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EXPLORATION.
Not of Frederick. Schwatka's Last
Northern Expedition,
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
Making Up a Party for the
katerior.
• ONE DAY'S BUN INLAND,
Tetley letvira, May 26, 1891.—On May
'7th, 1891, the Pacific Coast Steamship
eConemeny's vessel, City of Topeka, crossed
Dixon entranee arid entered Aleskan waters,
leaving behind those of British Colurabia.
All of those waters, for a str,stch of over
46 thousand miles along the Pada° coast, are
but deep inlets and channels, huge salt
water rivers, so to speak, then, outtieg in
•every direotiott, make a vast network of
islands picturesque in the extreme and pot
even yet wholly explored. The most freely
navigable of these ineuy channels ',tinning
parallel with the coast is called "the inland
passage to Areelta," and is yearly
becoming more popular with summer
tourists seeking rest and recreation
here. One of the peculiar features of
this southwestern section of Alaska, and
one that cait only be appreciated. by the
•explorer or hardy frontiersman, is the
,ease and pleasure with which one can
travel the coast waters, only to plunge
into the roughest of "roughing it," as soon
as these are left, and the Alpine interior
-essayed.
On board the "Topeka " was the New
York Ledger Alaskan expedition that had
this.prospect ahead of it, the subscriber be-
ing in command. One of oue main objects
yeas to cover as much unexplored country
as possible, in any direction'yet a general
plan had been formed to follow my old ex-
plorations of 1883 to, or near, the Pelly and
Yukon river confluence, and there begin the
work into the unknown interipr westward
and southwestward.
We had occasion to change this plan so as
to cover more unexplored country than
usual. It came about by discussing a new
and unexplored route from Juneau with
citizens of that lively metropolis of our
distant colony, "the largest city in the
largest territory in the largest republic in
the world," as they used to patriotically put
it. It was to go over what was called. the
Tahku trail that led to a large lake in the
interior, and by its draining river, gain the
Yukon, where I joined my old trail of 1883,
and could then carry out the programme as
previously planned. It was believed an
available commercial trail might be opened
this way, that, with Juneau as a
basis, could be made to supply the
Yukon valley even to Behring Sea,
better than by any known route, while
it would be no small feather in the cap
of the New York Ledger expedition, to be
able to do this preliminary pioneering.
This belief was founded on information
obtained from the interior Indians when
,bringing out their furs, and from pro-
-spectore who had searched this general line
for precious minerals. It might be, also,
that the present Yukon traffic would not
.pay, while the future might, and it was
well to be prepared with the information.
The many other reasons for or against this
trail can be made clearer as we travel over
Mater. When we arrived in Juneau a
corresponding interest was soon worked up
by those on the steamer, the citizens pledg-
ing everything they could to • make the
enterprise a success, and so we disembarked
hcire.
The first point we touched in Aleska was
Tongass. After Tongass, we meet nothing
but salmon canneries for a few days reach-
• ing Juneau on the 9th of May, where our
;freight is disembarked and we continue on,
• for this metropolis is of enough importance
to be touched by the returning steamenthus
,making a short round trip. ,
We wake up next day in Glacier Bay, on
the first vessel of the season to essay it, as it
is only visited in the interest of the summer
• tourists.
At Sitka we were crowded with passen-
.gerS of the spring court term at Juneau.
There were ten prisoners' only six of them
•being murderers, mostlyconfined to half-
-breeds and Indians. The naturally result.
„Mg conversation disclosed a statement that
• there had never been a simon-pure
• lynching, nor a legal execution, in
Alaake.. At Wrangell, in early days, a
murderous gambler was made chairman of a
•, *vigilance committee, the chair was pulled
eout from under him and he broke his peace.
• tut record—alsb his nook; but any one
familiar with frontier jestice knows there is
wide ohaem existing between this and
lynching. In a eomeevhet eimilar action, an
Indian murderer performed traction on 4
• rope, to the satisfaction of the vigilance
faction and the greater dissatisfaction of
the Weer faction. Killisnoo is very agree-
• able to the eye, but somewhat abominable
to the nose, due to a flourishing herring
^fiehery and attendant guano faatOry. The
United States marshal attempted to arrest a
,native hero for trying to drown a squaw
, guilty of witchetalb 1 have never
, yet seen anything bewitohing about
Alaskim itedien woman, kit
,suppose tasted very. This Alas.
kat, CottOt Mather, had sem hilditg
eof the ptoctediegs, 80 he secreted himself in
ethe Aleiltan nimbi, where the prOverbial
)neeclici° it a haystaele Weald be tte coitepiett.
ous as a circles poster by oeMpaelson, IL'hero
were not eleaea prisenere from Killisnoo eo
Juneau.
juneau eached, preparations were begua
at mete the 411'0 obstacle being the eport
that the Tahleu River was not yet open.
A big canoe, a two -ton or three -ton effair,
was easy enougle to get, but packers thernt
seine over the lend trail were hard to
obtain entil a sort of sub -chief of • the
Tahkus, Yashnoosh by name, a local police-
man, stimulated by the citizens, took a hand
and recruits were elowly obtained. Even
then I could only obtain half enough, at
good stiff rates of course, and had to
double peeks (avereging 100 pounds each)
over the trail of nearly 100 miles as • it
proved.
The 25tb, of May eve got away seven In-
diana ate' three white men, six of the
netives being packers and one, Robert, the
owner of the boat. On the recommenda-
tion of some citizens who believed in thrs
horror of the average Indian for all lege,'
papers I had. a huge contract drawn up,
reeplendent with many colored seals and
ribbons, and this they signed by touch ot
pen while the United Stacie District Court
interpreter read aloud its contents with a
solemnity equal to that given a (-teeth-
warrant. I still retain that page of legal
ludicrousness, and while admitting it may
have dote me much good, yet I can only
compare it with the verdict of the frontier
coroner's jury wherein, sitting on a man's
body dragged from the river's bed and rid-
dled with bullets, they concluded that the
deceased had come to his death from drown-
ing, caused by water pouring in through the
bullet -holes.
So about noon ef the 25th, with the
American flag hanging from the peak, we
got away in the beginning of a wind and
drizzling rainstorm that later made our first
day's trip one of the most unpleasant of the
whole journey. An enthusiastic crowd of
citizens lined the shore near the steamer's
• dook, aud as we paddled away down the
channel gave us many a hearty cheer and
many warm wishes for our success.
Let us uow take a heety look at the little
expedition as it started, the Indians being
suflid.ently described to pass theni over till
events call them up in detail. The com-
manding officer was the heaviest one of the
party and made excellent ballast in the rear
part of the canoe.
The scientists of the expedition was Dr.
C. Willard Hayes, representing also the U.
S. Geological Survey, through the courtesy
of Major J. W. Powell, the hoed of that
Government bureau. To Dr. Hays also fell
the photographic work in the main, as well
as the topographic or map -making. I had
hoped to get a professional photographer,
and felt sure of successwhen Mr. Landerkin,
one from Juneau, made an application for
the place. He was caught on the grand
jury, having already been sworn in, but we
both thought that a mere bagatelle as an
obstacle, but the Judge and District Attor-
ney thought otherwise. Both were willing
enough, but there was nothing in the law
(the Oregon code prevails here, by Act of
Congrese " so far as it is practicable ") that
would allow it. The only excuse whatsoever
was one of severe sickness, attested under
oath by a physician.
"Bub suppose a grand juror dies ?" I
asked the judge.
"I could not excuse him from duty on
that ground," he replied, slowly, shaking
his head. So Mr. Landerkin remained and
Dr. Hayes did double duty. Mark C.
Russell was the only other white man in the
party as we started, which I organized on
the basis ol all my previous expeditions, or
just as few white men as possible, with
natives to do about all the work of trans-
portation, guiding, hunting, etc., etc., with
which they are so familiar in their own
country.
The Indians were very hilarious, evi-
dently stimulated by the enthusiastic de-
parture given us, and they showed their
appreciation by " spurting " ferociously
every little while instead of settling down
to steady work.
rrAZON CANON.
• We stopped about 2 o'clock in the after-
noon in a pretty little sheltered cove for
lunch and really enjoyed ourselves for a
half hour, protected from the beating ram.
Robert impressed me with the fact that the
tide was then out, and asked me to note
that when it was in not a landing place
was to be found anywhere along the shore
for probably stretches of many miles. In a
bright green prairie of a few acres in this
ceaseless timber tract and bordering the
shore was picturesquely perched a Tahku
town of ten houses, Ahk-kwan by name.
It is not often a graveyard is the most cheer-
ful part of a place, but here the only en-
livening thing in a view of dismal green,
rendered doubly doleful by the rain, was a
bright red fiag that fluttered from a high
staff at the corner of a grave. I was told
it indicated that that particular .native had
just recently died.
About 4 o'clock we swung around into
the Trehreu Inlet, and our change of comae
now allowed us to set sails. Along ' we
bowled, wing and wing, the ice -cakes we
had met at the mouth of the inlet growing
larger as we ascended it towards the glacier,
until they could well be dignified with the
name of ice -bergs ; certainly so, in com-
parison with those from the Muir glacier
that are thus styled. The Tahku glacier
ice is the best I have ever seen either in or
oiet of the Arctic or Alpine regions. It was
really a deep bluish -black in many places
though clear as crystal.
It was quite dark when we got to the
mouth of the Tahku River, at a half-corn-
pletecl salmon fishery, the white men sleep-
ing in it and the Indians in the stnol; e -house,
all of tis stiff as poker%
• FRIMERIcat SCOMATKA.
—Fully 12,000,000 acres of barren land
in the Sahara Dessert have been, made pro-
ductive by a system of wells eonneeted by
moan; of ditehes which are thereby made to
irrigate land now teed for wheat
fields and for vineyard. e
—gaster may come as ' early as March
2eod or as late as April 25th. ,Tbe rule was
adopted 1,500 years ago, making Paster the
first S'anclity iollowing the full moon after
the sun creases the egeatorial line bi the
Spring.
' nrs on rretert.
Ile knelt in front oe tho fuenace,
In the morning cOld Mid gray,
Md wondered with growing'. feevor
If the lire Would burii that day'.
De knelt Ana ho blew eitsoe it
Till hie back ere* net p and lame,
And he toile his friends of the eorroev
Thet coineS froM an �l & old flame.
—Light teavell 188,800 Miles it a Sedond.
Junt tax PROVOSAXS.
Wne"
he Refereed leer etansereue Revettell
aevere-
Nly hest offer Was made me by a boy of
18, and the way he proposed west " I say,
May, don'b yeti think it would be jolly fun
if you and I were to get married ?' eve a
writer in Yankee Blade.
- I didn'b think it would. Ile was awfully
wretched, poor fellow, for a forteight ; but
he didn't die of a broken heart, as he said
he should.
The next was a young curate. He led the
way to the point by Scriptural steps. "Maw
‘
D—," he said, 'Entreat me not to leave
thee, and to return from following after
thee,' are very beautiful words." I agreed
they were. Very beautiful words,' he
went on, " and—ah ! eh I—very Appropriate
to—to—mere °cessions than one." I sup-
posed they were. "Yes," he said, "to more
occasious than one. Tako the ab—ah! ah !
--the present, ale! for instance. I would
myself—ah ! nh !----apply the words to—to--
ah—to myself. I—I—would say—ah! ah !
the fact is I love you." I was wry fer him,
for he was a good-natured, honest-heereed
fellow, though he was so nervous and
clumsy.
The next wooer was a man I detested.
He was what is called " a lady killer."
His dress was exquisite. His hat, his
collar, his tie, his ouffe, his cut of clothes
were all superb. One day, in spite of all
rebuffs, catching me alone, he seized the
occasion.
Miss D-----," he said, " you know it is
really ridiculous. My intentions are, I
assure you "—here he felt if his tie was
right ---e my intentions, I assure you are of
the most serious—positively of the most
serious—ahem !—character, haw! Perhaps
you had not suspected it, but I have not
been joking, I assure you, not joking at all,
you know. Seriously, 'pon my honor, you
know, I would really ask you to bo my
wife !"
I gave him a very decided answer.
The next was a man of business. He
thought it must be a wife., "1 have $5,000
a year," he said, "will you share it ?" He
was a good and honorable man, though
sharp and business -like, even in his way of
proposing. He got marriedwithin sixmonths
of my refusal of him.
My fifth lover was an artist, and his mode
of proposing was somewhat out of the usual
way. We were great friends and he used
to show me many of his manuscripts for me
to read and give him my opinion on them.
One day I received one of these. It was
the story of a lover who had sighed a long
time in secret for love of a girl who was
"pictured in all the Iran Lie fashion in which
men who are in love write. At last, how-
ever, after numberlese obstacles had been
overcome, the hero told his love, and just
when I was expecting the usual ending to it
all—the story stopped. I thought it
strange. The next deeethe author called on
me, and then the explanation came. The
hero of the tale was himself, the heroine was
me—and the conclusion was to be as I de-
cided. I was really sorry for him, for he was
one of those fearfully sensitive men—clever,
though eccentric—worthy of a woman's
love, and sorely needing it. I had a good
cry all to myself after he had gone, for I am
sure he suffered much.
My next offer was made by letter. It
seems to me that there is something wrong
withta man who is afraid to propose in per-
son and takes refuge in writing,. I could
never consent to marry one who dared not
ask me to be his wife, looking me in the
facierejected all of these because, as I have.
-said, 1 loved someone else who never pro-
posed to me. I am grieved to think that I
must have caused pain to some, but my
conscience is clear. I never consciously
encouraved any of them to fall in love with
me,
The Widow as a Wife.
Isn't there every reason in the world why
O widow can make a young man happier
than a youug girl can? You see, she has
gone through it all. She knows the small
meannesses, the nagging tendencies, the
tiresome curiosity and the tiny fault-finding
peculiar to mankind. She knows how to
ignore all this, and to blissfully accept all
the great big virtues that, thank the Lord,
are predominant in man. She knows how
to cater to his appetite, material and men-
tal; she knows how to make him think as
sliedoes," and she doesn't adopt the tactics
of a young girl for this. Oh, no, not by a
long manner of rneans. When a young girl
doesift agree with a young man she con-
tradicts him. That's first blood for him. A
widow does nothing of the kind; she agrees
with him, and then she talks to him ; tells
him just how clever he is, daintily brings
forward. her own view, suggests to him that
she know e that he has been thinking that
way all the time; that; he was only trying
to see if she could guess it, and hey,
presto ! before he know a anything he has
veered around to her opinion and hasn't the
remotest idea that he has changed his
mind.—Exchange.
Justined. by Appearances.
A Mall pronfinent in Canadian political
life, but careless of his dress, was once on
his way to call upon a gentleman of Quebec,
and stopped an Irishman in the street to
inquire the way. "Can you tell me where
Mr. Hunter lives ?" said the et:stem-eau.
"It's no use your going there," was the
unexpected reply. "But do you know
where he lives ?" " Faith and I do, but its
no use going there." The inquirer began
to getip,ngry. "1 didn't ask your advice. I
simply wanted to know where Mr. Hunter
ives." "Oh, well, he lives down that street
yonder, the first house round the corner;
b.ut I tell you it's no use your going there,
for Pve just been there myself, and he's
'already gob a man." , Mr. Hunter had ad-
vertised for a servant the day before, and
he statesman, so the story goes, went at
once and bought a new hat. ---Chicago
Journal.
Moral: Get a Bight of Way.
In a recent address in Chicago, W. F.
Cowling stated that a street railway in that
city, beginning a few years ago with a cap-
ital of $30,000 and a gift of the right of way,
was enabled without ft -ether investment to
pay large dividend e for years, ancloto finitely
sell mit its stock above par, and eapitalized
at the enormous sum of $12,000,000.
A French naturalist has stated that an
insect which attacks hop vines can produce
6,000,000,000 young ones during the month
or six weeks of its exigence.
...The average life oe e coin ie twenty-five
years,
—There are over 6,000 knowri languages
and dialects.
--Messrs. Pettit:gill er Co., the great
Boston publiehore, are ineking up a book
which will be of special value to besineesi
men. lb will bontain eemethieg that, will
be betereeting to all, whether they be ad-
vertisers It or May be et sortie future
thee, &Sid With that object in view, the pals-
liehets haao employed the best talebt pee.
Ale in otder to prepare the book-
• The new Grand Duke of Hoes° trlielSt
Lotus, will for reasotte of State forthwith
Sleek a Wife. He in 4 /bare of ego, wed
(Mite geed loOking for it Prince.
'.0liefURla iler THE WARP.
Tao Homely Thsetard Plaster Cornea Ready
Made ln
The made -to -measure musterd plaster of
our grandinethers is a relict of the past, juse
as are the aforeeerid grandmothers, Mestere
invention has crowded opt the great pillow
-
like expanse of linen and mustard mix tied,
the deer old ladies were wont to prescribe
sei the euro for all ills of the •flesh, aow
well we remember tho days of old and the
days 'of our youth, when sore distress
woula Rim our frames as the plegling
school bells would commence their morn-
ing jangle. Well do we remember
dear old grandma with her ever handy
mustard plaster, Never can its office-
Mousness be doubted. At the mere thought
of the terrible alternative the distemper fled.
Its application was wholly unnecessary, and
we reluctantly placed hold of our whoa
books and, dragged our weary way to school,
But grandma and her made -to -measure MRS-
tard plester will sink into oblivion together.
They are of the past. The present genera-
tion buys its mustard plasters ready made.
It comes in rolls large enough to enwrap an
entire Swampoodle family at one time, in
-
eluding the goats and all the dogs.
The fiery cornpoeition is spread on one
old° of a bit of linen, and resembles sand-
paper more than anything else, but a bit of
sand -paper in yiobsnt agitation upon ones
back is not a marker to the ree.dysmade
mustard plaster in sweet and simple repose.
A roaring hotel fire does not approach it.
The mustard element seems to have been
smeared on in layers, and as the force of
one layer is spent the next oine starts in
with renewed vigor. Electrocution must
be a pleasant pastime alongside of the
mustard plaster. The man who fell into
Vesuvius' crater must have died a calm
and peaceful death when compared with
the tortures of the man who slept with the
patent mustard plaster. We dallied with
a ready-made mustard plaster a few nights
ago. After raging three hours the confla-
gration was subsiding, when the plaster
broke away from its moorings and the
heat generated in its presence warped the
bed slats.
There can be only one improvement in
the ready-made mustard plaster. The man
who issues them with a fire insurance policy
printed on the back will fill the bill.
Figs and Thistles.'
To listen to a doubt is to listen to the
devil.
Rogues always feel most at home in the
dark.
There is never any heavenly music in a
gloomy heart.
"By the obedience of one shall many be
made riehtous."
People who have to live alone never find
out who they are.
To know some people is a standing invita-
tion to go to heaven.
Until God is believed in everything He is
is not believed in anything.
Saying yes to a sin is saying no to Christ,
no matter how little it is.
The world is slow to believe that a sin is
blecle as long as it pays well.
Heaven's windows are always open to
those who are fully trusting.
It got very dark in Job's time, every-
where except right overhead.
Take the nioney ant or the whiskey busi.
pees and it couldn't live a year.---Ranes
Horn.
A raying Contract.
In February a colored man made a
written contract vvith a restaurant keeper
of New Haven to work for him as a waiter
for one cent the first day, two cents the
second day, four cents the third day, and
doubling each day for thirty days, when a
new arrangement should be made. The
waiter has retired, the proprietor having
become tired of the contract and brought
suit against his former employer for nearly
$4,000,000 under the agreement. It is said
that the waiter went to several eawyers
before he found one that would accept; the
case. Two or three years ago a suit of this
kind, under a contract, where one party
agreed to sell a certain quantity of rags at
one eent for the first bale and doubling the
price for each succeeding bale, came before
the Supreme Court in Buffalo and was
promptly dismissed by the judge on the
ground that such a contract was not °afore-
ible.
/lakes Flesh and Blood.
When the system is all run down and
there seems to be no hope of obtaining
nourishment for the body by the ordinary
process of food supply and digestion, when
the body is sinking fast, then is the
time to use Miner's Emulsion of
pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil.
It always works wonders, because it is a
Fesh and blood maker, an contains all the
constituentsfor nourishment found in wheat,
in fact Miller's Emulsion is a, perfect "staff
of life" and has saved and cured thousands.
in big bottles, 50e. and $1.00, at all drug
stores.
Breaking the News.
Mrs. Bingo (severely )—I should like to
know where you were last night?
Bingo—Well, if the trait must be told, I
was playing poker with Kiogley, and, my
dear, the last jack pot I bet hint .1 new bon-
net for you against a new bonnet, for his
wife.
Mrs. Bingo—Yes, my dear ; and who
won?
Bingo—Well, you just wait until you see
his wife next Sunday.
No Deprivation.
Rosalie --going to give up anything this
Lent?
Grace—I guess I'll give up Tom.
Rosalie—Pshaw, that's gtviug up abso-
lutely nothing.
The Tenor's Joke.
A tenor who has just erived from Europe
after a rough voyage says he never struck
so many high seas in his whole career as he
did on this ocean trip.
Deluth, Minn., el to have the largest
docks in the world. They will hove a
capaeity of 1,000,000 tons a year.
SEITATOA CAME hae introduced into the
New York Legislature a Bill fOlf the total
abolishment of capital penielsment. The
Homeopathic and Allopathie State Medi-
cal Societies hove both unanimouely cofl.
derailed, both hanging and electrocittion,
and the feeling that has been eroueed
againet the latter form of execution may
make it possible for the Bill to carey.
Tien Massachusetts Legislature propeees
to legislate against the use of the cigarette.
Over. fit British COlumbia there iet a law on
the statute book pro Ming that an pereon
Under the ttgo of fifteen years! filmed using
tobitecto in any form shaliebe punished, anti
the pereott found guilty ei selling or supply -
Mg tobacco to Miners shall be liable to a
fine riot exceeding $20, Bat the leatr is not
very strictly onferced,
Every teansittlettic trip cd the largee of
the ;meet liters 00Stiii front $15,006 to
006
llfAcelleleORS' 14111148,
ThSh
ey Ate ort ; but WOubt Marrlage Pee
long The?
By some Scotch statieties recently pub-
lished it appear e that, in the eve yea,re of
life between the ages ee 20 and 25, themor-
tality Of unmarried men is 1,174 in 100,000,
;Ina of married men only 597, Frons 25 to
30, the figurers respectively are 1,396 and
865, Thee° figures, as above indicated, are
derived from the deaeh registry of Scotland,
bub the proportion of baehelors to the bone -
diet rleatlerate is believed to be about the
same in this coentry, Taking the whole of
the married men and the whole of the un-
married men, from the age of 20 till tars
blose of life, it is computed that th.e lives, of
the former average only 59e years, while
thee° of the latter average only 40 years—a
difference of lei years in favor of married
men ; that is, marriage increases the aver-
age duration of roan's life by one-half, lack-
ing six months.
THE DAVE 'UNDERSTOOD.
The Duke of Westminster (Hugh Lupus
Grosvenor) is seid to be the richest land
owner in the world, though it cannot be
on that account that he was given a middle
name which eignieee " wolf." The recent
London County Council elections turned to
some extent upon the question whether the
present system of obtaining municipal
revenue by taxing houses and goods should
be retained, or the tax should be increased
on land and correspondingly reduced on
labor products. This is a matter of special
interest in London, because the land owner
is in moot cases not the house owner. The
rich families own lands which they lease,
but never sell, and they are very strict and
exacting with regard to the class of
buildings which they will permit others to
erect upon their land. Public Opinion says :
"The Duke of Westminster presided on
"Wednesday evening at a meeting in St.
"Martin's Town Hall in support of the
"Moderate policy for the County Council.
"He urged'that the County Council should.
"for some years confine their operations to
" the. work which Parliament had assigned
"to them before seeking for enlarged
"powers. The water supply and the
"securing of open spaces were questions
"which ought to be dealt with; but he
"objected to the dreams of dreamers."
"The dreams of dreamers" is a very
taking phrase, but it does not seem to
have deceived the electors, who since the
meeting presided over by tke Duke gave the
Progressive party in the Council a large
majority. The Daily Chronicle of March
3rd contained the following:
"Wo need not say with what enthusiasm
we welcome the appearance of the Duke of
Westminster in the London County Council
election. Only the august figure of the
Lord Lieutenant of the county and the Lord
Chief Landowner of London was needed to
give the finishing touch of unpopularity to
the Moderate programme, and this long -
needed auxiliary has now been supplied us.
Weehan only regret that the appearance was
made on so limited a stage. Lord Wemyss
dwelt, with tears in his voice,
on the reluctance of the Duke
of Westminster to intervene in the
cause of the suffering millionaires of
Grosvenor Square. It was only—hinted
the head of the vanishing Vehmgericht
which figures now as the Ratepayers' Pro-
tection League, now as the Liberty and
Property Derence Association, and now as
the Property Protection Somety—the most
imperative sense of public duty which had
brought His Grace on the scene. Our only
regret is that, having come forward, the
Duke restricted himself to the narrow, and
even squalid, arena of a ticket meeting of
150 unhappy peers and distressed rack -
renters. 'Why not have stood for the
County Council himself as candidate for
Chelsea, where we have no doubt that his
Mount street tenants, who (for a considera-
tion) are permitted to build and rebuild the,
Duke's property, would have been only
less delighted to plump for him than the
rest of the ratepayers who subscribe to that
property's maintenance and improvement.
Wby did not the Lord Lieutenant address a
free and open meeting of his fellow -citizens in
St. James' Hall. Well, we will take leave
to tell his Grace. Property with rights and
no duties does not care to face labor with
alL duties and no rights. His Grace of
Westminster has dared to intervene in this
election. He is willing to lend the weight
of his name, the power of his purse, the in-
fluence of the army of agents who carry out
his exactions to turn the London County
Council into a Publicans' Board—a kind of
resurrection -pie of the dead Board of Works
—anything to save his property from con-
tributing to the expansion of the great city
from which it derives its unparalleled
increment."
te A Sight Draft.
A curious custom of the Greek Church
was illustrated at the funeral the other day
of the young Grand Duchess Paul of
Russia. .Before the coffin was closed the
metropolitan placed a written paper in the
right hand of the corpse, which read: "We,
by the grace of God, prelate of the Holy
Russian Church, write this to our master
and friend, St. Peter, the gatekeeper of the
Lord Almighty. We announce to you that
the servant of the Lord, her imperial
highness the Grand Duchess Paul, has
finished her life on earth and we order you
to admit her into Heaven without delay,
for we have absolved all her sins and
granted her salvation. You will obey our
order on sight of this document which we
put into her hand."
Ungrateful.
Photographer's Assistant—Mrs. Von Per-
kins complains that her portraits don't look
like her.
Photographer—Complains, does she ? She
ought to be grateful.
Both Affected.
Miss Bleecker, of New York—I was just
tickled to death.
Miss Emerson, of Boston—I was rule°
fatally titillated.
ESTO.—All Fits stopped free by Dr.
Great Nerve Best:mere No Pits after first
day's use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and$2.00
trial bottle free tO Pit cases. Send to Dr. Kline,
011 Arch St., Poiladelphia, Pa.
Ten men can be arranged to march in
single file 3,628,000 ways.
The eldest daughter of Boularger is et -
gaged to be married soon. She lives with
her mothey in Vbesailles. The younger
daughter has been the wife of Capt. Driant
for eriveral ysans, tend is with her husband in
Tunis.
--"
OW I oyou like your new minister?"
"Vat* Much, indeed.' Ire preached a stir-
ring sermon to -day." a.'es ?" "Yee. It wits
tienttneiation of the self-righteousness, the
pharisaital, the devious, the epeakers of
evil, the covetous,
the wealth worehippers—
in short it was a fine effort. What a pity
that none of the people to whom it applied
weed at chureh to he it I"
While tem fishermen were engaged at
I heir wale in the bisyStear Seattle, tecoutly
n large devil fish clambered into their Small
open boat, and was killed only aftet a herd
battle,
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tem effectually, dispels colds, head-
aches and fe**ers and cures habitad
constipation. Syrup of Figs is ate
only remedy of its kind ever _lye*
duced pleasing to the taste and. ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances its
m an y excellent qualities com mend
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup, of Figs is for sale in 75e
bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who may net
have it on hand will procure it
promptly for any one who wishes -
to tr3r it. Manufactured only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP C0,1
SAN F.n.a.zzoisoo, CAL.
LaUenVeLessa, KY. NEW YORE, N. T.
HOLY LAND PARTY. $435.
Sails April 16th, per S. S. "Fulda."
Programmes for European Excursions now
ready.
Monthly Excursions to Italy, e3.20. Send for
"Tourist Gazette." Best ticketing facilities.
Choicest ocean berths, by all lines, at lowest
rates. HENRY GAZE & SONS.
(Established 1841.) 910 Broadway, New York
When writing, please mention this paper.
AN INVALUABLE RECIPE.
me011 FIVE DOLLARS I WILL TELL AN
la one how to grow Hare. .
• JOSEPH LEONA/OP
Bethany P. 0., Wash. Co., Oregon.
MONEY MADE, NEXT THREE MONTHS,,
byselling the grear.Lewis Spraying Outfit.
Full particulars, with illustrated book., "Will
it Pay," sent free on application to
W. P. VANTASSE!,
Please mention 'his Bellevalle,
aper when writing J" Ont.
etavenaereretoseereesereteeweensneworeesaw
I "An ° Absclute Cure for Indigestion."
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RVilSg E P 3 i 11 TUTT1 FRUTTI.
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Sold by a 1 IDracgints and Confectioners ,in So. pack-
ages or box of assorted .
&amid, will b a Ben t to any
addr'ess on receipt of price(2S cents) by addressing—
ADAMS ea SONS CO.
11 a le JARV.r.0 Sr. TORONTO, ONT.
• .>""ek",wy.'WV11,`,"10.""let"etoWte1A.,
TICK AND VERMIN DESTROYER
filHE PROPRIETORS HAVE PUR
.1. chased the formula at great ex
pense. andare now prepared to supple,
the trade with the genuineartiole and
at greatly reduced prices.
It effectually destroys Ticks, Lice, Worms or
Grub, to which sheep, horses and cattle are
subject, and enables the animal to thrive.
The proprietors willguarantee perfect success
when used according to directions, as will be
found on each box.
It prevents scurf and scab, and renders the
wool bright and clear.
Put up in tin boxes; price 30 cents etuitt. One
box is sufficient for twenty ordinary sized sheep.
It only requires to be tried to prove itself.
Sold by all druggists. G. C. BRIGGS & SONS.,
Wholesale Agents, Hamilton, Ont.
Tbe Ear
With a Hoe, SOW FERRY'S SEEDS and
nature will do the rest.
Seeds largely determine the harvest—always
plant the best—FERRY'S.
A hook full of information about Gardens—now
and what to raiSc,etc.. sent free to all who ask
for it. Ask
D. M. FERRY
wiNton.diiyso.p..
& CO., ONT.
-rtarmr,an—, treas=41.mtIN
DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS
(Hand and Steam Power.)
Carter's Famous Rennet Extract,
Cheese and Butter Color,
Babcock Milk Testers,
Dairy Utensils, Etc,
Wholesale Agent for Canada. •
Produce Oomtnission Merchant,
Please moution alley 33 St. Peter Street
paper when writing. I Montreal.
1/11011IGAN LANDS FOR SALE.
1,200 Of good Farming Lands, title perfect,
Acres on Michigan Central, Detroit 8L
pqno, end Loon Lake Railroads, ab
prices ranging from $2 to $5 per acre. These
lands are close to enterprising new tioWlaS,,
churches, dchools, etc., and will be sold on most
favorable terms.
ms.. pAipEpBlyotBo, West Bay city,
Or to
J. W. CURTIS, Whittemore. Mich.
Please mention this paper when writing.
PENNYROYAL WAFERS.
A spacing monthly' raosiolin tor ladies
to restore and regulate the mean:el
ilertodlikettf IBoItIsy tgagiViel
preach. Now used byovere0,000
one° uSed, will use again. Intimates
tilisel'gan6.3yl07urugt°n. 71hgur;6tie;fietoarol.Avle l •0aIit
rtieutiVV011atA.iNe0,10ViklnM
COMPANY. Attila/1414 Moll.
Laeltiana's Tansy & Pennyroyal Pms
The only ante and rejfnbjo Preach Pill on tho market,
Pernald Woliksots, att. EFFEcTUAL.. EVER
01'inuneinate read: titPtui abiand Irregular AR...
TIME. ThollinnuIS of testi:a:mist s.sols by au arai:gts ? a
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por,ith111 Virleiotlfoi,i.41rlAntrA
sPECTALTY or Osieigo,1, 41--
Solo Ageats.
WRginir
COB Werele MI 1181felL8-
Teeaetme10 $•,tytIty.t. Trtd08 Gooa, tem
th tinX, ;Sold by dill 8)1100
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