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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOUIINAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1897.
SELECTED POETRY,
An Mi'iil Siiiiimcr llonoymoon.
A couple wlio wlll diortly wed,
Wlille other mottnli roaat,
Wlll ipetul tlielr lionojniooti, 'ila lald,
On (Ireenlanil'a lcy coast.
Oli, hnppy brlclo ntul liappy Kioorli
How Terjr wlso je nro
To tnke your warm youtiK tove to blooin
DoncAth tlie polar atarl
Tlicro, on n MRinmotli cakc of tce,
Wliero nliflita nre tlireo montlia lorifr,
Oh, Ioto wlll bo ao cool ainl ntco
Aml 11(0 a graud, iweet aonstt
Town Toplca.
A Snng of Clovcr.
I wondcr what tlie clovcr thlnka?
Intlmato friond of bob o-llnka,
Lovcr ot dalalea, alliu and white,
Waltioi wlth buttercupa at nlglit j
Keepei ot Inn (or travellng beea,
Sarvlng to tliem wlne dref? and leei,
I,cft bj tlm rojal Immiiilng.ulrdi,
Wlu alpai.d pay wlth flne-apun wordsi
I'ellow wlth all tlio lowlleat,
l'eer of the gayeit And tlie beat;
Corarade ot wlnda, beloved of aun,
Klaaed by the dew dropa, ono by onoj
1'ropliet of Oood Luck ruyitety
ly algn of fcur whlch few may aee ;
Sjmbol of nature'a maslc zouo,
One out of three, and tlireo lu one;
Kmblem ot comport ln the apeech
Whlch poor tneu'a bablei eafly reachf
Sweet by the roadsldea, awect by tllla,
Sweet ln the meariou a, awcet on tlie hllli,
Sweet ln lt white, aweet ln Ita red,
Oh, half Ita aweet canuot be aatd;
Sweet lu ita every llvlng breath,
Sweetest, ptrhapa, at laat, ln deathl
Oh, who knowa wliat the dover thlnka?
No ouel unleaa the bob-o-ltnkal
Saxe llolm.
Tlie Lat Auswcr.
DyliiR eyea, what do ye aee?
I aee tho llglit tliat holdeth tnoj
The look that, llglitlng, leana to bleaa,
The little dally tendetneaa;
Hralles wlthout worda; the aweet, pure algn
Whlch aay8 In allence, I am thlne,
KeturnlnR feet met at the door;
Alaa, for thoio that tun no morel
Ah me I for llpa that whlepercd, " Dear,
Eatth la all heaven, for tbou art here."
I aee a Uk'uru llke a atoue ;
The houae whore ouo alta on aloce.
0 Uod, have pltyl for I aee
The deaolated tieedlnt; me.
DyluK eyea, what do ye aee?
1 aee the lovothat taketb me.
Loud ln tho breakera, eott ln aonu,
Ever the aummana calletli atronR.
I ace upou au unkuown atrand
The stgnal of a ,illnt hand.
The leaf la llKht, the bnd la out!
Flooda of May colora float about.
The pulaeleapa high, the heart la youiiR
The iweeleat chlmea are yet uurung,
Jly braveat deeda 1 neyer dld j
And, atriiKRlluR wlth the coUln 11c,
Uopea, dreatna and Joys and happy teara
Stajt, throbblnR, to llve down the yeara.
Alralghtyl Llatent 1 am duat.
Yet aplrlt ara I; ao I trust.
Let come wliat may, of llfe or death,
I truat thee wlth ray alnklng breath.
I truat thee, though I aeo thee not
In heaven or earth, or auy apot.
I truat thee tlll I ahall know why
There'a ono to llve and oue to dle.
I truat thee tlll thyaelf ahall prove
Thee I.ord of llfe and death and love.
Ellzabeth Stuart Phelpa, ln Ilarper'a IJazar.
Only n I'lniu Sinncr.
II e waa juat a common alnner,
And he'd buy a tramp a dlnner,
And he'd aort o' try to put hlm on hla feet;
An' a feller mlghtbe needy,
An' hla ralment worn an aeedy,
Yet he'd atop an' vlalt wlth hlm ln the atreet.
Ile made no ado about lt
Wouldn't braf? around nor about It,
Yet be dld a beap to help bla fellowmen;
When he'd Hnd a falleu brother,
In aome eaay way orother,
He would make hlm organlze hlmaelf agatn,
Ile had money an' he apent lt,
Ere he gave away or lent lt;
Seemed ez lf the more he lojt tbe more be got,
Made all aorta o' blg donatlona,
Helped aupport hla poor relatlona,
And he bought an orpban achool a houae an' lot.
Never heard o' hlm a-ahoutln'
Ner a-eettln' 'round a-apoutlu'
'liout the everlaatlu' wlckedneaa o' tblnga;
Ilut he Juat we.t on a flndln'
Deeda to do an' never mlndln'
Much about a crown er harp wlth golden atrlnga.
Yet the deacon'a folka (It'a very
Uard to aay lt), they waa meny
When at laat death came an' caught hlm In the
lurch,
For they knowed the devll got 'iml
An' lt aerved 'im rlgbt, dod rot 'iml
For he never had unlted wtth tbe church.
L. A. W. Ilulletln,
The Longcst Railrond Uiidgo,
Tbe longest railroad bridge in tho
world is that recently comploted at
Czornoveda, Roumania. It crosses tho
Danube and thus shortons tho railroad
iourney f rom London to ConBtantinopl
about sisteen hours. Tho length of
this structurc is 13,425 fcot, or a good
two miles and a half, Thoro is ono
span, in tho middlo of tho river, 020
loet long, and tour more cach naving
lengiu ot 415. tho otner spans are
atlllshorter. The chiof rivals of this
atructure are tho Tay bridge, in Scot
land and the Mississippi bridge, at
Cairo. The length of tho former is
10,725 feet and that of tho latter i
10,700 feet.
A Bright Retort.
The other day Kepresentative Davis
of Florida wont to Speaker Reed with
an appeal. II o wanted to get consider
ntion for a bill making sorao improvo
ment In a river in his Stato. Speaker
lteed lookca at nira with a bland amile
" I am sorry," he aaid,"to seoyou
ioininc tho nrocesBion which is not
happy unless it is taking monoy out of
tno ireasury."
" But this is ouly 850,000," pleaded
Mr. Davis.
" Well," drawled tho Speaker, " that
ib u guuu ueni lor a uiBirict wnoro nlll
gators form tho largest nart of tho pop
' I had the inflammatory rheumatlsm
so Dau once," saiu tno eiaerly boardor,
" that they had to call in a consultation
of four physicians." "Sort of joint
commiBsion, onr" asKeu tno cueorful
idiot. Indianapolis Journal.
Dn. Thomas' Electrio Oil bas cured hun
dreda ot caaea of deafnosa that were sup
posed to be lncnraule. It never falla to eure
carache. '
Scrofufla
Makcs llfo mlscry lo thousands of
people. It niaiiifcsts itsclf in mnny
diffcrcnt wnys, liko goltro, Bwollinge,
uiining sorcs, bolls, salt rhcum nnu
)iini)lcs nntl otlicr cruptiotiB. Scnrcc-
y n mnn la wliolly freo from it, in
60ino fonn. It elinga (oiinciouRly uiitll
llio lnst vcstigo of pcrofulous poieon is
crndieated by lIood'stSarsnpnrHIn, tho
Ono Truo Blood Purlflor.
Thousands of volunlary icsllinoninls
tcll of suffcring froin scrofuln, oftcn
Jnlicrltcd mul most tcnacious, posltivc
y, pcrfcctly nmlpcrmancntly curcd by
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
rrcparcd only by 0. 1, 1 lood & Co Lowell, Jlass.
lio suro to get Hood's aml only llool) s.
Hn !,. kaat nHnr itlnrtOK
liOOCl S PlllS illls, ald dlgwtlou. 2i&
Kimball Union Academy,
IVleriden, N. H.
Eighty-tlilrd yoar. Bulldings new, wlth
modern facllltle?. Youur meu and women
fltted for any college or sclentlflo scliool.
Colleces admlt on certlfloate. Tlireo four-
year courses of study; also oratory, pliysloal
culture, mualc. Students ol llmtted means
recelved on tho " $100 a year plan." Kegu.
ar rates very uioderate.
all Term Will Begin Sep.15,1897
Send (or Catalogues.
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tlon. We advise, if patcntablo or not, treo of
charge. Our fee not due till natent la sccured ,
f A pamphlijt, " I'ow to Obtain ratenta," wlth
S cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countrlca
Jtent trce. Address,
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Opp. Patcnt Orricc, Washington, D. C.
ONE
MINUTE
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cures ouickly. Thtt la what lt wo
mado for. Frompt, eafe, aure, quick
rellef, qulck cure. Pleatant to take.
Ohlldren llke lt and adults llke lt.
Mother buy lt for tlielr childreu.
Prpred by K. O. noWltt & Oo.. makeri ot
ItoWlu'a Little Barly lilisri, tho fomooi
1b dIIU.
fAniEQ Who Have UsedThem
LHUlLO RecommenJ ai tht BEST
IC. ltINJ'H
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PENNYROYAL PILLS,
Imme tllate rellef, no danger, no paln.
Uied fnr vfar bv ltullnt7 Deela.llctA.
mnnls.li. A tfli.' will eonvlnro von othnlr tntrlnili v1hm
lo caie of lupnrenlon. titwi 4 cent tn ittmp for t&mplo
ftnU book. All DruKnIiti orby mall $m Uji.
KING MEOICINE CO., Box 1930, BOSTON, MASS.
I lnntrtla nl rcatl.
Oolil l'iclds of Alaskn.
l.'rnin tlm rnliiinnfl of rnnorta nubllshed tn
tho tlally paperH tltirlng tho past wock ro
gardlng tho wondorful gold dlacbvery lu
Alaaka tho followlng ls condoiiBed.
Adlspatoli sontout iroui Ban rranoisco
Baya: Tuo arrlval ot tno sioauior roruauu
at Seattlo, with sUty-olght jiassonKors from
tho Klontllko river wlth 8800,000 ln gold
dust hasaddod to the clty'nexcltomont over
tho northorn gold IloUIs. .utie oiso is tiia
cttHsod hero, and thouBands of tnen uro wlld
to start lor tuo uoiua at onco. y uai ia uuw
linlni; talked ot nro moane of tranaportatlon
and lood, and thoto cotnos tho groat danger
ot a ruah of tondorfoot to Klondlke. In all
provloua gold rnahos dlaappoltuou inon or
thoae who could not inako wages were able
to get out of the country roadlly, but ln
Klondlko a man who goes ln ln tho summor
or fall tnust count on romalnlng through
tho wlntor.
If twontvor thlrty thouaand.go ln, aa now
aeotna prohable, starvatlon wlll roault, aa it
wlll uo ausoiutoiy linposaiuio iu iocu uiwo
than ton thouaand people wlth tho suppues
that are now on the way. In anothor sea
son boata can bo bullt and arrangomonta
mado for laylng down an unllmlted aupply
offood, but now the Alaaka Comnieroial
uompany uaa oniy inrea yusoeiB, wiuih mu
other two llnoa run only to Juneau. Yukon
river steamers are bullt down horo and
sent up ln small aecttona and put togother
on tlm Hrnr. Thnv draw onlv three or four
feet of water, but wltu ovon tuia iirui
iirnnrlit. tlmv nften bocome atranded on tho
sand bara ln the upper waters of the Yukon.
Ily the Juneau routo lt ia lmpoaamio 10
carry ln any large quantlty of prorlalona, aa
uvery pound of suppllea muat bo carrled on
imitana' t,nnirn nvnr uiiiikiiul ubb uuu ui
frequont portagea that Beparate tho lakos
and Htreams on this overland routo. After
SnntnTiilinr 1R tlils Juneau routo Ia lmnaBsa'
blo to all oxcent Indlana becauao of florco
storma whlch only Indlana and experlenced
trnrnllnrn r.ftn laco.
The Alaaka Uominerclal uompany ia vory
fearful that atarvatlon wlll ocour ln the new
ramn this wintr. I'reamenL xjouis oiubs
nakl to-uay tnat 1119 company wouiuuuvuu
beat lt could to feod thoae who ruahed lnto
... .....
tho Klondlke, but he Bald tuat prouaoiy n
n-nniii hn Imnnsslhln to pot in more than
3,200 tonB of fnod beforo lco closed tbo Yu.
kon uiver. xue company nuti uuu iuuo uu
the wav to St. Mlchael's, but tho river uau-
ally freezea over about the inlddle of Sep
tflmbnr. Thev have only three boatB, aa
nnn nf tho beat boata was wrecked laat
Tlila sunnlv wlll not aufflco for
more tuan inenumoBr ui iibuihb iumuuj i
the mlnlng camp; bo, lf 20,000 or 30,000
ahould ruah ln carrylng only a small supplv
of food, tho stores wlll becoiupolled to llmlt
Bales to each purchaaer, and thoso not able
tn finil work wlll atarve.
Joe LaDue, who owna tno town aite oi
Dawson Clty, emphaaized Mr. Sloaa' wam-
Ing. He sald no one had any idea of the
atnount of food requlred by hearty men
dolng hard manual work ln oxtremo cold
weather. Ile sald the auuermg waa Keen
laat wlnter becauae the men could not
secure a varlety of food whlch thelr sys
tema craved. The transportatlon com
panles sent large ainountB of whlakey,
whlch found no groat sale. Then they
ruahed in atovea, plcks, ahovela, aud other
hardware, but tho laat thlng they seemed
to thlnk of dellverlng was food, which was
needed more than anythlng elae. Kape
clally, the men need such thinga aa evapo-
rated potatoea, wuicu reneve tuo aonu uiei
of bacon and beans; but lt wlll be hopelesa
to try to land any of theae luzuriea, or even
drlod frults which are lndlapenaable.
All ezperta eatimate that the minlmum
supply of provlalona whlch a man should
take to Klondlke ln one thousand pounds,
though several say they wouldn't venturo
in wlthout at least one ton, aa the aeaaon
over the Juneau route cloaos up by Sep
tember 1D. The ruah promiseB to be unpre
cedented,'and a large number of proapoct
ora, after belng landod at Juneau wlll
ftnd it imposslble to get thelr suppllea
tranaported. Llke all other great mlnlng
rushea, this promlaea to be tull of dlaap
pointments. The Alaaka Commerclal Com
pany'a steamer, whlch leaves here on July
28, can carry only 150 paasengera. Thia ia
the laat ateamer whlch makes the through
trip. The next boat that leaves on Sep
tember 5, will go as far as St. Mlchael'a.
Eleven hundred people have already made
inquirlea about rraasago to St. MtchaelB, so
lt wlll be aeen how many here wlll bo
forced to go by way of Juneau or stay at
home.
A new route to the Klondlke wlll be
opened next spring. It 1b overland from
Juneau to Fort Selklrk, on tho Yukon, and
is entlrely by land. Captaln Goodall of tho
Paciflc Coast Steamahlp Company inspected
It thia summer and reported it practlcable.
It Ib about 700 mlles long, and it crosses the
dlvlde over Chllkat Fasa, which is lower
and more easllv crosaed than Ohllkoot Pasa
No lakea or rlvers are on the route, but the
trall runa over a high lovel pralrlo. Old
Pionoer Dalton, after whom tho trails is
natned, Ib now drtvlog a band of aheep on
the trall to Dawson Clty, where be expecta
to arrive ln Auguat wlth frosh meat for tbe
mlnera. The Dalton trall ia well adapted
for drlving atock, but for men the tramp ls
too long.
Tbe Boston Ilerald saya: The accounts
glven of tbe ronte to be followed in roach
lue the Klondlke gold fleld in the far North'
weat remind one of the hard experlencea
endured by a good many people Irom the
eastern states who went out to Callfornla in
search of gold ln 1819. Those who made
the trip all the way by water, from New
York or Boaton to San Francisco, auffered
in no way except from the poaalble over
crowdlne of tho vessel or the Inevltable In.
convenlence attendant upon making a long
sea voyage. But thoae who went overland,
elther across the IsthmuB at Nlcaragua,
Panama or Guatemala. or across tho nlalns
from the Mlssourl river westward, encoun-
tered numerous perlls whlch in many in-
stances loil to tatai reauita.
The direct route lald down for reachlng
tho Klondlke gold tlelda la to start from
Juneau in Alaaka, across the monutatns to
Fort Selklrk in the Domlnlon of Canada
Fort Selklrk Ib at the head of the Yukon
river, where that stream collecta a number
of its upper brancbea, although some two
hundred mllea or more hlgher up than the
gold nelila. isut tuia trip overianu, al
though Bald to be less than sevon hundred
mllea ln length, Ib one whlch lnvolves a
L'reat tnanv hardBhlns. and must bo one
whlch a person would not bo Justlllod in
taking unleas he waa both phyalcally and
mentally prepared to atand severe stralns.
The 80-called louger route by the Yukon
river Ib alao not a trip that one would
thlnk of taking for ploasuro purpoaes. St.
Mlcbael. where the sea tranBPortatlon'ends.
and to whlch ateamera make thelr voyagea,
la not on tho Yukon rlvor, aa lt haa been er
roneoualy reportod to be, but on Norton
sound. and is choaen as a nort becauao of
Hts excollont harbor rather raro natural
condltlona ln that part of tho world and
oocause the river i uKon uiftKes sucu a bend
in ita course as to be only two or threo days'
iourney distant inland from St. Mlchaol.
The trip Ib thn'a shorter than lt would be if
the mouth of tho river was entered and its
clrcultoua routo followed, whlle lt may alao
be added that navlgatlon at the mouth of
the Yukon ia oxceedlngly treacheroua ln
conaequencu of the vaat alluvlal depoalta
whlch the river is all the time brlugtng
down, and whlch form bara at the numoroua
mouths ot ita delta.
To those who ontertaln the Idea of trying
thelr luck ln the newly-dlacovored gold
flold, lt may be well to polnt out that the
condltlona of llfe there are rlgoroua ln the
extreme. In the flrst place, tho area in
whlch gold has been dlacovered ls only a
ahort dlstance south of the Arctlo clrclo.
The Btimmera are brlef, but durlng thelr
contlnuance the weather la falrly warm,
and tho mosqultoes and black llloa are so
numerous and actlve aa to mako human llfe
almoat lntolorable. On tho other hand, ln
the depth of wlntor dayllght laats but two
or threo hours, and tho cold la Intense. Ono
of the members of tho Western Unlon ox
nedltlon, who spent two wlnters ln the
Yukon valley, speaklng of travetlng through
the country wlth doga and sled, sald that,
when properly wrapped ln furs and havtng
to walk or run by tbe side of a dog sled
whlch was loadeu wlth suppllea, forty de-
FACE
HUMORS
Plmplcs, blotcliM. Iilackhcads, rod, rough,
olly, inothy akln, Itchlng, scaly scalp, dry,
thiu,aiul falllng halr, and baby blomlshes
provcnted by Outicuua Soap, tho most
cffcctlvo akln purifylng nnd beautlfylng
soap ln tho world, as woll as purost and
swoetost for tollot, bath, aud nursory.
(pticura
Boap U lold throtiehoiit the wortd. Fottib Dnco
AWDCniM,CORi',,8olel'ropg., IloKlon.U. 8. A.
OLy'UIow to l'revent Face IIumorit'mtilt(l fre.
EVERY HUMOR
From I'tmpleito flcrofula enred
b CL'UCUKl ItlMIOIlS.
M. ,W. Wheelock's
Real Estate Agency
-AND.
IXTELLIOENCE OFFIUE,
AT MONTPELIER BOOIC BINDEUY.
Ifavo barcalna ln houaea, lots and other
valuable property. Placea wanted for flrat
clasa clerks, tnale, hotel cook, glrls for
houae work, lauudry work, etc.
$3f No exponae for reglatorlng.
greos Fahrenhlt below zero, lf thero was not
too much wlnd. was tho moat comfortablo
tomnerature for travollng: when tho thor-
mometer was twentv deerees abovo zero
ono waa apt to got too liot, whlle, when the
temporature deacenued to alxty or more ae
greea below zero, traveling became lntol-
nrable.
Diapatchea from Seattle read llke llctlon.
B. W. Shaw. formerly a well-known lnaur-
ance man of thia clty, haa wrltten a letter
to a buainesa man of thia clty ln whlch he
atatea frankly that he doea not expect to be
belleved.
"Thia Is a p.reat mlnlng striko." saya
Shaw, " probably tho greateat on the Amerl
can contlnent or ln tho world. Oold haa
not boen found ln great paying ciuantltlea
except on two creeka covered by about 200
r.lalma.
Some of the pay atreaks are nearly all
cnlil. One thousand dollara to the nan is
not an uncommon tning, anu aa nigu aa iuu
ouncos have been taken out ln a singlo pan.
It ls not unusual to aee men coming in
wlth
all tho trohl duBt thov can carry
You would not ueneve me wuen i teu
von that I wont lnto ono cabln and count'
ed nve nve-gauon ou cans iuu oi goiu
dust. but it Ia a fact. It la tho result ot tuo
work of two men durlng tho wlnter. and the
dumn is not much more than half worked
nut.
" There haa been about S'AOUO.UOU In dust
taken out ao far ln tbe dlatrlct. At a low
eatimate I bellevo there wlll be 850,000,000
taken out durlng the next vear.
Charles II. Klttlnger, private secretary ot
J. Edward Addicks, the mlllionaire Dela-
waro gas magnate, liaa recelved a telegram
from bla brother, George B. Klttlnger of
Seattle, waah., in whlch he glves encour-
agtng reportB of the diacoverlea of Immense
quantltles of Alaakan gold, and further
saya that he wlll leave Seattle to-morrow
m comnanv wun ex-uov. mcuraw anu uen.
Carr, both of Seattle, for the Klondyke fleld.
In hia telecram Mr. Klttinger aaya: " Tho
reporta sent out are not exaggerated. It is
the rlchest cround over dlacovered. There
are two mllliona at St. Mlchael's Island, at
the mouth ot the Yukon, reauy lor smp-
ment, taken out in the laat three montbs."
George B. Klttlnger of Seattle is one of a
8?n.u, Ifira. "er,e'PAr KStfCT
Mlnlng Company. J. Edward Addicks ot
Delawaro ls at the head of the Bvndlcate.
P. B. Weare, Vlce-presldent of the North
American Tradlng Company, ls recelvlng
hundreds ot letters aaking for information
recardlne Alaakan gold iielda. He aaid
yeaterday : " The boats whlch sall from Seat
tle this month are fall every nasaaco taken.
That means that any one who wants to go
to the Klondyke muat wait for the Auguat
boata. And the journey, 7,uuu mlles, people
talk about aa lf lt was waa walklng across
the atreet. They don't reallze what Alaska
ls: what tho Yukon ia. They will need a
map to convince them of the truth that the
country of tbe Yukon and Ita trlbutariea In
Alaaka and Brltiah Amerlca is aa large as
the whole Unlted States east of the Mlaala.
alnnl that lt ia longer than a trln to Eu-
rone before they reach tbe Behring Sea and
the mouth of the Yukon: that bv the time
they striko tho Yukon tne Alaakan Arctic
wlnter will be unon them. Bv Bentember
25 the weather sottloa and the Yukon Blver
ls frozen solld untll next May.
Tho expenae of gettlng from Chicago to
Seattle ia SC0, and from Seattle to the
Behring Sea ia S150. Thero will be thou
Bands of Western men who will go, but of
courae people expoct everythlng ln thelr
favor. One tuinc muat be remembered
that the Klondyke country la In Brltiah do
mlnlon and wlll be governed accordlngly.
noir. O. B. Mclntoab, Governor of the
Northweat Terrltory, in whlch is lncluded
tbe f ar-famed Klondy koldistrict, is ln Seattle.
The Governor ireely subscrlues tothe truth-
lulness ot the stories sent out as to tne rlch-
neaa of tbe new dlgginga. Ile eatlmatea
that the Klondyke and its trlbutarlos
ylelded over 83,000,000 In gold laat wlnter.
Of thia amount. he aaya, 2.000.000 and un-
ward camo via tho ateamshlps " Portland "
and "ExcelBtor." More than a mllllon dol
lara ln duat. be sald. ls now storod away in
the cablns of tnlners along the creek belng
develoneu.
" The Brltlsh Yukon yleld of gold for
1897," tho Governor resumed, " will not be
Ieaa than S10.000.000."
He aays aurveyora are now at work trying
to aacertain tue ioaaiunuy ot tne conBtruc-
tlon ot a railroad lnto the Yukon. One
route contemplatoa a llne of steamera from
Fort Wrancel up the Styken Blver.
Frank Moss, an old-time mlner wbo has
been in Klondyko four yeara, deacrlbea the
camp aa a piacer sevon mues long and thlr-
teon mlles wldo, walled ln by rock three
thousand feet high. Gold abounds, but no
ordlnary man can stand tho rlgor of tho
climate. and the lack of provlBtona. George
Uornblower of Indlanapolla, twenty-one
years, lounu a nuggot worth S'JO.uuu. Moss
saya tho rlchest sectlon of Alaska la aa yet
unuoveiopeu. ii ia iuu mues irom nion
dyke, known as the Black IIolo of Calcutta,
anu ib now in uanua oi iionemian ex-
convicta.
Do you want anythlng ln tho llno of
drugs and medlclnes no matter what? If
ao call on Fred A. Alnsworth, proprletor of
tho now 'Williamstown drug-store, on Depot
struot, one door east of J. K. Lynde's atore
lf, perchance, ho may not have exactly what
you ueaire, ue wui aim to auppiy lt ln tuo
ahorteat posslble tlmo, If goou goods and
honost prlces and snuare deallng wlll do lt.
he ls bound to secure a fair aharo of publlo
patronago. Sowlng-machlne supplloa and a
popaiar uno ot stationery are specialtlea.
uivo mm a can.
Pbmsions of S0 to 812 a month aro pald
aoldlers, rlch or poor, wlth allght dlaabll
Itles, contracted ln or out of servlco, under
act of June 27, 1800. Thoso now penBloned
under this act can completo auy suspended,
delaycd or relected clalm under the old law,
and recelve the arrears. WUlows entltled,
wlthout regard to cauao of aoldler's death,
No chargo unleas aucceasfal. Address, T.
J. Doavitt, Montpolier, Vv.
Iluinorous Pnrngrnilis.
"IIo tnav bo all vory well nt Btory-
tclling, but lio dooBu'l know much
about tbo turf." "How do you know?"
"Wby, bo mado tbo favorllo win."
Plck.Me-Up.
"How do vou nrouounco tbo laBt syl-
lablo of tbat word 'butterlno?' aekod
tbo cuatomor. "The laat syllablo is Bi
lont," Btiflly ropliod tbo tradoatuoa.
Tid-BltB.
Fond mothor " Oh, Potor, Potcr, I
thouL'ht I told vou not to nlav with
yoursoidiors on Sundayl" Potor "But
I call them Salvation Army on Sunday."
Xid'IJitB.
A woman in bumblo lifo. roturning
from cuurcu was asKcu u sno nau un
dorstood tbo Bormon. " Wud I hao tho
prcsumption?" sbo aimply replied.
Itondon Tlu-iiua.
"You have taken all tbo cushionB
out of your church." "Yos; wo
thoucht lf wo could mako tho nowa
seem liko base ball blcachera tbo at-
tondanco might increaae." Ohicago
Record.
"I think a woman ahould alwava al-
low Bomo one elae to chooso hcr hus-
band." "what ia your reason?" " So
slic wouldn't havo to blame horaolf if
ho doean't turn out woll," Chicago
Record.
"Seem8 likc you camo back from
Wnahington without any ple?" aaid tho
Barcaatic friend. " It is no uao to mlnco
mattera," aaid tbo roturned ofllco scok
or. "My dough gavo out." Cincin-
natl iinquirer.
irlnrn'a nntrt nn Ihn Dtnrrn "
Bell " I didn't know abo had anv tal-
ent." Nell " Sho hasn't, but ber aunt,
tho great actrcee, has died and left
Flora hor ontiro wardrobo." Phila'
delphia Record.
atranger " uut i near tnat vour
New England climate ia oxceedlngly
variable." Native " Not a bit of it;
quito tbe contrary. It is protty much
the enmc au tne year rouna continu
ally changing." Boaton Transcript.
" You call him a groat doctor? Non-
aenBo." " But no curca people." "buU'
poaing ho doea. I say ho ia a diagrace
10 tho profcBBion." " May I aak your
busineaa, air?" " You may. I'm an
undertakor, air." Cloveland Plain
Dealor.
"You wouldn't tako that man for a
great invcntor, would you?" "No; ia
he?" "Ho ia. Ho invented an excuae
for being out with tho boys that satiB
ned nia wno, anu no'e neon marrlcd
Beventeen yeara 1" Cloveland Plain
Dealor.
' Well" aaid tne asaistant in a
chemiBt's ahop to an Irishman who
pointed to a pile of aoap. "I want a
lump ot tnat," answered tno irishman.
'xnank you. wui you havo it sconted
or unsconted?" "I'll take it wid me."
Exchange.
i'roi. liraintanK "JNowton waa a
great philoaopher. By observing the
mere fall of an apple he discovered the
law of gravity." Smithera "That'a
nothing. By simply biting an apple
hvo tli8covored the eravity of law."
New York Journal.
" I hear you have fltted up a little
cottago of your own and are going to
get married noxt month I" exclaimed
Jonea, gayly. " No; my flauce haa
thrown me over for another
me over lor anotner man.
hopeleaaly aighed Brown. "He haa a
tandeml"-Brooklyn Eagle.
"I aeo tbat tbo acientiats bavo found
that love is a diaeaee." "Well, it 8eems
to me that tho scientiata are rather
alow, if thoy'vo waited all thia timo to
flnd it out. Havon't we alwaya been
in the babit of saying peoplo were
loveaick?" Cleveland Leader.
CARTERSI
IITTLE
IVER
PILLS
SICK HEADACHE
Posltivoly curcd by tlieso
Little Pills.
They also relkvc Distress from Dyspepsla,
indigestion and Too I Icarty Eating. A per.
feet rcmcdy for Dizziness, Nausca, Drowsl-
ness, BadTasteinthc Mouth, CoatcdTonguo
l'ain m the Side, TORPID LIVER. They
Keguiate thc Bowels. Purely ,Vcgetable.
Small Pill. Small Doso.
Small Price.
Orock In Oreoco.
Professor Jlnsll L. Glldersloovo of JohnB
IlopUlns unlvorslty says of his tour through
qreeco: "IJTouml tlun wlth mjr Ijaowlcdgo
nf nnclont Ureek lt wns no troubio for mo
to read thonowspnpcrsnnd tho slgns nlong
tno streets, imt tno caso wns illliorent wlth
rcgnrd to tho spoken lunguago, whloh ls
nlso tho lnnguugo of poetry. Two Inllu
onces nro actlvely nt work wlth tho lnn
guago now, ono seeklng to nrchalzo It to
got back to tho classlo whllo tho othor de
slres to substltuto tho modern colloqtilnl
form for tho older tonguo." Now York
Tribune.
Tlie Averill,'!' Haliy'8 Slzo.
An nverugo ohlld mcasures nbout 10K
Inchos nt blrth lf n boy and half nn Inch
foss lf u glrl. A ohlld lncronscs moro
rapidly lu lougth durlng tho flrst wcok
than at any sub.toqueut period, nnd should
gnln uu inch durlng tho flrst month of lts
llfo. Lndles' Honio Journal.
Boloslaus II of Polaud wns tho Bold.
Hn wns ono of tho moat dnrlng knlghta of
hls tlmo, nud onco, sluglo hniided, chargcd
a wliolo squndrou of hls oncmles.
Sho "Why ia it that poeta aro al
waya ao Bplritual looking? I don't
think I over heard of a corpulont
poot." Ho (looking at hor tbought
fully and aadly for a momont) "It ia
becauso thoy aoldom havo any other
meana of oxlBtonce." Clevoland
Loader,
Tli Douhll' Ilcilllc (I Ilonlll.
In tho diij h beforo rnllwfiys lmd pono-
tratcd tho wlldt nf Gnllownr, Mr. Lluht-
body waa apondliiK n nlght. ln n country
1 ii ti. Tho rootn nllottcd to hlm wms ii
lnrgo dotiblo budded ntio. Ho sutmdly dld
ho alcci) thut ho wua qulto tmawari) that
tho nolghborlng hotl hnd bocoino occtiiilcd
by nnothur bulntcci truvolut'j nclthur dld lio
licar tho report of n jilstol nhot ln thnt
rjuarter.
Uo was only nrouseti ny nitriuntcti scrv-
nnts potirlng lnto thu room nnd lnforinlng
hltn, to hls dlHiiiuy, thnt hla compatiloli
hnd comiiilttvd sulcltle. Hnthcr nliirmc
Mr, Llghtbody's roinnrk Ht, ' Kor God
eako, kcup tho bmvth ln hlm tlll ho aays I
dldua dno lt." London Tit-Hlts.
Tho Tlo Tliat IIIikIh.
nnndlt Throw up yur hunds nnd don't
movo unless yo want to loso yer briilns.
Travcler Uut stayl Vim nnu I nrnrlil-
ln thu aumo klud of whuola.
Ilnndlt (nftcr lutHty uxamlnatiou)
Pnrdner, forglvomo. Tnkobiickyt'rpocket
book nnd dupart lu peacc. Cloveland
Lcadcr.
tlKldiMl SiniirtncM.
"Ono reason why somo smahtincn doan
glt nlong fnstur," sald Uticlo Kben," ls
taso tley loses tlino showln off how smaht
joy ls, 'steud o' trabblln rlght crlong."
Washington Star.
Ll IluiiK Clmng'n Surprinv.
Tho fcaturo of Engllsli lifo whlch most
aatoulshud Ll IIuiik Clmng nnd hls com
pnnlons was tlie ovonlng dress of EngllBh
women. A nioinbcr if tho onvoy's sult
thus rccorded hls iinprusslon beforo Holl-
lug:
'I was much Biirpriscil nt tno rcceptlon
glvcn Ijynn Eiigllah uoblcman toFco lndles
with uucovt'rid shoulucrs, nrms mul ncck.
I wns stlll moro stirprlscd to sec gcntlo
men tako lndles' unns, bccuuso lu Chliut
taking u lady'a nnn, or ovon shnklug
hnuds, is not known. Tho questlon has
been uskrd mu innny tlmes why tho Chl
noso nover wvnr glovcs, whcrciis ln Eug
land it is tho custom to covur tho hauds
wlth gloves ln gontool soclcty. Ilut it
Bccms to nio so very strnngo to covor tho
hnnds aiul ex)oo thu arins, ncck nnd
brcast. I foel thut I would rnther that
Chlneso lndles dld not woar glovcs than
that they should show thelr baru nrms nnd
chcsts. New Orleans Tlines-Democrat.
Ciiustlv Cnrlyle.
One day Thomns Cnrlylo weut wlth MU-
lals to look nt tho lattor's housc, and after
gnzlug wlth wondcr at ull its splcndora ho
turned to MlUals nud nskcd ln hls hrusque
mnuuer, "Has palnt dono nll this, Mr.
Mlllals?" Tho palnter luughcd and rupncd,
"Itlins." "Then," rejolned tho dwcller
of tho modesthousout Chelsea, "nll I havo
to say ls that thero nro moro fools ln tho
world than I thought thero wero."
In 1011 tho flrst ropo was manufactured
at Uoitau.
Tho fond mother "Everybody aays
he ia auch a pretty babyl I am sure
tho poet wbb right when he aaid that
Heaven lies about ua in our infancy.' "
Tho uncle (unfeelingly) "But he
ahould have added, 'So does everybody
elae.' " Life.
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I cnnnot spenk too hlgbly of Mra.
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forer from Kidnoy trouble, pnins in
imibcles, joiuts, buek nnd Hhouldora
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troubloa and loucorrhoea. Aftor using
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pound, and lllood I'urlQcr and Liver
Pills, I felt liko n now woman. My
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and nll tny othur troublos nrc curcd.
Mhs. Maooie 1'otts, 321 KaulfmauSt.,
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Ilacknrlip.
My system was entlrely run down,
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taking Lydia E. PlnUhnm's Vcgetablo
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Uopkins St., Clncinnuti, Ohio.
Kliluty Trnulilc.
Beforo tnklng Lydla E. Pinkham'a
Vegotablo Compound, I had suCered
many j-ears with kiduey trouble. Tho
pains in my back nnd shoulders wero
terrible. My menstruation becamo lr
regular, and I wns troublcd with lou
corrh(ca. I was grorving vury weak. I
had been to mnny physicians but re
ceived no bcncflt. I begiiu tho uso of
Mrs. Pinkham's medicine, nnd the flrst
bottlc relieved the pain ln my back
and regulated the menscs. It is tho
bcst Uind of medicine that I havo evur
taken, forit relieved the palnso qulckly
and cured the disease. Mus. LlLLlAH
CmrpK', liox 77, St. Andrews Bay, Fla.
Hobbs "1 think It was a deuced
shame that they put old Bibbine in a
lunatic asylum because ho went daft
over Scotch dialect." Bobba "Oh,
the dialect businesa was bearable, but,
say, when he took up tho bag-pipea the
neighbora complained to tbe board of
health." Truth.
Mra. Snagga I wonder what brought
on thia cold anap. Mr. Snagga Don't
you know? "No." "The traction
company haa put ita open cais in aer
vice." Pittsburg Chronicle.
Police magiatrate Have
you ever
aeen the priaoner at the bar?
wuneag
-Never, your honor, but I've aeen
him when I atrongly auapected he'd
been at it. Tit-Bita.
- - - - Montpelier, Vermont