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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-10-21

In the fall cleanse your system by us
ing Dr. Plumbers Oregon Blood Purifier.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-10-21

The bitterness of grain OF strychnine
can be tasted in 5000 grains of water.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-10-21

Forest fires in Wisconsin have left hun.
dreds of families homeless and destitute,
with winter close at hand.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-10-21

Use DR.. Founder. Oregon Blood Purifier now.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-10-21

Try schnlIns's Best Tea and Baking Powder.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-10-21

An Australian sporting paper records
a 9O-foot jump by kangaroo.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-10-21

San Francisco, Oct. l7.Bar silver,
zoe.
Mexican dollars, 474@47ac.
Lead, 1882 IL.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18
$3.50. vn,.e - Per1e 49,.

0SUo01tU voANS - = - e>'~.-s--
~ ErsderioE =. Obs writes ~
wticle fol- the August Century On The
island Of Porto Rico. Mr.. Ober saye:
Until il Was discovered that Porto
Rico possessed great value as Z strategic
center'' OF naval operations, tho fair
isle slumbered undisturbed. merely 2
link, and no important ono. In the em-
erald chain that separates the Atlantic
and the Caribbean. Suddenly naval
folks became aware Of its Importance;
they saw that while il borders on the
Caribbean sea. yet it breasts the rough
Atlantic waters; that it is equadis-
tant, or about 1000 miles. from Key
West and Colon; from New York
u 800 miles, which is half the distance
from Cadiz: 1900 from Newport News.
which is half the distance to the Canar-
les. It lies, in fact. 1T the very point
that we should have selected for
a coaling station. had we unrestricted
choice oil location. All the arguments
that have been advanced for the acquisi-
ton Of the island Of st. Thomas, 80
miles distant, and for which at one
time we were almost ready to pay seven
million dollars, apply with tenfold
force to Porto Rico. with lite six good
harbors to the one OF ST. Thomas. and
its commerciai ~ we'll % strategical
pOtentialities.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18
ITEMS or INTEREST.

The river Jordan makes the greatest
deecent In the shortest distance q AZ
most any stream.
The average height Of the human
race il. men, Eve feet SIX inches; wo-
men, Ave feet two inches.
Pendulums are affected BY variations
Of density Of the air, as we'll as py
changing Temperatures
According to Professor Cation.
few person zee mentally in print every
word they hear uttered. !.
Water pipes are now often made OF
glass and covered with aspnaitum'
with highly satisfactory results.
The entire collection Of coins and
medals in the British museum consists
OF nearly 400, 900 specimens
Dartmoor is the largest tract Of I'M
cultivated land in England; It occupies
one-fifth OF the county Of Devon.
The bun ring Of Madrid stands q
mile or 80 outside the city. II was
built In 1874 at cost, It is said, Of
a8O, 900.
Millions of pairs of doll shoes are
sold In this country annually. the great
part OF which are imported from Ger,
many.
The youngest volunteer In the naval
reserve is Cadet Roland s. Gielow, .
bugler on the training ship New Hamp-
shire.
Fourteen children-seven sets OF
twins and all living-6 the record OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Harris, OF Rich
mond, Mo.
Il Is com puted that when marching
soldiers take Is steps per minute, in
Quick marching 108, and In charging
180 steps.
British trade with the Philippines
last year was 90, 034, $50; that of the
United States, $5.l46.s oS, OF about
half as much.
At it's present rate OF combustion it
is thought the sun will last from 7,OOO,-
900 to IL. 900, 900 years before burning
itself out. -
The average duration of human life
In European countries is greatest in
Sweden and Norway, and lowest In Italy
and Austria.
Barcelona h now the most populous
city OF Spain. the result Of the census
Just taken showing $40. 200 inhabit-
ants, TO Madrid's 6O7, 900.
The St. Louis team Of the National
Baseball league has been sold to Ed
ward Becker, retired capitalist and
principal creditor Of the club.
Alexander Gregg Belleville, of ST.
Louis, who recently buried his seventh
wife, has married again, this time to q
girl Of 10. He is 81 years old.
Judge John 8. Gambler, Of Atlanta.
who has been appointed colonel of the
Third Georgia volunteers, lost both his
feet in a railroad accident in 1881.
Mrs. l. N. Barber, principal of the
St. Paul school OF fine art, committed
suicide at Mendoza, Mimi, whore she
was in charge Of the summer art
school.
Owing to the extreme drought placer
mining IN the northen counties Of Cali
fornia has been suspended. 1t IL
thought that operations will not be re.
sumed until next spring.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18
The Cuban Machete.

Much has been said Of the terrible
machete. deadly weapon indeed in
the hands of a desperate man, and
when used against defenseless person.
The machete was never intended for a
weapon of warfare; it Is an instrument
of husbandry carried by the Cuban
peasant In times of peace. and is bis
one familiar daily companion. It cuts
his fire wood. aids him In building his
hut, hews his path through the mani
qua, and performs many other Offices.
The machette Is straight. heavy
blade about two feet long. with a
wooden or bone handle, having no
guard; consequently it is utterly un-
suited as q weapon to be used In con-
flict with an armed man. The Cuban,
of course, by reason of his long famili-
arity with the instrument, is an adept
In its use. and its effect upon a group
of unarmed workmen is truly terrible.
1t is In the foray against the defense
less and unarmed that the most serious
work of the maohete has been done in
the island of Cuba.-"Cuba as Seen
from the inside" by Osgood Welsh, In
the August Century.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18

store In this direction. FOrty-miIe
creek has been relocated and many new
claims recorded. Chicken creek, which
has been known for the last two years,
but not worked, will be developed this
year. Canyon. Nugget gulch and
franklin creeks and the bars on Forty
mile will be worked BY the hydraulic
process, and there will be good camp
at the mouth of the river within two
years.
American creek, 40 miles down from
Forty-mile, is known as good, the
ground Is high and we'll laid out. Pans
are taken running from 30 cents to 80.
The Nilsson creek district has three
formations-placer, quartz and coal.
At It's mouth Is Eagle City, In which
will be established the United States
barracks and the custom house.
: Twenty miles below Eagle City II
Star City, guarding the mouth OF Sew
enty-mile river. The bars Of this rive
has been worked for many years On
Barney creek, from three to six ounces
to the day has been taken for the last
three years. The other tributaries are
a. good as Barney, but 1t is ouly now,
when people are spreading ont, that
much work will be done. A number
Of men are now at Star City getting
their outfits up to the mines.
From Seventy-mile to Circle City
has been prospected, and creeks are
found here and there which give good
Indications. Coal and Sheep creeks
promise especially we'll. and also the
Charley river.
Circle City has been practically de.
serted since the rush to Dawson but the
riches of Mastodon, independence,
Eagle, Deadwood and dozen lesser
gulches In the Birch creek district
will revive the town. A moderate
fortune can be made in that district
In two years Of hard work. Miners are
returning to Birch creek from Dawson.
They appreciate district In which
there Is no royalty, no wood and log
tax and no timber grants.
Across from Circle City Is jefferson
creek, which is now being prospected
for its whole length. 1t will be cheap
~ worked, because of being 50 readily
accessible to the Yukon river.
Further down is the Minook creek
district, which has been thoroughly
advertised this year. It has developed
some claims which have paid OF, 900,
$s5, 200 and $4,000 for the winter g
work. The country is to great extent
an unknown quantity. The discovery
of Idaho bar, from which men have
taken out 500 day with rocker. Is a
great boom for the district, and the
prospects of the camp are extrem ely
bright.
A great country will be opened up
in the Koyukuk. It has been known
to miners for 10 years, and no pros
pector who went In there has failed
to bring out a good grubstake. The
territory to be worked is Of vast ex-
tent, and offers MANY opportunities to
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18
WEALTH OF THE YUKON.
Dollars VIII Be Cleaned Up This CITY
With the Greatest Mining Camp In the World
The Greatest Known Deposl-Wha the Districts Show

The output Of the mines Of the Yu-
kon district this year. while 1t has
reached between $10, 900, 900 and $l6.
100000, has disappointed even the
more conservative estimates made last
fall, and based on the prospects then
existing. Three things have contrib
uted to shorten this springs clean up:
The Canadian royalty, lack OF men and
lack of strengthening food. One OF the
most prominent civil engineers on the
Pacific coast, who has spent this winter
In the mines, has said:
considering the fact that less than
g, 900 poorly fed men have gotten out
this winter almost $4,000, 600, the
Klondike has made a showing that
entities 1t to consideration as the
greatest gravel deposit In extent and
richness in the world. The placer
mines of California in early days are
its only rivals"
The great riches Of claims on French.
Chief. Little and Big Skookum gulches
are the wonder of mining men In the
interior of Alaska. A claim owner on
French gulch offers a standing bet OF
$4,000 that he can rock out OF his
claim, single-handed, $4,000 On any
given day. The benches are old river
beds, which have been broken up by an
eruption of the earth. A continuation
of the old river bed has been found near
Hunker cxsek, and while little prospect
ing has been done, 1t is thought that 1t
will turn ont very we'll.
Eldorado and Bonanza creeks have
proven all that was expected of them.
Much more could be seen in actual re-
suits If the clean. up had been completed
this spring. But hope that the roy
alties may be called of, and the
early drying up Of the water which
could be used In sluiciug, has caused
many big claim owners to leave about a
third of the dirt taken out on the
dump. The wash-up has been eOn-
pleted on very few claims. and on
fewer still can statement be obtained
as to the real amount of the cleanup.
This makes 1t impossible to state posi-
lively the output Of the mines.
OF the less known streams, Dominion
creek is giving evidence Of mineral de-
posts which may make it known as the
richest strike yet made. The conflict
of claims. owing to the two discoveries
allowed, is about settled, and there Is
nothing to interfere with the develop
ment of the mines. bunker creek Is
rich in placer, but, unlike the rest of
the country, is spotted. Gold Bottom
is not turning out as we'll as expected.
Many other creeks which promise we'll
have not been sufficiently developed to
make an estimate of their wealth safe.
So many are the disadvantages in
mining in the Northwest territory that
attention is being once more directed
TO mines on the American side. 1t is
believed that many surprises are in
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18
KANSAS SUGGESTIONS.

Garry potato in ones pocket 70
cure rheumatism.
The skin of q black cat worn In ones
clothing will cure rheumatism.
Hold your hands above your head
and your nose will cease bleeding.
Never let chicken die in your hands
and yon will not have palsy.
Hold . silver spoon against the bach
Of the neck to stop nosebleed.
Wear red string or red beads
around the neck to prevent the nose
bleed.
The skin OF snake worn around the
ones hat crown will cure the headache.
Wear string of gold beads around
your neck and your nose can not bleed.
Headache may be prevented by wear.
Ing in ones hat the rattles OF rattle
snake.
The negro sometimes sleeps with q
young dog in order to transmit rheu-
matism to the dog.
At Delphos. Kan, lives young man
who CALAMITY procured his sweet
hearts warts by purchase.
A sty may be cured by rubbing 1t
With q gold ring silver spoon. OF
one's finger moistened with saliva.
II you see any one asleep In church
say to yourself: when you awake
take these warts"
Bore hole in the wall the height
of a child's head; when the child grows
above the hole it will be cured Of
asthma.
In order to cure the toothache out
your finger nails on Friday. Another
sure cure is to wash behind your ears
every morning.
Write on q stove with piece OF
chalk the number of your warts. When
the number has burned of the stove
your warts will be gone
Rub the wart with seven pebbles.
wrap the pebbles in a parcel and throw
them away; If the parcel is picked up
the wart will 60 away.
You may always prevent cramps in
the feet by turning your shoes upside
down every night beside your bed
Gertrude G. Davenport, In the Journal
of American Folklore.
Steal disheloth. rub the wart with
1t, and then bury the cloth under the
caves Of the house. II you tell no one
and no one finds out your theft. your
wart will go away.
If you have wart and see man
riding on horseback in the rain Tor. as
another version runs. riding on gray
horse), say: Take these along;' rub
the wart and it will leave you.
Put into red calico bag "hearts'
from grains of corn; run down the
road" throw away the not look
ing where they fall; run home agan,
and if any one picks up the bag your
warts will go away.
Some Of these cures, which were col
lected III Coffey county, were obtain
ed from colored people. The majority
of the superstitions, however, which
were collected in Douglas county, were
obtained from people who declared they
knew no superstitions and believed
none; namely, students in attendance
at the University of Kansas. These
students came from nearly every
county in the state.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18

the new oomsr. Tanana. Kuskoquim
and Chandler rivers have all been
brought prominently to the notice OF
mining men this year. All things con-
sidered, tho American side would seem
to be the place Of the future.
As for Dawson City itself. II is I'M
queetionably the greatest mining camp
In the world. Frank Canton, United
States deputy marahal in Circle City,
and In former years an officer OF the
peace In many Of the largest camps OF
the West, has said that nothing he has
ever seen approaches Dawson as model
mining camp. Accustomed as he has
been to dealing with the toughest class
of criminals. his commentator of
Dawson. a. q law-abiding town. has
great weight. The sidewalks are crowd
ed with men and women from morning
to night. People are even forced to
walk in the middle of the streets to
make progress. It is great tumble OF
the good and the bad, and the only
pledge of responsibility required Is
regular attendance at church. Daw-
sons population has grown until it Is
now between 8, 600 and 10000.
Nine-tenths of the newcomers are not
In the country to work, and when they
find that success in the Klondjke can
only be bought by hard labor. they will
be ready to come out. A great exodus
OF unsuccessful men will take place
this fall, and the cities Of the Pacific
coast, 10 which these people will go.
will be overrun with rough, desperate
and altogether undesirable class. They
are now In Dawson as the advance
guard OF the more substantial men to
follow. It ia repetition Of the his
tory of Circle City. When the Birch
creek mines were discovered. two years
ago, double the usual invoice Of people
went there. but soon left Disguised.
Had they remained, they would have
been in on the ground floor in the Klon.
dixie discovery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18
TRY ALIENS FOoT-EAsn.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner-
vous, and hot, and get tired easily. II you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease It cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions Of all pain and
gives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes-
timonials of cures. Try 1t today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for Csc. Sent
by mail for Csc In stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, IL
Roy, New York.
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WAGONS IMPROVED.

stand the racket. Three more car loads are
OH the way. 1t pays to have the best.
Write for free catalogue. JOHN POOLE.
sole agent, foot of Morrison street, Port
land Or
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18

Advices from Honolulu state that the
executive council of the island govern
ment has signed contract with the
Schymser Company to lay cable from
the American coast to Honolulu and
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18

Railway building in Africa is pro-
ceeding with wonderful rapiditv con-
sidering the difficulty and expensive
ness of most Of the enterprises.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18

According to a German authority the
human brain is composed of 500, O00,-
900 nerve cells
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18

Microbes are 80 minute that 250,.
600, 200 can be comfortably accommo-
dated on penny postage stamp.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18

Gov. MeCord has received indefinite
leave of absence from his duties as the
executive of Arizona, and will take
command as colonel of the regiment OF
infantry now being recruited In the
four territories.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-12-21
SNOW IN THE VERDE.
The Heaviest Fall Known There for Thirty Years Heavy Loss
 of Stock

Camp Verde, Dec. l5.-(Eiitor JOURNAL -MINzR )-Thinking a few lines about the snow storm might interest your readers, will say it commenced showing here Thursday evening, December s, about sun down and showed for about forty four hours necessarily, and when measured was about thirty inches deep all over the valley, about eigh- teen inches deeper than has ever been seen here by the old settlers for the past thirty years. StOckmen predict heavy losses. At the present writing there is yet fully Is inches of snow all over the entire valley. The weight of the snow caused sev- eral buildings to fall. Ex-Super- visor John Wood had one of the largest and best hay and stock barns in the valley that gave way under the terrible load. The old quarter masters store house and commissary building at Camp Verde is a'so a mass of ruins as result of too much of the beautiful.
 The Indians brought into the post today a white man who had been lost in the mountains for five days without food or fire. He IS be ing cared for by pr. F.. B. Fletcher side and family. The doctor say: he will lose part of hls fee: and hands by being frozen. 1 under. stand the man is in destitute circum stances.
 There are several bands of sLeeI en route from the mountain range: to the south that are badly snow bound just now, and unless the snow melts soon their losses will be heavy
 Health here is good. We got mai today for the first time in a week. GEO. w. HANCE.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-12-21
PickuIok OF an Orrter.

To my chief benefactors, whom 1t was also my high privilege to know as friends, Dickens, Thackeray and Leech, I have done homage on happy occasions, and l have a pleasant recollection of the smile and the sympathy of the au- thor of "Pickwick" when told him, in proof of my profound admiration, how in my schoolboy days, with an in- come of sixpenoe per week, l had saved half for the monthly numbers of his ia nous book. still in my possession, bound in two volumes, and in the most degraded form of the art.
 The smile expanded as l proceeded to describe my wrestlings with tempta- tion, the agony of conflict, when the siren sang, in the form of an oyster man who passed at intervals by the door of our schoolyard, and lured us not only by the cravings of appetite, but by the Vaccinations of gambling.
 His mode of business was to receive a halfpenny from bis customer, wnO cried "head" or "tail" (the tail W as represented by Britannia in full uni form uncomfortably located on the edge of her shield) as the vendor threw il upward The customer lost his coin ii his conjecture was wrong. If right, he received an excellent oyster, with a CO., pious supply of peppered vinegar from a huge stone bottle, with Q slit in tho cork.-S. Reynolds Hole in Literature.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-12-21
James h. Helms Death.

The San Francisco Examiner of a recent date contains the following account of the death of a former resident of this section, and was well known to very many of our citi- zens. He was formerly superinttnd- dent of the Tiger mine, and visited Arizona only a few months ago:
 "James H. Helm died last Monday night at the residence of hIs niece Ms NJ. O. Austin, 3593 18th street after an illness of about three weeks Valyular disease of the heart a: the cause of his death.
 "He was born in Illinois, Septem- Der II, 1926. He came to California in the spring of 1850, travelling across the plains and locating II Grass Valley. There he married Miss Elizabeth Mccarthy. and three sons and a daughter We're the result of their union. Two of the sons art lIving-J. D. Helm, who is located in Washington, and H. H. Helm who is engaged in m ming in A zona."
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-12-21
ANTI-SILVER MOVEMENT.
The Democratic Autocrat Of Ne" York Decrees it Shall Not Se
 Democratic Doctrine.

A New York dispatch of D. '1- Der 10 says that Richard O--t F,| ruler of New York and k oi Tammany, is home from . poh ai prospecting tuur m the WrS.' Ahs settled down tu Ee' evctr ihi"; m sight for his organization ant to build up an antI-free silver move ment at home. The Democratic club, which Croker controls as ab- solutelv as il he owned every mem Der, soul and body, elected officers this week. and Perry Belmont is the new president.
 In 1896 Belmont left the regular crganlzatiOn of the democratic party in this state because he could not support Bryan and the Chicago platform. Born rich and respect able, Perry Belmont has developed an itch for office and political no- torietv that no amount of failure can subdue. He has retained riches and responsibility, adding some bonds and stocks 10 the former, and a lofty hauteur to the latter, but politically he is clay in the hands of Boss CrOker.
 The chief of Tsmmany in recent years has not shared the prejudice of the rank and file of hIs organ ization against a man who takes a bath every day aud wears clean linen, so he is pleased to put Tor ward Mr. Belmont as rich and re spectablt decoy to lure other gold democrats into. at least nominal, al liance with Tammany hall. The new governors of the club are all creatures of Croker, but there Is not a silver man among them, and the influence of the club Ill local and state politics IS U De eIerted ln the direction of getting the gold demo crats back into the party by assul- ances that the silver issue IS dead. King Croker denies that he has invited number of western demo crats to come here as his guests after the holidays for the purpose of talking over the outlook Tor l9OO- ] The fact is the boss did not receive as much encouragement in the west as he expected for his anti-silver, anti-Brvan movement and he has come back to push the movement at home before he again seeks an alli- ance with the sound money demo- crats beyond the Ohio. If he can gather the leading gold democrats ] of this city into his club and present proof that the party in thls state IS , united on a basis of no free silver and DO Bryanism iu 1900, then he will again invade the west in search ] of recruits. In the meantime, Tam many is coquettlug with the south ern democrats to see what can be done m that direction.