The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

New York post-office inspectors as- Sert that the foreign mails are being systematically robbed. It was 104 Ln the shade in! Lincoln, Neb.. on Saturday. Seven persons were killed by Friday's cyclone at San Jose. lll‘ Three thousand men engaged in the building trades went on strikein New York‘ Belgian treaties was the uznzu‘ wish of the Selfâ€"governing so who desired to deal with the, I Kilngdom on preferential terms Right Hun stated Nu t1»? the dxnunciai Regulations respecting the issue of leases to dredge for minerals in the submerged beds of rivers in Mamiâ€" toba. and the Northâ€"west Territories have been made by Order-inâ€"Council. Mn E. A. W'ells. of Alexandria. Eg~ ypt,‘ writes to the Dominion Departâ€" ment of Trade and Commerce suggest- ing Egypt as a good field for the _de- Veiopmenlt 0f Canadian trade. Mr. Joseph Lavergne, who representâ€" ed Dru‘mmond and Arthwbaska in the House of Commons, has been appointâ€" ed 3Judg‘e of the Superior Court of Quebec for the Ottawa district. (A company has been organized in Montreal for the purpose of sending an expedition to the Yukon district up- on the comparative plan. The miners Engaged are to have a. share of the pro- n . Am order has been; issued liberating Mrs. Gamer. of Gationeau Point, who was hin for murderifng hJEI‘ husband, but she refused to leave on the ground that she is afraid of sumatroke this warm weather attai- her 10mg imcarceration. The King of Siam arrived on \Vednes- day at Portsmouth, when he was re- ceide by the Prince oif \Va'les. He had hmdheon with the Queen at (isiurne house, and. tea. \vi‘ih the Prince and Princess bcf \Valres on board the royal yacht Osbomne. v r ‘IBD‘ this Hbluasue at Commons on Mon- day evening thB Government grant of eighty thousand pounds towards th 1 ju’bhlee celebration) was apposed by some of blue, Irish members.‘1mt was carried by a vote of one hundred and sixtyvtwo b0 twelve. Manitoba miners have advanced the price of flour in Montreal 25 cents (L barrel, the third raise within the past flew weeks. largely due to the increas- ed cost of wheat. Premier Greenway. Who has been in Southweslern Manitoba. reports that the crops have decidedly hnproved, and are looking better than they did at this time Last year. mm Imperial (Govennmanrt has de- ufilded to build a fhhrbour and gravi‘mg deck at Smemstown, im Cape Colony. Sir \Vilfrid La‘uu'ier will sail for Cam alda on' 15115 Labradofi on the 19th 'Lmst. gr Louisplyies w111 leave Liverpool on: nnn Judge Tuley decided on Friday that the Sir \Vilfrid Laurie: alda. on the Labradofl Sir Louis Dwies will 1 the 26th inst. The Chief Justice of Canada. Sir Salmwel Emmy Strung, is now sitting daily as a member of the Judicial Com- mli/ttee of the Imperial Privy Council. «Mr, McLeod Stewart, (1116 ex-Mayor of Ottawa, had amiimterview the other day with Lord Lamdx‘mmue.‘ with ruler- gone to the Georgila‘m Bay and Ottawa Carnal, and he was] promised all the us- aisstamce in the power of the Secretary at State for War. Refierrihlg to the mission of Mr. E. E. Shbppaxd, of Tommto, to opem up trade between Cainada and Mexioo. a City of Miewa dcspaichr says Canadian lumber will find .-1‘ market, as; well as various limes of manufactured goods, if proper- llv introduped. Viscount Garnet \Volseley, Command- erâ€"inâ€"Cflvief of the British army, is seriously ill. .It is stated that a site has been se- bwbed in Killarney for a. Royal resi- dence Em Ireland; (A war map of the Dominion of Canâ€" ada. is in process 0f preparation. It will show all the roads. bridgvs, towns, vil- lages. farm's, blanksmith shops and stores. ' Thieves gathered Garland's general sham at Portage la Prairie. and Mr. Ormamd. the caretaker, first! on them. One off mam returned the fire. wound- bng the caretaker in: the lef t shoulder. The Countess of Craven, nee Carnelia Martin, of New York. has given birth to a son. ‘ Thomas Telford. of Kingston. who reâ€" cently disappeared in London Eng., has been found in a hospital there. E'e had been sandbagged and robbed. A despatch from ’Winnipeg says that there will be no difficulty in placing farm hands in Manitoba as soon as they arrive. By amajority of. 15 a local option by- la w was carried in Wainfleet Township. \Velland County. 4 A reorganization of the Militia De- partment which will effect a. saving of many thoumnd dollars will take place. THE ); kill'ed. . Th» DOmimon Governeut, accord‘ bug to a XVinnigeg dispawu. is consid- eang the qubstmn at opening a route but» the Yukon Vin. Edimonton. It is expected that the telegraph line from the head of Lynn canal to the Kiondyke can be built before the winâ€" tex Interesting Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States, and ‘JI Parts of tho Globe. Condensed and Assorted tor Buy Radius. e P 1910 :‘teamship rates on grain from Mont- al 31nd Liverpool have nearly doubled thm a comparatively short time. {ohm Flack, a. reshdent at St. Cathar- as, was on Saturday morning run' etr by a runaway beam. and instant- VERY LATILSI‘ FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. 1r ml Alexander Grant, oi Winnipeg )wmed in the Nepigon River. 19w cases of smallpox have de- m VVestmount, a suburb of UNWI‘ED STATES GREAT BRITAIN CANADA )1) 0C EM NUI'SHHLEfiigg Abe Lp'h Chamber-[aim of Commons that the German and) as the unanimous )vexvni‘ug colonies, with thra United He had ‘suvrne :e and a royal ' Awarding to reports lreceived at London. t- iG‘ovel‘lnment is setting tion at defiance, an most stringent repress Grave charges are be against the Boers. It i plied the Mambale wit acted very heavy bribes African Chartered Con The Cologne Gazette says that the proposal of Germany for European control of Greek finances has been ac- cepted *by the powers. A Chinese pirate captured the Brit- thh steamer Pvgu oln July 14, murâ€" dered the captain and seven of his crew and plundered the ship. Advices by the steamship Miowera confirm the reporm of the massacre of white, gold-hunters and native assist- ants in New Guinea. A paper published Vin Rome, Italy, deuunity for ally denied M r t\\”[ Uheir electr Tphe tax, {including bicycles, is void. The Prince oi VVaJeB will att¢ autumn military manoeuvres a burg September 3rd. Erastus Wimzm has taken final papers in New York, which him an American citizen. It is reported from Perry. that outlaws have killed Q Parker. chief of .the Comma-1 A paper puhlisneu In Home, ltaly, declared the msignatinn of Secretary of State Sherman is-neoessary, as his diplomacy is irritating all Europe‘ There were disturbances at Tetuau. near Madrid, on Monday, arising out of a private dispute. The. rioters used guns and several persons were woundâ€" ed. .- an 1 tion Charles W. Spaulding. ex-treasurer of the Illinois State University, and former president of the GlolbeSavings Bank, has ‘been found guilty at Chi- cago by a jury in the third trial. \The charge was hypothecatinrg $25,000 in Macupin County bonds, Prof. Elliott, of Cleveland, thinks that Mr. Foster. who was sent to Engâ€" land in regard to the seal question. is a. diplomatic failure. Hie has se- cured nothing from the SalisburyGovâ€" ernrment. The Canadians are in conâ€" trol of the situation, and at the com-â€" ing conference they will skin Mr. Fos- ter as they "skinned" him before at the Paris tribunal. GENERAL. Nearly 100 persons have been drown- ed in Silesia. . I_t is reported that a. reign bf terror exxsts in Portugal. It is reported that Belgium will en- deavor to arrange a. commercial treaty Siam border. am-u 100nm uovermmezns are despatch‘ing troops. General Wefier commander of the Spanish force in Cuba, will grant amnesty to 1,500 exiles. 'Bhe steamship Mariposa sailed from Sydmf/y. NZSIZXVxnfig‘rA San h‘yancisco on Tilééiiiy with 450,000 sovereigns. Captâ€"General VVeyler has signed an order expelling from Cuba two New York newspaper correspondents. The, Culists expect that Don Carlos will be at the head of his ‘fomes in Spain before the end of February Much inrt-erest naval circles at t composition which the marvellous for dians The Glucose Sugar Refining Com- pany, with a. capital stock or $40,000,- 000, ihas been incorporated at Trenton exists in Portugal. It is reported that Belgium will en- deavor to arrange a. commercial treaty with: Canada. Yellow fever is ravishing the Spanish troops, and is proving the best friend of the, insurgents. Floods at Johannishad. Bohemia. have caused great loss of life and destruc- tion to property. Til-6 Japanese Government has order- ed from Germany a. nine thousand ton battleship. 7 Trouble. has arisen on the Turkoâ€"Per- slam border. am-d fbotih) Governments next The Emperor and Empress of Ger- many arrived at Cronstadt on satur- day, and were cordially received by the Czar. ' ‘ i , There has bedn averita‘bie epidemic of suicide in. Paris for some Weeks past. the beat adding to the number of oases. , The cloudburs‘cs and inundations which have devasfated the eastern part of Germany have caused a serious loss of life. The Vatican. including the Pope himâ€" seI-f,is afi-tively engaged in a cam- paign to stimulate the revenue from Peter’s pence. v that. l Klond ritory‘ 'A non-union roller, employed in the Scottdale, P3,., iron and steel works. was shot and killed by union men on strike on Saturday. Elin‘hd Boulde: Glelnn/ of Newark. N.J‘., celebrated: finds: olnle lmmdred and third birthday oln Friday. and hopes to live ‘bd cast a vote for Bryan at the next United States Presidenltial election. IAn ultimatum has been presented to the Peruvian Government by the United States Administration requir- ing the immediate payment of the Me- Cord claim. v M. T. V. Puwderly. formerly Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, on Tuesday took the oath of office in \Vashington as commissioner General of Immigration. Owing to the expected bad harvest the Russian Government intends to prohibit the exportation of grain this year. be seriou ansmg o an ta‘ki'n .;3 report that Mr. C'ecil Rhodes and Alfred Belt Ihus personally paid hundred and fifty thousand pounds he Transvaal Government in in- nity 601* the. Jameson raid is offici- 6f Luzon, one of hl‘ué has been in Male] mile! 24. and Lt is esti invisible‘ be}. searchlighta panese Government is said to isly embarrassed financially, ml; of the. inrrreasod demands direction on account of Japâ€" g her plane in a civilized Lna- 18h ud afiy possible doubt Hold fields are in British an in wiolant uni V Lt is estimated tha‘bitants have is taken in French he. discovery of a. is alleged to have operty of rendering reneath the rays of (‘aptured the Brit- dn July 14, murâ€" anzl seven of his 1 the ship. ,pzxmship Miowera oi the massacre of and native assist- rts from Madrid. the Portuguese ing the constitu- and adopting the essive measures. being formulated t is said th;::.'sup« eland, thinks as sent: to Engâ€" seal question. 6. Hie has se- Killed 'Quavn‘nah Comma-ache hr JOI‘itieS nd the ; Ham- ut his makes dmi a th‘ Mon that lost U) [i n 'Lheyre is no trifle. as in our mild climâ€" ates. Exposure: there means sure and ‘sudde-nl death, Along the Alaskan and -British; Columbian coast the climate. tempered by the ocean, is not severe; {but the gold fields lie in a vast river jbasin behind a high mountain range, at great distance from bhue coast, and ivory far toward Ohio north. where all Wire rigorous conflitlon§ of \an Arctic iw'nnter prevail. “Water will not flow, :tlre streams are frozen to the bottom. 1' Even iinlswmmer Uhe ground thaws only ‘at the surface. ’I‘rwnsportation over mountain! ranges, where rugged trails furnidb: the only lines of passage. is ‘so slow, costly and difficult that scar- city of supplies is inevitable. If large numbers succeed lifl getting over the m-o-wntailn‘ ranges into tlhle basin of the Yukon. accessible} mun diffir-ulty in summer and not at all accessible in winter”. it may be set clown as certaim wait the greater proportion will per- k 1. ‘ ’l‘ilnlizs is no safe adventure. like the rush my former times to the gold mines lovi California. Climate is a fact that "must be taken into account. In mild climates men may take lihbim chances for food! and shelter; inn severe climates Uluey cwmnot. ilt ilS a sure prediction“ that shouldany great numbers succeed im getting into the Yukon region this fall, tlhsere will be a tragedy the like 0‘.‘ wihliuh has not been known to the ,world siluce Napoleon‘s Russian cam- armed; population of the vulages lymg between Metsovo, Trikala. and Kolar- rytes. x Senor Calbajena Cuban refugee, who arrived at Tampa. Fla... on Sunday. says tihat the insurgents attacked the village: at Mhrnanq killed 49 Spanidhl smldbersu wounded 120 and took posses- silon of tho plate, . Owing to the amendments to the peace agreements introduced by Tew- fik Pasha. the discussion of which would occupy a. couple of weeks, it is ex- pected that the powers will send an- other ultimatum to expedite the Forte. 5A! «mews per in Bombay prints a highly in lammatory article, attacking the Indian Government for “ the prosecutth of obscure persons." and lor "making an absolute police regu- latinln do duty as a. secret assassin." According mow. Tbkio paper. the For- mosa rebels seem to. have a‘n._u:nder- ggzijuding iwifahg blue high officials. of Wlml It Means In Start for the Yukon Conn- lry Without Prom-r l’reparatlou. Here is a prediction: Should the rush to the Yukon country continue}, should the: multitudes. or any consider- able portion of the multitudes now striving and; pressing to get off to that teg'mi’n» succeed; there will be a tragedy during the coming winter the like of Mhrinh never has been known in Am.â€" efrica. (Winding, and their plan Ls to attack for- eign- offices and residences, and other- whsd molest foreigners, so as to start flnbermathonal tmuJble. The Japanese Milmistar to the City of Mexico. in; an interview, mys Oil-at Japan, While having no desire to an- nex (the: Hawaiian islands is opposed to {Imam-absorption by the United States. Japan would prefer the islands to re- maim: independent. / Japan tlhmeatelnlstto make a. naval deâ€" momsltrution in Hawaiian waters, and Willi insist that We United States as- sume m mntim‘gent responsibility in the: mater ofi arbirtratiun of liner differences witlh. Hawaiian the subject of migra- tion- and the tariff. (Do' men realize that they are start- ing for the Arctic regions? That the summer (ls already well advanced, and that winter will set in there by the time they reach their destimation? That Winter in those hyperborean regions lasts‘ from October to May? That the temperature falls so low tlhat cold per- formsl Uhe effect of ire? That without adequate protection against the climate and; abundant food all life will disap- pear? \Do men muo have always been accustomed. to mild rlimates realize what it izsito winter at the Arctic circle? Life there is possible during the win- ter only as careful preparatmn is made to support it. Food. clothing and shelter, are indispensable. Exposure paign. A good deal of grub will (Mange hands at Dawson this wimter at the point of tlue revolver. \Vhere there is only about ‘lnalf enough provender to go armmd. Uhe man that draws first will continue to acquire food. This was the situation in the Fraser diggings. near as they were to civilization. The extremity! will be accentuated in the extremity! {vill be accentuated in polar regions. ROYAL BUT POOR. Unless Qween Victoria on the one hand and the Czar on the other con- tribute towards the maintenance of Prinoe Francis Joseph, of Battenburg, and of Princess Anne. of Montenegro, whose engagement has just been anâ€" mounced it; is difficult to see how “they will ever be able to maintain an estabâ€" lishmenrt befitting their rank. The Prime has at the most an income of $3,000 a. yearâ€"airolxzibly not So mlmh â€"~while Primes; Anne LS the daughter of a. ruler so pbor that he is compelled to depend upon the b'ounty oi the Czar, his yutron, in order 00 make ends meet. lt is probable, however. that Emperor Nicholas will dower Princess Anne to the extent of 1,000,000 roubles, just as he did in the case of Princess Hehenle when she was lednto the altar by the Crown Prinae of ltaly. Annie, like‘lner sister Helene, and their elder sisters was bran/gm of St. Petersburg, Supervision ot' the [11:1, 1191' panama: be PREDICTION AND WARNING. up patch from Athens says that engagement took place be- .000 Turkifih- ttoqps and the opulatiun of the villages lying Metsovo, Trlkala and Kolar- THE ROAD TO KLUNDIKE. EXPERIENCE OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THE MILL. A Few [Mlle Things May not be Handy In: the Experience is “‘oth the Money ~ Your own Beast of IIuI'IlClI. L. A. Brickell. writing Lo thJe Rosslan' Record. tells how to reach the Klondikt as follows :â€" It would be well for those who ham the Klondike fever to consider a few oitherealities before they attempt the Journey. Suppose you leave Rossland. 0'11 the train Wednesday morning. you arrive in Spokane Thursday evening. and get in Seattle Friday. You “have the” t0' Walt for a. boat to carry you to Juneau, the thme being six days. .It takes two days on a small steamer b0 taka you to, Dyyea. the head of naviâ€" gation. There is where your troubles commence. From (he boat your goods we carried on an old snow and polled. up the inlet as: far as possible. which) depend on blue tide. and wherever the low water catches youJ there the goods are dumped. The {first thing the tenâ€" demfoot does is to look in: bewilderment at 'h'ispilo of goods, gaze with aznzlzgL “lent at his surroundings and say. "GOOd â€"-â€". Wine-«re am I at. and how can I ever get over these hills?" Ifi 01119 party has plenty oimoney hecan 8% Indians to pack hIiS goods to the summit of the Chilkoot pass at the rate 0“ ten cents a. pound. and from there 170 the head. of m‘avhgatlon or {Lake Lilnderman, a. distance of se'veu miles at a. rate of five cents a pound. makâ€" img 3, total 052 $15 a htumdred. YOUR OWN BEAST 0F BURDEN. it is getting In tember is upon coming short, nymtle of green Considering that an outfit will weigh at least $1,000 poumds.‘ Lt will cost him $150 for packing. Providing he packs ht, himself it will takeat least ten days to pack Lt to the summit, a distance of nine miles from Dwiea. which is a. steep ascent all One way umtil you reach the foot of thesummlt, when you have to out steps ixm the ice in oa'der to reâ€" taivn your equilibrium so as to make Uh» climb of about a mile with a. 50 or 75 pound pack on your back. After packing your 1,000 poundumbfit to the samnmbt you have. to go through the same experience in descending on the other side. At Linderman you are at the head waters of the Yukon. The first thing you have to do there is to make a boat? Tlhe mosquitoes are so bad you cannot. ‘do a thlimg unless guarded by a veil over your face, gloves on your hands. andagood supply of underwear. Pick- isng out your trees you fell them, make a. saw-pit, pee-l tibia logs. lime them up. and out comes your W'hIirp saw and at M: you go sawing lumber. It will probâ€" barny take from fowr tosz days to saw tlhlelmnber for your boat, amother week to make ltâ€"provvided you have not forâ€" gotten to br’mg nails, pitch and oakum with you. If you have not got them you. will have. ta tramp back to Dtyea for them for after you. leave there the first camp you come! £0 is Pally, a disâ€" tance of 300 miles. This boat being huiJlt, you launch her. put your outfit aboard and away you: go. SLi‘x miles is passed. when you come to One-Mile T’he quarter of a. mile is made in less than a milnuhe. Half a mile be- low are the White Horse Rapids, a place-where many a, brave man has last his life in‘ his eager endeavou/r to reach the goal of his aanbitionsnvhere he imagines the scores of the streames are covered with the glistening yellow metal. I ' In portagi'ng your goods you encounâ€" ter a perpendicular bluff, the mos- quitoes tormenting flue life out of you. your lmck and shoulders are sore from making a beast of burdenout of your- self. The boat is lined down through the treacherous waters, re-loaded, and things go smoothly until you reach Lake Le Barge. whinh is :15 miles long. hf the wind is fair, and you’ll think it’s 100 if you have to use the oars. Five ,lj‘i-n‘qzers, 60 miles telmv Le Barge, is another dangerous piece ofwater. and one must take his life in his hands to go through one of the four apertures im a frail boat made with inexperi- enced hands. Only a halfâ€"inch board and a few wilre nails separating him from this worldabnd the world to come. And then comes Rink Rapids. If you do not take the flight hand channel-you are liable to get into trouble there. m'ules C an unk comma; It is a raging. rocky. treacherous stream; the goods are put ashore. and M You have luck you may get your boat thyrorugh Without damage. Then come the ardub-us task of mrtaghng your goods on your back to smooth. waten Reaching Lake Bennett, you may sail along the 30 milesotitslength smoothâ€" ly. provided the; wind is favorable, otherwise the oars will have to be called into service. Caribuo crossing. Tagish or Mud Lake :11an Fifty-Mile {fiver are 500m Ieft’ l‘e’hlind. The canyon is about a. quarter of a mile long, its walls areperperndixcuiar. and the water of a. deep river 100' yards wide is press- ed between its sides, a. distance of about 50 feet in width. 50 swift does the stream fly between these walls that a crest is formed itn the centre of the stream, which is alive with buulders. You have “still Five 1‘. SL USH’ IC After this His is getting 1: mber is upon D0 SONIE BOAT! BUILDING LIKE} A MILL RACE )n a make in a nown countr ring to {1' L with the (‘0 finally the K10 res ave inn the as‘ at as in the you, the (he tre‘ and frost ,journtqy u a frail. 1 into trouble there. 9 IS FLO\VING. sailing is smooth, but 112 four apertures a with inexperi- a half-inch board 5 separating him be, world tocome. I Rapids. If you hand channel you trouble there. the oars. Five .v Le Barge, is e ofwater. and in his hands to res-Loaded, am ltil you read 5 45 miles long you’ll think it’: the oars; Fiv1 days are he- ,s shed their is in the air. of about 500 :raft through a slush in is You are Leâ€" rour cramped Klondike is 3.8011 “like is endancy, A1 tent may meet. fame, fortune and life of ease wi! by) yours, so you] say to yourselx’.‘ listen. You want a. place .to w A1 tent may be a. part of yumr I You say we'll build one. \Vk you going to get your logs? ing- up the river they may be ed. but by the: time they are CL‘ and by main strength‘ got to t you wm find. the! ioe so thick 1 he lurky to get back bl) camp a leave your logs hehfimd you. I utter impossihitity to y ‘et camp and put up a whim by starting from Rosslmnd this the year. Perhaps you have money to buty one. It takes “dust” to imduoe a. man to his home. in th-m face of an Arq her where the thermometer wx tem from 70 w 90 degrees bel have your legs hehxlmd you. It is an utter impossibility to get them to camp and put up a calm by anyone starting from Rossln‘ml this time of the year. Perhaps you have enough money to buy owe. It takes lots of “dust,” to imduce :1 man to give up his home in three face of an Arctic win- mr whpre the thermometer wiall magi..- ter from 70 to 90 degrees lmlow zero most of December, Jarmmry and Feb- ruary. the months of Optoher, Novem- ber. March amd ADI‘llI, being considered mi'ld at .30 to 50 degrees below. If you have good fur robes to sleep in, a. parkie and fur socks and moccasins you will probably pull through. »a.go. She was not successful kn her prospecting, {but she managed to make a. fair living as a. lawmlty Woman in Dawson City. EWIheIn the news of the Klondike discoveries of gold lreachsd. that place she joined a. party of cattleâ€" xnen and went at once to 0116 new dig~ gilngs. She. staked out a, claim as soon. as she got there. and it turned out to ‘oe a good one. .Slhe is now worth at least $250,000. lVlrs. Willis {has a. hoe- band. living in Tacoma. He is a blackâ€" smith. and a great sufferer from rheu- matism. it; was his inability to work hint caused her to start out for the goldâ€"mnning country‘ resolved to re- turn riclh or not at all. Incidentally she has the fame of imtroducing the first “boiled skirt" among the Yukon Illiners. B‘ha paid $2.50 for the box of stlrcllj with which she starched it and $4 a day and board to the lnzlian squaw who was her first assistant in the laun- BACON A LUXURY. Provisions have never been known to be. planiifi'ul. Boom! sells from 40 to 900. a pound. and sometimes is so strong- and rancid when cooking one is forced to poke his head unit of the cabin for a. breath of fresh! air. bwt is compelled to come back amd. eat ilt. Either do this or do without. 7 a. rLaurler be follows the Board Al mam of four or six dogs would be a. good imvestmemt. Provisions are more necessary than money in that coumtry in this winterr. a’laked out. a Claim and Is Now “'011 $250,000. Luck like lightning, strikes in curi- ous places. it is so in Ulne Klondike. Mrs. J. T. Willis was less than three monthly ago a poor washerwoman, lLv- mg ."m' Dawson City. Shae set out alone 101‘ ‘Ullel gold fields of the frozen. North lrum [Tau-om, \\'a,5ll1., about two years BURN THE GROUND. ' If you are fortunate in locating in 31 gulch where there is plenty of timber the womb; will be that much emuer for you. But sometimes wgod has to be hauled ten or twelve miles fOIj purposes. This is done by bundling a. fire and thawing gut the gruurgul, mpeoially in deep! dnglng. fire is made at the {we of the dnft and Is banked by green cottonwood. which throws the heat in They must 1733’. High!“ credit bills to the 001n- Dames in the first place, asa matter of honor. In the second place. as the companies own all film available means O‘f getting out of this country they {Iain keep watch of yolujr actions. It is ,L’mpossible toget (mt theway you came 1m, unless it be in the winter. you can‘ not very well contend against a. stxjeam with a six-mile sun hour current 11} a small boat, especially Wham it contams so many rapids. You find yo'ursalt mortgaged. You. must stay untul you strike it. . Bum remember we always hear of the few who make the strikes while the Emmy who go broke are never heard of, I do not deny that there Is lots of gold. in the Yukon. but I do 5‘le that the great majority who have undergone the hardships have nevgr been repaid for their trou’ble. Agam I §ay. the major'uty who have gone_ to thus northarn Elldoz‘ado are disappomtâ€" ed meta. I To those who comtempl'ate going all the way by steamer via. St. Micheals. It takes fifteen days for a steamer to go: to St. Micheal's harbor, provided they have favorable winds and a sucâ€" Cessful. voyage. The risks are numer- ous of making connections at the port with the river steamers which takes 15 days to make Circle City, when it is daylight 24 howrs in a. day. At this time at year they could not travel more than ten hours a (lay on account of the treacherous river, which is filled with sand bars and obstacles of every description). C-alculatewlmn you can get the next boat from Seattle and add these figures together and you will find yourself frozen in somewhere in the neighbor- hood of the, Tannana, some 800 miles be- low Olo'yndyke and about 500 miles from Circle City. Anyone contemplating this trip should consider Well what hle is doing, especkxlly: at this time of year. A means of making a livelihood un the Yukon in winner is freightring. The Dominion Minister of Mi authorized the holdimg of the autumn camps of instruction militia. ghiln . ou WEATHER TO BREED I aurer MonLreal‘s A LUCKY KLONDIKE WOMAN. it A LITTLE CALCULATION warm enough! for the weath- prnesemt time. You want a. are are you: going to get it? well buin o'nte. \Vhere are of 71' rade reception likely Lu] 1 at the. banque e 0 tam- ut dq’wn. thle nver ypu will aluve and W'ilfrid form of ion. to ilia has usual for the amp , and an Bub )n