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nitt MORNIXH ORFOOMAN.' TUESDAY, NOVEMBER' 20, 1900.
THE SEASON AT NOME
Careful Estimate of Conditions
- at the Camp.
MADE BY CONSERVATIVE OBSERVER
Ed B. Colli Telia Facta About the
Beach Which "Will Be V me
tal to Miners.
,Ed H. Collls. -who haa been a careful
obserrer of conditions at Nome during
the Summer, furnishes the following con.
eervatlv estimate of the camp, which
will prove of value to the prospective ar
gonaut: The Ice floes from the Arctic, sweeping
down through 'Behring Straits, isolating
the inhabitants of Nome, drop the curtain
on a scene remarkable in mining history.
By promises of gold for every one, the
fickle city of the golden sands attracted
thousands to its shores, and in its palmy
days the masts of 50 vessels studded the
Western horizon and the beach for la
miles was whitened with the tents of
eager prospectors. The story of their dis
appointment has been told by able pens,
and as the prospectors from the Interior
tell their tales tho mists are cleared
away and Nome stands revealed in Its
true light.
Of actual conditions at Nome much has
been said In the way of exaggeration,
and even at this time it Is difficult to
weigh and calmly enumerate the merits
and demerits of the camp. The beach,
although worked and reworked, still con
tains some gold, and it is probable that
with proper machinery and able manage
ment may yet produce a considerable
amount. As to the effect of the wavo
action during storms In renewing a pay
streak, the coming season will determine.
Operations this year have been hampered
by lack of space and by reason of the
crowded conditions and heavy cost of
moving when the limited space around
was used many machines were operated
at a loss.
Dest Machine.
Of all the various machines in use along
the beach the gasoline and coal oil plants,
of four to eight horsepower, were most
economical and produced best results.
Much of the beach has been thoroughly
"worked to hard pan, but on porUons.
however, only the pay streak was worked,
and these spots still offer a limited field
for operations. At extreme low tide are
to be found places which have remained
unt6uched, and these are sometimes rich;
also near the tundra edge. s6 It is proba
ble that prospectors needing a grub stake
will use the beach for some time to come.
SliilLful Men Made Wages.
From conversations with numerous
rocker men along the beach, I learn that
persistant and skilled men averaged the
flrst season ?4 to Jo a day. Men unused
to the work averaged $2 to J3 a day, while
the expense for food was probably nut
snore than $1 a day. This condition of
course, while it affords a reasonable se
curity fr6m want to those who are on the
ground, should not attract any further
adventurers. The recent amendment of
the Alaska code bill, withdrawing from
public use the CO-foot roadway, Is also
likely in future to cause considerable con
tention. The creeks also have been a
source of much disappointment, and up
to the first of August but few encourag
ing reports were received. The drought
and litigations had greatly hampered op
erations on the rich creeks near Nome,
and the tying up of much territory by
persons who had more ground than they
could take care of and who pursued the
dog-in-the-manger policy also discouraged
inany persons who would otherwise have
made an effort to develop the country,
'and In consequence outbound steamers
were soon crowded with disappointed
men, some of whom In their chagrin
painted tho country in far blacker colors
than is deserved.
Ruahen for Other Camps.
Quite a fair percentage of the gold
seekers .were equipped with sufficient cap
ital and enthusiasm to carry their ex
plorations beyond the well-staked dis
trict adjacent to Nome, and when, after
a time, some good reports began to come
In from the Topkok, Casadepoya, Blue
stone and Kanarock districts, a more
buoyant tone pervaded the camp. Some
rich -olalms were also developed in the
Immediate vicinity of Nome, notably
Dickson's, on the Anvil divide, which
created such a furore that in a short time
thVhill 'slopes In the vicinity were dotted
with tents, and the creeks entering the
tundra Just back of the city. Wonder,
Moonlight, Holyoke, Bourbon. Dry and
Newton, developed quite a number of good
claims. The good effects resulting from
these finds were in a measure offset by
the terrible storm which devastated the
beach, and in the dark days ensuing sev
eral thousand more people became dis
couraged and left the camp, and it be
came evident that the future success or
Nome depended on its creeks. Quick to
recover, tho horrors of the flood were
soon forgotten, the miners who had been
spending the season on far-away creeks
began to return, and with good reports and
tangible, evidences in the shape of dust
and nuggets began to enliven the town.
Preparations for the Winter began, and
cabins and warehouses were to be seen
building on every hand. There was a
mere active demand for labor and a gen
eral loosening up of purses was manl
iest. It is probable that 5000 to G00O people
will winter at Nome. Of these, some aro
engaged in business, some have had suffi
cient succoss In the working of their
claims tf warrant them lo continuing op.
eratlons noxt season, some will commence
Winter diggings or the prospecting of flat
claims, while a good many will stay for
the purpose of taking possession of claims
the rights to which have been forfeited
by those who have failed to do their
assessment work.
'It 16 the optimistic and enthusiastic ele
ment which has remained, and as a result
of their efforts It is thought that much
of promise will result the coming season,
many more claims will be worked, and
order will succeed chaos.
Next Season'' Center.
From developments this Fall, it would
seem that the center of activity next soa
eon will be in the district about Teller,
the reports from the Blucstone and the
Kongrock sections being so flattering
many merchants from Nome are prepar
ing to remove there early in the Spring,
and should a sweeping Are, which seems
quite probable, occur at Nome, the exodus
will occur earlier. Teller having a good
harbor and townsite, and system of water
ways into the interior, backed by Its rich
gold territory, is looked on as a formidable
rival to Nome. However, large capital
Is centered at Nome, and some of its mer
cantile establishments would do credit to
any city, but its disadvantages as a port
and place of residence have been too man
ifest the past season. As a supply point
for the adjacent territory. Nome must
for soma years be an Important point, but
that it will retain its position as the me
tropolis of the district seems Improbable.
Bad Social Condition,
As to social life, Nome presents a pic
ture of degeneracy scarcely to be dupli
cated. The main resorts of the town
are its drinking and gambling places,
which abound everywhere on the main
street. These places are on an average
about 38x100 feet In also, and the more pop
ular are so crowded that there is scarce
ly elbow-room.
The hot stores and opportunities for
companionship prove irresistible attrac
Uona. and the owners of these places wa
fat in consequence. Bach resort has Its
name among them, the Second Class, the
Netr-Eldorado, Hunter, Dexter, Gold Belt
lad many others. As the mlnm tfet tvii
returned from, the creeks with, pockets
more or less filled, these places became
more and more lively, and drunkenness In
consequence on the increase. There is
much thieving done In these places, and
many a miner has awakened from a de
bauch to find his pockets rifled. For a
time durins the season there were numer
ous hold-ups on the streets, but a patrol
system by the soldiers has had a marked
effect on checking this.
Some Religious Life.
To offset the social evils there are sev
eral churches in Nome, and a small li
brary, which is but poorly heated, and
philanthropic persons can find in this work
a good field, and also in the relief of the
poor natives about, whose condition calls
for Immediate relief, although the Govern
ment Is doing much for them in gathering
them into a reserve at Nome River.
The climate the past season proved an
agreeable surprise. The weather for two
months was simply perfect, permitting of
uninterrupted prospecting, but the equi
noctial storms were severe, and many
lives were lost among the coast pros
pectors. During the early part of tho
Summer there was considerable sickness,
mainly of typhoid and pneumonia, but
when purer water was brought In from
the hills, better health conditions pre
vailed, and Nome may be said to have
been a very healthy camp. There was
an abundance of food, and the wherewith
to purchase it could always be obtained
on the beach, so there was little suffering.
Tho field of business and professional life
Is fully occupied, but to the adventurous
and steady young man without depend
encies, who can devote several years to a
prospector's life, the country offers a rea
sonable chance for success, with occa
sional prizes for the more fortunate. There
is good health in the life, but the dangers
to life and property are too serious to be
overlooked, and should deter any man
with family responsibilities from engaging
In It.
THE OXFORD MOVEMENT.
Subject of Iccture by Hev.
31. J.
Smith, Fuulist Father.
Rev. M. J. Smith, one of the Paulist
Fathers, lectured last evening on the Ox
ford movement, at Sty Mary's Cathedral,
before an audience composed largely
of non-Cathollca. Following is an ab
stract of bis lecture:
"If any argument were needed to show
the interest in the Tractarlan movement,
its reception by the press, by new books
dealing with the topic, and by the more
serious portion of the thinking public,
are all sufficient. Aa each actor In the
drama, which once awakened and then
shook to its base the Church of Eng
land passes in turn from the scene, his
contribution to the polemics of those
stirring times is diligently collected and
eagerly read by friend and foe. The
Tractarlan movement broko up the sleep
into which Protestant Christianity had
fallen during the 18th and the earlier part
of this century. It held up before the
people of England the beauty of the
Catholic Church, as it existed before the
Reformation. It inflicted on all men
ideas of the antiquity, the authority and
Invincibility of the Church of the Ages.
It has so dowered the Established Church
of England with Roman Catholic faith
and practice that never before did Its
dissolution, or at least an enormous dis
ruption, seem so imminent as at tho
present hour. It Is a topic full of life
on its personal side since it changed the
fortunes of men exceptionally gifted and
high minded."
The lecturer then gave a brief survey
of the conflicting state of religion in
England, and of the dangera that men
aced It about the year 1836. He contin
ued: "The purpose of the Tractarlan move
ment was to uphold the primitive Chris
tianity which was delivered by the early
teachers of tho church, as it was reg
istered in Anglican formulae and attested
to by Anglican divines. It had well-nigh
faded out of the land, and it was by re
course to approved Anglican sources,
and especially by the Anglican fathers of
the church, that this restoration was to
be effected.
"But Newman found that the fathers
and that history proclaimed Roman Ca
tholicism. They defended what the Trac
tarians had thought to be the usurpations
and the corruptions of Rome. They look
ed Into the glass of history and saw
themselves Judged, and ranked as here
tics of old, by a living church. Antiquity
would not serve them. After various de
fenses and long delays and much heart
breaking, they were brought to the
church whose claims they had unwit
tingly denied."
The personality, the high character of
Newman, his life-long labors, his im
mense though quiet services were de
picted by the lecturer in the quiet, gen
tle and persuasive way for which he is
become so popular. A touching tribute
was paid to tho fascination of New
man's genius and to the elevation of his
motives. After the defonse of himself
forced out of him by a cruel calumny,
Newman became Immensely popular. His
death was regretted not, by Catholics
only, but by those whom he left, and by
all men who honor moral courage.
Father Smith gavft the synopsis of
Newman's varied writings and urged
their perusal upon thcos who are not
acquainted with them. The eloquent lec
turer closed by announcing that Mrs.
Walter Reed would sing "Lead Kindly
Light." which together with Qliss Kath
leen Lawler's introduction to the audi
ence, were received as ever with marked
apreclation.
Rev. Father Smith, having made a host
of friends in Portland, will return In
Lent, of next year, to give missions for
non-Catholics.
General Hart, of the Irish Brigade.
From "The Great Boer War," by A. Conan
Doyle.
A dandy soldier, always the picture of
neatness from the top of his helmet to
the heels of his well-polished brown boots,
he brings to military matters the same
precision wihlch he affects in dress. Pe
dantic In his accuracy, he actuallv. nt
the battle of Colenso drilled the Irish
Brigade for half an hour beforo leading
them Into action, and throw out markers
under a deadly fire In order that his
change from close to extended formation
might be academically correct. The hcavy
loss of the brigade at thl action was to
some extent ascribed to him and affected
his popularity: but as his men came to
know him better, his romantic bravery,
his whimsical, soldierly humor, their dis
like changed into admiration. His per
sonal disregard for danger was notorious
and reprehensible. "Where is General
Hart?" asked some one In action. 'T have
not seen him, but I know where you will
find him. Go ahead of the skirmish line,
and you will see him standing on a rock."
was the answer. He bore a charmed life.
It was a danger to be near him. "Whpm
are you going to?" "General Hart." said
the aide de camp, "Then good-byel"
cried his fellows. A grim humor ran
through his nature- It Is gravely recorded
and widely believed that he lined up a
regiment, on a hilltop In order to teach
them not to shrink from fire. Amid the
laughter of his Irishmen he walked
through tho open files of his firing-line
holding a laggard by the ear. This was
the man who had put such a spirit into
the Irish Brigade that, amid that army of
valiant men, there wore none who held
such a record. "Their rushes were the
quickest, their rushes were the longest,
and they stayed the shortest time under
cover," said a shrewd military observer.
To Hart and his brigade was given tho
task of clearing the way to Ladysmlth.
Wale "Wheat Crop.
SYDNEY, N. 8. W.. Nor. 19.-John I
Fegan, Secretary of Mines and Agricul
ture, asserts that the recent downpour
of rain has largely improved the pros
pects of the wheat crop.
Frank L. Dame, superintendent of the
street railways of Tacsma. has resigned
and -will return to Boitcn after his ctie-
l oeasor is appointed.
RAILROAD VERSUS RIVER
some: remarks axest the. rela
tive MERITS OF THE SYSTEMS.
Shall the Ship Go to the Cargo er
Shall the Cargo Go to
the Ship?
FLAVEL, Or., Nov. 13. (To the Ed
itor.) The present seems to be a time for
the discussion of the relative merits of
two points of shipment on the Columbia
River, whether it is better that ship
ping should take cargo at Astoria or be
towed 100 miles up and load at Port
land. In other words, the question Is
whether the mouth of the Columbia
River should be' made a common point
with other seaports of Oregon and Wash
ington. '
The most of the traffic is now done by
sailing ships, which have to be towed up
and down at an average of about SO
for the round trip. This Is a fixed charge
on every sailing ship, to which is to be
added more or less expense for delays
In coming down, partially loaded, the
balance of cargo being taken on at As
toria caused by grounding and waiting
for favorable tides to get over sand bars.
It is not infrequent that ships have spent
from six to nine days in making the
trip down. Scarcely one of the steamers
of the North Pacific Steamship Com
pany eyer went direct to sea from Port
land fully coaled for her voyage, her coal
being taken aboard at Flavel or some
other point after she had left the Wil
lamette. Great Importance has been, given to an
article of Major Sears, published In The
Oregonian on the 4th Inst. His state
ments in that article are antiquated and
do not fit the conditions or the present
time. Much of his article -is taken up
with a tirade on the alleged "Infamous
system of fraud practiced" on Tacoma
"by the managers and inside friends of
the management of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Co." The discussion of the pres
ent question has nothing whatever to do
with the troubles between Tacoma and
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
though. I think, if a little investigation
is made, it will be found that no very
"Infamous system of fraud has been
practiced" by that combany when the de
velopment and Improvements now going
on there are taken Into consideration.
Major Sears says: "The commercial
port of a region will be as close to the
producer as it Is possible to reach with
the class of transportation demanded by
the requirements of the country." This
might have been true 20 years ago, but
it Is not true today. It may be true to
day if no larger tonnage is to enter the
'Columbia River In the future, but the
freight carriers of the world are now
planned -and ballt of a size and capacity
compared with which the present would
be fishing boats.
This growth can he readily sene by con
sulting a marine list. The flrst regular
liner across the Atlantic was the Cu
narder Brittanic, which sailed from Liv
erpool July 4, 1S40, measuring 1340 tons.
The last Is the Oceanic of the White Star
line, 701 feet long and 17,000 tons. In
the last issue of the Blue Book of Amer
ican shipping, it is reported that "Jim"
Hill is building at New London, Conn.,
two steamers of 34,000 tons burthen, the
freight space of each of which
will equal the capacity of the great
steamers Campania and Lucanla to
gether. These are for the Oriental trade
between Seattle and Hong Kong, and he
announces that he will carry freight
from Buffalo across the Continent and
across the Pacific for 57 50 per ton. Com
pared -with these what pigmies are the
vessels at present coming In to the Col
umbia, with an average of 1661 tons
according to the last report of the Port
of Portland. How can Portland ever
hope to keep pace with Seattle under
these conditions?
Tho apothegm of Mr. Huntington "that
the future is longer than the present"
applies most forcibly to the present
state of things on the Columbia
River. Portland had better concede the
"Common Point" to Astoria now had
better have done it two years ago as In
that case a share of the transport bus
iness might have been gained for the
river and not have all gone, as now, to
San Francisco and Puget Sound. Why
did It not come here as well as to the
other two Coast points? For1 the simple I
reason that tho Government could not
abide the delay caused by low water.
This reason will be in force for merchant
vessels of the future. As they Increase
in size and draft, they will be sent to
other points where they can load to their
full capacity and go to sea without de
lay, "for gravity lines on the land and
great ships on the sea are going to de
termine" the lines of traffic and the di
rection of- tonnage hereafter," as Mr.
Huntington very presclently says.
I note a very able article in The Or
egonian of the 10th, written by Mr.
Sholes, of Butte, Mont., who completely
refutes Major Sears' law of "geograph
ical conditions." It is an article worth
the study of every man who has the In
terest and development of Oregon at
heart.
The statistics show that Oregon is be
hind In the triple race on the Pacific
Coast for equal position in the present
and prospective Oriental commerce. Why
should she not be ahead?
She has a gravity route from every
wheatfleld to the sea. The Union vja the
Central Pacific Into San Francisco must
climb the Sierras, the Great Northern
and the Northern to Seattle must climb
the Cascades. Unlimited capital has en
abled the great transcontinental lines to
get around and under natural obstacles.
The Southern goes around by Galvestcn
and Now Orleans. The Great Northern
has just finished tunneling the Cascades'
at an expense of W.O0OO0O. The Northern
also has a tunnel under the Cascades
completed some time since. The Colum
bia River cut a down-hill grade through
the Cascade range for Oregon to the
sea. Oregon has tho advantage there
fore, but she has not up to the present
time Improved It. She has powerful
neighbors who will not hesitate to turn
every point to their advantage. Look at
the Union Pacific planisphere map re
cently issued "'San Francisco Overland
Route Around the World" with the wide
black band across the Atlantic, across
the Continent to San' Francisco,
across the Pacific to the Orient.
Not a railroad shown Into Portland
by the faintest line. It is misleading,
but it hangs on the walls of every office
in the United States, In Europe and the
Orient a fiction with effect.
In The Oregonian of the 11th Is a long
dlscoursive article from the pen of Mr.
Hughes, a polished gentleman and a very
prominent lawyer of Portland. It is a
plea of a shrewd lawyer before a Jury,
who has a poor case, consequently full
of fallacious reasoning from the begin
ning to the end. The Judge the State ot
Oregon when he comes to deliver nls
charge will tear it in pieces like tissue
paper. The fallacies in it a,re so numer
ous that I will not attempt to controvert
them at this time. Mr. Hughes is quite
severe on the able editor of Tho Orego
nian. He calls his editorials and speeches
'"Sins of Commission." He accuses him
of insincerity. The distinguished editor
bite the keynote of the whole contro
versy in an editorial March 26, 1SS3. from
which I will make but one quotation:
"Railroads to Astoria would make that
place a 'Common Point' with other sea
board cities." The entire speech Is as
worthy of quotation. In a speech Octo
ber 14, 1S94, on the occasion of the Port
land business men's excursion to Astoria,
the editor said: "The opening of the
great Columbia water route will enable
all products to come through to Astoria
without breaking bulk." I would like to
quote the entire editorial in edition of
October 15, 1294, entitled "The Oregon
Idea," as also one on October 16. 1284,
'The Common Point Principle," also one
I on October 30, 1SI4, "A Quantity- Always
Plus." These are some of the editor's
"Sins of Commission."
Mr. Huntington has passed away and
cannot defend himself, and it is unfair
for Mr. Hughes to accuse him. of false
hood or insincerity No unbiased mind
will question or doubt for one moment
that Mr. Huntington was fully convinced
that Astoria should be made a Common
Point with other seaboard cities, and his
only hesitation In conceding it was. as ho
says, that it might interfere with his in
terests in California. This Is a "sin of
commission" which Mr. Huntington can
not answer now. However. Mr. Hunting
ton needs no apology or defense for his
record stands clear aa the noon-day sun.
Mr. Mellen, president of the Northern
Pacific, comes in for a shot from this
special pleader, and is accused of favor
ing a public benefit for selfish purposes.
The minds ot great editors and great
railroad managers are not circumscribed
by the limits of any Interior or any coast,
but they extend from ocean to ocean
they reach around the earth.
In all this discussion on "geographical
conditions," London, Glasgow, Philadel
phia, Houston, etc, are mentioned as
cases In point. Why arc New York and
Liverpool, right at the ocean, the two
greatest shipping ports of the world,
never mentioned? For no reason but be
cause they are not favorable evidence in
an exparte case.
This discussion might go on forever,
and still it must end in the simple ques
tion: What is best for the State of Ore
gon? Portland, the great banking center
of the state and the Northwest, cannot
afford to "sleep" long as Major Sears
recommends on this question. While she
Is asleep California and Washington are
silently and surely at work on each side
of her robbing her of her business. The
time is now at hand when she must
widen the range of her vision and look
beyond her own narrow limits, If she
wishes her state to take its place In equal
rank on the Pacific in thenew area which
dawned upon her on the 6th of November
last. J. M. TURNBY.
The figures given by Mr. Turney are
not in accordance with the facts. The
average towage cost for the grain ships
is $800 from sea to Portland and return,
and of this amount 70 per cent Is charged
for bar towage from sea to Astoria and
return, leaving but J240 for the river tow
age. The rate from sea to Portland and
return is much lower than the rate from
sea to Puget Sound ports and return.
As to the delays In ships going up and
down the river, the average time of 310
sailing ships from Portland to Astoria
between January 1, 1S98, and November
1, 1900,' was but 325 hours. But two ves
sels out of the 310 were on the way as
long as six days and neither of these two
was delayed for as long a period as was
the Sir Robert Fernle in Tacoma harbor,
or the Royal Forth at Astoria. They ran
out of the channel, and the accidents
were such as happen wherever ships go.
Some of the deepest steamers operated
by the Northern Pacific Steamship Com
pany coaled at Portland, but as they
nearly always had several days' time to
kill at Flavel after going through from
Portland without delay, a portion of It
was frequently occupied in coaling. It
is unnecessary to draw on the future for
gigantic vessels which are to ply on the
Sound. Those which are now engaged in
the business are the ones which we have
to contend with. Between July 1, the
opening of the present grain season, and
November 17, there was cleared from Se
attle and Tacoma 20 cargoes of wheat and
flour for Europe and Africa. The ships
carrying it had a total net register of
35,774 tons, an average of 178S tons each.
During the same period there was cleared
from Portland 40 grain ships, with a com
bined net register of 71,676 tons, an aver
age per vessel of 1782 tons.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND,
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John Lloyd, Son Fr
Emll Kohte, San Fr
C U Hollnshead, N Y
Chas H Russell, L-.w-
Iston, Idaho
F S Dickinson. N Y
Chas J Schnabel, city
S E.more, Astoria
J F Ol3tn & wf, city
J B Bildtroaih
Myer Rosenb.um, Chgo
E Davis
P B Gilford, Portland
L Hartman. Wash I
unos Kerr, Fortlana
Chas Prim, Jacksonvl I P Kerr. Portland
A E Reames, do iB K Coffman, C. 1 ago
L Ehrman, San Fr j Julius Kosh and city
John C Shipp, San Fr, Isadora Iiosh.and. city
Cfias Levis Alton, II
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Mae Kosh atd. do
ueo jj junt, Chicago
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M J Grammonti Chgo
(Mrs Al Goldman. W W
(Joseph Spiegel, W W
W I Vawter. Med ord
Mr & Mrs M A Nome.
Seattle
Mrs Stsrn, Tacoma
E J Crawford, Berke
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C W iulton, Asto la
Albert Dunbar, do
E B Lyon. Minn
F V Greene. N Y
E M O'Brien. Chlcag-j
J W Opp, JacksonU'e
I Geo Smith. Milwaukee
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N P Nelson, Chicago
C E Elliot, Denver
S W Devose & wife.
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HIDDEN LITERARY LIGHTS
SAMPLES OF -GETTER? TO REACH
A MAGAZINE EDITOR.
I
An OUo Gentua Woald Lilce "to Do
Steady "Wrltelns at Home" Bttsy
Mother's Literary Attempt.
One of the editors of a New York maga
zine was cleaning out the pigeonholes in
his desk, and when he struck a pile of
dingy-looking letters he sat back in his
chair and addressed himself to the visitor
at his side, says a writer in the New
York Sun.
"Nobody knows," he said, holding the
letters in his hand, "how many people In
this" broad land of freedom think they
can write stories and poetry or whatever
eise appears in print, and nobody thinks
there could possibly be so many until
he has hold such a position as this of
mine. Some of them are fairly intelli
gent people, too; people who read storlea
and poetry, and it would seem that they
ought to have a little sense about writing.
But they haven't. They do not seem to
be able to discriminate between a stors
of the highest class and one that is ab
solutely Impossible, if it happens to be of
their own construction. Now read this
letter from a man in the Indian Terri
tory, evidently a business man, as you
will see by his letter head."
1 The letter was:
"Dear Sirs: I write you for a small
amount of information and it is I would
.be glad to engage myself in writing a
few .stories for your magazine and I have
not had any experience in doing the same
but I would be glad to write a story ana
lone it to you for Investigation and if you
find that it could be used, you can print
it and send me a few copies and I will
dispose of them for you. I have always
desired to do this kind of work but have
not yet got started. "Write me state all
particulars in full."
"Wouldn't you think any man who had
learned enough to write even a letter like
that would know that he couldn't write
a story for a first-class magazine?" in
quired the editor, with a sigh for the
ignorance of the world.
Desire of Ohio Genius.
"But here's one from South Carolina."
The writing was better than the other,
but the ignorance was not less profound.
It read as follows:
"Dear Sir: I write today to ask if you
would' let me contribute a few selections
of my poetical works to your paper. If
you will only give me an opportunity 1
will do my best to satisfy you. I have
selected along the line of literary work
for tny occupation and would be glad it
you would give me a trial."
"How is that 'selecting along the line
of literary work'?" groaned the editor.
"Here is one from Ohio, "Wooster, O.,
too, where there's a college,' and it Is
from an unmarried woman. If it is of
any higher order of intelligence than
those from the black belt and red belt,
please let me know."
The Ohio genius wrote as follows:
"Dear Editor: I read in your magazine
that you wish a war song. Here inclosed
you'll find a verse, also a 2 cent stamp for
reply. I write poetry, also compose an I
can write verses of songs an write nice
Ryhimos. Please let me know if this will
be excepted. Yours truly,
"Please Turn Over.
"Editor of Magazine: I nearly
forgot to ask you could you please let
me know If I coald get,'steady writelng
to do at home for a Magazine to write
potelry on Rhylmes. Please send me a
address. I'd thank you sincerely for your
kindness If you assist me in getting
writelng to do, I be ever grateful For I
w ould like to write so well for a magazine
to earn something. I can also write shori
stories."
"Pennsylvania isn't a great Way behind
tho Buckeye State as an educational and
literary center, though neither one has
many distinguished authors in the field,"
said the editor, holding out a letter in
bright blue Ink, "but read that from Hunt
County."
The letter, plainly and almost correctly
written, was as follows:
"Dear Sirs: "Will you not patronize me
by allowing me to sell you a few stories
for your magazine? I am the author of
a great many brief tales and stories
many of .which I have contributed to our
county paper (but of course I would not
send you stale stories) but new up-tJ-
date ones. During my idle moments,
when I am not otherwise engaged, I have
written a great many stories among
which are "The Old Trapper,' 'The Ship
That Never Came Home,' "The Dense
Forst,' '"Wild Animals,' The Hermit of
Short Mountain, &c. The above stories
are very interesting, well told stories and
would be very appropriate to your maga
zine. If you prefer one as a sample I
will be glad to present one to you. If you
will encourage me by taking at least a
few of my stories I would Indeed be very
grateful to you and would see that your
magazine will have a ready sale in this
neighborhood vicinity."
"Whatever might be expected of Penn
sylvania," the editor went on, "you
would hardly expect Massachusetts to be
mixed up In It. And not only Massachu
setts, but Boston; Boston, do you under
stand? Just the same, she is here and
it is a man writing the letter."
The letter, beginning without the for
mality of address, ran thus:
"I can furnish you regularly short writ-
j ings like this: We know of two kinds of
odious; One Is sweet melodious; the other
nasty odious. Then I can furnish popu
lar poetry or writings in rhymes In praise
of men who become prominent in the
war, whose pictures might go with them.
On what terms will you let me write for
your paper regularly? How much is a
short saying like the one above, all my
own work, worth to you, and how much
a piece of poetry like the enclosed? Wont
you reserve a certain amount of space to
me in every copy of your paper and for
which remuneration I write interestingly
and to the point."
A Texas contribution was:
"I send a Lecture on temperance tho
writen by a woman of Limited edglcatlon
read it with care and consideration you
will find a good substance there. I know
I am gifted as a writer though I writo a
bad hand and make mistakes that can Jbe
corrected and should I make a success
I can Improve as I am very nervlous as I
have to work verry hard and do not have
much time to write. I desire to know of
you if my article or Lecture Is worth
anything. If obgected to on account of
being written on both sides of the paper
that can be corected an if on account of
bad spelling or mistakes, that can he
remldied as I can have it copyed as I
know I can reprove. I have writen other
articles with good substance- one is girl
hood In Its puretle, another the deceiving
young man and conceltive, and another
is abiding faith and another charitlo.
would there be any chance for me to get
in as a contributor, 'please Lt me hear
from you. if you will not except my
offer will you. give me an address that
may. I have commenced an enterostlng
story, the two sisters, sunshine aila
gloom, Is the Title and others of which is
to be a book found on real facts."
"Washington Ijtter.
"Now," the editor went on, softening,
I will read to you from a letter coming
from a woman out In the State of Wash
ington, where literature is hardly ripe yet,
but where the woman Is all right. It -is
a long letter, you see. of six or eight
pages, and It Is really a pity, she thinks
she can write, because It can only make
her uncomfortable. Listen to this:
" 1 wish you to know me and mine. 1
am a busy, happy wife and mother. Busy,
you can understand when I tell you we
hava JO living children. In the past 19
years it has been my rare good pleasure
to present my husband with 12 children,
eight girls and four boys. Two of the
boys have gone to another shore, on
daughter is married and one away going
to school. Three children attend school
A
Woman's
Trials
kformasm frwn rfrihood to
The qwmmtfoii of htmlih
fe miwmys Aeop harm
Thirty years of hmr lifm
fe SmUlm with menstrua
tion, and not ono woman
m a hmadretf esop& thm
His whSoh in wait from
month to month.
j Lydk E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compowd j
has restored a million
women to health
letters from grateful
woman are constantly
bolnij printed in this
papers
hfrsm PInkham has fifty
thousand suoh letters.
Her counsel Is safe coun
sel It always helps wo
men and It will help you
Mrs Plnkham's ad
dress Is Lynn, Mass Shm
will advise you free
at home and help about the wqrk, and
we still have five little folks under b
years of age. Realizing full well the
great Importance of motherhood and the
high honor, God given, I have attended
strictly to the training of my treasures.
One of my hobbles is good literature, and
my twin hobbies are to be a good wife
and mother and home-worker and a wri
ter, too. For 19 years I have written for
none but the best publications, such as
the Rural New Yorker, Ohio Farmer,
Herald and Presbyter and Housekeeper.
When I read in the Editor, the grandest
help to struggling authors, that paid
so highly for Its work and wanted true
articles, I wrote at once to the Puget
Sound News Company to send me three
copies, one for myself and two to sell,
and in the meanwhile wrote a Christmas
story and some verse and so forth and
sent you. Had I knpwn what was I
would never have attempted It; but the
deed is done and I expect to see my story
and other MSS. return soon. But I am
of good old Scotch blood and know no
such word as fail. I have set my mark
high, be it motherhood, wifehood or writ
ing, and I mean to appear in your col
umns some time, if takes 10 years' more
of practice on my part. I know you are
busy, but so am I. for I also do all our
family sewing, and we are news agents
in a small way. I am 41 years old and
my husband 51. To help educate our chil
dren and help with family expenses is
my desire, and to best employ the pre
cious time left me. In writing my time
is doubly and still more employed, for
even when at the washing machine or
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and have either some study or my Editor
in hand when opportunity presents. This
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