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VOL. XXVII. NO 25 THE STORY OK A l'Al’Ell WEIGHT. One day when Editor Perry, of the Cherokee Advance, was out taking in watermelons and live stock on subscriptions, a stranger walked in his office and handed the ‘devil’ a glitter ing rock. “It’s so purty an’ shiny,’ ex j»vi«ed tlm stranger, “that I Wrought tin! i liter would like it for a pape "ight,” and so saying lie went ins way. The ‘devil’ was in a hurry to go to a picnic and suspecting the presence of dyntlmite in the rock, he laid it carefully in an A'liscure corner and said no more it. Tiat. a year nr two afterwards Editor Perry, while looking for a sledge hammer to nail a rec ord of a cash subscription to the wall, stumbled over the rock He brought it to the light, and saw that it was veined with pure gold. Then he interviewed tin* ‘devil,’ who explained its presence. Then Perry announced that, as the Fourth of J ily was only a month off', be would take n . holiday lor a week, and he and the ‘devil’ went in search of the man who had ignorantly lef > that golden treasure in his office. He found him and questioned him as to w here he got the nug get- “ Why,” said tne man “there is plenty more of 'em where I got tl># one. .lest come down hy>£jr I piece an’ I II show you.” A\f man led him a distance fa quarter of a mile, and point out the place to him. [ Perry saw at a glance that r the land was rich in gold. He thanked tne man, returned home, organized a company, of which he became a stockholder, and thus another gold boom was started which helped to make Cherokee famous and an editor moderately rich. Of course,the man who found the nugget was not forgotten. He was made an honorary stock holder in the new mine, and Perry gave him a year’s sub scription to bis papir—Frank L. Stanton. FLY’S WERE BAD. “Fliei is purty bad,” said the man from Potato creek. “They ain’t nothin’to what 1 seen ’t m down in Niggeranger’ said the man with the ginger bread. “Wire screens didn't do no good at all. ’' “I’ve stood a heap of your lies,” said the grocer, waking up, “hut when you tell mo wne screens won’t keep out Hies, it is too durn much. ’ ’ “Wire screens would keep out the pore demented things that tries to git a livin, out of the stuff’ in this here second-hand green goods an’ codfish empo rium. 1 don t doubt,’ said the man with the ginger heard,‘but not not the Niggeranger (lies. When 1 put up my screens they seemed kinder puzzled all' set tl'd—” •‘I wish some folks I know would settle,” said the grocer. “And s -ttled on that there screen in clouds.’ “An’ got so thick they plum broke the wires.” “No; they didn’t git so thick they broke the wires. They held some sort o’ convention, an’had a lot of Ily talk an’ pnrty soon they all th w away to the woods an’ come hack with-what do you suppose they com H hack with? “With an axe!,’ the mini from Potato creek. “No. They come back with h swam ot these lieie giant pinchiu’ hues that do abound in that country, an’ set .hem hugs to work an' had them wires cut oiit’n the frame in less time th in it would take ole Skinl'iut there to git, liis hand on the scale if ole blind Uncle Billy Hnges come in to git two pounds of coffee.” » "' * WHAT IT MEANS. When Wi' advertise that we will guarantee Dr. King’s New Discovery, Electric Hitters, Bucklen’s Arnica Halve, or l>r. New Life Pilla, it mean* that we are authorized l.y the proprietors to well these reme lip, it mi a positive guarantee, that if purchaser ia not satisfied with results, wo will refund she Mfchaso price. Tliest, modi have heeli sold oil this guarantee’ for many yeurs and there con In lie no more cnnclu mvH evidence of their great raer j t A-k ahont I hem and give them ji trial. Sold at A. M. Winn A Son’s Drug Store. w fliere an l about one hundred grains of iron in the average human body, and yet so im portant is this exceedingly small quantity, that its dimi nution is attended with very serious results. Kigaas T abates curs nausea. The Gwinnett Hera ld. LIVE BY QUEER WORK. men AM) WOMEN WHO (IAIN A Ml KUHOOl) IN OUIOINAI. WAYS. From Chicago Times-llerald. Some Chicago people earn their living in queer ways. There is a man in the city who makes a good income monthly by turning out espe cially artistic sofa pillows. An other man will clear your kitch en of rats and mice for a small sum, working in precisely the same manner as the sewer rat catchers of Paris and other lnrge cities. Kenwood house wives are well acquainted with a bright young fellow who washes dogs and takes regular care of birds anil other pets, and Oak park has a masculine resident who goes from door to door collecting defective gloves, which he afterwards carries to (lie small shanty which is home to him, cleans, mends and re turns. Nor or Chicago women less enterprising. One south side woman writes sermons for a living, another furnishes “orig inal” papers to be read before clubs and bright rhymes for menu cards and quotation par ties. There is another woman in town who is a practical mi ner, managing several western mines, and another woman con ducts a commission business on South Water street. But. the oddest occupation un earthed yet is followed and was invented by a woman. It is that of a sort of funeral inspec tor and assistant. When her services are ret]uired she goes to the house of mourning,makes the shroud when desired to do si*, gives orders for flowers, ar ranges them, takes messages to the friends and relatives of the household, bids people to the services, buys or hires the mourning garments, filters them if necessary, arranges the rooms for tlie funeral, talks matters over with the minister and the undertaker, sees that, the wishes of the family are carried nut, and, in a word, stands between the afflicted people and the world at large in a thousand ways and performs a thousand small hut appreciated services. When affairs have assumed somewhat of their natural ap p >arance anil course site quietly departs. Another branch of her work is the assisting at wed dings or large private gather ings of any kind. When a wedding is in course of preparation she arrives early in the day, or (>erhaps t wo days previous to the great event, and again takes charge of all the couutless small details so trying to the mistress of the house. She it is who sees that the bou quet. is in readiness for the bride, thut her mink is proper ly packed, and that all arrange ments for the comfort and con venience of the guests are com pleted. She it is that inter views (lie bridegroom and mukes sure that the ling is forthcom ing; she it is who critically superintends the bride's toilet at the final moment, in order that her calm attention and un hurried inspection may insure perlectiou of detail. She it is who sees to the serving of re freshments,the caring for wraps and top-coats, and the dreaded clearing up when the festivities are over. In fact, she looks after everything which ordina rily distracts the bride’s mother and family, and stie finds tier reward in the hearty thanks which are invariably bestowed upon her no less than in the check which falls to her share. Two people, a man and u woman, the former a college youth, follow in Chicago the down-east avocation of “pro fessional entertainer.” The college boy is in such incessant demand for “stag” and mixed parties that his studies suffer occasionally. The statement that he is “the life of” every gathering he attends is his rec ommendation. He is held re sponsible for tbe enjoyment and entertainment of the guests, and is treated as such himself. I'lie womau entertainer does precisely the same thing, add ing to her other duties that of superintending the arrangement id the talde, the making of sal ad* and other things of the kind; she plays the piano if daucuig is desired, starts games LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 st 1897. and amusements, and keeps the hall rolling gayly until the last guest has departed. Her only cnpital when she started out two years ago was a couple of handsome gowns and a delight ful manner; now she possesses an extensive wardrobe, has money in the Imnk and is mak ing ready for an extended Eu ropean tour. The college hoy is paying his way through col lege by his work. There is hut one professional , “cheerer,” so far as known, in Chicago, This is a young girl, who, when plentifully blessed with the world’s goods, tried to help others by visiting them in trouble anil trying to bring sun shine to them. Later, when hard times come to her own family, a friend suggested that she turn her talent for consola tion and cheer to monetary ac count. The experiment has been a decided success. In New York iff ore than a dozen men and women do this'work regu larly. In the top of a tall building on State street is a small office in which a man works busily all* day long making plaster casts of hands, feet, heads, and so on. For women with pretty members to have them perpetu ated in plaster has been a soci ty fad for some time. This man seized upon the idea and has lifted himself well above want by means of it. Over in the Bohemian district lives a man who is growing rich by painting pictures for the use of beggars. Day after day he works on, painting away at ex plosion scenes, fires, battle fields, and other gory and start- ling happenings which have supposedly reduced the bearers to beggary and want. On the west side is a man who carts bodies from the morgue to the medical colleges for a living, asid Chicago lias the only woman in America to make colored medical drawings within her gates. And so it goes on; the list of queer avocations followed in followed in Chicago might well be indefinitely extended, for the people who are forced to think out new ways to purn u livelihood are exceedingly nu merous. WAIF LAID IN A LADY’S ARMS. Mavsvii.uk, Ga., Aug. 20. — Two negroes drove up to the residence of Representative J. K. Thompson, of Banks county, and walking into the house, found Mrs. Thompson at home, laid a baby about one year old in her arms and walked out, stating that Mr. Thompson, who was away at the time, had directed them to leave the child in her fare. It was a white girl baby. Mrs. Thompson was so astonished that she accepted the gift,scarce ly knowing what she wus do ing. The two negroes, a man ami a woman, politely took leave of the premises, and no trace of them has been found since. The babe hus evidently been nursed and cared for by ne groes, because it seems to be afraid of white people. Mr. Thompson wus astonished beyond measure when he re turned home and found the lit tle waif, and at ouce set about making some inquiries as to the route the darkies came and where they went, hut so far his investigations have been entire ly fruitless. He has placed the child with a colored woman, who will care for it until some disposition can lie made of it, — Constitution. DK KING’S NKW DISCOV ERY FOR CONSUMP TION. This is the best medicine in the world for all forms of Coughs and Cold* and for Con sumption. Every bottle is guar snleod. It will cure and lint disappoint. It has no equal for Whooping Cough, Asthma. Huy Fever, Pneumonia, Bron chitis, La Grippe, Cold in the Head and for Consumption. It is sale for all ages, pleasant to take, and, above all. a sure cure. It is always well to take Dr. King's New Life Pills in connection with Dr. King’s New Discovery, ss they regulate and tone the stomach and bowels We guarantee perfect satisfac tion «r return money. Flee trial bottles at A. M. Winn A Sou’s Drug Store. Regular size 50 ceuts ami SI.OO, LIFE. A child was playing by a rest less sen, gathering pebbles < n the beach. Another came and took her hand and whispered: “Let us play together.” She smiled a smile of love, and left her hand in his; and so they gathered pebbles on the beach together. As they played they grew closer to each other, until her heart became a part of his and his a part of hers. The days were bright and sunny, the rest less waves sang always songs of love, and tho light of her smile was brighter to him than the eternal sunshine on the crested waves. As they played the time came when, between their smiles and looks of love, they whispered to each other u priceless secret, and their hearts were glad, oh, so glad ! For far out on the ocean they saw a little boat, white as the sunlight, anil in it was a beautiful child. The boat, touched the beach and the child, beautiful as the m iming, leaped into their arms, and the three happy children gathered pebbles en the beach and listen ed ta the new love songs of the ocean. The days glided by and the new child was strong and lovely and true, and she filled their hearts with unutterable joy, and with her tiny hands drew them closer to each oi lier, She nestled in their bosom and they loved her with a love less only to that each felt f or the other. How happy they were! To them life was all sunshine and the bountiful blue of the waves grew more beantifiil'y Flue, am S bright plumaged birds came am joined the ocean in the songs it sang to them. And then the two placed the little child upon a bed o' flowers and drew apart together, and whispered again a precious se cret to each other. And ugum they saw a white hi at far out on the waves, a little face shin ing from it in the sunlight and smiling on them. The boat touched tlm beach and a second child toddled toward them, and they received him with open arms, for lie was their v< ry own And four children played upon the beach and gathered (edibles And so the days passed and the joy in their hearts grew greater, the sunshine grew brighter and the song of th<* waves and the birds gr-w more beautiful. They whispered to each other: “This is life!” And they lifted their faces to ward heaven and their hearts breathed gratitude In the O'd they knew and loved for the i ill of life and fur each other and the beautiful new children IT had sent to play with them. And they erased to c< uut the days and were happy. And so thev lived and played. But as they stood Ujon the beach and looked over the end less expanse of I lue in the early morning, a cloud rostoutoflhe ocean and they knew not what it was. She cainu and placed her hands in his and the light of love shown fioui her eyes. She touched his forehead with her sweet lips and under the thrill of that magic touch he slept. lie awoke terrified. All na ture was darkened and the light of the sun was extinguished. But the sea was smooth and glassy, and in the glow of her own pure soul he *aw her stand ing in a boat that rested on the waves. And us he looked, the boat moved away, always in a path of light. H ■ lay stunned and motioiless and watched the leceding figure until it faded away on the expanse of waters. Ttie glowing path whs gone, and from out his own soul tied all ligl t and lie was in the midst of impenetrable gloom. As lie drew his children to him, a storm burst over the barren rocks and he sank down in ut. terslespair. But listen: Fsr übove the voice id' the storm he heard tbe tonus he loved and they said to him: “Live for tlnrn. The parting will not be long,” And lie rose up and placed a hand on each childs head, and in mute agony faced the storm. — E. H. G in Madison Advertis er. The best preachiug is not al ways done iu the pulpit. MARGUERITE’S REPLY. Cleveland Leader. “Darling!” The word was spoken with such fervor and suddenness that the maiden almost lost her grip upon the handle bars. Blushes overspread her beau tiful features, but Horace Mid dleton could not see them, ow ing to the fact that her back was toward him. They were mounted upon a tandem, and for half an hour had been spinning along be nenth overhanging branches, hearing only tho twittering of the happy birds above them and the whirling of tho wheels upon the smooth, lmrd road. “Darlingl” the young man said again, and there was a tremulous, earnestness in his voice that not bo misunder stoi id. But Marguerite Pillsbury did not reply. She only gripped the handle bars more tirmiy and put so much weight upon the pedals that, the tandem shot forward as if some one had given it a push from behind. A sickening doubt took pos session of Horace Middleton, and for a moment it seemed as if he would reel and fall by the way. He would indeed have done so if the beautiful girl in front of him had not kept a Arm trend and steady hand. For a minute or two, that seemed an age to Horace Mid dleton, they sped onward. A hundred sickening t houghts flashed through his head. For months he had loved Marguerite Pillsbury with all the ardor of his warm, sunny nature, but never before had lie dared to divulge his passion. Her silence was beyond his understanding. Did it mean that she returned his love or that she spurned him? Fora moment he thought that per haps she was too full of emo- Dn for utterance, but then he ediced that she was almost running the wheel herself, and it occurred t‘> him that she was hurrying to get home to he rid <if him. At last the suspense became j P>o great to be borne, and lie decided that he must know his fate without further delay. “Darling,” he cried, “why are you silent ?” In low, sweet tones the maid en replied: “I’m looking for a good place to stop. It would be useless to attempt to conclude this trans action on a wheel.” TRAINING FOR KLONDIKE. For those who contemplate making the trip to round up all the gold dust that lies concealed under the arctic circle, a man versed in hygiene suggests the following rules of Conduct: Ride >n the front seat- of the grip car in winter. Eschew overcoats and under clothing Spend two hours a day in the “/..•ro” room of a cold storage warehouse. Keep your head cool. If you play cards at all, con iine yourself to freeze out. If married, ask your wife to lei you build the tires on Janu ary mornings. If single, seiiJt your sweet heart u cookbook and rail the uext evening. Your reception will be of a temperature low etc ugh to inure you to most any climate. Give your friends a cold stare w hen they greet you. As you will have to pack your grub from Juneau to Dawsou, you will need some muscle. Ask the janitor of your building to call on you when he wants coal cuiried up to the top flat. Bathe in water in which ice is floating. It Culms tne nerves I‘artake heartily of the fol lowing menu once every day : Ice, Cutlets of dog. Snow Hake multi ns. More ice. Tallow a la mode. Lard frappe. Some more ice. Frosted pine cones. Fricassee of icicle. Chipped iceberg, Sperm candle chilled. Glacier puffs. Ice tea. After a month of this diet two more months should be spent in fasting. If at the end of thut time you still yearn for sudden wealth, you will lie in condition to go, barring, of, course, accidents and sickness. —Chicago luter-Ooean. New Orleans, Dec. 12, IXBB. 1 have witnessed the etfects of Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic and know its value, and can there fore conscientiously recommend it. 8. D. Mi Enkry, Ex-Governor and Associate Jus tice Supremo Court of Louisiana. Historical Notes. It was on Sunday, February 27th, 1850, when the homicide of*P. B. Key, district attorney for the District of Columbia, by Daniel E. Sickles, a member of Congress, took place. The direct cause of this tragedy was the seduction of Mrs. Sickles by Mr. Key, and their criminal intimacy. Mr. Key rented a house in Washing ton where he would meet Mrs. Sickles frequently. He would pass along by their residence and signal Mrs. Key by waving his handkerchief, and she would disguise herself and meet him at this vacant lioubc only a few blocks away. Some of Mr. Sickles’ friends informed him of this and he at once began to watch them. He then accused his wife of improper relations with Key and she broke down and con fessed it. One day as Key was passing by their residence, Mr. Sickles detected him signaling to bis wife. He rushed out into the street, and approaching Key said, in a loud voice: “Key, you scoundrel, you havedishou ored my home —you must die!’ l He drew his pistol and shot him dead in his tracks. Sickles was arrested and lodged in jail, but he was per fectly calm and conversed free ly with his friends, telling them all the particulars in the case. He said he done what he thought was right, and what any other man would do tinder similar circumstances. During his in carceration President James Buchanan sent him a message of condolence. On the fourth of April follow ing Mr. Sickles was arraigned before the criminal court of Washington to answer the charge of murder. Judge Crawford presided and gave him a fair and impartial trial. He wias defended by most able counsel. When the evidence was all in the judge charged the I jury. And then it was that the [jury retired and made a verdict that set Mr. Sickles at liberty. When the jury filed into the court room there was a dead si lence. The clerk then asked them if they find the prisoner guilty or not guilty, and the foreman’s prompt reply was, “not guilty.” Instantly there was a wild burst, of applause that literally shook the building. The people crowded around Col. Sickles eager to shake his 'hand. This dates one of the most famous criminal trials in the history of our government. Mr. Sickles then went back anil forgave bis w ife for all her wrongs and renewed his matri monial relations with her. But she lived only a fe/- years afterwards. When the civil war broke out Mr. Sickles enlisted in the Fed eral army and rose to the rank of major-general. During this deadly conflict lie Inst a leg. When David Bennett Hill, <>f New York, was u candidate for the Presidency against Grover Cleveland, Mr, Sickles came down South and made some speeches iu his behalf. He made a speech m Atlanta during this political campaign. Phillip Barton Key’s father was a prominent man in his dav and compo ed that national air “The Star Spangled Ban ner.” Tlih name <>f George W. Clnlils, tin; great publisher, is familiar to every newspaper man in America- He was horn in Baltimore, Mil., May 12, 18211. His par ents died when he was young and he received very litt e schooling. When he arrived at the age of If) he went to Philadelphia, the (Quaker City, and sought em ployment. He commence I working in a book atom. He saved his money, and after wards became a member of a hook publishing firm. But Mr. Childs desired to be the sole owner of u lending newspapaper, and he bought the Public Ledger, ol Philadel phia. Mr. Childs was a philanthro pist. He gave away thousands of dollais to the poor. Before he attained wealth he always gave something to the needy. All his printers received a good salary and a handsome Christ mas present each year. He died Feh. 8, IS‘J4. Lawreuceville. A. P. 1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE MISSIONARY COL UMN. [This column is devoted to the missionary cause, and is ed ited by the W. F. M. Society. Lawrenceville auxiliary. | HIVE CHUIST THE BEST. Give Christ the best! O young men, strong and eager, And congcious of your own abounding life, Ready to throw your soul’s fresh, glowing powers Into some noble cause or low er strife, Christ Jesus was a young man, strong brave, Give him your heart’s allegi ance, give to him The best you have. And you iu whom the same young life is throbbing, lint with a steadier pulse aud gentler flow, Whose hearts wore made for sacrifice and loving, Whose soul’s ideals grow with you as you grow, O give to Christ your first most sacred love, And of your heart’s devotion give to him The best you have. And is uiir best too much? O friends, let us remember How once our Lord poured out his soul for us, And in the prime of his myste rious manhood Gave up his precious life upon the cross. The Lord of lords, by whom the worlds were made, Through bitter grief and tears gave us The best he had. —Boston Traveler. Two little girls were making their toilet for Sunday school, and the hour was late. “Let us kueel down and pray that wn may not be tardy,” sug gested one of them. “O, no,” replied the other, “let’s run and pray as we run!” That is the philoaphy of Christiau life. “Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ” He who sits down and expects the Lord to answer his prayer for the needy or for the sinful, wastes his time and deceives himself unless he “do with his might what his hands find to do” in carrying out his own pe tition.—Ex. Missionary work requires zeal for God und love for souls. It needs prayer from the senders and the sent, and firm reliance on Him who alone is the Author of conversions. Souls cannot be converted or manufactured to order. Great deeds are wrought iu unconsciousness from constraining love to Christ, iu humbly asking "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?” They effect works the great greatness of which it will remain for posterity to dis cern. The greatest works of God iu the kingdom of Grace, like his majestic movements in nature, are murked by stillness in the doing of them, aud re veal themselves by their effect. They come up like the sun, and show themselves by their own light. The kingdom of God cometh not with observation. Luther simply followed the loadings of the Spirit of God in the st niggles of his own soul. He wrought out what tho in ward impulses of his own lueast prompted him to work, and lie hold, before he was iu the midst of the Reformation. So was it with the Plymouth Pilgrim Fathers aud their ser moos three times a day n board tli)- Mayflower. Without thinking of founding an empire they obeyed the sublime teach mgs of the Spirit, the prompt ings of duty and of t lie spiritual life. God working mightily in the human heart is the spring of all abiding spiritual power; and it is only as men follow out the promptings of the inward spiritual life that they do great things for God. —David Living stone. One secret of sweet and happy Christian life is in learning to live hy the day. It is the long stretches that tire ns. We t hink of life as a whole, running on for years, and it seems too great for us. We cannot carry tho load until we are three score and ten. We cannot tight this battle continually for a half a century. But really there are no long stretches. Life does not come to us in lifetimes; it comes only a day at a time. Even tomorrow is never ou rs till it comes to-day, uud we have nothing whatever to do with it hut to pass down to it a fair and good inheritance in to day’s work well doue and to day’s life well lived, It is a blessed secret, this, ol living by the day. Any one can carry bis burden, however heavy, till nightfall. Any one can do his work, however hard, for one day. Any one can live sweetly, quietly, patiently, lov ingly, and purely till the sun goes down. And this is all that life ever really means to us — just one little duy. * * * —F. H. Miller. SCIENTII, AND INDL'v. TKIAI,. The small British torpedo ij> at, Turbina attained a speed of thirty-three knots an hour near Spithead, England. In England and Wales the death-rate from typhoid fever has declined from 277 per mil lion in 1870-80 to 186 in lSiil -94. A largeDussaud microphono graph, now being constructed for the Baris Exhibition of 1900 is expected to make the voice heard by 10,000 people. A medical authority asserts that death caused by a fall frofn a great height is absolutely painless. 'The mind acta very rapidly far a time, then un consciousness ensues. At present it is estimated that there are in the world’s oceans 7,000,1X10 cubic miles of salt, and the most astonishing thing about it is that if all this salt could be taken out in a moment the level of the water would not drop. Professor Dubard, of Dijon, contributes to the Province Medicale an article showing that tuberculous disease occurs in cold-blooded animals, fishes and frogs, and can be commu nicated to these animals exper imentally. The United States Govern* ir>“"t has been invited to par ticipate in an international con ference to be held in Berlin from October 11 to Id, to dis cuss the leprosy question. An hibition appropriate to the con ference and lectures on leprosy will I>e given. The Schenectady, N, Y., Lo comotive Works has received an order from Japan for twelve passenger locomotives for the Kiusiu Railway Company. The engines are to be of the Ameri can type, with Cylinders sixteen inches in diameter and twenty four inches stroke. This order is said to be the first of u series which will lie placed in this country. FAC 18 ABOUT ALASKA. The eyps of the world are turned toward Alaska, toward her gold fields and fabulous mineral wealth. It was thought by many that when Mr. Sewaid pain Russia seven million dol lars for that distant and inhos pitable territory, that the bar gain was nothing to brag about. But it is likely that more than seven million dollars in gold coin will flow into our coffers this yerr from the Alaska gold fields. Any fucts and statistics re lating to the territory will bo read with interest by the peo ple. The estimated population at this time including Esquimaux and Indians is about 40,<XH). The principal cities are Sitka, Juneau, Wrangle and Circle City. The notable rivers are the Yukon. 2,000 miles in length, the Kuskokwin and the Copper. The Yukon is so great a stream that six hundred miles front the coust it is more than a mile wide. The distance to Klondike from Chicago, by way of the Yukon is <i,f)<lo miles, hut by way of the Chilkat pass is only about 4,000 miles. ' Winter begins in September. During June and July there is continuous daylight, while dur ing December and January there is continuous night. The governor of the territory James D. Brady, has his resi dence at Sitka, and a United States District court is held al ternately at Sitka and Wrau gle To stake a claim is to put up conspicuous notice of its owner ship ou the ground. Applica tion must then be made to gi>v ermont land office with plat and description. Publication must then “e made for sixty days and fiOO dollars worth of work must bo expended on it by the claim ant. If no contest is Hied the claimant is entitled to a patent at the expiration of sixty days on the paymemt of $5 per acre for a lode claim and 12.50 for u placer. A PRINTER’S PECULIARI TIES A printer doesn’t rush to the doctor wheu he is out of ‘‘sorts. ’ ’ Nor to the baker wheu he is out of “pi.” Nor to hell when he wants the “devil.” Nor to tho Bible wheu he want* a good ‘‘rule.” Nor to the gunshop when he wants a “shooting stick." Nor to a cabinet shop wheu he wants “furniture.” Nor to a bank when he wants “quoins.” Nor to a girl win U he wants a *‘press. ” Nor to t butcher when he wants “phat.” Nor to a pump wheu he’s dr> and has ten cents in his pocket. — __ Fashionable young ladies in Japan when they desire to look very attractive gild their lips,