The Corvallis gazette., December 31, 1897, Image 4

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SSI
A MIRACLE OF
Sunday after Sunday the same de
mure little creature sat in the last pew
cn the right-hand side of thje. center
aisle in St Matthias'. Church, and Sun
day after Sunday the young minister
In charge looked down over his congre
gation and caught the wistful look of
u pair of dark-brown eyes that was
Folemn and pathetic at once. Before
the last amen of the recessional had
ceased to vibrate -on the ears of the
kneeling worshipers the little creature
had each time made her way out of the
church unnoticed. After awhile Rev.
John Grimshaw, who was ' six and
twenty, and Impressionable at that, be
gan to feel the influence of that benign
expression, and of those solemn dark
eyes, and decided to speak with the
girl If an opportunity presented itself,
Rnd the opportunity did come one Fri
day night on a saint's day when. there
was a special service at the church in
the evening.
She had never been Into the church
before except on Sunday, and what
was his surprise and pleasure when
the young minister lifted his eyes that
' night and saw the face that was be
ginning to Interest him sitting before
him quite near the" front. During the
singing of a hymn hS approached her
nnd asked her to remain after the
service, as he wished to say a few
words to her. She did not reply, ex
cept with a mute appeal In her splendid
dark eyes. He mistook her silence for
embarrassment and returned to his
place at the lectern. At the close of
the service he hurried to the side of the
girl, who was just In the act of leaving
her pew, and spoke a few words to her.
He was inviting her, in that calm, de
liberate way that characterized him, to
come to church often, to consult him,
to become a regular worshiper at the
church; but as he talked In low,- per-,
suasive tones, and no response came
from the girl, he began to wonder at
her extreme bashf ulness, and when she
began to shake her head, to make rapid
signs with her deft fingers, In an in
stant he realized that the appealing
eyes that followed him in his dreams
and In his waking moment's, and the
pretty but sad face, were those of a
deaf mute, and so swift 'and sudden
was the surprise that swept over him,
that he could have cried out In his
anguish.' A chill came over his heart,
but only for an instant, and. In the next
he communicated as best he could by
nods and smiles and expression that he
understood her and was' sorry' for her.
He tried to make her understand that
he would like her to continue tQ come
to church and be a good' Christian, but
whether she comprehended''hni br not
he did not know.. : He talked to. . the
door with her, and as she went slowly
down the stone steps he nodded a
pleasant good-night as she looked back.
When he was alone that night the
young preacher gave way to his emo-
, tion. He realized that he was deeply in
love with the little being who had never
. spoken a word to him, and whom he
nok knew would never speak to him.
He should never know that sound of
her voice, which in his fatcy was low
and soft and musical. And now, on!
SPOKE A FEW WOKD8 TO HER.
True there were other girls In the. par
ish who would gladly accept him If he
would make the offer, but he did not
love one of them as he now realized
that he loved this girl who had occu
pied that rear seat In the church Sun
day after Sunday, always attired in a
neat black dress, a bit of. soft white
lace falling over her collar and setting
off her pretty-vthroat. She might be 18
or 20, be thought, and was Just tall
enough. He had noticed that she came
tc his shoulder as he walked down the
aisle with her that night! Her hands
were so pretty, too, .when she made a
few hurried signs, and he should never
be able to hold them between his two
large palms.
At last sleep pulled the curtain; be
fore these precious, yet'bitter, thoughts
and Eev. Mr. Grimshaw fell into a deep
slumber, and dreamed that he was sail
ing the sea with this beautiful girl, that
he held her In his arms, that he called
her "Kuth." When he awoke it was
.with the bitterest 'disappointment, for
he was alone, and the bright sun was
streaming full upon his face. He re
membered that the Ring's Daughters
of the-parish were-to enjoy an excur
sion down the bay that (lay, and as he
had many little affairs. -of Importance
tcf attend to before 2 o'clock, the hour
of sailing, he ' busied himself about
them, saying the name Kuth softly to
himself in the meanwhile, and wonder
ing if her name were really Ruth. .
The excursion steamer .was In..- wait
ing at the, dock, and one by one the
young girls stepped aboard, -each smil
ing her sweetest as she .noticed the
vnunir minister standi na- on in wharf.
He returned, their' salutations with a.
serious countenance, 'nr with dignity
slightly lifted Ms hat;but his eyes
were strained tathe little narrow street
beyona, watenmg ana waiting rof nr,
hoping, yet not knowing, that . she
would come. It wanted one minute of
the hour; and anxious ones aboard' the
little excursion steamer were calling to
Mr. Grimshaw to come aboard and no;
get left If he heard he heeded not, anil
just as he was about to give up hope of
her coming, just as they were about' to
pull in the gangplank, a slight figure
in a neat-fltting black dress with white
lace at the thrpat and a small black hat
set upon a. shapely little head crowned
with a wealth of chestnut-brown hair.
approached the wharf. Calling to the
sailors to wait a moment, John Grim
shaw sprang forward and, taking the
girl by the arm, forgetful that she could
not hear a word he said, explained to
her that she was late and must bury
to get aboard In time. She only, smiled
and turned her wistful eyes' full upon
.him, and his heart swelled with a feel-
Mng undefinable, for he thought that he
- SB
THE STORM
It would occupy an hour and a half
to reach their destination, and he took
her under his speeial charge. It was
a merry crowd. It was Jolliest in the
stern of the boat, where people were
packed like sardines on the deck seats
and on camp stools. John Grimshaw
and the mute little creature he loved
were sitting together. Their arms
touched as they leaned on the railing
and looked out upon the water the
yachts! the smacks, the sailing vessels,
the rowboats that passed and repassed
them. Suddenly he felt what seemed
to ,be the spray against his face. 'An
other instant, and without warning, big
drops of rain began to fall and an
ominous black cloud covered the blue
of the sky. Sheets of -water rained and
blew from the northeast' Big green
UK EXPLAINED THAT SHE WAS LATE.
waves that afterward became yeasty
lashed themselves angrily against the
sides of the little steamer that rolled
and pitched in Its efforts to upright it
self against their fury. Thunder rolled
and blinding and zig-zag streaks of
lightning played across the sky. The
rain poured in torrents and swept over
the deck, wetting everything in Its
path,, and driving the now thoroughly
frightened people to the opposite side
of the boat, which, with Its uneven
weight, leaned and tipped in that direc
tion. Water rushed in upon the lower
deck. The captain shouted: "Someof
you go to the other side of the boat.
Don't all rush to one side, or you will
have us overboard.'-' The women be
came excited, and a general rush to the
cabin began, until the order was given
that no more should come down into
the cabin. Women grew' frantic,hil
.dren cried and those filled with bravado
laughed at the almost calamity. Young
men whd'tied to be funny put on life
preservers and walked about exhibiting
themselves, announcing: ."The boat
will sink in fifteen minutes; get your
life preservers." But a warning look
from the minister soon quieted them.
The fury of the tempest 'in the mean
time never abated. - The steamer was
shrouded In a mist of wind and rain,
and the erstwhile Jolly crow"d was now
i. panic-stricken one. Lunch baskets
and boxes that were carefully placed
under the seats were saturated with
salt water.
Meanwhile the young -minister had
laid a firm grasp-upon the'girl's arm,
and half lifted, half dragged her to a
passageway leading to the cabin, that
was . inclosed by glass windows and
doors, and thus protected her from the
rain. She did not seem to comprehend
the extent of her danger, and looked on
at the movements of the panic-stricken
crowd like some curious, wild-eyed
child. Mr. Grimshaw was white to the
lips, and as he lifted his eyes to heaven,
one could see that bis lips were moving
In prayer. He prayed that the. fury pf
the wind and waves might fee abated,
that lives should not be- lost, that "the
boat should anchor In safety, and "Oh,
Lord," he prayed, "if It be Thy will that
we sink to a watery grave, let her speak
to me once, let me hear her voice Just
once upon earth, as in heaven I shall
hear it as she sings with the angel
choir." . I
The sky became Inky black. Nothing
could be discerned on the open deck
but the terrific sheets and trusts of rain.
made gray by the blackness. ' Just then'
the heavens seemed . to open, and a
blinding flash of lightning played and
capered across the bba't;a' deafening
peal of thunder, like the bursting of a
thousand cannon, seemed to shake the
very- waters of the deep, an--to echo
and re-echo across the boundless waste.
It was terrific, and people clapped their
hands to their ears, and white faces be
came blanched. A sharp, shrill piercing
scream rose above It all. A scream of
agonized fear. It came from the deaf
mute, who swayed for a moment and
would have fallen had not her ever
watchful companion caught her and
supported her in his arms. What had
caused her to scream? Fright, per
haps, he thought as she witnessed the
battle of the elements. Surely she had
not heard that thunderbolt as it hurled
Itself from on high.- Pshaw! Was she
not deaf, and how could she hear? It
made him almost glad to know that she
had .been spared' that peal that caused
many a heart to stand still for an in
stant '" ..
He held her fast In his arms and
softly spoke the name "Ruth." She
lifted those eyes with a glance as sweet
as an angel's. Her heart fluttered. She
smiled with a smile of recognition, as if
DID NOT SEEM TO COMPKI HENS.
she had heard. " Intuitively he felt that
she had heard his voice. He had read
once of such a miracle that a volley of
thunder so dense and so terrific as to
deafen a person of ordinary hearing
had In some miraculous and divine way
restored the hearing of a man who had
been deaf -from birth. ' And, perhaps,
this precipes- gift had been restored to
the girl he'loved. Ee spoke once more
the name he had spoken in his dreams,
and she gave s'gu that she heard. It
was too true. It was a miracle of the
storm, and he bowed ' his head and
thanked God. . v.' v, ..'
If he could but hear Yce. - But
that inestimable d)u. V he
nled him. And yet his dream was com
ing true, for he dreamed that he sailed
the sea with her in his arms, and was
she not now . in his arms? , O, gentle
dreams! O, destiny!
- It was not long before the storm
ceased as suddenly as it came, and the
heavy black clouds -receded, and the
blue In the sky was as bright as when
they started out The little steamer
out pluckily through the water,-and In
half an hour the party, now in excellent
spirits,, had reached the cool, shady
grove. The miracle wrought during the
storrn was the talk of the day,' and not
less talked about 'was the devotion of
the minister to the happy unfortunate
who knew now that she loved him", and,
with an unfathomable intuition given
to creatures like herself, knew, also,
that John Grimshaw loved her. He did
not love her less because she could not
speak, else the" bans, would not: have
been published, and the marriage that
took place at St Matthias Church, six
months after, would never "have 'oc
curred. She never spoke to him with
her voice, but her eyes and her Hps and
her hands, spoke to him always, and
Sunday after Sunday as he looked over
his congregation, the same little figure,
with a face of sweetness rather than
sadness, looks up into his eyes. Intelli
gently, and hears the blessed words as
they fall from his Hps. Lillian Lewis.
THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER.
He Tells a Story Which Sounds Like
a. Book.
. A locomotive engineer should be one
of the most truthful of men. That's
why this little story of a Southern en
gineer should be believed Implicitly. :
. "You may talk as you please about
red-headed women," he was saying to
a group of listeners, among whom was
a Star reporter, "but a. red-headed
woman saved my life and established a
home for herself all at once. I was 25
then and was running a freight on the
C. & O. in the West" Virginia moun
tains, where it took talent to run an
engine. My division ended at Hinton,
and there "was a red-headed girl lived
about six miles to the east, where there
was a siding near a big cut and fill,
and it was a bad place, as the road was
new. . " - ;- -
- "The girl's name was Maggie Conroy,
and she had the reddest head I ever
saw on a" human being's shoulders out
side of a torchlight procession. But I
didn't care for that, and I did care for
Maggie. One sunshiny day I was com-.
ing down track with a stock train load
ed "with some extra fine cattle and
sheep, and; I had in ihe caboose three
of the 'owners. ' It had been raining
and washouts were looked for, but I
hadn't seen any and was bowling along
at a good speed when all of a sudden at
the curve I thought I saw-a red light
rising Just over the track. , It seemed
to shine like a blaze?ln the '.track, and
before I took time for a thought I had
shut off the steam, whistled, down the
brakes and was doing my best to stop.
"Righjt then my fireman give me the
haw haw In a way to chill the blood in
the veins of a man who can't stand
teasing,' and I took a look forward and
found that the red light I thought I saw
was only Maggie's head of red hair
sticking up In advance as' she pulled
herself up the steep embankment to
get onto the track. With 411 tath I
opened everything again, but as l did
so Maggie threw up her' hands . and
dropped in a dead faint by the track,
and I stopped off everything again, fo
I felt sure that somethingwas. wrpng.
I had half an hour or so. leeway, be
tween trains, and I shook Maggie up
as quickly as t could to find out what
was the matter. - She came - around
mighty soon, because- she had .only
fainted from overexertion, and she told'
me how a big bowlder had fallen on tht
track In a curve near her house that 1
wouldn't have seen, till It was too late
to stop for, and she had run across the
spur of the mountain to stop me- in
time If she could.
"That's what she was trying' to do
when her red hea'd shone like a danger
signal and, stopped me. Later the own
ers of the stock gave her money enough
to buy a. nioe little house at Hinton and
six months later I moved. In. We've
got' the house yet, but, we dqn't live In
it," concluded the engineer, ,'or it
wasn't big'enough for a family of six
children, and not a red-headed one in
the lot:" Washington Star. -
, Zoo Love-Charms.
Belief in the efficacy of fetishes is
still prevalent among a certain class of
colored people, '-and probably no one
has -the supersltition brought so forci
bly, to his. attentiqn ,as Head Keeper
Mauley of the Zoo, .Constant applica
tions are made to him for materials for
love charms by both sexes. Most often
thq request is for a iittle piece of snake
skin, whch, when powdered, by ; a
witch doctor and put in a. locket, to be
suspended from thepossessor's neck,
is considered to be a sure winner of
affections. '' i ' : ' - i .'
To supply the demand, a number of
skins taken from the reptiles that die
in captivity are always kept on hand.
The soft breast feathers' from the Af
rican gray parrots are saved for other
wooers, who prize them just us highly.
Keeper Manley ,1s called upon to sup
ply fetishes to insure success in combat
as well as In love. Several negro prize
fighters, well known in the local ring,
carry a little bunch of hair clipped from
the tuft on the end of the old lion's
tail. These bristles are thought to give
the .wearer unbounded courage and
strength. Exchange. ,
" ' A Peculiar Funeral.
A funeral without a corpse was-the
queer spectacle which the people of
Williamsburg, N. Y., witnessed recent
ly. ' The way it came to occur was this:
Henry Mllthack, a resident of that
town, sent his wife to Germany for her
health, and on Sunday received a cable
message to the effect that she was dead
and that she would be burled On Tues
day. Of course her husband could not
get ' across jthe ocean in time for 'the
funeral, so he resolved to have a- con
temporary, funeral in Williamsburg,
minus the corpse. An undertaker .was
engaged, who arranged for the affair in
the. usual, "manner. ., Announcements
were put in the1 papers and friends of
the family notified. At the appointed
hour. the house was filled with mourn
ers, and the minister preached a funer-.
al sermon. -. Every detail was carried
out the same as If ft .were an ordinary
funeral,? until it came to going to the
cemetery, and there, of course, it :had
to; stop. , :.r:jr .; , . :. --, '" ;
Another Labor-Union. . '
ffiggs-I see Vj the paper this morn
ing there was al 'tie-up" on one of the
"sternkirunk: lines yesterday. " -u
Blggs-tfTbatv so ? .v.to was 'Jthe
cause ?y : .-' - -
Dlggs Oh, a , silly couple thought it
would be romantic to get married In a
parlor caiv " :v,V - ,J--"-- -.y--':
j y. - ..':"'. '-" French " Wine. ' ' ' ;
A Paris paper says that the vine
yards of Gard and Herault have recov
ered from the phylloxera, and that
wine is as cheap as it was - in 1875.
Nevertheless, the population is turning
A YUKON OUTFIT
WHAT THE GOLD HUNTER
-SHOULD TAKE. -
Sound Advice for Those "Who Contem
plate Seeking Their Fortunes in the
New Gold Fields of Alaska and the
Northwest Territory. ; - ,
Speeial 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 tux take and liow much of
it. - Tliis is far more important a ques
tion than that of the route, he shall se
lect, since -by any regular route he
would probably 5 reach his destination,
while should be 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, ' . - ' - : '."; .v
Whatever a man : would require 'to
eat, to wear or to work with he should
take with him. 7 To go into that coup-;
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
Yukoners when the excitement broke
out in July. Publicly - through ' the
press and privately on all occasions
they advieed gold seekers to take with
them a complete equipment for 18.
jnontfis, certainly not less than a year,
and to place no dependence whatever
upon being able to purchase what they
might 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 goods. " "'.""".
The soundness of this advice .has
been amply demonstrated the - present
season. Hundreds who did not give it
sufficient weight, have rushed into
Dawson City with not enough food to
laHt them through the winter, only to
find that not a pound of food is to be
purchased there, and that they are but
addjng 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 experi
ence.. The golden mirage of their im
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 dr Skagway with less than
a thusarid : pounds of supplies each.
The secret of their present, shortness is
the difficulties of the trail and .their in
tense eagernesa toj. reach their, destina
tion. - They have disposed of or aban
doned the bulk of their outfits, trusting
to luokj'br 'the'' deity supposed to have
fools- iff'ttar' ispeeial charge, - to get
through "the "whiter somehow. - They
would have done better to have camped
at the lakes -ti--spring, than to have
gone on to Dawson- short of supplies.
They would have done still better r.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. Thoee
who followed this course arejnfiiietly
better off than " those' wEo 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 adviee 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 eo many new
steamers on the river next year that the
country will be am ply supplied with
food and other necessaries. . Assuming
that transportation facilities will be in
creased jten 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
goods 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 conditions of 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 cf 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 ag 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. V To
be compelled . to make a journey after
supplies might cause the loss of the en
tire season's prospecting, even assuming
that " the things needed could be pur
c'lsrsed at all. Every prospecting party
should be fully equipeped to subsist
itself for a year. Otherwise it can not
carry on its. work tinder the conditions
necessary 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, the ground cov
ered with snow and the thermometer
almost continuously below zero. -"
The ground is frozen from surface to
bedrock, a distance varying in mining
claims from 20 to 40 feet. Even in
summer it thaws out less than a foot
from the surface. The best pay dirt or.
guiveLis" just above the bed rock, 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 wprking
purposes. Water for washing out the
dirt and extracting the gold can be had
only in the summer and early fall. . In
some districta-water flows only a few
weeks each year. All the dirt taken
out of the shaft is piled up near ittill
the following summer, and until then
the miner can not tell what will be the
result of his year's labor, a.--
This is the ordinary programme of
the Yukon miner. He reaobea 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 the '
time he first arrived in the gold fields,
and it may then be too late for him to
get out ot the country that season. If
lie went in supplied for 18- months and
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. ' ' .. .. ' -. - .
r So much for the necessity of an
ample equipment. Now a fpw words
about ;the nature of" it. .Some things
nre absolute necessitates, and one. of
these is quicksilver for saving the gold.
Takefive 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. pick" and long-handled
snovel 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, etc. It should consist
of whipsaw, handsaw, jack plane,
draw-knife, axe, . claw - hatchet, ham
mer, square, chisel, files, ; whetstone,
chalk line. and wire anu galvanized
nails, also oak'um, pitch, oars, row
locks, calking iron, boat cotton, twine,
sail needles, jwooden. block and manila
cotton rope. i J
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 saucer,
coffee pot, knives, -forks, spoons, two
large spoons and a butcher knife. The
best ; materials for utehsils are alumi
num graniteware and steel in the or
der named. No tin, china or glass is
desirable. There is no economy in not
getting the best and a fail equipment.
Food must be 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
care cannot be exercised in this par
ticular. As for food, an" adequate supply for
18 months weighs about a ton. The
chief items are 600 pounds of flour, 300
pounds of bacon, 150 pounds each of
beans and sugar, !'T5 pounds each of
rolled oats or other mush material and
corn meal, 60 pounds of rice, ix dozen
cans of condensed milk, 35 pounds of
butter in sealed ' cans, 150 pounds of
evaporated vegetables, 100 pounds of
evaporated fruit, 50 pounds of prunes
and raisins, SO 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 extract there is' nothing yet
been brought" forward which has been
proved desirable. - One can - not afford
to experiment with his stomach in
Alaska. v -..'.
, AH supplies should be earefully
packed in canvas sacks tff a.total weight
of 50 pounds each as nearly as possible.
CJp.nvas of superior quality should 'be
used, the object being to preserve the
food from loss by dampness as well as
by breaking or tearing of the paokages.
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, etc. -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, J
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'equipmeht 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
the water, either in a claim or along
the trail. - Leather boots crank and are
easily ruined in the snow and cold .
The Indians make a moccasin boot,
called "muckluck," which is the usual
footwear along the Yukon, but it will
of course be impossible for them to sup
ply the demand for : them next year.:
This renders it advisable- for the gold
seeker to t&ke 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 an equipment.
Everyman should have a email kit of
shoemaker's tools and supplies, also a
complete mending outfit for clothing,
toilet articles, etc.; all in, a case with
pockets, one that can 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 1
envelopes, both Canadian and United
States, should be taken. A few" books
are worth their weight. Fishing
tackle and shots guns ; are likely to
prove cf 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 i-.
desirable, 'also snow calks for the feet. '
These things can all be bought cheap
er and tp 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 nntil the
final starting point is reached before
outfitting, as a perfect equipment, se
lected under the advice of reliable out
fitters and properly paoked, is half .the
battle for Buccess.
California claims the largest boy in
the world of his .age. His name is
John Bardin. He is 15 years old, six
feet five inches tall, and weighs 220
pounds. '
i - -' : A Sample. Road.
There Is general interest In the pro
posed sample road building by the
United States Government at the New
York State agricultural experiment sta
tion at Geneva;-, The sample road will
be more than 7,000 feet long. About
800 feet will, be maqadamized In the
center to the width of eight feet,, with
rolled dirt on either side, this being de
signed as an improved country road.
The remainder, something over a mile,
will be macadamized In the center four
teen feet, with dirt roads on either side.
It-Is now proposed also to -lay at least
200 feet of the steel track; which is
now attracting so much attention as a
possibly efficient and economical road,
in sections where stone is scarce and
costly. Visitors are cordially: invited
to witness the operations on Wednes
day and .Thursday; of each week by
Gen. Roy Stone, who is. in -charge.
New York Tribune. - - :
Roads and Road Milking.
The Swedish mile Is the longest mile
In the world." A traveler in Sweden
when told that he Is only about a mile
from a desired point -would; better hire
a horse, for the distance he. will have
to walk if he chose In his ignorance to
adopt that mode of travel, is exactly
11,700 yards.
The fathers of the republic projected
twelve great systems of national roads,
but of all these only three were even
partially completed, and only one, the
Cumberland road, was well advanced
when the financial crisis of 1837 carafe
upon the country and stopped farther
construction. - " - :
According to the Book of Judges, the
' Hebrews at an early day in their occur
pation of Palestine had good highways.
Ia the song of Deborah, mention is
made of the abandonment of the high
roads and the use of by-paths by trav
elers on account of the disturbed con
dition of the country. ;
- In China there is no regular standard
of distance. Standards vary in the
different provinces of the Empire, the
chih, or unit of length, 'varying from
0 to 16 inches in different" provinces. '&
Chinese mile may be from a quarter of
an English mile to a mile and three
quarters, according to the province. "
The Incas of Peru built very fine
roads, one system of which,. traversed
the plateau, the other followed the sea
coast north and southr . The seacoast
road is saidto have been nearly 1,500
to 2,000 miles in length and 20 feet In
breadth. Many portions" of this mag
nificent system of roads are still fit
for use.
The Importance of roads for military
and commercial purposes was early
recognized in the United States, and a
great system, or rather, three great sys
tems, Were projected. One from New
York through New England, another
west' through Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois, and another through
the South. . - ' -.;-';'.'
The scientific construction of roads
In Austria began after the. peace ', of
1815, and from that time until 187o no
less than 60,000 miles of road for mili
tary and , commercial purposes were
built, together with sixty passes over
the Alps, to connect Austria proper
with Steyermarck; Tyrol Lombardy
and VeneUa.
Fiddled Hia Way to Victory.
'.'Never scorn any. of your honorable
attainments," counseled the old Judge,
who has been on the bench in his dis
trict for a third of a century, "i heed
ed this advice in my own " case or I'd
not be where I now am, and where I'm
liable to stay as long as I'm in the har
ness. The first time I was nominated
I ' was - with the minority party, and
had little hope of election. : The. high
est flight of my ambition was to make
a good showing. In the river district
along the docks there was a dense pop
ulation, and as the voters there went,
so went the district. I was- told there
was' no chance of making any inroads
there, but I wanted to satisfy myself
by personal Inquiry. I 'happened' there
on the night of a little dance at the
house of a rough but influential giant
among the river men, and dropped in
to have a talk with .some of those pres-;
ent. My opponent had been Invited,
but sent his regrets. My reception was
a chilly one, and I was figuring on get
ting away as ' gracefully as possible,
when it was discovered that the fid
dler was prematurely under the Influ
ence of refreshments and could not
play. A canvass of the Invited guests
showed that no one could supply the
vital accompaniment to the festivities,
and the entertainment began to as
sume the appearance of a dismal fail
ure. - : ; -'-..'.--. .'''
r " 'Perhaps I can help you Out, gen
tlemen,' I volunteered with - inward
tremblings, for I had not touched a fid
dle since,! used to saw away in the
kitchen at the old farm home. :
"In no time they had me on top of a
barrel, fiddle, bow and rosin in my
hands. Their enthusiasm was an in
spiration, "for It meant votes. Merrily
and vigorously I rendered such classics
as 'Money Musk, We Kept the Pig In
the Parlor and 'O'Reilly's Heel,' while
the dancers shook the house and shout
ed approval.; 'More power to his el
bow,' and 'It's him as will be the ntxt
jidge,', was the music that I heard on
every' hand till I gave the 'Home, Sweet
Home' at 4 In the morning. I went in
with a whoop, and have been going in
ever since." -Detroit Free Press. ; .
Three Queer Tennessee Farmers.
"There Is, in Tennesse a .family of
three sisters which presents some of
the most startling peculiarities imag
inable," said Mr. J. J. Kennedy, of that
State.- "The three sisters live together
on a farm, their sole means of subsist
encey and work early and late to earn
a livelihood. Two of them work In the
field; the third does the cooking and
other housework. . v ;
"There Is but one period of the year
when any member of the trio has any
thing to say to any other member." All
during the winter, spring and summer
they go about their business -with the
Seal of silence on their Hps. .When fall
comes and the crop Is harvested they
break the silence, and then only to
quarrel over the division of the pro
ceeds. When each has succeeded in get
ting all that she thinks possible, silence
reigns again until the next harvest
time. The sisters, as you, may Judge,
have made a name: for themselves.
They are known far and near as the
'deaf and dumb triplets,' although such
a title Is scarcely appropriate." Wash
ington Post. ' . ; .
A It Is in Kentucky. '.
Willie Pa, what's a smiling land
scape? .
Pa It's a field of corn or rye in Ken
tucky, Willi
NEVER CONTENT.
Some people are never content with any
thing. They will not find exactly what
they want even in Heaven, if they know
some one: is there ahead of them. . For in
stance, some are gTeat -sufferers from neu
ralgia. Friends have told them what is
best and certain to cure them. Not content
with what is said, they suffer 011. Pain
ravages and devastates the system, and
leaves ii barren waste. 6t. Jacobs Oil has
cured thousands. Just try it.
John E. Eedmond, M. P.-, the well
known Irish leader, will 'sail for this
country on December 80. He is 'com
ing to America. at the invitation" of
prominent workers in the Irish cause
to speak on the rebellion of 1798," to
arouse the enthusiasm of Irish-Americans
in the pilgrimage to Ireland next
July to celebrate the rising. , r
WHALIS'O FLEET IN DANGER.
" It is predicted that the vessels of the whaling
fleet, most of whose underwriters are in San
Francisco, have been caught in the ice and
some may not last through the siege. Banger
also threatens those who neglect what are
-called "trifling" ailments, for they may not last
through the crisis. Resort 10 Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters at once for. incipient rheumatism,
nilufis, 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 courts our right to the
exclusive use of the: word CASTOKIA," and
" PITCHER'S ASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
t. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
facsimile sis nature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas: H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. . SAMUEL PITCHER, M.Dl
'.Three drops of a black cat's blood is
a sovereign cure for croup in the folk
lore of some people.
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After being swindled by all others, send as stamp
fr particulars of King Solomon's Treasure, the
0:NLY renewer of manly strength. MASON
CHEMICAL Col, P. O. Box 747, Philadelphia, Pa.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures. George W. Lotz, Fabu
cher. La., August 26, 1895.
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
The oldest married-couple in the
Unjted States are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Manuel of Cape Porpoise, Mass. .She
is 9$ and he is 101 years ;of age, and
they have been married 77 years.. -
Money back if J
you don't like
Schillings Best.
Tea and money
at your grocer's.
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:Moore' Revealed Remedy willdolt. Three
doses will make you feel better. Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
from Stewart & Holmes Drng Co., Seattle.
of Gold
"If you dumped a
cart-load of gold at my
feet it would not bring
such joy and gladness
into my life." So writes
a prominent man after
using the method of
self-treatment that has
restored so many men
who had been wrecked
by excesses, over-work
or evil habits of youth. :
A little book that
makes ft all plain may be had without charge
by writing THE ERE MEDICAL CO.,
6t Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y-
No C. O. P. scheme ; no patent medicines
just the book under plain letter seal.
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BR AYE SPIRITS BROKEN.
.How often women wake up in the
morning cheerful and happy, deter
mined to do so much before the day-
ends, and yet : - 7
t Before the morning'
is very old, the
dreadful BACK
ACHE appears,
the brave spirit
sinks back in -
affright; no
matter how
hard she strug
gles, the
"clutch? is
upon her, she
falls upon the
couch, crying-:
"Why
should I suffer I
so? What
can I do?"
Lydia E. ;
Pinkham's "Vegetable Compound'
will stop the torture and restore cour
age. - All such- pains come from a de
ranged uterus. Trouble in the womb
blots out the light of the sun at mid
day to a vast number of women. You
should procure. Mrs. Pinkham's Com
pound at once and obtain relief.
Mrs. P. M . Knapp, 503 Wentworth.
Ave., Milwaukee, Wis., says:. I suf-..
forcd with, congestion of the ovaries
and inflammation of the womb. ' Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
cured me as it will others." . '
. Travelers in: Sweden report, -that the
street cars in that country seldom stpp
for passengers. Both men and women
jump on and off while they are moving,
and accidents are scarcely ever heard
of. - ' . '
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
Br local applications os they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the car. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and tiiat is' by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused' by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed -you
have a rumbling Found or imperfect hear
ing, and when-it is entirely closed, deafness is
the result, and nnless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal '
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous suriaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, (caused by catarrh) thatcannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars: free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Authorities of the Kansas university
dismissed all the natural history classes ''
on circus day ' recently to -enablt the
students to study the animals. . . . . .
HOME PRODUCTS AND PUKE FOOD.
11 Eastern Syrnp, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is. mude from
glucose. ."Tea Uar0e.it lfrim"'.AB nntde from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class trrocers. iu cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syhuf Co. All gen
uine "Tea Ganlen Itrim" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
jC. E. Green, of Effingham, Kans., -, ,
has the Continental currency his great-grand-father
received for his services "'
in the Revolution. '
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Men . Who Have Wasted the Vital'
.Power of, Youth Who, Lack
Vigor Can Bo. , Cured, by
Electricity. . ,.
It Is made especial! v to restore vital strength .
fo men. Sparks of life come from it to the
weakened parts.
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f f cultivmion wasted on inferior seerta
always largely exceeua the original
cost of the best and dearest seeds to
be bad. Tbe best In nhvur tbe
cheapest P&y a triOe more for
FERRY'S
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