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Show I A Eeolaed ilia He ear, ! X'uht Tuwmskmij! Willi,, March O.Tbre yaara ago this aprlug Petr Wllborg left bla bom In CallJomia for t'ooa'a luiel, Alaska, for nearly threw years b Wotkttl uuoeatlngly lu ti.a gold regluus, laal NoVembr be cae neck lu the staiea ou a visit, bringing wi h him $49,Oi)U lu gold duat aud bug-geta. bug-geta. Alter banking flLo.UH) lu Hau r'rauolsi'o ha started uut lo have a gi.od Dm on, tna remaining $m,ou), He spent four uiontha lu Ihe eaaiero aud aoutharu oillva, tending the larger part of bla pocket money, Iit blKlit helelt ber eu lb eteaiur City ol Topeka, ou bla rturu lo tue Alaaka gold flelda. Whll th steamer was tying at tb wharf n amused blmiell by throwing dounla baudiula of ailver dollars at in u ya un lb wharf. Lv-ry buy whooould bit ihe eccuutrio Alas ka miner with a snowball rtoelved a baudlul of Oiln in return. Wllborg appeared to en)oy in sport as m joh at th boya. Aa the boat pulled out from the wharf h pelted the boya with oiouey |