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i Nil A ill. inE VERY LATh J r FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. IntamtlnK iteau About Our Own Couatnr. Onmt Britain, the Untud SUtea. and %n Pmrtt of tb* aiobe. Condcaaed and AaMrt«d tor Baay Bâ€" ding CANADA. He7. Aleiander Grant, of Winnipeg y/aa drowoed in the Nepii^a River- Two aew caaes ui' aiimlipox biive de- '/eloped in Westmount, a. sul>urb of lf»jntraai. cteaiudhLp ratea on grain from Mont- real and. Liverpool have nearly doubled wiLhin a. comparatively short time. Joiha Flack, a resiulieait of St. CaLhar- ax«ti. w;ia on Sacuir<la,y morning run *v3r by a ranaway team, and inatant- ty kUWl. Tie lOoaunion Govement, accord- ku^ to a Winnipeg dispatoh. U conaid- ei'iiOg thk> question of opening a route iittbo the Yukon vLa £2dlmonton. It IS »xi)eoted that the telegraph line from thie head of Lynn canal to the Klondyke can be built before the win- ter. I A despatch from Winnipeg says that there will be D^> difficulty in placing {arm handb in M'ajiitoba as soon aa they arrive. By a majority of 15 a local opcioa by- law was carrie«l in Wainfleet Township, Welland County. A reorganization of the Militia De- partment which will effect a saving of many thousand dollars will take plaoe. Thomas Telford, of Kingston, who re- oeutly diiSit{jpeared la London. Eag.. has been found in a hoi^ital there. B'e bad been sandbagged and robbed. !A war map of the Dominion of Can- ada is In proueaa of preparation.' It will â- bow all the roads, bridges, towns, vil- lages, farms, blacksmith shops and stores. Manitoba millers have advanced tb* •rice of flour in Montreal 2a cents a Dorrel, the third raise within the post tew weekn, largely due to the LncreaA- •d cost oi wheat. Thaeves emtered Garland'8 general abure at. Portage la Prairie, and Mr. Orimmi, tlie caretaker, fired on them. One 0t tiuiox returned the fire, wound- tug the caretaker in/ the left shixuider. Pramier (In^enway. who has been in Southwestern Manitoba, reports that the croi;)s have decidedly ijiipruved, and •re l<x>ki ag better th>i.n they did at this time L;ist year. Mr. K. A. Wells, of Alexandria. Eg- ypt. writ<« to the Dominion Depart- ment of l^ade and Commerce suggest- ing l^ypt as a g<»Hl field fur the de- velopment of OBaa.<lian trade. Mr. Jooi'ph Lavergne, who represent- ed Oruniniond and Arthabuska in the Bouse of Commons, Ivis been :Lijpoint- ed a Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec for tlhe Ottawa district. 'A company ban leen organized in Mbntxeal for the purix»e of sending an expedition to the Yukon distxiot up- on the co-operat i vt.' piaji. ITie miners engaged are to have a share of the pro- tttii. HvguLations resiieoting the issue <xf le-tses lu dredge lor niinerii.s in the »ul>iiierg»»J Ijeda of rivers in Mrwii- toba and the North-west Territories have beeui made by Order-in-Cwincil. AJn ordej- has been iesuied lilierating Mrs. Omii-r, of Gatittueau Point, who was tried few muTderimg her huaUtnd. but d» refu»<e<l to leave on tJie groond thiit • dbie is afraid of sutustroke Ibis warm weathier after her long iBcarceratiou. Ueferritig to the miaaion of Mr. E. E. Bbeppard, of Toromto, to oiwoi Uip trade betweeo C.iliada and Mexii-o, a City of Mexico d< K|iutch says Camadian lujnler wi.ll find .1 market, a-d well as various liines of maUufactui'ed goods, if proper- IS' i.'ntrcKlxiced. GRKAT BRITAIN. The Countess of Craven, nee Carnelia MaU'tln. of New York, has given lirth to a aun. Viacoiiint Gamet WoL«seley, Command- er-ia-Cluef of the British army, is •e>rLouBly ill. It Is slated that a site has beeoi se- lectt'd id KiU.nXiiey for a Royal rtsi- dencA iu Inehilid. (I'lne lTu.nerial Hioverttuueint h<i* de- cided to Imild a .'hLirliour and graving deck at. Si.nw;iurstown, iin Cape Colony. Sir '>Vilifrid Lalnrier willsiiil for Can- aria on the Lal)n»d\>it on the lyth iiust. Sir I (>iiis tXivics will leave I.lveriiool oa ta».x 26th ilnst. , The Chii'f Justice of Cainaida, Sir 8n;n«u»l B nry Strung, is now silting da'ily an a member of the Judicial t'om- miWloe of the Imperiu.1 Privy Coiu.noil. Air. McLeod SU-«a'rt, the ex-M.iyor of (Ht«-wa, had aoit iintLvrvi«w the olner day wMx Lord 1 .iiJi»dowue^i with nfer- ewce to the Geargitin Bay and Ottawa Ouvil, and he waal protuiilMMl all the as- â- iBt.«nce> In the i)owr©i» of the Secretary at Sta,te for War. The Kimg of Siaju .irrived on ^Vednc.s- da^ at Portsmoauh, wheiw he w as re- ceived l>y the Pi infe o>f Wales. He had I'Uln.'heon with th.i Queen at t «' i.Nrne hoiiise, aiid lea wi'th the Prince and Primce^B csf WaJes on board the royal jaehit (JBlnnnne. Dn th(^ HWi(»* of CouiDions on Mon- day evetnimg the Covermnenl grant at eighyty Ihonutijid i>oiin<la towards th i jubiilee celehnition was opjiosH.! by shuib of th» IriRh nieml«r8. Imt was carried by a voto of owe hiundi'ed and sijcty-two to twelve. Right ITrw. J<*i;e.i>h ChamlHTlaiw stiitiwl im tlu* H'-.-'utie of Commons that thiB dejiiuu'iation o>f the d'emian an J Be'lgian treaties "waa thie unaniniou.i wilsh of the Btf'lf-goverTiing colonies, whi.t desiijed to ('eiil with th'? I'nited KilngdoTO on preferential terms. ITNiWED STATES. lit was KM in tlie shade im .Lincoln, Neb., on t-'atuiihi-y. 6Bven persons were killed by Friday's eyclone at i-\:in Jo«»e, 111. Three thousand men engstgod in the building trades went on strike in New York New York post-offioe inspectors as- Mrt that the foreign mails are being iysleiinjktically roi>bi>d. Judge Tuley decided oin Friday thiat the Oliicaj^ J orJimKiiv eat al.l;.ilu:i(^ a vehicle tax, im/cluding >>icycles, u void. The Prince of Wales will attend the autumn military manoeuvres at Ham- burg September 3rd. Erastus Wiman has taken out his final papers in New York, which makes him an American citizen. It is reported frooa Perry, O. T., that outlaws have killed Quannab Parker, chief of the Comma-nche In- dians. The Washington authorities admit that beyond any possible doubt the Klondike gold fields are in British ter- ritory. The Glucose Sugar Refining Com- pany, with a capital stock of 9^0,000,- 000, has been incorporated at Trenton, N. J. 1 A non-union roller, employed in the ScottdaJe, Pa., Lron and ateel works, was shot and killed by union men on strike on SaturdUiy. Elia'hj Boulde» Gleanu of Newark, N.J., oeleibratedi thia otne humdred and third burthday aa Eritlay, and ibopea to live td cast a vote for Bryan at the next United Stated Presidential election. An ultimatum has been presented to the Peruvian Government by the United States Administration requir- ing the immediate payment of the Mc- Cord claim. Mr. T. V. Pawderly, formerly Master Workman of the Knights of .Labor, on Tuesday took the oath of offiji;e In Washington aa Oommissioneir General of Lounigratioa. Charles W. Spaaldlng, ex-treasurer of the Illinois State University, and former president of the Globe Savings Bank, has been found guilty at Chi- cago by a jury in the third trial. {The charge was hypothecating 9^5,000 in Macupin County bonds. Prof. Elliott, of Cleveland, thinks that Mr. Foeter, who was sent! to Eng- land in regard to the seal (question, is a diplomatic failure. Hie has se- cured nothing from the Salisbury Gov- ernment. The Canadians are in con- trol of the alttia.tioa, and at the com- ing conference they will skin Mr. Fos- ter as they "skinned" him before at the Paris tribunal. GENERAL. Nearly 100 peraoas have beea drowp- ed la Silesia. It is reported that a reign of terror exists in Portugal. It is reported that Belgium willen- ] de^ivor to arrange a commercial treaty I with Canada. I Yellow fever is raviiihing thfe Spanish troops and is proving tibe best friend of the insurgents. Floo«ls at Johannialiad. Kohiemia. have cau.-«e<i great loss of life and destruc- tion to property. The Japanese Govternment has order- ed from Germany a nine thousand ton battleship. Trouble has arisen on the Turko-Per- siau (order, amd IxitJi Uoverniments are despatching troops. General Wejler commander of the SiKtnLsh force in Cuba, will grant amnesty to 1500 exiles. The stejunshlp Mariposa sailed from Sydney. N.S.W.. for San Francisco on Tuesday with 430,1)00 BoVBreijtns. Capt. -General Weyler has signed an I order expelling from Cuba two New ' York newjH)aper correepon<lent3. The Caxlists expect that Don Carlos will be at the bead of his 'forces in Spain before the end of February next. Owing to the expected liad harve-st ! the Ruasiiin Governm^'nt intemls to I prohibit the exportation of grain this I year. I The Emperor and Empreas of Ger- I many arrived at Cronstadt on Satur- I day, an<I were cordially received by the Czar. â-  There has beeta a veritable epidemic 'â-  of suicide in Paris for soine ^wks ' past, the heat adding to the numljer ' of casea. The cloudbursts and Inundations I wbii'ih have deveustated the eastern fiart of Grtriiiany have caused a serious oes of life. The Vatican, includinif the Pope him- self. Is ai'lively engaged in a cam- paign to .xlim-uLate the revenue from j Peter's pence. The Coloifne Gazette says that the ! proposal of Geniianv for European I control of Greek finances has been ac- cepted by the powers. I A Chinese pirato raptured the Brit- ' tLsh stennier I'lxru im July 14, mur- 1 dereil the caTUain anil seven of his I crew and plundered the ship. Advice* by I he st-iMiship Miowera confirm th<- reports of the ni.assacre of ' white pol l-huntsTs :ind native assist- ants in Ni"w Guinea. A paper published in Rome, Italv, decL-vred tho resignation of Secretary of State Sherman ii ni'c»>ssarv. as h'a I diplomacy is irritaiinu all Kurope. There were di*turl)ancos at Tetuan. near Ma<lrid. on Monday, arLsins out of a private di.spute. The rioters used ' guns and several persona w«re wound- ed. ! Much interest is taken in French I naval ciri'les .it th.- discovery of a ' composition which i.s allL\v;('d to have I the m.arv.'llous li>rop.>rLy of rp.ndpring vessels invisild'^ beneath the rays of I electric searchlights. I The Japane.<e Government is said to I be seriously e.mbarrii.ssed financially, arUing out of the im're,a,H m1 deniands in pvery direction on ao«>unt of Ja.i>- ;',ii t'lkinit her plare d,-\ a civilised na- tic»n. j AccordiiiR to reports from Madrid, I received at Ix->n<lon the Portu.rvie'ie Goi\-erinraent !« setting the constitu- tion at defiance, and adopting the moet striiijTent reprea.^ive measures. Grave charge-s are lieing formulated against the Boers, tt is said th.\v8up- p'ied the Mriial>ple with artiis. and ex- actt'd very heavy brib"» fnvn the'-oulh African Chartered Company. '\!it> gr;'at voU-tiiw u! Mayun, :>ii tlm islamii of Luzan, one of thie Tti'lipinne group, has l>eon in violent eruption sliiue June* H. and it is estimated that tliuiu-samls lof the iinhabilants have lost bheir lives. Th* reiwrtthtit Mr. Ceo'l Uhodes ajid Mr. .Vlfred BiiU (has jiersoiKilly pai<l twvi hainidred and fifty thoussvnd pounds to th'.i Tramavaal Ooverninent In in- deimnity fori the Jiunesota raid is offici- ally denied. A d&Apattih tram. Atheiid siys that a ifharp emtjagemedit tooii place be- tween! Si,U00 Turkiafb troofm ond the arnuMi, populatiotn of tihe villages lying between Metsnvo, TrlkaJa and Kolar- rytes. Senor Qalliajer, a Cuban refugee, w1u> arrived* at Tamjia, Fla., on Sunday, oaya Uhat the linsurgeats attacked the viillago of Mhmanu. killed 49 3paniah( soldier i, wounded HO amd took posses- aion of bhjs place. Owing to the amendments to the IJeatie agreemetnts introduced by Tew- lik Pasha, the discussion of which would occu|yy a couple of week^ it ia ex- pected tost the powers will send an- other uitimatumi to expedite the E'orte. AJ aewM>aper in BumJbay prints a iUighly Inflamunatory article, attacking the Indian Government for " the i^roaeoutixni of obscure persona," and tor "makioig an absolute police regu- lation do duty aa a secret assasaim." Accordiing' tof a Tokio paper, tiie For- nuoaa rebels seem to ituave aa under- standing witih the high officials of Clbana. and their plan ia to attack for- eii^n> offices ajmd residences^ and otiher- wiot( molest foreigmers, ao as to start Bnternational trouble. The Japanese MjlOiister to the City of Mexico, un an interview, aays bhat Japan, whiUe having no desire to an- nex, tiba Hawaiian islands is opposed to bhnjir abaorptLon by the United States. Ja{;ajt would prefer tAiie islands to re- maiui independent. Japan tihreateimsr to make a naval de- moniatra con in Hawaiian watery and will im^st tibnt the United States as- aome a uontiin{gent responsibility in the matter of. arbitration of 3jer differanc-ea wltjh Hawaii on the suibject oi unmlgTiV- tion and the tariff. PREDICTION AND WARNING. What It .Weans te Alart far the Wnkuu Comb- tr7 WlthoHt rraprr PreiiaraUoii. Here is a predictio>n: Sihiould the rush to the Yukoui country continue^ Bthould the multitudes, or any consider- able) portion of the ni'Ultitudes now striving and, pressing to get off to tj^t region succeed, there will be a tragedy duriing the coming winter the like of wlhacb never has been known in Amr erica. (Do meia realize dbat they are start- iuKg' for the Arctic regions' That the summer is already well advanced, and tjhat winter will set in there by the I time they reach their destinatlunf That winter In those hyperborean regions lasts from October to May/ That the temperature fallsi so low tihat cold [wr- foruifl the effect of Iref That without adequate protection aga nst the climate aodi abundant food all life will disap- ;jear1 Du men w!uo have .always liean accustomed to mild rlimates realize wihut It itilto w inter at the Arctic circlef Life there- is possilJe during the win- ter oiuly as careful prepuratiion is made t» support It. Food, clotbi^aig and tthelter are indispensable. bxpomire there is no trifle, as iu our mild clim- ates. E-vposuro there means sure and sudden deat:h, Ali>ng the Alaskan and Bxitiiikl Cbluxiiibian coast the climate, tompered by the ocean, is not severe; but tlie ginld fields lie in a vast river basin Imii'nd a high luountain range, ab great dii>tam-e from tihe coast, and very far toward hhe north, where all tibe rigorous louditinns of uin Arctic winter prevail. "Water will not flow, the streams are frozen to the l>ottom. Even iu'Htimmer the ground thaws only at the surface. Tr.uiisportation over , mountain' ranges, where rugged trails furni,Jb the only lines of passage, is , so slow, costly and difficult that scar- I city of supplies ia inevitable. If large nuinlwrs succeed iin getting over t.he ' tuuuntaJn ran^^es into bhe l>asin of the Yukon, a> cessi]l)lei wi tih diffirulty in ' suiinmer and not at all arccssiblo in ' winter 1 it may lie set down as certain I tJhit the greater proportion will per- Mh. , Thid is no safe adve>nture, like the riLMli i'in( former times to th? gold mines of (.'alifornia. Clliiuite is a fact that inust l>e taken into account. In mild 1 climates men may Uike tjhelr chances I for food! and sibelter; in severe clijiuites ; they eaiuiot. It is a sure prediction I that should liny greet num.l>ers succeed ifu getting into tiw Yukon region this j fall, there will be a tragedy the like oC wiltxh hoj not l)ee.n known to the ! world siince Napoleon's Russian cam- I taiga. I A good deal of grub will iihange hands ;at Uawstvn this wimter at tlve [wiut of I tine revolver. Where there is only aUmt half enough provemier to go larouadi tihe man that draws first wijl I oonl'nii'* to acquire food. This was , the situation in the Fr.iser 'iigyingsi, : near as, l,hey wore to d^-ilization. The extreiuit.\1 will be accentuated in the , polar regions. ROYAL BUT POOR. L^nless Queen Victoria on the one hand and the Ozar on the other con- tribute tow:uds the maintenance of Prinoe Francin Jo.seph, of Battenburg, and of Princefti Annie, of Mbntenegro, whose engagement has just been an- noun'-ed it iis diilioult to b<.'e how they will ever bo able to m.aintain an estab- li.shmeat befitting their rajik. The Priu'© has at the most an income of $3.01)0 a yearâ€" 4»rol.«ably not so munih â€" wiiile Priu>ie3.-i Anne is the daughter of a ruler so i.\>or that ho is comi)elled to do; end ufou the bounty oif the Czar, bis patron, in order Vo make oiid.s meet. it is prol>able, however, that EiUi-eror NivhoUis will dower Princess Anne to ths extimt oi 1,000,000 ruuble.s. just as he did iu the 04tse of Princess HeWne when she wjts lud to the altar by the Crown Priiuie of Italy. Anue, like her sister Uelene, and their elder .sisters was rronigW up at the court of St. Petersburg, umler the .i>er.'<on.il siui-ervi.'-ion oi tine now widowed Czar- ina, her pajients being too \hiot to de- fray the ixjst of h»r education. l"he late Czar beo.a.me sufficiently fond of the girl.'* to diAver the two older ones on their marriiige just us hi» sou has done for Prinoe** Hlelenc, and is e.xiwiled to do iti tlie ca.se of Princej^a ,\nne A million roubles, even with lie present depreciato<l value of that much abused AXuicovite coin, reii>rf- ientji about $*iO,uOO in Fhiglish money. M> that the young ooiyle may iu the Long run not be ao badly off after all. THE fiOAD TO KLOMIKE. EXPERIENCE OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THE MILL. k Few Utile TUInsn May uul be Hnndr hnl (lie Kxperlruce U Wurlta the Hourf - Vaar •«â-  Braat »r itnrden. L. A. Bickeli, writing to the RoBsland Record, teUs how to reach the Klondike aa follows : â€" It wouid lie well tor those who have the Klondike fe%'er to consider a few ot tlie reaiitiea before they attempt the jouj-ney. Suppose you leave Rossland on the train Wedneadajt morning, you arrive in Spokane 'i"hiuir*lay evening, and get in Seattle Friday. You have then to wait for a boat to carry you to Juneau, the time Ijeing six days. It takes two daya un a small steamer to take you. to. Btyeo, the head of navi- gation. There ia where your troubles oommenoe. From the Ixxit youx gooild are caxried on an old scow and polled Mj> ttis inlet as far aa possible, which depend on the tide, and wherever the low water catchnu yuui there the goods are dumped. The fiimc thing the ten- deirfoot does is to look in l:ewilderment at luB pile of goods, gaze mth amaze- ment at hia surroundings and say. "Good , whexa am I at. and how can I ever get over these hills t" Ifi the party has plenty of money be can gat Indiana to pa^ has goods to the aiunmlt of the Chilkoot pass it the rate of ten centa a pound, and from there to the head of navigation or Lake Linderman, a distance of seven miles at a rate of five oemta a pound, tnak- img a total of 913 a hinndred. YOUR OWN BBASrr OF BCRDEN. Considering that an outfit will weigh at least Sl.OOfl pounds, it will cost him flaO for packing. Providing he packs it himself It will take at least ten days to pack ijt to the sunimlt, a distanc<t of nine miles from Dlyea. which is a steep ascent all the way until you reach the foot of the summit, when you have to out steps im th» ice in order to re- tain your equillinium ao as to make tdie cJimb of aliout a mile with a 50 or 7'y pound pock on your lack, .\fter packing youx l.OOO poundj outf i t to the mnimlt you have to go through the same experience in descending on the other side. DO SOilE BOAr. BUILDING. At Lin<lerman you are at the head waters of the Yukon. The first thing you have to do there i^ to uiake a boat. The mosquitoes are so bad you cannot do a tlmg unleos guarded by a veil over youor face, glovect on your hamhi, and X good supply ol underwear. Pick- ing ou* your tree* you feiU them, make a suw-pit. peel the logs, line them up. annl oujt coulee your whip saw and at It you go sawing luuilx^r. It will prol)- bably take from four to six days to saw the iumlaer for your boat, :uiuther week to make it â€" provided you hiLve not for- gotten to bring naihi, pitch and oakum with you. If you havo not got tbeui you will have to tramp Ijack to Dyea for them, for after you leave there the first camp you cornel lo is Pelly. a dis- tal nee of 300 miJles. llue Ixui being txtilt, you launch her, put your outfit alioard and away you go. Six uiileB is puasod. wUeo you come to One-MUe river. It is a raging, poi-ky. treacli«>roiis atre;im : the' goods aiia put ashore, and if you have luck you may getvour l.-oat through without damage. I'htn come the arduous t;isk of imrtagimg your goods on your Kick to sii:ool:h water. Re-aching Lake Bennett, ymi may sail along the 30 mll««ot its lon,.'th smooth- ly, provided the wind i.s tavorable, otlusrwiae the oars will have to be niJIed into service. CariSxi cio.-sing, T^gish or Mtul lake auul Fifty-Mile river are soon left; lehind. The canyon is alwuit a quarter iif a mile long, its w.ills are p«>ri)en.lieujar, and the water of a deep river 1011 yards wide is press- ed lietAveen itj* sides, a disUinoe of alxMit 50 feet in width. So swift does the stream fly !etwee>a these walls that a crest is fonnedim the centre of th« stream, whi-h is alive with Iwulders. LIKE A MHT. RACE. The qimrter of a nivle is made in less than a mimuts. HHlf a mile l)e- low are tlm White Hi,m-^ Rajfids. a place where many a brave man ha.H lost hiR life in his <'age.r endeavour to re;ich the goal of hit* ambitions, where he ijiiiiginee the st-oree of the stieanies are covered with the glistening yellow metal. In portaging ycuir gix>d^ you encoun- ter a iierpendi'itlar bluff, the inos- quttoes lornu'inting the life out of you, your Ivi.k an I shouMers an- sore from making a Ix-ast of burden out of your- si^lf. Thf< Ixxit is lined dwvn through tlve trearherous waters, re-loaied, and things go smoothly unt'l you reach Lake Le Barge, which is l.'i miles l.>nn. ^f tho wind is fair, and yt^i'll think Its l()fl if yi>u hnve to uw? the oars. Five Fln«?erH. fiO miles lelow I.e Biixe, is another dangen>iiR pie^'e ofw.iter, and one tnuKt take Ir'n life in his haii.ls to go throuRh one of the four ,iperture.H in a frail Ixwt made with inexperi- einc»d htinds. Only a half-imh lx>ard and a few witre nails separating him fr(jiu thin worUl!Uid th^ world tocomo. .\n I then ciKinc*! Rink R.a|)i(ls. If you do not t.ikrt tlw right himl channel yon are liable to get int'.> trouble there. SLU.SH ICE IS FLOWING. After this the sailing is 8ni<.H>lh but it is getting hitie in tlie season. S«'|>- temlwr is ii4)cn you, the days are be- i^Muing short, the trees shed their luautlo of green and fro*! is in the air. You have still a jouru'-y of about !J00 miles tv> make ini a frail craft through in unknown c<Hintry. 'Ih*"! slush ii* is ronimen.iiig to f!ow. You are le- nanlv I with the i i»l.l in your ri-:uii,e 1 x^n^'iton. Finally ihe Klondike l-* I rcat'ht:>d. H'jres are im the ascendancy. fame, fortune and life of eaae will soon >>e yyiim, so you say to yourself But listen. You want a pla-e to winter. A tdnt may be a pttft of your equip- ment. WEATHKR TO BREED ICEBKBG!?. r;'s not warm enough) for the we;i th- eir at tl* pnaent time. Yoa want a 'â- abin. Where are youi going to get itT You say we'll build one. Where are you ginog to get your logs f By go- ing up ihjB river they may be o»)tain- ed, but by tl» tiime they are cut down, and by main strengthi got to the river you will find tbe* ice so thii'k you will lie Iui:ky to get )iai:k to camp aliTe and leave your loigs behind you. It ia on utter impofisil'iiity to get them to r-amp and put up a cabin by anyone starting from R<ia3!and th'is time of the year. Perhaps you have enough money to Iniiy one. It takes lot* of "dust" to induce a man to give up his home in the/ face of an Arctic win- ter where the thermometer will regis- ter from 70 to 90 ilegrees lialow zero most of December, January and Feb- ruary, the monilis of (>-tol)er. Novem- lier. March and Apr:!. I>eing considered mild at 30 tor 60 degrees below. If yott have gund fur rolies to sleep in, a parkie and fur socks and moccoalna you will prolmJily pull through. BACON A LUXURY. Provisions h;iv» never lieen known to be phntifui. Iiic«»n sells from 40 to lK)c. a pound. :uid sometimes is ao strong and rancid when cooking one is forced to poke his head ouit of the nUnn for a breath of freeh air, but is cwmijelled to come liack and eat it. E2ither do this or do without. The two companies who control tho trade of the entire YuJion were never anxious to have white men intrude up- on their territory, for the Indi-ins w^ere their common prey, u^ion whom they fed with glulti«n>us appetites. The days have l)een dwindling ehort- ar until there is' only aliout two hour» 'iaylight out of twenty-four. Being fortunate, you make a Location. With the thermometer down to 53 you com- mence to dig. The ground ia frozen too hard. What are you going to do ( Yott will havB to do as everyone else doM. BURN THE GROUND. If you are fortunate ia locating in a guich where there is plenty oC timber the work will be that much easier for you. But someiimea wood baa to be hauied ton or twelve miles far liuming purposes. This ia done by Iniilding a fire and chawing out tho ground, es])eclully in deep <llggiug, the fire is made at the f.ace of the drift .i.nd ia lianked by green cottonwood, which throws the beat m. They must pay their crwilit bills to the com- [Mnies in the first place, as a matter of htmor. In the second jilai-e. aa the comixinies own all the available means of getting out of the country they can keep wutuh of your actions. It is impossible to get out the way you came in. unless it l» in tho winter, you can- not vary well con tend against a stream with a six-mile an hour current in a small iMjut. especially wheni it contains .«> many rai>ids. You find yourself mortgaged. You must stay until you striko it. Bitt remember we always hear of the few who make the strikes while the many who go broke are never hejrd of, I do not <ieny that there is lots of gold in tile Yukon, i ut I do say tluit the great majority « ho have un<lergone the hiirdshi|is have never • •een reijuid for tlieir trouble. Again I suy, the maji>rlly who have gone to this northern Fidorado are disappoint- e<l men. A LITTLE CALCULATION. To those who comtemplate going all the way •)y steamer via St. jhcheals. It ukes fifU'en days for a steamer to go to St. Michcal's harlx)r, provided "they have favorable win is and a suo- 'â- essfiii voyage. ITie risks are numer- ou» of nuiking connectinus at the port with the nver steamers which takes 15 days to make Clnle City, when it is daylight 21 hintrs i.n a day. At this time of year they i^iuld not tnivel more tluin ten houj'.s a ilay on account of tlie treaiheroiiB ri^â- Br. which is filled with .lun-l Ixirs and obstacles of every description- Calculate whie.n you can get the next Ixxit from Seattle and add these figure* together and yuu will find yourself fro,!en in soiiu»wliene m the neighl^or- hood of the f.iauana, some SIIO miles !»- low Cloyndyke and al-HJut .">Oil miles from tHrcle City. Anyuuc i-outeiiiplating this trip shoui<l consider well what li» is doing, ew^iociilly at this lime of year. A ineann of making a livelihood un tjie Yukon in winter is freiuhting. A team of fouj or six dogs would 1» a good invest iiKtit. Provisions aie more necessiiry than money in that country in the winter. A LUCKY KLONDIKE WOMAN. MnkMl Oat n tinliii and I* >ow Wort Luck like lightning, strikes in curi- ous places. It is so in the Klondike. Mrs. J. T. WUlis was less than three iiiontJ)3 .igo a poor washerwoman, liv- ing in Uawson City. She set out alone for tae gold fiehls of the frozen North tram CHacouia, W;Wh.. about two years ago. Sue was not successful in her prospecting, but slie managed to make a fair living as a laundry w^uiau in ,Uawsoa City. U hon the news oi the Khuulike discoveries of gold ireached that t)lace she joined a party of calt lo- luen and went at once to the new dig- gings. Shei staked out a claim as soon asi she got there, and it turne<l out to be a good one. Silie is now worth at bust ^-.ioO.OOO, Mrs. WUlis has a hua- l>and living iu Tacoma. lie is a black- smith and a great sufferer from rheu- matism, it was his iuiibility to work that i'aus«'d her to start out lor tho gobl-mining country, resolved to re- turn rlcih or not at all. Incidentally she has the fame of intro<lui-ijig the first "boiled skirt" among the Vukon miners. Ib'hei paid 8--5U fur the Imj.k of stiroi.i with which she starched it and .S4 a day and lK>ard to the Indian squaw w'hn was. be r first asaistanl in the laun- dry. The Dominion Minister of Militia has authorized the holdiing of the usual autumn camps of instruction for the militia. Montreal's reception to .Sir Wilfrid l.aurier will likely U-ke the form of a Lnurier day at the. F.vpositiou, to be foilowe<l by a bunuuet given by the Board of Trade. jj^