The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-25
TALES OF THE GOLD LAND.
HOOTCHfNOO, THE WORST MOON
SHINE ~ THE World.

SEATTLE. Wash Nov 1s-Seauo at this
| ii G is filled with gold sc kers and gold finders
from every part Of Alaska and tho Northwest
where gold is ever thought Of and the stories they
| tell r. legion These herewith are few gathered
| atrendOm. Thcyt ow little new light on what
| Is going on i'll region much talked Of but always
furnishing something more than has been 10 d.
"Don'tknow wha,h o,chin ois% said returned
| Alaskan min T, who had used the word In some
remarks he had been making ON the subject Of
temperance among the Indians u the Northwest
well I'll tell you nearly words can scribe
! II. III FIRST Of all the mOonShnc VI Alaska only
| IT'S worst than the ineanest moonshinc ever mado
| In the pine kno, district of Mort Carolina OF Ken
! lucky. imakcs an Indian mcGnct han anIn1ian
: II Is made in various ways, but the only true way
| Is 10 fix up mixture Of flour and water, sour
| dough, the, { u 1t, and then put moasses or
/ spoiled syrup 1T, IT, with rotten rasin or any.
J thing TO suit the taste. This mixture Is then put
into an old kerosene oil an. The oil favor great
T ly enhances its value; in fact hooichino isn't
! the real thing without H. A board is laid across
the top with hole IN IL, and into this hole old
, liu son BAY muskct barrel is stuck. The barrel
| has previously been bent into the shape Of a u
and the muzIlc end Is hung the side Of the can
The can is then set on hot stove, and as soon an
II begins to boil the disulauon process takes place
I the NdpDr rising up through the gun barrel which
. n kept coll With wet rogs and the hoOtchinOo
I comes uckl!ng out In a smell stream. Itischugh.
/ In any Kind Of vessel and bottled for the rpie
When the Indian is especially fortunate no Ia on
| the spot when the disabling takes place and kc
Stops down under the spout or lies fat on his
| back and lets the raw spirits drop straight into
| his mouth. lie likes this method Of taking bet.
ter than amy other for ell he has to do when II
gets IN It's work IL to roll over and sleep off the
H.. ~ q Leverage.
/ u give you drink Of II you care to sample IT,"
There are ono dozen gambling dens at Anvil
CITY and Nome, SAID n Government official just
bscE from the gold country. They are running
hrsg gotta tull Jnke Whether they are straight
game or yi am not saying. but they keep hight
in- hy4ri" games, but there IL a good deal Il
CfhIs IlNNcE Hinprs ,ernl to need excitement,
sn4 a. .@%a q. one q ,rn get. poke d fasi
big fellows there II not the biggest one. dropped
go" 2ns Sc, %Eh' T. On, on" nan not TO n,sn,ion
bis claims were turning out about a thousand
4 llsrs an hour and he di!ni miss IL much.
li"-I1es h" GIdrt ALWAYS lrso | saw a hard
lo""Ins ritizen lose 81 90 one nigh; in about
tour hours The crowd watching In laughed
oe",Is.,nnly a. he lost but he only lposei ugly
b" slapiSTi his checks down on the table ~ hard
tina, sn"y ntose INTO doarH pieces and turning
&" u" crowd VIII. an csl eye he grpWlc,! There
now. damn yng. hurh some - you, bu, NOBODY
iausned Indeed, We ~cre !uS, as quie, as il
We uha Dceu a. o prayer meeting saw another
ebay On" night <" up. again, a game q crais
sn4 triurc ne knes wha1 hnd sIpened to him
As. raIs nobody syySSr Ilaye! {, iow on the
night lie came IN !uft a. IL" others did and
s"tuug his f.'He dnwn IN the table he asked for
81 N"'ln 4 ohii~ III, gamblers, never sus-
,hhS na' TIE .2S" hdi aGyihing but dust,
enc -.L IL Is Ia!.rL Loi more Hnd lo.l a., and
lnhi va n's'-i ~" sl'c 81 his Irke. and he knew
tie ra~la."rs ".'.it "'gh II - him pretty soon.
:, 81 d" NJ me ws- inylnr any attention to him,
SNu'uy s''rrwafd the gamblers ol-ned up the
b4-- mad II wss '"unl :, guata!n black snnd. rs
sr w.. 49, ,4 %.;in a.. Co. S, :s T.,
tie dishonest individual who Ind fooled them
Ga1 cecai-l to one - to Shir- in the farb5f and
lr'' o." country ui C"urse the gamblers hedn :
an" xos I1 la, way 0G and Men they vim
= rayni nuy fglres- eonclutet the orlc!.i.
mo, ~ - ne .tn"f BANS DO, hUt at a fair rs
uu7'- ! 500 II >hy, that The corn Eau. bling
Ila - a. ,aic ONE dean W. 500 DOO q month
"Ih--c az Ticks IN all '-stes b., ours" laughe.
~ ,hG~ HUe trart rHrllrr hOi! FOR the " inter-
'HIt&," or ere i rI plh-i on The bes Oh among
tie .,..t IlgEr-- : 90 know Tho! On the bach
hryt.Ly can W''k where he rleases unless some
nan ,rc 8" 70 over much 1' ., he rcb ground
a. he e1n, wasn't ycry god a. that sort Of
phs great We goi IN wAe'c 'here was conSid
c'aH,y move .ia.r ihhn our hole would cover and
rc'e "as thy d'rt under 1t ready for ANYBODY
vent uvrr uAi Whole territory A. lar as lie could
d..glrE ~. sIc-t 10 IS don't know how many
We iu: Nut 10. cuyer~i the terut,ry with ,hein
al I. IN went hacs 70 our own hole whore We
every body twas 0n $50 Every day men would
enc hy with ihrif tolls and We io,k,d GUM and
unhappy. ana n" CcSHlate looking and doNrrt-d
pr.sIt-i holes all around Us ou!y made things
To-. ""fS" hcy.a asA US how W. we're doing
on men thr' would lake a look at the prospc,,
holes 81! E'uuri. tell US Ne we're fools and that
,ng9pf , ;s's and 60 poS1s H iSs.. =.
scrt"t p'osge.t holes h!le said there was no
trying 70 find pay din where Others had failod
an went Somewhere else hut We never let on
and when We woke! cut one hole We went into
another. and ! guess we've got i've OF siI ihou.
ssal apiece Tor our summers NorA'
When ] was in the klondikc" said a miner
v'u was among Il 2 MT ou the famous r. Dorado,
a4 my W. T' /, ~ r END &C. was worth moIe
bnrD lady. tgt she Was' ed and i-rned and cooked
anu ald everything nGd i!'e Way, ste could cook
cox his tanred stuT Maj WASH ordinarily. III
Tor a DIG 10 eat ur'.! II WAS finer than turkey
S9a o. ' you vi H SSGn Scn of shs; Ro
, man ! c"ulGr'I have stood II a week. And TO
;p" =, c ne" lei yu ~ aw e 1ssS ms eSsa
cain not far ron our cabin and when we go,
tie wcrk between supfeI, and bed time 50 ] Dc.
. Csr 10 do II u at WAY The FIRST night OF two
psnl-d out u hundred dollars or ~ from all tho
pens aud Il was 4 bard Job turrhe gold was there
and trat made the vork easy; anyhow a god
e deal easier Than II there hadn't been any My
vie used 20 watch me-, taking a hand herself
until ,hc got on 70 !ke curves Of the husne 8, and
tucked her 70 death 70 the gold in the bottom
lirlc esrlier i lei them where hey would
be handy when e., home, and when ! got back
a. SUPPER found ste had washed the whole bust
ress and had the gold put safely away IN q bag
dent say anything much, only 10 caution her
: about wur, ne too hard. and the next day took
, tie rams down early rs bad done the day before
! Iold her not 20 bother out them for would
pan tECm ouiV hen came SEX Hut that woman
wss 10" cur"us f"r any ,mrc. aud when got
back everything was cleaned IN and she had The
gold whore sac could luOk at IL and oat over IL
You see !, was absolutely impossible for her 20
! looE at those pans Uf tiri and not shake them
out Just =" %" bow much good none they oon.
tanned. Kept telling her not 10 do H. but J rpt
's,!rg 'he pans down early, and ny The lurr ping
.Ic oN"Thhi ste not ,nly did al the work II the
! I"nS" but she did all my banning for ne and
Gltf ! ~ thing IN tire evenings save take II
ch>y ana never ct on that she was doing good