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VOLUME XXV.
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, HiPT. 24, 1897.
NUMBER 38
KLONDIKE LETTER.
(Hficclal Corrcniondcncc.)
Tacoma. Wash., Sept. 31.
The renders of these letters will ob
serve, if they read daily newspapers
closoly, that hundreds of people could
have saved themselves thousands upon
thousands of dollars if they had fol
lowed the advice of those who are in a
position to know and had kept away
from Alaska and tho Klondike this fall.
In a limited wav tho mountain pa'ses
are kept open all winter. The United
Statee mails have to bo earned in, too,
the Canadian government proposes to
entry letters in and out of the country
at Intervals all winter. But the nieni
who carry the malls pack only enough
supplies to sustain them. If they had
to carry a year's supply of food they
would not bo making a trip every three
months to Klondike. Still, as a matter
of fact, the United States does not tie
liver mall to "Klondike" or Dawson
City. It cannot carry mail into for
eign countries and that is the reason
why the postal authorities have pre
pared a joint delivery for the new gold
Molds. At present the United States
mail carriers of Alaska wrk under
contract. They are paid, as a rule,
about MOOfor a round trip from Juneau
to Circle City. They travel with dogs,
and only the toughest mountaineers
enn stand the journey in mid-winter.
Even among people who live In tho
mountains and prospect all the year
around in Alaska the going and com
ing of the mail carriers Is looked upon
with wonder and amazement.
And yet, from the bushel of letters
tlmt come to the Klondike Information
bureau here one would imagine some
of the wise people of the east believe it
is only a little jaunt from Tacoma to
Dawson City in mid-winter!
Another thing, these moiiutain passes
you hear so much about are not per
pendicular walls a thousand feet high.
They can all be crossed at the proper
time. The trouble up there at present
Is, however, that four or live thousand
people are trying to get over the passes
"out of season." Theirmolto has been
"Klondike, this fall, right away quick,
or bust!" And without exactly saying
"I told you," it will bo found, by refer
ence to one of my first letters, that I
turntil prophet a Tory dangerous bus
iness and said it would be a ease of
"bust" in most instances so far as
reaching Klondike this fall is concerned.
The people who start npxt February
will have a fresh supply of provisions,
they will tind tho passes in good eon
. . . . it -i...i i .1.,,.. ,..:n
(ll'.IOn 101 naming sieua hum nirj iii
reach Klondike before half of those
who rushed pell-mell up against the
mountain passes this fall and got
tuck in the mud of Dyenand Skaguny.
For tho benelit of those who read these
letters 1 will make a trip t tho moun
tain passes in a few days. The round
trip can now bo made from Tacoma to
Skaguay, Dyea and Fort Wrangle in a
little over a week. A few weeks ago a
party of New York society folk visited
Skaguay and Dyea as one of the great
sights of their trip around the world.
Among the party was the Twomby and
Sloaue -ons-in-lawof the VanderbilK
They enjoyed the trip immensely, and
would not have missed it for anything
on their itinerary. One Sunday they
were w. Skaguay among struggling ant
bills of Klondike miners, and the next
thev were monarch of all they surveyed
in Yellowstone National l'ark.
So, it pays sometimes to be Mins-in-
law.
Hut it in, indeed, remarkable how
people'.-, heads get turned by gold. A
woman walked here the other day
from Cape Flattery to go gold hunting.
Her husband had deserted her anil
their three children, and she preferred
wading stream?, sleeping in the forest
primeval and tramping 300 miles to go
to Klondike to remaining on tho ranch
where liar improvident spouse left her.
She hopes to make money cooking
Klondike mini even if she cannot die
gold with a spade. Again there is Dr.
Depow, president of the Now York
Central railroad. Ho has taken a hand
in the Klondike game. He will mil
owing a pick or shovel out the gold
laden gravel, hut hii place a- an ouieer
C a Klondike h. elopnioiii company
will have the effect of causing many driven over it can be taKeti light down
young meu of tho country to conclude ' to Dawson City.
that if Klondike is good for the long- Gold hunters should travel in parties
headed Dr. Depow it is good enough 'of from four to ter. It is cheaper and
for them, and the next their fond pa- more satisfactory. Parties are forming
rents and best girls know they will have I here daily for the Mai t next February.
joined the now endless caravan that l One party, which is building its own
threatens to keep the mountain passes
open all winter. The Goulds have also
taken a llyer at Klondike, and there
may yet be crowded into that corner of
tho earth enough heavy-weights to
cause scientists io ignre on the possi
bility of it causing a -light wobble in
that direction.
A hundred or moiu people, however,
have leen straggling back from Skag
uay and Dyea during the past few days.
They will nut remain to swell the num
ber al the diggings, but will woik their
way home as iiickly as possible and
toast their shins bufore warm eastern
fires this winter. Many of them aie
not to blame (or attempting to get over
the passes this fall. Unscrupulous
men who wished to sell them otittlts
aided in getting them stalled. Others
were urged on by the statement thai
those who advised ihtui not to go In
this fall weie interested in "hogging"
the diggings. They understand now
that the advice given at Tacoma was
disinterested, honest advice. Hut
"there are others," many, many
others, who have been disappointed.
Some 200 tried to get to Dawson City
via St. Michaels and the Yukon river
by paying MOO for transportation
aboard the steamer Bristol mid the
river boat Eugene. These 300 people
came from all cornets of the United
Stales, and each and every one of
them ought to be spanked for thinking
of depending on old tlat-boitomed
boats like the Eugene to get them any
whereexcept hi to Davy Jones'
locker. And yet Mime of them took
passage on thai old tub! Still, by
making inquiry among reliable citi
zens any eastern man or woman can
obtain reliable information heie about
men as well as boats. But tho.su un
fortunate passengeis from aboard the
Bristol and Eugene seem to have
taken everything for granted and
plunged ahead. They didn't go fur.
The Eugene silling a leak before she
got fairly out into the ocean and had
to return. The Bristol coul.1 uot pio
ceed as she could uol gel her passeu
gers up the Yukon river. All hands
had to face about they should be
thankful Mini' they were not drowned
and their time is now occupied de
manding their $:100 fare to beieluriied.
In view of the unfortunate eliding of
this expedition it seems very .vise and
considerate, indeed, to tind the citizens
of Tacoma establishing a permanent
"Klondike" committee, whose duly il
is to advise strangers, without making
auy charge therefor or accepting any
compensation for the same, regarding
ways anil means of reaching the Alaska
gold fields. Thus far no unsenwoith.)
vessels have been pel milted to leave
Tacoma for Alaska, and strangers
have not only been assisted in making
suitable purchases, but have been di
rected in many ways that have proved
very benotleial to them. Other north
western cities are now following this
boats and binges for the Yukon,
will include 300 people. It will re
quite a letter by itself to explain how
these parties form and how expenses
ate di rided. I may as well take that
important subject up in my ue.M let
ter, but I will statu in advance that
; lie lx't-f friends, who become mem
beis of Klondike gold-hunting parties,
frequently quarrel and act jtit like
little girls when they h.we i hitch with
their p1.iyin.ites and Impetuously de
clare' "I'll never, never speak to you
again as I ng as I live."
lllOMAS Sammons.
e .... i 0l)lin, ,1,1,, lh.u ,.vt, though wo
iSOMERAMBLINGTHOUGHTS.J'conccde that days of more liberality
BY "NKMO."
(-ijwrlnlile.l t Duive A Tabor )
To run Uki.hiioi's- The great sin
o the good and the weakness of the
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liberality. It is easily nurtured, and
its influences spring at once into vigor,
If we ciitlcise this or that worker for
rfiiitfl Tim tviil'lfl t.1 ii ifl'il'it liiil'l'iml.
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PROTECTION.
stiong is this: That after having gain-1 lielil, and therein grow by dill'ercnt
ed a glimpse of truth they demnnd I methods of work the vailed crops that
that others shall see eye to eye with 'keep life in the body of man. The
them. Hence comes dtsputings and j world of thought is equally wide, and
waitings between those whoso ener- its crops even uioio dlversitieil. The
gies Instead of being diiected ag.iiiisi , world of moral ellort no one can
each other, should be unitedly pro
pelled forwird Int-i the real battle, the
battle against indolence anil scliMiucs
in human hearts.
O u r nation
needs protection.
This is the work
of the .statesmen
and diplomatists.
Our laws and in
stitutions need
protection. This
is the woik of our
r e p r esentutlves,
executives and
judges. Ka 'h household needs pro
tection. I his is the work of the par
ent or gnai dian. Each person needs
lproti-ctioi', Protection from storm
and sun, heal and cold, each person
must provide for himself. Protection
from disease is the work of the wise
doctor. I'leventlon is better than cure.
Formation is belter than reformation.
I'c-iu-ua is a natural protection to
the household from the ills of life. Il
pi nteets as well as cures. Il is the
woman's friend in all of her physiolog
ical troubles. Jos. Kirchensteiiur, 37
Croion stieet, Cleveland, Ohio, writes.
"We have Used I'e-ru-na for eight
years is our family medicine. l)ur!ug
the .vhole of that time we have not
li.ul to employ a physician. Our
family consists of seven, and we al
ways use it for the thousand and one
ailment!, to which mankind is liable.
We have used it in cases of scarlet
fever, diphtheria and measles. When
evir one of the family feels In the
least ill, mother always says: 'Take
Pe.-rti-nu and you will be well'; or if we
do uot happen to have any: 'We will
have to get more Pe-rn-nn.' "
Send for free book, for women only
written by Dr. Hartinan. Addiess
The Po-ru-nu Drug Manufacturing Co.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Our Clubbing List
Below we present, a list of h num
ber of the leading magazines, news
papers, farm papers., etc., with prices
they can be hail In connection with
Tin: Ui:i Ci.oui Ciiikk, .
We must have one yearly sub
seriptiou to the Cilinr with each peri
odical ordered, but both need not nec
essarily be sent to tint same address.
What . lute uotiscuo it i-, for auy
one it us -o claim poitect knowledge
of auy subject, or to announce that we
havoatl.isi I'lsviveied a subject that
hai oiiiy one ide oil. And mat k you
thit tho chief sinners in intolerance
arc thoso who ultimately aie found to
have the nairowest conception of a
subject. These aiu they who dwelling
in giimy coal mines, deny the existence
of sunshine and frees; or who rattling
in their narrow cells of thought like
empty milk cans in a wagon, by their
noisy protesting drive from them those
whom quiet thought would reach.
Their view of life and of God is narrow
ed down to the range of their own
short-sightedness, and they live ami
die content to be ignored of the in
finite breadth of an inlinite Creator
who.e works do justify him and whose
vastness is only comprehended in tiny
fragments by the best of us.
How daro any of us stand up to
utter the whole of God's truth and then
place little human limitations on It?
Wo dare it because we are so small and
so narrow that we scaice can see our
selves. Great men welcome to the
great army of world-betterers, all who
from profound purposeand a reli.iation
of their own importance as created
parts of the universe, tlnow out all the
powers they have if by any means they
can improve some. It is the narrow
and shrunken men, who as self-consti
tuted toll-gate keepers along the high
ways of life demand of us the surrender
of this and that coin of thought if wo
would traverse their section of the
road.
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adeuuale noiilcduo ot the country I U!len llnniu t'omiuiiilixi
will tind uoditlieiilty in getting posted
to reliable citi.eus or the "Klondike"
committees,
Klondike cuiiimittee.s, oi other re
liable informants, are ccrlaiulj needed
by a large pioponiou of the men unit
women who want to go to the Klon
dike einl are actually pieparinu' to do
so in the spring. Perhaps your next
door neighbors lire among them, as let
ters luqtiiling about the gold Ileitis
coniefiom every nook and corner of
the United States. A niimiier of wo
men of some means will out lit boats
and sail away to St, Michaels or
Skaguay or Telegiaph Cieek, Tele
graph Creik, by the way, is acompara
tivelj new name. It Is on the Hue of
the Hudson Bay couipatij's old trail to
the interior of Alaska, and the Stikeeu
Pass, which is entered on al Telegraph
Creek, and bids fair to he much t ravel
ed next mi'isoii. Them are no moun
tains to climb on this nail, and horses
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WofM'iFalr rtlglxst Mcdalwiil DIjSJOBa.
There will of necessity, by the con
stitution of men's minds, always bo
those who, holding certain views, will
Hock, settle, or tly together like swal
lows in utunin. Bui even granting
this there is no more need of antag
onism between them and their neigh
bors than between dill'erent regiments
of the same army. If you want some
really pitiful reading, take up Sir
Walter Scott's "Old Mortality." and
see how the Covenanters harassed by
their oppressors, snarled and snapped
at the hands that would have aided
them, so that, at the last, whatever ad
vantage might have been gained froiu,
armed resistan.'e to Clavcrhousc and
otheih, was absolutely disregarded and
lost to them forever. If you need
further proof of the horrid stupidity ot
.squabblers who, blind to a common
danger, insists on triumphs over one
another, read .losephus nml Ids m-.
count of the fall of Jerusalem You
will concede It to be, In all likelihood
one of thu most frightful stoiles in lm
man history, where, in sight ol a dan
ger that threatened to engulf all in
ruin, the sects Hew at each other in un
exampled fury ami slew of their own
people until resistence to the foe out
side Mm walls was no longer possible.
The abuses of all human rights, the
torrents of human blood, the wrench
lug' asunder of all human ties by thoc
who insist on agreement with themsel
ves makes dreary reading, but ll is one
of the chaptois of the human record
and must he read if, in order to appre
ciate the heights possible in our na
ture, we must comprehend the depths
to which it can sink.
Il l so frightfully human to lieu per
secution and then lay the iron hail on
those in turn who do not agree with
us (our New England history sadly
measure m its inlluence, and over It
audits multilarious activities sits the
L'Uil of the Harvest who, being able to
fin ther the cllotls of tho negro in his
corn, the South Sea Islander in his
cassava, the Hindoo in Ills rice, has
not his power slim toned so that he can
not leap f Mint diversilied methods in
the doing of good. ,
Do 1 urge an age of loose beliefs?
Not by any means. Grow more and
intense in what you believe, if yon
will, but leave other workers alone, for
they are watched by a wiser than thou.
Let your test of a good man be by his
energy in living out his beliefs, and
having font) I in him the ring of the
true metal of good purpose that has
brought us onward hitherto, turn that
superabundant energy thai might in
other days have been wasteil in con
vincing him by force, into exertions to
awaken those who sleep, to encrgi.o
the weak who do uol believe anything
and therefore -have nothing to work
for.
First tight the enemy outside the
gates of wholesome useful life, and
then uol till then will you need to
settle the trilling questions wlthit:.
Make your life a protest against sel
fish sloth, and you will in somt degree
show just bow high human nature can
rise if we do but. "hitch our chariots to
the stars."
TIhiiikIi o'er the tcII "f northern iiluhl
The in) rlml Mnrsnru tlmiK
Yet clenr ulioie to oilivm slxtu,
The Southern Cron Is !iiuik.
so must ne ftel when iiitntloiiH rle
or iljtiills ureal or muhII;
Tliointh other e)es n-e other sklek.
(toil's liiTe Is oier nil,
Dig down to the causu of your sick
ness, if you want to gel well and stay
well. Most likely it's indigestion.
The irritating poisons of ferineutiiig,
putrid food, lefl in the stomach by in
digestion, cause headache, neuralgia,
nervousness, diz.lue.ss, stomach-ache,
nausea, Irritability, and all tho other
well-known symptoms of indigestion.
They also cause many pains and dis
orders which are often laid to other
causes ami hence are not easily cured.
But a' soon as the poisons are removed
all these symptoms and disorders dis
appear, because there is nothing lefl to
cause them. Nothlnc .succeeds in this
like Shaker Digestive Cordial, because
it prevents the undigested food from
fermenting in the stomach ami helps
the stoinach to digest Its food.
Sold by druggists, price 111 cents to
91.(10 ter bottle
A Grand Opportunity.
There are today thousands of young
people on the farms and in the villages
who are tied down by lack of educa
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you one of them, my friend? If so.
tin' Grand Island Business &: Normal
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l'liis is your chance of a lifetime. 111
jou let it slip by? Address,
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Grand Island, Nebr.
A Modern
Lazarus.
Inherited blood ditetMS are much
more difficult to core than those whicfa
are acquired. One of the most comsaoa
hereditary diseases is Scrofula, which
the medical profession admit is most
obstinate and deepseated, and their ef
forts to enre it meet with little success.
A child afflicted with Scrofula is always
fiuny ana sickly, ana can ne?er grow
nto healthy manhood until the disease
is eliminated. Scrofula leads into con
sumption nine times out of ten, so that
it is important for this reason that im
mediate attention be siren to all chil
dren who inherit the slightest taint.
Mrs. S. S. Mabry, 360 Elm St., Macon,
Ga., writes:
"My boy, Charlie, inherited a scrofu
lous blood taint, and from infancy was
covered with terrible sores, his sufferings
being such that it was impossible to
dress him for three years.
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Weather warm.
Threshing is tho order ot the da.
Mr. and Mrs .Joseph Noble of Wal
nut Creek, were guests of William
Van Dyke one day last week.
Mrs, Karh of Danbtiry, Nebr., called
on W 1 1 1 in 111 Van Dvke last Sunday.
Mr. Karnan of Cambria, Wyoming
was the guest of Charles (soni this
week.
Charlie Besso was in Line one day
last week looking after his farm on
west Benny Creek.
The Sunday school rally at Pleasant
Dale last Sunday was a great success.
Koiirschools were in attendance
Kev. Campbell of Highland, Kansas
preached at Pleasant Dale Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. ,. A. Haskins were
thu guests of .Joe Tailor last Sunday.
Mr. Aubtishon has startel up his mo
lasses mill this week.
Charles (Just has rented the Kocher
place for another year.
Miss Mllvina Van Dyke will lltiish
her college course at S.ui Francisco,
('al., this term,
Miss Mi'lli Aiidci'Min uns limn on
a khort Mi last Sunday,
CHARLIE MABRY
His head and body were a mast
of sores, and his nose wrs swollen to
several times its natural size; to add to
bis misery he had catarrh, which made
him almost deaf, and his eyesight also
became affected. No treatment waa
spared that we thought would relieve
him, but he grew worse until his condi
tion was indeed pitiable. A dozen blood
remedies were given him by the whole
sale, but they did not the slightest good.
I had almost despaired of his ever being
cured, when by the advice of a friend we
gave him S.S.S. (Swift's Specific), and
at first the Inflammation becnied to in
crease, but as this is the way the remedy
gets rid of tuc poison, Oy lorcing 11 ouc
of the system, we ere encouraged and
continued the medicine. A decided im-
firovement was the result, und after he
tad taken a dozen bottles, no one who
knew of his former dreadful condition
would have recognized him. All the
stores on his body have healed, his skin
is perfectly clear and smooth, and be
has been restored to perfect health."
Mr. A. T. Morgan, one of the promi
nent druggists of Macon, and a member
of the board of aldermen of that city,
says: "I am familiar with the terrible
condition of little Charlie Mabry, and
the cure which S.S.S. effected in his
case was remarkable, and proves it to
be a wonderful blood remedy."
S.S.S. is the only cure for deepseated
blood diseases, such as Scrofula, Rheu
matism, Caucer, Eczema, Catarrh, etc
It is the only blood remedy guaranteed
Purely Vegetable
and contains no potash, no mercury or
other mineral, which means so much to
all who know the disastrous effects ot
these drugs.
Valuable books mailed free to any ad
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Atlanta, Ga.
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