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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-08
THE EL0UDIKE GOLD Fields TN ALASKA.

The United States Government in
1857 paid Russia 81, 200, 900 for the
Territory of Alaska says the Chicago
Himes-Herald.
alaska has paid back her purchase
money in gold four times, having pro-
duced during the time it has been a part
of the United States about $50, ,0O0,-
600 of the precious yellow metal. !
To-day the eyes of the world are
turned toward our frozen acquisition
in the north, for within it's borders
has been discovered an Eldorado, SEEM
ingly "richer than Pluto's mine. {"
A few weeks ago the word Klondike,
literally translated meaning Deer
River, was known to georaphers and
a few miners on the Yukon; to-day it
is on every tongue and is known as
the designation, if the reports be but
hah true, for gold-bearing district
greater in area and richer in character
than any the world has known, with
the possible exception of California.
The reported gold discoveries of the
present day in Alaska and the report
ed gold discoveries of 40 in California
afford many parallels: To the average
man the treasures of the coast State
were seemingly as inaccessible as are
the riches Of the Yukon and its tribu-
taries: One was more than 1000 miles
across trackless desert and over
snow-bouDd mountain passes, beset
by savages, whose deadly attacks
marked the trail with bleaching bones
across the Western States; the other
is nearly 1000 miles by water, through
rigorous climate, or almost 1000
miles by land and water, with noun
tain passes to scale as dangerous as
those of the Swiss Alps.
The fabulous tales of wealth sent out
by the California pioneers were no less
wonderful than those brought back by
the men who braved the last cold
season in the Klondike mineral belt,
and in both cases those who returned
brought back with them great nuggets
of the precious stuff that left little OF
no doubt in the mind of the nearer.
The California miner in the song who
had SO many nuggets that he was &C
customed to Ego hatful blind" finds
his parallel in the Yukon miner who
claims to have washed out" S212 in
one painful OF dirt-a process that re-
quires ten or twelve minutes.
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retcs... 49,. J.SJA .lG 'inoSar, AA,vo.
the enemy had reached the ground
and while still further seeking safety
in flight, he was pounced upon with
increased and combined fur. He
would rear back upon his hind legs
and thrust his long hairy feelers out
toward his antagonists and apparently
snap at and rush at them. But the
wary little adversaries kept up their
fusillade till they had literally torn
limbs and body all to pieces.-Sher-
man lTexasl Register.
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Tho Shah of Persia.

The Shah of Persia is in search of a
sanitarium. A Tifiis paper reports
thai Russian doctor, who was tenn
porarily resident in Teheran under or
ders to prevent the spread of the
plague, has seen the Shah and pro-
nounces him to be suffering from dis
ease of the kidneys and gout, which
will compel him to resort to o foreign
watering place for cure. A Russian
place, Borzhom, which is half way be-
tween Tifis and Batoum, is being
strongly recommended to the Shah.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-08

: Inventor Safely Faces the Lead Fired at
Ten Paces-Medical Witnesses Amazed
Success at Revolver Experiments
Prompt inventor to Rifle Tests.
Brother Casimir Zeglen covered his
breast with piece of his own bullet
proof cloth yesterday afternoon and set
himself up as target for lead bullets.
He was not hurt.
DR.. F. II. Westerschulte emulated
the example of Brother Casimir. He
said the sensation of being hit by q
thirty-eight-caliber bullet, fired at o
distance of ten PAGES, was like being
2oked in the ribs.
These were final tests to determine
the qualities of Brother Casimir's bull
let-proof cloth. The inventor demon
strated his own faith in the invention
by giving his own body for target.
The bullets were Of calibers from
thirty-two to forty-four, and all were
fred from a distance of ten PAGES.
Regulation revolver cartridges were
used. Brother Casimir thinks his
thoroughly alive and healthy condition
ought to be sufficient proof of his
claim to having invented the first
genuinely successful bullet-proof fab
ric. The cloth of Dove and other
Europeans has proved valueless.
Ever since Carter H. Harrison was
assassinated by Prendergast Brother
Casimir has been at work on this idea.
Every moment that could be spared
from his regular duties as member of
the Roman Catholic Order of Resur-
rectionists was given to the effort of
producing q fabric which should with
stand the impact of bullet: He felt
certain he had succeeded, but gained
but little encouragement until DR.. l..
G. Borland became interested in his
work. Then tests were made in the
usual way-by the use of cadaYers and
animals a5 targets.
1t remained to be demonstrated that
the new fabric would protect hu-
man life. Neither Brother Zeglen
nor DR.. Borlaud had any doubt of
the fabrics efficacy in stopping the
flight of bullet. There was o ques-
tion whether the force of the bullets
impact might be 80 distributed that |
the blow might still be dangerous.
DIR. Borland turned the roof of his
private hospital ut Ogden avenue and
Twelfth street into n place of test.
Men whose integrity could not be i'm
peached were invited to be present.
The human target was so arranged
that the person offering himself for
could not be injured un-
less the bullet-proof cloth failed to do
its work. A shield was set up made
ne +;-rhc- III, III. s5-2raI 7h-rsttllii;:1-- cs
-. ! L. = !. :
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Across the Sahara Desert.

A letter has just reached the Gov
ernor-General at Algeria from the Gov
ernor of the French colony of Senegal,
by way Of Timbuctoo. The dispatch
was carried by Arab couriers on
dromedari,s, and it constitutes the
first knoL'n instance on record Of
European ',tficial communications hav-
Ing trayesl sd the great Sahara DESERT
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that it goes down to 70 degrees and
lower. During all this kind of winter
up in the Yukon region little can be
done but sit about fire in a vain en-
deayor to keep warm, for darkness
exists most of the time, and the life
seems like that of @ man uncomforta-
bly seated at the bottom of well.
During the summer season the days
are sometimes even q little bit hot,
but not for long. In that time. too,
there is almost continual day, for that
end of the earth (for it may be so
called) is the one that is pointed dl-
rectly at the sun.
But as the summer brings warmth
and daylight it also brings mosquitoes.
And such mosquitoes. Creatures tha1
buzz and bite in such way as to
make the dreaded Jersey variety seem
by comparison like the silvery, angelic,
sweetly, humming fancies OF peace
full dream. The travellers who return
from the Yukon region tell stories OF
how brave and strong men, courageous
enough to undertake the perils q Jour
ney to that country involves, actually
break down and sob in utter despera-
ton and despair under the torments
of these terrible pests. The ice and
the magnificent distances" OF the
country are not the only drawbacks to
its exploration or to iourneying to the
gold fields; the mosquitoes must ever
be remembered.
Of course, in the southern part OF
Alaska, where Juneau and Sitka are
situated, the winters are not so rlgor-
GUS. There the weather is compare
lively mild, and in summer is said to
be delightful. But Juneau and Sltka
are infnitesimal as compared with the
whole country, and they are not m In
dex to what is furnished farther up
and farther inland.
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sparrows Fight a Tarantula.

On Walnut street there is an unused
private mail box. In this box the spar
rows built their nests and Matched
their young. Recently there was a
great ado made by the birds in that
neighborhood, and examination proved
that a large tarantula had assembled
the post and was threatening the safety
of the little baby birds.
An almost infinite variety of chirup-
inc. callinn signaling, .futte-iru ar:!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-08

An Orlando (Fla.) citizen, who is
known locally as successful inventor,
has devised an apparatus cy means OF
which he says he can by suction trans n
BORT grain for several hundred miles
from inland felds ia .iYer boats.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-08

rose above the level of the commonest
Of miners have come back to civlllza-
tion and comfort loaded with gold to
last them o lifetime. Take as an IL
lustration this list of returned miners
who came on the Excelsior:
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snow, where, during part of the sum.
mer, there is continuous day and dur
ing the winter continuous, dreary
night. The Alaskan coast line is
greater than our Atlantic seaboard, but
the entire population of whites, Eski!
mos and fierce Indians, who are called
the Apaches of the north, is not much
more than that of ward division in
Chicago.
In acquiring the Alaskan Territory,
though the United States moved its
center, figured in geographical miles,
not in area or population, as far west
as San Francisco. The country now
extends from about the sixty-ffth de-
gree of longitude up at the far east
corner of Maine to the 122d degree up
at the far northwest tip of the Alaskan
This is taking no account:
of the little island of Attu, 1000 miles:
out in the Pacific, beyond the Hawaiian;
group, which, since the purchase of,
Alaska, has really been our western
land limit. ~ II
The United States, therefore, may
almost say with England that the sun
never sets on its possessions.
The principal river in Alaska, the
Yukon, up which prospeotors have to
work their weary way to reach the
gold fields was called by Schwatka, the /
Alaskan Nile. 1t rises little more
than 200 miles above Sitka, in the
southern part of Alaska, and then
strikes northward, following q broad
circle to the west before it empties
into Bering Sea through an extensiYsl
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AlasIna and Its Resources.

aIHSIlIt HnU ICS IseBOuTcebs q
In the purchase of Alaska, the United
States acquired Territory more than
half million square miles in extent,
O part of it within the arctic circle and
in the region of everlasting ice and
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the means of transportation to tina,

the means Of transportation to tina,
frozen region are owned by American
companies.
In the past miners of >any national.
ity have been free to enter any new
-diggings and stake out their claims
without restriction. Canadian miners
are now free to work across the border
IN the Alaskan fields. What the result
of an exclusion act would mean to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-08

To continue the trip, though, boat
is necessary and by some means or
other one must be had.
After securing his boat the travel
er floats down Lake Lindeman and
Lake Bennett and then has half mile
of portage where his boat has to be
-ccrad or rollers. ThAre is onv
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;'',-'a- siaa sE@ Is .n',g T2si~
+R-en@A ai.5eA 20 gees ~ .ciiss alG
: !ai!e ii 7g,:;e s,c 70
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MAN AS BULLET TARGET.
CLOTH THAT PROVED ABSOLUTELY
lMPERVloUS TO DEADLY MISSILES.

Inventor Safely Faces the Lend Fired at
Ten Paces-Medical Witnesses Amazed
Success at Revolver Experiments
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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17

Five furlongs, selling, nadens. twoyeHr- olds-
Fonsayannhh sS Oh. Martin), TO l..............l
Mr.. Hunt lU4 (Sherrer) 10 l...,................2
Homellke 90 (Cawson), TO L.. -. ........... 3
Time 1;0419. Black Dude l05, *Ennomia 80,
Mrs keeves So Joe Anderson 9s, Ghristabsl 95
and Charmeuse 10l also ran. $favorite.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
TRAMPS CAPTU7E A Tram.
Driven eff and Ten Arrested After
a Furious Fight With Eenicia
Officers.

BENICIA, CAL, Aug. 16.-Freight train
No. 8, in charge of Conductor Davis and
Engineer Marks, was captured here this
evening at 5:45 o'clock by a bana of
about twenty tramps. who endeavored to
loot the cars. The train was ready to
start, when the tramps boarded it and
took possession of the caboose, driving the
conductor and brakeman out. One of
them fired shots at the brakeman, but,
fortunately, did not hit him.
The engineer, seeing the condition OF
affairs, did not start the train, and the
peace officers of the town were hastily
sent for. Constables Malone and hyde
and Marshal Opperman an we're soon on the
ground and a furious fight ensued, result
ing in the capture of ten and the dispers-
ing of the balance. During the fight one
of the tramps had leg broken in three
places and others suffered severe scalp
wounds.
The tramps made an unsuccessful at
tempt to break Jail tonight, but were dis
covered in time by the officers. An ex
animation of the injured men shows that
one OF the tEamps had his skull fractured,
and the one whose leg was broken will
have to have the member amputated.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
SILVER PEAK COMPANY WINS.
Failure of the Attempt to Wrest
From It Mining Lands in
Nevada.

CARSON CITY, NEv., Aug 16-An i'm
portant decision was rendered in the
United States Court this morning by
Judge Hawley in one of the Silver Peak
mining suits. 1t was that of A. Garrard
against the Silver Peak mines an action
in ejectment to recover from the 81 yer
Peak mines certain lands situated in Es-
meralda County. with valuable mill tail
ings thereon. Defendants had been using
the land since June. 1895 making excava-
tlons to the damage of the plaintiff OF
$4,000. mill and other provements
had been built by the defendants 10 the
value of about $120. .000
The contention arose through mistake
OF the Surveyor of Nevada at the
time the land was taken up; The land
should have been in pat %, but by the
error it was recorded as in 5S. Garrard,
who was surveyor, together with others,
then attempted to get the land.
The court decides that the State has no
title to the lands under the 1000, 900 acre
grant, this land being of salt or saline
character and exempt from grant The
plaintiff relies on a mistake in one of the
courses described IN a United States pa
tent. The mistake was not of such a
ch aracter as could be taken advantage of
by the Plaintiffs or his grantors. IL was
not made in the survey; it was simply
clerical error. The decision was in favor
of the defendants.
John Mackav had arranged to take the
mine In case the defendant won the suit.
and his representatives., A. NJ. Won BILE
and George d. Roberts, are to assume
charge. The mine is in the southern part
OF Esmeralda County, and is one of the
richest in the West.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
W3E CKE0 BIZ A BUnKiNG STUMP
Fast Freight on the Southern Pacific
Ieraiied in Cregon-A Tramp
loses His Life.

PORTLAND, Or, Aug. 16-The South
ern Pacific freight 81, bound for Portland.
was derailed in Cow Creek Canyon at an
early hour this morning by burning
stump rolling on the track. The engine
was overturned and eight cars left the
track. Fireman Robert McEwen of Port
land was seriously scalded. An unknown
tramp from Portland riding on the brake
beam was killed and three other tramps
were injured. Brakeman J. N. Flock S
leg was broken.
The train was running at the rate OF
twenty miles an hour. The engineer saw
a big stump on fire on the edge Of the
canyon break loo and coma tum bling
down, but he saws that reversing his lever
di no good, and it was too late to stop.
For time The vicinity OF tie acclden mt
was the scene Of the greatest excitement.
The crew of the freight was badly fright.
ened when the eight cars left the track.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
Time, -2:151a-2.151a-2 :Is.
KLAMA7H TO RACE At STOCKTON.
Free-for-W 7rotting Event to Be
hdded to the Programme
for Fair Week.

STOCKTON, CAL. Aug. 16.-To- morrow
there will be another meeting OF the
directors of the Stockton Driving Club,
who are arranging for the coming race
meet ana fair next month. The next
batch of entries for the track events does
not close until September 2, but already
the entries for the running races ar. COM
ing very rapidly, and this part OF the pro-
gramme prom ises to outclass anything on
The circuit this year. Other fairs ar. not
Offering the runners the same induce
ments that are being held out by the
managers of the Stockton meet, and in
consequence the programme will be one
OF the best seen in years.
To-day letter was received from Butte,
Montana. from G. NJ. Judd, owner of
klamath, asking that free-for-all trot be
added to the programme, and mising
Klamath and five other entries. This
race will draw great crowds, as the sensa-
tiona race trotted here two years ago
with Klamath, Mckinney and others on
the lists fingers long in the memory OF the
lovers of hor sef1esh.
The space in the pavilion is being taken
rapidly. The display there promises to be
the best seen in many years.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
: rm Broken in E,oht Places.

PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, Aug. 16.-Ben-
lamin Norton, one OF the Mammo 9th Livery
Stables employees, was the victim of se-
Ilous and peculiar accident yesterday.
He was in the loft of the stable filing the
feed slide with hay and standing with his
BACK to the open trap through which he
entered the loft He lost his footing and
fell backward through The trap TO the
ground floor of the stable, breaking his
lett arm in eight places in the fall 1t is
Detleved that the unusual mum Der of frac-
lures was caused by his striking the lad.
der several times in falling. He received
other bad bruises.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
Struck by a Drunken Man.

STOCKTON, CAL, Aug. 16-Charles
Ward, a conductor on the Valley road
and who is known as pretty good sort
Of fellow, went on a spree yesterday and
WAS in court this morning as a result,
He had to answer to a charge of battery
preferred by w. S.. Runyon, also Valley
road employe. Runyon was sitting in
front OF the Occidental Hotel at about 4
O clock yesterday afternoon, when w ard
ca me along. Without word of warning
Ward planted his good right fist upon
Runy on's nose. breaking that useful
mem ber and disfiguring his face generally
RGnyon says he oes not know why he
was struck. Ward pleaded guilty this
NOR ming and the court fined him $40.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
REDWOOD FARM.

n IDEAL LARGE COUNTRY RESORT IN
~ Sonoma County: frsg-class accom- modationS;
hot and cold mineral baths; circulars. w. "A.
THOMPSON.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
Strike a., Mnrrow.tone Point.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Aug. 16.-
Work on the gun empiacements for the
Notifications at Marrowstone Point, op-
posite this city, has been temporarily sus-
pended, owing to strike among the
twenty men clearing land on the point.
Up to ate the men have been paid 81 65 a
day each, and given daily transportation
Tree. This order of things has, however.
been changed now, and the men are re-
qnired to board at the point, pay 81 80
IA week therefor This leaves but IS per
m an for weeks work. To-day an effort
was made to get men from Seattle, but
without success, as a result of which all
clearing of land has been suspended.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
DIR UAKEN MN AND IN Ak.
Furniture in Poor Tom0n's Humble
Home Hrecked.

u III u OOf " OnbGn'S humble
Home Wrecked.
STOCKTON, CAL, Aug. 16.-Mrs. Neal,
who is hard-working woman living OH
Washin gton street, below Com cree, has
much TO be pit!ed for. With two little
Children and a worse than useless hus-
band she has been struggling along 10
keep body and soul together. To-day she
appeared at the police office and asked
for protection and a warrant for the ar
rest of her husband.
Last Wednesday night Neal came home.
His wife had given him money with
which to go to San Francisco and get
work, but he spent it for liquor and came
back to abuse her. Going into the cellar
he procured an ak, and with that he pro-
ceeded to wreck the poor woman's belong.
ings. The family sewing machine, which
helped to make a humble living, was
broken into fragments. The lounge and
chairs, the BILE she and her children ate
upon, and even the dishes she had, were
wrecked. Neal will be severely dealt with.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17

One nile Selling
Inspirer 81 &c Murphy, to 2..................
Addie Buchanan s9 (stevens), 10 l.............2
Parole d'Or 81 (HalD, TO .........S 8
Time, :43 Bob CLANCY eS, soundmore 1O4,
Virginia NJ 81, Liz ze il 81, @outaway 102, Nico-
lini 81 and Irish Chief 80 also *Fayorite.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17

Five furlongs lightweight handicap
Tripping / l6 Oh Martin), TO 1.................1
Tallahassee III (Snerrer), 4 to Mountaineering
Trilie tie 122 tDoggett) 20 o2.................3 8
Time, 1:0334. sYemen 1873, Urmont 105 and
Junk los a SO ran ~tavoriIe
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17

One mile and seventy yards
May Ga'lop 81 (peterman), 2 to o1..............1
esquire q 80 (Combs), TO o5.....................2
Can Galiop 80 (HaID, 10 2...................
Time, 1:471a Jack Bradley 81, Ransom SO
ana Aryan lO1 also *Favorite
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
Aqua CiL!ENTE SPRINGS.

CONOMA VALLEY. OPEN ALL THE YEAH
~ hours from San Francisco. Elegant Modern
Hotel Warm Mineral Swimming and Tub
Baths send for Circulars Address AG ia CALL
ENTE SPRINGS HOTEL, Aqua Calfente, Cal
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
WINS ~ HEIgF WEATHER.
The Giencrirn D~fsnt- the mericar
Challenger Mono.

The Giencuirn D~feat- the american
Challenger Mono.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Aug. 16.-The
second of the series OF Internal tional races
for the Seawanhaka challenge cup for
twenty -footers was sailed over course of
twelve miles on Lake ST. Louis to-day.
The Canadian defender Glencairn II won.
crossing the finishing line ahead of the
American challenger Mono by 4 min. "a
sec. 1t was a splendid race, but the
Canadian boat had the best Off through
out. The wind and sea suited her to per-
lection. To-day's race showed conclu-
sively that The Glencaun is the faster
heavy-weather boat, while the Mono is
better in light winds. II the strong wind
holds out the rem ainder of the series the
Canadian boat has the better chance of
winning.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
srearing Jurors 10 Try Plv,or.

SANTA CKUZ, CAL, Aug. 16.-The case
Of George F. Plyor, charged with may
hem, was called this morning in the
Superior Court The defense made b ard
fight for a continua nee, presenting affi-
avits, showing that Mrs. Plyior was too
i'll to appear and that d. w. Burchard,
one OF the defendants attorneys. was ill.
The District Attorney objected and Judge
Smith refused continuance, and ordered
the impaneling of jurors. The defense
claims that the refusal of a continuan ce
is an error which will give the defendant
a new trial on appeal to the Supreme
Court.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17

One and quarter miles
Havoc 100 horpt), to .....................i
Ferrier 100 (Mahe to ...,.......,...........2
Time, c:1412. Two starters.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17
San jose Granoe rn,tif,st-.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 16.-Prepara-
tions have been begun by San Jose Grange
for the second annual farmers institute
TO be held in this city on November and
6 under the direction of the State Grange
Already interest has been awakened, and
the indications are that there will be a
much larger attendance Of orchardisls
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-17

and farmers this year than last year. The
institute held last Novem ber was de-
cided success and efforts will be made to
make the coming one of greater benefit to
the farmers and fruit growers. There will
be many able speakers present, Including
a number of professors from Berkeley and
Stanford, and subjects of great interest to
those engaged in agriculture, horticulture
and viticulture will be discuss ed.