The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-25
htes Kerne'S - ~ ~
= y Hundredth Book

90 :, snished his hundredth book
fas lu,s ;nteryiewed the other day in his quiet
y y Amens, in France.
h'rls : distinguished old man greeted the writer
q cordial good nature. His face lighted tip
IN smile as he was asked about the new
w ~, tale of the Klondyke
volss-.r ~ said eagerly, 1.-THE Klondyke my
'.;,h hook. 1t will be published after my
iana'I sr, vou ouick-living Americans will not
. ass ! walt long am seventy and four"
Nv M, iook and act as If you might reach the
au nv. ~ hundred years would be too much
ndss Verne A hundred years" he unused
~ b;mseif-"too far off to be imposing
n ,a..d wears would do for our Holy Father
4 -.od nope--a mere prince of imagination
Us .ssw.body has been good enough to call me,
= .T not know how to behave as patriarch.
y. ~ vor came to inquire about my book 'Klon-
Il Fit, deals with fact rather than fancies
G as AZ the heroes | introduce is George Holt
,,s,rsard murdered by Indians at Cooks Inlet,
AZ yss the first white man 10 cross from the
~, 10 the headwaters of the Lewes, in order
y, .,o.peet the country, in 1873. On his re-
nm YOU will remember, he reported the dis
,0y,rv of coarse gold
sn;ter psthhnders of the yellow curse whose
,a,. N adventure have told, are Frank Ketch-
~ AZ s. Tohn N. B.. and Michael Labarpe of
vor,real explorers in the employ Of the West
~ Union Telegraph company, who, in 1867 as
,.ra,d the Yukon from Fort Yukon to the mouth
4 ne Icwes. returning down the river. also
t,y, chapter on Michael Byrnes, who made
,ao from the direction of the Stikne and reached
n, Hcotelinqua not the river subsequently 50
oiled hy the miners, but that on the survey map
offaHada.
aYol will perhaps say that the experiences and
- bo1,s
II down, Bm give the first detailed story
story dare say, that will encourage the young
70 Do ard think
There are great stories Of the Indians, too
rot the noble red man fiction introduces, but the
Indian IS b. is in those ATTITUDES.
Ny Indians" explained Jules Verne, as II
anxious TO set himself right arc creatures with
ta. heart or honor. They will not render even
tft smallest service to each other without pay
Hsni and il not to each other much less TO a
white man. will show that by their treacherv
and hsir rapacty they have set back the clock
ei Klpadyke success twenty years or more"
servant brought in bundle of Paris papers,
nd the author began reading the headlines Of
another sheet Suddenly he jumped up There
Aislp he cried The coal situation here and in
tie United States Ny kiondyke will do much
toward reassurng freezing manufacturing to
ALLOW handful OF millionaires to buy ZIP elab-
eisie junk and store it in palaces where they
Fap a week out of every hfty-two. My book
shows that the great Canadian Northwest has coal
Feds large enough to combat any trust concern
hEe OF elsewhere in the world.
And these coal fields are the most valuable.
q various rivers afford transportation at once
slsy and cheap, Coal is the thing with which our
immediate future is conceTned--never mind the
fald-thsre is more Than enough of that sort OF
tuck Strange" continued Verne, after breath
ING spell, that eyeryhody's mind is bent on gold
ND that in The Klondyke no attention whatever
pad to such dire necessities as copper and coal
ite Whole region is teenug with minerals, but I
MAINTAIN that the most precious of them ell are
n.eS diamonds, for the want of wnlch the world
sil snsr some day hundred fold worse than
Ills suffering now
Ny hook also pays considerable attention to
Hs natural phenomena Of the territory, particular
nt awful storms that rage in the upper alti-
@'ei nom October 10 March-its death TO he
s s 70 one of them. tell of people who per-
spsa' and survived, of their efforts TO reach
N sNsr Of their agony and courage
lse are no monsters in my Kiondyle" con
ulueo the aged author, at least none of the
Monsters 70 which l have somewhat accustomed
:, iesaers, but the miners adventures with horse
~ ~. shats and mosquitoes are not lacking in
. ~. eiimaxes. Imagine a horse fly
~. ~ lpes larger and more poiguartly asscrtive
w NJ. me insect that makes life burden in the
ssMyHaaeN' When man is dressing or uu-
l'S'Hs y watches for any bare spot on the body
!. may show and bites off piece of flesh. leav-
~ : wound which, few DAYS later. looks like
H. Asp'snl DOL, ! have reports that many men
, ~ se'e completely disabled for weeks, while
Il III; moment OF inctou ii was indeed hard
aT'e tna' they were not marked for life
,o,i,+ MOSQUITOES are no less distressing. Ac-
4. ssS 70 The general terms of the survival of
h -. s' ana the growth of muscles most used
s,t.,.l aetiment Of others, herd of cattle in
toav tp's district would be ali tail and no
'' y N the far future.
t,y,,;. ae sie. my Klondybe' deals with the
M Il. Hee OF lite in these faraway territories
MAJ. diseases most frequently met with--dys-
XXI. xHs anaemia, scuryy caused bv jmproperlv
fiji 0oo, sameness of diet. overwork. want of
Iov,,, s,'aoles oyerheated and badly ventilated
A CHER 49,, ,asSsmatism, pneumonia, bronchitis and
soB S.an,. diseases due to exposure to wet and
s,,,., sut'V and chronic diseases. due to ex-
L NJ me cold and the two-hour day--it
ii,,,,a ussf from sunrise to sunset-are also
n ttossh - ehgth but that part of my story
\ ia,ts 49,. aV1oaShly authenticated by established
4 lta,y az w seem doubtful TO many. have
vent ia .,LH VINO says that at Circle City he
Nitnr r Ysaool at o'clock a. M by light of the
rising nooo ana ana returned home at night by the
hssn fas, where will you draw the line be-
d tue ins,,.s' fancy II such is true? And it is
N lb Verne, slapping his knee energetic
lutAor No. ~ facts and fancies," continued the
an sti ,ssss tell Engsh-spealsing readers, while
h. vri,.r .a % flesh that am no mere magma
n q Il. ,,.,.. mar my books, extrayagant as some
4 ;siasrs - therein may seem, are not the
u .est,,v Ujy brain only, the bodyIess creations
h.lYs. 4 nlas + he cried. my books FIJI many
YEN. /, t Asny Countries, but the real Jules
a';id d No, ey few. Understand, above all
never inv.,. .lsim to be scientist or inventor