Along the Yukon River Great Silence Reigns Supreme
The piece paints a solitary Alaskan panorama from the Yukon sunsets to distant blue mountains and rainbow clouds. It notes gold prospectors roaming the upper and lower Yukon, few settlements like Nulato and Holy Cross Mission, and reindeer herds aiding native livelihoods as the land draws many toward enduring wilderness rather than cities.
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Yukon River
Yukon
Alaska
New England
United States
Nulato
Anvikan Holy Cross
Miss Faxon and Paul Help Lincoln Boy
Elsie Faxon befriends shy Paul at the boarding house in a basement parlor, guiding his Lincoln composition and sharing warmth. Later Paul’s father, Preston Clint, invites Elsie to join their outing, and he reveals a proposal tempered by love, asking her to become Paul’s stepmother.
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Elsie
Paul
Faxon
Lincoln
Lily
Abraham Lincoln
Clint
Lin
Miss Faxon
Preston Clint
Elsie Faxon
Hippodrome
Coal Breaking by Hydraulic Cartridges in British Mines
Hydraulic cartridges are used to break coal in British mines producing a larger share of big fragments than blasting powder and eliminating the danger of explosions.