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Stikeen River journal., 1899-06-17
SKAGUAY BANK FAILURE.
First Bank Passes in to The Hands of a Receiv-
 CT; Heavy Liabilities.

News is given of the failure of the First Bank of Skaguay. The bank, which opened in December, 1897, is in the hands of receiver with liabilities fixed at $l6,OOO and assets, such as they are. at $lS,0OO
 The Skaguay Alaskan says: "rhe bank was organized in 1897 as stock company with a capital stock of $25, ,0O0 of which not more than $2.50O was ever paid in. Among the incorporators are C. s. Moody, who was president and manager of the bank: Charles Bullen, George Bullen, Thomas Aldrich, Nor man s. Smith. George T. Williams, ot Victoria, Thomas Ward, Fred Le Pennotier and three others from Port land. Ore. The bank was incorporated under the laws of Oregon which, makes every one of the stockholders responsi- ble for the liabilities of the concern.
 The bank has been losing credit for nearly year past since the bank was accused of harboring the sack contain ing s,3O0O worth >t gold dust was stolen by members of the Soapy Smith gang from miner last July. and which led to Smiths death. While the charge was denied and never proven, the re- port of it affected the credit of the bank and reached the Seattle bank CTS. and from thence forward refused all further credit. The Skayuay bank was affected by it. and the advent of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at American to the Canadian bank
Stikeen River journal., 1899-06-17
Buffalo Hump.

The Northern Pacific Railroad have issued a new pamphlet descriptive of the great Buffalo Hump Country in Idaho, reached by the C. P. N. Ry. It gives a good description of that won derful country, fertile in both mineral and agriculture retources. The pamp- let is replete with other and valuable information and can be had on applica- tion to any of the company's agents or to J. N. Nadeau, General Agent N. P. Ry. Seattle. Wash.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-06-17

Bad management keeps more people in poor circumstances than any other one cause To be successful one must look ahead and plan ahead so when a favorable opportunity presents itself he is ready to take advantage of it. A lit- tie forethought will also save much ex- pense and valuable time. A prudent and careful man will keep bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house, the shiftless fellow will wait until necessity compels it and then ruin his best horse going for doctor and have big doc tor bill to pay, besides; one pays out 25 cents, and the other is out hundred dollars and then wonders why his neighbor is getting richer while he is getting poorer. For sale by Wrangel Drug Do.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-06-17
Troops for Alaska.

Companies c and l. of the Seventh Infantry, which are to go as the com- mand of Colonel Ray to Alaska, have arrived at Benlcia barracks. Com- pany A of the same regiment may be added to the expedition. This com- pany is now at Fort McPherson, Ga. There is no chance of the Third Artil- lery having to go to the North. The order detaining Battery 1, Capt Henry C. Danes, has been revoked. Battery B. of the Third Artillery is to be sent from Fortress Munroe to Angel Island in this harbOr.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-06-17
St, Michael Trading Co,
Climate of Alaska It is Little Understood By
 M ost People.

Doubtless there is no part of the earth the climate of which is as little understood by the average man and woman as that of Alaska. Most of the people of the United States, especially those east of the Rockies, have only a hay recollection of Alaska or "Russia of America as described in their child hoods geography: and the modern klOndike has only served to dissipate that haze sufficiently to allow their vis- ion to be concentrated on that one point. To them whatever happens in 'klondike' of course happens in all other parts of Alaska. They forget that the klondike and the Yukon country is separated from the southern coast by d range of great mountains. and that consequently the coast line has d vastly different climate from that of the interior. They forget that the proximity of the Pacific. and the pre- vailng westerly winds over that ocean. give the southern coastal region of AL aska climate having a comparatively small range of temperature: while the interior, shut off from these modifying influences is subject to truly arctic rig ors in winter which scarcely affect the southern sections. 1t is safe to say that before the discovery of gold in the Klondike scarcely one person in ten l-V h., 1,,, l, I. IT trict, and some of the mistakes and gucsses made are ludicrOus in the eX- treme.
 Southeastern Alaska. at least as far ;is temperature conditions are concern ed. has climate that many of the States may envy. remembering the swept the country from Montana to Florida. It is true that Southeastern Alaska has a greater amount of precip- itation and more reurainy or snowy days than most of the States in the Union; however, the absence of cold waves and disastrousy sudden changes in temperature will go far on the credit side of the Southeastern Alaska ledger. The interior, deprived in measure of the soothing effect of the ocean. of course has rigid climate in winter, yet the summer months are warm, of ten oppressive
 The coast line has had considerable more rain and snow than the mainland -Wrangel and Kotchikan-and the number of clear and partly cloudy days at Wrangel and at ketchikan is more than twice as great as at Sitka and Kill Wrangel and ketchikan will favorably compare with that of any of the North ern States-indeed with many of the Southern. The western Bureau Bull letins of Feb. b reported a tempera- ture of two degrees below zero as hav- ing occurred on the 18th. at Tallahassee Florida. On that date at Wrangel and at Sitka, the lowest temperatures were Wrangel 34degrees; Sitka, B degrees. while the lowest temperature of the winter were: Wrangel, 10 degrees above zero, in December and January. When it is remembered that Wrangel is about 2OOO miles further north from the Equator than Tallahassee, the diff ference becomes more striking, and should turn the tide of winter travel towards Alaska.
Stikeen River journal., 1899-06-17
Regular Church Services-Presby-
 terian Church,

Services for Natives. II a. m., and 4 p. m. Sunday and p. m. Wednesday. Sunday school, 2:30 D. m.
 Song service 8 p. m.
 Prayer meeting, Friday, SD. m. All are cordially invited. Seats free.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-05
MORRIS ORPHANS COURT.
JANUARY TERM. 1899.

JANUARY TERM, 1899.
In the matter of the applica- \ Rule to Show
ton of Theodore G.. Vail, Cause why
administrator Of John B. thereshould
Vail, deceased, for an order not be Sale
to sell lands to pay debts. of Lands.
THEODORE G. VAIL, Administrator of
i John b: Vail, late Of the County of Nor
ris, deceased, having made and exhibited to
this Court. under oath, a just and true account
of the personal estate and debts of said de-
ceased. as far as he has been able to discover
the same. by which 1t appears that the per-
sonal estate of said deceased is insufficient to
pay all his just debts, and stating that said
deceased died seized of lands, tenements,
hereditaments and real estate. situate in the
County of Morris, and praying the aid of the
Court in the premises. Therefore. it is ordered
BY the Court. that all persons interested in the
lands. tenements, Embellishments and real
estate of said deceased, dc, appear before the
Judges of this Court, at the Court House in
Morristown. on FRIDAY, the SEVENTH
DAY of JULY, A. D.. 1899. and show cause,
If any they have, why so much of the said
lands, tenements, hereditaments and real
estate of said deceased should not be sold as
will be sufficient to pay his debts.
A True Copy from the Minutes:
Dated April Z, 1899. 1859
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Cows For the K1ondike.

A man in Tacoma is preparing to
leave soon for Dawson and will take
1875 cows with him. He will take sled
for each COW and make them haul
enough provisions for the trip He al
ready has about third of his herd and
is busy breaking them to work in har-
ness. He expects to get away in few
weeks. He is positive it will be pay
ing venture, as fresh milk is little
known article in the Yukon He has
had no trouble SO far in breaking his
cattle and talks as though it will be
no extraordinary sight to see 1876 COWS
vending their way along the mountain
trails drawing sleds laden with hay and
grain. He will take them down the
Yukon in boats and expects to be at the
lakes as soon as the ice breaks. He has
been over the ground and feels confident
of success.
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virtues of Bnttermi1k.

The growing practice of utilizing the
waste products of all manufactures has
brought out the fact that buttermilk
possesses many unsupported qualities.
A medical paper says its reputation as
an agent of superior digestibility has
become firmly established. 1t is, indeed,
true milk peptone-that is. milk al
ready partially digested, the coagula-
ton of the coagulated portion being
loose and haky and not of that firm,
indigestible nature which is the result
of the action of the gastric juice upon
sweet cows milk. 1t is of great value
in the treatment of typhoid fever, and,
being decided laxative, it may he
turned to advantage in the treatment of
habitual constipation. 1t is no less val
liable in kidney troubles, from its diu-
retic qualities. 1t is in great request
for the treatment of diabetes, either
alone OF alternately with skimmilk, and
in cases of gastric ulcer and cancer of
the stomach it can often be retained
when no other food can. Chemical
Analysis shows that in it's nature it
greatly resembles koumiss, with the ex-
ception of which it is the most grateful,
refreshing and digestible of the prod
nets of milk.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-05
ADMINISTRATORS Sale Of Real Estate

PURSUANT TO an order made by the
Il Orphans Court of the County of Morris
on the seventh day of April, A. D eighteen
hundred and ninety nine, the subscriber, adj
ministratrfx of the estate of Winfield S. Lewis,
deceased, will sell at the late residence of said
deceased, in the village of Sterling in the
Township of Passaic, in said County of Morris,
on
Thursday, the 18th Day of May,
A. d.. 1899. between the hours of twelve
O'Clock, noon. and five O'Clock in the after
noon, that is to- say at 2 O'Clock in the after
noon of said day, all the right. title and inter-
est of the estate of said Winfield s. Lewis
deceased. of, in and to the following described
lots of land, to-wit.:
A tract or lot of land and premises situate
lying and being in the Township of Passaic.
in the County of Morris and State of New Jer-
sey, which on a map of the village of Sterling
IN said township and county made by William
Y. Smith, city surveyor In 1872, and filed in
the office of the Clerk of said County of Nor
ris. IRE known and distinguished as lots num-
bered sixteen C6) and seventeen CID on Block
B, fronting and facing on the southerIy line
of Chestnut street, and being each fifty (5O
feet wide in front and rear, and one hundred
and seventy Q70) feet deep throughout. Being
the same lots of land that was conveyed to the
said Winfield s. Lewis by deed from Sam
Bowman and wife, dated June 14th, D.,
Clerks office in Book I-14 of Deeds, on pages
3B1. &c.
N. B.-The above lands will be sold free
clear and discharged from the mortgage in
cumbrance thereon
ANNA B. LEWIS,
Administrative,
174S $3.50 Sterling. N. J.
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value of sepnrators.

A writer in The Canadian Farmer s
Advocate says; "Where milk is skim
med with a separator at home and
cream sent to the butter factory the
cost of manufacture would be reduced
one-half or more Besides, it would do
away to great extent with tampering
with milk. am convinced that man
with herd of 25 cows cannot afford to
do without a separator for two reasons:
(a) A large amount of time is wasted in
hauling whole milk to the Swimming
station and skimmilk from it; (b) the
skimmilk is often sour and not SO good
for calves and hogs, especially in warm
weather. A separator for from 80 to so
COWS and a one horse tread power can
be got for about 5000. A separator can
be run by horse or bull, or any ami
NAL having the proper weight, and the
running expenses are almost nothing
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-05
HUMoR or THE HOUR.

It was in Malta harbor, on sultry
day, that foot midshipman came
to join his first seagoing ship. Having
duly reported himself to the captain =
an officer of some 6 feet inches the
latter, literally looking down upon the
boy, said:
well youngster, SO you've come to
join, eh ~
Eyes, if you please. sir, i" meekly re-
sponded the midshipman.
'sWhat isit- same old yarn sent the
fool of the family to sea, chi"
mo. sir, ? ingenuously replied the
youngster On, mol Things have al
tered since your time, sirl''
go awayH' roared the captain, and
the MILDLY flew below as fast as his lit
tie legs could carry him. -Cornhill
Magazine.
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IDEAL DAIRY TYPES.

Interesting Experiments Mt Storrs
College In Connecticut.
Professor G. L. Beach of the Storrs
Agriculture college of Connecticut gave
in Hoard's Dairyman the results Of some
interesting experiments. The college
herd Of s5 cows included four registered
Jerseys, three Guernseys, four Ayrshires
and the balance mostly Jersey and
Guernsey grades The registered cows
were selected for the college by commit
tees Of breeders of the respective breeds
and We're presumably fair representa-
tives of the several breeds. The grades
were selected and purchased from time
to time and perhaps were better than
the average run Of dairy cows.
The feeding, milking and care Of the
herd are attended to by student labor.
While this system offers many advan-
tages to the student, the unavoidable
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-05
Cost and Character.

The cost of butter, and indeed of all
dairy products, is dependent mainly on
the character of the herd. The same
feed given. to the best cows will make
twice as much milk and butter as it
will with ordinary scrub animals. The
farmer cannot make the price of butter
higher, but he owes 1t to himself and
family to get the very best cows that he
can buy, SO as to make the cost Of pro-
ducing butter less OF course these bet
ter cows must be better cared for and
better fed than are the cows he has been
used to keeping. But when a farmer
makes the right beginning by purchas-
ing. the best cows all the other requisites
forssuccessful dairying will follow nat
urally in their course. Live Stock.
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irregularity is not conducive to the
largest yields from the COW. But the
management Of the herd was governed
by the idea Of using the herd for pur-
poses of instruction. In carrying out
this idea a record was kept of the daily
milk yield of each COW and the Bah
cock test for fat; also the hay, silage
and grain were weighed out to each
COW for each feed during the year.
With these individual records at hand,
the herd becomes of great value to the
student in illustrating the types of
dairy cows
In the selection of concentrated feeds
they were guided in purchase by the
relative price of protein in each. The
herd was fed balanced ration of a
nutritive ratio Of about to 5. In win
ter this ration consisted of from 35 to
30 pounds of silage, to 10 pounds of
hay and to 10 pounds of grain, the
latter varying with the ability of the
individual to make good use of it, In
summer, with scanty pasturage, soiling
crops were supplied and some grain fed
The best results were obtained from
two cows characterized as very spare,
with deep bodies and well sprung ribs
They approximate in form very nearly
to the ideal dairy type, and in addition
to this form were persistent mixers
In 1897 COW No. I, after having been
in milk one year and without dropping
a calf, made record of 466 pounds of
butter. Cow No. 2 resented any attempt
to dry her off. Cow No. / showed an
annual profit of $40. AZ and COW No. Q
an annual profit of SAP. so. Less con-
spicuous dairy types showed profits of
about $40 year Cows lacking depth
and width of body and beef types
showed normal profits or actual losses.
In comparing breeds with types they
found the range in amount of butter
produced TO be with the Jerseys 371,
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SUNDAY TRAINS

FEdturQAY only.
Express trains; connections made with ac
commodation trains making all stops. y
IT orristc own EyITess stols at Madison. 800
Summit, e.ll, and Newark, 8.35 only.
only.
Rates of Communication from Morristown to
New York, SS5 per year
Monthly tickets can be procured at any time
at the following rates: First month, SIS 10:
second month. $500; third month. 81 95:
fourth month, 81 So; fifth month, $7.75; sixth
month. 81. ninth month, $720; tenth
month, 81 %; eleventh month, $68 twelfth
Family Trip Tickets; Fifty single trips to
New York, $2J Ten single trips $5.35.
GOING WEST.
Leave Morristown for Dover, 6.O3, TAI, s.Ss
l0i5, 1l.53 M l.28 I, rs, AL, SO, $50, 1872
l00S p. M, LBS a. m.
Train leaving Morristown at s .38 q. IN. con-
meets at Denville with train for Boonton at
Dover with Chester Branch and with main
line train for local points between Washington
and Binghampton, at Waterloo with Sussex
franklin and at Easton with c. r. r. of n,
], for Bethlehem. Allentown and points in
Pennsylvania.
Train leaving Morristown 1O.15 a. M. CON
meets at Washington with the Queen City
special, leaving New York at 10 a. M for
Scranton, Binghamton, Syracuse. Oswego,
Ithaca, Elmira, Bath, Buffalo, and for all
Train Leaving Morristown at 1.28 D. m. CON
meets at Denville for all points on the Boonton
Branch; at Dover with Chester Branch and
main line vestibuled train for Scranton, Bing-
hamton, Owego and Elmira; Buffet parlor
cars attached. This train also connects at
Waterloo for Newton and points on Sussex
Branch; connects at Easton with G. II. r. of
n. j. for Bethlehem, Allentown and Points in
Pennsylvania connects at Monunka Chunk
with T. r. R. for Belvidere, Trenton and
Philadelphia.
Train leaving Morristown at AL p. m. con-
meets at Dover with main train for Scranton
with Sussex Branch train for Andover,
Newton and Branchville. and at Easton W 18th
G. r. r of N. j. for Bethlehem and Allen
town. The $50 p, m. train connects at Water
loo with Sussex Branch train for Newton
Train leaving Morristown at 7.32 p. M con-
meets at Dover with main line for Scranton.
st. Louis and all points South and West.
Train leaving Morristown at 1908 p. m. con-
meets at Dover with main line vestibuled train
of Pullman coaches and Buffet sleeping cars
for Scranton Binghamton, Syracuse. Oswego,
Buffalo and all points South and West
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ROCkaWay Valley Railway.

Leave Morristown, for all stations to White
house, D.. l.. q w. Station, $40 a. M; sos D.
m Park Place at 8. so a. m and Sis 3. M;
Watnong Station, g. 10 a. m. and s bop m.
Leave Brookside for Morristown, rs q. m.
and 800 p. M; for Whitehouse, $50 a. m. and
5.45 p. m.
Leave Mendham for Mcrristown. Z. 05 a. m.
and 3.05 D. M; for Whitehouse, 1905 a. m. and
5. 90 p. m
Leave Whitehouse for Morristown, 800 a. m.
and 1870 p. m. Arrive at Whitehouse from
Morristown, II, 40 a. m. and 200 D. m.
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Cows differ much in their ability to
make profitable use of the grain fed
them. Those which have the beef tend
ency strongly developed will at once
begin to fatten ON grain, unless it is
fed in moderate amounts and com
bined with large amount of succulent
food. Those who have ensilage or roots,
especially beet or mangel wurzel, can
feed more grain to cows and have the
fat go to the milk pail than those who
only have dry feed 1t is not safe to feed
a farrow COW much grain, nor yet one
that is near the time to drop her calf,
as it will then stimulate the milk glands
too much and probably cause garget.
Yet it is an advantage to COW to be
in pretty good flesh when she drops her
calf The inside fat she then carries
will mostly be used up in enriching the
milk the following summer. Boston
Cultivator.
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NOTICE

Estate of ]. William Burns, deceased.
PURSUANT to the order of the Surrogate
i of the County of Norris made on the
Twenty third day of March, A. D., one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety nine, notice is
hereby given to all persons having claims
against the estate of j. William Burns, late of
the County of Morris deceased, to present the
same, under oath or affirmation. to the sub
scriber, on or before the Twenty third OF De-
cember next, being Nine Months from the
date of said order: and any Creditor neglect
ing to bring in and exhibit his or her claim, I'M
der oath or affirmation, within the time so
limited, will be forever barred of his or her
action therefor against the Executrix
D., 1899.
ANNIE Lillian BURNS,
l7l0 Executrix.
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NOTICE.

Estate of Mary O'Connell, deceased.
PURSUANT to the order of the Surrogate of
i the County Of Morris. made on the First
day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hun
hundred and ninety notice 10 hereby
given to all persons having claims against the
estate Of Mary O'Connell. late of the County
OF Morris, deceased, to present the same, under
oath or affirmation, TO the subscriber. on or
before the First day of February next, being
Nine Months from the date OF said order; and
any Creditor negiecting to bring in and ex-
hibtt his. her or their claim under oath or
affirmation, within the time SO limited, will
DO forever barred of his, hero their action
therefor against the Administrative.
Dated the First day of May. A. d., 1899.
- - NELLIE CAHILL,
1880 ~ Adminstratrix.