THE SCRANTOtf TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1900. 6 Joflas JLong: Department Store j Sons' Scranton The Big Store Is Very, Very Busy. The July Clearing Sale a Mighty Trade Magnet i J. Clearing Sale of ," Domestics. C Whipcords in stripes, dres- j. i ...... :...... i,.k ucu aim litiiLy iiguici, iiv.ii colorings and finest quality. Clearing sale price 7jc Pcrcallnes and Slleslas, the I24c and : 5c kind. Clear ing sale price 9yic Organdies, full 33 inches wide in assorted styles, clearing sale price 5c Printed Corduroy, some thing new; warranted fast colors, clearing sale price.. 9C Zephyr Ginghams, full 32 in. wide, the aoc kind, clear ing sale price 10c Westminster Cloth, a new wash fabric; light and dark grounds; just like silk, worth 19c; clearing sale price. .. i2c Alabama Cheviots in stripes, plaids and check; clearing sale price 6c Shrunk Cotton for skirt facing, the 15c kind; clear ing sale price i2c French flndras in checks and stripes; full 36 in. wide and guaranteed fast colors; clearing sale price iac Juno Percales in light col ors for summer wrappers; clearing sale price 6c July Clearing Sale of Laces and All-Overs. Vols and torchons in an endless variety of pretty patterns from i to 4 inches wide, clearing sale price... 3c Torchon Laces in exquisile patterns for trimming un dergarments, nearly every width, clearing sale price.. 6c Oriental Laces in the new est and richest effects, some of them very wide, all new goods, clearing sale price.. 8c All-Overs in patterns that are very handsome, no two alike, worth up to 1,2s the yard, clearing sale price... 40c flohalr and silk braids for dress trimmings, all colors, worth up to 59c the yard, clearing sale price 12c We have never seen such mighty Summer crowds. Yesterday was a day full of brilliancy and excitement, Every store avenue was crowded with busy buyers. This Great July Clearing Sale of Ours goes away ahead of anything of the kind ever before attempted. In every department prices have been cut to the core. fle are determined that July shall be a big month present indications do not belie the statement. Today the first excursion of the week comes to the Big Store from Honesdale and Carbondale, and a small army of up-valley folks will mingle with the city crowds in looking and buying. July Clearing Sale of Toilet Articles. Batley's Talcum Powder, per box.. . 7c Vaseline, pure, per bottle 3c Copco Soap, fine for balhs, per cake. 4c Snowberry Soap, per cake 4c Hair Brushes, genuine bristles, 17c Tooth Brushes, all sizes Sc Tar Soap, per cake 3c Ammonia, perfumed, bottle lOc Witch Hazel, large bottle 10c Shaving Brushes, fine bristles sc Florida Water, large bottles 15c Violet Water, very fine, bottle 15c Glycerine Soap Rose Beauty 7c Pears' Unscented Soap, per cake. ... 9c Tooth Paste, Sheffields, fine 15c Century Perfumes, by the ounce.... 19c July Clearing Salo of Handkerchiefs, Aprons. 1 Children's Handkerchiefs, with solid colored borders; clearing sale price ic Men's fancy colored bor ders; in new styles; clear ing sale price 2c Women's fancy embroider ed and lace edge in new styles; clearing sale price.. 10c Women's nil linen, hand embroidered initials, worth 25c; clearing sale price. . . .i2jc Fancy Aprons in many styles, slightly soiled; beau tifully trimmed with fine embroidery and plaits; not one worth less than 75c; clearing sale price 35c wAyvkys July Clearing Sale of S Silks. j urocaue ouuings in solid shades with bright mohair finish, 34 inches wide; also 34 inch mercerized suitings in checks, stripes and mix tures, worth 25c yard; clear ing sale price tac China Silks, solid colors, full 21 inches wide. Clear ing sale price 39c Wash Silks, 20 inches wide, in neat stripes, checks and plaids, strictly all silk and fast colors, Clearing sale.. 29c Black Satln.all silk and fine quality, 19 inches wide; clearing sale price 49c Foulards, all silk and in full range of exquisite colorings and patterns, all new styles. Clearing sale price 59c Striped Taffetas, 20 inch, fine quality in rose, pink, reseda heliotrope, sky, navy and Yale blue, garnet, car dinal and castor, also some waist lengths of fine corded taffetas, worth up to $1.10 and $1.23 yard. Clearing sale price 69c JONA STANDS WHERE HE STOOD LAST TIME EX-COMPTROLLER ECKELS FIRM AGAINST BRYAN. Gives Reasons Why No Self-Rc-specting Democrat Should Consort with the Spawn of Modern Popu lism as Typified in the Candidacy of the Nebraska Party Boss. Chicago, July 10. .lamps II. Eckels, comptroller of the currency durlnsr President Cleveland's Fe-eond adminis tration and now president of the Com mercial National Hank, of Chicago, Is ns firm against the election of William J. Bryan as president ns Ihe was In 1896, and as a sound money Democrat will do his utmost to encompass the Nebraskan's defeat. In an Interview with a representative of the Times Herald yesterday Mr. Eckels thus de llend his reasons for the course he has ndopted: "I did not support Mr. Ilryan li v0, ami I don't iutctnl to now. I shall oppose his election this year with all the vigor ami ability 1 pos sess. 1 do not del that I could stind In 1113 eon. mictions ly remaining merely pesslve ami con tenting myself with lniplj voting against dim. "o Issue et forth In any platfoim, no nuttir how runninKly devised ami ai ranged, In this campaign can dc made paramount to tin issue ot Mr. Ilryan himself, his erroneous views ol pub lic questions. Ills numerous vagaries ami his cle niomtiatcd desire to Hud popularity and votes In a never absent appeal to class prejudices and supposed race hatreds. 1 am still a Democrat, it bcllering In Perno. ciatlc principle correctly Interpreted and prop erly entoncd a an iigrncv (or gooel constitutes true Democracy; Imt I am not one it the utter ances of the platfoim adopted at Chicago four years since and Just ic-utllimcd ami re emphasized at Kaiiai City are the right rcpitsilon ot what modern Democracy standi tor. Isms of Populism. The manv icms ol Populism utre adhorrent (our j cars since to my sense of what was sate and sound in the operations o( government and the general well-being of the people, because I viewed tdem as being fundamentally wrong, and, being so, neitdef lapse of time nor errors of the party in power reconcile me to their adoption or make it isisslhle tlut I should support a can didate who not only approves of tdem, but is their liest embodiment and most vigorous cham pion. I dae not read all of Mr. Prjan's utterances during the past four 5 cars, Imt I have taken note of enough of them to know that his views have not chanced an any Important question slme ISM, and Ids determination to stir up class strife is not less manifest. Throughout all Ids addresses, public and private, is shown uniformly an apparent pleasure in preaching the deslnblll ty of discord between employe and employer, class and class. No appeal eer comes from htm which is not tinged with advice to those who must work to distrust those who must employ. Harmful to Labor. All thia is not only un-American, hut it is un just, unfair and harmful most of all to the labor er, for wdose well-doing beyond all others it is mcessary that complete harmony between capital and labor and not continual antagonism should exist. The intcresti of lador are never in audi great Jeopardy as when Intrusted to a nun who has tdo gift of oratory coupled with unbounded political ambition and no business Judgment or training. No man is fitted (or the presidency who day In and day out proclaims in the mid-it of a demonstrated better condition ot affairs, the re verse to he true in order to foment a discontent, which will gain to himself and parly a political advantage, Mr. Bryan, without the statesmanship to analyte the condition! as they exist and And a remedy therefor, gives utterance to nothing that would Improve tdem, but only to that which would nuke them worbe and cause greater in Jury to the greater mass of the people, whose fate he constantly bewail I do not believe in the public value of any man wdo is, under any nnd all circumstances, a fault-finder ami meri protester against all existing order of things. Mr. Ilryju'is friends insist tdat lie iri nothing if not intellectually honest ami fcarlei. (Irantte that their contention Is true, tdo inquiring pub lie men must tden de foned to conclude that he is either woefully ignorant or wilfully blind. At no time since hie, coming into political power das he made an economic prediction which has not failed of fulfillment, or laid clown as truth an economic doctrine whbb has not in the course of quick events been demonstrated to be an eco nomic fallacy. Dictation of Platform. If he does not study grave public ipjiMions In tin- ligdt of past history and picsciit facts ami human experience, but onlv views them in the glare of his own preconceived notion and (lame of his own fierv political oratory, de is ununited litder to advise the public .is a teacher or guide them as a le-n.de r. If lie was unlit, lieoiuse of his eironeous views and economic heresies, to be elected to tde presi ilencj in 1 "!, lie Is eqiullr ,111 unfit man now, for de boa. Is, with triumphant self-satisfaction, that he Hands today on all these questions exait ly whciehc stood then, and to make more mani fest and clearly defined his position he compels his party jo titare.ni med fact In a platform so constructed as to accord with Ids views and Vvielies. Alliance with Croker. I can conceive1 of nothing more pitiadle than the sight of accredited delegates of a once great political party In a national convention supinely e-urrrndrring their own views on a vitally im portant economic question at the behest of a once defeated presidential candidate, who only bad brought that party Into disgrace anj disre pute, unlcx-s it be the sight of that presidential candidate and to be nominee appealing through his cunftdental atent to Itlehard Croker, Tam many dictator, to be bis chief aid, trusted friend and lieutenant In the emergency whiih confront ed dim. Heretofore llemncratlc presidential candidates have gained public rei-pect and strength bv hiv ing the open minify of Tammany. Mr. Ilryan, who more than any of them has boasted of his st'ind for a principle and Integrity of character, has done what Mr. Seymour, Mr. Tllden and Mr. Cleveland would not do. He has formed an alliance, offensive and defensive, with Tammany, nnd tint, too, at a time when that organization la known to be thoroughly corrupt ami a con stant menice to all the best Interests of good government. Unity with Populists. Mr. riryan hardly appeals to the thoughtful citizen, with whom political parties are only agencies for public good to the extent that they atand for fundamentally right principles and hon est administration, when up'on the one band he Is presented by the Topulists and on the other by Tcmmany. The Joining liands with the one constitutes an offense against safety in govern mental administration, the alliance with the other an offinso against political decency , making It doubtful as to his ability, no matter how strenuously he might try, to ecure honesty in the conduct of public adalri In an administration over width ho presided. It is not ellltlciilt to predict what would he the outcome of any administration based upon the socialism of Populism and the rapacity of Tam many. Re-afflrmlng of 10 to 1. I am told that not a few Democrats who re fused to unction the nominee and platform of the Chicago convention will aid the nominee and platform at Kansas City. I doubt if there are many who will do so. Why should they The samn candidate has been named, the same doctrines announced, only In a more offensive way. It must not be forgotten that the re-affirming nf the principles of the Chicago platform was Ihe re-pledging of an intention, when opportutiU ty Is afforded to debase the country'! currency. It was re-assaultlng the Supreme court of the country. It means a ic-alllanie with the ele ments of disorder, as against the properly con stituted authorities of peace, Integrity of proper ty and person. It is the announcing once more the desire to get into power that the sacrti right nf private contrait under the guaranty of law may dc abrogated It is the acceptance of those dements of socialism which wink injury to both government and people. In fine, the re-afflrmatlon at han.is City was the re asserting of the utterances made at Chi cago, which, revolutionary then, are none the less wi now. . source of menace to the country then, tiny are equally so now; and every mm who stood out against tdem tden oufht not on some new issue, which does not in any device lessen the danger of tliesie fur liarm, fill to lie tiouncc and defeat tdem. I do not think tdat the fact that bite and there there may lie sums elements more conser vative' in the party thar seemed to be the case In lMrf! makes any difference. Mr. llrjan still gives official voice to the party's views, maps out its campaign nnd writes Its platforms. Mr. Ilryan's intimates ami advisers are still Populist- and self-seekers, with the added contingent of Tammany bosses. He has neither use nor care for any man who is const ivatlve in his views or canful In his utterances. Effect on Gold Basis. If elected pii'sulci.t the public must lie pre-pjr-d to see ii. Ilryin as ihief executive- and those associated with him as cabinet counselors construe; evtry law bearing upon the currency and power of the treasury department in such a manner as to nullify as best they tan its provi sions insofar as they bear upon the- question of the maintenance of the gold standard. He can and will keip tde country In a state of ferment and uncertainty In an attempt to bring about tin- larger uv of silver as a redemp the money. Tbe experiment is too dangerous a one to be entered upon by any on the grounds that tbe gold standard is so Hied in law that It cannot be dlstiubed, no mstter who may be president or seiretary of the treasury. The law ought tu be- executed with a eonxtuii-tlnli favm able to it to fully carry out Its provtsluus and not In a manner antagonistic tu tdem. Bryan nnd Recent War. It will dsrdly do for any sound money man to support Mr. Ilryan because of a supposed def ter position lie occupies than Mr. McKlnley on the epiestion of colonial tK)s-sesious, elesplte ids worse positior on the question of the monetary standard, the Supreme court, the enforcement of law and the right of private contrait. Mr liryan's position can hardly be a satjfattory one on an analysis of anything growing out ot the Spanish war. He and his friends, in order lo put the admin, titration to a political disadvantage, urged on the declaration of war with Spain, and when It vas over Mr. Ilryan, persomlly at Washington, through person il advice and solicitation, brought Into linn a sulllcient number of Democratic sena tors to ratify the treaty ol Paris, despite the fact that it provided for the purchase and taking sovereign possession of Porto Rico and the Phil ippines, without any provision for giving them any home government whatsoever. The evils and burdens of the present moment CTowIng out of the Spanish war are to be laid as much at the door of Mr. Ilryan and his party as at that sf Mr. McKlnley and his. Policy on Philippines. I Imagine that self government will come epilte as readily through tbe administration of Mr. McKlnley as through that of Mr. Ilryan. It will not come under either until the Philippines are fitted for it, property rights safe and personal ones protected. I hardly believe Mr. Ilryan could do more than send a commission there, as the president lias done. In order to take steps look- Ing to supplanting the military government with a civil one. The country will not sanction the immediate abandonment of throe islands to disorder and pillage. When a time comes that there Is safety In a commuted home government, only remain ing within the sphere of the influence nf the Cnlted States, and public sentiment Is to this end, It can be put down that Mr. McKlnlev'a ad ministration will readily grant it, for I believe It Is generally admitted that no one l more ready to put himself in touch with public senti ment than the president or act In accordance therewith with more alacrity. Would Not Trust Him. II Mr. Ilryan and his party had stood out, as they should have, against the unnecesrary and useless Spanish war and had opposed Instead of assisted in ratifying the Paris treaty, they would be in a better vosltlon to confront Itepubllcan plans ami purposes. A It li, I don't sec that Mr. Bryan Is less an cxpinsionlst, through force of circumstances which he assisted in treating, than Is Mr. McKlnley. The difference Is icrtalnly not great enough to make any man stiricuder Ills convictions on other great questions to ac. (cpl him upon one. It may also be fairly doubted whether a man with ho many erroneous ideas as to the conduct of the elomiitle affairs of the nation can be (lusted to have right oiis when it comes to man aging our foreign properties As to Porto Rico. As to the question growing out of the Porlo Itlcan tariff. 1 believe the- administration made a most egieglous error, but as Democracy Is now constituted and controlled it stands for Holding so far as a tariff polk Is concerned. It das adamloned all the vantage of Us position on this question dy advocating In Its free silver policy tde very woist kind of protection. It is today, under Mr llruin's' leadership, x parly emphasizing a disiro for special privileges and class legislation, ai pealing for the support of every element of discontent dy falling In wltd ami ndiocatlng tde particularly special legislation whdb sued e lenient stands foi. Its il nuigogi Is inaiilfist on eve ly hand. Raising of Boer Issue, What thoughtful ami inquiring pcrccm can ios aidly believe tlut either Mr. Urvan or the dele gates at Kansas City are really deeply sollcitiuus to the c.xti-nt which it is made to appear that they are as to the alleged wrongs of the Doers in South Africa? Is It not mtiti'fest, tliiough the thin disguise of ii love of human freedom, rights and lepudlicflii foim of government, tint Mr. Ilryan and his followers dope for oo (itriuan and Dutch Vote as a determining factor in the elec tion because of racial atflllaticiis with the Uoers anil a supposed race prejudice against Gre-at Britain, and not because tbe question ur the integrity of the lloer republics Is so dear to tdem? It Is absurd that the great questions with which we have to do affecting tde vital interests of the I'nlted States shall be overlooked In .1 dedate upon dow (ircnt Ilritaln shall conduct Its own affairs, i-speelally in the fan- ot a proclaimed re-aftlrmstion of the Monron eloe trine, which means, properly Interpreted, that the people of the I'nlted States shall attend to their own af fairs and let Kuropean nations look after theirs. Confidence in Germans, Having voiced such a sentiment, the Kansas City convention, under the Inspiration ol Mr. Ilryan, immediately proceeds, for political effect, to express a wish to interfere with a Kuropean government In a matter strictly its own. I think such politics cheap and unstatesmanlike, quite beneath the dignity ot any great party or leader. I shall be surprised if any dcrmaii voter, here tofore the bulwark of the country against every assault upon the Integrity of the country's cur rency system and protesting against any debase ment of the country's coin, will now aid and adet such a proceeding because of a belief in any Injustice elone by Oreat Ilritaln to some affil iated race ten thousand miles away. Calls Him Fault-Finder. It Is all on a par with Mr. Ilryan's constant reiteration of having here an un-American flnan c.al syatem, forced on us by and for the benefit of the Kngllsh and against our own interests, lie cannot but know that such statement is mado for political effect, and that by making it he Impugns the good faith and patriotism of more than half the voters who do not agree with or support dim. If Mr. Dryan wai a statesman and not a mere declalmer and dealt In a statesmanlike manner with American problems we would not de treated to the Hoods nf petulant fault-finding and Ap peals to prejudice that are manifest in all that lie says, but would have inslead suggested tolu tlons, grounded upon principles and In accord with the facta of national history and national expe rlence Distrust His Wisdom. I am sure the American people rightly distrust the executive and administrative wisdom ot one who thus far In life has been a living expres sion, In every address he has made, of that dot definition of the essential elements ol stump speech to claim everything and denounce well. I am not unmindful ol that (act that there are many conditions in thia country requiring care (ul, thoughtful and statesmanlike dealing with. There ore many evlli to which labor Is subject that need to bo remedied. Likewise there are many prejudices unjustly entertained against cap ital, but In neither instance can they be dealt with to the good of all by any one who brings to them none of the elements of a statesman and all those which wholly make up the success ful stump speaker and campaign orator. Where Remedies Lie. I believe that more of the remedy lies; without the pale of cnaited legislation tlian within it, ami that neither lalior nor capital is benefited by public utterances on the platform. In legisla tive halls and throughout the voTumns of the press to the effect that there is an irreprewible conflict bitween them. 1 do not di'lieve any man benefits his country by being ft preacher of ellsi untcnt, strife between classe-s, social and political pessimism, financial error and continual financial gloom, despite sur rounding, and widespread prosperity, and there fore 1 do not believe m Mr. Uryan. There is much in President McKinlcy's admin istration ami otlki.ll acts I am not in accord with. I do not accept Hepubliean doctrine as against pure Democrat!.; ones rightly interpreted ami incnipor.ited Into the administration of pub lic affalis. Hut as Ivtwccn Republicanism nnd Populism, tiltcred through the channel of Ilryan Inn, I prefer Republicanism. Denies His Democracy. There Is no Democratic doctrine presented this year and no Democratic eandidite. Mr. Ilryan was first named by the Populists because he Imt tood for th Popullstlc eloitrities. lie was only Imloised by the convention at Kansas City, called under alleged Democratic auspices, becaiue Dry unltm, PupullMii ami Di-inocraey as now made up are svnmiy minis terms. To Vote for McKlnley. I am going tu vote for President McKlnley and do whatever 1 consistently tan to aid in bis election, not because I favor all his policies or approve of all of Ids political acts, but became under all existing conditions I believe the affairs of the. toumry will be better off in his baud than in those of Mr. Ilryan. I hope sume time to see the Diiiiocrstli paity re-treated, advocating Democratic cundlditcH an I Democratic principles, but It cinnot be more than a disturbing foite in tde country's el illy history unless it rids Itself of a leadership which has brought It to its present low estate and cease-t making itself the lying-in asylum of tho-e elements ot discontent which, if once intrusted with governmental power, would woik injury at home and los of standing abroad. Advice to Democrats. It can live under defeat without complete ami ultimate destruction, but a victory galneel by it with a candidate holding the views of Mr. flryan and a platform pledging the party to earry out the things advocated at Chicago in D-'lil and In Kansas City a week ago would work out such re sults, to the country that It would pass forever out of polltlesl power at a recurring election, without the .mallest of minorities lo do It honor, "unwept, unhonored and unsung." The Democrat who wishes to save his party's future will only a'id to that end by now defeat ing Mr. llrjan and burying his platform. Its ul timxte reenntnee to power and prestige lies In the Independent' of Democrats who are sued on, principle and not through expediency. Five countiles in Kurope produce mire wheat than they tan use Russia, Hungary, Servla, Ilul garia and Iloumania. MORPHINE HABIT HORRORS. There Is an Alarming Increase in the Number of Victims. From the Boston Herald, That the morphine hahlt Is inrrens ItiK anions the people of this country there Is no doubt. Physicians, drup; Elsts and the importers nnd dealers themselves attest to thl.. In one city 50 pet cent, of all th morphine used i.s purchased by persons who use it without a physician's older. The habit Is usually aceiulred through the victim havlnjf first taken the drug to allay pain or discomfort. The fascination of the ehantre fiom pain, distress and Insomnia to tiiilet ness, comfcirt and sleep Is very Intense, and overcomes all reason anil Judg ment. After a short time of repeated use of morphine the reason is ob scured. Fit st the higher ethical brain siiciMimbN, nnd all sense of .right and wrong slowly dlsapp-ars. The failute of veni'dty Is the first symptom. This goes on to extreme lengths. Associated with It Is egotism, which grows tvith the dogeneratlon of the victim. Often this is the most pieimlnent symptom. Secretiveness and "uniting also Increase to an aston ishing degiee. Some of the most eiangerous among forgers and confidence men are mor phine takers. Vortun-ttely, the period or great mental acuteness along these lines Is o Hhort duration. The un stable brain state does not permit nny continuous line of nets to be performed with eciual cunning and Judgment. While the secretivenets lasts, together with the low cunning and selfishness. It is found after a time that the tea sonlng faculties become benumbed, so that they cannot originate or adapt themselves to new conditions. During Its first five years the mor phine habit ts often practically un noticed. The patient may be a little odd In some respects more bright or dull at one time than nt onother. or perhaps now sensitive and ngiiln in different. His ordinary occupation may he carried on without noticeable changes. His habits will deteriorate, and he may explain them ns due to some physical condition. Later, however, more marked changes appear. The business man be comes unreliable nnd changeable, nnd the society woman develops a taste for slander and exhibits unusual emo tional changes, and finally rotlres from society. The workman becomes unfit and uncertain, and Ih discharged, or maybe detected In some dishonest transaction. The failure of the higher brain takes away tin former con sciousness of duty and respect for law Committee of One Hundred, TJ Rlhlo IIousj New York. John Crosbr Jlrown, Treasurer, 5 Wall bireot, New Vora. Remnant of Starving Cattle Saved for Plowing. and order. Impulses to steal become very prominent In some cases. Im moralities of all kinds and senseless Intrigues follow. Childish lying and foolish concealment, with egotistical boastings, are often common. Sometimes these faults are associated with much acuteness, nnd the writings of some authors have been marked by delirious imaginations and egotis tical conceptions which for thelt strangeness and novelty have been con sidered oiiglnal. Curiously enough, these productions nre not uniform and vary wlds-ly. They are rarely on the same key or of the same cjuallty, and have .i decidedly Insane tinge, Many morphine takers, having good constitutions, are able to use the drug fgr many years and partially to con ceal the habit. They art likely, how ever, to become Invalids, or to seek se clusion, and the erratic character of their brain work and reasoning sug gests the disturbances going on. Oth ers become greatly broken down, or Im beciles, criminals, tramps or paupers, and eventually die of some Intercur rent disease. It Is n fact not well known that a considerable proportion of the crimes nnd business failures which disturb the world are the result of the secret us. of morphine. Scandals In society, In trigues, divorces, stupid, unreasoning acts among persons of previously aver age sense, are often due to this sama cause. Tramplsm, pauperism, prostitu tion and many other evils are very often associated with the use of mor phine and excesses in other drugs, In most cases the uso of narcotic drugs has preceded these conditions. In some cases the use of liquor leads to In dulgence In drugs. The narcotism which comes from beer and spirits very often finds Increased pleasure and relief in morphine, and hence turns to It. Morphinism is the most fatal and de structive ot modern ocrve diseases, and when once contracted Is with great difficulty escaped from. ALASKA'S VALUE. She Has Other Metals Besides Gold, and Silver. The I'nlted States paid $7,200,000 for Alaska, and last year It yielded $5,831, 335 In gold and silver alone, says the New Yotk Herald. These figures ara given by the statistician of the mint. The Increase over the precious metal product of 1S9S was $3,1S7,4S8. Until last year most of the gold and ullvetr obtained In Alaska came from the quartz mines near Juneau, nnd most of the vast Increase of last vear came from the new gold fields of Cape Nome. It amounted to about J2.400.00O. From present Indications the next three mouths will witness an increase ot 80,000 In the mining population of the territory. Most of them will go to the rich auriferous placers of Copo Nome, and miners of long experience, says that the gold output of the pres ent year from Alaska will equal that of California and likely that of the Klondike during 1S99. Hut gold nnd silver nre not the. onlv minerals. The enormous deposits of copper nnd coal which Alaska contains wllj receive attention from the nrmv of adventurers entering the territory this sprints nnd coming summer, and It will not bo at nil surprising If they add moro to the mineral output of the territory than the gold quartz veins and placer deposit". A'
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