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Tanana leader., 1910-05-19
Estate of Charles ]. Smith, Deceased

Notice is hereby given by the under- signed, Oscar Lundin. administrator of the estate of Charles J. Smith, de- ceased, to the creditors of, and all per sons having claims against said de- ceased. to exhibit them, with the nec- essary vouchers, within six months after the first publication of this notice, at his office and residence on Third avenue, in the town of Panama. Fort Gibbon precinct, territory of Alaska, the same being the place for the trans. action of the business of the said estate, in the said town of Tanana, Alaska.
 OSCAR LUNDIN, Administrator.
 First publication April IA, 1910.
 Last publication May 19, 1910.
Tanana leader., 1910-05-19
ABOUT THE MAILS
ARRIVALS

From Outside, Valdez, Fairbanks, and Rampart-Hot Springs, every Tues day.
 From Nome, St. Michael and lower Yukon, every Friday.
 From Dawson and Eagle, every other week, Saturdays.
 From Coldfoot, about the 12th of each month.
 DEPARTURES
 To Outside, Valdez, Fairbanks and Rampart-Hot Springs, every Saturday. To Nome, St. Michael and lower Yukon, every Wednesday. To Coldfoot, the 18th of each month. REGISTERED MAIL and MONEY OR DER BUSINESS will close every Friday at noon and not open before departure of Outside mail.
Tanana leader., 1910-05-19

ness what you do at night, but if dissipation affects what you do next day and you do half as much as I demand, you'll last half as long as you hoped.
 Ninth Don't tell me what I like to hear, but what ought to hear. I don't want a valet to my vanity. but I need one for my dollars.
 Tenth--Don't waste time cutting specks out of rotten apples.
Tanana leader., 1910-05-19
MANY OUTFITS BUSY ON
 SULLIVAN AND CACHE

lowing to delayed mail the following arrived too late for publication last week.
 ToFTY, ALASKA, May 10, 1910.
 The sluicing season commenced May 7. Eglar & Wallick being the first to make start, and now Hastings, Jack Desmond and Smith are sluicing with a force of seven men.
 The Dakota Bar are making show ing on their dump, with Shorty" Robinson at the nozzle.
 The Midnight Sun are sluicing with three strings of boxes, and have had one cleanup amounting to ss,00O.
 Bob Hyatt is working his Quartz creek property with small force. On Cache things look like mining camp. Eugene Sullivan is the first in order sluicing, but has very plastic material to handle and not being an expert mining man is failing to save a large percentage of his gold. Williams & Co.,, on the Dick Richards property, are sluicing and will no doubt make 8 good showing. R. C. Morris & Co. are expecting to clean up some of the yell low metal, as they are making use of their share of the available water with considerable determination. Hagerty. Doolittle and Patrick O'Donald are also sluicing. Billy Stuart and partners have things in fair shape on the snr- face and are opened out in good way below also; they have good dirt and no doubt will do we'll this sumner. Fur cher up on Cache are several prospect holes which are encouraging, and stili nearer the head are the recently in- stalled plants of Gene Sullivan, who is working small crew. A few hundred feet further on upstream is the plant of Cleveland & Howell, who are we'll equipped and are hoisting and dumping in the boxes in z way that makes a mans hair raise with surprise and ad- miration.
 Looking down Sullivan creek one may see the smoke pouring forth from the double stacks of the McVicar & Kemper plant on Patterson creek, proving considerable activity in that locality. We understand tha. Mrs. McVicar will divide her energies be- tween the black sand and her garden during the pleasant days of sumner.
 Sam Sutherland and Jack Spencer are aot to be overlooked, as they have taken out this winter two good-sized windlass dumps and are now quite ready to begin sluieing. They got
Tanana leader., 1910-05-19

United States Land Office,
 Fairbanks, Alaska. March 30, 1910. Northern Commercial Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, as- signee of John R. Allen, William R. Hess. Zachariah Johnston Jr., Joseph B. Deaton and Morris P. Jolley, being
 entitled to the benefits of Section 23O6
 of the Revised Statutes of the United
 States. granting additional lands to sol
 diers and sailors who served in the Re
 bellion, does hereby apply to enter U.
 s. Survey No. 739, situate on the north
 side of the Yukon river, near the town of Tanana, about one-half mile east of Weare (Tanana) postotfice. Alaska,
 more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beginning at corner No. l on the
 north bank of the Yukon river. whence
 witness corner No. a stone 20xl2x7 inches, set Hush with the ground,
 marked ''S-739," bears xorth 40 links,
 from which witness corner United
 States location monument No. 739,
 bears south 80 deg. 27 min. east 32 1s chains distant; thence north 74 deg. 53
 min. west l0.69 chains to corner No. ?, ! whence corner No. of survey No. 25O bears north 79 deg. 19 min. west 20 chains distant, and witness corner No. :2 bears north 40 links; thence north 3-92 chains to corner No. , whence wit
 ness corner No. 3 bears east 85 links: thence east 10.35 chains to corner No. 4: thence south 6.71 chains to corner No. ], the place of beginning. containing
Tanana leader., 1910-05-19

Bill Wants Only Straight Tip
 Bill Scribner. who left Fairbanks two years ago. has wired to learn tie true facts of the Iditarod stampede. He is now at Cordova Times.
Tanana leader., 1910-05-19

The Leader is on sale at the Panama postoffice lobby.
Tanana leader., 1910-05-19
Additional Entry
APPLICATION.

Under Section 23O6 of the Revised 1 Statutes of the United States.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
GATHERING PRUNES.
Tho Fruit Is Never Picked, but Is Al.
lowed to Fall to the Ground.

A peCuiarity of pruneS is that they
are never picked from the trees. but
are allowed to fall to the ground. The,
reason is that pruue must he dead
ripe. with all its sugar developed. or Ii
will not cure properly. Therefore the
ground under the trees Is carefully pre-
pared aud levelpd TO make Il soft,
smooth bed for the falling fruit. Gath.
ering the fallen pruucs is staple In
duStry IN August and September. Boys
and girls and often entire families are
employed In 1t, camping In the or
chards.
Being gathered. the prunes are rolled
down troughs full of tiny needles that
prick their skins. They are then dip
ped In q hot solution containing lye,
which cleanses them, and rinsed In
cold water. Next they are put in
broad, shallow wooden trays and laid
In the sun for two or three weeks.
This sun drying practically converts
them into the staple prunes of COM
merce and of boarding house jokes.
At the packing house they are assort-
ed as to size by machine which
shakes them over huge sieve. The
farther the prune travels over the
sieve the larger the holes, and when
1t comes to hole little bigger than
itself 1t drops through into the proper
bin. 1t is then run through vat con-
tanning hot water and finally rolls
down chute into wooden packing
box-the same box that you see at the
grocer's. When the prunes pour from
the chute, however there Is a remova-
BILE frame about three inches high on
top of the box. Box and frame go un-
der press. which promptly stamps
down the contents SO that they are no
higher than the top of the box. The
frame Is lifted off, the cover is nailed
ON the box, and the prunes are ready
to ship.-Will Payne in Saturday Even
ing Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
A PLACID MERCHANT.
He Had Some Regard For the Social
Side Of Trade.

oioe OF lrade.
The summer visitor in small sea
port town was amazed and amused at
the assortment of merchandise display.
ed In the little store at the head of the
wharf. The showcase was devoted to
an assortment of candy at one end aud
lot of cigars and tobacco at the 9th
er end and no barrier between. Next
to the showcase stood motor engine
valued at several hundred dollars.
Thinking to please the proprietor,
the visitor remarked that even the
large department stores In Boston
could not boast of such collection.
Well" he said. Il amt aping- them
stores, ! can tell you. | aim to keep
what my folks want. When a man
wants an engine for his bot he wants
1t, and II the fish are running he cant
walt to send way to Portland or Bos
ton for it, He wants it when he does
then and there
After little pause he continued:
Il don't like the way they do business
In them big stores anyway. Why,
when you go into store up to Bos-
ton the first thing you know some
body asks you what you want.
Now, | never do anything like that
IL man comes into my place pass
the time O. day and ask him to set,
and after he's set and talked a while
If he wants anything he'll tell me.
II never poster man to buy. May
be he amt come to buy: maybe he's
come to talk Youths Companion
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
THE PEANUT.
II Starts Growing In tho Open, but
Finishes Under Ground.

u Starts Growing In tho Open, but
Finishes Under Ground.
Most people Of the north suppose
that peanuts grow, like potatoes, on the
roots of the vine. Others with equal
confidence state that they hang from
the branches like pea pods. Both are
right, and both are wrong. The peanut
starts In the air and sunlight above
ground In the shape of a flower grow
ing at the end Of long tube. After
the fall of blossoms this tube. or pc
duncle, elongates and bends down
ward. pushing itself inches into the
ground. Ii for any reason 1t cannot
do this 1t dies In a few hours. But
If It succeeds In burying itself to its
own satisfaction the ovary at the base
Of the peduncle slowly enlarges and
forms the familiar pod, which is there
fore dug out Of the ground.
Scattered over the roots Of the plant,
however, are numerous warts or tu-
bercles. in which. by the aid Of a good
microscope. can be seen myriads Of
minute organisms. These bacteria-like
bodies, though they get their living
from the plant, contribute materially
to its supporting by collecting nitrogen
from the air and holding it In storage,
80 to speak. supplying it to the plant
as need requires. These wonderful
little storehouses often contain, by
analysis, a greater supply Of this in
despensable fertilizer than the sur
rounding soil.
The native country Of the peanut has
long been matter of dispute, but the
department of agriculture states that
the weight of evidence seems to be in
favor Of Brazil. Thus the peanut is
added to the four other plants Of great
Importance that America has given to
the wOrld-namely. cotton, Indian corn
tobacco and the potato.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
ATTACKED BY SHARKS.
A Swimmers Plueky Encounter With
Two Big Man Eaters.

a Swimmers Plucky Encounter With
Two Big Man Eaters.
John L. Clark. a well known SWIM
nler. In 1882 had a narrow escape
from serving as a meal for two hun
cry sharks while giving an exhibition
at Pensacola. Fla. He had agreed to
be sewed up IN u big sack. heavily
weighted with sand, and be thrown
into the bay near the navy yard. from
which bag he was to escape by cutting
his way out with a knife and swim
ming ashore.
At an appointed time a flatboat took
him out some distance from shore. and
thrown overheard. He had hardly got
more than thirty feet below the sur
face when something bumped against
the sack. and almost instantly the idea
dashed through his mind that II was a
shark. Before be could do anything
there was bump from the other side
Of the bag. In moment or two he
had cut his way out and was rising to
the surface, still clutching the knife In
his hand. Once something cold grazed
his leg as he was rising.
On reaching the surface he was
greeted with cheers, but noted with
dismay that there were no boats near.
He started to swim toward the near
est one when the water parted few
feet to one side and he could make
out the long black fin of shark. The
monster headed at once for him. and
as he was about to dive to escape its
clutch another shark dashed In.
AS the first shark turned over on its
side In order to bite Clark dived be-
low the surface. then up under the
shark, and drove the knife time after
time into its vitals. and 1t sank to the
bottom. AS he came to the surface
gasping for breath yawlboat manned
by excited sailors from the navy yard
ran alongside, and he was pulled
aboard just IN time to escape the Sec
ond shark.-Deuoit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
DECAY OF TIN.
Remarkable Alteration Which Takes
Place In the Metal.

race IN the metal.
Anything made of tin. IL seems, is
doomed to q brief existence. This
metal Is subject to a remarkable kind
Of alteration, u species of disease TO
which II Is liable. When exposed to
the air tin undergoes no chemical
change, as do iron and copper. which.
Of course, chemically combine with the
oxygen or with water The tin. how
ever. still remains metallic tin. but
gradually becomes gray and dull and
falls TO tine powder
The disease is catching" II infects
or induces the same change iu other
masses of tin I'm the immediate neigh.
borhood. We are told that in Rus
sian imperial magazine. in place OF Tin
uniform buttons. little heaps of powder
were found. a consignment of Banka
tin sent from Rotterdam to Moscow
In 1877 arrived at the latter place in
the form Of powder This alteration is
due to change in the internal crys-
talline structure of the metal and Is
analogous 10 the slow transformation
of monoclinic sulphur TO rhOmbic sui
phur As result, objects of tin Of
archaeological interest are rare. Those
that have been found have been In the
form OF earthenware vessels. knobs.
etc, which have been found In the
Swiss lake dwellings coated with tin
foil. CasSiterite or tinstone is the sin
gle ore from which the tin has been
obtained In any quantity knowledge
and Scientific News. London
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
On Naaaina.

Ny son taught Tile u lesson on the
subject OF "nagging'' when he was but
four years Uld uud one that have uev-
er forgotten lie had been guilty of q
small miSdpmpinor aud had tried To
wrIggle Out of II by not telling the ex-
act truth. | gave him mild spank
Ing and. as has always been my Gus.
tom. talked the matter over afterward.
! began by saying. Now. Robert. IL
you had told me the truth | should not
have punished sOu."
He sIOud before me. scraping one
foot along the carpet, and he looked
up at me aud said. What would you
have done?" And ! answered. II
should have only talked TO you"
We'll" he drawled. how long would
you have talkedT'
He is big boy In high school now.
but when times arise requiring a rep
rimand and | get started | still hear
that little voice How long would you
have talked?" and | go right to the
point aud say what ! have to say on
the subject; but In the boys own Ian
guuge. "cut 1t short" and never refer
to it again unless II IL absolutely nec-
essary. -Harper's Bazar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
Killing a Bull Without q Weapon.

Cayetano. II famous Spanish toreador,
once was stroling across meadow
with a couple of friends when his at
tention was attracted by an old and
lnfuriated bull which was galloping to-
ward them with lowered head and
erect tail. Cayetano had no weapon,
not even cane. but he seized dust
coat which one of his friends was car
rying over his arm. AS soon as the
bull got close to them CayetaDo bade
his companions make their escape
while he engaged the animals atten-
ton. Using the coat as capa, he
drove the bull crazy with fury, step
ping aside with the deftest agility at
each of the animals charges. In this
manner he caused the bull to turn
sharply In the midst of Its onward
rushes until finally an ominous crack
was heard. and the bull fell In heap,
with its backbone broken by the sud
den wrench given by the animals
abrupt swerve.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
TWAIN'S FIRST LECTURE.
Bret Harte Headed the claque. but the
Audienos Swampsd Them.

Bret Harte Headed the claque, but the
Audienee Swampsd Them.
Mr.. Clemens prepared a lecture for
bis San Francisco audience, giving q
most extravagant account Of what he
had seen among the south sea Islands.
When Bret Harte and some other OF
bis friends were told of his platform
intention they agreed 10 go In a body
TO the old Mechanics hall, where
Twain was to deliver himself, and
form a big claque that would insure
the success of the affair.
Mark wrote his own handbills, which
set the town agog with anticipation.
One particularly inviting phrase print
ed at the bottom of the announcement
was, "The trouble will begin at d. m
The hall WAS crowdCs4 and the claque
was uproarious when Clemens appear
ed upon the platform. The lecture was
delivered with manifest effort In
slow, deliberate. drawing manner, and
the lecturer paid no heed whatever to
the inconsiderate demands of Easter,
faster! We cant stay here all night"
and other urgent calls.
Although Harte tried to steer the
claquers. they insisted upon applaud.
ing and laughing in the wrong places.
which may or may not have been in
tended as joke on Twain. but at last
the audience. which began to catch on
TO the unique style of the man and to
appreciate his quantity whimsical ut
terances. overwhelmed the claque and
had things its own way
An old timer who attended the lee.
ture says of the effect of Twain upon
his first audience: His slow drawl.
the anxious and perturbed expression
Of his visage, the apparently painful
effort with which he framed his sen
tences and. above all, the surprise that
spread over his face when the audi
ence roared with delight or rapturous.
ly applauded the inner passages were
unlike anything of the kind they had
ever known. The lecture was a great
success" - Bailey Millard In Hamp-
tons Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
Tho First Universities.

To fix precisely the date of the rise
of the first universities is impossible
for the reason that they were not
founded, but grew. They were started
by few able men who had something
they wished to teach and youths
wished to learn. Gradually the free,
voluntary center of learning became
the organized affair we know as the
university. Among the earliest of
these centers of learning were Saler-
no. Naples and Bologna, Italy being
the first land to, experience the literary
revival. We may say that Salerno
university was fairly established. by
the year 1860, the University of Ro-
logna by ll60 aud the University of
Naples by the year 1900 The Uni
versity Of Paris, which owes its ex
istence to the genius of Abelard. was
founded about the same time.-New
York American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
The Iona Silence.

"ies, we are pretty comfortably
fixed here" admitted veteran EN-
ployee In the reading room of the Con
gressional library when a visitor en-
wed him his soft berth and comfort
able surroundings. But there's one
thing we long for-yes. thirst for with
a burning thirst. That's noise-a real
nerve racking. ear splitting noise. The
long hours Of soft silence. the dead
stiffness of everything about. grows SO
oppressive that at times we could
shrek out. We get into sort of sick
room tiptoe and low tone of voice
that finally degenerates into whisper
even at the telephone. Give rs an oc-
casional battery OF artillery or roar
ing lion or steam rallione. Even a
squalling baby would help some."-
Washington Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22

Jaspar Alban Conanl tells the fol.
lowing anecdote of Lincoln In the Met.
ropolitan Magazine:
"One of the comical characters In
Washington during the war was jolly
old Isaac Newton. the Philadelphia
Quaker whom Lincoln appointed COM
missioner of Agricultural new office
just created by congress. Newton. who
tried and at the same time amused
the president. had made his reputation
on dairy farm, Beyond this he knew
little OF agriculture.
Hearing which, l could not refrain
from asking Lincoln why he had ap-
pointed such an ignorant man to the
Office
"'Because ! think he's competent
enough to attend to all the agriculture
we will have TIL the war is ended was
the answer"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
USE FEET AS HANDS.
A Custom Somewhat Comm on Among
the Yellow Races.

the Yellow Races.
A French savant, Nj. Lannelongue. in
q communication to the Paris Acad-
emy of Sciences maintains that among
the yellow races. the Chinese, the Jap
anese and the Malays. the foot is used
as an organ Of prehension. like the
hand. to a far greater extent than Is
generally supposed. He says that while
in Tokyo he saw u young man sitting
in theater box grasping the rail with
his feet just as though they were hands,
ever and anon using his right foot to
scratch his left thigh. The fact that
the japanese usually sit on their heels
at meals aud In the house develops
extreme suppleness and mobility in
the feet and toes. and the prehensiYe
function is still further encouraged by
the fact that the japanese who adhere
to the ancient customs wear forked
stockings and dispense with the infiex-
ible and constraining European shoe.
Chinese postmen navigate their boats
lying down, steering with their hands
and rowing with their feet. The oar
is held between the big toe and the
others. The natives frequently use
their feet to collect and to pick up
small objects lying on the ground, aud
sometimes even catch mice with their
toes. NJ. Lannelongue holds that the
yellow races. who are able to use their
feet somewhat as the elephant uses
his trunk or the monkey his tail. enjoy
a very considerable advantage in the
everlasting struggle for existence over
the less fortunate Caucasians, who are
able to employ their feet only for loco
motion purposes.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22
THE CLIMBERS.
What Social Eminenee Costs the Com
noner In England.

what social tminence Costs the Conn.,
noner In England.
My father was a laborer. and I am
n lord.
When education was reserved for the
rich they do not seem TO have availed
themselves greatly of the advantage.
for many of the Important discover.
les, inventions and improvements we
owe 10 the sons of the poor. and few
of the celebrated writer's, musicians or
artists were sons of the rich.
The education | received at the pub.
lie expense enabled me to obtain EN-.
ployment which afforded opportunities
for advancement, and eventually
nmassed a vast fortune.
Society" has its scouts. They are
The connecting links bet ween the unim-
portant rich and the impecunious
great"
The wife of fashionable artist
sought our acquaintance. My por-
trait. which her husband painted. cost
1000 guineas. but at their house we
met the peeress to whose not dlsinter.
ested negotiations | owe my knight.
hood
That step up the social ladder cost
some 100000.
A philanthropic duchess came for
ward next TO welcome us on the way.
Her public benefactions and her pri
vate bills relieved me Of further
large amount, but to compensate for
this we were introduced to society"
| was elected to several clubs, and
vouchers for the royal inclosure" were
accorded to us.
An impecunious but important poll
tician later procured for me a baron
etcy-for consideration, part Of
which was for the purposes of the gov.
ernment and part he retained for him.
self. He is an inveterate opponent Of
corruption in municipal corporations.
There appears 10 he no inclination
to interfere with free trade In titles.
for subsequently | was offered. and 7
accepted, peerage In return for a
substantial contribution to the funds
or the party.
Ability, industry and enterprise made
me rich Bribery has made me re-
spected.
Without fees to the fashionable |
should be still but local celebrity. Sc
verely ignored by the neighboring mag.
mates. Directly and indirectly It has
cost me some 100000 to attain social
respectability.-Lond Truth.