The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-14


arrives with nozzle. In about minute
from the first blast two or three streams
Of water are spouting from as many noz-
zies. The passengers who have rushed
ont pale and frightened since fire in
the middle of a lake would be disastrous,
look foolish at one another now, for there
is DO fire; only a fire drill to train the men
TO Use the apparatus should il become
necessary.
Every thirty miles we come to sta
ton Of the Northwest mounted police,
AMI al all these stations We stop and
register take and leave mail. They are
dr'ary lttle camps for the most part
hjt here and there, in a picturesque spot,
HE homes of the faithful, patient soldiers
arr Very pretty. The post a Selwyn you
Will rem mbor, and Tagish House you will
never forget. The latter stands on the
shore Of Lake Marsh, in .he midst of
pretty srove of pine, or spruce; the former
is at The mouth of the Selwyn river and is
remembered sadly by many a disappoint-
ed sampeder
Thirty miles below Labarge the Hoot-
adnQul flows into the Yukon. Here, for
some uaaccountable reason, they begin
calling u Lewis river, but it is the Yukon
as plain as your nose is your nose be
low its bridge
shooting Five Fingers.
About noon on the second day the cap
tam said We were turning into Five Fling
Yrs. Here, on a previous trip, this very
ooat had six feet sliced from her upper
Geek stairway and the captains cabin
carried away by the sharp rock that rises
Sneer ont Of the middle of the river.
that al one . n natural
ot.lse spanned the river here and that
t'Se great rocks are only The remnants
1I'ieoL Naturally you begin TO guess
when finger" the boat viii take Now
S"' drifts toward the left hand channel
"', Nrtrs off. The water seems TO eddy
di' swirl, the boat trembles, quivers, as
'oisa viii when crossing a strange
~ s'-or Is ii my nerve? Now she seems
n, 'e -o.ns straight for the middle chute.
rye captain stands with feet wide apart,
-liius the lever that works The steam
tiaS scar I am glad of this steam
ring gear and glad 10 learn that this
'.e captain Turner is the inventor, for
N.'4 1and rig in water like This the
s"'s over the wheel and out through
1"' SIDE of the pilot house every little
' When this happens the boat is
.1e mercy of the waters and goes
--'"' nag down stream like a wounded
Pee aptain has stopped talking. He
Not even reply to my questions. He
~. +A business now. There go the bells.
'htioes stop reverse and the wheel
-.s evolving backward. He puts her
as they do a locomotive on hill.
.''sN he points her nose into the
''" stream, holds her for moment
49,. '1en the swift water sucks her
b, so suddenly that you catch your
r- ms that we are going to touch the
ON the starboard side, though when
across think the port will catch
On we clear and go sailing merrily
''ehlng it down to Dawson.
''enery ana Other Matters.
a., is q certain sameness about this
scenery and yet If you are obsery-
.,. ' VIII note that no two sandbals
,.,. -'ne, no two hills alike. The log
.,. 'leAk differently on the the differ
af.. u.s. though the unfortunate raftels,
f..ti anna the ruin, make the same pa
tI.. Slsnals. But we are deft to
l.Y. "l'3eals. Perhaps they are left on a
.r.... sand that is only big and high
llrsr - nold their broken raft, the wide
'fa, weeping by on either side, But
a,1,,. ISDally have plenty to eat and any
if.r oi good water, so we steam past
n.' ',aFlng them TO take their RATS TO
ST. 'os by log, and rebuild it,
f.I ''0ns The Yukon are scattered sm1ll
.1 on Indians. and here and there. high
DTh.' are the little cities of the dead.
the worldly captain remarks, as