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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11
SHORT WORK MADE
HOUSE PASSES THE PENSION BILL
WITHOUT AMENDMENT.

As Passed the Bill Carries Sal, ,363,s3o-
Civil Service System is Again Venti-
lated, the Inveterat tc Hosfititv rof
General GrosvenOr Being Reinforced
by Two of HIS Colleagues, and Others
DingIey Explains That the Deficit is Due
to Anticipatory Importations and Pre-
diets Ten Million Surplus Next Year.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11

After hearing some friends continually
praising Chamoerlsin's Colo. Cholera
and DiarThoes Remedy, Curtis F'lecx.
of An4aein. California, purchased a
boztle os for his own use and IS nox
a. enthusiastic over its wonderful xozk
as anyone can pc TIE = and 80 cen,
sizes for sale oy druggists
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-11

Thousands depend upon Hoods Sarsa-
parilla for their fall medicine. 1t keeps
them well
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29
Qu sla II D.
UeutfhIono.

8otfer @tl6elm trdf am Mitttpo9 Na9z
mittug I'M 1 16r bon 8ubapet
fommenb in 8resldu elm. Nm 8abnbofe
tpurbe ST. MoieftGt Der 8aiIer bon Der
&aiierin, benz g%rbprin5en bon Meiningen,
tommdnbirenben General bes 6. Nrmee=
corps, unb Siirften 9ubfelb, Sberprdfjhentsn
Der 9rOOin3 @4leien, empfangen. Der
&aiier tpurbe, als ct no9 benz 59toIe fubr,
BON Der Die @traBen beieBt baItenben Menz
f6enmenge begeiftert begriiBt.
Der nere Pun3erfreu5er, tpeG9er in &iel
bonn StapeI gelafen tpurbe, bat BEL Der bur9
Die grdfin 8ilbelm b. 8ismard DoI5ogenen
Saufe ben Namen Shirt 8ismard" erbaGz
ten. Mebrere Mitglteber Der Samilie 8isz
mard paren ouf @inlabung bes &atiers bsinr
@tapellauf 5ugegen.
Der @taatsietretdr bes Gei9smartneumz
tes, Qbmiral bon Sirpib, btelt Bel Der @elez
gen6eit cine Hebe, in tpel9er er unter Nnbez
rem Iagte: 9iefss S9iff ion ben Namen bes
grDBten Gtaatsmannes bes S%abrbunberts
tragen, einen Namen, Der nn3ertrennlt9 nit
Der 8iebsrberIteaung bes Gei9es b~ertnipft
1T unb 6eiien Slang Die 9er3en aler 9eut=
f4er, uu9 bic ienieits Der Meere, b06er
f4ldgen ma9t.
prtna !6einri9 bon PreuBen, Or.
WaiqueG, Der. @iceprdiibent bes Miniterz
ratbes, 5reiberr BON Sbielmann, Der Staatsz
fefretdr bes Gei63f6aBamtes unb Srsibsrr
BON aoener, Der S6erprGiibsnt Don S9lesz
tpigz 9oGftein, paren beimS tapeQauf 5ugegen.
8egen Qbenb begleitete Nbmiral b. Sirpib
bic Mitglie6er Der Sumtlie 8ismurd, pel4s
IN Der 5eier tbetlgenpmmen bdttcn, mad
5riebri4sru9e, mo- fe als @dite fes <z
rsi6stan3lers bas Diner e~innubmen. Der
Shirt mar BEL better @eiunb6eit uao in borz
treffIi4er Sttmmung unb unterbieGt fl9 lebz
Daft nit Dem Qbmirdl, bet Bel Der Sdfel inn
gegeniiber fab. DIS @eT6ent fir oea Sir
ften bate Der QDmiral Elm 8tp0lf SUB Ianees
MobeQ bes neuen &reusers mii3e6ra4t. Ser
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29

Dur6 bic itaunennstpert6e 2eitung hes
neuen O5eanbampfers bes Norbbeut16en
2loph, u&aiier @iI6elm Der 9roBe", pelhsr
bic Subrt bon Goutbumpton Bis SEEM Oort
in 5 Sogen, % Stunben unb As Minuten
~3uriidgslsgt unb bamit ben bisbsr fdneuiten
9ampfer ct. Baul BON Der Nmerifani19en
2tnte um 1 5tunbe unb 46 Mtnuten iiber=
troffen bat, 1T bic BON 8ielen aufgeIteGte
Sbeorie ibsr ben Soufen eetporfen, OaB Die
rieitgen 9imenlionen zines S6iffes es in feiz
ner 5abrgei4tpinbigteit bebinbern. Die
@rDbenpsrbdltnife bes r&aiier @tlbelm Der
@roBe" itnb folgenbe: 2dnge 648 SUB;
greite Sc Sup; 5iefe 43 SUB; S~onnrnge9alt
$4,000, @aReroerbrdngung 10000, Ser
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29
0nnEHf1ue.

Ser friibere Slottenmintter @eo. M.
&o6eion tarb Montag in Srenton, q. s.
Ro6eion mar SO Sabre alt urb mar
i9on felt mebreren Monaten leibenb. SIN
Sum- 1869 tpurbe er Slottenminifter. Gr
biente in biefer Stelung Bis au gnbe BON
prGifOent 9rant's 5peitem Sermin, i'm
MGr3 1877.
8unbesri9ter 8ilgore, gepefener Nattoz
nalabgeoroneter BON Seras, lift am 9onnersz
tag in arbmore, S. s., mad tur5er &rant9eit
9et0rber.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29

ben M11genblid NIT 2eiAtisteit binabgeIa7en
iperben t0nren.
Ser r&uifer Milftlm Der 9roBe" tpurbe
i'm Ginffang NIT ben 8ori4riften bes beutz
f9en MarineaO . Departments erburt unb ipiro
in &riegs5eiten NIT @eI4uben ausgeriitet
unb als 8reu3er nernanbt tpsrben. Die
Sriebtraft liefrn 5tpei 9umpfmai3inen nit
breifa9er @rpuniion unb ie pier @Dlinbern.
Die beiben MqI6inen iinb, tDie 9eiagt, bur4
cine tpaRerbi9te S@eiOepanb getrennt. Die
beiben breii 9aufeligen S4rauben 6abem %
SUB 81 3oG i'm 0urdmei1er, finb aug
8ron5e 9eferttgt uno piegen ie 26 3onnen.
Die G9rau6en14afte me1en "a 3oa i'm
0ur9msfer, finb in Der aruppi4en Sabrif
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29

aus benz beiten NidelifabG geferti9t unb ba6en
cine 2dngc bon 1913 SUB.
Mbpet@erb BON ben getp0bnliGen S5eanz
bampfern, finb bic Auartiere Der pafngiere
Der eriten 8aiiite auf benz Sberz unb groz
~menoberbede qngebra4t unb liesen 10 bp4,
baB Die 5enier fait Bel ieber @itternng gez
0ffnet bleiben f0nreu. Qu9 it bier cine befz
Iere 8entilation 6er3uiteGlen, als tpeiter unz
ten i'm S9iffsraum. Ser groBe SpeifeiaaI
lieet in Der Mttte bes !6auptbeds, Stpif4en
ben beiben 99ornIteinz9aaren, mo bic Be-
tpegung bes 54iffes am tpenisiten gu ipiren
~
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29
Great @afern" tpar $50 SUB lang unb 80

.@reut @oftern" mar $50 SUB lang unb 80
SUB brett.
l@s 1T bon Setten Der Grbauer ales MOgz
lide getban norb;n, UNI bas MISUNDERSTANDING
ge9en ltnfdae gu ft9ern. @s lit bur6 feds
5sbn tarfe QuerzS detbendnbe, Die fdmmtz
li9 biz gum Sberbed rei9en, fOtpie hur9
cine 2~dngspatrb i'm Maf9isnraum in Is
tpa1erbihte M6tbeiIungen getbeilt, iobaB
ie1bft inn Safe Der 3eritOrung BON breien biea
fer Nbt6eilung bas S4iff ni4t fi1fen piirbe.
MuBerbem lit es nit einem boppelten 8oben
berie6en, Der pieber in % unterabtbeilungen
g%etrennt 1T unb fi6 iiber Die 9an3e 2dnge erz
itredt. Gnbli9 Iino auf Dem 8erbed "a
groBe 2ebsnsrettungsboote angebra9t, Die iez
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29
ssret ri.r tGspa0e manner.

sd tperbe ieoem Mldnn fotcnfrei cine 0robe Der
6cilntttel ienben. bic mir Die pple Mannesfraft fpies
6erbergefteGt Dabcn,, na9oem allies anOere febiaei6Ias
gen bate. Sieie M%tebi3in 9silte mid ~ooutdnDig bon
8srluft Der 2ebensfraft, Mangel an gei6le1flider
Gtdrts, n%crb6ier S@pdde unb nd9tli6ei @roiiTen.
uno miro sic cbcnio beilcn. sic t0nnen es bur9 cine
QlOrtHe beute. ba bies ni6t ipieber ~sridbeinen mao.
Dtan i6liebe cine griefmarfe Bel. QbrtNe: Carl r |.
Walker. lag Masonic Temple, Kalamazoo, Mich.
2fsb1Smi, TO- .u9
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29
@o1cnf6au.
Gortiebung Don bet 2. Sstte.)

Elm. st bat bic I9neGite 5ubrt, bic bisbsr
Der v@t. goul" BON @%outbamptoa na9
Mmerifa qema6t bate, nm L @tunoe nnb 46
Minuten r~ebu5irt.
Der 0umpFsr Gegte Die Reiie bon 6outbz
nrnpton na6Jsto gorf in 5 2agen, p Stuu=
ben unb As Minuten 5urid.
ueue Kirhenfiirfer.
Salbamtli6 pirb aus Gpm beri9tet, bub
giT6of Maes BON @obington gum Grabi=
fnpf BON Netp Orleans ernannt tpar5s.
Maes' Na9folger ion Der @eneralbicar ser
@p0instOner 9iOaeie. 8rOKart, tperben.
Grobeben.
Gonntag Ra9mittag purbe in Bangor,
Maine, Elm beutli9es grbbeben beripiirt.
Gus 8eri9ten BON Slbtopn, Winterport,
Geurspprt, @albo unb bie1en anberenYldben
ging beroor, baB Der @rbfpB bort ebenfaGs
tpabrgenDmmen norben mar. Die Gr14itz
terung pG6rte BON 10 Big Is Minuten.
Oas eeIbc fieber.
9ds parme @etter Der lebten 5tpsi Biz
bret Sage bat Der N%usbebnung Der Seu4e
nieber 8Dri9ub g%eleiItet, 10 baB alfo Die
3a6l Der nelten @rfrantungsfGQe 5ugenomz
men bat. Nuf Der unbern 9eite bat aus
bem1elben @runbe bic 3a6G Der Sohe5fGle
n%bgenommen. Mm Samftag tpurben in Seem
Orleans % 6Gue angemsIbet, Sonntug II
unb Montag bis boIb 7 ubr NbenOs 81.
Dim Snmitag tpurben ie0o9 Bios 5tpei Soz
besfGue, am Sonntag feiner unb Mpntag 2
gemelbet. Die g%egenpdrtige grfabrung
le6rt alio, baB pdrmeres Metter Die 3uhI
Der &rant6eit5fG1e berne6rt, a6er bic 3abI
Der SpbesfGIe perminbsrt. Die Ner5te uno
bic 8eb0rben finb ieBt Der NnIt9t,
boB fi9 Die Gage i'm @an5en beffert uno DAP
Die 9efabr elmer Gpibemie INNER mebr auber
5rage fommt. 9ie Nnnn6men timmen Gle
burin Therein, baB bic &rantbeit Bis sum
@intritt tdlterer Witterung feline bsber1ten=
ben Sprtf9ritte MAIDEN ptrb.
Das SIutboo in Sattitner.
Die Observation-Disclosures tpeGbe in
Dem san Der Bel 9attiner gefauenen @treiz
fer 81 9ertat faBen, 9elangten na9 Elm film
bigger 8eratbung gu fOlgenOem Wu6ripru9:
rOaB ben 1mitdnben unb Dem etngerei9z
ten 8eipeisn1aterial 5ufolge Der beIagte Gle
ment Plutod unb Nnbere am 10. September
1897 bur9 9etpe6rf9iife bon @eiten bes
S6eriffs Same5 Marttn unb 1einer @ebiitz
fen i6ren Sob ~gefunben BADEN. 6ierin 1tirnz
men mir, Die @e{9nDrenen, 1dmmtli9 iiberz
elm; unb mir, gbil. s. 8opIe, Sbomas 8.
Sbomas. BARRON Sreas unb peter Mc&ierz
nan BON bieier Surb iugen ferner aus, baB
Der befagte Clement gldtod nebit Mnberen
u%nbepaffnet auf DffentGi9er 2anbitraBe in
frtebliber Weiie marf9irten, baB iie BON
S6eriff M9artin unb feinen 9ebilfen ange=
baIten unb in nnbarmber3iger WeiIe ME-
bergef9ofen nurben; mir finben ferner, baB
bas Spbtf9ieBen unnDtbig tpar unb baB IS
un6eI9abet bon @igent6um ODER Men19enz
le6en 6dtte bermieben tperben %f0nnen; en6li9
finben mir, baB bas Sobtf9ieBen mut6pilz
Zig gefddb unb niht gu rebtfertigen lit.
9ierin ftimmen iebo9 mir, George M3ure
unO s. S. Mcg1eaI BON biefer Surp, ni9t
iiberein; tpir, Die @e19pprener1, erflGren fer
ner, baB Der 9erba9t Der @eIebIoiigfeit unb
9epaltt6dtigfeit fir Die bet6eiligten, ben
9eI9porenen iebo9 unbefannten perfpnen
70 groB par, baB bieie l1aterIu4ung geboten
f9ien."
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-09-29

3DnigO stur II. gob9tenitas onlGBIid BEL
nit benz Is. Sabrestage ieiner Sbronbeitei
gung berbunoenen SeItGi9teiten ben biplo
muti19en 8ertretern S9nebens unb gepr
ipegens i'm Muslanbe einen Subildnmsem
pfang. Die Me6raabl befagter @ertrete
tpeilt CUR 3ett in S9peoens 9aupttabt.
GortIebun9 auf Der Z. geite.)
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
General Principles of Breeding
Fowls

Times without number we hear it
said that 'the male is one-half the
pen" If we stop to consider that
every chick among the progeny inner
it's one-half the blood of the male,
while only one-siXth, one-tenth, or
one-twentieth, as the case may be, de-
rive blood from each female, should
we not decide that the male is far
more than one-half the pen? EXcep-
tional vigor is certainly a first requi-
site for the male. The one cock that
BOSSES all the rest is the very one to
select for breeder, if he is good 9th
erwise Extra weight is not always
greatly to be desired in cock. 1t Of
ten leads to injury of his mates; and
rs the bodies of progeny follow the
female largely, extra weight is not so
necessary for the male bird. Since
the hens should be selected from eX-
ceptional layers, it follows that they
should be hens, rather than pullets,
as young pullets have seldom been
we'll tested. The eating capacity OF
both parents deserves the best atten-
ton, as this, coupled with good diges-
ton, usually distinguishes the best,
the most vigorous fowls. Mating at
the proper season is also a cardinal
point.-American Agriculturist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
Forcing for Eggs.

AS a rule it is rot a good plan to
force hens and pullets to great pro-
lifcacy if the birds are ever to be used
as breeders. 1t has tendency to ex-
haust the system and weaken the con-
stitution ultimately to such an extent
that it is surely impossible to obtain
strong, healthy young from such
stock birds. 1t is all right when the
hens are intended only for egg-ma-
chimes. Then the great object is to
get as many eggs in the two or three
years that the hen will be kept as
possible, and then run her into the
meat market for what she will bring.
To bring about this result it is nee
assary to have recourse to a liberia!
use of green meat and bone, small
part of corn and large quantities Of
wheat, oats, buckwheat, sunhower
seed, etc, and a liberal use of stimu-
lating egg foods of some good sort.
Md to this warm hose, plenty Of
exercise all day, and with a good
breed of laying hers eggs will surely
be obtained in quantity.-PouItry Ad
vocate.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21

to throw the feed. About once a week
loosen one end of two Stats, take the
hen out and with an old broom and a
pail of water scrub the box well, and
let it dry. Rub the hen well under
wings and on body with a mixture of
coal oil and salt pork fryings to kill
and keep away lice.
Feed the chickens often, giving a
variety of food, always cooked, for
the first two or three waeks-scraps
from the table, oat meal mush or If
corn meal, scald with boiling water
Keep plenty Of clean, fresh water in a
shallow vessel where it can be easily
reached. When the weather gets
pleasant and the ground warm and
drv, knock the lower side out Of the
box and set out on the or .ss, NOV
ing it about as the place gets dirty
and the grass eaten off. At three or
four weeks old, begin to feed some
wheat or eenings.-Amercan Agri
culturist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21

only the best of the early pullets, the
supply of eggs would be increased
very much, while the expense of feed
ing would be only half, causing the
owner as well as the hens to sing a
different song.
By keeping only the largest and
best laying hens over the second year
for breeders, and giving the early pull
let's plenty of room and good care
the eggs are pretty sure to come
when the prices are high, and that
means profitable poultry.-Victor D..
Caneday, in Poultry Herald.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
Care of Early Chicks.

Most farmers wives have now q
goodly number Matched. Early chicks
pay we'll for little extra care, both
for early broilers and for layers next
winter. I have found the best coop
at least the best a woman can make
who is not very handy with .carpen-
ters' tools and with little spare time
at her disposal,-to be a small goods
box: one that will hold two bushels or
more Split the lid into narrow strips
and tack them on the box with shin
gle nails about two or three inches
apart, leaving one end Of tV1e of the
Stats loose, with the nails only driven
through the stats; then when the hen
is tucked in at the opening, nail those
two on, set the box on it's side and put
in the chickens.
On warm sunshiny days set this
coop out on the sunny side of build
ing or in a sheltered place, so the
chicks can sun themselves in. the
warm box or run about. In the even
ing, after they have crept under the
covers and gone to sleep, gently turn
the box over with the Stats up and
carry into the hen house, where they
will be. warm over night. On cold,
rainy or snowy days leave them in the
house but turn the box on it's side, so
the chickens can run about and get
exercise and be out of the way of the
hen, who will sometimes get fussy
and trample them to death.
Tt is better to feed right in the box
as chicks fed on the bare ground
where it is not grassy are apt to get
the gapes. Be careful to not give them
more than they will eat. If the box
is not big enough to feed in, lay
board in front of the coop on which
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21

The great favor in which Ayers
Pills are held all over the world has
been we'll earned. They are easy and
even pleasant to take, and for all com
plants of the stomach, liver. and bow
lis, are the safest and most thorough
9,edicine in pharmacy. Every dose
effective.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
Improving the Flock.

ways of improving flock of chickens,
and causing them to yield their keep
er larger profit than they ordinarily
would, and one of the most simple
and inexpensive ways is that of selec-
ton, yet it is practiced but very little
among the majority of those engaged
in raising poultry.
In a flock of fowls ordinarily kept,
about half of them hardly pay for
their feed, not to say anything of the
other half one must look for the
money to balance accounts, and OBJ
tain the profit if there is any. Had
those individuals that are not doing a
paying business been culled out and
sent to market, it is plain to be seen
the net profit would have been great
err, if nothing but their feed and care
were taken into consideration. How.
ever, the extra room, which the best
birds would obtain from taking out
the poor ones, would have enabled
they were doing in filing the egg bas
ket-especially would this prove true
in the cold months of the year when
biddie is confined so much indoors.
One of the difficult things to learn
in poultry culture is, that it is not
the number, but the kind of individ-
ual hens or pullets which are kept
that makes the difference in the bal
ance to their credit at the end of the
year. Probably there are a great many
who keep chickens that do not realize
the vast difference in the individual
hens in a flock We can assure them
if they will but take the pains to
watch their fowls in this respect they
willfind some of the hens laying more
than double the number of eggs some
of the others are, and besides there
being a marked difference in the size
of the eggs.
A very grave mistake among a
great many is that of keeping all the
old hens over for laying stock, and
housing them and the laying stock
together. The result generally is few
if any eggs, as the old hens naturally
domineer over the pullets and obtain
the majority of the feed, thus becom-
ing fat internally, which will hinder
if not entirely stop them laying;
while the pullets, which need the
most food to develop them and bring
them up to egg production, have to do
with the little they can get after the
hens have been satisfied, and conse
quently few pullets in the flock will
begin until we'll along towards spring.
By selecting the choicest of the hens
for breeders for the following season
and giving them pen by themselves.
disposing of all others and depending
alone on the early pullets for the win
ter eggs. the result would be quite
different.
In selecting the pullets with an eye
to bountiful egg supply in the win
ter, it pays to keep well in mind the
amount of room available, and regu-
late the number to be kept according
ly. 1t is quite common thing to see
a poultry house with floor space
about 10x12 feet occupied by from
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
POULTRY DEPARTMENT..

Address all comm unica tons to Poultry De-
partment, Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-08-26
HYGIENE OF THE FACE.

A question that very often arises in
my mind is: How is it that women
wnom can remember thinking quite
OLD when [ was child are now look
Ing young and beautiful?" and the an
swer | think lies in the fact that much
more attention is being paid to the
hygiene Of the skin and it's preserva-
ton than in past years, while women
are not using so many cosmetics as
formerly
A very important matter to preserve
a youthful appearance of the skin is
to keep its glands acting in healthy
way. There are two sets of glands in
the skin of the face as in that of
other parts of the body, which serve
to carry off impurities from the body
and purify the blood. These are the
respiratory glands from which we
lose daily a large amount of dirty
water containing waste and effete mat
tiers, and the sebaceous or oil glands.
l. the perspiratory glands are not
acting in proper way, the complexion
becomes muddy, and the skin looks
thick and dull. If the oil glands cease
acting in a proper way, the skin is
apt to look greasy, and the face seems
always dirty, while very often the
mouths of the oil glands become
clicked with hardened matter, and
little dirt sticking on the top of this
causes what is called a b1ackhead Tf<
secretion continues to pour into the
gland, which becomes still further dis
tended, and pressing on the surround
ing tiny blood vessels, sets up inf1am-
nation which eliminates in a pimple.
This very often bursts and leaves a
scar
If the skin is acting, and the diges-
ton is good, this unfortunate train
of circumstances cannot take place,
and the skin appears fresh and cleaS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-08-26
SOME HINTS ON SWIMMING

Go to some place where there
IS sufficient water. There is no use in
trying to swim in dew or a heavy
mist.
Procure a bathing suit. If you were
TO bathe in your store clothes or dress
suit you would be considered eccentric
and justly so.
Procure an instructor. A pretty girl
makes the best instructor for a Young
man and a good looking youth for a
young and timid girl
Enter the water boldly if you are a.
man, timidly if you are a girl. These
are conventional antics. 1t is safe bet
ting that the girl is more familiar with
water thar the man, but that doesn't
count.
Ii you are of the male persuasion re-
main as close as possible to the side
OF your fair teacher; if Of the female
persuasion, remain closer.
Remark that the water is rather
wet today" to show that you can be
witty and original under the most
trying circumstances.
Shrek and yell in order to. furnish
some excitement for the spectators. It
is by such thoughtfulness as this that
we endear ourselves to others.
Now throw out your hands, throw
back your head as though you had the
SPINAL meningitis, draw up your legs
III a girl mean limbs, of course)
take good long breath cit may be
your LAST, and strike out just as they
told you to do in that book you were
studying the night before.
Make bold effort, kick, struggle,
scream for help, swallow a gallon of
water, and say your prayers hurriedlv.
Grab your instructor anywhere. but
about the neck if possible. and hang
on tight. Choke him or her. if pos
sIble. At all events, pull out some of
MS or her hair to remember the oc-
casicn by.
Ii you are not drowned, thank your
instructor kindly for saving your life
a life that was worthless until that
n ment, but which you will now en-
deaVoi tC make W0c-ly, etc.
II you are drowned this NAV he
m1tted.-Truth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-08-26
OF THE COST OF 1T.
More Than 1000 Pounds OF Freight
at SIS Per Hundred.

One of the men who has been in
Alaska has the following tc say of the
cost of the provisions a prospector
should take with him:
No one should venture into the re
gion without some cash and a sufficient
supply of provisions to lest eight
months. One should buy these things
in Juneau, and he should start out
with something like the following:
Four hundred pounds of -four, 100
pounds of beans, 100 pounds of bacon,
100 pounds of sugar, 10 pounds of tea,
80 pounds OF coffee, $50 pounds of
mixed fruit, salt, pepper and cooking
utensils. The whole outfit can be
purchased we'll within $50. The cost
OF conveying this stock of provisions
to the head-wate1s of Lake Under
man will average about SIS per 100
but even that makes it considerably
cheaper than the same goods can be
purchased in the mining camp
understand that the commercial com
pany has decided to carry freight for
travellers next season. If this is true
the cost to the prospector will be ma
terially lessened. On the trip from
Juneau the Indians are employed in
the heavy work. They are paid from
to % cents a pound, but the average
is Is, as already stated l think it
well to mention that the credit sys-
tenn has been entirely done away with
in Dawson. No one can make a pur-
chase of any kind without the neces-
sary cash in the shape of dust OF
course it must not be understood that
we would let man staIve but, on the
other hand, no one must expect TO be
supported by the generosity of the
people. We are all hard workers I'D
there. and if any man will work he
can always make a living. The i'm
preston seems to prevail that the
mines are close to Dawson City. That
is amistake. The rich creeks are fif-
teen miles off, and it is days Jour
ney to reach them The camp there is
as pretty place as one desires to see
The white tents and huts of the miners
are scattered along the banks of the
creeks or built on the mountain sides,
as convenience or fancy dictated"