GOLD DUST WITH LOVE. NUCCETS AND ROMANCE IN THE PLACERS OF THE KLONDIKE. Clarence .1. flurry, Only IterenMy a t'nnr Farmer, Now the Harney Itnrimtn of the Fld.ln Wr.lillnn Trip nf Fifteen Monlht Wan Worth a Million Month. Clarence .T. Berry is thn Barney Bar unto of the Klondike Ho took $1:10, 0110 from tlie top dirt of one of his claims in Ave months. He kept it nil bnt t',2'2,000, which ho paid to li in min ers. He did not lmve to give his wife even so much as pin money. Hlio had a pan of her own. 8I10 would oc casionally get time from her sewing and mending to drop around to tlie dump. Hlie sifted out $10,000 or no in her spare moments. This was her amusement in the strangest year's honeymoon thnt in recorded. The two Htarted fifteen months ngo as bride and groom. Hhe wns tho devoted sweet heart of ft poor Fresno farmer. They have returned to Han Francisco v. itii all kinds of gold dust, nugget and coin. They have millions in sight, and behind the millions is 11 pretty romance. Kerry was a fruit raiser in the south ern part of California. He did not have miy money. There was no par ticular prospect that ho would ever have any. He saw a lifo nf hard plod ding for a bare living. There was no opportunity nthome for getting ahend, and, like other men of the Far West, ho only dreamed of the day when lie would make a strike and get his million. This was three years ago. There had then come down from the frozen lands of MIt8. CLARENCE (As she appeared on her wedding Alaska wonderful Btorics of rewards for men brave enough to run n fierce ride with death from starvation and cold. He had nothing to lose and all to gain. He conoluded to face tho dangers. His capital was $10. He proposed to risk it oil not very mnch to him now, but a mighty sight three years ago. It took all but $5 to got him to Juneau. He had two big arms, the physique of a giant and the courage of an explorer. Presenting all these as his only collaterals, he managed to squeeze a loan of 800 from a man who was afraid to go with him, but was willing to risk a little in return for a promise to pay back the advance at a fabulous rate of interest. Juneau was alive with men three years ago who had heard from the In- CLABKHC t. BBBBT. (The poor California farmer who found a fortune in the Klondike.) dians the yarns of gold without limit. The Indians brought samples of the rock and sand and did well in trading them. A party of forty men banded to go back with the Indians. Berry was one of the forty. Each had an ontflt a year's mess of frozen meat and fnrs. It was early spring when this first batch l prospectors started oat over the mountains and the snow was as deep as the outs in the sides of the hills. The natives packed the stuff to the top of the Cbilooot Pass. ZX was ut and death every day. The mm men were loft one by one along the cliffs. The timid turned back. The whole ontflt of supplies went down in Lake Bennett. The forty men hail dwin dled to three Horry and two others. The others chose to make the return trip for more food. Berry wanted gold. He borrowed a chunk of bacon nnd pushed on. He reached Forty Mile Creek within a month. There was not a cent in his pocket. The single chance for him was work with those more prosperous. His pay was S100 n month. It was not enough, nnd, looking for better pay, he drifted from one end of the gulch to the other, always keeping his shrewd eye open for a chnnco to fix a claim of his own. There wns a slum in the prospects of tho district and he concluded to go buck to the world. The slump wns not the only reason. There was n young woman back in Fresno w ho had promised to be his wife. Berry enme from the hidden world without injury and MissF.the! 1). Bush kept her pledge. They were married. Berry told his bride about the possi bilities of Alaska. Kho was a girl of the mountains. Hhe said sho had not married him to be n drawback, but a companion. If he intended or wanted to go bnck to the F.ldorndo, she pro posed to go with him. Hhe reasoned that he would do better to hnve her at his side. His pictures of the dangers nnd the hardships had no efTect upon her. It wos her duty to face as mnch as he was willing to face. They both decided it was worth the try success at a bound rather than years of com- J. IlF.ItnV. trip to tho Klondike gold fields.) mon toil. Berry declared he know ex netly where he could find a fortune. Mrs. Berry convinced him that she would be worth more to him in his venture than any mnn that ever lived. Furthermore, tho trip would be a bridal tour which would certuinly be new and far from tho beaten tracks of sighing lovers. Mr. and Mrs. Borry reachod Junoau fifteen mouths ago. They had but lit tle capita), but they had two hearts that were full of determination. They took the boat to Dyea, the head of navigation. The rest of the distance nnd distances in Alaska are long was made behind a team of dogs. They slept under a tent on beds of boughs. Mrs. Berry wore garments which re sembled very much those of her hus band. They enmo over her feet like old-fashioned sandals, and did not stop at her knees. They were made of seal fur, with tlie fur inside Hhe pulled gum boots over these. Her skirts were very short. Her feet were in moccasins, aud over her shoulders was a fur rohe. The hood was of bearskin. This all made a most heavy garment, but she heroically trudged along with her husband, averaging about fifteen miles each day. They reached Forty Mile Creek a year ago in June, three months after they were married. They called it their wed ding trip. Klondike was still a good way off, and it was thought at first that the claims closer at hand would pay. One day a miner came tearing into the set tlement with most wonderful tales of the region further on. His descrip tions were like fairy tales from "Arab ian Nights" aocounts fitting actually the scenes in spectacular plays, where the nymph or queen of fairy land bids her slaves to pick up chunks of gold as big as the crown of a hat. Berry told the tale to his wife. Bhe said she would stay at the post while he went to the front. There was no rest in the camp that night. Men were rush' ing pell mell, bent on nothing but get ting first into the valley of the Klon dike and establishing claims. Mrs, Berry worked with her husband with might and main, and before daylight be was on the road over the pass. There were fifty long miles between him and fortune, aud be worked with out sleep or rest to beat the great field which started with him. He made the track ia two days. He was among the first in. He staked claim forty, above the Discovery, which means that his property was the forti eth one above the first Aladdin. It was agreed that each claim should Tt'KOH MINKRtX WINTRU flAttD. have COO feet on the river the Bon anza. This was the beginning of Berry's fortune. He then hegnu to trade for interest in other sites. He secured a share in three of the best on F.ldorndo Creek. There is no one living who can toll bow much this property is worth. It has only been worked in the crudest way, yet five months netted him enough to make him a rich man the rest of his life. There are untold and inestimable mill ions where the smnll sum from the top was taken. Berry wanted to bring bis bride to him from the settlement and he pro ceeded to built himself a house. It wns of logs. He bnilt it solid and then snwed holes for thn door and windows. This wns Into last summer. The ther mometer wns getting neenstomed to standing nt forty degrees below zero ilny in nnd out. Mrs. JJerry trudged through the nineteen miles of hard snow nnd took her place in the hut with her husband. There was no floor, but the snow bnnk. It cost the couple 8:100 a thousand foet to get firewood hauled, nnd there was but little chance to use fuel save to thaw out the moose and oariliou which the Indians peddled. This new cold king and queen made the first strike of a yenr ago in Novem ber. They were working along El dorndo Creek, a brnnch of the Bonan za, which empties into the Klondike about two miles nbove Dawson City. Their site was the fifth one above where the first discovery had been undo in this particular region. It took nearly a month to get into paying dirt, but when the vein wns opened it wns simply awful. The first prospect panned $2 nnd $') to the pan. It grew suddenly to $25 and 8"0 n pan, tnd kept increasing. It seemed they had tapped a mint, and one day Mr. aud Mrs. Berry gathered no less than 8j95 from a singlo pan of earth. This they have saved in n sack by itself, nnd the peoplo who hnve listened to the strange stories of the young mnn and his young wife have no fear thnt they have been mistaken. They have left no room to think they are not telling the truth truth which seems probaldo in the face of sacks and lumps of gold which they have not yet had time to send to market. They have it piled up in their rooms in the hotel in Han Francisco. Berry and . his men worked five months at this claim. They thawed nnd washed thirty box lengths of soil. This brought him $130,000, out of which be paid $22,000 lor help. He then put fifteen miners nt work in bis best diggings and started home to get some coin. He has acquired five claims, all of which are being worked. He has not the slightest idea how much he is worth. He guesses that he has at least $1,000,000 more ready for him by this time. It may be twice or three times that amount. He has a good wagon load of the yellow stuff in the safety deposit vault. Mr. and Mrs. Berry have one of the best rooms at the best hotel on the coast. They have leaped from poverty to wealth in a single twelve mouths. Mr. Berry ia going to leave in a few days with his wife to see the farm where he used to raise plums and peaches. He is going to buy the place, just for memory's sake. Mrs. Berry wants it. Hhe will live there the rest of her life. The pin money she panned out $10,000 is to go for a new house. Hhe has had enough of the Klonkike. THE LARCEST WOODEN -frtimiiM ii it1 itfc. H I tjuslMi"; The ohief feature architecturally of the Swedish National Exposition at Stockholm is the Industrial Hall, shown above, which is said to be the largest wooden building in the world. It ia constructed of wood because lumbering is the greatest industry of Sweden and Norway. The hall is built ia the middle of the exhibition grounds, adorned, with a large cupola arising to a height of about 100 meters. The cupola itself is surrounded by turrets resembling minarets, in whioh lifts ascend to the uppermost platform, from where an ex tensive view is to be had cf the exhibition grounds, the capital and its en virons, so much renowned for their beauty. Her new king and the new gold king of the coast will go back in the spring. There is no chance that his property will be jumped or robbed. He has left it in trusted hands. Berry talks in immense figures. It Is possible to deduct half as a tribute to blinded en thusiasm, and he will then have enough to rate him among the very richest men of the world. Berry gives all the credit of his for. tnno to his young wifo. It was possl-' ble for her to hove kept him at home ftfter the first trip. Hhe told him to return nnd she returned with him. It was an exhibition of rare courage, bnt rare courage rarely fails. Tlie wedding trip lasted fifteen months. Berry snys it was worth $1,000,000 a month. This estimate is one meas ured in cold cash not sentiment. Chicago Titnes-Hernld. WORLD'S YOUNCEST CYCLIST. A ftrvrntern-Mnnlhs-Olil Chicago Boy Who Itlilri a Wheel. This is the picture of Harry W. finn ing, the tiniest cyclist in the world. He is only seventeen months old and rides what is probably the smallest wheel ever built for prncticnl riding. His mount weighs f pounds, has a frame 7 inches high, and the diame ter of the wheel is ten inches. It id perfect in equipment, all the parts having been made especially for the diminutive machine. Even the lamp is a midget. Under the guidance of bis father or some friend of the family the little fel low poTlals along Chicago boulevards with a solemn and dignified nir, tak ing no heed of the attention he is at- HARM SLISINO, TOt'NOEST WHEELMAN. tracting. Occasionally observing a sooroher flash by crouching over the handlebars, Harry tries to do likewise, to the huge delight of the spectators. He is lenrning the pednl mount and is nlready making feeble tries at slmplo tricks. Incident of Travel Abroad Chnuncey M. Depew tells this char acteristic incident of the difference of travel on railroads in Europe and America: "It was at the station of Bingen on the Bhine. I said to the station master, 'Why is your train a half hour late?' The station master said, 'I don't know.' 'Well,' I said to him, 'I am the President of the New York Central Bailroad, and if you were a station master at Feekskill, on our line, I would discharge you in twenty minutes if you did not know why the train was a half boor late.' 'Veil,' said the station master, 'I dell you vat is de matter mit your railroad men over dere; you are always going1 chook, chook, chook; over here ye let dias take care of demselves and ye live forever.' " But Mr. Depew adds that, so far as the handling of trains, safety and speed are concerned, the Amerioan railways are fur superior to those of Europe. New York Herald. Long-Dlstanee Electricity. It is proposed to deliver electrical energy equivalent to 4000-horse power in the car house at Los Angeles, Cat., from Santa Ana, a distance of eighty miles, under a pressure of 33,000 volts. The power station is in Santa Ana Canyon, twelve miles from Redloads. The current will be generated at 1000 volts and transformed up to 83,000. The Santa Ana Biver furnishes the power. The water is to be directed from the stream by a canal flume and tunnel work along the side of the can yon to a point where suddenly it falls through 2200 feet of pipe a distance of 750 feet to the water wheels. BUILDING IN THE WORLD. THE REALM OF FASHION. SOME LATE FEATURES IN FEMININE CARMENTS. Ladles' Fancy Waist of Crentn Chnttle, With llolrro Kncl Italnljr Child's IlreMof Flgnreri Blue and White Chut lie Charming Frocks for l.lttle One. All indications, writes MnyMnnton, point to the continued popularity of the bolero and imported models show the genuine or the simulated on FANCY WAIST WIT1T BOLERO EFFECT. the majority of gowns. The illustra tion shows a fitted waist with frills that give the bolero effect. The ma terial chosen is cream challie with a dot of bleuet-blue and the trimming A CHILD'S DRES3 OP FIOUllLD is all of the darker color, in narrow and wide satin ribbon and cream edging. The bodice proper is ar ranged over glove -fitted linings, smooth nnder-arm gore, separating the fronts and back, which have the slight fulness adjusted in gathers at the waist line. Over the bolero front which extends to the left shoulder is arranged three gathered frills, the uppermost one extending in rows of shiiTing over the olosely-fitting oollar. The stylish sleeve caps are decorated with rows of lace and ribbon to match the bolero decoration and give the triple effect. Wide satin ribbon fur nishes further decoration in crushed bands and rosettes that pass artisti cally across the bust and book at the left of bolero. The tight-fitting sleeves have moderate fulness at the top and the wide belt is made from bias satin to match ribbon. The skirt is the favorite circular "Bell" shape having the bias back seam. The suggestion for ribbon and lace trimming is one that is mnch favored for summer street gowus. Almost any of the season's fabrics are well adapted to the mode, those of diaphanous texture being par ticularly fascinating when made over a colored slip or lining to match the ribbon trimming. To make this waist for a lady in the medium size will require three and one-half yards of forty-four-inch ma terial. The skit will require five and five-eighths yards of the same width goods. Child's Dreu of Blue and White Challie. Figured blue and white challie and white surah, says May Manton, are here daintily combined and decorated with narrow Valenciennes lace and in sertion. A smooth short body lining shaped with shoulder and under-arm seams is the foundation over wnicb the full portion of white surah is arranged in ronnd yoke shape. The full straight skirt is deeply hemmed and has a sin gle band of insertion above. The top ia gathered and joined to the lower edge of the fnll yoke, a band of inser tion eonoeeiing the joining. The ftiL neek finishes with a band and frill of lace. The two-seamed sleeves are of elbow length and are decorated by deep ruffles and band of insertion. Pretty frill epaulettes extend over the sleeves finishing with shoulder strap! of insertion and lace. The pattern provides for a shallow square yoke, to be used when the gar ment is to be worn with a gnimpe, a shown in back view of illustration. Charming little frocks can be made in various combinations or all of one material in organdie, nainsook, lawn, figured or plain taffeta. To make this dress for a girl of six years will require three yards of thirty-six-inch material. Wearing Flannel. Flannel should he worn during the warm months as well as the winter. Many mothers think that on the ap proach of the. hot weather they should nt once discard all flannel garments. But this is a great mistake. The com mon woolen flannel should be worn. One color lias no advantage over an other. To wash the flannel put in a tub, pour some strong, boiling soap suds on it, leave it till the hand can bear the water, then pour it off and add clear water, boiling hot; let this stand olso, ns before. Pour off and add more boiling clean water, and when cool enough merely squeeze the garment with the hands no wringing or rnbbing. Stretch it immediately on n line in the hot sun, or before n hot fire, and ae the water settles at the most depend ent part of tho garment press it ont with the hand, nnd be careful to stretch the fabrio as soon as the wator is squeezed ont, aiming as mnch as pos sible to keep the flannel hot until it is dry. If woolan gnrments are treated literally ns above, they will remain pliable nnd soft until worn out. New York Tribune. Comfortable 3tlghtgown. This comfortable night robe is com posed of fine white cambric trimmefl with embroidery. Tho full fronts and BLUE AND WHITE CIULLIE. back are joined by nnder-arm seams, the upper edge being gathered and at tached to slightly rounded yoke por tions that join in the shoulder seams The front is gathered at yoke depth, the fulness being held in place by bands of besding through which is run narrow ribbon which finishes at the centre in a series of tiny bows. The bishop sleeves are gathered at the top and again at the wrist, where the decoratiou corresponds with that employed ou the front of the gown. An attractive feature is the wide collar that is cut from all-over embroidery, and has free edges dbtlined with a deep frill of needlework. The model, which is universally be coming, can be successfully developed iu printed lawn, with Valenciennes lace and insertion for decoration, and worn as a lonnging-robe. For night wear lawn, linen, nainsook, batiste and long cloth are among the material selected. siobtoows, wrrii iou colxa. To make this night robe for a womaa of medium sise will require seven, yards of thirty-six-inch material.
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