SBRBBOmVMG "'u 'U ( lijuuimajBi'iumui KRHRftet In llio Willi or Alaska. Ivan Potroir, Special Agont of tlio Cofisiw Iiui'oiiti for Alaska, uuinpluli'il his work in tins litslil lust Hrptoinbur mid Juts ivitdiort Washington. Mr. Pol roll' is tin jrimtlonmn who lust your niii'lu a journoy of ulght tliotuiinil milos in Alaska and among tho Alonliati islands, twonty-llvo hnndrod miles of whii'li was through a portion of Alaska novor bo foro ponotratod by clvlli.od man. This journoy was mado for I ho Census IJu r!au, and was entirely Hiioco3sful. 'J'he islands and tlio western portion of the peninsula of Alaska, so far oast as Cook's Inlet, wore examined, and tho data required for tho census publica tions were secured. For last summer1 h work Mr. Petroll' planned to lake the work at Cook's In let, when ho left it tho previous season, and iimko his way along the coast to ward the oast to Sitka. In this ho was only partially sueeosful. and for very good reasons, as the following story of hi adventures will show: I laving collected his supplies at llio island of Kodlak, he set sail In aschoon "i early in the season, for the northern shore o'f Cook's Inlet. The vessel had been out about an hour when she struck imou a tuukcu reef not marked in any chart of the locality, speedily tilled and sunk, ilor cargo, including his prop erty, was a total loss. Tho passengers and crow wore rescued and returned to Koiliak, where a new out lit was pro cured, and after a short delay a second and more sneeossful attempt to roach llio mainland was made. IWr. PotrolV and party mado I heir way with canoes along tho 'northern coast of Cook's Inlet to and around its head, a distance of about ono hundred miles, mid then struck out overland for Prince William's Sound, carrying his canoes and supplies. This portago has only once before been made. Tliis region is one of tho most inhospitable and rcpul lant on the earth. Two large glaciers, one uhrlit and tho other litteon milos wide, wore crossed, tho passage buinir ono of inval dilliculty and many ilun- gers. One of these glaciers, tho smaller,, reached and terminated in (lie sea; but the other had formed for itself a deep valley in front of the terminal moraines, being of great sifco. At tltat season of the year there was a continuous noiso like 'thunder caued by avalanches of snow and ice from the high mountains on eaeli siilo of tho glaciers. Tho com fort of the, travelers was seriously inter fered with by numerous accidental ico water baths. Prince William's Sound was reachod on the 1st of June, at which time tho season was so backward that no blado of grass or green thing was to be seen. The ground was frozen so solid that it was dillleult to lix tho tent-poles in their places. The country around Prince William's Sound is very forbidding in appearance. Stones and largo boulders, brought down by glaciers of former ages, cover the greater portion of the earth, the remainder being swamp or bog. Upon tho mountain 'sides, at a distanco, thero is timber which with an almost impenetrable undergrowth reaches up a short distance above tho son level. In coasting along the sound in Ids ca noe Mr. PotrolV passed the faoo of a gla cier twenty miles wide, from which largo pieces of ice, small borgs, in fact, wore constantly breaking oil and Jloat ing out to sea, making passage very perilous. His canoo was in a sinking condition when ho reached Nucholc Island. In this place thoro are- two Btores, and considerable trade is carried on with the natives for a long distanco up and down tho coast. Having completed his preparations, Mr. PotrolV started from Nuchek, with a crow of four limits and a half-breed in terpreter, for Copper River, lifty miles dlstaut. Ho asconded tho river to tho ilrst village, Alaganok, inhabited by North American Indians. As ho landoii, liowovor, and before lie approached tho village, his limits became alarmed and dosorted him in a body. Tho natives wore roioiced at this st'ato of affairs, and 'flattered themselves that thoy would keep tho traveler and his stores among them to bo proyed upon at their leisure. ; IIo sought to hire a crew of Indians to ussist him on Ids journey, but thoy do maded " a largo gold pioco every day or each man employed." Tho boat was a largo one, and the Indians fancied it would lie impo viblo for their visitors hi fKI'.'llWt vvitlllillt. lwln Willi lila ii.li.i- pretor nlono ho decided to make tho at-1 tempt, and when night came thoy cut loose and lloated down stream. Tho ohannel through the delta to tho sea was a dillleult one, but it was safely passed; and when the coast was reached sails wore sot for a return to Nuehok. Ho fore reaching the island tho boat ran upon sunken rocks and was wrecked. Tho two men were picked oil" by natives, who saw them from the shoro, butmuoh v of their property was lost. Mr. PotrolV now decided to await tho arrival of llio Kolosh Indians from a distant point on tho coast, who usually como once a year to Nuchek with furs to tvado for the imiassos used in mak ing their favorito intoxicant. IIo start ed, accompanied by his favorito inter preter, with a party of Ivolo.shes from a - village near Cape Yaktag, and reached their village with his stores in safoty. Hero, liowovor, he found himself a pris oner. The barbarians, like those on K ho Copper River, and with much bet ter reason, fancied thoy had a pri.o which it would bo il sin to part with. Thoy not only refused to accompany tho travelers further, but refused to lot then proceed by themselves. Their pretext was that they had trouble with minors and feared their visitors would In '.ray their hiding place and their weakness, and thus bring on attack from thoir enemies. Tho Indians bo camo insolent, and from the first stole all thoy could lay thoir hunds on After a ilmo thoy began aaoricsof annoyances calculated to provoke thoir visitors with n view of putting them to doath and thus securing everything. The Interpreter was a cowardly fol low, mil one day gavo up to tho chief, upon Ills demand, Mr. Petroff'fl breech-loading rilio. The chief lired oil' the piece anil brought it to tho owner to be loaded again. He took it, and, pretending to load it, managed to put lilio mainspring of the lock out of tdaco, rendering tho piece unserviceable. The chief was greatly enraged and hostilities became more imminent. A short time afterward the chief demand ed Mr. PetrolV's tout for his own use, winch request was llrmly refused. Thereupon the Vidians sent oil all their women and children a most ominous proceeding and ono which was inter preted as a sure foreboding of bloody work at least in intention. , Tho traveler determined to postpone no longer his attempt to oscano. All the lilrgo canoes lit for seagoing had been sent away; but tho case was a des nerato one. and tho captive secretly se lected the best of those remaining and noted tho place of its concealment. After cooking and eating their supper tho two mon retired to their tout as usual, and tied down tho flaps in front. Mr. Pot roll drew his knife and cut a long slit in (lie back and directed the in terpreter to load himself with such sup plies as lie could carry and go out. The fellow's heart failed him, ami it was only by drawing his pistol and threatening to blow his brains out that Petroll' se cured obedience. The escape was made in safety, and the two men made their way by night along the coast toward Nuchek again. Mr. Petroll' was a prisoner with tho Koloshos from tho 8lh of August till tho 28th of September. When lie eflected his escape it was too late in the season for further explorations, and ho made his way by trading vessels to San Fran cisco. Tlie Government vessels had re turned without tidings of him, and tho report had gone forth that ho had per ished. Upon his arrival at San Fran cisco, ho wont ono evening to the meet ing of a scientific society, of which ho was a member, and found that one of his fellow-members was just on tho point of delivering a memorial address upon his life and borvioes. N,' r. Tribune. Morning Work. Perhaps, on the whole, moderately early rising is now a commoner practice in cities than it was forty years ago. It seems strange that tho habit of lying in bed hours after tho sun is up "should ever have obtained a hold on the multi tude of brain-workers, as undoubtedly it had in times past. Hour for hour, tho intellectual work done in tho early morning, when tho atmosphere isasyot unpoisoncd by the breath of myriads of actively moving creatures, must bo, ami, as a matter of experience, is incompar ably better than that done at night. The habit of writing and reading late in the day and far into tho night, "for tho sako of quiet," is ono of tho most mis chievous to which a man of mind can addict hlmsolf. When tho body is jaded tho spirit may seem to bo at rest, and not so easily distracted by the surround ings which wo think less obtrusive than in the day; but this seeming is a snare. When tho body is weary, tho brain, which is an integral part of tho body, and tho mind, which is simply bram function, are weary too. 11 wo persist in working ono part of the system bo eauso sonio other part is too tired to trouble us, thai cannot bo wise manage ment of self. 'J'he feeling of tranquillity which comes over tho busy and active man about 10:110 or 11 o'clock ought not to bo regarded as an incentive to work. It is, in fact, tho oll'oct of a lowering of vitality consequent on tho exhaustion of the physical sense. Nature wauls and calls for physiological rest. Instead of complying with her reasonable demand tho night-worker hails the "feeling" of mental quiesecneo, mistakes it for clear ness and acuteness, and whips tho jaded organism with llio will until it goes on working. What is J lie result? Im mediately,"" tho accomplishment of a task fairly well, bul not half so well as if it had been performed with the vigor of a refreshed brain working in health from proper sloop. Remotely, or later on, comos tho penalty to be paid for unnatural exertion that is, energy yvung from exhausted or weary nerve centers under pressure. This penally takes tho form of "nervousness." per haps sleoplossness almost certainly some loss or depreciation of function in ono or more of tho groat organs con cerned in nutrition. To relievo these maladies springing from this unsiis nootod cause the' brain-worker vory likely has recourse to the use of stimu lants, possibly alcoholic, or it may bo simply tea or coffee. The sequel need not lio followed. Night wnrtc during student life and in alter years is tho fruitful cause of much 'unexplained, though by no means inexplicable suffer ing, lor which it is dillleult, if not im possible, to find a remedy. Surely morning is the timo for work, when tho whole body is roated, tho brain roliovod from its tension, and mind power at its best. Lancet. Glasgow, Scotland, is tho second oitv, in point of population, in Groat Britain, having 760.000. It has upward of 141 miles of public st reels, the larg est slvio-yards and the larirest chemical works in tho world, and two chimneys ono 4ftU and the second 400 which ure unoqualod in height by any over built. A Wabash, lnd., dispatch says it man from the southern portion of that couuty visited that village the other day, who hadn't hoard of Garfield' election, assassination and deaJli. A denser mass of ignorance it would bo hard to liud. Youths' Department. SENDING A VALENTINE, I tnlirht holn: "Tlin roso Is roil" vTtioiiffh th.it Is not D very now), Or tliln the lo)'ri all think Is jroixl: " If you lovo ino us I lovo you." Uut win to mo a Valentino Is nicer, when you ilo not nuy Tho sumo old thliiif Unit every ono Keep Miyltur, In the puhio old way. And I nsked Juno, tho oihor ntirht, What KrowiMip puoplo write uhout Bho would not UII8WCI- mo tit first. Hut liuijrlintl 1 11 I liwiu to pout. Thut stopped her, for who saw I meant Tho (jue.stlou mud aim will not touse). H Why lovo," she said, " ami shlnlni eyes, A kiss, soft hair Just what they plouso." It can't be hard, If thut U all, So I'll begin bysuyltijr this: To my dear lady beautiful, I send a Valentin ami kl,-M. Tho valentine, heiMtisc dio has Tho loveliest hair and ir.Mitlnit oyes; Tho kiss, beeamo I lovo hor nioro Than iinv one beneath tho aklos; Ui'iNiiH0 8hl the klndo-M, tuMt, Tho sweetest lady over known: And overy year I'll Kay tho sim , Tho very Maine, to her alone!" Thero t Now It's Unlsh-d. Who will do? I've thought or one and then another. Who Is Uut Me It? Why. or course, I'll send It right away to Mother! A'ftfc Kclhuju, in St. Nlcliolai. Till SLED THAT WAS NOT TONY'S. " Hut don't I wish it was my sled?" Hero five-year-old Tony look'ed at it, Ids fat hands jammed into his vory small pockets, his brown eyes, in their won der and admiration,' growing bigger and bigger, as if either eye could Have taken that sled in and found house room for it. It was a gay little affair, but, alas! it was not Tony's. It belonged to Pop hum Cornish, or, as tho boys called him for short, Pop Corn. Why did his folks giv(. him a name the boys could cut up such a caper with? The sled was named "The Hare," but there were three hares on it really, a gilt ono on each runner, and a gilt one on top. "My!" said Tony, "Pop Corn needn't do anything to it. Tljjit sled has got to go Three hares could make anything go." And Tony began to think whether he himself woiild not make a swift racer if stuck all over with gilt hares. How Tony did long for that vied! Ho longed so ardently, I am sorry to write, that he chipped off a pioco from one of tho coinnvindments, as his teach er would luue said. You know there are ten of them, as every one would say, if sonio people did not have short mem ories. " And there is one," said Tony's Sunday-school teacher, " that is mother of another." " That is a funny commander," ox claimed Tony, " to lie a mother." " Commandment," 1 said. "Oh!" "Ono commandment says: 'Thou shalt not covet,' then mentioning vari ous things." "Cuhbit?" " Covet, covet, Tony! That means to want a thing very badly, to keep want ing and wishing, and perhaps to feel nn pleaantly toward the person having the coveted thing. That may lead to steal ing, which is forbidden by another com mandment. So the tenth command ment is mother of tho eighth. Don't do anything to tho commandments or take tho least chip from them." " No," thought Tony, " 1 won't cub bit." But Tony kept longing for that sled so fiercely that ho chipped oil' a dozen pieces from the tenth commandment. I wonder that Tony did not steal the sled the first day. What happened, lot mo tell you. If just makes me shiver. Tony was silting on the edge of Ids trundle-bed at night, hnvhi"- said: "Now 1 lay me," but all the while he was thinking about Pop Corn's sled. " I have a great mind to jo and take it!" he said. By and l ho jumped out of bed, stole down i.taus, and then out of doors. IIo hurried into Pop Corn's yard and creep ing into tho sheil, there in the moon light he saw "The Hare," or tho threo hares, rather. "Oh," exclaimed fat little Tony, "don't I wish theso lovely creatures would give mo a ride," and as ho said it. down he dropped upon the sled, plump as a pumpkin. To his surprise and joy the sled stirred. "Oh. goodie, goodie!" screamed To ny, "wouldn't Pop Corn like to have the hares do this for him! Lazy people like him that stay in bed can't expect hares to pull 'cm round." It was so still. Nobodv was up, not oven cross old Grandpa Perkins, who would often say to Tony: " What's this little bo, making so much noiso for?" As the sled went along, the threo hares stepped out of their gilt finery, and there they were, harnessed to tho sled, one going ahead and the two oth ers following. " Oh you lovely, sweet, nice, protty hares!" shouted Tony. "I'll jiundo some hoik for you. Jing, jiii", jin-! Don't you think that is niee?" rm S ...... inenaivs turneit their big eyes to ward him, smiling and looking vory queer and wiokod. Tony felt a bit un easy. He was a small citizen of Boston and much attached to his homo; but what if those funny hares took it into their heads to quit that renowned city? Tho hares wwiUl'U5 north, fastor, fast or, leaving all the city streets behind them; faster, fastor, through villages, across meadows ami over rivers. " Oh dear me," thought Tony, 44 whore nro theso creatures goingP Stop!" ho bawled. Thoy only turned and winked at him. Faster, faster, faster? Up through Now Hampshire, over tho mountains at a loap, just scraping the top of Mount Washington what a mad race! 44 You ugly, good-for-nothing things, stop-p.p! Don't I wish I was liko Pop Corn, in bod fast asleep-p-pl" sobbed Tony. Faster, faster, ovor the snow of Can ada, among a strange peoplo on snow shoes, faster, faster, away up across Hudson's Baj', among folks short and fat and dressed in skins, over long fields of ice and right against an iceberg. The shock made Tony open his eyes! There was his mother, laughing and rubbing his noso with a big icicle. " Come,' Tony, I am trying to wake you, for it is timo to be getting up. What are you groaning about?" That was tho hist time Tony wanted to trouble anything belonging to others, and he. was very careful how lie chipped a piece oil' the tenth commandment. lutcrior. How to Una. Very few boys know how to ran. 44 Ho, ho!" say a dozen boys: "Just lining on the boy that can run faster than I can!" But, stop a moment. I don't mean that mo"l boys can't run fast I mean they can't run far. I don't believe thoro is one boy in lifty, of those who may read this, Who can run a quarter of a mile at a good smart pace without hav ing to blow like a porpoiso by the time lie has made his distance. And how many boys are there who can run, fast or slow, a full mile without stopping? It hardly speaks well for our race, does it, that almost 11113' imimal in crea tion that pretends lo run at all can out run any of us? Take the smallest terrier-dog you can lind, that is sound and not a puppy, and try a race with him. He'll beat you badly. He'll run a third faster than you can, "and ten times as far. and this with legs not more than six inch's long. I have a hound so active that ho always runs at least seventy-five miles when I stay a day in the woods with him; for he certainly runs more than seven miles an hour, and if I am gone leu hours, you see he niu-t travel about seventy-Vive miles of distance. And then, a good hound will sometimes follow a fox for two days and nights without stopping, going "more than three hundred and fifty miles, and he will do it without eating or sleeping. Then, you may have heard how some of the runners in the South African tribes will run for long distances hun dreds of miles carrying dispatches, and making very few stops. I make Oieso comparisons to show that our boys who can not run a mile without being badly winded are very poor runners. . But I believe I can tell the boys some thing that will help them to run better. I was a pretty old boy when 1 first found it out, but the first lime I tried it I run a mile and a quarter tit ono dash, and I was not weary nor blown. Anil now I'm going to give you tho secret: Breathe through your nose! I had been thinking what poor run ners wo are, and wondering why the animals can run so far, and it came to me that perhaps this might account for the difference, that the)' always take air through the nose, while wo usually be gin to puff through our mouths before wo have gone manv rods. Some ani mals, such as tho dog and the fox, do open their mouths and pant while run ning, Uit they do this to cool them selves, and not because thoy can not got air enough through their noses. I found once, through a sad experi ence wkh a pet dog, that dogs must die if their nostrils become stopped. Thoy will breathe through tho mouth only while it is forcibly held open; if loft to themselves they always breathe through the nose. So, possibly, we are intended to take all our breath through tho noso, unless necessity drives us to breathe through tho mouth. There are many other reasons why we ought to make our noses furnish all tho air to our lungs. One is, tho noso is filled with a little forest of hair, which is, always kept moist, like all the inner surfaces of tho nose, and particles ol dust that would otherwise rush Into the lungs and make trouble are caught and kept out by this little hairy net-work. Then tho passages of the nose are long er and .smaller and more crooked than that of the mouth, so that as it passos through them tho air becomes warm. But these aro only a few reasons why tho noso ought not to be switched oil and loft idle, as so many noses arc, whilo thoir owners go pulling through thoir mouths. All trainers of men for racing and row ing, and all other athletic contests, un derstand this, and teach their pupils ac cordingly. If tho boys will try this plan they will soon see what a dilforonco it will make in thoir endurance After you have run a few rods holding your mouth tightly closed, thero will como a timo when it will scorn as though you could not get air enough through tho noso alone; out uoin givo up; Keep right on, and in a fow moments you will overcome this. A little practice of this method will go far to make von tho host runner in tho neighborhood. Thco. Ik Williamson, in St. Nicholas. Thero is a young man travoling around in Kastorn Texas, vaccinating tho nogroes with beeswax. IIo charges a dollar a vac, and roprosonts himself as nppointed by llio United States Gov ernment, and throatons that diro penal ties await tlioso who refuse to bo op orntod on. That young man will bo a orodit to some ponitentiary yet. Texas Sitings. 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