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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

ern boundary of Alaska, so that the precious
quartz mines about Juneau will be in British
territory. If they succeed, we will lose the
best gold territory of Alaska-a territory
which is now producing nearly a million
dollars year, and which may produce tens
of millions in the future. The best of our
Yukon mines are within about twenty-five
miles of the boundary of Alaska and British
Columbia. The Canadians say that IL
properly run it would include them. BY the
treaty of England with Russia in 1925 Alas
ka began at the Portland canal about "a
degrees 40 minutes, and ran northward to
the main boundary of Alaska proper, along a
hne which was to be about thirty miles back
from the coast. The wording of the treaty
Is such that there is no doubt but that the
main coast line was meant Now England
wants to make this thirty miles begin with
the outside shores of the numerous large
ISLANDS running along the coast and not the
coast proper. For seventy years she has
made her maps according to the old under
standing, but now that the gold mines are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
FUR IS THE THING.
1t Is Used on Practically All Articles
of Clothing Except UnderMenr.

1t Is Used on rncticnlIy All Articles
of Clothing Except Underwear.
Everybody is talking about fur just now.
1t seems to be trimming everything but
upderclothing, and one has no sure thing
that it will not appear there before the
writer Is over Women up in Alaska and
those other remarkable polar climates wear
it, and it is not unlikely that it will spread
with the other craZes. Just now the mad
scramble IS to find enough places on the
gowns to dispose of a few hundred dollars
worth of fur. petunia purple cloth bears
off a ten-inch band of mink elegantly, and
if the owner wears with it an eminence
purple velvet bodice with ermine-faced re-
rers, and collar of the mink, and a picture
rat of brown braided cloth and brown
plunes, she w-ilfdo to go anywhere-eXcept
to the opera. Big hats are still tabooed
there.
Spe aking of the opera reminds one OF
opera wraps. They will be more than ever
sumptuous. One magnificent one is of
cream brocade satin, shot with silver and
lined with imitation ermne The winglike
sleeves and down the front have bands of
silver passem enterie- BY the way, women
are doing their best to get silver into cir
culation. You see it everywhere in trim
minGs and embroiderias, and in ornaments,
most cunningly worked in with silk AMI
satin, velvet and even the firmer woolenS,
1t is almost dirt cheap too.
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NOTES OF FASHIONS.
Some of the Latest Hints About WIS
to Wear.

Some of the Latest Hints About What
to Wear.
Short trains, not more than ten inches
long, are seen on dressy gowns for infor-
NAL affairs.
Tailor-made gowns are as much In vogue
as ever, but they clear the ground all
around 1t is extremely bad form to wear
a gown on the street that has to be held
up. Lines of soutache braid, velvet OF
cording trim most of the seams Of the
gowns.
mother skirts. which had no cores In
| them at all. but are as wide as the waist
as at the foot, and that was ;wful wide
six and seven yards at the very least. The
bodice IS cut sharply pointed, and the skirt
is gathered right on it. If you have fine
pair of hips this skirt will be quite salts
factory, and IL you have not it will look
perfectly ridiculous. By contrast. it makes
the waist appear more slender.
Flaring Nalois collars. richly beaded and
embroidered, and of velvet and fur are dis
tingushing features of many of the capes
and coats. Straight and high officers col
| lars and turnover ones are sometimes seen
! on plain wraps intended for travelling and
| shopping.
Printed velvets are the very latest fad in
| fabrics. They do not seem to take here
very well, though they have the approval
| of the French coutourieres. Some of these
| yelyets look like the old-fas hioned Paisley
| shawIs, and a woman must have "pres.
ence" to bear one off with any sort of style
| at ALL
Basques, pointed and round waists pre-
| vail, and the latter have by no means losi
| their hold on public favor. Basques are
| extremely short and full about the hips
| and back, and some of them have shori
skirts added. The separate waist is still
| in the full tide of its glory. and there Is moi
much probability that 1t will be discarded
this winter.
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| lures In literature that make their ap-
pearance in the United States

Woes of the WasherwOman.
There is one amusing thiEg in connection
with the wet season that 1 must tell you
about The river rises with great rapidity
at this period of continued rain, often car
rying the clothes spread along the banks
away and down the stream. 1t is time of
trial to the washerwomen, for not only are
the garments whisked-away by the swollen,
rushing current, but the starving donkey,
always present, the ever-hungry burro,
puts comical climax to the washerwo-
mans woes by greedily devouring each gar
ment within his reach spread out to dry.
inns is fact" smiled Mrs. Shepherd, in
recollection, land can vouch for it,
Mrs shepherd Is a handsome woman,
with fine figure. dark hair and a COM
piexion showing bloom and health. She
mas observed intelligently and well, and
seems to enjoy her novel home and environ
ment in old Mexico
Washington has wonderfully changed"
she remarked since / saw it fifteen years
ago But IT has changed only for the bet
ter; and although / can see scarcely ia
niHar lace, which saddens me, the great
improvements of the CITY, the beauty of
It's parks. structures and streets, charm and
eraufy both my husband and myself"
When asked as to whether the ex-gover-
nor OF the District and his family would
remain In Washington for any length OF
time, Mrs. Shepherd stated that they eG-
pected TO spend the winter travelling
through the states. returning to Washing
ton after each trip, and remaining here in
that way until early spring. when the
Journey will be retaken to Mexico and
Batopilas.
is now my home. My husbands interests
are all centered in his mines and work in
Batopilas, and shall probably not re-
turn again to the United States to live"
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pretty petticoats. however. for there have
been eNtravagant women since then, and
they know a thing or two about spending
money on frivolS. Just now the black
silk skirt takes a crest in the oak-bound
chest, and pale shot taffetas, glace silk.
with exquisite broo AIDED roses and other
blossoms light satinS-all silk. of course
delicate Persian colors solid grounds =
all these are used for petticoats with lace
flounces and furbelows that make them
almost too lovely for common mortal to
wear even though that mortal be most
beautiful woman.
These skirts are worn on the streets, too.
Here is the description of a veritable one
that was recently imported for a brides
wear with a fine green crepon. 1t was d
pale green silk. shot with silver, and was
trimmed with a fiounce of ecru lace. This
lace was made very full for a quarter of a
yard. and then a fan plating of dark green
chiffon let in, headed by a big bow
of green ribbon. The width was FIVE
yards
BY the way, that kind of petticoat
wouldn't be bad to wear with ball gown
such the writer saw recently. The skirt
was very fiaring, cream corded silk shot
with pale green. The waist of green shot
silk was half covered with pillows of pale
green chiffon edged with silver and a great
silver filigree rose caught it at the neck
smaller ones on each shoulder. and some
elegant silver embroidered green velvet
made little patches on the front of The
bodice and simulated pockets on the skirt.
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OBEYED THE CUSTOMS.
One Custom Made n Mans Fortune,
Another Would Hang Him.


Two gentlemen in the lobby of the Riggs
House were talking about Yankee inge-
nuity, and Star writer overheard the fol-
lowing good incident illustrative of the
subject:
You know Jim Dutton?" said one.
yes"
well, Jim made his money by paying
attention to the customs OF the country.
Near Brentwood, Texas there are several
large pecan farms. Before the farms were
established pecaps grew wild in great
quantities. 1t is a valley which used to 1e
called Sulphur although why 1 have
never been able to learn. The pecans
We're eaten by hogs. the animals growing
very fat. Farmers turned their hogs in
and allowed them to run wild. Each owner
had brand registered. and the possessor
of a registered brand had the right to kill
hogs whenever he needed meat and could
find them-a sort of Belamy socialistic ar
rangement. Dutton was very poor when
he went to Texas, but raised enough to
pay 10 cents for shote and get his brand
registered. He turned the hog into the
valley and went cunning for pork. The
sold the meat at San Antonio. buying cat
tie with the money. These were turned
loose on range and he succeeded in brand
ing six calves to each cow he owned tho
first season. By paying diligent attention
to the customs of the country he had
good bank account.
why didn't he stay there?" inquired tho
friend.
There was another custom of the coun-
try he overlooked" was the reply. when
the vigilance committee began to investi-
gate the matter of so strict an adherence
to the other custom Jim went home to
Maine and opened a summer resort. where
enterprise wouldn't get MIN into trouble"
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coal mines. while c. W. burlington, DR..
Rockers assistant. is also gold expert.
During my talk with DR.. Becker he showed
me a number of photographs of the differ
ent mining regions. He was very conserva-
tive as to the profits of Alaskan mining, but
said that the output of Alaska will be at
least sl,2OO,0OO this year.
Alaskn.s Golden Sands.
DR.. Becker tells me that gold washing Is
going on along the shores of some of the is
lands of Alaska, and that there is gold in the
sands along the shores of the Pacific running
I.orth along the coast. There is great
deal of gold washed up daily on the beaches
of the Island of Kad;ak. A large number of
miners are engaged in the business, and they
often make big profits. He tells me that
mines have been recently opened on Ad-
miralty Island which have good prospects.
and that the Unga mines on little island
further westward are now turning out
$4,000 a month. These Unga mines are
the property of the Alaskan Commercial
Company. They are quartz mines having
rcck much like that of the Bodie mine of
California. The ledge is more than thirty
feet wide, and the ore runs from IS to 50 per
ton.
The Gold Mines of the Yukon.
The gold mines of the Yukon were not
visited by DR.. Becker's expedition. 1t is a trip
of morethan2 900 miles to them. going around
by the Yukon river, and it takes more than
a year to get there and back and make any
kind of an investigation. There are little
steamboats, which go up the river, carrying
hundreds of tons of freight to the miners.
They make their trips only twice a year,
and if one misses the boat he has to wait
until the next year or come over the noun
tains to Sitka. The miners build fires on the
gravel in the winter and when the dirt is
thawed they carry it UP the banks out of the
way of the freshets and wash it out during
the summer The work is very laborious.
but so far 1t has paid very well. Fifteen
Yukon miners, who came back with the
geological survey party In September last,
had more than 100000 worth of gold with
them. which they had taken out this year,
and there are undoubtedly millions lying in
the beds of the rivers. So far no quartz
mining has been done.
DR.. Dali says that a man must have
capital of at least $500 to start out
from Sitka to mine gold on the Yu-
kon. He ought to take a years supplies
with him, and he must be prepared for
climate of such nature that in the winter
the thermometer falls to sixty degrees be-
low zero, while in the summer ii rises as
high as 100 degrees above that point. There
are insects of all kinds during the sum-
mer. and the mosquitoes of Alaska are
worse than those of New Jersey. The min
ers live in log cabins. and their acconmo-
dations are of the rudest possible nature.
Alaska's Coal Mines.
A large number of coal mines We're Wis
tied by this geological survey party, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
UNFORTUNATE GIFT.
A Present Tint Startled Sweetheart
and Her Household.

A civil engineer who boards at a Capt.
tol street house has just returned from a
surveying trip. Immediately opposite him
at the table sits a young lady. with whom
the man of lines and figures is Infatuated.
She greeted him as he came in at noon
from his trip:
"Oh. / am glad to see you. I know It
must be horrid to have to sleep in all sorts
of places, and such chilly nights, too. Now
come right in with me AMI tell US all about
it"
The young man. conscious of having had
to sleep on the ground the night before.
wanted to get to his room unobserved and
change his clothing. but 1t was too late. SO
he concluded to go Immediately to the din
ing room.
There the conversation was renewed, and
the civil engineer having reached the poetic
stage of loves young dream eNpatiated
most eloquently upon the beauties of ma
ture, the sense of peace ana rest denied
hen lying upon the green carpet OF earth
under the blue canopy of heaven, and other
touchingiy pathetic and charming SMILES.
Then he remembered that he had found
an exceptionally pretty clump OF moss.
which he had brought hcme for the object
of his alteration.
while out IN the woods 1 thought Of
my friends In The bGuse," he said. and
have in my pocket sample OF natures
beauties, which I hope you will allow me
to present to you"
Then. with a bow, he drew forth from his
pocket the moss, also a small-sized snake
that had crept in and curled up in the
warm pocket. The reptile darted across
the table the young lady tainted, the other
boarders jumped en- The chairs. everybody
screamed, while the reptile glided around.
seeming to play hide and seek among the
dishes. Finally enc of the gentlemen pres
ent killed the snake with the carving knife,
and after the landlady had bestowed q
whitening look upon the young man and
told him that she was "in the habit Of en-
tertaining ladies and gentlemen only" and
that "ro gentleman would play such joke"
he was allowed to go, and he will never re-
turn.
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found she wants to change the construction
of the treaty and move out the line so that
It would cut us out of our best harbors and
the wonderful gold territory which we nave
begun to develop.
How valuable these gold fields are we are
juSt beginning to learn. During the past
week l have talked with number of men
who have just returned from Alaska 1
have gone over the maps with the members
of the expedition of gold experts sent by
Congress to investigate the mines of the ter
ritory, and have looked over the collection of
specimens which they have just brought
back There is no doubt that the Alaskan
mines are very valuable.
Between 1880 and 1890 the whole gold
yield of Alaska was less than s5,WD.O0o.
Now the territory is turning out more than
Sl.2O0Oo0 year. and there is a single mine
near Juneau which has already produced
more than $J,OO0O0O worth of gold. The
owners of this mine have refused, it is
said. s2O,0DOOOO for their claim. The gold
in ii seems to be practically inexhaustible,
and the mine is now turning out more than
$JOO,UOO year
There are other gold mines on Douglas
Island, one of which is paying very we'll
There is also valuable gold territory on the
main coast. The whole strip of land, v bich
Will be cut off if John Bull has his will, is
undoubtedly more or less mixed with gold
Juneau is mining town at the mouth OF
Gold creek. 1t now contains about ZOO
people. made UP of miners and traders.
Now and then mines are discovered in curl
Gus ways. Not long ago a laborer took a
cross-cut saw with him and went up into
the mountains to cut wood at so much
n day. He had not gone more than
a mile before he tumbed over a log
and 1t were, sawed out for
tune. When he fell he threw the saw and
tried to save himself Upon rising and &C.
ing to where the saw had fallen he :ound
that the earth was torn up and streak of
white quartz showed out through the black
dirt. He stopped to examine it, and found 1t
full of yellow specks. These specks were
gold. He followed the streak up the noun
tain for several hundred feet. and upon it
staked a claim which brought him a fortune
We know practically nothing about this
gold territory of Alaska, but the indications
are that there Is gold all along the coast
up to and far beyond S.tka. Alaska is
about one-sixth the size of the whole
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ton has been already
taken up and solved.
and there is now in
practical use on Kon-
gems Nytorv Rings
New Market, the
p r ! n C ipal public
square of the city, a
post for the electric
lamp which is at once
useful as well as Or
namental.
1.-The lamp post is
cast hollow, the wires
snter from the ground
and leave the post
as shown in the pho
tograph. and the lamp
is held in position by
a weight resting on a
spiral coil. The lamp
is drawn down when
required by catching
the ring suspended
from the lamp with
a hook at the end of
a light pole. with
which the workman
is provided. T h e
wires can be carried
into the lamp in any
other way desired, but
to reach the lamp
through the hollow
post is considered
here the most practica
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
ELABORATE PETTIcOATS,
Recent Designs. and Especially One,
to lie Worn With II Ball Gown.

Think of paying so for petticoat, will
you! Yet that is just what We are coming
to-if this reign of extravaganza continues,
and We have the money, of course. Louis
NH didn't wear pettcoatS, but he was
managed by lot of beautiful women who
did. and the rich i.Tocades woven in reg
ular art tints. handsome enough for dress
for grand dame. are now the popular
fabrics for petticoatS. They are nounced
with lace. and festooned and caught up
with big fiat roSetteS of ribbon in contrast
ing color. and are quite pretty enough to be
put in glass case and placed on exhibit
ton.
You needn't think that the Duchess de
LoSueville and Queen Anne had all the
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Won Easy Fame.
e queS-

From the Atchison Globe.
There is a man in Topeka who is famous.
He never did anything heroic; was not a
member of the legislature; never wrote a
book; is not millionaire. but is poor and
not brilliant On the contrary, he is a sec
ton hand, and rather inclined to be worth
less; but he wrote few lines to a patent
medicine company once, saying its remedy
had cured him Now his name is in every
paper in the country, and he is referred to as
a brainy and prominent citizen of Topeka.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
ELECTRIC LIGHT POST.
Specimen That n United States Con-
sui Says is Admired.

sui Says Is Admired.
In report to the State Department Robt.
]. Kirk, the consul at Copenhagen, gives an
account, accompanied by photograph, Of
an electric lamp post, which is in use in
that city. He says:
1.-THE general use of electricity as a means
of illumination in our great cities must, in
time, demand some other kind of support
for the electric lamp than the unsishtly
wooden posts now Sc common. Especially
is this need felt on cur handsome thorough
fares. such. for instance, as the avenues in
w eSnlE gton. Here IN Copenha@N 'e uueS-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23

From the New York Herald.
Shorter Grubb-.I wish yer would help
me. ma'am. Me ole pal died yesterday
am"
Mrs. Easy Fruit-''What killed him?"
Shorter Grubb-"He tried to eat turkey
without cranberry sauce"
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Territory Which John Bull is Said
to Covet.
IT is, RICH In The PRECIOUS MINERAL
Specimens Brought Back by the
Experts Sent by Congress.
D Ell SITS OF CO A l.


gobble our gold?
This is one of the
questions which will
probably come before
the next Congress in
t h e discussion o (
the Alaskan bound
airy line. The English
are scheming to get
h oil d o f t h e ri C h
placer deposits on the
Yukon river. They al
so want to move for
ward the southeast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
A Bargain.

From the Grocery World.
The Senior Partner-'Shall we advertise
this baking powder as 100 per cent pure7"
Tho Junior Partner-"Naw. Make 1t 90.
The women will think 1t 10 Q bargain then"
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cred that women and
microbes are related
in an especial man
ner-t h a t microbes
and their surround
ings offer woman a
field of incomparably
more glorious posi-
bilities than poetry.
art, music, politics or
matrimony? Through
a hard struggle l
have been forced to
realize this myself;
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SEEN BY A WOMAN
Mrs. Shepherd Chats About Her Life
in Batopilas.
EIGHT DAYS FROM 4 RAILROAD
How the Days Go With Foreigners
and Natives.
FORMS OF REC RE ALTON
EIGHT DAYS FROM 4 RAILROAD
FORMS OF REC RE ALTON
F PARKWAY BA.

F PARKWAY BA-
| topilas. on the west
'ern slope of the Sierra
Madre mountains, in
the state of Ch!hua-
hua, Mexico, far from
the centers of social
life and civilizat ton,
Mrs. Alexander r.
Shepherd talks in a
most interesting vein.
There is no society
in Batopilas and the
adjoining towns. in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
GOES Assuming
Or, Rather, Pauline Pry Knows Some
One That Did.
4 STORY OF MSANlTARY LIVING
Startling Array of Facts for the
Consideration of Women.
SOME LOCAL CONDITIONS
Written for The Evening Star.
A STORY OF lNSANlTARY LIVING
SOME LOCAL CONDITIONS

Written for The Evening Star.