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Yukon Valley news., 1904-12-14
Deitrich's Plan.

Washington, Dec. 1I.-Senator Deitrich, of Nebraska, proposes a commission of six besides the gov ernor to govern Alaska-thiee to be elected and three to be appointed by the president. This would take away certain powers vested in the courts.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-12-14
INTERIOR MAIL
 RUNS ON TIME

Fairbanks, Dee. t2.- Weekly mail service is now being given this part ot Alaska The two con tractors, Oscar Foote and James Fisi, have the system in good working shape and are working on the regular schedule of twenty days between Fort Gibbons and Valdez. When the Fish contract com menced carriers lett both ends Of the route. and kid Carson. the man on the Fort Gibbou- Fairbanks run, made the frs, trip in less than touf days. which Is the fastest time this year
 Fairbanks Is gJyiug to get a route from Circle Co FoFt G,ibboa, to cover the distance between Dawson and Fort Gibbou. Bids have been made iof thts setvicc aud ssut to the post. office department.
 The roek CrusheF and assay iug
Yukon Valley news., 1904-12-14

Don't forget the big show and dance at X. B. hall Monday even ing. Dec. 26.
 Drake's engine has been moved to toa Slate. to he used by Drake. Giil & ThrouSou tn taking out the winter dump.
 Frank Hammond accompanied Louis Ivetsor up Squaw creek where they Will sink a number ol holes.
 tIeesers teams have moved the boiler belonging to the Ruby Min. ing company from Little MiuOok to Ruby efeck. where t will hs used toF prospecting
Yukon Valley news., 1904-12-14
Fairbanks { Court.

Fairbanks. Dee. I2. Judge Wckefsham wired ltum Nallex that court at Fairbanks will tFoba hly hs called ahou, April [.
 The dos n mail. due Saturday, i, came shis afternoon.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-12-14
Alaska Club Urges Delegate.

Seattle, Wash. Dec. I2.-The Alaska Club is sending a memorial to each congressman urging a del egate from Alaska.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-12-14

The foek vrasheT aud assay iug outht oi <. \. Cutting has been htuuxht to town from l.. Munouk.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
What We breathe.

In the morning when broad beam
OF sunshine pours through the win
dow of your sleeping apartment you
see countless tiny particles floating
along the path of the sunlight; but
the air of the remainder of the room
seems entirely clear and pure. Is ltr
Not at all. There is Just as much Dust
In the air outside that stream OF
light as there is in 1t. but 1t is not
visible. So the disease germs in the
form of impalpable dust are floating
about us often when he are uncon.
scious of their presence. Our vi
tality may be strong enough to render
them innocuous. or it may not. IL
1t Is we retain our health. II it is not
we are attacked with typhoid or diph-
iberia, or some other malady com.
municate1 In that way
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

lining the avenues; and to the cafe
on the summit people are always COM
ing and going-the people who pro-
vide the tone which is the life of the
picture.
It may be impoitc TO repeat what
one overhears at dinner. but | cannot
resist telling some of the interesting
things | heard as / sat in my corner
of the old cafe on Santa Lucia. At
table a stranger l. being told the his
tory of Santa Lucia. In the begin
ming il was merely barren rock lift
ing its bald head above the dusty
plain In its bosom there were mum
berless caves where robbers fed after
committing their nefarious acts. 1t
was a safe retreat for thief and assas-
sin And many a maiden was forcibly
carried to captivity in this rookery of
devils imps. Now the robbers are
gone and their haunt has become one
Of the fairest garden spots in the
world.
The arrival of another party
arouses new interest, ard the little
gossip bees begin to buzz. The rob-
bers and their dark deeds are soon
forgotten as the dowager seats her
self and begins her study of the wine
list. They say her thirst is quite in
keeping with her size, and thai after
her third glass of wine she always
tells stories that make the men laugh
and the women blush. The slender lit
tie girl in pink belongs to a good
family that is very bad off financially.
The girl is pretty and sweet, and it is
to be hoped she will marry well. A
rich foreigner has called upon her sew
eral times. Every one hopes he will
propose. If ne does, the roomers
will be turned out, and next year
the mother will have a new gown
when the president entertains.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
IN TILLAN1
AND @Tf1EIR. ODD
mi MITOM/
e e~9

at home, so he had to seek another
market for his craft. They say he is
as full of tricks as a Latin diplomat,
and that he has earned $4,000 in six
months.
Did an eavesdropper ever hear good
Of himself? | have to take refuge be-
hind my napkin as the talk turns to
foreign newspaper correspondents.
The American reporter is too brazen.
He tackles a king with as much con-
fidence as a book agent would ap-
proach factory manager. He fears
his editor, but after him, has no re-
spect for God, devil, or public opinion.
/ desperately order my waiter around
as some Of my fellow writer's are ver-
bally torn limb from limb.
The band is playing in the Plaza.
The Sousa two-step sounds miles
away. Instead of being a full band it
might be a phonograph in a barrel.
The arc lights wink solemnly among
the trees. and then flare up as they
signal back and forth along the ave-
nues. The waiter clears away the
plates and brings the coffee. What is
all this hubbub at the table on the
right? A Yankee drummer and a
native are threshipg out a hot argu-
ment on the systems of their Tespec.
tive countries.
The American says he shipped a.
horse from Chill to Argentine, and the
railroad people pasted a big tag on
his hip. It took an hour to wash the
glue out of the animals hair A Yam
kee would have tied that tag on the
halter Some of the carts in use
are almost as heavy as box cars, and
the animals are hitchcd to them as
loosely as boys would harness goats.
Why not have fewer pounds of cart
and more pounds OF cargo? Some day
when the raw product that is hauled
in these big carts comes into compe-
tition with similar stuff from North
America, it will be undersold, because
the Yankee makes a constant study
OF simplifying and cheapening his
methods of production.
The walters are brushing up the
crumbs and counting their tips. A
hazy mist of cigar smoke swirls
through the cafe There is a last
clinking of glasses and pushing back
OF chairs. "Buenas noches" is the
way to say. good night in Spanish.
linger to take my last look from Santa
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

The pride of Santiago and of Chill
is the wonderful hill of Santa Lucia.
1t is a towering pile of volcanic rock
so covered by trees and vines and
flowers that il looks like a great gar
den hanging in the air It's sides are
scanned by walks and roads that coil
about it like the clinging folds of
a serpent, and to follow them is like
turning the pages of a book of views.
Here is a spreading tree with a vine
about its stout trunk, and a flower in
full bloom among its thick branches;
there is a white fountain with goldfish
leaping about the feet of the stone
mermaid reclining in the water; in
that grotto the marble image Of a
saint has been bending over it's pray
er book for so many years that
cushion Of moss has grown about its
knees, and coat of dust has settled
upon it's shoulders
Below is the vista of the city, its
many blocks looking like tiny squares
in great checker board, split here
and there by long, slender streamers
Of green. which are rows of trees
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
Used phlIosophv In FIshIno.

Herbert Spencer once won curious
wager. He was staying for a fishing
holiday in the house of Sir Francis
Powell, the president of the Scottish
academy, and while angling for trout
he happened to drop his eye glasses
into a deep pool of the river. In the
evening he related his misadventure
to his host and the guests. and said
that he was prepared to bet that he
would recover the pince-nez from the
bottom of the pool. His friends de-
clared that this was an impossible
feat, but Herbert Spencer still offered
to make the bet. His challenge was
accepted by one of the visitors. Upon
the following morning Spencer re-
turned to the house with the missing
eyeglasses. He had fastened a strong
magnet on the end of his fishing nne
and hshed for the glasses until 1t
came into contact with their steel
rims.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
Archbishop's Palace.

Lucia, for tomorrow at daybreak l
am going away The night is well
along and dank smells are in the air.
The flowers are wet with dew and
the vines shine strangely in the moon
light.
l whirl downward past the monu.
ment erected to those hapless souls
who have no place in heaven or earth
supposed to mean suicides, then un-
der the poised figure of Victory hold
ing its trumpet to the heavens. The
Alameda is deserted save for street
cleaners, an occasional beggar, or a
belated priest. One may travel far,
he may traverse all lands, but the
memory of rare old Santa Lucia shin
ing in. the moonlight will go with him.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
WRONG TRACK


Even the most careful person IS apt
to get on the wrong track regarding
food sometimes and has to switch
over
When the right food is selected the
host of ails that come from improper
food and drink disappear, even where
the trouble has been of lifelong stand
ing.
From a child I was never strong
and had a capricious appetite and I
was allowed to eat whatever fancied
rich cake, highly seasoned food. hot
biscuit. etc.--so it was not surprising
that my digestion was soon out OF
order and at the age of twenty-three I
was on the verge of nervous prostra-
ton. had no appetite and as l had
been losing strength (because didn't
get nourishment in my daily food to
repair the wear and tear on body and
brain) had no reserve force to fall
back on. lost flesh rapidly and no med
icine helped me.
Then it was a wise physician or
dered Grape-Nuts and cream and saw
10 IL ludL L gave lNiS lOOu t0eW 10 mel
a proper trial and it showed he knew
what he was about, because got bet
ter by bounds from the very first
That was in the summer aad by win
ter / was in better health than ever
before in my life. had gained in flesh
and weight and felt like a new person
altogether in mind as well as body,
all due to nourishing and completely
digestible food, Grape-Nuts.
This happened three years ago and
never since then have I had any but
perfect health. for stick to my
Grape-Nuts food and cream and still
think 1t delicious. eat II every day.
never tire of this food and l can en-
Joy saucer OF Grape-Nuts and cream
when nothing else satisfies my appe-
tite and IT'S surprising how sustained
and strong a small saucerful will
make one feel for hours" Name Civ
en- by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
True food that carries one along and
"there's a reason" Grape-Nuts 10
days proves big things.
Get the little book. The Road to
wellvills." In each pkg
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
War Sacrifice Great.

A French statistician. DR.. Charles
Richet. has arrived at the following
estimate of the number of men who
died in the wars carried on by the
various Christian nations during the
last century. The total reaches to the
figure of 14.600,00O 1t is made up as
follows: Napoleonic wars, 5000 ,0G0:
Crimean war, 100000: Italian war.
10000; American civil war, 1000;
Ftanco-German war. 100000; Russo
Turkish war. 100000; civil wars in
South America, 100000; various col
onial expeditions in India, Algeria.
Mexico. Tonquin. Abyssinia, South Az
rfca and Madagascar, 100000.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
SENATOR HANNA GENEROUS.
Kissed Many Little Girls and Paid
for the Privilege.

Kissed Many Little Girls and Paid
for the Privilege.
The late Senator Hanna sat in a
special car, delayed at the railroad
station in Napoleon, Ohio. Some OF
the townsfolk found out that he was
there, ami they visited the station.
Among tho callers were two little
girls about II years old. They climb
ed up to the car and one of them
asked: BE you Mr.. Hanna?"
That's what | am. little one
will you please give me one OF
your pictures?"
Hanna ordered the porter to bring
out ore of his Autographs.
Here is my picture, and kiss be-
sides" And, suiting the action to the
word, he Kissed both OF the little girls
square on their mouths, and in pay
ment handed them each a quarter.
And it was worth it, he nodded.
Five minutes later little girls came
marching down the hill toward the
station in blocks of five and ten and
battalions.
Hanna was panic stricken.
THE two little girls have spread
the news Of the kisses and the quar-
ters through the town" said Col. Her
rick, "and they are coming to claim
them"
Herrick was right for Hanna spent
the next hour distributing quarters
and kisses.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

and bickered like a fiame." Twice II
was within half an inch OF the breast
bone, twice 1t drew blood from the
right arm, once it SCARED the cheek.
SiIvera was fast weakening. His
breath came in gasps; each success
sive lunge was slower, each parry
more wild. Dering smiled and lunged.
The Spaniard dropped to both knees
and thrust upward with all his force.
1t was "Tancred's blow" long barred
in honorable dueling. There was a
shivering, splintering ring and his ra-
pier fell in fragments, broken against
the Americans hilt. For a moment
Dering hung poised, his weapon
drawn back ready to dart through the
heart of the covering wretch before
him. Then he said '.Faugh!" spat in
disgust, and turned toward Hardy. Es-
cobedo stepped forward, launched a
string of vituperative Spanish and
tweaked Silvera's beard The gentle
man, still on his knees, seemed glad
to be alive.
At the moment there was a rustic
in the undergrowth and Rosa Villa
real came flying love and fear in her
dark eyes, her red lips pale. She
passed Dering like a fawn and threw
herself headlong upon the neck of the
Spaniard.
Would they murder him. my love,
my darling!" she cried. Then, jerk
ing herself upright, she pointed
small, quivering forefnger at Dering,
and hissed
"Gringo, assassin, go!"
Say, old man." Hardy asked, as the
cab rolled toward the city, where on
earth did you learn that parry?"
Dering stared vacantly out of the
window.
Finally, after very long pause, he
asked: What was that you said?"
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
rhihet.s HUGE Bible.

The Kah-gyur. or Thibetan Bible,
consists of 10S volumes of 1000 pages
each, containing 1883 separate books.
Each of the volumes weighs ten
pounds and forms package 26 inches
long, inches broad and 8 inches
deep. This Bible requires a dozen
yaks for its transport. and the carved
wooden blocks from which it is print
ed need rows of houses, like city,
for their storage. A tribe of Mongols
paid 1000 oxen for a copy of this
Bible. In addition to the Bible there
are 225 volumes of commentaries,
which are necessary for its under
standing. There is also a large col
lection of revelations which supple
ment the Bible.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
Copyright. 1901. by Daily story Publishing Coz
hM
kT

When Thomas Dering Mainwaring
of Virginia. aged 23 and fairly well
off, went 60 Paris on visit of leisure
and pleasure, he met so many Eng
lishmen who called themselves
Smith-Brown or Brown-Jones that he
calmly cut ont his hyphen and called
himself Dering. 1t was the family
name anyhow. the Mainwaring tag
having been tackled on with a golden
hammer, and he did not feel any the
worse for shortening his signature.
In Paris he foregathered with Gull
laume Henri Francois Ste Marie
d'Auvergne, who had name enough
for both of them. Henri, as he pre-
ferred 20 be called, was a graduate
of the Ecole Polytechnique, sort of
Frenchified equivalent to the Ameri-
can West Point, and. having money
and desire to be easy. had bought
himself out Of the army through one
of those processes peculiar to the re-
public OF Rochefort.
Among other pleasures to which
Henri with the superhuity of title in
sale d'armes. The master of the place
was wary cool old sworder," who
had served his time in Africa, in Chi
ma and in a vain endeavor to stem
the outward rush of Uhlans from be-
yond the Rhine. BY the looks of him
he might, too. have served some OF
his time in the galleys; but he knew
his business, which was fencing, and
he took an epecial fancy to Dering.
"Ah!" he would say. smirking viii
lainously and sending in high thrust
in carte that flickered past the ear
like snakes tongue. "it is you, mon
sieur, who have the true fencing
form-not too tall, not too broad
and the eye and the wrist After all
that is 1.-THE eye and the wrist.
The riposte with simple disengage!
Touche! Bon! Boni"
Dering learned most of the illnesses
of a fine art, won first honors in
great assault" fought a triling duel
or two and took ship at Havre.
la Gascogne" reached New York
on the 25th of April, 1898, and Dering
found the town wild with excitement.
Congress had in effect declared war
against Spain. His country had aris-
en- like q slumbering giant and yawn-
ed and stretched its arms All of the
male Derings had fought under the
crimson flag of the confederacy, and
that was one of the reasons why the
present representative of the line hur-
Tied home as fast as n train could
carry him and joined the first regi-
ment which was sent out. 1t is true
that this regiment got no further
than Florida, but that was only be-
cause the fun was over too soon. It
is true also that part of 1t was sent
20 Havana when hostilities closed, and
Dering was among the lucky ones,
There he did provost duty in a town
which needed provosting badly for a
few days, and then simmered down
snto flatness.
Rosa Villareai, daughter OF a Span
fish merchant, walking around and
around the plaza while the banG play
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
The Rosary of Years.

Some reckon their age by years.
Some reckon their life by art
But some tell their days by the flow OF
their tears,
And their life by the means of their
heart.
Tho dials Of Garth may show
The length. not the depth. of years:
Few or many they comc--tew or ma-y
But our time is best measured by tears
All, not by tho silver gray
That creeps through the sunny hair.
And not by the scenes that we pass on
And not By the burrows the finger OF
care
on the forehead and face have made,
Not SO do We count our years:
Not bF the sun of the earth--but the
OF otr souls, and the fan of our tears
For the young are sometimes old.
Though their brow be bright and fair:
While their blood beats warm, their heart
lies cold
Ger them the springtime-but winter is
there.
And the cid arc ofttimes young.
And they sing in age as in youth they
And tiicy laugh. for their cross was
light.
A thousand Of joys may foam
But never the foam brings the brave bark
home:
1t reaches the haven through tears.
Father Ryan.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
For a moment Derina hung poised.


marrying him; that she hated him
and that she loved Don Tomaso' and
Don TOmaso" only.
AT half past nine that night, return
ing slowly TO quarters and dreaming
of settling in Havana with a .cvely
Spanish wife, Dering was confronted
by the politeful Silvera, who asked
permission to stroll with him. Grant.
cd.
Your gloves, senor," the Spauiard
said, pointedly, are of the color of
your hair, which is the color of your
courage, which is yellow"
Next instant he staggered back
with a broad red mark on his cheek,
bowed, and said:
The senior will give satisfaction,
when?"
Now! Any time,"
A friend of Silvera's called in half
an hour and was referred to Corporal
Francis Hardy, also a Virginian. A
meeting was arranged for at sunrise
next morning, at a spot five miles
from the city, on the beach. The af-
fair was conducted, OF course, with
the utmost secrecy. Dering and his
friend reached the spot just at day.
light. Silvera and his second, Scbas-
tian Escobedo, arrived within ten
minutes The men bowed with pune
tilliousness and stripped to their
shirt-sleeves. The rapiers were meas
ured and the principals placed facing
each other. Escobedo called, EN-
garde." and the duel began.
Dering found at once that he was
engaged with a swordsman os the
first class. The Spaniard was as act
i've as a cat, had wrist of steel. and
there was a look in his black eyes
which meant murder. Confident OF
his skill, Dering sent his steel against
Silvera's blade with q clash. Then
the battle was on in earnest. Lunge,
parry and riposte, feint, guard and
lunge followed incessantly. The click.
ing of the rapiers a dozen yards away
would have sounded like the rattle of
castanets. Neither man altered his po-
sition or gave back an inch. Escobedo
bowed to Hardy, smiled and said:
ldluil IL lS Ddllle OulTduCe.
Hardy, young hand at such work,
did not answer. His soul was in the
fray.
Suddenly Dering stepped in half.
foot. changed from carte 10 tierce,
halfcut. disengaged and lunged with
the speed of light. Silvera parried,
but insufficiently. A fleck of blood
showed through the shirt above his
ribs. Escobedo struck down the
swords swords.
1T is nothing-nothiugi Silvera
said. pantingly. 1T is to the death. is
Il mott"
"TO the death!7 Dering said, grim
ly
Escobedo. Struggling his shoulders.
stepped back and once more the
blades rasped along each other. Into
the Americans eyes there came now
lust Of battle. and the desire to slay.
He pressed his foeman steadily back.
Around the slender form with the
spot OF red upon it mis- blade "writhed
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
His Source Of inspiration.

On Ibsen's table beside the inkstand
was a small tray. It's contents we're
extraordinary - some little wooden
carved Swiss bears, diminutive black
devil, small cats, dogs and rabbits
made of copper. cne OF which was
playing a violin. What are those
funny little things?" ventured to ask
II never write a single line of any Of
my dramas unless that tray and its
occupants are before me on the table
| could not write without them. Il
may seem strange-perhaps II is--but
| cannot write without them," he re-
peated. why. use them is my own
secret"
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
Versatile Woman.

Few head walters know as many IAN
guages as 4 woman named Scheid-
reiter, who died at Salzburg. aged 7S.
AS a girl of twelve she had taken a
position as maid with a wealthy fam.
lily. and lad in the course Of years
visited all parts OF the world. gradu-
ally acquired the faculty of speaking.
besides her native German. six lam
English, French. Italian. Ara
bic, modern Greek and Turkish.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

-ed, was escorted only by her duenna.
herself not more than 80 and still
warmly susceptible. Private TON"
'Dering. walking around and around
the plaza in an opposite direction.
got several glances .nto coquettish
dark eyes. There were other walks
on the plazas. then an exchange of
notes. then deposit of small coin
Z into the palm of the she-dragon. then
blissful love-making. This lasted a
week. Going to the tryst Dering saw
Ibis loved one duennaed as usual
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
a Matter Easily understoon.

A. Fl. Hummel, the well-known law
yer. was dining with group of actors
at the Waldorf.
Apropos OF a certain breach OF
promise suit, one OF the actors ex.
claimed:
81 can't understand how an honor.
able woman can jilt a man and at
the same time keep the engagement
ring he gave her"
That is very simple" said Mr..
Hummol. "The woman has changed
her opinion of the man, but she ad-
mires the ring as much as ever"
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
Compensation.

And IL have not that I most desire.
Why storm at Fate, and weep her firm
decree?
What seems most fair. that which 1 most
admire,
Perhaps were fairer still ungained by
me.
II others have OF beauty. wealth. or
power,
And / perchance lack riches such as
these,
Still hidden evils lurIS within their bower.
For every comfort brings its own dis
ease.
And though my love be scorned when
freely given
1t should not turn to gall within my
heart:
No love is truly lost though freely given
My love is of myself the better part:
For have that which has no other man
My life. like his, may freely bless or
Sarah Palmer Byrnes