Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-14
Talk about Alaska.

Alaska is two and one-half times
as large as Texas.
1t is eight times rs large as all of
New England.
1t is as large as the South, exclud-
ing Texas.
1t is as large as all of the States
east of the Mississippi and north of
the Ohio, including Virginia and
West Virginia.
1t makes San Francisco east Of our
centre.
It's coast line is 26, 600 miles.
1t has the highest mountain in
North America.
1t has the only forest-covered gla-
Cier in the world.
1t has the best yellow cedar in the
world.
1T has the greatest seal fisheries.
1t has the greatest salmon fisher
les.
1t has cod banks that beat New
f0undland.
Il has the largest river in the
world.
a man standing on the bank of
the Yukon l50 miles from its mouth
cannot see the other bank.
The Yukon is twenty miles wide
700 miles from its mouth. With its
tributaries it is navigable z, 900 miles.
1t discharges One-third more water
than the Mississippi. The water is
fresh fifteen miles from its mouth.
1T has more gold in its basin than
any other river.
In, &, A
50, 900, 100000.
Silk should be worn next to the
body; then woolens, and then furs.
Citric acid should be taken to pre-
vent scurvy.
Snow glasses should not be forgot
ten.
Nowhere are mosquitoes so nu-
merous.
There are two kinds of poisonous
| flies.
There are no snakes.
Moose are plentiful. Their flesh
resembles horseflesh.
1t is probable that in twelve
months Dawson will be within four
days of Juneau.
In Central and Northern Alaska
tho ground is frozen to a depth of
200 feet.
Snowfall in the interior is very
light: six inches or so.
The heaviest rain and snow are on
the Southeast coast.
No land contains finer spruce tim
ber.
In its low temperatures GOLD filling
in teeth contracts and falls out
Use amalgam.
Men born in southern latitudes
have become insane in the long dark.
Take chessboard and men. They
prevent dementia.
A temperature of Is degrees be.
low zero has been recorded.
When it gets lower than 80 there
is no wind.
A tent is as good as a house, and
is cheaper.
No shelter is needed except when
the wind blows. AT other times a
sleeping bag answers all purposes.
Just below rapids ice forms only
nine feet thick, and there fishing is
done.
In the dark season twilight lasts
six hours, and almost every kind of
work can be done.
Elk, caribou, and grouse are COM
mon, and easily killed.
Dom eat snow or ice. Melt them.
Else quinsy.
In low temperature the inside of
the throat sometimes freezes. This
is locally called rostburning."
For frozen fingers use cold water.
Sweat under blankets in summer,
or get rheumatism.
In summer, all land not mountain
is swamp.
Talk on the ice pack is heard half
a mile.
An expert placer miner can pan
dry.
Alaskan "dust" is as big as wheat.
Some gold is fine enough to float.
Wear silk gloves and then fur.
Reindeer will be the future loco
motives.
Alaskan dogs are wonderfully in
telligent-the result Of selection and
heredity.
The natives are all honest.
Hay grows as high as a mans
head.
Hardy vegetables can be raised.
All streams show true gold tissures.
Under act of Congress communi-
ties of miners can make their own
laws.
No thief gets a fairer trial any,
where, nor any prompter execution.
Make caches on platforms six feet
high. Wolves.
IL will pay you to wait a year or
two. 1t cost 81 200 now, and will
cost 5000 then.
All distances are gigantic. 1t is
1000 miles from Sitka to Klondike.
All wood in the Aleutian Islands
grew on glaciers in Alaska.
Whole forests break into the sea.
Some streams are bridged by gla.
ciers.
Some wood is beautifully polished
by glacier action.
Avalanches in the interior are un-
known.
Owing to dryness there is not
much suffering from the cold.
TO SPOIL A CHILD.-i. Begin
young by giving him whatever he
cries for.
2. Tell him he is too much for
you-that you can do nothing with
him.
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