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'i^^^^^y^' \ f i •» 1 k \ : ' III Ifll^ii i ! he so far have forgotten honor and . the oid man offered htm his arm as ilia nobler manhood slh to forget her . far as the hotel. image even for a time I _ | All. but. the .sr>ri*reaa that had oomo' 1 etween them with her dangerous ejeal j IIu^ ahe had lurtfd him ! lie cuuld, tsee . it all now. : "T have been a fool," he groaned. "1 have thrown away the pure and honest love of a true heart for that â- ooor. mis- erable girl." ; He opened the envelope. It contained uDly a Rowll square of foldeil paper, wrilten apparently in red ink â€" hia own handwriting. He read only these words: "Until death!" "Yes," he muttered, "it is my vow to her. and she has sent it bauk tu me. She has heard from some prating fool the story of my folly." Then came beXore him the picture of a soft summer evening in the past. They sat t(>g:et'her. (gol;eJ anid he. A basket piled high with flowers, red and gorge- ous beauties stood oxi the table Ix^side them. She. in picking a rose, ran a thorns ijito her wiiite finger. The blooil dropped and dropped, rich, red, warm. pare. "How long will you love me f " she asked. seLzlng a pein that was near. "Write it in that red fluid. It came from m.y heart." And be. seizing the pen had' written: "Vntil deaith." „ . , . "Ajwl now let me wrijte." ahe said, and He was honest and man- ^^^j. folding the paper she gave it to him. "You are to keep that." ahead/l- ed. "I will keep jours. Neither of us must open i,t unless one doubts the otherâ€" or â€" See, my fimger has stopped b'feiitig." lie had thought theo, as he looked at her. that never bad Ijeauty s^'emed so heavenly. And yet he had so far forgotten her as to worship at aa un A pot of palm, whose slender leaves were stirred- by'the west windâ€" a sky blae t( u l;e 1 with salmon tintsâ€" at ood of riimson glory in the weatâ€" a broad La.- window, and two people looking; out. I cbould have .said one of them look- ing out, the girl. Hartley Chester was looking at herâ€" at the haughty, classi- cal out-lines ot the almost perfect face. Did he love her, this queenly girl* He thought he did; passionately, tru- ly. She, on her part, had ilone her best to win him. fur be was handsome and talented. She was heartless, and a skilled flirt. Somebody told her that Hartley was engaged, but that only added zest to herdesires. If she could win him from that other one so much the greater triumph for her. At first he had talked to her as a friend about the sweet youdg girl who loved him. ly. then : but his frankness and honesty only added fuel to the flame of an un- holy determination to captivate him. "I'll make this man forget her," she declared, in the solitude of her room. Swjshesat to him for her picture â€" he was a professional artist â€" and deferred to him with pretty humility on all oc- j worthy shrine. An<l he had been tool- casions, and placed herself in hia way le:!. He saw i' a'l now. Placing the whenever it seemed feasible. She knew ,'^'7':" "[' the tao a. he took from a u u oi ., =^o^ po kellook ii s:mi!ar square oC foloed how to angle for men â€" it had been a i ' â-  â-  ^ life study with herâ€" and she played off every grace, u=ed every artifice that her ingenuity suggested, to gain his heart and then break it. At first he seemed to understand her, and steeled himself against her wiles ; but there came a time of danger when he knew only too well that be was pai)c.' au..! ope:iel it. "Vntii deauiâ€" and after" were the v/occu tjjat met his eyes, and under- neatJi she ha I wriitten: "If returned, deat.h no dju t." For a moment it seemed as if his heart stool stlli. "lUeathi. not doubt I" She must l^e dead them, and had dir- Bi-te 1 that this he sent him in her dy- iric; momeaiifl. Over has soul rushed yielding to the fascination ot ber mag- \ Lbc flood tide of memory, bringing with netic presenoe-this siren with the , i^.t^e tenderness of the old love. J . , „„. ,„ „,„â-  , she has not heardi, then, of my per- dangerous eyes. And yet he staid. 1,;,,^, ,g^^ ^^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^ ,,g possible! To-night i e was telling her o^ his ' • - love, and b e was triumphant. She had won hii froii that second self, aa he had calleu . hat olher ; from the pale. Northern beauty who had truste.l him so entirely. She kne-w he had not written to her for weeks ; she knew he It Oh. 8^veel Isoi e;, <lo you hear lue en- treatinig for your forgi'veness ! Oh, my 1 e oveu.. whom now I feei I have never ceased, and never shall cease, to loiB, tieixv lue swear that no other wo- man shall ever come becwreeu thee and me!" The night wore awa^. Not till near- Jio, thanks," ajiid, or rather gasp- ed Hartley, " I was miHinformetl, :iBd the sl.o>:k of finding her alive overcome me. i can-get onA'ery well by myself.' Bewilderetl by this sudden joy. be found his way to the pietty tottage where the Danes lived. It had never lookeit so jieaceful and beautiful as now, standing half in sunshine half in shadow, under the chestnut tree that bordered the road, How sweet the flowers were ! And the trim little hedges of the small garden, and the thick vines covering walls an* casements, seemed to welcome him. And she, exquisite as a lily, sitting as in a chair of state, all clothed in white, so frail in the beauty of conval- escence, so glad to see him ! Surely there had never come doubt of him in her mind. " You did get my letter, then?" she ^ SJiid. after the first hai>py, lingering | Mr kiss â€" " my letter exi laining everything and asking you to come." He smiled, He ha.i received no let- ter, but allowed her to think he bad â€"till the time came for explanations, be said to himself. " And the little messageâ€" mampia sent it by my instructions, "b <iu know they thought t^e quite gone once. I was so sorry when I had recovered en- ough to realize what mischief might !«' done, and to think how you would sufft'r. you iioor boy ! fck) aa soon as 1 could hold a pen, I wrote you. Did you suffer I" " Yes dear, I did," he answered soft- ly, dropping on one knee besi.ie her ; '• but I find you getting welUâ€" that repays me for all." 'â-  Did you suffer?" The words echo- (}ETTIN& TO KLONDIKE. WORPS OF WAKNING FXOM THE LONDON FtHANCIAL TIUEhi. Wlinl a FamoMit K.vpl«|rrr ha* to (Hty 4baai Ibr Trials au<l Trlbukatlaa* af • Trip Tbltbi-r. The Financial Times, London, writes on the Canadi.m gold country as fol- lows; In general terms ue all know tiiat there are diffietUties in the way of getting to the guldfields on the Yukon Kiver. But, speaking for our- selves, we had not the faintest con- cejjtion of the extent of these diffi- culties until we read in this month's Strand Magazine, an interview with Harry de Windl, a well-known -almost famous â€" explorer, who has been there. The recital of the obstacles in the way of getting to the fields would make a bi-metallist chortle in bis joy, were it not for the fact that Mr. de Windt predict-} that all the troubles will u.timaieiy t)e overcome. Hia statements liear the unmistakable impress of truth, impartiality and in- telligence. NO AXE TO GRJXD. There is oijviously nd axe to grind; the exp'orer, while narrating his own experiences, of a kind calculate 1 to I give one a cold shiver do.vn the spine, I concludes in this wise â€" "As to the jd through his brain. Great Heaven I what had he not suffered.' More than | great Klondike rush next spring, he should ever dare to tell her. i there is no doulit it will alter the face But it was all over, thank God! a ; ^f ^^^^ entire region, the climate not- night-mare ot the past. And ah. the heaven of happiness that awaits him now. PERSONAL HEROISM. W«r withstanding Railways and steamships and telegraphs will soon be esta'ilished. Fortunes will \ie made and the unlucky forced to the wall. Sensational reports may lie expe-te-.l daily, for the place is a real Tom fiddler's ground, boney- I combed by riers and creeks with sands of gold. There is plenty of room for all betv.een the Klondike to the Caa- siar. I "Let the gold seekers take their time I and make prudent preparations. The I ultimate result will doubtless be that â-  a little known region will i e dotted ; with thri.iug cities, ami the >houl» of triumph from the fortunate few will It SUII Prave* a Farlor Ih Madera fare. Modern weapons have not changed the art of war very much, after all, if this cami.aign. on the Afghan fron- tier is a criterion, and rapid-fire guns have not decrease I the need for per- sonal heroism of the old-fashioned me- lodramatic sort. It is true that a battle l>etween Englishmen and In 'i- ans on one side, an I some slightly civ- ilized mountaineers on the other, gives | drown tbedying wails of the many who ation, the onerous rates for Loth freight and passenger traffic wbicli could readily lie obtained at present as an alternative to climbing precipices, dying of starvtUion, being frozen to death, or dasJ >cl to pieces in desoend- ing rapids. CA.VADA GIVES WARNING. The Canadian Government, with tha candor and altruism which ba.s always marked its administration, has issued a notice that " I'he attention of "the jiianagiug Committee of the Emi- grants' Information Office having lieen drawn to various advertisements of persons or syndicates profe.ssiug tu de- spatch parties of emigrants, and pro- spectors to the Klondike gold fieldi^ the paiilic is warned that these gold fields are not at present accessible to ordinary emigrants, and is strongly urged not to semi money in cdnse- quence of such «<lvertisement.s with- out making enquiry eitncr at the alx>ve office or at the office of the Hiffh Commissioner for Canada, 17 \'ic- ti>ria street. London S \V.'" We under- stand that onr own Emigration Office has given similar ailvice, and warninga of this kind ought not to be disre* garded. A WIDOW'S STRUGGLE. HARD WORK BROUGHT ON A SEVERE IlLNE.SS. written to ner lur »eea^ . »uc i.u... -^ . , ^^^.^,-^^^ j^j j^^. fi;„g himself upon wa:: what she called madly in love witn (^ ,^gj_ exhaustc I, longing for rest, herself. not s'eep. Uoll^w-eyed and haggard. "Helen you do not answer me." he he presented bims'lf ait the breakfast 1 1 I *!,. K„.„f;f.,i c-oAti- KrnfilA table. He ha:! spen't the early morn- pleaded, as the beautiful Greek profile , -^ -^ pa-cking his vaise, that he never changed, the eyes never looked might start away at oince. .on him. "You must have seen, you { "Have you hcaid the terrible news?" must have known, that I loved you." ! asked his neighlior at breakfast. "Yes. I have seen it," she replied, and ignoring the gaze and manner which plainly said, "You have even led me on ; you have never repulsed me ; you lie had m>t uoticed the g anc«»s ask- ance the looks of pity, horror, fear, that were I estowwl upon him. "No â€" what is it/" he asked, as he prepared to taste his eoffei> "Aliss He. en Uevero was found dead few data from which to deduce what an engagement between two Euroijean ar- mies would be. but it does give .some. The attacking force was provldeil with weapons of the most modern kind.while the triliesmen were not entirely desti- tute of the same implements. The will fail." These words are worthy of consideration by all interested, either as prospective gold seekers on tiieir own account or through the media of exploration and development com- panies. To these conuKinies, as tw in- dividuial prospectors, the remark ap- uiiest;.:it â- â€¢â€¢'!•; sliniits of triumph (rom ,. ' " , , . 1 , t„« 1 .,-,.•• "f v,«v« ' "•"'*» He. en Uevero was found dead f , „, „, „„ officers who would have looked and ac'ted love. 1 have ;„ j^^^ ^„„^ ^^^-,^ morning, murdered 1 ] "tout ° FoMow me !" and upon men who fortunes of the day turned, however. , ^ -- ^ not on cannon that fired themselves ! the tortunate few will drown the dy many times a minute, or un rifles that ing walls of the many who will tail sent" out a score of bullets while an i .SOL' A UAfPY LOl". old muzzle loading musket would send! ^^ ^^ Wijidt is very careful to warn t one. but U|on officers who would' - .. . . certainly enjoyed your society," she went on calmly. "It has been such a pleasant summer. I am sorry, how- ever, that your feelings have carried • you so far. You have been very kind. ] and I have reciprocated that kindness In my woman's way Were you not out rather late i" "Murdered! My God 1 Yea, I was out late." "it's horrible! horrible I" "And you suspect â€" " "You!" was the stern ans.ver. Another moment and he was in cus- of Hel- But I thought toily-arrested for the murder en Uevero you were engaged I" And she looked â- â- Qog,i q^^i j ,^ punished." was all around upon him in her placid faultless he said. "I give you my word that he was out till after one this morning " some one who stood near him said to the of- ficer. "And I," said a lady, one of the sum- mer boarders, "heard him say to her, last night, "I feel as if I could kilt you I" " "Yes you did. I said it!" exclaimed the suspecited man with the calnkness of desperation. "But I never saw her again. Whatever I felt at that mom- ent, my haoids are cJear of murder. But what's the o<ld9ir. Life is not worth much to me now. I am resdy for amy fate." It was proved that Hartley and Muss way. "I thank you, Miss Helen, tor re-' minding me of my duty." he said ; and in a blaze of wrath added. "You have been fooling me. then !'" "I have enjoyed myself very much," she made reply, smiling sweetly, "but I never thought of loving you." His fat-e piOed slowly. It seemed as if every ve.'«tige of color faded from lips, brow and cheeks ; but all he said between clinched teeth was. "I feel aa if I could kill you!' and turned and would do the following. Machinery is well enough in its way. but for .some time to come success in war. a.s in most other things, will be the resuJt of hu- man courage and human determina tion to do or di die if need !«• to do iin<l j^^ rapids everylody who starts from' England for the Klondike liulthj, that it id mad- ness to do so withJesslhan JtSW) capi- tal. You've got to get yourself, and of her ultimate perhaps half a ton of stores, over ' tbousand.s of miles of, aw ful countryâ€" 1 snow mountains, stormy lakes and rag- 1 hat is not a cheering there are other trilling as buuw blindness, acci- ater, scurvy, filthy com- leee bridge not because iney had better ' p„„i,,nsbip phy.sically and morally, aici- rms than their foes, or even because ^ j^nts in mountain climbing and so ou. he. It is the personal element that ; pr^,8p^^;t, and ount.s when the critical moment comes. , j^iufig^ 'gucb i ind the English invalers won rhai ii.se- | dents on the w left her standing there as he brushed ^ Devero had quarreled; that Le had left past one of the summer boarders who | the house in high anger, and had not had just entered.'and must have heard i returned till after nildimght. All the i oircumatances pointed to him as the him, for she looked at him aghast As Hartley went out of the hall on to the wide veranda, the postman hand- ed him a letter. Killed with fury, »8 hia Dind was at that moment, the lettering of the postmarK only added to the anguish of his mind. It was "Osborne," the name of the village where Isobel Dane lived, the girl to assassin.. Miss Deveru had a suite of rooms on the ground floor, in the rear of the bouse. It had often bee.n re- presente t to her as dangerous, but she had great fear of fire, and was of a brave nature,, au sihe laughied at the idea of danger. The window of her room had been forcibly opene<l. and none ot her jewels or money were mbss- It had evideatly I ecai a deed of they had the right on their side, but becaus<> a certain colonel after making a s;)eeoh at which the auditors in a metropolitan theatre would smile wear- ily if they heani it from beyon I the footlights." proceeded to commi4 suicide in the way that once was called glor- ious by everybody. All this is deplor- flervaan Pr»>lra>laa. niuianu anfl Ex- Ircue W<-akar>i-l>r. Wllllaai*' PlHk PIII« I'aatr In Hrr KriM-ar 4ner lloaplial Trmtnifnt F«.«lr>l. From the Fort William Journal. In the town of I'ort William lives a brave widow, who for years has by dint of constant labor k(<|;t the wolf from the door and her little family together. From morning till night she toiled to pro.iie comforus for het loved ones until nature at last protest- ed agaiust such a con.stanl drain oo ber strength, and so she liegan to lose health, toon the slender frame l>e- caiue una'ole to i ear its daily loal of toil, and ihf poor mother was at last forced to give up the unequal con- test, and become a bunien where she had once Ix'en the chief support. Ncixcus proHlrtition. heart disease, consumption, and oiher names were given to her malady by local phvsic- iuns. but months passed, during which she suffered untold agony, without fin ling any relief from ber sufferings^ Falpitaiion of the heart, dizziness, ex- treme pain in the chest, loss of appe- tite and nervousness were .some of the symptoms of the disease, gatherings that caused excruciating | ain foriimd at the knee joints and otier parts of the body, ani ai last she liecame i.er- fectly helpless and unable to walk or even sit u». At this .>l:ige she was advised to enter the hospital, that she might have the benefit of skilled nur.ses as well as l)est medical treat- ment ; but after siending ;wme time . I there without i>buiini'i;< any relief the IKior woman gave up all hope of recov- ery and iiskeU to lie taken home. .So emancipated and weak had she liecoiue that her friends svere shucked at her appearance an I so utterly hopeless was her coi: lition that it was like mockery tu s^ieak hopefully leuvcry. What then was III'! astunisliment of all who had known her dreadful condition to hear t;hat she had at last found a remedy w lio.se magi 'ai power at once demon- stnited the fiu-t that v. l.ere there is life there is hope. The uame of this remedy tli.iL workel such a wonderlul change In such n short time was Ur. Williams' rink Pills, and after taking five Ixi.iies she was able to vvalk about and visit her friemls. Her strength gradually but surely returiie I and in a Taking one consiile ration with) an- other, the Klondike explorer's lot is not " 'IhrpliXgriiphs illustrating thisiii- I ?«••' in'mths from the time she iH-gan terview, are all interesting, and one in particular is appaling. 11 ma'ites using ibe meoi. ine she was able to r«- siiiiie her work. The subject of this article. M.rs. .lane Marceille, is well '^''jT'[,r^L}l' L"..L'; '""ui^eilu:: •"-«». and her youthfu' and .healthy of Mr. de Windt. scaling a precipice ably illogical and archaic no doubt, but i^^ an angle of more than 45 >i'^lir<'^^- t'^^^,^i-7oJ^r^ iiTn^v ^ it's an illogical and archaic world, and ^^ ^ necessary sUge in l'«8 . J^'U-'Of^ I V, t r ,ures e"r^U rat u,n i» hTr fttn* though we u.se lots of i.wu-h.nery. the 1 t„ the fields. At one point in '"e 1 A".? »„"eU to th^ virtues to » f o md really .difficult _jol« are still perform- | j^^^rney, when transportation by water ^^'^'.^l^^^^^^^^ ed by hand and heart the exp ore perience she hopes, may put: some other his own 1 oiil: '^ -- .•'..J''. lag. It had evideatly i ecai a whoni be had plighted his troth. He \ revenge, cruel and dastardly, and there put it In his p<x-ket. intending to read It when he came back. At present he was no pity left for the assassin. _ ' Hartley made hiis defens' as best he souldThin'k onlv of one thiiigâ€" he had ! could, but it was of no avail: and when, been slighted, insulted, almost mort- j near the end of th«> first day of the ally hurt. He could not stay in the I trial, word was brought into court house. Down the garden path he ; that a dyiiiK man and a suicide â€" a man • moved swiftly, past the pale splendor who had (leeu one of Miss- Devero's of the summer's flowers, to which the j victims â€" ha<l confcssetl that he. and not now fully risen moon gave a ghostlike , Hartley, was the murderer, though pallor, out into the open road, on and , cheers rose on every side, he hardly on. till he came to the woods, into , seemed to care that he w.oa free, which he plunged only keeping the j All his desire now was to return to tiny path by instinct. He scarcely Osborne, and to that end he travelled thought. All his being was filled I night and day till he reached it. As he with a blind, cold resentment. This j passed from the main street of the vil TRUE SYMPATHY. LIUIp «iirrii «'anirartlnii War<t« To ler lujari'd (iraailaiolkcr. She was a little aubi'rn-haired darl- ing, the idol of gnin-iuia. and she was fully aware that, in the eyes of that august ijersonage. she was the dear- est thing on earth. Not long ago grandma met with a painful accident, and. after long an'l weary weeks of suffering, was told that her hand. , becomes necessary I prospector has to build iiis own ."i.i. g^fferer on the' right hiiul to Ilea th. On arriving at the head ..f Lake Liii le- .p^- remedy enrich.-s and pur- I mann, the first of a chain of five ' â€" .<*..â- '. I lakes, this Incomes essential; 'lou must build a boat here capable of carrying vourself and your "ilores hun- dreds of miles across lakes and throagn ifies rhe blood, strength-.-ns th i nervesj, and in this wav goes to i he root of rapids. It doesn t matter if you know- nothing of boat building, you must builil some sort of boat or raft, or else turn back over the awful Chilcoot. •Where is the woodC yoj a.sk in dis- may You have to fell the trees for itâ€" aye, ami travel miles to find a tree" so disafforested has this spot lieen by hundreds of eager gold-seek- <.rt>i . "la voui* baggage should be which had been injured, would prol> ' not merely "the tools for tree felling ' and plank sawing, but even the very woman with the perfect face was a fiend. She deserved to suffer. If only he knew how to inflict upon her such suffering as she would feel ! It was past two o'clock when he re- turned to the house, in a state of men- tal distress such as he had never be- fore experienced. As he entered the fate a strange foreboding seizeir him. t seemetl to him that he heard steal- thy footsteps. A screech owl away off in" the distance gave his dismal cry. Another, still further away, answered it. The shadows were thick and of fantastic shapes. He hurriel to the house, and to ewape the 'bill of al- most mortal fear thct hss iled him. Creeping stealthily up u< room he lighted the gas, and sa' xa r^ouched at the table to think. W-- ' »'! almost forgotten the letter in >i "o«»>'t, but as he rose to take off i>- ,i<iit it fell to the floor. Picking it up, he sa^ u agaiii and scanned the envelope. Somehow his heart misgave him that there wous bad news inside. The memory ot the fair, slight girl with the face of an angel came before him â€" the sweet, low- tones of her exquisitely modulated voice founded OD^tbe air. How could iage, and on to the pretty rustic liridge where he had often waike I with Isoliel, or stood with her counting the ripples in the shining river, he met old Lncle Sam, the factotum of the town, sexton, undertaker and parcpls-delivery man. " Well, uncle, " he said, baring his head, "has the funeral taken pla^e yetJ'' " V.'hat funeral (" t he old man ask- ed, with a blank look. "Miss Isobel Dane's,"' said Hartley, in a pained, low voice. " b'uneral ! Why, man alive, she ain't dead I" was the response. Hartley staggered ami leaned back on the railing of the bridge. The hat in his hand fell to the ground, and the old sexton picked it up. • "There's been a- heap o' sickness," he went on. ' "and Miss Isotjel was took •vith typhoid ; lay by for a matter more than six weeks. t)nce they thought she's died for sartin. but ahe come to, and she'd a pretty lively corpse now Had a mighty near call, though I kin tell you." Hartley by this time had recoverel bis self-possession, but he was death ably never be right again. Of course she was feeling very Imdly. and per- haijs for the first time in her short life, Auburn Lo:ks saw tears in the eyes she loved so well. She snuggle I u;> to the unhappy woman, laid her soft cheek against her knee as shie sat on the lit- tle stool, and for a long time seemed trying to think of the most comfort- ing thing to say. At last she s|ioke. "G'Yandma, you know if it bad lieen your neck that was broken, you could never have kissed me any inore." disease driving it from the system, and curiqg when other reiuediee tail. Every box of the genuine Ur. "VU- liams' Pink Pills has the tiaie mark on the wrapper around the Imx. and the purchase can pmiect hifiiself from imposition by refusing all others. Sold by all dealers at ?i) cents a box, or six Iroxes for S2.50. 1^ pale and bis hands trembled so. that U feet. (««ARK ABOARD A SHIP. The British sie;iuier Wildersjool ar- rived at New York the other day from .lava with a fish story a<> big as some of the immense waves wiiich boarded the vessel in the storms through which she passed. While crossing the Gulf Stream on the night of Octolier 17. in a strong, northwest gale, the steamer took a great deal of water on her decks. Captain Jspp remained on the bridge during the night, an I he says that the seas swept the sugar-laden ship from stem to stern. In a lull in the big storm he heard a flapping forward, and. thinkins a sail harl got loose, sent a man to fasten if. The next thing beard was a cry of astonishment from the sailor, and every one hurried for- ward to si>e what had happened. There upon t he deck, lay a shark, so the story runs, which had Ijeen cast on board by the waves. "The crew disi>atched him, I and when stretched out he measured pitch" which is to cnulk the seams of your crazy craft." DRAWUNU THK xMORAL. The starling point Irom comparati.e civilization is a place called Jureau. and when vou leave that, says .VIr. de Windt. ' there is no more lood for eight hundred miles, and gold won't buy it." Miners, he adds, bave.l(een foiiud dying of starvation in the camps with sacks of gold dust for their pil- tows. , ^ ^ The moral to l.^e drawn from what Mr. de Windt, as an explorer, has said regarding the >vay of getting to Klon- dike is a vervi simple one. i'he jiold fields are of fabulous richness, but to get at them involves fearful risks of every conceivable kind. The richness of the fields, however, is such as to promise ample profit to those who ven- ture to spend their money in providing facilities for access. In the best event it is .1 gamble, but the possibilities ot gain in Klondike are illimitable, and the people who provide the means of getting there in a reasonable time, and with only a moderate danger to life and limb, will be cert^iinly en- titled to a very handsome percentage on the capital they put in, keeping in , mind the verv seriou.s ri.sks they un- dertake. The pro''l":n ot transporta- tion is the onei to 'â-  clved. There is no question as to I'e outcome, pro- vided that this res ,t is arrived at. But here we must "'.rii our readers to be very watchful ii one special re- S|>ect Assuming t!;at t' e existing dif- ficulties in trani»|>ort are overcome, it will lie the" height of tolly to accept as a basis for. an estimate of future •arnings, and thereby for capitaliz- BEA.'erS. BIH.IXS AND FISH. The Caymans in t!ie West Indies ex- port nothing but turtles. The tiger's strength exceeds that of the lion. Five men can easily bold down a lion, but nine are required to sul>due II tiger. On .June IJ, 1776, upwards of 2.400 samlon were taken above the bridge in the River fyne, and soil in Sew- castlc at Id and I l-4d i>er pound. Herman Gunsallus. of Ueech Creek, Penn., recently caught s large caia- mount in a ira,i> at the head of Hig Run. I'he animal measured tliree feet seven inches from the tiji of the nose to the Up of the taill. Gunsallus has also caught four liears in ira.is last winter. Live liees are sometimes shipped on ice. so as to keep them dormant iluring the journey. This is particularly the ca.se with bumble bees, which have been taken to New Zealand, where they are useful in fertilizi»g the red clover which has Ix-en introduce! into the col- ony. FOR TWBNXy-SEVBN YBAHa uUMNS BAKING POWDER THECOOK'SBESTFRIENK kARGKST SAM IN CANADA '/^r. i^.m^