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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
GOLD IN ALASKA.
How Placer Aiming Is Being De-
vel0ped.

HOW Placer aiming Is Being De-
veloped.
From the New York Herald.
From all reports, the great gold fields to
be developed are In Africa and Alaska.
English capital has been turned toward
the African fields, and, as a result. it has
become a less inviting region to the pros
pector. The more hazardous gold hunters
are already I,sOO miles up the Yukon river,
in Alaska, delving into a wild, unexplored
country covered with goid-bearing gulches
from Point Barrow, IN the Arctic ocean,
to the head waters of the Lewis river,
southeast Of Juneau.
1t was known years ago that rich placer
grounds were plentiful In this vast terri
tory, but there were no means of reaching
the country until two years ago, when the
North American Transportation and Trad
ing Company established trading posts
along the Yukon as far as Fort Cudahy,
which was built more than a year ago,
and Is the terminus for two steamer trips
to be made this year.
Only one trip was made last year. but
Fort Cudahy-named after Jonn Cudahy,
the rival Of Philip Armour of Chicago
was hardly started before it was populated
by COO miners and persons who follow
stampedes.
interesting about this country in chat
with General Manager John ]. HeaIy and
Col. p. b. Weare, the president of the
North American Company. who stopped
several days at the Astor House this week,
while purchasing goods for the trading
posts along the Yukon river and the Ber-
ing sea- To begin with, Col. Weare tells
NE. no man should go into that far-away
field without roll Of from 500 to sl.O10-
stake as miners call it The mining
season last four months and will be well
along before he reaches the fields.
No encouragement is offered to creduloUS
adventurers who see visions OF ground
strcwn with gold nuggets During the
winter monthS-and winter comes pretty
near absorbing the other seasols-the
miners move from the diggings which lie
from 40 to Loo miles from the river to Fort
Cudahy, and there spend their money In
such ways as are common TO in1proyident
persons in mining camps, or save it If they
are thrifty.
The rewards are certain and the cost OF
living is surprisingly small. So far as is
known there is an almost endless tract
Of country dotted with gulches along the
streams flowing into the Yukon, which
produce from one to six ounces OF clean
blown gold dust a day to the miner. One
miner alone took s1f0 day from his claim
last season, and dirt that pays very much
better has been discovered in pockets, al
though the district within the narrow radf-
US where the miners are now working has
hardly been scratched over.
Labor in the placers is worth $40 day.
The ground is Graded after the primitive
fashion OF the early days There IS plenty
of water but SO far no mining has been
carried on by companies. man who has
a good claim near the Yukon will some
times hire four or five men and make good
profits.
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THE JAPANESE HOME.
The Dwellings and the Domestic Life
of the Quaint Oriental People.

The Dwellings and the Domestic Life
of the Quaint Oriental People.
| From Harpers Bazaar.
| If a man OF taste should enter Jap
anese parlor he would not fail to be sur
| prised at the display of marvellous and ex-
quiste taste. Yet I have often heard the
saying Of foreigners that 1.-The Japanese
house has no furniture, and is absolutely
cherries and empty" This is quite wrong.
1 must say that they have no taste of the
japanese art for the men Of taste are
agreed in say ing that the art of decoration
| in Japan Is excellent. If any one has some
| taste in this art he will perceive that the
hanging picture on the toxic wall, elaborate
arrangement Of flowers, pictures on the
framed partitions and all decoration, how
| ever tritling. reveal infinite taste.
The tastes of the western people differ
so much from ours that the decoration in
their chambers seems almost childish to
the japanese eyes. The gorgeous display
of colors in their rooms would please our
| children to look at. Drawing rooms piled
up from corner to corner with toys, Shells
stones, dishes. spoons and different novel
things always remind of our curio
shops. A bunch Of flowers is stuck in
vase without form and without order. The
pictures in the rooms hang perpetually,
though the face of nature and feeling OF
man change from time to time. All these
sights which we are accustomed to see in
the European house excite in US nothing
but wonder. Yet this is the taste of the
western people; we have no right to criti-
else it.
In Japan the family never gathers around
one table as the European or other Asiatic
peoples do, but each person has his or her
own separate table, a foot square and a
foot high, and always highly decorated.
When they take their meals they kneel
upon the mat, each taking his table before
him. The little lacquered table generally
contains small porcelain bowl, heaped up
with delcfousy cooked rice, and several
lacquered wooden bowls containing soup or
meat and numbers of little porcelain plates
with fish. radishes and the like. The way
of cooking, of course, is entirely different
from the European. Two pretty chop
sticks. made of lacquered bamboo wood.
silver or ivory, are used instead Of knife,
fork and spoon, and all people use them
with great Skill All foods are prepared in
the kitchen. as to avoid any trouble to
knife and fork. Soup is to be drunk
fra:T thu bowl by carrying 1t to the mouth
by hand. in the same way as people drink
tea or coffee. Table etiquette has elaborate
rules. which high-bred ladies and gentle
men must strictly follow A maid servant
always waits, kneeling. at short distance.
before clean pan of boiled rice, with lac
quered tray, on which she receives and de-
livers the bowls for replenishing them.
Fragrant green tea is always used at the
end of a meal, but sugar and cream never.
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The Dead babe.

Last night. as my dear babe lay dead.
In agony 1 knelt and said:
20. GodI What have dore,
Or I'm what wise offended Thee,
That T7sGu shouid'st take away from me
My little son:
Upon the Thousand useless lives.
Upon the guilt that yauIt;pg fh-ires,
Thy wrath were better spent,
Why siIo,id'st Thea take my little SOM
Why should st Thou vent Thy wrath upon
This innoceGt.'
Last night. as my dear babe lay dead,
Before mina eyes the vision srrcad
OF things tiiat might have been:
Licentious riot, cruel strife.
Forgotten prayers. wasted life
Dark red with sin!
Then, with soft music IN the air,
I saw another vision there:
A Shepherd. in whose keep
A little lamb, NY little child,
OF wDridly wisdom u-delied,
Lay fast asleep.
Last night. as nv dear hale lag csad,
In these tvo messages j read
A wisdom manifest;
And, though my arms he cfiildicss now,
am content; to Him i bow
WHO knoweth best
-EUGENE TIED
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give 1t at the end Of eating. The Italians,
for the same reason. CRATE it and sprinkle
II in their soup at the beginning. Thoughts
of cheese come to you naturally in this
land. The traveller learns to know that
Gruyerc is from Switzerland. that Neu-
ctatel is not from the Swiss town of that
name. but from Normandy near Dieppe,
that Brie IS from Champagne. and that the
king of all the cheeses. the Camemhert is
from the solitary green valleys of Nor
mandy across the Seine, where he entered
France at Havre.
These Norman valleys are remote from
any line of railway, which accounts for
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Sd and streets less than two years ago.
An old man named John Schoppech was
stabbed after he had figured in a quarrel
IN barber shop, and, although in his ante
mortem statement he declared he did not
know the name of his assailant, the police
will always believe that he did not con-
fine himself entirely to the truth.
A few weeks ago these cases were called
to the attention of the police, when the
Mexican authorities sent word here that a
man in Monterey, while drunk, had said
he killed man here. His name was given
the missing murlerers were sent to Mexico,
but nothing has since been heard from
there.
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A Duel to the Death.
From the Argonaut.

From the Argonaut.
Some Frenchmen were Boosting of their
"affa;rs of honor" when one Of them,
Marseillais, declared that he had inflicted
unon an antagonist the most dreadful fate
that a duelist had ever met.
"How was it," asked everybody.
Il was at hotel, and l CHANGED to In
suit a total stranger. 1t turned out that
he was a fencing master.
lone or the other of u.s. he declared in
fearful wrath will not go out OF this
room alive!
so let it ber shouted in response,
and then I rushed out of the room. locked
the door behind me and left him there to
diep'
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He Wns of an Inquiring Mind.

From the Amusing Journal.
An old and respected citizen of Windsor.
whose mind goes off with wet fuse. so to
speak. recently met his neighbours wife
with her two little daughters. He asked:
care these your daughters?"
eyes"
Little girls. presumed"
Certainly"
''They do not look like twins"
mo, indeed. This one is ten, and the
other is seven years Old
THE one ten years old is the older"
yes: and the other is the younger"
''Just SO. Thank you, 1 was about to ask
that"
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A Case of Misplaced Confidence.

From the Atlanta Journal
Zone of the most remarkable cases Of
faith I have ever SEEN" said a well-known
ply stefan recently, occurred when 1 was
a student in Philadelphia. 1 had a patient,
an Irishman, who had broken leg. When
the plaster bandage was removed and a
lighter one put in its place. noticed that
one Of the pins went in with great ditsi-
Guilty and / could not understand it. A
week afterward, in removing the pin, I
found that it had stuck hard and fast and
| was forced to remove ii with the forceps.
What was my establishment on making an
examination to find that the pin had been
run through the skin twice instead of the
cloth.
"Why, Pat" said /. Didn't YOU know
that pin was sticking you?"
Ito be shure / did, replied Pat, but I
thought you knowed your business and so
I hflt me tongue.
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There are very many ways of doing
things apparently, according to the report.
For instance, 1t is quite possible for the
Senators to hire a clerk and let the clerk
do outside business while drawing pay from
the government, and then hire another
clerk to do the work Of the first clerk but
call the second clerk IAN expert and pay
the second clerk over twice as much as
the first clerk draws, and yet not do any
Of the work that the first clerk is supposed
to do That sounds little complicated,
but just such situation has developed in
the Senate, and the figures in support of
this proposition may be obtained from the
annual report.
And the most curious part of 1t all is
that the committee for which these two
clerks labor so violently has less to do than
any other committee In the Senate, and
costs more probably than any other. This
is the committee on corporations within
the District of Columbia a committee or
ganiZed years ago for a specific purpose,
which was long since accomplished. 1t has
not held meeting within the memory of
man. 1t has not had bill referred to it
for several legislative epochs 1t has not
made a report for eras. Yet it costs the
government annually for clerk hire 5000
and is constant drain upon the contin-
gent fund for minor expenses, rent of type
writer's, monographs, other machinery pur-
chase of books, and all sorts of things.
The clerk of this committee is paid s1,44O
per annum and is never seen at the Capt.
toll The expert VINO is employed to ltll-
tangle the vastly intricate problems that
are supposed to come before this important
body receives SO per day for his arduous
labors. 1t is a general supposition about
the Senate that this is by no means an
adequate compensation for this great scrv-
ice that he renders.
All Due to Custom.
There is a reason for all this, of course,
which, while it explains an apparent alb
surdity. shows how easy it is to pull the
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compensation TOT Senator.
In these days of civil service reform and
restricted patronage and lack of Oppor-
tunitieS for statesmen to remember their
friends by shaking the public plum tree,
this contingent fund of the Senate is a
great blessing. "Pickngs'' Is the word to
express the situation. and yet there is
nothing dishonest about it: everything is
all open and above board. set down in the
most honest frankness in the secretary's
report. detailed with an innocence that is
its own defense and that deiies the world.
Nevertheless the interest in the situation
Ia ahafed
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He Had Forgotten.

From the Detroit Free Press
IT dreamed Of you last night" he said to
her, as one dove coos another.
"And what did you dream?" she whis-
pered, as she nestled close to his wings.
81 dreamed you had gone to heaven and
become an angel"
"Mr Van Smith, she said. disengaging
herself Instantly, and speaking in icy tones,
you forget yourself.
This was a tremendous jar to his feelings.
"Why-why-what is it,darling?" he gasp
ed. What have ] done?
you said only yesterday, Sir, that I was
an angel.
Half an hour later he had re-established
his identity.
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1t Was In Inverse Ratio.
From the Chicago Record.

T
''You don't want that S25 hat, Mary"
said Mr.. Muggins, who was with his wife
in the miliners store. Its too big, any
how. Now, if the milliner could only take
off four or five feathers it would be all
right"
That's easy" interposed the milliner,
sweetly, suiting the action to the word.
and there you have love of little
bonnet" And then, as Mr.. Muggins felt
for his pocket book smilingly. thinking of
the economy he had effected, she added,
Now it's only $50"
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Where the Money Goes.

this large sum APP
propriated for the
pin money of the
Senate, but when 1t
is boiled down and
disintegTated, spread
out in detail on the
records, through the
medium of the secre-
tary's report, it is
found to contain
some highly interest
ing items that throw
some measure of
light upon the rea-
sons why 5000 a
year may after all
be quite an adequate
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to be found in vouch-
err 115 of miscei-
laneouS items or page
10 paid January %.
1894, to q local dry
goods firm, as follows:
October 3. 1881, for
four pairs blankets at
$3.50 per pair. $40.
Those were beautiful
blankets, and they
kept many a Senator
snug and warm while
the fight for and
against repeal was
raging in tumultuous
fury on the other side
of the cloakroOm
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crate. That is to be
found noted in vouch-
er So, miscellaneous
items. paid October
Is, 1893, where one
John Little got Sl35
for eighteen days
carriage hire for the
use of the committee
on finance. This was
legitimate, for 1T en-
abled the finance
committee to keep in
touch with the Sec
rotary Of the Treas
ury during the silver
fight. Not exactly
30, however, with
J. F. Edwards was
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"oci oNSi TIC SyCo VI
Uncle Sam and 10
turn his pockets in
side out. 1t is one of
the historic customs
Of the Senate never,
under any pretext, to
abolish a select COM
mittee when it has
once been organized.
Hence the committee
roll Of the Senate has
become choked with
subordinate organiza-
tons whose func-
lions have long de-
parted and which are
used merely to give
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LAVISH UNCLE SAM
BE Provides the Senators With Com
forts ard Luxuries.
over A MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY
The Senate Barber Shop and the
Drug Store.
over 4 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY
S ME Pee U LIAR TIE S

n CT E S A M I S
quite accustomed to
have his pockets
turned inside out
every few days, as
the frequent issue of
bonds by the Treas
ury Department at
tests. But he has SO
long been the object
of pillage and plum
der, and it has come
to be such a regular,
S y s t e matte affair,
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How He knew.

From Good Nc.rs.
Small Son Cooking at piece OF roast pork.
with top scoredJ-''rhat's western pork,
isn't it,"
Mother fsrrpriscd)-''Wky. yes. How did
you known
Small Son-'Easy 'noGgh. Lock at the
marks Of the barbed wire fence"
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lie Was Sorry He Smoke.

From the Cincinnati Tribune.
81 rather guess I am onto you," re-
marked the man to the folding bed.
The folding bed said nothing. 1t merely
shut up. Then so aid the man.
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ESCAPED MURDERERS
Unfinished Chapters in Several Local
Cases of Crime.
DIShPPEhRANCES NOT ACCOUNTED For
Men Who Have Taken Life and
Have Gone Unpublished.
THE PASSAGE OF YEARS
THE PASS AGE OF YEARS
Pts II E EI

H E EXPERIENCE
Of the police Of this
city during the past
quarter of a century
does not verify the
saying murder will
out" for several
rlurderers have dis
appeared as COM
pletely as IL the earth
had opened and
swallowed them.
The present police
force was organized
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n
French schools are
q PIT to think that
cheese for dinner is
an article in the cor
titution of the
French republic since
it is invariably serv-
ell 70 them a. the end
of that meal. The
French go on the
prin ciple that
cheese q / ges t s
everything except it
- - 4 - .Nx
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tnat DeinS good
natured chap, he seldom grumbles and less
often interferes. Could he be personified
and individualized and turned loose among
a lot of bunco stee'ers, he would undoubt-
edly gladden. their hearts as one of the
greene:t of green victims. The records of
the government show how soft a mark he
is.
1t has been a custom for a number Of
years to call attention annually to the re-
port Of the secretary of the United States
Senate containing his account Of the ex-
penditures on behalf of that expensive
body, as one of the exhibits in this record
of systematic elongation of the limb of
Uncle Sam. This report shows that the
poor old chap is distorted out Of all SYM
metry, grace and beauty. In it's 200 pages,
packed closely with figures, are shown the
various means by which over million dol
lars are spent annually for one reason and
another in order that the country may have
the Senate and that the Senate may be
comfortable and happy and we'll attended
This report shows that there Is some
luxury in being Senator after all. 1t has
often been declared by some of the more
liberal-ninded people of the country that
the Senators are not paid enough; that
$1,000 year is hardly an adequate COM
pensation for men who assume such risks
to their political fortunes and devote SO
much time to their assiduous tasks. This
view. however. is not well sustained by the
secretary's report. which shows that the
mere salary attached to the office is but
little more than one-third OF the total ex
peESc of running this somewhat costly eS-
tabiishment.
Where the Money Goes.
At 5000 year the lightweight Senators
comprising the upper house receive a total
Of $4,000. The total expenditures on ac
count of the Senate, including salaries,
mileage, etc, aggregate $l,l41, 902.91, leay-
ing n balance beyond the salaries of $1O7.
9029i. OF this sum s47.5i5.0S goes to the
Senators for mileage to and from their
residences. The officers and clerks of the
Senate cost $500, :,3S ID: the Senate's share
of the Capitol police, $l93S5: and one
months additional pay, that is usually
voted each year to the officers and en-
ployes. causes an expenditure of Si2, 44S.7S.
This. of course. is little gratuty, bit of
generous extravaganza, a legislative tip, as
it were.
But the most interesting item of all is
that of S1!3, 1882 spent for contingent
expenses Thrown into the financial pot
in lump it might not be well understood,
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for every dozen of cheeses which he had
brought with him to have a place to sell
them himself Husband and wife stood to-
gether. and when their cheeses were sold
they celebrated the weekly event by a din
ner in the village hotel. Nowadays they
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CHEESE IN FRANCE
Where Some of the Famous Varieties
Are Made.
In THE PEACEFUL NORMAN VALLEY
The Process of Making the Carem.
bert Cheese.
THE FACTORY RODU C 7

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
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doors. These blankets are now stored away
in the Senate for possible use at another
time when all-night sessions may be neces-
Sary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22
Shorter Paragraphs.

NJ Z. Gallagher, of Carbondale, re-
turned home yesterday after a short
visit with Prospect avenue friends.
Professor Thomas j. Coyne, of Breck
street, yesterday filed his nomination
papers for select councilman in the
Twentieth ward.
The entertainment and ball last night
at Callarys arcade for the benefit of
Widow Coggins, of the Twentieth ward,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-22
THREE PERSONS INJURED.
Mischicvous Boys Cause a Runaway That
Results Disastrously.

A runaway occurred on Capouse ave-
nue. yesterday afternoon by which Il
young man named Green and two boys,
Thomas Hopkins and Joseph Carvolth,
We're injured.
Green was driving a team of horses,
owned by Grocer Winters, of Capouse
avenue, which were hitched to q bob
sled. Near the Dickson works the
horses were struck by snow balls
thrown by mischievous boys. They be-
came frightened and dashed up Ca
pouse avenue. At Ryan's hotel the
horses ran on the sidewalk and young
Hopkins wasknocked down and stepped
on by one of the horses. He sustained
an ugly cut on the head and several
bruises. Carvolth had his lip split
open and his nose cut at the same time
A short distance above Ryan's hotel
the sleigh came in contact with a fence
and stayed there. while the horses
scampered up the avenue as far as Ash
street, where they were caught. When
the sleigh came to standstill so sud
denly it was badly wrecked, and the
driver was thrown out and sustained
injuries to the back and side. DR.. j. +.
Saltry was called and dressed tht
wounds of young Hopkins and Car
vpltn