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Upholstery Department.

l. Solid Oak Bookcase, with double glass doors
$3.50.
Solid Oak Parior Tables. highly polished, vene.
tian legs. Reduced from 43.7U to 81. rs each
Extra Heavy White Enaneled Iron Double Bed
with fancy brass trimmings slightly Imperfect
Reduced from $3.50 to $iO.OO
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ParasOI DEPARTMENT.

SILK Parasols. blue and red with satin stripe
OF color and stripe of white; stylish
natural wood handles. finished with tassel. Re-
duct-i from 81 10 to 81 % each.
1sf r...r
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Black Goods Department.

- yards 45-in. All-wool Etamire Reduced from
$3.50 to $1.25 for piece. ''
g. ~ Yards 4On. AL Etamne. Reduced from
s. 10 To S2.25 for piece. -'''
6 yards 4j-in. Aii-wooI C-,eyiot Ee,;uoad from,
$3.50 to $375 for piece. --O
s3s yards 42n. All wool Etcmine Reduced from
$o6s to $3.50 for piece ''OA
5A Yards !2-in MoEair Sicllian. Reduced from
$3.50 TO $40 for piece A.'A
4i4 yards I5-in. Ail-wool Etamine Reluco, from,
S63S to $4.75 for piece '
= yards Tin Alwcol Diagonal. Reduced from
on y.Ids !2in- Silk and Warp Henrietta. Re-.
daced ., from from 81 10 to $500 for piece.
s,3's YARDS 45-in Silk warp Velour. Reduced from
,ZA Yards 45-in All-silk Stripe Grenadine Re-
dnceti nom ~. 81 to $3.50 for piece.
rs Yards 4o-in All-silk Fancy t;renadine Re-
duced from $3.50 to $3.50 for piece
a1a yards bin Ansilk Fancy Grenadine Re
duced from s.. 25 to LIS for piece
IS YARDS bin AIsilk Stripe Grenadine. Re
duced from 1915 to $7.75 for piece
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:, Bfush the Aair dAily through to the scalp and
occ7siooany apply Halls Hair Renewer, and Q
luIur1.at bead & hair VIII b naintaincd Of Q
Evening star., 1897-05-27
Perfect Health.

Keep the system in perfect order
by the occasional use Of TUFTS Liver
Pills. They regulate the bowels and
produce
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Curtain Department.
Curtains.

lo-4-4 Chenille Table Covers. Reduced from
45c. TO 30c. each. ~
C,1rtoipc
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A Vigorous Body.

For Sick Headache, Malaria, Bill
iousness, constipation and Kindred
Diseases an absolute cure.
TUFTS Liver PILLS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-16

for bread was rising all over the
world. No, no, they don't even say
"Me and God done it," but they de-
clare that because Of the passage Of
the Dingley bill 'wheats rip
One of their bright and shining
lights, the other day gave vent to his
pent up exuberence as follows:
eggs have been selling all sum
mer for 4 and 5 cents, and were 30
selling up to the passage Of the tariff
bill. They are IL cents today. Now,
honor bright, you men who want to
be honest and support the best laws,
what caused the rise in the price Of
eggs?"
and today, Saturday, Sept. IL, 1897,
| heard one merchant tell another
that he was paying eight cents for
eggs. Why don't that tariff settle
down to some kind Of q business
so that the American hen will know
"where she is atp
They tell us that the tariff enables
manufacturers to pay their operatives
more wages, and yet l notice every
time I take up a daily paper, items
like this: 1850 weavers strike at
North Adams, Mass, on account of
a cut in their aCages." "The Saco,
Maine, wesvers accept cut Of two
cents on account of slack business"
Now when you put such facts as
these at the Dingley bill worshlppers,
see il they don't forget themselves
far enough to say that we must give
the Dlngley bill timel
No, the fact remains that the
causes that called the peoples party
into existence still continue-even in
a more aggravated degree than ever
because the Capitalization OF wealth
goes on all the time. The tendency
is for the plutocrscy to control, by
the corrupt use Of money the legisla-
tive bodies, the courts, aye and the
schools and churches even. In sup
port of this statement read the fol-
lowing from the London Spectator,
commenting on the dismissal Of
Prof's Bemis and Andrews. "Being
audacious beyond any recent Old
World experience, the great capital
lists Of America subsidizs pulpits,
they buy the press, they seat their
we'll paid attorneys in the United
States senate, and at length they
stretch their bands over the colleges,
which it is easy to capture by exam
Piles Of generosity. Thus their de-
sign IS to prevent any effective action
which shall in any way weaken their
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-16
To the Friends of Reform in Phil
lips County.

Once more we are in the midst OF
political campaign, and it now be-
comes the duty Of each one to rally
to the support Of the ticket.
The "moulders Of public oplnion'
in the old party ranks continue to in
suit the voters Of the peoples party
by saying that we are a "hot wind"
party; "drouth" party; calamity"
party and other pet names. Let us
show them a "hot time" We can do
it, and with the principles enunciated
at Omaha and st. Louis as the basis
upon which to build, and correct
knowledge of the true theory Of re-
publican government, and determi-
nation to crystalline that theory into
fact, We will be invinCible to all the
onslsughts of our villifers.
The nineteenth century is drawing
to close, and as 1t dies 1t is witness
ing the most stirring events Of the age
Independence Of thought, speech and
action is becoming more and more
characteristic Of the common peo-
pIe." This is we'll. 1t enables every
man to calmly and dispassionately
scan the platform of each political
organization aud vote for that prin-
cipIe which he regards IS most righ-
teous, regardless Of the lash OF the
party whipper in. Sophistry and
fallicy is resorted to by our good re-
publican editors to WIN converts, and
ridIcule and utilization to whip in
those who can not be gulled by their
erroneous statements. For instance,
they continually call the attention to
the great increase of business by rail-
roads and other corporations, bat can
not show where there is any increase
in the pay of the lsborer save, per-
haps in the cases of those who are
paid by the mile. They claim that
the Dingley tariff is to be credited
with the increase in the price Of pro-
ducts of the farm Notwithstanding
the we'll known fact that we are ex-
porters of farm produce, and tariff
on such things can't increase their
price. They pay no attention to the
shortage Of crops in the old world,
nor to the well known fact that at the
beginning of our harvest less than
FIVE per cent OF the old crop Of our
great staple, wheat, was left on hand,
and that the granaries Of the world,
we're therefore, empty, and the cry
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-16

authority or undermine their posi-
ton. y It is reserved for The
Tree west to dismiss from academic
service tried and competent teachers
at the bidding Of rings OF million
aires. The divine right Of kings ID
to be succeeded by the divine right
OF millionaries, who are to run every
thing, including the American senate
and the conscience and intellect Of
unlversity professorsp There you
have q statement, IN part, Of the
reasons why the peoples party
ought to exist II more reasons
were necessary, they can be multi
piled indefinitely,
Reformers, the fight is on. 'Eter-
nal vigilance is the price Of liberty"
We are to be jealous Of our rights
and the man who knows enough to
run newspaper and will insult
American manhood by such hog wash
as is now being dished out by rspub-
lican sheets is a knave-not a fool.
+. o. JOHNSON.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-16
Bryan Day.

Hon. W. J. Bryan was al Atchisoti
on Saturday, aud the Champion a re-
publican paper gives its impressions
Of the man in the following words,
1.-THE Bryan meeting at Forest park
was not so large as expected, but made
up in quality what was lacking in guam
tity. Mr. Click introduced Mr. Bryan
in few well chosen words. The sun
was boiling hot, but thousands Of peo-
pie stood for two mortal hours to lis.
ten to Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan'S great power lies in his
strong personality and his singular
esrnestnesS. He believes what he
says. His sentences are not rhetor-
ical but they Sre strong and fall like
sledge hammers. He IS not an orator
like Blaine, who carried men as a
magnet moves g needle, but more az
we once saw Daniel Webster in 1851,
when his mien was 40 impressive, his
earnestRess 80 real that the great au-
dience had no time for applause, but,
in a silence which IL more marvellous
than cheers, drank in every word.
Mr.. Bryan had the closest atten-
ton. The reporters soon dropped
their pencils and listened intenly.
He commenced talking at seven min.
utes past three and closed five min
utes past FIVE Then thousands Of
people tried to shake his hand at tina
same moment"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-16

-Shiloh's Cure is sold on a gnar-
sntee. I cures incipient consumption.
1t is the best cough cure. On-y one
cent dose. Is cts, so cts aud 81. 90
Sold by s. s. Fisher & 90. 4
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

Mr.. Charles H. Metcalf, writing from
Dawson City on the Klondyke river,
under recent date, says:
Here l find myself at last in the
midst of the greatest and most wonder
full mining camp the world has ever
seen. Gold is so plenty that it has to
be carried about in cotton bags, and
four or five men are required to pack
and protect the products of many of the
claims. I have seen the result Of one
days washing on a claim in Eldorado
creek, and the figure was $4,000 for
twelve hours work of four men. This
claim was sold less than six months
ago for $500, and will produce more
than 100000 before the end of the
year. The excitement is now so great
that no one will sell at any price, so
there is no chance for newcomers in
this immediate vicinity. The country Is
full of prospectors, and every stream
within a hundred miles is located and
claimed from one end to the other. On
the big creeks where the gold is found,
namely Bonanza and EldoradO, there
are many men who tried in every way
to sell their claims for a few hundred
dollars last winter but could find no
takers. These men are in possession
of great wealth, which is even yet be-
yond their capacity to realize. could
not even attempt to picture this camp
or city to you. Thousands of men,
and women, too, for that matter, are
here living in tents, or log sheds, or
houses of boards with cloth roofs, each
habitation taking a position to suit
itself with no regard for its neighbor
or any form of regularity. The sawmill
is running night and day, and men are
rushing about at all times of day and
night and buildings of all kinds are
going up. Such is the power of gold
that before cold weather comes in Sep
TENDER this wilderness will be a city in
fact of many thousand people l shall
go out to Bonanza creek in a day or
two and look the ground over there.
I doubt, however, if anything can be
done while everybody is in this pres
ent state of excitement. Circle City is
a city no longer; with one or two ex-
ceptions all the stores and shops are
closed and the entire population has
transferred itself to this new Eldorado,
each and all full of hope in the great
golden handicap. Prospectors are rush
ing all over the country looking for
Id. but nothing of any consequence
his been found outside Of the two big
will
be made rich here, but everybody is
spending money in the most lavish
manner, and I am getting good prices
for the goods I have to sell. You re-
member the two dogskin robes that cost
me $3.50 each, and which I wanted so
much to bring a quantity Of? Well,
sold them both yesterday at $40 each,
and could sell a hundred more if had
them; and this is a fair sample Of
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

and returned to camp. The round trip
had taken four hours. Booth had been
taking down the big tent and getting
the last things ready while l was away.
Breaking a camp takes some time so
that 10 o'clock found us but just ready
to start. The sun was quite warm and
the snow soft when We started but
could see that there were light clouds
on the mountain and some indication
of wind As We went up the wind be-
gan to blow a little from the south
or at our backs. AS we came nearer
the summit We began TO meet the In
dian packers coming down, having quit
work above as the wind was getting
so strong. There are two benches or
narrow fat places up the side and our
windlass was placed on the first one
about 1000 feet from the foot. We ar
rived at the foot a little before o'clock
to find that the first load which con-
tanned our beds, had gone up, but be-
fore this time the wind had gained
such velocity above that our men had
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

the dogs in and start for the last cilmD.
1 never again expect TO see such
storm as was raging at the top, Snow
was now coming with the icy wind and
drifts were forming in all the protected
places. The noise Of the storm was so
great that no other sound could be
heard The war of eOnJending ele-
ments was magnificent but I felt quite
too Insignificant long to be a witness
and was glad to get away as soon as
possible. The decent on this side is
very steep but not so long. After let
ting the sle6s 90 down we just sat down
IN the soft snow and slid or dropped
to the level below, which is quite a
large body Of water called Crater
Lake supposed to be the site of an old
volcano. 1t lies far above the timber
line and is always frozen. Just at the
foot there was very little wind and
we stoppAl for a short time to rest
before starting out on the long run
of nine miles through the snow and
wind storm to this camp.
Before the first few miles were
passed the drifting snow had so covered
the trail that the dogs could not follow
it and I had to go ahead and keep the
road while Booth looked after the team.
To find and keep a blind trail we use
a long sharp stick and by constant
punching we can tell the hard trail
from the soft snow at the side. I broke
trail that day most of the time on the
run for nearly seven miles, through a
snow storm so thick that nothing could
be seen and the wind bowling at our
backs like a pack Of hungry wolves
At the top of the canyon the wind was
less severe but the snow was drifting
and the gathering darkness made our
trip down the gorge rather uncanny.
I'VE arrived safe and well only to
find that our tent was not yet up. Two
hours more, at 10 o'clock, our regular
meal Of bacon, beans and bread found
a very hearty reception, after which I
went to bed very tired. of course, after
nineteen hours of constant exertion but
comfortable in the feeling of good
health and strength which successful
combat with these grand and rugged
mountains must give to any one. and
not sorry to have seen this strange
land and it's elements while at play in
one of their widest moods.
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small tent the day before In the event
OF trouble in getting down on the other
side, but did not expect any. 1 had
not been over here up to that time but
the trail was being used constantly and
was hard and well marked. Well, Mon
day morning came and with it a clear
sky and no wind. was up at $3.50 and
while Booth was getting breakfast l
had one load of our camp outfit and my
dog team ready to start. Breakfast
consisted of fried bacon. cold bread
coffee and beans. Soon after o'clock
I started for the summit, three miles
away, up the steep mountain side. I
was early at the foot Of the summit
or last great rise, which is so steep that
everything must go up on mems backs
or by windlass. The angle is so great
that one might think the mountain was
leaning over and would fall that way.
OF course everything is covered with
many feet Of snow No men were
working yet. 80 I left my load to be
taken up when the windlass started
ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF see,
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all quit work and LETT. we could not
turn back now SO concluded to follow
our beds After making everything
fast I unhitched the dogs and calling
them along we started TO climb to the
top. This is no small task, l can tell
you, and when we arrived at the first
bench 1t was after O'Clock. Here the
wind was blowing very hard and cold
and the small particles Of ice that came
with it cut nay face and hands so that
I could not face it or take on my nit
tens. Here we found our beds and
also managed to find a can Of frozen
corn beef which tasted very good while
we sat for a short time behind pile
OF goods TO rest. We packed our beds
from this bench TO the next The wind
had now become so strong that it would
almost carry me up the side believe
it would have been next to impossible
TO go down again even.
AT the second bench 7 had hard
work TO keep my feet at all but man
aged to bind our beds on q sleigh, get
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20
LIVING UP A TREE.

Years ago a louisiana planter, aptly
named Wildeson, went to establish
himself on the Rama river in Nicara-
qua, where he raises bananas and rub
Der trees with profit. A Mr.. Drew,
who visited him on business, describes
his three-story house as literally built
in a tree-a sturdy eboe-tree-sixty-
three feet from the ground.
To get up and down between the
ground and the house an elevator is
used, so constructed with block and
tackle that the person using it raises
himself or controls his descent by
means Of rope.
There is also a chicken-house sus-
pended from a limb into which the
poultry is collected at night. After
day of free picking and strolling, the
feathered bipeds come Of themseh
tobe raised to their roost.
A good snake story goes with the
rest. Mr.. Drew says: "A thing that
struck me. curiously was the sight Of
a twelve-foot Demonstration gliding
about on the ground at the foot Of
the tree, climbing over the roofs Of
the laborers' cabins, even entering
them, and in general making himself
perfectly at home on the plantation.
Nobody'd think of harming him.
said the old man to me when I spoke
to him about the big snake. He's
perfectly harmless to any one, and he
keeps the place clear Of mice and
moles that eat the roots of my young
banana and chocolate trees. Eat chick
ems! Never knew him to do such a
thing. Still, while they're little, I
don't put temptation in his way. but
keep them in snake-tight coop Of
wire-netting
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fee to break up. The journey ia then
continued by drifting down series Of
lakes and down the Yukon river. Be-
fore the traveller can realize it he is at
the much talked OF and treacherous
white Horse Rapids" going through
which many men have lost their lives.
As soon as the warm weather begins
gnats, poisonous flies and mosquitoes
make life a burden. The stories told
of the NUM- ers and voraciOusness OF
the native mosquitoes are almost in
credible. Lieut.. Schwatka states in his
report Of a voyage down the Yukon
that he has seen mosquitoes in such
numbers as to cloud the sun and OBJ
stguct the vision. Dogs and game have
been killed by the bites Of mosquitoes;
even the huge black bear is not ex-
empt from the pest as the continual
bites produce Inflammation Of the eyes,
causing blindness. Judging from re-
ports an asbestos mosquito net should
be in the outfit OF every miner. Min
ing operations cannot begin until the
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ice melts, from June 1st to the 18th
About the middle Of September the sur
drops so low that ice soon forms and
active operations must be discontinued
until the following season. The season
is short, yet from June Is until Aug.
the sun shines twenty-five hours out Of
the twenty-four, and during the re-
naming two hours work can be done
Accordingly when rich claim is found
two or three sets Of men are employed
and work goes on continually.
The Yukon country no place for
man without money. Every man who
goes there must expect to work and
work hard. No credit is given on 3
mans face. That day is gone. Mr.
Mitchell says that before men make
a rush from Michigan TO the Klondyke
gold fields, it would be well to remem.
Der that while miners make from SIC
10 $50 a day, it is at the most for only
about sixty days, and provisions are
about 80 cents an ounce; that there are
1000 men existing in about $50 log
huts, and thousands more were ex-
pected during the spring and summer
and that the mails are most infrequent
and uncertain. Gold is there in Rbun-
dance to be sure, but the difficulty in
getting it is exceedingly great. Mr.
Metcalf cannot emphasize too strongly
the difficulties and dangers and hard
ships of trip to the interior and
would warn everybody to keep away
unless provided with several hundred
dollars and clothing and provisions to
last for at least one year.
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A trip to the interior abounds in
many such hardships and adventures.
The safest way to get there is to cross
Lake Lindeman in February or March,
while it is frozen, and stop at Lake
Bennett to build boats and wait for the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-20

The German marine is only half
century old. the first naval officer
having been appointed by King Fred
erick William on May 81, 1S47.
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prices. We had no trouble on the
river this year, but l do not relish
making another trip If I could help it.
l don't mind the intensely hard work
so much, but / find the worry and anxi-
ETY. about getting the goods safely over
the lakes and river very trying, and
people tell me / am looking thin
hear indirectly that Booth Ga young
man Mr.. Metcalf took with him) is do
ing very well on my claim. No. 3, on
Mastodon creek The weather is very
hot and will result in much sickness
and suffering in this damp marsh. DR..
lie Blanc has begun business already,
and viii do exceedingly well feel sure.
He will locate here for the winter.
While this town is a wonder at present
and growing fast, l think its life will be
short
At Dyea, one hundred miles from
Juneau, the actual journey begins and
this is the most difficult and discour-
aging part of the many miles to be
traversed. The most favorable time for
going into the interior is before the
snow melts from the mountains, which
does not occur till the middle of April,
for the abrupt passages and what is
known as the summit" are better ac-
cOmplished by hauling supplies on
sleds, while the pass is covered with
snow. After leaving Dyea goods must
be hauled six miles over the Dyea
Flats. From this point the route lies
through what is known as the canyon.
where the trail leads up the steep and
rugged sides of the mountains along
a timbered shelf overlooking the can
yon until Sheep Camp is reached, a dis
lance Of twelve miles. Here a rest is
taken to await favorable weather
which at best is something terrible
with the thermometer as low as 60 to
so degrees below zero. This stop is to
prepare one for the summit which is
eight miles further up and $500 feet
high and the, most difficult and tedious
part of the journey. The trail leads up
a narrow and precipitous deile TO
Stone House, another well-known rest
ing place, with purely imaginative
name. This place is at the beginning
of the more abrupt climb and is three
miles from the summit. In fact, it is
nothing more nor less than a ledge.
An extract from one of Mr.. Metcalf's
letters describing his first trip over the
summit is interesting.
81 had ten men working at the sum-
nit hauling up goods with windlass,
which we made, and about 1000 feet OF
rope which I brought for the purpose.
The work had been delayed quite a
time by storms, which are very fire.
quent on the mountains, but on Sun
day night last I concluded that the
work was far enough along so that we
might break camp the next morning
and come to Lake Lindeman. I had
taken the precaution to send over
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seen ATTENDING KLoNDIKE DISTRICT