Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-05-05

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little to one side Of the trail we
gently place the bosom of our overalls
in contact with the mountain side and
with our trust in God and Levi
Strauss copper-rivited bars Of the
road, you make your start.
Did you ever sea a composite pho
tograph Of some college clase, taken
so that all of the faces are blended
into oneH Well, in the thirteen SEQ.
onds Of time il takes you to make The
down trip you get one Of those Of the
two or three hundred men on the
steps and it is one wild tumble OF
whiskers, German socks, sacks Of -four,
stoves, Legs, sleighs, and the thous-
aud one things that go make up the
boards Of all. You find yourself at
the bottom with more or less of the
real estate Of Alaska inside your
clothes, You can leave 1t there to
melt or not jest as you choose, in
fact you can do as your conscience
dictates up here except TO beat a dog
unreasonRbly, or steal
It is great place to study human
nature. Up on the steep hill sides,
there are thousands Of tons of all
kinds Of stuff stacked promiscuously
along the trail, and yet, short Of act-
uai money, you could leave anything
anywhere and be sure OF finding it
there on your return And every day
some Dutchmsn (ain't it strange that
every one l have seen doing that
we're some sort Of Dutcb), ia beating
some poor over.bnrdened dog and Il o
crowd always interferes and makes
him stop and sometimes II he il very
gay, some kind hearted aud good
souled fellow puts head on him, and
| heard OF no instance so far, where
the dog man didn't get the worst Of
it. / don't know whether q man could
whip his wife or not, though there
are lots of them here and hard at
work pulling sleighs like q man, and
even women alone are going ip. /
have noticed three by themselves
shedding up one of the steep hills
with block and tackle as q great many
do.
This is a queer place, a town Of
thousands OF tents and some perma-
nent buildings; the last decent camp
ing place this side OF the summit
There Is no wood above here though
there are some eating houses at The
Scales, One can get a good square
meal here for 50 cents; yet raper
costs you quarter, and there is a
private post Office here where just
paid ten cents for your letter. Over
at Lake Llnderman paper is worth
half dollar The latest papers in the
camp are dated the 21st, and the
town is full Of rumors that Spain has
declared war on the United States.
l should hate to give up my Yukon
gold chase to 20 back TO take part IN
war; but l suppose Of course you
would want me TO represent you,
beng a patriotic American woman.
The weather here is not much as | |
suppose you picture It, 1t is sunny |
and bright most Of the time down IN |
Dyes, the streets dry and dusty
Here we have seven or eight feet Of |
snow, though you would not think il |
to see the streete they are 60 worn
out and black and up at the summit
it is from 40 to 100 feet deep. l am !
working in one light sweater and one
pair Of overalIs. It is "chinooking"
THAT means showing up here), yester-
day and today. 1t was too stormy on
the summit yesterday 80 we only took
up one pack each or we would have
all up but our camp outfits by now.
We are as coy as two bugs in our
tent, foot deep Of pine boughs on
the snow and a good stove and lots
Of birch and pine wood. We have
lots Of quiet fun listening to partners
quarrelling, especially the tenderfeet,
they fight about the work and the
cooking, and one wants to move and
the other don't and so it goes.
Dick is a jewel Of psrd. He clip
ped his mustache the other day and
his whiskers are growing out and be
is as gray as forty.niner. am
getting little woody myself by the
way.