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The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-30
JUST cHuMs"

The trouble with half or nine tenths of the people who are stam- peding for the divorce courts is that the ordinary husband and wife do pot make chums of each other. The wife who mopes around the house while her husband goes off fishing is headed for the divorce court Go ronpins out in the woods with him. You win then learn that as you both get away from the gossip and cheap conventonallties and insipidites Of people Ike yourselves, you will grow h mind Snd body and the woman's weakness soon appeal to the chival- " of his strength and soon he will begin to help you over the rough places and by and by his hand will finger caresSinsly on your arm and the old look will come back to his eyes. and in the sublime hush of the forest your voice will become tender and the thought of a divorce court win become very sacrilege. Do not read the romanoes of life; go out and feel them. Every man is a Paal and every woman a Virginia un- III they wander from natures god and worship at the shrine of folly.
 When men can and will say to their wives "come on, old pal O mine, let's go to the hillSides where the scarlet berries hang like drops of blood from the crimson heart of the wildwood" and she will pack up a lunch and put In the old cob pipe for her chum, you can bet that couple Is not golng out to flag a divorce court
 When they forget what somebody has said or are careless of what other people do and are not envious oi what other people have; when they learn that they themselves constitute all the heaven or hell they will ever know; then their presence to each other will be a Joy and divorce courts win forever fade from the land. Be chums. That's all. Just be chumS and fish and romp and love and laugh together.-Ketchikan Miner.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-30
THE AIRsHIeS.

The ships are sailing overhead; they float upon the gale, their wings and thingumbobs outspread-and shah let them sail; it is a pleasant thing to sport above the highest tree but this old earh, where I cavort, is good enough for me. The aeroplan ists have averred that it's joyous thing. to ride the zephyrs like bird that scars on tireleSS wing; that such experience is worth, it is not hard to see; but this old trusty, solid earth, Is good enough for me. It's nice to win enduring fame. and med als by the peck; but consider my fat frame, and likewise my fat neck more useful than awards from throne or all the kings that be, and this old earth. while I have bones, is good enough for me.-Walt Mason.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-30
srOO REWARD, stOO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. catarrh being constitutional disease, re- Quires a constitutional treatment Halls catarrh Cure is taken intern ally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the ,constitu- ton and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors offer One Hu 6red Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address: E. J. CHENEY & Co.,
 Toledo. O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for con. stpadon.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-30
m, Antarctic Continent.

Strange have been the historical vi- cissitudcs Of the antarctic continent. A fignent of geographic fancy evolved by ortellus in l5T0. the great Captain Cook thought that be had demolished 1t in l17s. ReSuscitated by an Ameri. can sealer. \. R. Palmer. In 1890. 1t took form and definite location under Wilkes daring and persistent explora- tons of ISf0, supplemented by those of D'Urvine, Enderby and Kemp. Ross eliminated Wilkes discoveries from his charts, but the continent was theoretically and scientifically recon structed by the great physicists Car penter and Murray. Slowly evolving its tangible shape through the diseoy- cries of the German Dryealski, the Scotsman Bruce, the Belgian Ger laehe. the Frenchman charcot, the Norwegian Larsen and the English man Scott, through the late labors of Shackleton, the antarctic continent now appears to extend from Victoria Land west to Enderby Land and from Wilkes Land across the south pole to Palmer Land.-NIajor General Greedy in Century.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-30
LINES 0F FACTS

Tourists in British Columbia must be careful of the trophies or memen- tos they buy or try to buy. A new game law prohibits the dealing in or offering to buy or sell the heads of mountain sheen. elk, moose or caribou or the teeth of elk or wapitl.
 In the Atlas mountains and in the southwestern part of Morocco are val uable deposits of copper, antimony and silver and some gold. The mines are being worked very crudely, the natives not being familiar with mod ern methods. Tho metal Is mined to supply local needs.
 Professor Frederick Starr, the fa- nous anthropologist is going to Ja- pan in September. Be is going among the Ainu. and he win make some in- vesticatsor os the recent development of tho acSe. especially along the lines the Japanese regard as up to G civilization.
 At St. Day, Cornwall, England. can be seen daily the strange spectacle of water being retailed in the public streets at halfpenny per pitcher. The water Is brought in barrels drawn by horses. though if the inhabitants cared to pay for the cost of piping It would save them a considerable out lay.
 Armored concrete continues to en- large the field of Its application, The experimental concrete telegraph poles erected by one of the great railroads running between Chicago and the eastern coast have proved so success ful that the company has decided to extend their use gradually over its western lines.
 Something unique in the line of a strike or boycott was recently reported from a small town in Burgundy, The physicians of the place raised their rates 30 per cent and mass meet ing of all the ailinG folk was called st which 1t was decided to dispense with the medical mems services and trust to luck to get we'll
 No portion of Manhattan Island has such weekly change in population as that section south of Wall street During the business hours of six days in the week an observer can count l2,- 900 persons in walk of an hour through its lanes, and on a recent Sunday only foVy-Seven persons could be seen there in that time.
 Munshl Abdul Karin died recently in Agra at the age of forty-six. Be was an interesting figure, having been the chief of the late Queen Nictoria's Indian servants. It was Abdul who taught her how to both speak and write HindoStani, and he was among the little guard of honor who watched 1 over the body of his queen.
 X oultc unusual test has been made of glass chinneys from the glass works at Baccarat, France. They were de signed for safety in coal mines con talning much tiredamp, and when ten of them were suddenly plunged into water at 50 degrees F. after being slowly heated to the boiling point ot water not one of then cracked.
 By treaty foreigners have the right to buy land anywhere iu Morocco, pro vidcd the purchase has the sanction oi the local governor. This has been un certain and possibly hard to obtain but by the treaty of Algeciras in leoS foreigners have the right to buy land within ten miles of every seaport Such purchases are not. to be taxed by the sultan
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-30
QUITE PAT.

The Sksgway Alaskan has for the past six months or so been running each day in the editorial columns a verse from the bible, usually without regard to its fitness or appropriate ness. In its issue of Monday, Aug, 9, the paper publishes the following:
 For if a man thinketh himself tc be something, when he is nothing he deceiveth himseE.-Galatians, chal ter 6-S.
 Now how on earth G! tNe Alask'T ever happen to make saCh a dig al Gloomy Gui e'BrienT--;daesu Traas cript.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-30

You can spsaaa pleasant half hour in a game of. Pool or English Bit nards. The Board of Trade has the sess tables in SsSgwsy. Drop in.- wSn be glad to SC you.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-30

When on your way home drop into the Board of Trade and take with 70 some bottled beer, It's always nice and cold,-we keep 1t on ice.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13
MAN HAS MYSTERIOUS POWER.
Aged Prisoners Freak Tricks Secure
Him His Freedom.

Tacoma, Wash.-One of the freak
est men ever brought into the police
station here is P. Arnold. cook, 81
years old who does tricks that have
mystified the police. Arnold laid po-
liceman's club across the palm of his
open hand and then asked several Of
the officers by turns to remove it. It
required one of the strongest men of
the force to move the club, and then
he could only get it a fraction of an
inch from the mans hand. The same
trick was performed with billiard
cue, which also was laid in Arnold's
open palm. The cue was finally broken
by one of the men. leaving the butt
lying loosely across Arnold's palm.
The man also makes lead pencils Dc
peculiar things, and claims to be able
to find articles hidden. When he rubs
his hands together for the fraction of
a minute both the members become so
hot that they will raise blister, he
claims. by laying them on the flesh.
He tried to give ocular demonstration
of his power on Chief Detective Fitz-
gerald, but the officer lodged and
moved near the door. Arnold was ar
rested for disorderly conduct, but
when the police found out his peculi-
arities they turned him loose. &
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13
RAILROAD HEAD AS MAIL CLERK.
President Of Michigan Central Still
Draws Salary from Government.

Washington.-The surprising infor-
nation that Henry B. Ledyard, presi-
dent of the Michigan Central railway,
for % years has been carried upon the
rolls Of the post office department as
mail messenger at salary Of $1,000
per year, was divulged to the house of
representatives the other day by Rep
resentative Murdoch Of Kansas.
1t appears that the Michigan Central
railroad many years ago applied to
both Canada and the United States for
reimbursement for carrying the mails
over stretch of railroad across the
Niagara river, which stretch consists
Of the expensive bridge which the rail-
road maintains there and over which
it had not been able to collect mall
carrying charges from either country,
owing to the fact that it was practical
ly the boundary line between the Uni.
ted States and Canada.
The United States eventually made
an arrangement whereby the pres1ueTJ
of the road was appointed mail mes
senger and the road was by this means
given money sufficient to recompense
it for the continual carrying of the
United States mails between the edge
of the Niagara river and its-~-aenter,
which is the literal boundary line.
The mail contracts, according to law.
could provide for the transportation OF
mail only to the bank of the river 1t
is asserted that President Ledyard ID
still drawing his mail clerks salary.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13
FEW GRAVES FOUND
WAR DEPARTMENT UNsuccEss.
Full IN LOCATING HEROES.
Those Who Died In Battle of New
Orleans Now Lost Forever to
Country for Which
They Fought.

New Orleans, La-Although diligent
search is being made here, under the
direction of the war department, for
the graves of soldiers who, under Gen.
Andrew Jackson, won the great battle
of New Orleans, little success has
crowned the effort.
The records of the department show
that in the fights Of December % and
%. 1914, and January l and 6. 1915.
there were IS killed, 1875 wounded and
SO missing on the American side.
Many of the dead are supposed to be
in the National cemetery at Chal-
mette, where monument marks the
site of the famous victory, but the
names of the dead are for the most
part unknown, and the search has not
revealed the identity Of any buried
there.
Across the river from the cemetery
Lave been found IL graves. They lie
near a clump of pecan trees. about 200
feet from the levee and about 200 feet
from the old Notifications. Tradition
says that the men belonged to the
Fifty-fourth infantry and that the
bodies were taken across the river and
buried there by marines The graves
have no headstones.
In Old st. Louis cemetery, No. l.
are three graves situated near the
rear wall. They bear inscriptions in
dicating that Oliver Parmlee of New
England, Asabel Brunson of Halifax
county, N. c.; and William P. Candy
midshipman in the United States navy
all of whom fell in the battle of New
Orleans, are buried there.
Three of the soldiers are said t.
have been taken to Opelousas, La, anG
buried in the Catholic cemetery there
but no record of their interment ha.
been found by the department.
In st. Louis cemetery. No. 2, is tn,
grave of Dominique You, one of tn,
pirate Lafitte's men, who took part il
the battle. In the same cemetery Il
the grave of Ursin Frederic, also
victim of the English.
These few graves are all that hav,
been located of the IS that shout,
contain the known dead. Where 9th
ers are seems likely to remain a
much of mystery to the war depart
ment as it has to the local historian
for two or three generations.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13
Hardie had halted the night before

Hardie, had halted the night before
at Clearwater spring. Finding it but
mud and alfali, he had merely rested
his men and horses for few hours
and then pushed on for Apache spring,
where he hoped to strike water. The
troop rode through the early morning
hours, full Of grit and keen to overtake
the Apaches, traces of whose flight
were becoming more evident every
mile. All WEAKNESS had vanished.
Even the horses felt there was some
thing In the air and answered the bugle
call with fresh vigor and go.
A scout first heard the firing at the
spring. He did not wait to investigate,
knowing he could do nothing alone.
The volleys, the difference in thu re.
ports Of the rifles, proved to him that
a fight was on. He knew that the
Apaches were being held off. Gallop
ing back to the troop. he reported the
fight to its commander.
The bugles sounded The horses
were forced into gallop. With clash
ing accouterments and jingling spurs
and bits they dashed across the mesa
to the head of the trail. Here they met
Slim Hoover and his posse coming from
an opposite direction.
The firing in the canyon was more
intermittent now. Dick and Jack were
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13

From the hillside rifle shot rang
out The ball struck Dick in the leg.
He fell and lay motionless.
: Pulling his revolver, Jack stopped
and ran under the overhanging ledge,
peering about to see where the shot
had come from. He raised his gun to
fire when volley of rifle shots rang
through the canyon, the bullets kick
Ing up little spurts Of dust about him
and chipping edges off the rocks. Jack
dropped on his knees and crept to his
rifle, clipping his revolver back into
his holster.
Crouching behind rock. with his
rifle to his shoulder, he waited for the
attackers to show themselves.
Experience on the plains taught
them that the fight would be slow
one unless the Apaches sought only to
divert attention for the time being to
cover their flight southwark. After
the one shot which struck Dick and
the volley directed at Jack not rifle
had been fred. Peering over the
bowlder, Jack could see nothing.
Dick had fallen near the spring. He
struggled back to consciousness to find
his left leg numb and useless. When
the ball struck him he felt only a
sharp pinch. Ellis fainting was caused
by shock to his weakened body, but
not from. fear or pain. With the re-
turn to his senses came horrible,
burning thirst and n horrible sinking
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13

1t was a mans death. Fate had be-
friended him in the end.
Reaching his hand out to Dick, he
touched his shoulder. rousing him from
a stupor into which he was sinking.
"Quick, Dick. They're coming closer.
Co." he ordered Don't be fool.
Only one of us can escape-one Of US
alone. Let it be you, Dick. Go back
to her-back to home and happiness"
Dick struggled to sitting posture,
offering a fair target for the Indian
hidden behind the ledge on the cliff
trail. The Apache took full advantage
and fired, but missed. Dick returned
the shot with his revolver before the
warrior could sink back behind the
rock. The Apache lurched forward In
his death blindness with the last con-
vulsiye obedience of the muscles ere
the will fees. Then his legs crumpled
up beneath him, and he toppled for
ward off the ledge. His breechclout
caught in a rocky projection, causing
the body to hang headlong against the
side of the cliff. His rifle fell from his
nerveless hands, Gathering and break
ing on the rocks below.
The sight served as a tonic to Dick.
His success braced his strength and
will. The old battle spirit surged over
him. Only with an effort did he sup
press the desire to laugh and shout.
He would have left Jack to fight it out
alone but minute before, but the one
rhot drove all such ideas from his
mind.
mo, I'll be hanged If I'll go!' he
shouted. "1'll stay and fight with you,
and, Selling his rifle, he joined Jack in
stopping rush of the Apaches.
I'VE stopped them that time" Jack
cried, with satisfaction. In the lull he
again urged his comrade to escape te
the horse and return to Echo. Take
the horse,' he insisted. ''Go while
there's chance"
Nor shouted Dick determinedly. Il
was as much his fight as Jacks now.
Jack thought more for Echo In thai
moment than he did for himself. Here
was the man she loved. He must &c
back to her. The woman's happines!
depended upon it. But Jack realized
that while he was alive Dick would
stay. One supreme sacrifice was nee
essary.
60" he cried, ''or I'll stand up ant
let 'em get me-
mo; we can hold them off," begged
Dick, firing as he spoke.
Swiftly Jack Payson arose and facet
the Indians.
"Goodby!' he cried to his comrade.
Dick struggled to his feet and threw
himself on Jack to force him down be
hind the barricade. For a momen
both men were in full view of tn
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13

Apaches. A volley crashed up and
across the canyon. Both men fell lock-
ed In each others arms, then lay still.
The Indians awaited the result OF
the Shots The strange actions OF the
men might be only ruse. Silence
would mean they We're victorious.
Both Jack and Dick had been struck.
Jack was the first to recover. Reviv-
ing, he struggled out Of the clasp of
his unconscious comrade. Hes hit
bad" he said to himself, ''and so am
Il. I'll fight it out to the last, and If
they charge they won't get us alive"
Dick groaned and opened his eyes.
"Tm hit hard" he whispered. you'd
better co.
Jack was on his hands and knees
crawling toward his rifle when his
comrade spoke.
Listen" he replied. Were both
fixed to stay now, 80 lie close. I'll
hold 'em off as long as can, but If
they rush save one shot for yourself
you understands"
eyes, not alive" answered Dick
weakly, his voice thin and his face
ashen and white with pain.
Jack reached the bowlder and, with
an effort, raised himself and peered
over the edge.
'They're getting ready. VIII you
take my hand nowY' he asked as he
held it out to Dick.
II sure will!' his wounded comrade
cried, grasping it with all the strength
he possessed.
Jack smiled in his happiness. He
felt he had made his peace with all
men and at last was ready to meet
death with clear conscience.
sit looks like the end, but we'll fght
for It."
The shrill warwhoops Of the Indi
ans, the first sound they had made Ii
the fight, showed they felt confident o.
overcoming the men in the next rush.
Jack and Dick had abandoned thu
rifles and were now fighting the Indi
ans off with their reyolvers as the!
closed in on them,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13
JEsTLETs.

A skeptic is man who has lost
faith in himself.
The chiropodist believes in tight
shoes-for others.
The loafer is willing to work-if he
can work loan.
And the man who does the least
talking often has the most to say.
Unless you have faith in your effort
1t will be failure.
The brand of popularity that you
can buy isn't worth the price.
Dead men tell no tales-and even
their epitaphs are not always believed.
The dreamer would be all right IL
his appetite didn't get busy and wake
him up.
Widowers have to shoulder the re-
sponsibility for lot of things they
formerly blamed on their wives.
When a woman has occasion to hit
her husband for little pin money she
| is apt to make few remarks that are
striking.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13

saving their revolver shots. The Indi-
ans were closing in for the last rush.
Hardie dismounted his men and
threw his troop as groups Of skirmish-
ers down the draws leading into one
side Of the canyon. Slim and his posse
were on the left flank, armed with re-
volvers. Hardie, with section, dash
ed down the trail.
They came upon the Apaches with
the rush of a mountain torrent strik
ing them In the front and on the flank.
The cavalrymen fired at will, each
plunging from one cover to another as
he picked out his man.
The Indians for few moments re-
piled shot for shot. Their stand was a
short one, however, and they began to
fall back.
Slim entered the canyc1 at the head
Of the scouts, driving the Apaches be-
fore him. Both Jack and Dick had
fallen. Across the bodies wave Of
the battle flowed.
Once the Indians rallied, but SO sud-
den was the attack, so Irresistible the
forward dash Of the cavalrymen, that
they became discouraged and broke
and fed toward their horses, with the
soldiers in pursuit.
Slim hurried to Dicks side, seeing he
was the worst hurt. AS he knelt beside
him the dying man opened his eyes
and smiled Leaning over him, Slim
heard him gently whisper, '"Tell her
know she was true and not to mind"
With deep sigh, his eyelids fut-
tered, and all was still.
The scouts had taken charge of Jack,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A miserly father maketh an extrava-
giant son.
Blessed are they who expect little.
for they usually get it.
A man seldom gets very angry when
he has only himself to blame.
1t is sometimes better to try and
fail than never to have tried at all.
Ever notice how things that are
none of your business will interest
you?
Any man may acquire will Of his
own by hiring a lawyer to write 1t for
him.
When widow tells man he is
different" that's his cue to sit up
and take notice.
Unless you have reputation as a
fighter you can't afford to pose as a
peacemaker
It's awfully hard for "a man to look
sad when his wife is making prepare
lions to spend month in the country
Do your work little better than
the other fellow and some morning
you'll wake up and find yourself his
boss.
Just about the time man succeeds
in accommodating all the money he
wants, the alarm clock gets busy and
wakes him up.--Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-13
Swept Over Niagara.

This terrible calamity often happens
because careless boatman ignores the
rivers warnings rowing ripples and
kind. That dull pain or ache in the
back warns you the Kidneys need at
tention if you would escape fatal mala-
dies-Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's dis
and see Backache fly and all your best
wea ai'R kidneys and a% ng
ST. 90 bottle wholly cured me-" writes
j. R. Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn. Only
SOC at P. A. Clemmer's.