The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-27

till the soil and profit by their lapo..
MANY possess a mistaken idea that me
Klondike is frozen all the year round anu
there is no chance for agriculture Mrs.
Crane SAYS that the klondikers nave sun
mer just the same as other people, Win
the difference that though the days are M
tensely hot the nights are cold ana one
is compelled to sleep beneath lufS anu
blankets during midsummer.
AUTHORIZES, MANAGER AND COON.
Besides her governmental! mission, Mrs
Crane is awaiting the publication OF two
books from her own pen. one. Snlies
and Tears from the I<londike. Will be
out this week, and the other, The DaW-
son Widow is now in the hands of New
York publishers, DoXey & Company, ana
at the same time is being dramatlzed cE
Mr.. Frederick f. Schrader, of Washing
ton D. C. Mr.. Schrader is the author OF
several successful plays, notable among
which is Nancy at the french bali.
Fanny Rices greatest success. The pro-
duction of ''The Dawson Widow viii be
an elaborate one The first presentation
will take place at San Francisco IN the
fall.
Mrs. Crane is also the author of several
books of frontier and Indian life. but in
the ISiondike she is chiefly noted for
her executive ability in mining opera
tons. and for shrewdness and energy
intends the working of fourteen mining
claims, in which she owns a controlling
interest, and does not hesitate to show
her managerial powers. Instead OF leaV-
ing her affairs in the hands of others, she
attends to them herself. She does this
by doing the cooking for the mining
camp. Three meals a day and between
meals, time to rock her own cradle yield
ing forty to one hundred dollars per day.
At night she finishes her work by mixing
and kneading the dough for ten loaves of
bread to be baked each morning. Each
miner requires one loaf q day. Then
when the bread is set aside, she takes up
her pen and becomes the authoress.
a LIFE OF ADVENTURE.
This remarkable woman does not diff
fer in appearance from other women, ex-
cept that she seems very sturdy. She is
of medium height, with a cherry face.
beautiful golden hair and clear. 5lue-gray
eyes. which, however, seem possessed of
great shrewdness. She is a most enter
tanning talker and can relate WIKI the ut
most sang froid wonderful tales of life
in the Klondike which harrow the soul
of a tenderfoot listener. Love, jealousy,
greed, ambition and every other human
passion find a place in Dawson where
conventionality is smothered and nature
crops out. It is refreshing to hear these
novelties, Dlood-curdling, 1lelodramatic,
yet true, as they are told by quiet,
harmless Woman-a woman who has eX-
perienced more new sensations than any
other woman in the United States, wo-
man who knows how to protect herself
and her interests without recourse to
weapons. and yet. were such a situation
at hand, could bring down her enemy
with as deadly an aim as any miner in
the IIlondike A woman who, With all
these sterner accomplishments, cherlsheS
more than anything in her life, one mem
DRY, and one in which other women-ten-
derfeet-can join their prayers with hers
the memory of her only child, her son,
who died at the age of fifteen years. Ev-
erything she does is with the thought of
this child always in mind. and it was on
his account that she first commenced to
lead a life of adventure.
SON ABDUCTED THREE TIMES.
"AIy life has been a remarkable one
when I stop and think about it, said
Mrs. Crane, land my adventures first
commenced when I went TO live among
the Indians. Imag CINE 4 woman. born and
bred in Virginia, at home in Washington
and Philadelphia society. and then en-
changing these luxures of life for a home
among the ApacfeS, and content to live
with these uncivilized people. had a
reason for so doing certainly, and that
reason was my son He was abducted
from me three times. On his account L
was in litigation in Chicago for three
years Che stood in the way of some prop
erty which my enemies wished to secure),
and after a seemingly endless and diff
ficult fight. at last won my case. but by
this time had become SO disguised with
civilization that I preferred to take my
son with me and live among savages. The
1Apaches treated US at first with indif
ference. somewhat mixed with awe, and
afterwards when got to know them bet
ter, I learned that the only thing that