North Carolina Newspapers

!jc (tljatljam Record Ctotjtom mxk II. A. LOItDOA, EDITOR AND PEOPBrtETOR. ( m ADVERTISING- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR SMctly In Advance. 'ue nijuuro, out nisei huu,. One mi'icre, two insertions. rtr.n iinniira ni. ii.iiIi S1.00 1.50 2 St vol. xx. rrrrsBOtto, Chatham county, n. c, Thursday, no vkmbku 25, ism? no. For larcrr a lvertn,omontii liberal Olltfti.'tft Wl'l 1 1 Hindi. ROYAL RANGER RALPH; CY WELDON J. COBB, rn tPTrn xvir-rnniinucii. Danel ami h's companion disappeared throtmii tho aperture in tho l I. Tlio I v guard, roensni In3 llie scout a :i n fiii'iiiy, h ga.i tiring ;it hi in. 'I'll iattr sprang b hind tho bowlder thai li il bio -Kit I tho PNlt from tho cavo. :iiul which barrel (.ray had force I asldo in entering tlio plate. Jt atlordcd a strung intrciiohnvut !or him, and ho Imd li s enemies at a decided dlsad v ant.-, go. A sharp fuss'lade cnnted, dnrlm: which find "f the 111. mi. ev d nlly wounded, ro iri ati'il duwii corridor with a savago Iioh 1 iif 1 a in. Mis companion followed I I is i-pniii aii'l beat a hasty retreat, llr.ngcr 1: ;i'ih ouid hi'ar thi'in calling f.ir help to iln'ir L-ompuii ions In tlio main ! t -r cavo ' Thcv h no founded tho alarm and will f o ni return wiih increased force," do t idi d tin' n il Mini lie wa'cin'd at his post for somo timn, nhandoi.mg it on y wlu'ii a wild commo tion ;ip m! hi tin- onl lor. An:. I'd it. en bearing torches camo l'"shm in pursuit of tho fn itlvos. Aini'ii:: them th' s out observed Des 7'ard a d Danlo.i. 11' clid' d tbroi.ph t In- aperture lea Unar to tho outside, and found hiin-e' in the same moonlit valley into which Parrel tiro., had fallen a few Lo r- prevmu iy. I'arrei and Inez w ro nowhere fn sight, nil I tl.o si out snppo-Od that they hail Micce -led ill making their escape, lie t Iimi-;i ie i t about miding some way l: in-i: f to leave tlm valley. 'I he apparently inaeccssiblo wa'ls of h" pia: e inaiie the tak st oui almost a leipe oss i, He. how. ver. Ills invostlga t,niis Hir- fi r.'i-d to bo desn lory and In-of. jnr in a few minntes tho ont'aws arrived on the scone The .-imt had jit-i tinio to safely di sc mec him uif in a small thicket, when a'd nn I his men came into view. liuiiio linti l the idle mo os d valley was lie' scene nl the wildest excitement. The nc-.i. wiih iHi'.-hei Lorno aloft. t-u.Uivd every portion of the place. A sh u! i f triumph thrilled the font, ninl a 111 in 1. 1 - later h" saw Several of til!) bandits cinei-ae fiom a smaller cao, where ih, ; ha I f.iuml Dan-c and Inez. in tic i: are of tie' lights Kangcr f. :il li mi.. .1 i!i-i - rn the pa e. distressed f.t e d Han e! and iln despairing ono of lni'Z. lib eviltaiit cic too bandits l or jlii'ir iris iie rs t) tho spot where Do. per, I W.l I. move tho girl to tho cabin and eii.U 'l let' i.ntil morning," tirderod tho l in lit leader "As to him." and ho In dicated I in r;o' fierce, y, '-ho has crossed nnr path once I ooiten Ho shall die." ".m', no!'' pleaded Inez, frantically: but ihe wa; l enc away w ith her appeal-in-' woiil- unheeded l.an-'er ll.-iiph could s -arccly contain him c f ii'id he trasped his revolvers :r;m!v. Iioipaid. D.inton and sflveral ' f tl.o n,e i were standing no.i r him, but ),i.' I'cali.e.l that it wuii id bo folly to ntiemiit t i Itulit a-aiu-t such unuvou Olills. 'Thero v. as another of them," ha licaid a voice s:iv cscitodiy. "Ha:" eja. ulated Ues, aid. "Who?" liis iiif 'iniaiit was 1,11, of tho (luanU. "A man di-i s-cd like a half bi'i ed " 1). spar l iiarted viol lit l . "lie was friend y to the plrl and tho prisoner. " !.o s'.;'-d. " Y .-." " J h n ho was no half-brerd at all. I'aut 1:1, we have been coccivcd." "I y 'J'al u'a'.'" "Kxactly. " "'ou think h-' l tio messenger from t!m Moilu " That s :t " Wlm is h . tin nV" "A s..y a friend P. tho ulrl. "IT iicer i:a ph probably. " "1'i'i'iuips lliiys, scarcli tho valley llioroimh y. llei aiinot havo escaped, " called 1'e.i aid to the men Th bandits at onco L.esan a sys teinat c -c nir of th va ley. from hi covert tlm si '.nt could see- Dospard and 1'antoii and .-eveiai nf the men 1 01 urn to th- Hl'.e. The ouilaw chio" repaired at oncu to tli.t I::,' ho : on the eiid wlinro tho UiM i;u .si; I s cut had been led by anco I iic, weepin-, w..s M at -d in tho room, licsja d a liiT 'o u. liter In his eyes, ap- v 1.1 lied l.cr a'- once. "(irl," ho Mi d. "1 havo a fow worJs to s ay to you " liie. il ii not rpply, hut contlnuo I to tub hit, cry. "Von me entirely In mv powor," re sumed liispard. "and neither you nor your fr ends can defeat my plans. Yon liuwst become, my wife." Iesiard's words aroused all tho ro cntfiil womanliness In Inez's naturo. She started wild y to her fcot, her eyes llashiii, her face pa 0 and defiant. ".Never!" sho cried. Her liria r. p.y did not appear to dis turb In r captor. "Thcro is 110 e cjpe," ho eontlne.oi calmly. "I will die first!" "o; ymi will obey me. You will not only beciuno my wi 0 but you wl I also do as I tell you re .'.ml in 11 tho fortune your fatluT has left you." TaiJ' that fortune, then. Iioleaso hiy 1 rien s and myself, and It. Is yours." "No, my In r lucz," joerod Dcspard. Your charms have fasdnatod me, and t thall wed ymi. As to tha fortune, thai Is in tho hands of a man named Wal Tord. You will visit him with mo to morrow mornim?. You will to I Mm that 1 am our legally wedded husl and, and iinlino him to turn ovnr your for tune to me. Thou yon w ill accompany ine to some distant country and beconio my w lie l.iia! ILste.ncd silently until Dcspard bad 1 oiiclinled. "And i.' I refuse'.'" she demanded. liespard cam a st 'p nearer to hor. Tin re was a tierce ulitt-r in his evil eye ".-hull 1 tell yoir.'" lie hissed "Yes. " "Ti e man von !oo, Darrol tiroy, shall do'." With a cry of dread dismay Inez Tracev nvei ed At tiiat moment thcro was an int r ruption. 'n of tho ont'aws came rush ing, exc.t t! and I rcatliless, into tho room. ( a'lta'nl" be cried "wo havo found lb.- i.ai. ine,- "Ho is captured? " Xa Iloisarmel and In a position where, wo cannot Uisk.dgo him." Despard s aried from 1 1ns plaeo. "I civo you an hour to decide your lover's fato," no cri,d, warningly, to What tho outlaw had reported was trim, ttangor lia ph had bo 'ti dlscov rrol. Driven to a place behind somo roclis, however, ho ho d tho bandits ut bay. They weri focod to retreat beforo his rapid lire. HI I ho know that when re enforcements camo ho m .st necessarily bo dislodged and captured. With s6 ' e tiismay ho saw Despard and others arri'.o on the s one. His situation was a critical ono. Hopelessly he glanced up at tho perpendicular wads leforo. him Then he reso'ved to 1 aitle despcratoly when his fo-'s made nnotnor attael:. ,mt then ho seemed to hear a voice on tlio rlilfal o o him At the same moment a lasso dropped nearly before his facn. "Tho lasso seize it, ,uick:" spoko a low, silvery voico. Tho mysilli.nl scout ohoved. Somo stroi.g hand lifted him foot by foot from the pronnd. A series of sivaso yells escaped tho bandits us they witno sed his us 'ent. A seoro of bul.ets llattcne I against tho idi IT. Steadily the laso wa? drawn In. Tho s out roa In d tlio top of th.-cliiT iinin jurod by tlio sliots of tho discomfited baiiults. A small but sirieuy hand drew him over tlio edge of th' dill and led him o ,t of view of tlio outlaws in tlm va ley bclnw W iili rofonnd curiosity Kancer Italph surveyed his Strang riscuer. A ciyof amacment cs aped his lips as h roi.og ni ed lior. It was W'li.n l'awn, the Modoc princess. OI AI'TIHt XVIII. the rn.n in iimit. Tor some moment llancer Talph stood sl.ontly reginlintf the beautiful Indian maiden wli had rescued hi m from a position of peril In so tlmc.y a manner. "White l'awn!'' he e.iarulalcl In be wildered tines. "Yes, it is t ic child of Shadow Snake. Who is the half-bn e I?" sho peered curiously into tho si out's face as sho spok--. "I am no hali-bivd."' Tlio l'awn thought so: at least she lrncw that In; wa an enemy of tho out laws. "Sho knows you now. You aro thl great scout. " "Hanger Kali h. je-. But how i aine yon here?'' "The l'awn will toil hoi' friend and rescuer all; but they must not remain hero. " "Theio is dancer'''' "Yes: tic- renegades will soon bo on our trail, t ome " Sho led tho scout from th" spot to a se cluded jortlouof thi) valley Hanger l!a ph in ti e t that near by then; was a hurso bridled anl saddled. In rapid tone- the Modoc prlnce-s re lated how she nitd r-'euud Darrol tin y and had led him liilln T She exp aiucd that when sho left him to recommit"!' tlio -t onghold of tho bandits, ho inu-t ha" wandered Into the valley and lat rhad be n capture I. The scout it-ten d interestedly lo li':' crapliic re ital. and noti I the lierce, re vengeful light in In rdark eyes when slm spoko tho nauie of l.cr relent c-s foe, liykn Despard. "You havo S'-en him you penetrated to his haunts to nifcl't'.' '' ho asked. "Yes." "And you know his p'ans?" "I know thai with the morning ha In tends vis, ting tlm old hermit they call Wal ford." llatigcr Iialpli start. -d "You are sure of this'.'" he asked. "Yes: W hito l awn is not n.ist iken " "Then th" outlaw hao located the recluse'."' "One of their men ha, and lie will lead tho crowd thcro w ith ihemoi niiiR. " This Infui-matiou ilisturiol tho saint not a iiitio Tho rea ler already knows that this man WalloiM was tho Iricnd to wliom Inc. Traccy's father had Intru-tcd tin; i hai'go oi tlio foi'liiiio inicnilo l lor h.s orphan daughter. Tho old Sio t knew Walford, but ho had not seen )i :n fur years. Ho did not know his placo of resi dence, howo.er, excopt tha'. It was lo cated sonicwii re In tho vicinity. .Now that 1 ospard had discovered it, th scout reaiiilv saw that miles Wat ford was warned thu former would suc ceed In his p an to st cut o tho fortune. "Do ynu know where Waiford lives?" he asked a ixiouly of the Indian girl. "No. W Into lawn inlv knows that It Is about ton mi os down the can on " Tho old scout rolle.'ted deeply. In evitable disaster seemed imminent to all his pian lor rescuing I no. Traeey. 'i ho Modi c princess watched his faco imprc-sivolv. I- ina ly she asked: "What will my friend do?" "1 do tint know, tiroy and the girl aro ca tives, and tho cavo is wed guarded. We can do uothi jg to rescuo the in. " "Whito Kawii wi II" Thoro was a determined look In tho dusky faco. "How'." "Ily going back to my father. Shame, disgrace at my misery, caused mo to four to return to my tribe, l-'or tlio sake of the friends who saved her hie, tlio l awn will fio to the Modocs. They shall know vi, and a terrible veiiRcanco shall bo brought against tho I' row and his renegades " "Yon Will go ut on e?" "Yes. 1 stoio a hoiso from . tho out laws, lean reach ciylribi in a lew hours." "Von must mako haste. Onro Despard has seen the man named Waiford, ho will tly the country. " "Fear not The Modo-. warriors shall bo on his trail with the earliest morning light " "They will rosouo my friends they will not ine ii lo them In their venge ance?" "l-'ear not Tho Fawn will plead with her father's braves for tho safety of her frien la " hito l'awn sprang t the saddle of tho horse near by i.s she si oko. Kangor lialph saw her disappear rapidly down th canyon. Do knew that ho must re main inactive, so far as the outlaws were concerned, nitd the morning. Ho realized that it would n. folly to again att nitit to penetrate to 1 licit stronghold. Th" thought of Wal.orl, however, caused him to determine to endeavor to liud the recluse, if pos sible. Ho mad" a wM" detour of the cavo and started down the iauon in the di rection wlu-re he supposed tin; mountain homo of the reclll-e to be It proved to be a prolitlcs ourney. All the long ni-ni' through l o wandered up ai.d i.'o.wi ".It.' va ev. Not a trace of human habitation could he lind. Tho morirng light did not materlallj rhango the situation of affa rs lie final y determined to ko p a close watch for Dospard. theorizing that, tho out'uw leader would sot tut on his journey tl,af morning for ialiord's place of ahodo. lie ensconced himself in a thicket ai the side of tho canyon, and watcho i auc waited patiently. It was nearly n ioo when his v.silamo was rewarded. urn Ina down tho lanyon, he saw i.nally s dozen or moro persons. As they m-ared him he mado out Pes panl, Danti.n and Vanco on hor-t-back. l 'li a-other st -ed was Inez Trawy, sur rounded by several of tho bandit or loot. They had evidently 'eft Davr-I (irey a prisoner at tlio cavo with tho irmaiudci of tin; band. '1 hoy p iss.'d so near to the cout thai ho could almost hear their conversation. A look of utter des air perva led the countenance i f Inez Tratvv Apparently the threats o,' the heartless I'espurl had 'I nd lived I .cz to agr-o to his sclie'iies. To save In r lover's life sho had con-ont-ed to sacrifice h"i' for;ui:o. The scout wait 'd for s ni" tiinonft'I tho cavalcade la I passed ly 'I hen, cautious y and stealthily, he took i.p thoir trail. Tho bandits i lo-ivdcd straight down ih" canyon, and Hanger Jlalph loliowou tliem at a distance until thov linally camo to a ha t 1 hoy seemed to havo somo didietilty ami delay in locating tho hcrm t's home, th ir evident point of visitation. Sudden')' the entire rarty disappeared from view in a biea ; in the canyon. When the scout lea 'h'd the s;.ot hn found a 'a 'ge opening in the ro. Ic Int i tins cave liko iipertuio tho ban.iits iia-1 evident y di-ap) .eared. hanger l;alph tlneaded a dark, low passage wav, propel his way blindiy nround and th n paused. I ur above his heal ho could see a liglit glimmer ng dimly A seiio- of slops i ut In tho solid rock seem d to lead lo the point where th light wa. Tin; horses of th" party had hoen left .iu-t ouiside tho plac Tlm scout began loasicn I the stop and at ia-t arrived at t io top. Ilevoud him was a lar-e apaltnient lil ed w ill evidence- oi' a o.ig career a li liter ai d trapper, i ons'si ng of t.ophos of ih hunt, tho skins of vat-ions a: Imals which wir-hiing upabo.tt e pla e 'I he apartment a-a gloomy ore. anl wa lighted I y a lamp hung I y a clu,n from the ro if ol the di e. standing beneath it was a man, whlto hailed and a ugu-t in a pp '.il an -e. H . clear, stead v eyes were lis. d upon Des-pat-'l, who was sliJitly in adv.iin.e of tho party that acconipauh d him At a g anco th sen ,t rccognizeil th? strange od hermit. aiioi'd. w hoin ho had not si en for many years Th - latter wa spe king as tho scout readied the shadowed extreme of tho i live. "Who are von.' Wli.it do": thi In trusion mean'.'" lie d inan le:i. s'einly "Wo tamo from Miner's Ouicli," at Despurd's ready reply. "To sou me'.1'' "Vcs." "How did you find this place?' "1-rom description. Mr. Wa'ford You were tlio Iricnd of a man named Tra ey." The hermit started. "Yes." he said; -what of it?" "I camo in behaif of that man s daugh ter. " "Hal Then you know "' "Ail coii' i rning tlio fortune he left. I have i omo to claim that fortuuo " "Voul" "Ye. ' " hat claim " "A t'e allianced hu-baiul r.f Ino'. Traeey. " Walford glanced suspicious y r,t the llitl uder. "Allowing that tlirr is a fotte.ne, "' ho Slid. "I must have -omo furth-r pro if that you mo to rc-i he it." "It shall bo foril ming when you want it " replied De-paid, p.ompily. "Inez. " At li s word Ills- dos, airing iapt!o Stepped forwaid. in m: t o.NTiNi;i:ri CHICAGO'S VETERAN POSTMAN. Abrnm I'. Jones Thirty Year n Letter Currier in tlio Windy City. Letter carriers aro now wenrlngthulr service stripes, llach Eiripe Is Indlca tiveot' live years of Fcrvlce. The grcat r: t honor to be conferred, that of six stripes, was awarded to Abrnm P. cniCAfio's oi.ukst i.f.ttf.u rAi:itu:n. Jones, the veterau letter carrier of Chi cago. It was In 1S07 that Jones re ceived his appointment. At that time (Hcueral Frank S. Sherman was post master. Jones had come here from New York a mere lad and Rallied his position through the iiilliteiice of Judge Henry Fuller. He has remained In continuous nervice ever since, a period of thirty years, in which the veteran letter carrier has never paid the pi n fllty of n single day's suspension for blunders. lie has berveil nt the cen tral station, says the Toes-Hernld, since the tlay of his appoiniint :4, and has pti'ised through nil the various vi cissitudes of the prowl h of the postof. lice. Iu May, IMd, he was transferred at his own request to the Knglowoo-.l station, where ho is now In active- ser vice. Of llfty-one carriers appointed simultaneously with him In 1MI7, he Is the only one who still remains. He Is the only man anion;; 1,000 pos;al clerks who wears six strives. Vif WW ''?jidjoS'6S6ooouo-b65&ooiioiooV4ioj5oft2 o. -11 m f ; i Hi Do.-) Ill Of ) GATE TO THE Wonderful Growth of f5i:a,iay is a molern wondor. Not mitiy weeks ajo tho place practically w.n gone. making of chiinyo i: a iliiligu.lt mental did not exist. To-d iy, with its cave- i Another Sealtlo man nt onco gave, operation. fully laid out s'.reid nn 1 it score of ; hint fJlOd with which to take out his I Ono wouM think that too lo-.vn we'd stocked mi l o-y juivato dwell- fee l, for ho had alrea ly gotten his i would bo overdone with so iun-,y mei' iugs, it presents nil the iip))oaranco of ; goo Is sonio distance along tho trail, cha'its, ami pet-haps it will bo soon, a th'iviii; Northwestern town. House. Hut this was only tho begiuninc; of j when tho ste iiner.s aro fewer an 1 pas nro beiiijj riishe I up with astonishing ; Davison's bad luck. Ho was ono of the senders on them not numerous enough rapidity, while merchants arc so first on tha trail, and worked beyon 1 ! to bo worth mentioning, lint there i nuin ;rou an I enterprising that com- his strength. Just past the summit ' a population of over live hundred still petition has nhoi ly reduced their , ho ha 1 an nttack of pneumonia, and, in tents, an l it is believed that thcro wares to almost bottom price.. Tho gelling worse instead of bettor, lia l to : will bo continual coining and Koing starling up. of a sle.im laundry has ; yivo up. Ho is now hero waiting fjr I until tho beginning of D.-ccmbcr, to crised tlm "uilod shirt" to 1)J ae vpted , as good form m this out of the way settlement, while tho establishment of thirteen saloon plainly indicates tho prevalonco of a generous atmosphere of conviviality. Tho New York Herald's special cor respondent, in an entertaining article publisho I herewith, gives a graphic description of Skaguny a he found it entering the f u irlh week of its muni cipal existence. Ho says; Nothing in tin) history of Western boom tow us will compare with the mushroom, growlii of Skagiiuy. lien M or. the man who loeatod the tow n site, left for the Sound on August 10, at wnioh date there was his own log cabin, tlio store urnl tho bunkhoiiso of the Alaska n:id Northwest Trading Company nud a number of tents When ho returned there wero whole streets of wooden dwellings, which the owners ha I themselves located and Ind pail a registry fee t United Stites Commissioner Smith of live dollars. Not on'y were them new oi n.'rs permitted to locato on Captain M j -re's la il on payment of t in fee, li it it i s.ii 1 tint Mr. Smith ai 'ept.'-l th io and gave a registration receipt t ) half a d'l.ieu diif'U'ent people for the s.t a) plot of I. ml. Tho newly up p li lted Land Commissioner and n.'gi.-d.'V, Mr. Dudley, will thorcfi.ro hr.v fioiuo diil'h'iilly in unravelling the c in lictiu j real estate ownership on the to r l site. Si; ignay is on a ti lo flat, with n ti lo ru inin over twenty feet, and there f li'i' h is a sd roteb. of half a milo below tilowat r in n k. All tho passenger. by hi st-'a n im's aro taken oil" in row lKi.it. with, a p ill of from ono tj two miles, A vrording t tin state of th ) tide, whou they ft"o c.irriel on th) backs of tho lnatmen to comparative'y dry tan i. jt is amusing to near tlio. src. or ay n.w. shricn of tin worn i when on tin ;n to tlio rest ho can see but little from b.icutiMh boatmen spladiiiig through t n steamer's decks. Tents dot tho tho water. j AUtrfl tho whole of its width, with here Only a month ago, when tho W "ill- ,m 1 t'l-ro a small wood-n building, ametto lande I hor couple of thousands T u; hitter aro rapidly talcing tho place of gold seekers, all tho freight and of tin canvas homes and stores, for passengers' lugg.igo wora lauded iu tlio reason that cold weather and heavy tlu'.so s nail boats or small scows, an 1 :u!ns have set in, an I moro especially diimped on thi) sli uo poll moll, hi . vry high wind. Captain McKiniicy, fjledy-piggle ly.froin whic'i each ow ner Ci Ch iirinaii of tho Vigilance Com ha I to hui'ry to sojnro his partionl ir j mittco, eslimates lhat there aro now goods beforo tho rapidly incoming j ono hundred and fifty buildings of tide ruined them or swept them a vay. wood, and that thcro would havo beeu Immense scows are now in use, big many more but for the scarcity of lum enoughli tnko the wh ile of a ship's j her. There is a sawmill hard at work cargo. Tlies., when Ion led, lloat to j now, lumber is coming in by every hIioi'o on n hi,'h tide, and each owner j steamer, and nearly every one having gets oaf his own goods as soon a ho j tho purpose to winter here is putting can, and woo to him whoso belongings , up habitation of wood. Many are chance to bo near tho bottom of the creeling larger and more substantial huge pile. j buildings than their noods require, as I watched tho steamer Queen unload a speculation, hoping to sell at. a largo in this way. There wm a good deal prnlit. w hen tho rush is renewed next THE EEGIXNINT, of huslling, necessarily, but I heard n coiuplaiut of any goods being stolen o.' lost -except temporarily. Iu fact, t '.-. whole community seems wonder f illy honest considering that the black s i .' of the coutinent arc herding in t.iis direction. Merchant in teuts leave their goods bilging uiilside all right; pilgrims leave their camps on the trail, with all t'.i 'ir belongings scattered about ; yet b it few cases of pilfering havo been hoard of, and only one theft of money. This wa in the casa of a man named W. H. Davison, of Seattle, who for twelve day ha I rHlOO in his kit under a pile of feed in his tent. Ho left his tent often iu perfect confidence, but cue d iy ho found his belongings had GOLD FIELDS. Si pi th; Town of Skaguay. t;20 li ?79?P'J?r0?nnr)'?9 3. r--;ya 'vi-'-yvc ;';;i.o '- ;M ';'0 ! been disturbed and that the monej' MO AD W AY, tlio next sloamer, having left his out- lit with hi pii' tuer, who hopes to sell it to soul) one who will pay for tho I itillicull. journey th-y made with it tip 1 tin- pa. Thoro does not appear to have been any pilfering of good left on tiio bench from the steamer-. In a short time there will bo no chance, for this, Tlio two lung piers nro holly competing for tho lion ir of being lirst completed j and provide his own bedding. Tlio and early next mouth both will bo in i bunk will cost him fro a seventy-live operation. That of tlm Skaguay cents a uight up. Meals at elu ap res Wharf Company i already piled to its ' taurants aro lil'iy rents each. He will, ocean end, a leiigtli of over lifteen him- h iwever, in ail probability, hire a tiny tli-ed feel, in a curving lino from tho shack an I learn to cook lor himclf if northern to tho southern side of tho ' ho is to bo a gold hunter. Then, as bay, thus blocking oil" all further com- I beforo stated, he will liud the price of petition in this line. This will ho know n commonly as the Juneau Pier, its promoters being J. 1 Jorgonson, hardware merchant; 1. Valentine, jeweller, and E. D. Sylvester, editor of the Searchlight, all of Juneau. Tho oilier pier will bo known as the Seattle Dock, as it i largely bucked by capital from that Sound city. This Marts frj it tho street south of J'roadway and run straight to tho completed dock nn lor tho dill'. Jloth will havo ware h.v.tscs, to which goods will ho taken direct from tho ship, nnd there await th ) proper claimants. Those two great piers are impressive t ) the incoming stranger, who knows , ii, ,t ii,, to,,-,-, ir ., ,,-,ii, i,t OF THE TRAIL. spring and when they once more pack up for tlio Klondike. l'robably as many as fifty of such substantial dwellings are going up. A curious phase of tho situation among those who havo decided to win- j tor hero is that nearly every one of them believes that he has just the nat ural gifts necessary to make a success ful merchant. They aro all putting I their great stakes into goods, which they hope to turn into money nguin, witn a largo prnlit, ..v tho spring, and then sell out an established business I when the weather permits them to leave for tho pold fields. Thus is the ! new city building up. There are thir j teen saloons, a majority of their pro I jn ictois having plans for getting to the Klondike as soon as possible, and there are between tlu-eo ami fmu' hun rtroil merchants o whom the Laiuu thinjr may be said. Not only on Broadway, but alonr llio intersecting streets nud among tho big timbers on each side of tho trail, are these merchants' tents nnd stores, little and hix, mid all sorts nud condi tions of men are i'.itoreslo 1 in them, from tho siirctaolo-1, museleless stoio clerk, clumsily iin.-nlling tlio saw and tho nxo on his new buil line, to tho . stoii'l backwoodsman, to whom tho SKA G CAY. bo then renewed tho month f dlowiug. So many merchant , however, has had tho ell'oct of bringing down p.ii'os, w hich, considering; Die In-ight tdiai-gcs, aro now rapidly getting to tin- bottom, making it nearly in c'l-'ap to winter hero as at Juneau or any other north ern point. Jiut tho visitor must n.-d expect luxu ries, lie mast be content with a hunk the bare neeesiiriei of life tio higher in proportion than Seattle. Flour is rsl.od per sue!;, potatoes f?l. ba.'on twelve to fifteen cents per pound. The infant city is will laid out, and not only on Ilroa lv.-ay but on most of the side street; on cithi r side lip to whore the trail turns oil' to the left into the timber there aro new stoics anl residences. Among the timber also there are many merchant:, in tent or rough shacks. Iu tho curly history of the city that is, throe wi cks ago boiled shirts were p t'iiiely derided, as were also shaven chin. Now there aro four barber shops and two or three signs rea ling "Troy Laundry." There is also a bath house in cuiir.-o of con struction, and thi- is a luxury that tired men coining oil' the trail will ap preciate. Lumber is still .scarce, rough lumber at nine d dlars per thousand feet at Seattle selling for about tweii'y tivo dollars here. There is little doubt that a hundred or moro building will be erected, daring the next thirty days. Now, what aro tho prospects of Skaguay'- permanency'. The men who are building the wharves and the three story hotel and other bui! ling evi dently believe in iis future grow ih and prosperity. Yet there is nulliiug to give it tlio sli (litest hope of perma nency except as an cut ranee, to the gold regions. Thai they do not at tin present tinio possess u.iy such mi trance that i at all what a highway for the expected crowd in th spring should bo i coH'cled. V. ;t t no in tention no-.v i. to build a v. a gou roa I along tho Skaguay lliv.-v io the foot ut the mountain. This will co.) a great deal of money, but it will iu all prob ability bo curried out, for every ono who ha ni ado an investment here un derstands the sit: a inn. It i esti mated t hat from liiii.n id to 1..i,iiM gold seekers will ilock t Ala-ka next spring, and that they will begin to come in iu February. Sl.aguny inu -t be nblo to announce long before then a belter trail than the present ono or the trade will pa-s Per by and tho town boom will bo "bushel.'' Sho will aln have others besi !os the Dyca trail to compete with, mi l, in short, her fut in e depend ent ii . l v up oi her making tho best inland neiletn the Yukon terriloiy that can bo male. Her citi.'.cn arc rcinarkaVy public spirited and lihciu!. A tow n meeting two night ago suhsvi'ihed ed'Oit for lire protection in a few moment. A surveyor is now mapping out a route for a wagon road abu.g tlm river. Money will have to bo rai ed to meet the cost of this road uu I work on it be started immediately to insure the permanency ot Ska runy as a poi t mi l as a town id even its present propor tions, American Wtiiiiitu llonoit'il. Mrs. May French Sherman, tho African explorer, recently elected a member of the Fugli-di Ilev.i! Cco- graphical Society, is t he only woman ever thus Honored, csue l an .nten cau bv birth. i:tiilitMl l-'or Wiir. It has always been Lord Wolseley's boast that when starting r.;'o:i n ca u paign his eipiipago is of tho lightest, consisting of little more than a vooth- i brush nud a clean shirt. iniioroii Uljj llli-fi. ! There aro known to bo ' I ) cities in tho world with populations of tner ono t hundred thou-iand persons each. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. Guano l ioiii IlriiK. rs"s- T!to manure from hens, unless grain fed in summer, is usually less valuubla than it is in winter. But it is uona tiio less well worth taking care of. It will heat very rapidly in hot weather if kept iu pile. As it is usually defi cient in phosphates, it is a good plan to mix so .io of tho commercial phos piia'.e with tho manure, as it is heat i i g. It always t- jntaiiis enough sul phate, of lime or la id plaster to absorb the ammonia, whilo tha phosphato with tho nitrogen, which the hea iiiaauro a'jouiid in, will mako a fur tiiijgr very nearly epial to guano. IToll v'hm Us on Wastn I'lnrcH. A cm respondent of the (iarde t antl r o-e.u lolls of somo holiyliocks piii itoil tiv or six year ago on laud enriched by in o'.d woo l pilo and sinjo left to tin- nse've. Tuey ii ive increased and multin'i.) 1 in tin ric'i s i!, finding up ni iuy ss j iiin gs ail g' Mpin them selves iu bea r.i.'ul cjl enijs. All shades ot bl(ii). n a ne; seen from white tur.iugi pa'e iles'.i tints to deep ma roon, varied by bud' and lemon tinted llowers. They have crowded out the wet d that disputed territory with liiein, and now own Ihe soil. Holly liock i are ideal flowers for such waste I'iaces. liixtiivrs. Foxgloves aro best phl'lieul away fro n scarlet ilo.vcrs. a their purplish pirn; spikes do n-.t Harmonize with ih.it color. Tuo . ire w hito foxgloves ire ei'l'ectivo against a background of lark fuiiagc, when pla lie 1 iu large clumps, huviiig a siatcly ell'ect. They remain iu llower a long ti ne. They can boplautel in April and on'y ask a thinning out if te i thick and an oc casional stirring of tiio soil. Tha dwarf, otherwise known a the Cali fornia sunilower, is a variety which well deserves a good word and a good plaeo iu the garden. Il foliage is .lean and of an att'-a-.-iive dark green; its blossoms of a clear bright yellow, tho hue of suns. line, and they are very double and about the sie of a well grown dahlia. Iu fact they resemble llio old form of that llower to a con siderable degree. As a low hedge a row of dwarf sunllowors is literaby "a bliiomiiig suceeM,"' an l wo incline to give it preforeno over tho ::iu!!' i I'm1 t lie purpose. It is ilillieiilt to think of s.tiiitlou ers under this compact, clean, bri'ut-faeed dou'de lljwer. A tinoU )!il J'.m.iiliin. The six-year rota' ion so long f n'lowed in this section, tiio Shenandoah valley, ins some strong points in i'.s favor. 1'iie crops during tho six years aro in this ord..-r: Corn, followed by wheat, tlio ground being harrowed and tho wheat drilled iu. Immediately after the wheat is cut the next year, tho ground isplowcd thoroughly, prepared by harrow and roller, and sowed again to wheat, this time aecompaiiied ith about a bushel of timothy to six acres and the same quantity tn clover in the early spring. Then three crops of hay are mowed, making the MX yea's. Very often four crop of hay are made. I have not counted tho second crnp of clover usually out and hulled for seed the lirst season. Since western seed generally can be bought at low prices, many think it be. t o-to pasture, or en: this second clover for c iws. li. will bo noticed that, thi r itaiioii, run ning six years, oil for plowing only twice during that time, an I gives three crops of hay, wiii 'h we .liiuk pays bet ter than other crops. Farmers who follow this o! d.-ti .1" w.,y aro not get ting rich, b it t ir.v are pro 'ii'i'y hold ing t'leir own a nn:! a well a i -tiers who follo.v nor and snorter plans. Try ail and ho'. I fat to mat which is egood, i not a bad motto. New Eng land Homestead. imii.i. The col l fa1 1 rain w and v. it a 1 Ii wi w iil c of licit m -st diva lu 1 j ou'.tiy, the iv;;o. t n i.-.ily be Vou gll 1 young fowls villi i.ol pri.'c -ted w th f.-a Ic extra C.re be II--. W '.liell i lis lil'Sl M-i o.' t'lau a cold, will r.i. 1 t.i" en'.i. o flock v. ill so. ..'; 'up, v .'on f t' y i. near y i i" r, a i'e t'-i r, :i soon s-et tuo dang rs ii iion ; Is wiil I: and ieietit y .!'', 1,11-ll-l IIS", I f I, 111 ., ':n inol i) i-l-ii'ii.l and e a .Vcted. in .1, is so . iy lias as - .',1 'HsU, v . ' I iu try teal under live iu tho , an 1 when , cui ck tJe i lee'.-d if a in u ,. when v.-i I. cea ol .t . i no expense an t ' i i:ig to e.V. ot a c i J t can i-i a ii y SU"ll con li! ion -, n pi pr.ip. r lvme.iy to a;e t 'a cl'iiliy tt'.i'eii m the tird i-y.upt.iui i e ii at o.ice. ca u l! trio i ma le to t he i .eu : : ' the fow I- have :,!l col." t" Tilt.e tmit n.'o i. i'e .".'.! Will lilid trou'ile i-i in-ea'. io.i-', a-: I will i.-elu- a la' t ling loiiud. If such arc cxa'iiin "d. t:;e tycs will havo u fevi isii a'eoca1 .. e-e a id bo sligiitly .swollen an , wa 'vy. 'lake them eco'ly from too roost, bathe the head and ty..si;li warm wa'er and ca ii'" soap, and n-ioiut with vaseline; t icn with a snia 1 niii'hiiio oil can, inject a few drops of keroseio into their nostrils and mouth, and place them iu a warm, dry plaeo, freo from draughts and da npii". Insida of thirtv-six hours all sign of col 1 will have disappeared and freedom can ! again be allowed. ' A fsw drops of kerosene n Idod to the drinking water will a t a pre ventive. Should tho ili-ioso be so far ad vanced thai the eye and mouth be come cankered, kid the bird at once and bury the carcass, n such fowls, if eventually cured, will bo absolutely worthless. l-.ilcU lloiisi-ii Mo.t U.iniM.'. Itis a mistake to siipposn t'uatstono llmiuiw nr. tb.4 mo-sf ilni-ililii A Tt-elT. construetel brick house will outlast OUe built of granite.