Georgia Historic Newspapers

    A SNOW EATING HABIT.
A VERACIOUS YARN ABOUT AN AL*
LEGED KLONDIKE MANIA
Th« First Advice mi Old-Timer Offers to
a Newcomer Is. “Don’t Eat Snow"— It
Makes Weak, Effeminate Creatures of
Once Robust Miners—Inordinate Thirst.
Every great discovery in the world’s
history has brought with it an accom
panying affliction, and it has remained
for the Klondike to develop a pecu
liar mania that threatens to outrival
opinm eating. Among the residents
of the far north it is known as the
“snow habit,” and it is said to be in
curable. Henry Bar mini of Great
Bend township, Ohio, has returned
from the Klondike aud tells a strange
story. in
“jLhere are many strange things
the Klondike,” says Mr. Baruum,
“but perhaps the strangest and that
about which nothing has been written
so far is the dissipation caused by eat
ing snow. In the north, when tlie
thermometer reaches 30 to 40 degrees
below zero, a mouthful of snow is
like molten metal. It brings an in
flammation to the palate and tongue,
and it is impossible to quench the
thirsL The first advice an old-timer
offers a newcomer in the region is,
‘Don’t eat snow.’ There are men in
that country, once hearty, robust
miners, now weak, effeminato crea
tures, whose fall enu be traced direct
ly to the time they began munching
snow.
“The matter has been but little in
vestigated, but the scientists who
have examined the subject say that
the waters of the north are rich with
mineral deposits, which aro being
constantly washed down from the
mountains. A certain per cent, of
this mineral is taken into the air when
vapor arises and the snow becomes
impregnated r\ith it. Thee have
been several falls of red snow near
Point Barrow, the deposits being of a
reddish brown color, due entirely to
minerals. Thus it can he seen that a
person eating large his quantities of the
snow takes into system a corre
sponding amount of minerals.”
While coming down the Copper
river last spring Mr. Baruum came
upon a party of miners where one was
dying from the effects of eating snow.
He had been a hard drinker, but had
rim short of whiskey. His thirst be
came unendurable, and as water was
scarce in midwinter he had taken to
eating snow. Soon he claimed it re
lieved his appetite for the liquor, but
his companions noticed that his appe
tite for snow increased until he was
consuming enormous quantities.
Gradually his skin, which was a dark
bronze, grew light, his rugged stature
became bent, aud even his harsh voice
•changed to the effeminate squeak of
an old woman. His strength gave
way and his companions tried to break
fcim of the habit. He would lie on
his back and moan pitifully for a
mouthful of snow, and when oppor
fcanity offered would steal unobserved
tk> the doorway and gulph down huge
handfuls. At last, seeing death was
inevitable, his companions allowed
him the snow, hoping to prolong his
life. It proved unavailing, and one
morning just previous to Mr. Bar
mum’s departure the man was found
dead.
There are some spots on Copper
river where the snow, when melted
and strained through a cloth, shows
perceptible signs of minerals, and
often gold is found plentifully inter
mixed, but, of course, not- in paying
quantities. Where this comes from
is a mystery, but it may be brought
from the far north by the heavy winter
gales that sweep over this part of the
country. It has been said that if the
anow com’id be melted away it would
leave deposits of millions of dollars iu
gold dust on the ground.
Mr. Barnaul had a close call him
self from falling a victim to the snow
habit. “It was iu the winter of 1896
97,” he said, “and I was new to the
country. An old miner near Dawson
had warned me against eating snow,
•but I, with my partner, had gone back
in tlie liili on a prospecting tour, and
bad got caught in a blizzard. ” We T
were shy of provisions, and on our
lost the containing . .
way cooking up utensils. package Ibis remedied
wo
by broiling our cooked loods, but \\e
bad nothing in which to melt the
snow. It ia claimed that melted snow
is. harmless, as the metallic deposits it
contains sink to the bottom of the re
ceptacle. We decided to try it “raw”
and we did. Whether it was the food
or the snow, I don’t know, but during
the week we waited for a chance to
get out, and we had au ever-increas
ing thirst, until, when wo were finally
able to strike the trail, we were con
suming snow at a frightful rate. When
we reached our companions , we at
tempted. to assuage our thirst with
water, but it did no gcod. We had
.acquired a taste fur tlie frozen water
and it seemed to have . in\igorating
qualities. At night we could not
sleep unless we had our snow. We
were fast approaching the degenerate
stage, when I reached a realizing
sense of our condition and undertook
to break if, off. I began by degrees
and worked down, but up to the very
moment I left the country the sight
of snow.always raised in me an inor
diuate craving. It cost me mauy
sleepless.nights.and weary days to re-
strain myself. Had I given way to
the habit I would, like many another
poor fellow, have lost all ambition
and filled an unknown grave in that
frozen wilderness.
CLOVE MANUFACTURE.
Fifteen Millions of Dollars Invested in
This Industry Not Yet a Century t>ld.
“The art of glove-making, once fol
lowed exclusively by women, is now
pursued largely by men," writes Frank
H. Vizetelly in the Woman’s Home
Companion.
* • This is due chiefly to the introduc
tion of machinery, used today for sew
ing anti pressing the seams and to im
proved means for drafting patterns
which were formerly of paper or wood.
Then the glover, laying his pattern on
the leather, would mark in outline with
a lead pencil and cut it out with
shears. The glove, which was sewn
by hand and the seams pouuded, then
went through the process of pressing.
This was done by placing it between
two boards on which the glove-maker
sat while making another pair. In
the manufacture of the modern glove
the operator, having cut the leather,
folds it over so that the back is larger
than the front. Then he makes three
cuts through the doubled pieces, so
that it may produce the back and
front for the four fingers. Next an
ovoid hole is cut for the insertion of
the thumb-piece. Before completing
the work on the first and fourth fin
gers long strips, or gussets, are sewn
on the inner side; but in the second
aud third fingers gussets are sewn on
both sides. Afterward small diamoud
shaped pieces are cut, fitted and sewn
at the interdigital folds or base of the
fingers. The ornamental embroidery
is then stitched on the back, the but
tons or fasteners fitted and the wrists
hemmed; then the glove is finished.
In the sewing a toothed vise or clamp
is used to regulate the size of the
stitches. Glove-workers are divided
into three classes: Those who seam
the fingers aud put in the thumb are
called the makers; those who hem the
edges of the wrist, welters, aud those
who embroider the back, pointers. The
average earnings of all classes is only
two dollars a day. In our own coun
try no less than §15,000,000 are in
vested in the glove industry, which
first settled in Gloversville, New York,
in 1809. At this time the skins used
were those of deer received by traders
in exchange for tin. Bough mittens
were the first product of this settle
ment, and the first load of gloves that
went to Boston was forwarded in
1825.”
Bandetl Not to Marry.
With the greatest secrecy an anti
matrimonial club was recently formed
in Boston with a membership of just
twelve. The secret was too much for
one or two of the young men,and now
nearly all about the unholy compact is
known. It is proposed to dine au
nually as long as ths men hold to
getlier, aud should one of them-be
married he must give a farewell din
utr costing not less thau §10 a plate,
and as much more than that as he cares
to afford, to all the other members and
must also pay into the general treas
ury for tho accumulation of a club
fund the sum of §500 as a slight “for
feit” for his treason to the cause in
taking unto himself a wife. Event
ually, if all but oue member became
married,the remaining bachelor would
pocket the contributions of the others,
amounting to $5500 and interest ac
cruing from time to time,besides which
he would meanwhile enjoy many ex
cellent dinners.
The members of the Club of Twelve,
as it is called, were desirous of keeping
their plan secret, fearing that if it be
came generally known society might
receive them les3 cordially than of yore.
’ Such a result has not yet become ap
parent. Indeed, matchmaking mammas
laugh at the whole affair, hinting that
these vows of celibacy must represent
some cases of disappointed love.—Chi
cago Chronicle.
Wliy England Is Great.
The political greatness of England
has never lain in her navies nor the
f orce G f her arms. It has lain iu Jier
struggle for individual freedom. Not
Marlborough nor Grenville nor Wel
lj U gton is its exponent. Let us say,
rattier, Pym and Hampden,Maine and
Bi ac kstone,Herbert Spencer and John
Bright. The real problems of Eng
land have always been at Home. The
pomp of imperialism, the display of
naval power, the commercial control
of India and China, all these are as
“the bread and circuses” by which the
Botnan emperors kept the mob from
their thrones. They kept the people
busy and put off’ the day of final reck
oning. “Gild the dome of the Inval
ides” was Napoleon’s cynical command
when he learned that the people of
Paris were becoming desperate. The
people of England seek for a higher
justice, a worthier freedom,and so the
ruling minister crowns the good queen
as empress of India.—David Starr *Ior«
dan, in the New World.
A Good Beginning.
Doctor—What your husband really
wants, mttdame, is complete rest.
Now, if you could only—
Lady—But he won’t listen to me,
i doctor.
, “Ah! that’s a very good beginning.”
j —St. Paul’s.
Begging in Various Countries.
In London begging is a pastime, In
FIj’l it Is a necessity, in Genoa it is a
pleasure, and in Shanghai it is a crime,
but in Ceylon it has achieved the mosl
glorious acme that the combined
forces of science and art can possibly
reach. Begging is not practiced in
Ceylon, it lias reached the great stage
of perfection. Rich and poor ulike beg
with equal facility. The first thine
that the wee, bronze babies are taught
is to hold out their hands for the cop
pers of the kind-hearted traveler, and
even the gray-haired, yellow-gowned
priests of Buddah will appeal for a
pittance with a look of remorse that
would stagger the starved denizens ol
the Bowery. The Ceylonese will beg
lor anything from a rupee to a red-hoi
stove. He will leave a square meal tc
beg for an old coat, and the more one
refuses him the more; persistent bo
come his efforts.
A Peculiar Statement.
“Your father is quite a clever X-ray
photographer, isn’t he?”
“Why, he was, but I guess he
doesn’t value it very highly now.”
“What is the reason?”
“I got him to make a skiagraph of
my young man’s head—George Soft
leigh, you know—and when it was
done I asked him if it was a good one,
and he shook his head as if disap
pointed and said, ‘There’s nothing in
it!’ ’’—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“And you say you ate horse steak in
Paris? How was it served?” < < < A la
cart,’ of course.” — Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wild Rush of Diamond Miners.
A wild rush of excited nflners Is reported at
Nullagine, Western Australia, where dia
monds have been discovered in large quan
tities. and it is feared that many will lose
their lives in the mad struggle for riches. In
this country tho rush for gain Is causing
many other men to break down in health
aud strength, Nervousness, sleeplessness.
loss of flesh and appetite and general debility
are the common symptoms. Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters will cure them all.
A coal mine which caught fire at Daily,
Scotland, 50 years ago, has at last gone out.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascnreta.
10c. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
26c. if C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
King Alfonzo XIII is still bracketed a9
of Gibralter.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it 1s entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam
mation can be taken out and this tube restored
to Its normal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
P. .T. Cheney – Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
No marl has begun to he perfect till he hart
learned that life is not for pleasure.
To Coro Constipation Forever.
Take Cascurets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 23c,
If C. O. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
We pray the Lord’s prayer and then ask for
things that would lead us into temptation.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children
teething.softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion. allay s pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle.
I use Piso’s Cure for Consumption both in
my family Inkster, and practice.—Dr. Nov. 1894. G. W. Patter
sox, Mich., 5,
We can do absolutely nothing with evil ex
cept to overcome it with good.
Tlo-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men stroug, blood pure. 60c, 61. Ail druggists.
Don’t build the ginger-bread house on the
ten-cent foundation of experience.
44 Durability is
Better Than Show. 91 '
The health of the multi -
millionaires is not equal to
good health. Riches without
health are a curse f and yet the
rich , the middle classes and
the poor alike have , in Hood's
Sarsaparilla , a valuable as
sistant in getting and main
taining perfect health. It
never disappoints.
Scrofula-” Three years ago our son,
now eleven, had a serious case of scrofula
and erysipelas with dreadful sores, discharg
ing and itching constantly. He could not
walk. Several physicians did not help for
sixteen months. Three months’ treatment
with Hood’s Sarsaparilla made him per
fectly well. We are glad to tell others of it.”
Mrs. I)AvrD Laird, Ottawa, Kansas.
Nausea- “ Vomiting spells, dizziness
and prostration troubled me for years.
Had neuralgia, grew weak and could not
sleep. My age was against me, but Hood’s
Sarsaparilla cured me thoroughly. My
Weight increased from 125 Lo 143 pounds. I
am the mother of nine children. Never felt
so well and strong since I was married as I
do now.” Mbs. M. A. Waters, WSJ 35d St.,
Washington, D. C.
Eczema-” We had to tie the haiids of
our two year oid son on account of eczema
on face and limits. No medicine even
helped until we used Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
which soon cured.” Mrs. A. Van Wyck, 123
Montgomery Street, Paterson, N. J.
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MARVELOUS CIVIC INDUSTRY.
Shoreditch in London Makes Profitable
Use of Street Sweeping..
In a letter from London a year ago
last summer, writes William E. Curtis,
I described a novel enterprise which
had been entered upon by the Shoie
ditch palish of Loudon to supply elec
tricity for lighting the streets, dwell
ings and public buildings by
using the street sweepings for
fuel. Up to that date the parish had
paid about $30,000 per year for cart
ing the refuse to a barge on the river
Thames autl towing it to a dumping
place in the sea, and about §20,01)0
annually for gas to light the streets
and parish buildings. About §00,000,
or §10,000 more than these annual
charges, which was met by taxing the
people, was invested in an electric
plant, which 1ms since been run twenty
four hours for six days in the week,
and t wel v e hou r s o n Su u day, f u r u is h i u g
electrical power for small manufac
tories during the day and for illumi
nating purposes at night. The street
sweepings have furnished almost all
the fuel necessary, The cost of coal
in addition was only §402. The total
expenditures for the first year were
§10,070 for wages, stores, supplies,
insurance, repairs and other purposes.
The interest, sinking fund, rents and
the ordinary allowance for the d pre
dation of the property '■* as §10, nub,
making a total of §29,275. The gross
receipts for the sale of light and
power including a credit equal to the
average charge for street lighting by
gas were §45,105, thus leaving a net
profit of $15,930 for the benefit of the
parish treasury, which will be used ia
enlarging the plant.
Arrangements are now being made
to use the escaping steam to heat the
water of the public bath, instead of
allowing it to go to waste.
Furnaces have been added for burn
ing the garbage collected from the
dwellings which could not be used
for fuel, and this extra expense, which
was, however, comparatively trifling,
was more than offset by saving* the
cost of hauling the garbage to the
barges. »
The experiment has been so suc
cessful that other London parishes
are planning to adopt the same method,
and it is confidently predicted that in
a few years the entire city will be
lighted by electricity furnished by the
sweepings from its streets.. London
is paved with wooden blocks and small
boys are employed with brooms and
dustpans at frequent intervals from
daylight till dark to ke j p them clean.
The pans are dumped in large sheet
iron receptacles, which are emptied
twice a day into carts. In Shoreditch
parish each dwelling is supplied by
the vestry with two skeetiron buckets,
one for kitchen slops and the other
for paper, dust and other combustible
waste from the household. The buck
ets are emptied once a day into garb
age carts. Hitherto a small tax lias
been collected for this service, but
hereafter it will be performed free of
cost.
Had tlie "Buck Fever.”
When a hunter sees his first deer
there is no telling just what he will
do. Sometimes he will try to shoot
without having his gun cocked, and
then again he will stand and stare at
the game without saying a word. A
good story is told on Frank Hughes
and Oden Eskill, who returned last
night from a hunting trip near Bad
Water. While patiently looking for
a shot Saturday, having had no oppor
tunity so far, they saw a deer’s tail
sticking out of the brush. Every once
in a while the deer would wiggle its
tail as if to invite them to come on.
They moved up cautiously, when the
deer ran out into a clearing. The
boys followed and, to their surprise,
they saw five fine deer. Oden stood
paralyzed for a moment, and although
he had his gun in his hand ready to
shoot, he tremblingly said:
t < Oh, Frank, if I only had my gun!”
Frank then tried to raise his gun,
but his muscles would not work, and
he stood there like a sphynx until the
herd ran away. The boys, however,
fired a shot after the deer to let them
know that they were alive and well.—■
Iron Mountain Tribune.
Storne’s iition.
Lawrence Sterne, the writer, was
the victim of the intensesfc poverty. A
little time before his death, being in a
state of destitution, he went one
evening borrow §25 from his
friend Garrick. Upon arriving he
heard music and knew that a party
was going on. He heard the merry
laughter, and gently replacing the
up-lifted knocker, retraced his steps.
We never feel our miseries so keen
ly as when contrasted with the joys of
others, and it is only then that we
realize Wordsworth’s picture:
‘•And homeless near a thousand homes I
stood,
And near a thousand tables pined for food.”
Another story of this writer does
not evoke so much sympathy. It was
known that Sterne used his wife very
ill, and in talking with Garrick otio
day in fine sentimental style of con
jugal love and fidelity, said, ‘The hus
band who behaves unkindly to his
wife deserves to have liis house burn
down over his head.”
“If you think so,” said Garrick,
quietly. “I hope yours is well in
sured.”—Detroit Free Press.
Explanations Followed.
Southron (reading paper)— Great
whisky failure in Scotland
The MacTavish (excited)—Whiskey
failure in Scotland! (After a pause).
Hoot! mon, thing’s im-pawsible
They’d distill their blood first!
(Is comforted by the subsequent ex
planation. )— Punch.
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