The Washington herald., 1910-04-12
AT THE HOTELS.

NJ. Jules Boeufve, OF Paris, formerly
first secretary OF the French Embassy
here, is at the shoreham. The genial
French diplomat. who spent the best years
of his life in the service Of the French
republic in this city. WHERE he has many
friends, is IN this country on \ conf
l.dential mission for his government. Al.
Boeufve is naturally deeply interested in
American politics and the present admin
istration, and follows the movements Of
Col. Roosevelt with an observing eve.
With consummate diplomatic skin. the
disciple of Machiavelli succeeds in get.
ting all the information he desires with
out offering proper quid pro quo TO
his would-be interviewer
~ dare say It would shock many a
guest at our great hotels in England 10
be told that he is in a network Of spies
as complete and cunning as any devised
by the Russian secret police. said Pearey
H. Parker. Of London who Is at the New
Willard. Even the afable gentleman
who passes him the sait or the waiter
who brings him the soup may be de-
tective in Disguise" continued the Lon
don hotel man. Not that the knowledge
need take the edge of his appetite or
cause moments uneasiness, II he has
a clear conscience and has no designs on
the spoons. The spies will soon sum him
up and won't trouble him at all; but
there are probably some among his fell
low-guests on whom they have a very
watchfuI eye"
The fact Island Il may as well be
known-that almost every large hotel in
London has IT'S staff Of spies. whose
presence is indispensable IN ths interests
Of the hotel and its guests. The chief
OF the staff is a very wide-awake and ex-
perienced detective, who has intimate
knowledge Of the crooks who make
the big hotels their happy hunting
ground-card shaTDers. thieves, and
! swindling gentry Of ali kinds. who are
about the cleverest scoundrels in the
world
These men, as dare say you know.
are almost invariably we'll dressed, gen.
| tlemanly fellows, with all the appearance
of men Of wealth and with considerable
skill in ingratiaung themselves with
their fellow guests-and prospective VIC
tins. They have TO be very clever, how
ever, to blind the hotel detective. who,
II he doesn't know them at sight, knows
the type well enough and keeps a very
keen eye on their movements. Usually
tap on the shoulder and a word or two
whispered in the ear are enough for these
rascals They may have Just announced
| in the billiard room that they intend 10
! stay at least q month; somehow they are
Unexpectedly called away and within
an hour the hotel knows them no more.
Naturally, mistakes are occasionally
made through excess OF zeal-it would be
wonderful If they were not-and quite
innocent people are suspected Of sinister
design. But this Is the exception to the
rule"
Discussing the All Alaska Sweepstakes.
which were won by Sir Ramsey, an Eng
lishman, zeb 3. Smith. Of Nome. who
is at the Raleigh. said that the dogs used
10 pull the mail sleds are as good as any
breed of dogs for races Of this kind
There are several kinds of dogs used
in pulling these sleds over the long trails
]
! the husky, the half-breed, and the out
side dog are all fond Of working in har-
ness during the long lark winter.
THE maIimute is secured from the
Eskimos, and is nothing but a domesti-
Gated wolf confirmed Mr. Smith Some
OF these have been in captivity for sen
erations, but frequently they are caught
wild when puppies. and after being
raised with those that are domesUcated.
/ become as faithful workers as others
/ These animals are used extensively on
the trails along the shores OF Bering Sea
and Boring Strait and the Arctic Ocean.
The siwash. or Yukon. dog is obtained
! from the Indians living IN the Interior
along the great Alaska River. and are
| said 10 be a cross between a husky and
| the mallmute. Like the malimute. the
! Siwash cannot bark, but hCvls. as does
| his savage cousin of the wild. He is
strong and hardy. however and a good
puller when properly trained and han
/ died
/ 1.-THE husky comes from the headwaters
/ Of the Porcuplne River and the lower
regions Of the Mckenzie. The old 'musn-
| ers' (drivers) say that these are g cross
/ between the northern wolf and the Scot
fish hound. They were brought into the
! north so long ago that they are now
considered inside dog The husky is
| less wolf-like than the malimute or ST.
wash, and is built something Ike a
hound. He is found by hundreds on the
trails OF the interior, especially from the
Mckenzie River 10 the Hudson Bay and
in the Klondike region and the upper
Yukon country.
The half-breeds are a cross between
any outside dog and any Of the three
inside dogs described. While many half
breeds are used. yet they are never able
to withstand the hardships OF the long
trails as do the malimutes. the Siwashos,
and the huskies."
Col. l. T. Meacham, Of San Francisco,
Cal, who is at the Riggs, in speaking OF
coast defenses and their history. said last
night that Samuel J. Tilden was one OF
the country's most earnest advocates OF
an adequate coast defense. and an old
cartoon shows him trembling as he looks
to sea for possible naval invasion.
cit was Clevelands first Secretary OF
War William c. Endicott. who formu-
lated the present plan of defense. He
recommended that twenty-seven ports be
fortified. and to these Puget Sound was
later added. He suggested the consTue-
ton IF ct guns and sol s,,orfare eft a