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rpot and pecembsr. speitcr-was quiet. spot and
DsssmSess; oSrsgwers stoady and unchanged. spirits
OF .urpsntiss. ss,kessh''' common to good strained
roe,n, sa; ,,,s Crude certificates were quoted at OSLO.
here and in on city: Refined wa Sn anichSngsd. p,,,,.
a. PsSSI e n, sis,a y: Ss S, stiaSyi rs nm lp' for the CONT CONT:
nsnt. s4.fS. PORK va, s stTGng plci mss'' ,S ss,soSs ~;
en- Ss.el m !, ga s Tsrs n ss%S7,sc. do. shoulders, SAC. Drcssed
hoTI' Ss.@bioc. Tsliow, Ss.iuc. Batter-crcaniery,
MesIesne I tS,rss. Y1s iSc., STATE, fancy, We;
nfsts, iys@aiei, thirds to seconds: lAsnso'
s%ssfoc.s DO. white, ShSsbc. nnest. 7acI fair 70
good. TS7tc.i common, sac. !; small, soloTed fancy.
mon = &c sso GOD Tiassc. E~gss.state and Pcnnsylvsnia,
fresh gathered, fancy. gec;; 300 10 prime. 9n,, z ,n soni
ac@spse.' Chicago. Dec, 7.-"Provisions were dull:
Some demand from shorts: early Influenced no doubt
closing prices being AZ a slight decline: Aside from a
fairly good export demand tSr men q od 1Gad So1 IN , .pc
estimated for o.morrow," Il,
sycnn.RSw was Guios Spn, n ap% i s a. ss ssm gSSi' w
-ToBAcco-Thc semi sales were lou cases
New New E Ens,s"Sa see. asY isai at e sas ssss0' iibd &c sas Ss'i iss ,sSs
Pennsyivanins seed leaf AZ ilSl iac.i 100 cases lses
at iShc.9 80 cases sundrics at S@isc.; 300 bales
Havana At zoe. @ 81 20 In bond. and 90 cases sumatra
wooI~T6c Wool EIchansesquotes domestic WOODS.
In the grease. as follows: Texns, spring. ~ months.
f fiaSl' sp ais.s $ .n sPssla month"; 3 saa ass % : i,4 sn iss.: t raj.
choice. 1s6i DC, fall; average, isSl4ci California
MSi'Ssr1 Tao sP I5sa; .o aIds: a. spring. 5 %aadiS sp Ssri;
and defective, 7@yc.; f~reefnil. northern. .l6@l7c.;
fall. southern. 10@l2c.; defective. fall, VIC loc' Ore
age, l4@i5c.; eastern, heavy: 11@i9c.; valley.
valley. No. 3. ia@aIc.; valley, lambs. 17@
l9c. A~rizone.cholce. l4Sl5e.; average. ls@,iae.
Idaho, nne medium. I8Slsc.; Idaho. medium. ITO
lec;; Kansas, nne and nno medium. l3@loc;; Kansas,
medium, 100 iSc.; Wyoming, fine, 12@14c.; Wyo.
ming, nnc medium. lb@1sc Wyoming, medium, 10
@lg,.; Utah. fine. 12@14c. Utah, nnc medium. 100
1Sc.; Utah. medium. l8atOc; Dakota. fine. l21l4c.;
Dakota. fne medium. lb@ &c; Dakota, medium. ID
@l9c.; Montana. fine choice. 1850 l7c.;M Montana, fine
average. 4dl8c. Montana, fine medium choice, lp9
2Oc.; Montana, fine medium average. LOG lTc.; Mon.
tana. medium choice. 1870 l9c.; Montana. medium
average, 1T6 SC. low Montana 1850 I've; Washing.
ton. fine, lOallc.; Washington. fine medium, 100
1885,; Washington. medium. 1tSl5c. Colorado and
New Mexico-Colorado fine. 1870 &c.; Colorado. fine
medium. l3@14c.;. Colorado. medium. l59l8c.;
Colorado, coarse, l4CGl5c.; improved, choice, $50
2oc.: coarse and carpet. 15@17c. Georgia and South
ern. 23G25c.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-These were to-day's prices:
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Of nsb .ptSperty. 81 De s~s.Ooo.Oco already
issued. gs000.o00 arr held inytho trsasuIy q
the cpmPany, Thorohpnny reserves tho right
70 so5 5sdostp AZ 2, or % ths bgns. n ANY any near nnsIs st
The bonus are secured By ~ mortgage on.aI
pany subject 70 sSissinT liens, and arc aisoh
f mt lien Sav on ssosks bonds; s s5S 500 oee GOO est anS
upon which there arc incumbrances OF less
than $i.oOo 900, Tho net income tfom these
assets 10, under tho most unfayorabie circum-
STANCES, In e{cess OF the I~ntercst on the entire
Slo,OOO,OOo bonds authorized BY the mortgage.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. announc 90 that the cash sub
scriptions for Chicago and NorthWsstern Saa
per cent. gold bonds arc closed, and, that mere
efter, tho bonds can only be supplied IN exchanee
for the shortterm bonds OF the CnicnGo ana
Northwestern Railway Company maturing, up
TO 1902 on terms to be- obtainablo upon npplica-
tion at tho bankers offices. '
Comptroller Fitch advertised to-day for bids
on S8,243 ,060 gle per cent. gold bonds; % this
amount $1,750,0O0 arc dock bonds, x2,973,24o
schoolhouso bonds, @9l9. $50 park bonds,, and
5000. 900 for repairing streets. Tho award will
be madc on Dec. IL.
The sales Of mining stocks at tho New. York
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange to-
hnV ~ nj
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NEW YORK. Tuesday. Dec. 7.-Receipts OF beeveS
were 673 head. all direct to exporters and slaughter.
ers. No trading; feeling steady. Dressed beef steady
at 7@siac. y n. for poor to prime native sides. Ca.
bles from British markets quote American steers at
ll@12c. y n, dressed weight; American refriger.
ated beef at So Ss4c. y n. Exports to-day. 600 beeves.
10 sheep. and 2.1S0 quarters OF beef; tomorrow.
3lT beeves and 8. 1888 quarters of beef.
Receipts OF calves. all for the market, were liz
head; gag head on sale. all told. Steady for vealsi
very dull for grassers. About $50 head unsold. Veals
sold ct e5GeS y 100 rs, Rrassers at o3. City dressed
veals steady at OL2Cs1lL c. p n.
Receipts OF sheep and lambs, all for the market.
were 1908 head; 8 cars on sale; firm all around. all
sold. Sheep sold at S3S04.6O p 100 Ds.; lambs al
5000. ga. Dressed mutton. 6laS 7t2c. p D.; dressed
lambs. SO lUc.
Firm at 80. 4oS sos Y 100 DA
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a. could be learned there Is no basis
for either Of these reports. Exceptional
strength was shown BY Missouri Pa
ciao. Northern Pacific preferred. Missouri.
Iconsas and Texas preferred. Atchison pre-
f,rrcd. southern Railway preferred, jersey Dem
tral and western Union. OF the loss active
shsres the greatest net advances were scored
nv colorado Fuel, Consolidated Ice. St. Joe and
Grand Island first and second preferred and st.
Louis and San Francisco frst and second pre-
ferred. The closing was very hrm at only frac-
tionnl recessions from the best prices.
Final sales compare with those OF yesterday
- H-aaa-n
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Futures here advanced o TO 10 points, closing nrm
after saleS Of 28, 200 bags. Hayre advanced al, but
lost Lf. OF this, Hamburg advanced q pig. To ! pig.
RIO was firm at 10 reis advance; receipts In two days.
BS,000; stock. $4,000; exchange. It'd, an advance
OF l.32d. Santos was hrm At goo reis advance; 10
eeipts in two days. l2.OO0i stock. l~,Ot4.0OO bags.
and European cables. II was reported that the Com
missarios or Rio estimated the next Rio crop at p
900. 900 EAgs.
METAlS-1ron-was steady. Spot and December
90. I5@e ~. 80; January, so. 7L3eO SO; February, $3.50
@s6. 90; March. 90. $50 80. 95; April, t6.s0SST. Sales
Of 100 tons December was recorded on Change" At
1910. Copper-Was nrmer. SPOT and December,
10. 671@lIc Lead-wAS dull at 0.o5@6.70c. for spot
and December. Ttn-wNS duh at l9,8o9lS.7oc, Tor
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UNITED sTATEs KURRER comPAMY.
OFFICE OF wEISBACH COMMRaCTa1'
r
Glertious aud Meettuas.
OFFICE OF
THE CHICAGO, ROCK MAJ n
Ann PACIFIC HALLWAY

CHICAGO. ILL.,, DecemberQ "a laos
A spGcia, meeting or the stockholders Of The Cia.
duly called by the Board of Directors. will Se hIpy1dny
the General ONCE Of tho COMPANY. No Ineiyues
Buren, street. IN the city of Chicago. County ~ CO.
and state or Illinois, on the Fifteenth G5th1 SSxeI
purpose or eonsiderlng. voting. aud deciding wSethas
the stockholders OF the company will conss,"" no.ne5
will authorize the creation OF a bonded Ss ~ aha
the issue, at such times and in such swO,oy
as from TINS to time the Board OF Director may
aeterInlne. OF bonds. payable In Gold Coin ~
the United states of America of III.
standard or weight ami nneness, and not q plesSne
the aggregate principal sum OF one hundred a",uu,nnnS
aoiihrs SSioo'Voo.oOOl, maturing January 1 inSa
and bearing a ratio OF interest not exceedin "a auoo.
centnm per annum. payable semi annuaiiS.s nv pss
execution or a mortgage or deed OF tTnyt IN ~ NJ NJ
trustee or Irustoos AZ may bo deAignatnd' e.S1
hoaru OF Dlrectors, 10 be dared January / A n yaaa
m. nnrno w. e1'h ponds, which ara TO he Issued 10:
or neIore maturity. outstanding obl1vaiiops nsss;h.s
company, aud OF such ether con,naniss 49, tus
roads shall hereafter he acquired by consniidas reli-
butcnase oy The Chicago. Rock Island and pSn,9s
enIarseiin eeDtppmapnSI, o Hna Tor the purpqso OF tho future
cry 81 thls Company and also whether ths stacspp rJS-
ers OF the COMPANY will consent Ia. ana aosnhole'
~ m,ortgaye Tor securing the SAID bonds ~ spsH ~
proceadtnss' W tn9 sain meeting. ana will ratify ths
M 'bS un OF the hoard OF Directors antbnyi,tnS
sueh bonus ana such mortgage or deeS Of tn'S,,'.in3
snuiuAt'hK Ihe property 70 be coyerad ,hssahSss. An1
lot the FURTHER purpose OF consIdertn, 'vn,,n,yi sn1
sniiG wnether Article VIII. OF the Irthles ~ cnn-
June, IN the year A. D, 1850, as the SsII NJ Ara gay o.
ayndhusu AZ the annual meeting Of ths ~
~ u y ths COMPANY on ;he 9th day OF June nnssns
snanD. d1t,heT amended so az to read: This htspoS
subieet sha iiI1nosd debt 10 which the company shsiib
w. q. PuRDr. Secretary. ~ 0AnLE' PRESIDENT
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New York and Philadelphia, December 9Th. 1897.
We oner for sale a limited amount Of the above
described bonds at loe per cent. and interest. Tho
bonds are now ready for delivery.
Attention 10 invited to q letter from Mr.. Charles
Hartshorne, Vice President OF the Lchigh Valley
Railroad Company copies OF which may be OBJ
tanned at our ofhcc). which sets forth that the issue
cured not only by n mortgage on all the railroad
and equipment owned by tho Lehigh Valley Rail.
road Company, subject only to its existing bonds,
but also by o nrst lien on stocks. bonds. and real
estate, all of which have cost the Company
-" s22. SOC. 900. and on which membranes of less
than S1.0O0,o00 exist; and. furthermore. that the
/" mortgage security will be increased by the prop.
"erty to be acquired by the o., 200, 900 bonds re-
"served for construction and additions after Janu.
"ary ]. 1900" Mr. Hartshorne does I" not hesitate
to say that the net income earned by the stocks.
bonds, and real estate already subject to the mort
gage ia, under the most unfavorablo circum-
"stanccs, far in excess Of tho interest on.tho maxi
"mum OF ell 900. 900 bonds authorized by the mort
gage. and this income will DO further increased
by the net earnings Of the new property for which
$4,000 900 out of Gle. 900. 600 bonds can only DO
FUSED"
Copies Of the mortgage may be obtained at our
once.
j. p. MORGAN & CO.,
20 Wall Street, New York.
DREXEL s. Co.,
9th and Chestnut Streets. Philadelphia.
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THE CHICAGO. ROCK IsLANn = pScS-.=
on- TO- EASA1Au

tics M ~ .he Try a1urer. Chicago, Dec. 1. 1897 No
Director On 4, scSen that by order OF the Board "a
will h. cIo. n'S company, the ttock transfer booSS
3d. and I aeosan a. three O'Clock r. II. on Fhdsyo d. :
Dec. 18Th IHo1ls \ ~ ten o'clock A. N. on Mondsy
W. PGRDY. Tssssu..a
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CoMPEND.

TUESDAY, Dec. Observation-Disclosures was
In fair demand and stronger. The sales were
100000 BUSH. including 10000 No. 2 red,
$4,000 ungraded wheat on private terms,
$4,000 No. / hard spring at S1.03, and $4,000
No. 1 Manitoba at LOLA, FREQ ION board ahoat
late last night for export. Free on board afioat:
No. / Northern spring New York, 99lac.; do.
Duluth, S1.OOla; No. Q hard winter, 96,9c. No. 2
red. 9sc.; No. 1 hard Duluth. S1.O3. Mime
apolis received to-day 365.o1o BUSH, against
226.44o last year; Duluth 139,19l, against
57,462; Chicago l42,O97, against 20,150; Mil
waukee 81, 300. against 49.05o; st. Louis
47,oOo. against IS. 7o1; Toledo 27.171. against
IFS. 227; Detroit 8,291, against 1O,541 last year.
Futures opened Lee. lower. but recovered this
and advanced 1c. to lee, but lost lac. to SEC. Of
the improvement. Future sales 9. 1926, 600 bush,,
IA follows:
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Available cash balance.

IuVIuuIHB sUIu Fe'eTV1'SFEV'5UI'0VI VEse'FUI''"o
Money in London gig v cont. Rates OF dis
count in. open market for both short and three
months bills, 2 l6-led3 y cent. Paris ndyices
quote 3 q cents ut 1O3 francs S2l2 confines.
Exchange on London 25 francs "a centimos.
j, p. Morgan & Co. offer at lO2 and interest a
limited amount OF. 50. 900, 900 Lohigh Valley
Railroad Company's o q cent. OO.year mort
gage collateral trust gold bonds, being part OF a
sot oi,I is a6o Limited 70 $l5O0o 600, oh w Ide6
cnd then only at the rate of q 1000. OO0
per annum for the acquisition or cohstructi9h
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VAN w. N@seSv Wv
RAILROAD N OTHER A
Open HIGH Lots- -CsstHs-
sslss tnO. est. est. Btd. asked.
l2 AmsRpllb ll6 ll6 llAtll6
VOC AmsM. - 81 ~ 81 sh'
1880 Am Toe. 80 ses IS. SO Sea-
70 Am Ex..ll6h ll7h ll6all lls
800 Am col 22h 22a 22 e 2s
<to Atch.TS
SEE. ls. 49, ls. lst 49,
1880 Atch.T&
sr.p; go. so ae. ee+ ses
80 500 5eS 5eI SO go
800 Brunswk
adip.. 8. So 81 81 8
100 Bait o l2" l2s las l2L l2a
SVass nay std 81 6s So eL ca
600 Br's Rr az az sIs sia 80
lao . I'm a.llst llsk lleL / llo
100 Can So. 65 SO 55 SO 56L
asio Con Ice. 3 36S a3b SO a5L
s5s C Ice pr. Ssh 90 ssa sah eoL
100 CHI Ct
pt.B... go. go. as's go go
a.is cAssto es ast aa aaa asb
1900 c. c.c&
800 C I. {. ca
SLIP. 30 30 30 70 so
1910 1884, le3tl2ab
S9o cANwpl 8 1864 1861 1861 100
1890 c. e6S 90 9 o7a o7S
1880 c,Mastr e3s 90 s3I CAS- 94'.
400 C.M&st
Ppr".lA2 l4s lAa l4s l4eb
300 eo,ra.l. as Is az sSs IS
90 o g So Q
sooo4Hc. 81 8" 81 6+
81 C.L&Wp 46 40 40 az AT
go cenGAS. ts6 leeh 1861 1876 1861
$40 c'IGLD 30 30 go 30 go
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The Illinois Central Railroad reports gross
earnings for Octobero of $2.430.300, an increase
of $l95, 40 as compared with the same month
Of last year. and net $S7S,744. an increase OF
$56.222 For tho four months ending Oct. 81
the gross earnings were $S,945 ,34S, an increase
Of 81 500. 1877 as compared with the correspond.
ing period OF last year, and net $1,000, 1853, an
increase of $451, 735.
The Western New York and Pennsylyania
$34l $50, an increase of $2s, 289 as compared
with the same month of last year. and net
$l40. 597, an increase Of $40, 775. For the four
months ending Oct. 81 the gross earnings woro
81. 900, $50. an increase OF 500. 656 as compared
with tho corresponding period OF last year. and
net 1854, $40. an increase Of $i3,230.
Tho Iowa Central Railroad reports gross
earnings for October OF $l79.643. an increase
Of 1859 as compared with the same month Of
last year, and net $6s. ia. an increase OF
So. l6l. For the four months ending Oct. 81
tho gross earnings were $6I6, 1865. an increase
OF SSS.O5l as compared with the corresponding
period Of last year. and net S235, FOG. an increase
OF $57, 70l.
The receipts of the United States Treasury to-
day were: Customs. $422,247; internal revenue,
Sl0l .492, and miscellaneous, $46,7S1, u total
600. an excess OF expenditures over receipts OF
$l25,4 S0. The receipts OF the fiscal year TO date
have boon $lG0.S G7 oil. tho expenditures
$ls7, $40. ll9. and the deficit S27. 072,20s.
The official count of the cash in the Treasury
at the close OF business to-day, compared with
that OF yesterday shows:
United States notes ..,.. 07,i55,l72 87,6b3,6 800
other notes, less demand
liabilities. ...,.....".., ~9.osl,Oll l7,obs'22o
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finanfiaI.
r Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company
$5,OOO,OOO
Mortgage and Collateral Trust
8 Per Cent, l00-Year Gold Bonds,
Issue Limi'ed to SIS, 100000,

~ 1ol SouN 1OOS L0lI OUlu DOUubt
Issue Limi'ed to SIS, COO, 900,
or which ~. o 600 cannot be issued until
1000. and then only ut tho rate or
$1,000. 900 per annum for ncquLition
or construction OF new property TO
come under tho mortgage. or
the ss, 900, 900 already issuod
$4,000. o arc held In
tho Treasury or tho
Principal payable May 4. 1907.
Interest May and November.
BOTH A IN GOLD COIN OF THE UNITED
STATES OF II PRESENT STANDARD OF WEIGHT
AMI F1NENEss N FREE TRoM DEDUCTION
FOR X
COUPON BONDS OF Of, 900 EACH,
WITH RIGHT OF REGISTRATION OF PRINCIPAL.
Tho Railroad Company reserves tho right to
redeem all or any or the bends on May Est or
November nst in any year ut Hoya per cent.
and accrued interest after sixty da,s' notice
by publication.
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EXEMPT from taxation by the City and
County Of New York.
PinCipaI a%ndInterest Payablein Gold.

~rxrcuroRs. ADMINISTRATORS. GUARDlAN4
AND OTHERS HOLDING TRUST ARB
AUTHORIZED BY AN ACT Oh H LEaIsLAr
TIRE PASSED MARCH IL. 1880. TO INvEs4
IN THESE BONDS N STOCK. -
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inactive. New Feeding. 2s4@2siac.,
cost and freight to Buffalo; mailing, 45@57c, as to
quality. Rye-Was strong. State. 49at5lc.; No. 2
Western. 64la@55stc., cost and freight to Buffalo.
C%orn-spot was Arm. The sales were l3s. 5000 bush.
including 10000 No. q white and 10000 No. e
mixed on private terms for export. No. 9 mixed in
elevator. 5000 at 8iiac.; 5000 do. at 92iac; deliv.
advanced i4c., but lost half OF this. Future sales
40 nm huah IA followa.
Evening journal., 1897-11-18

his mother-in-law She is the actual
head Of the family.
Woman's Rights In Alaska.
Women occupy an equivocal position
among the Alaskan natives. Their legal
rights are many. but until they become
mothers-in-law, their actual privileges
are few. A mother Is practically the
slave. of her eldest son. although he
and the rest of her children take their
surname and tribal pedigree from her.
instead Of from their father. When
her daughters marry. however, her
sons-in-law become her serfs, and
thenceforward she enjoys sweet re-
venge upon the male sex. The large
MISUNDERSTANDING females in the pho
tograph OF a group of Alaskan women
sent you a couple Of weeks ago may
easily be distinguished as mothers-in-
law.
With that photograph also for
warded a tintype Of a Thlingit girl, the
belle Of the village Of Kanakanak. and
a snapshot of an Alaskan Indian In the
act of harpooning a seal Poor Lo'
when 1 caught him with my camera,
was standing on the prov of the bara-
bara. his harpoon poised for the lunge
at the frightened seal. an expression of
flendish glee on his swart features and
his whole body bristling with the JOY
Evening journal., 1897-11-18

with Thlngits and Eslxmos and Aleuts
in every accessible part of the great
Northwest. have slept in the igloo Of
the kolosh with sledge dogs lying on
my chest and greasy Eskimo babies
sticking their pudgy feet in my face
half suffocated by the pot-pourri Of
perfumes emanating from dozen
human and icanine forms. and l have
huddled under the inverted kayak or
bidarka of the Thlingit with the rain
beating upon every part of me except
my head and a bitter east wind chill
ing me to the marrow AS fate or
dained, have made a meagre meal Of
ulikan and seaweed cakes, or have
gorged myself on seal hlubber and
moose steaks. I have discussed yukala
Ca very fine trout with the Aziavigiok
hamiut and have shared shellhsh with
the Aleut. To my discredit be it said.
have tried to drink-fusel oil and all
the fearful liquor which the Eskimo
distills from flour paste, sugar, dried
fruit. berries, etc. 1 am happy TO say
that I have been wholly unable TO 90
so. That vile decoction would over
strain the bibulous endurance of a
Bowery lush.
Long before I returned TO this. the
capital Of Alaska. I learned to appre-
ci9te even the poor heat of chikshu
Evening journal., 1897-11-18

of slaughter. His companion in this
stern OF the boat was padding swiftly
but silently, in order not to disturb
family party of seals a few rods away,
On which the hunters also had designs.
1t was a fierce and exciting chase, and,
though / felt sorry for the seal. could
not but admire the skill and strength
with which the harpooner sent his slen-
der steel plunging through the body Of
the animal This is a primitive method
of killing seals. but it is still popular
among the Thlingits.
When I get more used to writing
with pen and ink on real paper once
more, and when the genial warmth Of
the modest hotel at which / am stop
ping shall have thawed the ice in my
veins. / viii tell you more about the
peculiar and picturesque peoples among
which / have lived these many weeks.
At present it is an effort to think, and
my fountain pen is still frozen.
MARK FALLON.
Evening journal., 1897-11-18
nNcLAND's cnILD DRuNKARDs.
Thirty Thousand Women Visited
BnrrOOms in One Night.
tby Anglh-American Press.l
MANCHESTER. En-. Nov. 1

lBy Angib-American press)
MANCHESTER, Eng Nov. 1.
Lady Elizabeth Biddulph presided at
the opening sittfngs yesterday of the
Womens Total Abstinence Union in
Bristol.
Mrs Vanse London) made special
plea for children, saying that there
were hundreds of little ones in courts
and slums who went TO bed drunk
every night
They had parents who, FOR the sake
Of drink. were willing to place their
children in the care of people really
unknown to them. and themselves in
toxicated.
In London alone, out Of $4,000 persons
who went into public houses one satur
day night in the course OF three hours.
over $4,000 were women.
The awful amount OF drunkenness.
among women must cause deplorable
wretchedness and suffering
Evening journal., 1897-11-18
Cspecial.)
SITKA. Alaska. oct. 20.
Via SEATTLE. Wash. Nov. 1

Via SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 1.
Poor Lo the Indian, will soon be as
much of tradition in Alaska as he is
in the Western States. Most of the ma
tives are passing through what for
them is certainly the degrading process
Of civilization. The Aleuts particularly
are abandoing their ancient costumes
and customs and aping the dress and
manners of the paleface Among this
people the aboriginal fur garments
have been almost entirely replaced by
the white mans store clothes and the
aboriginal stomach is being slowly but
surely corroded by the white mans
rum
Parenthetically, 1 may remark that
the worst whisky on this green earth is
sold right here in little old Alaska. 1
would give a good-sized nugget for
genuine Manhattan cocktail, and / am
not what a Kentucky colonel would call
q drinking man. One feels the need OF
a really pure stimulant occasionally in
these parts. 1t is doubtful if any man
would remain a teetotaler long in this
latitude. Good whisky is a blessing
here when it is needed. It's like carry
ing a gun in Texas You may live here
all your life and never need it, but
when you do need it. you need II
mighty sudden" What is running the
Alaskan natives is not good whisky.
but bad rum-red-hot tanglefoot, that
burns and bites like vitriol.
Doesn't Like the Native.
I have met the Alaskan native in all
his phases, from grave to gay, from
lively to severe, and 1 am free to con-
fess that l am not yet prepared to hail
him as a man and brother. AS man,
ne is at best a rude apology; as a
brother, he would be a disgrace to the
family. He is about the dullest. slow
est. dirtiest, meanest coyote to be
found anywhere on the North Ameri-
can continent Philadelphia lawyers
and Coney Island photographers not
excepted. and. so far as the present
generation is concerned, IS, in my opin-
ion. utterly hopeless. Something may
be done by the Government teachers
and by the missionaries to reclaim the
youthful Thlingits, Eskimos and Aleuts
from their racial stupidity but the
Alaskan indian OF to-day Is pernic-
ious and persistent barbarian, with al
modern improvements in the line OF
savagery.
Since 1 undertook to prospect this
country for news specials, I have fallen
upon ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain. I have been in Sitka
just four days, after an extended tour
of Alaska, and have taken two baths
every day. This is just double my
usual number, but for three months
previous every square inch of me, ex
cept my face and hands, has been g
stranger to water. You can't battle IN
the open air in Alaska, save in th'
Summer season, and the Russians wh'
preceded the American pioneers neg
lected to build Russian baths. You see
it was part of the Cars policy L
trucl1le to the prejudices Of the natives