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Show COINED IN THE KLONDIKE. 1 1 ' M j;fe JL Many Idiomatic Expressions Arc Being Adopted by mfflm Old-Time Residents of the Far North. r I Mark Tvvnln an 1 Hiet ltnrte have I Iiiserved for lis llko blark beetles In umber," In a setting of lirllllint nnd vlillo lltei ittire, the multitude of piw-ciful piw-ciful nnd hturcsque expressions which originated In tho enrlv mining ramps nn I cnttlo ranges nf Callfoini i nnd tho Western fiontlir The pioneers or Alaska mil the Klondike Klon-dike have likewise a voeiibular) pecti-II pecti-II uly their own strongl) 1, sirlpllie of tin vnrliius phases Willi htimonuis and dramatic, of llfi In th,. fm .North suss a i oi respondent of the Hoston Irnns-tilpt Irnns-tilpt Hut, while the words nnd phrases of tin Western fiontlet are sn will known that mill) of them ute even now begin nlng Iheli existence ns lespec ttiblt I'll (.llsh Ihe Mark Tvvnlln and ltret I larles of the Klnndlko set lem lln inulo un I Inglorious the wtllers hi lug few who have nvitllid themselves of the wide Held olTireil b) the union for itorlia rich In humoi In romnnie, In pitlios nnd ovin tingid), nnd tho stinngej rorms or speei h nf thi north-irn north-irn camp still nmiln a m)stcty The wind outside' Us, ir Is the expression ex-pression used to ilenoli nil that part or the worll whlili Is not l lsk i or tho Klondike nnd Is strnnglv suggestive of tin fiellng or Imprisonment c irlemed b) ever) one even (lie phlegmntlc nnd lenst Impressionable ones dining the long Arrtlo wlntu when there Is nn oppiesslve senco nf being shut ofT from nil the lest of the wnrll b) u harrier or be and snow whlili Is nnlv sur-moiinted sur-moiinted and left belilnd nfli i many thi tiavel with sled nnd dog team ml though this illllli ultv Is ripldl) lie lug overcome by progress In inllroad building, the expression will doubtless remain To use the word "outside" ns nn nd-Jeetlve nd-Jeetlve descriptive nf an) thing rrom tlie civ nisei wnrll wns or course, but n step, nnd Its iipplltntlini sometimes hiitl n humorous c tfei t 'Outside dogs' were dogs whlrli hnd been brought Into the countr) ns distinguished from the native da)s ' luiaklrs ' or ' mntainewts" 'Outside rlothes' nre clothes such as are worn In t lv Miration rnibnbl) the most common nf nil the recullir Klondike localism. Is the expression ex-pression 'much or mush on the word or common I used by tlie dor drivers driv-ers when stinting theli tennis It Is undoulitedlv a inrruptlon nt the 'unit rhoiiB or the l'rtncli-C Hindi in In print is lias rut n er) Impiesslve np- iniiince, lint when npplleil lo the dot., nnd girnlsbid with nmro nr less nrtl tic iiornnllv occur ling to tlie nlmost universal custom or the cinintr) It gnlns In force, iihd the in il ininnt who Is a wise liens! soon hains in dlsrernrd the simple eommaul to mush und wnlls for the rei etlllon nf the word, with nil tlie ndornments before settling Into the ttncea nnd Mnrtlng nff Willi Ills henv load The word ' musli wn soon extended tn mean the net of taking u trip over Die trail with it dog tenm und then to npply tn n Journey on runt Hence n goo 1 ' nnishre Is one who Is n good walker or cm make a goo I da) 'a march running belilnd ii dog team tlie i us-tumur) us-tumur) wn) when ono Is traveling with alniidedsled Hence a hard mush" or a ' long inush ' Is n long or n hard Jour-ne). Jour-ne). Clieeehnku" (prnnnunced cheechavv-ker) cheechavv-ker) prohabl) nn Indian wnul-ls, like the word ' lendi rfnot ' on Iho Western ftontler, tlie term up lied In the litiso-I litiso-I histicated newcomer, nnd tarries with It an equal nmoiint of bcorn One la a theielinkii until ho lino si ont n winter In tlie ro miry I'lnm being npplled tn a now arrival, the ward naturnll) enmo to lefu to mi) thing n ci nlly brought In from tlio 'outsjdc" The great rush of chtclinko tnkes i lace In tho spring, Just nfter the Ico goes nut nr the tlknn, and dnwn the river with lln in como raris nnd scows la len wllii fresh ogt-tnblcei ogt-tnblcei an,! fnn I of various kinds 1 hero-foro hero-foro cbeechnkn eggs cheehnkn pota-toes pota-toes cheechako nnlnns ate cxprcssloni npplled tn tho Ilrst nrllclts to dlstln-I'tilsh dlstln-I'tilsh tin m from Ihe desiccated stulT which lorments the miner In the winter with rnlnt reminders id tlio food lie used to hnve ' on the outside ' Cheehnkn clothes like 'oulslle' rlothes nre tlie appirel or rivlllnllon ns distinct from the nincklnnvvs nioienslns nnd muck-link muck-link worn hv Iho kloudlkcra As lln- rheoelinkn Is to be looked uron with contempt the 'sour dnuph ' Is on the other hnml nn indlv I lual tn be admired ad-mired fnr linn he not spent n winter In Ihe countr)? He Is mi old timer now, mi I will sit nround nnd He tn )nu nbout how cold It was last wlnler Tlio w liter distinctly renumbers having hav-ing bei n tnld by a sour dough acquaintance acquaint-ance how he li 1 1 dragged u tied with a inn pound load, twenty live nilhs nn the Hlcwnrt ilvie, on" day Willi Ihe II i r-mnmetir r-mnmetir SO deueis below r'rn nnd Iho nanntor i' t !sllll!feu h id li'en sec-retnr) sec-retnr) of the rpvvnrili I cugue In a Inrge Cnlirnrnln city liefnre going to tho Klondike Exceedingly npprnprlnle I th" term "I'o-devU" npplled to a small bob sled used by Ihe miners In dingglng wool down the mcuntnln sides As the slo es near lb" beds became cleared of their toverlngof timbers tho miners vvnrkd their wny higher and hlghei up the miuntnln sides In scinch of wood for fuel They undo trulls over the snow down (be deep slo es nnd doivn these Dies slid with their loiula of wood This work or wood gelling la very laborious The mlnera chop down the tiees stnnl-Inc stnnl-Inc waist deep In the snnw drug nr carry them tn the trnln iiml load them on the ' go devil ' the butts resting on the fled nnd the tips diugglng on the ground About hair n eon! makes a t,on I load Ihe "go devil has n rope to drag It an 1 a "pee polt prolecllng rrom the front tn steer It A little pull stalls the slrd dnwn the steep decline nnd then the n Iner rrnBpa the 'gee role for deni life and oil lea hi moc-caslned moc-caslned reet nffeilng little resistance to ho smeoth hard I entcn trnll of snow Awns he hoea Hying nrnund turves, veering this wn nnl thnt struggling tn retain control of his ' go devil " und If no nccldent hnfpens ho rencbes tho volley below with a rush Should tho gee pole" bleak however on a sleep part nf Ihe trnll he Is n lucky man who osenros with whole limbs Many nf the periillur expressions In the Klnndlke vernacular nre borrowed from the langungo of tlie Indians rnr oxunple ' hooch mi inlng liquor nn 1 'skiokum ' nitinlng well strong or ' Hooch" originally referred tn n dend-ly dend-ly lievernge which was prepared by tho early pioneers before the big rush begun, be-gun, nnd the bringing Into tlie country nf lenl whisk) nlong wltti the other benefltB of civilization Among the Ingredients In-gredients of this fiery cleenetlon were sour dough lice raisins 1 ukon water and vnrlouo oilier articles At length hnock" was supplanted b) the real whisk) not less deadls but more palatable pala-table hut the name rcmnlned In fact 1 think the KInntllker clings tn the worl 'hoock' with particular fondness long after he has left the tounti) ' Hknokum" Is used to describe the slate or sour health the value of a claim or the pulling nblllty nf a nialn-mont nialn-mont dog ' How aro sou this morning?' morn-ing?' 'Oh, skonkum never was bct-tei bct-tei ' ' That there s a might) skookum elc sou'vo got there, ' nre common explosions ex-plosions Every miner, nf cnurse carries a gold sack whether be has an) thing In It nr not an! this little chamois big Is hi ' poke " As Ihero was not enough ' cheo-hako' cheo-hako' mone) In tho district lo supply the iieuls of business 'dust as In any new mining camp wns used ub a tlr-culntlng tlr-culntlng medium nnd Mir) bod) had his pair of scales If a miner bought n dilnk he produied his poke ' und tho bartender weighed cut 60 cents' wnrth nf dust nnd th owner nf tho poke' waa lucky It the -Wilful weigher did not se, tiro eonsl lerahle over that Also tho 8 ,,iHB miner w mild snmetlioes fnrgit to tlo up fi j JtiHl tho strings of Ills pi Ice nnd would spill ii 'iiklU moic or lisn of his dust ou the sawdust- tJ ( tllH covered lloor ot the ha room To svvetp 'il,.ii30H the lloor dall) and pnn out the sweep. ) 1 llflH lugs was one nr the perquisite of the tt'ifi JUB man or oil work iitmut a bat room, and IA f t'tftH frequent!) proved ver) prolllnblt K ufjfl Added tn mnh) strange expressions of e, ' iuImi local origin nie nil the term used In tho A. mining cntnp of the Wist such ns ,i tjTi.B sluice Hume rncki r shnrt tunnel, drltt dj (fu btdrotk pas dirt prospect tolor, pan "tiJliIJH out etc all or whlili (hough perfectly ll;Kli5iH fniiilllnr tn the mining num. m ttcrlally 'PIP-ljM Inciease the pus ling Jargon which tj' ''fijibJ striken the inr nf the 'clucchako" i iu,!H As nn Illustration of ordinary oonvcr- U fjlllfl sntlnti nimbinid on tht streets of Daw. ,B Ml U son the following s, nti nee will nnsner; f ' I I'i'lH Unit thete lilg akotikiim chethako with A ! t V nU the live malntnools is as good a musher ! fflfJHI us nil) sour dough em tlie ukon" ifs V (HI - Detroit Tree I'tess. p. ra PLUCKINQ OSTRICH TEATIIERS. ifl Newn comes from Cnirornla that ns. ' , Km trlch firming Is now a paying Industry. jS About tills neiiBim of tin yonr many , m people rrom I o v.ngclcs n out to tho J i JB rnrms at Hon tit l'nsadciiii. tn watch tho T WA line king of the fmihcia To lnuny In , , VM the I'ast Ihe plucking ot ostrbh fcuth. ) rrs I prob tbl) ussoelntid with a vlo- ' 111 lent ln)ing on nf hands nnd a tying , down of the bird As a in liter of fact. w & tho gvillitrlug nt the feathers la a very ) ,) cli lb ate task r s WIM W hen tlie tlmi enmrs a man carefully i I iLH cxatnlne the flock nnd picks out thoso ' I iWu birds whose fiatlirra aro ripening, I n groups tliein Into dozens and pens them , $ ! In so that tht) rniinnt run nbout and I t im Injure their benutirul plunmu'c When ' t the plucking time c uueo tho bird Is en- J' SB tlccd Into a narrow dark passageway. J (Am The cnlrniucB nre then closid and tho .X bird thus Imprisoned A cloth bag I , fH thrown nvcr the trenture a hend. Then , . rF,Bj)M tho plucking hop-Ins. Three men, I taCTJB peiilied upon plnirorm without tho ( UluH ln, icnch over the boinl lnrlouro nnd xrlBl with rurlnun sclnr-llk nppllnncea ' ,mQmm Pluck off the ruitliers Whatever ,i ,'iiiWcl wound a bird ma) receive aro linnio. a SKisslB illntel) dnsHcd The tall feathers aro i fffijH Iiulled and nnt cut slnipl) lice nuso they m liM '"MM reproduce liettcr than nthcr feathers ot ill Ta! the ostrich W bllo tho lucking Is In M , jaR IMf proguss the ostrich keeps up n dismal m IIRj ;M riiiirlng Wen it not for the stnnch ,jj jlfji III construction or the pen the creaturn jU jMyU vvnuld kl, k the lioird Into spllntera IB RvfiH Tlie Ilrst ilurklng Is tin most vnlua. M (gl , bli 1 or that t en hoii tin older ustrlchca Ijj ;(jP JHI ale kept slmpl) as bneders , jw hSB How suite-sful Is the oslrleh Industry IT IBS If In hniithrni ( nllfnrnlii may be gauged ! MX sfl from thi rnet thnt ubotit three quarters j m MM of a million doll irs are now Invested In "H IH It. and the iiiinii il nutpiit of feuthera H 4 '.ft mB wnrth tilioul (loo 000 bclcntlllo Amerl- I ; n wmk can. rj 'f iVM |