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iT0 PLACE FOR POOH.
MINING EXPERT'S OPINION OF THE
KLONDIKE GOLDFIELDS.
Colonel llntrio Suj tlm Problem la In
Feet! Men There Now IoU of Labor
I'lrntr of (lolil. Too, but Only Ulclie.t
CUIiii Vuj For Working t I'rr.ent.
All ports of stories uro brought out of
Iho Klondike by all kinds and condi
lions of men, tlio fortunnto telling tales
that put to eliaiua tliu fabled luck of
Aladdin, tbo disgruntled coudeinnlnK
Ihe weary liiuil ur a difchcartcniiiK fall
oro. To pet at tbo exact facts uf the
r.iRO from onu who speaks with authori
ty and out of a comploto cxporienco tho
Now York Jouruul reoeutly m-cured an
Interview with Colonel A. G. Bowio of
California, now at tho Waldorf-Astoria
Colonel liowio is ouo of the foremost
mining experts of America, and his
work on drift gravel mining is recog
nised as authoritative. Last summer ho
went to Dauon as tho representative
of a great syndicate, supposedly headed
by .Tunim It. Kcene nml possiLly in
eluding United Slates Senator John i
Jones, lie remained in tho mining coun
try all winter aud loft Dawson on Juno
24, coming ont by way of St. Michael's.
"Thu Klondike, is all right," was
Colonel Bowie's first positivo declara
tion. "Thu stories that it is a fulluro
nro as much meant to deceivo as tho
dreamful fancies put forward somo timo
ago In the elTort to market all north of
wildcat properties."
"At whut do you estiinato this year's
product?"
"I hhotild say from 17,000,000 to
$0,000,000, though tho truth will iiovcr
bo known ou account of the efforts of
tho miners to dodgo tbo pay m ont of tho
10 per cent royalty charged by tho
Canadian government. I know of ouo
case whero tho royalty was paid on
$200,000 when tho man got out with
over $500,000, and nnothor case of al
most oqutil proportions and discropnu
cies. In ouo instance a miner got clear
to St Michael's with his tfold without
paying tho tax, but was nipped tbcru
and frightened into paying, though ho
wus clean awuy as soon as ho reached
American territory if ho had but
known it
"I think the Canadian government
has collected obout $250,000 in royal
tios, which would mean uu output oT
$2,500,000; but I con locato about Ufi,
000,000, and fcol rortaiu that at least
$7,000,000 and not over $9,000,000
will como out before tho Reason closes
This, it must borcmombcrcd, represents
tho labor of only tho 1,200 or 1,500
men who could bo kept nt work during
tho winter, and oven tlicso could not be
properly fed to do a day's labor for u
day's pay. When you know that the
polico were on half and throo-quartcr
rations all winter, you may bo certain
that tho men in tho gulches had no
food to bp.iro. lint I know that, as far
as tho precious metal is concerned, the
Klondike is all right. Whoii it is work
ed on a business basis, it will bo found
to ho thu greatest gold discovery sinco
California. Hut to get it on a business
basil there's tho rub.
"Tho two great problems aro labor
and supplies and as one in great meas
ure depends-on thu other you might say
tho immediato futuro of tho country do
ponds on tho food supply I should say
that perhaps there uro 2,000 claims in
ull tho goldflolds which, when their
value, is put on an honest business,
could ho worked at a reasonable profit
With labor at JO or $7 n day and sup
plies at anything liko fair prlocs, but
with labor at $15 a day it is impossible
to do anything oxcept with tho richest
claims. If a mau thinks of investing in
tho country, ho must remember thut
for ovory good mino thcro developed a
quick and ready purchaser is to bo
found right at Dawson. Tho intonding
investor should go Into thu investment
just as ho would into thu purclnuo uf it
picco of city propel ty, osamining every,
thing with scrupulous cnio before risk
ing his money. Tho best mines are not
apt to como ns far us Now York before
flidiuu a lmreLmser. "
"What about tho chances for a poor
man?"
"My advico to all who havo askod
mo that question is, don't go. That is,
don't go uuloss you havo plenty of
money with which to take in your own
supplies in nmplo quantities and to pay
your way out of tho country again
1 Dawson is overcrowded with men who
i aro willing to work if thoy had some
I thing to live on, but it is doubtful
j whother tho mino owners can get sup
i plios enough to feed tho men thoy wish
to put to work. I suppose there are
10,000 or 11,000 pcoplo in Duwsou it
solf and as many more in thu mines
At St. Michael's thcro aro 27,000 tons
of provisions and general supplies
Thcro uro plenty of steamers to carry
nil this tin tho. river, nml a7.(IOfl tnn
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'representing amplu grub for all the
pcoplo in tho country, but when 1
cauio down tno xukou i louuu tno up
going steamers stuck at tho old Devil's
Teoth kir, just above Fort Yukon the
famo place whore, tho steamers stuck
last year, so it is going to bo n great
question whether tho supplies will reach
tbo miners in sufllclcut quantities to
koop them in condition for work during
tho winter."
"What of tho reported now strikes?"
"Of theso I am not qualified to
speak."
"What about maintaining order?
"Thcro will be no difllculty on that
bcore. In Dawson the polico justices
havo full power to seuteuco offenders
for from two hours to two years, aud
from tbelr sentenco thcro is no' appeal
That tends to keep down tho unruly
At St. Michael's Captain llichardsou
and tho United States troops are in
charge, and tbey will not permit any
ono to land from tho ocean steamers
who has not means for gotting up tho
rivcr'ou tho river boats. That proven ts
tho congestion of a dangorous element
ou tho American side."
NO NOIiLE OJIAKGEJIS.
HORSES HAVE HAD BUT LITTLE
CHANCE IN THIS WAR.
a rstriotio nor.
Nellie Yes, wo understand every,
thing Fido says.
Fido How-wow-wow I
Fannie What did ho say then?
"Remember tho Maine I" New York
Journal.
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"Your littlo boy scorns to bo very
fend of painting."
"I should think so. Ho will become
a great modem artist. Why, ho paints
already in such u way that jieoplo ct.n'1
make out what it is. " Fliegendo Blatter.
llotr to Mak German Cucumber Sulail.
Paro three vory ripo cuuuiubois and
cut them in half inch slices. Then pare
each sllco as thinly as po.ssiblo from the
outsido to tho seed part, making a long,
thin, curling strip. Cover tho strips
with plenty of cold wnter, in which
three tcuspoonfulHof salt havo been (lit.
solved. Lot them soak for two hows
or until soft. Then drain off tho water
and squcozo them in a soft cloth until
quite dry. Toss them up in a salad
bowl, cover with n French dressing and
servo very cold, with finger length
brown bread spread with soft cheeso.
Fiimoin Ilxttle Nteedt Which Hv Won
ITnitjrlus Cilorr In Other Win nml
Mow Thry Hare Ended Their Dnji.
Why Slinlter Itoile Male.
It looks ns if thoru woro to bo no fa
mous warhnrscs in this lopsided strug
gle with Spain. That Is too bad. Tho
uoblo charger who has borne a great
Cincrnl through somo flercoly fought
buttle makes a picturesque peg on which
to hang pretty scutimcuts. Ho gives tho
poets a fretdi inspiration and his photo
graphs sell vull.
But thus far the horses havo had hut
littlo chanco. In tho Santiago campaign
inly n very few horses were used. Colo
nel Roosevelt was fortunate enough to
havo ouo, but it wus shot dqwn under
him at tho charge up Sail Juan hill.
Eveii General Shaftor did not havo a
horso thoro until tho fighting was prac
tically all over, and ho made his famous
advance on Sautingo with his 800
pounds of martial hulk poised not alto
gether gracefully on tho back of a sturdy
wheel mulo. How unpoetiol But then,
Shaftor yos always docldodly practical.
In liis'Porto Rican campaign General
Miles has had n fiuo opportunity to sun-
ply this doflbicn'cy of equine idols, for ho
.has with him a flno black charger
j whlch'looks as if it might riso to any
i occasion. Brit how Is a charger, no mat
ter how mottlcsome, to win undying
' famd when It moots nothing more for-
oiuuipgiuan a rorto itlcan brass band?
Few aro' tho wars that havo not made
famous some noble beast. 'At least a
half dozen' gallant chargers are reinom
tiered In connection with the civil war.
First and' foremost, of course,, was Gen
oral Sheridan's black charger Winches
tor, whloH carried "Littlo Phil" into
tho fight "from Winchester, 20 miles
away."
Winohostor was mi ideal warhorso.
Ho survived all tbo perils of battle and
lived, to a good old ago, not dying un
til 1870. In his caso tho fancy of tho
poot has boon moro than rcallzod, for
not only havo tho statuos of Loth horso
and rider boon "placed on high," but
tho skin of tho noblo animal was stuffed
and can now bo seen in tho army mu
soum ou Governors island, Nuw York
harbor.
General Robert E. Loo and General
Ulysses S. Grant, Generals Stonewall
Jackson and Sheridan all brought their
favorito chargers safely through many
bloody battloH, and both Generals Leo
and Jackson woro outlived by their war
horses. Cincinnati, General Grant's
most famous stud, was presented to him
by a man also named Grant, but no ro
lutiou of tho groat commandor. Cihcin-
GKNKIIAL MILES ON HIS I1LACK CHAIinRll.
lnati weathered tho perils of war and
(died us siucoroly lamented ns ho had
I lived rospocted.
Travolor, General Leo's horso, carried
'his master through nearly all tho bat
i ties at which ho commanded, was nov
jor himself wounded, and in docout
(jnonrniug attended tho goneral's fu
'neral. It is said ho whinuicd sadly
when tho coflln was borno beforo him,
land shortly after, in grazing about his
peaceful pasturo, ho stuck n nail in hi?
foot and died of lockjaw. Ho was given
houorublo burial, and, unlike most war
horsos, ho lived out his full allowance,
of 15 yuirs.
It was on tho back of Sorrol that
Stouowall Jackson rccoivo his death
wound, and tho plucky lHtlo horso then
passed into tho kcoping of his master's
fathor-in-Jaw, n clergyman, In 1B80 ho
diod a death natural to vcnorablo horso
flesh after having. seen nearly ten torri
bio battlos, aiid'his body, vory skillful
ly mounted, now stands in a glass casu
in tho library of tho Soldiers' homo,
Virginia. f ' r
General Fitz-Hugh Loo rodo tho hand
somest Jiorso in tho Confederate army
a thoroughbred maro named Nelllo
Groy. But spite of her, beauty and her
bold, bravo spirit poor Ncllio foil in
tho thick of tho fight at thu battlo of
Winchester and was sincerely mourned.
A sober brown horso, tho ono ho rodo
at tho surrendor of Lord Coruwallls,
was hung witli claborato mourning
tobos nnd led by a groom, followed
quietly behind tho coflln of his dead
master, General Gcorgo Washington
A truo Virginian, Washington was a
splondid horseman, but ho nuvor settled
his affections on any ouo stud. Two or
tbreo times ho lost his horses in battle,
nnd whilo seated on ouo particularly
handsome whito horso,' Dolly, his por
trait was painted. Nono of his, chargers
weathorcd any number of t sovoro en
Ragefnouts, as did Old Sorrol and
Traveler.
Ono warhorso, who modo a Bplendld
record for himself and now has his
virtues, namo and noblo deeds engraved
on a fitting tombstone, was tho little
chestnut the great Duko of Wellington
rodo at the battlo of Waterloo. Copen
hagen, from which city ho camo, was a
spirited thoroughbrod, standing 15
hands high, and $8,000 was tho price
paid for him by the duko.
B. a. MacDonald.
A 1 luble Stan.
ISCTMllltt Officii
"How did you succeed in quieting
tho Indians bo quickly?" asked tho sec
retary of tho agent.
"By convincing them that tho Slier
man scalping bill tefcrred only to rail
roads. "Detroit Frco Press.
Mint Hare Ueen a Spaniard.
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Smith?
Mr. Smith Why?
Edith May Jones told mo you looked
daggers. Now York World.
EXPLORING THE ANTARCTIC
Belglca Explanation Hade Many Valua
ble Discoveries.
Went Farther South Than Han Has E?er Been
Before Ice Barred Landing an
Antarctic Continent.
Dr. Honryk Arctowski, the
Polish minoralopiet nnd geologisl,
of tho Belgica Antarctic expedi
tion, has been interviewed eayn
the Sydney Telegraph. Tho doe
tor ia tbo first member of Lieut
GorlacUo'a expedition to return
borne, is in tho boat of health, and
appears to bo none the worse for
the hardships endured by the ex
plorers, who were the first human
being to spond a winter in the
Antarctic
Discussirjg tho objects of the
expedition, Dr. Arctowrki, ,enid:
"Our first object was to make a
voyage iu the Antarctic, bat bo
yond this thoro was on starting
no uenuito prop ram. JLt was in
tended to examine tun various
scientific conditions. Seventeen
of us under Lieut. Gorlache, left
Antwerp in August, 1"97. On
leaving Staten our object wasto
go direct to tbo south, aud to ex
plore tho region of Grah,amsland
and Palmer Laud, on which no
landing has been made since their
discovery in tho early part of the
century. During Urn part of the
journey wo experienced fine
weather, with a great deal of fog.
On February 13th, four weeks
after sailing from Stnton Island,
wo left tho nowlydiscoverrd land,
which wo bad named Dance Land,
aud, in .Ihroo days sighted Alex
aoder I. Land. On tho 28th the
Belgica ran into the Antarotio ice
pack. Iuji few days wo found it
impossible to procoed, and equal
ly impossible to get out of tbo grip
of tho ice; tho temperature fell,
and the Belgica stuok fast. For a
wliolo year she remained immov
able, and for the first timo human
beings prepared to spend the
winter in the Antarotio. We had
quite expected to winter iu the
south Polar region, but we had
hoped to do so on land. For that
purpose we had everything pro
pared, it being our iutention to
build an observatory and depot.
We were, however, quite unable
to find land on which to establish
a depot, and wo all perforce had
to remain on our ship.
"The Antarotio winter lasts for
two months, but, owing to the
fearful weather that prevailed, we
did not see the sun for throe
months, Many excursions woro
made on tho ico for tbo purpose
of catching soala and peuguinos.
"We epont(,the',wintor in'Vcientific
work. Evory hour observations
were raado. Thsjoe fareBure was
very great, b.u.1' not immediately
round' tbo ship, which was not
seriously crushed at all. ,AI1 of
us suffered a gbo'dtdoal during tho
Antarotio nigh'f, o.wiijc; .tOjdofeo
tive oirculution'and heart trouble.
All of us pulled through except
Lieutenant aD.anco (after .whom
one of tho newly-discovered lands
was named). This young scieut
iet succumbed to heart failure in
June of last year, and his. remains
woro laid to rest boneatn the ice.
The only other member of tho ex
pedition to lose his lifo was Oarl.
Wiencko, a Norwegian, sailor, who
was lost overboard between Staten
Island and tbo Antarctic. The
sea was much too high for us to
havo rescued the poor fellow. At
the beginning of the present year
we started ontting a channel
through tbo ioe for the Delgioa.
After muoh hard wbrk we out a
passage OUO metres ip length, aud
after great difficulty dur ship got
free of the ico on March 14 last,
Wbilo wo were frozen in, froni tho
crow's neat of tho vessol nothing
was viniblo in any direction but
pack ioe and bergs. None of tho
latter, however, were higbor than
3tLmelres. As soon as wo got free
of the ice .wo steameddirect for
Cape Horn, and reached Funta
Arenas, -Patagonia, on February
7.
"The spooifio results woro satis
factory, and were quito what was
expected. Unlike tho Arctio, tho
Antarctic has no animals. "The
only sign of lifo we found on land
were a number of very small in
sects, which were discovered
among the perguin rookeries. In
the water there is plonty of life,
There aro far mote seals than in
the North Polar regions, a oreat
fluanlityof ,8tnall "vliales, and an
abundance of penguins. The An
arctio land we found to bo entire
ly mountainous, absolutely glaciat
ed, covered with snow and ico.
In Bonio places, where tho cliffs
were too precipitous for ice or
snow to lodge, wo found liobon
and mpss."
Referring, in conclusion, to, tho
Borcbgrevinob expedition, 'Dr.
Arotowskij said: "It mustthave
sbientifid results of great interest
Ouo of the most interesting points
is tbo possibility of this expedi
tion calculating the position of tho
magnetic pole and studying tho
magnetic variations. It is very
likely that inland ico exists on
Victoria Land, as in North Green
land, and if this is so tho expedi
tion shonld bo ablo to roach tho
region where tho.magnetic needle
will remain vortical that is to
Bay, what is popularly known na
the magnetic polo. To roach the
geographical South Polo is at
present out of tho question, tho
distance from the edgo of the pack
being enormous. Thoro is vory
much work to be done in tho Ant
arotio, 'particularly with rogard to
mejeoro)ogy ,and agnetiHm. A
satisfactory knowledge of tho cli
mate of the Antarctic and of tho
meteorological and magnetic con
ditions would nocosaitato many
expodMopm"
The lit Car.
The last cars of tho King stroet
lino going 1o Waikiki and Palama
pass tber,Anchor Saloon. ,The
deforest" mixologists in the oity
are there always to put you up
anything you may desire. Drop
in and tako a drop before you Jako
tho ..car. The colebrated Seattle
beor is to be had here on draught.
A fall lino of liquors including tbo
famous A. A. Jesse Moore Whisky
etc., always on hand. Rocoivod
por Warrimoo, Rainier Book Boer
on draught. Tho Anchor Saloon
iB hero to ploaso ita patrons.
Heattle Ileur.
This ovor popular Rainior beer
is boooming a household word
and "-will you havo a glass of
Soattlo" is moro ofton beard than
anything olso. Tho Criterion
Saloon have tho beor on tap or in
bottloa.
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