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How Ho Paid Hi? Fine.
Tat Kelly, the owner of the only
jaunting cnr In the village, went on n
spree nuil won sentenced lo n tine of
20 shillings or seven days In Jail. Kel
ly chose the latter.
Now, the prison was teu miles away,
and the only i>osslblc means of getting
a prisoner there was by driving. As
Kelly himself had the only car in the
! place, there was nothing to do but to
{ hire It. Kor some lime the coustublc I
I and his prisoner haggled over the !
terms.
Kelly stuck out firmly for 30 shil
lings, to be paid in advance, and at
last the constable had to conseut to
the extortion. Accordingly they drove
oil aud without any misadventures ar
rived at the prison. When they had
alighted Kelly suddenly informed ills
coinimniou that he bad changcd Ills
mind, as the prison wasn't a decent
looking place, and would pay the Hue.
He thereui>on drew out the 30 shll
j lings he had received, counted out the
IX) shillings and paid them over to the
i Inspector. Then. Jumping on his car,
he drove away, leaving the constable
! to walk back.
A House In Pompeii.
' In the exhumation of I'oinpell one
1 house was discovered which was evl
! dently lM?lng repaired when the vol
I caulc storm that overwhelmed the city
hurled It to the grouud. l'alnters, dec
i orutors and cleaners must have been
I busy at the very moment of the catas
; trophe. Painters' pots and brushes
I and workmen's tools were scattered
' all over the house. Telltale spots of
j whitewash starred wall and floor.
Such domestic Implements as pots and
kettles had been bundled up In n cor
ner all by themselves. There was a
bronze dish In waiting before the oven
and on the dish a sucking pig ready to
j be baked. But the oven was already
engaged with Its full complement of
bread. So the pig had to wait. It,
however, never entered the oven after
all. and the loaves were not taken
out. They had remained where placed
to bake. It is calculated, close upon
2.000 years. There were twenty-three
of them, rather crusty, of course, aud
somewhat dark colored, but otherwise
perfectly preserved.
Whitefield on Love and Marriage.
George Wbitelield, the most persua
sive preacher Knvland lias produced,
who died on Sept. 30, 1770. could ap
peal so powerfully to the emotions
that he once enticed all the "money
from the pocket of the prudent Frank
lin. Yet he strangely anticipated some
modern unromantic views on the sub
ject of marriage, in 1740 he applied to
the parents of a young lady for the
baud of their daughter, adding, "If 1
i know anything of my own heart I am
: free from that foolish passion which
[ the world calls love."
i When this prosaic proposal was de
clined the undaunted Whitetield mar
ried an elderly Welsh widow "neither
rich nor beautiful." This "merry wid
ow" did not make a congenial help
mate. and Whitetield remarked, wltk
refreshing candor, that "her death set
?his' mind at rest!"? Westminster Ga
zette.
Ati*ia of Consequences.
j Dog Hnler (tremulously!? See. here.
I sir! Will that dog bite me? Dog
Owner (scornfully!- Do you suppose he
has no lusihirl of self preservation??
Baltimore Amerindi.
The sagacious are generally lucky.? j
illnck wi? *1.
(Continued from page two.)
GOVERNOR HOGGATT'S REPORT
AND THE ALASKA COAL LANDS
i CASES.
the owners.
The state of Minnesota extracts a !
royalty from all the Iron ore mined i
In the state and this money goes to- :
ward lessening the burden of taxa- j
tion on the people. We believe that
the Alaskan coal mines should contri
bute in a similar manner to the na
tion.
If the patents are granted outright
it will mean that the coal market of
i the United States for generations to
| come is at the mercy of those who
control the Alaskan coal fields.
The Alaskan heartily coincides with
Ex-Gov. Hoggatt in his demand for
legislation that will hasten the devel
opment of the coal fields, but we
think It a short sighted and criminal
policy to bestow on private individ
uals the richest resources remaining
' to the government without some
! slight returns.
! It is a grave, vital question and
Hoggatt has treated it In a superfic
ial manner. He Is solicitous for the
Guggenheim interests as ever; but
' the people's welfare Is absolutely ov
; erlooked.
GOOD NIGHT.
/>00D night, good night! Ah. good the
^ night
That wraps thee In Its silver light!
Good night! No night Is good for me
That docs not hold a thought of thee.
Good night!
PJ.OOD night! Be every night as sweet
As that which made our lovo com
plete.
Till that lust night when death shall be
One briaf "good night" for theo and me.
Good nlgtft!
-a. W?lr Mitchell.
THE CENTURY PLANT.
It Bloom*, Says a Florist, Every Twen
ty-five to Forty Year*.
"The regular century plant," said an
expert iu floriculture, "Is not a cactus.
It belongs to a family by Itself. It has
a large, broad leaf, sometimes two or
three feet long and several Inches
thick where they branch from the cen
ter. There are two varieties, ouo the
variegated and the other green. Tho
ouly difference Is that the variegated
has a white stripe along the outer edge
of the leaf. Both bloom every twenty
live to forty years. A stock perhaps
eight or ten Inches in diameter shoots
up from the center to a height of fif
teen or twenty feet, and around this
stock cluster small blossoms. They nre
neither pretty nor fragraut. They .vere
formerly supposed to bloom once In n
hundred years.
"The nearest thing to a century
plant is a night blooming cereus. It Is
a cactus and blooms once In about
every twenty-Uve years or so. The
(lower Is large, very beautiful and has
a delightful odor. One plant may have
several blossoms, but each flower lasts
only one night.
"There Is no such plant as a 'century
cactus.' The cactuses that many have
mistaken for "century cactuses' will !
bloom In four or live years If kept un- '
der glass or about seveu years If not ,
iu a hothouse, llecause they arc so {
long In blooming, I suppose, they have
been called 'century cactuses,' and the
name has been handed down until it Is i
considered the proper term for them, j
They bloom yearly after the flrst bios- !
soms appear. They are Just au ordl- i
nary cactus, but they have a pretty, j
fragrant flower."? Seattle Times.
The Canny Scot.
In the differences that would some
times arise betweeu members of his
tenantry the Duke of Argyll was often
Invited to arbitrate upon the matter In
dispute, and he used to tell a charac- j
terlstlcally Scottish story of one of the
occasions. Two tenants having waited
upon him and asked him to decide the ,
question at Issue, the duke put what he
always regarded as a very necessary ;
preliminary question. "Will you abide ,
by my award?"
"Well, your grace." was the reply of !
oue of the hard headed old disputants, j
??I'd like to ken flrst what It ls."-Lon
don Chronicle.
The Other Way With Him.
"Remember, sir. tbsit you owe some
thing to your constituents." said one
member of n town council to another.
?Humph:" snid the other. "If you
owe anything to your constituents all j
I've got to say Is that you're lucky.
Why. there are uot half a dozen voters
in my ward that have uot borrowed i
uiouey from me."? Stray Stories.
Pitfalls of Slang.
llost (in India)? Do you see that fa- j
natlc over there? He has sat on that ;
corner and In that posture without
moving for six months. Traveler
(from America) ? Gee. that's going
some!? Chicago Tribune.
Little minds are tamed and subdued
by misfortune, but great minds rise
above it.? Irving.
AT 740WKFIME
HEAD OF HAIR
TO CUTICURA
Itching, Scaling Scalp Humor was
Making It All Fall Out? Two Doc
tors Could Not Stop tho Trouble
?Niece Advised Using Cuticura.
CURED HER SCALP AND
MADE HAIR GROW AGAIN
"My mother used to havo a very bad
humor on her head which tho doctors
called an ccwmu, and for it I had two
different doctors. Her head was very
sore and her hair nearly all fell out
in spito of what they both did. Ono
day her nieco camo in to seo her and
they wero speaking of how her hair was
failing out and tho doctors did it no
good. Sho says, ' Aunt, why don't you
try Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint
ment?' Mother did and they helped
her. so sho soon began bathing with tho
Cuticura Soap and anointing with tho
Cuticura Ointment, and in six months'
time tho itching, bunting and scaling
of her head was over and tier hair began
growing. To-day sho feels very much
in debt to Cuticura Soap and Ointment
for tho fino head of hair sho has for
an old lady Bcventy-four years old.
" In regard to my own ease, mine was
an eczema something liko hers. Itwasin
my feet. As soon as the cold weather
came my feet would itch and burn and
then they would crack open and bleed.
Then I thought I would fleo to my
mother's friends, Cuticura Soap and Cuti
cura Ointment. I did for four or five
winters ond now mv feet aro as smooth
as an v one's Ellsworth Dunham, Hiram,
Me., Sept. 30, 1909."
What Barnum Said of Cuticura.
P. T. Barnum, tho famous circus man,
once wroto: " I havo had tho Cuticura
Remedies among tho contents of my
medicino chest .with my shows for tho
iast three seasons, and I can cheerfully
certify that thev wero very effective in
every caso which called for their use."
Complete External and Internal Treatment Tor
Every Humor of Intanui Chtldreu and AdulU con
Hat* ot Cutlairn <?6e ) to Clean* Um Bkln.
Cutleura Ointment (60e > to Heal the SKln and Cutl
eura Rewlwnt (50e ). (or In tho form or Chocolate
Coated Pll?. 25e per vial or 00) to Purlfytne Blood
Sold Uuotwtwut the world Potter Druu * Cftem
Corp . Hole Prone , IMColumbueAve. Bo?oo.Mtt?a
?F-MalliM Free. 32-p?se Cutk'ura fioiik on 8*ln
D acuta, and Uielr Speedy, Economical Treatment.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
Well established Trading Post, Ho
tel and Stables at Wells, Alaska.. Ev
erythlng ready for Immediate occu
pancy. S. J. Weitzman, Haines.
Name to Fit tho Trade.
Old newspapers give us many In
stances of men's names lilting llieir
callings. Tims we have Ijisl, i, shoe
maker of Exeter, and Tread way, wlio
plied the same trade In Hamnior
smlth. There was a HrlstOl school
master named ltod. Dodge and !
Wynne, attorneys at law of Liverpool, j
must have been the butts of their
fellow townsmen, while few could
have a more appropriate name than
the Primitive Methodist preacher IUv- ,
er Jordan.? London Chronicle. ?
No Escape Via Temperament.
"Mabel is getting past the marriage
able age, isn't she?'
"Yes, and it's too bad she hasn't
any talents."
"Why?"
"She won't be able to tell her friends
that temperament prompts her to give
up matrimony and devote herself to
art."? St. Louis Star.
A Foolish Question.
A reader of the New York World
writes to that paper to ask whether It
is proper for a young man to send
candy to a girl whom he has met but
once. What a question! Why, most
young men begin handing a girl taffy
as soon as they are Introduced to her.?
Washington I'ost.
Frills.
Mrs. Crabshaw? The new girl I have
said she had taken a course In domes
tic science. Mrs. Crawford? Is she dif
ferent from the other girls you've bad?
Mrs. Crabshaw? Only In one way; she
wanted $3 a month more.? LIppincott's.
The Barrier.
"Yes, my husband and I quarrel In
bessantly."
"Why don't you get a divorce?"
"We can't bear to. What would be
come of Kldo?"? Cleveland Leader.
ACKNOWLEDGE IT
Alaskan Has to Bow to tho Inovi
table ? Scores of Endorse
ments Prove It.
Aftor reading the public statement
o? tills fellow-sufferer given below,
you must come to this conclusion:
A remedy which cured years ago,
which has kept the kidneys in good
health since, can be relied upon to
perform the same work in other eas
es. Read this:
R. C. Kenton, 3905 N. CheyeJino St.
Tacorna, Wash., says: "I gave a state
mont for publication, telling of my ex
perlonce with Doans Kidney Pills som
years ago and I am now pleased to
confirm all 1 then said in their favor.
I was afflicted with kidney trouble
and finally I became so bad off that
I was obliged to give up my work.
I had dull, heavy pains through my
kidneys and on one occasion I was
confined to my bed for almost a
month. The unnatural condition of
tho kidney socrotlons also plainly de
noted that my kidneys needed atten
tion. When I learned of Doan'6 Kid
ney Pills, I procured a box and be
gan their use. I felt great relief
from the first and before long my
trouble was entirely disposed of. I
have since had no return of kidney
complaint."
For salo by all dealers. Price 50
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New York, sole agents for the United
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Tho Mascot.
French Briar Pipes, Meerschaum
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renewals and new subscriptions, pail
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HAMPTON'S MAGAZINE, 66 West
35th. St. Now York City. 6t
In the Court of the Commissioner for
the District of Alaska, Division No.
1, sitting in Probate at Skagway
Precinct, before H. B. Le Fevre,
Commissioner and ex officio Pro
bate Judge.
In tho Matter of tho Estate of Patrick
W. Renwlck, Decsased. Notice of
Time and Place set for Hearing
Final Account.
The administratrix having filed her
final account In the above entitled
Court and matter, notice is hereby
given that Saturday, March 19, 1910,
at 2 o'clock In the afternoon at the
U. S. Court House, in said prednct,
l ath been by order set as the time
and place of hearing the said ac
count. All parties at interest are
hereby notified to be then and there
present and show cause why said ac
count be not confirmed.
Josle Olive Renwick,
Administratrix.
First publication Dec. 15, 1909.
Final publication Jan. 5, 1910.
Pulkn Bouse
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In Alaska
Every modern convenience
Electric lights ? Hot and cold
water? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Bourd and room by the d. y, week
or month
Table supplied with cream and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
lllrs. fi. $. Pullett
Proprietress
Raw Furs....
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