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The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-23
Notice of Forfeiture.

Cattclla City, .pril 9, 1aos. District of Alaska, Kayak Mining District. To JoHN FIREMAN, JANEs McrHERsoS, EMILY McPHERsoS. JoH> CrLvER, JANEs McPHERSoN: Iou. and each of you, arc hereby notified that We, the undersigned, have expended the sum of ft2np in work and improvements on the Lake oil claim, located at or near Cattella bay. in the Kayak Mining District, District of Alaska The said sum being necerrary to hold said claim for the years ending 1899, ls1. 1901. l@O2. If at the end of ninety days from date you refuse or neglect to contribute your pro portion of said claim, your interest in said property will become the property of the sub. scribers under Section 2s2i Revised Statutes oi of the United Ststcs.
 ED HANSON.
 T.. r. STANEY. THos. q. WHITE. Agent.
 First published April Q. 1eOl.
 Last published June Is, 19ul.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-23

Geo. F. Sharp, who crossed the glacier in '98, and went across Mentasta pass and dewn the Tana- na in 99, is now running general store at Chesa. in the Panama country. He will be remembered by the mushers as one ei the best of the auctioneers at Klutena, City. He says that the Panama strike is the greatest thing. yet. One claim on Pedro which has been partially developed is now held at half a million dollars, and all the claims on which work has been done are showing up we'll.
 Wellington coal for sale at office 2; ne r. r. d, \. Co.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-23
Notice of Forfeiture.

VALDEZ ALASKA, March I2. 1905. To JOHN MEENACH AND GEORGE STOLE:
 You are hereby notified that | have expended Slul0O in labor and Improvements on each oi following claims, to-wit: The Koyukuk and the Ready Bullion mineral claims situated on Boulder bay in Prince William sound, Alaska in order to hold sAid claims under the pro visions of Section 2.ili. Revised Statutes of the lnited states. Being the amount required to hold said claims for the year ending Dee. 3i 1N2 Ii at the end of m days from date you refuse io contribute your proportion of sach eNp'nditurc,n ns co-owners, your interest in said property will become the property of the sub scribcr, under said section 2::2i.
 W. N. CoNLEy. Date of first publication, March 12. Iac. Date Of last pmblication. May ]. IMei.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-23
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
COCNCILMEN.

W ncn tnc dCCOuflt VI tifc heath of Max Becker is read by people in the states who know nothing of Alaska or the conditions that prevail, they will be prone to attri- bute the fault to the country in- stead of the man. Hundreds of men have gone over the same trail this season and never for mo- ment believed they were taking any risks. And they were not, they went prepared.
 Many tragic deaths have occurred in Alaska from various causes and no doubt many more will follow, but in nine out of ten cases the cause of death may be traced to either ignorance or carelessness. Take for instance the present case, while deceased has spent several years in Nome and Dawson he evidently knew nothing about mushing. When he left here he knew there was a high divide to cross, where he was likely at any time to meet with severe cold wea- ther or cold snow storm. Notwith- standing this knowledge, he left clad in an ordinary light business suit and the very lightest under wear, and had neither tent nor stove and very light blankets. Arriving at the summit, with his clothes wet with precipitation, instead of keeping on the move he lay down to rest in his wet clothing and as a natural conse- auence became chilled through and died.
 Such death occurring in the states would attract but little attention, but occurring in Alaska it gives the impression that our climate is at fault and that we are living on ice and snow all the year round. Such is not the case. We have, of course occasional storms, as they have at times in all parts. But taken altogether we believe our climate as healthful as can be found anywhere, with no great risk or hardships in travelling, and if the death or sick rate is compared with any part of the Union it will be found to be greatly in favor of Alaska.
 The law does not recognize mining as a public utility and the right of eminent domain cannot be ex- ercised in connection with mining operations, unless such operations are clearly public benefit. The fact that mining in a general way is beneficial to the community and the State in which the operations are conducted is recognized, but the benefit must be of a more direct nature than this, One cannot build pipe line or Hume over the land of another without the con- sent of the owner. and the builder of an aerial tram may not even string wire over the property of another, though the towers sup porting the rope may be cons structed on the land of the person building the tramway.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-23
Notice of Forfeiture.

Valdez. AlaSka. Jan. 2ll, igr3. To J. P. Roberts Geo. Hugg and N. Silliman:
 fou are hereby notified that have expended MOO in labor and improvements on each ui the following claims. to-wit: The Smuggler Cop per claim and the Last Chance Copper claim, situated on iandlock lWy in Prince William sound. NlaskH, in order to hol.i said claims un- der the provisions oi Section 2:,2i, Revised Stn.- utcs of the United States. being the amount required to hold said claims for the year end ing Dee. Fl .l9t2. Ii at the end oi ninety days from date You or each oi you refuse to contrib ute your proportion of such expenditure as co-owner, Your interest in sand property will become the property of the subscriber. under said section 2s2i.
 = John Morton.
 Date of first publication. Jan, %. la1s-
 Date oi last publication, April :sI, lSr,.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-23

Have your Sunday dinner at Wikidel's.
 Wellington coal for sale at office of the P. P. & x. Co.
 Wesell wallpaper and hang wall paper cheaper than anyone. Ken drick.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-23
urmoRIzED AGENTS.

news stands:
 F. o. News stand, Seattle. Puget sound News Co. Seattle. r. Q. News stand, Juneau. Eugene Mccarthy News stand, skagway. F. O.Ncws Stand, Eagle, Alaska.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-23

A Chamois skin vest may save yonr life. We have them, the la- ttest and best, at Owl Drug store.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12


changing trip-hammers he seemed to draw
health. Day after day as he guided the
big lathe or turned an edged tool a DOCK
was propped up beside his bench and
eagerly devoured. At night. when the other
shop hands were at places OF amusement
or the loafing resorts of the railroad yards,
Vanderlip was laying the foundation or an
education which he says even now Is far
from complete. After he had reached a
position where the salary was sufficient
for his needs and those dependent upon
him, he came to the conclusion that ne was
not adapted to mechanical pursuits. he
started for Chicago. There he secured an
humble position. His latent ability was
discovered and he was placed In a posi-
ton where he investigated the standing
of firms and individuals, and eventually
maintained a confidential relation with his
employers. From this place to that OF
financial editor of a great Chicago daily
was a natural step. When Mr.. Gage: then
a Chicago banker, was invited to join the
Cabinet of President Mckinley, and cast
about for a secretary. he turned to Van
derlip. From the place as secretary to Mr..
Gage Mr.. Vanderlip was promoted to that
of Assistant secretary of the treasury and
from this to the position he now holds as
vice president of a New York bank.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
Certain Clubs Accounted For.

Andrew Lang, in London Post.
1t may also be noted that many people
who certainly read poetry seem TO feel timid,
lonely and deserted. so that they flock to-
gether into little mobs for mutual protec-
tion-Wordsworth societies, Browning socie-
ties, reading societies of all kinds. Now, i
would as lief fish at Loeb Leven in a fish
ing competition-men in boats shouting to
each other and breaking the silence round
Queen Mary's island prison. whisky going.
every kind of gregarious horror-as read
poetry in a society. 1t is I'm solitude, Tin
a nook with a book" that poetry is TO be
tasted. But We hear of a society for read
ing Mr.. Meredith among the Northumbrian
miners; one might as well read Euclid in a
society. These studies demand lonely appli-
cation. A dozen decent bodies met to dig
the meaning out of In Memoriam'' is a
spectacle comic and mournful, and one that
would have consternated the poet. 1t takes
a dozen men and women to understand him
and then they don't. The elegy is not like
the obscurer parts OF Hegel's philosophy.
and these are not most easily understood by
being read in n crowd. The minstrel used
to sing at a street corner, as Mr.. Punch
still sets up his drama, and everybody-men.
women and children-knew what he meant.
But how many people seem To hold that
poetry is not a thing for solitary pleasure.
but rather a puzzle to be solved as you may
see idle men In a club consulting each other
about the lights in that cruel thing-a double
acroStic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

everybody else. The widow almost always
desires hat her deceased hero should be
represented exactly like all other Tespecta-
bic men, only a little grander, a little more
glorified. She hates, as only a bad biogra-
pher can hate. the telling of the truth with
respect to those faults and foibles which
When i was a young man and frequented
the Preraphaelites, / used to notice that
Rossetti had ii very curious way of fitting
a glass or a cup out of which he was
drinking. and gulping down the last drops
in a great hurry. / have never heard or
seen this trick noticed by any one else. and
ii Is so trivial that / have never thought Of
recording 1t myself. But there ii Is, in my
memory; the feverish, swarthy face turned
upward in profile, and the large lips eager
ly supping down the stream of liquid. /
don't know why. but in that trifie ] see
Rossetti again after all these years; there
Is something. TO me, characteristic, per-
sonal, unique, in the haDitual gesture. Are
we not glad to know, on the authority of
those who had seen him, that Bacon had
a nut colored eye. like the eye of a snake,
and that he would not allow any of his
servants to wear boots of Spanish calf be-
cause he hated the smell of it? Is it not sat-
isfactory to be told that the celebrated DIR.
Isaac Barrow was so dreamy that he would
mount the stairs of the pulpit and adj
dress a fashionable audience with his collar
unbuttoned and his hair uncombed? L cam
not tell why il is that the modern BIZ
osrapher is SO afraid of letting us into these
little picturesque secrets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
A Mysterious Manuscript.

New York Evening Post.
A ~well-known London publisher received
some time ago the manuscript Of a novel,
but without any mention of the authors
name or address,, or any clew to his per-
~sonality. Stranger still. the story lacks
even a title. The publisher, who is con-
WINGED that the book promises to be a great
success. has appealed to the mysterious
unknown to come forward and discuss
terms of publication. Failing in this, he
will bring out the book on his own RESPONSE
bility. There have not been lacking shrewd
guesses that the secret is really a device
akin to that adopted by old hands like
Anthony Trollope and James Payn, in order
TO test whether their writings without the
prestige of their respective names would be
successful with the general public. Payn,s
experience was Disappointing. but Troll
lope's volume of continental stories made
lutte a fattering sensation.
Others. again. suggest that some dis
gruntled aspirant to print is having his
revenge in a joke at the publishers ex-
pense. and that the manuscript may turn
out, after all. to be "'The Cloister and the
Hearth, or "Romola" in disguise. They
recall the man who, some years ago, con-
cluded that publishers were bad judges.
So he copied out Samson Agonistes'' and
sent 1t round to the magazines and pub
fishing firms against whom he had a grudge.
There was no change whatever, except that
the work was rechristened Like a Giant
Refreshed" The letters of rejection which
he received were so good that he published
them in a London paper. One of his victims
wrote as IL he mistook ii for a sensational
novel, another gravely admitted that il
had a certain amount of merit. but added
that ii was too d~isfigured by Scotticisms for
publication as ii stood. Yet another was
willing to take the risk IL the author would
contribute $40 toward the necessary ex-
penses. 1t is possible that the present case
Is "a similar hoax. Or. again. IL may be
what, for lack OF a better phrase, one might
call 'the higher Advertising"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
Literary Notes.

An anonymous book soon to be published
under the title of "The Truth About an
is expected to give an amusing
account of actual experiences in literary
and newspaper offices and of novel writing.
The story is told of a certain young au-
thor that he had received from his pub
fishers the proofs of a new book he had
written. They were too large to go into his
pocket, SO he seized a pair of scissors and
cut of all the margins! When he came to
correct his proofs-but q veil is drawn over
the painful scene.
Mr.. Irving Bachelor, author of Eben
Holden, is a good-sized man, with a blonde
complexion and a genial co%untenance. He
is reDuted TO be a charming entertainer.
Most of his hard work is done at his resi-
dence in New York, while most OF his loaf
ing and soul-inviting is done at his summer
house in Connecticut by the waters OF
Long Island sound.
1t has been suggested, says the London
Mail, that the undue devotion of a large
section of the book-buying public to bridge
is partly responsible for the falling off, and
there seems some truth in this idea. Messrs.
Hatchards & CO., while of opinion that
bridge has affected the book sales, believe
that the interference is only temporary,
as ever presently. In Mr.. A. L. Humphreys
words, Books are a permanent factor in
life, and bridge is not So"
Howard Pyle, whose new novel, Rejected
of Men" has just been published, is a man
of remarkably varied capacity. Besides be-
ing one OF our foremost American artists
whose illustrative work has created an in
dividual school of art, Mr.. Pyle has writ
ten several books. AS a teacher of art he
is well known and highly esteemed. and In
addition TO his aesthetic pursuits he is sec
rnfaFV of "A la ROE hllGinnQo accommodation in
Wilmington, Del. Mr.. Pyle is building a
beautiful home in Wilmington, designed
from his own plans, which will be complet-
ed in the fall.
Andy Adams, author of The Log of a
Cowboy" is a native OF Indiana. As a
youth he went TO Texas. where. for more
than ten years, he worked on cattle ranch
es. In 1883 he gave up cattle life and turned
to mining, being now located at Colorado
Springs. When he realized that the life
Of the old days was gone forever he be-
gan to put some of his actual experiences
on paper, for il now seemed 20 him to have
been romantic. though IL did not appeal to
TO sit in a saddle from sixteen to twenty
four hours at a time in all kinds of weather.
Miss Josephine Daskam is described by
an acquaintance as follows: She is tall,
slender and chic. Her dusky crown Of
hair. her black eyes set far apart, denoting
her reflective temperament; her olive. color
less complexion. hint that she might have
been born in one OF the peninsulas jutting
into the Mediterranean. But this Ia only a
misleading, accidental resemblance She
was born in the Nutmeg State. in the town
of Stamford, and has lived there all her
life. She talks as she writex-crisply, often
bitingly, and her vivacity and dark color
ing. as well as the name, that Is a corrup-
ton of "D'Ascam." are proof of the strong
Huegenot strain In her blood.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
The Book Season.
New York Tribune.

An interesting statement reaches us from
an authoritative source. IL is to the effect
that books are nowadays sold in the sum-
mer season in numbers far greater than
those familiar in the shops a few years ago.
We are glad TO hear this. which is in line
with what we have more than once said in
this place. More book buying is done tina
ever before. and the important point is that
II means the circulation OF a great many
good books. Fiction. naturally, heads the
list Probably IL always will. But IL is a
mistake to draw from this fact the conclu-
sion that the reading public is wasting it's
time on trash. In the first place, a great
deal OF the fiction published is good. In
books by our own authors. for example,
there has OF late been n steady improves
ment, both as regards matter and manner.
Then an immense amount OF serious ~litera-
ture Is now pu~blished-and sold. We have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
Mr.. Plans.

London Letter.
'When are we to have another novel;"
/ asked Mr.. Zangwill yesterday.
oh" he replied YEARLY, II don't know.
The only way l can make myself begin
work on it is to pretend to myself that 1
am only going to write a short story. The
idea of deliberately and in cold blood set
ting out to write $4,000 words-or whatever
it is that makes a novel-is appalling"
Mr.. Zangwill, who has become chief
spokesman for the Zionist cause, in Eng
land at least, is giving so much of his time
and strength TO this dream of returning
the Jews to Jerusalem that he has little
left for literary work. He has not yet fully
recovered from his illness of last spring.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
To q Good Book.

Come. friend, and sit with me;
We two are company
Who, in our calm retreat,
Need nothing from the street,
Nor opera, nor play, nor dance.
Nor club, nor dinner, TO enhance
The pleasure that Is to be
Each in the others company.
You give me everything while l.
i give you nothing. and I sigh
z Because-what do you say?
j love you, and no other pay
You ask for your alluring cheer?
Is that enough? II is so easy. dear.
To love you that II seems to me
] give you nothing for your company.
William ]. Hampton, in the Reader
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
The Modern "Gentle Reader"
London Outlook.

London outlook.
Though we read less, I do not think that
we get fewer books from the subscription
library. We still order them in by the box
load, duly examining the covers Of each
and the opening sentence. To read a book
through from beginning to end is a COM
pliment reserved for few authors in these
days, when we dip into everything and
finish nothing To buy one is an extrava-
gance not often permitted itself by society.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

Chicago Tribune.
81 forbid the marriage!'
Thus. To the CONSERVATION OF the vast
audience, sroke a harsh voice near the door.
Why do YOU forbid it?" asked the clergy
man. In establishment.
Because" responded the harsh voice,
with a knocking laugh. ''he Is the principal
stakeholder In the Gottasnap Biscuit Com
pany and she is the widow OF the largest
owner of the Watchusgrow Biscuit Com
pany, and that's an illegal combinationl'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

Robert Adger Brown. in Gunton's Maya
kline.
1t has often been asserted, though prob
ably Ii Is asking too much OF human ma
ture TO expect any but the successful au-
thor TO believe IL, that the publishers are
glad TO receive manuscripts and eager TO
discover promising material. Frequently,
indeed. they are willing to play the part
of incubator to some weakling that yet
shows unmistakable signs of life. and coax
* into a state of deserving publicity. This
Is really more. however, than any author
has the right TO xpect. and there are writ
ers OF undeserved reputation who would
speedily get their deserts could their pub
Usher dare allow their work to get into
book form In the shape submitted. The ig-
norance shown by some contributors OF the
udiment OF the art. not alone of story
telling, but Of the writing of fair English.
would be inconceivable TO the uninitiated.
Yet sometimes. even out of the chaotic
mass of errors OF grammar, punctuation
and form, something hopeful appears. and a
book Is licked into shape. To encourage a
novice In this way gives the reader a gen
uine satisfaction. When the same thing.
however. has TO be done for the man of
reputation the ears of that man OF reputa-
tion. IL he have any sense OF self-respect,
must burn frostily. There is more than
one author OF note who pays for his wines
and is able TO look like a man or letters
through the editing OF some one I'm his pub
fishers office OF whom he has never heard.
Some day an enterprising publisher will
bring forth TO the world a specimen OF the
worst OF the manuscripts received within a
years time. II must be worst In a saving
degree. or the public, accustomed 10 some
t~olerably poor books already. may take II
too seriously. Such manuscripts turn up
now and then and are turned down with a
sense or an opportunity gone to seed. They
are naive with the very acme OF naivete.
They do not possess humor. but they pos
eess you with humor. They are OF the kind
that never yet have appeared in print, and
a fortune awaits that publisher who at
some time will see IL I'm his line OF profit
TO indulge In this particular bit OF humor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

always contended that ii was not a good
policy to concentrate works of biography,
history, and so on, between the fall and the
spring, but to distribute them throughout
>the year. Recently it has seemed as IL this
policy were being pretty definitely aban-
dOned.
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what should De Told of a Man. Life +,

Edmund Gorse. I'm the Cosmopolitan.
The aim Of all portraiture ought to be the
emphasizing OF what makes the man diff
fereut from. not like. other men. 1t is the
specific. the Individual. view that We want
10 catch. Some people rave an Unborn OBJ
tsction 10 the particular. Their one desire
n to be. and to appear to be, exactly like
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
Editor buckley speak. Ont.

New York Christian Advocate.
Those who say Mrs. Eddy's statement
proves that she Is far gone In "senile de-
generacy" cannot be acquainted with her
earliest writings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
WAR IS tktlAsNEM1.t
American AmhaEsHG0r at Vienns
 Looks For Rightins Soon.

American AnabaEsnG0r at Vienna
 Looks For Fighting Soon.
 OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept 16.-Am- bassador Storer while visiting the pres idezrt at Sagamore Hill said he regard ed the danger of war between Bulgaria and Turkey as imminent Bulgaria, he thought, had nearly reached the limit of endurance, and unless the powers of central Europe interyened to prevent further outrages on the part of the Turkish troops war scarcely could be avoided. In the opinioh of MT. Stnrer the hope of peace now must be based in the conference which is to be held the latter part of this month between the czar of Russia and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria a-Hnngary. He did not believe actual war would be pre- cipftated before that conference, al though the strain on Bulgaria is very great, He expressed the hope that the ear and Emperor Francis Joseph might reach some solution of the pres ent difficulty that would avert a disas- trous conflict which, once begun, might involve seriously other European pow CTS.
 Ambassador Storer discussed the sit uation with President Roosevelt and now is hurrying to Europe in order that he may be in Vienna at the time of the conference between the heads of the two great powers of central Europe.