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cese Of Prairie Doos.

In the state Of Texas alone prairie
dogs eat annually enough grass to
support 1862 500 cows. Utterly use.
less, the little animal is q pest so
dreaded that the forest service has un-
dertaken his determination. Poison is
killing him wherever he now -four
ishes, and another esource of the
farmer Is safeguarded. Who would
think that the prairie dog, the shy and
amusing little rodent that we like to
watch before the door Of his burrow
at the zoo, would ever become the SUBJ
ject Of the government Intervention or
endanger the success Of stock raising?
Yet such is the fact. Out on the ma
honal forests which Uncle Sam is
guarding for the use Of the public, ex-
pert hunters have gone after the prai-
RE dogs with zeal, ingenuity and poi
son and literally exterminated them in
great numbers, because some of the
choicest bottom lands have had the
grazing ruined for stock by the indus
trious burrowing Of the "dogs."-Tech-
meal World Magazine.
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A Fluent Waiter.

At a restaurant in the Wall street
district where the walters all speak
French and many Of them German
there is a popular waiter whods known
to various regular customers as Franz,
Frank and Francois. He speaks Ger
nan and French with equal fuency
and on that account was the subject
Of a bet which he had to decide the
other day. One man who had known
the waiter for years said that Franz
was a German, another was Just as
certain that he was French, and a
third said that both men were wrong
and that the linguist waiter undoubt-
eddy came from Alsatia or from that
part of Switzerland where every child
speaks three languages, each with a
foreign accent. They were all sur.
prised to hear that Frank, as he pre-
fers to be called, was born in the
Eighth ward and has never been far
Their from New York than Washington.
New York Tribune.
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PURE BRED
Percher0rl : Stations

MILES Cry, MoNrANA.-Twenty
splendid pure bred Percheron two
year-old Stations will be sold at
Miles City, Mont, on May rs, the
second day of the A. B. Clarke
Horse Sale. The sale will take place
in the forenoon, and these magnif-
cent colts will be sold at the high
dollar. Every one of them has a
pedigree showing that he is worthy
OF a place among the best bred
horses in the world.
Montana horsemen should not
miss this opportunity of getting one
Of these animals, every one of them
being acclimated. Messrs. Leitner
& Green also have stations of the
pure bred kind for sale at private
sale at any time. The guarantees
going with these horses absolutely
protect buyers from loss, and every
contract is gilt edged.
LElTNER BROS. & GREEN,
Miles City, Mont.
Ranch on Powder river, in Custer county.
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Pops's Unused Return Ticket.

OnUooo return J1ckoe.
An American gentleman who recent
~ had a private audience with the
pope relates a touching story Of bis
experience. He says that his holiness
took from his pocket during the inter-
view a small, handsomely chased sill
yer box or case, similar to a purse,
and, opening it, showed his visitor
the unused half Of a round trip rail-
way ticket from Venice to Rome and
return. He explained that when he
came to the conclave Of cardinals to
elect a successor to Leo XIII. he pur-
chased that ticket and fully expected
it to carry him back to his home, but
God changed his plans for him. He
did not murmur, although he would
much prefer to be in his old home ad-
joining st. Marks cathedral in Venice
and among his beloved parishioners
than occupy his exalted but lonely
throne in the Vatican. And with tears
in his eyes his holiness said that he
kept this little relic always on his per-
son and it gave him great comfort to
take it out and inspect it.-Washing-
ton Star.
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-SA~ AG ANOA1 xGxn AK
PARENT TO II THRONE.
long line Of tainted stock, with both
father and mother suffering from tn.
berculosis, and belongs, says the writ
er. Ito an enfeebled dynasty that Is
afflicted with every kind Of disease
both Of mind and body, to the point OF
actual insanity"
When Abdul ascended the throne he
had ten wives and has taken one each
year since, making something over for.
ty in all. There are a large number OF
other women In the harem, who, In
Turkish parlance, r slaves.
There are wild tales to the effect
that some sunshiny morning Russia
intends to step down to Constantinople
and tuck Turkey under her arm.
Whatever may be the truth as tc
Russia's intentions and as to her i'm.
piled connection with the Turkish rev.
olution, there Is n very inspiring fact
connected with the situation. a fact
that relates both to Turkey and Rus.
STA.
The spirit Of democracy and liberty,
having swept owe western Europe, Is
marching east. 1t is this which is ere.
ating turmoil in the land of the car
and it is this that animates the YOUNG
Turk movement leading to the over
throw Of "..he great assassin" Abdr
Hamid.
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he Trouble In Turkey
Personal SIDE Of Abdul MamId H.,
Who Started q Counter Revolt
Against the Young
Turk Party.
BY JAMES A.

BY JAMES A. EDCERTON.
"HE opinion is now universal tha,
the recent reactionary uprising
In Turkey vas instigated by
the sultan. The move was In
keeping with the character Of one
whom Gladstone denounced as 1.-THE
great assassin" Abdul Hamid went
on the throne over thirty years ago,
and his entire reign has been a series
Of secret and open assassinations, mas
sacres and other atrocities inspired, it
Is believed, by the monarch himself.
It is within the truth to say that he
has the most unsavory reputation Of
any ruler On earth, not excepting the
unspeakable Leopold of Belgium. In
Christian nations the feeling against
him may have been heightened by the
fact that he is the visible head Of U.s.
lam, but most Of 1t Is due to his per-
sonal character. That his hand was
in the Armenian massacres and the
Bulgarian atrocities Is as certain as
that it Is to be seen in the present re-
volt against the constitution and the
progressive clement. The son Of a
minor wife who had renowned her re-
ligion to enter the harem, regarded by
his father with aversion. reared as a
spy. with little education and with an
order of ability exhibited most in low
cunning, coming to the throne under
faint of fraud against his elder broth
er, suspicious, cruel, crafty, afraid Of
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Collece Athletics,

In a letter to the Cornell Era DR.,
Goodwin Smith says: Il see that the
number Of athletes failing to pass a
university examination is less than it
was. The shade Of Ezra Cornell will
rejoice. What our founder wanted
was not show of muscle, but prepare
ton for life, in which, in the case OF
university men, muscle does not count
for much. The force spent in football
cannot be recalled for study. Let us
have games by all means, but games
which exercise, do not exhaust, and ii
which all alike can take part. Be.
sides. there is military drill, good in
itself and not to be neglected If the
force of the country is to be kept in
the right hands,"
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Turks, Ahmed Ria, sitting at his left
hand. Everybody vas affable, and ali
was lovely as a marriage bell. 1t was
a solemn mummery, but perhaps de-
ceived nobody. At any rate, it de
ceived nobody long, for scarcely had
the sultan wiped the crumbs from his
mouth-the first occasion In history, by
the way, that any sultan eve ate with
his subjects-than he was up to his old
tricks. He began intriguing and schem
ing to overthrow the constitution and
the new regime and to that end bribed
officers and soldiers right and left. The
result Of all this government by spies,
bribery and underground methods was
the recent abortive counter revolution.
Then the Young Turks were sorry they
had not cut of the head Of ''the old
man" in the first place and swore
stoutly by the beard Of the prophet
that there would be no more temporiz.
ing.
The real crux Of the July revolution,
Of the counter revolution and Of the
counter-counter revolution, then, was
the sultan. What manner Of man is
he? The following facts, though some.
what disjointed, viii furnish a key to
his character, or, rather, lack Of It: =
Abdul Hamid In q Nutshell.
He wa born on Sept. q. 1872
He Is an inveterate cigarette smoker. n
His foster brother reads him to sleep at
night.
He is a good carpenter and takes pride
in displaying his skill.
He has Ave recognized sons, with the
eldest Of whom. Prince Selim, he Is on
bad terms.
He employs a jester and sometimes tn
dulges In the most ridiculous horseplay
at the FOOLS instigation.
He has a smattering Of medical science.
and whenever he feels indisposed he
writes out his own prescriptions.
He Is OF q c~onsumptive tendency.
He has four brothers and three sisters.
He has been on the throne Of Turkey
since 1876.
He amuses himself with clock making
and at times paints pictures.
He is an early riser. getting up winter
n summer at s o'clock in the morning.
He seldom goes outside the limits of his
own palace, and his exercise consists of
short walks in'the royal park.
He is something Of a musician. playing
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One Of the Worlds Most Cruel
Monarchs, a Crafty htriguer
and a Degenerate of the
Higher Order.

framing as a prize exhibit of uncon'
scious humor. But do not blame the
Turkish newspaper. It probably had
to print the stuff.
\ It appears now, however, that q
change has come owe the spirit Of the
Moslem dream. This truly "good''
ruler that had both the sun and moon
stalled and the Milky way doing
obeisance is being hustled out Of his
royal Job with scant ceremony. The
qualities which gained for him the
names Of 1.-THE unspeakable Turk" and
"the great assassin have proved too
much eve for his own subjects.
Off With His Head.
The Young Turk movement which
caused the revolution Of last July and
put into active operation the defunct
constitution was not only IN the inter-
est Of progress, but was essentially an
effort to end the abuses Of Abdul Ha-
mid's reign. Since the Young Turks
had the army with them, the sultan,
with his usual cunning, made a virtue
Of necessity and apparently bowed to
the popular will. There was a large
party among the Young Turks In IA
vor then Of depriving the aged in
Of his throne, If not Of his
head, but more conservative counsels
prevailed. A great feast was pre-.
pared, at which Abdul Hamid ate with
bis parliament, the leader Of the Young
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the dark, execrated by mankind in
best people tn his WI empire, Abdul
Hamid presents a most sinister figure.
That is the naked and ugly truth Of
the Turkish situation. Contrast that
unpleasant picture with the fulsome
fiction required by court etiquette.
The following description Of the sui
tan from a recent Turkish newspaper
shows what toadyism may do at its
worst:
Hitting Up the Sun and Noon.
'"The finest pearl Of the age and the
esteemed center Of the universe, at
Whose portals staudathe.c amels of JUS
tice and mercy and to whom the eyes
Of the kings and people in the west
have been drawn, the rulers there
finding an example oApa1tica1 psow-
ess and the classes.af MODEL of'fnescy
and kindness; our loSdsand master, the
sultan of the two shores and, the high
king Of the two seas; the crown Of the
ages and the pride Of all countries, the
areatest Of all caliphs; the shadow Of
God on earth; the successor Of the
apostle Of the Lord Of the universe;
the victorious conQueror (Al-Ghazi),
Sultan Abdul Hamid Khan.
MAY God protect his kingdom and
place his glory above the sun and the
moon, and may the Lord supply all
the world with the goodness which
proceeds from his holy majesty's good
Intentions"
Is it not delicious? Could toady TOM
myrot 60 further? 1t is not exactly
an example Of "from the sublime to
the ridiculous" but rather Of the SUBJ
lime that is the ridiculous. It seems
to 60 on the principle that official ad-
ulation should be in reverse proportion
to the blackness Of the subject; that
praise should be given not where most
deserved, but where most needed.
That touch about "good Intentions"
Is especially fine. It is one more proof
Of the adage that the internal regions
are paved with good intentions" The
entire hifalutin %panegyric deserves
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The Sunken Republic.

AS the sunken steamer Republic lies
too deep to be reached with safety by
divers, some engineers are proposing
that an attempt be made to raise the
vessel by the use of powerful magnets.
The ship is worth a million dollars or
more, 81 that it is not unlikely that
the experimenters will be allowed to
test the efficiency of their apparatus.
The magnets are already in use for
lifting heavy weights in the steel mills.
Youths Companion.
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Fogs and Wireless Tslearaphy.

Fogs and Wireless Tsloeraphy.
1t Is n Of the many marvels Of
wireless telegraphy that the ether
waves which carry its messages. un-
like light waves. suffer no absorption
In mist or fog. Quite the opposite, in
fact, is the case, for the effect on them
Of clear sunlight is so marked that
they can be sent with equal initial
power only less than half the distance
by day as by night. For this reason
press dispatches and long distance
messages sent by wireless telegraphy
are wherever possible committed to
the ether waves after sunset.-Dundee
Advertiser.
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Miracles and Men.

When the powder began to blaze in
the handling oom Of the Missouri two
gunners' mates, M. Momssez and G.
S. Schepke, who We're in the magazine,
at the imminent risk of their lives
prevented the flames from reaching
the powder there. This heroic disre-
gard of their own safety was the mira
Gle that saved the ship. Why not call
it by its proper name? It was the
prompt action Of brave, cool headed
sailormen In blue shirts that saved
the ship, and, If they were miracles,
then the navy, I am proud to say, is
full Of miracles. Those miracle work
ers walk about the decks Of our ships
by the hundred.-Admiral Evans in
Hampton's Magazine.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
An Ancient Industry.

It would be difficult Co say whero exactly and at what date the nHnufpc- ture of cotton fabrics began. h com paratlyely modern times, says Country Life, 1t has become an industry of tm- portance in Europe. but it has -four ished in the east from a period bco re- mote to admit of calculation. Tho Egyptians certainly used both cotton and linen materials, for fragments of such stufs have been preserYed among the other relics of their ancient ciyi- llzation, and there Is much reason Co believe that the elaborate draperie1 oe the Assyrians were cotton Bauslln5 finely woven and of delicate toZturo
 Tn China, too, and India tho Bamo kinds of material have been tho com mon wear of the people from trno iul- memorial. In fact, everywhere thEcugh- out the east cotton fabrics Wera pro duced and used long before tho pElmis tive Europeans had begun to develop any of the graces of civilization or in- deed had ceased to Do anything but skin clad sayages. "a u5oia Etr
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
Mest Awkward.

An old, steady going farmer vac ac- customed to ride to the market town upon a rather bad tempered horso.
 One day his man Bob brought tho animal, which was especially vicious that morning, to the door, the homo trying to bite and kick and giving 70 good deal of trouble.
 The farmer mounted the horse with some difficulty and began to WarC C. out of the yard when Bob, who still entertained nl feeling against the ani- nal. picked up a stone and dupgrtt st him with all his force; but alas, his aim was cratic, and tho missile struck his master on tho head.
 Half dazed for moment, the farmer turned slowly in his saddle, and, not suspecting the real cause of tho blow, he measured with bis eyo the horBa'g hind hoofs and hls own head nndp ret ding himself in the BRddle again, started of with the remark, SYell, he allus was on olard beggar."-London Scraps.
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HIllEN lLNGERs
Nature Gives Timely Warnings That No Alaska citizen Can Afford
 to Ignore.

DANGER SIGNAL NO. 1 comes from the kidney secretions. They wi warn you when the kidneys are sick. Well Kidneys excrete clear, amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out thin, pale and foamy, or a thick, red, ill., smelling urine, full of sediment and irregular of passage.
 DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes from the back. Back pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of Sick Kidneys and warn you of the ap- prOach of dropsy, diabetes and Bright disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and euro them perma- nently. Here Is proof in the state ment of fellow sufferer.
 Theodore Josephson, 515 Seventh St, Astoria, Oregon, says:
 About five years ago used Doan' Kidney Pills and derived benefit .benefit At that time was suffer ing from pains across my back and loins, often SO severe that I was un- able to stoop or sraighten. My kid neys also bothered me a great deal, the secredons generally being too ire quent in passage. At last Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to my at tention and I procured a box. I used them and as a result my health is now excellent. l take a few doses of DOan's Kidney Pills now and then, when feeling any sign of backache and they never fail to remove the trouble"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-DOan's-and take no other.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
rRAreRNAL ORDER OF EAGLES

Regular meetings of skagway Aerie No. 25, Fraternal Order of Eagles first and third Wednesdays in each month, in their hall on Fifth Avenue, at S:SO p. ID. sharp.
 All members are requested to be present and visiting brothers are in, vited to attend.
 HENRY A. RHODE. Worthy Pres,
 J. M. Keller, Worthy Secy.
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sKAawAY LAUNDRY.

In addition to doing tho best Laun- dry work in skagway we are now pre- pared to do rough dry work, all stare ed, ready for ironing for 50 cents per dozen. Phone 80. If.
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BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE
 ORDER OF ELKs.

skagway Lodge No. 4Sl. B. P. O.. Elks, holds its regular sessions at S:3O p. m. every Thursday evening at its hall on Sixth avenue.
 A cordial invitation Is extended t.. all visiting brothers.
 FRED. CALLARMAN, Secy.
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FREE AND ACCEPTED MAsoNs

Regular meetings of White Pass Lodge, No. 1IS, Free and Accepted Masous, second and fourth Fridays of each month, at s p. m. sharp, at Ma sonic hall, 225 Fourth avenue.
 Sujournlng and visiting members are requested to meet with us.
 A. P. DRAPES Secy.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
DIRECTORY OF FRATEaHlL SOCIETIES
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD.

Regular meetings of Camp skag- way, No. 1. every Tuesday at S;SO o'clock sharp. in A. B. hall, Broad way.
 Visiting brothers are cordially in v!tgd.
 J. NJ. Keller, A. c. F. J. Rosenberg, A. R.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
LIVE pnIlIrRY.

We have just received a shipment of Live Chickens, and for the bal ance of the season will receive a fresh consignment by every steamer Special orders will receive our promp attention. FRYB-BRUHN co.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
EuIL -ouART- MEASURE

Old Famous Cedar Brook Bourbon Bottled in Bond, well Aged in wood,
 rom Che Renowned McBrayer Dis Hllery. Full Quart $1.5O, at the Pack Train. If
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ran and shoFt.

First Deteetlye-What was the do.a scription of that nbseonding bank cashier we were told to look out Cor? Second Detectiye-He was siE feet tall and S5O,OOO short.-Phlladelphia Rec ord
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07

Guests arc given every attention al the Carbon hotel at Csrcross. Clean comfortable rooms, good service, fine fishing and hunting close to Car rOss p. WaGideon, prop.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
LOOK QUIT

Beginning 18th inst I shall have some A,-Y-P, special at the Pack Train. Finest in the Land. Yours aB ever, Herman Grimm. tf.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
NoTIcE ro cREplToRe.

Having been appointed administra tor of the estate of Fred Halnes. deceased, by the commissioner and ex-offlcio judge of probate at skagwa precinct in the first division of the district of Alaska, all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby required to present them, with the proper vouchers, within six month from the date of this notice to me at my office in the town of skagway in said precinct and district.
 Dated at skagway. Alaska, septem Der IS, 1909.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07

FOR sALE-26OO; terms. A f. room furnished house. Also new u right piano. Inquire Of Mrs. cliff End Ave. tf
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
It oy Eu.

Learned Iv oy Eu. The dear little girl arose, bowed and recited it in this manner:
 DLettuce Donby up N. Dewlng.
 Widow Hartford ", D. Fase; Btul H B. Wing. btlil per Sue Wing, Learn to label Aunty Waite" Then, With the tumultuous applause of tbe audience ringing in her ears, nhe s8t down in happy confusion.-Chi- cag0 Tribune
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07

QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 90. Baggage, coal and wood delivered upon shortest notice day and night.
 Fl. FREIDENTHAL, General Expressing Bonded Car Tier.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
LADIES OF TIE MAccABEEs.

Regular reviews of Hive No. 2, La dies of the Maccabees will be held the first and third Tuesdays in the month at 8 p. m. sharp. in their hall on Sixth avenue.
 All visiting members are cordially invited.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07

When on your way home drop into the Board of Trade and take with 70 some bottled beer. It's always nice and told,-we keep 1t on ice.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
Nnh Ia Him

Hewitt U Money talks. Jewett - gpessJ I have forgotten the telephone number-NeW York Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07

Sometimes a man is willing to re- main at the foot of the ladder fov the purpose of pulling others down.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07

FOR sALE.-A National Cash Reg ister in good condition. Inquire at this office. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
Phil Abrahams,
Dor IS, 1909.

First publication, Sept. IS, 1909. Last publication, Oct. g, 1909
The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-07
GOlI Goal Goal GOlI 200 TONS WELLINGTON
 LUMP COAL

from Shaft No 6, Oyster Bay Mines at Ladysmith, the highest grade household coal of all the B. c. fields
 SS. .2S FIXED CARBON Perfect Combustion Uniform Heat
 Light Ash
 On and after January 1, 1909 we shall offer this coal, selected and graded as follows:-
 Selected Lumps Gin bulk onlyl sl4. ton Double Screened and sacked l2. [" Run of Mine II. " Screenings '. Screenings (bulk) 6. !" Above prices are ON WHARF. DELIv-
 Sl.OO per ton extra.
 EsJ. SHAW G Go Phones II or lO9 Sksgwsy, Alaska
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