c THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. T1UKST FOK GOLD. MAO RUSH FOR THE KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS BY THOUSANDS. H4rU Will Hot Qt Tbroaah thll Year Terror of the CMIWoot Paaa llrtvi Women Kow on the Trail-Some aHaft-aated-Joaqaln Miller lo the r. Of the many thousands of gold hun tn that have flocked to Dyea and SkacBty very few will succeed in crowing the Chllkoot and White paeees before the mow flies, and It wilt be six months before the majority of these Ma will be able to resume their on ward march. Two small cities of tents have sprung up at the entrances to tbe two passes. At Dyea from seven Bnndred to one thousand people are Ming In tenta. and great pile of pro visions and materials which the gold kaoter brought with tbem are stocked O everywhere. At Skagnay. which is six miles down the river oo the south ern slope of the peninsula that divides Dyea Inlet and Skagnay Bay, about 1, 000 people have pitched their tents. At Doth, of these places the majority of Joaquin Miller in the Pass. Orospectlve miners have decided to re Brain until spring. There are very few who have been discouraged at this prospect of wintering In the shores of Alaska with only tents to shelter them from the enow storms and the bill iards. On the contrary the majority oC these people are quite content. It la doubtful, however, if. of all the men at Dyea and Skagnay, even one-half will get through the pa&s, even when spring bag come. Yet the crowd at the passes are satisfied to take their ehances. and so they have decided to nuie down for the winter. Town lots are being staked out and i0f the prospectors to get through their squatter's rights prevail and some j goods at any cost, has led te most ex cst these who have squatted on deir- ; iravagaat prices being offered and able lots often have an opportunity to j giadly paid. As an example, a San sail them to those who are well sup- , F rancisco party paid over 11,000 for plied with fruits and funds. United i ln transDortation of one ton of tun- State Commissioner Smith who is lo- sated here, and his two assistants at 9kanay, are the busiest men in the section. They are engaged in record ing the claims of lot holders. Next to tnese are three surveyors, who axe Mpt hustling. Dyea has an eating aouse which the proprietor calls a ho tel, while at Skagnay there are four restaurants. Some of Juneau's busi ness men have decided to buna wharves at Skagnay, and it looks as if Skagnay would be the coming city. At Dyea the tents of the gold hun ters are scattered from the head of the nlet to Sheep Camp, a distance of five miles. At Skagnay the settlement is more compact, extending from the bay for a distance of about five miles to i he beginning of the pass, but most of the tents are grouped on the new town site near the water. Among those who went down from here in the Alki is C Snowden, a robust young man, stightly lame of leg. His home la Na waJno. B. C. He crossed and recrossed Chllkoot Pass this season and he U the ttrst man who has come from there within the last three months who has accomplished the feat. Snowdon ac complished the last in five days. He rssne to Dyea Just before the first of this month. He thus tells of his ex perience: "When I first reached Dyea I had WOO pounds of supplies. I decided to make a trip over the pass to see what the prospect was for getting some of say stuff through. I concluded to pack over a portion of my supplies, and I made up a pack of 68 pounds. With this I started off. From Sheep Camp sue begins the ascent to the mountain pass. It is like climbing up the face of a huge bare hill, the trail rig tagging, ft Is a hard and slow job, and in some ptaore one has to use hands and scramble along the trail on all fours. When I reaobed the summit I decided to continue my Journey light, and tak ing only a few pounds of food went down to Crater Lake, the first of a lit tle chain of lakes, each about a mile long. Then I went to Lone Lake, and thence to Lake Linderman, the first or the, chain of big lakes." Mrs. Mary Holmes Is the first wo man who, as correspondent of a news paper, has attempted the hardships and angers of the Chllkoot Pasj. Her first letter written from Skagnay gives a vivid description of the conditions pre vailing at that place. She is by this time on her way across the pass. Mrs. Holmes is traveling with her husband through the mines. She writes: Provisions are Le'.ng left all along the trail. A newspaper stems to be the most desired article now. Every one la pleading for a paper. The different stories told are chough to drive one distracted. Some say it rains like thii oil the tune till slow sets In, and oth ers that this la the nrst rain in weeks. Itougil the prospectors are already urging newcomers uot to laud If they have no horses, all seem determined to do to. Only a fe.v are going to Dyea, 1 have Jast lcarred that the ship ts short oi hands, n number having do certed to co to the Klondike. At Ju Liiau alo-je tbrea quartermastcra de serted. One cut:c:tt!il hiu.seif la the call ctd lias Just walked off with uis pack. My waiter informed me at luncheon that he woul.l not ugalu serve oie, but would leave the ship as soon as he had eaten. Getting ashore Is neces artly very slow work. The freight Is rent off In boats towed by tugs, while the pa engers are landed in small toa's. Tourists, however, find It worth getting off in the rain and slush, just to see the mining camp, as It is called. Lota are selling for 1500 each, and houses are going up rapidly. 8treets are being lai 1 out and given such high mounding names as Fifth avenue and Broadway. A hotel run by two negro women Is flourishing, and the streets are tilled with cows and calves. Pack ers here are paid 15 a day and board. It takes four days to make the round trip over the pass that Is to take a lack to the summit of the mountain and return for another fifty pounds. Or.e can easily see how long it would take to carry fifteen hundred pounds to the lakes. That amount usually con s:iiut a year's provisions tor two peo ple. All the men who are going to the fold Melds have landed at Skaguay and think me very foolish to even think of rolng over the Chllkoot Pass. I shall go to D;-ea. however, and make a personal inspection and inquiry about the hopes ot getting over. Krcm all that I can gather there Is likely to be serious trouble at the pass es before t'ue winter is over. The Ca nadian olUcIala are said to be very die tatoripl in their treatment of the min ers, who have come so far. Even be lore the prospectors cross the moun 'ains they are met by the revenue of ficers and forced to pay duty. Cana dian teamsters are alowed to come on American soil and dispose of their ser vices ax outrageously high prices. If, however, an American strays over to the other side, he is bullied into pay ing duty, though he expects to return to his own country within the day. It ,s this sort of thing that nas exasperat ed the Americans, and there is likely to be a clash most any day. Pr. E. W. Spotteswoode, of Missoula Mont., surgeon of the Northern Pa cific, says that Skagnay s population when the Queen sailed on August 12. was fully thirty-five hundred, if not four thousand people, while at Dyea :bre are not more than five thousand jr six thousand. The Queen brought back several dis gusted fortune seekers, among them a .ormer longshoreman of Seattle, named Kred Story, who has had practical ex perience to relate, and a prospective millionaire who was glad to secure a luartermaster s berth on the Queen for .he homeward voyage. Story says that tie much-talked-of Skagnay or White I Pas trail was never opened until Thursday laat, the work of cutting through a four-mile stretch of moun tain road only just having been com pleted. The soil Is soft from the re cent rains, but cordaroy Is being used and the general character of this route makes it the only one practicable for horses. Cn the other hand the Chllkoot Pass being an older and more traveled one, is the only one to be thought of by those who pock in their supplies, but it is knee deep in mud. The anxiety 'plies from Skagnay to the upper lake. and they were looked upon as fortu nate, me opinions of the returned for tune seekers differ as to the general prospect. One man declared with posi tive conviction that not a tenth of those now at Skagnay will get througa at alL The next witness declares that all who want to will reach the upper J ukon in time, while others assert that a&y man. with average strength and gr;t. mill get through safely this year. Time alone can disclose which is right. Story, who was over a portion of the Wl.;e Paes, declares that tee difficul ties it presents are not by any means Resting on the Outskirts of Dyea. appalling while packing over the Chll koot Pass few obstacles are met. He returned, not because he could not get through, but because be had business affairs to colse up and preferred to take his chances in the spring. He bought one $150 outfit for 1 50 cash. The seller having decided to go to Juneau for the winter, and has It stored away lor his own use on his return to the north. A Klondike letter from Mrs. John Hcrne says: "We are doing well, owning one-half interest in No. 13 and all of No. 34 ou Bonanza Creek, and a three-quarter Interest In No. lit on Hunter Creek. We are living on No. IS at.d I can go ten yards from the house and pan out $100 at any time, while Jack, my husband, and his partner are sawing lumber. The price of claims is away up in the thousands. If we sell we r.iay come out this fall; otherwise ve wiil winter here. Among others who have made fortunes Is Dick Low, was Is worth half a million. He took out $;'.ju in two pans of dirt. Life in wie ukoa is not so had after all. Flvi li mdred and forty-four persons have left Seattle for Alaska and the Klon iii:e 222 on the Humboldt, 145 on the Alkl( li'O cn the Farallon and 87 on the City of Kingston. Tickets are being so'.d isp'.dly for the Queen, and it la i)r-jiirjrjd that she win carry a heavy i-r.vl of freight and passengers when iij caiis. R. C. CHARLES. lniliroveri YelilllMtliiu. Aniens; tecent methods of supplying j i- !:'! :io:it to b'ieldir.8 there is one :. ' !! .; the use of fans, which draw .- a.- tr.roti.;h closely woven silk i.i?: )i cr ba.hs that wath und render ; ;:.( liCitn nil impurities. The shafts .i.' -j liitli the atmosphere is drawn ex- l. . tc a considerable uclht above tho ' l.n;; '.o uvold du.st und coutamlna-V-i" trd the air, after beiuj? brought :j l-.o ti?M temperature and the proper ui,;rtj oi moisture, is distributed from .he bemcut through Urn building. ORIGIN OF THE DOQ STAR. Curious Computation Mod by Rever end Astronomer In Nebraska. From Rev. Newton M. Mann of Omaha, we have received a patnphlot containing an article by him, reprint, ert from Popular Astronomy, on the or'oit of Slrlus. The article gives thu results of Mr. Mann's latest calcula tions and conclusions concerning the pflth of the great companion of Sirlns !lcovered by Alvan Clark In 1S'!2. Observations f angle and distance from l!C! to October. inclusive, are employed In the calculations. From lS'.K) to 1890 there were no observations as the companion was apparently so near Its principal as to be lost In the Intense Hvht. That to. the orbit Is so inclined that the companion In Its Journey came nearly In line with the !lnnet and observers on the earth and was therefore Invisible. Six years were required for passage over an an pular distance suttlclent to get clvsr of the blnze of Slrlus and become visible to observers. It Is apparent from the delineation by Mr. Mann of nn approximate orbit with the positions of the companion at the dnte of each observation, and from the text . that the work of caiuculatlou was dlfU'-ult. For no orbit could be constructed that would touch the com panion except on eleven dates out of forty-one. The ancles and distances given on the other dates of observation placed the companion outside or inside the delineated orbit. It must be under, stood that this orbit an ellipse, was drawn after numerous trials to touch the companion at the greatest possible number of times. The work was done on a scule which would render the thickness of a Hue of great account. Furthermore, It was the purpose to draw the orbit so as to bring the com panion as near as possible to the out side of the liuc at every observation. After many trials Mr. Mann was forced to conclude that the wide diver pence often noted could not be explain ed by errors of observation, and that the companion suffered perturbation from the pull of a second body revol ving about Slrlus and a giant satellite yet unseen. He concludes that the companion has a period of 50.123 years and that It passed it principal or Sirius in lhi'4-Do, and that the distauce cf the Mar from the center is 4 seconds and -9 hundredths. Of a disturbltiS ldy or satellite Mr. Mnnn writes: "A tiiird member of the system seems to be Indicated, having a period of some twenty years, motion retrograde, the ;la;ie of whose orbit cuts tiiat of the or.e v.e lire cousid.Tins at about 30 dtfie.-s. where the distur ber appears to buve passed In lSfctJ. at n distance from Slrlus of fjur or Ave secoilds. The Oistnrbances uutoil limy also be complicated by a massive satel lite of the companion moving lu an orbit commensurate with this cran dlose system." The evidence of pertur buHou Is sufHcli'Ut to warrant these conclusions. It U possible that the third member of the system may yet te sighted or so carefully traced by the mathematicians as to De precisely located. Mr. Mann's work Is of great Interest. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Lire Mouie In Gima Cock's Craw. "I always knew that game roosters were thoroughly tip to date in every thing, and always ready to fight any thing, whether it be a circular saw or a bald-heeded eagle." said Chief Clerk Itoome of Assistant Manager Fay's of fice In the Southern Pacific building yesterday, "but It was a revelation to me to see a gamecock act the part of a rat terrier. I ar a black-breasted red a day or two since wade Into a covey or mice that Dr. Mercler bad corralled for the bird's amusement.and Inside of six minutes the rooster had killed sixteen of the rodents and had en ten eight of the covey. The doctor says that bird has a particular fond ness for mice, and never seems to get enough. "Some time ago, after a diet of the mice, the rooster grew sick. He lost his appetite and seemed about to give up the ghost, and the doctor was greatly worried because of this fact. After treating the fowl for a couple of days he chloroformed him and dissect ed his craw. To his astonishment he found three mice la this portion of the bird's anatomy, one of them still alive. The mouse had gotten its tail into the small entrail leading to the bird's li zard, and consequently had put a stop to the digestion of the rooster. The mouse must have realized this, and that It was his sole Chance of life, for when the doctor attempted to withdraw the tall the mouse set up an awful squeaking, and feebly objected to the process. To make the matter more In teresting, the gizzard had gripped the end of the mouse's tall, and would not let go. "Between the two. the rooster came very near dying, but upon the mouse and tall 'icIiir removed and the craw sewed up at," In. the bird speedily re covered, but now It runs from a mouse as If It were a bull terrier," New Or leans Times-Democrat. Mr. X.abouchero on Motor Wagons. I have no special feeling of like or llslike towards a horse my sentiments towards him are those 1 entertain to wards a pig or a donkey, or any other useful animal: nor have I ever under stood why auy one should be deemed the better man because his affections are centered upon a horse. The object of a carriage Is to convey people und goods. The carriage Is to my mind the best that, at least cost, adequately ful fills this object. If motors, by all means let us have motors. Last Satur day I betook myself to Westminster Bridge to see the procession of these vehicles on the way to Brighton. 1 was disappointed. No one yet seems to have grasped the fact that there must be a new departure In their form. Jud;nu; from those lu the procession, their maker have simply sought to make them as like carriages drawn by hemes as possible. Apart from form, the liplifer one seeliitil to vibrate greatly. liy my side stood a talkative lady whose acquaintance 1 had not previously enjoyed. "If the people In side of them were cream." she said, "tliey would be butter before they Jt half way to Brighton." I suggested to her that the petroleum ears smell un pleasantly, "itink," !:e said. "Is the word for them," nud it certainly wai. -LuDdon'Tru:b. THE BEST POLICY. A lMtttbnr- ManUtrale's Treatment of Truthful rrleoner. A souad of five discouraged-looking loaier were marched out before one of the city police magistrates the oth- -r day with the grave ennrge drunkenness confronting them. The Magistrate looked serious, and tne hearts of each of the offenders slipped down a notch or two ns tbey thought of the r-ualty to be paid. Kach grog gy-looking countenance presenieu picture of despair. The first man In the row of five was questioned: "Do you drink?" asked the Magis trate. "No. sir. was the reply tne man pave In a trembling voice. "What a liar, tuougnt uie .uniiis trate. and. looking at the next man, he Inquired: "And you, sir; are yon a drinking man?" "No, sir; this was my first offense, 1 never was drunk lefore." "No. 3, there," again spoke the offi cial presiding over the court. "What are your habits?" "I Just took some whisky for medi cinal purposes, yer honor, and I guess I hnd a drop too much. 1 never drink, sir; that Is, as a usual thing." Hut his honor would hear no more. The fourth culprit was put through the ordeal. "What have yon go to say fr your self?" asked the Magistrate, with tho emphasis on the 'you." "Not guilty, yeronor." "Hem," said the Magistrate, adjust ing his glasses and looking severely at the nrrei-tinjj ollicer. "It's n shnme to arrest such Innocent, intelligent-looking' peutletnen ns these. 1 hiii sur prised nt you." Then, turning to the fifth man In the row. he said: "Well, n.y friend, would you take a drink If you were offered one?" "I never refuse.sir." replied the fifth, with a military salute. This so startled the audience and so pratltled the truth-loving magistrate that he ordered his clerk to go out and bring the prisoner a drink of whisky. The latter drank It with a relish, while his four neighbors looked on with wa tery eyes. The man was then dis. charged, after receiving the comjili n.eiits of the court. The other four were sentenced to prison for thirty days each, as a gentle reminder that truth Is stranger than tietlon. Pitts burg Chronicle-Despatch. How She Got the Job. was ns beautiful as a dream and fls frt-h as the dawn. But Horatio Everineliam was not In a genial mood. He had a headache. and everything had seemed to go wrong at the store that morning. Only five minutes before the sweet young woman entered one of the firm's oldest c.'skiimrs had left In nnurer, and de- flared that he would In future buy all his i::ds from a rival house. "Well," said the old gentleman, as she stood with downcast eyes before hirf. "I suppose you've called in ans wer to my advertisement for a type writer, have your' "Yes, sir." she demurely rephed. "I've already engaged ene," he went on. "Sorry you didn't get here a ltttle earlier. The fact is, I hired the first applicant that came, for I concluded that a person who would not get here early enough to beat the others who might want the place wouldn't be like ly to be very prompt In getting around If I were to employ her." "I fhould have ben here earlier," she paid, "If I bad not first gone to see Mr. Bullion, the banker. He, also, ad vertlsed for a typewriter. I am sorry now that I didn't come here first. Then I nhould probably have beaten ail the others." While she had talked Horatio Ever- Ingham had taken his first good look at her, and he, too, was sorry that h had gone to see Bullion first. But here was no use regretting what had been done. He dldn t need aer now so there was nothing to de but let her go. He arose to ehow her out of the private othce, but she hesitated. "You don't think you'd need two typewriters, do you?" she ssud, at last. "No," the merchant prince replied rather impatiently. "One can do the work very easHy. Good morning." "Well, then." she murmured, half to herself, "I suppose I shall have to ac cept Mr. Bullion's offer. I'm sorry, foi I d rather work here," "What!" exclaimed Mr. Everlngham, "you re going to work for Bullion,?" "Yes. I told him I'd come back if you dldnt want me." the old gentleman, while beads of cold sweat stood out upon his brow. "I'll make room for you some way. Great Caear, what a narrow escape! Why, all my money Is In Bullion's bank!" "Stay here, my girl, stay here," said Cleveland Leader. Why She Fell an Bli Keck. See the girl! The girl is falling upon the neck of the man. Does the girl fall upon the neck of the man because they are aloue in the gloaming? to Partly. Chiefly, however, the girl falls upon the neck or the man because she learning to ride the wheel, and the man Is her instructor, and she chooses to fall on any oJTl neck rather than her own. Detroit JornaL Iter Present Flan. Khe waa extremelv Wit-tor in mltl clsm of the decadence of the drama, Dtit ene did not de6pair. "There Is no longer any chance for us living picture on the stage," she bum. "It seems not," he admitted. "1 Und," she continued, "that I must either give up the business or buy bicycle and no to the seashore.' Ch-ca'o Post. The Cheerful Idiot. "What do you think of having to pay : a puiirul for steak, as those fellow old in Alaska r asked the shoo clerk boarder. "i licy mnst have found It ptvtty tonn," nuiij the VUeerful Idiot d:&ua;oll.s Journal. We Ha All Seen It. Lawyer "Where U that sign, 'Back in ten minutes.'' " Boy "The man In thein.'Xt otBce bor rowed it. He said ho wuutcd to go to "A IWrffCt tvf f W IM-H--.T nr-rr ... r: rr. Wo 1 for Rnker & Go's 14 V TTUItvi m. BREAKFAST COCOA l 'A Him Absolutely Pure Cost Less than Be sure that you the J genuine article, made at WALTER YJ'S-asaB Ji Established VI IT0. ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IX Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. j?.1T1T-2 OOOX53 -A. SPECIALTY, SOLE AGENTS FOR '. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole agents for the following brands of Cigar- Hesr Clay, Losdros, llonsa!, Indian Frhcoss, Zzz.zzz, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. Prided Iov hud For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofinjr, spoutin? and general job work, go to W. Buildings heated by steam, not air or not water in a satisiac tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing a specialty. I have the exclusive control ot the i hatcher steam, not water and hot air heaters for this territory, which is acknowl edged to be the best heater on the market. All work guaran teed. IRON STREET. SHOES We buy right and sell right. OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT. Honest trading has won us hosts "We are selling good shoes, them. Drop in and we Comrcii Iron axd Maix Sts. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, .HATTING, or OIL CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. H. BIOWEE'S 2nd Door above Court House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. POPULAR SCIENCE.. Charles H. Lamson, at Rigby Park, near Portland, Md., made a successful ascension with a kite to the height of ioo feet. The Gathman system of firing high explosives has been found impractical, as no result can be gained from the discharge of an explosive just outside of a ship. The Carlsberg fund for scientific purposes has offered about $40,000 ot the Danish scientific expedition to the east coast of Greenland, for the purpose of making a chart ot the coast northward to Angmagsalik. Cheap electrical power is distribut ed to private houses a distance of thirty miles from the central station at St. Etienne, near Lyons, France. Two dollars a month is the charge for sufficient power to drive a loom. One per cent, of alcohol in water will kill a gold fish in one hour and thirty minutes ; twenty per cent, will kill him instantly. The experiment may lead to the use of chemicals in the commercial pursuit of the larger fishes. A German statistician has calculat ed that of every 1000 persons 100 reach the age of 75, 38 the age of 85, and only 2 reach 95. In the seven teenth century the average duration of life was only 13 years s m the eighteenth 20 ; in this century it is 36. Couldn't Estimate its Value ! Dr. Anew' Cure for the Heart never fails. It relieves in 30 minutes, it cures. It is a beacon lijjht to lead you back to health. V. H. Mussel man, 01 G. A. R , Weissport, Ta , says : " Two bottles of Dr. Agnew'g Cure for the Heart entirely cured me of palpitation and smothering spells. Its value cannot be estimated. I feel like a new man.'" Sold by C. A. Kleim. Delicious Nutritious. One Cent a Cup. DORCHESTER, MASS.K ..By.. BAKER & CO. Ltd. Gfcod Wcrfk. V. Watts, on Iron street W. W. WATTS, Hloomsburt I'a. SHOES of customers but we want more. so good you ought to see will make it pay you. i7 ii rf VY . II. I lUUlC. When the hair has fallen out, leav ing the head bald, if the scalp is not shiny, there is a chance of regaining the hair by using Hall's Hair Renewer. Beecher! Pint Church. It has been determined that the church in which Henry Ward Beechet began his ministry shall be torn down to make room for buildings of up-to-date design." When Mr. Beecher be came the pastor the church was the finest in Indiana. His salary wis $800, but at the same time the gov ernor received only $1300, which in cluded pay for his private secretary Beecher is remembered by members of his first congregation for his wit, popularity and socialbility, and as a lecturer to young men. "Some persons were inclined to believe that Mr. Beecher was a little too exuberant and fond of fun," said a member of the church. "I remem ber that it was said at a lawn party he took off his coat and rolled down hilL Once, in coining from Terre Haute m a stage at night, he found an elder ot his church in the stage. He disguisea his voice and inquired what re0P' thought of Beecher's church anJ about Beecher. All this was done m puie fun." Mr. Beecher was twenty-six years old when he came here, and he re mained for eight years. In 1S47 he left to go to Brooklyn. CMW Chronicle. Deafness or 12 Years Staxw- Protracted Catarrh produces de-" ness in many cases. Capt. Ben. Connor of Toronto, Canada, deaf for 1 a years from Catarrh, a treatments failed to relieve. Dr. Ag new's Catarrhal Powder gave him relief in one day, and in a very short while the deafness left him entirely It will do as much for you. Sold by C. A. Kleim. ti.e ban game," Ex. . i . . t d I H
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