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The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07
TAFT IS WELL PLEASED
PRAISES WORK OF ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION.
 SERVICE
GOOD WORDS FOR MAIL

Washington, Jan., 7-Secreary Taft in his annual re- port to the president paid much attention to Alaskan affairs and praises without stint the work of the Alaska Road commission He characterzes the work splendid Also praises the mail of the district for last year
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07

him by his employment and relieves the employe Of the responsibility ariH. ing through what the old law describes as contributory negligence. The law was advocated before congress by Mir. Roosevelt through a message to con- gress,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07
(By United Prsss.)

RAnSaS City, Jan. IA bomb placed by some unknown person under the building of the Firss National bank ex- plOded this morning with terrific effect
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07
tsy United Pross.)

Queenstown, Jan. 7-Flash-The Mount Royal, the Canadian Pacific steamer, missing for thirty-One days, steamed Into this port this morning.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07
WILL
 BE FREE
tsy United Prsss.)

New York, Dec. 7-Abe Ruet Is to- morrow so be released rom the surveil- Anee of tho ellsor that has been his coz stanl companion for many weeks.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07
.PL0T ID KILL THE EMPRESS

St. Petersburg, Jan. "A plot has been discovered whereby the empress dowAger was to have been murdered.
 The parties to the plot have been
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07
POWERS JURY DISCHARGED
ALASKA'S COPPER OUTPUT

and territories that produce copper. The increase in the entire country was I5, S97, ,S39 pounds.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07
KNOCKS
 DIXON OUT
(By United Press.)

N9w York, Jan. 7-George Dixon, the famous colored prize fighter, died here today of alcoholism.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07

under close surveillance for some days and this morning the police effected be arrest of twenty terroristS against whom evidence of com pllcity Is had.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-01-07
GAME
 PROTECTION
(Ry United Prsss.)

Washington, Jan. Representative Humphrey, of Washington, today in trodued a bill for the protection of game in Alaska.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-12
WOLVES OF FRANCE.
I Picture of Their Ferocity In the
Eighteenth Century.


"The ferocious WOLF" said nature
student, lis the most perfect express
sion of carnivorous bloodthirst that
walks. His jaw is the most terrible of
weapons Its slashing bite can break
the leg of Il buffalo. and the noise of II
when Mt work in sheepfold resembles
nothing So much us the ineessant
cracking of heavy whip"
He took down book
Here is what the wolves of France
were like" he said. This Is letter
from the famous Duchess of Orleans,
dated at Marty, Feb, 8. 100:
packs of wolves commit fearful
ravages. They have devoured the post
man OF Alencon and his horse Two
of the beasts attacked tradesman
near Mons, one springing at his throat
In response to his shrieks two dra-
goons who were walking by came to
his help One drew his sword and ran
wolf through the body. on which 1t
turned and seized Its new assailant by
the throat. His comrade came up and
beat the brute off. but not before it had
killed the man. Meanwhile the other
wolf had seized the second dragon
from behind and dragged him down.
Finally when effective help arrived
both the soldiers and one wolf were
found dead. The other had got away.
AS for the tradesman. his leg was so
piteously torn that II had to be ampu-
tated above the knee" - Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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ThouuhtfuI Man.

A lady who Is subject to heart dis
ease took tea last Sunday with n
neighbor, and while sitting Mt table
her husband rushed In without hat
and In his shirt sleeves
BE calmr' he exclaimed hurriedly
to his wife. Don't excite yourself
You know you can't stand excitement
and 1t might be worser'
Good graciousw cried the wife
"The children
They're all right Now. Mary, don't
get excited. Keep calm and cool. II
can't be helped now. We must bear
these visitations OF Providence with
philosophy"
'Then it's motherr gasped the wife
"Your mothers safe. Get on your
things, but don't hurry or worry. It's
too late to be of any use. but I'll fly
back and see what l can do. | only
came TO tell you not to get excited.
For mercy sake" implored the al
most fainting woman, tell me the
worst
"Well, If you will have 1t. the conse-
quences be on your own head. Mary,
I've tried to prepare you, and If you
will know-don't excite yourself. try
and keep calm-but our kitchen chin
neys on fire, and all the neighbors are
In our front garden!"
She survived.-London Answers
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GUlDEP0STS IN FRANCE.
A Striking Feature of the Roads
Throughout the Country.


Throughout the Country.
A feature of the roads Of France Is
the ever present budapest. These guide
posts consist of an iron plaque about
two feet long and foot high securely
mounted on sturdy posts or fastened
to some substantial wall. They are
painted in white and blue and show
without any possibility Of mistake not
only the commune or township In
which they stand, but the next impor-
tant place In either direction as we'll as
the distances between all the chief
find If you are travelling on road
which leads to Paris that the name Of
the metropolis will appear on the sign
board. although 1t may be several hun
drcd kilometers distant
In addition to these guideposts the
Touring Club Of France has put on
the chief roads a series Of signs and
symbols to indicate to motorists and
bicyclists what sort of road they are
approaching. The sign "ralentir," which
translated Into good United States
means to 'let up" has caused many a
motorist who is unfamiliar with the
road he Is travelling to slow down and
to find shortly after the sign had been
passed that 1t was well that he paid at
tention 10 1t because Of steep grade
or some abrupt turn. There Is no ex-
cuse, in view of the symbols and sign
boards. for any one motoring In France
TO get on the wrong road or to come
unexpectedly into trouble Pres
brey I'm Outing Magazine.
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TWO MINUTE SKETCHES
Patrick Henry.
by ROBERTUS LOVE.
"Givr me Hb-
erfy or give me
death !"


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p'u'"'' 'na''e' ,,'e nnH' ''' .,r
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n,''' eoi'e'u,'e ~, o',,.n 'iens 80 =,
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ps 'nese '"o oi''' '.i.' ~ nS.. W.
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niiei'" 'i'9," ,e' 10 Az I'm zen, , 10
.e'aei'oe'e", o"' 'nu'o wac n,''" ,lo'o
III 'his proNinei"' 's'i'a" 'n"n Ans,o
ioici's'e ief'o'' iie"s p,o'eu "''
"orus ny us 'ee''' aS so''',.' 90 'es
'si',or' as s"Nei"oi u '"s'''a anu =,
an e"p"ci,'es ~ witch NC ""S '"''"
nc shomeu ,ie'"r ma. iais ''ue -,
ne. '"'''oh iieuis 10 IVY ~,
yDu,n was N, ,,, -, -
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Thrifty Pauanini.

When Paganini was asked many
years ago to play Mt Vauxhall Gar
dens he inquired how many persons
the place would hold.
THAT Is impossible to say" said the
manager. ut is large. open space"
After some reflection the great vlo
linist Inquired. "How many will the
large. open space contain when quite
fully"
Perhaps 10000"
"Ah. 10000 people! And you ask
how muchi"
-Four shilllngs each"
-Four shillings each! Twenty thou
sand at shlllings make 10000; $4,000
shilllngs. $4,000 Well. | will play in
one concert for $4,000. and you may
have the other thousand."-St. Louis
Republic
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The Trapdoor Spider.

One of the most singular specimens
Of insect life is the trapdoor spider of
Jamaica. His burrow Is lined with
silk and closed by n trapdoor with
hinge. The door exactly fits the en-
trance to the burrow and when closed
SO precisely corresponds with the sur
rounding earth that II can hardly be
distinguished even when its position is
known. 1t is strange sight to see
the earth open, little lid raise. some
hairy legs protrude and gradually the
whole form Of the spider show Itself.
These spiders generally hunt for food
by night. and In the daytime they are
very chary OF opening the door of their
domicile. and If the trap be raised from
the outside. they run to the spot, hitch
the claws of their forefeet in the lining
of the burrow and SO resist with all
their might The strength of the spider
Is wonderfully great In proportion to
Its size
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Tho Queen Bumblebee.

The length of life of queen bum.
blebee Is probably little more than a
year at most Here Is one reason for
this belief: She matches among the
late broods of summer and soon after
leaves the nest. leading yagabond
existence, night and day. among the
autumn flowers. The winter she passes
In an earth burrow dug by herself and
unaided establishes n colony in the
spring These combined periods of fall
and spring require the daily use of her
frail wings In the field at least four
months. Now. we know that the wings
Of the worker honeybee wear out In
less than half that time; also that the
old queens who take to the field after
the nest breaks up In August fire.
quently have tattered wings and soon
disappear. Nature does not supply In
sects with new wing cells as 1t sup
plies birds with new wing feathers
So the loss Of the power of flight at
this season Of the year to the queen
bumblcbee means the loss OF life
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please:
"'Count 1. That upon my arrival at
the school was told of about 500
things | mustn't do.
"'Count . That | was sent to a
dormitory about as bare and poverty
stricken rs our old garnet at home.
"'Count 3. That | have had about
half enough to eat up to. date and
want to get out and steal raw turnips
"'Count L. That one evening | got
out into the yard. and while shopping
around | passed Miss Taylor's room
and looked into the window and saw
Professor Balch holding her hand In
one Of his and patting 1t with the
other
"'Count 3. That the night In Oeto-
Der when II blew such a gale lot of
papers We're blown from the profess
or's window. One of these he didn't
recover from the yard next morning
was half sheet on which he had writ
ten two verses of poetry to Angelina's
eyes. There is only one Angelina con
nected with this secluded school. and
she is not teacher
"'Count 9 That we don't have blan.
kets enough on the beds to keep US
warm.
"'Count Z. That the only three girls
who get sweet cake are the three who
keep asking the principal when her
twenty seventh birthday will arrive.
"'Count 8. That this secluded and
highly moral and refined prison for
girls -
Just one moment, Miss Hartnett,"
interrupted Miss Taylor In her sweet
est tones. II think We are at cross
purposes.
Eyes. ma'am."
"Wheu come to look again at the
record I read you It appears TO apply
to Miss Harker instead Of Hartnett.
Similarity of names. you see"
"Yes. ma'am"
"And when you come to look again
at your record
sit seems to be couple of verses
Of poetry that scrubbed OFF last
night. | hope It is not against the
rules to write poetry. Ma'am?"
well. no. not If you submit 1t to the
teacher. You may leave this. IL You
will. and | will look 1t over and see If
your meter is correct. You may go.
my dear Please tell Miss Vaughn to
step In here | must tell her that she
doesn't seem to have the interest In
her studies to be expected of her"
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JoHNNY's CAREER.
The Same That Was Started by the
Cornell Widow

The Same That Was Started by the
Cornell Widow.
Sheer nonsense rhymes and jokes
without apparent reason or object are
frequently used to I'LL the pages of the
Cornell Widow. If anything more foot
less than the "Nian of Giegledorf"
verse has ever been written. the Wild
ow wishes TO state that her bump of
fredullty was imported from Missouri
and must be shown;
There was a man from Giegledorf
Who. to save his BARRIERS fees.
Would wet his hair and let II freeze.
And when twas frozen break II Off
The Widow claims the credit of orig.
mating the nonsense rhymes which
dealt with the cleverness and precocity
of the bright little lad who carelessly
slaughtered his mother. father and I'M
mediate relatives. These poems. II so
they may be called. appeared In the
Widow In October and. November, 1900.
The same year they were collected and
published in pamphlet form under the
name of THE Johnny Book" Johnny
started his career by ''an tragedy" as
follows
Johnny hung his little sister.
She was dead before they missed her.
Johnny's allus up t tricks
Amt he cute ?-he's only six.
Next we find that
Johnny with his little ax
Dealt his brother orfui wacks.
He don't care II mamma kicks.
Amt he cute?-hes only six.
Later development of the little romp
shows that
John has gone from bad to worse.
Now his fathers In a heafse.
Smeared him with a load OF bricks.
Amt he cute?-hes only six.
And so on until finally
Johnny saw buzzsaw buzz
Like n bike and thought II wuz.
Johnny's corpse Is full of hicks.
Amt he cute?-hes only six
These verses terminated the Widows
connection with John. but papers all
over the country took up his lnstruc
tive aud edlfying career and pushed
1t to a finish Still another verse which
started In the Widow office and tray
eled all over this country and part Of
others was the bit of '.Eb and Flo"
doggerel. In this we discover that
Flo was fond OF Ebenezer--
Eb. for short. she called her beau.
Task of tides OF iove," Great Cesar!
You should see EN- Eb and Flo.
BY itself this beautiful bit could
hardly claim place in volume of
great American poets. but when 1t
Travelled far aud wide and received an
extra verse at each resting place it be-
came pursuing nightmare. From
Humorous College Journalism In Bo
hemian Magazine.
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- ARIBALDI was always a fill.
n buster but he flibustered not
in quest of loot or personal
power. but for the good of his
own country. That Italy Is today
strong. united nation rather than q
group of petty prlncipalities or depend.
encles of other powers Is due in very
large measure to the Unborn flibuster-
Ing propensity of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Here was man with mission, and
he could not be kept down For half
century his soul was conferred upon the
unifieation and liberation OF Italy. and
for the greater part Of that period he
was fighting for his cause.
California grows flower named the
garibaldi because II Is red The fol-
lowers of Garibaldi wore red as their
distinctive color of garb The Carl
baldian red shirt, famous In history.
stood for united Italy. 1t was the red
badge of liberty through unlfieation.
Garibaidi. who was sailors son and
given to rowing, became Identified ear
ly in life with Mazzini and other zealots
In the Young ITALY movement. But the
methods of Garibaldi were not those Of
Mazzini. who was unable to compro-
mise by accepting unihcation Of the
Italian states under a monarch. so In
sistent was he for republican govern
ment. Garibadi also was republican,
but he was willing to accept a benevo-
lent monarchy as a means to an end
the protection and development OF the
Italian people.
Condemned to death for his part In
the earlier uprisings. Garibaldi escaped
to France and thence to South Amerl-
ca, where he presently found oppor-
tunity to continue his career as war
rior in opposition to tyranny. He
fought for the new republic of Uru-
quay against the usurpation Of the Ar
gentne dictator Then he made his
way to the United States, an exile from
home. earning his living as maker Of
candles and declining the honor of a
demonstration such as the Americans
gave Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot.
Back to Italy went Garibaldi when
the time WAS ripe, raising band after
bnnd OF followers. conquering the Nea-
politan provinces In the cause of unih-
cation and finally, absolute master of
Naples, relinquishing voluntarily tc
King Victev Emmanuel his own soy
ereignty for the good OF Italy. There
indeed, was n patriot with no price tat
attached to his red shirt.
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A CLEVER RUSE.
Remember This When You Next Pur-
chase Costly jewels.

Remember This When You Next Pur-
chase Costly jewels.
How Mr.. Pierpont Morgan made his
millions would take volumes to relate.
but an amusing little artifice by means
Of which he succeeded In saving $1,000
can be told within the brief space of
II couple OF paragraphs.
Some years ago a jewelry firm In
New York sent the financler a fine
pearl, Offering II to him for $4,000
This Mr.. Morgan decided TO purchase,
and two checks were made out-one
for 5000 and the other for $1,000 He
then removed the pearl from its box
and having substituted for II the $4,000
check, resealed the package.
Mr. Morgan's clerk was next dis
patched to the jewelers. with the sealed
box and note containing the check
for $4,000, stating that MIR. Morgan
would be pleased to purchase the pearl
II they would be satisfied with the
check. The unsuspecting lewelers-in
ignorance. OF course, of what the sealed
package now contained-elosed with
the astute financler's offer. And the
box In which the 5000 check serenely
reposed was returned to Mr.. Morgan
nopened!-Pearson's
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HIT HIM IN TWO PLACES.
The Way Ciesro Treated His Devoted
Admirer Patriarch

Inc way Ctcsro treated his Devoted
Admirer Petrarch.
In the early autumn of 1858 Petrarch
suffered an accident which may be
narrated In his own words. You shall
hear" he writes to friend, what
trick Cicero, the man whom | have
loved and worshiped from my boyhood.
has just played me. possess huge
volume of his letters, which | wrote
out some time ago with my own hand
because there was no original manu-
script accessible to the copyists. Ill
health hindered me, but my great love
of Cicero and delight In the letters and
eagerness to possess them prevailed
against my bodily weakness aud the
righteousness of the work. This is the
book which you have seen leaning
against the doorpost at the entry to
my library. One day while going into
the room thinking about something
else, as l often do, l happened mad
vertently to catch the book in the
fringe of my gown. In its fall it struck
me lightly on the left leg little above
the heel. What! My Cicero quoth
l. bantering him, pray what are you
hitting me for?' He said nothing. but
next day as came again the same
way he hit me again, and again
laughed at him and set him up In his
place Why make long story? Over
and over again went on suffering the
same hurt, and, thinking he might be
cross at having to stand on the ground,
put him up shelf higher. but not
till after the repeated blows on the
same spot had broken the skin and Y
far from despicable sore had resulted.
l despised 1t, though. reckoning the
cause of my accident of much more
weight than the accident itself. At
last, when the pain was too much not
only for my wit, but for sleep and
rest, so that to neglect the thing any
longer seemed not courage, but mad
ness, I was forced to call In the doc
tors, who have now for some days
been fussing over this really ridicu-
lous wound. not without great pain
and some danger to the wounded limb.
as they insist, though think you know
Just what reliance I place on their
representations either of good or evil.
So this Is how my beloved Cicero has
| treated me. He long ago struck my
heart. and now he has struck my leg"
From II. c. Hollway-Calthorp's "Pe-
trarch.''
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Women tho Greater oreamers.

WOMEN tHe oTedtcT 0TcdUtcTs'
A Vienna doctor has published the
following figures:
Thirteen men out of hundred as
against thlrty-three women dream dur
ing ,thelr sleep. The number OF men
who dream frequently Is % per cent;
that of women is As per cent. As n
general rule, 1t may be said that the
weaker sex has twice as much tend
ency to dreaming as the opposite sex.
The cerebral phenomenon under con
sideration Is absolutely unknown to .
per cent, and IA per cent dream only
very rarely.
1t seems idle to add that the same
doctor noted. what Is perfectly well
known. that almost all our dreams are
suggested more or less directly by the
incidents OF the material life of every
day. Boston Advertiser.
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Despair.

"What do you want o the editor?"
asked the office boy, blocking up the
doorway.
II have manuscript poem" said
the long haired caller. (which l wish
to submit for his inspection"
The Office boy closed the door, but re-
appeared n moment later.
"Nothln' doin. We amt printin' no
poetry now" he said, slanmlng the
door In the callers face
Bard outw exclaimed the poet, tear
Ing bis hair
chestnut" yelled the boy over the
partition. 1--WE heard that 'un before"
Chicago Tribune.
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The circle OF the earths daily rota-
tion upon its axis being the greatest at
the equator. the consequent greater ac-
ton there of the centrifugal force dur
ing the period when the earth was a
yielding mass produced bullying out
Of the surface In the equatorial region
with consequent 6attening at the
poles. Thus we have an oblate sphe.
roid. with the length Of the axis Of the
poles about twenty six and bali miles
less than the equatorial diameter
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shakespeare Last Illness.

According to tradition handed
down by Ward. the vicar of Stratford.
Shakespeare's last illness was fever
brought on by "merry meeting" with
Drayton and Ben Jonson. Another au-
thorIty. Halliwell- Phillips, says that
the great poet died of typhoid, caused
by the filth and bad drainage about
New Place. Like nearly everything
else about Shakespeare, the question
of the character of his last illness can
be answered only conjecturally.
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laolated Greece.

Greece Is an isolated country of 25,-
941 square miles that supports popu-
lation Of some 100000 people. Ii has
no railroad connection with any other
country, and. being cut Off from the
rest of Europe by the mountains Of
Turkish Macedonia Oh the north. all
commerce Is by sea. The principal
ports are Piraeus the port for Athens).
Patras and Volo on the mainland and
the island ports of SYRIA and Corfu
The Greeks probably number all told
100000. of whom about 100000 ar,
In Turkey.
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In Washington.

~ made a glazing error today" sigh.
ed the cabinet lady
"How's that?" Inquired the depart
mental lady.
II glared at woman l should have
ignored completely" - Louisville Cou-
rier Journal.
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"Why. Johnny" said Mrs Muggins,
"what are you doing here at home?
Is Willie's party Over?'
"Nome." blubbered Johnny, but the
minute | got inside the .ouse Willie's
father told me to make myself at
home. and came."-Harper's Weekly.
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ut Seems to me that | have heard
most OF the ideas advanced in your
speech before"
THAT" said Senator Sorghum. mere
ly goes to show that they are good
ideas, which will stand wear and tear"
Washington Star.