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I GATE TO THE jj| Wonderful Growth o^ Skaguuy is a modern wonder. Not many tveoks ngo the place practically did not exist. To-day, with its carefully laid out streets and its scores of well stocked n:id cosy privato dwellings, it presents all tiro appearance of a thriving North vestern town. Houses are boing rustic 1 up with astonishing rapidity, while merchants are so numerous an t enterprising that competition has already reduced their wa\-os to almost bottom nrices. The starting up of a steam lauudry has caused tho "bilcd shirt" to be accepted as good form in this out of the way settlement, while the establishment ol thirteen saloons plainly indicates the prevalence of a generous atmosphere of conviviality. The Now York Herald's special correspondeat, in an cntortaiuiug article publish? 1 herewith, gives n graphic description of Sknguay as ho found it entering the fourth week of its municipal existence. Ho says: Nothing in the history of Western boom towns will compare with the mushroom growth of Skaguay. Bon M oore, the man who located the town site, left for the Sound on August 10, at which date tuero was his own lop cabin, tho store and tho bunkhouse ol the Alaska and Northwest Trading Company and a number of tents. When ho returned there were whole streets of woodeu dwellings, which the owners had themselves located and had paid a registry fee to United Stales Commissioner Smith of five dollars. Not only were these newcomers permitted to locate on Captain Moore's laud on payment of the fee, but il is said that Mr. Smith accepted Ih fee and gave a registration receipt t > half a dozen different people for the Ha-ll ) 1)1 jt of 1:111 1 Tlio nnivlv lit). jiointe 1 fjii'i 1 Commissioner and 11 agister, Mr. Dudley, will therefore have soma dillletilly in unravelling the eonllicling real c date ownership on the town sit >. HI: ig lay is on a li bj ila\ with a tide runuin^ over twenty feet, and therefore li u a stretch of half a mile below tidewat -r mivk. All the passenger . ? ?? W r-""j jo *6 SKV Il'AV n.VY. by big stea nors are taken o!V in row brats, with a pall of from 0110 to twe mile~, a''?r.ling t? the state of the tide, when they are carried on the bi'k:- ot the bmtnten to comparatively dry land. It is amusing to hear th? shriek <>f th' women when on th? bi 1. of lh? It >i!in -n splashing through I lie w aler. ?)iily .t monlli ago, w hen the Will n.nette Ian led her couple of thousand.' of p tld s>ekers. all tlia freight am passengerluggage were landed in ih >se s n ill It ?at s, or small scows, and dumped on Hi" shore pell niell, hig fflodv*-Ill ' '! > 1 v Iimiii wlii.Ui nii'iio. Im I t Iiu'tv t > secure his particular goods before tin1 rapidly incoming tide ruiin- 1 tlnon ?r swept them away. I in in i ti e rows si now in use, 1 ?ip enough to take tho wliolo of a ship', r irgo These, when loaded, float to shore on a high tide, au-1 each owner gi ts out hi own goods as soon as he ran. and woe to him whose belongings c-hanee to ho near tlie bottom of the huge pile. I wnlehr-d the steamer Queen unload iu this way. There was a good deal TIIF, UEOINNIX of hustling, necessarily, but I heard no complaint of any goods being stolen .. i.... * i < :i? i.. t--L li. IU.^1 ?.:.\ri-jM i u III I hii III 11 y, ill JHCl, lio whole community scorns wonderfully honest considering that the black sheep of the continent nro hording in this direction. Merchants in tents leave their goods li inking outside all right; pilgrims leave their camps on the trail, with all their belongings scattered about; yet but few cases of pilfering have been heard of, and only one theft of money. This was in the case of a man named \V. II. I'avison. of Seattle, who for twelve days had SI 100 in his kit under a pile of feed in his tent. He left his tent often in perfect confidence, but pne day lie found hi- belongings had ti GOLD FIELDS. I; f the Town of Skaguay. |M | t? I been disturbed aud that the money b was gone. r Another Seattle man at onco gave c him 8100 with which to take out his feed, for ho had nlready gotten his \ goods some distance along the trail, c But this was only tho beginning of \ Davison's bad luck. He was one of the s i first on the trail, and worked beyond t his strength. Just past the summit a he had an attack of pneumonia, and, i i getting worse instead of better, had to \ i give up. He is now hero waiting for v _ _ _ ____ ? [ BROADWAY, the next steamer, having left his out- lj fit with his partner, who hopes to sell ? it to some ono who will pay for tho t tliflifUllt iolirncv llinv mo.lo m-!H. if n? - 4 J ? '> > '-.v.. .?< V the pass. a Thero does not appear to have been 11 ( any pilfering of goods left on tiic beach L from the steamers. In a short time c there will bo no chance for this. The i two loug piers are hotly competing for r , the honor of being first completed a ! and early next month both will be in lj operation. That of the Skaguay e ( ! Wharf Company is already piled to its t j ocean end, a length of over fifteen hun- li r drod feet, in a curving lino from the s , northern to tho southern side of the li . bay, thus blocking otVall further com- I petition in this line. This will be t known commonly as the Juneau Pier, i its promoters being J. P. Jorgonsen, hardware, merchant; E. Valentine, t jeweller, and E. D. Sylvester, editor of the Searchlight, all of Juneau. The r other pier will he known ns the Seattle t Dock, as it is largely backed by capital \ from that Souud city. This starts t from the street south of Broadway and i runs straight to the completed dock t - under the clifT. Both will have ware- 1 houses, to which goods will be taken t ' direct from the ship, and there await I * the proper claimants. \ 1 These two great piers are impressive r r to the incoming stranger, who knows : ' that the town is only a month old, lmt i * as to the rest he can see but little from 1 tho steamer's decks. Tents dot the t slioro the whole of its width, with here ] - and there a small wooden building. 1 < The latter a/o rapidly taking the place f I of tho canvas homes ami stores, for i tho reason that oohl weather ami heavy I rains have set in, and more especially very high winds. Captain Me Kinney, tho Chairman of the Vigilance Committee. estimates that there are now one hundred ami lifty buildings of wood, and that there would have been many more but for the scarcity of lum> her. There is a sawmill hard at work now, lumber is coming in by every steamer, and nearly every one having i tho purpose to winter here is putting i up a habitation of wood. Many are t erecting larger and more substantial buildings than their needs require, as i a speculation, hoping to sell at a large profit when the rush is renewed next Jr^i tt&f w - v - --- - - : Ct OF THE TRAIL. t spring ami when they once more pack up for tho Klondike. . Probably as many as fifty of such 1 substantial dwellings are going up. 1 A curious phase of tho situation P among those who have decided to win- c ter here is that nearly every one of f them believes that he has just the natural gifts necessary to make a successful merchant. They aro all putting their great stakes into goods, which ' they hope to turn into money again, 1 with a large profit, by the spring, and 1 then sell out an established business ' when the weather permits them to leave for tho gold fields. Thus is the new city building up. There are thirteen saloons, a majority of their pro- t prietors having plans for getting to 1 tie Klondike as soon as possible, and liere are between three and four hun- j .red merchants of whom the same hing may bo said. Not only on Broadway, but along j he intersecting streets and among the t >ig timbers on each side of the trail, ,re these merchants' tents and stores, ittle and big, and all sorts and condiions of men are interested iu them, rom the speotaoled, muscleless store lerk, clumsily handling the saw aud he axe on his new building, to the tolid backwoodsman, to whom the unking of chango is a difficult mental iperation. One would think that the town vould be overdone with so many mer hants, and perhaps it will bo soon, rhen the steamers aro fower and pasengers on them not numerous euough o be worth mentioning. But there is , population of over five hundred still n tents, and it is believed that there ?M. ?/u WUllllUtU LUlUUlf^ UlIU ^UlUg mtil the beginning of December, to ^m. j SKAGUAY. id then renewed the month following. >o many merchants, however, has had he effect of bringing down prices, vliich, considering the freight charges, ve now rapidly getting to the bottom, ueking it nearly as cheap to winter lero as at Juucau or any other northirn point. But the visitor must not expect luxuies. Ho must be content with a bunk ml provide his own bedding. The iimk will cost him from seventy-five ents a night up. Meals at cheap resaurants aro fifty cents each. He will, lowever, in all probability, hire a tiny hack and learn to cook for himself if ^ 10 is to be a gold hunter. Then, an 1 >efore stated, ho will find the price of ' lie bare necessaries of life no higher : u proportion than Seattle. Flour is : 11.50 per sack, potatoes SI.25, bacon . welve to fifteen cents per pound. Tho infant city is well laid out, and , lot only on Broadway but on most of he side streets on either side up to . vliere tho trail turns off to the left into ho timber there are new stores and esidences. Among tho timber also here are many merchants, in tents or ^ ough shacks. In the early history of ( he city?that is, three weeks ago? < toiled shirts were publicly derided, as , vere also shaven chins. Now tliero ire four barber shops and two or three dgns rending "Troy Laundry." Tliero s also a bath house in courso of oonitruction, and this is a luxury that ired men coining off tho trail will npirecinte. Lumber is still scarce, rough umber at nine dollars per thousand eet at Seattle selling for about twentyive dollars here. There is little doubt hat a hundred or nioro buildings will >e erected during the next thirty days. Now, what are tho prospects of Skaguay's permanency? The men who ire building the wharves and the threedory hotel and other buildings cvilently believe in its futuro growth and prosperity. Yet there is nothing to ;ive it the slightest hope of permanency exeept ns an entrance to tho ?old regions. That they do not at the present time possess any such enranco that is at all what n highway 'or the expected crowds in the spring diould bo is conceded. But tho in:ention now is to build a wagon road ilong tho Sknguny River to the foot of ho mountain. This will cost a great leal of money, but it will in all probibility bo carried out, for every ono ivho has made an investment here unIcrstands the situation. It is estimated that from 100,000 to 150,000 jold seekers will flock to Alaska next ipring, and that they will begin to omo in in February. Skaguay must lie ablo to announce long before then i better trail tlinn the present one or the trade will pass her l?y an<l Hie town boom will be "hushed.'* She ivill also have others besides tlie Pyoa trail to compete with, and, in short, tier future depends entirely upon her making the best inland route to the Vukon territory that can be made. I lor citizens are remarkably public spirited and liberal. A town meeting two nights ago subscribed $1500 for tire protection in a few moments. A mrveyor is now mapping out a route for a wagon road along tho river. Money will have to bo raised to meet he cost of this road and work on it . )o started immediately to insure tho termanency of Skaguay as a port and is a town of even its present properions. American Woman Honored, Mrs. May French Sherman, the ttrican explorer, recently elected a nember of tho English Royal Geographical Society, is the only woman iver thus honored. She is an Ameriu 11 by birth. Kc|til|t|>ed For War. Tt has always l?een Lord Wolseley's >oast that when starting upon a cani>aign his equipage is of tho lightest, insisting of littlo more than a toothirusli and a clean shirt. Numcroiin HIr Cltim. There are known to bo '209 cities in lie world with populations of over oue 1 ..~.l ll .. 1- I litiiMi v it muipuuu euvUi | THE REALM ( The triuimed skirt aud the blouse < basque make the prominent features of i all autumn styles, writes May Manton. < The costume shown in tho illustration i is so simple as to bo well-suited to the < shopper's noods at. tho same time that ] 1 I.... i I vt? U M V t. U VI K/V4 IlitVl M ut no V( iuu Great Eastern railway. It was a main line goods engine with a tender. Before tho actual construction commenced the various component parts were placed close at hand, ready for fitting together. The workmen began early in tho morning, and continued briskly till the breakfast boll sounded. After half an hour's rest tho workmen returned to their task, and labored steadily until tho dinner hour, and thus the work proceeded until tho engine was at last completed, with tho exception of a coat of paint. This was quickly laid on with a spraying machine, and in less than half an hour was perfectly dry. Tho locomotivo was then sent on a trial journey a few miles on tho line, and all proved satisfactory, so it was sent with a luggago train to Peterborough. Ithasheen iu active service over since, and is proudly displayed as a marvel of engineering quickness. Hard on Pat. Gentleman (to an Irishman)?"Well, Pat, I see you have a small garden." Pat?"Yes, sir." "What are you going to set in it for hext season?" "Nothing, sir. T set it with potatoes last year and not one of them came up." "That's strange; how do you explain it?" "Well, sir, the man noxt door to mo set his garden full of onions." "Well, had that anything to do with your potatoes not growing?" "Yes, sir. Bedad, them onions was that strong that my potatoes couldn't see to g'-ow for their eyes watering." ?Answers. Thousand* of Miles Arrow-Pierced. Some years ago H. N. Clement, an Indiana farmer, shot at a flock of wild geese in tho Kan ft a Meo marsh and bagged several of them. Ono of them woro as a breastpin an arrow nine inches long. The arc#was so uniquo FJjYINO FROM THE YVKON riERCED BY AN ARROW. in formation tlmt it could be ascribed to no tribo of Indians in tho United States or in any other country. Finally Professor O. T. Masou, of the National Museum, said the bird nud arrow could have come from 110 other place of tho globe than tho Yukon Valley. Thousands of miles tho goose had tlown with an arrow in its breast before turning up its- legs at the shot of u Hoosier farmer. WILL USE NO LANGUAGE* low Coming Generations Will Look and Act, According to n Scientist. This is the way Dr. R. M. Burke, 'resident of the psychology seotiou of he British Medical Association, says HEAD OF THE MAN Or THE FUTURE, :he head of tho man of the future will ook. The new race, ho says, will use no nuguage because it will need none. The interchange of thought between ndividuals because it will be simply a nental effort on the part of each unac;ompanied by any physical manifesta:iou whatever. As one person evolves L ? J 11 11 ill l it - ms idea iae omer win instantly grasp it by moans of a subtle telepathy, ivhich even now is the gift in a more >r less modified form of many people svho aro only voguely conscious of their strange power, aud, in many instances, too timid and fearful of ridicule to publioly confess it or attempt to develop it. With future generations this gift will become more and moro frequent in individuals and of greater and greater power, until this silent interchange of thought is at last is common as is now speech and writing. Nor will <^his powers stop even diere. He not oply will be able to exchange thought* with people thousands >f leagues away, but will bo able to see them as distinctly as though they ivere physically present and even see f he chooses what is passing anywhero n the world. There will be an end of eyes and ears, the gross physical chanlels through sensations now must pass ;o the mind. They will all go, for they ivill all be useless?as useless as the nechauism of the voice, by which sensations and ideas are now conveyed from the mind outward. There may be some scar or meaningless excresjnce where these orgaus onco were, just as now there are physiological mggestions of man's ape origin?humiliating reminders of the brute ancestry from which the godlike being ivas evolved. But that will be all,and even that will melt away aud disappear at last. Locomotive Uutlt In Ten Hours. A locomotive was recently built in ynrx lmnra of flm Wfraffnr/1 u-nrl/o nf BLOUSE1,OlU'0^AR AND BEVEN-OORED SKIRT. it is correct for the afternoon call or promenade. The model is made of diagonal cheviot in the now shado known as castor, the contrasting material being plaid in shades of brown and tan, with a sufficient number of bright yellow and red lines to enliven tho whole. The buttons nro of metal in a rich bronze tone, and the loops of brown silk cord. With it is worn a hat of castor-colored velvet, trimmed with plumes of varying shades of castor and brown, together with loops of ribbon showing a plaid design in tho same toues. The bodice proper is full, and falls aljglitly over the belt, but the foundn HAND SO.M tion is fittod snugly and is composed of the usual pieoes aud seams, closing at the centre-front. On it is arranged tho plastron of plaid, which is stitched to tho lining at tho right and hooks over onto the left side. Tho blouse is fitted with shoulder and undcr-arm seams only, and turns back from the front in pointed revers, which reveal tho vest beneath. Beneath that, on the right side, tho blouso is stitched fast, while the left serves to conceal the closing, which is effected by hooks and eyes. At tho back, falling over tho shoulders to meet tho revers, is a deep, square collar of tho plaid, ami loops of cord passed over largo buttons servo to hold tho blouso well in place. The basque portion is circular, and seamed to the blouso beneath the belt of brown leather. All tho free edges aro stitched by machine. Tho sleeves are snug fitting and finished with cap-shaped epaulettes, which fall over the shoulders and relievo the otherwise plain effect. The skirt is cut in seven gores ami embodies the apron idea, so conforming with tho demand for trimming without detracting from the apparent I height of the wearer. Tho lining front is cut wider than the material OF FASHION. I s I nut mio it are siucueu tno narrow j] motions of plaid. The edges of both * f the front and sides are machine stitched :a and tho bottons and loops serro to hold . q them in place. Tho back gores are ! ? laid in deep backward-turning plaits ? and so form the fan back. Zibeline, j, covert cloths, all cheviots and drap- j ,1'ete are all eminently appropriate and 0 in the li6ight of style. v To make this costume for a lady in v ;ke medium size will require six and g anc-hnlf yards of forty-four-inch material With one yard of plaid of the rnrao width.- The blouse alone calls for two and one-half' yards with onelialf yard of plaid. The skirt requires c four yards of forly-four-incti goods, fl with one yard of plaid, but tho ono 8 length of tho latter will also cut tho n vest and collar if tho complete costume ? is to l?o made. * I.mile*' iTnckfl Uafi|iir. t Many of tin) recent importations v show jacket basques. An unusually c attractive design is in tho largo on- f graving and described by May Manton. It is made of zibeline in the deep 1 sliado of green known as Russian. I The full.vest is of silk, while tho re- | vers, belt and collar show velvet in a darker shade. Braid is artistically ap- 1 plied and large buttons avo usod for * decorative purposes only. ' Tho pattern gives a short lining front ^ that has double bust-darts and closes 1 invisibly at the contre-front. Upon ^ this lining tho full vest is mounted, 1 the soft and becoming fulness being 1 VAnrnlnind Kv nrnfhnra n f ilaa n r?r?lr nnrl at the waist, where it is confined by a ' wido belt. The sido or jacket fronts nre ttiWd^d by deep, single bust-darts. The vtfRteL rovers extend from the shoulderstoolflW^tiiiiijjyatUne^where | they meet; they are widest'at fhe itapuring gradually toward the lower edge, adding somewhat to the length of the figure, so proving especially be- ! coming to ladies whoso figures are larger than the average. The buck shows the usual number of seams, and is carried below the waist to a becoming length, as is tlio front. Tho neck finishes with a closo standing band tlint closes in tho centre-front. Tho sleeves are two-seamed, fitting the arm comfortably close from wrists to within a short distance of tho shoulder, where a slight fulness appears that is arranged in the arm's eyo in box-plaits. Basques of this description are well i' I Bt:u E JACKET. adapted to street and early autumn wear. Among tlio suitablo materials aro cloth, serge, diagonal and novelty Roods, while braid or passomenterio aro tho accepted decorations; or tho garment can bo finished in plain tailor fashion, with tho free edges showing machine stitching. To make this basqno for a lady in the medium sizo will requiro two and one-half yards of forty-four-inch material. Silk lilotms Wulst. Among skirt models are many finished with threo very deep flounces, tho threo wholly covering tho closelygorged foundation, or there aro many rows of tiny frills set on from belt to hem, and in this oaso tho sleeves and I upper portion of the waist are likewise trimmed. Fliifllnrs* in Net Trimming-. A tendency toward flufiiuess is apparent even in net trimmings, says tho Delineator, which aro enriched with heads and spanglesfeiny frills of beaded I net being set nt th*edges or along the i centre of tho brf*ds. Tue effect is j novel and interesting. HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES. Value of a Delicate Taete. One thing that is almost as irapor?nt as a knowledge of cooking, and ullyas important when there are good ervants to do the cooking, is a deliate taste. It takes a well-bred taste o know if the viands are cooked to be proper turn; the eggs absolutely resh, the cream what it should be, nd the salad dressing properly mixed, .'his is a less common possession than ieople think. A woman who has made . great suocess as a cook attributes it nrgely to her kuowledge of how hings should taste. She belonged to me of the old New York families, vhere the best the market could afford vas alwnys to be found on the table ,nd cooked in the best possible way. Good Way to Claan Ticking. Here is a practical way in which to lean feather bed ticking and to air md renovate the feathers: Take two beets and sew them up so as to form t case; make an opening, say a yard vide, in the tick, and a second openng of the same width in the case nade of tho two sheets; sew theso wo openings together so that they vill not rip, and shake the feathers >ut of the tick into the clean sheet aso. When the feathers have all >een emptied sew up the sheet case, ifter separating it from the tick, ^nd m? t 4 1% a frvnth Alii All ill A VAof 111 ill A ihade for an airing of several days, timing the case overy day. Do not dace it where the sun will shine on ;he feathers, for it will cause an oili[tess to come out which will make the feathers heavy, and will produce an unpleasant odor. Have the original tick thoroughly washed, rinsed and tlried. Bofore returning the feathers to it in the same way in which they were removed hang the sheet case up for a day so the wind may .blow through the feathers. This will make thorn light, and when returned to the tick the feather bed will be as good as new. Itxport "Tho best way to wash blankets?" naid tho superintendent of one of New York's largest laundries. "Well, the first thing to bo considered is the soap. It should be a good white soap, aud free from resin. Slice the scrip in a kettle of hot water and put it over the fire until it dissolves; there is no need for it to boil. Then pour it into tho tub aud turn on tho water, which should be hot-*-nlinoRt scalding. Mi* the two together so as to form a gooit lnther; then put in your blankets. Let them remain in this water about fifteen or twenty minutes, covering the tub so as to keep in the steam; then souse them up and down with the hands and turn them over in the wai am a iMtiint no fine r? f 111 xr in iui u iviv miiiiuun, v/uo v* mjj women, who in very successful, ban a large tin funnel that she uses to manipulate her blankets with. She takes it by the stem and presses the mouth of the funnel up and down on the blankets, turns them over and keeps up the process until she thinks that every part has had the water passed through it by the suction of the funnel; then takes them out and passes through the wringer. While she is, porhaps, my best blanket washer, I haven't sufficient faith in her funnel theory to think it at all necessary, though I think it much bettor than using a stick, which should never be allowed, as it is almost certain to make holes in the blanket. "In passing through the wringer it. should always go lengthwise. After the first wringing comes a second tub of hot water, in wlii li has been put a a goodly supply of ammonia; thon another wringing and another tub of hot water, with just enough of tho soap mixturo to make a good suds ? not a thick suds, nothing like as thick a suds as the tirst, but juHt enough to mako the water smooth to the touch. After a thorough rinsing in this water it should be passed through the wringer or wrung with the hands lengthwise and hung in the wind to dry. It should never be hung in the sun, as it makes it yellow. Soap containing resin will also enure yellowness, and cold water harshness. I know you want to know why I put soap in the last rinsing water?to make the blanket soft and pliable; otherwise it would bo harsh and stiff, almost as much so as if washod in cold water. And what I have told you about blankets is truo about all flannels, from tho finest to the coarsest." It eel pes. Scalloped Tomatoes?Put in a buttered baking dish a layer of bread or cracker crumbs seasoned with bits of butter, then n layer of sliced tomatoes seasoned with pepper, salt and sugar if desired, then a layer of crumbs, n'id so on till dish is full, finishing with the crumbs. Bake from threequarters of an hour to an hour. Sweet Pickles ?Take half a bushel of waterinolon rinds; pare and slice, sonk over night in salt water, steam until tender. Make a syrup with three pints of pure vinegar, five pounds of sugar, three ounces of stick cinnamon, and one ounce of whole cloves. Boil one hour. Skim out the spices, put in the melon and boil another hour. Mixed Pickles ? Four quarts of sliced green tomatoes, two quarts of sliced onions, four quarts of cucumbers pared and sliced, four quarts of cauliflower broken apart, one-half cup salt. Let all stand over night, then drain, boil the cauliflower twenty-five minutes and drain again. Scald in one gallon of vinegar one-half cup of celery seed, one-half ounce allspice, one tnblespoonful of whole black pepper, two tablespoonfuls mustard seed, mul oue pound of brown sugar. While hot pour over the vegetables. When cold < over with horsoradish leaves and no mold will appear.