The times., 1897-08-28
is SATISFIED WITH SILVER
Mrs. Senator Stewart VIII Not
Gather Klondike Gold.
WOULD MERELY LIKE TO GO
The Health and Business Affairs
of the Pictu rescue Senator's Vile
VIII Keep Her in washington
The Nevada Statesman aud Min
er's Advice to Young Men.

.All is not gold that glitters; all is not
truth that's told,'' is an adage that n!ght
well apply to Elondike and the remarkable
stories told about that remote, isolated
region. The latest addition to the stock
of startling ideas was the report In
New York paper yesterday that Mrs.
Stewart, wife OF Senator stewart, Oh
Nevada. was bout TO join the ranks Of the
ALASKAN arsonauts a and would, in The spring,
if llthings turn out according to her wishes
pack bag and baggage and start for
Alaska.
Mrs. Stewart said last night that she
had not the slightest intention of going
to Alaska. In the first place, her health
would not permit such an excursion, and
in the second place, her business affairs
We're such as to render it Impossible Tor
her TO leave this locality
Six weeks ago, Senator StewartS Oldest
grandson, Mr.. Richard Hooker, a rising
young architect of this city, decided that
money was more plentiful at Klondike.
arranged his plans and started for the
much-exploited Ell Dorado.
Mrs. Stewart spoke in an encouraging
way OF her grandson's venture, ana sad
that she wished it were SO that she coutd
follow him, as she was familiar with min
ing camp life, and had enjoyed it, as
well.
some of the happiest years Of my
| life" said Mrs. Stewart, were spent
| in the wilds OF Nevada. You know / vas
| a bride when / went TO Virginia CITY.
i was young then and had my world
with me. We were successful from the
| staIt; every ont about us was rolling up
| fortunes: the universe was seen through
| rose hued spectacles, and the hardships
| that are necessary part OF every ones
| portion in settling up new country or
| living in a Inining town had in conse-
| quence no terrofs for me.
| would | advise any woman to go Ia
| the klonGise with tie idea of prospect
| ing? No, most emphatically. Few wom
| en- are capable physically OF enduring the
| strain of such an experience. The accounts
| of fortunes made by women ON the klon-
| dixie read very smoothly, but when IL
| comes down to a woman working away
with a plckax in the frozen ground IL is
| quite another story.
what | would advise any woman wnC
! really means to try her fortunes ON The
Yukon 1 s To start out Well equipped with
d cooking stove and utensils, not omittine
a stout woman to bear the brunt OF tho
hard work, and then set up a boarding
house for miners.
They are a generous lot. Some OF the
firmest friends l have ever had have beer
among just that rough class. They ar
rough, it is true, and often uncouth as I,
manners, but they are generous, and II Il
woman conducts herself properly among
Shem she viii never meet with the slight
est insult. There win be plenty of then
with whom ali arrangement could bt
| made TO GO shares In their earnings
with a woman who will cook for then
and look after their comfort general.
in camp while they are digging. 10 ef
feet such an arrangement with I'VE .
six, IL not more OF the miners, TToult
mean TO the veuturesome, stout-heartet
woman the arnassing of fine fortune
This plan of keeping miners board
ing house, or cooking for the miners, ha
the incalculable advantage that "A quick
well educated, go-ahead woman will only
too readily see and grasp. BY this means
attending to the miners meals and listen
ing carefully to the talk, watching tn
process of gold washing, and all suci
knowledge To he gained only by some sucI
experience, q woman Will almost in
sensibly become financially interested il
various claims and mining projects. Thi
accomplished, her fortune is made
Senator Stewart said that If he had an,
advice TO give to young men these day
it would ne to go West and West towarC
Alaska
Mrs Mary A. Lockwood, who, it wa
reported was making arrangements q
leave shortly for Klondike, was out whe
the reporter called last night, but he
daughter said emphatically that heI
mother mad never contemplated such
. trip, and that the report was absurd il
| the extreme.