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Hill. They were too old to work and too
proud to beg.
For many years they had existed on
the money borrowed from the pawnbroker,
who knew that when their household goods
were al! gone they would end their days
in the charity hospital.
At the establishment of the Providcnt
Loan Society at the corner of EldriGgc and
Rivington streets the women were mostly
Russians who found it convenient to borrow
money during the holiday season. Some
who had marrageabe daughters went there
to pledge cheap jewelry for the purpose Of
raising money for the daughters trousseau
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Ram Singh, and then, with the money that
he had saved he took passage TO Jamaica
and began his search with renewed heart
1t was in an interior village that lburan
was found, still unmarried, still true 10 me
memory of her lover AT first she would
not believe that Ram Singh was other nan
ghost, but when he had convinced her
and told of his Worldwide search for her,
the wedding festivities were straiGhway
planned.
To-day Ram Singh and his wife, lhoran,
the daughter 6f Chundar Lal. are living
back of their little slversmth shop in me
town where five years ago Ram Si"gn
found his sweetheart
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HINDOO COOLIES PARADISE.
ROMANCES or THE ORIENT IN
THE british WEST INDIES.
Ram Sal q Type OF the Men Who Have
Left India Burdened With Debt and
Become Rich-The In Jah's Son Who
Was n COOlie for Loves Sake-Ram
Singtl's Search for His Sweetheart.

This" recently remarked Joseph Cham
berrain. England's Colonial Secretary, as
he placed finger on map showing Britain's
possessions in the West Indies, SIS the
paradise of the Hindoo coolie.
And there, too. added one Of his hearers,
'those same Orientals have created an
atmosphere that fairly reeks with romance. J"
The American or European who has
spent sufficient time in Jamaica or Trinidad
to become acquainted with the ways Of
the thousands of Hindoo laborers on the
plantations and the coolie tradesmen in
the towns invariably makes the same asser-
tions. To prove the first he usually quotes
the case Of Ram Sal, and as evidence of the
latter he tells the story OF Rajah's son
who turned coole for loves sake.
Thirty years ago Hindoo OF low caste,
Ram Sal by name, living in a plateau town
OF India. found himself inextricably in
debt TO a bunnia-a usurious money lender.
He had been bound in his boyhood or the
debt OF his grandfather. and. after working
for nearly twenty years to clear it.. he
learned to his distress that. instead OF be-
coming smaller, the obligation had steadily
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we stop to give them an argument they are
liable to raise disturbance in front of the
place and attract a crowd"
A good-looking young woman who called
to get loan Of 81 on a richly trimmed hat
explained that she intended to redeem the
hat for Sunday. When she had gone away
had practically inherited the pawnshop
habit from her mother. She learned the
trick when she was quite little girl, and
ever since had been coming to the shop
which her mother had patronized for many
years
The majority of women who were met
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Any one who doubts the truth Of the
old saw that poverty falls most crishingly
on woman will find evidence OF it II he
spends an hour or two In one of the many
pawnshops about town. But he will also
fnd women who are brought to the pawn
shops by other causes than simple poverty.
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U,0n7en in the PQlOnsh0ps.
POVERTY NOT THE ONLY CRUISE
THAT BRINGS THEM THERE. -

few days ago woman went into this
shop and asked for loan OF $1,000 on
heart lace-pin set with diamonds and rubies.
The pin was valued at 5000. 1t contained
thirty diamonds.
Have you ever been here before?' in
q,iired the pawnbroker
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In pledged two diamond rings for $40.
She simply took the rings from her fingers
and placing them on the counter asked for
the loan. The broker handed over the
money and asked her name.
"Oh, put down any name, she said. "1'll
be back In two hours and redeem them
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EDUCATION OF A. CHILD.

EDUCATION OF CHILD.
told him would raise the money in spite Of
him.
IF he refuses to give me the money to
redeem the purse I'll borrow it Tomorrow
from his business partner and then he'll
have to pay 1t back"
Another well-drcssed woman who came
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

ease. The story Of this remarkable ex-
petition into the very heart of the arctic
region in the dead Of winter, has been
told by Mr.. Jarvis in an official report
with a degree of modesty which is elo-
quent Of the courage and resolution and
tact required not only to face the terrors
of the journey across the snow fields of
the north, but to assert and maintain
complete mastery over the crazed and
mutinous and desperate men who consti-
tuted the crews Of the imprisoned whalers.
Indeed, it was not facing the blizzards
on the bleak shores of the Arctic ocean,
the long stretches Of weary tramping over
the ice and snow, with not a human habi-
tation for hundreds of miles, not even an
Indian igloo in which to find shelter-it
was not the toll and suffering of that
weary struggle for 1900 miles In mid
winter that required nerve and courage
so much as the assertion and maintenance
Of that absolute authority in the be-
leagured camp after the relief expedition
reached there. Yet the SMALL spare, low
voiced, slow-speaking, modest but reso-
lutte man, to whom the people of Alaska
all take off their hats when they address
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Alaska to Nome but once month. Eagle.
however, is not without its social life.
It has two churches and these societies
indulge In church socials, in muslcales
and resort to such other devices Of cult
waiting the social nature and filling the
contribution box as are common In other
communities. 49,
THE feminine population affords some
fine examples Of enterprise and
pluck. The hotel which sheltered
our party was conducted by a young lady
who had been school teacher In the
state of Washington, but has found Alas
ka, q, more profitable field for the exercise
of her energy and talents. She was in
Sheep Camp on Chilcoot Pass with two OF
her brothers in the winter of '9S and '99
when the great snowslide occurred which
buried eighty-nine men who were strug-
Cling up the mountain side. Her brothers
helped to shovel out the victims. A little
later she crossed over the Same trail,
helped her brothers build a boat on Lake
Linderman and f1oated with them down
the Yukon to Dawson in the spring of '9s.
She was accompanied by a girl friend OF
the same indomitable spirit. This trip,
she says, was picnic. With all their
/ possessions aboard and thmselves COM
| fortably housed under a tent erected on
a fatboat, they had a jolly time floating
with the current from the slopes OF the
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kon to the mouth of the Tanana, dis
lance Of nearly 900 miles. The traversing
of this long and weary route in the dead
of an Arctic winter was the agreeable
task assigned to Mr.. Downing, but he
enjoyed it; he had his dogs and his sled
and he could run forty miles day or
more after his fleet-footed and tireless
shuskies" and "nalamutes" The route
was laid with roadhouses at the end of
Of each days journey in which Downing
and his dogs housed themselves at night.
1t was on one of these long runs when
nearing Eagle on his eastward trip he
ran into a hole in the ice in the Yukon
His dogs saw the danger in time to sheer
off; the sled toppled partly into the water,
into which Downing, running behind, fell
His dogs seeing him in distress were In
clined to turn and come to him. but by
urging them on they pulled the sled and
their master to where he could raise
himself out of the water onto the ice,
from which he emerged without cap and
nittens and drenched from head to foot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

Mile. This post Is at the mouth Of Forty
Mile river on the tributaries Of which,
on the Amer!ce>n side, Is located the cele-
brated Forty Nile mining district. dis
trict which hzd turned out a great deal
of gold before the Klondike was discov-
cred, and from which occurred the first
stampede to the Klondike region.
r. AGILE, lying within five miles Of the
international boundary on the
American side, is a town with a flu
ture. With a population of about ESQ 1t
io Of interest because of the location there
of the most northern customs house be-
longing to the United States and the most
northern military post. The garrison con-
sists of one company of regulars, quar-
tered In comfortable log houses and bar
racks and under the command of Captain
Perkins, who has a company of the
Eighth regiment. Here is found one
Of the best demonstrations of the agricul-
tural possibilities of Alaska, and the gar
den nearest the pole where important re-
suits have been secured. The gardens Of the
| post produce large quantities of potatoes,
| cabbage, caulifOwer, lettuce, turnips and
radishes, So far as these, products are
| concerned, the ability to produce them
successfully ON the 65th degree of north
latitude has been demonstrated. Other
vegetables, peas, beans, ETC., are also
grown to some extent.
| Lie al an army post Almost unOer the
Arctic circle as can readily be imagined
has it's drawbacks, and, indeed all Alas
| kan military service is counted in tht
| war department as foreign service AND
calls for 10 per cent extra pay. There
were three ladies at Fort Egbert, one Of
whom expected to leave the post this fall
There were three children, two girls anc
a boy, of whom one girl will leave this
fall. Not only is female society at ths
post limited, but such literature in books
or in the form Of periodicals as may be
needed to while away the long nights O.
winter, must be provided for during the
summer, when the Yukon boats run.
The mails crossing Alaska from Daw
son to Nome, which is the route by which
Fort Egbert is supplied in winter, may no
exceed 400 pounds on leaving Dawson
This means that all the mail for point
along the Yukon, ST. Michael and NOM
|, must be included within that 400 pounds
The result Is that no newspaper mail AM
no magazines can be obtained after tn
] river closes in October until it opens Il
, June; mail can be carried except first
class mail, paying letter postage. Friend
: outside sometimes send clippings fror
( newspapers to their friends ION the in
2 side'' under letter postage, but sue
! packages must not be large enough to eX
' cite the suspicion of the mail carrier Q
2 they will probably be left behind tt
, spring, as the regular letter mail ofte
exceeds 400 pounds. The excess mus
} always wait until the next time, even
= it should be letter from home to som
\ weary, homesick soul; and the next tim
r IS the next month, as the mail crosse
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coast range to the mouth Of the K1ondike.
Stopping only two days In Dawson, she
arrived In Eagle on the list of July, 1899,
and while her brothers went on down the
river with some freight which they
were carving for other people, she
and made it pay. She soon had a chance
to go into the hotel business, has been
appointed postmistress, and finds her
employment so profitable, and Is so we'll
content in her northern home, that the
schoolroom in the states which, she
abandoned for Alaska has no attractions
for her now. 5~--1%
CHEEKY, energetic and Independent, it
never occurs to her that her lot Is a hard
one In any particular. She is prosperous
and useful, respected and happy, which
goes to show that these do not depend
wholly on environment. She has only been
outside" once since she came to Alaska
and then in obedience to fllial duty. Her
parents live on a little farm near Seattle
which her savings bought for them. Her
piano and her small but well selected
library suggest what is confirmed by few
minutes conversation, that the little post
mistress Of Eagle is a woman of culture
and a womanly woman, with all her COM
| mercial ambitions and abilities. And so
you find that here in the heart Of the
northern snow fields the women OF Alaska
| rise superior to their seemingly over
| WuelIulIS SuTIOuuI1luSS, duu ll1o 1ll1pl
oned beyond the possibility of escape
from October to June they bear their
share of the burden Of isolation with most
admirable courage and cheerfulness. ~
4 MONG our fellow passengers on the
~ boat from Dawson to Eagle was
|, I Captain D. H. Jarvis, United States
| inspector Of customs, who was on an Of
fetal tour. Mr.. Jarvis is Alaska,s hero
When the history of that country is writ
ten, no page from the beginning until
now, will glow with a brighter example
of bravery, self-sacrifice and devotion to
duty than that which recites the story OF
the relief expedition to Point Barrow IN
the winter of 1897 and '98. Only brief
reference can be made to it here, and II
the details were obtained only from the
! lips of Mr.. Jarvis, the narrative would be
meager enough in that establishment
which the recital Of thrilling personal ad-
venture contributes. Mr.. Jarvis, however,
is of the kind, of man of whom heroes are
usually nade-modest, quiet, never direct
ing attention to himself and reluctant to
converse on the subject of his own ex-
ploits, it would be, difficult indeed, tc
gain from him in conversation any ade-
quate conception Of the brave work which
!. he did, In the fall Of '97 eight whaling
ships were caught in the ice off the
northeas stern shore Of Alaska In the Arctic
ocean. Some of them were badly broken
up by the ice, but the men
managed to reach Point Barrow,
, the most northern settlement un-
$ der the American flag. They were
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gratitude OF repub-
lies and may indi-
cate a higher appre-
citation of faithful
public service on the
part Of our neigh
bors of the British
empire. Four or
five years ago Down.
ing left off "broncho
busting and "cow
punching" in Ari-
IONA and Joined the
stampede ]. to the
north. He did not
strike anything very
rich at the beginning
and soon found him
self engaged as gov
eminent mail car
rier on the long
( route between Daw-
son and Nome. It
was his business to
make the run from
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r you are ord1nari-
ly business-like and
careful in your
financial transac-
lions, you at least
glance at the change
when it Is handed
back to you, just
to see that there Is
no mistake. / saw
a man make q pur-
chase in a Dawson
store, pull a leather
poke out of his
pocket and hand it
to the clerk, He
then turned around
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Captain D. H. Jarvis, is the man whom
the government selected for that desper-
ate errand, and made no mistake In the
choice.
Relief came on the 2eth of July, when
the ice pack in the arctic ocean broke up
as far north as Point Barrow. 1t was
then that Captain Jarvis learned that
there had been war with Spain, that it
was all over, and that he had had no
chance to get in. This is the only thing
in connection with the expedition about
which he can be induced to express any
concern.
-HERE was another Alaska hero on
board the Bailey going down from
-, Dawson to Eagle. There is no
man in Dawson who has more friends and
who Is really regarded with more good
will by the people of that city than Ben
Downing, the veteran mail carrier Of the
Yukon. Ben Downing was carrying the
royal mail from Dawson to Eagle. His
engagement by the British government in
this service is testimonial to the in
| - S>NS1~
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The Performance Altogether Pleasant if Done
at the Right Time of Year

Square Dealing Of Stalking Claim in the Kondke-
Some Men Things in the ArctioA Plucky
School Msres-The Huke The Treacher-
Yukon Flats
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without supplies sufficient to carry them
thru the winter, and it was feared that
they would all perish Of cold and hunger.
News of their desperate plight reached
the states about the list of December. The
government at Washington saw the neces-
sty Of sending relief, but how to get 1t
to them was the apparently unsolvaple
problem, and who should lead the exped1-
ton was no less difficult question. Cap
tain Jarvis, then a lieutenant Of the
United States revenue cutter service, was
in the states on leave and at the bedside |
of his sick wife in Massachusetts. Her
condition was serious. The government
asked him If he would go. He looked at
his sick wife and said no. The chances
were so desperate that the relief expedl-
ton itself could not reach Point Barrow
that the government did not like to order
any one to make the attempt, but began
to look for volunteers. Seeing the atti-
tude of the government, and impressed
with the belief that it was his duty, as,
perhaps, the one best qualified to lead this
expedition, Mr.. Jarvis rendered his serv-
ices, babe good-by to his family and raced
with all speed across the continent to
Seattle, where the revenue Cutter Bear
had been ordered by telegraph to be ready
and provisioned for the expedition.
| CAPTAIN JARVIS had already sub
x mitted to the government a plan by
| which the relief needed could reach
| the imprisoned sailors. He proposed to go
as far north in the Bear as it was pos
| sible, then take to the ice with dogs and
| go to the nearest reindeer stations on
| the Seward peninsula. Domestic REIN
deer had been imported from Siberia sew
eral years before and several reindeer
stations or ranchs had already been estab-
nshed. From these stations he planned
to take reindeer across the country to
Point Barrow. The Bear passed thru the
/ Aleutian chain at Dutch harbor, turned
northeast and sought the most northerly
Z: limit Of the open water on the west coast
! Of Alaska. This point was reached at
1 the village of Tanunuk, near Cape Van
couver, on Nelson island, where Captain
Jarvis disembarked at an Indian village,
accompanied by DR.. S. j. Call and Lieu
tenant e. P. Bertholf They proceeded
north by the aid Of Indians with dog
teams to ST. Michael and thence to the
reindeer station on Golovin bay. Here
and at other reindeer stations In that
part of Alaska herd Of 400 reindeer I'M
der the care Of w. T. Lopp, superintend-
ent of the Teller reindeer station, was
collected and sent forward to Point Bar
row.
These imprisoned whalers had practi-
cally given up, and, while not yet out OF
food, were doing nothing to preserve
S their own health. Mr.. Jarvis, supported
by his three assistants, asserted the au-
thority of the government and took charge
of all of the supplies on hand, measured
out the rations, provided fresh reindeer
. meat, compelled the men to take daily
& exercise, and, In short, brought them
thru to the breaking up Of the ice In July
= undoubtedly saving the lives OF hundred:
who were fast yielding to despair and dis
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fine inbebrG1tbte osiaa cu So. Gle.
rem Iiber ct fort LAB, "a BLOT Sli.
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