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ALASKAN P%RoSpECTOR.
FOR YEARS HE USED A STEAM
YACHT IN ALASKAN
WATERS.
Travelled 5000 Miles In One season.-Hi
Wife Sailed with Him In His Quest for
GoId.-Now a Prosperous Min Owner
and n wen-Known Geoiogist.

Prospecting in a steam yacht is an
experience which few mining men have
enjoyed. 1t remained, says the Den
yer News. for n Colorado man to de-
velop the idea and disclose its posi-
bilities. The happy individual is j.
G.. Davies, n guest of the st. James
hotel. Mr.. Davies went from his
state to Alaska sixteen years ago.
After trudging laboriOusly over the
vast region for ten years he decided to
try the water route. In one of the ports
of the Northwest he bought n steam
launch and the first season covered
5000 miles along the coast and on the
great rivers. His family accompanied
him and for several years Mrs. Davies
was his constant companion on the
long trips in search of the yellow metal.
She has Travelled n greater distance
in Alaska Than any other woman liv-
ing, n her experiences would be III
teresting reading in the quiet homes
of the states.
The Colorado prOspector was fortu-
nate in his explorations, and to-day he
is n mine owner and goes prospecting
only as n diversion. Mr.. Davies Is a
geologist of wide reputation in the
Northwest. His travels have given him
an acquaintance with all the mining
camps except those taf IN the interior
and n practical knowledge of geology
which he learned in this state before
visiting Alaska placed him at great
advantage over the ordinary prospect
or. He estimates, as IL result of his
patient Investigations, that Alaska will
produce thirty per cent. more gold this
year than last, and the increase will
continue for two or three years. After
that time there will be a slump, as the
richer streak of the leading placer
deposits will be worked over and the
period of lode mining will be reached.
The possibilities of the immense lodes
he does not pretend to
Mr.. Davies is in the state upon sew
eral missions, one of which is to exam
inc the ch%lorination plants and learn
the latest methods of treating low
grade ores. He says the people of Ju-
neau will provide the capital for plants
when they are assured that the right
process has been secured.
, 1901-05-30

A New York lawyer. speaking of the
recent death of William NJ. Evarts,
tells how, in order to insure success, 1t
was thought best to secure the serv-
ices of the distinguished lawyer as as
sociate counsel. On securing the con-
sent of Mr.. Evarts, the question of a
retainer was mentioned. oh" said
Mr.. Evarts, 81 guess $1,000 will suf-
fce." and the amount was paid over.
The suit was settled satisfactorily in
a short time. and the lawyer called on
Mr.. Evarts to make the final payment
for the latter's services in the case.
How much do we owe your" was
asked. Call 1t 81. 5000" he responded.
without a moments hesitation. This
caused a mild protest. You know.
Mr.. Evarts. that you've had 81, 1000"
Yes" he said. with a dry smile, but
I've spent that" The $1,000 was paid.
, 1901-05-30

rocks on which l lay, We're all changed
TO snow-there was nothing left but
whiteness and stiffness and coldness-
snow! snow! snow!
My soul came back to me with a
throo OF terror, for 1 suddenly realized
that the peep-hole, my egress into the
world. was filed up by this m~addening
snow.
My first feeling was one OF perpIexity
on that side of the rock last night
there had been but twelve inches of
snow; now there must be over six feet
Of it. On the northeast sides of the
rock the wind had banked up great
drifts but here-it was preposterous,
Six feet in one night in so sheltered a
place.
Like a flash 1t came to me that the
wind had changed in the night-it had
swept around from northeast to north
west, sending vagrant flakes to cover
me in my stone bed and shutting nv
little door with an immense drift.
My next feeling came quickly-de-
spair! l had no pick, no shovel. only
half-frozen hands. 1 took my pistol
and fired but the ball made not the
slightest impression on the round
white target-it vas merely lost In its
soft depths. emptied m pockets in
q kind of senseless hope that | might
hnd something there which might helm
me-a matchsafe with four matches
three cigars. some quinine capsules
and, most useless and exasperating of
all, ! thought-a number of small
sticks of dynamite. Dynamitel Wby
l held in my hand the power to blow
the great rock into atoms and l was
Gagged by a s~now-drift!
/ sat down to smoke and to think.
/ thought of the boys In camp, with
books, food and fuel all ready for win
ter; l thought of my claim some three
miles below and wondered who would
work 1t; / thought Of the woman I
loved and of how the sun shone bright
ly on her Va my old Kentucky home.
The day passed and night came
again. The storm had ceased, the wind
had lulled. l slept hoping that l would
not wake to the horrors of another day.
| dreamed such a dream as might have
come to me in my bunk at camp-of
blasting rocks in the mine with the
powder in my pocket.
Morning dawned and a dazzling III
with 1t. A fierce determination 10 live
came to me-to get back to camp, to
work again at that rich lode of silver.
Certainly 1t was in obedience to the
laws OF association that my dream of
last night came back to me and with
it, a thought which made my weak
heart throb.
If people blew away rocks with dyna-
mite, why not blow away snow? The
risk of 1t would be great-but-
With poor stiff hands l dug Into the
blockade and finally by dint of press
ing and moulding, l made an excava-
ton of about an arms length. tunnel
shaped and with an arched roof. l
folded my handkerchief and placed one
stick of dynamite on it. so hat the
fuse might not touch the snow. l
opened my matchbox to find
l clutched my hands in misery at
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finding myself SO balked-not a match
was therel /, poo fool, had wasted
them on cigars yesterday Then 1 de-
cided. in my desperation, to do one OF
two things. 1 could risk death from
the explosion. without a tremor. but l
felt that / could not die that slow
death of starvation-it must be either
a leap into the canon or a bullet
through my brain.
But again something put a saving
thought into my head. Why not fire
my mine with a pistol shot; certainly
n shell tearing into the magazine of a
vessel had such an effect as l desired.
For the sweetness of living, for the
woman l loved, for all of work and
achievement that might lie before me,
/ stead.ed myself n o aim care
fully at the long gray stick.
Heavens! the shock of it! l fell
prone on the rock, my head wounded
by a fragment of stone, but when L
looked up, there where the white snow
had been, was the blessed blue sky
shining through my peep-hole.
Some five hours later l fell on the
Threshold of our rough rus at the
foot OF the mountain. How good the
food was! How warm the frel How
soft the bed!
Lost Mountain is now. and always
will be, my happy hunting ground; but,
though I've spent many night of late
years on its bosom, l have never had
the desire to sleep again in that queer,
stone bunk on.the edge of the canon.
, 1901-05-30
On Lost Mountain.
BY ENFIELD JOINER.

bl EANE
(Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. COD
Lost Mountain is the most treacher-
y Gus hill in the West. l have never
seen elsewhere on a single mountain
peak so many ravineS SO many
gulches, SO many boulders' of almost
the same shape and size. as there are
there; and besides all these, there Is
the great Canon of Lost Souls, six
hundred feet deep, winding its sinu-
GUS way on the southern side OF the
mountain. AS to the trail, it never
knows itself where it means to 90
in summer it hides under rauls. grasses
and tangling vines, and, in winter it
disappears in the first snow, like foam
in the wake of the vessel.
The boys at camp-we were three
s, had plead with me not to go to Cam
den. But how could l settle down for
the long months, shut away from the
world and letters by the great white
hills, without the one letter l had been
81 eagerly awaiting? l went to Cam
den INT / waited until the letter came
and the very morning on which / set
out for our camp the SHOWS, which
had held off so long, were upon me.
In spite of the indistinctness OF the
trail and the snares which Nature has
set for the unwary OF Lost Mountain,
! don't see how it happened. The boys
said that l was asleep. Heaven knows!
! only know that l was dreaming of
what the letter said which lay close
to my heart when
Haitian sprang back SO violently
that he almost threw me from the sad
dln and r,p hAarf .tAAI ctf1 within
me for we were hanging on the very
brink of the great Canon of Lost Souls.
For INT m We looked into the
dizzying whiteness, then some instinct
told me to dismount. My hand was
out to catch the rein, when Haitian,
mad with terror, began to Sud-
denly in a frantic backward plunge, he
slipped and
l shudder to think of it. The
thought of even a horse-a horse of
the camp for whom one cares nothing,
going down into that abyss, is sick
ening; and, the Indians say that the
bottom of the canon is strewn with
the bones of men who have persisted so
n that the manufactured winds
which sweep through the canon are the
death-cries of the lost.
l shivered with dread as 1 stood
there and realized that l was lost on
the mountain, without horse, food or
drink and night coming on.
But my hear grew lighter as l saw,
some three hundred yards away in the
blurred landscape, the great rock
called the Giants Foot-stool," the
huge boulder. which by some strange
caprice of Nature, has been left for
ages to hang over the wall of the
canon. 1t appears to be almost cubical
in shape but wind and rain and frost
have been at work there and on the
side next to the n have followed
out a small semi-circular cavern, ex-
tending to the very heart of the
boulder. The upper part of the rock
has defied this undermining process
, 1901-05-30
Our Oldest City.

Arizona now claims the Oldest set
Element in the United States and is
telling st. Augustine and Santa Fe
that they are at least a half of a cen
fury behind her little town of Tucson,
the county seat of Pima county, where
there are about 5000 inhabitants on
the identical spot settled by S~paniards
In the middle of the sixteenth century.
This claim is based on recently discov-
cred documents in the old mission of
San Xavier. dated 1852. which tell of
a settlement being authorized by the
church, and other parchments which
place the founding of Tucson in 1856
San Francisco Post.
, 1901-05-30

In an interesting article in a Scottish
contemporary on the recent showers of
blood rain in Southern Europe the
writer recalls that about the year 1863
several black showers fell in Scotland
"a Carluke, and in the parish of
Slams, Aberdeenshire. The minister
of the latter place published an anus
ing account of these showers. The
blackness of the rain, he said, was
not much observed while it was fall
ing. though some persons did notice 1t
called to it. The most marked effect
was upon clothes lying pon bleaching
greens. Some lively scenes followed
between mistress. and servant. Some
times the head of the house was called
in to administer a severe rebuke t the
maid who had allowed the kitchen
chimney to take fire, and had had the
assurance to deny it in the face of
such conclusive evidence. Gradually
the kitchen chimney theory was given
up when it was found that the sup
posed SCOT covered several parishes.
The first half of the last century ap-
pears to have enjoyed many prefer
natural rains. During that period
there were no less than four herring
showers recorded in Scotland alone.
The first of these was in the neighbor-
hood of Edinburgh in 1917. when many
thousands of fishes fell. Others fol-
lowed in the counties of Kinross, Ross
n Argyll.
, 1901-05-30
RESULTS OF sHoorrNowELL-
Fully 200 Feet of Pip Crashes Through
Dsrrick's Top.

Dsrrick's Top.
A remarkable accident ccurred dur
ing the shooting of an oil. we'll five
miles west of this city, on the Rem
ringer farm, says a Findlay, o., CORE
spondent of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. A 2OO-quart shot Of nitroglyc-
crime had been put into the well and
Contractor Craig himself dropped the
"go-devil." The effects Of the shot
were most startling. The column of
oil as usual mounted to the top of the
derrick and several score of feet in the
air. But there was a long black line
that extended still farther into the
ether and continued to project after
the flow of oil had subsidized. 1t was
what is known as the casing of the
well, several hundred feet of iron pipe
about five inches in diameter hat is
sunk into the we'll, while being drilled
to keep out the surface fluids. Fully
200 feet of the pipe had been shot
into the air, crashing through the top
of the derrick. AS h men surged
forward around the well the sections
of pipe began to break off and fell
crashing down on the derrick, smash
ing oak timbers and falling into the
crowd. All fled for their lives. Eight
or ten sections broke off and then an
other unexpected event happened, the
balance of the pipe slid back into the
well. The men are at present at work
trying to fish the pipe out of the well,
as the flow is partly INSTRUCTED. The
derrick is a total wreck.
, 1901-05-30
THE FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL.
It was Started by John Wesley in savan-
nah, Georgia.

1t is generally believed that Robert
Raikes is the father of Sunday
schools. but the people of Savannah
say that John Wesley anticipated him
by more than forty-four years. Robert
Raikes was n printer in Gloucester,
England, and in 1850 began to gather
ragged street urchins about him and
teach them {he catechism and tell
them stories of the Scriptures. In
May, 1T3G. John Wesley organized a
Sunday school for children in Savan-
nah and taught them the Bible and the
catechism. He was assisted by a Mo
ravian gentleman named Delamotta.
The location of Mr.. Wesley's Sunday
school is not positively known, but the
"antiquarians of Savannah agree that
1t must have been mt the corner of Bull
street and Bay lane, where the Gus
toms house now standS.-William Il.
Curtis, in the Chicago Record.
, 1901-05-30

asleep, but I was worn with my seven
hours struggle in the storm and before
l knew it, was drifting into dreams.
The wind came from the northeast,
the exposure from the canon side was
from the south. the exposure from the
large peep-hole was from the west,
therefore l was well protected. My
berth was more than ten feet wide
and sloped inward. away from the
canon, so that there was comparatively
little danger Of rolling off in the night.
l slept as soundly in hal queer rock
bunk as l had ever slept in all my life
before.
When at last I woke 1t was morning
and the world had changed and l had
changed with 1t. All the universe was
made of snow-my head was heavy
with snow, my limbs. my clothes, the
, 1901-05-30

Private Mailing Card with colored
views of scenery on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway sent on
receipt of ten Q0) cents in stamps.
Address F. A. Miller. General Passen-
ger Agent. Chicago, Ill.
, 1901-05-30
Old Irrigation bitches.

There are irrigating bitches at Las
Cruces, New Mexico, hat have been
in continuous service for three centu.
rles.
, 1901-05-30

a company has Deem Formed 20 control
the process OF printing without ink. and
in a short time II is expected that old
will be revolutionized. There is
one thing, however, that has resisted all
~nnovation that Is. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. 1t Is a wonderful medicine for
Indigestion. b~iliousness. insom-
constipation and nervousness. 1t also
prevents malaria, fever and ague. Try 1t,
and you will not be disappointed.
, 1901-05-30

which has been going on at its base,
and a great ledge hangs above the lit
Tie cavern, as If it would protect the
space which 1t once held. So insidious
has been the work of wind and rain
and frost, that on one side there is
no entrance to the cavern, but on the
other a small round hole has been
worn in the rock shell about three feet
o the ground, SO that a man may
easily climb through. On one side was
the awful canon. everywhere else save
where the round peep-hole looked out
on the sloping mountain-side, was the
unyielding, solid rock, but l climbed
into the nest-like cavern and laid
myself down with an at-home kind
OF feeling. l did not mean to fall
, 1901-05-30

KIM Edward will hereafter celebrate
his birthday six months ahead of date.
What is sauce for the gander ought to
be sauce for the goose. hence his woman
subjects may take the hint and postpone
theirs for six years.
, 1901-05-30
whlto OBJECTS Ar, Seen Far.

A white object can be seen at a dis
lance of 1 1880 times its own diameter
in strong sunlight-that Is to say, a
white disc a foot across can be sssc
1880 feet away.
, 1901-05-30
Not the Right Brand.

A pork and beans tabloid has been
invented, but, al it does not come from
Boston. some caution should be exer-
cised in accepting 1t.
, 1901-05-30

Julius-Would you like to live your life
over gain? Edgar-No; but I'd like to
spend over again all the money I've
spent.
, 1901-05-30

Methuselah probably stepped aIoni
briskly and threw back his shoulder
when he saw a pretty girl of eighty o
ninety looking at him.
, 1901-05-30

Try Russ Bleaching Blue, the modern
bag blue. makes clothes whittier than snow.
Sold by grocers everywhere.
, 1901-05-30

You know VIII was just crazy to mar.
ry mel" said the young bride. YES
that's what everybody thinks" replied
her Jealous rival.
, 1901-05-30

Ca~steliano Would Absorb the Surplus.
A partnership between Mr.. Carnegie
and Count Boni de Castellane would
enable the former to die much poorer
and to anticipate the date a few years.
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
, 1901-05-30

Just now the cheerful robins note makes
many hearts rejoice
But l would choose that sweeter sound
the young spring chickens voice.
, 1901-05-30

Mrs. Oldgirl-Tm so sorry to near that
your wife died yesterday. Butcher-Yes;
1t vas too bad. but L hat anodder Won al
realty yet.
, 1901-05-30

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of 40
cough cure.-J. W.. o'BRIES, 32 Third Ave,
N, Minneapolis MINI. jar. 6. 1900
, 1901-05-30

First Horse-'What do you suppose
will become of us?" Second Horse-"Oh
I'm sure / don't care. After being trad
ed for an automobile I'm ready to die"
, 1901-05-30

The man who possesses the reddest
nose in a certain Kansas town is named
Springwater. Firewater might seem more
appropriate.
, 1901-05-30

He-Thank heaven. I never whote you
any love letters. he-Oh well: they
probably wouldn't nave been literary
enough to publish, even II you had.
, 1901-05-30

1t is very hard for a man to get into
the push unless he has a pull.
, 1901-05-30

For weakness, stiffness and soreness
in aged people use Wizard Oil. Your
druggist knows this and sells the oil.
, 1901-05-30

FITS FermnnentlyCurec. NO nts CT nervousness arte,
first day s use of DIR. klne's Great Nerve Restorer
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
, 1901-05-30

The man who weighs his words isn't
so apt to give light weight.
, 1901-05-30

Don't spoil the appearance of your
washing by using poor blue. use Russ
Bleaching Blue. the famous bag blue.
, 1901-05-30

New lands soon to open. Be ready Morgans Manual,
with supplement- containing proclamation, map showing
siIotments, County seats ste;; u; SsppisHsns MAJ
, 1901-05-30

The way they. make the hoecake-
I'll tell o how they do it
They put the cake upon the foot
And hold the fire to 1t.
, 1901-05-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrur-
For children ~teething, softens the gums, reduces I'm
fammation. allays pain. cures wind collie 25c q bottle
, 1901-05-30

Primley's California Fruit Gum contains
the most delicious qualities of western
fruits.
, 1901-05-30

Halls Cata-rh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, roc.
, 1901-05-30


l lie at ease in the valley,
More blessed than song can say,
Beholding the skies bend over
The beautiful hills OF May.
They are pink where the orchards flower,
They are white where the dogwoods sway,
Or blue where the vioets cover
The beautiful hills OF May.
They are low that the heart may love them,
They are far that the thought may stray,
They r. near that the feet may climb them,
The beautiful hills of May.
Though better than song be silence,
Yet, ah! that song could convey
To December news OF the beauty
That blooms on the hills of May.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-04
straps and brass buttons-the civ

straps and brass buttons-the civ
ilian wasn't in it-Monday night.
The new members of Go. Dwore
their new uniforms, and looked
1.-The soldier every inch"
Capt. Lonnevik was a most
generous host, and his "orders'
were uniformly obeyed without a
demurrer.
Whose molars did Attorney Ser
umgard refer to as "cast on the
waters by Go. D boy?"
The lustre of the new uniforms,
the well-merited laudation of the
Co. u boys, but heightened the
Difference and love of every guest
present for the grand ('old," we
were about to say G. A. R. veterans
present, while the good mothers Of
the Relief corps received as much
gallant attention as the sprightly
maidens of the "broom BRIGADE .
whom everybody honor and res
pect.
Did you see "the mother of the
company Mrs Cogswell = trip
the light fantastic? If not, you
missed one of the "frst sights" of
the Xxx century.
Miss Louise Prindeville and
Miss Addie Elliott very acceptably
presided at the piano, and the only
original Tony Prete made his violin
''sing" for the merry dancers.
Will Sergt. Short get "cross-
eyed" looking at those stripes?
Will I'VE" wait till the dawn of
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-04

nauSCeO Itself, Tor there were no
"old" soldiers. The veterans of
the civil war have not only kept
fires of patriotism and liberty
burning on the family hearth all
these intervening years, but seven
teen thousand we're ready and able
to fight in the last war, including
those gallant leaders Generals Nc
Arthur, Fighting Joe Wheeler and
Gen. Wheaton.
Mr.. A. NJ. Powell spoke briefly
but effectively to the toast, "The
Constitution and the American
Flag" The thought enlarged upon
was that, while our statesmen are
debating the new and perplexing
problem as to whether the constitu-
tion necessarily follows our flag or
not, the logic of events would soon
show that whatever may be the
technical decision of our supreme
court. the constitution or Ameri-
can supremacy, in the Philippines
and in Cuba, and any place where
our national banner may be plant
ed in the future, would follow the
flag, just as our glorious public
school system is following the flag.
The public school will teach
Americanism and the English
language as twin branches. AL
ready the youth Of the Philippines
are saluting the American flag in
their schools, and once implanted
the spirit Of patriotism can never
be eradicated, and they will soon
vie with our youth in seeing that
the American colors. wherever
once uplifted, must never come
down.
Mrs. Free Parker, president of
the Ladies Relief corps, expressed
in we'll chosen terms, their warm
est thanks to Go. D for it's gracious
hospitality. and in her expression of
appreciation of our gallant boys,
she voiced the sentiments ofevery-
one present.
After serving their guests, 90.
d we're seated at the tables, after
which card playing was INDUCED
in by some, while others repaired
to Wineman's hall and danced the
new year in, and remained to see it
we'll started on it's glorious career.
The handsome young sladies of
the "broom brigade were strongly
in evidence-they formed "the
rlght-hand bower" to the soldier.
The boys willingly accepted the
generous ministrations of the
young ladies, and the result was "a
perfect banquet.
The spirit Of cordiality and good
will inspired every heart, and an
all-round happier time in every
sense was never enjoyed in Devils
Lake.
The soldier boys from Lakota,
Crary, Grand Harbor, Penn-from
everywhere-were there, and the
young ladies and old ones too
were captivated by the soldier
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-04

The Inter-Ocean has just re-
ceived material for users of kodaks
such as mats, grey or black, brass
hangers, Dunison's binding, back
ing cards, calendar and Perry
picture mounts.