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Very respectfully,

Sacred history properly dramatiZcd
must necessarily be OF great benefit to
ali VINO give il attention, for VIII re
one man can mcguire knowledge by
reading. ninety lime or more are ILL
ing to study by the eye ana ear COM
bined, and will retain instruction thus
received more viVIdly than from the
written pages. General W allace's
great book, "Ben Hur" is beyond
doubt most interesting volume, but
how infinitely more impressive Is the
actual presentation Of these deeds SET
down. The series of word pictures
pertaining TO Chr It's lie IN this
Craluatiza,ion are most ably selected
from the novel by William Young, but
the play is by 10 means a picture Of
the Lie Of the Rldeemer. The salient
earthly points of The novel. not the
strictly religious, are what the dra-
matist selected and for that reason
Ben Hur" is full Of common interest
regardless of belief or creed.
Art and intention joined hands in
making tie production marvel Of
the stage. The thrilling interest of
the story is intensified by the wonder
| fuI mechanical contrivanees which
make possible the presentation OF such
striking incidents as the chariot race
with It's twelve fiery steeds, the sink
lag of The Roman galley and the res
cue, the appearance Of the Star of
Bethlehem, the vision in the Vale of
Hinnon and the miracle on the Mount
of Olives. The character of General
Wallace's mighty biblical romance is
thoroughly maintained notWithstand-
ing the magnitude Of .ue scenic set
tings.
Keen interest is cen red in the |
staging of "Pen Hu "s me Academy |
of Music, for one week ginning Mon
day, Nov. 4swhen in addition to thet
S evening perform ances, matinees
win he given on "Wednesday and Sat
urday. The mansg Vi the Academy |
of Music will give special attention to
all orders for seats through The mai,
providing remittance accompanies
same. Seats will be placed On sale
Thu sday, Oct. 81. and pi-es viii
range from fifty cents 70 two dollars.
Wanted N PiTsburg.
City Clerk P. ". Letter, on Friday
received a letter from the Pittsburs
autAoIltles ..sIiag lh,. Lsaac Phon'a
a negro formerly Of thi iece and VII,
returned here day or Two before, b,
and held on the charge Of
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o be continued.)
sipensri Synbyea

Us to announce that | am now
ling 2 lrst class up-to-date feed
az stable atthe old Continental
ST. es nor boarded by the month or
13i'trS people ar Welcome 10
hl., 'utu ward free OF charge
O. w. RENTCH & Co.
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WANrEp--A good hustler for the
tea and coffee business, liberal
commission, for terms apply or write;
Grand Union rea Co, Harrisburg Pa
l0254ts,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-11-01

Capt. Ii. C. Getzendanner, Of Char
lestown WAS in attendance III the re
cent session Of the Federal cenrt here
ana heard Judge Dayton's charge to
the Grand jury. Feeling insensed at
the vigor with v Hich the judge assail-
ed 1ltltLol. ttsntts
dressed the following letter to Presl-
dent Roosevelt auenl The matters;
To His Excellency, Theodore Roose-
Welt, President of tho United States
Sir: 1t was my duty on October 10,
1907, 10 listen TO charge delivered by
Judge Aston G. Dayton Of the North
ern District of West Virginia. 10
grand jury Assem- bled in the United
States Court room in Martinsburg, w.
Va, In the course OF his tL
used tins language:
mo honest man ever sold liquor
Now / respectfully submit that a
nan occupying a judicial position
should not condemn a man before
trial. This man has been authorized
to ny men for Violations of The wh.s-
key, or Internal Revenue law. Since
the Time OF Alfred The Great, = man
accused OF chime is presumed to be iu-
nocent until proven guilty; but a man
accused Of violat ON Of The W iskey
law, and arranged before this Judge,
has, staring i'm in the face, even be-
fore indictment or trial. "No honest
maa ever soil whiskey.p This is a
reflection not only ON the living, but
upon our saited dead. Judge Dayton
might with equal truth haue said, mo
honest man ever practiced faw.n The
oily excuse for such an assertion must
be that the utterer thereof is utterly
devoid of judicial temperament, and
! respectfully submit that it shows so
much bias, SO much prejudice. a. to en-
tirely unfit him tooecupy position on
the tench, nd II my humble opinion
he should be removed.
Very respectfully yours
II. G. Get2endarn er.
To this letter Attorney Genera
Bonapare made the following reply
Mr.. ii. 9. e;zendsnner,
Charles Town, w Va.
Sir:-Your letter of the 18th instant
10 the President in regard to Hon. 4.
G. Dayton, Unite, States Judge for
tn Northern District OF West Virginia
hes been referred TO Tins office for re-
ply. respectfully inform you that
The President has no power 10 remove
/, Judge Of the United States Courts.
an suggest that any complaint you
may q sire to make in the premises
he addressed to the House of Represent
tiives,
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City Clerk P. ". Letter, on friday
received a letter from the Pittsbure
authorities ASKING AZ. lsaec Phoni4
negro formerly Of TAI lisee ana VIII,
returned here day or Two before, b,
arrested and held on the charge Of
highway robbery and assault. q
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-11-01

CHATTER V.-Chip and Pay are IN
love but no one realized this but Cy
Walker, STRANGE canoe marks found on
lake shore In 'front.' OF their capIs.-
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CHAPTER VI.-Stra1ge smoke Is seen
across the lake Mardn and Levi leave
Mcclure, who is known outlaw and
escaped murderer.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-11-01

CHAPTER VII-Chip's one woods
friend Tomah, an Indian, visits camp,
Ray believes he sees Il bear on the
ridge.
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SYf Pala.

CHAPTER It MeGuira q l5-ye2r-
old girl living at TINS place in the Maine
woods, is sold by her ,ather to Pete Bol-
due, half-breed. She r..as away.
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CHAPTER VIII.--Chip Is stolen by
Pete Bolduc and escapes with her in
canoe.
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CHAPTER II.-Ciip reaches the camp
of Martin Fr.sble occupied by Martin.
his wife, nephew, Raymond Stetson, and
guides She tells her story and is cared
for by Mrs. Frisb!e.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
Application for Additional Entry
l.-s land Office at Juneau. Alass.

U. $. Land Office at Juneau, flask,
 october |, 1906. wESTEkN FISHERIES COMPANY. Assignee oi Mary Belle SacketJ being entitled to the benefits of Section 2SC6 Of the Revised statutes Ol the United States granting addItOua! land to soldiers and sailors rho served ln the War ut the Rebellion, does hereby apply to enter the land embraced in U. :. Survey NO. b54 situated at the head and on the NOrthernly shore of ChlI- 5oot Inlet, Alaska, more particularly described EeginninE at point at ordinary high water mark on North shore Of ChllkOOt Inlet, granite powder 4X4xs feet showing feet above ground with X at corner point and marked "Beg. Cor. NolS 6s4" whence Smoke Stack Ol leonard < Cannery bears $. 50 degrees 70 minutes E. about g.. miles, Point Kccgan bears S. GS degrees I4 minutes E. about a-a miles. thence meanderiug high water mark CbiiJ;ont inlet, lst course :. 7s degrees o6 min. utcs ". % chs. 2nd course. North so degrees OS minutes w 500 chs, to point from which $. F.. Cor cf main Cannery building bears S' l5degreeS F minutes W. 5rd course, :. I4 degrees | minutes ". 100 chs. Ith course, $. 69 degrees 25 minutes W. chs. Sth course $. q degrees 40 minutes W. 800 chs. 9th course N. 12degreeS 52 minutes W. 800 chs. to Cor. No. ? at ordinary high water mark from which keegan Point bears So, G5 degrees 70 minutes E.. about ID miles, smoke stack of LeOnard,S Cannery bear S S9 degrees 24 minutes E, about S% miles Cor. a granite rock 2OI6No ins. Is lus. ln ground. marked s 654 Cor. NO. % thence N. S3 degrees minutes E. l9, 4S chs. To Cor. No. 4. granite rock marked $. 654 Cor. No. thence :, degrees minutes F. 75O chs. io Cor Nol, the place of beginning. Area l5H acres NJ agnelic variation aL all corners Sl de- greeS q minutes E. As additional tu her original homestead entry on the W .HS ,Oi S,N,A, and Lot 4 of Sec. 10, Twp. lS6 N. of R. 4& W.,5th P. N. Minnesota, which she entered August 10th 1878, her homestead No. z65J at Fergus Falls Minu., F. (. 226S.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any portion Of the above described tract of land er,. req uired to lie win the Register and Receiver of the L. S Land Office, at Juneau; Alaska, their adverse claim thereto under oath during the period of publication, or within 90 days thereafter. or they " in be barred by provisions uf the statute. .
 ASsigneeOf Mary Belle SA"Ecl. IT ISHEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing Notice be published in the Daily Alaskan print
 JOHN W. DUDLEY,
 Register
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
GOOD GAIN
White Pass Business Con-
 tinues Improving

At the annual shareholders meeting of the w. P. X |. R. last fall, whereat the business of l9O5.6 was considered, it was discovered that 1905 had shown marked improvement both in the gross and net income of the company.
 The following quotation from lthe ad- dress of the chairman of the board Of trustees gives 8 summary of the years results:
 ''The gross revenues of the traffic works out at sl,77O.OO0 for 1905, as against $l, 729, 900 for the year l9Ci-not a very great difference for you will ob- serve that the increase is only about $40, ,0OO; but the net revenue works out at s7S4,O ,OOO for this year, as against $500, ,OOO-S5SS, ,OOO to be eXact-in the previous year. In other words you will see that, although ,thers is only a gain of $4O,OOO in the gr ss revenue Mir. Graves make a gain of Sl36, ,OO0 in the net income"
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
GOLD OUTPUT AND PROSPERITY

It will be many years before the gold output of the countrv will be less then sl25.CO0, ,OOO per year. It rlll probably go up to $2OO,OOO, 900 before the upward tepdsncy shall have ceased. The average annual production of the last decade was s75,OOO,OOO were year.
 h these figures is offered sufficient guarantee that the prevailing prosper fty in the United States will continue. This great quantity of gold pouring into ,he circulation of the na,ron will maintain good times, It will keep banks vaults full and make it possible for every legitimate enterprise to get money with which to do iss pest.
 This great production of gold dispos- es of the probability of free silver coin age again becoming an issue in Ameri' cau politics. Yet It must be admitted that the good times it fosters justiheS the quantitatjve theory of money advanced by advocates of the white metal iu the las, decade. It is proving correct the contention that the more money that IS produced aud kept tn circulation the greater and more nearly universal is prosperity.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
N0V
Scores of Alaska Citizens Have
 Learned It


 If you suffer from backache,
 There is only one way to cure it.
 The perfect way is to cure the kidneys
 A bad back means sick kidneys.
 Neglect it, urinary troubles follow.
 Doau's Kidney Pills are made for kid, neys only.
 Mrs. T. J.O' Srien, of 6O East 9,h St. North Portland, Oregon, says; Time has not changed my opinion of Doah's Kidney Pills. I gave this remedy my endorsement in 1903 and am glad to re- peat my recommendation of it. A mem Der of my family found great relief through using Ooan's Kidney Pills and since then, several of my neighbors have tried them with equally good re suits. We are always glad to tell about the merits of the remedy"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Fosser-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, N, r., sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name DOan's-and take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07

While the burden of Alaska's battle :orher rights will fall upon Delegates ws,Aey and Gale for the next few weeks. the stay st homes can help some by writing their delegates, who gre on the firing line. to tell them how thoroughly their efforts are appreciat, el. jus, make it a point to write to Hon. Frank Il. Waskey, care of the houscot representatives, Washington, D. (, aud tell him how well you are satisfied with his course. It will cost you only few cents and it will con vince him that his constituents are worth fighting for.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07

The democrats will support the pcesideut" again say the telegraph advices. How familiar that sentence has come to sound Yet in all the years of their minority there has rot been a president with whom the dem ocra,s have qutrreled go bitterly as they have with President Roosevelt. Ls, him who will, arrange his own explanations.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
Notice oE Settlement of Final
 Account

In the Matter of the Estate of Jacob Bloom, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the ad- uiuistrator haS filed in the United States Commissioner Court st Skag- way. sitting in Probate his final ac- count as administrator of the above en- titled estate, and the court hSS fixed Friday March s, 1907, st o'clock in the afternoon as the time of bearing and settling said account. All persons having, therefore, anything to say why said account ShoulI not be settled and approved. are hereby notified to make their appearance in said court, on said day and date and hour and make their allegations iu that behalf.
 Emil Korach,
 Administrator. Jsn. to March 1907.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
BOWLING CONTEST
 RENEWED TONIGHT

Three more games will be bowled in the contest between the teams of Geo. Blanchard and Dr. Norman this evening. While Dr. Norman is ill at the White Pass hospital his place will be taken by w. 5. King.
 Six of the l5 games Of this contest have been oow,ed. Blanchard's team won five of the six games If it should win all the games this evening it will terminate the contest
 The playing will begin at S:3o o'clock
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07

When considering Alaskan affairs Congressman should pear this constant Iy fn mind: FRANK E. WASKEY AND THOMAS GALE, NOT GOV. HOGGATT, ARE REPRESENTING ALASKA-GOV. HOGGATT REPRE- SENTING HIMSELF.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
BIG BOWLING
 SCORES LAST WEEK

The following scores Of 200 or better were made last week at the EIks' Club bowling alley:
 Monday-Dr. F. C. Norman, 2I&
 Thursday-Ii E. Dunn, 200: George Blanchard, 2OO.
 Sunday George Blanchard, 22i,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
Principal Barber Shop Leads

The Principal Barbershop and Baths is the leading Uonsorisl establishment in Alaska. Everything in all the de- partments is strictly modern. The baths are first class in all respects.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
Seattle Saloon

For the choicest stock of liquid re treatments, the Seattle Saloon leads them all. The famous Seattle Rainier beer always on hand.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
SKAGwAY WEATHER

The result of the observation taken st Moore wharf at midnight, Jan. 6, 1905, is as follows Temperature tim observat'p 20 above Max. temp. preceding 2+ hours,.30 Min |" 20 Mean |" " ..25
 Barometer % 5+
 Clear. north wind.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
For Sale Cheap

Or will rent furnished the "Haynes" residence corner Of Third Avenue and Alaska street from Nov. isC. Enquire of Geo. F. Howard next door.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
Coal and Wood

Call up the Alaska Transfer company for coal, wood and klndling. All or. dsrs promptly attended 10. Phone 10
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07

The Marguerite cIgar is made from the best Havana Tobacco and has no equal. On sale at w. w. BoughtOn.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
Fresh Meat

The Frye-Bruhn Co., keep all kind of fresh meat constantly on hand. If
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07

''Skidoo" at Hsrrison's, by the author of John Henry.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
Lost

A Brooch pin with letter ''N,' re turn to Daily Alaskan office. If
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tablets, Druggists refund money if lt fails to cure. E, W. GROVES sigma ture is Ou each byx.2 5c.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT

Skagw ay, January :, 1907. The weather conditions aE Skasway for the 2+ hours preceding noon today were aS follows:
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07

Fur coats st Clayson's.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07

Barometer % 5+ Clear. north wind,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
red lacquer ware: and, in fact, every por
ton of the plant is of commercial value.

The banana is the dependence of the
shiftless, the support of the poor and a
source of wealth for the thrifty. 1t yields
more profit with less expenditure of cost
and energy than any other fruit or vege-
table. Among all known plants that pro-
duce wholesome and agreeable food the
banana offers the greatest return for the
least labor. Life being so easily sus-
tanned by it's bounty in those favored re-
gions where it fiourishes, one of the chief
incentives to eXertion is removed, and
people are content to sit down in idleness.
knowing that when hungry a never-fail-
ing supply of bread hangs over them ready
to be plucked and eaten.
Chemically there is but little difference
between the banana as food and the
potato; but in the quantity of food pro-
duced per acre the banana is far ahead
of the potato or any other food product.
The average annual production of an acre
of bananas is about eight tons, quantity
sufficient to feed 1900 persons for one
day AS source of profit no other agri-
cultural product can equal the banana,
and no crop in the world is more certain
than that of the banana; a plant produces
marketable fruit within a year after
oftener than every twenty-five or thirty
years; the harvest is continuous, and the
cutting of fruit goes on every week In the
whole twelve months; the demand for the
supply: the planter gets cash for his
fruit every week right at his plantation;
they are brought into the United Ctates
free of duty; they have become a staple
article of food in every civilized country
into which they have been introduced
more than S120.OOOOO0 of capital is now
invested in growing and marketing ba-
nanas. and more than 100 steamships
transport nothing but bananas; there are
no failures of the banana crop, and every
push-cart man, every owner of fruit
stand. every confectioner, every grocer.
every commission man. nine-tenths of the
adult inhabitants of the United States and
every baby with a banana in its fist Is
working for the banana grower who rests
perfectly secure in the knowledge that his
crop will continue without interruption
from frost. rust or insects: that the de-
mand will always be as steady as Is the
demand for wheat or corn: that overpro-
duction cannot occur. and that no agricul-
tural endeavor will excel the banana as
source of profit to it's producer.
Like the American peanut. also known
as the ''pindar,' "goober" and ground
pea the banana is great big item in
the finances Of the country, and to the
push-cart man must credit be given for
pushing it along"
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The Bayonet and the Saber.

There has always been more or less
discussion among military students con-
corning the efficiency as an instrument OF
destruction of the bayonet and sword.
The one is a glit.ering object which has
been priced as adding to the splendor of
military trappings. especially In parade.
The other is a conspicuous emblem that
adds to the spectacular outfit of the
wearer. In the face of these admitted
purposes of the baycnet and sword. or
saber. there is a continuous debate as to
the real value of those articles. They
must be disabling instruments. if not in
deed death-dealing in their quality. in
order to entitle them to the classified
ton of serviceable weapons. else they
would be useless burdens to the already
overweighted trooper.
There has always been the claim that
neither the bayonet nor the saber per-
forms the proper office of determination,
and those who entertain this opinion will
extract much comfort from some of the
passages in the voluminous report sub
mitted to the War Department by Maj
Charles Lynch of the army medical de-
partment as result of his personal
observations with the Japanese army in
Manchuria. The report Is just accessible
and is copfously illustrated with unpleas-
ant pictures of professional value. Maj.
Lynch found that many more men were
killed outright by artillery projectiles than
by rifle firing. Men injured by hand gre
nades were in a large percentage of cases
either killed outright or died before help
could reach them. while injuries in
fiicted with the Russian bayonet re.
suited in few deaths, but were severe
enough to require treatment. The sta
tistics show that the rifle has retained
| its prominence as the wounding weapon
| in war, while she'll wounds have notably
| increased.
| This is the latest development of war
| So far as the bayonet was concerned
! the army medical officer found that In
the whole war in Manchuria not 1 Der
cent of wounds could be ascribed to that
| implement. There were even fewer
sword wounds. and. of all the wounds OBJ.
served by Maj. Lynch. only one had beer
inflicted by sword, and that evidently
after the man had been otherwise wound.
ed 1t was interesting. also, to learn
| that much use was made of hand gre
naues, actually thrown, by hand in many
cases and sometimes from little mortars
of wood in which a small charge Of pow.
der generally lifted a can containing a
high explosive. usually shimose, from 2O(
| to 400 yards, where, frightIul explosion
would occur. The bayonet and sword
will be retained mainly because of the
moral effect which may be we'll under.
stood even by the non-military.
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distinct images of his fingers formed by

distinct images of his fingers formed by
the eyes of the plant.
MANY common garden and wild flowers
the nasturtium. begonia. clover. wood sor-
rel and bluebell among others-posse So
ewes situated on their leaves. They arc
minute protuberances filled with trans
parent gummy matter which focuses the
RAYS of light onto a sensitive patch OF
tissue at the back of it in similar man
ner to that in which the eyes Of an AMI.
NAL do their work
A common nasturtium plant has thou.
sands of such eyelets on its leaves, form.
ing thousands of minute images OF tho
objects around them. But though plant
may have eyes it does not follow that Il
sees 1t is not yet known II the sense
Impressions are telegraphed to some con.
trail nerve exchange corresponding to tho
brain of the animal.
In addition to these light sense organs
many plants possess a touch sensitive-
ness and a response to electric stimuli
that show further resemblances to tho
animal world, while ferns, mosses and
seaweeds in an early stage Of their OK
isrence are capable Of actually swine
ming through water.