TTIJ3 OMAHA DAILY BICEs. TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 1T , 1808.
A Valentine Talk
Over the Tea Cups.
HY A.MY D'AKCY WKTMOKH ,
prriJi Mian Virginia. I ) rp ,
'j ; Ml s KatMyn J nnm , yni > ?
nlfffl of Ml * * r r i's , MM * Jfota dii Mark ,
who boM Ibe kfy to the pfot ; ColmiM I
Strange , hero , who doe * not afrpear In pert -
t n.
JlrrnMlsx fm 'H bwitlolf , MlM Dare n4
Ml s t nntu ftittintc near an open fire by *
moll f * tab ! ? .
Tim--I e/dork on a winter iftrrnoon.
MlM Ka'Myri 1/annm ( holding oat her f > nj
for row * t * > * VM. I * h ll fnA him ttif
ugliest and most Instilling valentine I fan
find. He shall no longer m * ' < " >
tin grcl on Mryrle , In modernise an old
saw.
saw.Ml Virginia Darn -Mr deir. I would not
An Insulting valenllne l ai bed as n
anonymous leltwr. In my estimation.
MlM Kflthljn Unnox-Sow. snntlr , dear ,
don't eorn th ? f > rlm dodge over mn or we
shall simply ho relative * , not frlendu ,
Miss Virginia Ourft At ( ho rink of your
good Kfarto. Kathlyn , I oaf ) Mil repeal what
I ffijve Just K ld : The pr-rson who would snd
* valcntlno that I * mfiint trl hurt would also
writ- IMlfr that he elated nnt sign
Ml * * Kajblyn Lennox- I think roil go ton
Mr What possible birm would It b to tike
down fTay riaxtn'n vanity bit ? fllncc he >
w admitted to the Monday gnrrnan and
be-c me a llaltlmorc club man he l.i rldku-
loun T7i" only thing In I can't find a valn-
tUrc juit atiltril to hla r f. 1 don't bcllcvo
tbpy rn a tissly an tbry < wd to l/p.
Midi Virginia lime fortunat ly not. At
leant f nhoiild hipo ( >
Ml > Kathlyn lnnoi ( rniulnKly ) Ajiint
VlrKlMa. you do not oftrn lay down thn IHW
* a vividly. I M-llcvB that you have a nocrtt ,
a. dark , drop gprrM : , nomcwliprc. ( 'crhapi
KNOW HIM ? KNOW CO
you once ! > rokp < oincl/ody' heart with a
itlinllnr weapon
MUM VlrKlnla U.tro ( iiiiK ardcdy ) ) Itnthtr
the ottir-r way.
MlM Kalhlyn l.cnnox ( eaKorly ) Now ,
ntintlc , you hnvo confctned I xccnt n love
utory. A rnyslcry nnd a history lurk behind
It' A noo.l-looklnn. attractive woman Ilku
you. unruly tould liavo married ovtr and
oti-r ARfllit. nnd yet you arc ntlll In Blniclc
lilcxxcitnrnq Do tell your poor little Inno-
toot nicic all ahoitt II.
HUM Virginia hare My little Innocent
nlcr Inilf.'dHli'me ! ' love nffalto would nil
ft Htimlny | iapcr. What l It you want to
kno * '
Miss Knililyn Unnox Who wan he ?
Wlimc li hi' ? And why nin I an uriooli ! *
urphfiri. If 'lure ' In such n condition In life ?
M'II ' Vlrclnb Ufire-Your ( luritlotm nre to
the p > ! nl You chould take n position tin n
icpiiitfjr Qtieiillnri first , "Who l i he ? "
You would not know If I ware to tel ! you.
You w-re rcp'xInK In yoilt ll'.lle cradle In
the o ( entrnnl.il day * when fate and I h.d
our tnlMlli'lerntandlilK' '
MlM Kalhlii 1.1'imox ( pcrelstently- )
QueAllon fer'iiid nhere Ifl ho ?
\ii | VlrK'.nlii Dare Answer recoil 1 , I do
riot know
Ml'n Kathlyn Lennox-Hut above all , why
1iavn I no dwr.dcllKhtful uriclu to teaiic
nnd woirv ?
MISB VlrKlnla imro ( sinlllnx ) You will
never lark knowledge by moll-sty In re-
triaiKlltiK It Von nre "iiiiclelrris , " an you
nay nil on ( icuniinl of a valentine , of the
Mine kind ihnl you are longing in tend Hay ,
JiiHt lC' ) < inn < ) > nit are | > ut out with him
ntxiui net I a I ; hi i : you out at llui cotillion the
f/ther nlKlil.
MIHH K'llhlyti Lennox ( laiiKhliiK ) I will
forswear tl.e pleaxuro If you will rnly do
the rotllldunrii net nrnl tell mo the xecrefK
of tlif hniry pant.
MIM Virginia Dnro ( rentlnlnreiitly )
Twenty jtars agn I H about your aitc , nnd
llko you was /iilorJil by and al o alored o-
cleiy 1 went everywhere llmt tlioie ( ! 'IM
of l.rnllaUniiH pcrnillled , mrl fll'o Illui you
liinV Imd and WIIR 1/jvliiB my hannle x Mlrtn-
tlxm AtnniiK my frimulN wan one who
ntool however , In n very different Unlit and
Mr , an f will eiill him , wemrd
! ( Hilnrd to drive nil rlvnln foiu th field.
Mlm Kilhln Lennox llnnent rniifindlnii
It KO d for DIG soul you Invu.l him.
Mini VlrKliiln H.UP I did. and ho wan de-
VMeil to inc. InileH I had every nainn to
think id , for he took no i < iltm to hllo : bin
rcR-ird
Minn Kilhlyn Lennox 0. de-ir , auntie' '
don't draw It no mild hlx reKarta !
MlM Vlrnkilii Dare ( wmll OKYou ) Impu
doll little niece , let me tell my xlory 'n ' my
o'An May Yr/i , he had been attentive to
run for luveral in mi I In. I danced the KCP
man * with him nnd drove li the park , anil
paraded CharlcR ntrect on fliiinla ) all three
otitwaril nnd vlnlbtc pin in of trcmuidoiii
ndoratlui 'D that prchlilorlo time Cvery-
one Ktippoxed wo were ennuxod nnd although
liu bad Kald iulliln > ! definite , our undvritand-
| r vtai perfect ; I never doubted for nn In-
tiuil hit love fl'ntiiM )
M M ICathbn Lennox ( MRiirly ) 0 , dcn't
itpp pray go on. IlieroV n dear !
M' VlrKlnlaaro / The nlory In nearly
toM Valentlne'H day dtew near , and that
( canon II happened that the old ciiatnm ot
lemllMK am ] rncplvltiK valnillnt < wan partly
revived Ho talked a Krcal dial nbout them ,
id I fell Hiiro that he incrnl to put hi thv
itt'enllne ' the wnrda he had not then npoken
And Hl.al wai the riwilt ?
M' Kathlyn Lennox Aunt Vlrgbila , you
pmne In inch a dramatic manner you would
put to DIP MiiMi the profw lonal story
ttllor
Ml * . VlrgUila Oare ( mdlyl-Aflcr all C IO'H
traRedlm brromo of tin * when Ibey ran be
inn 'o to thrill the next Keneratlon , but I
iiiii.-t hurry on ultli my tale I ox pec led a
lirautlfillflletil'i ej 1 fancied even a rlnic
or a favorite banxle wou'd be carefully
conveyed li ItanOr
Mini Kathlyn Ixr.nox And lo and tebold' '
You inked for bread , mid ) ou were xlven u
( lore
Mif Virginia Dare I thought 10 , at all
evenl * A valentine came directed lo the
wrltliiR I Knew and loved BO well , and nlo i
It wai almply the moot horrible ! vulKar
thliiK Imaginable. Kvcrj word wn an In
ull U reprrtKdted an o'd mtl'l running
vainly After a > on K man who e look of
depleted would have been imuilog
to toy tin * whf dtd not
It w
no anythtnc
,
Ml i Vlr rVf Pure tn rrwler momentn f
h.tft thow ht tt > tnjff.t Fint at thn time t
wan enrn wJ beyond meannre. I toM no
O-.r .
O.rMlM Kathtyn f nnox Tint ywt kcrl him ,
did you oot. what It mM t ?
M ! Vlrstlnl * Dare I nevfr upoke to him
awln. 1 eut him on thf ntrct that after-
nrxm hf rarr.e up to JMn me.
Mlr-i Kathlyn L < i nox ( xurprlned ) You
Karo him noehante to explain ?
Mi * * VlrKlnla r > re--What explanation
wan poMlble. from a mtn who would KO
; < n nlt woman he profrsuwl to car for
Mini KAthlyn Lnn x A hundred. I don't
believe he river ncnt It. An envelope mln-
dlrerlefJ probably you ( jot oae Intended for
nom < ! one rl e ,
Ml n VlrxIniA tAre ) -linl the mere ( net of
hln nendlnjuoh a thlnK to atiy ( tie ! O.
no. It will lf/n * bf a myntrry and It In no
Ion ? t0 ! Soon after thiit he went abroad.
where ho renwlne < I for ynun. Wh n he did
return we never met. I wm In mourning
and tcolnic nowhere , finally he went lo (1bl-
Mtto end macrled and Kt the romance ended
Ml * * Kstblyn Lennox Not -nrled , you are
Irxi younc a wornon to my tht. fluppwe
Ml Virginia I rn ( laiiKhlnK ) My dear
Kathlyn , do not end even * uch i l.ivo affnlr
with n murder. Hiirfly you eotinot wish hU
wife dfnd ? ,
Ml Kaltilyn Lennox ( dubiously ) Well
I tlll nay th , f I * forne explanoilon If
( IiK > r openn ( td MUn Nora du Mntk
cntern ) .
MM ! Virginia ( Mre nnd MUit Kalhlyn Len
nox ( together ) 0 , Nora , how dear In you to
corne In. Have KOtne tea nnd vtirm yourrrlf.
Mljii Nora du Mark- How cozy you ore !
f hnvo Juit been out lo buy norne. volenl'n ' < - i
LO.N'KL LK STftANOK ?
It In Audi a lirk to ncnd them. An.l , K.ilh-
lyn. have you found yours yet f.ir that youni ;
nln'itr , Kay Ilnxler ?
Kntlityn Lennox ( thoughtfully ) We
Ixen dlictiKiliiK the cubject and I have
promlncd Aunt Virginia not to wend any In-
nultlnK valtntlnca thin seisan.
MUa Nora du Mirk ( earnestly ) No. don't
Kathljo. My unle. Colonel Le Htrangc.
told me onie that his whole life had been
nrerked by Juot 8'icb a vile valentine
Minn VlrKlnla Dare ( starting-Your ) uncle
1 * Colonel 1,0 Stranse ?
Miss Kalblyri Lennox ( excitedly ) O ! I ce !
Why. Nora , tell UK
'Minn Nora Du Mark ( amazed at the In-
torwl ( llaplayei ) ) How utranKely you both
look. It wan only ihU : When he wan > oung
, ho wn engagEd , or nearly RO , to n per-
( lovely girl , nnd on Valentine' * day
. ho sent her , or thought that ho did , a
| Valentine filled nllh bin Rf-ntlmentt an f
I practically InclonlriK a. lovely forget-rne-not
I Kfion that she would listen to hlx unit.
That afternoon he iret her and hp cut him
| il iil. ( He wan too diirnfoun led to ck cx-
pl.inallon and soon went to Kurope
'Mha ' Knlhlyn Ixitinox I'leaao finish the
dtory
Mlsn Nora Du CVlark Yiarn afterwards
ho discovered that hla ulster , who wax a
little girl at the tlrnc , had for a joke xllppcd
out MB pretty verges nnd pin and put In
some hldcoii ! ronceptlun of a Valentine
'Slii ) oonfesnod that nho was mUerable and
bad lost the pin playing In the nnow , and
v.aa iifraldito tell. 'By ' that time It wax
too late. Ho ivnn marrlid , nlan not happily ,
and thu nu'jject ntenicd usclejix to open up.
Ills wife il.cil In a short Mine , but even
then he never took any steps to rectify bin
nilmake ; Indeed , he nayn that the woman
ban dfuhtltRs man lei years ago and
ftrr/bahly forgotten entirely the event.
Ml i Vlrxlnld Iiare No. I suppone he has
not followed up her Malory- why should lio"1
Mlm Katblyn Ltnnnx No n v.hcro U he ?
'Mlm ' Nora Du Mark ( more surprised )
Where In he ? Why , In Chicago of course ,
where he has one of the largest hanking
IjiiHlni'RKOH , n the city Hut why arc you
both so thrilled do you know him , Miss
Darn ?
Mlu Virginia I.iro ) Know him ? Know
Colonel L ( > Htrnnge ? O. yes
'Mils ' Kathlyn Lennox ( with htipo dawning
In her face ) He Is an old friend of Aunt
Virginia' * , unit ulu- would love to nee him
again , I venture ) to say ; and I , too , would
like lo rmiku h'n acquaintance h fnrn long.
MUa Du Mark I think I understand.
Well , my uncle Is coining next week , nnd
may 1 bring him In. Ml s 'Dare ' , for a cup
of tea , and a Vakntlne talk ?
Curtain.
New remedies lire hlng conntantly Intro ,
duced to the public , but Dr. HulI'M Coupli
Hyrup still malntalnM Its rra-emlnencc.
lliiMjillnl Scr\lr < - In AliiMl.n ,
BHATTI.K. Keli. H A new plnn In on foot
for thu nrgnnlzatlnn of n m-rlen of hoxpltals
itt nil the chief jmlnlH In Alaska find the
chief promoter of the enterpilne. Or. K. H.
lloolh , IH now In Hcnttlp on MH wny nnrtli-
wnrd "It ID our purpone , " onlil Or. Jlooth ,
'In orKnnl7.o n honpltal nervlee nt Tulyn ,
Lnkc Hvniiett , Htewart river , Driwuon , | f rt
Clidnhy. Circle City , Mlnoofc ercek nnd Cop.
per river Tin- firm Million to he organized
will l > o at Tnlyn Our genernl plan IH very
nlmllar to the > mnplln | ntnilopn through
out MIclilK.iii , Th'i cinipiiny under the
iiUKpk-ou of whleh nro workltiir IH known
HH the Alimkiiu Hunllnry eumpnny organized
under the Hlute lnw of Ilnoln. | | < f
Chlldnn ami adults tortured by burni ,
calrf , Injuries , eczema or tkln dlsev eii may
iccuro Instant relief by mini ; DeWltl'i Witch
Hair ) Knlvo. It l the great I'llo remedy.
> o < 'nlVnlU Hi-Id In fVlmrcli.
ST. LOTII8 , Teh , HHome time ngo u loeal
paper printed the niory , and It wnn pretty
well circulated nbroiu ) , ( hut n r-ik walk
liml been helil In th parlorn of the Second
rrenliyterlan ehiireh , one of the. largest nnd
nio l fnHhloiuible In the city , Hvfr nlnre
then nuineroim lellcrn Imiulrlnir . to the
truth In thu matter nnd olliern cundernnlnir
the nlh'ni'il proe-erdlnic hnve l > em rt-eelved
by Hey Jr H. J NlrhulU , i mor ! of the
( liurcli , nnd much adverne comment on It
ban been inuelo IhroiiKhout the country.
H v Nlcolln ( lenleii tbut liny nueh ptr-
fornianc'o was ever hHd In bin church.
Arnold1 ! Urotno C | irr cure * headacliei ,
lOc , 2o nd tOc. All druggliti.
MAD FLIGHT FROM DAWSON
A New Year1 ! ! DAJ Letter from tbo
Klondike Country.
HARD TIMES ALONG THE YUKON
I'rootMlfcn I'ncrltlrri t-'nrrlntf Thrlr
Wny ( Ivrr Trcmcnilrni * Icr .fnm *
in Ilif-'lllirrlr | if rntr Unfit-
* lili nnil liifTrrliiir.
Thi following letlpr I * the latent odlrlal
report re'flTtfl trim the Klor/rTke rvnintry.
It In from the pen of Mr Prulerlek C/natf
Wade , the Cnnadlnn register of the Yukon
provulnnal rll tr t. who , with ( Major V. M.
W lh , the Canadian fr/nrmUjloner of the
district. In eatAhltahe'd In h'adquartnrx for
the winter at the Junction of III * Salmnn on
the Yukon rfver , Hlx liltrr. hearing date
Jnt > .ry I. 1M8 , brlngn the latest authentic
Account of the condition of affairs In Dawson
City and the Klondike carnpx.
The latest reports from the district no far
received and pKhllshpd > eredaled November
2 and 3. 1W , from Captain f. It. Hay , the
tJntted tftatcs army officer detailed by Iho
United Slates government for service In the
KlomV.ko lant f.l. | The following letter from
lleglster Wade taokft up the situation two
months later , and thrown a flood of ne-w lighten
on the pro p cts of relieving the people of
Dawnon Clly nd Ihe Klondike camp tiefore
nUrvatfon overtakes them.
It Is Interesting to note that Mr , Wade's
letter earm- through to cMllftallin by the
band of a special courier , a rltl'RAte to the
O.nadlan Parliament at Ottawa Sent emt
on New Year'n day from the heart of the
Yukon country. In a tsimp completely shut off
from the world of ma'In ' , tnlegraph and rall-
roadn. with hundreds of miles of snow and
Ice-bound country between It and u < . It was.
neverlhdexs , typewritten. Theranadlan
government rr-prcsentatlves are mowed In for
the winter , tint thfy evitiently have a grxxl
typowrltlng machine to help them while
way their time and record their observa
tions.
Vljjor Walsh , the commissioner of the
Yukon d'strlct , write * a letter In which he
Mi"h n for the accuracy of the report made
In Mr. Wade's letter. He nays : "I believe
loth the statements -contains and the con-
duslons arrived at to be correct. It Is the
firm reliable account I have sefn of the
.vlnler habltx of the Yukon , and .thouid help
In the solution of the problem How best to
rdlevo Damson. "
S-IAUCITY OK PROVISIONS.
YUKON UVrft ( , Junctlan of .Illg Salmon ,
fan. I. 1A9 % Po rdty of 'provisions Is no
new thing In the- Yukon country. Not a ytar
has elapse-1 since the commencement ot
placer mining there on a large scale with
out sorno suffering from shortage of supplies.
The enormous Influx of outsiders this year
has o Increased the demand for ffK > l that
th-1 famine Is more wlde.ipre.ad arid acute
than ever before.
The transportation difficulty Is , of course ,
the main cause. Prospected" ! who r.eek Hi
entei the Interior by the Chilkoot e/r White
I'l'M nnd water trenches seldom cirry more
than sufficient outfit and RiipplUei for their
own ire. The desire to Teach the gold fields
Is paramount and Ic * that are met with on
: he trail go to Diwson to truck and trade
A man wlio la tils own picker has all thai
*
he can do to get bis outfit over the trail
so as to reach I > ike fle nnett In time to go
forward. If he hu > H pack horses and forage
thn Inroiils on his capita ! are very con
siderable teid at I/iko tlennctt the horses. If
they have survived the Hkagwny trail , nre
worthless.
The CanadUin minister of the hilwlor and
Miijor Walsh , on their flying trip over the
two parses In October last , bought fiorse
and fr.cati ! nt Lake llcnnett. To employ pack
tnilat for the Skagway IIEB. or to reach
Sheep camp on the Talya trail , nnd then to
jock from the latter point over the summit
to Llnderman. Is finite b yond the means of
the overage man. This fall the charges for
packing from the coast to Hewnctt ranged all
the way from 38 to SO cents per pound nfld
Ittnnott U only twenty-eight mllt from the
coast.
coast.HIOH
HIOH PRICKS AT LAKH I1BNNKTP.
Prices ire revjsanable at Tnlya and Skng-
way ; at llennett In October oats sold as high
is < f/ ) n rack ; lltt.r , $2. < for a flfty-i und
Ing ; beef , If ) to SO cents a pound ; whlp-
nawed lumber , { 050 per 1.000 feet , and "you
lud to take your f-ot off" to get It at that.
All this IB due to tne co.it of trarisportatlv
The pur'Kese of bruits entails another heavy
txpenJIturc Those tl'at travel r,00 miles to
I > iws'm are never brought back. A new
fleets leave Hcnnett nearly every day for
rrir.nths at a time. suKable timber Is so sc/inei
that W ) per 1,000 Is not nn unreasonable
price. A tw nty-foot boat. whlp-Kiwcd out
of rough spruco. wkh pitched scams , that
would crat $10 or | 1.r > In cittern Cnnada , Is
worth $200 at I > il < e. Ilcnnett. Tlie ferrymen
on Long lake bought a brat for $ .T > 0 , made
ll.dOO In fareo In two weeks and re-sold It at
tbo ptmfinso trice. It Is easily seen why
travelers to Dawson by th coast passes ii/id
water ilretches content thcrnsolve.s wth
carrying their own outfits.
The only other moans of neccm I except
the Tedln rout'nnd these thre > ugh the
Interior from Udrr.uiton ard other pnlnt/t
In the Canadian Northwest , hecaufle they
have not yet been brought Into general use
are the Dalton trail from Halnevi Mission
on the eacoast , twenty-six mllrn went of
Talya , over the Chllknot I'nut , and Inward
350 milts to l-'ort Helklrk , thence to Dawson ,
r.nd the ocean route to St. Michael , and by
flatboat thence , eighty miles , to the north
erly mouth of the Yukon , and eighteen to
twmty da } to Dawson.
The route discovered by Dalton dcernfl to
Lo n fair summer trail , but haa riot yet
been used to any extent In the winter , ow'ng
to the great depth of tine * . Cattle herdern
who left Halnes Mlsilen on August 2 reached
I'lvo I'lnger Haplds on September 11 and
Dawson City about the mlfrlle of October.
According lo them wood rnd water nre
plentiful nil along thu trail , an well as ai
abundance of good feed for horsrn and
cattle , four herdn of cattle , nlimit 500
hf-nd In all , nnd ! iOO sheep were driven
to DawKon over Oiillco'n trail last rnirnmcr.
Kor thin rcannn fresh meat conllnuei to bo
much more plentiful In the Klcndlke than
Hour nod other staples that cannot be driven
In on four legs , but have to bo packed over
the pastes and carried In boats.
KIRST HOAT AT DAWSON IN JULY.
Hitherto nearly all the supplies for gen
eral u o have gone In by thet ocean route
lo Ht. Mlchaed. o.-t this , though the Iniigtut
l the cheapeit cnil ca.ilc.st tnoile of accrra
yet adopted. Hut the Ice In Norton Sound
renilers It utirafe for pa ago till July 1.
and over the distance from Ht. Michael
to the northerly mouth of the Yukon sup-
pllc-H have lo bo carried In flatboala , for
which a culm sea Id required. The first
boat doeo not reach Dawnxi Ull late In July.
OH the river freezes over In September.
Ijist year Iho first arrhcd on July 27 anil
the IAHI left on Its return trip down lo
Circle City on October I. As In previous
years , many of the llatr/oaU coming up
stream were frozen In at various polntn.
While travel U po < lbl by the pnrmm nnd
water streU'hcH from May Hi lo November
1. nr flvei months mud a half , It In limited
nn the HI. Michael route to two or at in cut
three months , and U excessively precarious
at that. Only two round trips can bo made ,
and the xeccnd cannot bo relied upon with
any certainty.
AH thu present facilities for transporting
supplies to the Yukon are Inadequate under
ordinary circumstances. It can easily be
pcn what effect the ouddcn Influx of thou
sands of outsiders , In many caeca poorly sup
plied and miserably equipped , would have
upon thu available food supply and other r -
lourcc-n of ( he country. Many nho went Into
thn Interior carried no tupplle.n at all , or jual
BUinclenl lo take them to la r.on. They ( ell
t Lnko Ilcnnett a story Illuitrallve of this.
Iteubcn Hubetutcln , a Hebrew , auxloui to
reach the gold fields , arrhed at Hennett with
no provisions , but what a small lunch btikct
contained. Ho repaired to ( he woods and
felled a tree , bringing back a log ten feet
long and two feet wide. Leaving a branch
forty feet long to serve H a mail , ho con *
verted the log Into a dugout , and holatcd a
ilx-foot eall to the very top. Heuben then
look hi * ecat In the craft , put hl lunch bas
ket In poiltlon , and , after booting of his
ability ai navigator , pushed off from tbo
tttrrrt. ThreT' rtrri ! of a mile hid
m de when th * diurnit nrn'-t and
wai dr tc ? l if. trtf. InniiMfhle. WhUky
frreHy arfmlnUternt noon brooght e > nieiwis-
ne s tuck.
"Vern In mine r > ar.k ? " were hh first worfli.
' Mrtn nrtit' " re exelilrrcd when to d rhit ihc
basket hud teen lo t. and. Jumping oat of
bwJ , th POCTT fellow dartffl over the nearest
motinljiln tip and dlsappf irerl.
The happr-go-tncky iRtKrranee of many of
thvft who "hit the trail" Is further HH | -
tratefl by an nnerdotfe of an Irlnhman. After
many dayn f i thf rlvf-r the n-nltt current
js sweeping him past Darcnon City at b < mt
fivft mlln n honr. Seeing A ettlzen on the
bank , hn tullwl ont :
"Hello , partner. Pwhere In thlm White
Harsn Itapldn' " TJle antonlshnl tUwsmilte
replM that ho mant have pf sfil them i < f >
mllH back.
"He Jabws. thfn. " nald the IrUhrn.tn , "thdt
must her Mn Ihr tftlrno whin me boat wlnt
no fa t Ol eouldfl't nee thlm banks"
HOW MANY ARK IN fUWKOV ?
Just how rrwny Ill-supplied and pf orly
equipped people flocked Into Dawnnn this
year It In Impartible In y. The trader at
Fort Selkirk I" ret > ort 1 lo h.ivo rwinted
4,500 on the way drrwn hntwren May IB Aftd
November 17. whcr * the rlv r clftied. Rven If
Ihla he reduced in 3//rt , It run easily rm seen
lhat serious rrsalfn must folow ! If all of these
were not supplied wllh provisions to main
tain them till nnxt June Hut when the
steamers fnlled to reach Dawson with sup
plies for the miners Alre dy there , the
gravity of Ihn sMiiMlon at once became manl.
frst.
Karly In September the Canadlin officiate
at Dawson City retailed thut Immediate ac
tion must be taken lo avert the threatened
calamity and e cate the horrorn of ntarva-
tlf.n. About Keplember 14 they Imiied this
proclamation :
"The undersigned officials of the Canadian
governmtnt , having carefully lookpd over the
present distressing sltunton ! In regard to
the supply of food for winter , find lhat
the supply on fund Is not sufficient to meet
the wantn of the people now In the district ,
and can see only one way out of Ihe diffi
culty , and that In an Immediate move down
thet river of all those who are itnsupplled , to
Fort Yukon , where there Is n large supply
of previsions.
"Within a few days the river will h-
clored. and the move must be made at once.
It In absolutely hirardotM to build hopes
upon the arrival of othsr beats. It la nl-
nv-al Impossible lhat roy more food lll
rome Into this dbtrlcl. For thoie who hive
not told In a wlnter'n piipply lo remain here
a : j longer h to court death from stirva-
tlon , or. nt least , a certilnty of Mikrie * ' .
iVom strurvy or other trouble * . Starvation
nnvr xtarex every man In the fare who I , '
hoping and waiting for outside relief. A llt-
Hn effort will pl-ico them all In comfort
where theretre now Urge stocks of fool
"THOMAS FAWCK1T.
"Oold Commissioner ,
"CHAIILKS CONSTANTfNK
"fnspcctor N. W. M. P.
"D. W. DAVIS.
"Officer of Customs. "
Fortur.fltely , hundreds of nmall boils by
which the gold regioni had hem reached
over the water itretches lay stranded al !
along the shores ot IXiwsan , and large
crowds sel7ed the dunce to drop down the
river to Circle City nnd Fort Yukon.
WELCOMING TIH ; STKAMIR WHARF : .
The outlook wan bad indeed , but to the
nurprlso of every one. It turtle 1 out that
the offlchls hid been wrong in believing
that the time had gtvno by when any Ixnt
covld come In from the outside. On the ;
2Sth of Septembcc the steamer Wcare hove
In view. The sight was a glorlou.i one. Her
whittle WOK answered hy the only sawmill
In t t district. The general Impression was
IKit two steamer * hid arrived. The ilronp-
Ing spirits of the people at on PC revived
Help anil provlnlorrt had oome at last K- < -
cltemfnt reached the highest limit , and en
thuslasm knew no bounds. Pistoln were
fired In the air. guns and rifles trakcncd thp
echocji ; the lotal lirass band the.y will o--
> onl7/c a gold one next year exhausted the
liveliest portion of Its repertory. Th
whole popuintlon swarmed to the ahoro t
ferottheir eyc upon the masaca of flour ,
bacon and other stores aboi.t lo hn unloiderl
Unfortunately , the Wrorrj corit lnebut ! a
small supply of provisions , nnd'most of It
wcei required lo Oil orde' glveti months lie-
fore. There ws furniture and ttiirn were
looking glasses In plenty , but little "grub.
On September .10 the Al-iski Commerc'a !
company'K Hteamer Helia came up the river
with even less , supplies , hut a good deal ot
whisky. Whioky and looking glasjcs afford
hut Ilttln cons ilatlon to a fnrnlno-strlc.ken
community. It , W H oxphlne-l lhat the boa'i
had been held up at Circle City by .1 des
perate gang of mlneirs armed with rifles , an 1
the supplies stolen. The lant restaurant
then clcacel. The miners came back from
the hills , but no food wan obtainable. Thmis-
amir nwhe-il rnadly about In search of a
meal. Hoon dlnirxiy and dcapalr setllol
down upon Ixiwuon City.
PURR PASHA'JB TO CfRCLK CfTY.
Kill the arrival of the Uearner.i was not
altogether without goo I results. On Hep-
tfrrbcr 30 the following notice wan posted-
"Nollco l hert'jy given that all persons
who nre not nulllclently provided with foj < l
for the corning wlnrter will bo taken out fr'-o
of charge on the steamer Hells , which will
leave tomorrow at noon. They should re
port at the 'A. < V company's afore tomor
row morning at 8 o'clock and lgn an agree ,
tnent as to their transportation. They are
advlfe. ' ! to take nufflclent food with them
to IAF.I thorn to Ciiclo City , UK no mcal
can lie xe-rvesd on the steamcr. Sufficient
suppllen can be obtalnol nt Circle City to
lart to Fort Yukon.
"Tho Canadian authorities have arranged
with the A. O. company to furnish free
transportation."C.
"C. CONSTANTINK ,
"Ir. pector N. W. M. P.
"Dawson. September 20 , 18S7. "
Thti rnourilexl police ) were statlone-l In the
Alaska Commercial company's Htoro anil
furrilxhul free trjn r > ortatlon to nil who de
sired It. TJie-y are said to have furnlshe I
iiipplles .to some who were nhort of pro-
vIsloiiH. A few hundred people went down
on thn lart boat , and a large number on tbo
Weir. The rcjrrt * an to the total number
of thewo who travnllcv ] In this way to Clrclo
City anU Fort Yukon nre PO confll'-tlng that
It IH ImpoKs'ible to form ri exact estlmatn
According to ono Informant , M > ! J Is the
( Ktlmato made by Mr. Fuwccll , the gold corn-
mlwiloner. Othorr en thei way out glvo
higher flgurex , whllo none think there were
no more than 400. Since the Yukon be-
carne frei/.en the excxlus has continued over
Iho Ifo lo'Irclo City and Fort Yukon.
The two boats that left St. Michael thla
nut inn n loaded with provisions for Dawson ,
and now frozen In at Fort Yukon , are re
lied upon to furnish supplies riot only for
the/flo who are wintering there from Dawson -
son , but for all who were oiught In the
Ice there while vainly trjlng to reach the
gold fields from St. Michael. Although
Fort Yukon Is only .ISO miles from Dawnwi
City , whllo the distance by way of thn upper
Yukon nnd thn coast pannes to Talya Is
fi7D miles at least. II Is certain Dial any
further exodus Hill be In thin lalter direc
tion. The suppllin nt Fort Ynkon UTH prob
ably by no means excessive for thn popula
tion already there , illmlden , the longer
trip by way of Talya leadn back to civiliza
tion , where huilncnn can be transacted and
piano formulated for another tnunnn's work
nt the nilncB , Instead of Into Iho Arctic
circle.
Already over 200 hove r/isscd Major
Walsh's encampmcril on the Yukon at the
mouth of the 'Illg ' Salmon river , and almost
an equal dlalarico between Dawnon Clly and
Talya. Many more areon the way out. proh
ably several hundred. The burning last
month of the Klondike church In which
quaritltloa of provision ! ) were stored , arid of
a largo | K > rtlon of Iho hmint-in icotlon of
Dawson shortly afterward , inrst have re
duced Ihe food supply and may swell the
exodus.
Ilut there must tlll bo a largo population
In the Klondike dUtrlcl. forrie of the moil
nlelllgcnt I have mot on the w > iy out be
Hove thai iheito are itlll 3,000 men on
Kldorado and Honan/sa , 2,000 In Dawnon
City and Lost Town , anJ 1,000 on the out
ildo creeks a total population of G.OOO soul *
If there are only ! , < > < > < > , the army la a large
one to feed , Thp price * already being paid
for provUIoiiB and this U only the bcgltiT
nln of the Jatillnc reflect the general
anxiety , In November last flour wa idling
at $100 a half tack , or $2 a pound , Meali ,
when they could bo procured , coil $3.CO to
14 each , and oven then soup , be.led I.eef
and tircad often exhausted the menu
Candle * , aold at M racti 'In the city and | 1 M
In the Kldorado mlnci. Hay brought } 3M
a too , and Jvtfecd requited for the tetmi
of 4nr mlnft iwt eonnwanrfMl frwn "S
r nti to II errand
Th effect of the MOlin } already * p-
p r nt In .1 redaction ot prlrFl nr on
Dwwnb T 3 k rl fallen to U poflnrt Nwrly
every man who go * * out Iw * swne * wp { > ! lM
to nell. so that hl < Jet > rtnre means not
only one man less to t > rationed tml part
rations for < one l ft b > Mid. Tliln In the
prim * fact to be rmrnb TeJ .n ol Ui < th
prffWem nt how bf t to rettr-rei Duvtrm.
Should thf fxo lun cfA . th hlghwt prlr
mitxt Again prevail Th fact thut mtl
IrfllvldtiAl nnrplun noppllM are In th hands
of the gamMIng * ml sporting element , -who
J d amftlfr lime to tAke dvantgfl of thf
nltiiatlfjn while the IMI fortiiMte miners
ere vrorklng their claims or proprcttns In
UIA hills , Is not rrajtnnrlnc frr/m a fatrmanl-
t rlan point of vlf * .
TT tHOftfl OF TUB MARCH.
Th dimcultl n ami liArdshlfw attending the
fi'/O-mllf / mareh fro-m n wnin Clly lo Talj-A
crver frown lake * and rlv rn In midwinter
eannit tie rfAllzed without s-me explanaton.
It arisen not In connection wMh the Hkw ,
out from Ihe r.vern. IjikMi Llndermaa.
Flnnptt. Taglnh * nd I/a f * rge will no doubt
prenent A nmexith enmieh nurf. ce when
frozen over. The molnlure near thft roint
will < Miie a heavy nnrrwfall. but that Is but
a trifling difficulty when trails fKve once
ben broken. Not no th c-rndltlon of thr
rivers. The Yukon And lyxln r vern they
Are re'ally one and the same constitute one
groit , slnno'is And swift running stream from
the Thirty Mile rlvr at Lake L. HArge to
the * horfii of rawnn Clfy. The current of
Thirty Mile rl e- leaves Like La Jlarge at
nve mllfs an hour for the f.rnt five rnllen.
then qulc/kenn to n-ven mllcn for a distance
of five/ miles , and then runs at five miles to
thn Hcotallnqua. The HoUa ! ' nqua IHelf h
nearly 300mlltn In length. And poiirs Its
waters Into the Lewis at the r-te ot 2.SS
mllRii an hour.
From Its Juncllon wllh Ihe HootAllnqua
thn Ix-wis whirls along at five miles an hour
for thlrty-lhre.0 mllfs. until the Hlg Salmon
In reached The latler river Is about 250
miles In length. Thirty-six miles lo-ver down
convn the Little Salmon , a swift but smaller
stream a hundred miles or so In length Next
In order , but this time from the west , Ihe
Nordensklold enter * the L'jwls. Ilclnw the
Five. Fl-gpr Rapids for some distance the
main river travels at a rate of six miles an
hour. At Fort Selkirk the Pelly enters with
a five-mile current. Further down White
and Plxty Mile rivers pour In from the wwil ,
and Stewart river from the east. : The cu--
rerit of Ihe Stewart Is slack , but that of the
White river Is not Icna than eight miles an
hniir. The current of the Yukon then mol-
crates to about five miles an hour. I might
have pointed out thai In the upper river
the water dashes between the basaltic walls
of Mllrs Canyon at twelve and a half mile ?
an hour before converging at the White
Horse rapids The river portion of the trip
from the coast to Dawson Is swift enough
to arouse the most sluggish temperament.
Ht'NDRBDS OF MILK3 OF ICK CAKK3.
IJut this very rapidity makes tha river
route a mtst difficult one for winter travel
The shore Ice forming In the lakes with the
first freeze up becomes detached and Is
whirled down stream In thousands of cakes
of all sizes and ahapcs. The falling snow h
caught In cddlen and rolled Into great dlflka
of slush , which the first frost converts Into
hard and dangerous masses. When we
passed the Tahkcnna on November fi It wen
pouring Us iippirently unlimited ribbon of
Ice Into the Lewis. On the Oth we reached
Ihri Hootallnqua and found It discharging
Its hundreds of miles of Ice cakes with con
siderable velocity. From this polrt the slush
Ice piled up so rapidly on the oars and so
clogged the sides of the boats thnt further
progress became very difficult. On the IHh
we encountered the Ice of the L'ttlo Salmon
an well. The channel of the rniln river was
now full of wh'rllng Ice cakes , the sldta of
Iho boats had been worn thin with the sharp
surface Ice. of the lakes , and further progress
bccamo dangerous If not Impossible.
On the 17th the Ice began to Jam at various
points along the river , and ten miles below
the Hlg Palmon. John J. Freeman of Seattle
wns sucked under a Jam and drowned. Sev
eral boatn loaded with provisions d'sapp ared
at the Eame lime. On the night of the 2Gth.
In an hour's time , the water ross seven feet
along the river , sweeping away all boatn that
had not been drawn high up on Iho bank
It was evident that the Ice v/as Jamming
along the whole course of the Yukon. Dur
ing the night Ihe roar and d'n of tlio Ice
battle out nn the dark river kept us awake
In ramp. MMllonK of tonn of Ice , hurled I
by the furious current , crushed and thun
dered against billions of tor.a lodged on the
shoala or driven back by the Ice beow. ! All
night this terrific war of nature's giants won
carried on with mad fury , and next morning
wo beheld the trafi o-.cr which the refugcru
fleeing from Dawson are compelled to drag
their weary for > ! stepa and loaded sleds !
Id : JAMS TWENTY FKiT HIOH.
I need not attempt to describe Its appear- !
nnce. For hundreds of mllfM the irirfa"o of I
the Lewis and Yukon rlvori conflicts of the
Ice of lakes and rivers stood up on end. j
Thnt 'a a.'I I need to say. At riomc pol-'n '
the Jams are from ten to twenty feet high.
K some five feet , nnd for a gre at deal of
the dlctanco one to two feet. Over lhu !
thco who make up Iho vanguard from
Dawsori hod lo make their way.
The first to ? a s the Little Falmon on '
their way out pre-ienled a plltablo appearI I
arre. They had left Daason C'-ty on No- '
vornber S with a sled end 110 pounds of1
provisions lo each man. When 105 mlleti i
out the sleigh had to bs discarded and rnont
of their blankets , clothcn and rhocs thrown |
away. They had then tramped 125 miles
over the rough Ice , packing on their hacku
all the provls'onn tliey could carry and a
blanket each to lave- them from free/.lng.
They had still to make 2r , mllea to Talya
In the sumo way , ntruggUig nnd clambering
over the Ice during the day md sleeping
out In Ihe open air at night , the thermom
eter often at BO d"j5re"a below zero , and
nothing but a blanket each and a fire o !
spriicn and poplar between them and death
by freezing , onn or more of the partntn *
sleeping while a watcher remained up to
heap wood uprri the fire.
AWFUL StJFFERINOS ON TUB TRAIL.
Such ban been the experience of many
of thcso compelled by threatened starvation
to "hit the trail " Charles .MctJcxiaglf
reached Llltln Salmon with a leg tevorely
fro/en , nnolhe-r man suffering from scurvy ,
a'.other with an nrrn bad y frozen , dozens of
othura with froHtbitlen faces , hamls and
feet , nnd a pier fellow named Hyrno lies
now In n cab.n near Flvo Finger RapldK
with both legs amputated below the kneen.
Th'n man hobbled twenty-five mllCH over
the Ice with no actlcn In his legs from the
tr.kles down and > a porllon of n fro/en lee
jroken off , where * a worn-out moccasin al
lowed It to come against the Ice.
Many reached the Llltlo Faltnon alrnoxt
destitute one party of four with n half loaf
of bread and two ooumlH of shank of dried
me t between them. Fortunately Ihe
government pouts there and nt the lg ! ! Sal
mon and the people camped along the river
have been able to give considerable ndlff
und avert more serious dlmslrr. The hn--
rors of the tr.arch out from Diwson us they
worn experleri'ed by many will be llnlcned
to with thrllllnx Interest at many flrexldifi
for jeara lo come Hroken down ' -ons'ini
lions will In otne cant a tell the tale , where
na perceptible m rk of nnffrrtitR b < tn jet
As over .100 b te atrenity p s fst thr timlf-
point , tfw rrm kh n nt the troll h s
trrrAtly Improved. A tt r timnr Mils nnl
ntray clips from pAMlng aim bavr b ' .l their
eff ct. Paths over sVmgb * b v > tiorn ills-
eorerH. and lone strlr * of dmd wter prn-
t rt l from the mrrent hy proj ttn ? prfnU
Along the Ktrearn nfford gmd trivellnr Wl'h
thi falling of thft irfltrr Aterag the shnrrs
and earing In of U I M , new itrlpn of wil"r
hve cow * to th surface and tw > a < > fr < w r
ewer Th rwtult U thtt mny with do *
tMms ntf now coming mil at twenty ml'cs
a day. carrying provlslonn for the trip. A
tent. A Rrrvill nhfet Iron rtove and rob1 *
rnongh lo travel In comparative * comfor'
Most fortunately , although In November SO
degrees b Inw xern WAS not uncommon w
hAve threraghotit December enjoyed su-h
mild weather tMl trvel nver the > tr II i
now mo' i more M y lo endure HAd the
vtry cold wft thr of November continue I
nnquertlonably many deaths from freezing
would hJ > v6 occurred.
TUB flPRINO OUTI OOK FOR DAW5OV
Hnt while the movement from Dawion It
becoming much more ttAj nt ar.complJih-
mcr.t. It must cot b ? Imagined that t li
pc/islblc to reach the diggings with iny
large quantity of provision * over thU route.
All that hto yet b'-en demonstrAled Is thai
A man or a. parly o ! men can carry enough
pnvlslorv ) by do ; ; sleigh to maintain the
party and the dogi during the trip. Putt ng
the ratlor.j for a mutt per Any at three
pornds and for A ilofr at two pounds , four
mfn with four dog' to carry their outfits
wou'd require twenty pounds rt r day for
thirty or forty days , or from fifW lo SOO
pountSn In all , while a proper load over the
roughest Ice ahould not excecrl ISO pounds.
or < 00 pounds for the four. Then the
weight of the Heigh has to be taken Into
consideration as well AI that of the * tove.
tent. -ddlng and clothing. Trls fact.
taken In connection with what has been
points ] out before' , namely , that when one
man comtfl out hla own demand upca the
general nupply of provlslor.s Is removed , and
the supplier * he leaves tchlcd will help to
sustainAEOthcr. . Affords the answer to the
problem , "How best to res'Ieve Dawnon ? "
There appears to be but one way. and
that Ls by swelling the exodus as much as
prcslbl" . W.n so many have joined the
flight -that 'hose left behind wl.1 have
sufflcle y prov'slons to laot till the middle
of July , when the firm boats can be ex
ported from St. Michael , the danger paint
will have been r * 'ed At present too many
are contenting themselvin wHh a stock of
provlaons that will last till May. Starva
tion If starvation there will bo to likely
to come with the spring monthIt Is d m-
cult for men to walk out , bu'i ' It Is Impossi
ble for bags of flour and saiki of ba-oi to
waik In. Thoflc who are anxious for trip
welfare of theKlrnrtlke people ran best
bring It aout by Inrtunlcg even greater
numbers to leave the threatened dUtrlct
The Canadian authorities on the spot will
probably ce that the avnllab'e provisions
are fairly dlc'Tlbuted.
FRBDKRICK COATK WADE.
TJIfMII'SON'S 4D\I > I CI.MCIC.S.
T ! . < } U'uliiMini Ci , hill DUIlirli ( tic
Miiinlirr ( if OlIx-CN.
Thompson Is the name of n youni , ' mnn
employed by n bicycle concern on Wnlinsh
avenue. redrite-B-'tne .Chicago Tlmes-Hi-Mbl.
Ills position Is one of responsibility.
Indeed , he hnndlcs the rnth he nlone hn
rhe comblmtlon to the safe. Therefore It
l t Importnnl thrtt be nppear nt the office
cnrly In the mornlnp.
Hut th re nre tlmeK when he doesn't , and
thereby hangs n Idle.
Tliomp'on Is n perHlitcnt onil liiduitrlotm
sleep'-r. Il < - has the slfep habit. Therefore
he told hi * landlady p-irtlriilarlv to wake
hlrn nt fi o'clock evfry morning. This would
ifford him ample time Id got down to the
office by S.
The first morning In response to her knock
hf leipd frun * iln bed with thu "new
man's" ( iblllty. The siirond and t > > lril morn-
IngH he wns n trifle HlugKlsh. find on the
fourth he elld not wake until 10 o'clork
Then there wns trotib'e nt the office wht-n
he nrrlvul. The safe bud been unopened
ind cintomern and mall from all quarters
of the hemlrphere had been kept waiting
The truthful explanation Thompson made
that he had overslept wnn accepted , but
win some re-m rvatlon ,
He detirmlnfd that It whiiild not occur
tig.iln nnd procptded to buy nn al.'irm clock
This he plnred over on the drcp lnp tnlil -
and polnte-d the Indlfitor to 6 o'clock H < -
told Iho housekeeper thnt nho needn't worry
about iiroufclng him In the mornings tiere-
af te r , the alarm clock would do ns well.
P > r n time the flock workcel ndmlrably
Rut Mr. Morpheus Wfin Sftllng tr.ipd for
Mr. 'ITiornp"on There' cnrne a time wh n
the clock fair el lo arous ; hl'n. Ho he bout lit
( inoner and UK Indicator unn pointed to f ,
before.he went to b"d. Next morning both
docks told Thimpion nlmultnnfouiily that
It wai tlrne to be moving They were < ff ct-
Ive for three elny . but no longer. Tnen he
bought another clock. Thin be hung on the
wall at the hcnd of hl/i bed and nailed the
two others to.the footboard. Hich wan st
for f o'clock nnd they worked In discordant
hnrrnony for four mornings. Then there
wns more trouble.
Ore dny the safe was locked until noon
nnd Ihe heads of the hoim- were about to
report the mls lni ? mnn to the police when
Thompoin appeared. His explnnill.n wax
ngnln ficcepted In n decidedly chilly manner
and he beo.irne" nlirmcd uliout his ultu.itlon
Tien proceeded to net ind to act fer
vently. It Hhould not occur n aln. On thlB
point he was determined. He bousht Hire'
additional clockn rind decorated hln b d-
Ht < ; id with tl m. They reive the purp" t
for which tiey were Intended , hut ther" H
Knnt trouble In the ap.irtrr.ent where
ThornpH in llve'X. The other room'T.i
threaten to leave. A 1-11 tire n'arm ' U fis
n miiHIed bell In fi cl < k chamber eom-
parerl to Thompson's clocks , they Kay. and
ThompFon Is ( in nnarc'ilnt and nil olner
IhlngH lhat are reprehensible- vlclotia.
nil Klrll' Antcii 5lll\ ' .
The beat salvo In the world for Cuts ,
Hrulfeo , SweH , UUtrn , Salt Rheum. Fever
Jores. Tetter , Ctnpped Hands , Chilblains ,
Corns and all Skin Eruptions , and cioiltivcly
curea Pllen cr no ixiy required. It Is guar-
inlctd lo give perfect atUfzcllon or money
refunded. Price 25 cents ncr box. For a !
by KuLu fe Co
MVIII nncuivn iiii'oiiriii.s.
\Vluit Curd I nn I rillilinriH Snlil ( u ( lie
Ni-iv OrleiiMM I'D-HN Cliili.
Ill his address to the New Orleans Press
cluli , Cardinal Olbborix said ; "H I had onn
piece of advlfo to give a public man more
than another It Is , he frank wllh the re
porter. It has been my privilege and pleas
ure to corne In contact with and to know
a great number of reporters. I have stead
fastly adopted a pillcy of absolute frank-
moH with them , and I hsvo yet to have a
corifidento betrayed. They have nejver prove11
themselves unworthy of the estimate I placed
on them as gentlemen.
"It is Ihe public man who conceals , whose
every act of concealment Is perceived by the
reporters for , In the nature of ihelr busl-
rio/s , thi-y miiM be quick to perceive H In j
thin very concealment which Induces the reporter - I
porter to further conduct h's Investigation ! )
and often to get wrong what , had hei been
In the confidence of thn man whuu > manner
had provoked Investigation , ho would have
understood and written Intelligently about.
Ami It Is In thlH very manner that much of
the complaint against the reporters origi
nates Tell tbo reportera the absolute truth.
Never deceive them. "
COM ) DUST.
never pleasant -work. TJie way to have denning
well elonc , nnd to et through it ciuickly without
upending much strength , is to use
Washing
Powder.
I m * r * * - -
Then the cleaning things nre laid aside early In the day , and
the housewife has time for more pleasant things.
TIIIJ N , 1C. COMI'ANV ,
Ctilctjo. BULooU. K.wYork. llottou , l'LU < lelphU.
A New
Serial
H.
H.Rider
Rider
Haggard ,
/uthor of "Eho , "
"KingSolomon's Mlncn , "
Etc. , Etc. ,
Has Completed Another
Story Entitled
"ELISSA"
The hero of the story Is a grand-
lion of King Solomon on an ex
pedition to the Golden Ophlr of
the Bible.
A Romance of Pro-Hiatoric
Africa , Daringly
Imaginative and Full
of Thrilling Action.
This story lA'jjun publication In
THE
SUNDAY
As a ( ferial , In Ton Instalmer's ,
-
February 33. '
( With HhiHtrntlons. )
la thU olory Mr. Hasrg.ird makes
a cew demonotratloa of his won
derful power In the field of pure
romance. He once moro boldly
lifts the curtain that hides the fate
of natlcns dead and hurlid In the
ages of which no record remains ,
except In tbe silent ruins of the.r
cities.
Xlmhoe. in Inland trading city
thzt flourished In the heart of
Africa 3,000 years ago , and peopled
by the Phoenician , la the cceno of
the story. To this clly cornea
Prnco Azlcl , a grandson of King
Solomon , accompanied by laaachar ,
a prlcot of tared , end Metem , a.
Phoenician trader , who brings a
caravan of merchandise.
In Elltsa , daughter of Sakon , king
of ZImboo , the prince mccla hla
fate. King Ithobal , lord of many
legions of sivago warrlorn , la al
ready a Biiltor for her hand. Ho
sues la true barbarian fashlexi ,
seeks to carry her off by force , and
! a foiled In the attempt by Prince
Azlcl. The etory unfol&i Itne.f
around the feud between the Prlnco
of Israel and tbo avage King Itho-
bnl. iil sa hen clvcn her heart
to Azlcl , and loathw tbo barbarian
monarch. laaachar , the priest , In
determined that DO prlnco of the
houio of David Khali wed a heathen
maiden , whoao people worahlp IJ-jnl.
An a r co u it of hla IntrlgueB , Elluaa
In elected the high prlcateaa of
nnal.
This flxca an impajmahlc rellglouii
gulf between her and Azlcl. Their
tuaalonato love > e-ckn to nurmoi.ot
all barrlera. Meantime , Itaol/il
drawn hin huge army of lavages
around the fated city , and demand
Ing 111 I ma In marrhgo , prepirrn
to destroy It If ho la refused. How
nilwa vlo'/itrn her eyilh an high
prleati-si and prepared lo fly with
Ariel ; how they are bolh discovered
and threatened with death by the
priests of liaal ; how , to save each
other , f ho , by her right no the high
prlcgteen of final , names him her
hunband , while hn renounce his
faith ind offers Incense to Ilial ,
how Ithobal'K horde of mvagci
etonr.a thu walls of the city , and
both Azlel and III In. u fall Into bio
power ; and how , at lasi , Azlcl r.i-
capes wllh bis Hfo by Kllira'a
feigned ubm'E lon to Ilhobal , aho
In turn escaping Ithobal by killing
herae-lf. I * < ill told In Mr. IMggard'u
mo t faiiclnatlng macner.
The awful coromonlea In Iho tern-
plo of Baal , the weird rltia In the
aacred grovw of Xlmboe , and Iho
barbaroim UtUo icer.ct of that far-
off time , are de crlb d wllh all Iho
aulhor'a marvelouii wealth of Imag.
Inatlvo resource.
U 1 a atory thai will uroy ! mok
a ono of the great work * of flclloa
of U03.
In the
Sunday
Bee
Wntch for It !
Head It !
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