The daily sentinel., 1899-01-24
Convict. H.v. Klondik. Fever.

Convicts Have Kiondike Fever.
The Klondike craze has affected the
L. 400 convicts In Sing Sing prison. The
library has been besieged by the prisoners
In search Of works on the Yukon country,
and any Information that officials may be
able to give is eagerly sought The terms
Of 20 men expire at the same time early
next spring. One of their number, by
permission Of Warden Sage, wrote to Gem
sral Passenger Agent Daniels of the New
York Central railroad asking him for in
formation a. to the travelling expenses
from the prison to Klondike. An answer
was received shortly. Mr.. Daniels stated
that $3.50 would about cover the trip to
the Klondike region. Each Of the 30 CON-
victs will have about 425 when released.
Their gold fever has abated.
I'm india all save the lowest caste, wnu,
We call pariahs, can rise in the world. a.
we western folk count rising. They can
become as rioh ~ they like; they can enter
government service. become merchants,
lawyers, anything they please. But caste
10 religious and social distinction which
10 self supporting, self contained. A Brah-
man IL always . BYnhman, even II he be .
servant remember one case where the
rajah Of Hill state always salaamed to
the servant of . friend Of mine. The
servant was Of higher position than the
ruler of the land in which he served"
"Then q member Of the lowest caste, q
pariah, has no chance Of risingf'
"None a. Hindoo. II he becomes .
Aohammedan-which only requires q rep
stition of their creed before witnesses-hs
takes his position among his new core.
ligionists. OF course, to Hindoos he ne.
mains tabu, a. all Moham medans are,
even Of the highest rank. Theoretically,
he would be. But not In marriage. He
would End great difficulty In getting .
wife Of good GLASS, no matter how rich he
might be; for money and position count
eof little In India. The poorest and low.
Hest intermarry with the highest. II they
are Of good caste OF course, caste II e.
sentially Hindoo, but in the Punjab, which
y largely Mphamm medan, the exclusive
feeling of caste extends to the latter.
remember, for instance, a Mohammedan
nobleman OF the highest rank, enormously
wealthy, finding the greatest difficulty in
securing a wife In what I may call his
class, because his mother had not been Of
. reputa BILE class IL would not have beel
20 difficult a task in England. Briefly,
then, an outcast-though this II q mis-
nomer. since the soavengers or pariahs
never belonged to any caste at abby
changing his oocupation-thas 10, oeasing
to be q scavenger and touching unclsan
things-and becoming . Mohammedan,
can rise, ~ We count rising, in the world
But, virtually, he remains the man be wns
Ansn- n-"-Human anitAxtAh.
Rloadike--Hoa
Hoi for tho land Of gold
Tho faraway, cold Klondike-
Where nuggets and cleaning dust
In wonderful heaps they strike.
Whore dawn finds . man in want.
At noon he Is getting there,
And when the days work Ii done
He ranks ~ millionaire.
Hoi for tho land Of gold,
The faraway, dear Klondiks.
Where msn Is not dodging cars
Or shy ing at whixzing bike.
Where icenen ne Ter come with bills
To rake In their victims cash;
where sprinkling carts ne'er let looss
And shoes Of the dudelets splash.
Hoi 70, the land Of gold,
Where weather men ne'er disgust
By knocking out picnic plans
And meAnly betraying trust.
Where torrid waves never come
And sunstrokes can nee hara0
Where man never runs against
Signs saying "Ksep on the sru0"
And yet IN thas land Of gold
Some things come mighty high;
An old time square meals a sight
For which man will vainly deA
Though ice n - cheap ~ dirt,
And for 1t no man need year1,
He'll find 1t . trying task
To get enough coal to burn
70 summer girl there displays
The latest Parisian styles,
Nor captivates manly hearts
By saucy, bewitching smilsA
And as once before rsmaSked,
About that faroH Klondika
One never up there can see
A bioomer girl on her hkho.
Hot for the land of eoldf
Well, nixey, We hereby sAoaA
Until they have things up thako
We can't get along without
It's too far awny, yoa ses,
And should there Of caah b lAaA
Ne'd ind 1t, to our dimay,
Z 0oaxfuiiy iosax walk bach.
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sOr fsAasss - - onsns Ysr In AVA.
10 quit .oAsceo easily aad forsver. b mae
1etae. full q Life, nseve and vigoe. take No-To
Bac, tie woader- worker. thas makes weak nef
seroug. An dFuggisas, ~ q =. Cure guarau
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