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The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24

without doubt there will be large de-
velopment OF quartz mining through The
Yukon region. The natural expectation
is to hear OF the discovery of good quartz
veins. They have wood and wate@, with
freezing as the great obstacle. But in the
eter at 40 below. These difficulties OF
cold weather, costly transportation, diff
ticulty of prospecting, and so on, have
been tackled over and over again.
Freight is high, but on the Comstock
freighting cost 16 cents pound ana there
were many problems to solve. The moss
and the frozen ground will not stop pros
pectors. it WAS thought that the Black
Hills could never be prospected, they we're
so covered with dead wood and 80 on, and
in British Columbia there is thick
growth of tangled uuderbrush that would
appall any body but an indefatigable pros
pector
"It is hard TO guess what they have up
there. As to stories OF stran ge formations
we always hear them from new fields.
They come from imperfect observation and
miners don't observe. Henry Bratnober,
who has gone in, will understand the situa-
ton at a glance and so will others who
will go there.
II don't know what problems will con.
front compel tent mining men when the
time comes, but one occurs to me-where
are they going to put all TINS material
they wash out without great sacrifice?
understand that now they scout anything
going less than 10 cents to the pan anu
often even so cents 20 the pan. Ten cents
pan is $100 10 the ton, and down here we
gladly work gravel yielding 10 cents to the
tor But the question will always be,
Is there gold enough to pay the cost OF
getting it out? At the Alaska Tread well
mine, on the coast, the cost OF m ming and
lin ha jS IacS 6 q fnn RI
is expected to become 81. The average
cost in California is S. 10 the ton. The
problem will be the same up there as pros
pectors find the gold.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24

when prepared for eating by means oi
cooking will double in weight by the adj
dit;on OF water. The fruit VIII treble in
weight.
This will give man nearly four pounds
of solid food per day-plenty to eat for a
year and in good variety, besides being
very cheap. Roughly estim ated the cost
will be as follows: Sugar So 90, bacon $40,
beans S4, -four So so, sweet corn So, oats
81 rs. fruit S. vegeta bies 81 so, peppers
81 %, tea or coffee $40 so, salt 25 cents,
matches go cents; total, $77 %. E'timat-
ing the freight at Is cents per pound the
total cost OF buying the provisions and
getting them in there will be $l57 80 plus
$77 25, or 1924 IS.
Clothing hardware, ETC., will swell this
COST IN proportion to its price and weight.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
THE KLONDYKE FEVER.
John w. Muther Is Going There.
Dogs Much In Demand

ALAMEDA, CAL, July 23.-John w.
Muther. the auctioneer, is the latest man
to announce his intention OF going to
klondyke to mine.
"lf can get away by the 1st Of Aug
ust," said he this morning. ~ shall most
certainly go. l believe it is too good a
chance to miss. There will be thousands
OF people there next spring and the man
who Will have the chances is the man who
goes up now and spends the winter there. !"
The klondyke fever is the cause OF a
singular demand. which exceeds the
market supply. The men going up .here
want dogs for sledge use and there are
few to be had. AS a result the pound
masters OF San Francisco. Oakland and
Alameda have been i'm portuned for dogs.
The dogs in demand are those over
eighteen inches n height, and the men
who want them are securing the country
tor those which answer their demands.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
Relief From Corns.

They are not troubled with tight shoes
and corns on the Yukon-in winter at
least. If one is up there and is fash
ionable he will have pair of moosehide
moccasins "a mile too big" When he
puts on his shoes" be will first swatbe
his feet in pieces of blanket to thick
ness of from one to two inches and then
put on his N occasins.
Your moosehide mittens will be lined
with blanket cloth or else put on over a
pair of thick wooden ones. and when he
goes out he will put on his "parkie, very
likely. That is big loose overcoat with
a huge enveloping hood, and it is best
made of furry moose hide.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
secrefarv h.rmnn,, voo.tton

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 23.-Sec-
retary Sherman left this afternoon for
Amagansett, L. l., where he will spend a
month at the cottage of his daughter,
Mrs. McCullum. He is accompanied by
F. J. Babcock. his confidential clerk.
Mrs. Sherman will remain in Washing
ton. The Secretary's health is imprev-
ing. Adee, second Assistant Secretary,
will be Acting Secretary of State during
Sherman's absence.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
SOURCE OF ALL GOLD.
Novel The ory Expounded by DR.
William O'NeIll, the Peralta
PCStm aSter,

BERKELEY, CAL, July 23.-Dr. Will
liam O'Neill, the Peralta Postmaster, who
is widely known in Alameda County. has
novel theory regarding the source OF the
gold being found in Alaskan fields
He says that the natural home of all
metals is at the poles, and that they were
drawn thence ages ago by magnetic attrac-
ton. ''The California and Siberian mines
are simply the tailings from the north
pole filtered in past centuries through the
strata OF the earth TO the places where they
xere discovered, while the gold of South
America, South Africa and Australia has
filtered from within the Antartic circle" !"
In support of his theory he states that
gold becomes more plentiful as the poles
are approached.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
EXPERT IDEAS.
Louis Janin, the Mining Engineer,
Talks Off-Hand of the Yu-


Talks Off Hand Of the Yu-
kon Region.
Intelligent, expert accounts of the Yu-
kon gold deposits, from the standponts
of geology. mineralogy and mining en-
gineering, are sadly lacking. The un-
tutored prospectors who went IN poor
have found gold and proved the surpass-
ing richness of the fields.
That is what the proSpector is for. He
Is the hardy pioneer, and science and
capital do and must wait On his wander
ings and his sacrifices. 1t is nice that on the
Yukon the prospector is getting share OF
the rewards of discovery-whch is what
he doesn't very often get. The expert
isn't worth continental to find where the
gold is, but the mining engineer is the
man that must step in when the mple
miner with his shovel and pan has got
through with his excitement and
skinned off the placer cream.
The mining engineer will not have much
to DO with the Klondyke diggings for a
while. unless capitalists should buy a
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
LIFE AT DAWSON.
How 1t Is Describe I'd by a Paper
at Juneau.


The following description of life at Daw'
son was Clipped from the Alaska Miner,
published in Juneau. July 10, 1897:
Dawson is not bui ding as rapidly as one
would think. The difficulty is in obtaining
lumber. The poorest kind OF rough lumb Der
sells u $3.50 thousand. Slabs are so cents
each and sawdust 10 cents sack. Harry Ash
moved his dancing establishment trcm Circle
City to Dawson. He has plenty of wet goods.
The first night he opened he took in $2500
The programme consists OF dancing and
drinking. miner dances with one OF the fair
ones, and after the dan ce ne escorts her to the
bar and buys her drink and takes one himself.
For this luxury he pays so cents a drink.
Miners are generous, and one drink with them
means many more, that money being very
free, flows freely. 1t is said of Mccormack,
;he discoverer OF the Klondyke, that he spends
$50 at a treat. Being quite a conspicuous
character, he attracts attention, and as he Is
very susceptible 10 f1attery, it takes very little
to induce hlm to buy drinks for every one who
happens TO be in the house at the time.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
ADVICE OF FRIENDS.
In This Case 1t Proved to Be Very
Eeneficial-The Result.

OAKLAND, Cal.-"My mother was
troubled with eruptions on her face
caused by impure blood; friends recon-
mended Hoods Sarsaparilla. She began
taking 1t and in a short time was entirely
cured. We have found from our ex-
perlence with Hoods Sarsaparilla that i,
is the best medicine tnat can be obtained. "
MATILDA TAESSLER, 1927 Adeline
street.
Hoods Pills cure indigestion. 25c.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
Bicy cl st Injured,

Late last evening Frank Cuneo, residing at
511 Seventh street. while riding his bicycle
on Folsom street, between Nineteenth and
Twentieth tn, was run into by ives bound elec-
trio car. He suffered q severe confusion of the
left hip and shoulder. Cuneo was taken to the
Receiving Hospital, where his wounds, which
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
Ho, for a

Ho, for Alaska! klondyke District.
A special steamer will start August l.
Fare $780, including one years provisions.
D. j. Grammar, general manager, 10 Mont
gomery st.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
A GRADUATES LETTER.
Assayer James Describes Things
and Tells Of the LoW-Grade
Gold

and Tells Of the LoW'Grade
Gold.
The Mining and Scientific Press pub
fishes a second letter from B. +. James,
q graduate of the College of Mines of the
University of California, who is now as
saying and mining in the Klondyke. He
has caused good deal of kicking"
among miners on account of low values
he placed on the gold. What he writes on
this point agrees with the statement of
Secretary Underhill of the Selby Smelling
Works, published elsewhere. The letter,
dated June 90. is as follows:
Bonanza and 81 Dorado creeks have turned
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
ANOTHER MENU.

A Varied Outfit for a Year for a
Little More Than Two Hun
dred Dollars
A man who believes that too much
dough is not good for the digestive organs
even in Alaska, where hunger is so sharp
that it can eat rawhides, has prepared the
following schedule for an outfit of eata.
bles sufficient Tor twelvemo onth supply
for one man:
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
NEW TO-DAY,
ARE
YOU
GOING

ITO ALASKA? OR ARE YOU GOING
L to remain at home and buy goods from
the cheapest and best Cash Store in the
world and save enough money during the
next few months to go out with flying
capital?
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
GO OR STAY,

We want your trade and will leave moth
ing undone to deserve it. We have sent
the largest cargoes TO the goidhelds In
1S96-1S97 and can help you make lnteill,
gent selections to insure comfort ana
safety, as well as save you money.
15.lb California Wool Blankets, colored.
Leather and Corduroy Goats, all sizes.
Heavy Wool Stockings (men's) to the knee.
Heavy Alaska Socks for the north.
Rubber Goats ard Rubber Boots, first class.
Wool Mittens for men or women.
Overshiris ard Undershirts, cheap ana good
Tools and I'm plemenis for mining or cooking.
Provisions for mos. 6 mos, yr., as wanted.
Call and get posted as to your pro bable
wants if you are going for the first time.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-08-26
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nna caecta mnv ben ; a. . sahor;ta
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para la joven. ..1.*..
Cobiere seca anguosa, alta larga como
dia sin pan. ,4na3ni anaQ nnx,
Fernando tambien bastante ALTA hnea que
Pa1ecla sa nlaafS. }as n!)&iHla4,D t.
Las aceones eran tan duces tan acarcadoras COMO
rfgidas las de Ia condesa. % n25z@ n7
81 ss ateroiopelados sonrsa los
corazones. 3 tt', "'~ @'@S'-}
xo alma aaqellas dos tan ae cerca a per-
tenecian, tan rdferente como el cuerpo IeI, - ~
entrea copdeaa Fernanda leyant6 Il joven un
POGO %as tarde que de- ordinario. i oaba ba1a
pasado atomentada las
yeoe teia heman Roando e1rapdo en- n eparto de 8
FerteMohar6n neandose g. aseslnos otras
Juan Montar6n embarcado transpore
tia Nueva Caledonia mentras desde e muee su her
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-08-26
NltOS 7 pOBRES

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manjar exquisite, gusto superior. 1" Aj'ataf
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Roum1le, antique compahero del
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21
Personal.

Bertram Bovn was home from Tufts
college this week.
Mrs. Fred Wilder of Millers Falls visited
in town this week.
Mrs. Fred Butler visited her parents in
Guilforl this week.
Sidney Policy of Holyoke is visiting his
brother, Charles Policy.
Mrs. Puffer of Athol, Mass, visited rel
atives in town last week.
VIM. f. Kenney of Greenfield was in
town the first of the week.
Dan Mccormick has a new Zenith wheel ;
Miss Minnie Todd a Victor.
Mrs. Lottie Elcox has been working at
H. n Dykes for the past week
John O'Brien of Jamaica, VT, visited
his parents few days last week.
Mrs. Daniel Coffey, who has been i'll
with gastric fever, is improving.
Clifford Hall of Bellows Falls spent a
few days recently at his home here.
Arthur Brooks is to move from the Hun
ter house into one of Edward Stebbins's
tenements.
Miss Maggie Welch returns from Green
field Monday, where she has concluded her
engagement.
George Alexander has position as bell
boy at Gray's Inn, White Mountains, for
the coming summer.
Sidney Darling has gone to work in the
Halle & Frost mill, taking Guy Smiths
place in the burling room.
Miss Mary Sheehan, who has been in
| Hinsdale for three years, returns to her
home in Boston next Wednesday.
p. p. Woodbury., who went to Buffalo,
y. Y, for treatment, did not stay there,
but went to Cleveland, Ohio, for treat
ment.
Roy Taylor went to Boston Wednesday
morning to have the doctor examine his
leg, which has been in plaster cast for
some time.
Miss Grace Whitaker and Miss Lucy
| Spooner attended the Glee club concert at
Turner'S Falls Friday night, and visited a
few days there, stopping at the Farren
| House.
John and Will Taylor each have a new
Warwick bicycle bought at Melen d
! Proctor's, Brattleboro. Walter Hildreth
has a Banner wheel. Willie Bellvlle also
has a new wheel
Mrs. Philander Packard, who has been
i'll for number of weeks, is worse. Mrs
Otis Packard OF Marlboro, Mass, is here
with her. Mr.. Packard is expected from
Marlboro this week.
Miss Sarah Bailey has gone to Holyokt
to care for her niece, Mrs. Lillian c.
Stacey, who is i'll. Miss Bertha Hall takes
Miss Baileys place in the Robertson paper
mill during her absence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21
RONDVIILE.

Mrs. Emily Taylor, who has been criti-
cally i'll with pneumonia, is recovering.
Mrs. j. b. Morgan is visiting in Pawlet
this week.
Mrs. j. NJ. Flandreau of New York
city is visiting her son, DR.. S. A. Flandreau.
Horace Holden is seriously i'll at Chas.
Williamss.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. h. Burbank are visit
ing in New York city. Clement Burbank
made short visit in town last week.
At the annual meeting of the w. G. T.
U. the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Ellie
Fuller; vice president, Mrs. Gershom Tay-
lor; secretary and treasurer, Miss Lora
Williams.
Rev. John L. Reeder, who has been
preaching in Lynn, Mass, but who was
appointed to this charge at the Methodist
conference, has arrived in town and al
ready has the work of the church well in
hand. He has organized an Epworth
league with the following officers: Presi-
dent, Fred S. Burbee; vice presidents,
Miss Lora Williams, Miss Blanche John
son, John Benson, Mrs. S. A. Flandreau.
Mrs. George P. Burbee, who died on
May 5, had been a great sufferer for the
past three or four years. She was ma
tive of Nova Scotia. Coming from there
at the age of five years she resided in
Barre, Mass. At the age of nine she unit
ed with the Methodist church and was
ever after greatly interested in all church
work. She left family of five children
who, with her husband, have the satisfac
ton of knowing that all was done for hel
comfort that it was in their power to do
She was a good wife, a conscientious
mother, one who ever taught her children
to shun evil society, and she was especial,
careful to see that no reading matter wa
placed in the hands of her children blu
the best. Coming down to the shores o
the dark river we all must cross she ye
spoke of Jesus's love and showed desir
that those who knew him not might com
to him. The funeral was from the Metho
dist church on Friday, May Z, Rev. job
L. Reeder officiating.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21
THE PUTNEY COLUMN,
In MemOrian.
Preparations for Memorial WeeL--.
words of Advice from an Old Soldier.

Preparations for Memorial weeIt---
words of Advice from an Old Soldier.
Comrades Of Greenwood post:
As Memorial day, the sad sweet dav of
the year to us approaches let us each resolve
again to do our part to teach the lessons of
patriotism to those who are soon to fiji
our places, to regard the wishes of those
of our number who are unable to share
with us the labors and duties of the dav
and to honor the memory of those com
rades who have passed to the other shore
Let no feelings of jealousy or personal an
mostly, or desire for personal gain, inter
tcre with our duties on this occasion
With due respect for the feelings of those
who do not realize the sacredness of the
day, let us in a kindly way discourage
triyolity as we have opportunity. The
Woman's Relief corps, who in the truest
sense has become ian helpmeet'' for us,
will assist us throughout the exercises of
the day.
All citizens, and especially the Young
people, are invited to unite with us in paw
ing tribute to our honored dead We
earnestly invite every one who wore the
blue in our countrys defence, whether of
our order or not, to join in our ranks,
marching again shoulder to shoulder as
we strew flowers on the ever increasing
number of mounds where our fellow com
rades lie buried.
Greenwood post and corps will assemble
next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at
their respective halls, to attend divine
worship, as is our custom. In the after
noon commemorative exercises will be
held at the cemetery in East Putney. On
Saturday morning, May 20, at 8 o'clock
the assembly will be sounded at the church
in Dummerston, where appropriate exer-
cises will be held, after which we shall
place flowers upon the grave of him for
whom our post is named, and those of
other comrades. Dinner will be served by
the people of Dummerston, after which
we shall repair to the town hall in Putney
to listen to the address by the Rev. n.
Newton Glazer of Greenfield, Mass. Fol
lowing this will be the usual exercises of
decorating the graves, concluding with the
dedication of the monument to "Our
Countrys Defenders" by the Woman
Relief corps. A. P. RANNEY,
Commander, Greenwood post.
The service next Sunday will be a union
service at the Congregational church. An
excellent musical program has been pre-
pared, which will be rendered by a chorus
of about II voices. After the anthem,
"Our Land, o Lord, with Songs OF
Praise" by Schneider, j. W. Shelley will
sing 1.-THE Sleeping Hero" by Mendes
sohn, and r. r. and j. W. Shelley will
sing breathe Soft and Low" by Phelps.
The closing chorus will be "Great is the
Lord God" by Read. On the Friday be-
fore Memorial day the schools in districts
l and and the Central school will have
appropriate exercises. The monument
which the Relief corps will present, was
put in place Saturday, and it is fully up tC
expectations.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21
NORTHFIELD, MASS.

c. A. Linsley's house is being opened
and made ready for the family, who are
expected within few days. Charlie Lins
ley aud Burt Josyn are already here.
Mortified grange visited Athol on Fri
day and had a most delightful time. They
went in carriages, returning late in the
evening after the close of the exercises.
A. W. Proctor took possession of the
post office on Monday morning at its pres
ent location, the arrangements not yet be-
ing completed for its removal TO his place
of business.
The house of Edward Barber was broken
into on Friday, May ii. Ten rooms were
searched and several articles were taken.
A suitable reward is offered to the person
finding the guilty party.
On Saturday afternoon, May -, Mr..
and Mrs. c. c. Duncan received their in
innate friends from $3.50 to $50 at their
home en- Parker avenue, the occasion be-
ing the 10Th birthday anniversary of Mr.
Duncan. For many years this worthy
couple have made this red-letter day and
one of great delight to their friends. The
parlors were beautifully trimmed with ap-
pie blossoms and lovely flowers contributed
| by friends, while between the rooms was
suspended a banner containing this in
scription: "1S21-May 15-lS97, Thanks
| giving, Praise, Congratulations" This
was decorated by friend. After the com
pany were assembled the host asked for
the singing of the hymn, "a Sure Foun-
daton." He then spoke briefly, referred
to his six months of severe sickness, his
Joy in being spared to his friends, and
closed by paying touching tribute to his
wife and family physician. He offered a
beautiful prayer, after which a collation.
was served. Mr.. Duncan then called for
the singing of "Auld Lang Syne," when
the company dispersed with many congrat.
ulations and good wishes to the genial
| couple
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21

F. NJ. Lewis of Springfield, Mass, is
visiting at his old home.
Mrs. Richmond of Windsor visited her
daughter, Mrs. E. S. Munger, from Thurs
day to Monday.
Merchant NJ. G. Williams has lined the
brook in the rear of his store with shade
trees this week.
Miss Amy Mitchell, daughter of Rev. E.
F. Mitchell, is recovering from a serious
atrack of erysipelas.
Mrs. w. H. Greenwood and mother OF
Marlboro, N. H., are spending the summer
at their summer home here.
Bert Matthews of Mechanicsville spent
Sunday with his brother, Eugene, having
ridden to PutneY on his wheel.
II. A. Brainard is tearing down the Il OF
his house and he will build an l. consider
ably larger than the present one.
A moral is suggested by the mishap and
subsequent events with which two Putney
young men met in Brattleboro last Sunday
The Young Peoples Christian Endeavor
society of the Baptist church held straw
berry supper in the Baptist chapel Wednes-
day evening.
Il. A. Gleason of Westboro, Mass, a
brother of Rev. j. E. Gleason of Provl-
dence, r. l., spent Sunday at d. II. Wheel
er's.
James Lester will move soon into the
house on the Depot Hill read which MS