ALL ALASKA
IN A LINE OR TWO
Mis luga Audersoo told bor mining
claim at Dawson and went all the way
to Lincoln, to plead with the
governor for the pardon of her sweet
heart, Jobo B. Martin, who ii in the
Nouraska penitentiary for five year* for
working the padlo k game.
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The stHt meat that the Milwaukee Jt
St. Paul has practically acquired con
trol of th ; Alaska Central seems au
thentic and receives added strength
from the rea-oa given? that the Mil
waukee has little coal alom? its entire
line between Chicago and Puget sound
and must com.: to Alaska for an ade
quate supply.? Douglas Island News.
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Considerable disappointment Is frit
over th i small copper production of the
Ketchikan dis rict during the pist
j nr. At the time of the suspension of
op rations the imj >rity of the compa
n s had. develop* d sufficiently large
o - bodies to warrant the belief that
th- earlier pred ctions as to the output
of th? year wi.uld be realized. The
suspension of operation is attributable
mainly to ihf slu'op in metal prices
a-d to the financial stringency. ? Doug
las Island News.
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Eix'ht to 40c.nts to the pan has b en
found on H.igirert cre^k, in the Stewart
river district. The bes: pay is on No.
4 below discovery, where Abbott
Brothers have down two shafts, 50 feet
?part, and at a dep b of 12 feet to hed
rojk h<ive fouod a fiue run of gold.
Toere is ihiee feet of gravel carrying
pav- In the gr>vel the par rujs 10
ceu s and on the surface of the be trock
it is 40 cents.
"WELL, WHATEVER YOU THINK IS RIGHT"
"Why do you call your boat the Heal
How Li s be anything like a hen?'
I "Because she lays to." ? Baltimore
American.
In China the detection of false coins
Is a skilled, prosperous profession,
known as "shroffing," and Is taught in
special schools.
"You Jlned de church, en you got ter
, leave off yo' liquor now."
"I know It, but 1 llvln' 1H hopes dat
a rattlesnnke'll bite me."
Landlady? You'll find the chicken out
of sight.
Boarder? 1 wish there was a little
tuore of It In sight.
In the third crusade a single stone
roin an English engine killed twelve
fork:', and afier the truco was shown
to Sri lad in as a curiosity.
"He'll never make a groat artist."
"Why not?"
"Every conclusion he draws Is bad."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
"My girl's father Is an undertaker,
tic has Invented an automobile
hearse. Folks are Just dying to ride
in It."? Exchange.
The native women of Ecuador are
so used to strong heat and light that
they even do their spinning out of
iloors In the blazing sun.
Monkey ? What makes that giraffe
ho'd his head so high?
Owl? He's baldheaded and doesti't
want anybody to find It out.
The first settlement In the state of
New Jersey was by tht Dutch, at Ber
gen. In 1017. Newark received Its first
charter In 1713.
An Irishman was asked if his horse
1 was timid. "Not at all," said he, "he
frequently spends the night by him
self In a dark stable."
The French carpenter going to work
protects his street suit by a work
man's blue blouse, but be does not
wear overalls.
"I will pay your debts today, but It
Is positively for the last time."
"Oh. dear nncle, then wait at least
until tomorrow."? Fllegende Blatter.
A cable's length is one-tenth of a
nautical mile (G.0S0 feet). The longest
mile Is the Norwegian, which is with
in a fraction of seven times ours.
Norway is more properly Norea.
meaning "North Isle." It Is common
ly called by the natives the "North
Kingdom."
Friend? What's the matter, old boy?
Xou took disappointed. A.lgy-1 thought
X had appendicitis, but the doctor said
It was only Indigestion.
Teacher? Now, Harold, can yon tell
me- what wtadom Is?
Small Harold? Yes, ma'am. It's In
? formation of the brain.
Cook? DIuks suffers from hay fever,
doesn't he? Hook? I should Bay ho
does. He can't even pass a grass
widow without sneezing.
"Nagg is very fond of entertaining.
Isn't he?"
"Yes. His wife has to be pleasant
when there's company."? Exchange.
"Does the razor hurt, sir?" inquired
the barber anxiously.
"Can't say," replied the victim test
ily, "but my face does."? Harper's.
Manager? We must put n good deal
of realism In this wood scene. Can
you get some one to growl so as to re
semble a bear?
Assistant? I tlilnk so. There are six
or seven actors who haven't received
their wages for ten weeks. I'll call
them.? IMck-Me-Up.
"I'm ready," shouted the speaker,
"to meet calmly any emergency that
ma.v arise." At that moment the plat
form collapsed and the speaker exhib
ited great perturbation.
"How about that one?" they asked
him later.
"That one did not arise."
"What Is the trouble. Maggie? You
look worried."
"The trouble Is with the twins, mum.
One of them Is cryln' because he swal
lowed his rattle, au' the other is howl
in' out of sympathy, an' betwixt the
two of theui I can't tell which one
swallowed the rattle."
Miss J.? Your bedroom mudt be a
very healthy place, dear.
Miss P.? What makes you think so?
"Because I notice that when you ar?
downstairs sometimes you are pale,
but If you go up Into your bedroom
for a short time you come down with
a beautiful color."
Mamma (at dinner) ? You mustn't
stare at Mr. Smith so, Ethel.
Little Ethel? I'm waiting to see him
take a drink, mamma.
Maqima=r:Whyt dear?
I.lttle Ethel? 'Cause papa says he
drinks like a flsli, and I never saw a
flsh drink.
Mrs. Brldey? You don't love me as
much as you used to.
Mr. Brldey? Think not?
Mrs. Brldey? No. tou used to say 1
was worth my weight In gold, bot?
Mr. Brldey? But now you're not as
stout as you were, you know.? Phila
delphia Press. *
"Here's a letter from the boss," said
tW machlnt' leader's henchman. "He
said you'd give me a Job."
"But," protested the merchant, "T
have absolutely nothing for you to do
here."
"That's all right. I won't mind that
so long's I git me pay reg'lar."
In Malta bread Is largely made of
bran and unbolted wheat flour mlxed;
Bran sellers, therefore, go from house
to house, like other tradespeople who
sell food or fuel. They carry the bran
In an enormous sack balanced on the
head, while the measure Is carried la
the hand.
THE ACTOR'S CHRISTMAS.
Life on the Board* It Not All a Happy
Holiday.
"I like Christinas," said an actor.
"No two are ever alike In my busi
ness. Last year, for Instance, the com
pany 1 was with was four weeks be
hind In snlnrles. and we were simply
hanging on with the hope of the big
houses Christmas day pulllDg us out a
little. We were playing one night
stands and left some little town Jr
New York state for Wheeling, W. Va.,
right after the performance. It was a
trip that cnlled for three changes of
cars, and there were no sleepers In any
of them.
"Every car on every train was loaded
with holiday excursionists, and every
male excursionist was loaded with rye
and brimstone. There were tights
fresh every half hour, and constables
met us with opeu arms and clubs at
every station. No eating stations were
honored by us, and we arrived at
Wheel In;; too late to give a matineo
performance, our manager had two
i.Hlok eyes and a broken wrist, and
our etar bad lost a new set of teeth,
without which he refused to play at
night.
"The report had It that we were all
n J.-. II. and there would have been no
jou.-e .'n; .ray. We had to get ue
tEree benefit performances befoty wo
could pet money enough to buy tickets
to New York, but we got there. How
ever, ns I sufd before, Christinas days
are not all alike. "?Buffalo News. I
A REINCARNATED SOUL
Burrrceo Baby Appears to Have Been
a British Officor.
Reincarnation,- which Is a fundamen
tal doctrine of Buddhism, recently has
presented two cases which are so ex
traordinary as to invite the Interest of
ail foreigners.
A reincarnation of human identity In
human form, although changed In out
ward appearance, Is called a "mlnza"
and Is usually an ordinary looking
child. The "mlnzas" In the present
cases are the children of bumble Bur
mese parents. The souls they are Bald
to possess are those of two British of-j
fleers who died at the time the "mln
zas" wero born.
The story of one "mlnza" Is related)
In the Rangoon Times. It furnishes a
carious and interesting glimpse of a
phase of Burmese belief. The story
runs:
"There la a little blue eyed, light
haired boy here between three and
four years old, the son of hardwork
ing and matter of fact Burmese par
ents belonging to the laboring classes,
who until recently prattled like any
other child of that age.
"The other day lie astonished his
mother by Insisting that he was the
late Major D. J. Welsh, border regi
ment, come to life again. He went on
to describe the house where he had
previously lived, the number of ponies
he bad and other personal matters.
"His mother was frightened and
called In the neighbors, to whom the
albino repeated his story, describing
how he and two others, a woman and
a man, were drowned In Melktlila l&ke
in a boating accident during a storm
at night In March, 1904, when the
three and only occupants of the boat
perished.
"That Is the year in which Mrs.
Meade, Lieutenant A. W. Qulnlau and
Major Welsh, the latter two of the
border regiment, did lose their lives
In this manner as a consequence of
omitting to put down tho centerboard
of their sailing boat. Large crowds
assemble daily to hear the little child
man speak.
"Of course skeptics will say that It
la a 'put" up Job.r Th<? answer to this
la that Burmese cooIIch are not given
to romancing to sUcb un extent. Sev
eral methods have been applied to test
the genuineness of the child's utter
ance! Investigators are satisfied that
he ba?.not beeD tutored.
"The parents', Indeed, would have to(
be wide atrake sharpers to sucaeed, in,
foisting such a story upon the public
through the Instrumentality of a mere'
Infant. There is no evidence that they
are not what they appear to be? elm
pie minded folk."
Lynohed For Stealing a Dollar.
A negro named John Wilkes was re
cently lynched at Byron, Go. The ne
gro robbed two small boys of $1. When
Marshal Thomas Johnson made an ef
fort to arrest him the negro attempted
to shoot the officer. Quick work pre
vented this, however, and n general
mlxup followed, with the result that
the negro was arrested and locked up.
At a late hour unknown persons forced
an entrance, dragged the negro from
his cell, and after carrying him a short
distance the body was riddled with
bullets. It was then "burned upon a
log Are prepared for the occasion. The
charred remains were taken up Sun
day and were viewed by a large crowd.
Eye* Burst From His Socket.
Singleton Walton, who was employ
ed at the Carnegie steel plant In Co
lumbus, 0., fell fifty feet from the cu
pola of the furnace. He landed on his
feet with such terrific force that his
neck was broken and hl? eyes were
driven from their sockets. Walton was
handling iron in the cupola when an
elevator broke, and he shot like an
arrow to the floor of the bnlidiug. Wit
nesses sa,v his descent was as straight
as if he had slid down a rope.
One Too Many.
A street car in charge of a newly ap
pointed Irish conductor had just left
the car barn for the downtown ruu.
Before it had proceeded many blocks it
was boarded by an inspector. This
official, after a glance at the register
and the occupants of the car, asked in
surprise: "Why, O'Plaherty. how's!
this? You have seven passengers, and
the register shows but six fares rung
up!"
"Begorra, is that so?" puzzled the
green conductor. Then instantly a
happy solution of the difficulty struck
him. "Git out o' here, wan o' yez!" he
shouted. "There's wan too many o*
yez on this car!"? Harper's Weekly.
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