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Flesherton Advance, 26 Sep 1895, p. 7

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VICTORIA LAND VISITED. TALK WITH THE MAM WHO IS JUST BACK FROM ANTARCTICA. r. BeefhfrevlBk Bellrve* III* '.unarm A U'*, a eelluUr and 9<>w*rl*M plant which I btliavs to be s lichen. I have yet had no opportunity to have it exanvned." AD nrrrRtmxa DISOOTBBT. The gnograpiier* whoiieard too explorer tell of this discovery regarded it as of the jreatesl interest. From what is known of the meteorology of the antarctic region* it is thougnt probable that the evaporation lav Tear-Hi* Plans for BeleailAc may equal or eiced ih* precipitation in Werk TBi-rr-rr.baMIUj That aa Ex. region* nearer tne sooth pole, and tnat, if more southern latitudes are ever attained. pr.llll.. Will * Be *BI. Th* geotrraphara who gathered in Lon. loo from all over tit* world for th* mo a little Teqetaule life may be found, or at ieaet the condition* ma* be favorable for the diicoTery ef foatil tauaa and tne itu.iy of geological facts. My plan would be," continued Mr. International Geographical Congree* en- joyed a treat that ha.l not been expected, write* a eorreepondent. 1 nbeorbed an audience oa a eo lf ra I ,hiaal ] Tb* party might ipen i th* winter thr* in ecoaiioo a* that which lutene i to tne young j a!ety and comfort. In thu n*ighborhoo>i n, C. B. Borchgr* vmk. a* tie told I <" a ^ D J oi ph*omeB* requiring ' i BorchgreTink, ** to mak* Cap* Adar* the h*adquart*n of a *ci*ntioa expedition a geographical *umm*r) M la* eaoree of Victoria Lavxi. j raach of the cape. One of them eeeou to Roae discovered it Ifty-fonr year* ago.eoly I contain itraia of la*a between thick layei* little whi.e after Victoria aeceoded the * taaw - A icnap, wnick kaa recently Britnh tnrooe, and no later explorer* hare ef snow. A besn active, u near by. Cap* Adare iU*lf Tink it* ioe-oo*ered coaeu till Borengr*- and hu comradee law them niw* ago. Th* mode*t young man who* all unnoticed, wae taken to a teal on tb* platform, had not been announced in the rif*t to a height ef 3779 feet above the Ma and i* a n.o*t favorable pitlou fer me:*orological ooeervattooa. Tb* irrega- larity of our nnenjin od ConUaen I and eem* to indicat* tenre are Mcrete there ef acientific value. A* for biological r- earcn, the i*a laeme with life and o de general programme. Tn* fact wae, he had arrived in London altar th* CongreM opened and waiat once taken in baud a* a pr.me tctractioo. Vl.VK's BOCTa. Few knew hu name. ! l nd . ">* ' "M f* remarkable if in ; the vast area believed to be covered by the I Victoria comment ai'.nerto unknown animal life should not he discovered. " As for th* inland work, I should be glad to Isad a party into ths interior of Victoria Land. 1 believe that it would b* I shall not recapitulate here the feature, comparatively easy to get into tho interior, sf Borchgrevmk'.graphic addr***,of which : > " *' io " . '"> 'gbo rhood of iConlman Is.and. M- plan would be to the cable gave a summary at the tune. It < UM<I | ^ib with tho Scandinavian ski and will suffice to say that the steamer Antarctic j the Canadian cnowshoes, ditfsr.ng con h- Ufi Melbourne in September last year for , UoB * * th * *" mamg one or the other u.i ._ .k. <_.., -_j mar* useful I *hooid etpect to carry ear a whaling cruiM ,n th. Soutn.ro *Me. and that Mr Borchgrevink, who wa* d*irou ef making a acientifi viait in thoae lanindee wu able to take pauag* on.y by inipping ma com men eaairan. Tna ise condition* equipment and inppliei !or several rnonini work on >ledj(e< drawn by do^ team*. It i* probable that I ihould nave to travel only about 16" mile*, nearly dn* eaet, te reacn tn**ac"b-rn magnetic pole. There ertmltou tne parly to p--ntrat* c.*ar to i* little doubt tnal the pole will be found Victoria Land, an i they spent eight day* on th* oootinent itnelf. It* exact poeition (January 1S-26, thu year) aiong tnat o>at. -,ouId bo located in addition to extendin In a talk which ever*i geotUmen had wito researches a* far to the aoeth a* poeaibi*. Mr. Boichgrevink a li-.il* la:*r he gave u* ^ erne farther information and opinions ol interMU The explorer is aoout 90 v*ars eld, ha* had considerable *ci*ntitic training is of medium heigm and athletic build, and has the light hair an i the clear whit* and rosy complexion of h.s Northern race. Hu expreeeed desir* to lead an exploring ex- pedition to Victoria Land was received with cheer* by the Congress. In answer to our questions Mr. Borr-ogr*vink said: "Commercially, oar voysg* wa* not a Heeiis. We hoped 10 get oil and peroap* whalebone, bat we found no whalebone whale* and our quest for oil did not meet with even fair suoceM. The Antarctic ha* not been sent back for next ataeon, and I do not think she wool i have been even if Capu Svend Foyn. who so braveiy aent hi* . ,,, ono . e nttov ABOUT THE _ROTHSCHILD8, THE MOST IMPORTANT MEMBEB OF THE CBEAT HOUSE. I tod work aecompiisned. II a workman i e dlsn seated with hu share he may stni. " It in; us I to compare a man with a*pit*laad intelligence, organizing facilities invention and knowledge witn aay I* brutal workman, who applies to bis work only '.h* unintelligent work o hu hands. ' re *!!'. rr%..l Train ae4 *> loo* l Barea- Alpbea.e Ll> l riant .!*.* ! ran-. SB eufe of Their r*we *! >! Ik* IB- Baron A.phonM ds Rolhachild.chief of the amily in K ranee, i sixty Qv* years old. He u commacder of th leigona of honor, mem- oer of the institute and regent of tne bank of Prance. He married the daughter of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, of London and iTes in tns finest residence in Parts, at tne corner of the Rue Saint- Floren tin and Place de ia Concorde a house once toe re- Meooe ef the Czar Alexander L Baron Aiphonse is in* most important member of th* great banking house o* Rotoschild. His influence predominates ever '.he branch house* of his tirm in Len- in, Vienna and Frankfort. He enjoys almost unequalled prominence not only in buaineM, but also ia the (Octal, world el Paris. He u to be met in all the most exclusive saltns ol ih* Fau- bourg St. Germain, whi.e too greatest Dames in France Figure on the visiting list of hu wu's at her magn.n.en: Chatoaa do Fernert and at her Rue Saint Florentin THE NATIVES OP SIKK1M. A ta**r Peepl* Who Berrew Their Belle- lea sue] Btreas rrens TV I Bet. Althoagc toe border land In which the commission is engaged a: its work of mark- ing oat the boundary line between Sikkim and Thibet .a from its great altitude quite uo.nr.auited, and beyond tho magnin'oen* scenery absolutely devoid of anytmng to see, the same can not be said for tne coun- try psMsd through en route; for the road taken to reach to* frontier lay through some of toe most popaloas districts, and past several of the "monasteries ' which are hare such a :e*:ure of internet to every traveler. Sikkim borrowed its religion, as it has its customs, manner*, dr*M and ru. ing family from Thihst, which country the umpl* inhabitants look up te a* the oen-.ar of intellect and fainion, as wall as th* ouro* ef learning and tho tradition* Toe latter formerly belonged te the greet Prince Talleyrand, and u fills! with art treasures. Moet of the** ar* exhibited in is fouo ed. several of the oxonasieriM sre network ef carved human oooee. and these, with toe wonderfai cymbals, bolls and otoer mstraments tney carry in tneir hands, ratner spoil the effect of their beautiful silk*, wmcn would soow to more advantage wituout any addition. Th* Lama* tnemseive*, when in their ordinary every-day garb, are dressed in plain red wuolon robes, which, with their FOB-TIJHU BY DISCOVERIES. -Ilkl lucky "asj |W*I v Quick ai!tti was dimcovind by chtiMu iMper, in* Caruoli, hav evening fpltekl Mw tub nadir a dropping spring, an ir u> vr y if ,i wotud a*l4 waUr, wr xMiksoam* im Wu awn ing foul it so Qeoa, vjunt be could otrd.y move i* Aldrit kie tssugbt Vfaat us'a i ** oo> witcoed, bittt las* porcsiTU^ a *>isis| fluid at *h bottom, xao eut to L-uoct and laowaredll to an e>poU*nry, w/no un> Mdialoiy toissod him nth a, sma.1 grauutw. biioiag hm br.oj torn* more sf *iam stnJ*henevr hsuwidnB*** wiu it. THIS* m poor oeopsr inqaeeitl w cU, wslsfhsgnjhltpissssd wtthbii|ood foetus; Hit, M I on t :i, is* ageaJr bsiq aadU pobli*, sevsral petmii forineMi utmsivws) fmte t socisty. xji IKU to smeu-on luiser iaC*> Ike quieksilwi ^posits CAOSM use>pe>etealf disesterej d, ad wfaicti win iaotmed M boceme t-k ncHMt / teir i.iJ IB Barop*. Anathesraportant <itscevwy j rooe>r**4 t * havo renlted frianm Us uinvoauonal lfl*tooae> neat, laariejo) GoosV f*t years exsx per: xto sd i* vats, WM wpnve Xndis nbbor of Its t> i.i'.; is tne> acuos of BMM>* tad sc w.th t fnsnd am us I sobJKt, c nifiasi T-w-i u iMnrtion sf throwing piles of sq i pnom rai>b<O)r * t*M raoena. lilighiod eipoo t(i stove*. u4 wntiko ypicMilup > lew it'iaf t he foud Thing* Kept brciln( Wene Bverr *>*y f ino Trial. The following record of a juryman'* ex- perience was made by a carpenter of more than average intelligence : The first day he wa* impressed with th* magnitude of the case and the aadneM of the prisoner. H* did not deep the first night, for the reason mat f ur men occupied on* room. Tn* air wa* bad, and two Ten snored loudly. The second day ho tried to remember all that the w toeeoes eaid, and tr out on tnu *iper:mental voyag*, had lived. Other veeMie nave had no better sucvee*. The four veeeel* from l>and*e in IS'.'.' failed to reap a profitable harvest, and M did th* Norwegians in l-'J-MM. We ceo hardly regard toe commercial value of antarctic work a* wholly disproved by the mult* of th* pas: three years, oat the thu* far i* not encouraging, and its bearing on tne case, and at nignt wa* very weary and wont to bed early, hot was awakened and du .orbed by theother jur r* The third day his head acned, an be could with difficulty follow the testimony. Hi* appetite was poor and he was drowsy. Ths fourtn day he was aa-onished to Dear th* MtM^W VW B^B W VW V^WMI a lu B* *"* J wnalersand stalon.for th* pres-mla" least PP<"' *id*oc* ; statemenM which bad have abandcned the field ** m < b 7 *PP*Jretly honest men w*r* "The geographical result, have been Srmed to be false. He WM .hocked, and extremely important as proving that re- hlg nrst isnpr.Mions and pern ual interest March can b* carried oo with no more danger* and difficulty than in the arctic regions. Nona of the ve*Mls that, since iave gone to South t'otar waters has had exploration particularly in view, but Cap!. Lar an has considerably extended the known coast line of liraham Land, and, . - without any .pecial d.ffic.ilty. we pens- "*"" n>1 " d **1 quarrel, with eaon true I almost a. far south as has ever been to r , '''*' political matter*, reached. I believe Uial. a* a rule, th* Foo " h torl *T w " tolJ ...".' i CMd P 1 **'"* 1 coast of Victoria Land may be reacoad in sucn a manner that by tne touching of a snaveo nead, give* them an ascetic if not pnog they disappear into iron Mies coo- : J oor PP**"**. that when tb*y put on for some great fontural some of las wonder- coaled m tn. wall* Th. vaiuaol. picturM , ,,, nbtf , ud Bekd . lrMM . Wlth W0len in th* Mine way, turn on a pivot and dis> appear from view. This precaution, which boar* a flavor ol Mont* Cristo, was dsvised by the Baron after a great Commune insurrection of '.ill. A n>aviAL coLuosca. The onited proper'.iM ot the Rothschilds aod their propertM* most be considered aa aoitod from taeir peculiar family aod businsM reiatioo. pass eveo beyond toe Billions. In the last twtlve years they have .oaned te certain European govern- msnts nearly f.V>,OUU,OO>. Tbeir lordly til UT slB Blat monastery is stcr*i they are nardly rooog- nisable. Some of too droeoeo then worn are of noet be.u-.uuiiy worked i.k. and nearly all ar* of the MOM material, bat in addition Co and over that tney nn< most enrious apreos of a comparatively nca for each a very pour and sparaeiv popu.ateti mountainous country M Sikkim is, in ornam>-at and instruments of wonnip. Tney comprise beside charm boiee and D*ndan'* ami laaamerabi* varie'ie* e< Bgune of Buddah, vessels like our teapots for tilling sacred receptaclen on th* altar with water, and curious forma of headdreM invariably having as secondary ornaments power u shown in a modern in.tance. In " l**thePraMian Government demanded ima1 , 1 m .' t41 1 ' :m - kl " tlon *}' r ln "*' and indemnity of f25.OUO.UOU : rom the city MU ' U of ""*' P*"i,-u.any '"rated Lamas . - .-. pti-hiv fc*r ] fcil*i> *r thi^h KARA* at tji were disturb . His he.i ached, and n* telt weak and nervous ; his appetite and sleep were broken. The fifth day be gave up a 1 fart* to follow tne testimony or to under- stand what was (aid. H* felt stupid and exceedingly tired. The other juror* began ' barons. Lord Natuaniel de KotriscEiid and to complain of the food and tna sleeping j Barons Ai:re>l u i Leopold are located at Paris. Barons Aipnonso, Uui\e, Edward, Adolpb and J tines in Paris, riaro ncniy sol in silver, or thigh DOOM ol the Mine, also richly ornamented, and which tney use M trumpets, ar* objects that they ooi i in particular esteem. The gala droM and ornament* ef th* wo- men are beet understood by th* accompany- ing portrait of the Rani, tho wife ot the preoeot Ratal!. Her wonderful tiara, a smaller kind of which is worn on state occasions by ail the better class of women, i. si ie up of coarse turquoises, large SIOOM cf coral, aga-e and a sp*ci*o of cornelians, w.th very poor km is of eeed pearl, all worked eo a frame covered in red sloth. The great ear-ring*, turquoise* Mt in gold or silver, are exactly u-nilar to those, poorer in kind, worn by every woman, whatever her station, throughout Sikkiea, and the MIL* may bo said for the it ring* of coral and amber roand her noes. Very few, if any, of tnem, however, wear 'tie Mine siik drees, wni n, witn every one et the ornaments, his iis va.no enhanced by the fact of its n..viog 000*0 from sacred Thibet, the lau-i tney held in so much The present member* of th* great houM >er*tion, tho Rani nerteif in tau case Roth*cniid number no fewer than el.ven u > ki born Th.betao. of Frankfort. Ib* n*ad of th* Rothacoild nouse in mat city Mot word to Loun- Bismsrk that if an attempt was made to lore* the levy he would break every bank in Berlin, and Bismarck was forced to give ay. Tne enormous weaUh of the Rotna- childs u doubly remarkable from the fact th* family was totally uuknowo a century * On* of their mottoM is, "Gold never repeats what it *es," nod another, "A man will not tell what ho baa not Heard,'' bat some idea of their riches can be had from too fact mat since 1815 they have raised tor Great Britain alone more man H.UUO.mO.UOO ;for A istna, f-J3l,l)0,JW ; for Prussia, tw 1 "-," i',UOO ; for France, $400,tJil,iJOii; for ta.v, nearly $300. "UU. for RuMia, fl'.'.' tor Hra/i , from frjo.OnO.OUO to fT'voo.OUU. and tnev took tnruughtre Be niont- Morgan syndicate about K\000,OUU of th* issue of United .States bond* last r'eiiruary. Til IRS KX KUTS.X KIROV*. to whisht uuaoesn m a b jestsJ s*d afe> rod apom tsi lidis ru. bber jut the> qua.iiv he hsd ne ioo|iiriveti to inptrt 10 . w Ta idsii using gfoa u sung; lighter tnaB ur l bslloooo u (aid I* aas ve> bent sogjeii*>ti. u JacqusMB Moo joilior by t wort of Prmt.ey's. It u u* ne><-ratd tnat *na> di;, wai.o boilii| water in t eoffst p_t,;Miop o>f whict **e owersd wibk peinper folded sa aiDtiricai fora, Meitfolt3er ne fre>|itr ivtil axi>i ris, knet Be uxax lasuue ol n> light n*l bnoyokat oj ;ilaUoa. and { travsninffj IN air. ^f tar MUM wJiperi- ' eaeais, M it|oilUr aa<i hu bnibor maid* t ; uccswf nul unit at V e>maall*i in u*> pr*> end af t DI Royal feazniiy ud : spectitox-ei. Aoine> upsrtaat discsierv | by purely uodsntal oatx-aw ucv neniu Dr-^btel p.aced in sit viad xtncta cvf og<oio*al,ieritn wa.cn he> IB '-end- ed Ic til 1 a tirn,cmo> tor ; nio thus) OOSM aqut-regx.ea dnpped fr-oot i iiuko vial standing; jwi above) it, ul L>r*>s>bel'i purp.i .i_gui<liss com wrt*J mio a :> :! :j, ictriwTL OBI Heir tnu cam* t paw : ptuu.sd r snuu a .iitl>. but i cojctsun*4 < that too e^u-rtj-.a r>sa.i ti.isilved eome at ' the us o>sf IM eiadoev :ramM it* way t* tne cocnmM.. feilingg. th.itioisj eoc is- law, KurJ^MHU, idyrr. ea.t LejJ, tb ia>tt*r tt> ultnnalioan toncngooii to. lhaa.* "Kiflelar"*) oamir,' a* it wa> rity My antarctic lummer, and there stretches way, in all probability, a land of continental eitsni that invit** reeearch. FIK-T UN THI MilNLVNP. "Only three parties have ever MI foot on land within the An' arctic Circle, ROM and d'Urville, before us, alone landed wuntn that area. We were the rjrt to set foot on the mainland of Victoria Land. Many people sem to have the incorrect inpreesiou that a wall of ice surround* Victoria Land, fertidding the idea of landing in the country. I am sure a careful reading ol James ROM' voyage would give no inch erroneous idea. I am confident that there are quite a numbet of plac'* wbeie a landing may be made, and we succeeded in easily landing on a penin- sula jutting out from Cape Adare and gently siop.ng 10 the sea. Not far away. ROM Ian. led on one ol the PoniMioa Islands and on Franklin Island. and personal boasting tilled up the even ing*. Th*y all manifested disgust at tb* trial, and longed far tn* end, and declared they jrould never bo caught in a similar ess*. On ' ne sixth day th* cae wa* cloeed. The argument* of tn* attorneys and the judge a charge eeemeU very dull and weari- some. He felt sick, looked f' rward to a release, and hi* intereet in the case had died o 'U He could not understand why so much was said that wa* contradictory, and why th* judge should not tell thorn thereat facts of ths case. In the jury room no dis- cuM'.ou took plac*: each on* vote<i "guilty" or "not guilty," and when they found tn* majority wa* "guilty" mo*t of them fol- lowed the major, ty. Two of the minority became angry and refused to vote for over a day, except in favor of tne prisoner. They gsve no reason* for thtir belief, only saying that they were right and the rest of th* jury wa* wrong, r. nally.cn* of ti*>em*n was accused o having some personal ob- j t in voting for th* prisoner, and after a hart altercation he changed and th* other gmlty" " I was impressed with tne accuracy of Roes' date and desoripu.n*. Hu charting man followed him and the verdict of thecoast wassxcelleot.andthegeographi- i was agreed upon. Ml positions he gave to his discovert** w*r* accurate.as far as w* could determine. We met with jus: the Mime re.ep ion that he did when we landed on one of the Pas- Woman Have you any stove-lifter* t SSMK'U is.ands. wnrre, tifty-fuur year* ago ' Hardware Clerk We hate itov* lid he raised the British dag. You may re- lifters, madams. I preeume that is what ember that he said myriads of penguins you mean covered the ground aod opposed the land, j "" She Did Not Purchase. ing of his p*>rty, rusning at them and pick ing at them with their sharp beaks and eryiog or shn- kirg in loud, coarse notes. They also fiercely attacked n* aa w* pulled eur boat op on the .hole. 1 had to us* my j tick in self-defense, and their screams so tilisJ the air that I had to shout when I told the men that we were th* second party to Mt toot on th* island. ROM also cpok* oi th* deep bed. of guano, the deposits of ages, on this little island. We found those beds to be ol unusual depth, and I have j brought home a specimen for analysis. "Nsxt to our reaching Victoria Land at all, I think the mo*l .ignifioant mult ol our voyage wa* that w* found v*g*tatioo ana cap* of this island which ROM did not nains, and to which I gave th* name of Cap* Ferdinand von Muoller. Not a tra el vegetable life not even a lichen nor a piece of seaweed had, up to our voyage. been found on land, within th* antarctic circle. About 500 mil** north of our landing place, oo Cockburn Ulan. I, Sir Joseph Hooker found some twenty fiowtr- U*s specie*, two of them *aweed. It has since D*eu supposed that Cockburn Island WM about IBS southern limit of terrestrial vegetation, bat 500 miles south 1 found an th* tock*. both of th* Island and of Cap* Woman dsnantlr 1 I mean stove-lifters. Clerk (patronizingly ) A stove-. liter would be something to lift up a stove. A jack-screw, for instance. Woman (angrily) Have you any jack- screw* ' Clerk (surprised) V-e-s, madam*. I believe so, in ths basement. Woman (meditatively) Ar* they sliver plated ' Clerk (dumbfounded r No, matlame. Woman (triumphantly) Then I don't want any. 1 wouldn't be seen putting up a itove with s lack-screw that wasn't silver plated. I'll go deal at torn* store where they have a better class ol custom, and k*ep aristooratio goods. Good-morning. That Terrible Boy. Awful child Mamma said you were pretty old. Visitor Well t Awful child -You're old bat net pretty. Natnanirl Mv.-r in Vienna anj a.roo William tn Frankfort Baron* Leopoi < a*4 Alpnoot* ar* the owner* of in* celebrated Hoi hschild racing ta)>lee, and tneir col*** iar* u.ue, with a yellow cap have bows Men in ::i* front of tniny amemorai le eqnin* contest. Daring the past Mason tneir famous stable and cel*'<ratr.l . or*e far n nave been managed by an Amer -an, wno baa ju.t u-ned a contract to re m a In the employ of the Rolhsanllds dm lug th* next too year*. Baron Alpboose is strong-willed and dic- tatorial, aod of I*M coai i:a> .e disposition than hi* famous brother* and cousins, who ar* always th* for*mo*t in all good won.*. There i. littl* Mutim*ot ID th* head of th* Van* firm. A correspondent in Pans, after an interview with th* Baron in INn, on tbo question of salvation, thus sum- marized the Baron's idea* aid way of toll- ing them : "I do oot believe ID the so-called labor movement," Baroo Rothschild coutioued. "I am oonfiVeot that the workwomen, generally speaking, ar* saintied wi D their condition, and have neither cause nor de- air* to complain. They ar*, 1 am convinced, n.ir'ereot to Socialism. To bo lure, some agitator* make plenty of none, bat that amounts to nothing ; they do not inflaence the nooMt and reasonable workingnu-n. Bis VIEWS o.i LABOR. "In considering ihe so-called labor move- ment it is necessary, however, to d st n- guish sharp. y good from bad workmen- Only tho idle g.HHi-for- nothings desire the su ill-hour dav. Serious meo, father* of familiM, work M long as :hey think ry for their own and t heir children's The Useful Clock clock Hew time goo* I b* Mid as th* struck eleven. It's the only thing tnat doe* go, she answered wsartly and he took the hint. needs. There is roach IOOM talk nowaday* about th* danger of so much capital in th* hands ef a few m*n. Thi* is all rabbish. Some men ar* richer ; ether* ar* poorer. To-morrow this i* all change*! by vicissi- tudes which nobody oan control. It is th* money which circulate* that frucuiiee, and donev airoulato* with the name risk to all. It is money which on* lends in .-onrideoce torso-called good things which does not always torn eut to be good. All that applies to the great at well as the small venture*. "Frighten and threaten capital and it vanishes. Capital is like water. Grasp it violently and it sli|<* through your finger* ; treat it gently, dig a canal in which to lead it, and it runs wherever you will. Capital is a country's fortune. It represents the energy, intelligence, thrift and labor of toe people. Capital is labor. Apart from unhappy exceptions, which teem to be no- avoidable, eacn shares ia th* people's oapi. tal according to bu intelligence, energy ALASKAN BOUNDARY. \mrrlmm.r er sirrat Orllale, ClalM- - fcrr.i Advaniat* te < *.!*. A despatch from Baltimore, Md., says: The Rev. Fatner Barnum, who has recently returned from tne interior of Alaska, wDere he spent four year* of musionary work among the native*, give* to the As- sociated Press, an n.erntiiig interv.ew regarding toe Ala ska boundary disput* betweoo the United State* and Oreat Britain. "Ths claim mao* by th* British Government at th* instance ofthe Cana- dians," says he, "em braces a valuable strip of and, a portion of which is the key to a vast extent of the interior of Alaska, poos- eesing rich mineral resource*. Another portion would give tnem control of some of the fine natural harbours, and in a third p.ce tney wou.d gain one of toe moet magnifi. out scenic region* in the World, Glacier bay, which ie aow beginning ic b* visited by thousand* of tourists all over the world during th* winter month*. Although th* imntenss value of this land cannot oe accurately determined, a know- ltdge of its geographical position on the coast shows thai great commercial advan- tage* ihould accrue in the future from lie possession by this country. It U a long SAXROW UJCV, ruDiiiog th* whole length of th* narro*. irregular district of Alaska that u nearesi tot nil country. mo*t t*mp*rato in , IU.*T, and in* only port of ih* icrritory tha: is settled by any considerab.e number of white men. On* importast effect of Great Btitaio's claims, if tney should b* allowed, would bo that Great Britain would nave control of a route which i* tb* key 'o tne gold fields in the north-east corner of AlMka. The** field* pan oal about $!<*), OHO each year, bat it hu been listed that there are rich proepecte there yet unworked as well as othsr mineral resources which whso they become well known will cause ocosiderable immigration there. The beet route into the interior is from the bead o: Lynn canal, by an overland route ef '2~ miles, to one of the lake* at the bead of the Yukon river in British territory, and th*nc by boat down th* Yukon to the gold ter- ritory in Alaska. It i* the only route in which abrupt mountains do not obstruct tb* way, and should a railroad ever b* built into the interior it i* probably th* nly rout* which it could follow. Lynn canal has Mvera' good natural harbour* within too strip claimed by Great Britain, ant it is sat* to say that the Canadians won! I soon control tb* whole trad* into th* i alerter if Groat Britain gain* her point." 1LTTLI JJLD 1L1I ' to its |od <*l;r. Oni of " n< pnocipal caos*> ol pi of lot *-. iBvQV.uiiire, , Kog. : p:'.sry iuaa* ; factnrtw*B>'Jiiai*cove>srw of tHrap i arable giais, kpfli*jtl< a.ie> to brsn we>r*) and whits raskn, ua gr*M*tly uert*iog{ their us*tuin*oe tiT.ttmg t r> surftoimprvu>iM to wtler . Iks discovery, ucora.sag t* Shaw, tho uwaao/ that my, w* Uo* pureiv-o -*- . At *: avi>7 firm, eutaattdi few nmlej from Burw-lem now the* very ototrw. W .ss | pultsriM >Jirr ; ), a :iisa>..i *>rvu: w *>*> on* day if; i c, i itrcog e>ouuoo ot o*>onn>ei jsajt.tobo vxsxl 11 carin gf pork. During aer temporary itnuce from ths kiiooeo 'ns ; lujiiid boilexitw. B**ngigu tanginssd i *artn v ^est , Us sol u t ion tprtedtBic over tn* ouis.il , praouciug a citnical avctio* whicuih*) l'Hlundsr*>to*l,uj wbicb dij not ooips- HM:< Her f CM- th< Ko.d-.nsj so* rocsmJ. Soowot tlxiifBent* of io liquid ooe> i bmrj wit h tits ef c.bo*s ot .bo highly heat*! bn~avi o.ay surfac to prJacet vitrsiiu o^jainj at enamel, wiion did not , peol oif wsrsei lii* vsmeisi VMCO..J. 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