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A GOLDEN BUBBLE
sTUPENDUoUs swrNpLss nv
FRANKLIN SYNDICATE.
AL Former Napoisons of Finsuc. Pal.
INTO Utter Insignincancs Whom Com
pared with william Miller sh. R....
lyn swindIer.

Another dream of wealth has van.
isned in the collapse Of the FRANKLIN
syndicate of Brooklyn, and the hunt
,os its sponsors. William F. Miller. its
aead' and Cecil Leslie, press promoter
and secretary.
The syndicate began business in a
poor quarter of Brooklyn two years
ago as banking institution agreeing
70 pay depositors 10 per cent week
ior the use of their money, or 500 per
cent a year. The concern gave out that
~ was able to do this by inside advices
IN the stock market and the making of
millions by the rise in listed securities.
ihis went on quietly for nearly two
years and 10 per cent was paid deposit
tors as per agreement About two
months ago the syndicate advertised
widely and golden shower of unceas-
ing volume found its way to the golfers
OF what has been aptly termed the divi-
dend mill. One day $S1, 900 was taken
In and in all some 100000 was re-
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La Porte, Texas.

The progress of the construction
work at La Porte. Texas, the future
great deep-water shipping point at the
head Of navigation on Galveston Bay
on the Gulf Of Mexico. is progressing
favorably. The wharves and SWITCH
Ing tracks are nearing completion and
the work on the streets and on the
sewerage and water systems is now
under way. Mr.. l. r. Holmes. the gen.
eral manager of the La Porte Improve
ment Company and the La Porte
Wharf and Channel Company, is per-
sonally experimenting the improve
ments. Mr.. Holmes makes his head
quarters at the Sylvan Hotel and WIS.,
itors 20 La Porte during the next six
weeks and before the time OF the first
general La Porte sale, which will be
held in February, 1900. should intro
duce themselves to Mr.. Holmes and al
low him to extend to them facilities
for getting a thorough understanding
of the conditions surrounding the La
Porte enterprises.
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disappeared with HI. WIFE. s.epmo,s.,

George Payne. prosperous farmer
OF Wild Cat Creek, w. Va, has disap-
peared with his wife's stepmother, and
all efforts to locate the pair are futile.
Payne came several months ago with
his family from Ohio. His father-in-
law. Sylvester Johnston, who is 10
years Of age, lived with him, and four
weeks ago welded Miss Ella Owens, a
handsome young woman, though
Payne and his wife strenuously OBJ
jected. The Payne couple even re-
fused to receive the elderly groom and
his bride. But matters were arranged
amicably at last and the newly welded
pair spent their honeymoon in the
Payne household. But there was much
surprise when Mr.. Johnston discovered
that his wife was gone and Mrs. Payne
found that her husband was missing.
An Investigation showed that the two
had left in the night.
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AMERICA SAYS so.
The Entire Country is
on the Move.
cssesrets Candy cathsrtie DID II. and Record
Phenomenal vletory. Five milIloa
Eoxes Sold Last Yesr.

news that sufferers from constipation
thartic. the wonderful modern scientific
are nsurntiyely. and literally In every
boay's mouth. Thousands have tried Cas-
carets with the most pleasant and eff
tsctive results. and voluntarily testify to
tracts from some OF the letters:
II have been using cascarets for head
ache and sSnss,ipati9n lena and have Tscsiysd
Ter. SIC Larrabee ST. Chicago.
II have been taking Cascarets for over
q month and ind them just the thing for
st., Andover. Mass.
IT am using Cascarets and have never
1So1S purnsynt anyasn e EmsTaon st
"I have taken Cascarcts and cheerfuiiy
O.. j. Gradweii. Frugality. Pa.
"Ca:csrets are fne for biliousne.s and
maiaria and are no pleasant 70 take" Mrs.
thsm ali you recommend them to be-" u.
Ti,i.. Il iirvi1; r.. Cor Mend and Railroad Mead
you can safely add appendicitis to the
list OF dissases thnt cnscnrets will benefit
Or cure" Eunicc J. Smith. Rich Valley.
ing better for constipation" Benz. Pas
q escsrsis are ali right. They have
cured me Of constipation. and l never ex-
:sae:Ai iony ienyiMs'ns g. Gssre' oSo H. Ny'
"I am so thankful for your Cascarets.
Thoy are better than any medicine ever
used" Mrs. N. Rev. Laceiie. Iowa.
II do not hesitate to say that Casca-
rets q the very best medicine ever placed
h.s.s,,,a H:ss.s The people" Andrew woodrufi.
"CascaTsts are tho best cathsrtic I ever
ueed." Tom Holt, Wildwood. Manitoba.
y have tried your Cascarets and I want
70 tell you they are Just splendid" John
WisemInk. Box ssi. .AileEan, Mich.
srssS!ens lias shs above; Thousand: Of
ccasets havs been volunteered and prove
secured . firmly established piScs n ths
h4AftR Of the people.
% buy and try Cascarsts -youreslf to-
81 ss.si: fT:s,, I. xdSi::s "a si:fi!ns Ran. Rem.
This II the CA6CARET tab
NAN let. Every tablet Of the only
genuine Cascarets bears the
OS0 i magic letters &c g g." Iook
at the tablet before you Suy.
and beware Of fraudn, 1u1ltss
o1oAo and subDtltuea0I
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ceived across its counters. The bank
ing house soon became the busiest
place in Brooklyn and a small army of
clerks. bookkeepers and typewriters
were engaged In its service The New
York bankers Of standing refused to
have anything to do with the business
offered by the syndicate, because the
omcers were certain 1t was q swindle.
The patrons were scattered all over
the country. while nearly every police
man. fireman. domestic or school-teacher
in Brooklyn were entrapped into the
device. Mr.. Miller. who Joined the
Presbyterian congregation of DR.. More
dith. Of that city. was expelled. made
havoc with Its members and the pas
SOr complained to the police that he
was running pretty nearly all the young
men Of his congregation by his Monte
Cristo scheme.
For a long time the authorities had
an eye upon the prime movers of the
syndicate. and finally determined to
close up the place and arrest the pro-
moters. Miller and Leslie. forewarned
Of this action. disappeared. A war
rant was issued charging the promoters
with conspiracy to obtain money by
fraudulent representations. The fed
eral government also wants them for
falling to place revenue stamps on re-
ceipts for deposits.
SO ends the Get Rich Quick syndi-
cate which has defrauded tens of thou
sands and given renewed meaning to
the saw that "a fool and his money is
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A BRIGHT coLoREp BOY.
Bon of Senator Bruce IL the Best Dsbater
In Harvard College.

The young man who won the prize de-
bate for Harvard in the recent contest
with Princeton was Roscoe Conkling
Bruce, son of the late Senator Bruce
OF Mississippi, the last colored man to
occupy a seat in the United States. Sem
ate. While he was still a freshman
young Bruce won the Pastor prize in
the interclass debate against seniors.
juniors and sophmores. and is now reck-
oned as the best debater among the 81
100 students ut Harvard. He is n modest
unassuming young man., but seems to
have marked elements of popularity as
well as ability. for he has not only
overcome the prejudice against his color.
but Is as great a fayorite among the un-
derclass men at Harvard as he was
In the preparatory school at Exeter.
New Hampshire. where the students
unanimously elected him to preside over
the ceremonies OF graduating day.
He bears the name of Roscoe Conkling
because the great senator from New York
was the first man to introduce himself to
and welcome as his colleague Senator
Bruce when the latter entered the sem
ate chamber a total stranger. of the de-
spised race. in 1915. and was his closest
friend and adviser during the eight years
that he remained n member of that body.
The silver star., 1900-01-05

The constantly increasing business
of the B. & o. r. r. has necessitated
very material additions to the tele-
graph service. During the past year
nearly 1000 miles of copper wire. 1855
pounds to the mile. have been strung.
New lines have been placed in service
between Baltimore and Pittsburg. Bal
timore and Parkersburg, Newark, D.
to Chicago. Philadelphia to Newark.
Philadelphia to Cumberland and Cum
bsrland to Grafton. During the sum
mer several Of these wires were quad
ruplexed between Baltimore and Cum
berland and duplexed west.
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THIS is not an ordinary slnasae.
but . k.ndsone book. eopiously
illussfsted. and sold for 5 eeass
on Ill nevs-stands. (we simply
allow you the two cents you
spend in postage for sendins.)
Great mea have written fof
the Year Book. In II is summed
up the progress Of the 'esk een-
fufy. In each important line Of
work and thought the greatest
living specialist has reeouased
the events and sdv.nees Of tie
past eeasufy and has propkes;ed
vi,t We may expect Of tie next.
Anoas the most noted Of
our eoatfibutofs afe !:
I4
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson, on
Agriculture; Senator Chauncey N.
Depsw, on Politics; Russell Sage, on
Finance, Thomas Edison, on Elec-
thcityt d.. Madison Peters, on Re-
Hgionj Censral Merritt, on Land War
iarsi Admiral Hichborn, on Naval
wasfasej al" Smith. on Sports, etc.;
making . complete review of the whole
hs'd os human endeavor and progess.
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Herewith II . picture Of q portion OF
the suburbs Of Seattle. WASH. "on IL
way from Rainier Heights to Lake
Wsshington." These are but few out
oe 50 or 90 structures. all Of which are
similarly ION the move" their average
rate Of travel being about ~ inches
per day. A section many square miles
IN area has been moving to the front"
q the lake shore for nearly three yeers
pest. A large sawmill on the shore Of
tAs laks b bsinS steadily pusAsd eue
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There Is more Catairh In this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incuraDie. For great many years doctors pro-
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment. pronounced 1t incurable
tional disease, and therefore requires consti-
t1tional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure. man
Is the only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally In doses from 10 drops to
Q teaspoonfuL IL acts directly upon the blood
one hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
2. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo, Ohio
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and submerged In IL waters; while
several very handsome residences and
. large church are on the verge Of de-
struction ON the heights above; por-
tions Of their gardens and such odd
tribes - coach houses and other out
buildings have already broken away
and become part Of the chaotic tumble
below. Tho process II 20 gradual. how
ever. that no one seems sssiously to
trouble until II becomes NO longer pos
sibls 70 hold the furniture IN POSITION.
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JOlu Dy IJI IuRRlSCS, IOC.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

With 25.00O American soldiers applying
for pensions for injuries In the late war
the Spanish government IS probably won
dering how they got injured.
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For once I'm going to let the children
eat all the candy they want" They'll
be awfully sick, and you'll have to take
care of them mo. l won't; I'm going
to eat all j want, and be sick too"
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.Aguinaldo was discovered yesterday in
Mexico. but no doubt that is only the be-
ginning. Every seaport in the world
is likely to be heard from In the next
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What are those queer-looking things
selling on the corner?' Those? Oh
those are pressed Christmas trees for
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II have i've Invitations to Christmas
dinner" Where are you going?" That's
card ought to be sent with each invita-
tion."
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"Hazing is almost abolished in our col
leges." Yes; since football became pop
ular hazing has seemed too tame and la
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To cure your Catarrh or Cold in Head,
use London Balm. All druggists refund
money II 1t falls to relieve. 25c and soc.
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DO you take any stock In these goose
bone theories?' "Well. the weather al
ways seems to have moderated after
we've eaten the goose"
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To cure your Catarrh or Cold in Head,
use London Balm. All druggists refund
money. If 1t fails to relieve. 25c and soc.
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To cure your Catarrh or Cold in Head,
use London Balm, Balm. All druggists refund M
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Reliable Helm Wante

!Either sex.) The Humanitarian Home and Sanitar
lutn for Inyaids and Health Seekers. Incorporated
send l2c In stamps for full Information. Address
j. Ii. Teitlebaum, Treasurer, Las Vegas, N. NJ.
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The report that the Beers have a large
fact that the news got past the censor.
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H,a Actions E:xpl.in.a.

whats. that song you are singing.
daughter?" "''Tis Home Where'er tho
Heart Is.' "Ah. That's the reason
your young man acts as II he wanted TO
board here all the time, is it?''
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DAksrs Breakfast Cocoa
10 dsnci0ps. Costs iess than one cont cup. NAds
only By walter Baker Co. Ltd. Dorchester, nass-
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething. softens the gums reduces in.
nAmmation, sllays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle
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Christmas In . Fiat.

On Christmas eve We hardly slept.
Although at packing quite adept,
For In our home. from foot to head,
So many bundles heaped each bed.
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Pisos Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills.-C. L. Baker, 1928
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 8, '95.
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THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CURE.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. Z. W.
Groves signature Is on each box. sc.
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y. n. U.-p9NvsR.-No. I. 1000
vsee Aeswefiss Alvsftlssase1e 91s1lO
oooo1oo ~ Ieooe
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

less they got larger premiums than
men pay. At last, it seems, they are
coming to better mind on the sub
Ject Some of the strongest have late
ly determined to insure women at the
same rates as men, though with certain
limitations which the accident of sex
seems to warrant. Married women
are not considered safe risks for five
years after marriage, and women I'M
der 20 and over 45 are excluded; but
in the main the more progressive COM
panies are insuring women and men on
the same terms. No doubt this change
Of heart in the companies will increase
life insurance among women. though
as long as the man continues to be re-
garded as the chief source of family
support the bulk of insurance will be
placed on him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

The unanimous decision of the
Court OF Appeals of New York State
in an insurance case in which policy
holder tried to secure payment of an
undivided share of the surplus is as
surfing. The decision of the court
denied the application. Not alone
the government of the insurance COM
panies, but the policy holders them
selves, who clearly comprehend the
character of their contracts, will be
gratified with this decision, which in
effect prohibits single policy holder
from taking with him, when his
policy natures, any portion of the
surplus belonging to those whose
policies have not matured, remarks
the Christian Work. If life insur-
ance company were to distribute all
its surplus, it would become insolvent
in the first panic that caused shrink
age in the market value OF assets.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
Automobile Prices.

From Harper's Weekly: There was a
time when bicycles cost $3.50 each.
Then every manufacturer whose plant
was divertible to the manufacture
OF bicycles made bicycles. Now
after six or seven years of
very active bicycle building. and
one can buy a first-rate bicycle
anywhere for $40, and superior BUYERS
can probably supply themselves for
about half that sum. What automo-
biles cost at present is best known IN
persons affiuent enough to puchase and
play with these machines. but reason
ing by analogy, they will soon cost
very much less, for every factory that
can seems to be making them Car
rage factories and bicycle factories
especially, all over the country are
taking orders for them. This year thew
are the toys of the well-to-do. Bv an
other season they will be so snSaad
abroad that their value as plavtbinos
may have lessened; but that is of small
consequence compared with the i'm
mense field that seems to be opening
for them as vehicles for cheap and
rapid transportation. That they will
ever be brought within the means Of
ar is not to be expected, but there
seems to be a good prospect that thew
VIII soon he brought within the means
OF most persons who can afford at pres
ent to keep horses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

In the year 1890 the wealth of the
United States, according to thS
eleventh census, was $65, 037, O91, 19T
Mr.. j. X. Upton, who was the special
agent having these figures in CHARGE
estimated that the increase in the ten
years had been forty-nine per cent.
In the decade which will soon close ii
is fair to assume that the increase has
not been less than from 1880 to 1890
so that it ought to be safe to say that
we shall close the nineteenth century
with the enormous wealth of about
800, 600, 100000. Considering that
in 1900 we had somewhat less than
one or two billion dollars, it can be
seen that there have been rather
liberal opportunities for making and
accommodating money, comments the
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09
Learning by Heart

We rather believe in learning NV
heart, holding that we know notbino
in after life so perfectly as we know,
the multiplication table: but we ara
certain that the power of learnino Nv
heart differs as greatly as the range -,
sight, and that to require the sama
amount of memory from each individ
ual in a class of twenty is to harass +on
OF them uselessly and expose FIVE 70 :
kind OF torture. The slow ones caa
learn If they give more time ond
trouble to it. That is what is alive.
said, and it is simply not true Mer,'
ory is perhaps the only power Of tho
mind which is essentially physical 90
physical as eyesight, and there are .
great many boys, often boys with a.
cellent powers, who simply cannot -
to speak, develop the photogro 90 ~
plate. They may acquire the now.
afterwards, as actors. for examn,a
often do; but they cannot do Il as how
and they not only suffer miserablv bn,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

One of the strongest forces behind
the development of the horseless ve-
hicle has been the public demand for
good country roads. 1t is believed
that when the people fully realize the
utilitarian value of the automobile as
a conveyance in cities and for inter-
urban transit the good roads will have
to come. The perfection of the auto;
mobile therefore means a great deal to
the farmers. The cross-country lines
that are established between cities
will demand smooth highways and
they will not destroy them after they
are built.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

What Porto Rico needs is system
OF railroads penetrating the interior
IN order to bring to the coast the pro.
ducts OF the country, such as coffee,
sugar and tobacco, and to carry sup
plies into the interior. Such sys,
tenn would be expensive and would
encounter tremendous enpineerina
problems, for Porto Rico consists
merely of peaks of group OF exceed,
ingly steep mountains which thrust
themselves out of the sea. The level
places are formed by the inwashing of
the sands by the waves and the de-
posts of -detritus from the mountains,
The interior transportation is now
done by means of high, two-wheeled
carts drawn by the magnificent native
oxen,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

Inc second largest Indian coroo -
nritlsh Columbia, if not on tNe poo,a a.
coast, is now hauled out on ~ a ..,
nor n,1 q. Seattle, Wash. 1t is a slim
Of of considering Sils it is made entirely ont
" U,h,a, Dig cedar tree. The big can US'
y, ",en noids 100 people, is but ono o,,,
- soore OF large canoes thai he,onn
~ tne Fort Rupert and West CO oe'ohs
u,an 1 OF Vancouver island ,So as' IN IN
pert per is on the northern end q, V W.. i'u-
attic wars a o'o,, the Indians now Il Sc
ace WIZ vers eighteen days on the vo ov
20 ion WIN n.,, a good fair wind thew , .. :
: q NV aVv miles a day The big canoo can !.
abont e one made this summer 7, ~ ~
eight feet across. s and seven to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

soon kindled it into a lively flame.
Reaching out with my hands and
stretching my body toward some
bushes that grew to the right, caught
a young bamboo firmly and dragged
the great body squarely across the fire.
At first he didn't seem to mind IL
much, but presently began series OF
must vigorous and powerful lashings
with that 1.-THE, tremendous body and
tail, often nearly pulling me from my
hold on the tree, and twisting my leg
till 1t seemed he would slowly but sure
ly wrench it from its socket.
"And yet those automatic waves OF
swallowing were not checked. felt
the creatures head inclose my knee.
and, indeed, l am sure the gulps by
which l was being taken in were quick
ened as the monsters blood was
warmed up in the flame.
II could not readily see what was
going on in the fire, but was sure 1T
was burning holly because l soon felt
the heat on my toes inside the snakes
skin. This sensation increased and
soon realized that if was roasting the
snake my foot was being boiled at the
same time.
at was a terrific and protracted
struggle. Sometimes my feet and legs
were dragged around sidewise till the
snakes body was out of the fire; some
times I was pulled backward till my
free foot was kicking about in the fire,
brands But the boa's evolutions were
aimless, the mere result of pain, while
my efforts were always inteligently
directed toward the keeping of his body
across the fire. Occasionally l could
free one hand and find a piece of wood
that I could throw on the fire, and
after awhile, perhaps fifteen minutes,
though 1t seemed as many hours,
was sure that the snakes lashings and
ceilings were weaker, though even yet
the mouth was advancing up my leg.
But l now let go my tree, rolled and
crept about and secured more fuel. and
soon had the satisfaction of seeing
that my enemy was burned into crisp
in the middle, though the tail seemed
still alive, as well as the head. My
foot, was sure, would soon drop off
at the ankle if l could judge how we'll
it was roasted by the pain l suffered.
cat last l sat UP, and with a stick
beat the snake apart just below my
foot, and then stood up with my left
leg inclosed in such a snakeskin leg
ging as never a soldier wore before.
But whether you will believe me or
not, that piece of a serpent continued
to climb my thigh for an hour after
that. At daylight, as struggled
through the jungle with that dreadful,
heavy Logging still on me, l met a ma
tive woman, who, pulling knife from
her belt, ripped the thing from the
mouth near my hip down to my heel,
and so freed me. l was delirious for
four weeks after I got into camp. and
my raving about snakes was consid-
cred all fever dream, as some still re-
gard this whole true story"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-09

pn an Interesting relic of one of the
franklin search relief expeditions
:, "Hieh was sold in London recently
Is oootJack which was used bv Roar
AHmlral Sir James Ross. who sailed IN
tne enterprise in 1S4S. but returned in
1ne Ioilowing year without success
ne neie are many such relics OF the Ross
en- other expeditions to be seen in
; tne museum museum of the Royal United serv-
tce institution in whitehall. including
-,"sinehtary portions Of a velvet-edged
ro", and leather towel-the first
aeh h,. traces OF the missing expedition
q t,o INSULT 1 from Sir James Ross expedi-
tn un Exposed to the arctic regions for
tl %'', wears years. pieces of canvas bot
the o Uiau ua, gimlet and other tools
a dre.s,n riln OF telescope, glass from
articles. IVA ana other