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The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE $500 wiilbuya finedrug store
ii sold at once, long established COM
MERCIAL, 5IuF NV. nO19-3t-etu
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE-Cheap; so business wagons,
suitable for gToceTs. laundry, ba kers and
all trades All kinds of Wa CONS, with or
without top. Finest line OF wagons IN the
city. Call and seethem. WM. " ALTERS
SON, 14th and sts. NV. nO1S-1t,em
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE-Oyster saloon, doing a good
business: reason for selling, nl-health.
Apply OYSTER SALOON, this office
no19 Stem
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE-2 side-bar buggies; . phaetons;
builders wagons: line business
newly painted pole and shafts; L dayton;
i SET double hack harness, fun liua OF
new and secondhand harness; ! jump
seat surrey; 1 cutunder sdirey. 21i aud
2iS l1th st. NV. noI6-6t
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR RENT Basement for a wide-a wake
caterer. good place for good part y; money
to be made rent taken in meals, bring
references; near Palais Royal. 723 11tn
ST. NV. mol 9-3t
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE Horse and dayton wagon;
cheap. Address HORSE, this office.
no1S3t
The times., 1897-11-20

WANTED-To rent, a store for cigars, etc,
with two or three living rooms: would
buy out one. Address BARGAIN, this office.
no2O-3t
The times., 1897-11-20

WANTED-By young man, work of any
kind; night work pref erred, does not use
tobacco of liquor. Address STEAL tnls
office. no2o-3t
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR So LIZ -EoRsEs q CARRIAGES.
FOR ALE-Phaeton buggy, upright bed,
and mattress, toilet sets, Brussels car
ave. Item
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE-Drug store; proprietor In i'll
health, desires TO sell a drug store, in
northwest; viii sell cheap to proper party.
Apply to GEORGE w. DREW, A tt'y at
Law MertZ bldg, l1th and SITS. NV.
oc2S-l mo-em
The times., 1897-11-20

WHY does the ES.aa ige i'uFeau sell the
most places OF business and why does it
get 50 many TO sell? Cbas. NJ Wyndham, is
tue manager and knows how to close n
deal. So Continue; VIII Seh quick Tor yoI.
CHAS. NJ. WYNDHAM, Exchange Bureau,
72I 18th NV 1t
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE-One OF the best dairy lunch
room businesses in city; centrally located,
bat gain. CREAM MER x CO., 6l5 14Un ST.
uOgO-3E
The times., 1897-11-20
HELP WA NTED-RIAlE AND
FEM AT Il
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-S5 yapor bath cabinet given for
a few hours work. Address CABINET,
tins office. 1t
The times., 1897-11-20
FOR RENT on SAFE.
roR sALE-B1cYcLEs.

For SALE-'97 bicycles on So monthly
payments We are closing out our en-
tire stock of ladies' and mems hiEh-grade
monthly payments. No matter how small
your salary, you can afford a bicycle IN
such terms as these. f. e. SMITH, 1925
Pa ave mol S-6t,em
FOR SALE-Lady's $50 high grade, ght-
running wheel: lamp, bell, tools, ETC.;
S25. Call from 3 TO o p. m.s SOC Sd st. NV.
no17-3t-em
The times., 1897-11-20

CONFECTIONERY and bakery Establish
ed paying stand; owner retiring from
business, splendid location. DUNLA p, 500
81. nO2O-3t
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE-Oyster house: 2O1S 14th st.
NV; cause OF sale is sickness; win sell
for $50: ii is a good business place.
CaH at 201S 4th st. mol S-3G
The times., 1897-11-20
biIscEI4,ANEGus.

9Sc. WILL buy ladies' and gents solid
leather shoes; all sizes. SELBY, No.
1908 Pa ave. ~ no2O-1t
81 90 WILL buy n good pair OF PANTS
100 pairs to select from; all coiois.
SELBY 1913 Pa ave. no20-4J
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR RENT-Dec. 1st, 12S d ne, g.
room house, newly painted papered; s
rooms rented If satisfactory. OWNER,
this office. mol 9-:St EN-
The times., 1897-11-20

WANTED-Coiored man wants place as
waiter in boarding house, cafe, or re-i-
taurant. Address j. +. e.. 1855 I0thst. nw.
The times., 1897-11-20

~. no % OF
FOR RENT-Flat of 3 or rComs, 81
floor; bath Oh saiHe; heat and gas; will
rent separate from 81 10 Sc: table bGarderS
desired at reasonable rates. 81 II st. NV
no17-3t-em
FOR RENT Flat OF two basement rooms.
stean.-neat. range in kitchen: no children:
rent $40. 40 st. NV. no17-6t
The times., 1897-11-20

WANTED = A competent architectural
draughtsman desires employment: good
refs: moderate pay. Address MODERATE
this office. no20-3t
The times., 1897-11-20

If YOU are looking for n grocery store
that VIII suit you, and pay well, see Iuinc
before you buy Address ARGO, this
office. mol est
The times., 1897-11-20

FOR SALE-Two good young horses, one
side door milk wagon and good buggy.
Sl1 n. Ca pitol st. ne. mol 9-3t
The times., 1897-11-20
For RENT-RooMs.

FOR RENT Nicely furnished room; wa nm
and light: two in room; with good table
board. $40 per month"; references eX-
changed. SO III ST. ne. no2o-3t
The times., 1897-11-20
FOR RENT-HoUsEs.

FOR RENT-432 Q st. NV; house open.
rooms; hall, range, bath, gas; new
papering; back building; parking; large
back yard; arranged for families, i'm
proyements finished. SIS.5O. nO2O-3t
The times., 1897-11-20
FOR RENT-FLATs.

FOR RENT-Flat: either 2d or Sd floor:
a m. j.; Inquire III store 2012 14th St
NV. no193t
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-05

Begin early to lay plans to get
delegate from every Mission Circle
to attend the National as your dele
gate. Women sometimes have to have
time to get good ready for a trip,
even to the church societies. The
more you talk about and plan for it
the greater is your success likely to
be.
| take it for granted every oneof us
have received some enthusiastic i'm
pulses since we came here. We have
felt it privilege and good for us.
Now don't let us go home and drop
down into inertia and indifference.
but treat our enthusiasm as some
precious perfume to be treasured as
precious ointment and used with dis
erection and care, that our supply may
last through the next twelve months,
and tell in our work for missions at
home and abroad, not forgetting the
earth is the Lords and the field the
world.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-05

deavor, but we will be "angels of
God" as well, lifting up the weary
and discouraged traveller, pointing to
him "the way, the truth, the life"
l have no doubt nor fear as to the
future of Universalism. Its perma-
nency is unquestionable. Away with
the pessimistic thought that our
church has outgrown its usefulness,
that it is losing prestige, that it is
not permeated with the spirit of de-
votion. Thank God she may have
less "cant" than some others, but
never less spirituality. The Univer-
salist Church always has, is and al
ways will, ride upon the crest of the
topmost wave of the onward move
ments, which sweep like springtide
over us, giving us new methods of
work, new ideals, new morals. Her
work is not done. Nothing is settled
in this world until it is settled right.
The theological, religious, econom-
zeal, social and moral questions are
not settled right, and the U niversalist
Church will have hand in settling
them. Its idea of God, and of mans
nature and destiny, is the belief
which will mould the religion of the
future, and correctly solve the social
questions which soagitate and divide
mankind.
Would that every delegate and WIS.,
itor of this Convention might go back
to his home, back to his local church,
feeling the sacredness of his faith;
realizing the beauty of his religion;
seeing, with prophetic eye, the future
triumphs of his church. May this
Convention be an CANCEL of God" in
deed, opening the eyes of those who,
because of their isolation or reverses
are weary, faint-hearted, discouraged,
or hopeless, until they, with an en-
larged vision, can see the well of
water" which will give eternal life
the Almighty God, source of all life,
love and activity, and the goal tow
ards which we, his offspring, are all
travelling.
"Ah, Lord of life, though spectres pale,
Fill with their threats the shadowy vail,
With thee my faltering steps to aid,
| How can l dare to be afraid2''
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-05
THE BUSINESS IN HANDS
BY EMILY L. SHERWOOD,
Corresponding Secretary W. G. Al

The topic chosen is rather sugges-
tive, and owes its origin to the fact
that the modern editors have shut
out from reports some of the things
that every secretary feels in her in
most being she must say or literally
''boil over"
1t is not to be expected that we, of
this society, are going to do business
on business basis until we have
learned how any more than the mem
bers OF other organizations. 1t is the
first lesson WON On have to learn how
to attend to the business interests of
their societies.
Not Fault Finding.
Now, | trust no one will imagine
there is any unnecessary fault fnd-
ing on this occasion, although your
speaker does feel like speaking out
plain enough to be understood. She
has suffered, and some of you
have suffered in this meeting, from
not having insisted in your State
work on all the sisters of the Mission
Circles coming to time with their re-
turns and their reports that you might
have them in time to get your returns
in at the tins specified by the cor
responding SECRETARY. 1t has been
said that when one brick falls all the
bricks in that row fall. 1t is just so
when one person is "slow." She can
not live any more than she can die
for herself alone. All the other off
GERS to whom she should report have
to be slow just because she is. They
cannot do anything until the slow
woman catches up, and while she
comes creeping along, every body who
has to report has to be watching that
little fox of temper of theirs to keep
them from flying off the handle, to be
more expressive than elegant, while
waiting for the woman who is always
behind hand.
To Illustrate
To illustrate. The national officer.
along early in March, began to send
out the formulas to be filled up by
State officers. Some OF them wrote
to her and asked what was the need
of being in hurry, since the annual
meeting was still two months ahead.
There is only one reply. 1t takes
time to get around, and unless some
date is fixed many never get around
on time, and then they wonder if they
are not offended because their State
is not fully reported by the general
officers, when, perhaps, as happened
this year, several States reported after
the treasurer and corresponding
secretary had closed the reports for
the auditors.
Now that we have got up little
enthusiasm do go home resolved to
be prompt in your State reports this
year. There is almost two hundred
dollars this year out of the treasur.
ers' annual report that ought to have
arrived in time for this year, but it
didn't. Somebody was slow, not
necessarily your State officers be-
cause they were waiting for the slow
women in the Mission Circles who
neglected their duty, not so much be.
cause they could not it, as because
we have yet all to learn how import
ant every single individual is and
how important her little one dollar is.
sRead at the w. C. A.. Philadelphia.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-05
SERMON.
AN ENLARGED VISIONS
BY REV. U. S. MILBURN.

TExT-"God opened her eyes and she
saw a well of water. Gen. xxi. 10.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
THE NEW CITY.
Business and Domestic Matters IN Mining
Town.


A month after the establishment Of
Dawson City should judge there were
probably in the vicinity of 500 people
there They had come from all quar-
tiers. / think there were 80 houses put
up during the winter, which was last
winter Only two streets had teen laid
out, First avenue and Second avenue.
First avenue was given up to business.
On it were the stores of the A. G. I.
company and n. a. 7. company cf Chi
cago.
There was only one saicon during
the winter, and the bartender was
George Westbrcok. The stock CT the sa
loon consisted CT whisky, beer, ale and
about every thing that is i'll other sa-
looms. 1t was shipped in by the mouth
of the river from St Michael's. Every
thing was so cents a drink, no mixed
drinks, and no water for chaser. The
gold commissioner. The commissioner
settled his funeral expenses, and l sup
pose the rest of his money will go to his
people in Oregon. When a man dies
there, his effects arc turned ever to the
gold commissioner This commissioner
records claims and settles all mining
disputes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
DAWSON LUxURlEs.
Some Pianos, Few Pictures, a Little Cham
pagne and Fine Bars.

Some Pianos, a Few Pictures, Little Cham
pagne and Fine Bars.
Before the establishment Of Dawson
there were 1900 people at Circle City.
Afte.. that it is pretty hard to tell how
many there were. It was practically
deserted in a short time. All the things
they had there, pianos, pictures, ETC.,
were taken up the river this spring III
the A. G. I. company's boats. We have
all kinds of pictures ghere, oil, water
color, etc. The saloon people have them
mostly.
We have nicer bars there than you
have I've. One Of the bars there cost
$3.50 right in San Francisco. It belongs
to Leach & Ashby. Joseph Cooper has
bar, bought in San Francisco last
spring, which cost about the same,
$3.50. It is a fine thing, with mirrors
and everything.
I bought of fellow there in San
Francisco, two years age last winter, 20
or 80 pictures. They were water colors.
One of them took first prize at the mid
winter fair in San Francisco. 1t was
landscape. / don't know the painters
name. I don't know who painted any
of the pictures.
The dance hall was owned by Harry
Ash. 1t is 40 by so, frame building
covered with white drilling. They
have an orchestra at the dance hall. I
never was in it myself, but I have
heard the music. I should think there
were horn, piano, violin, etc. There
may be Is or 20 women there. There is
no admission fee. You just so in and
dance and patronize the establishment.
Every thing is so cents drink.
Champagne at Trading Posts.
They don't keep champagne in the
saloons and dance ..alls, only at the
trading posts The women get a per-
centage of the receipts for dancing with
the miners. frequently when the miners
feel flush they give the women nuggets.
When I left Dawson, there were ten
saloons and only three restaurants. One
restaurant belonged to a barber, one to
an Italian, whose name don t recollect,
and one to an ironmonger. They charge
81. so for meal which consists Of ba-
con, beans, bread, coffee, piece of
cheese and dried fruit. The restaurants
were we'll patronized. They sold every
thing they could rake or scrape.
The trouble was they couldn't get
enough supplies to satisfy the demand
for meals. Bacon was 81 a pound. Eggs
We're as high as S. dozen in the winter.
\ man could get just what he was a
mind TO ask for his outfit when he cane
up in the spring.
There was trouble in getting help to
do anything there. You got man and
kept him a day or two and he would
CONTINUED on NEXT PAGE.
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Station, where Mercier was. That is
about 175 miles fron, Stuart river.
By this time the white peonle were
getting quite .hica. We had about 100
in the whole country, scattered all
around 1000 miles, that fall of 1883
that we were on the Stuart river.
A. j. Franklin, J. O'Brien, Lam
bert and his partner discovered Forty
Mile creek. That is about 40 miles from
Dawson City Fort Reliance at that
time was the only post in the country
and was tie zero for estimating dis
tances. We called it Forty Mile creek
because it is 20 miles from Fort Reli-
ance. 1t is 45 miles from Dawson
City, or nearly midway between the
two points.
All We=e Veterans There.
After the discovery of Forty Mills
creek the people left Stuart river. At
that time there was quite little town
there called Stuart River. There were
no women there except Indian women.
There were no amuSements, nothing Dut
work. Every man was an experienced
miner and had all the provisions and
supplies he needed. There was not a
death at Stuart River that winter.
We had some good digging at Forty
Mile. That was really the first of the
Klondike camps. The diggings consist
ed of bar diggings and bench digginss.
Bar diggings are those where the gold
has been thrown up on the bars by the
action of the water. 1t is drift gold.
Where the point was just right the ed
dies would whirl the gold around and
throw it up on the bars. The bench dig
gings were in deposits made by large
flows Of gravel in which the gold was
carried along.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
blankets, picks, shovels, gold pans,
rockers, rocker irons, nails, whipsaws,

Dl20keLS, PICKS, SNOVo1S, SOiu PANS,
rockers, rocker irons, nails, whipsaws,
heoasaws. etc
chi1kat Pass Zoe Unsafe.
From Dyea we went over the Chil-
kat pass which amt as dangerous as
they say it $50 miles to Lake Lirde-
man, the headwaters of The Yukon riv-
er. We had 50 Indians with US. There
we built our boats, two large scows.
We left our Indians there and pros
pected along down the river-July IL,
1882, our boat was built-and we start
ed down the lake and prospected along
the river until we reached Fort Reli-
ance. That was nearly 400 miles from
our starting point. We got there in
September We had stopped from point
to point along the route, prospecting
and finding gold
We made our winter quarters at
Fort Reliance. Before going into win
ter quarters, however, we crossed over
from Fort Reliance to the headwaters
Of Sixty Mile creek, tributary Of the
Yukon. That is about 600 miles north
of juneau. It was at Sixty Mile creek
that Mr.. Harper had discovered gold a
year or two before in paying quantities.
We found gold there, as we supposed.
in paying quantities, nuggets worth as
high as 25 or 80 cents, On the bars OF
the creek.
We prcspected around there for
about ten days. Then we went back to
Fort Reliance and went into winter
quarters after building our houses. The
fort consisted of trading post of the
Alaska Commercial Trading company
and had two men stationed there-Mr.
McQuesren and an Indian Interpreter.
Mr.. McQuesten was trading agent for
the Alaska Commercial Trading COM
pany and went there in 1875. His life
was that of a trader and trapper.
Good Weather In September.
7 can't tell why the place was cali
ed Fort Reliance. 1t was established Dy
Canadian, Francisco MERCER, a native
Of Montreal, for the A. c. 7. con- paIy-
Wewent into winter quarters about SEPT.
25. The weather was lovely, with Lot
particle OF snow. The wild geese AID
ducks were just starting back souta,
but snow came soon, and we We're shut
in. It was very cold.
During that. winter we hauled cur
supplies with hand sleds and dogs, or
by hand, over to the creek where we ex-
pected to work the next summer. 1t
zee about 80 miles away and in Cana
dian territory. At that time this dis
trict was not known as the Klondike
district It was not really known as
anything at that time that know of.
Fort Reliance was the nearest point.
There had not been any ybody in there to
discover any gold except this man Har-
per. 1t was simply speculative that the
gold did exist in this country. We went
there on the presumption that there
was some there.
We hauled our supplies over there,
and after this was done I went down to
this Francisco Mercier's place, 100
miles. tc what is known as Belle Isle
Station, where he had post.
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saloon kept open all the time, night and
day. l guess it did pretty we'll.
Thers vas &c --estaurac.. 33:c.rr;;ns t.5e
winter, as there were no supplies in the
country 70 run it. There was no gam
bling to speak Of, but sometimes the
men played poker. The bets were small.
There was no faro. The men spent the
winter On their claims, hauling sup
plies from all over tie country and get
ting them there.
The thermometer ran down to 81
below, which was the coolest we had.
1t probably averaged abcut 20. We had
to dress warm in fannels and furs l
cannot say the people suffered. There
were no deaths all this time at Dawson
City. We had no theater Second ave-
nue. was the residence portion. My
house was put upon First avenue. On
Second avenue were the cabins of Win
field Ohler, Ed Parks, Dave Richards
and Alex Mcdonald They were all one
room houses.
Mrs. Ferguson, wife Of II. H. Fer.
guson, was the only woman there. She
did her own sewing and cooking. She
had no children. Mrs Berry, from
Fresno, was up on the creek with her
husband on the claim he had located,
No. Ell Dorado. Mrs. Liffey and Mrs
Berry were the only women upon the
claims. They picked up nuggets off the
dump last winter, about $4,000 apiece
as near as we could find out, besides at
tending to their household duties.
The women in the country who
were there with their husbands devoted
themselves to their own simple house
hold duties and to looking on the dumps
for stray nuggets. They did not, as has
been reported, do sewing and cooking
for the miners, and I don't believe any
miners were given their meals at their
houses, as has been stated in the news
papers. I saw these women quite ofter
They did not come to the town much.
Mrs. Ferguson was the only one in the
town.
All Swarmed to Dawson.
The character CT the town was
good. Every one attended to his basi-
ness. There was 10 lawlessness. Msn
were on their claims working. While
there were probably, when the winter
closed down, 400 or 500 men and 8
women, at tie opening of the season
this spring every man in the Yukon
country was there The other camps
were deserted.
Of the 1900 men who were in the
vicinity Of Dawson City when the snow
began to go of and left the country fit
for operations, nine-tenths were hard
working, industrious miners, Of good
character as far as l know, looking for
claims and intent Oh earning living.
They came from I'll parts Of the sur
rounding country. Circle City, 800
miles north iron, Dawson City, was al
most deserted. They came up the river
with dcgs and sledges From juneau
about the time I left probably l,5Go
were coming i'll.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-25
BEGINNING THE SEARCH.
Ladue's Early Experiences In the Country
Now Called Klondike.

Now Called Klondike.
was born at Schuyler Falls in
1886. MY occupation up to the time I
first went west was farming. went
west in 1876, into the Black Hills Of
Dakota, not far from Deadwood and
Central City. I remained there until
1880. ran quartz mill there. When
left there, in 1880, went to Arizona
and New Mexico. I prospected there
with no success to speak of. / staid
there until 1882 and went from there
to Alaska.
started from San Francisco on the
steamer State of California Of the
Goodale & Perkins line We landed at
Juneau and remained there about a
week. In the party besides myself Wee
William Moore, John McGraw, John
Rogers, II. Fl. Pitts and Robert Adams.
They were not from any one locality.
but from all parts of the country. My
object in going there was to prospect in
the country now called Klondike. 1 had
not heard Of it previously, but went
there to search for gold.
When We left Juneau, we went to
Dyea, where we remained three days
getting our packs ready for the Indians.
We took in a two years outfit, which
consisted Of 80 pound sacks of -four,
1000 pounds Of beans, 1000 pounds OF
rice, 1,000 pounds Of ham, 1000
pounds ct bacon, and / couldn't tell
what else-some canned fruit and other
canned goods.
- NE had the usual miners kiG-