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The herald., 1897-08-08
SUDDEN WEALTH REALIZED IN MONDYM
THE WONDERFUL TALES TOLD RETURNED MINERS.
MAIN FACTS EACH GOLD
SEEKERS TALE

Klondyke creek and was the only one in
our camp. Mrs. Berry was the only
white woman 1 had to speak to while l
was there. She was with her husband
in the next camp mile away"
How did we live?' repeated Mrs.
Lippy in answer to a question. We'll,
at first we lived in a tent. 1t was twelve
feet by eighteen, eight logs high, with
mud and moss roof and moss between
the chinks, and had door and window.
Mr.. Lippy made the furniture-a rough
bed. table and some stools. We had
stove--there are plenty of stoves in that
country-and that was all we needed.
The cabin was cosy and warm. looked
after the housekeeping and Mr.. Lippy
after the mining"
And eating" continued Mrs. Lippy.
We'll, we had no fresh meat, no fresh
milk, no fresh fruit, no eggs, it was all
canned food, but still we kept in good
health"
Mrs. Lippy is a good rifle shot and
brought with her the antlers of moose
which she had shot.
j. o. Hestwood of this city, one of the
successful gold seekers, told how the
gold was discovered at Klondyke.
THE discovery" he said was made
by an old hunter named George McCor-
mick, who is called Slwash George. He
is married to a squaw and has several
halfbreed children. Mccormick went up
in the spring of 1896 to the mouth of the
Klondyke to fish. as salmon weighing
ninety pounds are caught where this
stream meets the Yukon. The salmon
didn't run as usual, and Mccormick,
hearing from the Indians of rich placers
near by where gold could be washed out
in frying pan, started out to prospect.
Near what is now Dawson City he
The herald., 1897-08-08
Captive Parrot Lays Eggs

George w. Elstun, residing on Gill
pin avenue, Walnut Hills, has a curiosity
to exhibit in the way of two parrot eggs
which his pet poll laid few days ago.
That this is remarkable rarity is evil
denced by the fact that none of the bird
fanciers of the city have seen such eggs,
and some of them are even inclined to
dispute the fact that the product is the
real thing. MI. Elstun vouches for
their absolute 'realness," however, and
his word is good. The parrot was pur-
chased about eight years ago of Sixth
street bird dealer. 1t is an ordinary,
large yellow-headed parrot of many lin
guistic accomplishments, but not until
last year did it surprise the Elstun fam
lily by laying eggs.
Three of the eggs were found at that
time on the top of bookcase in the Ii
brary, and polly was laboring arduously
to hatch them out and was strongly in
clined to resent any interference. About
week ago the parrot made nest of
old papers in the same place and yes
terday two eggs were found there. The
eggs are about one-third the size of or
dinary hen eggs and the shells are thin
and clear.
Mr.. Elstun is very proud of his par
rots feat, as no polly has before been
known to lay eggs in captivity.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The herald., 1897-08-08

Hunker and Gold Bottom creeks. The
banks of these streams are dotted with
white tents of miners, and a prettier
sight it would be hard to find. over on
Dominion creek gold has been found and
300 miners started for that place the
day we started for San Francisco. The
surface prospects are quite as favora-
BILE as on the Bonanza.
1T is easier to reach Dawson City
now than when the discovery of gold
was announced. Appliances have been
placed at all the mountain passes, so
that heavy loads are pulled up steep in
clines and let down on the other side.
look for big rush next year, and there
will be wonderful stories to tell when
the season is ended.
Dawson City is not paradise by any
means, but there are much worse places.
The herald., 1897-08-08

of the miners will return in the spring
when they are well rested.
The returned miners say that one of
the peculiar features of the new camp
is the lack of shooting, due to the fact
that he Canadian government does not
permit men to carry firearms. Police
disarm miners when they enter the dis
trict, so that there is not any of the law
lessness and crime which marked earlier
placer mining in California. There isi
much gambling and play is high An
old miner, Alexander Orr, who spent
eight winters in Alaska, but will not re-
turn, said today:
Dawson is not like most of the large
mining camps. 1t is not like a tough
town; murders are almost unknown. The
miners are a quiet, peaceable kind of
men, who have gone there to work and
The herald., 1897-08-08

started in. There is no claim jumping,
as the Canadian laws arc rigid and well
enforced.
There was a rush for Klondyke as
soon as the discovery was made known,
and l was among the first to get thel z.
had poor luck at first, and after few
days started to leave, but had only got
short distance down the river when
my boat got stuck in the ice and l went
back to Dawson City. 1 bought a claim
and it proved one of the richest in the
district.
I'm the region now worked there are
scores of creeks. each rich in gold de-
posits. The creeks comprising the bo-
nanza districts are Bonanza. El Do
rado, Victoria, Adams, Mccormick,
Reddy Bullion, Nugget Gulch, Bear,
Baker and Chee-Chaw-Ka. In the
Hunter district are the Main Fork,
The herald., 1897-08-08
is.

struck very rich pay dirt in a side hill
AS soon as the news of his discovery
spread men from Circle City and Forty
Mile rushed in. The richest claims are
in Bonanza creek, which empties into
the Klondyke three miles above Dawson
City. There are three claims in that
district each 500 feet long, extending
clear across the creek on which it is
located. No one can file an additional
claim until he has recorded his abandon
ment of his old claim.
In the adjoining Bunker district there
are 200 claims The two districts have
been well prospected, but farther up the
Klondyke is much territory which has
never been even Travelled over.
"Old miners declared that the north
side of the Yukon was worthless, 80 no
prospec ting was done until Mccormick
The herald., 1897-08-08

are willing that everybody else shall
have an equal chance with themselves.
\ great deal of gambling is done in town,
but serious quarrels are the exception.
AS gambling town I think it is equal to
any l have ever seen, and this, by the
way, is always a test of mining camps
prosperity. Stud poker is the usual
game. They play 81 ante and often bet
5000 or $500 on the third card"
The herald., 1897-08-08
Both Aging

She-Have you really sen that wonderful
set of pictures that Miss Leftover has had
taken, one on each birthday?
He-Yes, but they're very indistinct You
see the photos have faded at one end Of
the list and the subject at the other
Truth.
The herald., 1897-08-08

SEATTLE, Wash, August 3.-(Spe-
cial Correspondence to the Herald) To
only a comparatively small number of
the emigrants fiocking to the Klondyke
are the methods of mining in vogue there
The herald., 1897-08-08
CRIPPLE CREEK GAMBLERS
Seductive Games Kept Going at All
Saloons to Catch Miners

out in Cripple Creek the gambling
houses are running in every saloon They
are huge gilded affairs, where the hard
working miners, after coming from their
eighthour shifts, go to while away their
time and money instead of thinking of
The herald., 1897-08-08

The Labor Exchange colony at Kepner,
Pa, is in financial straits. 1t was found
ed by certain labor organizations some
time ago and Is socialistic in character.
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the mouth delicate and yet not without certain
determination and humor. The eyes nave pe-
Guitar outlooking depth Of expression which re-
member IN my Father. He looks simple anu
good and sensitive"
He married Anne Becher. n lady VINO was W
her friends one Of the tenderest and loVcies' VI
natures to her son a vertable good genus anu
angel. Richmond Thackeray died In loI'' WIZ"
his son was but four years old. His WHO" was
herself only twenty-three In 1917 she sent ner
son home to England Sir William Hunter re-
minds Of how Thackeray forty-four years
later. in the "Roundabout Papers. descriDeh
similar parting remembering i'm long. long dis
tant days such ghaut or rIyer-stair at Cei-
cutta and a day when down thosc steps, 70
boat which was in waiting. came two children
whose mothers remained on shore Thackeray
had come home with another child. his cousin
Sir Richmond Shakespear. He carried home an
image Of hs beautiful mother which he never
forgot. Her second marrage-to Captain Car
michael Srnyth-did not dampcn her sons affec-
ton. All mis- life long he was devoted 10 her. In
an old family chronicle is written Of this sweet
lady: when knew her she was Old and her
halr-of a lovely whlteness-contrasted with her
fine eyebrows There was a look Of great re-
hnement and nobloncss about her" Thackeray
home. where she came to live out the last years
Of her life Walk into the drawing room, he
SAYS There sits an old lady Of more than four
score years. serene and kind, and az beautiful In
her age now as in her youth She is as simple
as il she had never had any hattery 10 dazzle
her can that have been anything but a good
life which, after more than eighty years Of II
was spent. is so calm" To his mother Thack-
cray returned with consistency that Sir william
Hunter indicates by saying she was the greatest
single influence Of his life work. MY earliest
portrait Of him" he says lis that of little
child clinging t. his mother, her arm around his
neck and III" father sitting close by" In his
maturity ThaCkeray PAINTED her portrait in the
Lady Castlewood Of "Esmond."
Sir William Hunter alludes to Thackerays
with some. Of the best blood OF Eng
land and 10 the legitimate pride of birth which
ran i'm his own veins. During hundred years
his branch OF the ThaCkerays had been land
less people belonging to the strictly professional
class or siXty-nine knsmen and cOliaterals
whose career | have been able to trace. twenty
four entered the army or navy, nine teen were
churchmo1 nine were barristcrs eight We're In
dian civilians. seven were medical men. tWO were
EtOn masters. Every ThaCkcray since the Arch
deacon. nearly poe years ago had to earn his
living in some honorable profession: by his
sword, tongue or pea. In the generation imme-
diately preceding the novelist at Least four
unCcs and one aunt had literary gifts. Thack-
eray's genius was the Towering of a century and
a half Of famil;- culture, culture Of which the
heautifu. -efioTosccnCc still blooms in old
KcnSington.' the STORY Of Elizabeth and the
Village on the Clih.'
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was temporarily impressed by PUSSY - All
bois" but. i'm q well-remembered passage ne
ecorod the author for his specious glamour MI
Phelps has selected AN Fools the "bussy
D'Ambois" and Tho Byron" plays for MS V"l-
unes II Is n good choice. illustrating 'hapna"
at his best. The plays are always interesting W
the close reader of tine Elzabethans, ana il Is
good that they should he accessible IN this '""-
venicnt and wcll-prnted volume, wth an lhtio-
duction in which Mr.. Phelps clearly ana sus
gcstivcy states the modest grounds on when
his dramatist hold his cwn in the library
grounds of penetrating thought and.a genefany
imposing II often obscure. style. We are sun
more grateful for the reprint Of Sir John VAN
brugh also i'm The Mermaid Series. edited pS
Mr.. Swaen. The author Of "The Relapse
The PROVOKED WIFE" The Confederacy ana
"A Journey to London" was Of nothing IKE so
rich temperament as Chapman. He had IN
decd. far less innate poetry. But he had w.t.
high spirits. Il keen gift Of satire. ana an uhd'r-
current II human sympat Thy even when ne WAS
most cynical, that makes his pages livery 10
this day. Mr. Swaen's editorial labors have
been uncommonly minute and fruitful he mas
done well too. to reprint Leigh Hunts essay
On Vanbrugh. thus providing an interesting IN
PRODUCTION to the plays, and renewing the inn
writer which has threatened Of recent years
10 be cffaCcd
The natural magic of Henry Vaughn, SlirIs'
nov sweet and placid. nov strenuous ana III
oIsIyo, has gone to furnish forth the two latest
volumes in the MUSES. Library. Mr.. +: Is
Chambers is the editor and Mr.. II. G. BeechnG
supplies A good introduction. Vaughn Is a poet
Of brilliant patches. Neither in his religious nor
his secular verse did he ever strike deep note
and maintain IL In purity and strength untli the
end. Furthermore. Mr.. Reeching points out.
he is disfigurod by frequent ecCentricities or
dictiOn. His just observation however, ana ms
line lyric moments have given him lasting
place among the cOnt"nplatiVe and more or less
mctauhysCal poets Of tn" seventeenth century.
our only objection To the present edition Is that
IL assigns the 'SileX SCintllans' To the itrst
volume tn" secular poems Ia the second. me
positions might have been reversed. This * a
matter 81 tast though and We do not suppose
that anybody need feel compelled to traverse All
the sacred verse before turning 10 the less ma
ture and vet often more diVertIg poems
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II might hc wished that NJ. Charl 6 u.
Roberts stood forth as really typical Of conten-
porary poets. for he has exactly the quality that
the minor verse Of the day most needs, an emo
tioual quality brought straight from nature. His
little Book Of the Native" is readable and is 10
be remembered for It's own sake. 1t also ies ches
q lesson. The drift 81 the minor Wrists nova
days. when they are singing Of flowers, birds and
the forests is To get al those themes through as
many conceits as possible. 10 De fguratiVe when
they ought 10 be descriptive. In the great welter
Of ornate words which results from this method
a collection Of songs like these ly Mr. Roberts
comes with something Of the sweetness and re-
freshinC quality Of an oasis in the desert He
too has his poetic figures. his poetic diCtion. and
indeed. his measures are invariably well turned
proclaiming the poet who is also writer But
it is obvious that he Is not thinking solely OF his
art" that he IS really giving himself up TO the
enchantment of his theme and letting il tell IT.
self spontaneously through his lips. He goes
back to the companionship OF earth" and the
fruits Of his intimacy with the Of all horal
loneliness none the less poetic because they
have the very murmur and color OF the actual
earth in them In other words Mir Roberts is
tangible human. without being badly material.
He catches The form Of nature and her spirit as
well. All the time he leaves an impression Of
sincerity. of directness. and though this book is
made up Of short pieces collected from various
periodicals.. it promises 10 prove " az high value
any volume the author has published.
The verses Of Miss Ednah Proctor Clarke in the
volume 10 which An opal" gives the title Just
tremble on the brink Of an artincality with
which the true lyric impulse Is Incompatible
But she has been saved from herself through her
instinct FOR beauty This has kept her diction
pure and graceful when 1t has threatened TO be
strained and gaudy. az though the poet had
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I VIEW NEWSPAPER WRAPPER.

IT SAVES TROUBLE ~ OPENING ROLLED AND
SEALED PERIODICALS
An advanced civilization has done great deal to
promote human comfort and convenience but It
has also subjected the race 10 good many petty
and oft-recurring annoy tnors. There are few in
tclligent people who 10 not subscribe for at least
one weekly newspaper devoted To science. fashion
or amusement The number and variety of such
periodicals going through the mails enormous A
large proportion of these 20 from the office of pub
lication in single Wrappers that is to say.
wrapped individually in sheets OF paper on which
the address Is printed. written or pasted. Some Of
these periodicals are folded Nat and are easily
opened. but some Of them are rolled ana rolled
tightly too, in which case the rcToyal OF the wrap
per Is difficult task. Though employ scissors
peuhuifc to rip open the intcguueut he Is likely
10 mar the Of the publication inside and II N.
resort 20 no such implement and rely solely upon
his fingers, his patience Is soreiy tried. 1t il hard
10 get a grip on the wrapper anywhere and even
after Il beginning has been made In this direction
the paper comes off MY In bits II tears the wrong
way. as the Publisher. I'm the interest of security
against damages In tho mails. intends that it shall
But this nuisance has at last been overcome For
the particular class OF papers which are done No
slngly and are rolled tightly u special wrappcr has
been invented which can De- opened with great ca Sc
and without injury TO the contents The novel feat.
ure OF the schen" II black cotton thread. affixed
10y means of paste 70 the inner surface OF the wrap
per. ana running IrngihWi-r OF the rolled pack
age The color Is unimporlant. except that II re-
yeds the location Of the thread, which can he
family seen from the outside AZ 4 dark line. If
now the recipient catche. holu OF one end OF this
hlament and pulls at right angles 10 the short
diameter OF the roll the thread Will cut the wrapper
completely In two from end TO erd. and open the
package IN an instant TO facilitate this operati
the paper noched 10 he depth of half an inch on
either side of the thread one end thus leaving a
tiny nap which person can readily grasp when a..
beeins To pull This style of wrapper has come into
extensive use during the last year and IL "A hnon Ia
the subscribers into whose homes Il comes
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REPRINTED classics.

The group Of reprints from the Old English
ban" il distinguished by admirable editing and
printing. For the series Of "'rh- Temulr
Dramatists" Mr. Verify has prepared a perfect
miniature edition Of Edward the second" I'm
this play Marlowe's verse flames with less fury
and less magnifcencc than in the "Faustus"
but his grip * stronger than in his pArlle,
works. and Edward the Second" has VITALITY
rar" among the old historical dramas II forms
therefore. one Of the most welcome members of
this beautifully printed series SO less welcome is
Mr Naughn's edition If The Duchess 81 Malt q"
in the same series Wcbster's two great PLAYS.
this Duchess" and the "Vittoria Corombopa. 20
have more than their rehtfu share Of the
sangunary and awful tempest which shook 50
many Of the pa! wriehts 81 that era but they
have also the Elizabetha breadth and mighty
passion in abundance. This much is certain
among the old plays that are most readable
most persistent In their appeal - the magma
ton, most constant in the hands Of students and
men Of letters. Mr. Phelps hesitat,s 10 claim,
as much for the plays 81 George Chapman
which he has edited with sympathy and scholar
ship for the Mermaid Series and on th, whole
his sohrlety Of judgment * VERY plausible and
persuasive The comedy Of AN Fools" H. cor,i,
still. and IL Is fairly coherent bat for the r. a
Chapman was better employed in making his
translation or Homer than in writing for the
playhouse whose necessities he never fully nm
derstood. Dryden, as Mr.. Phelps reminds US.
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"7HE CHESS"
HOW WESTERN MEN ENJOY HER BOOKS

We are told that the readers who will wear the
mos GRAPE" for the dead novelist known "The
Duchess" are the Cow puuchers' Of the far Wesi
Il have struck COW camp by the road after tw-
light" says a traveller quoted by "The Washington
Post" "Thore Ave Of the outfit
stretched out on the sand. reading 10y the Hight OF
static lantern. swung from the tail of tho gruo
wagon. Four of these five were reading sto-
ries by the Duchess You know swapping books
is Of the polite nenitos OF The cattle trail
Every man has TWO or three paper-backs rolled Ia
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his slicker behind hia saddle. slowed in his war
bag a. the bottom of the grub wagon. and when a
stranger breaks into camp there * a general cN-
chlng, Of literature have flashed my stock Of liter
allure on q ranch house table after supper or in a
camp by some remote water hole and always fig
ur"d that the Duchess ace high trade for
anything the board She will take precedence over
jules Verne and Bret Idrt- CT any number and sort
out-of-date magazines | confess partiality for
her myself. but / never used 10 buy one Of her
books because knev when had traded off all my
own stock would come back with many of her
books as had room to pack with my plumber.
I'm not trying TO explain it. I'm only stating L
fact. and any storckceper who vends pdpor-back
books i'm frontier town Will tell you the same
thing The 'Duch.S appeals to the tender vein OF
love and in the breast Of the cow punchcr
and he will with profanity lament her loss"
II has been said that the Duchess" otherwise
Mrs. Hung.rford. was in looks exactly what the
in which she DIES 'r'bed some years ago
"A tiny woman. slight ana well-proportoned. He
large hazel eyes. sparkling with merriment. are
shaded by thick. curly lashcs. She has small de-
t~rmin'd mouth and the chin slightly upturned
gives piquant expression to the Intelligent face
bright; yiyacious Her hair T. of fair brown
color. lighter than brOws and lashes. ana Is worn
piled up high ON the top of her head breaking mo
natural curls above her brow. She looks the very
embodiment Of good temper merry wit, ana espla-
glprie'
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STILL ELIGIRLE.

From The Chicago Times Herald
i have mnde mp my mind" she said firmly AN
noinrg can chang" nay opinion, I would not marry
the best man earth ''
Coed! Re exclaimed eagerly. Knowing myself
as thoroushlN as ! do, | am fully convinced that
your praiscworthy determine ton has nothing what
ever to do with case" ~
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one IS said 10 be rs fiery ~ p sketch De- Turnsn
These things are done In chalk and water coiors
and sometimes in water col0rs alone"
The work has required the services Of six trans.
Iators in London and tho pcnderous mangsorip.
was there set mp. reyiiod and read within q for,
night Tho special notes and corrections IN n.
authors OWE hand were mostly IN English sor Dr.
hansen speaks ard writes tho language Haantly
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LITERARY NOTES.

DR. Nansen does not profess 10 be an artls, M.
he can draw and knows how 10 use his coors
The most remarkable pictures IN his forthcoming
hook said to be those In colors made nv b,,
in the North. Some Of theso drawings are OF TO-.
foes and are full Of tho wonderful offecte ~ -.
Northern Lights a crimson gamba,e and cohsr
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As for the Captive Concets" Of Mrs. Belle
Gray Taylor. 1t is harmless little book but II
proffers no convincing reason FOR its having been
printed
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Edited win an Introduction ana Notes, 10y
William Lyon Phelps 0he MERMAID series
octave pp Az Charles Scrihners Sons
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-22
Born unto Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.

Born unto Mr.. and Mrs. j. A..
Robinson, of Dacusvillo, on the
18th inst, a daughter.
The Citizens Union will hold
their annual picnic at Kcowco
church during The first part
of August. Due notice of time,
speeches, ETC., will be given.
Mr.. J. G. Freeman, an aged
and respected citizen of the Cross
Plains section, this county, died on
the 18th inst, aged 67 years. He
had been sick for some time and
his death not unexpected. He was
buried the day following his death
from Cross Roads church of which
he was a member. Seven children
and many relatives and friends
survive. The funeral services wore
conducted by the Rev. Thos
lOOD2r