Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-20

nese stewards aboard his flagship with
their raw hands bleeding from the In.
Dor of hoisting ammunition. The Ad.
mlral recommended that these brave
fellows he made American citizens for
their heroic AMI valuable services on
board his ships. and 1t Is TO he hoped
that the recommendation will not go
unheedcd. II these men are not worthy
Of being granted citizenship 1t Is hard
to say what they would have to do to
merit 1t. We admit the lowest of the
low. II they hail from Italy or Bohemia.
but debar the gallant Chinnman who
did such heroic work at Manila bay.
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1t Is interesting to note that railroad
officials now do not hesitate to declare
the complete subsistence of the Klon.
dixie notwithstanding and significant
for the reason that the railroad COM
panlcs were active In stimulating travel
toward Alaska. because of the benefits
nccruing to them thcrcfron. The ar.
rival ut Western ports Of vessels laden
with gold dust from the northern min.
Ing camps awakens little interest and
scarcely even comment now. Least of
all does 1t plant In any mans breast u
desire to fOrsnkc the comforts Of home
for the hazardous nnd perilOus trip to
the fur OIL KlOndlke. 1t II improbable
that there will ever bc another Klon.
dixie rush. Men IRE too familiar now
with the hazards Of gold hunting In
Alaska to willingly face Its pcrils. A
certain amount of travel may flow In
that direction continually. hut II will
never again assume the proportions Of
the opening months Of the year. AZ
travel toward Alaska aud interest In
the gold fields there began to wnne
colncldcnt with the outbreak OF the
war with Spain. 1t has been assumed
that rs the war draws to IN end the
ilondikc craze will rcnsseri itself. 1t II
questionable whether the war had
much to do with stemnling the tide Of
travel northwnr,l. Would not the rush
to the gold fields have abntcd ut about
the same time had there been no war!
Was 1t not the native good sense of the
people, reasserting itself, that caused
them to turn from the glltterlng CHM
era of the north! An amplitude Of
Arabian nights tales has come down to
us from the Yukon with every return.
Ing boat. but In the background arc pic.
lures Of misery and suffering unuttcr.
able. OF cold and pestilence. Of men
smotliered In snow and drowned In Icy
waters of lack Of food supplies. and OF
meager returns and complete failure to
by far the larger number Of adventur.
crs. The accessibility Of wealth In the
IIlondikc has been painted with u Law.
ish hand. 10 a few II Inns become Il
reality. 10 unnumbered others It has
been but n mirage In the distance. u
dream of fortune. q mythical pot Of gold
mt the end OF u rainbow. In the search
for gold many have left their bones to
whlten on Alaskan trails; u multitude
of others have or will return to their
homes paupers. having staked their lit.
tie all and lost. "a farm" remarks n
contemporary, pays much better than
the KlOndike." This II hut reiternt ton
of n truthful saying, hut 1t cannot bc
emphasized too much. The man who
sticks to his farm In these wonderfully
productive States of the Middle West
may not. perhaps, appear heroic. but
his riches increase In much greater pro-
portion than those of the rainbow
chaser. Industry Is the road to wealth
always ana ever. All wealth springs
from the soil primarily, and the farmer,
by his toll. Il the one who Induces It Ia
come forth from Its hiding places. The
cleaning yellow of the ripening fields
of wheat, oats ana corn II to be prefer,
red, at all times. to the seductive sheen
Of the gold dust In the pan. The re-,
wards of the farmer are pence ana con-
tentment; of the later strife and unrest
1t Is to be hoped that the last I'll Dorado
has been discovered, ana that there will
be no more "Iilondike crazes."
An Italian physician, DIR. Sanarclli,
has succeeded In finding the special
mlcrobe that Is responsible for the vel
low fever. The discovery was made
two or three years ago, hut 1t was not
announced until 1897, when he gave Il
full description of 1t. Like many other
similar bacllli, the germ does Its work
10y secreting and eXcreting a poison
that has peculiar effect upon the vital
organs Of the human system. The
poison acts upon the nervous system
the kidneys, liver, spleen and stomach
but the kidneys and stomach are the
most seriously affected, producing
uraemia and vomiting. Sanarelli found
In his Investigations that III culture
plate was sOwn with nothing hut this
one class of germs they would repro
duce slowly, but II the seeds, or spores
or certain other fungi, We're scattered
over the plate the yellow fever MI
crohos would nrOnn Gatp raOilly" From