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TI-IE JOSEPH LADUE
GOLD MINING'AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF YUKON.
PIIItE or suits in BE ADVAHEEB AUGUST 3!, l898.
Mr. Joseph Ladue, the pioneer of the Klondike, and founder of
Dawson City, aided by some of the most Conservative and successful finan-
3‘ ciersof. New York, is Operating the strongest company yet formed for
mining and trading in the Yukongpid' IlL‘IIiS.
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Gold Bottom Creeks, the “ Marguerite." Quartz Mine, his Saw Mill,
his Timber Lease, that virtually monopolizes the saw timber on the
Klondike, and large holdings of Choice Town Lots in Dawson City.
The Company also owns the S. S. “ Morgan City ” now earning $20,000 per
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for trade, upon which a very large profit is assured. The U. S. Government "
reports certify that thesaw mill produces about two million feet of lumber
in the open season, sales priceof which is from $140 to $240 per [,000 feet
according to class.
CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY. , .
Preferred Stock, 65 cumulative, $i,009;i}00
Common Stock, A'coo'uoo
Total Capital, par value, 510 per share, 555,000,000
Theipreferred stock has a first lien on earnings for its dividend,
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August arst, 1898, after which the price of the preferred scock will be
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By Stuart Erancis.
“Now keep them going, boys! Lool
at that cow and calf in the lead! TWv
to one she’ll monkey around about thI
time she strikes the current-the:
we’ll have a mill.”
A party of cowboys were shoutini
and yelling at a herd of cattle tha
they were driving across one of Our
large Western rive-rs. There are fev
men who do not’dread getting cattl
Over these rivers when they an
swollen, as they are every spring, b;
the rains and the melting of snowgi!
the mountains. . Streams that are 0rd!
narily easily crossed at the fords an
then mountain torrents, and it is ofteI
extremely dangerous to attempt I
crossing.
'At this season of the 'year larg.
herds of cattle are being driven fron
one point to another, the object bein,
to return them to their own range, 0
to the vicinity of the range to whic‘.
they belong, from which location the;
have strayed during the previous win
tcr. . -
0n these‘drives it often become
necessary to cross quite large streams
Sometimes the herds are driven easily
but at other times, when the cattle i.
the lead get into the strong current
they drift down the stream until the;
can swim into less swiftly runnin,
water, of course returning toward to
bank from which they have bee]
driven. In the meantime, as the cow
boys keep driving and shouting, the;
turn again with the rest of the herd
Other animals do the same, until thu
majority, or at least a large propor
tion of the stock, are swimming in I'
circle. -
This is called “milling,” and is mocl
dreaded; for there is but one cffeétua
way of “breaking a _mill”——that.is,,,l_il.
ride in on the down-stream side‘ofif .
cattle to the current, and beating ba' .
the animals as they drflt, try. to stall
them across the swift portion of thy,
stream; if a few can be. forced across
the others follow quite readily. ..
On this .OccaSion it was as Jo.
CASE FOR THE COURTS
“Are these your tickets?”
“Yes,” 'said Dimpletou,
:hem. ,
“They are not good,” said the con-
ductor. . '
examining
It was 9.30 a. m. onthe Wagner car i
:hat left Cleveland at 8.30, and it was
:he last day of the Dimpleton wedding
:rip. Dimplcton had bought his rail-
road tickets at ‘the Station in Cleve-
land the night-before, and oucntering
:he train had handed them to the par-
lor car conductor to give to the train
conductor, in order to avoid further
mn’oyance. It was-this individual who
now/confronted him.
“What's the matter with them?"
"They are not stamped.”
“That’s not my fault. If the ticket
agent failed to stamp them it’s the
20mpany’s negligence.”
“I can’t. help that, sir. You will
either have to pay your fare to New
York or get off at the next station.
I‘hoseare my orders.”
That morning, after paying his bill,
Dimpleton had seated himself in a re- ,
office and I
mote corner of the. hotel
counted up the sum of six dollars and
eighty-nine cents, the amount that
was left in his-pocket to see him and
his bride into the Greater New York.
this would be enough, said Dimpletou
to himself, allowing for two moderate
luncheons, two moderate dinners, the
lncidentuls and the cab fare home.
With the consciousness of these facts,
and suddenly confronted by an unfor~
seen dilemma, Dimplcton's pulse
promptly rose tothirty points above.
par, and his heart sank to six eighty-
nine. It was necessary for him, how-
ever, to assume a bold front. The pas-
sengers were becoming interested, and
Mrs. Dimpleton’s indignant glance at
the conductor and her confident glanci-
at him made this imperative.
“I’ll do nothing of the sort," he said
with a rising voice. ' '
“Do payhim, dean". said Mrs. Dim-
pleton, laying: her hand appealingly
on his arm. r“'You_-can make their) pay
you back, I am sure, when the facts
are ascertained”: ‘ - '
“Certainly,” :j‘said- the” conductor. .
“The company will. telegraph on to the
agent at Cleveland. and your. money.
and let me have your quirt. (a heav:
’ looked as though he would make shon
Reeves, speaking as above, had pre . will be refunded. I have nodoubt. of
dicted. When the COW and calf tha : coursepthat it man right, but I have
were near the lead struck the swlf no authority to act, and it would cost
current. the cow began to manifes me‘my’place tO accept those tickets."
great uneasiness regarding the welfar- i Dimpleton' looked up and down the
of her calf, and turned to it to assun car at the I-in‘e of faces, and promptly
herself of its safety.- Other animal. rose to his feet.
became interested in the movement! “NO, Sm" he Shouted; “(live me
of the two, and $0011 there was a roll) back: those tickets and put us off. and
“J00. how (10 you like that? W” be hanged tO'youl .I can stand it if
you break it?" lyoucan. You’ll have the prettiest suit
“Well, Bob, I can’t say I hanke on your hands you've had In a long
after the job. but I can try as hart time”.
as anybody," At this paint the man in
The speaker dismounted, looked we] section 59039. ‘~
to his saddle, and taking his “slicker‘, “I admire your pluck? sir. and I be-
(a waterproof cent) from behind m, lieve you have a good case. But it
cantle of his saddle, handed it to hnrisn’t necessary for you to leave the
foreman. for a man wants as little I): train- Pay YOUI' film over again. keep
possible on his saddle at a time [ikg the tickets, and I shall be glad to be
this. . :a witness to the transaction. I have
“Say, Bob. you take care of that suffered myself at the hands of: this
the next
card. 7; - -
“DO,” said Mrs. .Dimplcton.
“Never-l” replied ’her indignant. hus-
band. “You. are very kind. sir. but. I
swimmer, and in a few minutes thI am going to make ’1 sure “ling 01’ i!-
young man was'dellverlng such blow: I- am longing to be put 01f this train
upon the heads of the cattle that I)...“ the next station, and I am going to
7'
riding-whip» it is heavier than mine,
Tell the boys to keep them going at
much as they can." I
Joe’s horse proved to be. an excellent
; Thus it happened that an excited
a steer, whlcl groom and. a dcspondent bride stood
on the platform at Buffalo. and saw
work of the mill.
But unfortunately,
seemed to be maddened by the sltua ,
tion, struck at the horse With his horn me” "am 1'0" out Of the station.
and hit him in the breast. The uni “Oh dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Dimple-
mal reared in the water, and in a sec ton, as she sank down into a seat in
0nd the small space that had been 0c the “’3‘th POW]- “This is dreadful!
cupied by his fore parts was filled witl I did so want 1'0 get home to-nlght,
cat‘tle, all pushing, surging and strik and you know they expected US. What
company,” and he handed out his ,
. packing; the juice, being strong in tan
log with their horns. The horse cum
over on his side and back, and Jot,
went down. Another moment and
horse and rider were being trampled
by the cattle, in the water. '
The cowboys on :the bank were hot,
tor-stricken; but this was not a ran!
occurrence; every time a man attemptl
to break a mill he realizes, as he enl
ters the river, that he has no guaranl
tee that he is not entering his grave,
Bob saw it all, but, like the otherSI
could do nothing.-, . ’ ,
“Poor Joel Another to add to thl
list of the river’s victims—and as goon :
a man as ever rode a saddle. th
will follow Joe Reeves? Who WIIJ
break it now?” he asked, turning a
the men.
Several signified their willingnesr.
and to one of them Bob said——
“Sam, you can try.”
Without another word Sam rode int:
the river, and in dUe time had the lead
ers of the cattle across the current
After the first few had crossed it war
a very easy matter to get the other:
to follow.
Joe Reeves’ horse and saddle wcrt
discovered, several months later, somt
twenty miles down the river, but Joe's
body was never found, and the rive:
is his sepulchre.
Fortunes from Banana».
Immense fOrtunes have been mad:
out Of the banana business. Revenue:
do not accrue alone from the sale 01
the fruit, for the leaves are used for
nin,‘ makes an indelible ink and shoe
blacking; the wax found on the nude:
side of the leaves is a valuable arti
cle of commerce; manila hemp is madI
from the stems, and of this hemp art
made mats, plaited work and lacl
handkerchiefs of the finest texture
moreover, thebanana is ground intl
bana flour. The fruit to be sold fOI
dessert is ripened by the drywarmtl
of flaring gas jets in the storage place:
in which it is kept, and immense cart
has to be taken to prevent softening
or overrlpening. The Island of Jo.
maical yields great crops of this use
ful and money-making fruit-Memphis
Bcihitar.
2 Traveler. ‘
are you goingto do now?"
“Do? said Dimpleton. “The first
thing I am going to do is to telegraph
on to the Office for money."
“Money!”
Dimpleton smiled feebly.
“Yes, dear,” he said. “I may as well
confess. The fact is that I spent more
than I expected to on this trip. and
had only just enough left to get home
with. I wouldn’t have thought Of get-
ting'off that train if it hadn’t been
for this." '
Mrs. Dimpleton looked at him rather
hopelessly for a moment and then her
face flushed with surprise.
She was experiencing that first in-
dignation, that first sudden ebb of con-
fidence in her husband, which usually .
comes to every woman some time
within three weeks after the cere-
mony.
“My dear,” she said. with a strong
effort at control. “you might have in-
formed-me of this before. It seemed
quite unnecessary for me to tell you.
but before we left, papa was thought-
ful enough to put a hundred dollar
bill in my pursef—Life.
A Bible Engraved on Stone. _
In 1857 Mindon-min, King Of Burma.
erected a'monument near Mandalay
called the KuthO-daw. There he built
700 temples, in each of which there is
a. slab Of white marble. Upon these
700 slabs is engraved the whole of the
Buddhist Bible, a vast literature in it-
self, equal to about six copies of the
Holy Scriptures.
This marble Bible is engraved in thn
Pali language, thought to be that
spoken by Buddha himself.500 B. C.
But, alas, for all this human ingenui-
ty and perseverance! If his majesty.
Mindon-min, thought. fO’ perpetuate
the teachings of the Great Buddha by ,
causing it to be graven on the ‘rock he
nourished a vain "ambition.
The climate of Burma is moist. and
its affects have already wrought hav~
so on the surface of the white marble.
This is certainly the largest known
copy of any portion of
Even the National Encyclopedia of
China, in 5,000 volumes. occupies a
comparatively small space.——Boston
Ii teraturc. j
I They had only been married a month
and it was their first dinner party,
consequently they were both a. little'
flurried'when the time came for the
fguests to arrive.
She had superintended-the arranging
of the table herself, and now stood
surveying its new silver, glass’ and
linen with house'wifely pride.
I “Do you really think everything will
go well, Tom?" she asked for the
twentieth time. -
I And for the twentieth time he an-
‘swcrcd,— ‘
I “Of course it will go well. I only
pity the poor fellows who have no wife
and no home Of their own." ..
I “Oh, Tom, how nice!” she gurgled,
, “and how I do pity the girls who have
no nice, kind husbands! ‘There‘is
Helen. She is such a nice, sweet girl;
she really ought to know how nice it
is to be married.” 7
“Yes, indeed. And then there is
I Jack. He has no ideas Of what happi-
ness he is missing.” -
She walked into the parlor._and,
standing before the mirror, she rear-
: ranged the rose in her hair.
“DO you like it so?" she asked. .
“It is lovely. Poor Jack! how he
.must envy me..":1 ~
“And, 0, Tom. I do feel sorry'for
Helen. Hark! is that ngcarriagc?”
They both fell into easy attitudes of
expectancy. but the carriage rolled
on. He took out his watch (and looked
at it. It was just. seven. .
“O, dear," shc murmured, “I‘m
afraid they will not be prompt, and
my note said scvcnxshnrp.”
knowingly. ,
She moved her, lncc pin a little. re-
critical air.
with his hands in his pockets.
“Oh,- dcar!" shcwnilcd; “They are
__
cross. "-xShe looks perfectly colossal
when she is cross, Tomfl. '
“And the women will. have to chat.
for half concur in the dressing room
after they come.”.he groancd.
“Why, fl‘oinLImw unkind! As if the
. men did not like to stay just as long
iwith. their horrid cigars."
3 “Listen: here they come!;"
'-l‘hey1‘ell again into positions, but
the wheels passed 'on. — 4 ' -
I “It is. Odd." she said. “People never
I kept mammn waiting this way. They
'wcre always anxious to come to her
house." '
1 “Perhaps
now."
5 “Why, Tom! But I do 'wlsh they
{would come! I'm afraid the dinner is
ruined. I don't. dare to go to see. I
‘wonder if I migliti’cnll 'down"..thc
tube?" - g _ .
‘ “Of course." was thenlry response.
“I say, this is an awful bore. I envy
Jack. Nobody expects him to give
dinner parties." '
I “And I mivyllelcn. She has no one
to talk unkindly to her."
The clock chimed the half hour.
.“Yon are sure you said seven
sharp?" ‘
5 “Of course I am.
lmbocilc yet, if I have married you."
“Who is talking unkindly now?"
“0. I never thought you would treat
me so when you begged me to marry
you."
“I only asked you once. and you said
‘Yes‘ quick enough."
“I never thought you would be a
brute."
“And I never thought you Would be
a Virago." '
“Nobody will accept my invitations
- now just because i married you. Mam-
ma said I was making a mistake."
“People were always glad to accept
my invitations before I was married."
“Very well: if you want to be free i
will go home."
“If you want to go pray don't allow
me to detain you."
The clock chimed out 'cight light
.strokes; carriages kept rolling by, but
inone of them stopped. She went into
the bedroom and began Opening draw-
ers and boxes and taking out their
lcontents, which she could not see for
her tears. He tried to hum a popular
song. watching hermovements fur-
,tivcly through the open door. Would
she really leave him? And what would
the ,boys say if she did?
She tumbled the costly things about
,ln a careless fashion. What did her
, beauty matter now when she was go-
ing home with a broken heart to die?
they have gone there
“But why did everybody stay
away ‘2” he muttered between his
teeth. -
I “Haven’t we a friend in the world?"
‘ she asked herself.
l Then she gave a cry. Her eye had
fallen on a white heap in the corner of.
a drawer. '
“Tom,” she cried in tragic tones.
"‘here are all my invitations now; I-
had forgotten to mail them.”-=
i They looked at each other a moment.-
3 those two who were about to part for-
ever. Then a smile curled the corner
of her mouth. In an instant she was
clasped in his arms. Then a shrill
whistle sounded from the tube and an
offended voice called:—
“Would yez be havin’ any dinner to-
noight?”
“0h, Tom.” she whispered. “how
shall I ever tell the cook ?"—New York.
World. '
Everything Going.
The steamer rolled and pitched in
the waves. '
“Deah boy,” groaned Cholly. at the
end Of his first hour on shipboard,
“promise me you will send my remains
home to my people!”
A second hour passed.
“Deah boy,” feebly moaned Cholly,
“you needn’t send my remains home.
There twon’t be any."-—Chicago Trio
boner“? .
if: “7h -fli)bfiélfi’ykesfo,gwEAR.
”IE DINNER PART r
. An fiveqllbg‘down. Pr
“Perhaps my watch is fast,” he said. ,
; to spend a quiet evening In her on
gardlng herself in the glass with n‘ ’
lle walked up and dowu ; .
' .veiyain‘artqevenlng gowns, and are pile
lategalready. and thecook will be-so-
‘ for evening wear. #4,.
I am not quite an.
’ : Beatrix! after I
\ Tireaomp Day-:oLShdppl'ng. V a
‘ Theregd's much to The said in favor of
the evening gown, be it simple or elab-
orate, and in it many a woman has
foundth'e long sought fountain Of eter-
nal youth. The evening gown influ-
ences Character; not Only the ,cha'ra‘c-
’ ter‘of her who wearslt, buti'also that
of mankind. Nothing elserests- a wo-
man, after a day spent in doing things
either for the sake Of duty or pleasure,
like donning a dress entirely diflerent
. from that which she dofis.
really smart woman forms the habit
“of wearing an evening gown 365 even-
ings in a year, whether she is going to
an {elaborate dinner, a magnificent re-
jceptionior ball. or whethershe intends
quiet home? '
_ Sllk' muslin. "mousseline de sole,
crepe do (blue, and silk veiling make
materials used by those who seek
grace and simplicity rather than mag-
» nificence.
As to color. yellowand pink continue
to be much in favor, but white in thick
and thin. goods holds the supremapy,
,tI we.
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The newest evening gowns are made
very long. long enough to have a dc—
cided dembtrain‘ in the back, though
'it is not rounded to a point after the
fashion of the Old-demietrain, The
skirt is also cut to hang on the floor
f:om;:.one.,to.:three incheson the sides
audio front. Of course every skirt
lsfiounced in one way or another, the
attached flounce being the most popu-
lar style.
It is Often said that woman can nev-
er strikc a happy medium, that she is
either at one extreme :or the other.
This certainly applies to her sleeves
in the evening gown Of the day. She
either wears absolutely no sleeves at
all or else makes them so long that
they almost hide the tips of her finr
gera. " . .
Taffeta silk, has taken a new lease
of the affections of femininity fOI‘ eve-
ning wear, and certainly no other ma-
terial combines prettiness, dalntiness
and durability more successfully.
Many of the taffeta skirts are made
without lining, but in this case are
worn over a very elaboate silk petti-
coat fitted and made after the fashion
of a dress skirt. ’
Crepe de chine is not a new material,
but it lends itself to great variety. so'
far as drapery and embellishments go.
and is as good for midwinter as mid-
summer wear.
“So you aren’t going to war?’
llNope.Il . .,
“Why not?"
' “I haven't any gin] to leave behind
. me."-Syracuse Herald.
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