Exeter Times, 1898-9-1, Page 21
, (Continued.) land gat upon its root Thi e extended
then been standieg on the witert, Ile •of the house. 1 Walked. along it and
If anY inhabitant a the island ilea inearla the whole length of two sides
would liave bebeld on these a ellattere and I seen
the lagoon the peculiar spectacle of
arfectried all the
',cense to one in which sonte of; the mov-
ft. mat's head surinountea by a wet. andI able. slats lied been broken. Ilarast-
iniesimpen straw hat, and followed by "ling my band, and arm tarough the
two other heads, each wearing a snip- i apertu.re thus teemed, 1 unhooked the
i srs
ping and bedraggled bonnet, while hutteand opened them. The
beneath, among the ripples of the I east; was fastened amen by one of the
clear water would be seen the figures ordinary contrivances usea for suoh
7 U b t with the blade of ray
and then the best thing to do ia .o go
at
"Weal tae time to Lave a bite
first' ' seid Mre. Aleshine, "ter I was
never so near tamiseed in ma life, 'I
broaght out a, box nearly full of bis-
cuits, and there 's serdines title, Kr.
Craig, whieh you can easy epee. with
year knife."
I piled on metre wood, a,nil we gata-
erea °tote around the genial heat.
The sunslaine was hot outside, but that
did not; preveet the fire from being
most comfortiug and retteshing to us.
As soon as the kettle began to sim-
mer, up jumped Mae, Aleshirie. A
sugar -bowl and some eups were placed
upon a table, and in. a short time we
were cheered and invigorate:I by bot
tea, biscuits, and sardines.
"This is n't much a a. meal," said
Mrs. Aleshine apologetically, • "but
there's et) time to cook sloth -in' an a the
sooner we get off our wet things and
find some beds, the better."
ben:aging to these three heads, each , "lf I can (aloe get into bed," said
stressed in the clothes ordinarily. worn:Peat-knife I easily pushed. the bolt
, aside, raised nie sash, and. catered, I Mrs. Leeks, "ell I ask is that the
en dry bet&
As I swam I could see before me, on ' found. myself in a small hall at the foxtely will not come back till 1 have
Them had. a good. long nap. After that, they
'head of a flight of stairs.
these I hurried, and, groping my way '..,..,.e 3 ,
through the semi -darkness of the low-
toryI reached siddoor. This wnOW went back to tile Louse
a nd ascended the main st air Way,
er s, a e ' ' •
tae island, nothing but a mass of low-
growirtg, tropical vegetation, behind
whieh rose Some pelms and other
• trees. I made fax the little wharf,
from welsh stein came down into the was fastened by two bolts and a bar WflUfl 100. UQ 20 a 1argo.1 h 11
Wo e won't go into the trent rooms,"
water, and as soon as we reaohect it we and I quickly had it open- said Mrs, Leaks, "for we don't wan to
all clambered rapidly up, and stood Stepping outside, I called Mrs.
dripping upon the narrow platform, mato 310 more disturbance than we
Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine. can help; but if we can fina the small-
etamping our feet and shaking our "Well " said the latter, "I'm sure
clothes..
"Do you. see that house?" said. Mrs,
Leeks. "That's where they live, and 1
wonder which way we mast go to get
there"
From this somewhat elevated posi-
tion 1 could plainly see over the tops
of the bushes and low trees, the upper
part of the roof of a house. 'When I
found. the bars across the passage in.
the reef, I had easily came to the
conclusion that the inhabitauts of this
island. were not savages; and now since States. Exteenally. and as lax as Thad
1 had. seen the whaxf and the roof of been able. to observe its internal ar-
Oats house, I felt quite convincethat .rangements, it, resembled the houses
we had reached the abode of civilized 'built by Englisb residents whioh
beings. They might be pirates, or tbacl seen in tbe West Indies. It wasa
some other sort of sea, miscreant, but 'dwelling in whieli modern ideas in re -
they were certainly not savages or ga,rd to construction and furnishing
cannibals. adapted themselves to the require-
Lea,ving the wharf, we soon found a
broad path through the bushes, and in
a, few moments reached a wide, open
space, in which stood a handsome,
•modern -built hou-e. It was construct-
ed after the fashion of tropical houses
belonging to Europeans'with jalousi-
e& porches and shaded balconies; the
grounds about it were neatly laid out,
be glad to get in, and as wove beas in 'era WULL
it is all vve ran tsie
h f The first chamber we entered was a
squeezed most ofthe water outo our I
clothes we won't make so mue o a
good-sized one, neatly furnithed, con -
mess, after all." taining a bedstead with encovered.
We now entexed, and. I operma one
mattress and pillows. Opening a closet
of shutters. , door, Mrs. Leeks exclaimed.: "This is a
"Let's go right into the kitchen," man's room, Mx. Craig, and you.'d bet -
said afret Lecke, "and make a fire, ter take it. Look at the trousers and
That's the first thing to do." 3 coats! There's no bedclothes in here,
. Bat IVIrs Leeks soon discovered that but Pll see if. I can't find some."
this mansion, Was very different from In a few 'minutes she returned, bear -
0 country dwelling 10 0110 of our Middle ing blankets, sheets, and a pillow -ease.
With. Mrs. Aleshine on one side of the
bedstead and Mrs. Leeks on the other,
the sheet arid blankets were laid with
surprising deftness and rapidity, and
in a few moments I saw before me a
most inviting bed.
Willie Mrs. A leshine held a pillow in
her teeth as she pulled on the pillow-
case with both li•anits Mrs. Leeks look-
ed around the room with the air of an
attentive hostess. "I guess you'll be
comfortable, Mt. Craig," she said, "and
I advise you to sleep just' as long as
you can. We'll take the room on the
other side of the hall, but I'm first
goin" down to see if the kitchen fire is
safe, mail to fasten the doors."
I offered to relieve her of this trou-
ble, but she proxnptly declined my ser-
vices. "When it's rowin' or Barham:ma
you can do it, Mr. Craig; but when
it's lockin' up and lookin' to fires, I'll
attend to tacit myself."
My watch haa stopped, but I suppose
It was the middle of the afternoon
whet I went to bed, and slept stead.-
ily until some hours after sunrise the
next morning, when I was awakened
by a loud knock at the door.
ments of a. tropioal climate. Ap-
parently there was no kitchen. There
ere no stairs leading to a. lower
floor, and the darkened rooms, into
which my co'npasaions peered, were
certainly not used for culinary pur-
poses.
In the mean time I had gone out of
the door by which. we had entered, and
and behind it was aeivalled inclose:le, soon disitovered, on the other side of
probably a garden. the house, a small building, with a
"Upon my word," exclaimed Mrs. chimney to it, Which I felt suxe must
Aleslaine, "I'd like to be Tess drippin' be the kitchen. The door and shutters
before I make a call on genteel were fastened but before making any
foiks!" attempt to open them, I returned to
"Genteel folksl" exclaimed_ Mrs. announce my discoverY.
Leeks indignantly. "If you're too "Door locked, is it said Mrs,
plead to go in as you are, Barb.ry Ale- Aleshine. "Just wait. a minute."
shine you can go set in the sun till She then disappeared, but in a very
te short time came out, carrying It bunch
you're dry. As for me, I'm gain'
ask for the lady of the house, and. if
she don't like me she can lomat tee, so
long OS she gives me somethin' to eat
and a dry bed to get into."
. I was too much amazed. to speak, but
my companions took everything as a
matter of course. They had expected
to see strange things in the outer
world, and tbey were not surprised
when they saw them. My mind was
not capable of understanding the ex-
istence of an establishment like this
on a little island in mild -ocean. But
it was u.seless for me to attempt to
reason on this apparent phenomenon;
and, indeed, there was no time for it,
for Mrs. Leeks walked boldly up to
the front door and plied the knocker,
stepping back immediately, so that
she might not dzip too mach water on
the porch. .
"When tkey came," she said, "we'll
ask 'era to let u.s in the back way, so
that we sha'n't slop up their floors
any more than we can help.'
We waited for a couple of minutes,
and. then I, as the mem.ber of the
party who dripped the least, went up
on the porch and knocked again.
"It's my belief they're not at
home " said Mrs. Leeks, after we had
waited. some time longer, "but perhaps
we'll find some of the servants in;"
and she led the way to the beck :part
of the house.
As we passed the side of the mansion
I noticed. that all the window -shut-
ters were closed, and my growing be-
lief that the place was deserted be-
came a conviction after we had
knocked several times at a door at the
back of the building without receiving
any answer.
"Well, they're, all gone out, that's
certain!" said Mrs. Leeks.
"Yes, and they barred up the en-
trance to the island when they left,"
I added.
"I wonder if there's another house in
the neighborhood?'" asked Dirs. Ale -
shine, -
"I don't believe," said I, "that the
neighborhood is very thickly settled;
but if you. wait here a few minutes, I
will run around this wall and see
what 'There is beyond. nnay find. the
huts of some natives, or workpeople."
followed a path by the side ist the
garden wall, but when I reached the
end of the inclosulre could see sloth-
ing before me but jungle and forest,
with paths running in several direc-
tions, followed one of these, and
very soon came out upon an open
beach, with the reef lyingebeyorid it.
From the form of the beach and the
reef, and from the appearance of
things generally, I began to think
that this was probably a very small
isleed, and that the house we had seen
was the only ;one ort it. returned
and reported this belief to my eom-
panione.
Now thet Mrs. Aleshine had no fear
of appeering in an untidy condition
befere "genteel folks," het manner
changed very much. "If the family
hes gone into the country," said he,
"or whatever else they've done,
want to get into this house de soon es
I can. I expect we can find some-
thing' to eat. At any rate we can get
ourselves dry, end lay down some-
where to net, for not a wink has orte
of -us slept since night before last"
"T shotild think," said Mt's. Leeks,
addressing me, "that if you. could
Manage to olimb tip to them second -
story windows, you might find one of
them tbrit you. could get in, attd then
come tame and open tad dor for us.
Everybody is likely to Pinot to fast-
en some of the windows on the upper
Poore. I know it isn't right to force
our way hate other people's houses,
bat there's n01)3111' else to be done,
end thetett no need of our talitin'
about it.
1 agreed with her perfeetly, and tak-
ing r ff, ati, mat and •[dime T climbed
up r.)ie, a the columns oa the veranda,
ea la-rrra 127.17,3
"It's erways tbe way," said she, as
"It's time to get up," said the voice
the two followed me round the back of •
,,,, , of Mrs. Leeks, "and if your clothes
the house, "when people' shut up
house and leave it, to put all the are not entirely dry, you'd better eee
i there isn't somethin' in that closet
door -keys in the back corner of some you can put on. After a while 111
drawer in the hall, and to take only make a. big fire in the kitchen, and dry
the front -door key with them. So, you all our things."
I -h , to o for
see,knew justete .g
these."
"It's a. poor hen," eald Mrs. Leeks,
"that begins to cackle when she's goin'
to her nest; the wise ones waif till
they're comin' away. Now we'll see if
one of them keys fit."
Greatly to the triumph of Mrs. Ale -
shine, the second or third key I tried.
unlocked the door. Entering, wefound
ourselves in a good-sized kitchen, with
a, great fireplace at one end of it. 1.
door opened from. the room into tithed
where there was a pile of dxy twigs and
firewood.
"Let's have a fire as quick as we
can," said Mrs. Leeks, "for since
went into that shet-up house I've been
chilled to the bones."
• "That's so," Mrs. Aleshine, "and now
I know bow a fib keeps comfort•ahle
in the water, and bow dreadfully wet
and flabby it must feel when it's taken
out."
I brought in a quanity of woocl and
kindling, and finding matches in a tin
box on the wall, I went to work to
make a fire, and was soon rewarded by
a crackling blaze. Tuxrang :wound, I
was amazed at the actions of Mrs.
Leeks and Mrs, Aleshine. I haa ex-
pected to see them standing shirming
behind me, waiting for the fire to be
mede; but, instead of that, they were
moving rapidly here and three, saying
not a, word, but going as straight to
cophoerd, closet, and pantry as the
hound follows the treat of the hare.
From a, wild chaos of uncongenial
surroundings, these two vvonaen bad
dropped into a sphere in whieb they
were perfectly at home. The kitchen
was not altogether like those 1.0 which
they had. been accustomed, hitt it was
a, well-appointed ' one, and them' in-
stincts and practice made them quick-
ly understand where they would find
whet they wanted. I gazed on them
witb delight while nee filled a. keille
from a, Iiitic pump in the cor-
ner which broaght water from a cis-
tern, and tbe other appeared from the
pantry, carrying a. tea-ca,dde ana
a tin biscuit -box.
"Now, then," said Mrs. Leeks, hang-
ing the kettle on a :wane over the tire
and drawing up a chair, "by the time
we've.got little dried °fa the kettle
outt my clothes were stillvery
damp, and atter investigating the con-
te,nts of the closet and bureau, I was
able to supply myself with linen and a
light summer suit 'Mach fitted me
fairly well, I even found socks and a
pair of slippers.
When I entered the. kitchen, I first
opened wide my eyee with delight, and
then I burst out laughing. Before me
was a table coyered with a white cloth,
with plates, cups and everything neces-
sary upon it; at one end was a steam-
ing tea-pot, and at the other a dish of
some kind of hot Meat ; and Mrs. Ale -
shine was just taking a pan of newly.
baked biscuits from a small iron oven.
"I don't wonder you laugh," said
Mrs. Lecke, "but our clothtss was still
wet, and we had to take just what we
could find. Pm not in the habit of
goin' about in a white muslin wrapper
with blue-ribbon trimmin's; and. as for
Mrs. Aleshine, T did think we'd never
find anythire that she could get into;
but there must be one stout woman in
the family, for that yeller frock with
blarer buttoris fits her well enough,
nthanorutg.h.,, I must say it's a good deal
1 "I never thougbt," said 'Mrs. Ale-
' shine, as sht set down at the tea-pot,
"Ora the heathens had so many con-
, veniences, ttpecially bakin' powders
, and Dutch ovens. For my pert, I al-
ways supposed that they u.sed their
, altars for !akin', when they wasn't
il offerin' up victims on 'em."
I "Have you got it into your heacl,
,Barlary Aleshine," said Mrs. Leeks,
i looking up from the dish of potted beef
she was serving, "that this bowie he -
longs to common h.eathen? T expect
that most of. the savages who live on
these desert islands has been convert-
ed ler the missionaries, but they'd have
• to take 'em from Gene.tis to Revels, -
l tions e good n,aany times before they'd
. getan trs the p'ent of havin' force -
pumps in their kitehens and strring
1 mattresses on their beds, As far as
I've seen this house, it looks es if the
., fpaersiiiirtlivle.h;e1 a hvays been Christians, and
1 probribly either Catholics or Episeo-
• "On amount of the cross on the man-
tel -piece •in our room, T suppose" 'Sala
.
Mrs. Aleshine. "But whether they're
tohex7si'dv8ergino't ttiheuliesitleneeeleef rliorneueesItoat:Scl,
there's a. good deal snore in that Pan-
try than you'd expect to find, in any
house I Iteow of, avhen the tamily is
Ismer." .
"It is my opinion," said 1, "that, this
house belouge to some rieb man, goo
-
belay Anserican ov European mer-
ionlintieintinenatto1nlireensmony,olatroulawthhao Leagethiis;
t118 a shenentg.hoft istualwranneta.irmerasyldnennucuetnn' er in
tale part of the world," said Mrs.
Leeks, •
itr is in eftect," I replied, "but
l'uteiflee aasra0n ts enitoerSeenlaSer11.31;1V110811neitoil those
stoewa,naisx.s,v,hich are found on the larger
islands, and so the owner of this house
may come up here sometimes for fresh
"Or it' just as like," said Mrs. Ale -
shine, "that he lives scimewhere up in
the icebere,regions, and comes bex•e to
spend his winteth. It would do just as
well. But, whiehevex way it is, een't
help thinkin' it's carelees not to leave
somebody in the house to take care of
Lt, Why, for all the familY would
ttityboatint lintn, gtia'anmtphsnymiiikgeht, break in
kanncolwst
sa'idThmat'as. jru,esetk-ksi:hat's happenin' now,"
ain't goin' to find 110 fia,Uritm. IPacfotnitI
suppose the people would have been so
hard-hearted as to turn us away from
their doors, but I've seen enough o
afoblnkustitnhatrs, world not to be_too sure
Ale -
shine, addressing me, "flaa,t the family
ge't' Hs ohwerdeo ad
u sguopepe ois,ea,euhs..ald DoMrs. tAhle
ey
-
keep a private steamboat ?"
"Of course they have a private ves-
sel of some kind." I ansvvered, "probab-
ly a yacht. It is quite certain that
ordinary steamers never touch bere."
"rf that's the case," said Mrs. Lecks
"all WS have to do is to wait here till
they come, mita get tbem to send us
away in their.ship. But whether theY
have just. gone or are just a-comin'
back depends, I suppose, on whether
they live in a free= or a but=
country, and if they aon't like our
beim' here when they come back, there's
me thing they can make up their minds
to, and that is that I'm never goin' to
leave this place on e life -preserver.",
ftiaii;i:sTrarenumgp,ewn:iutthinha'Fu. 'c'hsacioaniMplrasOeAnieeys,bihnear'
When breakfast was over Mrs. Leeks
pushed baca her chair, but did not im-
mediately rise. With an expression of
severe thought upon her face, she gaz-
ed steadfastly before her for a minute
and then addressed Mrs. Aleshine, who
had begun to gather together the cups
and the plates. "Now, Barb'ry Ale -
shine," said she, "don't you begin to
clear off the table, nor touch a single
thing to wash it up, till we've been ov-
er this house. I want to do it now, be-
fore Mr. Craig goes out to prospect
around and see what else is on the th-
land, which, I suppose, 'seal be wantin'
ss .
I replied that I had that intention,
IhmOutsIelfvira:t.quite -willing to go over the
sp'n'Intk'isngcovninerytogrma,veecy,st.rhay Insencultssn,
for us to talk of the family bein' here
OT bein' there, till we've gone over tilts
house. If we find that they. have, as
fax as we know, gone away in good
healtb , and spirits, that's all well
enough; but if aliathin's happened in
this house, I don't want to be here
with what's happened—at least without
knowin' it; and when we do go over
the house, I want a man to go .with
To Be Continue&
'VALUABLE USE OF TEA.
The use of tea for quenching the
thirst of men on the marcb is approv-
ed by many authorities. ComManders
of British troop e in India have asserted
that no drink has been found com-
parable to cold tea for satisfying thirst.
In the campaign in the Soudan Sir
Herbert Kitchener vv -mild allow his sol-
diers no alcobolie chinks, but supplied
them with an abundance of cold tea.
As tea is made with boiled and boil-
ing water, all danger from microbes
in the water Is removed. The stimulat-
ing properties of tea are great, and
should lemon juice be added the pow-
er the mixture possesses to excite the
sahvary glands to activity makes it
possible for a small amount of liquid
to be satisfying, and saves the carry-
ing of an excessive quantity of water.
Besides being stimulating, • the tea
makes palatable the otlaerivise insipid
boiled water. In South America, es-
pecially in the Argentine Republic,
men are so accustomed to taking tea.
tltat the banks and commercial houses
serve it to their employees every af-
ternoon.
SUFFICIENT LIQ1111).
GOL1),FROIVI THE KLONDIKE
A STEAMER nom $T. MICHARLN
AT VICTORIA, B.C.
Three ale:lions in Gold on tioara-Rew the
altnees attareett 'mete areesore- some
or the Lacey Ones nags of Gehl Woe
• Ilfea,17 ta
the golden stream still pours into
the city from the far northern gold
fields. Early this morning, says The
Viotoria, B. C„ Times. on Wednesday,
tbe steamer Manaaiense, Captain Ed-
wards, came ipto port with colors
flying, • for, athoxding to Purser Rich-
ards—and this statement is verified by
•
many of the passengers and other of
brought in the neighborhood.
of 03,000,900 in gold. and paper on the
commercial companies and outside
batiks. There was, the purser said,
over one end, a quaaaer millions in the
yellow dust and nuggets on board, the
safe in his office being filled from top
to bottom with bags of all sorts and
sizes belonging to the lucky men. .133 -
sides this big showing there were num-
bers of tlae fortunate men who refused.
to allow the gold out of their hands. In
many stateroonas were couples, trios
and. quartettes, who, in tarns stoqd
guard over the gold, one being always
with it. In several instances the min -
025 miter left hold of the handles of
the gold. laden valises and bags Save
Nv.torlilevneraswileetPh'inan:eatohhe.n they
slep
t with
the gold for a pillow and a loaded re-
volver
§IGHT TO .REIVIEMBER.
The 3/fanamense, as she Oa1I18 into the
wharf, was a sight to [remember. Her
decks were thronged with the rough-
ly-dretsed but appaxently ham crowds
of miners --there were 260 in all. As the
vessel tied up, the miners, hungry for
news, asked a thousand and one ques-
tions about the war, but even this all -
absorbing subject could. not keep there
still when the gang plank was run out.
As soot as the way was clear the be -
whiskered, throng—for all grow beaxrds
in the Klondike—hurried ashore. Some
were cagrying rolls of blankets, some
tin boxes, some valises and grips so
well filled with gold that it was all
they could do to carry them. In some
instances couples were noticed with
leather bags and tin boxes that were
more than one man could lift, on poles
after the manner of Chinese pedlars.
The usual nervous crowd, who irnagina
every man ie sight was eager to steal
their. tthaeure, were also noticed, and in
direct contrast were the little groups
who threw their gold -laden sacks in an
express waggon as they would. a toll of
blankets. One man, a cool -looking
Irish -Canadian, was sitting down on
the wharf with about a hundred pounds
of -elle yellow metal in a bright yellow
valise, such as might be carried by a
Hebrew dnunmer, trying to fix the'
handle, which had torn loose owing to
the weight of the contents. An excited
crowd stood oround watching the oper-
ation and asking question after ques-
tion about the gold, but the patching
was continued in a most matter of fact
manner. The work completed, the min-
er staggered down the wharf•to a hack
with his load of wealth.
SOME OF TR tl LUCKY ONES.
Purser Richards furnishes the follow-
ing partial list of some of the lucky
ones, and an estimate of the wealth
brought out by them :—
F. Neaves. . . . . . ,poo,000
Michael Traynor, Victoria. . 80,000
II. Maser, Seattle. . . . 117,000
Louis Paulus, Seattle. . . . 400,000
N. Blaokmpre. • . . • . . . 150,000
T. Rogers, Seattle. . . ; . . 650,000
F. Van Bibben. . . . 300,000
C. Stephens, Seattle. . . . . 150,000
The purser could not remember more
of the lucky men, but be says there
a,re, besides these, orowds with from
040,000 to 060,000 in their possession.
It is most difficult to get the passen-
gers to talk of their gold, i.or none will
discuss that; they will talk of all other
matters and of the wealth of others,
but, as to themselves they are always
silent, and to the interviewer are al-
ways ostensibly poor raen. Neaves, who
is credited by the purser and a num-
eter of passengers with being the rich-
est man of the crowd, will not admit
that he briugs oat anything worth
Three pints. of liquid a day is suf-
ficient for the average adult-.
An Ohio Postreaster has discovered
and. obtained a book that was present-
ed. to William MoKinley by his father
forty years ago. The Postmaster has
forwarded the vclume to the President.
At the time yomas McKinley received
the book he was ,a volunteer assistant
to the man tvho DOW return's it and
who was then Poetmaster at Poland
will. bile, and we'Il have some 0, ,ea, given to idols or preyer-books, I know 0. ,
CITIES OP
These Chieese towns are siteated at
the juuctiot of the Ilan 'Riven with the
Yang -Tee -Kiang, and really form (Me
city, of whieh Ilan Kau is the pott,
Thie platee IS the proposed, teleran:l of
the railway the ealiCeesion for whica
trait
WUCHANG, MANGY/NG ANT)
Vngiand, consasette ham fellee into ham%
hostile te her intereets. Vessels of
largo ean reaelf Ilan Kan, and it
aS neturaity the Somperithe for the treat
resoutcee et the Yelag-TetaKiarlg 'Saab
ley. This basin comprises imarly one.
hell Of China proper end includee etiete
HAN RAIL
of the richest territory in Asia, Eng-
latid's interest hi tine btaindless stoxe-
abusle can 'bo tuaderstood whet; It
is recalled that it has) been thrconsla
the (Merge of Atithas merchant's that
itt estural advatitagee•havve beta dc
velopeas ,
down on the Dantabe. Brown has
about a20,000.
Miners who came down, notwith-
etandina their successes, say tbat
things are none too bright in Dawsmt,
and, accordiag to a rumor, there are
uosv over teu thousand men on the waY
clown the river in small boats. People
IsItereeeltesa,vathrge Piaillevaselin t i4dulliethra.eciel., TibI311
weds is much overcrowded.
The majority of the passengers of
the trautaiense came down the river
in the river steamers, jag. Healy, Mere
ity,nin% nAtlhicee mannudihMantfgetniiaet, itihvsorl.ast The
Healy waived ant two weeks ago, the
day the steamer sailed for tbis port.
She lett Deweou on July 12th, and, re-
ports that the river is rapidly failing
and many of the bars UTO diffieult to
cross.
Munh saffering is said to exist along,
the low er Yukon, me ny ttl c ago ups of
stranded miners who are without funds
aanlodr eln'letvhiesiornivse.r.being se" at Points
GLOOM AT ST. MICHAEL'S.
At St. Miohael's things are looking
extremely Week, and everything points
to trouble in the near future, The pas-
sengers who went up on the steamer
Progresso 'are in a very bad fix, The
men of the commercial companies are-
eftheuiseealteepaurnaulnalhohtwpientntohmetpninetyothngwemonianusgpaotthih•ene vaind.
riv-
er, lia,ving lost the river steamers whicla
were to have taken the passengers to
Dawson. Many of the passengers who
have funds have trans -shipped to some
of the river steamers, but the greater
number ture stranded on the ocean
vessel. The situation th indeed a pre-
carious one, for when the Manauense
sailed. the provisions on booed the Pro-
gresso had all but given out, and when
the supply fails trouble is feared. The
agent of the oonapany owning the
steamer, who went north on the Pxo-
gresse, fearing that he would be bad-
ly treated by' the passengers has fled,
and, according to report, he was a Pas-
senger on the steamer Philip Neason.
The beach, too, is crowded with strand-
ed miners, and those who intended to
hav
lf etet beenl ned dand r::evttYnhionetittynohueee raelymi pe'etr•l:hnleh:ianr.svvyefa aiwnTt leo); not
5°17i:hirethx.
talking about. "I have a small bag,"
he says, "but not much."
Many on the wharf tried to liftthe
"smell bag," but failed. "What I an.
binging oet is not naine."
On the Mananense were a number of
residents of this city. • Among them
was Lionel C. Beta erstwhile a anteing
broker here, aria whose vtratet colors
proclaim him a first-class artist. He
was a member of the pretentious Hul-
bert party, which loft here on the
steamer Danube last suniraer with out-
fits a:: complete as could be had, and
bulldogs for companions, Mr. Bax•ff
was the only man of this party to teeth
Dawson, the others having !returned
when the company broae up on .the
trails. He says he has easurecia claim
and brings out a little money, but he
declines to diecuss the wbereabouts of
his property ana the extent of his
riche.
A LIVELY CORPSE.
Another a satorian who came out was
W. Gillespie, afotetime mate of the
C. It, af, steamer Maude. He is out
to say that the repots of hie death
Were exaggerated. He saws it he eao
ftnd the man who spread the teport
that ma,n will find him a very live
corpse, Mx. Gilleepie seas that the
Yulthe offioial is out for the Money all
the tinae. Before Mejor Walea areated
it was mobey or this, pay thr that; the
Minors were obliged to be paying for
something ell the time. Ed has secur-
ed e mining prOperty on Hunter Cteek.
Mr. Gillespie seyet Lal ea was 1E,t, •St.
1Vliehael's when the Ittanaiienee left,
being Otoerded off her, They will °time
The City of et. Michael's is a strange
place. It is solely a city qf tents, the
buildings there, outside of those own-
ed by the commercial conapanies, be-
ing very few. Again, its population i$
very transient. One day the place is
thronged and again a 'short time af-
terwards it is a city' with a sparse
population.
The two commercial companies tvill
not allow any of the ocean liners or
river steamers that, are not doiag busi-
ness in connection with them, to land
at their wharves. Passengers and
freight on the wean boats must be
trans -shipped in the stream, and the
river steamers not connected ,with
the company nanst land their passen-
ere at points all along the shore.
While at Dutch Harbor, which port
was called at on the way down,- tbe
ltlanauense's officers learned that the
Moran fleet had been all destroyed and
were lyieg in piles of firewood along
the barren Alaskan coast.
!Mr, OF INTER
BUSY YA
Neighbor!), Interest In ffl
01 element and
Deny Record. •
e ,
The list of Post Offices in the Unit-
ed Statenew includes HobsonVa,
Sigsbee, Ark., Dewey, N.C., Sampoon,
and Manila, Ky.
A ton of ,I.tlantic water yields, af-
ter evaporation, 81 Pounas of salt; of
the) Pacific, 79; of the Arctic and, Ant-
arctic, 85; of the Dead. Sea, 187. • ,-
It is said that a striking outline of'
the features of George 'Washington has.
appeared tree,
Mrs.
a knotty protuberance of
P. "
tree in Portland, -Me. It, is not a
Mrs. B. A, Corthell, of Milbridge, Mee.
has made a wonderful etatchwork
the centrepiece of which is a bit of
blue bunting made from a signal flag
saved from the battleehip Maine,
The constitution of South Carol'
,provides that jurors must be betw,
the! ages of 21 and 65, and a n
cywasnenaer ,be seoenl :ann. tnle,y nn granted in a
eof
th ei ur
A Bar Harbor well digge
that he was shocked by electri
digging. To test thoroughly
ter he lowered a nog into th
when the dog waa taken
dead.
Boothbay Harbor, Me., rep
ether sea -serpent," with he
as• and. mainshtinbnartxielaltanpudzzofiesdizte
No finas,nif Ininpnpteerrs. or tail had
inn
An Oregon Sheriff ma
papers on the defendant in a
'lure suit by torwardine the doc
Lo the defendant's address at C
Philippine Islands. The defenda
First Lieutenant at a company of
gap volunteers.
Fifteen years ago, William Glenn of'
Powhatan county, Va., was a dark mut- t
atth. His color, has been gradually
changing ever since, and now he 15 -
white with the exception of a few spot.
sick.
Be. says that he
has s bisne vtre ed inb been
A Bangor, Me., poodle dog goes half'
a mile every morning hi all weathers
and fetches the morning paper, brought
along to the crossroads by an electric -
car. The poodle nas the time table.
down to a clot and never misses dose
connection with the car.
George Nadeau, a Maine oution4191p-
tured this week after a six years'
IVY POISON AND CURE.
.1•111
How The Ivy May Be, Distinguished.
Poison ivy grows over trees and
fences and runs over walls and along
the ground. It may be distinguished
by its brown, hairylike stem, its three
leaves, in clusters, and white berries.
It is also known as the poison oak.
Sometimes it takes the forra of a bush,
and other times that of a vine. The
poison ivy and the poison sumac are
utterly unlike in appearance, but both
belong to the same general order—
thus.
poison metnao grows in swanti3Y
aplacee, and is known also as poison dog-
wood and poison alder. It grows from
six' to twenty-five feet in height, in
shrublike form, and thefoliage consists
of about five pairs of opposite and ter-
minal leaflets. It can always be re-
cognized in the fall by its color and
white berries.
Ivy poison. is very painful; first the
skin is very itchy, then red and swol-
len, eventually breaking into blisters.
The fece often swells so much that the
eyes are closed.
Having deseribed the plants and told
haw to detect, the poison, we append
aenumber of -recipes for tho latter's
cure when the poison is in its first
stages, writes Mrs. A. M. Huntington
in the Ladies' Home Journal,
Bathe the affeeted parts with a
saturated solution of baking soda, bee
aabonate of sodiam. in water that is
worm—not hot, as that changes the
soda into washing soda; or,
"lathe with warm watet and soap—
good, pure soap; or,
Bathe with Daum curds; a tablespoon-
ful of powdered alum to a, pint of ;
or, '
Bathe , with weak ammonia water;
wa—
ter; or, •
same quantity to same amount of
Bathe with lead -water and la,udanum
ao0in,fnallealVeqpi:huat; ae6rorii3N.;:,1)iL7qt:11-131, Lacs: armobio,mnoa,Itv. ei:Ohft oisvoildliv:lhemPhloroneteSi
ounce to half a pint of water, or eta-
phite of sodium or thlorinated soda, in
Bathe with half an ounce of phenol
Sodique diluted in tlarce otinces•of woe
ter ; or, •
Bathe -with one ounee of glycerite of
coaib:Itxr;cid0i, dilated with eight ounces
tv..
Bathe the tiffeeted parts with a 2 per
cent solution of creoline.
In the later stages,when the inflam-
mation and groat blieters appet,r—
T.Tee sassafras bark 'tea ; two ounces of
bark to a pint of hot water. Let it
soak a fete hours, and bathe, while it
it warm, the affected parts; or,
Oak bark tee used in the same way
as the above; or, ,
Paint the blister with fluid extract
of iterpentatia, being careful not to get
tbe extract near the eyes; or,
Break the blister, if tot &heady
broken, by pricking, and drop, with
Icisisilt017, dropper, solution. Of tubsul-
phate of iton, strength, itao the
h
chase by the Federal officers, is unable.
to read and can barely write his own
name, yet he has for some time been
supervisor a schools in his town, St.
Ex:virazt4.ncis, alnadal...aitylso.„..ilea ,,tiia.,.t,9cianstable rat.lia,.‘serwa.
encamped in Virginia in 1862, srree
dent Lincoln frankeda latter fc
private, Frank King of Fund do
Wis., by writing on the envelope, "Let
tthyiss:rgo.. A 'Altoona." The envelope is.
in the family of King, held as a sacred
retie of the boy who was killed, at Get -
Charles Lowery, of Portland, Me., at.:
the age of 17 years enlisted with his'
father and five brothers for the civil, '
war, and all seven served through that
conflict. At the time of the Virgin -
bus affair he again enlisted, and in'
the present; war he has been a sailor
in the blockading fleet off the south
•coast of Cuba.
For several weeks a big bonfire has
been glowing on the side of Mount
Katehdin,, Maine, near the summit.
The fire, winch can be seen for forty
miles in some direotions, was kindled
by a party of New York sportsmen in
celebration of the destruction of Ad.-
miral Cervera's squadron, and has been
kept burning ever since.
Itandolph II. Waters, an huriate of
the 'Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth,
Kan., visited a cemetery at Elmwood,
Kan., and read the epitaph over a grave
which was supposed to be his. Ms sis-
ter had placed the headstone over the
grave two years ago. 'Waters ran away
from home at the beginning of the I
civil war, and after it was over he '
weSnatmuWeelsPLackard inimigrated '' this
country in 1618, and settled in the
now historic town of Hirigham, Mass.
His wife and do.ughtei came with him.
-
From his family have sprung 7,000 des-
cendants. Ten years ago there was a
Packard reunion at Brockton at which
1,200 members were present. Tbe 2601h
anniversary of his arrival was held in
LvDoannieMI aAssiniujituseg; tili0e. colored. Post-
master of Pitfalls, Miss., was induced
to make a wilain ivhich he bequeathed
to a Mr. Pinkelon, tbe Post Office and
"all appu r Lettances thereunto be-
lch ging , to hate and to hold during,
thelife time of the said Pinkston"
In one street of Brunswick, Me., a
't'hOeulltr°1218 ;etre aa (3' asilrysh Srit:obto :en: ' ,t:ciAn11:1‘ievli;sv!oil:m:f;
parte," Prof, Cleve
,,.ongar,t.115,arnecni tiritrrelf,t., TTn
sophy. r,
Beta Merray (Ilea, at Wichita, Its
, —
at the age of fil yeare. He had four-
(
,
teen children, • ti 'des grand-ohndren,
thirty-five vet grenclehildren, and
two greategreatearincichildren. Eleven
of his children, f s sons with their
wianipv8obewsa,nndaln,:tills.:tixeninatid:,•tegith,hst6carrsieinsivanigillitoin. 1.t)aheeird
at the sudden am aranee in the, bed
of the Mechias la er of an [morale:me
ledge covered at w tide by only 2
/eet 4 inches of a ter, up to a fort-
night ago, so ea qll the river pif-
tido over this spot and no lodge was
oyli1„btihee. water WAS feet deep at low
Cabin," S. S. C.
of, Napoleon Bon
hind. hie ',Salina -a
Ingo, ins 'oarort
NOT PRE:PA D TO SAY,
His Nephew—Do 1t like mint julepa
better than cocktee Uncle?
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