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A YUKON OUTFIT WHAT THE GOLD HUNTER SHOULD TAKE. oond Advlco for Thnu Who Contem plate Seeking Their Fortune! In the Mew Gold Field of Alaska and the Koltkwnt Territory. i Special Correspondence. The most practical and vital question to be decided "by the man who intends to go to the Yukon next year is the composition and quantity of: his outfit. What should he take and how much of it. This is far more important a ques tion than that of the route he shall se lect, since by any regular route he would probably reach his destination, while Bhould he not have a proper out . fit, he would be likely to find his labor to have been all in vain, with failure and possible starvation staring him in the face. Whatever a man would require to eat, to wear or to work with he should take with him. To go into that coun try depending upon being able to pur chase any of the necessaries of life or successful work is to run the risk of utter failure and calamity. Again and again was this asserted by experienced Yukouers when the excitement broke out in July. Publicly through the press and privately on all ocoasions they advised gold seekers to take with them a complete equipment for 18 months, certainly not lees than a year, and to place no dependence whatever upon being able to purchase what they mieht need from trading posts. This advice was bassed upon the well-known conditions of work and transportation in that region. The miner might be located several hundred miles by a trail impassable in winter from the nearest trading post, while the post itself, even if accessible, might fail to secure a stock of (roods. Tlio onnnrlnAM nf t.htA flllvioft h&8 been amply demonstrated the prefent season. Hundreds who did not give it sufficient weight, have rushed into Dawson City with not enough food to last them through the winter, only to find that not a pound of food is to be purchased there, and that they are but adding to the distress of those already threatened with starvation. They have not done this in ignorance, but in defiance of the advice of men of expen ence. The eolden mirage of their ira aginations has blinded them to the practical, and they have rushed head long to needless hardships, if not de struction. Yet the majority of them took this advice seriously at first, and equipped themselves well for the jour ney. Very few, indeed, of those who have reached Dawson with almost noth ing for their support this winter, land ed at Dyea or Skagway with less than a thousand pounds of supplies eaoh. The secret of. their present shortness is the difficulties -of the trail and their in tense eagerness to reach their destina tion. They have disposed of or aban doned the bulk of their outfits, trusting to luck, or the deity supposed to have fools in his special charge, to get through the winter somehow. They would have done better to have camped at the lakes till spring, than to have gone on to Dawson short of supplies. They would have done still better, when they found they could not get through this fall in good shape, to have returned - to the coast and waited until spring for another attempt fully equipped. Those who followed this course are infinetly. better off than those who sacrificed everything to their insane eagerness to get through, -and are now at Dawson with nothing to do and threatened with being overwhelmed by a calamity of their own creation. The value of the advioe given to those who started last fall has been demon strated by their-experiences. The same advice is as valuable to those who will go in the spring. Take everything with you that you anticipate to need for a year for any purpose, and do not depend upon being able to buy anything whatever. It is folly to take for grant ed that there will be so many new steamers on the river next year that the country will be amply supplied with food and other necessaries. Assuming that transportation facilities will be in creased ten times, this will be offset by the undoubted fact that more than ten times as many persons will go in as are there now, and' that the added trans portation facilities will be used to carry them and their outfits. To the thou sands who are already there and must depend entirely upon supplies brought in for sale, must be added the other thousands who will not heed the voice ,of prudence and will rush in lightly equipped, depending upon purchasing what they need for the winter. It is extremely doubtful whether enough . soods for sale can be taken in next summer to supply this demand. In deed, in view of the experiences of this year, it is almost certain that they can not. Even if it were not for this uncer tainty, the oonditionsof successful work there require that the miner take in a full equipment, and have it with him wherever he goes. The Yukon gold fields cover a great area of country, while the trading posts are few and at present only along the Yukon river. Other posts will doubtless be estab lished next year,' near such new dis tricts as may become populous, yet even these will be only at points accessible to steamers. Those going to the gold fields must not expect to find claims near the present centers of population, They will be compelled to prospect dis tant streams and gulches, and if suc cessful, they may locate several hun dred miles from the nearest store. To be compelled to make a journey after supplies might cause the loss ol the en tire season's prospecting, even assuming that the things needed could be pur chased at all. Every prospeoting party should be fully equipeped to subsist itself for a year. - Otherwise it can not carry on its work under the' conditions neoessary for success. This is made clear when one understands the method of mining and the difficulties of travel in the winter season, in a mountainous region without trails; tlie ground cov ered with snow and the thermometer almost continuously below zero. The ground if frozen from surface to bedrook, a dit4pe: varying in mining claims front H tdr m feet' Even in summer it'thaws out Jest ,. than a. foot f mm tliM anrfuae. The best pay dirt or gravel is just above the bed rook, and to sink a shaft down to this requires a great deal of fuel, and it takes many weeks of hard work in the open season to gather fuel enough to last through the winter for heating and working purposes. Water for washing out the dirt and extracting the gold can be had only in the summer and early fall. In some districts water flows only a few weeks each year. All the dirt taken ont of the shaft is piled up near it till the following summer, and until then the miner can not tell what will be the result of his year's labor. This is the ordinary programme of the Yukon miner. He reaches the gold fields in June or July. He spends the next few weeks in prospecting and finally locates a claim. There is then but a short time left in which to gather fire wood and prepare for work. Dur ing the winter he sinks his shaft and piles up the dirt to be run through sluice boxes the next summer. When he can get water he begins washing, and by the time he has completed it more than a year has passed from tlie time he first arrived in the gold fields, and it may then be too late for him to tret out ot the country that season. If he went in supplied for 18 montlis ana has kept his supplies he is all right. If not, he may be in the position of those Klondike miners this winter, who have not supplies to carry them through till spring and can not buy them at any price. So much for the necessity of an ample equipment Now a few words about the nature of it. Some things are absolute necessitites, and one of these is quicksilver for saving the gold. Take five pounds. To be without it would be like a soldier without ammu nition. It should be in a metal flask of some kind, something that will not break, and care should be taken not to spill it. A pick and long-handled shovel are necessary tools, also a gold pan. You will want a kit of tools for making a boat, as well as for building a cabin, flumes, eta It should consist of whipsaw, handsaw, jack plane, draw-knife, axe, claw hatchet, ham mer, square, chisel, files, whetstone, chalk line and wire and galvanized nails, also oakum, pitch, oars, row locks, calking iron, boat cotton, twine, sail needles, wooden block and manila cotton rope. The necessary camping outfit con sists of a tent, a Yukon stove, a nest of three camp kettles, fry pan, bake pan, water bucket, plates, cup and Baucer, coffee pot, knives, forks, spoons, two large spoons and a butcher knife. The best materials for utensils are alumi num, graniteware and steel in the or der named. No tin, china or glass is desirable. "There is no economy in not g.Uting the best and a full equipment. Food must lie good and properly cooked if one .would retain health and be in condition to work. Insufficient or poorly cooked food, with little variety, is the chief cause of scurvy. Too much oare oannot be exercised in this par ticular. As for food, an adequate supply for 18 months weiahs about a ton. The chief items are' 600 pounds of flour, 800 pounds of bacon, 150 pounds each of beans and sugar, 75 pounds eaoh of rolled oats or other mush material and corn meal, 50 pounds of . rice, six dozen cans of condensed milk, 85 pounds of butter in sealed cans, 150 pounds of evaporated vegetables, 100 pounds of evaporated fruit, 50 pounds of prunes and raisins, 80 pounds of dried fish, 40 pounds of coffee, with baking powder, soda, salt, pepper, ginger, mustard, yeast cakes, tea, soap, matches, lime juice (very important), dried beef, ex tract of beef, soups in tins, sausage, to bacco, etc, as desired, bearing in mind always that variety of food promotes health. There has more or less been said in the papers about various con centrated foods, but with the exception of evaporated vegetables and fruit, condensed preserves, condensed milk and beef extraot there is nothing yet been brought forward which has been proved desirable. One can not afford to experiment with his stomach in Alaska. All supplies should be carefully packed in canvas sacks of a total weight of 50 pounds each as nearly as possible. Canvas of superior quality should be used, the object being to preserve the food from loss by dampness as well as bv breaking or tearing of the packages. Fifty pound packages are the most con venient for handling, and this is often as great a weight as one man can carry. It is better to have these canvas sacks paraffined, to resist dampness. Do not use oiled canvas, as the extreme cold ness causes it to crack, with consequent ; loss of the contents of the sack. This is true also of oiled clothing, sleeping bags, eto. Plain canvas is better than oiled, and paraffined better than plain. A canvas tarpaulin is necessary as an outfit cover, and this may also be fitted up and used for a sail. The canvas sacks should be numbered and a list of the contents of each kept. The owner's name should be plainly .marked on each. Such necessaries as matches, candles, etc., should be distributed throughout the sacks, so that a loss of a portion of the outfit will not deprive the owner of these things. Put matches in tin boxes. The camper will require a tent, 8x10 or 10x12 being the usual sizes taken. Each man should have a canvas sleeping bag, preferably paraffined, with a hood to draw over his head. He can have an other heavy woolen sleeping bag to go inside this, or use blankets, as he may prefer, though there is more warmth to the same weight in the sleeping bag. As for clothing, the essentials are mackinaw suits, heavy woolen under wear and overshirts, heavy woolen socks, woolen mitts and fleece lined leather mitts, heavy leather boots, gum boots, overalls, woolen cap, soft felt hat and a waterproof clothing sack. To this equipment one may add whatever he may think desirable, but these at least are necessary. The question of footwear is an important one. Gum boots are worn only while at work in tlie water, either in a claim or along the trail. Leather boots crack and are easily ruined in the snow and cold The Indians make a moccasin boot, called "muckluck," which is the usui footwear along the Yukon, but it wi. of course be impossible for them to sup ply the demand for them next year. This renders it advisable for the gold seeker to take at least one extra pair of boots with him. The most desirable is the style of boot worn by lumbermen. There are numerous little things that are a necessary part of all equipment. Every man should have a small kit of snoemaker s tools and supplies, also a ( complete mending outfit for clothing, toilet articles, etc., all in a case with pockets, one that ran be rolled up and tied. A few yards of mosquito netting are necessary, for mosquitoes are a pest. Goggles to protect the eyes from snow blindness are necessary. Pens, ink, pencils, paper and government stamped envelopes, both Canadian and United States, should be taken. A few books are worth their weight. Fishing tackle and shot guns are likely to prove of service, as the streams teem with fish and water-fowl are extremely abundant in summer. Traps are use less, as all taking of animals for their fur is done by Indians. A compass is desirable, also snow calks for the feet. For travel on the snow a Yukon sled is needed. No matter by what route one travels or how he expects to transport his outfit, there will be times either on the journey in or later when he will have to pack supplies qri his own back, and he should be equipped for it. The ordinary packing straps cut and gall the shoulders and let the load lie like a dead weight on the small of the back and the kindeys. There are various devices for overcoming these troubles. The best of them are the Merriam pack, by which the weight is thrown upon the hips, and the Yukon packing frame, which places the weight on the shoulders. Either is worth far more than it costs to the man who has to pack his outfit In packing it is a great mistake to overdo oneself or to carry a load too far. The best plan is to move the entire outfit along by short stages, and then to stop work before completely exhausted. One should be especially careful not to sit around without a coat when heated or to wear wet clothing when not at work. Every man going to Alaska should take a Bmall supply of medicines and surgical necessaries. These out fits, both regular and homeopathic, may be procured in specially prepared cases, and cost about $10. He should also understand the use of the remedies and appliances. Finallv. the best advice of all is to take only the best quality of every thing, whether clothing, proivsions or uterails, and to procure them from ex perienced outfitters, who know just what is wanted and how to pack it. It is poor economy to save a cent or two a pound on provisions and theh pay a dollar a pound to get this cheap food to its destination. These things can all be bought cheap er and to better advantage at the outfit ting points from which the steamers sail than at any other place. It is both economy and widsom to wait until the final starting point is readied before outfitting, as a perfect equipment, se lected under the advice of reliable out fitters and properly packed, is half the battle for success. Girl I slier in a Church. Because the members of his ohnrch were negligent in attending Sunday services and still more so in contribut ing to the support of himself and the church, Rev, Maurice Penfield Fikes, pastor of the First Baptist church at Trenton, N. J., decided to try an inno vation to attract people to hear him preach and their nickles and dimes from their unwilling pockets. He in troduced pretty girls as ushers, and is mure tnan pleased witn tne results oi I the first experiment. Mr. Fikes had i the sagacity to make announcement of the fact that the young women would show folks to their seats and take up the collection. He was care ful, too, to pick out six of the prettiest girls in his flock, so the church had more young men in its pews than had ever before been seen there. Every seat in the Church was filled long be fore services were begun, and it was necessary to get chairs in the aisles. As ushers the girls were a grand suc cess, but their best services were given when the time came to take up the col lection. The innovation doesn't meet i with the approval of the other preach- ers, who say that when people are drawn to a church simply for the privi , lege of looking upon a bevy of pretty girls there is no lusting good to beex- pected from it. But Mr. Fikes says i that he believes in getting people into his church and he doesn't care how he 1 does it so long as the means are legiti mate and honest. It took a long time to take up the collection, but when it was over and the money counted there was nearly $300 to add to the treasury of the ohurch. Zertucha'e Treachery. Dr. Zertucha, who was the physicirn of the late General Maceo, has been appointed mayor of Bejucal, Havana province. Zertucha has belonged, in his day, to all the political parties in Cuba. At one time he was a bandit in the Vuelta Abajo, and his record was very discreditable. It was quite inex plicable to the friends of Maceo that he kept the physician on his staff for so long a period, notwithstanding the warnings given him. Maceo used to say that Zertucha's fault was his drinking habit. At the time the fa mous Cuban commander was killed, Zertucha was charged with leading him and his party into the fatal ambush, but he issued a long statement in which he tried to show that Maceo met his death in battle in the usual way. Zer tucha also bitterly assailed the honor of the Cuban leaders. After the kill ing of Maceo the dishonored physician was allowed to go free by the Span iards, and it was said, and generally believed, that his pockets were well lined with Spanish gold. King of a South Sea Island. . About six weeks ago John F. Hobbs, a citizen of South Carolina, was cast upon the island of Illika, in the South sea. He lived among the natives, for he could not got away then. Ha! taught the uncivilized people many' things and instructed them in arts un known to them. So, when a year later their king died, he was chosen to rule over the four islands. Mr. Hobbs had a commission to the World's Fair and to the Atlanta exposition. While in New York last year in May on his way to Australia, and his far-off kingdom, he met Miss Ella Collin and made her Ins wife, wife of King Oumalea, of "'ka, and postponed his trip to this !lom. But now, as soon as the y prinoess is able to go, the royal htmily will begin the journey. The natives of the island of Illika are akin to the Samoans. It is said Mr. Hobbs once refused an offer by England of 15,000 and a knighthood for his little kingdom, It is reported that quite a serious landslide occurred in the neighborhood of the Seven Devils, below Cape Arago, during the recent storm. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. (Office of Downing, Hopkins A Co., Chicago Board of Trade Hrokein. 71 MUriiainber of Com merce Building, Portland, Oregon.) The trade has fallen into a way of thinking that the big receipts of the past week will clean up the surplus wheat that is liable to come out at present prices. Most of this wheat is contract, when it is all in the bulls think that they will control the situa tion. In the Northwest the olaim is made that 80 per cent of the crop has been marketed, and that country elevator stocks are very light compared with previous years. Every one is looking for a sharp fulling off in receipts after the first of the year; also for higher prices, while the situation on all sides is admittedly bullish the world over, the prices have not responded to what the bulls think the position of stocks to estimate requirements justifies. They have fixed tho standard of values in their own minds, and because they are not realized the feel disappointed. Most of them are too much inclined to lose sight of tho fact that tho price of wheat has reached a point where sub stitutions of other a'tioles outs greatly into the consumption, and that the speculators are more solicitous as to the price and the probable supplies than the consumers. The outlook for supplies from Ar gentine is uncertain, the probability being that the exportable surplus will not exceed 30,000,000 bushels. Trad era lose sight of the faot that Argen tine is a large country, and that unfa vorable conditions will hardly exist ever the entire territory. Harvesting is now in progress, and the rains might reduce the exportable surplus. There will be little wheat to ship from Australia, hut India's pros peots are evidently good, judging from the free offerings in Liverpool for Sep tember. The American visible supply this week Bhowed a larger increase than expected, being 1,051,000 bushels more than last week, and now totals 86,61(1, 000 bushels, as compared with 54,443, 000 bushels at the same tiuio last year. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 75 76c; Val ley and Bluestem, 77 78c per bushel. Four Best grades, $4.25; graham, $3.40; superfine, $3.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 3530c; choice gray, 8334c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew ing, $20 per ton. Millstiffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $18. Hay Timothy, $12.50 13; clover, $10 11; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Eggs 1825c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 5560o; fair to good, 45 50c; dairy, 40 50c per roll. Cheese Oregon, lljo; Young America, 12)c; California, B10o per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1,75 2.25 per dozen; broilers, $2.0O2.50; geese, $o.506.50; ducks, $4.005.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, bHc per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 35 45c per Back; sweets, $1.40 per cental. Onions Oregon, new, red, 90c; yel low, 80o per cental. Hops 6 14c per pound for new orop; 1896 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1416o per pOund; Eastern Oregon, 7 12o; mohair, 20 22o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, $3.50; dressed mutton, 6c; spring lambs, 5sC per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00; light and feeders, $3. 00 4. 00; dressed, $4.50 5.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $2.753.00; cows, $2.50; dressed beef, 4)6c per pound. Veal Large; 4J5o; small, 5 6o per pound. Seattle Market. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 28c; ranch, 16 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 12'c; California, 9.0. Eggs Fresh ranch, 28c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50 8 00; ducks, $3. 50 3. 75. Wheat Feed wheat, $22" per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $1920. Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton, $22; feed meal, $22 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $22; whole, $22. Fresh Meats CJfoce dressed . beef, steers, 6c; cows, 5o; mutton sheep, 7c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 66c: salmon, 8c; salmon trout, 7 10a; flounders and sole, 34; ling cod, 45; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 2lc. . Fresh Fruit Apples, 50c$1.25 per box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 8540o; pears, 75c$l per box. Ban Francisco Market. Wool Nevada 11 13c; Oregon, 13 14c; Northern 78o per pound. Hops 1014c per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, 2023; Cal ifornia bran, $17.00g 18.00 per ton. Onions New red, 7080c; do new eilverskin, $3.002.25 percental. Eggs Store, 2428c; ranoh, 80 84c; Eastern, 1620;duck, 2025c per dozen. Citri'S Fruit Oranges, navels, fl.503.00; Mexican limes, $2.00 8.00; California lemons, choice, (1.50 2.00; do common, 50c$l. 25 per box. . Cheese Fancy mild, new, 12)c;fair to good, 7 8c per pound.. ' Hay Wheat, 12 14; wheat and oat, $1114; oat, $1012; river bar ley, 78; best barley, tl012; alfalfa, 18.50 10; clover, $8.50 10. Fresh Fruit Apples, 25ofl.25 per large box; grapes, 2550o; Isabella, 6075c; peaches, 50o$l; pears, 75o $1 per box; plums, 20 35c. Butter Fancy oreamery, 38c; do seconds, 8587o; fancy dairy,32c; good to choice, 8081o per pound. Potatoes New, in boxes, 85 85c. Mr. Gladstone will shortly celebrate his 88th birthday. The "grand old man" was born in Liverpool December 29, 1809, and as things look now, he bids fair to welcome the dawn of the 20th century. If he survives till next year he can participate in the centenary celebration of the Irish rebellion. As he comes of a sturdy race, the chances are that he will live even beyond his 80th birthday. TO ACQUIRE MORE TERRITORY Senator Lodge Wants I to Buy Thomas, St. Croix and at. John. Chicago, Deo. 28 A special to the Times-Herald from Washington says: Senator Lodge is preparing a hill fa voring the purchase of the three island- of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, owned by Denmark, in the West In dies. Tho senate passed a resolution a year ago asking the state department to ascertain whether the Islands were still for sale, at what price they were held, and whether auy other country was after them. Denmark hai replied that Bhe is still willing to sell, and that two Einopean governments are now nego tiating for their purchase. These are supposod to be Great Britain and Ger many. The United States has been discussing the purchase for nearly 30 years. In 1868, negotiations went so far that a treaty was negotiated for the purchase, by which this country was to pay $8,000,000 for tho islands, but it failed of ratification. It has been de termined by Denmark to either sell these islands or give them away. St. Thomas has a harbor large enough ioA accommodate the navies of the entire world, and, in view of the advantages to be gained, Senator Lodge is sanguine of securing an appropriation that will enable the islands to he transferred to the jurisdiction of the Stars and Stripes. The three islands have a tota of 100 sauare miles of territory and a population of 40,000. INDIANS FIRED FIRST. Special Agent Reynolds' Report on the Koult Comity Con 11 let. Denver, Dec. 28. The report of Special Auent E. B. Reynolds, on the recent conflict between In Hans and game wardens in Routt county, it conudete vindication of imlen ilcox and his men. Mr. Reynolds, after tuk ing tho testimony of six Indians mid the l2 wardens who were in the un fortunate affair, said: "I am fully convinced, after having examined the case fully, and after tail ing the testimony of both parties, lifter meeting the men faoe to face and read ing their characters and noting their demeanor, that the Indians fired the first shot." He further states that no hlanio whatever can by any possibility be at tached to the wardens. He finds that, after the first shot, the shooting became general, and when the smoke clearc.l away.it was found that several Indians had been killed. Tho wardens de clared there were six Indians ehot, while the Indians say there were but three killed. Mr. Reynolds agrees with the Indians on this point. ANOTHER SOCIETY SUICIDE. That of Miss Annie Virginia Wells, Friend of Miss Herbert. Washington, Deo. 28. Tho death of Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of the ex secretary of the navy, is given as the reason of the suicide which occurred to day of Miss Annie Virginia Wells, an accomplished young society woman, and daughter of Lewis S. Well, a well- known attorney, uhe young woman shot herself through the lieurt with her brother's revolver at the residence of her father, 1811 N street. Miss Wells had met Miss Herbert a number of times, and was very much attached to her. She herself had been confined to the house for four months by illnens, and this, combined with the shock caused by the death of her friend, brought on melancholia, which resulted in suicide. The deed was apparently unpremeditated, and, coming imme diately after the Christmas festivities in the house, completely prostrated her aged mother. Miss Wells was 31) .years of age, and very beautiful. HE INTENDED TO KILL. But His Victim Died of Heart Failure Caused by Kxcltemmit. San Francisco, Dec. 28. A Japanese known as Je Tagoni fired four shots at Mary Costello, a Spanish woman, in the lodging-house .at 91 Sacramento street, this morning. None of the bullets struck the woman, but she drop ped dead. The body bears no sigu of a wound, and the physicians Buy death was caused by heart failure, induced by extreme excitement. About a year ago, Tagoni opened an employment agency, and engaged Miss Costello as an assistant. By promising marriage he induced her to live with him. Kecently she left the place where they had resided. After making many threats to kill her on sight, the Japan ese met her today and accomplished his murderous design, though in an unex pected and sensational manner. Diggings Near Dyeu. Dyea, Alaska, Dec. 28. Consider able excitement prevails here' at present over the reported gold finds on one of the tributaries of the Dyea river, only a mile above the town, prospectors have been flocking in, and have staked the creek off for a distance of 10 miles. The creek has been named Boom creek, and from 200 to 800 men are now on the ground and at work. The surface indications are excellent, running in places 25 cents to tho pan, and increasing as the shafts go down. Many companies are forming, both to work claims and purchase properties. All the diggings are on American soil, and many more claims will be staked of within the next few days. fMazzaltitil's Last Bullfight. City of Mexico, Dec. 28. The last of the series of bullfights bj Mazzaltini was given this afternoon, and was at tended by 7,000 people. Tomas Maz zaltini narrowly escaped with his life, beine tossed by an infuriated bull, and gored in the hand. Ten horses wore killed, and six bulls, the usual nunii ber. The fight was not up to the usual standard. Seven lions are among the pets of the sultan of Morocco. Ten Were Cremated. London, Dec. 28. Mrs. Jarvis and her nine children, the youngest about 8 months old, were burned to death to day In a cottage oocupied by the Jarvis and two families In Uethnai ureen, London. The family lived on an upper floor. By a strange coincidence, Mr, Jarvis, the woman's husband, who had been suffering from consumption, died in the workhouse infirmary this after noon, without having heard of the dis aster. Mrs. Jarvis earned a scant live lihood by making matchboxes, and her nil. .J i rooms were uneu wun uiiiuimunuie material. NKVKK CONTENT. Sume people are never content with any thing. They will nut llnd exactly what they want even In Heaven, if they know some one is there ahead of them. Fur in stance, suine are great snll'erers from neu ralgia. Friends have told them what l Im'nI and certain tueiire them. Notconlcnt n ull what is mid, tiny Miller on. 1 am ravages unit devastates the svslein, and leaves it a barren waste. St. Jacobs Oil has cured thousands. Just try it. John K. Hedmond, M. P., tho well known Irish leader, will sail for this country on December 30. Ho is com ing to America at the invitation oi prominent workers in the Irish cause to speak on the rebellion of 179S, to arouse the enthusiasm of Irish-Ameri-vaus in the pilgrimage to Ireland next July to celebrate the rising. WHAl.lMl FI.KKT IN IANlllt. It In predicted that the vexsels of the whaling fleet, most oi whose in dcrwrlters are In Una l'luiielseo, have been caught In thu Ice and some mav not last llnouih the siege. Painter threatens those who nettled what are en, led "trllllni!" ailments, tor they may not Inst through tne crisis, xeaortio iitwtiMter a Meni sci! Hitters at once tor Inelnlom rheumatism, mauirla, constipation, nervousness and kidney complaint. In Japanese saws, the teeth point toward the handle, and both saws and planes cut toward the workman. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the court nnr right to the exclusive use or the word " CAi'm-UA," anil " M IVUKK'SCAS l'OklA," a our Trade Mark. J, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of ltyamila, Mmar.clir iclta, wii the originator of rn'CHHR'dCASl'ORlA," the wimc limt lie. 3 home end doca now benr th: fate simile i;nalureofCHA!. 11. FLK'fCHUK oil ev.ry wrapper, Thla i the original " l'lTCHliR'S CASTORIA" which baa been used in llieliomra of Hie mothers of America fortver thlity years. Look Carefully at the wnoiper and see that It 1 tht kind you havt ahvayt fought, and tins the sit nature of C1IA3, It. Ft.KTCm-R oil the wiapper. No one has aull.jiity from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of wliltu Clias. II. Fletcher In President, March S, 197. 8AM UW. PITCUKR, M.IX Three drops of a black oat's blood is a soveieign cure for croup in thu fnlk lore of some people. After beliiR swindled tiy all others, send us stamp f r narllculiirs of Kiiik Niihunnii's Tieasure, the liNi.Y reiiewer of muiily sireiurlh. MASON 1 11 1.MH'AI. co., V. o. llm 717, I'hilaiMcula, 1'a. l'ian's Cure fur Consumption Is the best ..11 1.....-..- 1 ir 1 of all couch cures. (iemve W. I.nlz, Kidut eher. U., August 20. bit."). To Schilling's Best tea and baking powder. The olilest married couple in the United States are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Manuel of Cape Porpoise, Mass. She is 68 and he is 101 years of sge, and they have been married 77 years. Money back if you don't like Schillings Best. Tea and money at your grocer's. A Schilling & Co San Francisco C3 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGS Bucll Lamberson 160 FRONT ST Portland. Or, GROWN YOUR LIVER Is It Wroiit!? Get it Uiiiht. Keep it K;Kht. Moore's Itevealed Itemed? will do It. Three doses will make you feel better. (Jet It from your dmitKlut or any wholesale drug holme, or from Stew art Jt Holmes Drug Co., tiesttle. A Cart-Lead of Gold "If you dumped a cart-load of gold at my feet It would not brlnif such joy and ifladneHH into my life." bo writes a prominent man after using the method of self-treatment that has restored so many men who had been wrecked by exceises, over-work or evil habits of youth. A little boob that makes It all plain may be had without charge by writing THE ERIE MEDICAL CO., 6! Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y. No C. 0. D. scheme ; no patent medicines--just the book under plain letter seal, f NORTHERN JL EEui fr GROWN jj free I TO ALL Vmen7 p Hercvlsa Special Mtnal horsepower) Price, nnlv &1AS Kodaks. $4 FROM UP... WOODARO, Clarke & Co. Portland. ORk Catalogue Free, fir tracing and locating Mold or Bllver Ore. loHt or hurled treaiiures. M. l. OWI.EIt. Box 837, ttoutlilngton, Conn, l;ilHKS WHiUl Alt EtSC Best Couah Syrup. Tastes Good. in tune. Hold ny orugglsts. a iv fay 1 Jll n 1 FAILS. PI I bmve sriitrrs broken. How often women woke up in tlio morning cheerful and happy, deter mined to do bo much before tho duy ends, and yet : Before the morning is very old, the dreadful HACK- AC II IS appears, tho brnvo spirit sinks back la affright J no mutter hv hard she strug ples, the "clutch" is upon her, slio fulls upon the vouch, cry-inir:-"Why should I sulTorE go? What can I do?" Lvdin E. riultlmm's "Vegetable Compound" will stop tho torture and restore cour age. All such ptilus como from a de ranged uterus. Trouble In tho womb blots out the light of the sun at mid day to a vast number of women. You Bhould procure Mrs. l'inhhnm's Com pound at onco and obtain relief. Mrs. I U. Kntipp, 603 Wentworth Ave., Milwaukee, Wis., says: " I suf i.'.rsA with coiiirostion of the ovaries nnd biltuumallon of the womb. Lydla yt. riu'than'i Vtgotabla Compound eurcd i-ie as it will others. " Travelers in Sweden report that the street oars In that country seldom stop for passengers. Both men and women jump on and oft while they are moving, and accidents are scarcely ever heard of. DKVFMiSS OANNOT BE CI' I IIKU J Th- local appllnillnns ii Ihcy cannot reach the 0 Uea-ed poriiou "f the ear. I'" " 1 tloiial remedies, lieufuess Is emu d hy n In- Hi mi d condition ( the mucous Ilnlnii ol Ilia I Kustiehian 'lalie, When tlil lulie Is Inllanied I vou liave a rnmlillnK tound or Imperfect hear i Init, ami alien It Isenlirely cln.uil, deafness Is the result, and unless the lnllainniaiion can he ' taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, heurlnu III Is destroyed forever; I nine cases 011V ol ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is notliins hut an liitlained condition ol i ii,,, mucous sur.iices. 1 We will ifive One Hundred Dollars for any I r.i.,BrnuM -tti,,l hi- catarrh I thatcanuot he cured by Hall's Catarrh. Cure. Hcnd fur cir cular: free. . . P. .1. CHUNKY 4 CO., Toledo, O. Hold bv driiKiflms, 7.'ie. Hall's I'aintl) 1'llls ure the beat. Authorities of the KaiiRiis university dismissed all the natural history classes on circus day recently to euablu tha. students to study the animals. HOMK PRODUCTS AND PCIIK KOOU. All Ksstnrn fyrnp, o-clleil, usually very llliht colored and of heavy body, In made from glueose. "Tm (innltn hriwt" Is made Irom Simnr (ne and l strictly pure. 11 Is (or ksIs bv nrwt-clasii croreri, in esun otny. Aianuiau tured bv the inc Cosht HYituM'o. All iren. nine "tra Uantm Drlm" have the nianuiao turer's name lliliograplitKl on every can. O. E. Oreen of Effingham, Kans., lms the Continental currency his great, grand-father received for his services in the Kevolution. BROHEJl DOWN M Men Who Have Wasted the Vital Power of Youth Who Lack VigorCan Be Cured by Electricity. It Is made epeelally to restore vital strength to jneii. Hpurks of Hie come from It to the weakened parts. SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. B3 West Wash lug-ton St., I'ortlaud, Or. 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Best ol rot erence glvon. Several yearn' experience on the Chlcairo Hoard of Trade, and a thorough know ledge of the business. Send (or our free refer ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS & Co., Chicago Hoard of Trade Brokers. Offices In Portland, Oregon and Suattle, Wash, . 4 , rVVVWTTV wvwww www Mm. Winhlow1 8oothiq Byhup Bhouia " I HllllRsi M T k C T U I al n HUP Bhould alwam M ' V Ufiod for children teeLhlnur. It nout hen tlie child, Hif t i b CHf the mnnu. bUrvk nil tin In piimi wlmi rnlln aitd lm 4 k the bent remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty flvm ctnti I k uunir. ic in inn num or mi. N. f. No. 1, '08. WHKN wilting to H(lTflrtnrt, mautloD this i)ftpr. pUM r