HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-08-30, Page 7WIIAT THE WORLD IS SAYING
Type of the Model rlan Found in
Jesus Christ
"Ouite yonreelves fltreen."--I. •Sam
We need not tern to the New Testa-
ment to hear thut 'vole°. That is the
voiee that is alsoays speaking to us from
in We know what we ought to do
,tie and be, and whenever we fall short of
1. our ideal, we are overcome with litunill-
eition and chagrin. "Quit you like
men." That is what we eay to One
other.
Do we not go to the 'drunkard and
ay: "Now, be a man?" Of course he is
L man already. Even in his drunken-
ness he is t humaio being, but, he is not
-a man in the complete, meaning of the
word. He has put an enemy into his
mouth to eteal away his brains, He leao
cabdicated, the privileges and dignity of
toanhood. God has seated Win° upon a
etti'one, but he has ,surrendered his
throne -and sceptre, and we endeavor to
life him out of- his degradation by say,
ing ;4.4130 a man." How many times we
have said : "Be more of a man 1"
A man can be a man up to a certain
peint, and there stop. He nlay be a
fragment ot a. man, simply
THE RUDIMENT OF A MAN.
He hoe a few of the eairtues and grades
of Manhood, but in many others he is
'deficient. "Oh, how hwish he were more
of a man," we say of this imperfect
speeimen of manhood. And where do
We get our ideal of manhood? We get
It frone jesue Christ, the SIM of God.
"Behold- the man 1" said Pontius -Pi-
late eighteen hundred years ago. And
that is what the world is saying still.
Many of u have at times felt like
,,,Pgenese eyhep we have looked ,thrmigh
certain -quarters ef society.
• Oh, that my eyes might fall upon a
num 1" we have said, aswe have looked
Into political life, with its corruption,
and into sociallife, with its, frivolity
and its shame. But as soon as we turn
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ALL KINDS' OF COOKIES....
To make cookies sat be sure to use
sufficient shortening and it is better to
.use half fresh lard. Do not use- too
many eggs, nor mix .too *stiff but roll
them out as soft as can be handled and
use a knife to lift them- from board.
13e sure not to bake them too much.
V,When cold put them in a covered stone
'jar arid keep in a cool, dry cellar.
In cooky making, even more than in
ecake Making, only good materials should
be used, with - no stinting- of eggs or
butter. Use only pastry flour. Cookies
ehoued be turned an a cloth until thor-
oughly cooled and then stored in tight-
ly closed receptacles. An apple placed
in the far will aid in keeping th.em moist.
.Most cookies should be mixed as soft
RS they can he rolled and cut readily
without sticking to the board, care al-
ways being taken to Use As little flour'
as possible in rolling them out as too
much has a ,tendency to make them,
hard, even more than mixing them a
• little too stiff.
SUGAR COOKIES.
Take 2 cups of brown sugar or 3 of
white, 1 cup butter, g eggs, 1 cup our
cretin', 1 teaspoon soda and flour enough
te handle nicely. Flavor with vanilla.
To 1% cups granulated sugar add %
cup butter, 1 cup thin cream, % grated
nutmeg, % grated rind of lemon, 1 des-
sert spoonful vanilla, 2 eggs, 4 cups
flour or a little more if neatest, 3% tea-
- epoons baking powder. Roil out as soft
as can be handled.
One eup'brown sugar, Mcup butter,
3 eggs, 2 teaspoons baking powder'and
flavor desired and flour to make there
easy to -handle. Beat eggs until olight
and then add sugar and butter tind beat
all to a cream. Bake in a quick,oven.
The secret of 'cooky making is in put-
-ling the materials together. Try, this:
Beat' 3heggs very light, then add' 134
cups Sugar, beat, then add 1 cup melt-
ed butter and beat again. Put 1 tea-
spoon soda in g cup cold water and
add that to the other, then hustle in the
• flour with 2. teaspons cream of tartar.
Flavor as desired. I3e sure you have a
hot oven. Bake quickly.
Take yolks 3 eggs, 1 cup sugar, %
cup butter, en eup milk, 1 teaspoon
. lemon extract, 2 teaspoons baking pow-
der and flour .to roll. '
These are whit we call grandma's
cookie's Arid We like them very much.
Take 2. cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 our)
tweet milk, M teaspoon vanilla or nut-
meg, 1 even teaspoon soda and flour
to make soft dough„ Roll thin,and bake
Iri quick oven.
Take 2 cups sugar, 1 egg„ 1 cup thick
tour creams 1 heaping' tablespoon lard,
7 tablespoons buttermilk, 2 level tea-
epoons, soda, pinch of salt andflavor-
ing desired; use % nutmeg. The rest
depends on yourself and the flours Never
LC spring ilour for Cookies or pie crust.
Have youc. oven hot.
One and one-half cups Sugar and 1
CUP butter ereanied together, 2 eggs
beaten light, g cup sour' milk, fgtea-
spoorie soda rinee.' 1 teaspoon cream of
tartar. Dissolve the soda in the milk
and sift the cream of tartite with a little
flour. Mix welt "and add enough 80 it
Won't 6ticks Vlavor ta taste.
To 1 egg Odd 1 cupstig,er,,X cup.but-
, ter, 1 teaspoon flavoring, elo cup sour
' cream, 3 teaspoon soda, flour to roll:
Beat together the egg and sugar, Putting
In tart of the sugar at a tittle, then add
flavoring, and butter arid beat a little,'
.add ereani in which soda is dissolved
and beat again, and finally add the flour
about 3 cups, Ttirti etit part eit the mix.
him and roll to X inch; sprinkle with
auger and roll n littie more. Bake in
. fie quiet( oven, not too hots
401,ASSES AND "IINGELI COOKIES,
t egg, I smell cup ea ear, llarg.
?our eyes on Jesus Christ We aay inetinc-
lively :"Ah; here is a. man." '
1 „How eteong lie is 1 Net all the lead-
ing people of Palestine can matte film
budge the fraeeon of an inch. Like a
victor fie move S onward tiveard. the
cross, saying to His ead-hearted follow -
ors: ''"Be of good cheer; I have Over-
come the world." . .. -
Bow brave He is I lie dares to de-
nounce wrone, wherever lie finds it. Ile
drives the traders from the temple. lie
speaks words that cut and burn to the
hypocrites of the Sanhedriro.
HE DARES SPEAK 'ME TRUTH., ,.
both. Ici the high and to the low; both to
Nicodemus and the woman at d•lie well.
Wes there ever such bravery 14, His ?
How kind Ile was; kind to everybody,
gentle, considerate, e.ountitful. He did
not believe in the doctrine ; Evert man
for hixneelf and the devil take the hind
-
Most, He !Hensel: was always looking
out for the hindmest. The poorest man,
the weakest man, the lowest man, the
most comfortless man, was the man
vvhich His eyes searched out and found.
How self-sacrificing 1 ' He went about
doing good. He did not live for Han-.
self, but for others, "Helms obedient
Unto death, even the death on the
cross." And unto manhood He keeps
crying to Lis aii a "Follow Me; be like
Me. Be strong. Be brave. Be kind.
13e self-sacrificing." ,
• But somebody says: "I cannot be a
man. I cannot control myself. I am
weak." Listen to what the ,Son of God
says to you:
• ("With. God all things are possible."
But someone. says ; "I have 'ruined my-
self, I have thrown away my opportuni-
ties, I have wasted my life. There is no
chance for me." Listen to the words cf
Christ:, "Him that Cometh unto me I
will in no wise east out."
voloos6
CUP mola'sses, 2tablespoons vinegar,
heaping teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon gin-
ger, a little salt. Mix stiff with spoon
and bake quickly in hot Oven. When they -
will not stick to -straw they are ready
to come out, •
• To 1 cup molasses add X cup short-
ening, Xcup sugar, 1 tablespoon each
• ginger, cinnamon -and soda, 4 table-
• spoons het water, flour to make a soft'
dough. Roll •out 'thin and place far
apart in pans, as they .spread.
To 1 egg add 1 cup molasses, 1 cup
.sweet crearet, 34 -up butter or drippings,
Ye cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1
heaping teaspoon soda, a, pinch of salt
and flour to make sogoodldough.: Bake
lightly in a quick oven. '
• To 1 cup light brown Sugar add. 2
cups molassee, 1 cup shortening, 1 eup
bailing water, 1 tablespoon soda dis-
solved in water, add last, just before
the flour.. Liee' flour enough to roll out.
A pinch of salt and 1 tablespoon ginger
are sifted in the flour.
. Molasses Cookies by this recipe do
not get either hard or snappy, but they
reach the greatest perfection When not
mixed toe herd' and baked in a quick
oven on top of grate. One cup sugar,
1 cup molasses, 1 cup butter and lard
mixed, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon ginger or
cinnamon if preferred, 1 teaspoon vine-
gar and two level teaspoons soda die -
Solved in a little water, either cold or
hot. Stir in flour until a dough that
won't run is made and set in a cool
place for at least an hour, or. as much
longer as is convenient, all day or over
night.' The object is to have the dough
stiffen so you can roll the cookies out
with very little flour on the board with-
out sticking. The dough will become
real stiff, but if mixed soft the cookies
will be tender, not hard as when the
dough is made stiff with flour.-
. Hermits—Take 2 eggs. 134 cups sugar,
cup butter, 2 tablespoons -sweet milk,
1. cup raisins chopped fine, 1 teaspoon
each soda, cinnamon, cloves and nut-
meg. Mix soft and bake in a quick
oven. •(.
WITH CRABAPPLES.
Aside from the beauty of the crabap-
ple as a tree, its fruit has few equals
for jellies, marmalades, spiced and
canned apples.
Sour Crabapple Jelly.—'Cut in quar-
ters, take out seeds and cores, cook in
porcelain or enameled kettle with water
enough to cover nicely. Cook briskly
for about 1 hour e then dramthrough
cloth jelly bag until the juice is all out.
Do not squeeze them at all. Now to 1
quart juice add 1 pint granulated sugar
and boil 1 quart at a time until it drops
from the spoon in a ,small- ball. Pour
in glasses and It is ready to serve when
cold. It is deficit:it's. To make a sweet
jelly use 1 pint juice and 1 pint sugar.
Marmalade. --After using the juice for
jelly, take the pulp tett over and press
it through a fruit sieve. Take 1 quart,
pulp to 1 quart sugar andboil sloWly
for 2 hours. It should be stirred all
Ilia time as it is apt to stick And burn.
Put in glasses or jars. When cold it
will Ise so thick it can be cut, in slices.
It fine for the lunch basket.
tiOUSEHOLD IIINTS.
White tisstte paper ie invaluable to
the traveller, as it will wipe away the
greasy look. on the tam better , than
soap and witer.
When flannetgarinenta must be dried
indoors by all mearig keep them away
from the fire, oe, they will, instantly -
shrink. Hang then' in a 'warm room,
but never near the fire.
A, clean firebrick is more „eatistactory
as an iron stand than the ordinary pieee
of filagree east iron, which not only
admits the air V) the bottom of the iron
but Condit* the heat from t Being
a non-conductor of heat, the reek ee,;
tains the heat in the sinoothir e iron.
The Suritterlfind Deily Post arid liere
aid, the °Meet poper on Wearaide, Lae
etaited publictitien.
THE SUNDAY SWIM%
INTIERNATIONAL IJES
SEPT. 2.
Lesson .X. Inartinixtis and Zacchieless
40ideni Tet: Luke 19. An
LESSON eeTilDiES,
,
' text of tile itcdVex-
niorie le need ae a basis for these Word,
Sheik. • •
Three AcCounten—Parallel, ecounts of
Elie beating of blind Bartimeou$ et er-
icho win be, tonna hi Matt. 20. 29-14,
and Mark 10. 40-M. 'rho three accounia
of thts event differ in detail ire many
respects. ° Matthew meridiem two blind
men, While Mark and Luke speak ef
only one. 4 Matthew and Mark, again,
represent the miracle as taking piece
vvlien Jesus was leaving Jericho, while
Luke represents it as taking Place when
he was approaching the city. Accord-
ing to Matthew Jesus heals" the man
with •a touch, according to Mark, with
4 word of comfort, and according to
.Luke, witb a word of -command, It is
Useless' to attempt to harmonize the
three narratives in these points of de
tail. The differences are such an we
might naturally expect in three inde-
nendenteeaccOunts of the same event/
given by -three different persons several
decades after the even,t itself neel ',taken
place. We have here a good example
of the fact that divine inspiration in no
ease rules out or destroys the human
element, and it isoonly a narrow view
of 'inspiretion and'hits effects which is
concerned to reconcile these differ-
ences, and make each of the three ac-
counts tally word for word with the
others: The fact, moreover, that Such
differences occur in the gospel narrative
is a strong argument In favor of the.
authenticity of that narrative. Were
the gospel stories concerning the Mira-
• cles virciught by- Jesus the product of the
imagination of men living at some later
tinier or were they the cunningly . de-
viseci • fables bf ingenious men, we
might expect harmony In detail in the
narratives of different writers whet to-
gether conspired to deceive those for
whom they wrote. ' With the attempts
which have been Made to harmonize the
three accounts 'of the healing of the
blind mane or men, we need not co
cern ourselves. The story of the visit of
Jesus to the home of Zacchceus is pecu-
liar. to Lime s narrative.
---o.
Verse 35. As he drew nigh unto Ter-
icho—From beyond Jordan to the east
where for a short time he had been in
retirement with his disciples. ."
A certain blind man—Mirk recorde
his name, which was Bartirireeus.•
Begging—Blind beggars entitle; by the
wayside are still a common sightain the
Orient. • • . -
36. Inquired what this meant—The
blind man's chance ,.for gain depended
largely -Upon the nature and character
of the crowd which was passing.
37. .Tesus of Nazareth—The -most.eone-
mon title of out Lord among the people
at this time. Iteliaci doubtless been
given to him at first by the Pharisees
and others of his enemies who wished
to ridicule him. To the common people
it *had _.now become a magical turn.
38. Jestie, thou Son of David—A clear
indication that the blind man had come
to believe in Jesus as the Messiah.
39. Rebuked him—Ilis outcry doubtless
diverted the attention of the multitude
from Jesus, and was likely to interrupt
• the conversation in which he inight• be
engaged.
• Cried out the mere a great deal—
Prompted by the convietion that Jesus
was the Messiah. and teat this probably
was his one chance to be heated of his
blindness, the unfortunate man refus,es
to be silent.
40. Jesus stood—StOpped, and gave at-
tention. That urgent cry could not be
a cry for alms simply, but betrayed a
deeper longing and faith. ,
Commanded him to be brought—
Mark records the change of attitude of
the multitude toward the blind Man as
soon as it was perceived that Jesus took
notice of him.
41. What wilt thou—A question asked,'
not for information, but to ,,ftst and
'draw out the faith of the man. . •
2. Zacchteus—Not mentioned else-
where in the New Testameot. In the.
Talinud mention is made of a Zacchinas
who lived set Jericho and also of his son',
the celebrated Rabbi joehanan. •
• Chief, publican—A superior among the
tax collectors having subordinate col-
lectors under him. •
4. A sycamore tree—Lit. fig -mulberry.
This tree, which is common in Pales-
tine, was -related to both the fig and
the mulberry, though. not identical
with either. Its fruit resembles that of
the fig tree: its leaf that of the mul-
erry; hence the name.
5. Zacchteus, make hate, and come
down. -We need not assume any mira-
culous power in connection with Christ's
recognition of Zacchteus, and, his call-
ing him by name. When, however, we
note how. thoroughly jeans understood
the man's heart and life we must take
into account the supernatural know-
ledge whieh he possessed, and which
was necessary for his works., ,
For to-day—Lit. this very .day. Both
the choice c the word, and its position
at the beginning Of the clause heighten
the empriaSie.
6. Reedited him joyfully --,'The de-
.spised publidans were not as a rule thus
honored by rabbis or acknowledged
standing.
7. They all murmured Apparently
thoe(3 who composed the multitude, all
of whom, doubtleee, shared the con-
tempt for the hum with whom Jesus had
consented te speak and sejourn.
• A man that is a sinner—The &Usti -
lion of the multitude was beyond doubt
just and founded on facts, the publiearts
as a close having the reputation of be-
ing extortioners and oppressors of the
poor. .
8. titled.. Lord-- Zacelneus 'cannot
have failed to hear. or at least to anti.
ciliate the criticism of OW multitude. 00
the het of Jesus. His' conecience, more-
over, eendeximed hitn. and juritilleal the
charge ef the multitude.
If have wrongfully exacted aught, of
any rnaliineTins it just the charge which .
men gieneene eintet him ilila
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eeemi to the evecegfaily
acieered inith fiiiNe added WOO re,
cioffed.
A son of Alerahein Zeeehenis
proved inieneli to be this in a twefend
iienees deepleed, he wee etin
raeneher of Hie Jeinisla race,. and iiieee-
fore) ci Bon of. Abmligra. after thefleein
while Isis penitence' and feith proved
him to he a hale eon of the'!attier of
the. faitliftils".' • •
WHAT THE MAGNET DOES
lir IS VERY. COMMEKCIALLY
AND 'MUDICALLY.
The Many Itemarkable Uses' to 'Which
leciis Put and '1,Vhich 'Work
Perfectiiyi-o-
Every schoolboy knows thi3 magic lit -
tie piece -of bent steel—painted red ex-
eept at the ends—to whicli otherieces
of steel (magma will attach themselves
as though aided by glue .or some other
'shay substance, and. which can im-
part its own wonderful attractive pow-
er to other pieces of steel, sueli as the
delat.e of a knife, apparently without any
-diminution of its own strength.
This force which delights the school-
boy, is utilized by the engineer in many
wonderful. ways. The results lee attains
We $ee lii the electric light, the electric
bell; in the telephone. and ,telegraph, as
well as In the motor -car and mariner's
compass.
But- the magnet is used in many other
Interesting ways that are not so gener-
ally known. Ten or fifteen years ago
all boxes were .niaele by hand, a skilled
-workman turning out froM two to three
dozen in an hour. Now, by the aid of
a wonderful Machine, a girl can produce
as mainy gross in the same time.
The working of sile machine is sim-
plicity itself, but, nevertheless it is a mar-
vel of, ingenuity. Nails are fed into it,
and find their way into a slot. Aomag-
net seizes them -one by one, and holds
them in place till the hammer drives
them home.
NO. MORE DAMAGED* THUMBS.
From Op -to -date shops a magnetic
tack hemmer may be purchased, and a
very ingenious little tool it is. A trap
•opens in the handle, and through this
a handful of tacks is poured. They
And their way into a tipy slot, as in the
box -making machine, and orie adheres,
point- downwards, to the head of the
• hanurier,ewhich is magnetic.
When the blow is struck, the jack
enters the floor, the hammer is raised,
and, 101 there is another tack ready.
What a boon this must be to the thrifty
housekeepers who possess it! What a
saving in patience and bruieed theunlosi
• It is not generally known that a com-
bination of electro -magnets is used in
the handling of heavy- metals in large
engineering works in connection with
smelting furnaces, and in forges where
very heavY bars of iron or steel have
to ,be moved about. They usually work
in connectien with travelling cranes,
weights up to a ton being thus hand-
led.
in engineering. workshops, ,trolleys
with magnets ' attached are often used
te collect the filings and cuttings that
have gat mixed with dust and other
rubbish on the floor.
A SAVING OF WASTE.
• These are the waste materials from
the turning lathes and fitting benches,
and are valuable ap scrap to be melted
down andeutilized for castings.
Here again, the magnet used is an
electroanagnet. That is to say, the meg-
netism is induced by an electric current.
When it has gathered up as much as it
can conveniently carry, it is swung with
its burden over the trolley; the current
is broken or reversed, and, the mag-
netic force ceasing , to operate, theeload
i3 discharged into the truck, when the
operation is repeated until the trolley
is full.
In 1896, the year of the great, cycle
craze, in, the city of Rochester, N.
le bicycle track W0r3 constructed, the
top dressing being fine ashes. When
the track was opened, a great number
of complaints were received from its
patrons because their tyres were con-
stantly being punctured.
The puncture was just a 'tiny round
hole, but often as many as five or six
would be found in one tyre after it had
been over the track; nor was ally" ex-
planation forthcoming until full inquir-
ies had , been instituted. At last, how-
ever, the phenomenon was accounted
Mr.
FOR OPERATIONS ON THE EYE.
, Ftochester is the greatest boot and shoe
enanufacturing centre in the world, and
from some -of its great factories- the
ashes used on the track had come:
Large quantities of loots and shoes
had been destroyed by fire in one of
these factories, and it woo tinynails
from these that had been -doing the
mischief to the machines.
But how to get rid of the nuisanee?
The authorities were at a loss until an
engineer suggested magnets. The aslicis
ogee loosened with rakes, and several
magnets wore passed repeatedly over
the track, which Was ever afterwards
considered one of the best iii•New York
State.
• in -such workshops as -we have men-
tioned above, it is no, uncommon acci-
dent for a workman to get tiny particles
efeeteel or iron, causing very painful
irritation hi the eye. The most 'effec-
tive instrliment in such. cases, le a, small
magnet, which; if ,the eye be held open,
and the magnet held dose, will quiekly
relieve the sufferer.
Sonic fifty. years ago it German scien-
tist end philosophera-rtaron 'Von Reich.;
enhach—eetablished re t.y imity
experiments with sensiti 4' 'MIK, that
there emanates from meet/. h a faint
luminosity, and to prove that these pen],
pie actually saw what they described
he made thorn find magnets hidden in
darkened rooins. Reielienbech califiet
theee erarniaticetie "Odle fore," and do,„
lilted them NS la fitild.--Pearson,"1
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FOri,r3, Vial° hete.beell said of Atlin. A
two -weans' journey from the New
York Grand Central Stationa the forth -
faring traveler is" inclined to brag of
the arduous expedition to which the hoed
of the North is beciconing. Returned,
however, one brags that It has been a
far easier taslic.than to pay a call hi
Bre/di:tyro or to set foot in any Mentton-
able corner of the borough of The
Bronx, writes Marguerite Merington io
Sunday Magazines
Amiss a Surnmer-endued continent
by modern train was a 'flight of pure
enjoyment, with RS wonderful. ipanora-
ma of cities, rose -clad prairies, snow.
capped mountains. Vancouver, the
Cariedien point of debarkation, remind-
ed Q110 ef Buffalo, or Toronto, with its
Ane water -line, well -gardened homes
and splendid trees, An .air bustle
pervaded it, marking it obviously as a
point of arrival and departure. Victoria,
the capital of tarnish Columbia,ewes
seven hours across -4w by, and out of
our way; but one must e0 Victoria, for
it•„is a venerable city, measuring by the
standardsof the Pacific Coast. Ap-
proaching, it seemed all harbour, so in-
tricately did the sea„ curl about. ite
shores. ,,Beacon Hill was a brilliant
patch of color with the bonny broerill
anised from .seeds from the country that
he eolonist never ceases. to ,c6,11 home.
In- thodistance the white peaks, of the
Olympic Mountains cut through fleecy
clouds into a turquoise sky. . Many
French-Canadians and not a few Indian
half-breeds are among the leading
cif Victoria, nevertheless the, city
speaks in the English voice, with the
pronincia.1 accent, and prides Itself on
Us close kinship, socially, .to the Mo-
ther Country. Its naval harbor, Esqui-
rnalt, is one of the gems of the West
coast.
.
PACK TO VANCOUVER,
to embark for Skag,evay; and then,, for
ithree days we threaded a wielding way
Up the Alaskan coast. Let those who
yearly turn their faces to Europe—only
and always to Europe—remember that
a wonderful section of their (stein coun-
try lies waiting to be explored. Dense
woods covered the islands by Which we
-gilded, so close that a stone's throw
would reach some of the tall totem poles
titat marked: the Indian ;villages upon
the Shore. Theftthe waters widened
and we 'came upon glaciers that cast
.woncierfa . reflections as from mirrors
in the now king's palace; bedded be-
tween whit6-capped, ,purple -shadowed
mountains, while eagles screamed eerily
overhead. Then np ethe Lynn Canal to
Skagway. •
Over the White Pees Railway! What
a great sense of' height These words
con-veyi We had thought ourselves on
exalted ground when our train danced
through the Selkirke and nimbly climb-
ed the Rockies; but here we were rid-
ing on the ridge pale of the world, where
waterfalls and rivers had their source.
A marvel of engineering, this roads We -
never lost our- sense of security, rio
enetter how dizzy the. eminence from
whieh we gazed. Up, up, up, tell we
paused at Summit,' whence one stream
hurried with greeting to the United'
States, and from the same Spring an-
other stream 'hurried with„ 'greeting to
'British: North America, • and the sister
flags and sister Customs -buildings stood
amicably aide by side.
• A mounted policeman told us of 0.
woman who, taming out from British
territory, Was se moved on seeing her
own Stars and Stripes again that she
wept for joy, and sang "America." while
hugging the flagpole.' On returning to
-the train, however she discovered that
one of Uncle Sam's men had conflscah.
ed her sealskin jacket for • revenue,
which so enraged her that shel turned
right back and married the first miner
Who showed a willing heart.
• Speaking of willing hearts, at this
point we met our first miner as fiction
ahvaye pictures him; the- rough-and-
ready soul in top -boots and corduroys,
who pulled forth a poke, a narrow
chamois bag, -• ' -
FULL OF GOLD DUST AND NUGGETS,
semi)] s from his claims; and told our
party with impartial invitation that he
was looking for a eer;fe. Mining •ex-
• pert's; in the party .assured us that the
samples showed royal values; but we let
the chance slip by, and went on to At -
lin.
The five -hours' journey over the White
Passe brought us to .the steamer that
was to take us on the all-night pas-
sage acroa Lake Bennett. Discomfort
here at last, you suggest? I assure you
not abeard an Atlantic liner is one
more gently berthed or more palatably
fed.,
Morning found us atett portage, which
we crossed in an open car hitched to a
sparky and skittish nlocomotive, and
then we were aboard a small steamer
crossing Lake Atlin. A wide expanse,
this inland sea, coldly blue, as are all
glacier -fed etrearria, walled on the est
by a stupendous pile of natural masonry.
And smiling at us from toe low lake
shore oppoeite, a pretty little port of
entry to the gold-lields among the hills
beyond, was Mtn •
Geod roads, characteriStic (if the Do-
minion Government, Whose loamy earth
is. Mixed witli building ehipee divide the
township, into equares. Here and there
a poplar or spruce has been spared 1110
exe to tell from what primeval begin-
nings the camp lias sprung. Inclosures
about the toile- and cabins there are
none, but willow bueliee form a eligot
sereen that enebles you while doing
your washitig in the open to appear un-
conseloue of your »eiehbor cleaning his
eelle113.).yt 01:iis%vbilallcuortit; do your own..
Coaelaing. if. Willi a light parse„ the ,
taetee of effete eieilization still fling, to
oa„ One, tie -Opel dozen at the laundry
Poet me fehe dollen and eietily.fite
Chineeei ,end japanesi cheap Jaber is
mete- for it, eatiet be remembered heat
forbidden the pretiinte, that ell sPrvirAt
commands nve deniers a day, and that
the mar -rind wernen who eonte into
camp come to wash ler their own Piens
and tine single women to find men of
their own to wash for. Water, more.
over, has to be hawed up from the
lake, or paid for at the rate of ilve
cents the pail, when • the waternian
brings it by dog -team to your door.
Dog -teams form as picturesque a fea.
hire of the We as they are an essential,
One. A waiter at tile hotel In Victoria
said to me: "'You've been fetched up
to tbinle that dogs hadn't °lighter de
manual labor; but you'll scum get over
that." And get oyer it 1 d1di the moe
ment of our aierival, on seeing a fat
child in a eoap-box on wheels teaching
alat "husky" how to draw! Descendants
of northern wolveS, these valuable Mein.
bees of -a Klondike household have hist
all trace' of
THEIR SAVAGE, ANCESTRY.
Two thousand feet above Sea -level,
only sixty degrees north latitude, yet
there is IX "crack o' doord" appearance •
in the fiery sunsets; a glacial brilliancy
about the moon, an intensity of 'Color
in the Northern Lights,- giving one . a
sense of being in the workshop of the
World. The Celestial phenomena have
justified the journey a hundredfold.
The climate reminds me of that °Me
coast of Maine exaggerated. From June
through September I slept between -fur
robes, but under mosquito -netting to es -
tape the ftortherri pest, which attacks
with songless sting. The days are
warm, but with a hint of ehill, as if the
sunlight' had passed through icy cor-
ridors;
Living Was primitive, but expensive.
A five -cent lamp -chimney *cost fifty
couie, the dealer unblushingly stating
that the extra eharge was for freight,
A Smell loaf of bread sold her, ten cents.
A; well-intentioned dinner, mostly of
canned things; .could ,be obtained at a
popular restaurant for half a dollar. RS
style was its attraction, for it boasted
paper napkins, also every table stood,
in its own "cabinet particutier," screened
from its neighbors by curtains of blue -
checked gingham. •
Vegetables .grew 'readily; but few had
time to spare from gold -hunting to grow -
them. One thrifty . German gained 'a
deservedevogne for his lunch-coemtettby
adding a lettuce leaf, or a radish, to
every plate of bacon and eggs. And
one flower -lover found time to ,surround
his cabin ,with a riot of poppies; sweet
peas, nasturtiums, that in their bloom-
ing isolation reminded one of Celia
Thaxter s garden on the Isle of. Shoals.
Balls, concerts, church -going, theatri-
cals, all were here asl elsewhere; but '
daily conversation was likely to turn
on samples, values, claims, silver, "boa-
nite"; but above all, gold, gold, goldl
The men down on the creeks with their
primitive goldpans ana cradles, the
huge monitors day and night .storming .
,Nature's earthworks.' at the hydraulic
stands, the huge stamp -mills, crushing
and pounding—all were gold -seekers„
THE SHOW NUGGET OF ATLIN,
found 04 Boulder Creek, was put into
our hands.e It was as big as one's two
fists put together.
Every man's undeveloped prospect is,
of course, the finest thing that ever was; •
the only difficulty is to find a financial
backer to believe in it. Companies are
formed daily (in conversation); financed
•litavily (in conversation) by Eastern care
Valles who would laugh to hear how
blithely their names are used to float
these conversational enterprises. When
• it was rumored that a quiet man look-
ing about him, apparently at the scen-
ery, was a representative • of Clark, of
Montane,. Atlin boomed itself ferocious-
ly. The impecunious, man who had
been stalled in the camp from its in-
ception went out magnificently On con.
versation) "to 'keep Christmas in God's
country vvith the folks at home." Even
the dreamer whose ankbition had liar -
rowed down to the desire of possessing
a pair of pink -silk pajamas, went abdul
(in conversation) thus adorned.
Here as elswhere the men who make
a tieing are thoee who. work steadily,
whether for wages or in independent
venture, on assured ground. The men
who lose are those who dream or drink
and don't work.. The large prizes that
seem the result of accident,• nut that
demand faith and Imaginatibri as well
as experience, go to those who dream
and work.
13u1 alasl progress has been woefully
retarded by litigation. When court is
in session thewhole population erowds
into Government' Building, with griev-
ances involving ditch, ilume or dred,ge
ing rights, "your teilings on my claim,"
and the like. An agreeable neighbor
called on us every evening that 'he was
let out of jail on parole, or by mistake.
Technically, his offence eonsisted •
having "jumped a ditch." We rejoiced
when he- finally was acquitted, es all
along he tearfully" protested his spote
less innocence.
A difference in nationality up there'
steins to be a bond of brotherhood.
Dominion Day and Independence Day
are kept, in beautiful paradox, on the
same date, the sister flags lovingly hie
tertwineds
We had to go. Soon the boats.Would
be laid by, and all the communleation
With the outer workt cut off till the
lake.; were hard.frozen enough for sled
traflie. Then we should have to "niush
it." The cheechako coveted the experie
enee; but our party had prornieed to
eonvey the Atlin exhibit to the exposi-
tion to be held at Victoria ill honor cif e
the Prince and Princess of WaleS. WO
p,li(1ed over the lake. Tawny 'with An
Ilium Arlin lay like a epeek of gold -
dust ,by Trti0M3 called "a tolor") en nue
roweling shore. A prospector standing
by followed my farewell &nee. "Ayeti
he remarked, characteristically. "e ott
het *eon' bootee slie'e ftl attrertive lit-
tle prepoenionr" aend then with a
aught front the test rep *1 th uis,
Atli,' vaniebitel leektind
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