The sun., 1900-11-25
AL-ASKAS ONLY TRAIN BOY.
Ths Younsster IL on the Kiondiks Limited
and Rates Arc High.

From he Chicago Tribune.
The old query as to whether or not you would
like to be the iceman will be rapidly forgotten
as soon as sons writers and balladists learn
about the train boy In Alaska. There is a
train boy In Alaska. just one. or rather
there was few weeks ago. but by this time
he may DO somewhere In the Mediterranean
on his private yacht blowing rings from his
Hfty-cent cigars. and swearing at his sS.OOO-a-
year sailing master because he cannot whistle
up breeze.
Think of being the only train boy on a rail.
road that brings miners with thousands and
Thousands Of dollars worth Of gold out Of the
greatest mining camp In the world There
is only one railroad to Alaska-tbat is the White
Pass and Yukon Railroad. On that railroad
there is train called the Klondke Limited
The Klondike Limited, Isn't the sound
OF that name enough to make q common candy
butcher on the run between Peoria and La
fayeite. Ind, stick his head into his basket
OF salted peanuts and strangle himself TO Ceath?
For there is a trainbov on the Klondike Linn
tied On the kiondike Limited. that brings
prospectors and miners and Adventures
weighted down with golden nuggets back
to the States and civilization. and tho girls
they left behind them. there is q candy butcher
Afa a anese 9 prSspeGtors and miners and
bubblng over with joy that the days of their
exile are over and that soon they will be back
turning loose a candy butcher In such a crowd
a. that 10 quote another popular song,
IT Tss seems IKE Ikea shame 70 take the money
like his brothers on the Kenosha local deaIs
In peanuts CANDY. books, papers. and maya.
and collars aud bright red neck ties. He also
has fun line Of whiskeys and plug tobacco
and cirars OF the fines, cabbage selected leaf
trllltyOH tn Oh
cos cost him 3 cents hundred lie sells jRe
but he found that The miners returning 10
syIaii9n sarn nog Iddly IDLY for a. bed" shirt
gethsr with his collar and red necktie for sl00
he decided to carry stock Of shirts and ties,
IN regard TO selling whiskey. and 30 the train
boy doesn't sell it, He gives II away, and lets
.he man who drinks /! Tip him for lis trouble
him nugget any smaller than the size of the
cork the tranboy would haughily refuse 10
charge him at 8@s 'fe for tMo ana would od
newspaper. which he ordinarily gives away
for only 81 so
-, Then the trainboy sells PLAYING cards, and
NE passengers are always wanting game
ne puts up Tho table, too. hands around the
sasn,is nsriGs' GnS, o, course, large and sub
the table for the sole sup 'ort Of the oblIeing
oaan6Gy IH.r hal, ,sny62dy Has e put quarter
" ~ ShN'i l'llO tIle klttN the train
boy wouldn'i be angry He uses those things
to pay storekcepers fe fresh goods for his
next run.
4 Seattle newspaper man interviewed the
ttainboy on the last p from Alaska Quoth
naughty boy? I know it's wrong to take
the money but need II in my business and.
besides, As soon As J get enough III buy the
railroad and give some other good deserving
boy chance TO fasten on TO a little honest
money But 81 for a sack of peanuts. Say,
that's penitentiaTy offence in Illinois. But
need the money