The Golden Klondike.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2122, 28 June 1898, Page 3

The Golden Klondike.

an enormous rush of q(Sld 0 - -SEEEERS GOING- IN. :• goDNI> ADVICE FROM AN IN- . ' HAB IT AN T . , , . In the vTUsh’ towards the golden fields of there are thousands -who; are ill-fitted to stand .the strain'of hardship and exposure, which are inseparable from that. trip. Ill* iiess, disease and death is almost cer* ,j; tain toTclaim many of the ill-prepared a4yenturers. ; The following letter ' from one wiio,has undergone the.hard* ships of the trip, will proveinteresting td thbse ; who, intend going into the 'desolate hint ; : : ''blfagwhy,-March Ist, 1898. v Dear .Sira.-eMylobject in writing ;•< this r letterds tagiyea ,wuri-of to those wfip contemplate going to the Youkon Goldfields: For ten years I < Mye followed the occupationof, ;ptosr, / •hecting;t timber-eßt|nia^og;audpining‘ ' •-aiid the hardships and privations which > ‘hunt? baa to- undergo,; ; ard enough to feSwrdck the strongest .o .ns itution. In / the spring of 1897 I -was strickenwith pleurisy, as the result; of exposure. I ' recovered from this,, but.it left behind " the seeds of disease which manifested f themselves in the y form of heart and. i kidney [troubles. I managed to reach Vancouver hut did not have much hopes 'of recovering. I was advised, however ot give Dr Williams* Fink Fills for Pale People a* trial. and at first pur- ; chased but two boxes. Before these wbire gbiue j found beyond a: doubt that they were helping; tnu. their rcontiaued use put me ou.my feet again to use a common expression. I then . ' engaged to go to the Youkon, country r; afil only: those .who have made the trip ,to Dawsou City .can form even the -faintest ‘conception of the hardships that have to .be borne in making-the journey. Before stai ting I added to ‘ niy'dutfit two dozen boxes of Dr Wiliams 'Piiik Pills and 1 can honestly say no part of my kit proved of such • ixrval U able, service to iue and I would strongly urge every man who goes in, to take a supply with him, as he will find the-need of such a tonic and upbuilder of the systemon many occasions - X went fn and returned to this place by the Dalton trail, which consists of 350 miles of old Indian trail, starting , &liipyramid Harbor. In going over tlfe trail one has' at limes to wade through mud more than a -.foot deep, . ■ t in.icer .'••.feotd ,: !9raiters<'' : I-started for the. Yo con my weight was only 149 pounds and I now weigh 169 'pounds, thanks - < 4u-Dr[ Fills.. ,i ’ ; v lam soon starting for another trip. : to Dawson, by the ; same route. . This time, howeveri the travelling will he on snowshoes, and you may. depend upon it Dr Pink Pills, will again fprni part of my outfit. I write this letter, for; the twofold pm pose ’of letting ydu know what your medicine has done for me, and urging those'who go in to take a supply with them. Every man, whether he is sick or well, who undertakes the trip to the Yukon will require something to brace him and keep his poxi* • stitutipu; pound in that country. I may say that my home is; at Copper Cliff, Out., wife; how resides. -Yours very truly’ : JOHN PICHE.

7 fhese pills are a tonic, not a purgativp. Theyh&ve cured' paralysis- locomotor ataxy, rheumatism, and sciatica; also 7 all diseases arising from impoyerisbmentof .the. blood, scrofula, rickets, chropicerysipelas, consumption of the ’bowels, and lungs, anaemia, pale and sallow general muscular 7 weakness; loss of appetite, palpitations, pains in the back, nervous headache, early decay; aIL forms of fenrnle. weakness and hysteria. They are genuine only, with the full name, Dr Williams Pink Pills, for Pale People,: and are gold by chemists and storekeepers' generadyTfr the DrWdliams’ Medicine Company; Wellington, N.Z., who will forward-.( Post Paid),.»on receipt -of ' stamps or post .order, one hex for 3s .7 or half-doaßen for 1,656 d. . A trial- of bur remedy "will convince -the most sceptical : pejEW)njof ; its true worthy ;