Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-11-20
MAN FOR HIMSELF.
THE SELFISH OLD PROVERB
GOES IN KLONDIkE.
fetty Meannss. aud Crueity-No Que
rrusts a Fellow -BeinE Existence
which Bring. Gus the Worst That
l. ia Human Stature.

Nobody who has spent the winter
In the klondike viii ever want 10 Try
I 10 again. said Thomas Harmer 10 a
I Denver Republican man. That Is. IN
I less he has a certainty OF making
I enough mca-y % partially repay him
Tor suffering hardships such as were
never endured In any mining camp on
I earth before" Mr. Harmer went into
/ Alaska two years ago. and SAYS that he
LETT there LAST August never 10 return.
1 would not 20 back there and remaia
nve years FOR S250.Uoo he continued.
When speak OF suffering. / do not
mean actual bodily pain OF
sickness, because think that
n man goes there pre-
pared as he should and ahsiains from
eNcesscs he can keep. in reasonably
good health. but 20 live during the win
ter season In those close cabins and
SEE the horrible selhshnczs and cruelty
OF human beings toward cach other.
the result OF the rush Tor gold which
many % them. even after they have
SECURED D. do not hesitate 10 throw
away. is enough 10 make one lose al
faith Ia the Illness OF men TO live on
the earth. When ! Was coming out I
saw men refuse a nail or the use OF
an ~ OF even the use OF a tin cup TO
men Who were Ia need Of ttese tribes
Every man there seems 20 be- afraid OF
his feliOWs-afraid that they will steal
something or have btster success in
nnding gold I spent last winter from
September 10 April with eight other
men, ~ having gone together 10 save
labor Ia keepiug warm Each OF us
had = claim OF a part % a claim. and
geut out every day that the weather
was not too cold 10 work our claims
In melting the frozen gravel Ne nearly
always found one or more nuggets IN
the dir. but during the entire eiEht
months that Ne worked together do
not remember 81 single occAsion 4
49, one of Us acknov lodged that he I
had found any gold Each OF Us had /
a buckskin bag which was carried on /
the person. and she ingenuity OF al /
vas taxed 10 the utmost 70 devise some /
scheme whereby that bag could be con
cealed from the rest There was no I
stealing Ia the camp. A man caught I
stealing would have had a rough time /
% o.. but every man seemed 10 think l
that every other man wanted 10 steal
from him. and Z DO not think that a
single one 81 as knew where any other
man carried his gold. I remember one
night lying awake and seeing I'VE men
% our company 40 different times put
ting away the nuggets found during
g "a IA An
them in the little buskskIu bags they
would thrust the bag under the blan-
kets and ! could Sc from the FUN
bling that they were concealing IL
about their persons. We always had a
man sitting up Co keep the fires. and |
the men were afraid that he might see /
where they put their gold. There was /
no absolute cruelty. but the total in
difference 10 the welfare OF others that /
every body vas simply /
horrible ! was In the cabin one DAY 4
reading. with two men. one OF whom 1
was sick the rest being az work The 4
sick man had a terrible cold aud fever.
and asked one OF us TO hand him a
drink The other man went over TO
the bucket ga which We kept our melt
ed snow. and. with the remark. There
Is no more than I want myself drank
Il all This. OF course. was exception
ally brutal. but there were many in
stances almost as bad. Every man Is
for himself. and many OF them are 50
thinking OF their gold that
they become insane OF partially 50.
came out with one man who was so ex-
cited over about $4,000 worth OF gold
thai by the time We got TO san Fran
cisco he was almost an idiot. and IL
was with difficulty that We could In
iuce him to deposit his gold in the
bank and go to a hotel There Is plen-
.y OF gold there. and think more fields
VIII be found. but all a man Is likely
10 get will not pay him FOR the horri-
bic experiences he IL called upon 10
endure. I was not particularly lucky.
though I brought out enough TO pay
ne fairly well FOR my two years In
Alaska but IL was assured OF $4,000
, year ! would not go back there"