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two passed on quite satisfied with that
Two young men. artisans they appeared
to be. asked an attendant something.
His answer was to point toward the he1t
m anl' t6sv c The y 70 .1Ss men psfes stfo az C along
pigny,' the picture Edouard Detaille
considered his most important work.
The canvas is 48 by IS inches. and Il Ia
doubtful IL there vas n inch Of 10 the
two young men failed to study before
leaving the gallery, Again and again
another FIVE minutes enjoyment Of the
painting, for that they were. enjoying
themselves there could be no doubt.
Over in one corner OF a side gallery a
young couple halted before a. picture,
looked at it. turned and looked at each
The wife blnshed a little.
-Yes,' abe answered softly. the moon
shone down just that way and the road
and the trees vera the very same
Put you n me In 1t, eh. and II could
be called The Proposal'.'
Il wonder what the picture Is calleds'
she said. still very softly.
New Gift" was the only inscription on
the painting. which turned out TO be
Arthur Parton's "A Bleak Night in the
Catskills."
In the same room a young man and q
girl stood before Millet's painting "A Cosey
Corner The man turned from the plct-
ure TO look at the girl and said something,
at which abe beamed ~delightedly and sat
down on a form to study more carefully
the graceful young woman In a window
seat against q background OF leaves.
DO you really think soy she asked
shyly after a pause.
1Of ooiirse I do. The hair and complex
ion are yours and she Is not a bit prsttisr
than you are .
Fortunately for the girls peace Of mind
in this case the a was nearer the truth
than lovers are apt to be.
With assured tread one OF the hand
sornely gowned women who had passed
the tIrnstile a short time before led the
way through a gallery with the remark:
-You must zoe II. It's wonderful She
came to a stop before q space blank but
for a card which stated. The Whale Ship
has been moved to Room 20
The two women following this direction
paused at last before Turner'S phantom
like ship. The visitor who had been
brought to see the picture yszed silently
a. the other continued her comments In
q low ton
when we crossed In February - .
My son said he never before had seen suoh
q spectacle aud probably never would
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the most expensive fur with the possible
exception Of sea otter and OF some Of the
freak foxes, Ike the silvertip or black
fox. Both the black fox and the silver
tip are strictly freaks and cannot be
raised. Blue foxes. a light shade Of
indigo blue. are being bred now for COM
mercial purposes.
OF bears there are polar. black and
brown, and then a great variety Of differ
ent shades, depending upon the season
Of the year and the environment Of the
animal. The seal now in Alaskan waters
is protected by the Government. So
also are the reindeer in Alaska,
The meat Of the reindeer is delicious.
something between fine mutton and beef
Other things good to eat and to be had Of
the finest quality only In Alaska are salmon.
OF great size; trout, smelt, cod, ptarmigan.
a native grouse or prairie chicken and
Arctic hare. Seal liver is good when
properly prepared. The duck and geese
are usually very fishy and need parboiling
before cooking. Bear meat drown bear
II young is good, but usually the bear
meat is stringy and sinewy; and polars
taste very fishy and oily.
Alaska has been in the limelight mainly
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Germ. Before his-.stunt was Owe he had
produced and thrown away tw%enty-four
whisk brooms.
1t is a long trip to the points OF trade,
across the continent to Seattle. from there
west to the Aleutian Islands, then to Nome
Roadstead.
The trading points in Alaska are along
the Yukon, at the mouth Of and for i2S
miles up the K~uskokwim. at Golofin Bay,
Nome, Kotzebue Sound, Cape Blossom.
Teller, DC. On the Siberian side they
are at Ulan on the Arctic Ocean. East
Cape, st. Laurence Bay, Mechigmen Bay,
Point Tschablin (known also as Indian
Point. where the tribe Of Tchuktchis
has it's headquarters; at Plover Bay
and Emma Harbour, in Holy Gross Bay
and at the mouth Of the Arcadia River
in the Bay Of Anadir.
Alaska alone has an area OF $50 900
square miles, and most Of it produces
furs as fine as any put on the market.
That part Of Siberia which is reached by
the traders from Nome is nearly as large,
and it tob produces the finest class OF fur
bearing animals.
Particularly we'll known are the Siberian
sables, in the trade called Russian sables,
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DAY BEFORE MAY DAY.

DeHsient Only In Temperature, Fec,
CyeIone n Quake.
On April 20. 1909. an old time resident
Of the Park Slope In Brooklyn, who y
celebrated In those parts a. an uupro.
fessional weather sharp and q chronic
kicker as to meteorological conditions.
dropped in whore persons interested IN
the weather-pilots. seafsring men and
such-do congregate.
what do you think Of it3' one OF the
pilots said.
mighty little,' was the reply.
Whats the matter1' he was asked.
WELL he said. this day Ii a dhap-
~pointment.e
How SOP
when I walked up this morning. was
the response. lit was snowing a. u It had
showed until after noon.
Then thunderheads anne up. there
we're a few sharp peals. sone bright haahse
and an April downpour OF rain. The
wind veered q little and hailstones-not
Of the regulation size Of hens egg. but
still good sized hailetones-peltsd the
.Afterward 1t frightened up and the
u almost broke through the olouds.
II you will look out Of the window now
you viii observe that what We r having
wei, isn't that enough'' somebody.
asked. -
'Just. think what q chance IL was 70
break the record said the kicker. sThe
few things lacking were zero tempera-
ture, 100 degrees In the shade, fog, . oy.
clone and an. earthquake. With ,the1e
additions the day would have been some
thing worth remembering and TALKING
n hnIlN
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the trading 10 tcklsh work;
year they want rides and the next pear
Russian tobacco. You have to 60 well
stocked and walk softly At that.
LISA matter Of Wi having something
they want, and II it takes their fancy vio-
lently they'll give hundreds Of dollars
worth Of hides for q trihe-to us. Why. l
know of q native trader who cam back
laden with ivory. An old galvanized iron
pail, battered and banged and about to be
thrown away, was standing near the side
Of the vessel. 1t took q visitors eye; he
wanted u and Shove ed the fact.
.The trader TOOL advantage OF his de-
sire; mind you. I don't say unfair advan-
tage. Tho native offered his sack Of ivory
in exchange for the pail. No. that was
not enough. and II he didn't 60 and got
more! Finally he gave $1,000 worth Of
ivory for that old pail. It was somsthing
he wanted.
We here give our medium Of exchange.
money for things that are rare and desired
with M. twinkling stones. for instance.
It's precisely the same quality OF want
ing, and one needn't have ethical hys-
terios on the subject Of relative values, for
q waste Of emotion.
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II you haven't you don't. The prio'
always gives one . good margin.
with the natives 1t Is mostly barter
rifles. ammunition. tea. sugar. tobacco
calico. which means anything which ID
cloth-duoking. drill. canvas. cotton
goods. wool. gingham, DO. On the
Siberian side glass beads are popular.
toilet soap il it has a strong scent, needles
and iron utensils such as buckets. knives
axes. hammers and nails.
Did / ever show you some Of our stock
No? Well here opening a collapsible
black bag, lis beet sugar hard as q rock.
you zee. and, in this elongated cone
shape. handy for packing. It's wonder
full, wise as the natives are getting as
to the value Of furs. what a few poSnde
Of hat and a wary eye and tongue will
fetch in return.
Now this" holding out a dark brown
fat slab with a trademark stamped
on n side. you know from the smell,
and hat only, ia tea-chi, it's called,
the Russian name for tea. Yes. this
is made up in Russia from tea s~weepines.
practically tea dust. Looks like solid
plug tobacco, hey7 We trade lots OF it..
and we use the loose tea too.
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surprised tone in front Of The Valley
Farm by John Constable. Perhaps the
picture suggested homo. That It de-
lighted the stranger was quite evident.
From every point OF view he studied the
rural scene. studied II carefully for many
minutes, his friend meanwhile making a
tour Of the gallery,
Il wish Annie could see this wal all he
said as the two moved on together.
A hard working German and his tired
looking wife. more French than German
in feature. who In the course OF their
wanderings from n o to another
had seldom given more than a glance TO
any one exhibit and that without exohang-
ing q word. were standing aimlessly at
the top Of the main staircase about TO
descend when they heard q foreign look
ing man ask for the Sorolla pictures. The
two had no Idea what the 6Orolla pictures
were, but when they saw the man start
OF In an opposite direction to the main
picture galleries. they walked along be-
This ID how Il happened that thu. tired
hooking wife forgot TO look tired for at
hast i've minutes and her stold husband
looked q trile hls stolid for the same
length OF time. The Sorolla pictures,
seven OF them. were surveyed With In
difference. then the couple turned to the
opposite wall where hangs "A Wedding
r o4ot III bTltvNuys Rdiitou W AAonhy
Mosler. The wife exclaimed In q foreign
tongue and smiled beamingly. pointing
TO the suspended sheet. part OF the trous'
seau, made by the bride herself. In
thought the wife was carried back for q
little while to happier days perhaps and
familiar oenes -.
Her eye Pew soft. the child at her side
tuReed at his mothers hand unnotiocd
side By side husband and wife forgot their
surroundings gazing At a picturs not a
detail OF which escaped them.
A young woman. unmistskabiy q bride,
rave the young man at her side a nudge
a. she said you ask him. at which
~obediently he stepped aside and spoke
to an attendant.
Room a. was his response, and the
pair started In the direction indicated
standing finally before a Z by 10 foot rug
framed and hung on the wall and marked
Persian Hunting Carpet. Sixteenth Cen
fury, GIVEN by Alexander S. Cochran
The young woman showed some die.
appointment. A rug valued at $40 .o0t
ought TO have more taking features, she
thought.
Z ~endsrfai. Why, I have counted Sin
different shaped animals already and !
suppose there are dozens more.
swell, I'm just - much pleased with the
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Whatever the trappefs want, they
get that thine-Ao notes or bills. its hard
cash or soma special article. IL You
haven't what they went you don't get their
goods, that's pat. on they 20 and it's
up to you to bargain with some one else.
If they once eet the wish FOR sone enc
thing in their minds. that one thing 1t
must be they get In exchange for what
they give you. Onoe q native woman
came aboard q schooner on which I was,
some way up the coast from Nome. She
wore d beautiful pafha-A cloak with hood
made Of eiderdown. the loveliest thing
ever. You know the cider festhes-An
the rainbow colors and white.
Il had thirty silver dollars In my pocket.
| offered her Ave. No. she said she wanted
q 'botankee,' q strsnge word 30 me. ]
offered ten: no. still tho q word, most
decided and final. I went the whole
thirty, but 1t wss no 60. Atlast I appealed
TO q trader who had come on board during
the attempt at dickerins. soms one ,Who
knew the woman. = ~
why he said. she wants q boat
anchor. She saw one somewhere and
she's been wild to get IL ever since. The
cast irbn kind We use. Her husband b .
fisherman '~"
'In Nome. where I wasn't / could have
bought such an anchor for ~ centa. but I
hadn't any In my vest pocket OF my pack,
SO l didn't get my pafka. 4p.
If you're good on sensing desife. 10
much the bstter trader youu be. and !
guees. / rather guess, that what's true In
that way up there in East Siberia holds
good in little old New YORK. s.
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pet picture at close range that an at
tendant must shoe them along in order
to give other visitors a chance. A case
like this happened the other day.
Two little fellows Of about twelve stood
noses almost touching "A Roman Tri-
umph.- by vernet. which includes more
figures perhaps and as much action as
any other picture in the galleries. The
smaller boy had large dark eyes and an
Italian cast OF features. The other boy,
whose arm rested on his companions
shoulder, had sandy hair and blue eyes,
Gestures, comments. their concentration
on the picture indicated the boys entire
approval OF the armed men, the oapari-
soned horses, the chariot, the hero apd
the holiday makers.
Il see that YOU like pictures ventured
a visitor az the boys moved on at the
approach OF the watohful man In uniform.
Now which picture do you like best?-
That's a wonderful picture eagerly
answered the dark eyed boy turning to
point to "A Roman Triumph In the same
breath enthusiastically pointing out fea
lures which had caught his fancy. the
other boy putting In a word whenever
he got q chance.
We come here every Saturday. the
spokesman continued, "and my school
teacher gave me q prize. a big apple, for
a composition l wrote about things ]
have seen in the museum
-You like this picture best Of ALP"
I'VE like it very much, but there are
others we like too said the boy. This
10 a fine picture" leading the way briskly
to Among the Lowry by Leon Liner
mite.
1T is indeed a fine picture admitted
the questioner. astonished. but not at
| all like the other you admire
-Eo, 1t means" and the boy attempted
q description which showed that his re-
lisious schooling has been looked after,
As q general thing the Saturday after
noon crowd gives most attention 70 the
picture galleries and comparatively few
OF the visitors Garry a catalogue, II any
one wants to find . particular picture
he asks q guide, but the majority 60 about
without asking a question.
THAT Ia Adam and Eve one woman
confidently told another, pointing Ia
THE Storm by Pierre A. Cot.
SIS II? Why. Adam and Eve were sup.
posed not to e d~rapeTes.' objected
guess this means after they left
the gsrdsu.' was the rejoinder, and the
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bride and bridegroom; two ruddy faced
men in new store clothes. who might
be well to do farmers; a foreign looking
woman. hatless. with a small girl, also
hatless, on either arm a plainly dressed
young couple with a small boy, a young
couple modishly attired. four small boys
in a bunch, two studious looking young
men, an elderly man Of judicial aspect
who gave up a gold headed cane at the
counter, a prosperous looking bald man
in company with a dapper youth. three
pairs OF young men and women. .one
after the other, and a Japanese man and
woma arm in arm.
The museums annual report says that
the average number OF Saturday visitors
the year around is about 1000. with a
maximum count Of from 1000 to 5000, and
it stops there. The report does not tell
that the Saturday afternoon crowd is
fromSone point Of view the most interest
ing Of the week.
On Mondays and Fridays, which are
pay days, there is apt to be a certain
sameness about the visitors. The Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon
visitors include generally a large proper
ton OF artists and groups OF schoolgirls
and schoolboys in charge Of teachers and
furnished with note books. Easels and
men and women copyists are s~prinkled
plentifualy in the picture galleries on
those days.
The Sunday attendance, the largest OF
the week, abounds in family parties OF
many n~ationalities and includes a host
Of men and women workers not often
able to view the collection at other times
The Saturday afternoon attendance In
cludes every sort Of visitor seen on other
days except artists copying pictures, and
in addition more brides and brldegrooma
who presumably are spending week end
homogeneous in New York and more en-
gagged couples enjoying the half holiday
| together than will be seen In the museum
on the six other days combined, besides
no end Of bright faced boys and girls
without a teacher moving about with a
freedom which shows they are not
strangers to the building,
In fact one OF the surprises Of the place
to strangers Ia the many small boys with
out a guide 80 interested In critieisins q
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ART STUDIES OF THE CROWD
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM.
Doys. Farmers, brides and B~ridesrooms,
Tired Men and Women. Exiies and
People OF Leisure Are There-An
Fin Som ething 10 Interest Them.

urea Wen n women. FbNiies auu
People OF Leisure Are There-Al
Find Som ething 10 Interest Them.
Check your box" spoken by the young
man behind the desk, halted two girls
arm in arm about TO pass through the
turnstile leading to the foyer Of the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. 1t was a
box Of candy wrapped in white paper.
tied with a pink string.
We want to eat it." protested one OF
the girls IN a disappointed Tone.
She was pretty and the young man
looked his sympathy, but rules mustbe
ooeyed at the museum and the box was
handed over in exchange for a check.
Also it was Saturday afternoon at an hour
when arrivals are many at the Fifth
avenue entrance and visitors must step
along lively TO avoid a block.
A young couple, the father carrying
a baby, the mother leading a five-year
Old we're close behind the girls and in
thelr wake came a stout young woman
IN a peach basket hat. who got breezily
past the doorman by a yard before he
discovered that she had in tow at the end
Of a lash a Boston bulldog who looked
10 he quite as good hammered as his
mistress said he was The museum is
10 respecter Of dogs and the young
woman had to retrace her steps, to the
evident delight Of the dog.
IN 'fe next ten minutes the turnstile
clicked behind three small boys, hands
10 their pockets and walking shoulder
10 shoulder; four buSom colored girls
moo'npany with a woman Of philsnthropic
mien, intent, it could be seen, on helping
alohe their artistic education; a young
man and a young woman much interested
W each other; two boys Of about II,
t,sther' a mother and three small children
."o shabby men the coat of one fringec
the hem; two handsomely gowned
nations who dispensed a dainty per-
'urne as they moved; a couple evidently
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MIR BUYING m THE ARCTIC
pt6 BARGAINS FOR THE TRADER
UHO GJESSES RIGHT.

M. Natives Want What They Want and
Nothing Eise..-sl,o 900 Worth OF Ivory
for an Old Iron Pail-Beet Sugar and
slabs OF Tea staples as Currency.
Collins is a successful fur trader and
dealer. a call at his place is quite a treat
conversationally, perhaps particularly
10 lust after he has returned from the
North in the fall, or In the spring just be-
fore he sets out fresh from or fresh for
that country which calls.
He has a nice office, ornamented with
ali sorts of appealing stuff. There's a
t,yak. for instance, n native canoe, that
lnoks like brown ivory, but isn't. It's
valrus skin, and one skin at that. It's
brsutiful, but looks skittish. and a ten
dsrfoot suspects IL to be more ornamental
than useful. Also there are ivory spears
and wonderful tusAs, native hand en-
uaved, and curious fishing baskets and
garments. and furs, such furs!
Collins is an expert in his line. He says
I, is only the buyer of poor furs that ever
falls down; ever II one has to wait he
an finally get the price for good furs.
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we bought yesterday laughed tie

girl.
Round and round . huge case in the
Japanese armor section circulated the
Japanese man and woman. The case
contained a dummy horse draped with the
pompous trappings used1n Japan on stats
occasions. The two spoke in their own
language as they inspected critically the
costly silk fringes. gold ornaments and
ornamental feathers.
The woman asked a question when at
last the man moved on TO . case filed with
soldiers armor. Did the exhibit in The
to ask. and with an air OF finality the man
seemed to pronounce 1t the real thing.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-03
SEEkS TO PAY 25 CENTS TO MAN
 WHO IS LONG DEAD

Hot Springs, April 3. 3.-Inquir- ies concerning the whereabouts of a former resident of Hot Springs have disclosed the fact that a debt of 25c innocently left unpaid for 20 years is a bur- den upon the conscience of a man now visiting Hot Springs. His name is not politically known but he has related the circum- stances of his search to several business men. Twenty years ago he visited Hot Springs and went to the top of the old wood en observatory tower on Hot Springs mountain. He didn t have the correct change when he Came down and promised to bring the money to the proprie- tor, Enoch Woolman, the next day, That afternoon he was called home by an urgent tele- gram and never came back to Hot Springs until few days ago when he took up a search for the man who formerly oper- ated the tower only to find that he had been dead many years and that one of his sons lives in Maine and the other in Montana If the stranger can locate either one of them he will pay the 25c with compound interest for 20 years.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-03
MOONLIGHT PICNIC

A moonlight picnic was enjoy ed by the young people, who chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Will Waller very pleasantly en- joyed a trip to Providence. A tempting lunch was spread soon after arriving at the spring, and the usual picnic pleasures were enjoyed. Those who went were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Waller, Misses Lola Lewis, Polly Green, Lizzie Christopher, Leone Brown, Irene Blake, Jessie Phillips, Marion Waller, Kittie Aburrow, Grace Teal and Mary Laster and Messrs. John T. Milburn, Duncan McRae, Bill Denman, Irwin Blakely, Glide Sykes, Pomeroy Whitten, Ernest Stainton, Wiley D. Hatley and Elmer Conklin.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-03
BIRTHDAY PARTY

The home of Mir. and Mrs. c. c. Hamby was today the scene of a merry party of little girls, who were guests of Miss Eliza beth Hambyat monday turkey dinner, given in honor of her 9th birthday, and the pleasures of the little folks were carefully looked after by Mrs. Hamby and Miss Irma Hamby, who saw that each was made to enjoy the occasion, while Col. Hamby en- tertained the crowd with selec- tions on the violin. In the par ty were Misses Lulu and Mar caret White, Helen and Gertrude Guthrie; Annaline Duke, Beulah Greeson and Alberta Baird. In the cake cutting contest, Miss Lulu White was successful Tn getting the dime, which closed a most enjoyable affair.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-03
A NOVEL ARRANGEMENT

The Mcdaniel Hardware Com pany has adopted a most novel arrangement for the advertising of their high grade bed room suits, which will doubtless at tract considerable attention a. mong our people.
 This leading furniture store has placed in one of their large front windows a S75.00 suit, con. sisting of bed, dresser and wash stand. They have added $7.5O felt mattress and a $2.50 set o1 springs, making the regular cash price for the entire outfit SS5.00 These goods are all ot the finest quality, the best car ried by the leading furniture stores. The suit is of quarter sawed oak, highly polished, and the mattress and springs are in keeping with the high quality of the furniture.
 The price on the entire outfit today is $05.00-you couldn't buy it for a cent less today, or at any time in the past. But on Monday the price will be reduc. ed to $02.50, and on Tuesday the