New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-30
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

Franklin Pierce Reece. who is a guest at the
Hotel Bresln arrived recently from South Africa.
Mr.. Reece has been miner in the West and in
both the Klondke and Nome districts of Alaska
for period of twenty-five years. He has included
in his experience five years IN the Transvaal before
the Boer war began, and since II ended he returned
to the Dark Continent on a prospecting tour. from
which he has just now returned
South Africa" said he 'is no Ionser a moor
mans country 1t under the rule of the
Beers. Before the war the claim tax sxacted by
the Boer government was e 6s. a month on tweIys
claims Now the maximum of two claims IN the
Transvaal or Cape Colony pays IS a month claim
tax. and II there is default for single month the
claims are advertised and sold to the highest bid
der. Besides this the prospector must take out a
license before he begins business that costs g. and
o0mpelle9 to gay ROYALTY Of 10 per cent on the
the present regime the Individual pFospecto 9nd or
miner Is taxed 10 death. Everything is now con-
Quoted for the benefit OF the chartered English
companies and the Crown. have been for about a
gosits " b ape SoIony working upon alluvial de-
that an American miner could do much hettsr FOR
again Shall start oP Nome '9 Wbs sPs0 0a mes
pay dTt. Most of the American miners are quitting
Ex-Congressnan w. C. Arnold Of Dubois Penn.
who was for two terms Representative from the old
18th District of the Keystone State. was at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel a few DAYS ago ..Dubois ).
said he. lis busy and prosperous. and with a pop,-
lation of 1900 accumulated in twenty-five wears
II mas certainly attained a position among tha
centres OF industrial activity in the State of which
1t may fairly be proud. Its location at the centre
Of the great bltunninous coal fields makes ts ftra
secure, and IN making that statement an, re-
minded that on one occasion. at a public meeting
ten years ago, in neighboring county town. l as,
serted thet tho interests then centring in Dubois
would AFFORD employ ment for thousand men every
day in the year for hundred years One OF M
auditors In addressing the meeting a little Later
said he had been prompted to make a Calculation
based upon the tested coal fields underlying AMI
surrounding Dubois for radius OF six miles and
plOyed more than TWO hundred wears would Ia re
Quired TO exhaust the known deposit"
Unshaven and unkempt. both with rum nIumined
noses. pair OF 'panhandlers'' moved with ~,
throng Broadway from the Flatiron Ruldin,,
10 Union Square One OF them. more ''yvoozyn than
the other, was interpretive and loquacious His
partner was an attentive auditor. Il know fron,
my own experience said the taIkative PHILOSOPHER
that there's no TOOL like old fool I'm bigger
1901 thah Wleh was thirty, and that was twenty
years aGo- 90 things know wrong and then
l do EN- over again. l had good Opportunities
when was young as any one, but made poor use
l never dio stay put in any place. but roamed all
over North America | guess the world has treated
ne'er-dowel companion ON the shoulder II suppose
l haven't treated this old world exactly right"
Playing the ponies may have brought legions
OF the votares or the track to grief. but lit
tie woman uptown plays the game 1t is merely a
time killing matter and makes no inroads on the
contents of her purse. She studies the daily racing
chart and the past performances OF the entries and
then picks the winners She then plays Eat home
as she eXpains-that Is TO say. she bets her money
or fails TO win and the imaginary stake is lost
Inc WAGER OF 80 or Sie-t might Just easily ba
nings Tho net result, far is eminentlv salts
L tassoFy as ma balance shows. bu. no real