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(Eh c c o a cn cx MESSENCEU l'UULISlIINi; CO.. lTBMSIIEUS. J. V. COI'NT, W.M. II. WIIITK, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, . Sl.00 Entered at the Post Otlice at Ma rion, N. C, tor transmission through the 'nails, as second class matter. IKIDAY, Al'GL'bT 26, 1898. dk.muckatk; nominees. you JUIxiHS OF SL'I'EKIOK COURT. Fust District- George 11. Crown, Jr., of lieanfort. Second Distrkt--Henry R. I'ryan, of Craven. Fifth I )ist i'.t 'I'!, jsua:, J. b:d'.v, of (jmlfor'l. .Sixth District cr H. Allen, of Lenoir. Seventh Distiict Thomas A, McNeill, of Robeson. Eleventh District V. A. Hoke, uf Lincoln. I ok con;ri;ss. Ninth Congressional District W. T. Crawford. Onk of the difficult questions which the Republican campaigners will have to deal with this fall is the deficit of upwards of $42,000, 000 that the Treasury statement shows to have existed at the close of the fiscal year on the 30th of June. The cleverest manipulation of figures cannot make it plain why, even with an expenditure of $56,000,000 for war purposes, the Treasury.which had received $64, 000, oco from the sale of the Pacific railroad, should still show a short age of $42,000,000. Thk buttons of the "White Gov ernment Union," the new Demo cratic order in North Carolina, have made their appeunce, and more attention is being paid to politics now the war has ended. It is said that some 23,00" Dem ocrats in North Carolina failed to vote in the last election. It is to he hoped that in the coming cam paign every man advocating good government in the State will feel it his duty to east his vote for the light men to give it to us. It is far too important for any man to hold back and let his neighbor do his work tor him. And it is not only the duty of each citizen to cast his own vote for tho right men, but to use his voice and time mi seeing that his neighbor does likewise. Wilson Xeirs. It X. Ilackett, while here yes- tciday, told a Sentinel manastory which sounds rather "fishy," but he sas he can furnish prool to any doubting Thomases. He has a faun in Wilkes which is strictly Democrat ie. The tenant is white and only white oak white pine and w hite hickory grow on it. Even the black be r 1 ies aie white. The tenant recently caught two whit squirrels 011 the farm and Mr. Ilackett has been advised that white ghosts have been seen in and aiound it. Winston Sntinl. The county jail is very nealy full. There will be two' capital cases one lor burglary, the other for murder at the September term of court. There is no doubt less burghuly in Xorth Carolina than any other state in t he Tnion. The reason 110 doubt is that North Car olina istheon'y State t hat enforces the death penalty for this offense. Some time ago the New York Her ald mentioned this fact and said that it might be well for other states to follow the example of Noith Carolina (hddsboro Aryus. It is always gratifying to receive testimonials tor Chamberlain's Colic, Choleia and Diarrhoea Rem edy, and w hen the endorsement is from a physician it is especially so. "There is no more satisfactory or etl'ective remedy than Chamber lain's Colic Cholera nml Diarrhoea Remedy," writes Dr. R E. Robey, of Olney, Mo.: and as he has used the Remedy in his own family and sold it mi his drug stoie for six. he should certainly know. For sale by M. F. Morphew. Russia is said to have ordered two battleships ami three protected cruisers from the Cramps of Phila delpliia. Biicklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required It is guaranteed to givu pel feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by White K: Yancey, Mai ion: V. II. Dissoway, Old Fort. Cainille Flatnmarion, the French astronomer, in discussing Europe's hot wave, reiterates his theory about the connection of sun spots and weather changes. Two MilltmiM m Yettr. 'A lien ici'iik- buy. try. and Imv .i;:ini. it means tlu-v'ri satisfied. The icmlc ot tjic I'mUd States a.e now liuvin)! Cascarct candy Cathartic at the rate it two million boxes a year and it will tie three million be fore New Year's, it means merit pro veil, that C a sea rets are the most ileliv'h tt'ul bowei regulator lor everylmd v the year round. All Unionists, lOe. i.'fc, ."Ot a box, eure Kuaran tcd. OUR KLONDIKE, LETTER. A Perilous Voyage Into the Golden ' Vallev of the Yukon. INCIDENTS OF THK TRIP. IttiiMllig H iioat tinlr Difficult!- Kx citiiiic I'lunRf Through Yaw nine tan. yoiis J'ro- tn by N Mhii Kmour Hiiintf -Iluut l With tin- Whole xTi-iii;. 1'rom Our Stti;i! Correspondent. When 1 last wrote to The Mes s en (Eli it was to tell of our tedious journey across the mountains from Skaguay to Lake Iiennett. It cov ered a distance of oO miles and was filled with extreme hardships, tak ing us weeks of labor and great suffering from cold to liuish it. Hut the end of May found us, camp and outfit, at the head of Lake Bennett, eager to make prepara tion for our long voyage down into the golden valley of the Yukon. The first thing to be considered was the boat. To buy one, meant to pay ?vif0 cash for it : to build one, two weeks of hard work. So my partner and myself took up our tools. My boat building ex perience in Uncle Sam's shipjard proved very valuable here. We whipsawed lumber for our frame and jointed her up smoothly aud rapidly. The next thing was plank. I left my partner working on the frame, and I worked for the boat company, cementing bottoms. I got a day for a few days, and took my pay in lumber. By Sat urday, the Iiitb of June, we had as " smart a little schooner as ever sailed the seas." When we launched her on the lake I chris tened her " oodlawn, " and she glided out like the moonbeams through the old oaks at home. She dipped as dry a bottom as the sen, gull's breast. In rhythmic words, "she sailed like a top, and didn't leak a drop." Her tonnage was 2,000 pounds, but we had only about 1,800 pounds ol freight to put on, so we were sure of safe balance. We took her out on a trial trip and she sailed nicely, but the wind went down and we had to row back to camp. Not a heavv row, altuough our boat drew 14 inches of water. Sunday was a rest day. We straightened up camp, sunned our clothes, cleaned up cooking uten sils and ourselves, and put on sum mer clothes, for it is getting hot here now. The mosquitos have arrived, and truly they are the terror of men's lives in this coun try. Have to wear masks nearly all the time, especially in the evenings when it is calm. They don't bother much when the wind blows. This is a funny country ; no spring; no fall; changes from winter to summer in less than a week. We have no darkness at all now. Cau read a paper L'l hours right along. Monday, June L'Hh, we broke camp at 0 o'clock, embarked on our gumtree canoe and started for Y'ukou, whistling. Wo had to row about 7 miles no wind. Pulled ashore at 12:30, built a fire, made a cup of coffee and ate a good lunch. Shortly a favorable wind blew up, and you ought to have seen us hustle into the boat and hoist sail. We don't pull oars if the wind will push us along, you may be sure. Wo sailed down Lake Bennett in the best shape possible. My partner and I take it time about steeriug when the wind is good. When he steers I can sit by the mast aud write in my diary. There were about fifty boats in sight all day. We could see their white wings all around us. l lie formation of the country changes as you go down. The high mountain sides came right to the water's edge above, but now along a sandy beach aud rolling land back. Lots of campers along the shore. Wednesday morning we reached Tagish House and drew up in line to have our boat numbered and registered. This is the govern ment headquarters for the north west mounted police. They have quite a camp here in a pretty pine groe near the beach. All the boats are registered and inspected and the customs papeis gone over igain. Our boat number is l.',olS. Our sail down the lakes so lar was very pleasant. W e were hardly ever out of speaking dis tance of some patty in front, be- ' hind or on the side. An endless I licet of boats coming down all the ! time. Several scows along loaded ! with horses and donkeys (pack an- imals going down to Dawson) IS j donkeys on one scow. The woihl i never knew such a st impede as : this. Not one in a hundred has j any idea wheie he is going. When j we pass Mile's Cat. mi and While Horse Rapids all will begin to scatter. I have no intention of I going to Dawson myself; will pros pect between here and there some where aed go home in the fall. We now entered Lake Marsh. A strait, 4 miles long, connects Tagish Lake with Lake Marsh. These lakes are fiom 2 to t miles wide, narrow in some places and wide at others, of course. The mountains now are 8 or 10 miles back fiom the lakes. We are down In the fiat or rolling lands. Much more timber and underbrush here than above, and all along here it reminds one so much of the Poto mac, near its mcnth on the Chesa peake just such a country ex actly. Sitting on a stump m camp that morning, I could see the fol lowing names on boats near me: First, "Nadine," then "The Nug get." "Sadie." "Joe Miller," "Dot,"' "Fortune," and so on down the line. It was a still day, Wednes day, when we left Tagih House, so after drifting down the current ii or 0 miles, through the strait and into Marsh Lake, we rowed over to a point and tried to land and camp for the night. But we found the water too shallow to get within ."i0 feet of the shore. We put on our rubber boots and waded ashore to get a stake, to which when firmly driven down we tied our boat. We ot some stove wood, set the stove up in the boat, had supper, made the bed down on top of the goods in the boat, and pre pared to turn in for the night. Just at this time a breeze sprung up from the south and we set sail on our course. I sailed her all night in a lovely breeze aud got nearly across Marsh Lake, 25 miles, by next morning. The wind went down and we pulled ashore. I took an hour's nap and had a good breakfast. We had fiesh onions for breakfast. Wild onious are very plentiful all along the beach there; young and tender, too. About 10 o'clock a favorable breeze sprung up again aud it was Hop- ley's turn to sail, so he steered out of Marsh Lake into Forty-mile River, leading down to White Horse Rapids. The current car lies the boat along nicely from 2 to .1 miles an hour. Smooth, clear water; no rocks auywhere. The river is about 200 yards wide all the way down, with grassy banks Really a pretty section of conntiy. The river though is as crooked as a ram's horn. Several Indian vil lages along the banks. The In- diaus want to sell fish to the pil grims as they pass, but want 61, a price for the fish which is quite out of reach of these "busted" Klondikers. About 0 o'clock Thursday even ing, June 10th, we reached the famous Mile's Canyon, 2 miles above White Horse llapids, aud there tied up to the bank for the night. Alter supper we walked down to inspect the canyon. At first glance it did look a little "squeamish," does to anyone, and my partner remarked: "Well, we have at last come to the jumping off place. I wouldn't go through there for a thousaud dollars." 1 had some confidence in my ability to handle a boat, and since thou sands of others went through safely, I made up my mind at once to shoot our boat through first thing next morning, il I could find any one to pull the oars. The canyon is in two p irts; first a whirlpool, the outlet of which is the first part of the canyon; theu a second whirlpool and an outlet through a gorge, as in the first case. These gorges are about 12 and 14 yards wide and 400 yards long each, with perpendicular rock sides of 75 and 100 feet. Through these narrow channels the water from that big river above rushes down an incline at the rate of 18 miles an hour. You can imagiue how the water rolls and boils and foams through there. Fortunately, however, these canyons are almost entirely straight, so a boat can keep a straight course. If they were crooked it would be almost impossible to get a boat through in safety. The main desideratum, getting a boat through safely as it is, is to get a straight start from the whirlpool at the upper end of the canyons and keep the boat straight all the way through the boat shoots through in just a few minutes. Alter these two canyons conies White Horse Rapids proper, just below. The banks are not so high: in fact, fiat on one side, with per pendicular wall on opposite .side. But the water is even swifter than in the eanou$, being 22 miles an hour. Right in the tap.ds is a tend, and worse still, when the ICfttOty I Itlootl Ilrrp. Clean blood means a clean skin. ..bt .i- v without it. Casearets candy cathar.ie eUan ! your blood and keep it clean by slirrini; i: p ! the lazy l:.tr and driving all ini purities from me oo;y Kevin, to-uay to banish pur.ples. boils, blotches, bluckhci.il. and that sickly bilious complexion by taking cascarcts bentity tor H cents. All dniK'vrists. satisfac tion guaranteed, lOc. 1'oc, Got. river narrows down to about 15 ards wide at extreme lower end of rapids there is a "jump oil " or fall of 5 feet. A young Niagara, sure enough. My goodness ! how the water does boil in there and in the last whirlpool below. It got its name, I nm told, from the fact that the rolling and breaking of the wateicaps look like a series of white horses trving to jump over one auother. The water piles up and bursts in tie middle several feet higher than on the sides. The point of getting the boat through the rapids is the same as the can yonget the boat near the center aud keep it there in a straight line: steady it well and "turn it loose." In the whiilpool below the rapids, our boat was caught iu the whirl and turned around three times before we could get her out, and the water dashed over her right sharply. Nine of every ten get caught the same way. In fact, it is almost impossible to avoid it. Well, my partner would not go through, or as they say there, "shoot the rapids," so I exchanged work with another party. Friday morning, the boat being packed, with canvas tacked all over her to keep out the spray, I got an oars man from the other party and started. I knew 1 could steer a boat about as well as many that went through that place, so was perfectly cool and laughing at the fellow pulling the oars to keep his courage up, for he seemed to be somewhat "on the tremble." But when we landed below the rapids he said: "No, sir; I wasn't scared a bit." I got a bee-line start and away I went rejoicing through the canyon and ou through the rapids like a cork out of a beer bottle. Tied my boat up below and went back and steered the other party's boat through, a party of four, one of whose men helped me through. It was all over in a little while, and we shook hands in our delight of getting through safely. Thus we "rode the white horse" and went on ur way with something to talk about. There are pilots there to steer boats through, but they charge !25 a trip, which every one can not pav. There are also two tramways aiound the canyo:; and rapids fiat cars running on piue poles lor tracks and drawn by hofses, but their charges are one cent a pound. Friday, the day we went through, three boats and outfits were wrecked and one man, a negro, drowned in the rapids. I saw one of the boats wrecked in the canyon. The helmsman didn't know his business and let her dash herself to pieces against a rock. Two negro men and a white man were taking their boat down and somehow let it get sideways iu the rapids. The water broke over her and filled her, and then as the men were about to jump, in an in stant a wave caught her and bot tom side up she turned before you could wink an eye. One negro swam until a line could be thrown to him; the white man clung to the boat aud was rescued below, but the other negro was drawn under by the boiling water aud never seen again. The third boat tore herself to pieces in the canyon, bat the men were all saved. We left White Horse Rapids and drifteldown the river six miles and made a camp for the night most willingly. The morning's ex perience had tired us, nerve and body. Saturday, June 18th, we floated down stream to the mouth of the river, which is the head of Lake La Barge. We were there be calmed for three hours, so pulled ashore and had lunch. At 5 o'clock the wind sprang up and we sailed to an island by 10 o'clock, where we tied up for Sunday. The island is three miles long by one wide, and almost tropical in its vegeta tion. Abundant beds of roses and a great variety of other flowers. The o is very rich, and the days long and hot, so flowers and other short-lived vegetation can flourish luxuriant I v. The germs are wafted here by the trade winds from southern countries, so it is sup posed. Monday morning, June 20th, fair wind came up aud we started early across La Barge. Had good wind all day and reached end of lake about 4 p. m. Here we en tered Thirty-mile River, one of the most dangerous waters on the en tire route, on account of so many hidden rocks in itscha.niel rocks that are just under the water and on which deep draft boats get wrecked. Thirtv mile is the name A Sure Thing for You. A transaction in which voti cannot losei-a sure thing. I'.:li..ur.css. sick headache. !ur- j red tongue, icier, piles and u thousand other ills are caused by constipation and s'.uggish licr. Cascurcts candy Cathartic, the won- j dcr-u! t.ew liver stimulant and intestinal j tonic arc by nil druggists iruarantred to cure j or money refunded. C. c.C. are a sure thing, j Try a box to-day; 1C. I'.'c, ",oc. Sample and booklet tree at all druggists. 1 of the river from La Barge to the mouth ot the llootalinqna. We passed 16 or 20 wrecks and crip pled boats on Thirty-mile. More Indian villages and more tisli lor sal". We reached the Hootaliuqna and camped. Here we found an other police post and had to report our number. Tuesday morning we passed the mouth of the Hootaliuqna and en tered what is called the Lewis River, but i really the Yukon. Now we begin in earnest to study the gold diggings in that neigh borhood and to pick up all the in formation we could get, for it was and had been our intention all along to stop in the Felly River ditr:ct, and we were Hearing that river's mouth. It was reported in Seattle that rich strikes had been made near the mouth of the Hoofalinqua. We met several parties there who had been digging all spring and were planning aud waiting for some way to get out. They had come in on the ice and had no boats. They said the whole thing was a humbug, and not 950 worth of gold had ever been taken out of the Hootalinqua valley. We weut ou down a lew miles and camped early in the afternoon in order to prospect in a gulch there. We found "colors," but no indication to induce us to tarry. Wednesday we reached the mouth of the Big Salmon. A good many boats there and some pros pecting going on in the vicinity, but nothing so far has been found. The people we meet, like ourselves, are beginning to feel and look dis appointed. We passed Cassiar Bar: not a boat there nor a living soul at work. It was positively stated that anybody with a "rocker" could pan out 10 to $15 a day on Cassiar Bar all summer, and we intended stopping to seo. It is a thorough boom, like all the rest of this Klondike business. The Lewis JJiver is high and smooth, and considered one quar ter of a mile wide, but more in places. We all began to feel dis gusted with the layout, and felt as if we w ere drifting we knew not where. This stampede is the big gest "white elephant" the world ever saw. I have known it for a good while, but I am going to see it through. I dare say when I get back I will be mad at everybody who says "Klondike" to me. I will be ashamed of having been gulled into such a scheme. Our camping experience is somewhat pleasant, but our prospects are by no means encouraging. I killed a squirrel in camp this morning, so will have fresh meat for supper. Two were running around and I got one with my pistol, but the other ran off, I fear I left a widow in that family of squirrels. The squir rels here are brown. A bald eagle fiew into camp the other day, but soon Hew out again. ClIAS. M. Cokpening. (Concluded nc.it iced:) C a sea rets candy cathartic, the most won ilcriul medical discovery ot the age. pleasant and rclresliing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidnevs. liver anil cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, curt- niau.inir, ievei, nauitual constipation and biliousness. I'lcase buy and try a box ot c. C. c. to-day; ID. i.-, no cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ami Diarrhoea Remedy always af fords prompt relief. For sale by M. F. Morphew. Steps have been taken by Gon. .Miles to suppress the riots in Porto RicD, caused by the enmity of the Spaniards and natives. Priceless Pain " tf a yrice csn h placed on p.-.in. 'Mother's Prif nd ' is wr.rth -t weight in Kold as an allevi ator. My wife suflerrd mure in ten minutes with either of her other two children than she did al-tK'-ther with her last, havir.z previously u four !Arsff 'Mother's Friend.' It is a blesir.if to any one epectmg to become a mother," sayf cu-tomer. Thus writes Hernle-rson Dale, Druggist, cf Carmi, 111., to the BratiStkl Regulator Company, of Atlanta, Ga., the proprie tors anl manufacturers of " Motbtr'a Friend." This successful remedy is not one of the many internal medicines ad vertised to do unreasonable things, hut a scientifically prepared liniment especially effective in adding strength and elasticity to those parts of woman's organism which bear the severest strains of childbirth. The liniment may le used at any and all times during pregnancy up to the very hour of confinement. The earlier it is begun, and the longer used, the more perfect will be the result, but it has been used during the lt month only with great benefit and success. It not only shortens labor and lessens the pain attending it. but greatly dimin ishes the danger to life of both mother and child, and leaves the mother in a con dition more favorable to speedy recovery. " Mother's Friend " is sold by druggists at f i.ou, or sent by express on receipt cf prite. Valuable book for women, " Before Baby is Hum," sent free on application. TiiE BRA0FIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. 6a. ; MASON'S FRUIT JARS, T Quarts and half-gallons. JELLY GLASSES, Half.pints and third, j Apple Paring, Goring and Slicing ! MACHINES Found with other goods you may call for ar a h Well-Stocked Hardware Store. ! e o e o o o e o o o o Marion YOU DON'T WASTE Money when you buy gootl lU(J You don't waste time when you read them, jp fact you could not invest time and money to , better advantage than buying and reading jt,k,4 books, and it does not take a big investment tn pay handsomely. A little can add much to you pleasure and profit if you purchase a few volume of the new books next week A T S W If cpapt GJou and 1)0 YOU WAST TO DRESS WELL?" Then see our new lines, Spring and Summer, percales, dim ities, organdies, for evening plaids, silks for any purpose, mings; general line of Gentlemen s Negligee Shirts. Also, Shoes (the Douglass Shoes), Hardware, Farming Implements, Harness Goods and Saddles, Lime and Cement. and Groceries. J, S. DYSART. Marion, N. C. May 6, iSoS.-t f. BE SAMPSON AND SCHLEY WILL DON'T Come right along and 15uy your Supplies of us Cheaper than ever. We are determined by the aid of our friends to make iSS OUR BANNER YEAR in the Mercantile business. All Liglit Dress Goods, Laces, Straw Hats, LovCut Shoes, etc., Lit GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, A Full Stock Shoes, Extra Pants, Fur Hats, etc. Our Stock of Dry Goods is Hnmfull of Bargain . Nisscn Wagons, Syracuse Plows, always on hand. McCALL & CONLKV. MARION INSTITUTE. Marion, Nortli Carolina. A School of high graUe, non-sectarian, but under l-cileI m-Iik" influence. The fourth session will begin on Monday, September ar l close June 8, 1809. Holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas (tk. New Year's day and Easter. Teems -From 10 to $30 per session, payable monthly. " ,!; duction lor holidays or for absence, except in cases ol protract 1 -: uess. Fuel Fee, L'O cents for each pupil each half term. Pupils are regarded as being entered lor the lull term i ,;r mouths, except under special agreement with the principal. J. K. (iCV, riil.v ii-a!. THE STATE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE Offers the young women of the State thorough professional. litarv, classical, scientific, and industrial education. Annual cx(u !' $130. Faculty of 30 members. More than 400 regular students. matriculated about 1,500 students, state except two. Practice and Observation School of about 2 To secure board in dormitories, all Jree tuition applications must It' August . Correspondence invited from those desiring competent teachers. For catatogue and other informrtion, address PRESIDENT McIVER, Grkkn.i: ,y 18QS. RUTHERFORD COLLEGE, Burke County, North Carolina. Examinations lor entrance will begin Sept. ."5, InfH For healthful climate, thorough instruction by practical teachers, courteous treat ment, and low rates for board aud tuition the College is without a rival in North Carolina. Hoard to ?7 per month. Tuition $2 to i'-i. Address, Pi:ks akkhsethy, liutherford College, N. C. ;OR CLERK OF COURT. I herewith announce mvtw-lf a ran1i- date for the othce of Clerk of the Supe rior iourt or McDowell county, subject to the action ef the Democratic party. THOMAS MORRIS. PARKER'S MAID RAI SAM er Wmtla to Beator Qmj Can rft.p d.MM ft . r. Hardware Company. I N DELL'S. ell, it 5I?ag rnow It h Good Iot Soo Bi dresses, Irish dress linen, lawns calicoes, dotted swiss and trim- ALARMED! TAKE CARE OF THE SPANIARDS. representing every county in tr.f D1SDSWAY, THE DRUGGIST, OLD FORT, N. C, Otfeis to his cu-ton.cra r absolutely correct -M Drugs and Patent M' ,! ' cines TURNIP SEEDS, All Good and Dependable Variety j;OIt TREASURER. I hereby announce m' '' didate for the otlice of Couuty urer for McDowell caunty. the action;of the D?nio rati' 1 r and Countv Convention. r V. M. Cionl 1 OTIt K. I hereby announce myse.t a didate for; Treasurer of "ci county, subject to the action Democratic primary elect" -n i Ji.hn I- u ' July 1 1, ' 1X9S. of
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