New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

REINDEER FOR ALASKA-When Or Sheldon
Jackson. general agent Of the Bureau OF Education
for Alaska, returns to this country. II is expected
that he will have interesting informatios re-
garding the Introduction OF reindeer into tho most
northern territory Of the United States. He is nov
In Alaska. and his next report from that region 10
awaited with interest The development OF the
gold fields will make immense demand for a
beast of burden. and the reindeer has been shown
to be better adapted for such service In cold
regions than any other animal, besides giving food
for the inhabitants.
Congress has appropriated $3.50 to be used in 10.
PRODUCING reindeer into Alaska and Il IL expected
that large appropriation will be asked to continue
the work. Reindeer now being bred In Alaska
but DR.. Jackson considers that method too slow
means OF getting % aren't stock He wants 10
have "A station estahi. .cd that 1900 800 head
can be purchased from Siberian herders and Do
mcsticated In the Territory. II the experiments
prove successful. Or. Jackson believes that the
value of reindeer In ALASKA will reach a that
, will rival the value of the gold fields he finds
that In Norway and Sweden the northern provinces.
known as Lapland. contain an OF 1860 square
miles. in which there S22 56S head OF reindeer,
This gives average OF twenty-three reindeer TO
the square mile. Applying this ratio to the 10000
square miles Of Arctic and sub-Arcilc Alaska land
he regards the general character Of the co.ntry
warrantng sUcn a comparison). he calculates that
Alaska is capable OF sustaining e.2o0Ho lead VI
reindeer which, at valuation OF s. each (he price
there Is an average of thirtytwo head OF reindeer
TO each psrson among reindeer Laps oO Apply;
q reindeer will support population OF $3.50 living
Not only Win the introduction OF reindeer in
Alaska provide food for the half furnished E,qui-
a means Of transportation better than dogs. but
reindeer steaks may become known as a great
with 10000 reindeer supplies the grocery stores Z
Northern Europe with smoked reindeer hams at 10
dried hides At 81 2sasi IS. tanned hides q sea3ss
usbo is fir1cI nv he
selves. Fresh reindeer meat is considered a great
dsGnGy Thc Prns Company
uses large quantities OF it for canning
the Laps are doing business in reindeer meat and
hides Alaska. with It's capacity for 92"oo head -
reindeer. can supply the markets Of America VIII
tons of delicious hams and tongues and the hnest
leather DR.. Jackson will press this matter upon
the American people when he returns from Alaska.
believing that an Industry worth rom s,s"Vw. 70
THE DEADLY HATPIN.-Two persons have
lately lost their eyesight in London by having me
sharp point Of hatpns run into their eyes by acct
deat one was the clse of a passenger on a coacn
next 10 "A woman with her hat fastened by one ~
these pins. and another was that Of child wh'
was injured while playing with companion As
result Of these accidents the newspapers OF me
English metropolis making warfare on the
use Of the long hatpin The most peculiar unhbnns
The United states Patent Once has issued MY
four patents for hat fas,ensr '4e n pat en
prise every ina ginable device for keeping mar on
Sat m%'' han the haen in common the mos,
intricate piece of harness for the sam" Phhdo',
give way in popularity to the simple long pin used
In the feminine world for keeping mats on.
DON'T GO FOR THEIR MAI. OFTEN.-One ~
the rarest occurrences of which the State Depart
rnent has opportunity to take cognzance IN COM
mon with the rest OF the world is the dispatch OF
mail to Pitcairn Island, the isolated community IN
the South Pacific which depends upon the CASUAL
yls OF some sailing vessel for It's exceedingly m
frequent communications with the rest OF the globe
Sometimes this happens once year. but there IS
no regularity about H. The last news OF the isiand
came six months ago. when an Official OF NV
South Waes formally ANNEXED 5he ain'' ,he safe
Department has been Informed mat any ,e,I hi
reach Her British Majestys consul at Honolulu
later than September - II - pro1ao'1i ,,nt
in a year. and there IL possibility that there
will not be mail for TWO or three years
A MYSTICAL. HOTEL CLERK.-The hotel reg
ister at Willards, which is decorated daily 10y
Clerk Coffin with several bars Of music OF popular
ana appropriate tunes. had blank look for Wednes-
day The scarcity of arrivals suggested no more
appropriate tune than "He Never Came Back"
and Mr. Coffin. for obvious reasons, did not insert
that in the register. The day preceding bore i,w
bars of the song, Should Aud Acquaintance ie
Eorso IN homer Of the arrival ,rr = OF
who Is we'll known In all circles here
EFFECT OF Ii HUNG Changes VISlT.-C W.
Kean an Englishnlsn. who has spent some years
in China was In town on Thursday. To a query as 70
Nha, effect Ii Hung Changes visit TO the United
states had produced his own country Mr.. Kean
said: 1T il hard to declare whether his Jour"'F
oyer her. has resulted in the Inauguration 81 All!
internal improvements in the Fowery KINGDOM
Since hts return there has been great deai OF ran
road talk. but no actual construction that Know
Of II is hard to tell what a Chnaman Is gong 10
do until he does it. Cinnamon as race are ~.
nosoa 70 railroads AZ time a railroad owned
ana run by foreigners was operated between s.ans
DESTROYED it, Now there Is talk OF rebuilding ~
~ h,p Ini hear Of some to be built in the north
crn part of the Empire. som. day me Who.e 'G'.m
try Will be opened up Py raoa'c can pT predict ct
a.7hr war With Japan" continued Mr. Nean mas
ncreaT~i re ei demand for Western textbooks ana
The schools where English l. taught are Srowd ,
ematc gsosrophy natural oI,ery, 9 .o9o P0 bb.
economy Not only are ,Ns no"ks 81 toI,s" ,bsn9
ssiyes are going into Tie publishing business on
extensive scale
o,GArOR Cru NTERS. Colonel Jim Patter-
son Of South Florida, was talking this evening on
a subject with which all Floridans are popularity
sunposed to be familiar. II the subject OF al
lgatOrS. we nave Win u P'OI'' WIZ ~ "''''
as gator grunters'." said he They have prac-
,,ssl This so long that they successfully initiate
,h. cr,,,,t Of an alligator They act as guides 10
nories OF Northern tourists during the winter. and
often hunt gators on their own account They
take a big wagon. and. rule 80 ont 10 the
cdge of the glades Through the Hat woods AROUND
ths narsin OF the glades there are many nttic
Likes that in the dry season sub'ide except d.
r,cty I'm the middle. where the gators MAKE y
deep puddle which IS known as gator h9iie,i
boIe and concrallng himself begins TO produce
that peculiar grunt In imitation OF gator Fretty
som there il "A slight movement or the water, anu
= long black head shows up Then another comes
10 the surface. Then the old bull gator cra"is
nm into the mud along the water. Tn" others fol.
i1w him They come in search Of the sound. ana
when they are far enough from the water ue
slaughter begins.