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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06
Miss Emma Kelly, Who Starts For the kondike Today.
Photography

of the mines during the winter Is WORK
ed in the summer. I have had eight
men at work all winter in my mines
and I wish to be there when the creeks
open and be ready te sluice up the
dump. The clean ups commence in
May but the big clean ups come in June
and July"
To the uninitiated this may sound
slangy but Miss Kelly can find no
phrases with which to express herself
that are as comprehensive as the klon-
dixie Vernacular. The dump is the pile
of pay dirt that is dug out of the mines
in frozen condition and piled up READY
for the warm weather to thaw 1t, and to
sluice it is to wash the gold dust out
of it in the sIuice boxes after the ice
goes out of the creeks in the spring.
Miss Kelly made her first trip to
Klondike while the excitement was at
it's height She started in September,
1897. and returned after spending IA
months in the gold fields. This time"
said SIS Kelly, Il expect to go around
through the straits past st. Michael to
Kotzebue sound that opens into the
Arctic ocean. I want to do little ex-
ploring on my own account New dis
coVeries of gold have been made in
Alaska Many of them north of the
circle. These are no wildcat stories but
come officially from agents OF the
Northwest Tarding company. After the
clean up at Dawson, where my claims
are, will prospect in Alaska That is
and prospectors anticipate that within
a year from this summer there will be
the biggest stampede to Alaska that
was ever known. All of those who went
into the Klondike country and who had
to stay went over to the American side
during the winter and have been pro-
speeding and have found richer claims
than on the Queens side of the line and
then they all prefer to mine under the
laws of Uncle Sam than those of the
queen. On the Canadian side there is
tax on everything.
When those who have been prospect
ing on the American side wash up this
summer they will know just what sort
of q report to make on the new fields
and the report will be sent out. 1t
will be a good report and then there will
among the first to take claims there
and will spend most of this summer
prospecting"
Miss Kelly goes direct to San Fran
cisco where she will remain a few days
before leaving for Seattle where she
will join a party. The journey from
Seattle to Dawson will be much easier
than when she made it before. From
Dyea to Dawson 1t will be like a pleas
ure trip, as Miss Kelly expresses it,
compared to the hardships she endured
before From Seattle to Dawson will
require from II to 20 days while before
it took two months of perilous travel
ing to reach the great mining camp
From the summit of ChilkoOt to Daw-
son, distance of 700 miles, two years
ago there were but two deserted old
cabins. Now there are small hotels at
the end of every days journey and
lunch counters between. When the
country was first opened up baggage
and supplies had to be carried over the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06

boots, for the cold weather; an entire
suit, including hood and boots, of water
proof material for the rainy weather
and shirt waists and thin dresses, for
the warm weather, the same as are
worn in this country.
For her protection Miss Kelly carries
small rife and a rabbits foot. The
same talisman she carried on her for
mer trip. 1t brought her good luck and
she will try it again. She wears small
silver medal with her name and
address of her father for Identification.
Miss Kelly has been engaged by Pres
ident Melville Stone, of the Associated
Press, to send news and reports from
Klondike and the Alaska gold fields.
While in the states Miss Kelly signs
her name and under it "KIondike, N.
w. T." She will carry mail to Culver,
Newland, Chance and Sawyer, of Tope-
ka, who went to the gold country about
the time she left Miss Kelly has four
mines II miles from Dawson which are
pronounced by old miners to be good
ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06
Miss aould's chrysanthemum.

tFrom the New York Press.1
Miss Helen Gould is now the owner
OF the finest private collection of rare
chrysanthemums in the world Miss
Gould has purchased plants whose line
age can be traced back to the Orient
She has devoted one large conservatory
TO rare chrysanthemums, and personally
1nSpects the flowers frequently Her
greenhouse is pretentiouS show in
itself, and people come miles to see it.
Miss Gould's collection mum bers nearly
so classes, and is valued at 500, 900. She
has paid as high as $3.50 for the crimson
and bronze George Child's variety and
$500 for other blooms. Then there are
large flowers with fuzz-like whiskers
growing on their petals, together with
curiously shaped buds in yellow, white
and pink. Miss Gould has named a very
large Towering chrysanthemum with
long whtskers the Edwin Gould" An
other is called the George Gould" and
stun another Is designated the Frank
Gould" bloom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06

pass by packers. Now the luggage is
carried over by tramways.
Il am as anxious to get back" said
Miss Kelly, "as 1 was to leave The
winter here has been more disagreeabIe
than any 1 experienced in KIondike. I
expect to return this time in Septem-
Der shall not take an ounce of pro-
visions for everything can be bought
there now at the trading places. When
1 was there before meat was worth
81 so a pound and now can be had for
Is and 20 cents. Things have changed.
Dawson has telephone system and tel
egraph lines are being built. There are
papers there. The Youkon Midnight
Sun and the Klondike Nugget, Semi
weekly and good papers I think 1 shall
walk over Chilkoot. 1t is 80 miles but
1 am used to walking and 1 have a de-
sire to tramp over it again. 1t is go
steep that il leans back. When I am
in the Arctic ocean 1 intend to take a
whaling vessel and go to Oattanak-
Last time l went on a trip north OF
the circle but this one, taking me 200
miles north, will be further than my
previous trip.
when 1 return I shall bring nothing
out with me but gold. That will get me
everything I want here. What bring
will be the result of my year there be-
fore. 1 have good reports and expect
good results. Not long ago a man come
out with great seal skin overcoat and
two rows of big nuggets for buttons. At
Seattle a crowd of old miners, who did
not like the show, took the coat, cut
the buttons off and hazed the fellow
They don't like such people. The but
tons assayed at several hundred dol
lars.
II know one young man who came
out last fall with 100000 and was al
most penniless last week in Chicago. He
gave a mortgage on his dump and got
money enough to go back"
Miss Kelly's wardrobe consists of an
entire suit of coonskin. with hood and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06

MEXICAN PROSPERITY.

(F'rom the Los Angeles, Cal, Herald)
Grant Shepherd, son of Boss Shep-
herd, arrived yesterday from the mines at
Batopilas, Mexico. for a vacation. The
Batopiias mines are among the big silver
producers of Mexico, and Mr.. Shepherd
says the "clean up varies from $50, 600 to
6O,OO0 per month-never lower than the
first figure and sometimes above the last
Nor is this the best the mines will do, for
grows richer. The deepest shaft in the
Batopilas property is down 100 feet and
still going down.
Mr.. Shepherd says the Chihuahua and
Pacific railroad is now assured, and that
thirty miles of the road have been graded
west from Chihuahua. The road win
reach Guerra this year. and will open up
a country exceedingly rich in mineral and
lumber. Wood for fuel now costs $15 per
cord in Chihuahua, but this price will be
materially reduced when the railroad is
able to haul wood to the city. Mexico's
industries, he says. are being advanced
rapidly A small machine shop established
in Chihuahua "a few years ago has been
enlarged from time to time to enormous
proportions, with facilities for producing
its owners are installing a steel rail plant.
The cotton and wooden factories of the
republic are also making rapid advance
ment-
Many of the cities are making extensive
public improvements. Water and sewer
systems and electric light plants are be
ing provided for in several cities. and in
Chihuahua these improvements have al
ready been completed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06
WHY WOMEN ARE NERVOUS

IFrom the British Medical News1
The frequent cases of nervous pros
tration or utter collapse OF the nervous
system under which women "go all to
pieces" as the saying is, have caused
much thought and investigation on the
part OF physicians.
Certain inorganic substances are well
known to cause various forms of ner-
vous diseases which are readily traced
to the poisons producing them. Further
research leads to the belief that alum
is a prevailing cause of so-caIled ner-
vous prOstration, for the symptoms it
produces on the nervous system after its
absorption into the blood are very re-
marka bic indeed. Experiments physio-
logically made upon animals by Orfila,
Profs. Hans Mayer, Paul Seim, and
others, show that alum frequently pro-
duces no visible symptoms for many
days after its introduction into the body.
Then follows loss OF appetite and other
alimentary disturbances, and finally a
serious prostratiOn OF the whole nervous
system. The most prominent physi-
clans now believe that nervous pros
trat1on" and many affections of the
nerves from which both men and women
suffer are caused by the continued alb
sorption OF alum into the system.
1t is probable that many medical men
are unaware OF the extent to which salts
of alumina may be introduced into the
body, being under the impression that
the use of alum in bread is prohibi
Alum, however, is still used surrepti-
tiOuSly to some extent to Whiten bread
and very largely in making cheap kinds
OF baking powder. In families where
baking powder Is generally used great
care should be exercised to procure only
those brands made from the cream of
tartar. The alum powders may be gem
orally distinguished by the lower price
at which they are sold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06
why There Is a Postal Defcite.
[From the Philadelphia POST

From the Philadelphia Post
The United States is the only great
nation in the world whose postoffice
does not pay profit to the government
service from all sources were less than
$50, 900. 900; the total expenditures were
over $94. 100000 The deficiency was in
excess of 81, 600, 00O The chief reason
for the deficiency is the liberal attitude
taken by the nation toward second class
matter. But as this is construed as an
educative power, the deficiency may be
justified Many students of political
questions declare there is no reason why
the postal department, serving the
needs of the people, should be expected
to pay, any more than should other
branches of the service.
States is a factor that makes this in
vidious comparison in expense with
other nations unjust. Uncle Sam car
ries letters for cents over an area
larger than all Europe. Great Britain's
postoffice pays over $13. 00O, 900 a year.
but England, Ireland, Scotland and
Wales could fit into one of our states
New Mexico. Germany makes nearly
Sc, 600, 900, but the empire is only three
quarters the size of Texas. The profit
of the French postoffice is nearly $lO,
000, 900; Uncle Sam could surpass this il
he could reduce his domain to his two
states Arizona and Wyoming. Italy
comes out about even by carrying the
mails poorly in a nation the size OF
Montana Considering the immensely
of the amount OF mail carried, the mag
nificance of the distance, and the COM
parative smaIlness of the force, the
showing of the postal service of America
is marvellous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06
HIS HEART ACTION WEAK.
J. 8. Pound Dies Suddenly at Almena,
Kansas

Almena, Kan. April 81 S. Pound,
60 years old, died of heart trouble at
the residence of J. W. Thomas, four
miles northwest of Almena yesterday.
Mr.. Pound had been in poor health for
some time past and was travelling
through the country with a magic Ian
tern giving entertainments in school
houses. On Tuesday night he stopped
with Mr.. Thomas and yesterday went
out to groom his team for the drive to
his next appointment, when he fell I'M
der the horses feet. Mr.. Thomas and
his son, who were standing near by,
carried him to the house where he ex-
pired a few seconds after being laid
upon the bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06
WORSE THAN
KLONDIKE.
Miss Kelly Says the Climate
Here This Winter
Was Worse Than lit Was I'm the
Gold Fields.
SHE LEFT HERE TODAY
For Klondike to Gather the
Output
Of Her Claims Twelve Miles
From Dawson City.
HE LEFT HERETODAY

Miss Emma Leonidas Kelly, daughter
OF ex-senator H. B. Kelly, left today
at noon over the Santa Fe on her sec
ond trip to the Klondike gold fields.
II am going back for the spring clean
up said Miss Kelly as she tried to
squeeze a summer shirtwaist into a
trunk that seemed full of fur clothing.
The thermometer reaches points above
a hundred during the Klondike summer,
and shirtwaists as well as furs come in
handy.
1.-The dirt that has been hoisted out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06

For frost bites, burns. tndolent sores.
eczema. skin disease, and especially
piles. De Wits Witch Hazel Salve
stands first and best Look out for dis
honest people who try to initiate and
counterfeit it. It's their endorsement of
a good article Worthless goods are not
Initiated. Get De Wits Witch Hazel
SaIve. Geo. w. Stansfield, W. h VIII
son, A. J. Arnold & Son. a. J. Kane &
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-09

posed to gather up all the wind that
there is. 1t is usually used when the
winds are very light. The correct
method of using balloon iib is very
important feature of the yachtman's
work, and it may play an exceedingly
important part in the coming race.
The little flag at the top of the top
mast (22) is called the burgee, and
that which flies from the tip of the
gaff (23) is called the pennant. In
case of heavy winds it is found neces-
sary sometimes to reef the sails. This
is done by means of the little strings
which are seen hanging in rows along
the lower part Of the mainsail. The
canvas is pulled down to the boom
and tied with these strings, so that
less surface will be exposed to the
wind. Reefing is only done in case
of very heavy storm or squalls.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-09
Sad Ending to Festivities.

The cable announces that young Wis
count Castlereagh, eldest SON of the
Marquis Of Londonderry. has suffered
concussion Of the brain through a fall
from his horse and will be confined to
his bed for several weeks at least, even
II no more serious complications de-
velop. Tue accident will put q sud-
den and sad ending to the festivities in
honor of the coming of age of the
young nobleman. The birthday has
been celebrated at Mount Stewart,
County Down. one of the seats to
which the viscount is heir. One day
last week more than 1000 tenants were
esasted on the estate. viscount Cas-
tfessash, who was educated at Sand
hurst, the English West Point, Is a
second lieutenant in the Royal Horse
Guards, and is heir to $4,000 acres of
land.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-09
YACHT.

the water. and it is in the construc-
tion OF the keel that the greatest
changes and progress baye been made
In yachting. Everyone who reads the
papers knows of the discussions which
have gone on for years as to the COM
parative value of the center-board
keel-a board which lets down side
wise from the interior of the boat
through the bottom, the fin keel,
which is deep, sharp, fin-like pro-
lection on the bottom of the boat, the
bulb fin and the ordinary cutter keel.
So much for the hull of the boat.
The backbone of a sloop's rigging is
the mainmast, marked (1) in the
diagram. This is usually made of the
very best and straightest spruce tim
Der, although in the; case of the
Columbia an immensely strong steel
cube has been used. At the top of
Of the mainmsst, the topmast (2) is
attached. In the case of the new cup
defender this topmast is so made that
1t will slide down into the hollow
portion of the mainmast, but in
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-09
is managed. If the wind is behind

Is managed. If the wind is behind
the boat the sheet will, of course, be
eased out until the mainsail stands at
a wide angle with the length of the
boat, thereby exposing as much sur
face as possible. In sailing into the
wind or "by the wind" as the old
seamen say, the sheets are drawn in
very close; in other words, the yacht
is "close- hauled" so that the main
sail stands almost parallel with the
length of the boat. The skipper
must keep his eyes wide open and
never allow his hand to leave the
sheets for moment, if he would get
the best speed from his boat and pre-
vent being capsized by sudden
squalls. The mainsail is assisted by a
number of smaller sails before the
mast. These are attached to various
ropes connecting with the tip end of
the bowsprit and with the stem of the
yacht. The rope which connects the
bowsprit with the top of the topmast
(15) is called the topmast stay and
holds the topmast from being pulled
backward, just as the topmast back
stay (2O) holds it from being driven
forward. The line which reaches from
the top of the mainmast to the stem
of the boat (14) is called the forestay,
and it supports the mainmast from
falling backward. The sail (B) is
called the foresail. The sail (C) the
jib, and the sail (E) the jib topsail.
They are all held in by ropes which
can be easily extended or shortened
80 as to draw more or less wind. One
of the most picturesque of the sails is
not shown in the diagram because il
is used only under certain favoring
conditions. This sail, the balloon lib,
is an enormous sail made of very light
cloth-in the Columbia of silk-and
it is larger than either the mainsail or
the spinnaker. 1t is atta ched at the
very front of the boat, and it is sup.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-09

the recent accident to the Columbia.
When the crosstree snapped the top
mast was loosened and fell before the
wind with such force that the steel
mainmast broke short off about half
way of its length. Next to the mast
in importance is the bowsprit (3),
which is held down by the bowstay
and the bowstay fall (16 and 17). The
main boom (4) spreads and holds fast
the lower portion of the mainstail (A).
At the top of the mainsail is the gaff
10y, and above that is the club topsail
(D), reaching higher even than the
top Of the topmost. These are the
principal sticks in sloop yacht. The
racers are also provided with very
important boom called the spinnaker
boom (1. This boom is removable,
and is only used when the yacht is
running full before the wird. II is
always conveniently placed on the
deck, so that when the wind is right
it can be instantly placed in position. It
is let down by the ping lift Q8) and
held in place by the spinnaker boom
brace (19) and the spinnaker boom
guy (26). 1t is usually spread almost
opposite the mainsail, so that it gives
to the yacht practically two broad
wings, by means Of which she can take
full advantage Of q following wind, in
this way immensely increasing her
speed. A yacht with spinnaker set
and bellying full of wind is most
beautiful sight, resembling some huge
seagull skimming over the surface Of
the water. Indeed. the sails are so
big and reach SO far on each side of
the yacht that the body of the boat
itself is hardly visible. No doubt
much will be said in the reports of
the coming races about the spinnaker
and how it is set, for it is an exceed
ingly important feature in yacht rae
ing.
The principal sail of sloop is the
mainsail (A). 1t is held in place by
the ropes and tackle shown at (25l.
These ropes are CALLED the sheets,
and they are by all odds the most i'm
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-09
Lobsters Change Their Shells.

"Ail young Holsters change their
shell, or molt, several times a year" !"
said a Fulton market dealer in New
York, "and as they grow older the
change takes place less frequently.
Unlike other deep-sea animals, the
shell Of the lobster does not grow
with the body, therefore nature pro-
vided them with clothes which they
could throw off when they begin to 'fit
too quick 1t may easily be seen,
therefore, that as some of them grow
to the length of forty inches, begin
ming their career at less than an inch
in length, the changing must take
place great many times. Wash
ington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-09
wild Excitement on a Carette.

wild Excitement on q Carette.
People who imagine that the carette
is a sedate and quiet vehicle, fit only
for old women and elderly men who
wish to avoid excitement, are cherish
ing a delusion. AS a typical carette
experience a trip from the river to
Madison street, recently, may be
cited. Directly in front of Cen
trail Music hall the carette, which
was on the wrong side Of the street,
collided with heavy truck loaded with
coops containing live chickens. The
truck driver expostulated with the car
ette driver and ordered him to take the
otheY side Of the street at once. The
latter declined. Hot words followed,
and moment later challenge to a
duel was given and accepted. Both
men drew their whips and stood up on
their seats. The lashes flew, and the
horses, thinking the blows intended
for them, started up and pulled the We
hicles apart. The carette turned out
SO quickly that beer wagon almost
while the passengers were recovering
from the excitement, cable train
swept round the corner OF Madison
street and was stopped within three
inches of the venerable eQuines at
tached to the carette. while the passen-
gers scrambled out in confusion and
alarm.-Chicago Inter Ocean
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-09

In the Paris Museum of Natural His
only living captive specimen of what
African explorers have called the "pris-
on bird" The popularity Of this
feathered beauty is that he is the most
tyrannical and jealous Of husbands,
imprisoning his mate throughout her
nesting time. Livingstone watched the
birds habits while in Monpour, and In
his subsequent observations referred to
the nest as a prison and the female
bird as a slave. The nest is built in
the hollow of a tree through an open
ing in the bark. AS soon as 1t Is COM
pleted the mother bird enters carefully
and fearfully and settles down in it.
Then papa walls up the opening, leav-
ing only just space enough for air and
food to pass through. He keeps faith
full guard and brings food at regular
intervals without fail. The female
thrives under her enforced retirement.
But II the prison bird Is killed, or in
any other way prevented from fulhll-
ing his duties, the mother and her little
ones must die of starvation, for she
cannot free herself from bondage. Nor
mally the Imprisonment lasts until the
chicks are old enough to fly. Then the
male bird destroys the barrier with his
beak and liberates his family. TT is
charming" writes Livingstone. TO see
the Joy with which the little prisoners
greet the light and the unknown
world"