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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05
Down to n Finish.

Then about the next news we got
Blev Scroggins and the Wilder Stinson
had worked up q scandalous bad love
scrape and pitched out fyin around and
courtin and goin on to beat six bits.
They few sc high and went so fast, and
kept company together SO reglar and
constant till it was the talk of the coun
try for miles and miles around. 1t was
Blev Scroggins and the Widder S~tinson,
.orsthe Wilder Stipson and Blew Scrog-
gins everywhere you went.
And yet still old man Ran Phillips
would pole off down there two or three
times every week to pay his double
breasted regards to the widder-which
if she didn't happen to be out ridin up
and down the big road with Blev Scrcg-
gins, she want even bridlewise to old
man Ran. She toted her head so high
and pulled on the bits so heavy till
finally at last the old man returned back
home and took sick and went to bed.
One day I rid around By the Phillips
place to find out if there was anything
1 could do for old man Ran, and who do
you reckon was there-who but Blew
Scroggins? When 1 started home Biey
followed me out to the front gate lookin
like as if he had somethin particlar in
his mouth to say.
"The hand of the affection is restin On
the old man mighty heavy right now,
Rufe, but he will recover in the due full
ness of time" says Blew with that same
slow wink and soft whistle.
No. x,1,r n,rSt nrouo onuthi0n hu ma
as to how it all come to pass. But ON tho
third day after that old man Ran was
up and about-spry and actious and
happy as any youngster in the country.
And when Blew Scroggins rid by that
night on his return back home, whistlin
soft and low, he had the deeds and
titlements'' to that 60 acres of swamp
handmade out in his own full and
proper name-put away in his inside
breast pocket.
Now in conclusion you mought maybe
love to know what ever went with old
man Ran and the wilder. Bless your
sweet life, my honey dear, they got
married, they did. With Blew out of the
game it was a as falliu off of q wei
log for old man Ran to open he pot
and take what wasleft. No doubts they
have been happy henceforwards from
that day-old man Ran and his secont
wife-and may they linger yet through
many years to come in the land of their
fathers.
But in the mainline human nature i
human still, and Blew Scroggins anc
that go acres of swamp land Amt gont
nowheres.
RUFUS SANDERS.
There are from, fonr to six grain,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05
Too MANY
mckinley Has Received Enoug
49, monn- rhnann ~


Mckinley Has Received Enough
Dogs, wooden Chains, Etc.
If the donation of useless and cum
bersome articles which has already be-
gun, continues for any length OF time,
the president will have to ask congress
for an appropriation to build an adj
dition to the white house to store them
in. He now has a big dog, q model
of a boat, and recently he received a
long wooden cable chain with an anchor
attached, which an admiring country
man of his had whitfield out Of pine and
presented as a token of esteem.
The dog Moscow, whose advent at the
white house was chronicled komed days
ego, was really a welcome gift. he is
a splendid specimen of his race, the
St. Bernard, and is highly priced by all
the members of the presidents family.
Secretary Porter, however, is particu-
larly DESTROYS that the impression shall
not get abroad that the president is a
dog fancier. He explains that the
presidents love for the canine race is
easily satisfied with one specimen, and
Moscow, who weighs nearly 150 pounds,
entirely fills the chief executives long
ing in that direction. Mr.. Porter has been
trembling in his boots ever since the
arrival OF Moscow for fear that the
other owners of fine animals would nm
dertake to emulate the donor of the St.
Bernard, and the white house lot be
turned into a sortof canine menagerieo of
terriers, hounds, pugs and bull pups, RI
valing the famous aggregation owned
by President Grant.
The boat model was presented by ex-
Gov. Pinchback, of Louisiana, and a
delegation, including State Senator
De Mas. 1t is the handiwork of a col
ored cabinetmaker named Samuel e.
Davis, of New Orleans, and is a very
creditable evidence of his skill. 1t is
about four feet over all, and was
brought up to the white house in a. glass
case by four stalwart colored men. AL
though the donor expressly stated, in
his letter accompanying the gift, that
he is not a candidate for office, Secre-
tary Porter feels that the administers
ton has no pressing need for any more
boats.
Gen. Grosvenor lugged the wooden
chain up to the executive mansion re
Gently, and presented it on Behalf OF
the maker, N. C. Cook, of Meigs county,
O.. Gen. Grosvenor explained that
Mr.. Cook was a valiant soldier during
the war, but was not able to guarantee
that he was not an applicant for office
being an Ohio man. Of this, as of the
other gifts, Secretary Porter feels that
the presidential longing for chains i.
entirely satisfied, and he will be abl'
to worry along for several years We
without any addition to his stock OF
hand.-Washington Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05
a strong Point for the Wineheste1

In time everything breaks or wears out.
Outlines a break can be repaired if the prop
er means are at hand. One of the many
great advantages of using q Winchester
any part of the gun is broken, it can be cas-
lily replaced at a t%rifling cost. All Winches-
ter guns are made by a system of inter
changeable parts so that a part will fit any
Winchester gun of like model. This per-
mits the owner of a Winchester to renew any
part of the gun without the aid of a gun
maker. Parts can be obtained through
any gun dealer in the country. This fea.
ture alone should recommend strongly
guns made by the Winchester Repeating
Arms CO., New Haven, ct. Send for
their large illustrated catalogue free.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05
PhYaiciana WIG in their Generntion

The above class of scientists recognize and
have repeatedly borne testimony, to the eff
cacy Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a
remedy and preventive Of fever and ague,
rheumatism, want of vigor, liver complaint,
and some other ailments and inirm con-
ditions Of the system. Experience and obser-
walton have taught them its value. They
but echo the verdict long since pronounced
by the public and the press. Only the
h~enighted now are ignorant of Americas
tonic and Alternative.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05
r1rr = sUrD-


Users ana Selling Agents Of ImpeFiaA
Cash ReHtsfern Brought Int COurt.
Brooklyn. II. Y, April N.-Suit has been
filed Ia The United States Circuit Court here,
against Edward Egge, a well-knOwn butcher
ct sos Wythe Avenue, this city, by The Ma
tional Cash Register Company, Of Dayton,
Ohio, asking for an injunction and damages.
Mr.. Egge uses an Imperial Cash Register,
sometimes known as the Osborn, which is
manufactured by the Osborn Cash Register
Company Of Detroit, Michigan, and which
The National Company claims infringea
cash register patents owned by them.
York, John A. Rosinbush, of Chicago,
Illinois, ]. w. Charles, of Denver, Colorado,
and more than twenty other individuals and
firms who are either using or selling In
periai Cash Registers, have also been sued.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

and mercy
the good Lord
raked up the neces-
a T materials to
make the most
smoothest card in
the whole pack
there amt any
doubts in my mind
but what about
that time Blew
C-A--s-z 2-eA con,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

He-"Now that our engagement is ended,
/ suppose we should return each others let
ters?" She-"I suppose so. And, George,
while we are about it, why not return each
others kisses?" Engagement renewed IN the
spot.-Boston Transcript.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

"If 1 didn't love my husband, I'd stab hin.
to death!" exclaimed the warm-blooded lady
from New Orleans. "I wouldn't" said the
Chicago woman; It'd get a divorce and stick
him for alimony."-Town Topics.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

'How is it that Wildon comes to the club
every night now? 1t used to be that we
couldn't get him here. once a month" "Oh,
he married last fall and settled down"
Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

'There are six necessities, you know, for a
happy marriage" 'FWhat are they?:"
'fFirst, a good husband" "And the others?'
''The other FIVE are money."-La Caricature.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05
Ns-4e-Rac for FIFTY Gents.

Over 400, 0OOcured. Why not let No-To-BAc
regulate or remove your desire tor tobacco?
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, SOC and Sl.00, all druggists.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

"Who is that young woman near the other
end of the table who has been talking about
correct taste in art?" (Which young
woman? There are several" "The one
with the wooden tooth-pick in her mouth
Chicago Tribune,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

"Do you see anything coming our way!"
asked the morning star of a companion.
mot yet" was the reply; ''but / see a sers-
ant below there who rs about to light her
kitchen fire with kerosene" = Yonkers
Statesman.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

"Oh, this everlasting grindl" groaned the
newly-married drummer. whats the mat
ter now, dear?" asked his wife. Just got
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

"Vyere those cough drops ,benefcial?"
''They worked like a charm. They have
such a horrible taste that the children have
ell stopped coughing"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Courtesy and etiquette are flowers; the
one has its roots in the heart; the other, in
the intellect.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Considering how mean men can be, they
deserve credit for being as good as they are.
-Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

'Do yon think, Harry, you could induce
one or two boys to come to Sunday-schoolr
81 could bring one" he replied; ."de udder
fellers in our alley kin lick me."-Dublin
World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Girl-'His spine is hurt" Another Girl
""Then I suppose his football days are over:
Girl-"Oh, no. He can still play half-back,
OF quarterback, anyway. Detroit journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

If one of a mans relations visits at his
house as long as a month, his wife never IN
the world gets over it.-Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

use Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practice:-Dr. G: w. Patter-
son, Inkster, Mich, Nov. 5, 1894.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

No matter how well you do, there is all
ways somebody to think you might have
done better.-Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, lOc.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

The young man who always tells what
high wages he gets, need never expect a
promotion Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

A great malaria killer--Malacura Choc-
lats. Send your address for free package
to Malacura Co, St. Louis. All druggists.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05
THE aONLYEsT0 ONE.
Blew scroggins the smoothest
Gard In the Pack.
ssOut for stuR' ana in the Game ia
Wilma Handsome Young widow
and Sixty Acres Was the
Stakes.

When in the fullness of time-and
through the gracious plenty of His
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

He is %littlest, who b~elittles others.-Ram
Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Just try a 10c box of Cascarets candy ca
thartic, finest liver and owelregulatormade
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

AS you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Nothing will upbraid you like unused
faculties.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Reflection is a key that unlocks the treas.
ures of the memory.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

Imaginary eminence is actual humiliation.
Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

You can't tell how little a man knows by
his size.-Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05

When people say Of a man that he is worse
than dead, they mean that he is alive
Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-05
RUFUS SANDERS.

There are from four to six grains
of aqueous hunor in the eye.
The news & observer., 1897-07-18
CHICAGO, July II.


Flour steady. Wheat, No aspiring rs; No.
No. white b sss; No; 3 white
No. nominal; sas Hyss H. SG Z ssx g. bfNElsy No
f, o 2sk. Flax g seed; No. !, 79K: Prime
seed Mess Ss RoEa Dbl
rib sides Qoosel A.4Oa4.42 Dry -salted shoulders
(boxed) 44a5. Short clear sides (boxed) Ana
~; Whiskey, distillers' finished goods per
I" '"''0'' ' NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. July T-Flour held firm and
DO. clear a75@4.go; Minnesota % patents M i5a
ents $4.aOa4.65; do. straights 81 OOa41O; do.
S. 15a3 40.
Rye flour quiet; superfine $2O0a2 80; fancy
Corn meal quiet: yellow western 60; city
6la82; Brandywine $l.65al.S0.
Rye tirm No. western 80; car lots 40a42x.
Barley firm; western feeding 29K; malt
ing S6a40; barley malt quiet; western 430A. :,
Wheat, spot, iirTm; No; sred in store and and
s5s No. H'e Northern N0i duluth ssE e aoat
options, No. Q red July 62aS3B, closed S2A;
September 75 15-l6a7s%, closed 76&; October
19%a7sk closed 7SS; n Eoyember 5 7.1-3a77&'
Corn, spot quiet; No; 2, BIZ in elevator;
32% atoat; options, July closed -; August
closed 81, September closed BIN.
closed 2lA; September closed %.
Hay dull; shipping 5O; good to choice
60aQD75.
Hops quiet: State common to choice 1896
crop 3a4, 1895 crop 699. Pacific coast, 1896
Hides firm; Galveston, 2Oa25 lbs 14al5
Buenos Ayres dry, 20a24 lbs, l8ka19; Texas
dry, 24a30 lbs, IL; California, 20a25 lbs, l6H.
Leather Arm; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
light to heavy weights 18a19; acid, 1922
Wool firm; domestic fleece, lSa24; pulled
18a25.
STAT so; beef hams S23a2i; packed $8a950;
city extra India mess 12.0O914.00.
Cut meats quiet; picked bellies 5%a7h;
do. picked shoulders 5ha51; do. hams 8ka9.
Lard steady; western steam $4.25, nominal:
city SO 80; September nominal refined firm:
continent S4 60; South American $4.S5; com
pound 3%a4h.
Pork steady; old mess s7.75as.25; do new
S8 75a925; short clear IS 75a10.50; family $9.25a
975
Butter quiet: western creamery 1l@l5;
do. factory 7a10K; Elgins 10; imitation
The news & observer., 1897-07-18

creamery ,,9HaRX; State dairy 1Oal4; do,
creamery 1lal5.
Cheese quiet; large State 7Ka7%; small
fancy 7a7k; part SKINS 4a8k; full skins 21
a3.
Eggs quiet; State and Pennsylvania I2Xa
l3; western fresh ll4a12; southern per
thirty dozen cases.
TallOw quiet: city CS2 per packaVe) 3% ;coun-
try packages tree) 81, as to quality.
Cotton seed oil firmer; prime crude 20; do.
mills l6al6A; prime summer yellow 2ia25;
oil summer yellO N 234aA: butter grades 28a
90 prime summer white 27a28, prime winter
yellow 29a3O.
Petroleum dull; United closed -; refined
New York $3.50; Philadelphia and Baltimore
S5 80 do. in bulk $780,
kosin quiet; strained, common 10 good
SL65al.6Tb.
TurpentiDe quiet at 26@2GX.
6, Japan ~ 0g4k.
Molasses steady New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 22a28.
Freights to Liverpool strong and higher;
cotton by steam l2c; grain do 2xd.
rig iron quiet: southern Scotch $9.25a
l0.5J; northern American $l0.00al2.00; ex-
change -.
=, Copper steady; lake brokers' 11%; exchange
Sl.OlalL2U.
Tin dull, straights n8 75aI3 85, plates barely
steady
spelter, dull; domestic s425a485
Lead weak; brokers 3.35; exchange $3.65a
3.724.
Tomatoes, per carrier Savannah and
Charleston, $lO0al %; Florida 76a4l.
COfee-Options, July So Is; Septem ter $6 30
a695; DeGem er &IOa715; spot Rio, steady;
Sugar, raw firm; fair refining 81; CEN
trtfugal, 96-test, 3$; refined steady; Mould A,
b%, standard A Az; cOnfectioners' A, An,
cut loaf 5h, crushed 5H, powdered 81 gran
ulated AZ; cubes 81.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, July I.-Four opened firmer;
western superfine $260a2S5; do. extra So Goa
3 70 do. family $38O(14.15; winter wheat pat
e0tg M.2Dat,6. EDriDp do 81 IClDA Ats gnFinQ
wheat straiRhts So 95IQ4.l0
Wheat strong; No. 2 red spot and July 79k
a76A; August 75%a76: September 75xa76
steamer No. 2 red 77Xa774 Southern wheat
by sample, 76aSO: do. on grade 7SaS0.
Corn strong; spot and July 304a3l; August
OAa3l: September 3l4 4a3l4; steamer mixed
H%a27&; Southern white 3 a33; do. yellow
33a4.
Oats firm; No. white western 26a26K
No. mixed 23a23x.
Rye firm; No. 2, nearby, 4OX; No. 2 west
ern Al bid.
Hay firm; No, l choice Timothy s13.5Oa
l4.00.
The news & observer., 1897-07-18
NAVAL, STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. c., July T.-Spirits
CASKS.
Rosinquiet; strained s1.25; good strained
$1.30: receipts 7l9 barrels.
Crude turpentine firm: hard S1.3O; soft
81 80: virgin $3.50, receipts "a barrels.
Tar steady at $1.l5, receipts So barrels.
CHARLESTON S. O., July T!-Turpen inc
firm at 23ka23&: sales - casks.
kosin firm; sales -; b, G., S1.20; ID, $1.25;
4, 1.25: F. Sl.35, G, S135, H, $3.50, L, SLIGO, K,
SLIGO, NJ, 81 TO- n, sl.75, window glass $1.90, wa
ter white S2.40
.Sa SAVANSAH AM ga 2aIy "a SpiEits tur2ea
1,27.
Rosin firm, sales 2,Si1: receipts 4,SO9; A. B.
G. SI20; ID. Sl.20: E. Sl.25: +, S135; q, S140; H,
Sl55, l, $l.65; K. $1.65; M, $l.75, N, 1885, win
dow glass 81 90; water white 1926
The news & observer., 1897-07-18
LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
NEW YORK MoNEY MARKET.

NEW YORK, July I7.-Money on call
Gull, at 1@l1 per cent; last loan per
cent, closed at per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper a94 per cent. Sterling ex-
change steady, with actual business in
bankers bills at 4S7a4.S7k for demand, and
s6a4s64 for sixty days. Posted rates Asia
87k and 4.8S(G4.8 .88k. Commercial bills, 4 IS.
Mexican dollars 46K. Silver certificates
=. Bar silver COX. Government bonds
firm. State bonds quiet. Railroad bonds
firm.
The news & observer., 1897-07-18
NEW ORLEANS.
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.

OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
Galveston. quiet, 11-l6, 270 bales.
Norfolk, firm, 81, 10 bales.
Baltimore, nominal, 8K, - bales.
Boston. quiet, 8, 81 bales.
Wilm. .igton, firm, 8, - bales
Philadelphia, quiet, 81, ga bales.
Savannah, firm, IN, bales.
New Orleans, quiet. l3 l6, 81 bales.
Mobile, nothing doing, IN, bale.
Memphis, firm. 12-i6, bales.
Augusta, firm, 8, - bales.
Charleston, firm, TX, bale.
Cincinnati, quiet, 8, 65 bales.
Louisville, quiet, 8, - bales.
st. Louis, firm, Z Ii 18, 8 bales.
Houston, quiet, 1l-16, IL bales.
New York, quiet, g. bales.
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.
RALEIGH, N. c., July IT.
Strict good middling.. .7xG17x
GOOO mlQQl1ng ..'.......s...s..... TX QQ74
strict mlQQt1Dg... ........ Tx
Market firm.
RALEIGH PRODUCE MARKET
Good spring chickens. 10 OILS
The news & observer., 1897-07-18
HOTELS.
MINERAL. HOTEL,
CHASE CITY, VA.
Now Open for Guests. Handsomely
Painted and Papered. Thor
oughiy Renovated.

The celebrated Chase City Lithia and
Chloride Calcium Waters are found here.
Specifics for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Tor
pid Lived and al! Skin, Blood and Kid
ney Diseases.
Only those who are guests Of the Min
eral Hotel and of such private residences
as have made arrangements with the pro-
prietor for the accommodation OF guests,
are permitted to use these waters. Spe-
cial rates for the months Of May and
June.
Write for description, circulars, testi-
m0nials, etc. w. d. PAXTON.
Proprietor.
The news & observer., 1897-07-18

LIVERPOOL. July 17.-1:0O p. M.-Spot cot
ton, limited demand, prices firm; American
middling 9-32d.
Sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which
LOCO were for speculation and export, and
included $50 American; receipts 500 bales,
all American.
Futures opened firm with fair demand,
and closed quiet but steady at the advance
The news & observer., 1897-07-18
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago, July 17.-After three days
wheat suffered a slight reaction to-day,
September and July each closing19@1
cent lower. Corn surprised the shorts
by closing u cent higher. Oats were
quiet, closing unchanged. Provisions
were quiet and firm.
The news & observer., 1897-07-18
NEW YORK, July 17.-Futures opened
steady; sales 400 bales.
Futures closed steady; sales Sc, 800 bales.
LIv vERPOOL.

Spot cotton closed qulet; mlddIlns up
lands g. middling gulf 81; sales 469 bales.
The news & observer., 1897-07-18

RALEIGH PRODUCE MARKET.
Good spring chickens. 10 @l5
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
A Gospel
CRAFT FOR
THE YUKON
Jesuit Fathers to Build
a New Boat for
Alaska.
TO CARRY THE WORD TO MINERS
Father ]. P. Rene Denies That
There Will Be Any
Famine.
PROVISIONS Are BEING SENT In.
He Says There Will Be a Scarcity,
but There Will Be No
Starvation.
PROVISIONS Are BEING SENT In.

The Jesuit fathers are preparing to
bpIld new ship for the Yukon River to
replace the one they formerly had, but
which at the time of the rush few
months ago was purchased by miners as q
last means of reaching the goldhelds.
The new vessel is 10 run up the Yukon
between the Catholic missions. 1t will be
ninety-two feet long and twenty-five feet
beam. 1t will be called the st. Joseph.
a mission was established at Dawson by
these priests and hospital was built, the
institution now being in charge of the
Sisters OF St Anne. Though simply log
cabin it will be a godsend to many a
miner this winter, although it will accom-
modate but twenty two bedridden
patients.
Rev. William Judge, S. j., is in charge
of this mission. while Rev. J. P. Rene is
in charge of the missions in general in
Alaska. The latter gentleman, referring
to the reported starvation threatening the
gold-hunters, says:
II think the alarmist reports that come
down 10 this city from the valleys of the
Yukon are false. 1t is not possible that
there should be famine; there will likely
be scarcity and high prices, but there
wilt not be starvation. OF course, the
crown IuSn ID LudU tuey SA-
pected, but the transportation companies
have been constantly bringing in provI-
sions.
last year they drove cattle in overland
from Dyea to Dawson, and l have not a
doubt but that they Will do the same this
year. l think the reports of the impend-
ing danger have been very much exag-
gerated.
"a number of missions have been es-
tablished up there. but the work at times
seems almost discouragjng. l believe it
will be three or four generations before
the Indians will heed the teachers.
They are a very superstitious class and
are hard to lead IN any direction, especially
that OF religion, subject of which they
know very little. At the same time we
are willing to continue in our work. know
ing that at some time we must meet with
success -