The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-27

in sight and bolt with It, We had some
one staying at our house nearly every
night for people were always passing
through. and they had to have shelter.
The cabins didn't have all the modern
Improvements by any means; no porcelain
tubs OF hot or cold water. When we
wanted to bathe we melted ice, heated
the water. got the pan in we used for
washing the gold and did our bathing in
that | was not sick once during all the
time / was there, except slight indspis-
lions, and I'm twenty-five pounds heavier
now than when / went up, and feel better
than ever
Il went out nearly every day when I
had finished my housework. L would hunt
the dump for nuggets, or else would pan
gold I'd have 10 melt the water for that,
and at first ! lost half the gold but after
"a time / learned to get II all out. Things
were very high part of the winter AT
one time we paid $50 for a fifty-pound
sack of flour, and p cents pound extra
for portage, and we're glad to get It, I
paid Sc "A yard for dress goods and $500
for having a skirt made oh, yes, there
are dressmakers, even up there. They
sew for the natives-make the siwash-
red and blue satin dresses for them, all
in the same style a tight basque, but
tened straight down the front, and a skirt.
Eight months Of the year 1t Is dark
up there with only about four hours light
each day. There Is gray twilight and the
men work through that, but we often had
20 light the lamps at 1880 or o'clock in
the afternoon We had oil lamps, but the
Majority use candles.
In the winter the Yukon Is one of the
healthest places for any one going there
with sound health, but when the summer
comes 1t is unhealthy. 1t Is damp, wa
ter Is bad, it gets very hot, and the mos
quitoes are awful.
Coming away from the mines. we made
the distance between them and Dawson
in one night, but the trail Is 50 bad that,
Notwithstanding | wore a shirt only knee
length, / was covered with mud TO the
waist Dawson may have been a quiet
city once. put when l came through 1t
Il was in such "a rowdy state that 1t was
impossible for me to go to my meals and
/ had to have them sent to me. Men and
women-there were about fifty women
there--were carousing continually. The
people who followed on the heels Of the
good steady-going. hard-working miners,
are among the worst up there.
There are good women too, many who
have gone with their husbands. on the
Eonanza, near US, there Is still a lovely,
beautiful woman-Mrs. Calvin, OF Helena.
Mont, and ! was sorry to leave her when
came away.
Would | 90 10 the Yukon again? Never.
am glad / had the experience l really
did II was worth the roughing, but once
Is enough. iii stay with my mother In
Fresno when Mr.. Boyce goes back in the
spring. He will only go from spring TO
fan after this I'll stay down here and
spend the money when he brings II out"
The warning Of Mrs. Boyce will not de-
ter the women who are determined to 90.
The Excelsior will carry many women.
Their accomplishments range from type
writing 10 housekeeping. They could even
wash gold with their own delicate hands
on a pinch. and who could not IL the dirt
would go $50 to the pan? All ages and
conditions Of women seem TO be repre-
sented Many Of them are pretty and
show evidences OF refinement.
Miss Bessie Thomas, Of this city. will
probably be the first woman to leave for
the gold fields. She has secured passage
on Inc Excelsior for Dawson city, where
she expects to engage In the restaurant
business. Since the return OF Mr.. BOyce
from Alaska his sister-in-law. Miss Daisy
Bush, has been taken with the gold fever
in way that can only be cured by visit
ing The region where they know the gold
II found.
Miss Pauline Kellogg. OF No 62s West
Congress street Chicago wrote TO the
postmaster OF San Francisco inclosing a
clipping from an eastern paper. which
contains an account OF the rich md Ia a
telegram from this city. She says that she
does not know anybody In this CITY
and appeals TO him for Information. The
letter WAS handed to the Alaska CONNER
cial Company.
II D. not improbable that the Alaska
Commercial Company. the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company and the North Amer
lean transportation and Trading Company
will have opposition In the Yukon business
before the season Is ended. a steamer has
been chartered and Is expected 20 leave
for st. Mlchaels on Aug. 10. d. j. Grau-
man is az the head OF the expedition. and
says that his party is already made up.
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