The Monitor-register., 1897-12-10
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Extracts from the "Klondike
Gazette"

Gazette"
A very attractive c~otillion was held
last evening at Mrs. Colonel S~tiggins's.
The dancers enjoyed themselves until a
late hour. The costumes were very
handsome. Miss Mamie Stiggins ap-
peared in a new gown of Canton flannel
trimmed with polar-bear skin, and ear
tabs of seal. Mrs. j. Mortimer Peavey
was handsomely attired in a stunning
creation of her own make, the skirt hav-
ing six godets. made Of army blankets,
trimmed with Astrakhan and spattered
with gold dust. The body was constructed
of jute baggiDg %5zakichu Of crash
sowelinR. Other ladies' rssehtedsasn
equally fine pRaasapse The favors
were Of the useful kind, saA4s6onsisted of
coal, soda crackers and a delightful
variety of canned vegetables. 1t is hoped
that we shall have many functions of a
similar nature during the coming seasons.
The Horse Show which was to have
been given at Kukon City has been aban-
boned, owing to the fact that there were
only three entries. two of which rs& sway
on Thursday evening, and the third was
unfortunately needed to supply food for
its owners Thanksgiving dinner.
We regret to have to say to our patrons
thatsmonsy will no longer be received at
this office in payment of subscriptions
and advertisements. We have already
more gold than we can find room for in
our limited quarters. Beginning with
to day all debts owed us will be- payable
In food-products only. Five pounds of
porter house steak will entitle the sender
to a subscription for thirteen months,
including u beautiful Christmas num-
Der, which, owing to the dearth OF paper
in this vicinity, will be printed in four
oolors on muslin, cotton and window
shades.
The managers of the Jacksonville Hos
pital wish to acknowledge through the
Gazette the receipt OF sixty.five bound
volumes of the proceedings of Congress
from ex Senator Barbecue, who has come
here to restore his shat tered fortunes.
Thanks to these bulky and infiammable
documents, the furnace fires of the hos.
pital have been kept going for the past
week. Other generously disposed pos
SCISSORS ef egood bookss aRitable for fuel,
are earnestly requested to sendeAhwnsssc'
the managers of this worthy institution.
While we condole with the citizens OF
Sitka Corners on the destruction by FIRE
EgfsAheir neWsAnd -handsUengs0lty Hall n
Tuesday last, we congratulate those who
were present at the burning on the oppor.
tunity offered to get thoroughly warm.
1t ia~a pity thai eQnfagrations Of this
magnitude cannot be foreseen, 50 that all
may reap whatever advantage may come
from the disaster. We should ourselves
very much have enjoyed being present,
and no doubt would have thawed out
sufficiently to take a more hopeful view
|eapfsths future.
The Klondike- Milk GsmpEajkznsdoing
a thriving business, and has reduced the
price Of milk to SO cents a hundred
weight. Newcomers find it difficult to
get used to the idea of having milk
served in solid frozen blocks, but when
they realize the advantages of having
that necessary fluid presented in such a
way that it cannot be spilled, they one
and all welcome the change from the
methods of warmer ATTITUDES.
The Street Cleaning Department, it is
interesting to note, having assayed the
sweepings for one ~day~oA~Sfwfr~ssrees,-
that the pan-out in gold was a
trif1e over $s7, 500. 1t has therefore been
decided not to dump the city's dust into
the Yukon hereafter, but to put it
through a refining process, and devote
the sums thus realized to the mainten.
ance of a soup.kitchen for the needy. 1t
is thought. that with a daily yield of half
a million dollars, at least fifteen of our
poorer brethren can be provided with
food during the coming winter.
The thermometer on our office stove
registered 97o below zero yesterday at
noon. 1t was . pleasant. change from the
intense cold of last week.
We wish to call attention to the adver-
tisement in another column of Messrs.
Jordan & jenkins The Christmas hints
therein contained are very valuable, and
we can cbeerfully recommend their ear.
tabs. boxing gloves, ice-picks and pocket
stoves to these looking about for appro.
pirate gifts for the holidays.
Snowhalliug is. at, besteasxery reprehen-
sible pastime, but it is especially SO when
the boys who practice it are vicious, and
are not content with making the balls of
snow. We were struck on the back of
the head with one of these missiles the
other evening Oh our way home, and dis
covered that the lad who had thrown it,
to make it harder, had placed a twenty
three ounce nugget on the inside. The
wound it made was very painful, aud we
are taking steps to ascertain who the
inhuman wretch who has don't this thing
may be.
During one of the ~scrimmage plays in
the recent football match between the
Yukon University eleven and q scrub
team from Dawson City the field was
p~loughed up by the head Of Beef Wiki
ins, and revealed a vein of quartz gold
bearing fourteen ounces to the pound. Il
is to be hoped that another game magAe
arranged for If results of this natdfesz
likely to be repeated.-Harper's B0sar
How to Prevent PneumORtms
At this time of year a cold ia very
easily contracted, and if let y its
course without the aid ofsaHofha re-
liable cough medicine is liable ~toSfesuit
in that dread disease, pneumonia. We
know of no better remedy to cure asekAgh
or cold thai Chamberlain Hsm-
edy. We have used it quite extensively
and it has always given entire satisfac
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