The Clifton Clarion, 1885-04-22

How Gold Was Found by White Prospectors on an Island. The centre which radiates what ever of excitement and interest there is in Alaska mines is Doug Douglas - las Douglas Island. The history of the discovery of ore near this island, which eventually led to the loca tion of the present mnch-talked-of property, is similar to that attend ing the finding of the large mines in the West. It seems that some half dozen years ago two needy and seedy prospectors named Juneau and Harris arrived at an Indian village that still remains visible on the shore across the bay from Douglas Island in search of ore. They prospected the country as thoroughly as they could, but with little success, and were about to return home when an Indian said he knew where gold existed, and that he would reveal the place for a certain sum of money. Hardly believing, but yet curious, Harris and Juneau accepted the oner, and, with their guide, set out on a pilgrimage into the interior to a spot now known as "The Basin." After a long tramp through the forest and up a deep valley the Indian showed them a place where there were nuggets of free gold and dirt, which, when panned, yielded a handsome return. Claims were immediately staked out, and the two adventurers began their work in earnest Later the fact of the discovery became known and other miners entered the valley, and the region gained no little celebrity and became the scene of much animation. Four years the work progressed, and a town, which to-day is of respectable size and great expectation, was found ed and christened Juneau. At present the "Basin" mines, or, more properly spoukiug, claims, are not yielding enough to be of much account, though ' many of them are still worked in a desul desultory - tory desultory fashion and return fair wages to the men employed. Prospect ing is still going on, however, and several tunnels have been started which lead in quartz ledges bear bearing - ing bearing a moderate supply of gold. The Colonial Forres of Ureat Britain. The regular troops in Canada number about 700 men, the actual militia musters 37,000 all told, and Canada could place about 3S.000 men in the field. In New South Wales the regular forces number 325 men, the volunteers 2,100 and there is an armed police force of 1,280. Victoria possesses a small naval force of 13 vessels, includ including - ing including 4 cruisers and 3 torpedo boats. The militia force numbers 3,438 men. South Australia, besides a volunteer force of 1,355 men, has a rifle association numbering 9S0 men, whilo a cruiser is being built and a volunteer and naval brigade organized. Queensland has between 500 and GOO volun volunteers, - teers, volunteers, 2 gunboats and a small tor torpedo - pedo torpedo boat. Western Australia has 535 volunteers, and Tasmania 570. New Zealand has 5,782 vol unteers and an armed constabu constabulary - lary constabulary of 1,060 men. The total number of men in the Australian colonies, exclusive of the police, is over 15,500. In South Africa the Cape mounted rifles number 99G, the Cape field artillery 91 and the Cape infantry 520. Besides this there is a volunteer force of 3,000, and every able-bodied man is liable for military service. Na-, tafhas volunteer mounted rifles and artillery, amounting in all to 43G men, besides a mounted police force of 230 men, and Ceylon has , a volunteer force of 900. Thus the total strength of all the force in the English colonies is less than 60,000, of which Canada con contributes - tributes contributes nearly 38,000. In India the native army numbers 126,000 men, besides which the armies of the tributary princes reach the enormous number of 3,000,000 men. The expression about "painting the town red," which is now so commonly used and supposed to be of recent invention, was used about a hundred years ago. In describing the battle at Onlart Hill, which was the first encounter between the Irish insurgents and the English army in the great Wexford "rebellion of 1798, in Ire Ireland, - land, Ireland, and in which the patriots came oil victorious, tho local bal bal-ladist - ladist bal-ladist says: The hills and skies vers painted red Thnt nieht with beacon fires. For Wexfords sons had well avenged Their Saxon-slanghtored sires. A newspaper soon to be started in Thomas county, Kas., is to be called the Thoafts Cat.

decapitation and taking letters off its last end, which is called "cur tailment, " see how many other words you can make. In describing the reception ten dered to Miss Emma Nevada the other night, the San Francisco. Chronicle says : "Everybody cried when Emma Nevada sang 'Home, Sweet Homo.' Even the boxes were in tiers." It is estimated that Texas will turn out more beef this year than during any previous year of her existance, as every available ani mal,male or female, will be disposed of in order to reduce the surplus of stock on the range. There is a constant stream of invalids to the Arkansas Hot Springs, and, while many get no relief and die, it is asserted that during the past ten years upwards of 25,000 people have been cured of diseases there after having been given up by the doctors. In calling out the reserve? and militia and indulging in other bluster, the British should bear in mind that the hollow square, the zereba and the balloon corps will not be of much use in a tussle with Russia. The Russians have a little matter of two thousand Krupp cannons, and they know how to use them. Certain portions of New Mexico abound in petrifications of various kinds. It is no uncommon sight to see trees three feet in diameter and fifty feet long petrified and often crystalized. The crystals red, yellow, black or white are often very beautiful, and would make handsome ornaments for Eastern parlors. The natives of Iddia are said to give their horses opium when they wish to accomplish long journeys. It is related that an Indian horse man gave his animal a dram of opium after a fatigueing night's march, and thus enabled him to travel with ease forty miles further, but in the end the practice is de structive to horse-flesh. Mexico wishes it to be distinctly understood that it is not anxious for a foreign war, but if Barrios, of Guatemala, insists on smashing San Salvador and other Central American republics, it will do its best to down him. This attitude is highly satisfactory to the United States. We will stand by and endeavor to give Mexico all the countenance that it needs, if that will answear. The Territory of Dakota pays more revenue to the postoffico de partment than anyone of thirty- two states of the Union, and has a population as large as Nebraska or Connecticut, and nearly twice as large as Vermont and Florida. It boasts 2,500 miles of railway, 2,000 school houses and 275 newspapers, or more" periodcials than any New England State except Massachu Massachusetts. - setts. Massachusetts. Fargo (Dakota) Argus. Nottoway county, Virginia, the region inhabited by the first set settlers, - tlers, settlers, and made interesting by reminiscences of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas, is fast re returning - turning returning to its primeval condition. "In twenty years it will be a wilderness, " prophecies a visitor. The residents are old and sad. The young have gone to more promisining regions. Deer browse where cattle fed, and the oak and pine cover great plantations where the negro once cultivated corn and tobacco. Many a person now living among those who may read this statement will last long enough to see Chicago exceed New York in population. Chicago has four sides to draw upon and New York but one. Foreign trade can help New York, but cannot, even if our national legislation should cease to be hostile to it, maintain its supremacy. It is written in the book of fate that Chicago is to be the leading city on this continent, It is the hub of business. Jackson (Mich.) Patriot. Gold mining is attracting more and more attention everywhere throughout the civilized world. The production of gold is decreas decreasing, - ing, decreasing, while the amount required is constantly increasing. The conse consequence - quence consequence is, that the purchasing power of gold is greater every year. Gold mining is almost the only industry whose products is more valuable tha "harder" ' the times and the less it costs to pro produce. - duce. produce. It is almost the only miner mineral - al mineral product that never depreciates in value and that never overstocks the market.

100 check to the old friend. A Cat That Stood by His Friends, From the Brunswick (Me.) Telegraph. A gentleman well known, here. gave to a friend the following facts; His father owned a torn cat and a dog, a firm friendship existing between the two. His grandfather, living a short distance away, also, owned a fine torn cat, and between; the two cats there also prevailed, friendly relations. But one day the grandfather's ct came down and savagely pitched into the dog after a sharp fight the cat was getting the better of tho . dog. ine otner cat nad watched the en tire contest, but when he saw that the dog was likely to get thor thoroughly - oughly thoroughly whipped he rushed in, and the cat and the dog gave the other cat a most unmerciful whailing.. A late Vienna dispatch says; The Jewish communities of thia capital are at present profoundly agitated over the alleged abduction and conversion of a beautiful Jew Jewish - ish Jewish maden named Rachel Stieletz. Two years ago the girl disappeared,. A most vigilant search was main maintained - tained maintained by the police and the girl's family, but no trace of her could be found. The other day, after her parents had been for .' some time mourning her as dead, they were thunderstruck by the receipt of a letter stating that their daughter was in a certain Catholic convent, and about to take the veil. The letter was signed by Rachel herself, who begged to be released from a life which she described as captivity. - The authorities have been con consulted, - sulted, consulted, and determined to in-, terfere for the recovery of the girl. President Cleveland would ap pear to have made a mistake in nominating Hon. A, M, Keiley, as minister to Italy. The Italians of Richmond, Va., where Mr. Keiley resides, are protesting against the appointment on the ground that the gentleman, who is a bigoted Romanist, presided at a meeting held in that city in 1871, which protested against the occupation of Rome by Victor Emmanuel, of glorious memory. The war in Africa, the fighting between the French and the Chi Chinese, - nese, Chinese, the threats of armed hos hostility - tility hostility between England and Rus Russia, - sia, Russia, the Riel rebellion in Manitoba, the impudent dictatorship of Bar rios, and the Panama quarrel, combine to give the world quite a belligerent appearance. We ap apprehend - prehend apprehend that this earth gives as at attractive - tractive attractive an exhibition of pugnaci pugnacity, - ty, pugnacity, for its size, as any world in the universe. In the old days the gilt-edged clerks and chiefs of the interior department rode to their work ia coupes. Since Secretary Lamar set the example they come on foot, and the slouch hat has become the favorite article of wearing apparel. As soon as that republician senate gets out of the way the government hirelings will chew plug tobacco, or come into court and explain the whyfore. Herat, the center of threatened hostilities in the East, has for years past been the gate through which Manchester cotton and calicoes, Sheffield cutlery and Bermington hardware have poured into Central Asia to crowd out Russian goods, 30,000,000 worth of such wares passing yearly through Bokhara alone. Most Arizona water is cool, pure and, of course, healthy. The best water is in the sections of country around Prescott, Flagstaff, St. Johns and Clifton. Prescott, Courier.

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A'cver Went Itaefc on His Friend President Grant received the, following appeal in 1873: Florissant, St. Lonis County, Mo., Oct 6.. Dear General: Do you re remember - member remember the time I used to load the wood for you on the old Dent farm? and when we bought tobacco and whisky by turns? I think you must be the same good good-hearted - hearted good-hearted man you was then. You are up up in the world and I am down, though we were once once-on - on once-on the same round of the same ladder. Would yon take it as an, unwarranted liberty if 1 should; ask you to lend me ?50? Con Congressman - gressman Congressman Wells can tell yon that in spite of ill-luck my record haa at least been honorable. Yours, with great respect, . . This note touched a tender chord in Grant's memory. The writer was his boon companion, during the dismal ante-war pe period - riod period when he supported his family by hauling wood from the farm of his fathex-in-law, Col. Dent, and selling it in the St. Louis market The return mail carried back a