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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24

II Is also spelled ooualaska and ounnlaska, but
UnalaskA Is the spelling Of tho United States
calling charts
Tho Long Island camdigger would 1nd de-
lightful field for his lAbors here for an Alcutian
clam Is as superior an insect as the Pacific Coast
oyster il not.
While there are many modern convcnicnces
that Unalaska has not she docs have an Aleut
brass band OF sixteen pieces, directed by Mr. Gray
OF the Alaska Commercial Company. and II is In
reality n very credtnblc organization. as the
Aleuts love music and have correct ear which
also accounts for their being good dancers.
To return 10 the McCulloch II is generally
understood that the Raleigh fired the first gun
at the battle OF Manila, but the official report Of
Admiral Dewey does not mention the Raleigh at
all and SAYS that the Boston and McCulloch
returned the first fire, and it is asserted by those
who know that the McCulloch fired the first shot.
and that the man who pulled the trigger was
Lieut. W. +. At Lee Of Washington, u. C. The
officers still on the McCulluch who were in the
fight are First Lieut. Foley, Second LIcuts Joyncs
and AT Lee, Third Lieut. Nee and Second Assist
ant Engineer Shoenborn, and they bear their
| honors with delightful modesty and think Dewey
| Is a great man
Pretty little fresh water lakes abound every
| where in the green valleys, and one at Udakta is
a source Of revenue to the n. \. c Company as
II sells water from il by ppc line to ships at half
cent Il gallon the McCulloCh took on 10 600 gal
Ions. Coal sells at so so a ton fresh meat at rs
| cents pound, and ice commands 81 n hundred
| but in the summer time only.
Nobody owns real estate here except Uncle
| Sam, and the landlord around to
collect the rent; the assessor doesn't appear with
| his blanks, and the complaining taxpayer Is alb
| solutely unknown. There no politics and no
candidates for office man is ambitious to be a
| United States Senator, and never woman wants
TO vote; no newspapers harrow up the soul with
| daily dreadful headlines and the roll and rumble
Of hurrying railroad trains is unheard in the land:
| life ia misty. mountainous monoton" set 90 the
! music Of the sounding sea Che same yesterday.
to-day and forever
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24

1t Includes Method of Converting to Better
Ways Sheep-Killing Collies.

The following story OF Dewey comes from Lou
don county, Va, and so far can be ascertained
has never before got into print II happened whilo
he still a commander and when he was visiting
an old acquaintance Henderson Davis Dewey
has always been lover OF animals, in witness OF
which may be noted his affection for his dog, Bob
now one Of the members of the Olympia's crew
During this visit in Virginia he saved the life Of a
sheep stealing dog, and what is more TO tho pur-
pose converted the dog to a better mode OF life
The victim OF the future admiral s kindness was
a big collie named Pan, a fne dog and a good
| sheep dog in the day time but with the fatal vce
that sometimes deveopes in colies OF killing sheep
| after dark. When Pans "Jckyll and Hyde" mode
| Of life was brought to light he condemned TO
death the Just fate Of every sheep killing dog for
the vico is serious one and generally deemed in
durable, Dewey interested in the case and
begged leave Of Mr.. Davis to reform Pan or at
least TO make the attempt
| A stay OF execution was granted and the big
collie was led out to the barn where about hun
dred head Of sheep had been driven in Dewey
took his patient and prepared for heroic treatment
All four OF the dogs feet tied together sailor
fashion, and he laid down Just outside the
barn door. The lower half Of the door was closed
and the upper half left open. making hurdle that
an active sheep could clear at Jump Dewey then
went inside and started after tho old bell wether
with club. The sheep vaulted through the half
open door and landed with all four feet the pros
trate and repentant Pan. Every other sheep in tho
, barn started. after the habit OF sheep. TO play
follow my leader" Every ono Of the bunch
| hoped over the barrier and every one landed on
the sheep killing dog outside As Kipling says in
| his Dacoit ballad:
| Fourteen stone from height disc harged,
Is bad for a Bob with spleen enlarged.
| There il no record that Pans spleen was en-
larged, but he had other troubles before all those
sheep got out Of the barn. Every sheep hit him
with from one TO four sharp hoofs. and by the time
the barn empty no looked like a doormat that
| had been left out all winter In fact there was
some question whether he would ever return To
active life again. He did in the course Of time, but
the most ardent persuasions could thereafter
get him into the ten-acre lot with the mildcst
hammered sheep that was ever sheared He was
saved for a warning to all sheep stealing dogs but
d! his career . shepherd was ended
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24
RENTING PIANOS BY THE HOUR.
Clerks Idea for Meeting the Need-Thoss
who Can't Practise In Boarding Houses.

III owned house." said clerk in a Fifth
avenue piano house I'D rent lot Of pianos and
put one in every room and let them out for peoplc
to practise on II ever lose my position here
| don't know but that shall even go so far as to
rent a house in q convenient location and go into
the business on big scale I'd let the instru-
ments at the rate Of fifteen cents an hour Say
l had ten pianos, that would make 81. so an hour
II | kept them going twelve hours a day--and
this is a moderate calculation I'd take in SlS
a day or S126 a week, This Is counting in
Sunday, Of course, but would have no occasion
TO let that day out should probably do bigger
business then than any other time
Now, I'm moi talking nonsense, Just take up
any Sunday paper and you'll find that IN speak
ing from facts You have no idea how many
ambitious young people there are in this town
and old people, too, for that matter-who would
like to study music on a modest scale il they had
an instrument TO practise on. That is a difficulty
that Is hard TO overcome by the average Toomer
and boaTieI about town--and II is the IoomeT
and boarder who make up half the musical stu
dents in this city. They have no piano and would
have no place to put II If they had one. They
can't use tho instrument in the general parlor
for practising, and if they rent one and put il in
their own room the rest Of the boarders kick and
threaten to leave because of the disturbance Of
the public peace.
Every day you will Gnd that somebody is
advertising for piano to DO used by the hour.
Persons who wish TO add to their incomes arc
beginning to realize that renting the piano is a
there good way to bring in little extra money and
are a number Of places where accommodations
of this kind can be secured, But still there are
not half enough Of them. | wonder that moro
people haven't adopted the idea, BY the exercise
OF a little ingenuity in the arrangement Of dates
tho piano could be kept going all the time. This
constant drumming might be a little trying on
tho at first but piano practice is like every
thing else not disturbing when you get used to it, "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24
ARID HORSES.
And an Able Driver Who, Apparently.
Knows just How to Handle Them.

And an Able Driver who, Apparently.
Knows just How to Handle Them.
Down on South street wharf there was big
double truck with a load Of bar iron. and some
other stuff that looked as though il might
weigh Ave tons II was a very soggy load: but
the team was pair Of big, round bodied, well-fed
and well cared-for hay horses that looked though
they could pull a house right off its foundation.
# they could only be htchcd to il right
Tho driver was a calm, quiet man, but evidently
Of good nature and good humor, and on good
terms with mis- horses, When he was all ready
he got up on his seat and gathered up tho reins
him, but their ears were open. He said 10
them In quiet. easy sort Of way and in words
that somehow seemed addressed to tho big
horses personally Get together" and tho big
horses seemed to understand that perfectly, to
take II as a personal communication, and to know
what was meant. They got together; they settled
into their collars and started the big load right
OIL.
Fifty feet up the wharf when they'd got it well
a rolling, tho driver says TO them in the name
quiet way
Get intoit"
That didn't seem quite so clear to the bystander
who heard it, but II was clear enough to the horses
apparently, for forthwith they began TO trot: and
they took tho load along in that way, easy 1t
was big load, but they were big horses, and on
friendly terms with tho driver and ready and
willing TO do what they could right up TO the limit;
an ablo team. and proud besdeA TO pull fol. the
man on the seat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24
THE ALASKAN EARTHQUAKES.
A Larger Extont of Coast Line Affected Than
Ever Before Reported There.

Tho severe earthq uakes that shook the coasts
OF Alaska on Sept and 10 were unequalled with
In the historic period In that region for the extent
of coast line affected Reports OF the shocks have
been received from various points between Juneau
and the Aleutian chain, a distance OF over 600
miles. II is well known that the effects OF earth
quakes originating on the coasts are often felt In
tho far interior OF continents, and II Is not at all
unlikely that these shocks extended hundreds Of
miles inland, In region like Alaska where
largo areas are uninhabited severe earthq uAkeS
may sometimes occur without the facts ever be-
coming known.
1t is said that a number OF islands along the
coast near Yakutat Bay, in the noig hborhood Of
Mount St Elias, have become submerged or have
settled in the water and that the adjoining coast
line has peTcepubly sunk, while little distance
out at sea the ocean bed appears TO have risen.
While these reports need confirmation. il may be
said that II is not uncommon for considerable
OF the crust OF the earth 10 sink tho result
Of an earthquake One example that may be
cited from our own history u the New Madrid
earthquake Of 1911, when the subtenaneAn dis
turbanoes resulted in the subsidenoe Of about
5000 square miles Of auval lands along the
Mississippi River in what Is now southeastern
Missouri and northeastern ArkAnsaa The sub
sidenoe about ten feet and the river poured
into some Of the depreSsons. forming a Seri0s Of
lakes,
few hundred miles north Of the region whore
this sudden subsistence and elevation is said 10
have occurred in Alaska the earth's crust has
been rising for a considerable period Bohring
Sea is slowly becoming shallower II this tenden-
cy is continued, the time will come when BehrinR
Sea or large parts OF il will be dry land, and thus
Asia and North America may yet be united above
the level
The known earthquakes in Alaska, as in tho
present instance have occurred along the line Of
volcanic cones, and particularly in the Aleutian
chain. Over thirty NJ these shocks have been
recorded by the Russians and our own people.
When we bought Alaska We acquired an addition
10 our earthquake" territory Canada throughout
its great domain has comparative immunity from
this sort Of visitation, while record from thirty
IN forty earthquakes in a year, most Of which.
however. do very little damage II any.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24

More people and better people read THE Sun
than any other paper published. For this
reason you will realize a quicker response
through any other medium. II you conduct a
desirable Hotel or Boarding House rsmsm Der
this-Adp.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
FLOUR MILL
Likely to be One of Birmingham's In
duStrieS.

A flour mill with capacity of 200 bar
rels per day to begin with is the latest In
dustry which is about to be located in this
city.
A. Dunning, of the Shelley, Butler &
Martin Flour Milling company, of WASH
ington, who is in the city through the eff
forts of the Commercial club, with a view
of locating a mill, is most favorably i'm
pressed with Birmingham, and will more
than probable arrangements will be COM
pleted In few days for the building of the
mill.
Mr. Dunning expresses the opinion that
Birmingham offers almost as many induce
ments to flour mill as to an iron indus
try with her cheap fuel, splendid railroad
facilities and excellent home market He
estimates that the Birmingham district
proper consumes daily 1000 barrels of
flour, which at present is purchased in
other states, some coming from the far
northwest.
A seventy-five barrel mill was erected at
Fort Payne some time ago by this COM
pany and has been very successful, In fact,
the results have far exceeded the most SAN
guine expectations of the promoters, and
with the additional facilities which Bir-
mingham offers Mr.. Dunning believes that
Several sites have been inspected, and
every phase of the situation discussed, and
1t Is probable that ere long another thriving
plant will be added to the 119 manufacture
ing industries in Jones Valley.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
POST B BANQUET.
Business Meeting and Election of Officers
in Afternoon

The arrangements for the annual meeting
and banquet of Post B, T. P. A., which is
to be held at the Morris hotel next Friday,
have been slightly modified, in that the
business meeting will be held at 2:30 o'clock
in the afternoon instead Of at night 9th
erwlse it would conflict very materially
with the banquet, which is to be held In
the evening, and which will be the feature
of the day.
ensuing year will be elected, delegates to
the state convention In Montgomery chosen,
the reports of the committees heard, and
all other business matters which may come
before the post viii be transacted.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
PERSONAL.

Ralph Flies leaves this morning for Ha-
vana, Cuba, on a short trip.
T. w. Duncan and G. w. Mitchell, of
Blocton, are in the city.
p. H. Farrell has returned from VISIT to
friends and relatives In Memphis.
Hon. John w. Tomlinson has been in
vited to deliver an address before the stu
dents OF the Methodist college at Owenton
during commencement, and has accepted
Hon. Sid ]. Bowie. of Admission. and Col
Benjamin r. Pope. of Gadsden. are in at
tendance upon the United States court
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Howard College Society

A number of invitations have been issued
by the members of the Philomathic society
of Howard college to their anniversary
meeting, which takes place In the college
chapel next Friday evening. The subject
for the debate is live one: Resolved,
That the islands recently acquired by the
United States shall not be annexed" j. d.
Ray and f. Averyt will represent the af-
firmative side of this question, and M M.
Eppes and o. T. Smith the negative.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
PLANS FOR The
LEGAL BATTLE
commissioners VIII Attack COnStitu-
tiOnality Of Bill
APPOINTING REVENUE BOARD
Will Base Argument on Article 4, Sec
ton 1 Of Constitution.
REFERRING TO NUMBER SUBJECTS
One Law Can Contain Revenue Board
Will Contend That Law is in
Nature OF the Excepted
Revenue Law.
APPOINTING REVENUE BOARD
REFERRING TO NUMBER SUBJECTS

%+*ss s..sss =
"fhe style of the laws of this state "
Shall be: BE it enacted by the General "
Assembly of Alabama Each law shall "
contain but one subject, which shall be
clearly expressed in its title, except "
appropriation bills, GENERAL REEVE
NUE. BILLS, and bills adopting a Code,
digest or revision OF the statutes, and
no law shall be revived, amended, or the
provisions thereof extended or confer
red, by reference to Its title only, but
so much thereof as is revived, amended,
extended or conferred, shall be re-enact-
ed and published at length"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
CAMPAIGN MANAGERS ILL.
w. j. Pearce and Addyston G. Smith
Confined to Their Rooms.

Two of the gentlemen most Interested in
the municipal campaign are i'll.
w. J. Pearee campaign manager for
Ross c. Smith, has been confined to bis
room for several days, suffering from an at
tack of grip. Mr.. Pearce at first had a
slight touch of pneumonia, but this has
passed off, and 1t is thought that he will
be able to leave his room today. ,4az
Addyston G. Smith, campaign manager
for ]. L. Parker left his office yesterday at
noon ILL., and was unable to return in the
afternoon or evening. He was much i'm
proved last night, however, and it is not
thought that his indisposition will amount
to anything serious. - g
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
ALL CANDIDATES PLEASED
WITH PLAN BUT DRENNEH

as fair to the common sense Of majority
of the voters, will not be accepted with
satisfaction In other words, If tho COM
mittee intends to be fair let them so
range their plan that there can be no
question raised by even the most skeptical.
II cannot say what action the Drennen
executive committee will take regarding
this revised PLAN for they do not meet
again until tomorrow night. at which time
the whole situation will be fully discussed,
and a definite plan of action determined
upon"
When Mr.. Allen gave out this statement
it was too late to see any member of the
arrangements committee.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08

Hoods Sarsaparilla cures catarr'h by SCI
sentifically attacking the disease through
the blood.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Committee Harmonious

Early In the night Chairman Crawford,
of tho committee, said that he thought the
amendments would please all parties. The
committee had gone in with the intent Of
having a fair election and had Incorporated
in the plan every safeguard that the mem
bers could suggest Every act of the COM
mittee had been unanimous and every
member had given his individual views at
the meeting held earlier In the afternoon.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Richard AIcAlIister A gain Arrested

Richard McAllster, the crippled negro
who shot and killed George Mitchell some
days ago in Fifth alley, between Twenty
third and Twenty-fourth streets, and who
was tried in the inferior criminal court and
acquitted on a plea of self-defense, has been
rearrested on a warrant sworn out by
Mitchell's wife and locked up In the coun-
ty Jail. He will be given a preliminary
hearing before Justice Alternately.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Sole OWncrS.
ADistInct Novelty

Prof Gentry's famous dog and pony show.
of which SO much has been written and
said, Is distinct novelty i'm the amusement
line and the many new acts and features
added this year make 1t better than ever.
The Gentry fire department with dog, pony
and monkey members and entire new COM
pany of animal actors In series of orig
inal acts.
The exhibition viii appear In this city UNI
der thoroughly waterproof tent. Eigh-
teenth and Avenue A. Friday evening and
Saturday afternoon and evening, March 10
and II.
Prof. Gcntry's show Is both popular In
taste and prices of admission, they being
.only-childrcn Is cents and adults rs cents.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08

The above law is Article W, section of
the constitution adopted by the state of
Alabama In 1876, and contains the funda-
mental law on which the constitutionality
of the law appointing the board of revenue
for jefferson county will be tested. The
board of revenue will contend, through
their attorneys, that while the law which
authorized their existence did deal with
more than one subject-the destruction of
one board and the creation of another-that
1T is a law which comes under the exception
of General Revenue Bills" and that it is,
therefore, a valid law. Its very name, it Is
argued, Indicates that it is a body organ
lied for the purpose of raising revenue for
the county
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-04-19
The Rockingham Souvenir.

The Rockingham souvenir issued as
a supplement to the TIMES April 8 has had
q sale far beyond our expectations. The
edition of 1900 copies was practically
exhausted by the middle of last week, and
still orders continue to come by nearly
every mell. The edition had imperfec-
tons which the publisher Of this paper
does not consider himself responsible for
and regrets more than any one else, and
yet we are more than pleased with the
many expressions of satisfaction. Here is
what few OF our nearby contemporaries
have been kind enough to say:
Here comes a special edition of tbs Bel
lows Falls TIMES, with 60 pages of a
good-sized pamphlet full Of valuable bio
graphical and historical matter relating to
men and things in Rockingham, much better
than the ordinary run of such editions
Rutland Herald.
The Bellows Falls TIMES issues very
neat and attractive souvenir edition devoted
to the town of Rockingham. 1t has 60
pages and very many illustrations and
reflects great credit on the TINES and its
enterprising manager.-Ludlow Tribune.
w. G. Belknap & Co., publishers of the
Bellows Falls TIMES, have shown much
enterprise in issuing 60-page souvenir
edition with attractive cover. The con-
tents of the special issue are interesting
and instructive as regards the splendid
enterprise of Bellows Falls and vicinity
and multitude of half-tone illustrations
double the attractiveness of the work
Such editions are of incalculable advantage
to any community.-Rutland News.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-04-19

he who first employed fire as his servant
made civilization possible. A great con
flagration brings into activity the evil and
the good, but the good always predomi-
mates. The heroism OF Hobson in sinking
the Merrimac has been duplicated thou
sands of times by firemen whose brave
deeds have been unsung and too often un-
honored. All honor to the hero on the
field of battle, but let us not forget the ire
men, the heroes in our midst.
After referring eloquently to the great
Chicago fire OF 1871, fire which burned
over 1000 acres and destroyed 10000
buildings, and yet started in constable,
he said that mighty power for evil often
grows from mere spark of sin. If your
house is not insured, it should be; if your
lite is not insured, it should be; but above
all else insure your soul against eterna
loss and eternal death.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-04-19
Plenty of Hotel Room.

The burning of Towns Hotel is a disas-
ter which Bellows Falls will not be anxious
to have duplicated, but the village can still
boast Of two good hotels and the travelling
public can still depend on frst-class accom-
modations. Towns hotel will probably be
rebuilt during the summer, and meantime
the business will 60 to the Commercial
House and the Rockingham Hotel. The
Commercial has 20 rooms and under the
efficient management of Landlord Frost
will, no doubt, continue to give excellent
satisfaction. The Rockingham has 80
rooms, nicely furnished, and ten additional
rooms are being fitted out on the floor for
merly used as dance hall. This is now
the largest hotel in town and is deservedly
popular with its patrons. Yes, it is safe to
advertise that no one need pass Bellows
Falls this summer because its hotel facili-
ties are inadequate.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-04-19

H. R. Thompson recently received let
ter from an old friend, which through the
courtesy OF Mr.. Thompson we reproduce
as we consider it interesting enough to
entertain the public which the TIMES
reaches.