LEADING CAPE MAY PAPER

VOL. XXVI. NO. 40.

CAPE MAY CITY TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST 17, 1897,

STOCKTON HOTEL THE FINEST SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE WORLD

SEASON 1897

CONGRESS HALL,

CAPE MAY, K. J

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'‘" ri ,here >• »lovely ai* acre lawn

firKt ' cl V i laundry, firr-ewat-*. and the mo*

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i nt In ezoellent condition. The aaniury arrangeraem pattern and are no* perfect. K

EDWAI

HAKI> KXIGHT CAK ...

MODERN IMPROVEMENTS APPOINTMENTS STRICTLY FIRST GLASS DIRECTLY FACING THE OCEAN BEAUTIFUL LAWNS. RATES, $3 AND $5 PER DAY SPECIAL TERMS BY THE WEEK Corner rooms and suites with parlors and baths extra. Con-

certs mornings 10 to 12.

Hops evenings,.8.30 to 10.30. Dogs not taken or

allowed on the premises.

HORACE M. CAKE.

FACTS ABOUT THE KLONDIKE. How to Reach the Goldfields of the Yukon. EOUTEfl DESCRIBED II DETAIL

PRICE 3 cents

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MARINE VILLA ANNEX

Finest s Location in Cape May.

I HAVE TAKEN THE

TATHAM and PAGE COTTAGES

IN CONNECTION WITH

MARINE VILLA ANNEX.’

ready t.

rec Ive my former patrona.'

I abail not manage the Marine Villa tbli ■

Mrs. F. HALLENBECK.

Marine Villa 23rd NEAMOY, Cape . Slay, ]%'. jr. Open Umil October isL FOR ILLUSTRATED ALBUM, ADDRESS, . ^ ■ Mrs. John M. Rogers Lmv Duance Telephone No 2. 1 OWNER AND MANAGER.

If yon are thinking of Keeking yoor fortune in the Wen goldfield* along the Klondike, hero are a few fact* which will be of interort to you: In the first place don’t atari tor Seattle tomorrow. It is already too late to go into the goldfields this season, and of next March, "’ ’if yon snn on most take what is called "the an’s route.” which lie* overland icy moan tains, inland waters Ten waste* to the headwaters of the Yukon. le other way is an all water route, take an ocean steamer to St. AliI’a island at the mouth of the on and go up the gi river boats. But this route i aive. and ae navigation in _ 1 doe* not open until well alo spring it will not ho used hy

mines.

«* who penetrate into the ioe and mnat be rugged and hardy. They be able to endure the pain* of dangerous travel and the chanoea that fortune tongs. They must huve money irtge. and even then they will

f»»rty must know koiix-thing at« Heal boatbuilding. I^Lo Lint Emr mile* long. When the end rt-W.c gron'Sfor oiv/’^mifo next Waurway. LaL- U. un-tr.’

At this point the

paddle their craft foritianvmii,, the foot of Lake Bemjru hi n aebe.1, the bout is drugg.ti from the water an.1 liOedoua sU igb as the Indian

Soiinfc'iree^l !" r ,he raribo0

After leaving Caribou cxonthia tb<jmrty tr.ir. Is un nm,.,,. hard Yr^d the. foot .,f LakoTaeish. 17 mile. „wnv The wnUrrway then le-eoim* le-tt.-r, al though the party will mn t with a »-rie Of dangerous rapids I eh.re it ha-pro gressi'd very far. 'I he lakes, however,

pA- Llge. a« the - .|-rU

THE OOEAK BOOm 1 * To Si. MF-hs-l'a T.xml.-cuy

T^Je" HoiTE. M®''irnwa junea., ,o hi?of 2S wummu to amunitt of ChlUosi pt*a..114

will

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adran

tie- i-v have broken tip. Lake Marsh

1 with little difficul

the dang, rsaifll hidd-111.1 r. a-- nf 1

Joutaa to BU Csltnon rtr, Jim .an to IJttl^Anbiria n Jummur..nmk rsp- T r ' 1 ' Juneau to While n\ Jun.au t., fluiarr rt JumwuTTTlity Jit Jon. an to t

Tho ordinary outfit for the Juneau mte will cost tho prospector $80. rom those who havo gone over the ..ail it has Lea learned that tho following article* wo absolutely esaontial for the journey: Fifty pound* of flour, ono-half pound of baking powder. 16 pounds of dried fruit, 20 pound* of bacon, a pounds of ls-ans, 10 pound* Of sugar. 8 I-amds of raffee, 1 pound of | salt, one-half pound of pepper, 1 pound f d<M at.-d onions mutches, butter, iilk, ri.-e, eonim.-al and such other arcles of f.io.1 as tho pocket of tho adfeaturcr will permit. « This, however, is supiKWcd to cover 1 •' !i ‘ " ' "-'I- e.iusumed in making ,r ‘ p •'J 1 ! 11 i ‘ uv " wwka’ grub stake diggings. In the way

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BEACH A VEX PEL

Open Spr.ug, Sommer, Autumn. 11 a* been renovated ..a

Directly o« the Beach. f, nest Rooms . excellent table.

,F. I* BICHARlMiOX.

K. HALsPITV, Proprietor.

take their liv. travel over 1 across dreary

treacherous stream* to the mine one travels bis perilous way he ~~ u ‘ outfit mid not fare howiU find hiniM-lf D, where those who have food «, will sell only at fabulous prices for Tho route taken by 05 per cent of the prospectors is by steamer to Juuelfu and theuco inland. When the miner leaves Juneau, a town of 2.000 inhabitants, he leaves everything bnt his own n>sourecs and self reliance behind. Ho ”>*y purchase his outfit where ho pleases, but if he buys it at Juneau it will cost him from $00 to *]50. Tho •e from Juneau to Dyea, a distant*) of G miles, 1* from $Q to $10. The disICC is made by steamer, the traveler anng Haines Mission, or Chilkat, on irsu which is at the bead of Chilkat inlet, the prospector leaves tho * ••ge of civilization behind. Ho bis pack, hires his pack train

covered moun-

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FULL OCEAN VIEW. «

—• —- AM».ucujau the way becomes comparatively easier, although at all the strength of the hardiest is to the greatest degree. But fim

-oepoctore must build

must be substantial. for the ioa is breaking and death -

my than they u.s-d. and all —4ny in the north. Nearly a mile from Forty Mile post is Fort Cnduby. bnt the Irnviler, rumive Imtdly the enooarageiuvul of a jansing salutation, or 170 miles more the way is hnrr.11. id then Circje City oppear.A year ago Circle City w important town in tho interior. It then had a population of 600 people, hut now. as u matter of course, it has many more. It is 808 mile* from Juneau and is the first plaoo wh. to provisions may he obtain..! at anything hut prohihitoty price*. If the trai lers new! food, they buy it ut Circle City and pay What the storekeepm choose to a-k. After leaving Circle City 150 miles mom most is- traveled before tho object of all the journey. Klondike and it. river, is reached. At the point where the Klondike river meets the Yukon a new city, Dawson, has riv u like an apparition. There the travelers will thousands who, like themselves,

1 search of gold.

^ -I after the long trip has been madO the prospectors must r.st in idleness. It

ken them an entire season to reach ucs. The rivers and tho lake* in ice behind them. The mu_.. are caviled with show, and the mantle is over everything around They ato on the other side of a le Larri. r that shuts them out civilization, aigl they must wait

for another season, when tie snow and the ice melt and they can io.de for what

they are seeking.

{All Modem Convenience*. New House. Shady Piazzas.

W.H. CHURCH.

7 point in tbetnp threm^ht ll is for this reason that the minto remind inquirers that at

re is a table of distance* with fi "TiVpriSf

r: . real at you will know just bow much farther least one member of the prospecting you mnst go at any stage of the journey:

umnr I ho laws of the Northwest T.-rr: ton » on th.crwdis alone, hut wbetbr they would be us rich as those alread pro-IK ei. d IS a matter of eoujecture. Ih- Klondike is but one of the man hundreds ..f tribuiarius of ibo Yukon on.! eseh • I its tributaries has its iu numerable creek* with gold hearini soil. On some of these tributaries, suci as Forty Mile, Sixty Mile and the oil Porcupine, claim, huve hoin worked foi four or live years and miners hav. .raged $|G p,.j. day. Bnt such resultt s uot-coiiKidered worthy of attention in Alastn. l.-eanse the Reason is verv -hurt and men with rich claims are l ag. r to pay $] 5 for labor. As far as any thorough prospecting Is concerned, the insiu of the Yukon has hardly been entered. The main river wimls through a distance of more than 3,000 mi!.*, and its tribntarics vary in length from (10 to 800 mil.*, snd until the present season not more limn 6,000 1.1 itier* hud entered the basin. Huudr.-d. and hundreds of square miles me absolutely unknown. The Yukon bai iu contains an extent of territory fully equal to all the mining disUlcts of thePaeifiees.-ost and the Kocky put togitlnr. Accordingly *1 1«1 p.-sibilUies of fmlie*, because the ronjaractor of the entii*

to the Klondike.