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through George NJ. Cohan, who, you
will RENE mber once wrote musical
comedy which he called "Forty-five
Minutes from Broadway" and New
Rochelle was the setting. 1t is Won
derfully beautiful little place. nor is
there any special accent on the '1it-
tie" It's great white way" which runs
along Main street, is one of the most
attractive I have ever seen in any city,
and the residential section is all that
money. art and natural advantages can
make it. New Rochelle is the home
OF wealth. In this respect it is per-
haps second only to Larchmont, its
nearest neighbor.
Along the way are plenty of road
houses which charge prices calculated
to keep one from worrying over tho
fact that he is actually off Broadway.
When, about II o'clock in the even
ing. we again pull up in front of the
building which we refer to as homo.
We realize that one of the chief charms
of living upon Manhattan Island is its
accessibility to so many other places
of wonderful beauty. The heat of the
summer night falls upon us again, but
that, too. is easily remedied by visit
to nearby roof before retiring.
And this is a specimen of the life
we live who are forced to remain In
New York city during the summer
months-the life which the rich flee
from-the life which has been reported
to you as almost unbearable-and they
dare say that to You who live where
summer begins in early June and re-
mains throughout all of August-at
least,
But there is just one incident of the
trip just taken which 1 am forgetting:
AS we passed the little road house
where we had refreshed ourselves, we
beheld the two gentlemen of the cloth
still seated at the same table, opposite
the same two ladies'. and--would you
believe it--those glasses in front o.
them were more nearly full than when
we had first seen them!
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and good fellow, and, incidentally, grand
master of York lodge, Masons-assured
me that the thing was done. and being
done, was accepted
We fingered but little while at this
delightful little road house. then off again
to Tarrytown. The distance was not
great, but the drive was beautiful along
the entire route. Darkness had fallen
Tarrytown must wait. However, who
does not know Tarrytown? The home If
Washington Irving is there. and also that
of John D. Rockefeller-both men of some
fame. so l have heard others claim. The
Irving home is located upon the Hud-
sons banks and must have been a de-
light to it's owner. There he found in
spiration for his Sketch Book, no doubt.
and in that vicinity today, so I am told,
can be found characters who are true
to the Sleepy Hollow type
Tarrytown is our destination-or
was originally-but as the night is yet
young and good flivver makes al
most all things possible, provided its
owner has lots of generosity and gas,
we decide upon a visit to New Rochelle
Not that Tarrytown has proved disap-
pointing-far from it. The home of
Irving is pretentious in these days,
and is neighbor that even proud old
Manhattan need not be ashamed Of
But New Rochelle calls--how we get
there / shall never tell you. for the
night Is confusing. and when one has
all confidence in the man at the wheel
one doesn't worry a great deal over the
pages of the blue book. l know mere
ly that after various turnings and
windings We are sailing over the
smooth surface of the old Boston post
road. What it was in other days, one
can hardly imagine. Today its surface
is as smooth as glass; along its side
are lights at regular and frequent in
tervals. and opposite the lighted side
Is open, primeval country.
New Rochelle won much of its fame
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only 20 feet of the 10 miles allotted. Aft
er that he started sawmills. He got 500
thousand, and made money out of his
lumber and wood He has now from this
same claim the timbers he uses in his
connected with his electric plant at North
Fork, where lumber is sawed by cleo
tricity.
1t was his lumber profits that gave
Mr.. Boyle the money that enabled him
to go to see capitalists and finance his
mining concessions. He first formed
an alliance with the Rothschilds, by
which he was to have one-third and
they two-thirds of the stock. The I'M
Outstanding was that they were to fur
ish the money, amounting to some
millions, and that Mr.. Boyle was to
manage the property and superintend
it's developments.
out ~. w. b. They questioned his
title and planned reorganization. Joe
Boyle carried the matter to Ottawa and
fought them in the courts, where he
finally got a judgment against them for
more than 100000 The Rothschilds
wanted to get rid of him, and offered
him s1.0OO,0OO for his share of the stock.
lie refused ana IN return MADE them an
offer of 100000 for the two-thirds that
they held. At first they laughed, but
they finally reconsidered and accepted
his proposition. Mr. Boyle then formed
another company known as the Canadian
Klondke Mining company, by which
name the property is known to this day.
l have already given you the extent
of the Boyle concessions. They include
seven miles of the mile-wide Klondike
valley and they run to the crest of
the hills on each side. The whole ter
ritory contains more or less gold. Mr..
Boyle tells me that 150,OOo0OO cubic
yards of it has already been prospect
ed and proved, and that there is proba-
bly, 100,000oO0 yards more. This makes
total of 250.000,0OO cubic yards, the
most of which is yet to go through the
great dredges, and in addition there
are 100000 or 5O.O0o.00O yards of
gold-bearng gravel that will be sluiced
down the hills by the hydra ulic giants.
Mr.. Boyle says that the bed of the
valley contains about 26 cents worth
of gold to the cubic, yard and that it
costs on the average about 8 cents a
yard to get the gold out At this esti-
mate the gold in the valley amounts to
somewhere between s4O,00O.O00 and $50, 00O,-
COO.
of flour, dust and small nuggets scat
tered through the earth in such nfinitesi-
NAL quantities that the output of
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soned ''If so much gold has come from
the valley and the creeks running into
it there cannot but be quantities of gold
dust and grains scattered through the
bed rock of which the valley is made
He went upon that supposition and got
the concessions and as a result he is
potentially one of the very rich men of
the world. 1 do not know just how
much gold he has already taken out of
the ground, but I understand that the
crop of this year will be more than 81 $780,
900, and that of this more than million
will be profit. Moreover, this sum will ell
come from gold bearing earth, which car
ries values of only about 26 cents to the
ton, and which until Joe Boyle stripped
off the surface had been locked in the
for thousands of years. 1t was the job
of Joe Boyle to learn how to work these
low values at a profit.
But first let me introduce you to the
Joe Boyle of today Joe Boyle is the
title by which he goes here. He has no
frills about him, and though everyone
pays him respect, in manner and thought,
he is as plain as a pipe stem 1 wish
YOU could see him. He is the personifi-
cation of the combative. giant of a
man, he is straight and well formed
He is broad shouldered big framed.
stands six feet in his stockings, and
weighs more than 200 pounds. He has a
big head, broad and high forehead and
eyes like blue steel His appearance is
that of a fighter, and it does not belle
him. His jaw is of iron and it's grip is
grim death. He is a positive man.
He knows what he wants and how to de-
mand it. He is good companion and
hail-felow-wel-met with those whom he
likes. I am told that he is also a good
Halter and is human throughout. He
stands we'll with his employees, and adj
dresses each of them by his first name.
In speaking of him they refer to him rs
"oJe oByle,' or u. w. b. but they I'M
derstand that he is the boss and that
everything must be done just as he
says.
I have spoken of Joe Boyle as look
ing like a fighter. That is the predomi-
nant feature of his character. He has
had to fight all of his life. and today
he would rather fight than do anything
else. He began his fight as boy His
father was a horse farmer in eastern
Canada. He lived at Woodstock, Onta rio,
and there kept racing stables and bred
and raised fine horses. When ]. w. B.
had reached seventeen this life grew too
tame for him and he started out to make
his own way. His success was not great
and when sea captain asked him to go
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ing, just little farther on, the Dyck.
man house. recently given to the city by
the Dyckman heirs. 1t is not the original
Dyckman house-that was burned when
its owner showed too great a friendly feel
ing for the British, but the house we now
behold has been the home of other Dyck-
mans and is by no means a modern
structure.
Again we find ourselves rolling along
under the elevated subway tracks; at our
right lies the great lake just south OF
Van Cortland park, then past the park
itself we go, glancing over at the historic
Van Cortlandt manor which played some
important part in something upon some
ancient occasion-all of which is offere1
with due reverence for such dates and
details. And now we come to that part
of Broadway of which little is written
there is little to write, ordinarily, for
away to our right stretch great fields.
with perhaps a farm house here and
there. 1t is the same Broadway which
penetrates Times Square, but here the
lights are out. and natures quiet is over
all.
1t gives rise to dreams and fancies: In
that farmhouse, probably lived boy who
grew up like the cornstalks about him,
tall and straight, and silken haired; full
of the promise of rich crop. What was
broadway to him or he to Broadway!
But stay-daily he sees the handsome
cars flash past; he hears the gay laugh
ter of their occupants. and he begins to
wonder where this great. peaceful thor
oughfare leads to; to wonder if, by fol-
lowing it, he, too. can find the source of
all this bubbling laughter which. to him,
seems so genuine and joyful.
Comes the day when he leaves the
farmhouse and starts south along the
great street. Its variety is greater than
he had dreamed; he sees the buildings
grow taller and taller, the lights glow
brighter and brighter, and he is as yet
unable to detect any evidences Of lack
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carry you over section OF
Broadway that is seldom written about
and therefore little known. for Broad
ways reputation as the worlds most
wonderful thoroughfare, may be said to
miles south of where it crosses the little
Harlem river. the northern boundary of
Manhattan island.
Again the little flivver palpitates prom
isingly in front of our imposing apart.
ment building. Two elongated and cou-
pie of abbreviated "honks' send US scam
pering out to the elevator. and as we
plunge downward we utter a fervent
blessing upon the heads of the automobile
owners who seem to find their chiefest
pleasure in taking their friends out with
them.
UP Broadway we spin, taking as many
chances with death as any veteran of
Verdun ever came into contact with. We
are up in the 140s now. rolling over
Washington Heights, Familiarity referred
to by many as "Kike's Peak" on ac-
count of the great number of Jewish resi-
dents. But the great apartment build
ings have no charm for us. Just south
Of 1s5th street we had heard the rumble
OF the subway far above our heads, for
at that point for several blocks it becomes
on II" until it rushes headlong into terra
firma once again. and now we hear it
beneath our own wheels, the sound reach
ing us DULY through the grating in the
center of upper Broadway
Down long hill. With an ancient ceme-
terry on either side, we dash. Already
Broadway is beginning to look bit diff
ferent, but it is the same old Broadway,
and down in the white lights the same
Old game 10 being played Suddenly we
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OF genuineness in it all. Perhaps in the
white light district, he pauses long
enough to get touch of what is called
the life" Perhaps he fingers on there
and slips down as SO many before him
have slipped, surely and by no means
slowly, until he learns to curse 1t all,
yet finds himself unable to break away
from it's grip of fascination. Perhaps he
wanders still farther south, and turn off
at Wall street, to lose himself in the
great money marts. Perhaps he never
found himself again, and it is easy to
fancy that the smoke coming out of the
chimney of the farmhouse floats away
daily. carrying a silent message from
the lonely hearts of the "old folks" to
the long lost boy who followed the siren
call of Broadway.
But we do not pause in our journey
Fast the open country we roll, and soon
find ourselves within the glow of the
bright lights of Yonkers city second
only to Brooklyn in it's popularity as
subject for vaudeville jest and Manhattan
jibes generally. 1t first sprang into
fame. 1 believe, when the kpglishman,
who was told that certain friend of
his had been seen in Yonkers, asked:
What are Yonkers?'
However, as a matter of fact, Yonkers
is quite a pretentious city. 1t has every
thing that the average city can boast,
and even few restaurants whose prices
would be a credit to Longacre Square or
Fifth avenue. in the vicinity of Sherrys
and Delmonico's.
Going a bit to westward we are soon
upon a road which is as majestic as the
boulevard just described. Here, however.
are residences on either side, and the
Hudson is even grander than it is farther
south and nearer the New York harbor
Beautiful homes with great lawns about
them, make us realize that we are no
longer in New York city. Through Irv-
ington and Hastings on the-Hu we
speed, almost gasping out our enjoyment
of the beauties of these little cities, and
the grandeur of the scenes generally.
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BY FRANK G.. CARPENTER
Copyright, 1916, by Frank G. Carpente

10 [NcE I have come to Canada I
1871 have acquired a contempt for
|ES55zSss5| Aladdin. At every step here I
lsAM1J am meeting common. every
day men who are enslaving genii
million times mightier than those
of the Arabian Nights. They rub
the lamps of their genius and pail
aces of mechanical wonder spring
forth almost in night. They give their
orders and change the course of river
They raise their hands and valleys are
turned upside down. They even send their
minions into the stony ice vaults that
have been locked since the age of the
glaciers to bring forth the gold so long
held by Jack Frost.
1t is such men who are conquering
nature in the valley of the Klondille, who
are ripping the skin from the ribs of
old Mother Earth and picking out the
gold thea lies next her bones. 1 have all
ready N-itten of the Yukon Gold COM
pany. the child of the Guggenheims
which is operating in the creeks that
have poured millions into the lap of the
world My subject today is Joseph w.
Boyle, the dredge king, whose dominons
are forty square miles of the gold bearing
earth through which the Klondike itself
cuts its way. His territories begin with
in almost stones throw of where the
river flows into the Yukon and they
run to beyond Hunker creek for dis
lance Of about seven miles. They cover
altogether an area of over $4,000 acres
and the most of this is mixed with mug
gets, grains, dust and flour of fine gold.
The tract is known as the Boyle con-
AZ.
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with children-those who have been cor
rageous enuf to Ease the future in double harness.
bossed by a muther-inlaw-had half the brains of
those who have not, about how to control and bring
to abject subjugasion the frecled Ease hopeful who
wears Jumpers, stonebruise and nonshallant air
OF Indifference the next gennerasion would wecum
the advent of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that is. II
you contemplate bringing up fammily becums
sturdy Americon citizen and ernestly desire do it
rite and in an approved and effisient mannur you
should furst obtain the of sum crusty old
bachelor friend; in less than half day he can tell
you moor about how boy ought to be raised in
10 produse the furnished article than you can lern in
lifetime of actuel expehense The reesun for this is
that ne is cold and impassioned obsurver. His bet
tur Judsmlnt is not swayed by sentimental cawses
or undeW lnfewanses. He veews the problem frum
purely flosofflcal and SCIENTIFIC standpoint He
knows how his fathur raised him-back in the good
old days, when he was a boy. He gives you glowing
accounts OF how the old man used TO conduct him to
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INCE | have come to Canada l
have acquired a contempt for
Aladdin. At every step here I
am meeting common. every
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|lSTUR EDDITUR: Most everybody knows
how to bring up the gay and festive Ameri-
con yuth in the way he should go exsept
the folks who air doing so. If the folks
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1W YORK. July 2s.-(special.>
In this the third Of our series
of little summer trips around
New York, we are going to
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The next process was to handle tho
melted material with such Economical
that not an ounce of energy
or cent of expense went to waste. He
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Washington, D. C.
The Pulaskian., 1916-12-29
Another Good Man
 Tells Story

Is Glad To Tell What Wonderful Hays
 Specific Did.
 In telling his friends of the next to astounding benefits that he derived from the contents of just one bottle of the wonderful medical discovery called Hays Specific, which is now being talked among the people who have made the test for them selves, MT Robert E. Boykin, of May field, Ky, representing the Norvell, Shapleigh Hardware Co, of St Louis, Mo, says:
 ''I am real believer in Hays Spe- cific. 1 was a sufferer from rheuma- tism and can say that one bottle gave me entire relief. I am glad to offer this statement and it comes free on my part"
 Such statements as this one made by MT. Boykin, continue to pour In daily from good honest people who are thankful for being cured of suf- fering and who feel it their duty to tell the good news to suffering hu- manity
 Hays Specific, the great system ton fc, is now being sold and recommend ed in Little Rock by w. w. Hughes & Co, Beech and Prospect, Pulaski Heights.
The Pulaskian., 1916-12-29
.COMPL PL|MENT TO
 REy.L. E. N. HUNDLEY
ASHLEY COUNTY PAPER PAYS HIGH COMPLEMENT TO ONE OF LEADING MINISTERS OF M.
 E. CHURCH, SOUTH.

The Hamburg Eagle pays the fol- lowing well-merited compliment to one of Pulaski Heights most beloved pas tors:
 Rev. L. E. N. Hundley well known Ashley county boy, who is one of the leading ministers of the Metho- dist Church in the State, was appoint ed by the recent Conference for his second year to Pulaski Heights, one of the best churches in Little Rock Of his work at England, where he was pastor before coming to Little Rock, the Church Bulletin says:
 "Rev. L. D. N Hundley, our pastor for the coming four years, will preach his first sermon for us this morning, and also will preach at the evening service. During the past year he has served the church at England, and those of us who attended District Conference at that place in May will remember the universal esteem and love for him which was manifested by the good people of that church, which was further indicated by the fact that petition from them was presented at Conference, asking unanimously for his return. Brother Hundley Is reputed to be a strong man in young peoples organization work. and our Epworth League especially is congrat- ulating itself Sister Hundley also Is active in Woman's Missionary Socie- ty work"
 The above is an abstract from our Church Bulletin of December F, 1915. After 3 years experience we feel that we have nothing to take back, but rather that we can emphasize every statement made, and could add sev- eral to them. Our judgment as guess CT is unimpaued by the years exper- fence There is only one change we are forced to make, and that is made necessary by our church laws, and not by conditions with us. "Our pastor for the coming four years" automatf- cally becomes .our pastor for the com ing three years" But it is just possi- ble that before the expiration of that time our church laws may have been amended so that we would be entitled to write instead flor the coming five years" Here's hoping they may
The Pulaskian., 1916-12-29
NINTH WARD CLUB
 TO MEET JANUARY {

A call has been issued for meet ing of the Ninth Ward Club to be held in Forest Park M E. Church on Fri day evening, January 5. At that time officers will be elected for next year, and reports will be received of work done during the past year
 The club has not been very active for several months, but with the con- ing of the new year, it expects to take on renewed activities, and the leaders in the organization are lokoing for ward to a most successful year.
The Pulaskian., 1916-12-29
Associate Editors.

Mics Edna Jones, Geyer Springs. Mrs. ". ]. Cotton, North Point. Miss Erma Dixon, Sweet Home. Mrs. George Protho. Ferndale. Miss Omia Rowland, Ferndale Miss Margaret Smart, Forest Park. Mrs. Mary l.. Valentine, Galloway Miss Fay Glasscock, Cabot, Route ?. Miss Frances Clement, Cato. Miss Ethel Crowson, Halstead. Mrs. R. E. Branch, l.. R. Route ?. Miss Opal L. Perry, lronton. Miss Willie Graham, Jacksonville. Mrs Fl H. Mcclure, Mabelvale. Mrs. | w. Stewart, Big Maumelie Mrs. -Rebecca Nothwang. Oak Grove. Tshmael Wicker, Ebenezer.
 Bolon B. Turner, Zion Hill Mrs. | A. Pairet, Tip Top. Miss Eala Red, Maoievale, R. l. !. M Thompson. Mt. Pleasant Miss Jewel Henson, Fourche Dam. Miss Ida McHughes, Upper Ferndale. Mrs. Loda Smalling, Levy.
 H. w Pinkerton, Craig's Mill. Earl Brown, Schaubs School. Miss Vada Price, R. 3, Jacksonville. Miss Virginia Bryant, Mt. Carmel. Miss Eva Wilder, Wilder. Miss Alba Heilman, Oak Grove. W. J. Sulzberger Roland Maurice VI Clay, Roland. Mrs. Kate Hartsell, Castle Rock Mrs. c. c. Oury, Natural Steps. Miss Jewel Boyd. Jacksonville, Route Miss Lelah vernia, Little Maumelle. Miss Ella Norman, Route ', Little Rock
The Pulaskian., 1916-12-29
WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE-

Whats the matter with Schaubs? Oh is she dropping out? We're wondering what the trouble is, And what it's all about You're getting mighty grouehy, You've lost your jolly ways. So patch up your digestion, And brighten up the day. Do help us keep things going. We're trying to do our part We are very near discouraged, But we'll make another start But we must pull together, You must banish all your fright If you want to help make things
 pleasant
 On chilly, moonless night For those nights bring back to mem
 ory,
 A poem that fills the air, About twinkered little star, What used to be called stare. Oh, schaubs, schaubs, wake up my
 dear,
 Don't give us so many woes, But jump right in and be sport, And make things hum and go.
 -Lera Beauchamp.
 (FrOm Schaubs)
The Pulaskian., 1916-12-29
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

Hon. and Mrs. Ashley Cockrill Tues day@evening, last week, gave dinner at the Country Club to two distin- guished guests, Chas. Choate of Bos- ton, and c. A. Severance of St. Paul, Minn.
 The table was arranged with a pro fusion of roses and greenery. The guests included in addition to the hon orees: Mrs. George B. Rose, MT. and Mrs Vincent Miles. Ms. Carl Baer. MT. and Mrs. j. N. Heiskell, Mir. and Mrs. ]. k. England Jr., MT. and Mrs. Chas. Coleman, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Vinson- haler and Deaderick Cantrell.
The Pulaskian., 1916-12-29

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