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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
CHAPTER vi.

1t was held by the thousands of
hero-worshipping chechaquos that Day
light was a mar absolutely without
fear. But BEETLES and Dan Macdonald
and other sourdoughs shook their
heads and laughed as they mentioned
women. And they were right. He had
always been afraid of them from the
time. himself q lad of seventeen. when
Queen Anne. of Juneau. made open
and ridiculous love to him. For that
matter, he never had known women
Born in a mining-camp where they
were rare and mysterious, having no
sisters. his mother dying while he was
an infant. he had never been in con-
tact with them.
But 1T was left to the Virgin to give
him his final fright. h was founG
one morning dead in her cabin. A
shot through the head had done it,
and she had left nc message. no ex-
PLANTATION. Then came the talk. Some
wit. voicing public opinion. called it a
ase OF too much Daylight. She had
killed herself because of him. Every
body knew this, inc said 50. The cor
respondents wrote 1t up, and once
more Burning Daylight. King of the
Kiondike. was sensationally featured
in the Sunday supplements of the
United States. The Virgin had
Strengthened up. so the feature-stories
ran, and correctly so. Never had she
entered a Dawson City da%nce-hall.
When she first arrived from Circle
City. she had earned her living by
washing clothes. Next. she had bought
a sewing-machine and made mems
drill parkas. fur caps, and moosehide
mittens. Then she had gone as a clerk
into the First Yukon Bank. All this.
and more. was known and told. though
me and all were agreed that Day
light, while the cause, had been the
innocent of her untimely end
And the worst Of 1t was hat Day
light knew 1t "a true. Always would
he remember that last night he had
seen her. He had thought nothing OF
It at the time: but. looking back, be
was haunted by every little thing tina,
had happened In the Hight Of the
tragic event. he could understand
everything-her Quietness. that calm
gertrude an II all vexing questions ol
living had been smoothed out and
. were gone. and hat certain etherea
sweetness about all that she had sale
and done that had been almost mater
nal He remembered the way she has
looked 1t him, how she had hughes
when he narrated Mickey Dolan's mis-
tnko 81 stnh1nG The fraction On Shook
Nm 0aleh. Her laughter had beel
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First Civil War Novels Fate

Haven was under the shadow OF Yale
college and within a stones throw OF
the home of Theodore b. Woolsey.
then president of Yale.
Among Major De Forests friends
was George H. Watrous. Il prominent
lawyer of New Haven. who afterwards
became president of the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railway sys-
tenn. To him Major De Forest confid-
ed his purpose to write a novel the
leading features of which were to be
incidents of the war.
But" aid Mr.. Watrous. don't you
think 1t is too soon to do that? II
seems to me that perhaps ten years
should elapse before any one attempts
TO write a novel based upon the war"
But" replied Major De Forest. the
incidents. especially Of battles in
which | took part. are all very fresh in
my mind" He further intimated that
II he did not write a war move some
body else would, and Mr.. Watrouc was
persuaded that Major De Forest vas
ambitious to be first in the field with
a novel based on the war. So no more
was said with the idea of persuading
Major De Forest from his set purpose,
and somewhat more than a year later
came the announcement that a novel
Of the late war had been written By :
participant in u. the weliknown man
OF letters. Major John William De Fol-
est. and that it would shortly be pub
lished.
The book was published In 1867, and
by the book critics it was well nigh
universally conceded to contain battle
descriptions that were in
literature, an opinion in which Mark
Twain and others afterward% concurred.
Especially was the description of the
land and water fight at Port Hudson
praised. But it was also well-nigh uni.
~versally held that the book would
prove a pecuniary tlilure. The name
of the book will certainly kill it," was
the remark commonly made, and the
statement proved to be justified. Major
De Forest had given the novel the title
Of Miss R~avenel's Conversion From
Secession to Loyalty" The critics all
agreed that it was a ~singularly unfor-
tunate title for a war story published
two years after the close of the war.
No southern girl had been converted
from secession to loyalty within that
time.
1T was a splendid novel," Marx
Twain once said to me of this book.
now long since out of print. THE de-
scriptive battle writing that 1t COD
tanned still remains unsurpassed. II
would probably have been a great
popular success had it been given a
title that gripped. IL was a failure
because of it's name"
Major De Forest. who died several
years g at an advanced age. wrote
several other novels after the publica,
ton Of Miss Ravenel's Conversion. /"
But his later works were more or less
perfunctory. and his friends were al
ways OF the opinion that this was the
| direct result of the comparative fail
ure OF his Civil war novel. which was
a %grievous disappointment to him. as
he had looked to it to give him per.
manent fame in the world OF litera'
ture.
Copyright. 1911. by Z. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Marks-So your Italian barber re-
fused to shave you. Why was that?
Parks-I told him I'd Just had .
Turkish bath.
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MWJE HYG H~

And, gazing down on the smoky in
ferno Of crude effort. Daylight outlined
the new game he would play, a game
In which the Guggenhammers b
rest would have to reckon with him.
But along with the delight in the new
conception came q WEAKNESS. He was
tired of the long Arctic years. and he
wac curious about the Outside-the
great world OF which he had heard
other men talk and Of which be was
as ignorant as a child. There were
games out there to play. 1t was a
larger table, and there was no reaso
why he with his millions should not
sit In and tax q hand. So 1t was,
that afternoon on Skookum Hill. that
he resolved to play this last best Kion-
dixie hand and pull for the Outside. 1t
took time, however. He put trusted
agents to work on the heels of great
experts. and on the creeks where they
began to buy he likewise bought.
Wherever they tried to corne a
~worked-out creek. they found him
standing in the way. owning blocks OF
claims or artfully scattered claims
that put all their plans to naught.
Followed wars, truces. compromises,
victories. and defeats. BY 1898. sixty
thousand men were on the klondike.
and all their fortunes and affairs
rocked back and forth and were at
fected by the battles Daylight fought.
And more and the taste for the
larger game urged in Dayiight's mouth.
Here he was already locked in crap
~l~- 81 h-
and winning. fercely winning. Pos
sibly the severest struggle Vas waged
IN Ophir, the veriest of moose-pas-
lures, whose low-grade dirt was valu-
ale only because of its ~vastness. The
ownership of a block of seven claims
in the heart of it gave Daylight his
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
How Jenny Lind. the Swedish Night
ingaIe, Provided for the Musical
Education of Adelaide Phillips,
Daughter Of Poor Man.

While Jenny Lind. the Swedish
nightingale" was making her tour of
this country. which began in 1850 and
ended in 1852, a young Boston girl.
then in her upper teens, was playing
soubrette parts in a theater In Bos-
ton and also in a theater in Philadei-
phia. In those parts she revealed
that she had a voice of promise. and
n day n who knew something OF
the voice and had been particularly
impressed with the child's singing
went to her father and said:
MIR. Phillips, your daughter Addie
has q beautiful voice. but she doesn't
know how to use it Why don't you
get her a teacher?"
Now. Adelaide Phillips father was
a poor man. He had all he could do
to support his family. Addie herself,
while still a mere child. had gone
upon the stage that she might add &c
the meagre family income. This the
father knew only too well, but-happy
thought-he would take her to Jenny
Lind, who was then in Boston. and
perhaps she could tell him how his
child's voice could be cultivated. If II
really were worth cultivating.
But when Addie Phillips was told
by her father that he was going tc
take her to Jenny Lind. she at frs
refused to go; despite her stage expe
rience she was very shy. At last, how
ever, she was persuaded to accom-
pany her father to the great singers
hotel, and there Jenny Lind received
her with such kindness. such perfect
simplicity and such gentleness o
manner that the girls fear and timid
ity vanished instantly.
Nov, you will sing to me" sale
Jenny Lind. when Addie was at hel
ease. Il want to hear your voice"
And the girl sang to her.
Nov. you sing that song again.
said Jennie Lind. when the girl hat
finished.
And Addie Phillips sang the son.
again.
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ing her, after all. The love-disease
had fastened pom her, and b a
been doomed from the first to perish
of it.
Six thousand spent the winter OF
1897 in Dawson, work on the creeks
went on apace, while beyond the pass
es it was reported that one hundred
thousand more were waiting for the
spring. Late one brief afternoon. Day.
light, on the benches between French
Hill and Shookum Hill, caught a wild
err vision of things. Beneath him lay
the richest part of Eldorado Creek,
while up and down Bonanza he could
see for miles. 1t was a scene OF q
vast devastation. The hills, to their
tops, had been shorn of trees, and
their naked sides showed signs OF gor-
ing and p~erforating that even the
mantle of SNOW could not hide. Be
meath him, in every direction. were
the cabins OF men. But not many
men were visible. A blanket of smoke
filled the valleys and turned the gray
day to melancholy twilight Smoke
arose from a thousand holes In the
snow, where, deep down on bedrock.
in the frozen muck and gravel, men
crept and scratched and dug. and ever
built more fires to break the grip OF
the frost.
Organization was what was needed.
he decided: and his quick Imagination
sketched Eldorado Creek. from mouth
to source. and from mountain top to
mountain top. In the hands of n ca
pable management Even steam-thaw'
ing, as yet untrfed. but bound to come
he saw would be q makeshift. What
should be done vas to hydraulic the
valley sides and benches. and then. Or
the creek bottom. to use goid-dredges
There was the very chance for another
big killing. He had wondered Just
what was precisely b reason for thu
Guggenhammers and the big Englisl
| concerns sending IN their h~lgh-salariee
experts. That VA their scheme. Tina
was Why they had approached him f0l
the aaie Of worked~ouf claims and tail
| inEs- They were content to let u,
small mine-owner1 gopher ont uha
they could. Q thero woold - MI
| lions IN the ieag1n&S.
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ano conduit cost ncarer four. NOT
did he stop with this. Electric power
plants were tnstalled. and his work
ings were lighted AZ well n run by
electricity. Other s~ourdoushs, who
had struck 1t rich in excess OF ali
their dreams. shook their heads gloom
lily. warned him hat be would go
broke, n declined to invest in SO ex-
travagant a venture. But Daylight
smiled, and sold out the remainder OF
MS town-site holdings. He sold at the
right time. at the height OF the placer
o When he ~prophesied to his old
cron1es, in the Moosehorn Saloon, that
Within five years town lots in DAWSON
could not be given away. while the
cabins would be chopped up for fire.
wood, he was laughed at roundly. n
assured that the mother-iode would
De found ere that time. But he went
ahead, when his need for lumber was
finished, selling put his sawmiIls as
Well Likewise, he began to get rid
OF his scattered holdings on the var1-
Gus creeks, n without thanks to any
one he finished his conduit. built his
dredges. imported his machinery, and
'A"oS thS gnu VI opulI luA4OOldtCi
accessible. And he, who five years
before had crossed over the divide
from Indian River and threaded the
silent wilderness, his dogs packing In
dian fashion, himself living Indian
fashion on straight moose meat, now
heard the hoarse whistles calling his
hundreds of laborers to work. and
watched them toll under the white
glare of the arc-lamps.
But having lone the thing. he was
ready to depart. And when he let the
word GO out. the Guggenhammers
We'd with the English concerns and
with a new French company in bid
ding for Ophir and all it's plant. The
Guggenhammers bid highest. Ind the
price they paid netted Daylight a clean
million 1t was current rumor that he
was worth anywhere from twenty to
thirty millions. But he alone knew
just how he stood, and that, with his
last claim sold and the table swept
clear of his winnings, he had ridden
his bunch to the tune Of just a tri1e
over eleven millions.
His departure was a thing that
passed into the history OF the Yukon
along with his other deeds. All the
Yukon was his guest. Dawson the
seat of the festivity. On that one
last night no mans dust save his own
was good Drinks were not to be pur-
chased. Every saloon ran open, with
extra relays of exhausted ~bartenders,
and the drinks were given away. A
man who refused this hospitality, and
persisted in paying, found a dozen
fights or his hands. The veriest
chechaguos rose up to defend the
name ct Daylight from such Insult.
And through 1t all. on laoccasinad feet,
Moved heiESoari4e fhruing
Daylight. e~verspilling with good ma.
lure and c~amaraie-fe. bowling his he
wolf how. and claiming the night as
his, bending mems arms down on the
bars, performing feats of strength. his
bronzed face flushed with drink. his
black eyes flashing, clad in overalls
and blanket coat, his ear-f1aps dang
ling and his g~auntleteG mittens swing
ing from the cord across the should
ers. But this time 1T was neither ar
ante nor a stake that he threw away
but a mere marker in the game that
he who held so many markers wOulC
not miss.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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SYNOPSIS.

Elam Harnish. known all through Alas
Ia as burning Daylight" celebrates his
9th birthday with a crowd Of miners at
TO heavy gambling, in which over 100000
H. staked Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
sledge, telling his friends that he will be
IN the big YGkou gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes a sensationally
rapid run across country with the mail.
sppears at the Tfvoli and ia now ready
gold fields. Deciding that gold will be
found In the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons of -four, which he declares
will be worth its weight In gold. but
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big fat desolate, A conlrade discoV-
era gold and Daylight reaps a rich mar
YpSt.
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Use Herring for Cod Bait

shaped entrance at once side. A
straight line of saplings running
the mouth of the funnel turns the
fish into the weir, where they swim
round and round In circles. until the
tide falls.
The fishermen go out after them in
boats and take chem up by the netful
No net encircles the weir and nothing
but the behring's stupidity prevents IL
turning to one side and SWIMMING to
liberty. Instead of turning though. IT
goes around in a circle.
From three to five million pounds Of
cod are shipped annually to New York.
to be shredded and packed in boxer
and sent to every part Of the country
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Polite and Prudent.

Mr.. MacTavish attended a chr1sten-
ing where the hospitality of the host
knew no bounds except the v
-canacities of the guests. In the midst
of the celebration Mr.. MacTavish rose
mn and made the rounds of the COM
pany. bidding each . profound fare
well.
But. Sandy, mon." objected the
host, we're no goin' yet. with the
eyenin' Just started?
.Nay?' said the prudent MacTavfsh.
sTm no goin' yet. But I'm tellin' ye
GOOD night while I knew ye."-Satur-
day Evening Post
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He Planned His Own Death

Hankford made good use of his
wits and succeeded in accomplishing
his purpose without mourning either
unpleasant penalty. He gave open
instructions to his gamekeeper. who
had been troubled with poachers in
the deer preserve. to challenge all
trespassers in the future and to shoot
to kill if they would mo- stand and
give an account.
One dark night he purposeiy
crossed the keepers path. and upon
challenge made motions OF resistance
and escape. The faithful servant.
failing to recognize his master. fol-
lowed instruction to the letter. as
was expected of him. and Sir William
fell dead in his tracks. The whole
truth of the affair was common
knowledge. but it was impossible to
establish a case OF suicide by legal
proof. The servant was protected BY
his Instructions. Hankford had hon
orable burial and his estate passed
to those whose interests as heirs ID
had 30 wisely considered
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Huoe Ropes Of Human Hair.

In north Japan is an enormous tenn
ole. the timbers of which were hauled
from the mountains and put in place
with ropes made from the hair Of the
WOMEN of the provinos. From these
tressea which were brought forth by
an edict, two ropes were made-one
II inches In circumference and Loo
feet il length. while the other was IL
inches In circumference and 1900 feet
LONG.
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Woman's Age.

Wiggins-Maud says she is %. bur
I happen to know that she was born
in 1885.
Wiseman My dear chap. you
should know that the date Oh which
a woman was born has nothing what
ever to do with her age afterwards
Boston Transcript.
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Expensive Poltteness.

ExpeHsTVe
"Pofiteness costs nothing" said the
considerable woman. Il shouldn't say
that II l were ~ou. my dear" said
Mrs. Cumrox. 1T shows at once that
you are not accustomed to employ
hveried s~ervants."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

OF splendid quality crepe, in plain
and figured; fitted yoke back and 'front.'
sleeves and front trimmed with satin
and wash ribbon. Regular CT 40
SI.oS value. Sale price. ~ w
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Your unrestricted choice of any
Woman's or Miss's Long Coat in our
house tomorrow. Gray and fancy mix
lures, also two-faced cloths. Your un-
restricted choice tomorrow,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-03
MAD, HE BREAKS THINGS
Charles McKinnon Smashes Chande-
ier at Brownies Cafe and Kicks in
$40 Window of Saloon.
FIGHTS HARD WHEN ARRESTED
copyright. NA

Charles McKinnon, a worker in
the woods, tucked few drinks I'M
der his belt yesterday afternoon and
set out to win fame as bad man.
He succeeded.
First he went to Browns restau-
rant on Minnesota avenue and de-
manded a package which, he found
later he had left at Nash McKinnon's
saloon.
Unable to obtain the package that
wasn't there, Charles declared war
and opened hostilities by grabbing up
stool and smashing a cha ndelier
and some dishes.
When he was more sternly than
gently elected, he continued to show
his peevishness by placing his No.
10 lumberjack boot through a plate
glass window in the Edward Num-
hall saloon with the result that $40
worth of property fell about him in
small pieces.
By that time Policeman Smith and
Municipal Court Officer Fred Bursely
arrived and extended an invitation
to the cantankerous Mr.. McKinnon
to calm himself in the city bastile.
McKinnon intimated that the po-
lice could take their lookup and go
to Jericho with it and began a series
of maneuvers to plant large and
heavy fists violently on the anatomy
of the officers, but without success.
In court before Judge Simons this
morning McKinnon was as docile as
a pet lamb and pleaded guilty to
charge of being drunk and disorder
ly for which activity he was given
sentence of 20 days and on top of
this he drew As days for having de-
stroyed property in the Brown res
taurant.
What will happen to him for hav-
ing heaved in the saloon window is
yet to be known. This charge is ma
licious destruction of property and
the maximum penalty is year in
Jail. He will be arraigned on this
charge later.
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Benson Names Delegates.
IMPORTANT" SAYS BURKE
Meeting Of Commercial Club Tuesday
to Consider Many things.

President Thomas j. Burke today
called attention to the fact that a
meeting of the Commercial club is to
be held on Tuesday evening of next
week. "There should be full at
tendance as there are several matters
of unusual Importance to be consid-
ered," said Mr.. Burke. "and among
them will be the question of arrang-
ing social functions and possibly
turning the club rooms over to the
wives of members certain days DUR
ing the winter" Several applica-
lions for membership are to receive
attention.. Tonight President Bur-
Ike, A. G.. Wedge, John M. Richards
and Thomas Mccain leave for st.
Paul where tomorrow they will ap-
pear before the state Railroad and
Warehouse commission as a commit
tee from the Bemidji Commercial
club to argue against discrimination
of log rates by the railroads, now
said to be in force against Bemidji
in favor of Walker.
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NEW ROAD FOR BEMIDJI?
-
Apparently Authentic Report Has it
That Minneapolis & St. Louis "
is to Come.
R0sEAU SWAMP NO DRAWBACK

There is well-deined report that
the Minneapolis & St. Louis railway,
if it constructs line northward from
the twin cities to connect with the
Canadian Northern, will build
through the Guyana iron range, east
of Brainerd, in a general northwest
erly direction to Bemidji thence
northwest and directly north to War
road. Such line would tap new ag-
ricultural and grazing land in the
Red Lake basin, as we'll as the new
est iron or range.
One of the so-called drawbacks of
such road is the Roseau swamp.
But this swamp is being drained by
the bitches and dredging being done
on the Roseau river. The road is a
feasible one and data show that the
unequaled grazing land along the
Red Lake river east of the outlet to
Red Lake and the agricultural devel-
oP1uouI VI IAe oeCIlOu VI D0lCIdlul
county near the lake, where there is
no railroad, are in such a stage as to
be attractive to any transportation
company.
This proposed route would furnish
the most direct line from the Cana
dian boundary through the Cayuna
range and would run through rich
er country than any now operated.
Another rumor connects the Min
neapolis & st. Louis with line to be
built from Warroad to New Ulm;T ex-
tending directly south from Warroad
through Clearwater county to Bag
ley, and on to New Ulm, where con-
nection would be made with the To-
wa Central, which lines are being
merged with the Erb combinations,
including the Minneapolis & St.
Louis. , =.
A communication from Bagley
few days ago said that the general
manager and the chief engineer of
the Minneapolis & St. Louis had been
at Bagley and went from that place
to Clearbrook, to look over the coun-
try.
That the Minneapolis & st. Louis
and the Great Northern are not the
only systems laying plans to invade
the country to the west and north
of Red Lake is shown by railroad talk
at Thief River Falls which again con-
meets the 500 with having inten-
lions of building line from Thief
River Falls to Loman, point on tie
Rainy river west of international
Falls. The line would connect at
Loman with an Independent road
used by the Minnesota-Ontario COM
pany in hauling logs from the Black
river country to the mills at Inter-
national Falls.