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| the United States al London. He was
| United States Marshal for Maine for
| four years.
The long expected has happened, and
! Senators Spooner and La Toilette have
locked horns to the detriment Of the
| Junior Senator. The collision came over
the nomination of Amos p. Wilder, Of
Wisconsin, COnSul-General to Hong
| kong, with Senator Spooner strongly
backing him and Senator La Toilette as
| strongly opposing, with the declaration
! that Wilder was personally and pOliti-
cally offensive to him. In support of
this he produced the Madison State
Journal, of which Wilder is the editor,
and which attacked La Toilette in a
way intended to do him the most dam
| age. AS a rule, the Senate will not con-
firm an appointee who is distasteful to
either of the Senators of the State to
| which he is credited. In this case, how
ever, the Committee decided to break
| the rule, and order a favorable report
| on Wilder's nomination.
Lieut. P L. Herriff died at his home
at Winnsboro, La, Feb. Z, at the age of
| Co. He was born in Cleveland, o., and
enlisted In the 41st Ohio, rising to the
| rank Of First Lieutenant upon the mus
| ter-out of the regiment. He was a fine
soldier. and held in much esteem by
| the members of his regiment He went
| to Louisiana in 1877, and since 1890
! had been residing in Franklin Parish,
| being interested most Of the time In the
| lumber business. The Louisiana people
say that he was kind-hearted and ac-
commodating and very highly regarded
| by all his neighbors.
Mrs. Isabelle T. Bagley. of Upton,
o., who was for six years National
Treasurer of the Woman's Relief
Corps, and who was not only one of
the earliest members Of that organiZa-
ton, but one of it's best-beloved ones.
has accepted a very responsible posi-
ton with the Jacob Tome Institute at
Port Deposit, Md. This is one of the
prominent Maryland institutions for
boys and Mrs. Bagley has been ap-
pointed Auditor and Home Manager
Of the institution. Mrs. Bagley has
with her as students in the institution
her two younger sons, Fenton and
Myron.
Brig. Gen. C.. c. c. Carr. command
ing the Department of Dakota, with
headquarters a st. Paul, went on the
retired list last week on account of
age. He was born in Virginia "a years
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ifoih ~ " loV poulluS over long ulS-
tanceS.
Carrying Over Snow and Ice.
Here in 1.-The States the closing in
of Winter means the limiting of trav-
cling facilities, and often renders quite
impossible journeys by means Of the
cruder forms of transportation. Roads
are blocked with deep snow, melting
weather creates highways of bottom
less mud, and many of the streams
have too much ice to be crossed by
boats and not enough to bear up ami
mails and vehicles.
In Alaska, however, the "freeZe-up''
is the magic key which opens wide the
trails to every valley and distant noun
tain fastness. 1t Is natures unlimited
franchise TO the "sourdough" prospect
or. who. with strong back and a
weak mind, responds with tireless ef-
fort to the goadings of the gold fever
within his veins. 1t extends equal priv
ileges to the fur hunter, as he follows
his long line of traps, and to the toll
ing freighter and the scheming trades
man, each of whom must have his
surer and not always smaller share Of
the earth's rich treasure.
Broad streams and rushing torrents
are bridged with ice strong enough &c
Lear up railroad train, and the
mushy tundra, with its rough surface
entirely made up Of alternate water.
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REINDEER FAWNs AND COW.
Over Snow and Ice

from so to 100 pounds over long dis
a
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holes and nigger-head hummocks, is
leveled off with layer after layer Of
wind driven snow.
Every stream becomes highway.
No part Of the broad expanse is longer
impossible, and the distribution can
now begin from the stocks Of supplies
cached at convenient points by water
transportation to the widely-scattered
places where those supplies are to be
used.
The most efficient freighting unit for
Winter transportation Is the single
horse and sled. The sleds used are OF
various patterns, but the best one is
built solid on a single pair Of runners,
cut under at each end. about eight or
nine feet long, with q tread Of about
% inches, and with the bed 10 or IL
inches above the ground. The load Ia
dashed on and, being low, is not easily
overturned. An ordinary load for such
a sled Is from 1900 to 1,400 pounds
but on good trail this amount may
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inches narrower and Of lighter con-
struction, and they hitch the dogs in
! similar harness, but string them along
a line with considerable interval be-
tween dogs. From 800 to 400 pounds
| is the capacity of this sled, and the
| team usually consists of from four tn
| six dogs. The native sled is made of
| spruce, with green birch runners, but
! the white man has built for his own
uses sled of similar pattern, made of
hickory and oak and shod with steel.
He also uses harness made in the fac
tories outside, consisting Of collar
stuffed with hair and traces which snap
into rings on the collar Of the dog next
in rear.
The pioneers from the Northwestern
States brought with them to Alaska q
type of sled which is now known as the
yukon sled,' name probably given
to 1T by dealers In San Francisco and
Seattle. 1t is used for general knock
! about purposes. being very strong AMI
| with the bed less than six inches from
| the ground, but short and of small ca
pacity. This sled is a miniature Of the
enc described as being the best type OF
horse sled
| Dogs are fed but once a day-in the
evening, after the days work Is fin
| ished--because they are unable to work
after eating. They thrive best upon n
| feeding OF seven Or eight pounds of
ccrn-meal mush per dog, into which
has been cooked a pound of sun dried
salmon without salD. or course, they
will get along on a sufficient quantity
of almost anything that can be eaten
and many long Journeys have been ac-
| complished on absolutely nothing but
dried fish and snow. A days travel
| with dog team, under ordinary con-
I ditions Of load and trail, Is from IS to
As miles.
| The driver does not often ride on the
| sled. He Is usually anxious to haul rs
| large load as possible. His entire at
tention and strength are likely to be
| needed to keep the sled on the trail
and, besides. in very cold weather con.
| tinuous running is necessary to keer
| from freezing
/ The Gold Fever.
! Alaska is subject to frequent mani
festations Of that hysterical and fire.
quently fatal malady-the gold fever
A rumor is started that Long Bill
has uncovered rich find on some
creek on the upper Koyukuk, or that
Windy Jim and his partner have
sneaked into camp with pokes full OF
dust from some mysterious creek
1 equally far away. There Is at once an
exodus in the direction Of the new Ell.
dorado. The price of dog goes ur
from $40 to 800 or $50. Every kini
OF canine that can pull a pound. from
Great Dane to fox-terrier, is impressed
i At such times men start out withou
other assistance than the stimulus Of
their chimericai visions What food
clothing and bedding they take mus
n be packed on the back or drawn on 9
i light hand-sled.
i Some men have Travelled all the wa,
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but recently some crude oil has been
brought from California for fuel. AT
the close of the season these boats are
hauled out on skids at some conven-
lent place, or run into small streams
where they are protected from the ter
rible grinding force of the Spring
breakup.
On""sshg this same open period the
mining camps must be supplied with
necessities not laid in store during the
Winter freighting season, and the
greater part of these stores Is carried
by pack animals.
The prospect0rs-the men who are
breaking trails into the untrodden
stretches Of forest and mountain and
sinking holes into the rich heart of q
coming empire-must go their way
alone and by means of their own ac-
tivity and endurace carry each the
three-quarters of ton that is to keep
them from starvation until another
Spring. A very few Of these men use
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All bases of supplies must be stocked
for the entire year between June Is
and Oct. /. The hundreds and hum
dreds Of tons required are. carried to
these bases In fat-bottomed. stern
paddle-wheeled steamboats, or in barges
pushed by them-just such boats as
still ply the waters of the Mississippi,
the Ohio and the Columbia. According
to the depth of the rivers which they
are intended to navigate, they are built
to draw from Is inches TO four and a
half feet of water and carry from 90
10 200 tons. Some few of these boats
have been built in Seattle and steamed
all the way TO Alaska, conveyed by
ocean steamers. Others have been built
In sections at various places in the
United States, even as far away as Phil
adelphia, and put together at Dutch
HarbOr or at St. Michael. AS a rule,
they burn wood cut on the river banks.
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AN ALASKA DOG TEAM.

round, but neither freight nor passen-
gers are carried to Or from the interior
of Alaska during the long Winter sea-
son. A small amount of United States
mail matter is carried in and out regal
larly by means of dog teams i'm relays
and each year a few adventurous and
hardy travellers beat the season a few
weeks by making the overland trip on
! foot and with dog team, either via
Skaguay or Valdes.
So great is the transformation from
an ice-bound, snow-covered, wind
swept Wilderness to land covered with
luxurious vegetation and traversed by
streams of navigable waters that the
TWO seasons, Summer and Winter, sug-
gest convenient division of the meth
DDS of transportation.
Railroads.. in the few places where
short sections have been built are in
operation the year round, but with one
exception they serve only local inter-
ests- Two short lines on the Seward
peninsula run from Nome and Solo
mon, on the Bay, and from Valdes have
the more ambitious object of connect
Ing the Pacific Coast with the Yukon;
but the only railroad which is at this
time a factor in reaching Alaska with
supplies is the line, but little over 100
miles long, which connects Skaguay,
on the coast, with the head of nayiga-
ton of the Yukon at White Horse AS
this latter point is in Canadian terri
tory and about 500 miles from the
Alaskan boundary this line is largely
useful, so far as Alaska is concerned,
only during the few weeks when the
river steamboats, can receive the traffic
and carry it to it's destinations.
The use Of wheeled vehicles in Alas
ka need scarcely be considered, as there
are no roads connecting camps or
towns, and wagons are used only on
the streets of few of the larger set
Elements. principally between dock and
warehouse. The present Alaska Road
Commission is doing effective work in
laying out and constructing highways,
but those highways for years yet to
come must be mostly of the primitive
kind. fit OILY for single-horse sleds ana
dog teams in Winter and for pack ami
mails in Summer
The means Of transportation remain
ing, then, are:
In Summer
i. River steamboats,.
points,.
3. Pack animals.
4. Poleboats and canoes.
5. Flatboats and RATS.
g. Packs carried by white men and
natives.
In Winter
l. Horse sleds.
2. Reindeer sleds.
3. Dog-team sleds.
4. Sleds drawn by men.
5. Packs carried by white men and
natives.
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the guimpe. the bodice material, If 1t eX-
tends at all over the sleeve, being merely
dra ped low over the shoulders or forming
some sort of short sleeve cap.
Delightful little frocks of net or chiffon
are made with full skirts trimmed at the
bottom with bands OF silk in self tone, and
with silk drapcd from shoulders to girdle,
leaving an under blouse Of the sheer stuff
10 show in a dccp front under the arms
and in the sleeves. Sometimes a flower
silk, one Of the beautiful wide soft lowered
ribbons, is used in this way with good
effect.
inset lace trims the sheer materials
prettily and dyed laces are still liked. \"
for hand work in the shape Of tuCking.
stirring, &c, the more the letter. Hand
embroidery is, of course, the last word
Of m~Odishness, but when we begin to talk
Of hand cmt robbery we are leaving the
province OF the little frock.
All Of the light colcrs are acceptable for
the house frock, but emphasis IL laid upon
the grays, the silvery patel blues, the
rose shades, the lavenders, tho light reds
of the Jacqueminot, Richelieu and fruit
type, and a delicious line Of yellowS run
ming from the delicate apricot through
pinkish yellow peach shades, gold color
and yellows that are rather bright light
browns. Some or these beautiful yellow
tones in satin iinif he'd silken sNIfs Gr'
wonderfully beautiful, even when dark
enough to be very sCrviceabi".
Awropos OF dark %color-, they have u
decided vogue in the province Of evening
Gress. Especially in the sheer STUN, tbe
dark smoky trays, mulberry tones. the
now reds. KusriGn green and Parma viciCt
are very fashionnLl" for evening wear.
quantities Of creamy Lace and usually sone
touch %: llght "oicr on Eoi'cc and sleeves
relieving N" somi 70 me rrd y liking the
frock bc,CrIirR. .
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PERFUMES OF QUEENS.
CEarina said 10 spend sIO.OOO n Year on
scents w IIheImIDa's Beauty Baths.

During her recent visit to Paris Mar
glerita, the Queen Dowager Of Italy. made
extensive purchases Of perfumes, and the
papers reveal that her f~nvoritc essence is
violet. This has brought out n discussion
Of the perfumes used by the queens OF
Europe.
II IL alleged that the CZarina spends in
Paris no less than 5000 francs annually on
perfumes, creams, soaps n toilet waters.
Violet j. her favoritc also, and large quanti-
ties of IL are put up in haskS especially for
her.
She is so fond OF perfumes in general,
however. that her rooms are daily sprinSled
with essences OF elder, jasmine, narcissus
or tuberose. Sometimes the atmosphere is
so charged with scent As to be almost in
tolerable to other people entering the apart
ments.
For the preparation Of the Czarina's
toilet waters viOlets are especially pluckCd
between 5 and ! O'Clock in the evening, be-
cause in her opinion that IL the o when
tho plants give forth tine most exquisite
OGOrS.
Queen Alexandra Of England i addicted
to the e~ss-bouquet, the formula for which
az used by The English royal family is said
10 be a secret. handed down from father 10
son since 1929. Tn c~OmpOnents are said
10 he musk, a~mbergris, rosewater, violet
jasmine, orange flower and lavender.
Queen Wilhelmina Of the Netherlands
haS a less complicated taste. Eau de co.
logne il good enough for her. She uses
hall a litrc a day of IT..
She uses considerable fancy soap, toilet
creams and powder. She takes u warm
bath OT seven minutes duration daily, fol-
lowed by u cold dOuche. She IL very proud
OF her beautiful complexion and takes every
pains 70 deep II unimpaired.
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cising when ne dresses in the morning.
He should. for Instance. stand up all
the time he il dressing. In that way he
unconsciously gets exercise for most Of the
muscles in hi, body.
You may ask how n man may stand
up and put on his socks. He doesn't stand
w. He has to lean over and it takes a
mighty bending down to got them on.
But il is Just that physical effort that serves
a. exercise.
The Same exercise may be got out OF
tao process of undressing. Don't ait down
during the process. Lean over and take
OF your shoes and socks and then take
the rest of the clothes Off without sitting
down for a milute.
9Th operation both morning and even
ing will he Of great help 10 the person WAC
takes no regular exercise. To one who
follows IL in ADDITION 10 his regular morn
ing and evening exercises it will be Of great
use.
"Then there Is the exercise of the calves
in walking which makes half a block a.
effective a. half u mile. II consists simply
in pressing down the feet as one walks until
the calf begins to acho from the additional
exercise.
when lifting the feet press down hard
with tho ball OF the foot, which gives the
muscles much more work than they would
ordinarily have. The man who walks
ten blocks this way will feel on the first day
as If he had run ton miles. such will he the
aching in his calves That will disappear
in n day or two. however, and he will find
chat the muscles in tnat part Of his leg will
rat idly grow larger and harder.
THE aid of walking ~ much greater than
most people realize. Let walking always
be brisk. And walk. Don't Jump on IA
trolley car after the New York habit when
you are going Only half a mile and have all
day to do IL.
-The man who rides on a car rides away
from hcal:h. The plan Of running across
every street u man comes TO IL not a bad
one.
"Ihcn there j. the habit Of giving TO every
act in daily life the greatest physical force
possible. 4 man may sharpen n pencil and
get considerable exercise out Of it " a. puts
into TINT rl'n' 10 act tho greatest nmoun 81
PHYSICAL force.
let him contract his muscles as II he
meant TO drag "A lawn roller that weighed q
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line plaitings at the waist il still in evidence.
but was rather overdone in the past season.
and a preference is shown once more
for bodice and skirt models. Marry Of
these show the shortened waist line. at
least IN the back, but more retain The
natural waist line. though a deep girdle
may ne so adjusted as to sugges the EN-
pire back. tho wide soft drapery Of the
girdle in its last round being drawn
to the top Of the girdle in the back and
tied there, with falling sash ends.
Guimpe effects are legion, pointed sur
phce lines successfully rivalling the round
guiinpe lines. so long first favorites, and a
great many models nave the entire short
sleeve Of net chiffon or lace like that Of
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On Sunday l went TO the Lavra, the great
monastery, churches within churches, dark
save for the flicker of thousands of tapers.
The walls were busked with ikons and weird
pictures. The air was thick with incense.
Gorgeous robed p~riests-they cultivate
facial likeness 10 Christ intoned in old
Slavonic.
. With a taper in my hand | joined the
pilgrims in visiting the tombs of the i'm
perishatle saints"-men 40 good that in
death their flesh has not decayed. Down
into the catacombs we went. The pas
sages were just wide enough for one person
at a time. There were hundreds Of us,
and we all carried candles. The atmosphere
was hot and tallowish. In black alcoves
service was being held. There were tiny
windows through which in olden days food
was passed to the monks who lived in Sc
clusion and died in sanctity.
The tiniest of lamps blink On lodges are
opon collins, but shields Of silk hinder a
glnnce 10 rec how imperishable the saint
really are. The peasants believe; they rev.
Prentlv kiss the breast. At corners stand
black CARRIED priests whisSing with a broom
holy water into the faces Of the passers.
1t is all eerie and mysterious. and. IA |
write. rather like a dream.
Peasants come hundreds Of miles to
Worship in the Lavra NJ Kief. They are in
Russian garb-blue and red shirts, baggy
velvet trousers and top boots. The women
wear dresses Of homcrpun much ernbroid-
cred, swathe the head in black and wear
hi-h boots of the brightcH' rcd leather.
They are simT lc poo le, very devout.
very sur eratitious. As went with them
tholCht their iden- ~ matters ~ ritual
u,ust be al Out she -arC aB pre- vailed In
England during the DARK AgGs.
In one OF tho churches of KiaG IL q bIll
put there by MazsrTa All J knew % Ma
zeppa til cam" 10 KitF We, what learned
a. a oungStrr whom the Circu~ was my
supreme delight that hc was u ran
strapped to thc hack Of a White horse.
which was turned loose To race the u oun-
tainA. But politically MaZepT a was a traitor,
held in Kief and the soul ~ Mazeppa was
most solemnly CURSED by the dig nitaries OF
the Russian ORTHODOX Church.
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Decorative Table Linens
A SPECIAL SHOWING OF

Importation Just received, in combinations Of italian Flet and
Anglaise, Point de venise, Point De Flanders and Duchess.
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ton. Then with his muscles under this
tense strain LET him Use the knife, not, Of
course, with the force he would use in a job
that really took muscle hut as IL he were
irving to hold back his strength.
Most men who take exercise after a GER
tain age are troubled about their girth. One
good exercise to reduce the abdomen Is for a
man TO lie on his bnck and slowly lift his
legs into the air, or he may lie on the floor
and slowly raise himself to a sitting posture.
Both forms are good.
These two exercises belong 10 the cate
not discussing. An elective way of treat
ing the growing abdomen may be resorted
to in the middle of Fifth avenue.
This consists in drawing in as closely as
possible the abdomen to the backbone n
then throwing il in and out as often as he
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RUSSIAN HOLY CRY.
visit 10 the TOmbs Of the ImperiShabl
saints ChIIdIsh Peasants.

sRIhts -ChIuIsn FeHshnts,
Kienf il the holy city of Russia. 1t is the
place where Vladimir. the first Musoovite
Christian, was baptized. 1t is full OF
churches, golden domed; deep voiced bells
are ever booming. On the plains of Tchern-
igof l have met peasants in pilgrimage
tramping to Kieff to gain merit, writes a
correspondent Of the London STANDARD.
When, rising above the swirling waters Of
the Dnieper, they see he white walls of
the monasteries. the soft green Of the roofs.
the mighty domes Of gold, they kneel
in the dust and thrice cross themselves.
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can. Then il should not be allow ed to re-
turn TO it, original ard natural state but
should continue TO be held in close to the
body. Under this continued exercise the
muscles grow harder and the soft Fat disap-
pears.
These little aids to health will not take
the place Of regular daily exercise. They
nay, however. have the c~ect Of helping
that on. ana they are certainly better than
nothing"
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EXERCISE FOR BUSY PEOPLE.
ONE rs TO DRESS ONESELFWHILE
ST INDING UP.

This includes Putting On Shoes and stock
iDgs How to Get the Greatest Good
Out Of walking The quest Or the
slender waist Simple Aids 10 Health.
These hints as to how busy men may
obtain exercise were given 10y one of the
best physical instructors in town:
There are certain things a man may do
and he unconsciously exercising all tn o
time" he said. He may begin this exer-
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FIrs MONKEY What du YOU c~onsIicr mani
- sr."l unnhrN a bnbIAIl nnNh
The Washington times., 1906-07-01
SUSPECTED
OF SHOWING RESENTMENT
Barring of All American Amateurs From Henley Looks
Bad-Amercan Swimmer AStonisheS the Natives
Maher Rapidly Advancing

LONDON. June 3O.-An effort VIII be
made by the British Baseball Associa-
ton to induce two representative mines
Of American professionals TO come over
10 England after the close Of the Amer
lean season and give a series of exhlbl-
ton games in the various parts of the
United Kingdom This statement is
made on first-cIass authority. The idea
is. If possible. TO have one nine com
posed Of the star players in the Ma
tonal League and another Of the best
players in the American League. / am
not sure that negotiations have yet been
opened. but they will be before long
Those back of the scheme are sure that
they cannot only be able 10 offer such
flattering inducements to the American
players that the best of them will be
glad TO sign, but have a little left over
for themselves.
OF course. the underlying idea is TO
popularize the game in Great Britain
by having the best experts IN the world
play It,
There is no denying the fact that even
the kind of baseball which is being
played by the British teams is growing
steadily in popularity. The crowds at
the games are increasing. and it can
also be said that the play is improving.
II is believed that opposing teams Of
the best American players would draw
great crowds and give the game such a
boost that its success would be as
sured. Some of the American baseball
magnates may be offered a share in
the scheme.