to intrust
himself to the uncertainties of those ;
routes. ' . j
Undoubtedly the most comfortable i
and easv way to reach the Yukon mines
js by steamer from one of the Pacific
coast ports to the mouth of tne Yukon,
at St. Michaels, and thence by light
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Circle City, and 1,773 to Dawson City,
The trouble with this route is that the
river is navigable only three months in
the year, and then only by small river
steamers, because of frequent bars. The
ice breaks up about the 30th of June
and toms again about the same time
in September. There are now several
steamers on the river belonging to the
Alaska Commercial Company and the
aorta American iransportation ano
Trading Company, both of which bave
i ,i . ik. :u
irauinx puain vu mo uyci, ueou-
quarters at ht. Michaels. Both com-
panies are building several new vessels
tor next year s tramo.
The outlook for this route next sum-
mer is that the number of steamers on
the river will be utterly inadequate to
accommodate tne persons wno win oe
landed by thousands at St. Michaels by
steamers and sailing vessels, though
there are numerous projects on foot for
building steamers on the river in the
spring or towing them thither. As
every vessel on the river will probably
run in connection with some regular
ocean line, and as the pobabilities are
that the ocean liners will carry more
passengers and freight than the river
steamers can handle, it would seem as
though the only persons who will stand
any show of getting through to Dawson
by this route will be those who pur
chase through passage from the starting
point to their destination for them
selves and supplies. Those who pay
passage only to St. Michaels, or who
reach that point by independent steam
ers or vessels, will probably be unable
to proceed any further. Notwithstand
ing this promises to be the condition
of affairs next summer, there will
doubtless thousands of men take pass
age in all kinds of craft for St. Mich
aels, without providing means for get
ting beyond that point. Much disap
pointment is in store for many on this
score.
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
FOR
Beat Way to Feed Corn Fodder-How
to Banian the Hat - A mount of Water
a Cow Drink a a Teat of Her Milk
Value.
Feed In a: orn Fodder.
I last winter put the cowa Into a feed
lot adjoining the farm. Three pigs for
each cow were also placed lu the lot,
The cows were taken Into the barn
twice a day. fed ear corn; broken, aud
after being milked, were turned Into
the lot and given unhusked com rod
der. In this way each cow received
oue and one-third bushel ear corn per
week and one bushel of com In the tod
der. The pigs, lu addition to what they
picked up, were given buttermilk and
some skim-mllk. In return for this feed
I received four and one-half pounds
butter aud ten pounds of pork per week
per cow, or about two pounds butter
and four pounds pork per bushel of
com. The cows were provided witn a
good shed and a thick layer of straw to
He on. Agriculturist
Oettlnu- Hid of Hats.
An unusual Interest has been aroused
in the destruction of rats this season
because of the great number found In
eotnerlbs aud lu the vicinity of poultry
houses. The loss from this source has
been considerable, to say nothing of
the annoyance. If trouble In corn
cribs Is to be avoided next year, set
the buildings on posts eighteen Inches
high, and around the top tack a strip of
old tin or invert a tin pan and place it
over the top of the post. This will not
always keep them out, but will do
much towards preventing their en
trance.
Where cribs are on the ground and
hare been undermined by these pests,
a number of methods of getting rid of
them, more or less successful, have
bten suggested. If a well-trained for
ret and a good rat dog can be secured,
great numbers can be killed lu a short
time. The ferret will go Into the holes
under the crib and run out the rats,
which can then be disposed of by
means of the dog or guns. After the
rats bave been well cleaned out by this
means they seldom return, or at least
not for a long time. In closed bins,
where carbon bisulphide can be used,
they can be got rid of in short time.
Merely place an open dish full of the
chemical on top of the grain and penult
It To evaporate. It will permeate every
point and kill all living creatures. In
using the bisulphide, remember that it
is very inflammable, and all lights and
fires must be kept away from the build
ing while It Is being applied. Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Water a Cow Drinks.
M. Dancel reported to the French
Academy of Sciences bis experiments
to determine the effect - f the quantity
of water cows drink upon quantity and
quality of milk. "He says," writes Dr.
Galen Wilson, to Practical Farmer,
"that, by inducing cows to drink more
water, the quantity of milk yielded can
be Increased without Injuring its qual
ity. He asserts that the anioun of milk
Is proportioned to the quantity of wa
ter drunk. In experimenting upon
cows fed In the stall with dry fodder
that gave only nine to twelve quarts
of milk a day, that when this dry food
was moistened with from eighteen to
twenty-three quarts of water daily,
their yield of milk was Increased up to
twelve to fourteen quarts a day. Be
sides this water taken with the food,
the cows were allowed to drink the
same as before, and their thirst was
excited by adding a little salt to the
fodder. The milk was of good quality,
and the amount of butter satisfactory.
He found, by a series of observations,
that the quantity of water habitually
drunk by each cow was a criterion to
judge of the quantity of milk that she
would yield.
Traction Engine.
The self-propelling steam engines to
be used on ordinary roads are not near
ly so much in favor as they were when
r V. .... H.. K., .......1 An
the puffing traction engine Is sure to
do. As the traction engine costs sey.
eral hundred dollars extra, and Is sev
eral hundred pounds heavier, it is not
now In much favor. Many good coun
try bridges that would stand ordinary
loads bave been broken down by the
"Bellini eujjiue, eilim,lll, JUBB UUIU IU
the owner of the engine and the county.
,
In many places notices are put up that
if traction engines cross certain bridges
they must do so nt their own risk.
Winter Window Plants.
, The plants for midwinter and early
spring blooming should be brought Into
the house, but the room should be only
moderately heated. Give abundance of
air every mild day. The temperature
0f the room at night should be twelve
t0 eighteen degrees lower than during
the day. Remove all dead leaves. Give
. . ....
oni, enougD water to moisten tneeartu
m th.g pg. The earth should not be
made pasty.
Chryxantbeiuums.-To prolong the
period of blooming, take up the cholc-
t est specimens with a large ball of
earth, and set them In tubs or boxes.
Keep the plants upon the porch In a
protected situation for a few days until
tbey recover. They may then be
brought into the house. Beds of plants
should be covered over with a large
muslin sheet during frosty nights.
Insects. For the aphis and plant lice,
smoke with tobacco stems. Window
plants can be easily fumigated by plac
Ing them under a barrel. Hose bushes
in the greenhouse can be kept free of
the aphis by the free use of the syringe.
American. ;
To Farm Driveway.
The entrance drive or "lane," as it Is
usually called, Is an Important feature
In the surroundings of a country home.
The success of landscape effect depends
largely upon Its Judicious location and
arrangement. While the shortest Hue
Is the most practical course for travel
between two points; artistically consid
ered, a long, narrow, straight line,
fenced on both sides, unadorned by
trees, Is something to be avoided, If pos.
nilile. If the driveway must be straight,
let It be through an open field or fenced
on one side only, and lined with trees,
or If inclosed by two, fences let tbem
bo fifty feet or more apart, with a row
of trees on each side. It may then nn
awer for the family orchards of all
kinds of fruit and nut trees, or If plant.
ed with manles.' beech or oaks, will
eveutually form a magnificent avenue.
American Gardening.
Piueon Notes,
We would caution beginners, bolter
invest your money in one or two good
birds than In half a doieu cheap scrub
birds.
As soon as yon see a pigeon In your
loft that Is sick or out of condition,
move It from the other pigeons at once,
and treat, and, if too far, use a hatchet.
A handful or two of hemp seed given
each day to a flock of pigeons will help
them throuirh moulting.
Every fancier should have leg bands,
and keep a record of your bird, as this
is the only way we cnu prevent in
breedtmr, as they are cheap.
Look! Look for the little red mites
that infest the young birds In their
nesta, as they kill more young pigeons
than disease this time of year. Nests
should be cleaned frequently, and saw
dust and tobacco stems put In.
Linseed va. Cotton Seed Meal.
While fully grown animals with
strong digestive organs can eat cotton
seed meal properly diluted with straw
or hav without serious injury. It ia
doubtful whether It Is advisable to
make this part of their ration. Lin
seed meal cna be purchased at about
the same price as cottonseed meal, and
has equal nutritive value. The new
process meal Is the kind fcenenilly used.
It la not so fattenlug as the old process
meal, because more of Its oil has been
expressed. Faxsecd whole Is a very
rich feed, and If boiled so as to swell It
out all that hot water can do it may be
given to cattle, sheep or Horses witn
safety. Only a very little snoum oe
given at a time, as the oil In It makes it
very laxative.
Weaning; Foal.
Foals that are about to be weaned
In the fall of the year, should, prepara
tory to the time of Isolating them from
their dams, be taught to eat freely of
grain, pulse and other highly nutritive
food. The loss of the dam's milk Is a
severe check to their constitution and
growth, which even n abundant sup
ply of hay or grass will not wholly com
pensate. A variety of food is not only
permissible, but to be advocated, al
though grass or good hay and corn
should form their staple diet. Too many
different torts of food can hardly be
tried, says a high authority on the mat
ter, "but, of course, they must be given
Judiciously, at various times and In
small quantities." Live Stock Journal.
Bedding Absorbentm
The only proper way to keep cows is
to keep them clean. It is Just as neces
sary to bed cows and keep them clean
as it Is to feed and care for them in
any other way. I milk forty cows the
year round, and always milk in stable,
summer and winter. If I Bud any or
my cows lu a condition to need wah
Ina, somebody gets a hearing, and the
second offense Is sufficient for a change
In help. The platform and drops should
be so constructed that all tlte drop
pings, both liquids and solids, will tie
received in the drop. An absorbent of
some kind should be placed in the drop
to soak any liquid matter.
: Fall Manuring Winter Grain.
There is no better time to topdress
wiuter grain than late fall. If it Is done
after the ground Is frozen It will be all
the better. The loose sail will not only
poach lens, but the manure lying over
its frozen surface will prevent the al
ternate freezing ami thawing which Is
more trying to winter grnln than Ut
continued cold weather. Besides, If the
winter groin field is seeded with clover
In the spring, as It always should be,
the topdressing of manure will be juat ,
what the young clover needs to give it
protection early, and make it grow vig
orously later in the season.
Small Potatoes.
Save all the small potatoes for seed
that are of the regulation form. These
may be the only seed available In the
spring, while If they are not needed
when planting time comes they can
then be discarded. We would not have
It understood that we are Indorsing
small potatoes for planting. Large seed
Is preferable every time.
Drain the Land.
A farmer can raise more bushels of
better grain, corn and wheat, or any
other produce, on fifty acres of well
underdralned land than he can on 100
acres of wet land, and be can do it with
less than half the labor and expense.
Farm Note.
A good pedigree always adds to the
value of a horse for any purpose.
When wheat Is sold buy back bran
end shlpstuff enough to feed out the
straw.
The average farm can be run a good
deal better without a dog than with
out a pig.
Hard work Is not so apt to Injure
horses If they receive proper attention
afterwards.
There are some good butter cows in
all breeds and they are even found
among scrubs.
The most clear profit in raising good
horses is in the fact that you have
raised them yourself.
The farmer who cannot supply com
fortable shelter cannot afford to winter
stock.
One advantage in having the manure
reasonably fine Is that It can be more
evenly distributed on the land.
A short-legged, short-haired sheep Is
often heavier and will produce more
wool than one that looks much larger.
The restless spirit of a growing colt
Is a sufficient guarantee that It will
take exercise If the opportunity Is af
forded. In order to make good beef and to
make it easy steady feeding of the
most suitable food from the first Is es
sential,; Every kind of a crop grown on the
farm Is needed, and somebody will pro
duce It and realize a profit In producing
and marketing.
. In selecting farm stock to use as
breeders, secure only such animals as
arebeiilthythemselvesand have sprung
from healthy, vigorous stock.
To Injudicious feeding may be cred
ited a large amount of the fatality
among bogs and with care in feeding
a large amount of disease may bv
avoided. Farmers' Union.
NO ntPFBRENCB.
Phvsloal troubles of a like nature romtng
from different cause are often a pule to
those who suffer pain as to their treatment
and curs a in iLt e of lumbago from
eold or a strain in some way to the same
muscles. The treatment of such need not
differ una with the other, woiu re
enoiiKh and should have prompt attention,
an mailing disables so much an lame oaen.
wi.. n. I.. Oil will nHtle tlin
question, lw ellli'iicy is i sure In either
case tliere is no inm-nnee in ui kwi"
and no doubt ot the cure,
Kangaroo tails for soup have bo
nt tn Loudon from Australia, A
shipment of 8,600 weight was sold at
the rate of 13 a ioscn tails, in Aim
trails they are considered a Kr"ttt
dulioacy.
KKt'UTATIONM MAIR IN A BhY
Arepreeioiiaacarve. lime trlM the worth ol
a manor medicine. Huttr' Hiomauli HII
tern In tony-live growth, nn 111:0 lti--
haritv lleh that arnlli Ui erevlcea !
AlMas'srwe't II ttourlahts perennially, "
Ita reputation haa aa llrm a t.nu aa tin; reeua
thennelvea. Nu medietas la more lilguly i-
gaoled aa a remedy lor lever ami ague, unions
remltienl, eonstlpullon. liver ami kidney Ula
orUera, uefvounneaa ami rheuniallani.
The loiiL-wst strubxht railroad line In
America Is on the Lake Shore railway,
bciriuiiinit at a point three miles west
of Toludo, Ohio, and running til) miles
without k curve.
$200CX22
If you use too much of
Sciittins Best baking powder
it don't spoil the cake.
But . why not make your
all t
money go a lar as it win oy
using just enough of Schilling's
Best baking powder one-third
less than of the brand you are
used to?
chilling ll ContiMMy
San rraiKiKu w.
An old Knglish "Manner" Hook"
says: "A lady should dip only the tips
of her lingers in the sauce bowl, mid
should not let food full out of iior
mouth on the tablecloth."
AN OPEN UTTER TO MOTHERS.
We are ataertiue tn the court our right to the
exclusive ne of the word " CAM'ohiA," aid
" WXCHKK S CASTOKIA." aa wi t rail Mai k.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyaniil. Mawutehutctta,
waa theorigluator of " H IXHKirS C AS t'OK tA,"
the aaine that baa borne and dove now bear the
fuc simile aignature of CItAS. li, M.I'.iCIIKR on
every wrapper. Thla ia the original " PITCH l; Ji
CANTORIA" which haa beva used In the homca
Of the mothera of America for over thirty year.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and are thut it ia
Uu kini yu kmn always tauskt, and haa the
signature of CIIA3. 21. K'l.KlX'HUK on the
wrapper. No one haa authority from we to nse
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chaa. H. Fletcher ia President...'.
ifanM i, is-i?. bAMLKL. PITCHKK, M.0,
A New Hartford, Conn., man one
day sot over 1,000 tobacco plant, mid
the next morning found that tint cut
worms had destroyed evory plant but
one over night.
HUMS IMtODI-CTS ANI Pl'IIK FOOI'.
All Eastern Syrup, awatlei1, nanallv verv
light colored and ol heavy body, In nnole from
giueoae. "Tt'a tumtftt m-tu" ta nowle irmi
huar Cane and ta mrietlv pure, it n ior -aie
by tlril-ein Krneern. tn cann i.tt'tv. .VlHiiiiiae
tured by the lUome Cuter hvarr !. All b:i
ume "T'ti uttnten Ihntt" have Hie uianuiae
turer'a name lithographed on every mil
The legislature of Uruguay tins con
ferred citizenship and the tiiiu of !!,
000 on Or. Sumirvlli as a recognition of
his discovery of the yellow fi-ver
microbe. ' 1
King Solomon'H Traantire." mily A hriMlw'aejil
Tunle giiowfl. rt,. liujltonary.) t,.tM a ti.ix. 4
wpnkw' trlnirnl, Majtou t.tirmU:el Co., 1'. (). ilol
J, Piiilalella, Pa.
An international congress hag been
arranged at Paris for the discussion of
the means of preventing tires in thea
ters and other places of public report.
We will forfeit 11,0110 If any f our pub
lished teitiniuiiinlK aro proven to bo not
genuine. Thk i'mo ;o.( Warren, I'm.
Try Schilling's Beat tea sod baking powder.
Rumia has the muni rapidly increas
ing population of any country in the
world. The growth during the Inst 10U
yeais has been a fine lion less thiin 1,
000,000 annually.
A Dutchman of Wocrt has founds
way of spinning thread from peat,
which is woven into clothing. The
fabrics tints mails are comparatively
cheap and intended for ordinary use.
Nine hundred and fifty telegraph
gnb-maiine cables are now in ora
tion, most of them in Km ope; their
total length is over BU.000 miles.
It is no unueuiil thing for a vessel
plying bewtcen Japan and CoihIuii to
carry 1,000,000 fans of all kinds us a
single item of its cargo.
Stop! Women,
And consider that tn addressing Mrs.
Hnkham you are confiding your private
Ills to a woman a woman whoae ex
perience in treating woman's dineaucs
is greater than that of ny living phy
sician, malo or female.
You can talk freely to a woman when
It is revolting to relate your private
troubles to a man: besides, a man docs
not understand, simply because ho is a
man. ...
MRS. PINICHAM'S 6TANDINO
INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of
female weaknesBJvrelnvi ted to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Plnlthom, at
Lynn, Mass. All letters aro re
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. A woman can freely
talk of her private Illness to a woman.
Thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Plnkham and
the women of America which has never
been broken, - Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to draw
from, it is more than possible that sho
baa gained the very knowledge that
will help your case, bhe asks nothing
In return except your good will, and
her advice has rellevud thousand.').
Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very A
foolish it she does not take advantage
of this generous offer of assistance.
"ra
H
l.llurS W.ltllt All tlofc AU.S.
Beat liiuifli Uyrti. TantM OoihI.
LETTER.
menu milldlng, rurtlsnd. reguu.
The event of the week in tha ChlcnsD
wheat market was jump of o In on
day in the price of JJucembor options.
The sentimental figure ol tl was
reached for moment. The bulk of
the wheat in Chicago l n tl' hands of
a powerful oliqito, who are 1" P""'
tion just now to dictate to tho short
gellor of December. These people)
keep on declaring tliere U to be no oor.
ner, but suueeae It almost certain.
The outcome of the May price tie
pends altogether on tho world's stalls
tioal position. Europe would not ba
taking 6,500,000 bushels of wheat and
flour from America tnone week If thuia
did not exist extraordinary necessity
for it, But no One knows how long
this demand will keep up or whether
tha price fairly discounts the situation.
A good illustration of how little cmi be
decided with exactness about go vast a
quostlon as the wheat supply is the
conflict ol two respectable authorities In
the mere interpretation of an official
Russian crop report. The Corn Trade
Nowt declares it shows a shortage of
103,000,000 bushels, compared with
last year, while Beerlmliui makes the
shortage only 1,000,000 bushels. The
profession of crop statistics I like the
ology. It is so big a field as to permit
of all sorts of differences and to enable
each teacher to pose before thoae imme
diately around him as the only really
authoritative one.
Nothing would affect the sentiment
at Chicago quicker than a fulling off in
Northwestern receipts. ut on this
comparatively simple problem there is
no unanimity, riiisburya fortnight
ago prndittted ontifldcntly Unit the car
lots at Minneapolis and Ihilntli by No
vember SO would be down to smalt
flit area, with' not over 80 per cent ol
the crop left in the hands of the farm
er. There has all through November
been perfect weather for marketing;
but the authorities at Minneapolis are
now predicting another two weeks of
free movement. The weatlmr ia to
count a great deal on the price between
this and Doctneber 10th. It will tnnke
easy or difficult the continued move
ment of wheat between Duluiu and
Uhicago; it will keep open or chute up
navigation between Ohiogao and Uuf
alo, and will Influence, too, the move
ment from the spring wheat farmer into
Unluth and Minneapolis. -
Portland Market. '
Wheat Walla Walla, 70 77c; Val
ley and Ulueslotn, 78(?!)u per buahel.
Four Host grades, t. 33; grham(
3.60; superfine, fa.SS per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 81(P&c; ehoioe
gray, 83 (it 33a per btishol.
Hurley Feed builey, 11K'$20; brew
ing, f'JO per ton.
MillstilT Bran, 15 pur ton; mid
dlings, shorts, f 16.60.
liny Timothy, fl a 13.50; clover,
10(11; California wheat, $10; do
ost, 111; Oregon wild buy, 0 ft 1 0 per
ton. '
Kgi;a 23(ii!36c per dozen.
Hotter Fancy creamery, 60(S5o;
fair to good, 404Cic; dairy, fJOtsHOu
j Kir roll.
Cheeso Oregon, HVi Young
America, i'iu; California, 0($Mu
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, tl-75r$
S.S0 por doexn; hroilorg, t.00( 3.G0;
geese, 5(tti; ducks, 3.00 c? 4. 00
pur dozen; turkeys, live, 9(g 10c per
pound.
Potatoes Oregon linrbanks, 815(3-100
per sack; sweets, 11.40 por cental.
Onions Oregon, now, rod, BOc; yel
low, 80c per cental.
JIops 8 14o per pound for new
crop; 1H98 crop, 4(t()o.
Wool Valley, H(l 0e per pound;
Katrn Oregon, 7(sH3o; mohair, SU
322o por pound.
Mutton Gross, best ehoop, wethers
and ewes, $).G0; dressud mutton,
So; spring lambs, 6tjc por pound.
Hoks Gross, choice heavy, fl.DO;
light and feeders, o0c 4.00; drogsod,
4.60S-00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, t3,763.00;
cows, 93.35; dressed heel, 4(0,0 per
pound. .
Veal Largo, iiQa; smalt, 6,(i
6o per pound,
Healtle Market,
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 2"o; ranch, ItkdSlHc.
Cheese Native Washington, 13)g'o;
California, 0'ao.
K.'gs Fresh ranch, 80(ft!i3c.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
bens, loo; spring chickens, $3.60(4
8 00; ducks, $3.608.78.
Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $103O.
Corn Whole, $23; cracked, por ton,
$32; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barloy llolled or ground, por ton,
$23; whole, $32.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, So; cows, 6o; mutton sheep,
6ci pork, 7c( veal, small, 7.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 5c; salmon,
84c; salmon trout, 710o; flounders
and sole, 84; ling cod, 4(2)6; rock cod,
6c; Binelt, 8J4e.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 60c $ 1.25 per
box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 8540o;
pears, 76c$l per box.
Man Franelaeo Market.
Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 13
(914c; Northern ll(12o per pound.
Hops 10 14c per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $20(323; Cal
ifornia bran, $17.60 18.00 per ton.
Onions Now red, 70 (980a; do new
silverskin, $1.40(1. fl() percental.
Egs Store, 1826; ranch, 40
41c; Eastern, 1724; duok, 26o per
dozen.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 12o; fair
to good, 7 8c per pound. ,
Citrus Frnlt Oranges, Valencia",
$1.50($3.00; Mexican limes, $3.00(4
8.00; California lemons, choice, $2.00
3.60; do common, 750$! per box.
Hay Wheat, 1214.60; wheat and
oat, $U(il8; oat, $10(912; rivcr'bar
ley. 78; best barley, $10!2;
aliaira, ioO.50; clover, $8(5(9.80.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 25B0o per
large box; grapes, 25!40o; Isabella,
6075c; peaches, 60oge$l; pears, 76o
$1 per box; plums, 2036o.
Butter Fanoy oreamery, 27(8 28c;
do seconds, 2426o; fancy dairy,
4c; good to choice, 19(22o per pound.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 85 80c,
WEEKLY
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A1SV UONiM MAN.
The Foremost Medical Company In
the V.'uild hi the Cote of Weak
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II AIM ItMltlUMtK, HEALTH, XN.
ElttlY AM I, UNO I, KB.
In all the wnrUl Inilay -.In all the hlalnrv of
Hie world -iiiiiliielnr mir limtlniltiiii linn Ui'u,,i
anil reamri'il m liinnv ii.pn ga ,, th bin,,., I
ItlUU MKl'U'AI' COMPANY, uf Uuffalo, N, Y.
Cy-vi SCIENCE TRH1MIN3
Una ta due to the laet that the e,,iinmiiv
trnlaaemn tiivenlluna and ill.i'irvnilvk wliii i,
have no equal la the whole realm ul tueilli al
aetenee.
Ho mush deeetilinn haa been praeileed In a .
vertblug that thla grand old viimmM iiuw
jnakea a aiarillng iiltnr,
They will aend their tnagleally alfmtlvg gp.
rtlianee nd a month's eiiurae of itmuv
temeiitea tuMlilvely en trial, Wllhviil tiutmav,
toany reliable man.
Ant o dt'ihtr pertf htt ptiti vntlt rtntlhart kmwn
iit into iti-imneMtji! by (l tmtiVHt
The rtrleMe.tli'Nieiitnnanv'a AnplUiiee and
Keniediea have been talVid of 1111 wrltleu
about till every man hat heard id mem.
The hlgheat nmlleal aulliortilua lu tha world
have lately emniiiemli'ii them.
They pONHHta marveleiia ;iowr to vitalise,
develop, renture ami analgia.
They enaie vlitnr, healiliy tlMiie, new life.
They il drain lliat taftlie eui'ruy,
They eure all edeeta o( evil hahlit, eicraaes,
Overwork,
They give full atrength, development and
tone 10 every portion ami organ ol ilie body.
raiture linfoMllle, aue no harrier.
Title "Trial Without hatwHts" offer la limited
to a hurl time, and alluitou iutit be wad
gt once,
Not'. O, D. tehente, no (tee-piiii no espo.
ane a elean ttimlneati promaitiou oy a eoui.
tiaiiy ol blgli Ituaucial ami pruiialoual aland-
"virile to the H(!K HKPfi-AI, rojjPAKY.
Hiiftalo, h. Y., and refer to their offer lu this
llr. ...
At a recent meeting of the Institu
tion of Civil luiginceig In 1iielon, the
opinon was fiprerncd that the coming
material for ship-building is nickel
at eel, but that before it can he exton.
aivlwy tigtwl, further deposits of nickel
must be discovered.
The psaltery of Spain is gnpimsed to
luv bwri Introduced Into tlmt country
by the Moors. It is still lu common
use among the peasants. , ,.
Among the numerous, superstitions
of the CtHMgck there is none stronger
than the belief that they will enter
heaven in a better state if they are per
sonally clean at the time they are killed.
The kaiuion Is the favorite Instru
ment among the ladles In Turkey. Its
shape f oatitnlih'g that of a harp laid fiat.
It has 72 Wirings, in sets of three, and
is played with small plectrum.
flKAFNKHM CANNOT UK Hl
llv lineal gnpltrvllnita aa they eaniml marb lite
i)i'Maed portion ol Hie ear, There ia only one
way to eure ilratnana. ami that la l,v eouollin.
ti.it.nl ruiinMii-a. lii-alnexlaeai a ii ly an in-flnnx-d
condition of Hie niuenua lining of me
Kunaehiau 1uw. When lliia lulw la lunamrd
you have a riininlhig Miund or inir(ei t hear
ing, and when U la entirely el.l, ili-fm a la
the rtaull, ami uutrts ihe Intlaiuniaiiuii van he
taken out and lint in tie restored to lt normal
eouilltiiiu, hearing will hs dvairoyrd forever j .
nine enaeii out of lea are eaut bv t aiarrh,
allien l nothing !ut an Inlliuuvd couilllion of
tlin uineoiia miriaeea,
We ill give tine Hundred Pnllara for any
ream of ilenf uea, (miiM-d l.r eatarrh ) that nantint
be eureil ly Jtal a l alarrh Cure. Heud lor eir
cuiaraitree. r j niEf!E 4 ro.iTolc,0i 0.
Koift by .iT.itrtfM. Vn
lUU'i KKMi.iy Hill r th ht
I Cure Varicocle.
No operation"
No clainps or
comprtaeorg
No detention
from work.
No poiiibW
danger.
No lotion or
medicine
Simply gal-
vnie elec
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U rv, in form of a lielt, la pin on when you g
to hed, and the milil, eahilarailng, eonllnuoiia
cm r. n t writ through llit.eimrt'ieil veins dur.
tug the nluht kpi wtily dlSMilveathrlronhleatel
enrea III a fi w e. . Mr pnntpliiel, "llin'e
Cliu.M- of Men," l an ill'uatrated trealtae on
thla eouipiaitit, ami every aueh sufferer annual
riMtd It, mint free 011 anpiteation. Andrea,
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Me carry the mnat complete Hue of Ovinnaaiuia
aud Athletic ilooda on m i.'omi
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1?! II Lei I 'gpectilation In t'hii-agn. Vie
I J i f r II I buy and aell wheat 011 mar-
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nirea. Write for full lutrMeulara. Hnt of rei
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Chieavn Hnnrd ol Trade, and a tliorimuh know
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(let your auppllaa of tin al cut nitea.
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