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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1911-7-6, Page 310'141a1 04131'496 rota' DAWSON CITY'S BOLD FIELDS JOIIN 11icD'OUGALI, )FORECAST- ED TJIEM. Vancouver lgan's Deductions Were Right, But Others Got the Gold. Belief has been general that the dfeoovery of gold in the Yukon dis- trict of Canada was the result of an molded, as in the case of most great finds of mineral. The .story of John McDougall of Vancouver shows that the finding - of gold at Dawson was the outcome of observation, following a working out of gold ibcation theories in the Cariboo district of British Colum- bia. Oiroumstancos deemed im- portant at the time prevented him from making the trip into the Yu- kon. Had he carried out his 'orig- inal intention he might not only have made the discovery, but much money besides. Mr. McDougall has resided on the Pacific Coast thirty years, and is a successful contract- or, residing at Vancouver. When quite young McDougall went into the 'Cariboo after gold, and acquired claims on the Jack of Clubs creek, which • he is now de- veloping. He went to some trouble to study the principles of gold lo- cation, and noticed that the best jlacers in Cariboo were located ust north of the highest.ground in the district not far from Barker- ville. Furthermore, the gold strat- urn seemed to inn in .a noith- westerly and south-easterly direc- tion. These observations were of particular importance, for on them he based deductions whish had a bearing on- the finding of the first gold near the presentcity of Daw- son in the summer of 1895. The early '90's • on the Pacific. coast were very dull. In the later months of 1894 McDougall; finding that little was doing,' decided to venture into the northern terri- tory, from .which tales of gold finds came from time to time. On the boat were Dan Hart and John Guise, with whom he termed a partnership. MEETS AN OLD-TIMER. On the same boat was William S. Lansing, a prospector from Mon tana, who had gone north in 1885 and had struck gold up the Stewart River. Lansing told him of the working of Fronoh-Canadians at the head of Sixty Mile and at the head of Forty Mile, these two oreeks coming almost together at their sources. When he was told by Lansing that the workings on the Stewart were,, two hundred mules in' a south- easterly directiopp from the head of the Forty Mile, he became interest- ed et once. Remembering his oth- er observation in. Cariboo, that the best ground lay just north of the highest elevation, he inquired if there was any height of land on the line between these two points. Lan- sing replied that there was a place known throughout the country as the "Moose Pasture," located ap- proximately half way. McDougall was more interested than ever•, He got Lansing to draw on the billiard table in the Occi- dental Hotel at Juneau' a .rough map of -.aa Yukon river, with its. tributaries, the Stewart, the. Forty Mile and the : Sixty Mile. This showed the Moose Pasture dose to what was then known as Reindeer Creek, and almost on the Yukon River. "When we go. in," McDougall said to his partners, "we will pro- spect there," drawing. a semi- circle on the north side of the Moose Pasture. It is a remarkable fact that this semicircle included the best paying ground of the late Yukon discoveries, McDOUG.A.LL DRAWS OUT, The '• trip over the mountains and .ya down the Yukon River was'tedions in those days, and because of ' the delay McDougall conoluded that ho. would have to give it up, as ho had contracts to look attar in Aug- ust, and he could not get out again by that time, So he sold his inter- est to his two partners, Hart and Guise, .and loft the snap with them, extracting the promise that they would pros poet the ground marked. Hart and Guise made tee trip down the Yukon.' . They passed Moose Pasture and tet en to ror- ty Milt to 'replenish thele supplies. Here Guise was offered work at good wages and accepted the eer- tainty. mart got another partner named ,Hanson. They went back up the Yukon, their intention being to enter the first creek north of the height of land coming from the pas- ture. They failed to do this, but struck Quartz Creek, and found good pay dirt in a small tributary named Little Blanche. Bart was elated and wanted to cross the divide to the north side, but his partner was content. At last Hanson promised that if Hart remained and they got enough for a grubstake they would go to the north side and prospect in the ter- ritory marked out by the semi- circle on the map.. In the remain ing summer months of 1895 they panned out about 2,090 and went back to Forty Mile. This was the first gold taken out of the Klon- dike. BOTH MEN DANK, and delighted, when under the in- fluence of liquor, to boast of their suocess, displaying the map when ever occasion offered. At Forty Mile Creek they met • George Car mask, a squaw man, who brought, game for disposal. Carmack saw that his camp was in the heart of. the semicircle, on Rapid (Bonanza) Creek. Other prospectors also saw the map and heard the tale. Among them were Robert Henderson and a man named Hunker. Carmack discarded his rifle and obtained a gold washing pan. He prospected on Bonanza and got gold, and has been credited with being the dis- coverer of the Yukon goldfields, as also Henderson. Not far from where his hunting Damp was looted for five years was a claim, for which, eighteen feet be- low' the surface, $1,100 to the pan was afterward taken. Henderson went up to Gold Bot- tom, a tributary of Hunker. Hun- ker made finds on the creek that bears his name. Then the stam- pede started. • McDougall visited Dawson in 1900. It would be difficult to an- alyze the feelings of a man who practically picked the ground .for prospecting where such rich gravel was found. LOW PRICES IN CHINA. In China one may rent a man- sion for $8 a month, hire a very ex- perienced chef for $12, a good one for $9, skilled butler for $8, valet, who is also an excellent tailor, for $6 and a laundryman for $3..House servants may be hired for $4 a month. Eggs cost five cents a doz- en. A 'crate of young chickens may be bought for less than one chicken could be bought for in this country, and vegetables for the whole house- hold will not cost more than $10 a month. Blunter—Awfully sorry, old Chap, Forgot to mention that those ham sandwiches had mustard on them, Life. 11EA31NilFs/iE litWNli( 3i40,03k`llf.1 The, Interloper 1. For some time past the villa had been mildly interested in the:, fact that Corner Cottager site standing empty a long while, had at last found a tenant, Interes grew considerably when it was young man of prepossessing ap pearanco and manners. And the village positively gaspe. with. surprise when,' en the Ars day of his tenancy, there appeare on his gate a neat brass plate bear ing the inscription "John Dur ward, Physician and Surgeon." The audacity of this. pleasan spoken young man startled the vil loge. That he should presume set up in opposition' to old Dr Tennant, who had attended th neighborhood these thirty year past, seemed incredible,- an ao akin to invasion by a, hostile force Perhaps the most indignant per son in the village at this presume tion was Dr, Tenriant's daughte Cicely. "What—what cheek !" she ex claimed helplessly, when her father told her of the impending oppos- a d d t to a a t. r ition, "Oh, I don't know!" said, old Tennant easily. "There's room for two of us here, I'm not as young as I was, and I can't get about as I used to.,, "He's an interloper!" she decid- ed, angrily. "Why couldn't he have gone elsewhere 1" And this was the general attitude towards young Dr. Durward at first. People, holding old Tennant in affection and esteem, looked on the presence of the younger man with resentment. And Cicely and her friends always spoke of Dur- ward as the "Interloper," and had much to say that was bitter about him. But by degrees the new -comer began to amass a neucleus of 'a practice. Dr. Tennant's practice was large, and scattered over a wide area, and folks name to the habit of sending for Durward when they were in a hurry for they knew that the elder doctor would prob- ably be absent, Durward had a captivating way with him—strong and firm, but gen- tle—in treating patients ; moreover his skill was undeniable. Folks who' had occasion to call in Dr. Durward, called him in again and again when necessary. They felt that they were deserting their old friend, but this young man was really an excellent physidane And so patients fell away from Ten- nant, and rallied beneath the ban- ner of Durward, until Cicely and her friends found it difficult to say the word "Interloper" without suf- ficient scorn. Now and then the rival doctors met at social events in the village, and exchanged professional eivilit- ies; but Durward had not, as yet, spoken to Cicely. He had seen her often, of course, about the village and in church, and had never failed to note the expression of grave dis- approval with which she regarded him. "Resents my being here," he acid to himself. II.• A year had passed, when one af- ternoon Dr. Tennant walked up the garden path of Corner Cottage, and knocked at the door of his rival. There was something ominous in the bearing of Dr. Tennant. Easy- going, as a rule, he now bore him- self with portentous dignity, and there was a, suggestion of wounded indignation in the very manner in which he knocked et the door. He was ushered into Durward's consulting room and, declining a chair, came to the point of . his visit. "Mr, Durward," he began, "for over a year now you have been practising- in the village. I bear you no ill -will; I have no animos- ity whatever towards you." 'Very good of you to say so," muttered Durward, bewilderedly. "But=" "One moment, sir, Hitherto you have always behaved as a 'geutle- man, But to -day, sir—to day---"' "Yes?" said Durward, calmly. "Oh, don't- pretend innocence, sir I To -day: -to be precise, not an hour ago—you were guilty of the most unprofessional conduct 1" • "Really, Dr, Tennant!" "You went, uninvited, tothe house of a patient of urine -you at- tended him. Without being asked to, sir—without even having the decency to wait till you were ask - cd to go, sir I„ 'You mean Forrester, I stip- pose?" . "Quite right," said the other grimly. "So you don't assume in- nocence any ;longer, • sir? You deliberately— " "Otte monied, Dr. Tennant. May I ask you what you know of the of-. fair ?" "1 was out this. afternoon, : I met Forester's youngest boy. I asked -him how his father was get- ting along. He .said he'd been much worse, and Mrs, 1►.,rrestee, the boy's mother, had sant hint post haste to fetch mo. Tho boy was pelting along through the village, wheat you etofrped him to ask what was wrong, You then went direct to F'orester's Cottage Yourself, you -••- you interloper !" cried the older man, hiss indignation mastering him. "Quite 'true --I did go," "Without waiting to hear more, I game on at once to you, sir, to demand an explanation, do you hear, sir?" "You are entitled to one, Had You asked Forester's little boy a few more questions, you would have obtained it then, You knew Forester's illness 1" "Certainly I do I Do you take me for a quaekl" "You know his state 1" "Comatose, -with periods of del- irium." "Exactly. Well, he was delirious again this afternoon. No one was watching him, and he went down- stairs and got a gun." "What?" asked the horrified Tennant. "A gun, So his wife sent for You." "The dickens she did 1 And sent for me?" "To calm her husband," explain- ed Durward. "Yes; but -but why on earth did you risk your life? Ile wasn't your patient," stammered Tennant. "Well, you see, there were no other men about, and I' didn't know what he might be doing. His wife and sister were naturally ter- rified '' "Yes; but why did you take the risk? It was my place to—" "Well, you see," said Durward, with constraint, `'I'm.—I'm only a single man; there's no one depend- ent one me, and—" "Gad, sir, you're a trump," cried 'Tennant. He blew hisnose with remarkable vigor and shook Durward's hand. `A. trump! And so you got the gun away from For- ester V' "Oh, yes, I persuaded him quite easily. And I told his wife there ought to be no further cause for alarm. She said you were going to call again at five, and I told her to. be sure and mention my visit to you; and—and that's all about it 1" Tennant began to apologise in the handsomest manner, but Dur- ward out him short by inviting him then and there to "sit down and smoke a pipe." "No; you come down and smoke one with nie. You've met my daughter, haven't you ?" "Er—yes—er—hardly to speak," replied Durward, with a flitting smile. "l#\e the way, I'd rather you didn't • mention anything of this afternoon's affair to her." "Why not 1" "Well, you sea—you see, she might get alarmed at the risks you run•" "That is so. Now, come along. We shall just be in time for din- . do you care for me at all 1 I mean ner Oicely'il be delighted to see don't you think you could learn to 11 /40 LOOK FOR 3U J' PAC1'tA " BE CA eP,UL TO' SEETHAT eEL;'ON PACK A04 &.,LP Eo RED L R .VER USED ON V'tsL YE ST REIulEMBER'7'L E: COLOR aLu 5,'GILL T CQLTD. tomot'4T6a — 0NT. ly," said Durward at last, He doesn't seem to get any better." Wherefore it was a considerable surprise to Trim when that evening he entered Tennant's surgery to find that old gentleman, fully dress- ed, sitting before the fire and puf- fing vory heartily at his pipe. A SCOTCH SUNDAY. Pon Picture on How It is Spent on the Farm. It was Sunday morning in the house of Andrew Tosh, farmer. The master had just risen, and in the I' Couldn't keep it up any long- room off the kitchen was oomplet- er, my boy," he said, shamelessly, ing his toilet. His whiskers were "No wonderr you couldn't find out snipped and his beard shaved on what was amiss with me. There Saturday night, so he had now only was nothing." "Nothing! Then why on earth did you—." "Diplomacy. You see, I wanted you and Cicely to get to know each other better, and that seemed the only way." "Awfully good of you," stammer- ed Durward, flushing scarlet. "You guessed---" "From the way you were always dragging her name into our talks comprehensive grace from the teas - replied asking questions about her, ter of the house. The conversation replied Tennant happily. "I had was staid and solemn, entirely 'be - no difficulty in guessing. So I thought I'd give you a chance. But coming the house of a good and I couldn't keep up being ill any foal vaa atTeptation, hewever, longer, so—I hope you'll forgive me yhand, and much grace —I told her about that Forester is needed to overcome at. business, and I rather fancy that's The light of the morning sun was clinched matters. 'Sill Here she streaming in through the kitchen 15." g g, 'Cicely came into the room and went straight to Durward. "Father's been telling me about, Forester and the gun." (ed signs of opening a concert, The "'Oh, it wasn't worth mentioning, farmer turned to the Jage with a Miss Cicely," he said awkwardly. I rebuking eye and a growl, �' kith "Please say no more." for the moment silenced Took. alio ""I must say 'Thank you,' " she wicked bird, however, did not take said, and gave him her hand. it seriously. He was soon in the TheY did not notice old 'Tennant seeping out of the room. "Do you know," said Cicely, "I've been trying to dislike you, because you were an—" "An interloper," he smiled. "But I fennel, it very difficult, to wash and don his Sunday clothes. In the kitchen, Mrs. Tosh was setting the breakfast of porridge, soaked the night before, oat -cakes, cheese, scones, and warn mill. from the cow. This was the beginning of a solemn ""Sabha day," which is further described in "Kirk Life and Kirk Folk" by James Wotherspoon. The breakfast began with a very window, at which hum a starlin Jock, that had been land to whistle by a plowman. To -day ho welcomed the sun's rays, and show middle of a sang. "Cauld kale in Aberdeen." Silence followed, and then again : "And oustocks in Strathbogie." Mrs. Tosh could no longer keep her face straight. and to prevent an explosion, she covered her lately," she went on, ignoring his mouth with her apron and turned remark. "You've been so—so kind away her head. to father and—.and myself." "And custocks in Strathbogie I" "Not at all. But—but Cicely, I called the starling again, as it hop - wonder if you'd let me --I mean, ped from one perch to the other. Tosh looked at his wife with a glower, and then went on with his porridge. "Cauld kale in Aberdeen." At this Mrs. Tosh rose from the tabletable, and lifting a duster, swept some crumbs off the fender. "Cover that burd, µFull yel" said Tosh. "Whit's wrang wi' the burd1" answered the wife. "Cover the burr I" Tosh palled to his son. John obeyed at once, and cover- ed Jock with a brown towel. "We canna pit up wi' that non- sense on the Sawbath day," said the father. Jock was suppressed at last, and all through the establishment, from the byre to the kil"chen window, a profound peace reigned. The table was cleared, and set baok in front of the window. The family gathered in a circle round the fire. Tosh adjusted liis black, horn -rim- med spectacles and opened the fam- ily Bible. In time he got well through the chapter. "Cauld kale in Aberdeen." Tosh stopped, lifted his head, and looked at the cage. He then turned to John, who obeyed the signal at once by rising and replacing the cover, which had fallen off. Prayer being ended, Mr. Tosh passed over, to the looking -glass and brushed his whiskers. A few cow hairs clung to his waistcoat, and these he carefully picked off. The black bonnet was taken from the blue bandbox and brushed, and then sat firmly on his head. He was passing out of the deer with his stick in one hand and the Bible in the other when John called: "Hae ye the collection?" "Hoot! I hae forgotten it," From a bowl in the cupboard Tosh took out two coppers—a penny for himself and a bawbee for John. "See an' keep the burd covered, Margot!" he called to his wife, as the pair sallied forth for the kirk, POTTED PH.LO-SOPHY, The greatest ambition any man can have is to be happy. Talent has a gay time spending the coin earned by genius. The man who undervalues him- self is never 'overrated by others, He who is ashamed of honorable poverty would Ise prond of dishon- orable riches. • ' Theoung mai needs an old man's Bead, and the old man needs e young man's heart, The man who hopes to wrr: e u,e and find himself femoris shn.tttla depond upon an alarm elor.k. "I don't think she will," said Durward to himself. But he went. III. As Durward had antioipated Cice- ly was not eager in welcoming him —to love mo? I'm being frightful- ly sudden but I've waited a long time for the chance. What do you say—will you try to learn?" Cicely's head bent low. "I thought I could never care for anyone but my father. I love him so much—and that's why I resented beneath her father's roof. your coming to the village at all. was polite ache enough—indeed, Shee I thought it would worry him. But P g , now, ,somehow, things seem differ - polite that it made Durward- feel ent. I thought there was only uncomfortable. But, beneath the room for my father in my heart, surface, she resented this further and now—" She faltered. intrusion of the "Interloper," and "You don't mean to say there's secretly wondered how her father an `interloper' in your heart, too?" could have invited his rival into t,• his house. When Durward had left she questioned her father about it. "A Charming young man, my dear," said old Tennant, "I al- ways -,said there was room for two of us in the village—and why shouldn't we be friends? He's a charming fellow 1" "I don't think so," said Cicely. And this was an attitude from which she was not to be won, though her father was for ever sing - ,g the praises of his younger riv- And so another six months drag- ged past, and the friendship be- tween the two doctors became firm and durable. But the older doc- tor's daughter declined to enter in- to the compact. Old Tennant would shake his head reflectively, But there came a day when he smiled. Early next morning it hecamo e said eagerly. "There is," she told him grave- ly. ""It's you I" as as as * * There's no "interloper" now at Corner Cottage. That house is again vacant. But on the gate of the house wnere Dr: Tennant lives you may see, inscribed on a brass plate, these words: "Messrs. Ten- nan & Durward, Physicians and Surgeons."—London Answers. STRAY SAYINGS. Boast of a thing and it fail you. It is a fortunate man who wants only what he can get. No work is done well which is not enthusiastically done. Great gain comes to him who suc- ceeds in losing the greed for gain, There is probably not a town in the world that suits all the people living in it. known that Dr, Tennant himself The habit of happy thought would was ill in bed, and that Durward transform the commonest life into was attending him. For.. once Miss harms and beauty. Tennant made •no effort to avoid' Tho struggle to climb to a higher him, but met him in the _hall when place in life fres strength and dig - he carne downstairs to hear his nity in it, and cannot fail to leave verdict. us stronger in the effort, even though we miss the prize. "I'm really quite puzzled, Miss Tennant," he confessed, "Your father seems quite sound, and yet the symptoms ho gave me are rath- er gra-VO, I'm coring to see frim again this afternoon:" And so began a series of visits to, the older doctor. Durward was most assiduous in his attendances, and for this Cicely ooukl not but be grateful. Indeed, she was always at hand to`hear,his latest reports, and by degrees the interviews bo til PLANTS NEED SUN. A remarkable influence of the weather on the quality of medi- cinal plants has been noted by J, Burman, a German pharmacist. Low temperature and lack of sue - shine diminish the active principles toa striking degree, but variation of .rainfall apparently has little ef- fect, as the moisture in plants re- tween Cicely and. Durward weremains the same in div as in wet 1 Chats: "I must be polite to biro," Cicely would tell herself, half angrily, af- ter the young doctor had left, And so for a fortnight Torment kept bis bed, and made to pro - gross towards recovery. "I'm quite at a, loss, Miss Oiec- ongthoned by little irrelevant ' years. Observations during the last fivo years showed'. that the aconi tinoyielded by aconite ranged from 0.042 per cent. in 1900 to 0.104 in 1907. Other plants gave' like re- sults, and peeved that 1909 end 1910 developed only half as much of the aotivo principles in, German plants as the two preceding years, BN TJ 0 roang Womaat 1"lellevetl' In Its A01, feetlon, but Finally Cot gilled. ifllen Velvin, the animal trainer, tells a story .af a woolen snake charmer Who firmly believed drat one of her snakes was • ealiy fa n of her, She could da anything with ft, fondle, kiss and caress it. "She gTow so fond of Lt," east Miss 'lreivin in Moplgre's, "drt at last she evee let it sleep on her bed, to the great disgust of the other performers in the phew. f`iau woullci oat her meals with this f,or rible thing celled around her neck l and once in very Warm weather she took it under her coat into the woods with her and lot ib amuse it- self by drawling over the ground. "She followed it about and kept a most careful watch over it (it was a valuable performer), but it show- ed no disposition to go off into the woods; AB she feared it might, bu came back to her and coiled around her as usual. She was warned sev- eral eweral times that the reptile was very dangerous, but she grew more and more reckless and the snake ap' peered to become more and more attached to her,, "And then one day without any warning directly after a perform- ance when she was caressing it in her own room the snake suddenly threw back its head, looked at her steadily and with lightninglike swiftness struck her between the eyee, leaving two tiny punctures. She hastily uncoiled it and thrust it into its box, but she died within half an hour." George Snyder, one of thekeep- ers out at the Bronx Zoo, has a more faithful adorer in the person, so to speak, of a young walrus that was oaptured by Paul Rainey in the. Kane Basin. . Ho was only sins months old when 1 9.s,�s, Velvin, after seeing him, declarett' -m..,,, ,,e-Lorti homeliness and Comical exppressreir ' he was without a rival at the zoo -e and that is saying a good deal. "He hates everybody except hie keeper," she says, "but for him hey will go anywhere and do anything. His affection began to show itself by his flopping in his awkward way ' after his keeper every time he moved. For this Keeper Snyder called him Flip Flop and this has been shortened to Slip. "Mr. Snyder was anxious to weigh him one day. This would have been something of an under- taking under ordinary circumstanc- es, as the weighing machine was some distance away. But the gate was opened, the keeper went out saying `Come on, Flip 1' and out came the young walrus and,followed 'him not only to the scales but on the scales, where, by giving him lone or two clams, he was kept long enough to be weighed. "Flip weighed • at the time of his capture 150 pounds. Since then he has gained enormously, as he has a huge appetite. He eats over thir- ty pounds of fish daily—three meals a day—iii the shape of Clams, Cod- fish and butterfish from which all the bones are first carefully remov- ed. He always seams to be raven- ously hungry and eats greedily, with many grunts, pufiings and sighs. He is the most absolutely happy and contented wild animal , I have ever seen in captivity." UNCLE IlIRA11I TO ITIS NEP}IEW .A. Few Words of the Importance of Answering Letters. "One thing you want to do, Btevey," said Uncle Hiram to his hopeful young nephew, "is to an- swer letters promptly. "Everybody likes attention, courtesy:"and everybody thinks his business is of importance. We may be dealing with forty people, and naturally we think that ours is the important end of the business, but we mustn't forget that eaoh of the men with whom we are holding Cor+ respondence thinks that his is the important enol, as in fact it is to him, and we must treat hien as we would expect him to treat us if our situations were reversed. "Anel back of his consideration of the importance of his business is his instinctive consideration of hire- self. If we slight his business we slight him. If wo fail to answer his letter promptly he comes soon to think that wo regard him lightly, and that disturbs him, er he drinks that we are sleek and unbusiuoss- like, and so he is shy about doing business with us. Always acknow- ledge all letters promptly. "Sometimes we get a latter about soave business that requires fur- ther consideration before it can be settled, or eoneernine, which, to reach a settlement, we must first communicate with still other peo- ple. In dee 0 case we 010 likely io wait, o+ sic are i»elined hs wait, wetil we h ve everything r'oaiisded np before answering the first let- ter. "But to wait in that manner in such a ease, Stevey, would be a mis- take. Yon want to aelarowletlgo' his letter promptly and tell him that the matter is under ,coilsicter- a C t consider- ation aid that you will advise frim further et the earliest possible mo - :h .'. tally I might menden that 1.1' sas -wo+ t fere promptly is Dire n ,. friends, and I might •. leaking friends yell