The record-union., 1898-07-31

that public opinion in a country that
lays claim to civilization would support
such a system of government We are
not surprised to find examples of it IN
ancient Rome, nor shocked at its exist
ence in Central and South America,
for Indian blood predominates, bat here
IN Canada, where the ancient and re-
spectacle English institutions have been
handed down with the purity of the
apostolic succession-Canada the loyal
the legitimate and slnsullied, to exhibit
such a policy!
The Dread Scurvy.
There is no sunlight for about i
month, and when a person is working
in shaft he is subjected to the gasses
OF the burning wood. Under such con-
dltions scurvy sets in, and in this coun-
try it is a dreadful and much TO be
dreaded disease. 1t is more pernicious
| than scurvy at sea, and if it attacks its
! victim early in the season 1t is usually
fatal. No medicine is of any very ma
terial benefit / have had the good for
tune to examine quite a number Of
cases, and find that the objective symp-
| toms are muscular atrophy. the loss of
arterial tension, and, in consequence,
heart failure, and stasis of the blood in
the capillary circulation. The feet and
limbs turn black, the features relax
and become of a pale blue color, while
extreme languor exists. Death occurs
| when discoloration becomes extended.
The cure hinges on two factors-the
administration Of fresh animal diet and
sunlight-the former to furnish life in
potentiality, which the food we have
functions of the red blood corpuscles.
OF course it is impossible TO obtain 'he
one, and next to impossible to procure
the other, consequently the disease
must continue to be the scourge OF this
country. The convalescent shows the
ravages of the disease the rest Of his
life, If his case was severe, and 1t is
long before he regains his former amhi-
tion-he is wreck
Business opportunities are perhaps
the most encouraging. There will be a
camp here until the mines that are
worth anything are worked out and
there will be men working over the
dumps and on low grade claims for
years TO come. l do not believe that
there viii be any very rich claims
struck IN this vicinity hereafter, as the
country has been pretty we'll looked
over Tor hundred miles, and those
VINO hold claims do not care to run the
risk of blank by opening them up.
but would rather hold them to gamble
on. As long as they are doubtful there
Is some value, but when opened they
may represent a few thousand dollars
cut of pocket.
Good Place for Peddlers.
Anything will sell here. and If a man
gets in early he can make a good clean
up One man brought in a ton and a
half Of potatoes and sold them all at
81 a pound. A colored woman
brought oranges and sold them for four
DTS apiece. Whisky is a salable ar
tlcle, and eggs go almost for their
, weight in gold. People are famished
and money is no object to the starving
Nearly all transactions are made in
dust" which is the most elusive Of all
monies. 1t seems to hunt bedrock in
your very pocket. l weighed out a sack
Of S46 and it lost $1.50 in weight. The
che-cha-cos' money goes for a dollar
, most money in coin and paper Gold
passes here at three and a third cents
grain, thirty grains for a dollar, and
; sixteen dollars to the ounce You are
always losing some every time you
open your sack.
: | Drugs do not go we'll here, except cit
ric acid and tincture of iron. The laws
are inimical to American doctors but it
IS winked at for the present. An ounce
of dust goes for one visit. II is not a
good place for physicians nor lawyers
Ministers can live here, but it is a para
disc Tor gamblers. In fact it is whis-
pered that the country is run in their
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all kinds Of suspicious, SO that must
be laid aside as the product of a heated
imagination. There are some excuses
10 which the Government does not 60
II trader wishes to enter this mar
ket he must come in February and
transport his goods to the lower end of
, Lake LIE Barge on the ice. He will
there gain month. He can follow the
Ice as it clears out of the river to Oaw-
son. If you are late you lose half your
opportunities
Is this country to come to? This
is hard question to answer. Four
nfths who come in this spring are not
mt for the country, and must get out or
join the silent majority on the hill. For
them prospecting is out of the question
! A Touch of Poetry.
nave JUST ISluTU0O from a SIXIy
mile walk to and beyond the mines.
1t took thirty-six continuous hours, as
I did not sleep on the road BY the
way, l saw the sun rise and set on
the longest day of the year For few
hours old Sol hid his face behind the
northern hills and marked his roseate
, path across the Pole. Daylight prevail
ed, and little birds chirped all night
long, deceived by the glow Of the hori-
zon. cloudy day in California IS
darker than the midnight hour here.
. which seems an earthly type os the
New Jerusalem, so soft and baln1y IS
the air and delicate the tints of the
placques of clouds in the sky No star
is visible all night long, for the sun,
though hidden, will not submit to lesser
rivals.
The moon, who is mistress of The
, winter months, and tries to compensate
for the loss of her greater conseaer.
sinks back into the heavens ike q
golden disk sunIzen in the soft folds OF q
! veil. The aspect of earth, sky and air
was magnificent
But to the question: Mining is out of
the question but for few Only a few
can endure its hardships. There NAV
be rich strikes made far in the interior.
or some claims near at hand NAV
develop wonderful wealth, but one
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