RESOURCES OF A LANKA.
It is not Simply a Land of (iold i
and (jlaciers. i
i From the St. Louis <i1ot>e-Democrat.) I
"Man's greed for gold has opened
the way for the tramp of civ-J'
ilization in practically unknown j
quarters of the g obe when other-;
wise those quarters would have j '
remained a howling wilderness."
said S. B. Branson, ot San Fran-'
cisco, who was at the St. Nicholas ,
yesterday. "Tins is now true of:'
Alaska. While hundreds uper !
hundreds of in mi are now rushing j
to the Yukon country n^oi:ir Mie '
arctic circle, with tin- mail desire1'
to find a fortune in i?o!d iim:c' '
many will return pennih-ss and j
disgusted and .1 few will l et urn as '
Klondyke bonanza kinus. i?ut, '
perhaps this f^oid cxciteinont will,!
in the end, serve .1 greater pur 1
pose than many now dream of.
1 refer to the fact that the attun- ,'
tion of tin' people of the Tinted
States will he centered on this
wondt rful cou itry of Alaskn, and '
in time its manifold resources '
and picturesque scenery will be '
known. '
"And let me say that Alaska is'
a wonderful country, liven the ,
sleepy Tnited States Senate has i
awakened to the fact, and <'nn- ,
cress will provide means for a ,
military post in I'ncle Sam's ,
norlhernniost Territory. Alaska],
has been looked upon too long as'
a country of icebergs and glaciers. (
and a source of diplomatic trouble
with England on account of pe- (
lagic stealing. Hut the people of .
the country ere no* lea mine ,
something about Alaska. Why.
even the elite 400 of Now York
society has already decreed that
the fashionable outing for the
next summer season will be an
Alaska trip. McK. Twombly.who (
married a rnembei- >f the Van-!
derbilt family, i^ i.te one who set
the pace by taking a small party
of New York society people to I
Alaska last month, ami now a
I
trio to I iicif Sitiii's own 'Land of
the Midnight Sun' will ho all tho ,
rage next season. Americans,
whose hardest work is spending'
their money, have for years been
going to the Alps of Switzerland
to see the scenery and the gla-1
eiers, while, as a matter of fact,
the glaciers and mountain so-nerv
of Alaska are surpassed nowhere. '
The great Muir glacier of Alaska,1
is surpassed by none other. PeoT-i
1 ii li.it*.. I ,n.i 11 l*tl . Ii I n ii ..O it. I In.
-umnier to Norway, and at no
-pot <loo- the aurora borealis prosent
a more beautiful pyrotechnic
di-;'iv than at Fort Yukon, 1
which is directly on the arctic
circle in Alaska.and i- the i.orth :
ernuio t point inhabited by white1
men in i nelc Sam < domain.
"i nele Sam builded hett r
than he knew when 1m boiiyht
Alaska for >T.i!?M?,?? ?o from iins-oi;]
in IsitiJ. i'he commerce of Alaska
tor that year was ollicially re- '
ported to he -r>,o !><i. And now
it i-' * _'?>,000,000, and the j:old out- :
put in iv run it up to immense 1
lieiircs. This country has taken
000,o0o worth of seals from I
\ hiska. and that industry alone <
has paid tor the ? h 11rry li\?? .
times "x,,r. Ari i'ii r industry I
i? fh'> s hipment of preserved sal- i
njon.oxp >r*?d '?> tins and barrels, s
and Hi,. . r?sh-canninc establish. I
ments are increasing rapidly. I
Whale fishit. - r,?t to bo for- i
gotten, for a si r,cle whale on the i
coast of Alaska 's *1,000 to I
*.>,<>i)(). Wo havi ' ,,<u?n bearing i
much recently aboi ' *'u; (lostruc- i
tion of forest sin this ???*>try,and <
when Mr. Francis ?va* Secretary I
of the Interior he made a ,on<? ro f
port on the subject, I believe. I
in estimated that the availnbh
limber now standing in the Ter
titory of Alaska might alom
meet the ordinary demands oi
this Continent for half a century
('hough the extreme northern pari
if Alaska is treeless, its southert
shores, both of the islands ant
the mainlands, are covered with
i dense forest Jgrowth, the Aleu
tian group excepted. Yellow ce
Jar trees, eight feet in diameter
have been cut in the southeast
>rn portion of Alaska. It niusi
ertainly be a cedar of tnagnili
enl proportions out of which tin
native Ilaidas can hew and con
struct a canoe seventy foot long
apalile of carrying 100 men
l'hese virgin forests, which hav?
never fe!t the stroke of a whitt
man's axe, are truly magnificent
['hey present a growth exceed
imrlv dense am! m^i<dIi:h t!i
branches of the tall 1ie< !???in
lit on draped with long black nic
white moss, dry and lino hair
which it resembles. This charao
[eristic is similar to the effec
produced by the Spanish moss 11
[lie thick woods of Louisiana. Tin
fallen trees and stumps in th?s<
Alaskan forests are covered wit!
i bright green moss ten inches ii
thickness, and in the tangle o
creeping vines are seen the deoj
red clusters of the bunchberry
liood judges say the timber is a
line in quality as that of Oregoi
and Washington. A large portioi
of the Alaska timber grows at ;
convenient point for shipment
The white spruce, or Sitka pine
grows to a height of from lot) t<
l>s<> feet, and measures from 3 t<
!> feet in diameter. The lutube
from Sitka pine resembles tin
pitch pine of the Southern StatesMany
varieties of cedar, lir, ash
mnplo and birch grow there. Tin
yellow cedar is line for ship-build
lup,and is torpedo-proof ; th.it is
it is impervious to that maritv
pest known as the boring worm
The Alaska cedar i.> fine for eabi
net work also. There are man;
fine harbors along the thousand
of miles of eoast line, where ship
could be loaded. The day is no
far distant when the Alaskai
lumber regions will be famous.
" The animal life of Alaska is o
no small consequence, of course
The rivers, inlets, bays and lah?*
teem with fish. The eastern par
of Hell ring's Sea is :i coil reserve
whose area within the limits o
lifty fathoms of water is said ti
be not less than Its,000 miles. Si
Massachusetts and Xewfouudlnm
will have to look well to thei
laurels some. The coast of .M is
ka abounds in nvster?,clams,mus
els and crabs. The oysters havi
i line tlvor and could be math
in article of commerce by pro; e
ultivation. Hear*, wolve-, b?*a
r rs, d -er, foxes, caribou,martens
mountain goats, moose an<
musk ox ii are found in Alaska
1 hen the herds of walruses stil
fumi-hes ivory, t 'uriously enough
no reptile, toad, li/.ard or simila
tii i id a! is : ? be found anywhert
in Alaska.
"Perhaps few persons not ir
llie trade km w that a more valu
ilde fur than seal comes fron
Alaska, an l that is the rielt o
the ?< i tiff >r. If i?j a largo ani
mal, havng fine, close, black fur
iprinkled with long, white-tipper
lairs, which add much to iti
beauty. The pelt of the sea ottei
s used mostly in trimming, as i
s too heavy and too expensive
"or making up into entire gar
iionts. A full-grown skin if
itont I foot in length and feel
> inches wide, and the Indiar
innters receive from the loca
raders all the way from * Io tc
t $100 for a skin. < )f all anima
3 hunted by man the sea otter
- the hardest to catch. The Aleuti
3 do most of this hunting;, and as
f is done in canoes out in tl
. ocean, it is quite dangerous. Tl
t world's supply of otter fur as we
i as sealskin comes from Alaska.
1 "Perhaps few of the thousam
i ; rushing t?> Alaska for gold kno
the magnitude of the Yuko
- River," said Mr. Branson, in coi
, elusion. "It is the Mississippi <
. Alaska, and is one of the t\vel\
t longest rivers in the world. Son
.{explorers oven claim that tl
? volume of water emptied by tl
Yukon Rp*er greater than tin
, of the Mississippi,hilt 1 can har?
. ly believe that assertion. Hut ti
Yukon, besides being navigate
for 2,0<)0 miles, : ?ti theaverag
live miles wide for almost lia
. the distance from its mouth. Tli
> river reall\ ha- five mouths :
Nort'.n Sound, and it is sewnt
t live miles across these moutl
, 'and the deltas. But this grei
river freezes to a depth of live <
(. ; ?l.\ ICL'I III \MIUIT. Ill UIO KII II
i in? r rli?* hanks of the Yukon fu
ni-h the breeding places for t!
? canvas-hack ducks of Atneric
i and up to a few youth aeo tl
i breeding place of those wild fow
f was a mystery. Millions of gees
> i ducks and swans nest there ai
. live on the wild salmon berrie
s: red and black currants, cranbe
i; ries, blackberries and (>ill>erri
i in the sumnipr. By the way, tl
11 wild strawberries of the Yukc
. are the sweetest known. Alt
', j nether, it can he said that Alasl
? is a wonderful country,witli mat
3 things other than gold and gl
r ciers."
I. OABTOniA.
Tki f*s- yy .
e is
PRECIOl'S PEARLS.
I* !
~ I
> Rare (Jems Found in a Lake
Arkansas.
8 Little Rock. Ark.. Aug 10.s
For a month or more the poop
* living near Raid Kuolt have be<
" finding valuable pearls in a lal
near that place. Hundreds
1 people have been opening muss
' shells in search of the pearls ni
" some rare gems have boon Imiti
' some heing sold for as much
^ $300. A special from liald Kn<
savs a syndicate ol Memphis pa
D
:ties have leased the lake lor
( term of live years for $10,011
| They will Ituihl a fence aroui
1 the lake and hegin work with
steam dredger. The lake is sa
in he the richest pearl produci
ii. t!. 1 nited States.
r Mi r Composition on Trnij?<-run<*
A little schoolgirl in the rur<
] di-triet-' \va> ro-igned a compos
tion on T emperanee. ' and tl
] following is tlie result ;
"Tern porn nee is more bett<
than whiskev. Whiskev is !
r
< t iil a drink, and lo!> of ii. M
]>a drinks whiskey. 11 ? has be?
lull 1 !.') t irues I hi- year. < >i
i night he e.mie in late and my n
. went out and rut some hick
( ries and walloped him j:ood. Tin
she duekt 1 his head in a ttih
soap-aids and loeked him up i
the ham. ami the next mornin
' my pa said he reckoned he'd s\vc,
oil."?A11 ant a ("oust it til ion.
3
Everybody Say* So.
I Cnscnrets Candv Cathartic, ttie moat wo
, dci-ful medical diwovory of the a^e, plct
ant and rerrcslimp to the taste, net Kent
urn) positively on kidneys, liver and bo we
cleansing tlio entire system, dispel cold
4 ruie headache, fever, habitual ennstlpatii
and biliousness. Please buy and trv a b
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guaranteed to ctire by all druygists.
1
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Is THE CONDITION OF COTTON
is CROP.
18
it Market! Improvements in Caroliie
tins and Georgia?Generally
ie Hotter Than July 1.
11
Washington, Aug. 10.?ThereIs
turns lor cotton to the departw
meat of agriculture indicates an
,n average condition ol" SO.J) on Aug.
'*j I as compared with SO.O on July
i 1. an increase ol nine tenths of
^ I ono point. The average condition
; Aug. 1. IS'.MJ, was so. 1 and the
, I average condition on Aug. I for
tlie !a.;t ten years i- SO. 1
j.j i'here has heen a decided im
io i provement in Georgia, North
I.. I I-/-. I t, n ? i:....
IV , v IIIVMIIMI til Ml tjuili II V tUWiJIltl.
e., The comlit ions have advanced ton.
if ! seven and six points respectivolv.
1 s i In tiio lower Mississippi vallo\
l tlie impro\einents is much loss
I marked and in Texas there is a
^ j decline ol points.
The average ol the States are
() 1 as 1 <>I lows :
r Virginia. 1?0 : North Carolina.
u, '>7 : South Carolina. 02 : < Jeorgia.
.. J 05 ; Florida, ?SS Alahama. :
ie I Mississippi, 85; Louisiana. On ;
Is j Texas. 7s ; Arkansas, 00 ; Tone.
nessee, 8 I ; Missouri. 85 ; Indian
d Territory, 85; Oklahoma, SO.
r Till: STATE CAMPAIGN.
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ter.
;h The snh-eoniinittee of the State
>y Democratic Executive Commita
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for the Senatorial primary,
have decided unoii the frdlowimr
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order:
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Florence, Saturday August
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in! A Kemarkadle Cure of Chronic
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It, 1 stj'J, when I served my
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ile A, 107th Pennsylvania Volun,n
teers, I contracted chronic diar.
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kmnes and several prominent docj
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Iain's Colic, Cholera aud I)iar
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