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Show i 0 y JOHN R. Aether e 'Vlyi-trlaDark Stranger, u MUS1CK, Mr. Ihvirt," "TW "Charlie AUnSalu'a dmik eu. OorrH lt, hp Roam Boftn'i Boca. Ill rlhu Naanat We branched off Into the woods. I didn't tell the stery of my captain and the Icjun chief with the gold beads for a good mary years.- - Then I went Into the interior to try to find him. I got in wlta some moose hunters atyl traveled oue whole summer and part of a winter and nearly starved an' froze a hundred times, but cot a word could I hear of him, so I suppose I am doomed to make my last voyage from this port. When I meet my captain on that unknown sea to which we are all steerin, 1'U tell him I kept my promise.? When the ex sailor bad finished his story a silence fell on the group. No. one spoke for several minutes. The youth, known only by the sobriquet of "Crack Lash, sat gazing abstractedly Into the fire. He had beard no part of the story, for his mind was still on his faraway home, where dwelt mother and the fair being who had promised to be bis wife, for whom he had braved - the dangers of the wilderness.- At early morn tbe little camp on the Yukon was astir. Paul was the last to awake. Yojth Is healthful ard lrrocect, so sleep llrgers longer aho tt iis eyelids tlan tnoso whose with disease or bodies are frel-M- fd minds bitrde ed w th cares. Where g George? asked Gid, as be toasted steal s. "Deen gJie these two hours," Big CHAPTER Etrange Information. From tbe flowery field of Cal If oral to tie barren region of tbe Klondyke, from 1849 to 1897, la a wide reach, bat the gulf of time 1 bridged of ever and the hopes and fear thousand of heart follow the argonaut who go to search for the golden fleece in the confine of the Arctic Circle, as they did forty-eigh- t year ago the California prospectors The rehl story of tie discovery of not generally gold on the Klocdyh-known, acd to unravel that mystery Is the purpose of this story. On a ce tam night, about three years ago last May. five men were seated about a tamp firp, built under the toi th si 'e of a cliff, among some pine trtes, rtar t'o harks of the Yukon river, fifteen mlrs a ove Taw son City. As some of th.s party have become of well known by the development the Klordyhe gold fields. It wilt be Port answered-Alonas well to Introduce them to the read"Yes. er before we proceed with oty story. Thats strarge." That la'ge man dressed in moose-skiEreakfasi was disposed of, th dogs coat and trousers, with a bear skin thrown over his shoulders, was once fed and harressed acd i.ae party prewell known in the great northwest as pared for their journey up the liver ' the most darirg hunter, miner and to Dawson City, taen an Insignificant adventurer in all Alaska. He was village, and yet lucky George had not as honorable as be was brave, and as returned. As the sun rose higher the mud acd kind hearted as he was sullen. His name was Jack Ralston, but along the scow irade travel more uncomfortable, Yukon he was commonly known as yet Paul trudgeJ on, uncomplainingly. He could bear any burden or hardGlum Ralston." reRalston was once an American ship without a murmur when he Laura. Her was for flected It that He was getting along In years, for bis hair was growing frosty, yet his n'serce pave strergth to bis arm keenre's to his eye, spurring him frame was still strong and Us heart I on to efforts mere than superhuman. bad not abandoned its hope. When they halted at noon they were Lucky George W. Cormack, or to ret to leeward of tie compelled George," as the miners nicknamed to protect themselves from the smoke on sat the log just opposite llm, s. But little bad been said Glum Ra'ston. George was an Engof tl eir ml's'ng romnarlor, Lucky lishman, a brave, adventurous fellow, who was also an expert miner. Per- George. GH followei his trail through the stow withoiR difficulty, and gave haps it waa his knowlelge of geology it as his opiclon tnst he was going and mining that tended to his Nevertheless, the miners at- straight to Pawson City. Glum RaMon, who had cot extributed it to luck. an opiclon on the subject, for pressed naan of thirty, Gid Myers was a with palo blue eyes and sandy com- some time, at last said:-BoyI heard him say somethin plexion. Gid had had considerable one day bout goln np the Klondyke. experience as a hunter and prospect"What for? asked Old. t or, but In the miners parlance had Eald a squaw man told blm there sever struck it rich. Porter Allen, or Dig Port," was a was heaps o gold along that air giant In size, being over sly feet In stream." Informed him It was or of Glum height, wltk broad shoulder and sin-w- s Tcakon which of steel. Hs was forty, his hair the tributaries and long "heard quite grizzled with had been but very Htth explored. Cld remained with his head bowed for a . time, and exposure. few mocents, nla mind lost th thought man a was fifth of The young twenty-twor twenty three ypars of At last be eald: -Boys, bea tryln to give us th and age, with the fresiness of innocence still on his fac while his slip, I am afeard, or run a cold deck older companions rere smoking their on us, said Gid. Wbat if be does ' asked Port pipes, the younger man of tue party gazed abstractedly into the gIowing We dont lose much." We might If he struck pay dirt Are. Hla mind went back qver the said Gid. mountains, livers and teas Wont we be just as llxely to strike quiet little home In Fresn pay dirt as George?" be had left hla widowed mo "No" to bis heart, and one iti: Her-caWhy?" waa I aura Kean, They Because George Is aler In luck. 'were lovers and betrothed. While be cat gazing into the fire Every time he draws from the deck d and seeing only the face Its a trump. If a feller bolds a of his betrothed, his companions toast- straight George has a flash. Ill gamed and - ate their suppers and talked ble my dogs an packs that he makes a ten strick right now." of their present situation. There waa a alienee, and th men . "Glum, bow long ye been in Alassat and ampked and steamed, to drive T" asked ka Lucky George. away the mosquitoes. At last Panl Ita now twentyone years." An never been back to the broke tbe silence by taylng: If there la gold on th Klondyke CUtesf" let us go and find It ourselves." No.". Now yer shoutin," cried the prosAre you ever golnT Why not go to the KlonDont know, b answered, with a pectors. , F onrselve-dyke be like to back a Itd algtu goin said Glam, Iv Truth Is, boys," graveyard now. Most everybody I knew dead. If but be did not never bad any very exalted opinion o Lucky Georges honesty. If be makes finish the sentence. His weatherbeaten eye seemed to gleam with softer S- big strike we can, o course, come light as be gazed Into tbe fire, and In for a claim, but bell strike out th best an work on th others withOld Myers thought he saw a shad It." out of moisture gathering there. Glum, you orten promised us you They decided to set out at once for would tell your own story sometime the Klondyke. It was a Journey at--how you came here, and why you tended from begin cleg to end with have spent all these years In Alaska. great danger and hardship. Glum Why not tell now?" asksd Lucky Ralston was tbe only member of their George. party who bad been on tbe stream, Glum moved uneasily on tbe log on and be acted as guide. which he was sitting and, clearing Again sight cam on, and they went his throat, said: Into camp and prepared their supBoys, Yalnt much of a yam when pers. Paul waa a little disheartened Its spun. I cams to Alaska la 7S in on this night Continual disappointth sealin schooner 'Eleanor.' W ment bad mad him heart-sick.- Rls-Icbad good officer and crew, an the to relieve bis cramped Ilmba. be sun never shone on a better man than turned hla back toward the fire and enr captain. W all loved him and gazed across tbe d hill would have died for him. Into the darkness beyond. To hla sur.WelL--jr bad no luck sealing, and prise he discovered a glow on tbe tbe captain and sailors went with s woods far In tbe distance. For a party of Indians who said they knew moment be gazed upon It In doubt where gold could be found. I didnt and then, touching Gid Myers, who believe them, and wouldn go. But sat near, on th arm, he whispered: be asked me not to leave Alaska Look off there, Gid, in the directill he came back, and I promised. tion I am pointing. Dont yon see At tbe end of six months an ex- anything auspicious?" Old Myers did plorin' party came back with the cap as directed, and said: o one o the sailors which they had Yes, thars somethin oncatural. found on th anow several days jour- Crack Lash. What Is ney away. Winter w,as on us, and we ran Into Wei., Id say it was th glow from . Sitka, where wt anchored until spring a camp fire Tike our own. It was a bard- - winter, and I have Gid, suppose we go and reconoften wordered why we didnt all die, noitre. We may make some dlacov- ' but all but two pulledtirough, and ery. ram an the captain when on, Keep your eyes peeled, boys" cauhadnt hove to In Bight, the first mate tioned Big Port It may be a mighty aid be was going back with the ship. sight more risky's ye think." Oh, let ns alone for that; well let They tried to ra e me go, bnt I'd promised the captain Td stay until no red nigger o the north woods get the drop on us." be came hark. Our ship eared away, an I stayed Through the dense wood, across raaround the town for a while, an then vines. snowdrifts acd mnddy streams went on a crui.s with some hunters. th two pressed on over hill and dale. 1 r e n lnos-ultoe- guc--ces- s. s, 6rt8 o r me well-belove- 1 - g wood-covere- Itr - until, after three hours painful toll they came upon a bend In the stream called tbe Klondyk- -, where, on passing around a epur of th cliff, all of a sudden the. full glare of torches and fire light feil upon them. It was a strange and unexpected sight that met their view. A great fire was blazing, (Spicial Correspondence.) to which was added the light of pine TS UO country In the acrid has nathe same character, showing that the in knot torches stuck ground. ture besn go prodigal of scenic gilts these caves served as birth and death Two men were at work with picks, as td Ue Island of New Zeaplaces and the fortified abodes of the shovels and pans. Late as It was, land. where man colony has done so much Maoris, who distinguished them by dark as it was and tired and hungry to enhance the enjoyment of prod- names as they do bouses and even as they were, they tolled on and on. igal natural bounties. The south trees In tbelr customs of 'day. In a Gid Crack Lash, gsvped Island boasts of a magnificent Alpine Close to Karangabape cliffs la a nahoarse whisper, Its Lucky George range, which includts the laigest tive settlement which numbers among and the squaw man, Lattimer." glacier outside the Arctic regions, its residents the old chief Hitlrt Just I- - and Worth a Visit TKI3 Yomro W0MA2T APPEALED DP YADT r02 HELP, -- e, tpii-trgan- d '.Li fjords Boro wonderful than tboe of Norway, the unrivaled TJtera and Dul- ler gortos. the highest waterfall th wrorld In and magnificent lakes, while the north island prides Itself o the largest geyser In the universe, Birvelous boiling springs, hot lake, tlnct and active volcanoes, all In The Taupo zone, which gives It earn to still ancther wonder. Lake Tsupd. the islands great inland sea. If up Moans U Is called by th f ' quoted, llitlrl U a warrior of proud ancestry, the hero of many valiant battles. Ice-col- d Maori Warrior, who have their principal yrioae to Its picturesque are few locales so lers.'nsere r la general attractions aa this 'color lake, which ls situated at uliltuce of 11,000 feet above sea 1.' It ta twenty five miles long dxteca and a halt wide, and when IS northwester blows across Its i of ninety fatbems tbe surface lies the aspect of aa angry and intent sea. Led ths Defense of Crakau. In 1864 he led the brave but hopeless defense cf Orakau pa, which fell to an overwhelming British force under Gen. Cameron. Hltlrls father and other relatives were killed, but b and hla sitter Ahumal, who was badly woun led, escared The sole survivors of the disastrous fight still entertain travelers with tbe account of how they held the fort agalnat tremendous odds and finally succeeded In breaking tlrrueb the- - line of military in their dgrlrg bid for life. Ahumal. who Is now a doubted up old decrepit, la known to have shot two soljlers on that occatton, for the Maori women frequently bore arms with the men. let Delightful Scenery. In aumraer time the stately branches of the Christmas tree wave their gorgeous crimson blossoms above the clear blue waters of the lake. Along the casters shore there le alo a perfect feast fit flowers, alt peculiar to tbe place. . Groves of native evergreens are here festooned with delicate llhnas, and In season beautified with the blossoming floss of the wild clematis. Then there la the wonderful yellow kowhal, which showers the lake and banka with a shawl of golden petals and which won the enthusiastic notice ot Rud yard Kipling In the poem which recorded hla visit to New Zealand. According to geological data th lake of Taupo was once an Immense volcano, and a final touch of variety la lent to Its remarkable surrounJlngs by tbe stretches of pumice depoa.t which at Intervals coat many miles of tbe surrounding country. Ink. Plant Furnish Tbs Ink plant of Nw Granada Is ai Old Solomon curiosity. Tbs jutes of it can be used! Philosophy, At You may talk about the phllosop. , as tnk without any prepsratoa. ot Socrates, or Tom Watson, or any first the writing Is red, but after Si ot other of the wise men ot the world", few houte tt changes to black. but there le an old darky down In my $100 Reward, $100. on the state who has them til beaten to VS man uttts n nieil s hse said Mr. Thomas B. tw fer for Hs SraadrS Slaaaaa tkat auWaae' ihaie la at laaattwa baa kaaa (hla la aura le all Ita ataaaa, ut ikai ta Old Maori Scott of near Rome, Ga. Hall'a Catarrh Cura la -- -- From Taupo. of Taupo lies north shore of the lake, and chief attraction hat the old redoubt, situated on a high bank of tbe broad Waikato river and rich In memories cf stirring doings In - the days (hat are gbne. Close by one frequently seea a Maori canoe paddled terra the river, which here emerges and shapes Hs from th clexr-rfakcopne in a rapid rush through, rugged go&js and broad plains to the era. TIs Waikato - serveaae- - dividing Lne between the European settlement of Taupo town and the native village on the heights of Tapuae-Harurabove, which In the war period of ,ndld Views ,'fca tow pshlp e q Solo--no- n his name la Solomon, and be la rightly named la always In trouble. Solomon, I said, why dont you trv to do better? Youre a likely sort of man, and yon could live well 4f you could pnly behave yourself, ard keep & steady job, Instead ot drinking bad whisky and keeping yourself behind the bare halt the time. Goodness me, replied Salomon, T makes more money doing this way. Now, yon tee It a like this. 8 a When I works hard I makes month and my board, and when I get bo. t ir: O czco According to a able, a tbs bald pats of a man, to crush It, gave himself a heavy klow. Tes th Cy snJ i' Los wanted to rsverya tlx Ingly: sting of a tiny fiy with dasth; sb- -i will yoa do to yourself, arts Lars added Insult to Injury ?" tj TEA Cet5f-lb.SchUUn3- B. and follow directions ! rwr fMtas r ecfciMaet 'OMtSnHSOkMTMi Pevsrty-- g Irish fi Bhs im m o Chinas. Th better class of Chines eat three metis a day, bat th poverty strick ea eooll often hen, to bo satia-le- d with bnt me. for hie average pay manats to hut 19 cents a day, os Ranson Money M. Stravalopoulos, a young man, who was captured recently by brig H ends, has returned to Athens, states that as be was about to go on board bis yacht at Eghioa he was so costed- - by a fashionably dressed young man, who kept him la conversation while four other mea crept up behind blm and seized and gagged him. They then carried bins off to the mountains to which they were th fashionable accompanied by young man, who turned out to be notorious brigand chief named Pano pouloa. M. 8travalopou!oe waa taken to a large cavern or grotto, very comwhere the fortably furnished, brigands1 compelled blm to writ to hla father, a rich banker, lot ran Km of 4,000 la gold. His captors gave him plenty of food and wine and even Insisted on bis saying his prayers twice a day. They also mads him read various Improving books, of which there was a large supply In the grotto: On the arrival of the money It was conveyed to a monastery to the mountains, where one of tht monks' counted It and handed It over to tbe robbers. A great feast was held the same evening In the grotto and the brigands becoming Intoxicated, the prisoner made bis escape and reached the railway after a jour ney of five hours on foot. Hs re turn-- J to the grotto as soon as a force of police could be got together, but the brigands bad all decamped. London Globe. a Catarrh. ualy fuaitlaet aura au kaaa-- lu Ota madteal fraiamU, . Cawrc au.-4 bain a aua- -l tutkxial toaaua. ruqulraa a Hall'a Catarrh Cura H taaaa ha-- 1 Lraatuvaut. aaS malt- - a trnially, autiau Slraattf afua tba bluoSaatr-rlae u--t urfarra v tba aaMaat, thrraSr fouaUattoh rV tha Snaaaa, aa4 ,ma( tha a m traa-taad etiuatltuu-tna huliula hf a, tng a at ura la a a tla work. 1 tta pr prtatora a a au mwb faith la a curat ra huvrra that Vtt.T a-- 4 Orta Uua Irak IMiara f..r aar caaa that li bat te aura. Scad foe UM "T tllrua r J C H EX k Y CO., TotaSa, Ok B. id hr all Oniaalata.OM. . taka Han't k amtljr Uta for aaeatlpaOeq . BRIGANDS QUEER IN GREECE,! Treat Prisoner Wall, But Insist ' Mrs. Emma Heidebreder, of Ns. 1339 Joy alrfeet, Burlington, Iowa.wlvwe haa-bau-d is au employee of the Rand Lumber On., tells a story of pitiabla suffering: For about five years, she says, "1 had a boat of physical ills that kept me aa lu valid and puzzled th doctors. Som of them thought I was going Into At times I was so weak that 1 could not oorab my hair or even wauls my face. Then excruciating pain ran suddenly ap my thigh aud 1 had to be carried t bed screaming lu my agony., I could no longer do my work aud tbsl drain apou my husband's purse heavy. I craved fowl hut what S ate only gave me discomfort. My liven" was torpid, aud often I had to be carried! to the door foe, air to save me from safe . foentmg. The worst we the pain which teemed as if my thigh wei e being pushed out of doctoi iir conld do wa niy body. The to deaden it by narcotic. Once tbey thought I conld not live for more than two days. In one of lny wont attacks, a fi laud said t Why dont yon try Dr, Williams link Pills? They are th only thing that ever helped my rhenium tisra. " I took Ids advice. After using one box I felt better, aud I continued to ns ' the pills for three or four mouths with steady improvement until I was welL For four years I have been able to do ad my household work, and no longer have to take medicine for any serious trouble.; 1 gave on box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to a man on crutches because og rheumatism and adviaed my marks woman to bay a box wbeu she was sons' plaiuiugof the lunte trouble. 1 heard tha he was soon able to throw hie cratches away, and she told me she had got rid f tha rheumatism by th as of u bos aud could not thiuik me too meek. Testimony multi plies aa to the mag nlfiueut curative powers of Dr.Wiiliaau Fiuk Pills for Pol People in oases ot rheumatism neuralgia, nervous head ache, palpitation of the heart and all forme of weakness in either nud or fetusle. They era sold by all dragglsto throughout ths world. i "Yes." What are they doin?" Digging! Great heaven, look at the siloing ore! See! the buckets and pans are full of nuggets and dust. Oh. Gid! Gid! Its a bocatxa!" "Hush, they will hear you." I am going to make myself Lfcowa to them. And be shot? Way should they shoot me when we are friends? If they are like savage dogs over a bone, then we can shoot first" Gid consorted to go to them, and, advanclrg to within a hundred paces, they called to the diggers. At first were a little cor fused, hut fey 1 ucky Goorge, who was a shrewd fellow. raw it was best to admit to the dlsrovery. Come down, boy; come dowp." he I tell you we have cried, cheerfully. made the greatest strike In the world. Look at tae work of a few hours." George, are there more good claims?" Plenty of them. Let us all Bet to work, stal e out the best and get the very erram before tbe world finds It out. Lattimer here put me onto this; he got It from the Indians. " This was the discovery of the great gold fields In tbe Klondyke. Lucky George got the tip from lattimer, the white man with an Indian wife, ard had determined to work it alone If be could do so, but row that his friends had found him, he decided to make the most of it and divide. Tbe others were sent for, and claims for all staked out. Next morrlrg with the dawn of day Paul began to work bis claim. From the first shoverfu! of earth, he began to take out go'.d. His pica seemed attracted to tbe largest nuggets, ard his pan was always rich In ore.. He wasaed out a thousand dollars worth of dust and nugget to the pan. He forgot breakfast, lunch or dinner, but toiled on.' Tbe small moose skin hags were quickly filled, acd then be poured the renewed accumulation Into a water bucket. His eyes gleamed witb the fire of the and In bis mind be saw only the faces of sweetheart ard mothef and took ce Thought of rest, health or the darger which his accumulsr 4 tlon brought him, There was dargef hovering over the happy youth. Ills claim was some distance up the stream from tbe others, acd oue .day, as be was heaping up th golden treasure, two 'pairs of fierce, avaricious eyes glared at blm irom the dense foliege of pines. They watched him a long time as hs toiled, and then exefctrgcd krowlrg looks, winks and miles, which said: Let tbe fool toll on. When be has .taken bis thousands from the earth we will have it" After fhe first few days he stopped long enough to eat and sleep a tew hours at a time, drtamirg of bam and of ma!.lrc loved ones there happy. Little did he dream that a storm cloud was gathering over th lovsd ones at borne and another ever bis own bead, threatening to rnln hla-sel- f acd all most dear to his heart, i f (To be continued.) h4 Almost IfttIH IaSo Cttav Ikospalr Rollof Como from oa KaespoeteA Suaree, ITkn Rape , TEA There is a little joy in ths world in tho reach of ths r 1 poorest Natives With Canes. was a fortified and memorable rampart. Looking across the lake toward tbe south the traveler can see at the back of Rotoalrs the magnificent snow-cla.Volcanoes ot Tongarlro, Ngiuruho And Ruapehu. These splendid peaks are Invested with a massive drapery of perpetual Ice and snow and from their summit there Is s ecnstact Issue ot sulphurous steam and smoke In vagrant clouds tnd IFire. Until quite recently these remarkable mountains were .held as tscred by ths Maoris, and on the eerie altars of their snowcapped craters and glac al recesres they offered homaye and propitiation to their deified ancestors the gads ot 1S6S-7- 1 arrested th magistrate says to m that It will b 910 or thirty days. Now secorulng to tnat, how Lin I to work for (8 a month when Pm worth $3 mors a month la the Censer Theater Festers, Ns pictorial theater posters are t bo posted la Oldham, England, ta fatara, withost first being submitted to a censorship appointed by tha looal watch committee. d jail r Washington Posh Brothers' Telepathy.'" very remarkable esse of telepathy Is reported between two brothers from Hungary. A landed proprietor, Mr. Anton Reusing, die! st Seultourn, in tho Torontsl Comltat at the age of 74. Jnst before hla death he old tho relatives who were startling round his bed that he had been dreaming of Us brother Joseph, that they had both died, and had been burled together. Anton died at t oclock la ttelr race. the afternoon. An hour afterwards a telegram arRegion of Cav Dwellers. Caves abound In Karangabape and rived from GUad, where Joseph, who ill of them, at one time- - or other was 78 years of age, lived, announc8 o'clock that jerved as living places tor ths Tsnpo ing that he had died at Leader. , London afternoon. s dwellers cave to were who actives, ry great extent Just twenty year Not What She Wanted. ago, when giving evidence at tbe narecent dinner Abraham Bere-dia At warold tive land court of Taupo, the a story of a Rochester ady told I was rior, Hitlrt Ts Paerata. said: An Unlikely Event. ta somewhat corpulent, an to who horn cave At In Kawskaws st a Boer Despite th conclusion of the s provide for her comfort sent a meswar. It is nnllkely that King EdwarJ Wslbabs there is a cave called seats instead of belonging to two tribes. Tbe senger boy to get two will be known to posterity as Edward theater In that tt one at Lyceum chief buried there. are his and father the Conqueror. At Karsngsbap point there Is a city. She was qnlte indignant when ctve which was uiedss a ps (for- ths boy returned with one seat in th a It sometimes htppers that the and called Omumntn." Thera crcberfra circle and ore net li h tress) who dubt his house a castle baa tbs msnv ether interesting records ef balcony. Kffw York Time moat In hla eye. A et Orua-wtlkth- s TEA The aroma of tea fine tea is almost enough" to define the word to a dead man. . . Agriculture In Russia. Agriculture is so neglected In Russia that ths average yield of wheat sera Is little more than one-fifttha average yield from EngMsh 10IL u -- TEA We choose to sell tea; and it goes . from Alaska to- - Mexica Its the teal Tw rwr mm yw sweep W yes See RkhMUMVaBwa Demand (or Old Milts, ' public suctlca sal no lsr le for two old fashioned wool-- n mills st Btonchouse. Gloacem teribire. England, srhvt lot mor than a century west ef Englssd and other cloth had bees manufactured. have A greet eumber of employs solved sotiea to quit. - N At a was ma elotb f |
