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SUPPLY or ARMY HORSES.
Not Equal to Demand In Ensland-French
and German Stables.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.

from NNe fuH MuV uu<tte'
The adequate supply Of horses for the
army, II would scarcely be denied. is as
essential to its efficiency as men and guns.
Yet in this vital particular the Government
as In SO many other questions relative to
the defence Of the country, have utterly
failed to realize their responsibilities.
Sir Gilbert Parker Is raising the point
In one Of its important aspects next week
in the House Of Commons. He has given
notice to call the attention OF the Secretary
of State for War to the fact that German
agents are extensively buying three-year-
old horses suitable for army purposes in
England, ireland and Wales.
There is no use Disgusting the fact. said
an expert on English horse breeding. that
the country is rapidly being denuded Of its
best horses. and the position Is becoming
acute.
1T Is a regulation Of the War ONCE mat
horses shall not be bought under four years
Did. This Is the foreigners chance. Not
only the Germans. but practically every
Continental country. has agents bent on
securing the very pick Of the available
three-year-olds. They purchase especially
young mares. which Of course do not return
to this country. They are. therefore, re-
ducing both In quality and number the sup
ply Of yea r-olds obtainable by the home
authorities.
The German and French Governments
realize the value OF a plentiful supply.
They have their own Government breeding
establishments and encourage horse breed
ing by subsidy. I believe France pays
something like 500. 900 francs q year in THIS
respect. Then they take great care hat only
good stations are employed.
"The principal cahses OF the alarming
IL. r. 49, ,o,pipoad IL waf broke
ont Tomorrow We have not a sufficient
supply for the army are the unprecedented
buying Of young horses by foreign agents,
the fact that farmers are more and more
giving up the breeding Of horses. the increase
In mechanical traction, and the heavy de-
mand for horses during the late south
African war"
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such dramatic roles as Lohen1rin, N whicl
he made q great successes in Russia

Edyth Walker il going TO sing both
Festival. SO far Berlin, Vienna, Dresden.
Breslau. Frankfort, Elberfeld-Where
Herman Wetzler oonducted-and Ham
burg have heard Strauss opera. IN
Vienna the title role was sung by Luoiiie
MARCEL Of New York and she was highly
praised by tho critics, who referred 70
her as a Partisan and found hat her voice
was almost too beautiful for the de-
moniac heroine. She was described as
q tiger cat with the voice OF an angel
Anna Won Mlldenburg sang Ctyten'neslra
She will be both the Kundry and Ortrud
at Bayreuth this summer.
latest opera IL so difficult that not an opsfa
house that has given the work possesses
two complete casts. In case OF the siok-
ness OF q singer it Is usually necessary
to postpone the performance.
Goldmark's "A Winters Tale ID max
ing Its way over the German operatc
theatres. It as recently sung in Breslau.
Heinrich Knote, who says he will v
sing In German opera again and mas peeh
preparing himself for French and Italian
opera in Paris with Jean de Reszke, Is
now giving concerto in the German Clues
until somebody engages him for an opera
house to which his new repertoire Will be
suited. Joan Manen, the Spanish com
poser whose opera .-Aote' had some sue,
cess in Dresden, has composed a SECOND
work, 'The Torchlight Procession which
will be given at Cologne. Manen USED
to play the violin here as an infant pns-
The new work Ia dedicated 10
the Kingof Spain by his permission.
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varsity four last year. This four wan.
dered zigzag over the river and foyled
handling on the starting line. The ruddsr
pin was pulled out. i.
Ballard, who stroked his freshman boat
three years ago and was 8 In the varsity
four two years ago, was stroke OF the
varrity four last year. He win set the
pace for the varsity eight this time.
Next alphabetically 10 Syracuse. Here
is q green bow four and o vsteran stem
quartet. Armstrong. a valuable man
who wasn't available last year, Is bow Of
the crew. Guibord. 2. was in the fresh
eight last year. He was at 2 then.
Putnam, S in last years freshman boat.
Is 8 In the varsity. Gere, who stroked the
1911 freshman craft, is 4 now.
Two seniors and two juniors make up
the rest. Hemenway. 3 in the 1909 fresh
man boat. was s In the varsitiee Of 1907 and
1908, as he Ii now for 1909. Simmer, 0, was
4 in his class eight In 1907. and Last year
was 2 in the varsity. . Capt. Fisher Is used
to 2 seat. He was 7 in the victorious
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NOISY AFRICAN NATIVES.
Laughter Seldom Heard In the tpr"ar
Sounds Of TOmtou,s and Big Shells.


Among the AZ rican natives there can
he nothing done without noise. according
to william B. Clarke of Pittsbmrg. Pa. who
has travelled extensi vsly in Africa.
1t is simply appalling. the rush. the
roar, the chatter and the hustle. like Bedlam
let loose. " Mr.. Clar said. The principal
object OF conversation Is said to be money.
and the hubbub. bawling and uproar in all
sorts OF tones from shrilI and screaming
to gru1 and growing. accompanied by all
sorts of resticulations with tongue mead
and feet. are beyond description.
1T is rather odd. but laughter is almost
never heard in this uproar. and az for
whistling. IL II a lost art. IL there are
any quarrels they are not to be heard in
public, although when a company Of ma
tives gets to carry on On animated conyer-
sation it appears to the observer as IL the
next act would be q melee.
In addition to these natural sounds
there are others Of an artificial character
that are equally familiar TO the traveller
Such is the noise of the drums called tom
toms, which are beaten on every occa-
sion, n a kind OF pipe about eighteen
inches long. with holes like those OF n flute.
and breathed through in a way that pro-
duces a variety OF notes of a wild, discordant
character. A fright full noise is made by the
kafa men blowing on a big shell"
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freshman eight In 1908 and again In The
varsity boats Of last year and the year
before. Champlin stroked the freshman
crew In 1907 and eat at . In last years. boat
With young Jim Ten Eyck out Champlin
naturally becomes stroke.
Wisconsin has some veterans tor.
Steinberg, the bow oar, was I In the fresh.
man eight three years ago and was a sub.
stitute Tor the varsities OF 1907 and 1908.
Rerr, Q. sat at that a in the champion
eight OF 1907, but last year was a subst.
tu{e for the varsity she'll. frame. 8, was
in that seat in last years varsity boat
and 7 In his freshman eight IN 1907. Hare.
4, stroked last years freshman boat, Van
Loom, a sophomore. last year was incl.
eible for the boat. which he surely would
have made, IL was said, at Madison. Wiloa,
q. who stroked the freshman crew IN 1901,
was 3 in the varsity boat last year, Kraatz,
2, occupied a like seat in last years fresh
nan Grew. Dinet. like Cerussi OF Colum.
bia. hasbeen a stroke oar for three yean.
He was in the freshman sight in iso1 ana
In the varsity boats Of 1907 and 1905
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the Old Fashioned Door Plate.

From the Louisville Couricr-Johrnci
Door plates arc going out OF fashion, =
said a man whose business It 10 to make
plates OF all kinds. Twenty years ago
every man OF prominence had his name
craven upon a plate and that plate affixed
to his front door, that all might know who
dwelt within. The daily task Of the negro
houseman was to rub the door plate unttl II
shone. II look the place Of the Lares and
Penstes OF the Romano, n was attended
to just as carefully as were the ncien
household gods,
Everything Is changed now. though. !
suppose the reason n that People don 7 have
homes az they used to. They simply live
In houses and apartments and move around
so much that a door plate couldn't possibly
endure the p~eripatetic existence. A col
lection OF brass door plates screwed to the
portal Of a big apartment building would, l
confess, look rather i'd
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Rescued . shipwrecked Cat.

FroW me LOhd0h DdHD HuH,
Tho salvage steamer Enterprise. which
put into Dover yesterday from the wrecked
liner Mahratts on the Goodwins. had on
board a black cat which was rescued elaven
days after the liner was abandoned.
VI was in q terribly emaoiated condition
when discovered by the salvage mon, hav-
ing mad nothing to eat or drink during that
period, and II was very wild. Eventually
Diver @. Fabian succeeded IN capturing
It and II 10 being made q pet OF on the
Enterprise.
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The Lord He Served.
From the Boston Record,

fpf NV 49,
Judge George F. Lawton Of the Middlesex
Probate Court told me a story the other
day OF an American minister Who was
spending his sabbatical year travelling
abroad. Arriving in London. he made
every effort to get an intimate view OF the
two branches Of Parliament in session. or
course no straneer is allowed on the floor
OF the House OF Lords, but the minister not
knowing this, and with the usual amount
OF American push tried to make his way In.
There IL a rule. however, that servants
Of the various lords may be admitted to
lister walking boldly in, the doorkeeper
asked:
What lord do you server"
American, the lord J~ehovahl"
For q moment the .doorkseper. besitated
and then admitted him, Turning to an
he must mean one Of those poor Scotch
lairds."
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story Of . Bell.
From the London Globe.

FT0W INC IOHuOH UFUUe.
Few persons suspect that in the cathedral
church Of Notre Dame is a bell contempo-
raneous with Joan OF Archie blessed
bell" which sounded the tocsin when the
maid OF Lorraine appeared in August.
l<2o, and Paris was besleged by the Eng
fish. This historic bell. referred to by
Victor Hugo In his "Notre Dame de Paris. "
was given to the cathedral In 400 by Jean
de Montaign. 1t was refounded in 1855.
and then reba ptlzed under the name OF
Emmanuel Louise Therese. in honor Of
Louis XlV. and Marie Therese OF Austria,
SO II this bell is not the same bell which
less the same metal vibrates to-day at the
great religious ceremonies OF, the metro
politan church. In view OF later events
that when all the other bells Of Notre Dame
were destroyed by the Revolutionists Joan's
beTl should have been spared.
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been transferred to Milan, where She will
become q singer Of the first rank. Her
place will be admirably filed next season
BY Nine. Noria, who In private life Is
tho wife Of Mr.. Gatti-Oasazza's secretary,
tho Count Ceutanini. and who was afore-
time Miss Jane Ludwig Of the Castle
Square Opera Company.
The immediate results Of Signor Gen.
~tanini's explorations In darkest Paris
have not all been made public. but some
OF them have been unskilfully confused
with results achieved by his %superiors.
The company will indeed be q largo n
next season and its activities will be
spread over q large territory.
These considerations a. to singers are
aside from the main theme Of speoula-
ton In this article. which was the report
Of the investigating committee Of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. As was said
at the outset, only the members OF that
company know the contents OF that re-
port, and they have preserved an alto
gether oommendable silence.
There is no reason why they should
make public the findings Of their investi-
gators. Neither Is there any reaso why
any person deeply interested In the future
welfare II the Metropolitan Opera House
as the conservator Of the musical prestige
OF New York should not hazard a few o n
lectures as to what might. could. would
or should be found In this weighty state
paper. w. j. HENDERSON.
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Maroella sembrich ended her engage
ment In 81. Petersburg last Sunday night
with the same programme that closed
her New York oPere career her
and the SAM presentations Of scenes
Of enthusiasm Witnessed here. Nine.
Sembrich and could not accept the invi-
tation Of Felix Weingartner to appear
at the Imperial Opera House In Vienna.
as she was under contract to sing In
Russia. She win appear in Spefa
Battistini has been singing In the Italian
opera in st. Petersburg with Lima Cava-
Tristan und Isolde was to be given
at the Imperial Russian Opera House
this season, but 1t was not possible for
the singers to learn theinew work and 1t
went over until next year. In Stockholm
the opera was this year sung in Swedish.
The Nibelungen Ring was repeated in
Russian this winter n ever since it's
first production three ago is
given once annually. The Marien or
Imperial Theatre Ia noted Tor the beauty
Of it's productions, which are superior
has been q wonderful revival Of Carmen
with new scenery and costumes. which
IL said to have surpassed all previous at
tempts. Another elaborate revival was
Aserof's opera Judith In which The
odor Chaliapin made his temperance as
Holofernes. again presenting one OF his
characteristic and wonderful masks.
The opera. which was directed by Napraw:
mix. has come to be regarded as n Of
the most notable Of Russian operate
compositions. It was mounted In mar
vellously beautiful and scholarly imita-
tons OF the Assyrian and Hebrew models
Of the tenth century B. 9. The most
popular Of Russian lyric tenors is Leon
Sobinoff. who has recently been singing
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w
position Of actual manager Of the theatre.
while the general and administrative
managers were obliged to oonfne their
activities TO the execution OF his designs.
II would.hardly be the situation contem-
plated by the formation OF the company.
The report might and probably would
not speak OF this condition Of affairs, but
Il might make record OF certain details
which could not have come into existence
except in this manner.
II these matters were discussed In the
report II would indeed be strange II the
chairman Of the board would allow any
outsider to see the document; but, as has al
ready been said, this report is in a sens
a private paper and there lie no reason
for its publication but the curiosity
OF people who support the opera.
Nevertheless this harmless ~specula-
ton ms to It's possible contents may be
continued. 1t would. for example. be
interesting to know whether the report
deals with the question Of conductors,
especially In so far as the New Theatre
is concerned. 1t has been announced
that either Ernst von Schuch, the mas
terly conductor Of the Dresden opera,
or Leo Bloch Of Berlin, will be imported.
In this ease there will hardly be any
necessity for the services Of Mr.. Spetrino,
who was originally engaged because
MIR. Toscanini refused to conduct the
ancient repertoire Of Italian operas,
including such works as sRigoletto' and
IL Trovatore.' Since, however. there
are to, be many French works In the list
Of the New Theatre. it might be posi-
bic that the report would advise the en-
gagement Of a competent French con-
ductor. This same conductor might
perhaps be able to conduct sManon'
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30
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HUMBOLDT WILL
 CLAIM SALVAGE

Capt. Baughman of the Humboldt stated today that claim or salvage would be filed against the Cottage City by the Humboldt. He would not state how large the claim would be but will undoubtedly be large and re- suit in q suit of law. Capt. Baughman said the Cottage City was drifting and helpless when picked up by the Humboldt.
 When informed that news had been cabled from Seattle that he was li- able to a fine for towing the Cottage in Canadian waters Capt Baughman shrugged his shoulders and refused to make any comment.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30

Remember the name-Doan's-ant take no other.
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A school of cod were running in the bay yesterday and several fisher men made big catches.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30

Hector Mclean left for Juneau to- day on the Humboldt. where he has been temporarily transferred.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30
HUMBOLDT HAS
 MAIL ABOARD

The Humboldt arrived at 2:SO O. clock this afternoon with about twen' ty passengers and light load of local freight. She had on board the mail, the perishable freight and sev- eral passengers from the Cottage City who lost hre propeller in Fitzhugh sound Monday night and was lowed to Bella Bella by the Humboldt. who was close by when tte accident oc- cured.
 The Humboldt sails south at 4:ao this afternoon.
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HIDDEN DANGERS
Nature Gives Timely Warnings That No Alaska Citizen Can Afford
 to Ignore.

DANGER SIGNAL NO. l comes from the kidney secretions. They wi warn you when the kidneys are sick. We'll kidneys excrete a clear, amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out a thin, pale and foamy, or thick, red, ill., smelling urine, full of sediment and irregular of passage.
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 About five years ago I used Doans Kidney Pills and derived benefit benefit. At that time I was suffer ing from pains across my back and Joins, often so severe that l was un' able to stoop or straighten. My kid reys also bothered me great deal. the secretions generally being too ire quent in passage. At last Deans Kidney Pills were brought to my at tention and I procured a box. used them and as a result my health is now excellent. take 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. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30
LOOK OUT!

Beginning 16th inst. I shall have some A.-Y.-P. special at the Pack Train. Finest in the Land. Yours as ever, Herman Grimm If.
 Stop at the Caribou hotel when i' Carcross. Fine fishing and huntins In the immediate vicinity overlooks the beautiful shores of the lake. B W. Gideon, prop.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30
MANY LEAVE
 FOR |NNOkO


 T. S. Donaghy of Fairbanks, who has been mining this summer on Gold stream and Engineer creeks, arrived in skagway Monday and vii! go south on one of the first boats. After visit ing the fair and the sound cities, MT. Donaghy will return Q Fairbanks over the trail this winter.
 Mir. Donaghy is an old timer in Al. aska, having been in the country fourteen years. He states that there was big rush to the Innoko this fall, six boat loads of people leaving Fairbanks.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30
skAeWAY 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 pei dozen. Phone 80. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.

In the Court of the Commissioner for the District of Alaska, Division No. l, at Skagway Precinct, before H. B. LeFNeyre, Commissioner and ex officio Justice of the Peace. FRYE-BRUHN COMPANY, corpora ton, Plaintiff,
 E. c. NORMAN, Defendant.
 To F. c. Norman, Defendant, Greet. ing:-
 In the name of the United States or America, you are hereby command ed to be and appear in the above entitled court, holden at Skagway in said Division, Precinct and District and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled ac- ton on November, g. 1909, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the court house in said precinct, and if you fail to appear and answer, for want thereof the plaintiff win take judge ment against you in the sum of $25. SO, interest from August l, 1908 and costs.
 In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 2sth day of August 1909.
 Seal. H. B. LeFevre
 Commissioner and
 e1officio Justice of the Peace Date of first publication, Saturday August 2s. 1909.
 Date of last publication, Saturday October 2, 1909.
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LOOK OUT,

Beginning 18th inst. I shall have some A.-Y.-P. special at the Pack Tram. Finest in the Land. Yours as ever, Herman Grimm. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30

Jack Durham of Atlin left for home on the train this morning.
 Bishop Rowe of sitka came up to Juneau on the Humboldt.
 The City of Seattle will leave Sc attle tonight and is expected in skag- way Oct. 4.
 w.. B. King is still at the White Pass hospital. He expects to leave tomorrow.
 l. NJ. Irwin of Dawson arrived in town Tuesday night and will leave on the Humboldt.
 Miss Reynolds. daughter of Col. Reynolds of Fort Seward. arrived at Fort Seward on the Humboldt.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30

The famous Olympia Beer on tap a the Board of Trade. Limerick alley. Also a fine line of whlskey and wine.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-30
PHIL SNYDER !
 |S INJURED

Phil Snyder suffered a painful but not dangerous injury late this after noon when heavy piece of iron plate fell upon his ankle while he was helping unload machinery from flat car at the Home Power company's plant. He was taken to his home and will probably be confined there for some time.