The American
Woman
in Alas
'By Mrs. cA. W. Grecly
Wife of Famous Explorer Tells
of Her Experiences in the Far
North A City Where It Is
Nearly Always Raining The
Gateway to the Klondike
Hardships Endured by Army
Officers' Wives and Other
Women.
(Copyright, 13UG, by Joseph B. Bowles.;
(Mrs. Henrietta X. Greely, wife of
A. W. Grcely, the distinguished arctic ex
plorer. lias traveled widely and as a re
eult of lier observations lias written for
publication with considerable success.)
From the nation's capital to Alaska
is a far reach. Crossing the Alleghe
nles through the mining regions of
Pennsylvania, so picturesque except
■where defaced by man's grimy pur
suits; through busy Chicago; rushing
over the western plains; across the
Rockies and we find ourselves on the
evening of the fifth day at Seattle,
embarking on the steamship Humboldt
for the famous inland passage.
Here on the ship 1 am surprised
to see how many women are travel
ing to Alaska. Of course, the inland
passage has been a favorite trip for
15 years or more, but the large pro
portion of women among the excur
sionists, many of them in parties of
two or three without escorts, indi
cates that conditions have materially
improved in this part of the world.
In fact, the ease and comfort with
•which we travel greatly astonish me.
Late on the third day we reach
Junea-u, opposite which is Douglas is
land and the great Treatlwell gold
mine. It is remarkable that the larg
est stamp mill in the world should be
found in this wild. An act of con
gress made Juneau the capital of
Alaska. The town is buiit on the side
of a hill so steep that the houses seem
to be hanging from it. Hack of this
rises a sharp range of higher hills
that form a barrier protecting the
town from the frequent snow ava
lanches of the great mountains, which,
in turn, rise perpendicularly behind
this natural wall.
As illustrating the weather of Ju
neau, it is said that an old Indian
woman, on being asked if it always
rained in Juneau, after a moment's
hesitation, replied: "Sometimes it
snows." It was raining as we entered
the harbor, but we were not deterred
from a stroll through the town. We
found good plank walks and saw some
quaint, artistic little houses and sev
eral churches with an effort at archi
tecture. I was struck by the frequent
evidence of woman's hand in the pot
ted plants in many windows, while
the women and children whom we
saw surprised me by being quite like
those one would meet in any small
western town.
Skagway resembles Juneau In the
character of its rough frame build
ings, but there are fewer indications
of woman's taste. One good stone
building attracted our attention. We
were particularly struck with the evi
dence of precaution against lire, of
which there Is a great dread in Alas
kan towns. There is an army post
here and the soldiers have acted as
firemen very efficiently in many in
stances. We attended the Episcopal
service, which was held in a small
room over a store in one of the rougfc
buildings peculiar to Alaska. There
■were about 30 persons in the congre
gation. A small parlor organ was
very well played by a Minneapolis
woman, a teacher of music in the
town, and the choir consisted of four
persons.
Such a wonderful trip as we had
over the White pass! Skagway and
Dyea, situated on either arm of Lynn
canal, unheard of in June, 1897, were
towns of some thousands of inhabit
ants the following October. They are
the gateways respectively of the
White pass and the Chilcoot pass.
The only two convenient entrances
to the Yukon country, these passes
were made known to the world by the
misery resulting from the rush
through them when gold discoveries
were first made in the Klondike re
gion. As the White pass was selected
for the railway, Skagway steadily
grows.
Returning from Skagway we had a
large number of passengers bringing
their gold out. The terms "in"and
"out" are used exclusively in regard to
going into or returning from Alaska
or the gold fields. The superintendent
of one of the large mines was bringing
down in four small wooden boxes and
several little chamois bags $600,000
worth of bullion, the result of a single
clean-up of the mine. He had two
guards with him. Everyone carries
a small chamois bag more or less full
of nuggets. The habitues of the gold
fields are marked by their nugget
jewelry, the men wearing watch
chains ef it and the women indulging
largely in necklaces. There were a
number of women "coming out."
My attention was attracted, on the
passage up, to a family disembarking
at Juneau. The man, the proprietor of
a shop, after two years alone in Ju
neau, was returning with his family.
The little wife appeared very much
dissatisfied with the first view of her
new home. I noted that it was the
women of the middle class who seem
to object most to life in these wilds.
The poorer women accept the discom
forts as pertaining to their life any-
I where and the few women of the high-
I er class who find themselves in this
country rise superior to the small
daily trials of life in a new and un
formed community. The wife of an
old army officer who surprised her
son in Alaska by a visit found herself
compelled to pass the winter in a log
cabin 15 feet square, which was the
best habitation her son and his two
partners in the gold fields were able
to offer her. She found the quarters
rather limited for four persons, but
she not only accepted the situation
with equanimity, but went to work
with a will, making hijr family of three
young men very comfortable.
The wife of a river captain, who
was also the daughter of a clergyman,
was "coming out" after having passed
the winter with her husband in his
boat tied up at the mouth of Stewart
river, which empties Into the Yukon
about 75 miles from Dawson. She
seemed a very superior woman and
her experiences were most interest
ing. She told me that she had abso
lutely enjoyed the winter, although
she had not seen a human being but
her husband and the five employes of
the boat through the entire season,
i The captain and herself had read
; aloud to each other and played end
less games of piquet and other games.
They had walked regularly twice a
' day on land, although snowshoes were
j necessary. She had done a large
I amount of beautiful embroidery, nec
i essarily by lamplight, and had busied
herself in the care of house plants.
When she determined to pass the
| winter on Stewart river, finding a
great demand for well-made dresses In
, Dawson, this lady disposed of the
! greater part of her wardrobe at prices
| i'ar beyond cost. Ou her return to
Dawson in the spring a luncheon was
| given her by a number of friends, and
being asked what special delicacy they
! could provide, she expressed a wish
for something fresh alter her long
1 season of canned goods. A water
melon was the result of the confer
| ence, which later she was startled to
I learn had cost $7.50.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1907
BI.OATED WITH DROPSY.
The Heart Was Badly Affected When
the Patient Began Using
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell, of 415 West
Fourth street, Olympia, Wash., says:
"For over three
# years I suffered
with a dropsical
condition with
ont being aware
that it was due
5 to kidney trou
ble. The early
stages were
ache and bear
ing down pain,
but I went along
without worrying much until dropsy
Bet in. My feet and ankles swelled
up, m.v hands puffed and became so
tense I could hardly close them. I had
great difficulty in breathing, and my
heart would tlutter with the least ex
ertion. 1 could not walk far without
stopping again and again to rest. Since
using four boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills the bloating has gone down and
the feeliugs of distress have disap
peared."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
French President's Double.
M. Fallieres was until recently be
lieved to be the only president of the
French republic who had no double,
but his counterpart has been found.
The man who most resembles him
physically is a respectable merchant
of the Rue Saint llonore, who plays
hi 3 pait with decorum and dignity. He
wear-3 exactly tfco same kind of bhio
butterfly nccktio with white dots as
the president, the same kind of hat
and exactly so oddly cut a beard. And
on his promenades he is always ac
companied by a friend who could eas
ily be taken for the president's private
secretary. Dignified and with meas
ured steps the enviable double walks
through the Faubourg Saint llonore
and feels overjoyed at being saluted
on all sides.
ALMOST A SOLID SORE.
Skin Disease from Birth—Fortuna
Spent on Her Without Benefit-
Cured Her with Cuticura.
I"I have a cousin in Rockingham Co.
who once had a skin disease from her
birth until she was six years of ago.
■ Her father had spent a fortune on
her to get her cured and none of the
treatments did her any good. Old
| Dr. G suggested that he try the
1 Cuticura Remedies which he did.
When he commenced to use it the
child was almost a solid scab. He
had used it about two months and
the child was well. I was there when
they commenced to use your Cuti
cura Remedies. I stayed that week
and then returned home and stayed
two weeks and then went back and
stayed with them two weeks longer,
and when I went home I could hardly
believe she was the same child. Her
skin was as soft as a baby's with
out a scar on it. I have not seen her
In seventeen years, but I have heard
from her and the last time I heard from
her she was well. Mrs. W. P. Ingle, Bur
lington, N. C, June 16, 1905."
Mark Twain's Neat Answer.
Eugene Ware, of Topeka, recently
wrote to Mark Twain: "I picked up
i your last volume. I read it clear
through from cover to cover; it waa
like a bob-tailed flush. I could not. lay
it down." From No. 21 Fifth avenue,
| New York city, Mr. Clem«is answered
back as follows: "Dear Mr. Ware: 1
am an old brass-bound, copper-riveted,
j fire-assayed Presbyterian, with 71
I years' experience in unworldlinesa,
J and I don't understand your meta
| phor, but I know it was intended as
a compliment and 1 make it cordially
i welcome."
Whine from Henry James.
Henry James, pursuing his theme,
j "The Speech of American Women,"
, speaks of a group of Boston young
women, "all articulating as from sore
: mouths, all mumbling and whining
| and vocally limping and shuffling as it
i were together." Ho compares, also to
j its great disadvantage, a school where
parents pay so much not to have their
| boys taught to speak as gentlemen,
j with one "beyond the sea, in which
the proviso that the schoolmaster
' shall speak as a gentleman ia so abso
j lutely vital."
Artificial Flowers.
There are 430 manufactories of arti
| ficial flowers, leaves, plants and fruits
i in the district of Dresden. The largest
manufactories employ from 250 to
1,000 persons, and the total number of
persons engaged in the trade i 6 esti
mated at 10,000, the larger proportion
j being women and girls, who earn from
Bs. to 12s. a week by their work.
Take Garfield Tea, the Natural Laxa
tive, for constipation, indigestion, liver
and kidney derangements, and colds. It is
made of Herbs. Guaranteed under the
Pure Food Law.
After making a strenuous effort to
get out of a rut a man finds himself in
a hole.
STIFFNESS, STITCHES, LAMENESS, CRAMP,
TWISTS AND TWITCHES, ALL DECAMP WHEN
_ YOU APPLY
'W? JACOBS ill
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OLD CAPT. CACK'S QUESTION.
Bomewhat Pointed, But It Denoted
Quick Intelligence.
Pierce Jay, the commissioner of
banks of Massachusetts, at the Ameri
can Bankers' association's convention
in St. Louis, advocated a better ac
counting system.
"But above all," said Mr. Jay, In
a discussion of his idea, "we want
intelligence, if embezzlement is to be
thoroughly put down. Systems are
good, but intelligence is better, and
in cashiers and tellers and book
keepers and note clerks we want the
same keen, quick intelligence that
characterized old Capt. Hiram Cack,
of Gloucester.
"Cack lay very ill. One day he got
down-hearted, feeling that his case
was hopeless.
" 'I fear, doctor," he said, 'there Isn't
much hope for me.'
" 'Oh, yes, there is,' the doctor an
swered. 'Three years ago I was in
your condition precisely, and look at
mo now.'
"Cack, intelligent and alert, said
quickly:
"'What doctor did you have?"*
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THE CfNTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STUtCT.NIW VOBR CITY.
Complaint Is generally despicable,
always worse than unavailing.—Car
lyle.
How to Trap Wild Animals.
40 page trap book illustrated, picture 46
wild animals in natural colors, also barom
eter and calander, also gun & trap catalog,
also prices on raw furs. All sent post paid
for 10 cts. stamps or silver. Address Fur
Dept. N. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis,
Minn.
Kinsmen of Immortal George.
Many kindred of George Washing
ton dwell on and about the original
Washington plantation in Westmore
land county, Virginia. The present oc
cupant of the plantation is named
Georgo Washington.
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OK TOLEDO, I
LUCAS COUTV. 112
FHAVK .J. CHENEY makes cath that lie Is senior
partner of tlio Una of F. .1. CHENEY <fc Co., d.-dng
business la the City of Toledo. County nail stale
aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of
OXK III.'NIj'IKIJ DOLLARS for each tmd every
caso uf CATAitim that cannot be cured by the use of
HALL'S CAIABRU CUKE.
FRANK .1. CIIF.N ET.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence,
tbt3 tith day of December, A. D., Iflx6.
( A. W. GLEASON,
•J SEAL J- NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hall' > Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts
directly on the blond and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CUEXEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
lake Hall's Family Pills .or constipation.
Restored by American Money.
Charlton, the ancestral home of tho
earl of Suffolk, is once more the scene
of glories of the olden time since the
marriage of the earl and Miss Daisy
Leiter. It is a fine Jacobean mansion
of dark sandstone, with mullioned win
dows and carved stone portals, and
contains many treasures of art, includ
ing the family portraits.
Tallest Americar. ooiaier.
The distinction of being the tallest
man In tho United States army be
longs to Ernest D. Peck, a first lieu
tenant in the engineer corps. He is
six feet four and a half inches in
height. Lieutenant Peck is a native
of Wisconsin and was graduated from
the Oshkosh high school. Lieutenant
Peck is now on duty at Yellowstone
Park, Wyoming, and has supervised
the building of a military road known
as Peek's Pike. He is called Pike's
Peak by his comrades in the service.
Waterproof Buitdini* Blocks: Fence Posts: Side Wollts,
Bridges; Roofs, Floors, etc. Write tor Descriptive
Cement Institute
What is'Pe-ru-na ?
Is it a Catarrh Remedy, or a Tonic,
or is it Both?
Some people call Peruna a great tonic. Others refer to Peruna as a great catarrh
remedy.
Which of these people are right ? Is it more proper to call Peruna a catarrh rem
edy than to '•all it a tonic ?
Our reply is, that Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. Indeed, there can
be no effectual catarrh remedy that is not also a tonic.
In order to thoroughly relieve any case of catarrh, a remedy must not only have a
specific action on the mucous membranes affected by the catarrh, but it must have a
general tonic action on the nervous system.
Catarrh, even in persons who are otherwise strong, is a weakened condition of some
mucous membrane. There must be something to strengthen the circulation, to giv®
tone to the arteries, and to raise the vital forces.
Perhaps no vegetable remedy in the world has attracted so much attention from
medical writers as HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. The wonderful efficacy of this herb
has been recognized many and is growing in its hold upon the medical profession.
When joined with CUBEBS and COPAIBA a trio of medical agents is formed in
Peruna which constitutes a specific remedy for catarrh that in the present state of medi
cal progress cannot be improved upon. This action, reinforced by such renowned tanica
as COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS, CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEEI>,
ought to make this compound an ideal remedy for catarrh in all its stages and locations
in the body.
From a theoretical standpoint, therefore, Peruna is beyond criticism. The ure of
Peruna, confirms this opinion. Numberless testimonials from every quarter of the earth
furnish ample evidence that this judgment is not over enthusiastic. When practical ex
perience confirms a well-grounded theory the result is a truth that: cannot be shaken.
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rA I tfl 1 A. N. K—C (1907—2) _ 21C0._
RHEUMATISM^
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The Circulation Stimulated
and the Muscles and Joints
lubricated by using
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lieals and protects Kb*'* on ft
brane. It cures Ca- Kj||gp -- - M i, ■
tarrh and drives LIVE STOCK AKD CI CPTRnTVDFC
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EXTRACT OF THE CAYENNE PEPPER PLANT
A OUICK, SURE. SAFE AMD ALWAYS READY CURE FOR PAIN.-PRICE t
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A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not !
blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and curative qualities ol i !
t!v article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once, and relieve ['
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counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest
and stomach and ail Rheumatic, Neuralgic and Gouty complaints, A trial »
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household and for children. Once used 110 family will be without it. Many fi
people say "it is the best of all your preparations." Accept no preparation H
of vaseline unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine. S
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Mechanics between the ages of ;:l
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