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Tfic Chatham 'Record. iT. A. LOB DO, EDITOR AND PROPB TKTOR. BATES a' ADVERTISING Ouo square, one insci tiou SI. 00 TERUS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance. One HiiuHe, two insertion. ... J.60 Ouo square, oue mouth - 2.68 For larger advertisements liberal ...... 1 ii i . . i . VOL. XX. ITITSIiOKO, CHATHAM COI'NTY. N. (VFIll KSDAV, SEPTEMBER 2, Is.lT NO, 1. I nuuiiauin win itn iim.ie. THE KLONDIKE GOLD Tlio rinli'il States Govci nnient in lHii7 iniil UiiHsia S7.2itiW.O0 for the Territory of Alaska. Alaska has paid buck her purchase money in gold four times, having pro duced during t Ii t tinit it luis been it ;rt r.f th' Cnited Slates about $10,000, ttOO of tin; precious yellow metal, t To-day toe eyes .f the world nre tpiiued lowai I "iir frozen acquisition in (hi! north, for within its borders lirts been ili covered an Kldorado, seem ingly "richer t'nui Pluto's mine." A few weeks n go tin' wold Klondike, literally t. i'lshtte 1 meaning Deer Stiver, was known t.i geographer ntl'l Vk few iniicrs mi tin Yukon; to-day it ii on every t'Oi i'1 a i l is known hm the desigiu.t inn. if I lie reports bo but Ii :il T t r i for n g,.! 1 hearing district, f're.iti'r in menu i l rich"! in character Hum a:'..v the world! t:- known, with thi .i.isiljh) ',-i'iio:i nf California. The r'-jiie tod gold discoveries "f the present day in Alaska and the report v I .11 discoveries of '10 in California nlloid many parallels. To the average man the t' I'minvs of thy coast State Merc seemingly as inaccessible ns are the l iohes the Yukon ainl its tribu taries, l :ic wa-more than 'J0O0 miles il Toss a tracMe-s desert, mil over stiovv-houu I mount ain pusses, beset by savages, whose deadly attacks iinokod the trail with blenching bones across ihe Wr -li'i n States; the other is noa'ly 7000 miles by water, through a i iv.ormis climate, or almost Jooo liiil -s by laud ami ".iiler, with iiioiiu t.iin passe; to seale as ilaiii-roils as thus,- i,f the Sw Us Alp-i. The i'aliiiloiis talesof wealth sent out I iy the California pioneers were no loss wonderful than those Inoiieht baek hy the men who lnave.t the last cold fr-oa -oii in t!ie K!on like mineral belt. f7TTfT U1: MlMil;s JiifliNKY DOWN LAKE I.AP.AU'ir. I'fl.lNi: Till'. U!M'i:i;. and ill both eases '.huso who returned brought ha ! with them great nuggets of the pi.-.-ioiis .-,ti!lf th it left little or Hi doubt ii ti. mill lot' the hei'.e,'. Th:! California i.ii'ier in the .s nr.'; w ho had so mauy mi g s that he wm n." custome I to "go a h.i'fu! blind'" liuds liis parallel in the Yukon miner who claims to hive "washed out":-.: I 2 in one paiii'ul ol dn i a pro 'i ss tin, re quires tea or tvi.dve minutes. Pe. o- M.in'i. Mini-. The Alaska a i l C.ilifoi uia gold tields nro alike aUo in b lug pla-'er iniiii- J'lacer iniiiiii i-; e hiuh-hiIv ailed "poor m iii's mi ling, " ter t lie re.i ion that it is do:r: without ma hinery, while the imji'e n ii' s re piiied in the work are few an I of small cost. A placer mil can get along very well with a pick, shovel and gold pan. If the dirt is n -i rich heei i a vomplish better results bv runniu't il through a Sluice b.i, bu! wbei e I lie viebt i-. ill Iltlggcts instead of line gold lie prelers to "pan" it. The great Klondike strike was made nine months ago, but nothing was known of it in the I'liited St ites until June 1.1, when a vessel called the I'.X celsior arrived in San J'i aneisen laden witli miners from the Klondike, who ill turn w ere laden w ith gold. They fold almost incredible tales of the richness of tho newly discovered district, where fortunes had been ac cumulated in a few mouths. Kxperi enced miners and "temlerfeet" seemed to have shared good fortune alike, and with some justice, too. for the credit of the discovery of the new gold fields is due to the ine pel ienci'd men. Another vessel brought to Seattle a second party of successful prospectors and a ton and a half of gold. These men had endured peril and undergone MINERS: CHOSslMt TIIK CIIII.K.HIT PASS. great hardships in accumulating the fortunes they brought, and they told a story that had a dark as well as a bright side. To follow their example means a risk of wealth, health and even life, but for those who are w illing to take the chalices the prospect they hold out is alluring. I.u. nlli'i. or the KM.ii.111,1' KUli l.t. The richest of the limn s in tie Als.sk region seem to be in tho Kl 'ii dike, s few miles uvi the JUi itiali AA FIELDS IN ALASKA. border. They were discovered, ns has been Hiu'd, by a parly of "teudei feet," who, HLjainst the udvieo of the old timers in tin) district, wandered "over yonder in the Klondike" and struck it rich. From Klondike onmes much of the gold and from Klondike seems to come all tho excitement. A few "teiidcrfoet," poiu; it blind, have stirred up the Nation. Out of tho regions of their discovery has come, it is estimated, 2.000,1)00 worth of i;obl during tho present Rummer. Nearly nil of that jroM Inn found its way into tho I'nited Stuten. It is liard to iell whoro tho Alaska ffoH tii'lds are loeatcd except that in a geiieriil way the lu st of tlevu ale ulnm; the Yukon. There urn i; tew "iodu" miners near .Juneau mi l nlon t!ie siiutheast coa-tof the Territoiv (the most accessible part of il). but the ore is of low e;i,tde and mining is made prolitiible only by the most careful UMnnfjemeiit. The placer mines, from which pros pectors are said now to be lining their pockets with noM, are in the region remote from civilization, liitle known, and, on account of its uncertainties, dangerously alluiiii;; lo tho avenue man. This tfoM-prn lueiiiir countiy of tin' interior is in the vicinity of the Yukon near where that .'teat river turns to the west in its course to the Ken. Itefoin the ili-.-overies in tin Klondiko the most productive disl riots had been nloiij Forty rilo Cruel;, partly in Ibitish and partly in Ameri can territory, and the llirch Cix-ck district, all in American territory. Alont all of the river in tiii;'. section, tributaries lo tho Yukon, gold die; KinK4 sx i st , and in many phi.-es pay the prospector well for his trouble. In all tho immense coiintrv over w hich the placer mining i- t-inl it i estimate 1 tiia: up t.i las! year th.'. were Vjilil!) uiiiieis. 'J'lu disiriels in which uio.-t of theui worked w- ie in a a bio.i l belt o ihr iiigli wliid gold occur lr. gold-hearing i Cllt del jl g:,i!l tilell' beds lie I. lined in the goi'l pro oi -log i'i piai'l.'. veins carry iiieii' 1 v. Tliroii ;h i-.'k Hi" si --e lill i II - and c.iii'iii -. and giiM v. 1 1 i i i w as e rock is c.iiie.'ijtr.i! 1'ile milling of thi t heiel'ore m v..i-lni Hlii'.rv .lit t'ie grave! .e these beds. Mo I in' miner - w m i.e I. .ell paid for their labor. I'b-l 'eel" ni l Ie 1 lie K cot y. That w a nil:-- igou! h -I th" news "t i! I : jiii-l not sd" tt ' " e I. I W I heing la until tin dike .Ii-.. re.i'hiiig tl not long in r. ...-'ling the lei.ier-; along ..id r.ireh Cieek-. tlioicji. lonldeied their i.-cl,-. ami Forty Mile and I bev s move. I forward inc. wild - i " at the first word of Ihe new lucky si like. a result gold dust and iniggi t i by tin ton are tut tied into the mints nut on t be co.i it, and men v lei never belore Itise ilium- the level of 111. Ilolioliest of miners have coin,' back to civiliza tion mid eoiiif.i't loaded with gold I" hid them a lifetime. Take a-, an ii luslralioii this li-.t uf returned miners who came on tin; Kxeetsior: brought ' tl l i troni Aia-I..i ll.nl tin. nai.i in Him L'.i .".ilO 17.IHMI l.'i.iliiil 1.1.11110 tr. Hill I.-, in io 1 1 ii j i. in. i 1:1. e -il I I .'"'I II ..en in. nun Jit.enii n lie,) s.J-.o e.ln-i Ti Hi HI ,i nun fi. Ill HI fi.mm ," I 'I HI SMI.tlllll r.li''.s',i) "I .,-,M-5 1 .llllll.lHIII .'illll.lli III fiilil.llll" t. s. i.ippv V. i. II. Ilowk. r Joe I. a Hue .?. It. 1 1 "I I i usee 1 William K ii Ij ii James 1 M .-i ii n . Allii'il ;all.rai!h Neil Macarlhnr Hoiigliis M.'i '.'irilinr It, null" I Aiitler.-oti I! rtKiooli I re.l l.eltili , r Ali'xaii'ler drr John Mark Tin., nas I'o.'k M.S. N.,n-r"- .1 Krimiei ger I 'on Stantal ui Aii-ri l'..v I I ret; Stew.trl .1. i. Ib-lvv.".l I'leiinas I'lacl, bonis It. 1 : 1 1 - ri t . . . .Ti.llil.l -.ii nun L'., ii. ne. i .VI eu-i ;,"i una go l'n-,1 Price Ala-ka t oiimi. i:il Total A I'l'l illlll-l .llll.l'III'V. Kvery oi f these uieu has a ' lory to tell of the vast liehoi of the lo w gold liclils, but they tell another story, too a story of hardship, trial iiiid siillei ing through long w inter days, when the sun was smiling on this em til's nt her pole and leaving them in miserable eld and darkness. They tell a story of prodigious travels, of stagger ing journeys and the dangers that be set the trawl, r. They tell what ii trip it is to leach the gold fields, and when they get through the faint hearted prospector, who isn't thor oughly convinced that he wants to un dergo th" trial, decides to forego the hip).. M.i-ka and dig up his wealth ui 1 ii- go without. Some of the old-mud a i . uturers, tho'ighj ush on nnhfleilinp, crowding into the Alask- liound steamers without anything likn Pawson City, tho centre of the now t'linneh supplies or euongli money to ; inininu; repion, although sixty-five kpo them through ten days of travel I i.iiles ilintnut from tho Klondike, is on Intnl. Miners who have been thertj siod to be u typical mining camp pay that mich as thoso will perish. . minus the gun. The British Govern -llnw o KpfH'h the New fiolil Heiu-i. j un i t epforees its laws ill Dawson, nnd There are two general routes to the ! ti; laws prohibit ihe use of firearms, Klondiko district. From Chicago both lead to Seattle, and there diverge. One goes by ocean steamer west and n h' t! north, and passes through J bitch Harbor, at the extreme end of the southwest Alaskan peninsula. From there the steamer turns north and con tinues on to St. Michael's Island, alittlo above the mouth of the Yukon, in JW iiiir .Sea. At that point passengers are transferred to the river Bteainers to be gin the Jong journey up tho Yukon, which winds northward and eastward, and finally brings the traveler to Daw son City, now the principal town in the mining district, although sixty-five miles from the Klondike fields. The cost of the trip from Chicago thi way, as prospecting miners usn ally travel, is 2")l..ri0. It is divided as follows: From Chicago to Seal tie (si'cond class), S'iI.GOj from Seattle to Dawson City, 200. In tlmo tho trip costs thirty day t four from Chicago to Seattle, sixteen Trn: kivkh rtorrE to paw son. from Seattle to St. Michael's Island, and ten up the Yukon to Dawson City j by tho fast boat. The distance in gen- j era! tigures is 22."0 mites from Chieii'.-o j to Seattle. ''o00 miles to St. Afielni.-I's t.g 1 ..,..1 i oo .,,;!... v., ' ' u" ' "t- "" .o.,,, , to Hawsoti. a total of about 0000 miles. ' The other way to the Klondike, the , i "mountain route." is shorter in miles. 1 ' but equally long in thetime it require- i , and a great deal more ditlieiilt. I'.v i this route the traveler sails more di- ) rei tly north to Juneau, which is so;) : .' miles from Seiittlt, and then goes by : lake and river and over the ini.u it.iiiis s loo.) nr'es to the new miuiii"; terri- , 1 toi v. On arrival at Juneau t he 1 1 if. - . .-lei- changes to a smaller '..mi and I ail DM miles north to I'yea. I'miu the' c he lias a portage of t'.w'nl v .--even mile-; through t!ie Ciiilk"ot l'a-i. 'Hi I. i-l h ill' mile of this pass r;Vvcr a glacier and th" severest of climbing, t'hilki'ot finlians are employed to pee', .-mj. plies to the top of the pa b.l! fr.uii there on the traveler has to pack h.is ow n load. Alter getting through the Chill-cot l'a-s the traveler reaches Luke I, in le al. At thai point is a sawmill, where boats are sold tor .-?7 each. I '.iV. lers who do not care to pay thai i t ice can purchase biiubcr and In.i! I i ii.-n- ' ','. n boats. 'Ihe lumber can '" bought forcdO'la, tiiousaml feet, .vol .ili.etl ."'00 feet are required to build a b..'it that will answer the purpo.-". .till nihei' travelers carry whiiesaus :id ;:ei out their own luinlier, and a '.i in handy wilii a saw an I hammi'i' i an build a I mill ill three or four lay. I'o c oil iiiue the trip, though, a b-.a' i lice iry and by somo means nr nth -i- o'ic must be had. After securing lot bout tin- iravcl or Moats dow ii l.ako 1 ,i ndinieri and Lake li -noett and then has half a 'nib of portng-' wli.'ie his boat has t.i bo moved on r 'llevs. There is any .tiiiouitl of jiillei.s lo be ha-l. though, lor earlier beaters of th pain have li II then,. This half mile o'.. rl-iud bring-, the traveler to Take Ta-i-h. through which he gi.es si miles nnd over a quarter nf a mile of porta.-et" .Mud Lake, and n to the White ib.r-o llapids. Here there is another perl' agc ..f Ihiee-qilartcrs of a mile, and tlie traveler brings his boat to l ake l.abarp.. From there on the journey is thioiigh Thirty Mile Kiver, the la'wis ttivel, 1.10 miles to live I'i ti ger llapids, to the Yukon at I'.u t Sel kirk, and tilell down stream 2.10 miles to I ilWMUI. DAWSON t'lTY, IN Til K The cost of the t rip this way can-i cast it ii-t more than a mile wide and not be definitely stated beyond Ju-1 the volume of its water is so great as neaii, because after that point it do-. to freshen tlie ocean ten miles out from pen. Is somewhat on the bargain made , laud. with the Chilkoot Indians, who pack' Tlie prine'pal cities of Alaska are supplies through tho pass, and tho Juneau and Sitka. They are both length of time the overland part of the ' thriving towns,' nnd probably they w ill journey requires. The cost from Chi- ! thrive from now on, for a time at least, cago to Seattle is the same as by the j as they have never thriven before, other route, of course, $.11. fit) second Alaska is ruled by a Territorial Gov class and i? 10 more for first class. Tho : crnor, who just now is J". (i. J3rady, steamer fare up to Juneau and on to j recently appointed by President JIo I'yca is .sjpi. What it costs on tho i Kinley to succeed James A. Sheakloy. overland trip cu-h traveler determines I The (iovei nor's residence is in Sitka, partially for himself, but the Indians The citizens up in that frozen eoun- ho act as guides and pack supplies tiy do not vote for Tresideut of course, do not work without big Jaf, j b-iug undt 'IWrMnriAl govwUt, The Centra of th Gold Region, ; so f w men cany uns. The law of j the camp are enforced by mounted po- A PL.VCF,rt MIME IN TIT !ic , who.e captain is a civil officer. I Thvii.,1. (hero are said to be HO0O peo- ; i plo in I'aA'si ii, few houses have been ' built, for :he principal reason that , In -uber i i 0per 1000 feet. The j ! eeio i f..ar is, of sourse, that there I will !" !,'i'ei.(' suffering there this win ' ter. (I'l l it ' :li be increased, i is ex 'pi.tel, by tilts rush of unprepared I u i t.-t who sailed for tho new lo-. i in in i .itciy on learning wiiat. l.i-'k ''ad b-'f.dleii those who have but -r-' . ii; iy ri i ii rued. I I'o give vi a.'c'irate Idea of the cost of living in Dawson City, tho price li -t of a general store there is herewith Uivea. j ''l"ur. per in.i i -.uudi ' liain, i r I'liuml. . . , I '.-it ii'"u i;v nt . ! r ioiiU'I. lieailS. I"'l' 1 i Uli'l f 12.0H i J .no I ,; 1 I Ui ". per foini.t y!'-; p ''".'.V.V'l I'l'm,' ', t'i 'II ......... '.V i;-vs. per .1-. "a li' 1 1 -r .'Si;, I" r .l-:-.eu. . . , .in 1 1. .il a.'ia 1..VI sai 1 to I, it , I cr pinilnl i;-. p.rpi.iiii'1..... l"-r i"'imd ' . l.er .1.1111.1 I ii nil-, per pound. c-1 irnii- '! in- it- 'Ie "Mid. l:il:... 2.i0 "i.iic l.e-i 1..-.H 7..M. dlon... r stiVt'. '. 5 to . . . . f en .10 to l.l.iil i' i Aiiflol ami lis ItenoiU'crt. I n i HfftiVch:!."." Alaska, the Frrltcd Sin i s i n i i i-i a Territory more than h i i a in i!i in s.'iiaie miles in extent, a ait of ii within the arctic circle and in iho legion of everlasting ice and :ii..w. w!i"te, during part of the Rum mer, there is continuous day and dur iic; the winter continuous, dreary in in. Tho Alaskan coast line is nr, ,-iier than our Atlantic seaboard, but tin- entire populut ion of whites, Kski ;eos and tierce Indians, who urecalled the A; iein s of the north, is not much mo. i' than that of a ward division in Chi. -a hi acquiring tho Alaskan Territory, thciuii t ic f nited States moved its cei l," , figured in geographical miles, no' in a . a or poiiiilatioii, as far west i. .-.n; ri aiiciM'o. The country now . 'i id-' from about the sity-Jiflh de !.o'. ,, ..ii'..itii.!.t up at the far east ,- i 'ii-i- "I Maine to the 122.1 degree up a', l ie t,(r northwest tip of the Alaskan m.ii'ilatid. This is taking no account ,.i lac 'cltle i-laad of Attn, 1000 miles out in the i'a. ilic. bevoinl the Hawaiian ; i .nip, . Itich, aiiicti the purchase of I !a.k.., 1 real. V liv been our western 1 land limit. I lo- I'nited Stales, therefore, may ah,,.. ' my wnh l-.iiglatnl that the sun ie m i- ' el on its possessions. 1 In- pi'iiiciial. river in AInska, the Yukon, up which prospectors have to u. rk their weary way to reach the old I'l.'i.ls was called l'.y Schwatka, the Ma kaii Nile. It rises a little more than 2oo miles above Sitka, in the southern pint of Alaska, and then si rikcs northward, following a broad circle to the west before it empties into tiering Sea through nn extensive delta. Six hundred miles in from the B.J --frt:,: '""-J KI.OSKIKl'. (lObf) REGION. TTv y .-?. r-U3 but they do sond delegates to the Na tional political conventions. The judi cial rim-lion there is exercised by a district e.iiii-l, eshililishe 1 in lsst. The i-o'u't sits itl'eriinh-ly nt Sitka nnd W'ri t.el' ! II nv o I for a court to pit, at Sil ka and V;'a!iu'Ie. j And spe t!,in' i t W'ra'icle, nmoiip the thin;' Alas j try aside fr ii" doiie for this eoiin lirrie.g up the present Ki.OXDiKK r.oi.D fIKM. old CM'itenntlt one "f the most for ilve it in disputes with boundary ipiesiioii and S 1lUsjle.S. di'-piites threatened wai' l was t i Ui v Fiighiinl o'i tlie the seal lb herit It.ith of tl.e- war, Her brou: bnt wl:;;. -ituat MR I peace settled 1" in 'Il ca-e and hi the siuge ti'iiiof tit.it newly led K:, iiieii niei i tiii in-titutioii il .,.; i. ei. I cm , t he boiiinlary ell i- il-.! ! ' 1 I !, and t he I If it -mi i even How roaring a little anil ii.--. i-h I; ang.rily swi-aing lis tail beciiii-e of a diplomatic (the Frill -h call it undiplo matic! li.'tc from Secretary of Statu Sherman demanding that British ves sels "keep oil' t he gin-s" as it were in the seal fishing grounds. 'lite I'.iilltliltli'.V lvlli'sliMI. II was not unexpected, of course, that the discovery oj' gold ill the Klon dike region would revive in a measure the obi question of a boundary line be tween Alaska and the l!riti-li North west Territory, The Klondike fields are considerably i ilsi nf Fort Cudahy and Dawson City, and both of these are mi liritish soil. Into tlie new regions, though, Ameri ca. i miners tirst ventured and iiindo tho t'f.st discoveries of gold. Since then hundreds of iheiu have trooped iivt'- tin; bonier, slaked out theirclaiius in the rich hills and begun to dig. Should Hie Via iian ( ioverutiiciit pass an c;c!ii-i,,u m-t ad nf these miners, of course, would be di' pos-.essi'd. T'.e .litlieiilty of enforcing Mich an act. especiaOy on miners who have staked out their claims, i ; at once np- MINKIIS l UnsslMi TUF. HoPPl-lt. parent. The result in retaliation by the Ooveineieiit of the Fnited Slates is aNo easily imagined. The Domin ion in eminent ha- ah-'-adv established a custom house mi the border, and is doing a fair bitsiue-s collecting duly oil the goods that ..'o into the new eounliy, and minors think tiny will be s.iti- tied with that. The cvcblsioli of A me; leans would practically close th" e...ii!liy for a tine, for t lie bvist of the means nf t :.n -n at .1 ion to that ,,.,.,. ,.. bv American eoiiipaiile... In tin.-past mitiois nf any national -ity have been fn-e to enter any lleW diggings and slake out their claims without restriction. Canadian miners are now free to work across the border in the Ala kan tields. What the result of an exclusion net Would mean to Canada in a retuliatoi y measure by tho I'nited States, Canadians know better than tin y can be told. It is not believed, however, that Canada will attempt to exclude Amer ican miners. Il is true tuat the Fnited States excludes Chinese, but Canada probably leco.glii.es that keeping out Chinamen mid barring the way for Americans are two dili'ereiit things. OiU'fr riuce nf ltfu;'. The passengers on a Tenth street trolley cur Were treated to an unusual iglit, early yesterday morning. As the car was bowling along in the vicinity of I'atish street a collide of sparrows, one in chase of the other, swooped down in front of the ear. The pursue.!, by a quick think move ment, .-bided it- tormentor by dulling under the roof .f t he front pl.it bum, and beloie the motor-man knew what was up tho bird had perched on his hand which gripptd tlie lever. There it sal eonienledly, w lule Ihe passengers craned their necl.s to g. t a vi"W of tlie odd rpectiielc. The sparrow didn't seem to min i the fact that the niolor man's hand was constantly turning uroiind as lie manipulated his lever, and. after lidiug on its queer perch tor lully a block, chirped its thanks anil llew aw ay. I'hiladelphia Keeord. "Itr'l.f.tt ri.llle." People get up early in the morning out in Nebraska, and from this habit Foine I'titerprising social leader lias i volved hii idea which has become a fad in the m ighboihood of Grand Island, where "Lieakfast picnics" at' in vogue. The guests stmt out at 4 o'clock, breakfast in the woods, inn! come home before the sun make thing too hot for comfort.- New York S'i'i. AT3 FIELDS OF ADVENTURE. THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA. I.nil, -.1 I li, :, li.nk U nr. lien..' With li Sai.me Hi at I txty I in i.ioiii-l Will, il Will It. .It in -in f.vilisi liasi-il lit il II. . I ui ( iitlli .' , I liv Mis lK. I t. . Seldom does one tind a tiioic tbrill ing scene than that in Oilin i t i'arker s "i'-'iup of the Lav il' ltes," in w hich Tom I'errol is locked up in a dark w aiehoiise. with a inunh roils bear: "lie ran suddenly to the renter of the room, the caudle siill in his hand, and turned to meet his fne. It came savagely nt him. lie dmbged it, ran past it. turned, dmibled nn it and dodge.' again. A half doell times this was repeated, the candle still (hir ing. It could not las) Imig T'liO liear wns enraged. Its movements be came swifter. Its vicious teeth and lips wi re covered villi froth which dripped to the t!o,.r and sometimes paitired t'Vriofs clothis . ho lull pad. "I'errol Pliddetllv lelnelnbered the broken bayonet upon in. ledge against the wall. If he could leneh .t there Inm'nl 1 1" a chance lo s-t . i k one blow tor life. As his eve glanced toward the wall ho saw lb. -t,-. I th; h in the light of Ihe candle. "The bear was bitweeu him .vol t lie made a l nil to,'. ,n, tin- left. th"ti ttsqiii"k!y to th, i .1,1 Ibit in doing so he 'In p, I and b 11 'fin i and!" ilr.ipp.- I lo th. 11 "". and well! out With a Ie bin'!,. b..: M. ti,,,-1 f self lil'i'Sel'V ...I i.Ci he - v ll n '. . . , I II J i ill hi -f'ace just a tin I..;,, ,, iidru.-h passed over hi- I.- il II- , . in. n, heed after ward t! 1 " -a th.- h,,i, rank body and t li" spi ;, li m . h:ie" let iinil cla'AS. S, i a 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1' I" t i - te.-t stt iftly, he ran to the wall. I'oitnne was witi. liiuj. Ill- land nl'no.i instantly clutched tl.e In. ''., n bayonet. He whipped out hi- hand! ,-i"hief, tore the scurf from bis neck wound them around hi- hand that the broken bayonet should not tear the Ilesh as he fought for his lil,-. 'I hen. seizing it. lie waited for the bear to come oil. his body beti! torward. h is , v . s st rai ui ug , into Ihe dark, hi- face dripping- drip-j ping- sweat. In- Lit-an . on. ing hard: and labored .'r hi - t in-, ail. j "For a minute l't"ie wa- absolute I silence save for the breathing of the j limn ami th" -ie..te punting nf the beast. i'resi tttly In lei i i v.t"! Iy w here the bear wit- and listened intently, lie knew that it :i - now but aqiteslioii of minutes, perheps m cm. Is. "Two thin-.". Lapp, p.-.! at that nm Jill ' II t - t lie Sill 111 .-! I ,..' I. i lie nil a I In, II ; solitew h and I in- i i' i u .b nl the bear upon liini. I i.- -.p' .in- t,i ,,n, ; side, sinking al the !," i-t as h" ,li, s,,. j 'I he b.i v .no i nn,, ii a i,l nut a rain. J TlleU can:.- -,c ! I en t '.c nlli pie. 1 Kvideniiv s, ,.,,,.) , :. v, 1 1 i nig io ",-t i in. 'flic bear i oi-ed again and came ; on. 1 1 wa- all a blind mail's game, j Suddenly every j .s -1 1 . I nf ;-t renj. i h hill goie I ,.t I, i. n. lie .-liivercl 1 and swn.v.-l. C i 11 Would they never gel tbat v.nii.iw open; lli- heart sullied to give a leap, thelli slowly to loll over v, il ii a iinid, ami he I fell t'o the iloor as the bear plunged j forward upon him. ' j Valine. Castiiie and Nic I ,a vilet i e I break III jus! in lime ,, .li ive the sav j age bea -I from the lalleit vi.-lini, and I'errol is iiuisid bie'k to life bv Chris- ' tine. ' j In.'h Hit. in mi. a- u nn a vt il l i-.ittt. ! ,.!i niun s ,. a!' m-.'I- enliven tin- ' pages ol'S. .1 Si ue "In .ne ',i ynij.l the I i iiii.i'ivii . There is one lively ! ct.coll'llel Wl'l; a Wlbl j:k bull tii..l eonlaiii- a -(. .- ,, !,ini,. a - -c. .11 as : li'1 Vi lli il - . ''I '. Si' '.e ha I v nil Inlcil t he a 11 i a ' . .'I. 1 Ie it ,1 III : lull IV i- 1 II 1 '..Oil , ... i. lb. I' I lal, to ilu.-i', , I II a il I- In I up I :. slot ,, and si,i',v hlli id.-. ' ; "I he ' ncl lev ace." - tid th" ' Hllib-n . i,.! I'a'g.ill , ,,, Until Hi;. . thi-. w, nt ,. i an I ;..; ai ...- me. II, w a- lb'- In I vv i i li I In- bull a't.l m ' :- I'll . tile bull I'll ,i. .1 th,- - well in th" I,,!; id,- I,,- aid, I, -U ,-: ,,, s, -ht of I'. i lour ii'i I. i i-tai.tiy "b lug his coin-,,-, chill:'. I I u-lv al the obi ina'i s, t ,n itt .low ii t In- Iml, " I 'a I "ll i'ii at", I t,ov ar, me. bc-.t pace, sln.iit in '. p. I,, 1 1,-, p,ut at lil- I I t o-il l In. I c" Ho- bill!, and ; when In 1 1 1 i i i 1 1 1 1 in --1 '.. 1 1 ! I i 1 1 shikari' Was tin eel ! in ! i : 1 1 wnh I I sllollted to illlll to -. t out nf lite IV , , I but he v ,i- too tin i, t , d t,, umlcr i stand. I I'orliinatelv above me. and about ten vards nil', a small i... k jutted out of the hillside, and I'.ilioin- s, n-wed , himself tinder il iat,. t he smallest :-p., e. 'I he Illlll' nil", 1 bull - I I j ai'.'V. the loci., i.nly a lew feet llo, 11 : the mall. i v idelil iy :-' a ti"-. He i coii , I I,. ar hi. . iii ui v d i 1 1 ii"! ly. I'.r I 'ill '..in wa- . 1 1 , i i I 1 1 i it i it 1 1 . i i s at till log nf ills Vol. " I " l ie t.i i i- j a ltd hi-.b- iii, Oi l t in- i .eh In-side him. j 1 1 w a - clear thai l-c ii m. -I animal 1 Weie u ie on I t aeh ot lo r's ' proximity "- w., mad with i.i'c, an, I ! h, i in i vv a oil 1,1- lo ad with! liink j "There vv a - no 1 1 .n . Inov , nr. to ! ndiiiiie the tableau I ..." the in. uist, i ; llhoN c Ill,' VV ,ts belli ii, lulscilll t I J.llt , .'lOtl I il ! - li'lH.'t into his chest i and dow n h" came -1 1 ale Id P u Inc. I backed a few yai d to m-t out of his cour-c Mid fell int.. a stony bole, cut j ting my l. -s m i v .-.-ei.-ly. The t tiaiid of I'rov ideii.-c eeaiu ' In the hob" I W.'IS nut. nf s.-.t nt the fllriolls! animal, whn ii thunder, d past me i about three yards ,.!!'. j I had just time to t w i -1 in y i If into ; jl sitting position iiinl di Iivt r my sec- nnd bai i i I into lo . shoulder as he rushed by. That liui -bed him He till I v titty yard - bel, ,-v mc, sprawling , on hi-- belly, with legs spread out,! thus , he. -king tl tlouw ise ine it aide j Vol i ow n hill. ' fhe sc iii , though it lasted mily a ; fe v .iioiio uits, has left an indelible im i Viessioii on my memoiy. Our re- ! spectlve positions in this transaction were, I should say, unique. Tho blazing sun behind ths bull, as bo stood over Faljoiir, setting oil' his grand proportions, Faljoiir jammed under Hie rock, bawling at the top of his voice, and myself quivering with excitement on the stormy hillside, it seems i laughing matter now, but nt the time we 'w'ere ull three desperately ill earnest. A Cyclist's Peril. While in South Dakota last summer a book agent had occasion to cross one of the great cattle rang districts. Ho was making the trip on a bicycle, nnd up to this time the journey had been very enjoyable, Now, however, he wns destined to meet with trials trud tribulations that would be worth tell-' ing to bis unborn grutidchildren. He knew nothing of these untamed range cattle, und, alas, the cattle were equal ly is ignorant of scorching bicyclers. The ageiif was making good time and lifting a free and easy soul to heaven, without a single fear of the browsing herds upon the rolling plains, when all at once the proverbial change cumin o'er the spirit of his dreams. One of the steers, more curious and observant than the others, spied the strange looking vehicle and was tempted to follow it. Iv and bv other cattle joined in the chase, then tho euti.ro herd became lnteresleo!. The ugeiit began to grow nervous and increased his speed, but this only whet-ted the curiosity of the cattle, und they pouuded along after him at a rate that was inoriidible to the agent. The. sit nut ion grew- decidedly alarming T he mild inquistivoness of the steers had changed to auger, nnd they were going to run that peculiar species: of cowboy down if it took all summer. Fortunately for the agent, the cowboys on tho range saw the peril, rode to hi? rescue niid .succeeded in diverting the cuttle from the hapless rider. It is probable that he will not care to can vass in that part of the country uuy mure uot on his bicycle. Savi-il by His Dot;. P. I). Smith, nn old book man, tells a most interesting story of how it feels to be buried alive. For one hour he lay nt the bottom of u deserted mine shaft anil was only saved by a dog that whined nnd howled at a neighbor's lmuse. Just after a recent slorin Mr. Smith went prospecting in Deer can yon, a branch of the Big Tejuiiga, in tho San Fernando range. He was re moving some timbers about the top ot an old shaft, when the n1 toll w 1 gave way and carried linn to the bot tom of tiie shall. A heavy load of t I'll her an I enrt'i followed. Strang-- lo -ay. be was uninjured ami lay f 1 1 c from in bate danger Hi th" dark. damp space It'll by the boinds. I llo.imy were the thoughts that tilled 1 1 . - mind as he lay there, nnd the thoughts of his pa-t life and the friends he would never see again, for the shaft w;s one which had been covered overhead ami lost to the knowledge of the neighbor hood Im years. Moreover, it was n mile and a half from the in arc: I house. Once or twice be shunted, but hi., voice sounded sepulchral a,: it echoed ill the inullled way between Mm t.vel hanging walls and reverberated in his ears. I'm one hour be lay there in the cramped position, while gloomy thoughts passed in frightful procession t hi, nigh his mind. I'ortiniiitely, his little ih,g wa- with him. "Moss" is a pai t ieiihn iy int ell: 'till dug', and alter the accident tnhi iiut--tcr went to the nearest house and acted so strangely that Mr. Walt m. the ow followed him to Ihe uiifoi !ui book man. T louche Poind if ,d re cue I him - l.os All''. lc- it'.il.) Jo-" A I. nine liny Heroism. We ;o-e accustomed to rea l of la than bravery under the excitement -! battle, i lit seldom bear nf the in hihit ion of any noble ,ii:i!lie- what ever on the pall of ti e led ' "I who lives a dependent if- neio.u the while-. An act of heroism on fie pari -I a lame little Indian buy f a i Ire go u lov.n is worthy of note, for more I ea -oils than one. ( ii one of th" last .lavs of la-t March, two 1 plies ,,f T'h . allm. Ore gon. Mrs. I'.iiehler and Mr-, tio'-slei, well I g.llh.'l illg wild llowels. They w elf aecomi.,i'ile. by a I it tie girl w lime name wa- Helot. n the way Lome the paily were passing over a font bridge, a'-uoss Mill Creek, til. waters of which were high, when the little girl slipped and ti ll into the sir. am. and was instantly borne beyond reach by the current. The two la bes started to ruu down the bank of Ihe stn am. In, pirn: lor a chance to rescue the child, vv hi n then way wa- suddenly balled by a hieh and close bulbed wire teiice. They struggled to get over it. but f illed Mealltl they culled loudly l"l help. Hut t here was on i me vv i! h I u heal I no except 11 little cripple, I In, ll. I'I boy named Jim liil - Im . lie came hobbling along on his crutches on the other side of the fence. Thev ;.ske, him to go ill search of help, but when litlb- Jim saw the fluid in Ihe stream, and how lieC(ss;tty it wa- that whatever h lp wa- given should be givtii instantly, he preferred to supply the help him self. He rushed into the whirling water as far as h mhl go. ami held out his crutch to the girl. She managed to seize it. and Jim, holding in a really manful w ay to the footing that he had, pulled the child Heal him, took lo r in Ids arms, and brought her safely to the shore. AVestley Richard, of l'iriiiingham, F.iigland, who died recently at the ago of eighty-three years, was otm ol tho inventors of the Fliliehl rille.nnd mad" the tirst cupping bri-echloadiug rilit s and cartridges in 1S.1S. Later he in vented the top lever breechloader ami the fulling block rille with the uietuiliv) cartridge fur it.