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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

traverse icy plains. climb steep. snow
clad mountains. and invade ~treacherous
rivers"
In the shorter route. by way of
Juneau. on the southeastern part of the
Alaskan territory. difficulties are also
encountered. When the Pacific inIets
and straits have been left behind and
the vessel enters the harbor of Juneau
a diversified method of travel lies before
the gold hunter. II takes 90 DAYS 10
reach here from Seattle. Then Dyea.
made. This town reached, the great
passes of the Chilkoot. Chilkat. and
Moore. with their frequent snowstorms.
ext invite the weary traveller to con-
tnGe his journey. This is not a path of
roses he is about to tread.
To save themselves when caught in
the terrible storms which overtake
wanderers in these passes above the
Lynn canal. men have been known to
crawl under some overhanging rock
and remain there without food until
the danger was past. The storms some
times last for several days. From
Juneau to Dyea is 100 miles. Crossing
the Alaskan line one goes TO Lake Lin
derman. 80 miles. on foot. Then across
the lake for about five miles. after
which an overland journey to the head
waters of Lake Bennett. IS miles long:
on foot again to the Cariboo river: our
miles to Tagish lake. from whence 81
miles may be Travelled on boa Con-
tInuing through a mountainous u
try. Mud lake is reached; thence to
White Horse rapids. and on to Lake La
Barge, where 81 miles of navigable wa
ter is found. After a further journey
of 200 miles along the Lewis river the
the Yukon is reached at Fort Se.kirk.
From Juneau TO Dawson is a dis
t9nce of ESQ miles. The following ad-
vice has been offered TO parties intend
ing to take this route to the gold
creeks: mo one should venture with
out eight months provisions. and these
should be bought a; Juneau. He should
have 400 pounds of flour. 100 pouncs
o. beans. lou pounds of bacon, 100
pounds of sugar, 10 pounds of tea. so
pounds of coffee. $50 pounds of mixed
fruit. besides salt. pepper. and cooking
utensils. All these can be bought for
the sum of $50. To convey them to the
head waters of Lake Linderman would
Sis per hundred" A month of
perilous travel is ahead of the prospec-
tor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

had been misinformed. but we stayed
on only to find that Thursdays and
Fridays experiences were TO be but a
repetition OF those we had had during
the other days.
pretty tough luck, boys said l to
them on Saturday morning, but we'll
try the thing onc more. and If we have
no luck to-day we will go home to-mor-
rev and say nothing
Saturday morning we went to one of
the best holes in the creek. We YER
there bright and early, and we ished,
and ished aud tished. don't believe
there was a pike within 10000. 600 miles
of the creek, Judging by our luck.
Along toward midday there ambled
down to the hole one of the typical
eastern Kentuckians-loDg. gaunt, sal
low and shiftless. he mosied down
through the sand bar without a word
until he had taken in the situation.
"'How dye he said.
Amy pike in this blasted creekT !
inquired.
- dunno. Thar's some here sum-
times an a'gin there amt. Do you uns
mind if ! take one Nv these bait?' asked
he. as he pointed at a lot of dead sinners
rotting in the sun.
"'No. Help yourself I said.
Then he unllmbered his tackle. He
had a hickory sapling with an old trot
line wound around and around. and
pom my word. be had a hook on the
end that a country blacksmith had
made for him out of a piece Of old
scrap steel. Ii was about three or foul
inches long and proportIonately thick.
On this he stuck an old sinner that
must have smelt. as it had been IN
the sun long enough. Then he made
lis east. and the old pole and line
whirled through the air with q swish.
But he didn't sit down. for he didn't
to. It's the Gospel truth that in
less than ten minutes that old native
pulled GU the finest pike | ever saw
in my life and shambled over the sand
bar with the fish over his back and
through the willows.
well. III be hanged!' was about
all our crowd could say. Let's go
And we did. From that time
/ never kicked at my luck."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

Jays ana lnuTSudyS
Total distance In miles by St MI
rS Shaet dis, IEnse in mile; BY chiikat
Total days required for journey 6y. =.
ct Michael's route ...............:.U TO g
Total days required for journey BY -
Chf1kat Pass u
The dominion government at Otta.
wa. Ont. is now considering means to
preserve to Canadians the lions share
of the profits which will flow from the
porthern Eldorado. but il is highly
improbable that there is any founda-
ton for the report that the exclusion
Of all but British subjects is under con
temptation. What the government
probably will do is TO impose a royalty
on all ore taken from the soil.
1t is assumed that there does not ex-
list the slightest doubt as to the klOn-
dyke region being well within Canadian
territory. Although Z is only within
the last few mo1ths that the Yukon dis
trict has sprung into notnriety. the
Canadian government surveyors have
been there for many years. In 1881 an
expedition WAS sent by the interior de-
partment to explore that part Of the
northwest territories drained by the
Yukon river. The expedition was un-
der the charge of DIR. George NJ. Daw-
son, now director Of the Dominion
Geological survey. aud of Mr.. William
Ogilvie, who had had previous expert
euce in exploring and surveying the
northwest. Their chief asa was to
mark Out the one hundred md forry-first
meridian of longitude. whirh is desig-
mated by treaty as the boundary lins
between the United States and Canada
from Mount 81. Elias TO the Arctic
ocean. Mr.. Ogiiyie determined. by a
series of lunar observations, the point
nj which the Yukon river is i~nterserted
by the one hundred and forty-first
meridian. and marked the same on the
ground. lie also determined where the
boundary line crosses Forty-sliIe creek.
the western atfiuent OF the Yukon IN
the collaborating district. The Canadian
reported at the time that in
proximity to the boundary line there ex-
listed extensive and valuable placer
mines" aud IN view of this fact they
made their observations with special
care. The United States government
was invited to make a joint survey. and
the Invitation has ueen repeated since.
but ND to this time there has been no
disposition to take advantage of it.
The boundary. according 10 the sur
,eyors. crosses Forty-Mile creek %
west of the point where 1t aows
into the Yukon. Fort Cudahy. which 10
situated at the confluence If the Yukon
and Ferty-Aiiie creek. is. therefore. con-
sidcrably within the Canadian side OF
the boundary. The Klondyke river flows
into the Yukon from the east, so mIies
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07
Grnndmother's Currant Bread.

Break two yeast cakes into n pint
Of lukewarm milk; add one teaspoon
full sugar: set it in a warm place till the
yeast rises to the surface. then add
three cupfuls of flour, and mix it into a
thick sponge; cover and let it rise till
very light. In the meantime stir four
ounces butter with four ounces sugar
to a cream; add gradually two eggs,
the grated rind of one lemon. When
the sponge is light add the creamed but
ter and sugar; add 1h cupfuls well
washed and dried %currants, add suff-
cient -four to make a firm, soft dough:
work it on a board till it ceases stick
ing to the hands, put the dough intoa
bowl, cover and let it rise to double its
height, then mold it into a loaf, put it
into a round buttered pan. Again let
1t rise till very light; then bake in q me
dunn hot oyen.-Boston Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07
LANDING AT H KLoNDYKE DIGGINGS.
(From a Photography

told by miners returned from the Klon-
dyke tittrnRly rival the stories of Cali
furnIas golden period.
AS far back as lo0u a deposit of gold
was found IN the basin of the Yukon by
a prospector named George Holt. He
also reported the finding of coarse
specimens along the hoUtalInqua river
But il was the discovery oil gold near
Sitka in 1873, followed by the finds Ia
the vicinity of Juneau IN 1850. that drew
attention to the possibilities of the
hewly-acquired territory of Alaska as
q gold-producing country. The great
abundance OF gold was first made known
by Joseph Juneau. who p~rospected in
the region around the city bearing his
name. Ia 1855 mining prospectOrs be-
gan to scatter themselves along the
Rivers Peliy and HootaIInqua, aud in
the year following much mention was
made OF the Stewart river as d field for
the enterprising gold hunter. Rich
strikes were made in 1892 BY prospec-
tors along Miller creek. a tributary of
Sixty Mile creek. The progress made N
finding gold along the Alaskan and
British Columbian rivers, although CIV
ing high PROMISE OF future discoveries
OF gold. was not followed by anything
WhIch created a widespread udventur-
GUS spirit among people who were out
side the mining region.
The klondyke n its aptly named
golden Tributaries, the BonanZa aud the
Eldorado, have again turned the heads
of Americans and Canadians. Starting
them in pursuit of the metal which has
leen described as bright aud yellow,
hard and cold, heavy to get, and light
&c hold"
The reports from this locality OF
riches would Indicate that the gold
diggers have coInported themselves in
such an uneXaIupied manner in times
OF great excitement as to somew hat
revolutIoniZe the traditions OF gold
mine prospecting. Systematically and
orderly did they go about their work,
and when the harvest was cached each
One appears to nave rested content with
the measure of his luck.
Encouraged by their tales of success.
thousands of others are crowding the
outgoing steamers in the hope that SIM
liar good fortune may be awaiting
them. So dazzling appears the prospect
that distance and hardships are INSULT
GENTLY measured. and the long wintry
Alaskan day which will have dawned
upon the fortune seekers before they
reach their intended destination has, 1t
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07
Meat Eating and BaIdne.s.

Rustics who live on a bread and milk
diet nearly always have heavy hair to
an advanced age, while people who
lunch and dine on meat rarely have
after 25. The italian parliament, for
instance. shows an unrivaled collection
of billiard ball heads, while the Italian
peasants always rejoice in heavy
growths of hair. Brittany peasant men
have hair almost as long and heavy
as their wives. A very clever and we'll
known doctor claims that meat eating
and badness go together, and he has
often checked cases of falling hair by
combining with local treatment a diet
of milk, eggs and fruit. After all. the
most simple method # caring for the
hair are the best!E Daily brushing until
the scalp is clean and kept free from
dandruff, with very Titles Washing with
harsh soaps, ETC., that will irritar the
scalp. And often hair that is thin and
poor in quality may be made thick and
glossy by this systematic care.-Chi-
eago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07
MocKINe THE VOLTS HOWL.
Brutes Cam Be Easily Lured from
Their Retreat by q Bogus Noise.

Brutes Cam Be Easily Lured from
Their Retreat by q Bogus Noise.
Lew Wilmot, who lives almost any,
where in the state of Washington, is a.
westerner of the old type. He tells
about fooling wolves by initiating their
cries.
"One Sunday morning." he writes,
while WI were mining on the Clear
water, along about the list of May, Z
took my revolver and went over to the
cabin of my partners and proposed that
we go to the hills and kiln some grouse.
While going up the hill we saw a very
big VOLTS fresh track in the trail we
were climbing. The trail forked, one
branching up the river, the other turn
ing back into the hills. We stopped,
wondering what a wolf could be doing
in that part of the country at that time
of the year. Suddenly the beast began
to howl, and shivers crawled along my
back-they always do when 1 hear a
wolf howl When the sound died away
L Knocked it, and was answered with
quick vigor. Again 1 answered it. I
told the boys if we would wait the beast
would come, but they laughed at me,
and we went on after grouse. The wolf
howled back to our left after we got
to hunting, and was plainly looking
for its mate. We went to a small mound,
sat down and howled in a low voice,
because I feared it would notice the
deception. 1t did not answer, but pref
ty quick come trotting through the
small brush.
"As it ran along on a fallen, rotten
pine tree I shot it with my revolver and
over it went. We ran up and found it
badly wounded, and, wo,f,ike, sulking-
Its skin made a pretty good rug.
awhile after that l was going from
Mount Oregon one morning on a cayuse,
when a big wolf came into the trail
and kept on before me, turning to the
left after awhile where I had to go to
the right Invent on a way. got OF my
animal and howled to see what would
happen. An answer came back quick
and long, and. though I knew ! was
perfectly safe, I felt lonesome with the
dread a VOLTS howl gives me. I started
on after a bit, and on reaching the d.
vide looked back, and there was a wolf
on my trail. I kept OF til I came q a
thicket, bowling once in awhile in a
way that made the wolf follow, though
suspiciously. When 1 was half through
the brush I dismounted and crawled
back. When the wolf came to the,edgeI
Of the brush I pulled on him with my
revolver and over he went, shot through
the heart."-Forest and Stream.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07
He Could Dodge.

3 There's nothing slow about Jones'"
ne said. refectively.
The other laughed scornfulIy.
81 guess you Lever loaned him any
money" he said.
"Oh, yes, I have" replied the n
speaker. That's what made me speak
that way. I loaned him ten dollars siS
months ago and I haven't peen able to
catch him since."-Chicago Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07
Condensed Fuel.

One difficulty in the way OF utilizing
the great peat-beds of Germany for
heating purposes has been the great
process has been suggested by which
30 tons of peat can be reduced to n
ton Of carbide without losing any Of the
stored-up energy Of heat. YOUTHS
Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

In to be feared. been little taken into
consideration. Few setting out from
San Francisco. SeattIe OF Vancouver
have stopped to think shat when lehr-
ing sea has been reached and a dis
tance of $500 miles trHversrd over the
waters of the Pacific, the Journey Is but
beginning. The cliffs of 81. MichaeI's,
however. can ouly remind the traveller
that there il still before him d voyage al
most as long, much more perilous. n
through an unacceptable country oeser
with the dangers of Alaskan river navi-
CATION.
Neither have the seventies of the
new cline been properly reckoned.
Many who have gone forth in their m
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

The Klondyke empties into the Yukon
so miles above the Big river. Bouanza
creek is a tributary of the kloudyke
and E:dorado is again a tributary of the
Bonanza. 1t is along these Two rivers
thai the most extensive finds ave been
made. Prospecting on other creeks
along the K%iondyke has resulted III con-
siderable SUCCESS. and much Is expected
from future operations in this part of
the Yukon basin.
Circle City is 200 miles from the Klon-
dyke fields. Fort Reliance is $50
miles from Juneau. The mines OF
the Klondyke run from IS to 100
miles from the Alaskan bound
sry. and are In British Columbia.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

1t is low too late to reach the kIon-
dyke district this year; and as mining
Is possible only during the months of
May. June and July gold-seekers are
advised by experts to delay the start
for the fields until April is of next
year. The following summary of the
cost of the trip. from Chicago. and the
length of time il will require TO gel
there Is reasonably authentic:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07
Ceiling IL Back.

II see the ruIIroad hunger has 90
much stock in has gone n the hands
of a receiver"
Too bad. suppose "a has lost
everything"
-Oh. no. He has been appointed the
receiver" -Brookiyu LAfe-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

Fare. Chicago to eattIe....... 81 50
Tourist sleeper, fare ............ 20
pullman Is 50
Meals, in III W
Tourist meals at station-........ %
Chicago to Seattle. in miles.......... 1886
Number of days en- route....-.....-. 8
Steamer fare. Seattle To Juneau. with
cabin and meals go
steamer fare, Seattle to juneau. Sec
ond class, including meals....-... II o.
Miles, Seattle to Juneau .........". $40
Number of days. Seattle to Juneau .
Cost of living In Juneau, per day 0O
Stea up Lynn Canal to Heal
ey's Store. ICY
of complete outfit. with provi-
siuns for one 6UO y
Price of dog and sled outfit. 5UO "
Last stea mer from San Francisco
berths already f~lled-August 30.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

1T Il astonishing how many men
have been caught, by some patent riShS
Observation-Disclosures Democrat
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-08-07

DAVIS Sailing from Seattle-Mon-
days and Thursdays.
Total dista nee In miles by St MI
chaeIS route ooSo
pas Pass o'an.e a.sSs
Total days required for journey BY
st MIchaers route .................+ 70 20 gu
Total days required for journey by
Chnka Pass ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-06
THE LoeANs' GOOD FORTUNE.
Will Get a Snug sum Out of Estate
of George E. Lemon

VIII Get a Snug sum Out of Estate
of George E. Lemon.
A New York Times special from
Washington says: 1t will please the
friends of the Logans-the widow and
surviving family of the late John A.
Logan-to learn that Mrs. Mary Logan
Tucker and her son, George Lemon
Tucker, will benefit to o much greater
extent from the estate of the late George
+. Lemon than was at first supposed.
Mrs. Tucker and her youngest son in
herit two-fifths of the estate after GER
tain specific requests are paid. The
sum that would remain for distribution
has been popularity estimated at some
thing like $1,O0O,oOo, but the estate is
going to pan out beyond all expecta-
tons, if credence is to be placed in
stories enanating from quarters close
to the executors. It is said the ex-
ecutors found stacked up in the safe
deposit vaults pile of government
bonds aggregating in value more than
100000, all of which and more will
go to the residuary legatees.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-06
NEW FLYING MACHINE.
Californians Think They Have Solved
Aerial Navigation.

Aerial Navigation.
Leonard Z. Clawson and Adam Beck,
two well-known business men of San
Francisco, believe they have solved the
problem of aerial navigation. They
have just made application for patents
on device which they think will over
come the obstacles that have heretofore
resisted the efforts of inventors, and are
at work now on the construction of q
flying machine.
The machine consists essentially Of
four rods, each 20 feet long, parallel to
each other, working on ball bearings
in well-braced framework, support
Ing the motive power and steering APP
paratus below. On each Of these rods
are a series Of double wings, con-
structed of a steel wire framework, over
which silk is stretched. These are SO
arranged in relation to each other that
when one wing is rising open the other
Is descending closed, and also maintain
ing the balance of the machine. Thus
half the wings are at every instant
pressing downward, while the other half
are rising but not pressing upward.
Should the motive power foil for any
reason the entire wing surface instant
ly forms a parachute.
A machine 20 feet long and with a
bearing surface six feet wide, it is be-
lieved, can be made to raise weight
of 600 pounds, one occupant. alone APP
plying the motive power. The machine
now being built will be, in it's mechan-
ical construction, strictly up to date.
The inventors believe that in quantities
such machines could be built for 500
each
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-06
TRANSPORTED IN A DOG CART.
Wiaew Walks a Long Journey While
Her DahicR Ride.

Her Babies Ride.
A tall, angular woman escorting
three children, seated in o roughly con-
structed cart and drawn by team Of
three large dogs, attracted good deal
OF attention as she passed along Wash
ington street, Chicago, early the other
morning. Pedestrians and teamsters
halted to watch the strange procession
and the big policeman at State and
Washington streets almost allowed a
truck to run him down while watching
the sight.
In response to an inquiry the woman
told a pitiful story. She is Mrs. Evan
geline Burdiclk, and is on her way from
her home in Peoria to the home of her
parents in South Bend, Ind. Some
months ago her husband was drowned,
and since that time the widow has sup
ported her three children by doing
odd jobs. Before Christmas she broke
her right arm, and but for the help of
neighbors must have starved. She final
ly determined to make her way to South
Bend afoot, and neighbors contributed
the cart and dogs to carry the children,
besides providing her with a supply of
food and a small amount of money.
The journey was begun January 10,
and, with the exception of five days,
when cold prevented travel, the odd pro-
cession has moved eastward, the woman
begging her way.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-06
USING UNFAIR METHODS.
British Millers Trying to Step Inn
pOrta of American Elnur

British Millers Trying to Step linz
ports of American Flour.
AS an illustration of the unfair and
constituencies methods that certain
element among British millers is using
in the effort to stop the growing i'm
portation of American flour, United
States Consul fancy at Belfast has for
warded 10 the department OF. state ex-
tracts from Irish trade papers making
the broad charge that all of the Ameri-
can flour is adulterated. According to
this remarkable statement the adulter-
ant is cornmeal, which is so finely
ground as to defy detection when mixed
with flour. The very whiteness and
purity of our flour is cited in proof of
the charge, for it is said that, as the
british millers can make only yellow
flour from Indian wheat, the Ameri-
cans must add the cornmeal, which is
of blush tint, to make their wheat
white. The consul says this sort of ar
gunent is used with evil effect.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-06
How a Donkey Found a Mine.

The history of mine discoveries in
the West is full of strange and anus
ing incidents. Many of the most cele-
brated mines or lodges have been
found by accident. Some of these
accidental discoveries are laughable
in the extreme. One of them occurred
in connection with the discovery of
one of the riches mines in the CGur
d'Alene country in Idaho. Ia this case
common donkey or jackass or
"burro'' as one chooses to term it,
was credited with the finding of the
mine.
The Northern Pacific Railways
finely illustrated tourist book,
Wonderland 81, has a chapter on
mining in the West, in which the in
cident alluded to is given. 1t shows
how, from slight or trivial things,
great results may flow. There are
also articles on Yellowstone Park,
Alaska, Cattle Raising, etc. BY send
ing six cents in postage stamps to
Chas. S. Fee, Gen. Pass. Agent, st.
Paul, Mimi, anyone can obtain a
copy Of this book. 1t is full of histori-
cal fact and descriptive narrative,
and valuable as school text book.
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