THE SCRANTON TmBUNE-THURSDAY. APRIL 21. 1898. 5 . YANKEES HAD BETTER STEER CLEAR OF PERU An American Miner Cannot Make a Living: in the Land of the Incas Peculiarities of Life in This South American Country. Los .Aiiftelcs Letter lit tlio Bun. Among tho sovoral bundled people who wont to lVni lust May, when the news wns spread that fabulously rich Bold placera and some ledges had been dlscovotrd In the upper Andes near Hunlngnyuc and .MaitlnoK. was Ahrani 12. Foster, n ftirtncr member of tho Ororjon leglslatm- and n sold miner In Tallrontlu of twenty year?' experience. II" ITlllB lll 1)rj I'llllllC l.THt from Peru tin- other day with a party of mhof Cnllfornlans, nil of v. hom vvmo angiy because thev had been lined to Kouth, America at large personal ex lienso nnd loss of time, onlv tn tlnd that tlio inforinatlun was wllhoulfouu datlon. "t hope yon will wain Ainet loans from going U l'oiu or anywhere In that region to make money In gold or silver mining." said Mr., Poster. "There is no chanee theio at all for any Ameri can in mining, no matter whether ho is a prospector, capitalist, mining en gineer, or gold digger. The stories that came out of Pent last year about the riches that abounded in the mountains of Peru and Ecuador were cruel hoaxes, and I am ashamed to say they were started by Americans and Oermans who would be much benellted pecuniar ily by a rush of gold-hungry men Into that region. Many a man bus spent his all in going to Peru to mine. Our party of ten Callfornlans was down there eight months. We were all very ill with fever at one time or another while we were In Peru, and two of our party died of It. 1 marvel that any of us have come away so well. We were bound to prove the truth or falsity of the yarns about the rediscovery of the placers from which the Incus got their hoards of golden wealth centuries ago, and I believe we saw more of the rural nnd mining regions of Peru than any American visitors In that region In some years. ILUNHOW CHASE IIS. "Briefly an American miner cannot make even a living In that land of cheap things. We saw there but two persons not Peruvians who made re spectable wages In the silver mines gold mines being out of the question for profit. These two were young chaps from Pennsylvania, who had a con tract with a rich banking firm In Cnl lao for sinking a shaft on American principles in the Chleaura spur of the Andes. Stories published in one Cali fornia newspaper last spring said that gold was so plentiful in the streams In the remote and almost inaccessible canons nnd barrancas of the mountains of Peru near Hualagayoc that fre quently the sand and gravel went $ir .ind $18 to the pan; these were deliber ate lies. Then there was a cheerful story afloat In California and Nevada last vcar about how the native-Indian divers In the deep mountain streams often brought up handfuls of gold bearing sand; how the padres at a Jesuit mission at Trujillo had saved a flour barrel of solid gold dust and nug gets that the Ignorant Indians had brought them as gifts by the handful. A dozen such alluring stories were cur vent In the mining camps of the west a year ago. They seem reasonable when we think of the enormous quan tities of gold PIzurru's troops took from Peru early in the sixteenth century. Well, we prospected and interviewed people all through the so-called min ing regions of Peru, nnd we never found enough color to buy a meal once a week. JUNES WORKED OPT. "The fact Is that the mines were once aluuble but they were worked out a century ago. For seven years Plzniro kept the conquered natives hunting for gold under the penalty ot death and ibv Just about scraped the country us bare a they knew how of gold. His successors did the same tiling. So hero In no gold left in sight of all that i'-4loii. ISesldes, It it dangerous and liaid worl; to prospect In Peiu or Ecua dor. The canons Are rocky and pre i.pitnus, while rho streams are deep and turbulent. We were in one spot where a leij.'nd lui It that thu Indiuis. under command of Pizano's soldiers washed out a ton of gold. The legend has It that "00 men were, killed and drowned there In a year. I don't doubt it. The Indians weie let down by luprs of straw from the granite cliffs abive Into the stream, about lorty feut below. There the poor snvauos had to stand in the water, bracing themselves agalnHt boulders, while the cold, foam ing water surged down through the narrow canon. A misstep at any moment, and the placer miner might be carried down stream to his death Piuarro's soldiers useu to inarch the indians to the canon every day like so many convicts, and make them seek gold there from dawn till dark, TOO HIGH FOR HEALTH . "The famous silver mines of Peru are at the highest altitude of any mines in the world. The best sliver region In Ptu la In the valley of Himlogayoe. This valley Is none of your pretty little verdant vales nestling at the feet of mountains, but Is away up nmong the uppermost, flinty, buhl peaks of tho Andes. Its altitude Is 111,400 fet above tin sea level. Theie ar thre peaks namea Jesus Maria, a.nd Jo.ie, alter the Holy Family and hy rise 1,200 and 1,'iuo teet higher amon.: the clouds. A tew tettlements of Indians live away up there and Whether itching, burning, bleotllng, scaly, (trusted, pimply, or blotchy, whether simple, crefulouj, or hereditary, from infancy to aijo, pwcllly cored by warm hatha with Ccmcciu. Boiv, gentlo anointings wlthCuilOUKA(oInt inont), the great akin cure, and mild doses of Cunctnu. HMorfxrr, greatest ot blood pariflem and hiunnr cure. (uticum MMthroofhoatth.worl4. FoniaDKCOiwp Calif. Qir , Sol. Prop.., Uo.tu. wr Uow to can Efirj Blood Humor," fret. ranp uiiMnns ? 'r " mvii iiviiiwitw u?c I U'ici carta fcjrVviii'iii Blur. JoIUUl! Hunters mine silver. Tholuclntu silver mines nro at nn altitude of ubout 1:1,500 t'e-jt. There Is not a good silver mine In all Peru at an altitude ot less than 7,00 feel. The best nro higher. The nlr Is so thin at the lofty altitudes that white men cannot work there, nnd tlio least exertion brings weariness and makes one puff. Two men In our party used "o the mountains of Colorado and California, were quite out of their heads for u day or two while were in Hualagayoc. The weather is so cold up there In nild-suminer that one must wear heavy winter clothes to keep warm. The equator Is only six de grees to the north, too. The mountain peaks Hint rear themselves above the valley of Haulauayoe are straight hard, and sharp. They are scarred and pierced by silver mines. One the San Felipe has been worked for 200 years and Is said to be the oldest mine now worked In the world. It has a tunnel 1,000 feet long in the mountain, and hundreds of laterals and slopes. It Is amusing to see there the crudities of mining. A vast fortune has no doubt been thrown away by wasteful and an cient mining methods. SCANT PAY. "Notwithstanding the low price of silver, the mines in the upper Andes ure making money for their owners. Tlie ore is very rich, and the mining is cheaper there than tn any region on the western continent. The Indians do all the mining, under the direction of young Peruvians, who have had good engineering education in the United States or France. Skilled laborers In the mines get CO cents a day in Peru vian silver coin, wotth about "- cents in our money. Ignorant laborers get what in our coinage Is equivalent to 10 cents a day. Think of an American going to Peru to be a miner with such facts staling him in the face! The Indians know nothing better, nnd they are satisfied. They buy their meat, cereals, and vegetables at the very lowest prices from other Indians, and animal skins are cheap among 'the mountains and make very durable clothing. The Andean sheep and llamas furnish wool at incredibly low prices, and it is woven into clothes thnt last years. Thousands of families of six and seven each live in the min ing towns on .1 and C cents a day. "The miners are descendants of gen erations of miners. Many a man in the mines nt Hualagayoc and Jacinto has a string of seven or eight ancestors, who worked In the same mines just as ho is doing now. The greater part of these silver miners have never been fifty miles from the mines. They are about its near dumb-driven animals as one may well Imagine. They were born In a miner's cabin, just ns their fathers and several grandfathers were. They have never in all their lives had any idea but to work in the mines for n mere pittance. However, they nre said to bo excellent workers In their wuy. They work in twenty-four-hour shifts nt hewing nnd pecking out ore in the subterranean galleries and shafts. Then they sleep and eat for twenty-four hours. We Americans in Hualagayoc suggested that more work might be accomplished and the men might live longer in the high altitudes by having elghwhour shifts, as in all United States mines. You ought to have seen the look of contempt for such an opin ion that came to the face of the Peru vian mining superintendent to whom we talked. He simply shrugged his shoulders and looked away. The fact Is that twenty-four-hour shifts were In vogue in mining J0O years or more ago tn Peru, when human life wns not reckoned valuable and human comforts were undreamed of. So it would be suicidal to the mining interests to change so radically the method of do ing business. THIUFTY MERCHANTS. "A surprising fact in one lofty mountain mining town was the evident pt asperity of some of the merchants. They were the only thrifty persons there. How any man in the course even or a long lifetime can evei ac cumulate any considerable es.ute from sales of a cent or two at a time sometimes not even a cent is a prob lem ill commercial pnnomv tut t I don't believe any Yankee has ever : vtiK'iul V.., tl,..... ...., -i- me.,.- me iiicrc'imnis in all of the ancient mining towns of Peru that have property worth $0,000 or $7,000 in our money. Of course some of It is Inherited property. In the re gion known as the Sierra, which is the region of the silver mines and herds ot cattle and llamas on the western slope of the Andes close to the back bone of tho mountains, the sole money Is sliver. Gold Is seldom seen In Peril outside of Lima. There is constant bother in Peru concerning the money used. For Instance, both Bolivian and Peruvian silver circulate on tho same basis In the mountain towns. Forty miles westwnrd, and lower down the mountain sides, Bolivian silver Is tnken only nt a discount. In Lima the banks decline to handle Isolivlan coin. So a man must look well to the character of the coin In his pocket when he goes ttwny from home. "Another fact at which we mar velled every day we were In the motin tains of Peru Is tho extraordinary en durance of the human burden beurers tho cargaderos. They are Qulchlnos, or Indians, and, like tho miners, fol low in the footsteps of a long line of ancestral cargadetos. While we Amer ie.ii's were pulling along with dltllculty ve have seen a dozen cargaderos como trudging up a steep hill with enormous loada or merchandise on their shoulder.-., Mules, donkeys and Indians do tlio freighting from the Andes Rail road to the towns twenty and thirty miles a:uy. The strange thing about these human burden bearers is that they mo far from being fairly good physical specimens. They are usually about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weigh about 110 pounds. They have rhln legs, round shoulders nnd haggard faces the latter no doubt from their almost ceaseless smoking of strong cigarettes and liberal drinking of mescal. They have. 'Ike all the people in these high aliltudes. huge protruding chests. I h(lV6 S?eil mfinV Tllllllin PiirirmlnKnu I back up to a platform and while putting "mo nun cigareiies snouiuer saci.s or am or 01 e weiglilng about UOU pounds nnd tloi off with th m for a half a mile to the rmeiter. Everv day In the year thero are some cargaderos who go "P the ardde ten and fifteon miles to HualuRawc each with a burden of merchant"' mf rrwn tt k W on, on his back. We heard of some of these men who frequently carry S50 pounds several miles tip a mountain rond ror nbotil 1." cents. It Is won derfully cheap transportation for tho mnn who shortens his life and cripples hlmnelf by his work, but it Is most ex pensive foi a mining company. That Is another reason why Americans can't mine In the Andes, They can't stand such crude methods of transportation and it's nil they can get down there. LAKY PERUVIANS. "Money fceoni;l to bo no object to the Peruvians in the Interior of the coun try. Willie they will work in beaten paths as they have been brought up to do. they will shirk any and all labor of n new character and out of their regular hours of work. No appeal, no money will induce Peruvians to work when not in the mood, especially when they wish to smoke or sleep. I have known tlio natives to sleep und smoke alternately lu the shade of a tree or building for several days at a time, oc casionally eating food within urm's reach. One day, when one ot our com rades was 111 with fever, I oflored a great strapping young native the oqtil vnlent of several days' wages (about 40 cents) to go two miles to a village with a message to an American. Do you know, he just yawned and said he would go If I would wait tilt he had had his siesta. That fellow was hungry and penniless at the time. He worked for 10 cents a day when he was in the mood for labor. On unother occasion we were nt the end of n branch of Henry Melgg's Andean railroad. We wanted to get our tent, provisions and out'lt twenty miles to a sliver camp. Thert were several hundred ranchmen In the locality and many mules and horses. Some of the ranchmen were very poor and ragged, but our offer of $5 nnd then $10 for carrying our wagon load of sttift twenty miles had no ef fect. If we had offered $100 It would have been Just the same. Finally, after a wait of eleven days, dining which we daily offered money In vain and made eloquent entreaties for the trans portation of our goods, tlio supeiintend entont of the railroad happened to come out to the town. He was u nto gresslve young Peruvian from Limn and he took pity on us. He had some pull with a ragged old ranchman near the station and ho saw that the ranch man loaded our goods In a rickety wag on and hauled them ten miles over in the country. We offered more money tj be transported the remaining teii miles, but the old fellow was deaf to us. liy luck wc chanced to find a local enrgadero. who carried the stull In two loads on his back to the mining town ten milt's further on for about tin cents. If it had not been for that professional c.ir gadero In the settlement we'd probalth be waiting there still for transportation, while our good money would be Ignored Once we saw heme Inviting loaves of bailey bread In the window of a poor miner's home. One of us offered toe housewife more money for a loaf tluiii her husband could earn In two das In the mines, but because she had never sold bread and had not the least bit of com mercial hiftinct she shook her hvad as If dazed at our proposition, UTTERLY LMPUOV1 DENT. "The average Peruvians are the mom Improvident civilized people 1 have vol heard of. At inns in the Interior of Peru where the bustle anil vhjer of foreigner is not often encountered, we seldom had meals at the same hour on any two days in a week. There was no planning ahead for them. For instance, the dinner wouli. be anywhere from C to &.)0 p. in. No mat ter how hungry we Americans were tin landlord would smile and say 'Poco ti-m po.' It is a common thing for a whoh family of Peruvians to go to a hull ligli; and spend all the savings of a month an . come homo to an empty larder. A i .inch man may have herds of lino cattle aim flocks of fine sheep, and yet there is sel dom milk in Ids house or butter or nio.u on the table. A ranchman's tamilv wll subsist on black coffee, fruits and son) and jerked bief for a week or two at t. time, because it is not in their line ti butcher cows or churn. "The railroads In Peru aie unlike any thing of tlia kind elsewhere In the world We Americans, especially we Californ ians, hear a good deal about Heim Melgg.V wonderful railroad up tho Andes No doubt It is a great piece of engineer ing, but it seems to mo that the mosi wonderful part of the railroad Is tho fuel that the Peruvians ever let any one out side of their country make a fortune oi achieve any result hi Peru. The man ugement of the Andean lallroad Is unique There aro no time cards that wo could ever discover Wo were simply told thai the train would go north or south In tin morning or afternoon of a certain da and we bad to wait for it. Tho natives stretched themselves out on thu railroad station platform and slept until tho little train came in, with a locomotive twentj years behind the times and cars that we used to see in the United States alone, in war times. There Is always all tho de liberation in the world about starting the train trom tlio station. No one cares foi tlmo among Peruvian railroad men. Tin engineer Jokes with the loafers ubout the station and deliberately oils and looks over tho locomotive. Stops of twenty minutes nt ordinary stations nre com mon. Neatly all so-called accommoda tion trains aro run three times a week. The trains rattle along at twelve miles an hour and will stop for the night ul a station. Then the next morning the en gineer will stoke up his locomotive and the train will joggle on ngaln, slopping for rest when night comes on. t don't believo there is a train run in tho night on Henry Meiggs railroad in Peiu. A man at Lima told mo that a few years ago a locomotive ran off the track and rolled down n thirty-foot embankment and that It wns ten days beforo tho loco, motive was put on the track. The work men worked leisurely along hi tho day time nnd quit nt each nightfall. Mean while tniflle on that branch ot tho road was suspended." ca.m)i.i:..iiakinc in si:i)i:.. Some Are Made Prom Stearin Ob tallied From Insects. W? S. llarwood has an article in tne March St. Nicholas on "A lilant t'uniiic," describing one of the unique featuies at the Stockholm exposition. C'oneurnm'; candle. maktns in Sweden, Mr, UurituoU, wiltes: Tim candles of Sweden nie not "dlpp,l" in the nM-!ndhlontu way, but ut'o m de on wh.u might bu calico scluntltic win doles after the expcriincu of u e,ou,l many centuries has told tho makers jiist what tnateriuis will produce tho hest it suits. Thoy aro not "run" in hund-heid molds, ut tlia risk or burning some. body's lingers or spotting thu kitcm-n floor with spin hen ot tallow. Tallow In its ciude state Is. halted, used in tlif munutaeturo or these Swedbii candies, but It must pass through a long treatni-nt before it yields up the pure stearin trom which tho mowy candles ure made. Some of this tallow readies Sweden al ter long ship-Journeyiugs tiom South America, while some ot tho stearin does not como trom tullow at all, but from palm-oil gathered hy tin- natives of South Alrlca; and still unother mpply of stearin is secured in a curiini.- wuy from Inseds shipped from China. The insects, in dy ing, ti-in into a wax very rich in stearin. When the stearin Is ready for tho mix ing It Is nearly pure white in color, a clear liquid that huh the nue and con sistency of melted wliito sugar. Jti the factory the attendants fill their large, v.lde-llpped Jinn pitchers with tho liquid stearin, step to a long row of caudle molds, and pour In tho molted sicniin. Thu nujds ure In sections, twelve candles j-a . wj!? a t ma!re-lrt cnndlos Tlio wicks for tlio candles have first hten twisted from threads Into the proper slzo and tli leaded through the molds by m. chluer). As soon as tho stearin bus cooled around thu wicks a keen knife passes un der and cuts the ends of thu wicks, tho caudles In the section tire lifted out, and another set of wicks, all threaded through in other set of molds, stands leailv lor the next poiulng. Swiftly breaking the catidlet apart, the attendant passes them on In a box to unotlir workwoman, who sends them whizzing through a trlninlng and pollshhig nia i hllie, from which they go to the count lug table. I watched a young woman who was at work one day lu n factory in Swecden (and tho factory, by the way, was located in the candlestick ot the Olnnt Candle), counting these candles a smnll kind It happened to be that they then were mak ing, perhaps live Inches lu length. With n deftness which was quite extraordinary die thrust her hands Into u pile ot can dles and uneiilngly drew lot tit twenty fmir never more, never less. All day lung slut stands at tills counter, and not onto In u thoUMind times, so I was told by the superinti ndent, would she draw out other than twenty-four. 1 suppose it hud become a matter of Intuition, so to Meak. Sho know exactly how munj can dles would bo Included In a grasp of her hands, and she pinctloally never made u mistake. !t seems strange lu this day of electric liy that there can be found in a part of tho world whero civilization has gone a pi eple who nro so generally given over to candle-light ns are tho inhabitants or Sweden. In one year one linn In Sweden manufactures, for the trade of Sweden almost exclusively, twenty -one millions of candles ot all sizes, from two or tlireo inches In height up to seven feet. In spite of tho Introduction of electiicty into tlio cities, thu people keep using candles, and they even seem to think them a neces sary part of their household effects. During tho weeks from tlio latter part of May to tho llrst of July jou will rarely Und any one during thi night using an aitlllclal light of any kind, for the nights are almtst as bright as day. If you ehuose to stay up all night during the po lled of longest days, you can read tlm finest print with ease at any time In the twenty-four hours, and you can make photographs, if you so wish, alt the night long, with capital results. Up in Lapland, as late as the twenty-fifth of July, 1 had excellent results in making photographs at 11! o'clock at night, and at 1 and '2 o'clock In tho morning; and the only fail ure I had was in one cise when I gave even too much time to the exposure. THE FATEFUL THIRTEEN. thu Superstition in Regard to It It Vidosprcud--Tlio Italian Respects It, the Norse roarslt,thc French man Omits It, tho Turk Tnlioos It. Prom the London Telegraph. For good or for 111, the superstition about the number thirteen has dung lo the thoughts and Imagination of men from a period of remote antiquity. It would be dllllcull to exhaust all the dif ferent forms which this obstinate delu sion has assumed among various na tions, both of the east and the west. Every one knows that it is highly In expedient. If not dangerous, to sit down thirteen at titbit', and there nre a large number of intelligent men und women in the metropolis who under no circum stances would consent to bo Included in tills precise number of guests. There are streets in Paris, as well as else where in France, where houses are lumbered "11' bis" and "112 ills," while .n many American hotels no room has I!! painted on the door. Tile Parisian who makes his living by dining in other people's houses goes familiarly by tho name of Quatorzieme, because it is his chief function to add a wel jomo fourteenth to the unlucky num ber. The Italians never use it in mak ,ng up their lotteries, and in one of the sanies the thirteenth card bears the figure of death. Similarly, in Turkey i he number thirteen is very nearly ex lunged from the vocabulary of the peo ple; nor is there any lack of explana tion of tills almost universal idea. At east two are furnished for our choice. In the old Norse mythology, when the gods in Valhalla were holding high revel, Loki came in ns nn uninvited ;uest. The consequence-was that as oon ns lialdur arrived he made the number of guests thirteen, and fate de Teed that he should die. Christians refer to another and more solemn ln eldent. There were thirteen who par took of the last supper, and Judas, who left the table first, went nnd hanged himself. It was In consequence u this that the number was accused, together, apparently, with all combinations of figures Into which It enters. Sooner or later It was, of course, Inevitable that s widespread and so fascinating a sup erstition should bo challenged. Some thirteen years ago the very Interval of time Is an odd coincidence a club was started In New York for the ex press purpose of waging war against the associations connected with the luckless numeral. Tho members were always to consist of some multiple of thirteen. They dined together on the thirteenth of every month, thirteen at table, nnd their club dues were thir teen cents a month. It will be remem bered that only a short time ago a similar institution was established In England, nnd a farcical entertainment was provided, at which knives are crossed, salt was spilled, death's heads and cross-bones ornamented the walls and the waiters were chosen because they squinted and possessed the evil eye. The American club hnbltually published reports to prove that. Indi vidually and collectively, they are as healthy, prosperous anil long-lived ns other members of the community; nor, so fnr as we are aware, did any serious calamity fall upon their daring Imita tors in London. It Is idle to Imagine that an inveter ate superstition can be got rid of by such merely theatrical bravado as this. The case stands with it ns it does with a similar idea about tho folly of un dertaking any serious enterprise on Friday. There nre whole classes of mankind to whom these notions form a sort of unwritten creed. Every one knows that a sailor does not like to have his ship to be commissioned on a Friday. Indeed, one of the explana tions -?lvcn of the disaster which be fell the Thrasher torpedo boat wns that it had unluckily commenced its cruise on the penultimate day of the week. Soldiers, though not quite so superstitious ns sailors, are by no means free from similnr prejudices, nnd gamblers who live the life of the nerves believo In luck with obstinate tenacity. The theatrical profession, again, has Its fixed beliefs, A l.tJA It 1. 1: IMMJS IN AI.AHK.A. Ilntv the Intelligent AnininlN Iteudci I'nifliliil Service to the liir, Robert Krook, the Swedish Klondike miner, tells the San Francisco Exam iner Hint Esquimau dogs will draw 200 pounds on each eled, so that six dogs will draw a year's supplies, for one mnn. Ho however, puts in the proviso that the sleds should nut have iron runueis; bjfswa 'to. iva-v iVicka to the Iron and increases the friction so much thnt the doge cannot pull mora than 100 pounds apiece. With brass runners this drawback Is obvia ted. Last winter Esquimau dogs cost Some Wonderful Silk Selling Mas been goins on here the greatest we have any recollection of. The busy hum of the scissors made merry music in the store yesterday, as they've cut up the pretty things into Dresses and Waist Lengths. Manv of the patterns are all sold as was to be expected, yet those who come todav will find choice things left for their choosing. We might exhaust all of Webster's adjectives ,1 exploiting the merits of these silks and yet the half would not have been told. They're the bargain of the century a bargain you may never again see the equal of." THIS GREAT SALE OF SILKS WILL LAST UNTIL THE GOODS ARE SOLD possibly until Saturday night. We cannot promise beyond that time. If you've any thought of a Sill Dress or Waist, don't neglect this startling opportunity. At 29c yd Taffeta H.ilintui. brocaded effects. Positively worth soc yard. Af SOc V(l Taffetas for street and even- u inn wear, in fancy change able and brocaded effects. positively wortli qoc yard. At 67c yd Plain and i quality, aii uie noopy colorings. Fositivclv worth 8ic yard. Jf J(q yH High class v city onto Taffeta rave, ombre cflw.t'j. or. - Barre plaids with the rich satin stripe and rich ijiucuic in ivuinaii uchigiii. S1.2S yard. At lOr trrl Black J Lyons dye, wide, and positively worth boc At 58c yd Black Brocaded Gros Grain. strictly quality, full 24 figure patterns. inches wide Positively Af KO- it A Assorted rL J-? J'i.I R,encraJdeS) Faille: fine quality, brilliant Mlk. These goods absolutely manuiacuire. At HCir' tA HlacK batin Uucness, ot a iu x J u superior glossy. Positively worth $1.25 yard. To add to the interest in this great occasion, we have made remarkable cuts in the prices of Black Dress Goods during this sale. We confidently assure our public of the TRUE MERIT in the values here presented. At 28c yd Black wide, in 20 styles extremely neat designs. Positively worth 50c yard. f Ar -td Non-Shrinkable Serge, ex rvL " j tra fine quality, made of the finest worsteds, full 52 inches wide. Pos itively worth 75c yard. At 6C vd A" Wo0'' M-inch Novel rVL xJkJK jKM. tjes m Bayadere and Fancy Jacquard Effects, splendid quality and posi tively worth $1 a yard. OiV SPECIAL COUNTERSDRESS GOODS Friday morning, April 22, we will place on sale Three Thousand Paper Cov ered Novels, regular 12 mo. size, printed on heavy paper, every volume positively worth TEN CENTS EACH, all at the uniform price of THREE CENTS. There are just ONE HUNDRED TITLES to choose from, among them being SPORT ROYAL, bv Anthony Hone. A WINDOW IN THRUAIS. by J. THE MAN IN BLACK, by St.mlv J. SHIPS THAT PASS IN THI: NIGHT, THREE AEN IN A BOAT, by Jerome K. Jerome, REVERIES OF A A MAN Ul- MARK, by Antiioiiy Hope. AnJ others by "OuiJa," Crockett, Hall Came. Marie Corelli, "Rita," Laura Jean Lib-ev, RudyarJ Kipling, "The Duchess,' Charles PeaJe, Mrs Alexander, Walter Besant, Edna Lyall. Rosa N. Carey and others. BOOK DEPARTMENT-NEAR MAIN STAIRCASE. Jonas from $75 to $i0 apiece, ami he does not think thnt will Increase material ly, because when the demand Is known the supply from other parts of AliiHka will be plentiful at Dyea nnd oilier points nlontv the Yukon. Kometinies tlio feet of the doss tret sore, and then Indians lit mncuMlnx on them; us soon, however, us the tendrness is gone from their feet tho iIoks will bite and lenr the moccasins olf. lu speukliiK of the doss lie snid that they need no lines to guide theni and are very Intelligent, learning readily to obey a command to turn In any direction or to stop. They havo to be watched closely, as they will atuck and devour stores left in their way. especially bacon, which must lie hung up out of their reach. At night, when camp Is pitched, the moment u blanket Is thrown mi the ground they will run Into It and curl up, neither cuffs nor kicks sulHcing to litulue them. They lie close up to the men who own them ns possible, and tlio miner cannot wrap himself up so close that they won't get under his blanket with him. They are human, too, In their disinclination to get out in tne morning. When leds cannot be used the dogs 'li carry tv.r 7"'tnds apiece In sad dlebnus slung nercw liuti j.1!.! ;vi nier int-hlnn. Nature lias ilttcd these dog., for their work, and so mastiffs and St. Bernards are not so service nble. The latter breeds cannot stand Colored Silks. Finished all - silk in strirp. and At r Tf lJrench Foulards, :stH(!(ty ,LOOCyU pUre Slkt All; styles hn? colorings. Positively worth $r. do yarcl. '" All pure silk and chantreable Taf ; At 72c yd fetas, sunerb trrade. rustlinn variety. ;At 91c yd Fancy and Nov- Brocaded Silks ill iJiiiin MllfJCS, irlimtino - strmpi: ing wear, in the bargain of rosiuveiy worm ana nave sold 1 yard. Black Silks. Japanese Habutai, At 46c yd fully 20 inches yard. and fine quality. At 50r pure silk of superior J the new satin ; quality, choicest worth $1.00. $1.25 yard. lilacK bilks, in Armures and and strictly pure cost qoc yard to At $1.15 quality, rich and inches wide. 1 guarantee them Black Dress Goods. Brocaded Mohair 1 At 43c yd Brilliantines, fully 40 inches tively worth 75c $1.09 a assortment- 3,' at Books THl: DYNAAMTI-RS, bv R. !.. Stevenson. KLAIN13, by Charles (larvice. A STUDY IN SCARLUT, by A. C. Dovle. BLACK BliAUTY. bv Anne Sewell. ,. Barrie. Weyman. bv Beatrice HarraJen. Lon the intense cold so well. and. though nt i'l'St they will draw the sleds cheer Itlllj, their feet .1 Hoi lesKt tli" strain, and begin to bleed so freely that the dogs aro useless. The pads under the feet of the Esquimau dogs are of lougher skin. oni: mum; to i,n i: roit. Noh (.'ousiilrinlioa i'liiil Iveeps a I'essiiniM front (Jiving I'p. I'Yoin the Washington Evening Hlnr. "Yes," said a tall, sallow-faced, mel ancholy looking man. attired in a thin pair of trousers, a fall overcoat, a pair of dilapidated shoes, and a last year's derby iuit. "I've never had anything but bad luck, I've worked hard all my life and only made a bare living. My health broke down years ago; nioHt of my friends have died oft or moved west. I've got literary and artistic tastes and can't gratify them. Every thing I undertake to do Is a failure, and I don't seem to lie of any use in this world." "Have vnu no friends with political influence enough to get some kind of an easy Job for you?" Inquired a well dressed and prosperous-looking man. "I've tried thnt," said the miserable nv) shw.V.'aa, ''is "w.cJ. "Eery irut I get a position n political landslide comes along, and I get thrown out of the snap." "Why didn't you open mi Intelligence At lOr vH Habutai Wash Si'lks'-Jn'""' m VJ u fancy stripes for-Sitmmef v - Waists. Positively worth 3,c yarcK;: .: Vliril'"' I r- Colored Satin JJuchess, pure silk and in :i snlprwliri Positively worth Si.oo yard. Rich Bayadere Stripes in Street sll:i(($! :iUn I'lnirrint and Satins for house and even encths of from 3 tn w v:irH the year. Positively worth readilv at ioO and $2.00 per Black Brocaded Gios Grain, I new sfvlfj mirp cille Positively worth 7c yard. rrl Black Brocaded Silks and Satins, verv rich and hciv iavy artfi of patterns. Positively wor At ((C 7( ''i1cl Higured Grenadines, t. uyt yu spiendid qualtyi fulI 45 inches wide; large assortment of patterns. Positively worth $1.00 per yard, and have never sold for less than that. yd Black Satin Duchess, rich. henvv. full n A tremendous bnrmiin. VVn to be worth $1.75 yard. ,b-inch Crepons, new and effective patterns. Posi yard. At cmr iH Very Fine English Mohair rtl iV Ju Brilfiantine; beautiful qual ity, bright and lustrous, also extra heavy.strict ly al( wool Henrietta cloth. Both of these positively worth 1.00 a yard. yd Pure Mohair and Wool Crepons in a complete Positively worth ioO a yard. AND SILKS DEPT. BACHELOR, by Ik. Marvel. olllce or start a real estate agency'.'" asked a man in a fin cap and heavy ulster. "That son of buslnei-s doesn't lequlie much inpltal." "I've tried 'em both, my friends. Hot burnt out In the llrst business und a partner inn off with the ptoilts in the other. No use." "Ever tiled canvassing'."' Inquired another sympathetic acquaintance. "Yes; often. Had a good suit of clothes like ynui'H ruined In that busi ness by li vicious dog. Thrown down stiUrs once or twice. No use, man I'm not lu it. Last week my pet pnrrot died, yesterday morning I lost a quar ter, and today I've got an earache. Tlmt'H the way it always goes.' If it Isn't one trouble .It's another.- There's only one thills' Unit keeps me from committing suicide and ending the whole wi etched business." What's that?" 'Curiosity to know what blamed mis fortune Is going in happen to tne next." CASTOR I A For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bougli; vdCitfg&St Boars tho Signature gs Sons
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