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ADDED Hardman, also carefully noting
the signs; 1T may be dangerous, but
we've a chance so make good prog
ress.'
Up with her them" replied jeff, set
tng to work at once A square
SAL was speedily hoisted and secured
~ position on the mast. The gale had
SO shifted that it came from exactly
the right quarter and as the canvas
Dellled outward, the raft caught the
impulse and began moving through the
water at rate that sent the ripples
lying over the square ends Of the logs
at the front All sat down on the up
per framework, with the exception Of
JeH, who stood pole i'll hand at the
bow, ready to guide the structure
should it steer in the wrong direction
The conformation CT the shore and
slight change of wind carried the
raft further out on the lake. Observ-
ing that it was getting slightly askew,
JEFF pushed the Ions pole downward
until his hand almost touched the sur
face Of the water. While holding it
there the other end bobbed up, having
failed to touch land
No use" he said, facing his friends
Who We're watching him, the bottom
may be hall mile below"
That looks as il we're over our
hld8, said Tim, "by which token if
thIs steamer blows up we've got to
SWIM for our lives, and l never larned
to swim stroke"
The boys looked at him wondering
ly.
How is it you did not learn?" asked
Roswell.
I've tried hundreds of times; l kept
in the water till my toes began to have
webs between EN-, but at the first
stroke me hid went down and me heels
up. | can swim in that STYLE" he adj
ded gr2vely, but find the same slight
~ inconvenient owing to the necessity
of braithing now and thin. [ tried for
a long time to braithe through my
toes, but niver made much Of sue
ciss Of it,
And I learned to swim in one day"
remarked Frank; strange that you
should have so much trouble
Undoubtedly that's because yer hid
is so light, while my own brains weigh
rae down; it's aisy to understand
that"
IF we should have any mishap,
Tim" said Frank, you must remem-
Der TO hold fast to a piece o2 wood to
help you float; q small bit is enough. =
II have bitter plan than that"
What is it,"
'Niver have anything to do wild the
water
THAT would be certain safety if you
could carry it out, but you can't help
it all times, such for instance, as the
present"
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"And I'm thinking we shall have
Dawson"
After we get to the loot of this
lake, what comes next. Tim?"
Caribou Crossing, which we pass
through to Lake Tagish, which isn't
quite as big as is this one. I'm think
ing" he added thoughtfully, watching
the rising anger OF the waves, that
hime bv whin we come near land,
wen be going that fast that we'll skim
over the snow like sled to the mkt
lake.
Roswell pointed to the short on their
right. indicating a stake which rose
upright from the ground and stood
close TO the water.
what is the meaning of that?' he
asked
THAT replied Tim. marks the
grave Of some poor chap that died on
his vav to the Klondike; do We OBJ
serve that cairn of stones a bit be-
yont?"
Each saw it.
"That marks anither grave and We
NAV call to mind that we observed
more Of the same along lake Under
man"
Such was the fact, though this was
the first reference to them
"And we shall hardly be out of sight
of some Of the same all the way to the
Klondike. and I'm thinking" was his
truthful remark, that hundreds more
will lay their bones down in these
parts and niver see their loved ones
again"
1t was a sad thought. In few years
improved routes, railway tracks, and
houses for food and lodging will rob
the Klondike region of its terrors, but
until then death must exact heavy
toll from the gold seekers, crowdlng
northward without regard TO season
or the simplest laws Of prudence.
Roswell was standing on the upper
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on lake BENNETT,

ON lake BENNETT.
Tho men wrought steadily in telling
+r.as and by the close of the second
iar lad enough timber for their raft
Il w-uld have been much preferable
could taey have constructed a good
sca boat. but it was not feasible.
bc.4h JEFF and Tim would nave built
Aa they possessed tGe necessary
banking and boards. They had pro-
rel themselves with oakUn, pitch
And other material, but the labor Of
saving out the right kind OF stuff
vou have taken weeks. The Irish
nan had learned from lis late experi-
cr.g as a result Of which a double
G, r us it may be termed, was plan
rel THIS consisted first OF a subs an
tal frame work Of bu0yant pine logs,
securely nailed together, while upon
that was reared another some two feet
in height, This upper framework was
.atr5ed to bear their outfits, over
which were fastened rubber cloths.
Tfe Alaskan lakes arc often sWeDt nv
terrific temDests, The waves sometimes
lre G cutirely over the RATS and
Ioats ana wettiDg everything that is
net we'll protected. The upper deck
served also partially to protect the
meH.
Tue boys spent a portion of the DAYS
fin fishing. There was a notable mod
Grafton in the weather. the snow and
oa rapidly melting. Sitting or stand
1r on the bank they cast out their
l.ues. LATED with bits Of meat and met
with pleasing success. Plump lusci-
ots whitefsh. grayling and lake trout
wa landed in such numb ers that iit-
BE- or no other solid food was eaten
during their halt at the head of Lake
2 nnett.
Work was pushed SO vigorously that
on rho third day the goods were care
fully piled on the upper deck. secured
in place, and with their long poies they
pushed out from the shore on tt Wy
age o. twenty-eight miles to the foot
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of The sheet Of water. They were pro-
yldcd with a sturdy mast reared near
tie middle Of the craft, but they did
M erect a sail, for the reason that the
sFoag wind which was blowing was
imoa, directly from the north and
would have checked their progress.
lnis lake is so deep in many places
ina; the longest pole would have failed
To reach bottom. Accordingly the I'M
Nedly structure was pushed along the
eastern side, where the poles were SER
N,aahle at all times. Each took his
turn d the work, the boys with the
V.herS, and the progress If slow was
sure.
lke H2rdman was in more genial
Sa S than at any time since he join
e. the company. He showed an eager
ness to help, declining to yield Ale
pJt when JEFF offered TO relieve HIM,
~-l yenturing now and then upon
Sym9 Jest with Roswell and Frank.
4Aslr dlsJrU5t, however, was not less
eA 4. and they were too honest to af-
a liking that it was impossible to
l'.!. hey had little to say TO him,
@'0 noticing the fact, he finally let
y4aM alone Whatever mjsgiving JEFF
MAY have felt was skilfully concealed,
aAe inc fellow could have felt no sus-
p.clon that his secret was suspected by
"'l member OF the company.
everything was going smoothly,
NAtA about the middle Of the after
a9an The weather grew threatening
lae Sky was darkened by thickening
goQas. and the wind, which moaned
usually through the mountain gorges
t,t4lTned the fresh water into waves
.-as began dashing the spray over the
reckon" said jeff, leaning on his
t III and looking up at the sky and the
,,-i''etaps chasing one another over
"a lake. that the best plan is to go
"1Aose and camp until tomorrow
~; Is put up the SAIL suggested
rs coming from the right point"
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Pertinent Press Comments.
THE CANADIAN IDEA
Chicago Chronicle.

chicago Chronicle.
1t is hardly credible that the Can
adam government contemplate8 deny
ing the right to locate mining claims
IN the Klondike region to any except
brush subjects. Such proceeding
would stir up trouble beside which the
sealing wrangle would seem insig2i1i-
cant. Gold hunting. by a sort OF IN
written international law, is a free-for-
all race. No one is barred. Rich ald
poor stand upon the same footing. A
claim once filed in accordance with the
mining usage is safe against all the
world. Even the despised Chinaman
is protected in his rights and claim
jumping is notoriously the most IN
healthy and precarious of all occupa-
tons. Probably the Canadian govern
ment has authority to place limits
upon gold digging in it's territory, but
it will hardly exercise that authority
To 90 so would be to defy ali prece-
dent and to invite such a fracus as
would set half the nations Of the earth
by the ars.
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CONDITIONS on THE YUKON.
An Interesting Report From
Expert Dunharn.

An interesting. kcpuf1
Expert Dunharn.
washington. January 30.-Mr. Car
roll d. Wright, commissioner OF iaDor'
has received a personal letter from
Mr.. Samuel G. Durham, statisticai 7A-
merit Of the bureau of labor, VINO was
sent to the Klondike some menohs ago
70 inwes+igate and report on its Indus
trial possibilities. The letter is dated
Circle City. Alaska, November l., 1871
and gives an outline Of the prime pal
features.
Mr.. Durham will incorporate n d
comprehensive report of about aoo
typewriter pages He will endeaVoi
to give an accurate account OF the
Klondike and the history OF It's &c
velopment. an estimate Of the propapie
OUTPUT full information relative To
! wages, cost Of living, opportunities Tor
employment, trails, agricultural posi-
bilities and tie local laws and regula-
lions.
After outlining these intended fea-
lures the letter, speaking OF the re-
ports of hardship in the gold country
and the stories OF starvation, says,
Il consider the situation grave, but
not desperate There is food 1T Fort
Yukon for 600 more men than are
wintering there, and this can be
freighted to Dawson, or part of Daw-
son can go to it. 1t may be that the
transportation companies can feed the
population next year. but it is doubted
here.
Il have secured an accurate state
mont Of the amount Of freight landed
in Dawson by the steamers during the
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season. made up from manifests CT the
boats and from information obtained
from the agents of the companies.
Less than 2,700 tons reached there, and
between 700 and 500 tons Of this con-
sisted Of the furniture, whisky, hard
ware, etc, less than 1000 tons for 5000
men, and much Of it was consumed
during the summer.
Prices are increasing in Dawson,
-four selling at $3.50 a hundred, and
many other staples in proportion
Luxuries are not quoted, simply COM
handing what a man feels disposed to
pay for them. Dogs have sold as high
as $500 apiece there, and $500 has been
offered and refused here.
"Our mail carrier is still here,
stranded-without dogs or provisions
to get out. The government pays $500
for trip that costs $4,000 NOBODY
blames the poor carrier, but everybody
damns the government ami the con-
Ciac'oi9' '0nu 'His OUT ny private
parties.
Il am we'll and strong. The weather
is fine, the coolest to date being rs be.
low. Two feet Of snow on the ground.
The sun rises at 10 and sets at 2, CIV
j. : US seven or eight hours daylight.
Noon swings In the heavens all night,
giving light by which one could read
q newspaper if it were to be had. The
trails are open and men are starting
out in every direction with their dog
teams-to Fort Yukon, for freight; to
the Birch Greek mines, to drift, and to
Dawson, and thence to Juneau"
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STOPPING THE PAPERS.

Dickinson County Is. ID Herald.
The daily press should not be too
hasty to ridicule the Davenport woman
who ordered her paper discontinued
because it had published an article
ierogatory to the woman sunragists
Great, big, full-grown men with
patches of shaggy whiskers on their
faces, and bristles on their back have
been known to order their papers dis
continued for less reasons than the
Davenport lady had, and We'll wager
a dollar to doughnut that she paid
up all arrearages when she ordered
her paper stopped, which is more than
half of the big, hurley clowns who at
tempt to pass for men think Of doing
when becoming miffed at some mag
mary wrong and stop their paper"
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Milligan, Wilkif1 s Co.
MUSIC STANDS s1.oo.

deck, near corner, when he exclaim-
ed excitedly:
80 look there! Isn't it dreadful?'
He was pointing out On the lake,
and, following the direction of his
hand, all saw the answer to his que3-
ton.
(To be Continued)
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ONLY A LETTER WRONG

m sorry Mr.. Peck" said the editor.
mat II giving an account of your silver
"eGnlng we should have said you had
peen 'harried twenty-five years. OF
course, we meant 10 say married."
en- answered Mr.. n. Peek. II guess
you didn't miss it to amount to anvthine."
indianapolis Journal
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HOLDING THEIR OWN.

COLUMBUS, (O) Press.
The Attorney General of the United
States, who has always been the friend
of trusts, has been promoted to the
supreme bench, and another Attorney
General appointed who exactly fills his
place The trusts are losing no ground
under this administration.
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NOT MUCH OUT OF THE WAY.


One Of the most reliable of the news
paper correspondents in Cuba-a man
who occasionally gets some real news
through Notwithstanding the censor
ship-says the people in Cuba are as
tonished to hear of Mr.. Hit in the
House of Representatives. They
thought Speaker Reed was the whole
Congress. Very likely they regard the
President as the executive department.
They may not have heard of Hanna
Their first idea as to Reed was right,
though. Mr.. Hit is chairman Of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, but his
speech the other day was merely q
piece spoken to order.
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WOULD MAKE LIVELY READING

Louisville Courier-Journal.
Speaking of forthcoming biogra-
ply of the Prince of Wales, London
cable says the desire of the English
people to know all the details of the
official and private life of their royal
family will be partially appeased."
"'Partially' is we'll. A biography that
gave all the details of the princes pri-
vate life would hardly be valuable
addition to our Sunday school litera-
tire
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Good Music

Is constant JOY to any home. A
really good piano can be bought for
q comparatively small sum now, and
we want every prospective piano
purchaser to call and let US show
him what we can offer him. We can
not only furnish en- instrument that
will prove entirely satisfactory, but
we can make a surprisingly low
price.
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genuine. To test this it is only neces-
sary to borrow one OF the counterfeits
aAu then borrow one Of the genuine
and compare them.
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SIMPLE ENOUGH.

Kansas City Journal.
The new counterfeit s100 bill is
quarter Of an inch shorter than the
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By EDWARD :. ELLIS,

,,.s7rr "A Strange Craft and It's Won
Voyage" The Star of India"
.aeroNning the King" etc, etc.
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SURELY 4 DELIBERATE BODY.
Louisville Post.
Ihose who deny that the Senate is
the greatest deliberative body in the
wofld should reflect on the fact that it
ms been deliberatirg the currency
question for tWentY-fiYe Years.
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NJ YOUNG KLOnD.KERS.

aaw TWO Boys Made the Hazard
Gus Journey TO the New
E.dorado and Brought
Back a Fortune.
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HANNA IN The WHITE HOUSE.
Boston Globe.
NO longer is there any semblance Ct
doubt as to the proper answer to the
Output question, who is the biggest
man in the Mckinley administra-
tion?" Mark Hanna is closer to the
President and has stronger pull with
him than all the members of the Me
Kinley cabinet taken together. He
not only sleeps in the White House.
but sleeps near the executive When
an idea or a scheme comes to Mark in
the middle Of the night all he needs
to do is to run into the Presidents
room, wake him up and impress it on
his attention. Talk about the "kitch-
en- cabinets" Of other administrations,
Compared with Hanna and Hannaism
ensconced in the executive mansion
they are naught.
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CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
RnEfOn Herald

1t is great fun to read the accounts
Of the proceedings before The New
York board Of estimate, where Mayor
Van Wyck is fighting the extravagant
appropriations asked for by the heads
OF the various municipal departments
Every official who asks for more than
was given to his department last year
is promptly turned down. A fair sam
pie of the way the Mayor is doing bust
ness is furnished by the account Of his
brief confab with an official who asked
for $780, eco more than he had last year.
what is your full name?' asked the
Mayor. Randolph c. Fuller" an
swered the applicant "All right"
said the Mayor, IN remove you to-
morrow"
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HANNA CAUSED THE DAMAGE.

HANNA CAUSED THE DAMAGE.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
BOSS Hanna has split the Republican
party In Ohio and wiped it cut in
Louisiana. If boss could be sued fol
pohtcal damages. the Republican par.
" could throw Hanna into bankrupt
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continued from Saturdays issue)
CHAPTER VIII.

copyright. 1897, by s. S. Mcclure Co.
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ANDREE AND Ills PLANT LOWERING OVER THIS COUNTRY

a balloon last aRsGs % of h5e last vas
served orosh
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Bates succeeded General Shafter. Cen
eral Beaver asked IL there were any
complaints.
Indeed no. There never was a more
uncomplsining man than the American
soldier. I saw disgraceful conditions.
but heard no complaints. II President
Mckinley had put himself in my
hands. ] could have shown him some
things that would have shocked him.
He saw none of them. He was per-
mitted to make only a parade inspec-
ton
All trouble and suffering at the camp.
Mr.. Parrich declared. in summing up
his views. was due to n lack OF fore
sight and the neglect OF some one. I
cannot say who Is responsible for the
condition that prevailed. but / can tes-
tify that every undesirable condition
did prevail"
To the question asked by General
McCook: Did YOU see any officer of
the army or doctor neglecting his
duty?" Hr. Parrich declined to an
swer. He explained that in his opinion
the fact that all testimony before the
commission must necessarily be volun-
tary kept many from testifying who
would be glad to give testimony IL
compelled to do so. and thus placed
under the protection of the commits
sion.
An invitation was sent to Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt to appear before the
commission. No time has been fixed
for his examination. but IL is thought
he will testify tomorrow.
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A Dismasted ship.

Port Townsend. Wash. Nov. 2l.-cap-
tain Johanson Of the schooner Prosper.
which arrived to-day ss days from Hal
phong. China, reports that on Oct. . he
passed a large four-masted ship in lati-
tude 1880 east. longitude "a north.
From the description given by Captain
Johanson IL is thought that the vessel Is
the overdue Laurelbank. which sailed
from Shanghai for Portland Aug. 81. The
vessel sighted by Captain Johanson dis
played no signals and seemed to be
weathering the storm which was prevail
ing. The wind was blowing a hurricane.
The Prosper encountered severe storms
all the way across. During one gale al
OF her sails were carried away.
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FRANCE AND ITALY.
A Commercial Treaty Concluded Between
the Two Countries.


Paris, Nov. Alt was quite unex-
pectedly announced this afternoon that
a commercial treaty has been conclud-
ed between France and Italy. granting
mutually favorable treatment except
for silk goods. which will remain SUBJ
ject TO the maximum tax. A bill em-
bodying the agreement will be submit
ted Immediately to the chamber OF dep
uties. The government also introduced
a bill in the chamber to-day modifying
the wine duties favorably to Italy.
The negotiations that have culminat-
ed in these arrangements have been on
foot for two years. but nobody believed
that a definite agreement was pending.
IL Is believed that the Fashoda affair
was instrumental i'm inducing France to
grant the necessary concessions, though
IL is noteworthy that the silk duties.
which caused the breaking of the treaty
OF 1887 remain almost unchanged. The
negotiations have been conducted with
the utmost secrecy. The effect of the
concessions involved Is not yet known.
but IL is expected that they will have
an important political influence for the
removal Of a long standing friction be-
tween the two countries. The treaty.
Il is noticed. was concluded during the
absence Of Emperor William from Ger
many. and there Is much speculation
regarding its probable results upon the
European alliances.
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Are I'm yO Hurry.

Washington. Nov. H.-The war depart-
ment has found that IL Is impracticablo
to occupy Cienfuegos before the first Of
January. and Major General Wilson,
commando the first corps. which vas
designated to occupy Cienfuegos. has
has been directed to make such DISPOSE
tion of the troops that were about to sail
as In his Judgment will best serve the In
terests of the army. The preparations
thus far made do not indicate that the
United States authorities are In any
great hurry about senoing troops to Cub
No ships for transports have been a.
sembled at Savannah. and no orders have
been issued to Southern points for the
embarkation of troops to Cuba.
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LIVELY AND VICIOUS.
A Razor Figures I'm . saloon Fight ut
Garrison.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Deer Lodge. Nov. H.-Yesterday morn
ing about II o'clock. at Garrison. two Ital
ian section hands became involved In a
quarrel over a game Of cards. which al
most resulted In a murder. The smaller
of the two. whose name could not be
learned. had n razor concealed about him
and during the quarrel drew IT and began
cutting and slashing at his adversary
with the evident intention Of doing him
up. and II was only a streak of good luck
that saved him. As IL was. the larger
man. whose name is Louis Mazzo. or
Mazzt. received several ugly gashes upon
the head. one OF which felled him TO the
floor as though dead. He soon recovered.
however. and took the first freight train
for this place. where hIs wounds were
dressed by a physician. and this after
noon he was able to return to Garrison.
The row occurred In Pete shoemaker's
saloon. and was a lively and vicious one
while II lasted. No arrests have been
made and the man who got the worst of
II says he will not prosecute. as he is so
much larger than his antagonist that II
would seem like cowardice for him TO do
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utIes to-day the minister Of foreign AZ
fairs. Admiral Canvars- replying 70 .
question. said Itaiy's right to the port OF
Raheita. on the west shore Of the strnlts
OF Bab-El-Mandeb. had never been ques-
toned by anybody. The recent visit Of
the French warship there and the land
ing OF French sailors there was only .
momentary stay Of the French In the
neighborbood Of the Italian ports. But.
the minister continued. the matter had
already been arranged between France
and Italy in the most amicable manner
and Italy remains. as heretofore. In Dos-
session Of the coast as far as RasdumeYA.
south of which II French territory.