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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
Dog Sledpiup,


You are Off. The leaders, whip
cracks merrily and away you go over
the tundra, following your worldly
possessions with sn anxious eye. The
little fe lows bark and tug and lie down
to their work as though they liked It..
Your fe It are warm, your soul is at
peace and you begin to enjoy it.
Pretty soon your dogs, instead of fol-
lowing the othe carefully, take a
GRO :s-cut. They come to log. Then
they all sit down on the launches,
look about with a pleased expression
and bark. OF course, you swear. There
was never a dog driver who did not
swear. Your partners come back and
help you out of the mess, and on you
go again at the rate of four miles an
hour. Those who go to the Klondyke
grained animal. Often they do the
wrong thing with the best Intentions
in the world. Each has his peculiar
titles. Some are gOod-humored and
some are snappish.
A word or two about camping on the
KlOndyke route may not be amiss. An
Indian is wise and cunning in many
things, but in building fire to tit the
white mems pots and kettles he is a
failure. He builds cOnical fire.
Build your fire in layers, with each
stick parallel and at right angles with
those beneath. Place bit of kindling
on top, put your ''chinyk.' or coffee
pot, on the kindling and then light it
not at the bottom, but at the top Thus
you get quick action from the flame.
In selecting camp at night, place
your ten: with its side TO the wind and
build your fire at the entrance, so the
! smoke will blow across the opening in
stead of into it.
In cutting spruce bough for your bed
| place the twigs with the stems down
and the tips up that your couch may be
soft and springy Place green log at
the fovt of the bed to keep your blank
cts cut of the fire.
Before you do all this, however, cut
poles for a temporary staging and lift
! the dog sled with it's load intact to a
heven of refuge away from the dogs.
Also hang your harness out of their
| reach Harness au natural in one OF
of their favorite articles of diet.
Give each dog his supper before go.
ing to bed, or he may tackle the 1ur
robe that covers you and make off wi I b
it: If water is scarce, place enough
snow over your ''chinyk' to melt and
| fill it during the ght. Hang your
boots before the-irs that they may be
dry for.the next days march. For he
| first few days the balls of your feet are
sore. where they have struck against
the bars of the snow shoes, but You will
soon get used to it. You have long
siuce realized that this is no child's
journey.
| Fifteen miles aday Is /. good journey
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
JOUNEY TO KLONDYKE.
THE ROUTE AND MANNER OF TRAY
ELING TO THE GOLD FIELDS.
Go by Way of Juneau and Overland to
Dawson City-Ihe Cost OfTrav-
ell and Living Expenses.
THE START.

To the prospective miner who goes
to Klondyke three things are peces
sary. They are endurance, patience
ana at least 81 900.
! Without endurance he would never
reach the mines.
| Without patience he would never
locate payirg claim.
| Without money sufficient for tram
SpOrtatiOn and proper outfit it would
be useless for him to start.
The last steamers have started or
are about to start up the coast for
S attic, Juneau and ST. Michael. AL
ready in Klondyke the nights are
growing longer. Pretty SION the
sun will set directly in the south and
later on it will peep above the southern
horizon for only an hour daily:
Then the half-starved Klondyke
.prospector, with the mercury at ~
degrees below zero, will snuggle down
in his frozen cabin like a muskrat in
its shock, and dream of the stark dead
miners in Chilka Pass and along the
icy reaches of the Yukon-fools whom
dreams of gold have lured into tempt
ing death in a winter journey to the
mines.
1t would be extremely foolhardy for
a man to start for KlOndyke with less
than 800 in his pocket. L, would
take at least $500 to get within ZOO
miles of the gold fields, with only his
travelling bag in his hand. If he SHOULD
go on without a miners kit and proper
supplies, the scarcity of food and the
exorhitant prices would take the res
and he would find himself working for
SIS day in Klondyke and paying $14
for board.
Let US say you have $1,000 in your
pocket and the time of year is favor
able for trip to Klondyke. Buy moth
ing but your clothes at home. You
can get all other necessaries on the
Pa"ific coast and avoid excess baggage
Four heavy suits of wooden underwear
will cost you about $l2. You will want
at least two rough suits of working
clothes. which YOU may get for SO
suit. Do not throw up your hands in
horror. All your adude instincts will
b ave vanished before you get over the
pass. You will pay about So for half
dozen flannel sh rts. A dozen pairs of
wooden socks, felt hat and a heavy
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
could do, because the company knows

could do, because the company know:
just what you want.
Secure your guarantee and pay for
it Def, re leaving Seattle. You pay
S 5 for your ticket to Juneau and boar
the t-iweekly steamer. Three days OF
beautiful travel among islands still
grayish green with the mild coast win
Ter and you are at Juneau. You already
begin to sniff the plscers from afsr.
| Away off to the north are the huge,
white bulv arks which you must cross
| before YOU can reach the Ell Dorado.
Between yon and their SUBMITS are
the league long levels of snow and
cold-nature's white death robe.
You will find Juneau a strange little
| town, cold, half-frozen aud huddled
close to the mouth of an inland bay
The queer little houses are dismaying.
The strange looking Chilkats walk
about, peeriug from beneath their
hooded furs. Fish, not gold, is their
am bitiOn.
Occasionally one appears leading in
leash half dozen wild looking dogs.
AS the camel is the ship of the trOpic
desert, so are these dogs the little steam
engines of the Arctic.
At Juneau you must purchase your
supplies for the trip overland to the
mines. The first thing to be done is to
buy a sled. These sleds weigh about
600 pounds and require six dogs to draw
them.
You are not yet through buying.
You must have fur gloves. They will
cost you So. You must have mukluks,
or mud moccasirs, for which you pay
81 These are made OF fur seal. with
the fur inside. They come to the knee
Or all the way up to the thigh, as you
may choose. Get snow shoes of the
tngalik pattern for SO a pair, and at
asst you are ready. If you are not an
experienced dog driver, woe be unto
YOU. What you can do is to trust in
and follow the leader. This
GU prepare to do.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
Attractive Figures

come with good health. 1t is easily
seen when woman has perfect health,
her face and figure show it. The pain
full disorders and disea- es that af1iict
womenkind make themselves seen as
well as felt. Dull eyes, blOtched or
s.llOw face, and wasted form, follow
them. This is the time to turn to the
right remedy. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription builds up and strengthens
the system, and regulates and promotes
every proper function. It's quietiug,
soothing nervine. 1t corrects and
cures, safely and surely, all those
delicate erapgeme hts, weaknesses, ir
regularities aud diseases peculiar to
the sex. For young girls just entering
wOmanbOOd: woman at the critical
''change of life;" and every woman
who is rundown or Overworked, it's
something to remember that there's q
medicine that will help you.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
FOR SALE

HOUSE 214, South Cam pbell street,
five rooms, 81, 500; part cash.
CORNER OF CAMPBELL and Tex
as streets; room for four houses 'front.'
| ing east. Price low.
EIGHTY-SIX feet fronting North
| Kansas street for 5000.
HOUSE NO. GA San Antonio street.
LARGE LOT on St. Louis street
near Campbell ST.
HOUSE No. 21S Myrtle street with
lot extending through to San Antonio.
WARE HOUSE PROPERTY on Ell
Paso street below Ketelseh & Dege-
tau's Very cheap. Reached by three
railroad tracks.
LARGE BRICK WAREHOUSE at
bargain.
CULTIVATED and uncultivated
lands in the valley above and below Ell
Paso.
CORNER LOTS on San Antonio
street near residence of Waters Davis.
SIXTY FEET on West Overland
street near City Hall
TWO STORY HOUSE No. Bill Tex
as street.; for So, 1OO $500 cash-balance
in quarterly payments.
SATTERTHWAITE ADDITION
Corner of Oregon and Rio Grande
streets, seven lots cheap.
NORTH EAST corner, Block Alex
anders addition.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
on the Kloudyke route. The dogs will

on the Klondyke route. The dogs will
| seldom stand more.
| Occasionally you may kill a moose
or caribou and have fresh meat.
Sometimes the Indians will bring it to
you. 1t is best to pack your bedding
in an oil skin cover. Thus protected
you will always find it dry.
The route is directly up the Chilkat
river and, with few exceptions, you
will find travelling on the ice mo-
derately good as far as the Indian s
portage takes.
When your dogs have drawn you
through the last canyon and out of
Mud Lake, the real trouble begins.
Here the river is about a quarter of a
mile wide and very swift. 1t rapidly
narrows into canyon 80 feet iu width.
The walls On eithec side are she and
smooth, and the water whirl between
them like the whirlpool of Niagara.
Everyb body goes down ahead to inspect
the rapids before the shooting" pro-
cess. Many outfits are lost here.
There is no other resource but to shoot
the chutes, and hair-raising process
it is.
1t is only half minute, but it is live
ly while it lasts. The ice cold water
drench you; its roar will deafen you.
Bailing must be constant and lively or
under you go. 1t is the custom to let
the boats down the White House
rapids with long ropes, a supply of
which you take along. Then you are
confronted successfully by the Fire
Finger Rapids and the Rink Rapids
and the rapids in Lake LabOrge.
When you are through with all this,
you emerge on the broad ice of Lewis
river, and once more you take up your
slow, wearisome march for the Klon-
dyke.
Sometimes the trip from Juneau
takes three months; sometimes it takes
less. You have by this time grown
used to cold, to hardship and privation.
Y our hair is long and unkept, and so is
your beard. When will the long trav-
ell be over?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
Reasons Why Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and DiarrhOea Rem
edy Is the Best

Reasons Why Chamberlafn's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy is the Best
l. Because it affords almost instant
relief in case of pain in the stomach,
collie and cholera mOrbus.
2. Because it is the only remedy that
never fails in the most severe cases of
dysentery and diarrhoea.
3. Because it is the only remedy that
will cure chronic diarrhOea.
4. Because it is the only remedy that
will prevent bilious collie.
5. Because it is the only remedy that
will cure epidemical dysentery
&. Because it is the only remedy that
can always be depended upon in cases
of cholera infantum.
7. Because it is the most prompt and
most rella BILE medicine in use for bowel
complaints.
8. Because it produces no bad results.
8. Because it is pleasant and safe to
take.
10. Because it has saved the lives of
more people than any other medicine
in the world.
The 25c and 500 sizes for sale by all
druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

county in Oregon show that the wheat
crop will be the largest in the history
of the state. Eastern Oregon, it is
estim ated, will produce approximately
II 800, 900 bushels, while the Western
Oregon crop will amount to about g..
100000, making a total of Is, 600, OO(
bushels for the state. Harvesting has
commenced in almost every section of
the state, and wheat appears to be OF
excellent quality.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

Roborowsky, the Russian explorer,
has discovered a place in central Asia
where no rain, but only snow, falls at
any time throug hou5 the year. He
found this delightful summer resort in
the Thu betan highlands at an altitude
Of 1850 feet. The thermometer on
June 10 was y degrees below zero,
Cen igrAde. There was no sign of life
save the appearance of a few Grongo
autelopes, and these were in such an
exhausted condition that they passed
within few yards of the explorer
without showing any signs OF fear,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

Imam interview witha newspaper cor.
respondent, Gen. Lee. is quoted to have
said, in answer to question if he feared
any personal violence. mo, sir; the
Spanish know we'll that the day they
harm hair of my head that is the day
that the United States will declare
war;
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

The Roswell Register says: We have
private infor nation to the effect that
the Old Abe Mining company of White
Oaks. have arrangements perfected for
resumipg work on that valua BILE mine
As soon as they get the debris of the
cave in out of the way, they will begin
to take out rich ore, as they had just
struck large body of rich ore when
the caXe-in Occurred
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

But first cal bin must DE built. You
naturally select spot away out on the
edge of the town and near the bed of
the magic creek.
The gaunt and hungry miners come
to visit you. They offer you dollar
for a needle and thread. They offer
you $25 for pair of rubber boots.
whjskered fellows, but they are ragged
You build your cabin. While you
are doing it they tell you strange
stories. One tall, black-whiskered man
came into town from the Upper Klou-
dyke and got drunk. A barber, seeing
shining speck 10 his beard, shaved
him while helpless. His whiskers
panned out $40.
Don't believe it, oh, tenderfoot. Say
nothing and go to work. The goal is
| won, but the god is not. 1t is very
cold, even in May. In the winter
whisky is served in solid chunks on
napkins at ST. chunk, and other
| necessaries of life at proportionate
prices.
You will find the country well tim
bered about ,Klondyke. The summer
is dry, hot and pleasant. Grain most
ly is "a failure. Turnips and raddish es
will flourish, aud potatoes, though
small, will grow well. Cabbages will
not head at all. Fodder is abundant,
and cattle should be easily kept if
they were brous ht into the country.
| The growth of plants is rapid after
the snow disappears. In June, the
sun IT'S about 1920 p. m. and rises
about a. m. Even at midnight, how
ever, it is almost as ight as at noon
, day.
! The mean temperature of Klondyke
for the four seasons is as follows:
| Spring, IA y.
Summer, 59.67.
J. Autumn, 1873.
| Winter, 1880.
| Think of it-a mean winter temper
ature of 30 degrees below zero.
The winter fall of snow is between
and 10 feet.
But you have reached Kloudyke.
Out of 81 800 you have Sl30 left. You
are healthy AID courageous. Now
stake out your clam a1d go to work
and may luck follow your efforts.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

"A mammoth derrick to handle onyx
has been erected near the taxless depot
by the Big Bug onyx people. The der
rick has a capacity of lifting twenty
tons at one time Mr.. Cruce. the
freighter who will haul the onyx, will
use this derrick. Five similar derricks
are to be erected at the quarries. These
five derricks will be run by steam
pOwer--Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
Southern Pacific Excursions.

| Commercial Agent Hunt, of the
Southern Pacific, has received tele.
graphic notice of reduction in excur-
| sion rates to California points, /. e.,
Santa Monica, Long Beach San Pedro,
San Buena Ventura and Santa Barba-
Thursday June End, and each succeed
ing alternate Thursday during the
summer. Limit for return ninety days
from date of sale with privilege of
stop overs west of Cotton. Rate from
Ell Paso $45.
The Southern Pacific announce the
following excursions, round trip rates:
The Southern Pacific train leaves Ell
Paso at l: go p. m: daily, reaching New
Ond morning and by taking the close
connecting fast trains east and north
ward at that point passengers reach
Chicago, Cincinnati and Nashville the
following morning and New York early
the second morning.
All year round trip six months limit
tickets on sale to Los Angeles and San
The Southern Pacific is the direct
line to California, no change of cars
being necessary. Train leaves Ell Paso
at 3:35 p. m. daily, reaches Los Angeles
at 800 the following evening and San
Francisco at 6:15 p. m. the following
day.
The tickets will allow stop overs in
California both going and coming.
For further particulars, folders, etc.,
call on:
Z. E. HUNT, COm1. Agent.
HARRY TURNER, Ticket Agent.
Offices corner San Antonio and Oregon
streets and passenger depot, Ell Pa
SO, Texas.
c. w. BEIN, Traf. Mgr, Houston, Tex.
L. j. PARKS, Asst. Gen. Psgr. & Tkt.
ACT, Houston, Tex.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

An Athens correspondent of the
London Athenaeum writes that an i'm
pOrtant archaeological discovery ha:
been made at ParOs. The find is no
thing more nor less than a new frag
menJ of the famous Parian Chronicle
part of which is in the Ashmolear
Museum, at Oxford University. The
rev fragment includes the chronology
of the years B. c.. 1856 to 299; the
period of Alexander and the Diadochi
The priceless value of this new docu
ment is obvious to everyone who has
made study of the history of the an
cient Greeks.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
At kIOndyke.

At last, one day, the leader of the
party, topping rise with his gaunt
dog team. catches the blue curl of
smoke among the trees by the margin
of the river.
"Klondyke! Klondyke.r' is the cry.
Not K ondyke, but Dawson City. Il is
all the same. Five hundred Or more
struggling cabins, tents, mudhouses
and baribooras set on the edge of the
frozen Yukon. This is Dawson City.
The first sight is disappointing. No
women are in sight. The snow is yet
deep on the ground. Over in the bot
tom several miners are lazily picking
away at the gravel. Other are burn
ing it out like roasted corn. You long
to be at it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

A Kansas City woman, is going
abroad this summer, and we'll visit the
tomb of Adam if she can find it. She
wants to place flower on the grave of
a man who followed the advice of his
wife,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

The invoice of imports at Nogales,
as authenticated at the American con-
su!ata, for the quarter ending June 30,
exceeded aggregate value of $780, 900.
The imports of cattle footed up $4,000.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28
WHEN YOU GET THERE.

Cost of shirts. 90
Roots, per pair ......... 10 90
Rubber boots, per pair. ... % 90
Caribou hams, each. . 40 90
Flour, per so pounds. .... 20 90
Beef. per pound Qresh). ....... so
Bacon, per pound. ............. IS
Coffee, per pound -............. 90
Sugar, per pound. ............. so
Eggs, per dozen. 200
Condensed milk, per can. :. 90
Live dogs, per pound. ....... 2 90
Picks, each ..: ~ 10 90
Shovels, each. ID 90
Wages, per dav. 80. Is 90
Lum Der, per | 900 fe et $50 90
Months that mining is possible dur
ing the year, May, June aud July.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

must be heavy and serviceable
and capable of resisting great cold.
You are now ready to start for San
Francisco.
HOW YOU GET THERE.
rare 10 Seattie :.............5 ~ w
Tourist sleeper fare. .. ) 0O
Pullman sleeper. ........ 0O
Steamer fare, Seattle to juneau,
with cabin and meals ... Is 0O
Fare, with berth ... 81 sc
Miles, s. attic to Juneau. L ,0OO
Number of days, Seattle to Juneau.
Cost of living in Juneau per day 50 0O
Steamboat, up Lynn Canal to
Healey's store, miles. 100
Number of days to Healey's store. /
Cost of complete outfit with provi-
sions for one year. 600 OC
Price of dog and sled outfit. 80. 500 90
Last steamer from San Francisco
berths already filled. L. . August &c
Days sailing from Seattle. .
........ Mondays and Thursdays
Total distance in miles. ...........o D, 00C
Total days required for journey. 80
Be st time to start. A pril 10
The North American Transports.
tion and Trading company runs three
steamers from San Francisco to Seattle
thence to ST. Michael and river boats
IrOin ~. HICudCl up Uu0 uhOu rINcl
! to Circle City A ticket on the steam
er Portland or Excelsior from Seattle tC
Circle City costs $50, and it takes the
boat 10 days to make the trip. This
| will not suit your purpose If you want
to start earlier than May l. The las
boat will leave San Francisco Angus.
30. Therefore, if you start in March
which you probably will, you will &C
to Seattle. From there you can take
the steamer of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company to Juneau. This is the
| more feasible route for Marc h travel
| and, in fact, the only one, as il is i'm
possible to get up the Yukon from St
| Michael at that time of the year.
| At Seattle you will find that the
transportation companies will allow
you TO take no provis ons whatever OF
their steamers, but they will guarantee,
to furnish you years provisions fol
300. OF course, you accept. 1t is the
only thing you can do. Besides, in al,
event, it is the most sensible thing yol
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

fur cap, with Gears" may be got for,
say, Sl7. This will fit you out for
everything you will buy this side of
San Francisco, except rifle and re-
volver.
Get Winchester-a plain, heavy,
serviceable gun-and have it tried be-
fore you buy it. 1t will cost you about
$40. A 45-calibre revolver will cot
you SIS more. Buy your ammunition
on the coast. You can pack all this
in your trunk and have room to
spare.
stiff collars at Klondyke. Everything
must be heavy and servicea BILE
and capable of resisting great cold.
You are now ready to start for San
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-28

HoIden's + ositive Pile Cure.
Sufferers use it. Belief will be
speedy and cure positive and permA-
nent II directions are strictly fol-
lowed. For sale by Kelly Il Pollard,
irngpists
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The herald., 1897-08-08

the slightest. AS soon as she dismounts,
she simply slips her hand through the
opening at the side of her skirt and un-
fastens the strap. 1t is a great improve
ment over the old diamond frame skirt
which has panel that unbuttons on the
left side, folds together and buttons over
nat on the right side and is then laid
back under fold Of the full divided
skirt. That is too complicated, un-
graceful and bulky, and when this skirt
is divided looks too much like boomers"
What material would you adviser"
asked stout enthusiast who says she
Is going to tour all through August to
see If she can reduce her weight.
Those who have spent their vaca-
tons awheel," answered the matron,
tell me that tourists suits should con-
sist OF jacket and skirt of waterproof
material, light in weight, and of color
that stands the dust and mud well.
Mine is of waterproof pepper and salt
mixture, and I have wash silk shirt
waists and blouses to wear with it.
You'd all better adopt the diamond
frame and the new diamond frame skirt.
The men are all enthusiastic over the
latter because they claim it will kill the
combination tandem, which all men
hate. New York Sun.