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Show YOU III. liEA-YEK- FROM TIIE KLONDIKE. INTERESTING LETTER BY FAMOUS CORRESPONDENT. fouquln Miller A 1ili of Life In That Far Off 1'lnce Newspaper Women Who T meet In Mule Attire- - Suiua Worth" 1cm Characters Are Thera. - (Klondike Letter.) Sy LIKE democracy, j but not the democ-- i racy of dirt. This is the must dexno-j- i cratic place today in the world, ye; even the most pronounced democracies have always had anu will have always their sets." There ls always the mass, and, cry out against it as much as you will, there Is always a sort of 400. For example, the rich mine owners here, however they may have existed at first, group together now and build comfortable cabins with strict regard to cleanliness, health and rest and some adornment. But some day laborers, and even' ' some rich men, thoughtless prospectors and so on, who only house up temporally, are tumbled in together, and exist in many cases most dismally. Of course, there are among them some, no doubt many, of refinement and cleanly habits, but such men sooner or later come to the surface and' get out into more congenial quarters. We are very fortunate in having fine neighbors, newspaper men and artists from the great eastern cities, and we are enter4ained-anInstructed by their Men do not play cards here presence. d a, her a moment, and He jJWLed then' said tion. In California, Colorado, almostany-rvhrre- , you eaittmove but under a tree, move almost anything or at any time. You can t 4o thaL here, and nothing short of pending disease from aeeumu-latin- g dirt will warrant the risk of moving into a eabin of green logs and wet moss in midwinter, and it seems to me that it is nearly always mid-- ' men. The camp is overrun with homeless men going up and down, claiming, as no doubt they are, to be Working for this paper or that paper. They are too worthless to provide supplies and too lazy to build cabiDS and keep them in order. They are a numerous nuisance here. There were three women of this sort, who used to go up aud down the creeks, booted to the thighs and all girded and plumed like Jack, the giant killer, .but .(hey .found, other business One is a good cook for a good company of mipers, one is kicking high at higher salary in a dance hall, and one has got married a time or two. The first thing our cook, whoever he may be, does in the dark, cold morning is to hop out of bed in his !,Bleeptng"bootS' of- - mooseskhi, - light acandle and then kindle a fire. Then he breaks the ice in the water bucket, sets on the coffee pot end a wash basin of water, then back in the bed till the roaring stove gets hot, then he is out, washes and dresses and gets breakfast. The morning meal announces itself, the fragrant coffee is not to be mistaken, and the other man Is soon ready. After the table is cleared, a few books and papers find place; two candles are lighted and each now, with pen and paper, piles his trade till tardy day is at the double-glasse- d window; that is, unless there is a big find or a stampede is on, which Is the case about half the time. Kreling, who Is my partner, and I now cook week about. He has learned and is still learning lots. He is cheerful, and perfectly resigned to his task when his turn comes. As for myself and my cooking I was a born cook. I once in California cooked for twenty-seven men, some of them are alive yet. Tacked above Hireling's bunk Is this To cook Is human; to eat legend: the stuff divine; another reads: Try nir mince pies and prepare for the worst; another. In the form of an adWanted, a man vertisement, reads: with a peg leg, to mash potatoes." All sorts of people call, of all sexes and conditions; more women than yfiu would think; good women, bright and beautiful with healthful color from brisk walks in the keen cold. One woman who tat watching Krel lng, to his great annoyance, cooklngL N. GTTt would kill bm to eat, said: that" NO. 47. In jth on-:e- winter here. I went into one of those crowded and disorderly cabins the other day to help put a man on a sled for the Sisters hospital. We have no rats or cats here, but if all such vermin in and around any California mining camp had crept into that cabin and died, it could not have been worse. No wonder the man had a fever. These careless men, good fellows oftentimes, kick off their muchlucks, moccasins and other footgear and all sorts of things on the floor by their hunks and leave them to mold or rot. All of them sleep in this one room and cook and eat there. The stove is often redhot. Let us in pity for these heed- j a - less men get out aud look on a more . JOAQUIN MILLER. "NEWSPAPER WOMEN. as they did in California. But there are newspaper men and newspaper I'.mo. bed thrown jt. Like a flash, he LIFE HAVANA CITY. sprang forward anil seized the powder. The men gave an Juvoluntarily cry of TERRIER LUGGED AWAY A STICK alarnu They thought he was going to PRETTY WOMEN A FEATURE OF But Gyp BLOOD STAINED PLACE. carry; death to their feet. OF C1ANT POWDER. had a 'different purpose in view. Down he romped to a big covered the are Sympathetic Too anti Were Blttnleri Wrt TlireutMil with Violent box that his master had provided for They mikI Wore Too Krlghteued Moved liver the ). of t'le to him Deeply fn which to take refuge from Maine and Iter tiallant C rsw Cuban Help ThMiiilve The Kennel liiown stornft - There.Gyp had cached varivs. KpauUlf lleaui lea. ! to Atoms.- w ous ioea and other articles... dear to i the canine heart, and there he depositto new bia ed (Ilavaira Letter.) saved fofl lives In West Rye at plaything. Expecting blown to pieces, the men Urn risk of -- his- own"thtragh he didnt see-ldAHS, grim terrors, know it,, and pow is in danger Of watchd, but Gyp left the improvised environing Havana 4'ath from overfeeding, says a Mount kennM and trotted toward his master. jaa they have for was a BefotV him over a year, have reached he there t & Vernon, N. Y., dispatch. Gyp sharp-eyeseriously hampered alert fox tcrrj&gwtnd when crash and the kennel disappeared In cloud of smoke. Gyp possibly won- the social life mid men hesitate na and saw nothing ..but , p date men artivily of the Cuterrible fate, fie ralmly did Mu dusy Tred, why ton r ordinarily him and Yet him and ound ban capital. patted according to his lights. There is blast-- j him with 'all the dis-- t lng in progress on the Miriam Osborn vied with one another in urging . But Cations which1 a estate, in West Rye, and four men, un- -' to ea. all of their dinners at contents the 11, prackcal state of it took ha including der John Gordon, have been tearing siege produce the the rook with high explosives. Gyp of th's tin kettles, in good part, and is the property of Martin Berry, one of if headoes not see pink cats with red city is gayer than tljet people of the the 'workmen, and usually accompanies hot tkiis in his dreams it will not be United States would suppose. In spite his master to work. He sat on a rock because he did not court nightmares of the shadow which the conflict throws over all,, one constantly hear? attentively watching the men as they through greediness. of functions of various kinds provided put six sticks of giant powder in as 1 for the amusement of society folk. Durc. many holes that they drilled, and Characteristic Tick. ing the administration of Gen. Weylt--r when they lighted. the fuses and ran No two telegraphic operators Bend there was a great deal of this kind of for a blind gutley that would protect mess-gt- s alike. The click of the ln them from flying rock, .he was barking struiient is the same to the ear of a thing. It was the policy of tbit officer at their heels. Then came the mighty man J.vbo does hot understand It, but to minimize the rflcTla of war by in roar as the blast went off, or at least ona iLiwator recognizes the sending of duiglng society to the top of its bent. But when Gen. Blanco assumed the part of It, for the fuse burned slowly, anotir If he has ever heard it before reins of government there was an imand had not reached the powder. The for length of time. Just as a famiay mediate change. The present official rock was torn to pieces, and the re- liar o!ee-lrecognized. Operator representative of Spain is not soof stick maining explosive, freed from finaggs leaves New York, Torviny Even man of times. the best at ciety its resting place, was hurled through and, ifter roaming from one city, to the air and fellJireotly at the entrance another, finally IhndB In the Galveston before the terrible disaster to the to the guliey in which the men were (Text office and goes to work. He Is Maine he shunned anything which seemed to countenance anything like huddled. They saw it the instant it put fpwn to work a wiie running to He has since seemed imbued reached the ground, and their face Kansas City. The man In Kansas City frivolity. Idea that the present times with the was still rising from the begiijp to send. ; Mr. Snaggs pricks up are too paled. Smoke full &f more important matters tiny bit of fuse that remained uncon- his 3rs and Interrupts the sender. to admit of any attention to mere sosumed.. A second - more might be AlaR tt a BlH-- Robinson.?. he asks,, cial' doing's. to allow it to reach the powder. and fie other man saya, "Yes. tts me, enough But, In spite of official ignoring of Mr. Snaggs All knew death was certain unless & Tommy Snaggs. their claims the visitor here cannot I I am. wo I returns, done was recogthot no tts but something promptly, fall to note the many handsome women a man there bad courage to lift, the ter- nised; Kudin.. Then they devote to be seen on the streets of the city. 'Travrible explosive. That was where Gyp's few Rfpients to telling of their are distinct types of Cuban beaulast time they worked on Theywho chance came. He had been trained to els, are evidently accustomed to ty, waa and I one in Boston wire go after sticks and balls, and when he the sf' move in the best society women Who saw the stick fall he thought his mas- - the (4 f in Montreal. Exchange. would grace any fashionable gathering of the elect of any American city. Cuban women are not as much accustomed to seeing their portraits used In the papers as are their American DOtt ter ltli ' NOVEMBER!, UTAH, SATURDAY, WERESAVEIUJV-- sei iously: "No. madam, it would not kill you. It might cripple you for life, but it would not ill you. However, I wish you no harm, and you shall l.ot even s be crippled. And he, with great gravity and deliberation, set only two plates. Then she left. It is about as serious a thing t select a cabin mate here as It is to gel married outside. You can get a dinner outside almost ainy day. but here it means a lot of trouble and fricv.-r- pleasant picture. Few of the cabins, even the best of them, have more than one room, unless there is a woman. There is always a cache, .or storeroom, for provision, Many hare their supplies high In the air, where they can only be reached by a ladder, hut It is a growing custom now. to build a sort of .woodhouse and storeroom in front of the one door, where boots, muchlucks and all that sort of stuff can be hung up or aired and frozen till needed. We chose this latter method, and like it, as ours is the average size of the better class of Klondike cabins. , them to permit the artist to create their likenesses,' but those of some who are real types of what a Cuban beauty looks like have been obtained. One thing must be said for the women of Havana. They were deeply moved over the appalling fate of the Maine. Their sympathy was widewhen the"hews of the explosion spread and death was reported in the city. The leading women of the day Spanish sympathizers as well as Cubans proper did all in their power to sufferings of the wounded sailors carried to the hospitals after the disaster. For a time apparently all partisan feeling was lost In the universal expressions of relief, especially Many ladles of among the women. rank and distinction visited the wound-'eand bright eyes were dimmed with tears when they viewed the terrible agonies of the poor fellows taken alive 'from the mangled wreck. Cuban beauty, by the way, is probably more marked than is Spanish. The genulDe Castilian girl is often wonderfully beautiful, but In all probability ..there, are. pore really beajitlf ul women in Havana than in Madrid or any other purely Spanish city. The impression which obtains among Americans that persons of Spanish blood are Invariably brunettes is a mistaken one. In fact, outside of the Andalusian provinces there are many women who are hale a markedly blonde as from the United States or England, the land of blue eyes and golden hair. It is true that in this island dark- alle-viate- d, - any-wh- e dBf'fh MARVEL. . Electric Light Aid Singer. Singers, actors and public speakers, since the Introduction of the electric light, have less trouble with their voices and are less likely to catch cold; their throats are not so parched and they feel better. This is due to the air not being vitiated and the temperature more even. QrMtnfM Rtrofnhttd. Whats going on here toseems to be a celebration There day? of some kind in progress. Native Yes; were glvin Cy Simpson- - little blowout on gittin tack from the city without buyln a gold brick. Hes the first oit&ea of this place that ever done it. WOODEN INDIANS ANCESTORS (Philadelphia Letter.) There was uncovered In an old business house the other day one of the finest specimens of that ever graced the front of a business house a century or more ago. It 1b el assic .figure and once .stood at the front of the first trimming store started in the Quaker City, ' The goddess of commerce, seated on the bases of Importations, Is iree feet high, ably colored tn flesh tints, gold, green and red. It la eald that some of wood-carvin- g url Ignorant, t a Prodigy. Poor Jfcphlha Palmer, up in the mountains of northern Georgia, near FairmomH,- ' makes - msBiesl.- instru-ments, clocks and models of machinery, all out of the simplest material at band. He also composes music. In these ways he is a prodigy. In ail other matters he is hopelessly and A SOUTHERN here. - Over the Teaeaps. What foolish creatures women are! he' said; always trying to improve Never satisfied with upon nature. themselves as the Creator made them. Look at your hair, for instance. Why are you not willing to have it as It was given to you? Why must you always be curling and frizzing it, when you know that anyone can tee at a glance that naturally it is as straight What satLfaciion'can as an Indians? you get out of such f olish atteaipts at Oh, the languidly redeception? plied, T suppose it is foolish, but still I wouldnt be surprised if it were just as sensible as it is for you to curl up the ends of your mustache when anyone can see that every hair on your lip Then he got .8 as stiff as a bristle. angry and told her she never could take part in a debate without getting personal in her remarks. Cleveland Leader. almost completely devoid of human intelligence. He goes barefooted in ail weathers, because, he says, shoes smother him,. It la said here that somethlns mors than half the society oTTIavana has deserted the city, intending to remain sway until the war Is ended. Moat of these persons have gone to the United States. More have gone to America than Madrid. Some few have gone to Barcelona, but the greater porjJa'havek refuge in Uncle Sam's domains. New York's hotels are said, to be well tenanted by some of the wealthier families of this city, while others are scattered along the Atlantic coast cities. Beople here have commenced to date events from "before the war,-a wae ... the ease a few years ago in the United States. Before the war Havana was a nere was gay city In many respects. a considerable, degree of wealth and fashion and functions of moment were of great frequency. But until the war has ended and time has passed sufficient to remove the outward evidences of tts presence there will be little of the brilliancy which marked the social life ' One of the most marked evidences of modern progress is the fact that weather observations are now taken in midair. This is accomplished at Fort Logan, Col., where a detachment of the signai corps has a balloon of 11,000 cubic feet capacity. By its aid observations are taken at a greater height than has. ever before been possible. Just how inis is done is shown by the accompanying illustration, made from a photograph, which shows the system by whieh Chief Signal Service Officer Willis L. Moore hopes some day, and that before very long, to advance weather prognostications to such s deingree that they will be well-nig- h fallible. Mr. Moore Is the Edison of the weather service, and bblieves that all that has been done so far is only a good beginning of the great work which Is to come. The balloon is operated as part of a captive balloon section of the signal corps,, so Arranged as to form,-I- f necessary, a portion of the field train of an army. Thus it will be possible to utilize these same balloons, for purposes of war, as well as tbs peaceful duties that accrue to them . in the jweather service. This captive balloon section consists of a balloon, a balloon wagon with cable drum and ' cables and accessories for holding the balloon captive; four tube wagons and accessories, one service wagon, a gas generating apparatus, a compressor for impounding gas in tubes, and 180 steel tubes in which gas is compressed to ons or one one hundred and twentieth of its volume. So far as the weather service and ballobns are concerned, ths combination is A CENTURY AGO. of address. Of 'class signs at the present day we have remnants In the barbers pole, tobacconist's Indian, and, though disappearing, the druggists mortar and colored bottles; also the three balls of the pawnbroker. We look at the pictures of the old London streets, with projecting carvings from the buildings, How strange! not re- and exclaim: alizing that nof Tess'lfianTW years ago a glance along one of our own streets showed red lions, virgins of commerce, wooden mortars, etc., extending more or less over the Bidewalk. Henry Fawcett's Blindness. " 'Never mind, father, . blindness shall not interfere with my success In life, said the young law student, Henry Fawcett, when hie father reproached himself - for carelessly destroying all his son's prospects of advancement. "One pleasant day in 1858 the two had gone bunting together. A flock of partridges flew over a fence where the father had no rIght!to shoot; but as he was moving forward they flew back toward, his son. The father, so eager to bring down a bird that he did not think of his son's danger, fired. Several shots uttered HeDry's breast, and one went through each glass of a pair ! -- th growing in importacoe every day. Within a year it is hoped to have a chain of balloon stations extending from Washington to the Rocky Mountains. These will be erected gradually, but when they are all complete, the weather department at Washington will be in better position to tell what the weather la going to be than it has ever been before. The accompanying illustration shows s balloon with signal service operators in it, but this is not the method that will ordinarily be utilized in securing observations. An automatic instrument has been invented which, wheh set aftefr the fashion of an alarm clock, will take an observation by Itself at whatever second may bedesignated. It is the Intention to attach these instruments to balloons and in that way secure observations at great heights, as 'great as it is possible for captive balloons tR v-reach with safety.. ,, CARVED the ancient statuary waa colored and here the effect Is shown. ' One falls to appreciate that when the city was small numbers on! buildings played but fUtln Dart, andkiandmark such as this sign Impressed the publle with location. There may be read In the newspaper advertisements as late as the 40s: "Two Doors. from .the Camel Tavern and such designation ''In in instant of spectacles he wore. he was stone blind for life. But within ten minutes from the time of the accident which deprived him of eyesight forever, this boy of iron nerve had determined that even .blindness should not swerve him from hls! purpose. to Will you read the newspaper me?' were his first words to his sister when they carried him home. He was obliged to abandon law, but he began the study of political econA CUBAN GIRL, omy with a zeal rarely equaled, meanwhile having friends read to. him In but there women are the rule, skinned are many striking variations, especial- his moments of leisure the works of Member of Milton, Burke, Wordsworth, all of ly out In Jhe provinces. an American relief committee who re George Eliots novels, and a wide courseLof general literature, tor he cently traveled over the Island carry was determined that hie' blindness to necessities the other and food lng not limit the breadth of his should rule fearful of say victims Weylers of the women they culture."- - Buccessi that nearly one-hamet on that trip. were of typee approxIf a member of the Russian imperial imating to the blonde. Frequently they lives outside the country for dewae family who some young girl 'saw of the year his cided blonde. In all such cases the more than a quarter maiden was strikingly beautiful. lf |
