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W BON hiSD A Y, AUGUST 25.1887. ?- STORY OF THE KLONDIKE. I get the general excitement and off he would go, The ICI. company and N. A. T. ?Company both made twc trips with their boats there. They both keep gen? eral stores. Flour is $12 a hundred pounds; sugar, 20 to 2o cents-20 cents ipr brown and 25 cents for granulated; ?rice is 20 cents a pound : oatmeal, 25 R?cents; condensed milk is 60 cents a can; butter is $1.50 a roll; beans are 12% cents; salt is 15 cents; dried fruit, 25 to SO cents; apricots are 85 cents a pound; tobacco sells for $1.50 a pound, chewing and fancy brands for smok Hpngi plug cut is $2 a pound; cigars wholesale there for $90 to $150 per 1,000; a single cigar is 50 cents, It would sell here for 5 cents. Pour Dollar Blankets Cost Thirty Dollars. Blankets run all the way-for a good blanket which-a white man would use ? ' i-^fipom $16 to $30 ? pair. Hudson bay blankets sell for $30* which you would $et for about $4. in England. A good linen shirt will cost' you $5, a suit cf ; underwear about $10; canvas overalls, Klrem$2 to $2.50; boots, from $10 to $22. The common stogy shoes are worth $5 to $7.50, which would cost about $1 here. A suit of clothes brings $30 to $50. KgThere are no -tailors there yet. These ?jpdothes are custom made winter clothes, ? Ute same as they keep in the cities. Tbeyare largely remnants of clothing dealers'old stocks. For winter wear the overcoats, if yon , wear any, are the parkies, which are j made out of tho Siberian deer skins and have white spots on them. There is no - cloth used in their manufacture.. The . fur side shows. : :- The effect of seeing a man in one of these spotted coats is peculiar. The par? kies have a hood with a fringe of wolf fur around the face. They extend down to'the knees. They are put on over the head like a shirt and are very warm and comfortable. The cost of one is any? where from $20 tp $40, The dress cf the people there in the summer is just about what it is here. KLONDIKE CHILDREN. ; Schools,. Churches, lairyerp and Doctors on tho Ground. There are lots of children up there now. They are most all strangers to me. The barber, I know, has two sons and one daughter. An immense lot of chil ?dren came in this spring. There is a ^ school at Circle City, and one is being .Vfcoilt in Dawson this year. The teacher in Circlo City, which is above the arc? tic circle and the farthest city north., was an American* from Nebraska, I< - don't know what her name was or what pay she got-probably $75 a month. There were no churches in Dawson up to the time I left ..There will be a Catholic church built this summer. There will probably be also an English church and a Presbyterian church tco. .Bishop Rowe of Boston ha3 the latter in charge. Father Judge was there when I ^came away. Dawson has no theater yet They wanted mo to saw out 50,000 feet of : lumber ; fer one, cut I -was tco busy to io it. There is a theatrical company in that district. It has been playing at Circle City. . The leading actor and manager ( of it is George Snow. His wife is the leading lady. They are real good. They gave all sorts of play s-"Uncle Tom's Cabin" one night, "Old Kentucky " the next, "Camille" the next, '"The News? boy" the next. It is a repertory com? pany. They will have a theater in Daw? son this winter. We have a graveyard started and two graves in it One is that-of Bert Stick? ney, who died a natural death on Lake Ia Barge, and the other isthat of C. G. Felch, who died of heart disease in the room over my office. We had service over these men conducted by a church -of England man. I don't know his name. Bishop Bumpers is the head of the English church, and this was one of the clergymen under him. The bishop is at Forty Mile, but will move to Dawson. 8200 to Lose u Finger. We have Dr. Wills, a Canadian phy? sician; Dr. Chambers, from Yakima, * Wash. I think they charge according to the way a man is fixed. I know one man got a finger taken off and was charged $200 for the job. These doctors have complete medicine chests. There is no drug store except what Dr. Wills has. There was a lawyer's office started just before I left by two Seattle law? yers. There is also Judge Murphy, who is my legal representative there. I don't remember hearing that any babies were born in Dawson before I left Dawson is situated on the north side of the junction of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, right at the angle. The Yukon is 600 yards ?wide at this point and the Klondike about the same. As I saw the city last it was about a mile and a half long. Across the Klondike river there is a little Indian village called Louse Town, which is known on the map as Klon? dike. The Indians are cf the tribe of Gens de Fou, or "foolish people." . I cannot recall any city in New York state that the residents of New York [1 Would recognize which bears any re- ? semblance to Dawson as I saw it when j I came over the mountain traji on June j 23 last. You get simply a foggy idea ; of houses and tents crowded together. KLONDIKE AMENiTIES. It Is Not Ali a Desert Waste, and People j Slay Live Comfortably. The summer opens about May 15. j The ke goes down the river, an'dFby : June 1 no snow xs seen anywhere. You j can plant or sow grain there cn May ; 15. I h?ve raised barley and oats there j for two years. You can raise potatoes, j but they don't mature. Not eno?gh could be raised of any of these cro'ps to support the people, because there are only a few places where you can raise them. ' On the highlands cf the mainland the frost strikes every month in the year. The only favorite places for farming are on the islands, and near the coast of these. When yon get back too far frcrr. the water, the frost strikes there. Mr. McQnesten has a garden at Forty Mile. He raises potatoes, harley and oats, horse feed, turnips, lettuces, rad? ishes and cabbage. He sells them and gets good prices for them. Turnips sell there for 10 cents a pound. Mr. Harper, at Fort Selkirk, has a garden. That is at the head of the Yukon river, where the Pelly and thc Lewis rivers meet, 178 miles from Dawson. The sommer lasts from May 15 until Sept. I. Your crops can grow during that time. On March 21 and on Sept. 21 we have the sun as yon do jere. The days lengthen and shorten there at the rate of seven minutes a day. The longest day there is June 22. On that day we have the sun for about 20 hours-a clear, warm sun. It was 93 degrees the day I left there. Winter Begins Sept. 1? After the winter sets in, about the first of September, tho cold comes gradually. In the months of September and October the climate is fine. The month of Octo? ber there is about the same as Novem? ber here. After that everything is closed np. The Yukon river usually closes be? tween the 1st and the 10th of Novem? ber. It is not navigable after that time nntil the next spring. The reason we cannot get provisions there is on account of not having steam? ers enough in the summer, and in the winter the river is not navigable at all, so that the best way of getting into the country is closed. N The ice in the river freezes o% feet thick, according to Mr. Ogilvy, who cut holes for measurement once a month during the winter. From that time un? til June 15 of the next summer the life the men and women, lead is about the same as in any mining camp. In the winter time the nights are spent in playing cards. Among the gamblers the great game is poker. Among the miners the favorites are whist, pedro, cribbage and checkers. Dawson is a woman's country. Any woman who can get along in any ordi? narily healthy town w^uld be able to ? take care of herself there. Kr.ssian Baths There Too. - As far as cleanliness goes, we have the Russian bath. The bathhouses are made out of logs. There is an arch, built of rock, and this arch is fired un? til the rock is hot; then the fire is put out, and a barrel of cold water is thrown on the rock until the house is filled full of steam. You can then get up on a shelf or lie on the floor and get any temperature you want Ic is a good sweat bath and is all right, too, for cleaning. There are bathtubs in the country. They are made there out of zinc, the same as you have here. The barber shop is fitted with one. The Russian bath? houses are mostly free. I had a bath? house myseli At the barber shop a j bath cost ?1. Tbe .currency there is mostly gold j dust, and paying is done by weight j Each establishment has its scales. The j man frho makes a purchase throws his j sack cf dust over the counter, and the j keeper of the store weighs it cut The ! basis is ?17 to one ounce. THE MEANS AND THE WAY A Safe Summer Journey and but One Dan x ger Spot. The diggings are up the Klondike to the east cf Dawson. They begin within two miles of the town site and extend 20 miles at least on both sides of the Klondike river. The district is about 20 miles square-that is, the gold bearing district where the placer mines are. It is on both sides of the river and is com? posed of two mining districts, known as the Bonanza and Gold Bottom min? ing districts, The Gold Bottom district is on the south side of the Klondike river and is farther away from Dawson than Bonanza. The tributaries of the Klondike are small creeks running into it all the way from two to five miles apart. The claims are located along these creeks. There are not less than 40 Of these trib? utaries. It is the same way with the Yukon. The whole country fer 20 miles between the Yukcn and the Klondike, ! np to the peint where Dawson is situ- ! ated, is composed of creeks, and all | along these claims are staked cut. The reople who go there new will ; have to lock fer new fields. Pretty near- ! ly all cf the Klondike has been monop? olized and nearly nil the claims taken up. Frcm there they will have to go in an easterly direction to the Stuart river. That is about 100 miles east and is the nearest district in which there is any promise of gold development, and that is uncertain. The journey from San Francisco to Dawson is not hard in the summer time. When leaving San Francisco, a . man does not need to take anything with him. He can get his outfit cheaper and to better advantage-just what he needs-in Juneau, because the traders there have made it a study, and a man can get just what will meet his needs the best. The Chilkat pass is not dangerous in the summer time. It is a defile in the mountains about 30 miles long, with just an Indian trail leading np to the summit. It is a gradual ascent and de? scent. In the winter the danger lies in ! the storms, which aro liable to overtake ! the travelers just as in any other place in the mountains. Mer. ran cross that pass with as lit? tle danger in the summer as they can ! zross any ether mountain pass. Yode::;! j form some idea of thc difficulty of the ascent from the fact that if yon turn a horse loose on the trail he. will walk Dver himself. The journey beyond the pass is fine during the summer. You have to get a boat or build one upon reaching Lake j Lindeman, which is 14 .miles from the summit. Y'ou go through Lake Linde? man, which is 5 miles long. Then j there is' a portage cf a mile along a snail river, which is*hard to run. Then you reach Lake Bennett, 2S j miles long- and a terrible Crossing. 4 i miles; Tokol lake, 21 miles; then med i and marshy lakes, 24 miles. Then come Link river, 27 miles; Miles canyon, seven-eighths of a mile, and 3 miles I of water to White Horse rapids. A sign will be seen on the left bank going down, "Look cut!" in big letters a foot square. I helped to put the sign there. It is the only dangerous place cn the route. It is better to skip the canyon and go around. I would not advise any tender? foot to try it, or any large boats, al? though I always run it myself with a small boat. The waves comb back and are liable to swamp your boat unless it is very skillfully handled. That is a mile long. Then there are 30 miles of Link river; then Lake La Barge, 81 miles" long. Now we reach Lewis river, 200 miles to Fort Selkirk, which is at the junction of the Felly and Lew? is rivers, which unite and form the Yu? kon; then 98 miles to White river, 10 miles to Stuart river; Fort Ogilvie, 25 miles; then to Dawson, 40 miles. None Starring on the Way. I never heard of anybody starving to death on that route. I have heard of some being lost I never heard of their dying of hardship. In the winter time the United States station had mail every month. I would not care to go in this winter and would not advise any one to try this route. I am afraid a man who was net thoroughly familiar with the coun? try or did not have a guide would not be able to get through in the winter, and even if he did he would suffer great hardships. In the summer he would get along all right. I don't think Dawson will be provi? sioned this winter to take care of all those people, because there are not enough boats <on the river to take in the provisions. I don't think the company's boats can bring supplies into Dawson for more than 3,000 men. There are probably 5,000 there now, and more going. (Will be coacluded nest week ) Stewarton Silver. The Time Now to Fight, for the White Metal. Atlanta, Aug. 17.-United States Senator William M. Stewart of Ne? vada telegraphs The Constitution a3 follows concerning the statement at? tributed to him in newspaper dis? patches, that he had advised his friends in the west to drop the silver issue on the ground of return of prosperity or on any other ground is absolutely and unqualifiedly false The fact that there are abundant crops in this country and famine else? where which gives temporary relief is no reason why we should not seek permanent relief by the only possi? ble means in our power, the remone? tization of silver. The efforts of the gold press to make the country be lieve that the gold standard has raised the price of wheat and not short crops in every country but this is in keeping with their false statements with regard to my position. The low price of silver produced by excluding it from the mints and particularly the recent decline produced by derooneti zation in Japan marks the rise in gold and shows the robbery and in justice of confining the money of the world to the commodity gold. When they point to cheap silver as the re? sult of their conspiracy we point to dear gold as the result of their ras? cality. The people will not believe that the goldites control the seasons and give the United States good crops aod cause famine elsewhere. They know that it is the work of Provi? dence over which the goldites have no control. Their impudence in de? mand ?Dg-cre? it for it is in keeping with their entire system of deception by which they are enslaving the human race. Now is the time to fight for silver. The temporary relief which Providence has granted should inspire the manhood of the American people to vote their sentiments at the ballot box. It re? moves some of the excuses of poverty and starvation which voters made in 1896 when they submitted to intimidation or yielded to bribery and voted for their own enslavement The only danger is that the small measure of relief which the rise of wheat has given will not be sufficient to free the voters of the United States from coercion and bribery. That would aid the cause of silver by restoring to some extent the independence of the voters. My correspondence with people in every section of the coun? try is very extensive and it informs me that the people are throroughly alive, and the importance of the sil? ver question :s gaining every day. The rise in the price of wheat and the fall in the price of silver will stimu? late rather than retard the irresistible ; movement in favor of returning to j the coinage law of the better days of j the republic. --MM?- -4Bm< - Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever j In One Day. \ j State Board Establishes Beer Dispensaries. i _ i j Columbia, Aug 17.-The State board of control to day held its extra meeting for the purpose of establising beer dispensaries in various towns of the State to meet the competition j from the breweries in adjoining cities of other States under the provisions of Judge Simonton's original package decision. Quite a number of such dispensaries will be established as a consequence of tbe meeting. The leading breweries of neighboring cities bad representatives here to make propositions to tb* State board bout the establishment of agencies of their respective breweries. Among these were Messrs Herman, of the Augusta Brewing company ; Doscher of the Germania Brewing company, and Danwoody of the Atlanta Brewing company. Their proposition to the board was that they establish agencies in the various towns of the State ondereucb regula? tions as the board saw f?t to impose and pay a royalty to the State upon all the beer sold Mr. Dunwoody wanted to establish such agencies at Spartanburg, Greenville. Anderson, Abbeville, Laurens, Union, Newber? ry, Walhalla, Columbia and Charles I ton. The board, after talking over these propositions, reached the con? clusion that it would not grant any such privileges as these under the law, but took the positon that they could go ahead and establish beer dispensaries, each dispenser having to be elected by the board upon proper j endorsement from the citizens of his j town. The board announced that it j was not averse to establishing such j agencies where the people wanted ? them ! Johnson's j Chill and Fever Tonic j Cures Fever In One Day. Good News For Port Royal. ? Washington, Aug 17.-The board convened by acting Secretary Roose? velt to consider the project for dry docks, have been in session during the day and will continue to examine j into the matter as long as Admiral i Bunce can be absent from the 2vew j York navy yard. The bureau of yards j and docks is now having comdemna tion proceedings made at Port Royal, S C, preparatory to dredging a channel to the dock at that place This dock is large enough fer the In? diana or any of the,battle ships, but cannot be reached owing to the shal? low channel. Work of dredging the I channel would have begun before, . but it was necessary for the Govern-' ment to acquire a strip of land upon which to deposit the dredging, and to make a chauuel which would not be filied up as soon as it was com? pleted Early this month a contract will be let for dredging a channel j deep enough for the large ships Why take Johnson's Chill & Feyer Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn case of Fever in ONE DA K A Game Two Could Play. Before donning the erroine, Jud^e Johnson practiced law in Jefferson cunty, says the Denver "Times." One day Frank Mazz* rushed in:to bis office, and abruptly aiked : "Are you fren* o' mine, judge ?" "Why, yes, of coarse; why do you ask ?" '.Well, [just want to tell you your nabor, Sbamberlin, he scbwiodle me. He cot me down to bis farm, and trade horse with me, and he schwindle me out o' siztee doll. I don't want aoy law beezcis about it, Judge, for it would take mine mackrooy fact'ry to pa? dam lawyer. I just want you koow 'bout it tbat you nabor scbwiodle me. You my fren-coom and tak a drink." Three weeks later Mazza again cime rushing into the cffi:e io a great srate of mental agitation, and throwing a summons down on the table ia fioot cf Judge Johnson fairly shouted in his ear : "I ben sude for eightee doli, jadL'e. by zat dam Sbamberlin ! Now you take zs case and beat zat dam ?bamber lin and ? pay you weil, if it: tak my whole inaokrony factory !" ' But." interposed Johnson, **y'>u \ t'-'?d rue yon were tho one who wa> ! swiod'ed How doc* i: come tint he is sui ns you ?" ' Veli, I tell you. We hid 'notber trade since that nine." Tbe triai nf the case came on io due course and Mazza, being put on the ptand. told his story something after this fashion : "Veli, ? go dowo to Meester Sham j berlin^ core! and seil mc a horse for three doll. He was string leg and be bad big bole in bis side you could stick J j two feests in it. ? tak bim borne and ; feed him ze ar.?nich, an' ? bo;l zt hot i oil acd pat oo ze legs, au' ? raak Z' j horse look like be worth tree hundred j doll. I make zs horse look su weil I like him myself [ put on bim ze dam big girt--gurth you call him 'I-so big it cc ver up ze bole Z >u I ride by Meestrr Sbamberlio. Z3 horse look fice-be look like be worth tree han? der doll. Shsoiberlin be nay. 'Com in, Frank.' *Ob, DO. Meester Sbamber lin.' said I, I doo' come io You scbwiodle me in zat horse yoa trade mee.' Z n Sbamberlio and be say once ?more. 'Come io, Frank,' an' I come*in, an' be want me trade for my boree I make DO representations to bim. He gust, make ze tr?de himself. I ride by, aod zen I come back by Meester Sbamberlio. He gust make me ze trade himself He gime me two pooies and eigbtee doll for zat horse. I lead ze boree io a dark place io etbable aod takeoff ze blanket. Z?D I ride one of zs pooles, an' lead ze other, and I baa ze ei^htee doll io my pocket. Z?O next morning Sham berlin he come ofer to ze mackrooy factory, be say, 'Mszza, you com ofer my st h a ble aod help coe lift up zat horse! I rr ide DO representations about zit boree, Mees? ter Juree." Tbe jory, after this candid acd lucid explanation, bad no difficulty io find ing a verdict for th? Pago. State of Qb?o, City ot Toledo, V Sg Lucas Coanty. f Frank J Cheney mtkes oath that be ?3 tb? semor partner of the fir? of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business io tbe City of Toledo, Couuty and Sta*e aforesaid, und that paid firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLARS for each andr every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the ase of Hall't Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me end scbscrioed in ms preset ce this 6tb dav or Decemner, A. D, , , . A W. GLEASON, lstAL > Notary Puniic. Hall's Cntarrb Cure is taken ioternaJiy and acts direi-tly on tbs blood and mucous sur faces of tbe system. Seed tor testimonials, free. F.J. CHENEY ?ic CO , Toledo. U. j5S?*Sold by Drusr2'Sr?, 75c. SHADOWED The girl who stands oa the bridge w?s charged with mur? dering her uncle. The man in the background is a detective. He thought she did. The evi? dence pointed strongly toward her lover. To save him she ^. confessed. But she didn't do p-!?> thc shooting. This is only one I.?SBp of a thousand thrilling inci "i"r cents in A Conflict of Evidence By Rodrigues Ottolengui, a / most absorbing detective story. We have never offered a mofe \f- exciting narrative to our read > efs. The first chapters will be found in these columns in a few days. -^-?i--** WARBY # co., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. UP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, 1,000 Tons High Grade Am moniated Fertilizer, 1,000 Tons Acid with Potasa. 500 Tons Dissolved Bone. 500 Tons German Kainit, 400 Tons C. S. Meal, For Sale. We are prepared to meet any and all prices for STAND? ARD GOODS. Get our prices before purchasing. Respectfully, HARBY & CO. Dec. ;? i. iii & IT Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 1866 Represent, aaionp other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH A MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented ?75,000,030. Feb.28 I i THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. j City and County Depostory ! Transacts a general Backing business, also bas . ? Savings Bank Department, j Deposits of ?1 ?od upwards received In I terest allowed at the rate of 4 ter cent per annan. Payab?e quarterly, on fit er d?vs of Jdnuarv, April, Juir and October. W F. B HAYNSWORTH, W F. FHAMB, Casbi-r. President, jan 13 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. I THE STATE UF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER. S. C., May 1, 1897. Notice is hereby giren that io accordance wttb an Act of the '-'eoeral Assembly, tbe booka for the registration of all legally quali? fied voters, and for the issuing of transfers, &c, will be open >? t the court boase, between the boors of 9 o'clock a m., aod 3 o'clock p. m., on the fi m Monday of each mooth, and for three successive day?, until thirty days oefore the uex' general election. Minors who snail become of age dering that period of thirty days, shall ne retitled to registration before toe books are c!osed, if otherwise qaa?ified W S. J A VES, E. F BURROWS, J. M KNIGHT, May 12 Supervisors- of Registration. PATENTS d Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-j ; conducted for MODERATE FEES. ? E IS OPPOSITE U. S. PATENT OFFICE? secure patencia less tune than those* i Washington. 't < patentable PAMPHLET, . ^ iC.A.SNOW&CO. OPP. PATENT OFFICE. WASHINGTON. D. C. g/' "rt j j ^^^^^ ; Searching for Clues There are any number of clues found bv the detectives in A CONFLICT OF ? k fi V kr This is another remarkable story from the pen of .Rod? rigues Ottolengui, who wrote "An Artist in Crime," con? ceded to be the strongest de? tective tale that has appeared in years. 41A Conflict of Evi? dence " will add to the reputa? tion of Mr. Ottolengui and will fascinate all who have the op? portunity to read it. We have provided for the readers of this paper by pur? chasing the serial rights. The first chapters will soon be printed. READ ! READ ! NOTICE OF ! TEACHERS5 INSTITUTE. ! INSTITUTE FOR THE WHITE TE* Oil? ers of the . ouoty will ne r eld at Sumter, j ?. C , August 30th to September, 4;h, 1897. ? An able corps of instructors will te provided ; by the State Bimrd of Eduction All j white teachers in the count? are invited, and ; earnestly rtques'ed to attend. Instruction ' I will be free to ail white tachers Board can I be bad m the city at-very reasonable rates. j Attention is called to the following role j (section 18) of tb* .State Board of Education : Section 18. A Firs: Grade Certificate may j be renewed by tbe County Board fr m wbico I it W53 issued. If. however, a Teachers' ; Institute or Summer School is held io the ! Conoty, a Ftret Grade Certificate shall not be I renewed unies.- the bolder etteod3 the Iosti j tute or Summer School, or shows sou e satis? factory reason for not doini/: so. A Secood Grade Certificate, Class "A," i shall not be reoewed except where tbe bolder [ attends a Teacher's Institute or Suma er i School, and in such c-ise it maj be renewed. ? By order of Couotv Board ? w. j. DURANT, Countv Suoennteadent. j July 12-5t._" _ Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM &E0. f. STEFFELS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C -Ageots for MOTT'S CIDEE BED SEAL CIGAKS, _AND DOVE HAMS Land Surveying. i _ MR, H. D. MOISE, will give prompt at ? tentioo to ?alls for surveying and platting ? land Can be found at his office, next door to office of Lee and Moi?e, Sumter, S. C. ? Nov. 18.