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The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
CROOK PROVES ID
 BE POLICEMAN

PARIS, April "A. - Public faith in the infallibility of the French secret police is greatly shaken by the acci- dental discovery that one of the most dangerous criminals in Paris, who went under the name of Nick Car ter" and who was vainly sought for all over France, in reality is Police Inspector Warze
 Warze is one of the best detectives Prefect Lepine has had at his dis posal for more than three years. He gained for himself a reputation as being the shrewdest man on the force, and then began to mix with doubtful characters.
 For the last twelve months, it is alleged. he has been chief of one of the worst gangs of thieves operating in the capital The most sensational robberies which have gone unpunish- ed recently were due to this band. whose elusiveness baffled every ef- fort at capture.
 Some months ago the police de cided to get at the bottom of the mystery of these burglaries and plac- ed the matters in the hands of WarZe himself He was given carte blanche to conduct a thorough investigation here and abroad, and to claim the aid of the police everywhere he liked 80 long as he could arrest or locate Nick Carter" or some of the mans accomplices.
 IL is needless to say that N'""'" once in charge of the investigation enjoyed fine holiday and employed his leisure in scheming even more daring robberies, all the time send ing in long detailed reports which convinced his chiefs he was follow ing good clews.
 Only a few weeks ago it was re ported to the police that Nick Car ter" and his band were to be found at a resort at Montmartre. Warze was sent there in disguise to spy out the ground before regular raid on the premises. He carried out his mission by giving the band sigma of danger. and when the police arriv ed the next day the house was empty.
 In private life WarZe was knowr and respected as quiet. gentle manly person. and the almost in credible double life of this Arsent Lupin and Rallies thrown into ont might have gone on for long time had he not been exposed by a petty thief arrested the other day for small robbery.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
C0NY|CTS PADDLED
 IN MICHIGAN

MARQUETTE. Mich. May l. From within the walls of the state prison here three hundred convicts gan beseeching that the state gov ernment abolish corporal punishment. For three days legislative con- mittee has been taking the testi- mOny of prisoners under the eye of Warden Russell and his guards The prisoners horrible dilemma is best described in the words of one of the committee.
 "iou'll get nothing from me" said the convict sullenly "I know what happened after the Investigating committee wes here two years ago"
 Warden Russell admits that prs- oners are "paddled.' At the hearing, as a witness. he showed statistics to the committee proving that sev- cntcen cOnvicts were fOgged twenty times in 1909. sixteen were iOgged in 1910. and there have been four floggings this year. Warden Russell pleaded that he abhors the "tlog ging barrels" and the paddle. but he insists that only corporal pun. ishment will maintain discipline in the prison.
 The warden's own figures proved that convict named Smith re- ceived seventy strokes from the paddle on August ,. 1910. and fifty strokes the next day
 T. F. Timmins. a former guard de scribed Smiths agony:
 "l heard cries coming from the cigar shop said Timmins. Oh Lord. Warden forgive me. Please stop. Warden; oh, my God!"
 You could hear the paddle strike Several convicts came out from the kitchen, stood in the doorway and listened until they were ordered back. The cries grew fainter. then ceased l heard only the strokes of the paddle.
 The next thing l saw was the warden coming from the shop with another man laughing and chatting pleasantly The convict and the of fcer followed, The convict carried on h.s back the ladder on which the 'paddliu2 barrel is placed He stag gered and his face was drawn from i.ain and he fell after having gone only q few feet. He was ordered ro rise and pick up the ladder. He did. Then he staggered on until he reached the kitchen, when he fell again A convict in the kitchen rushed out and helped him to his feet
 "'Brace up,' he said, remember you're carrying your cross.
 The poor fellow limped along and disappeared in the prison. At least one other guard beside myself saw this
 The committeeman saw Robinson, a negro convict, strung up" in the regular course of discipline The fellow had cursed the warden and his brother James; another con vict, stool pigeon, promptly told the warden. Robinson was taken to the bull pen" and his wrists were handcuffed 10 the grated door high above his head.
 Are you going to fog him?" War den Russell was asked.
 If he deserves it." was the an swer.
 Are you going to fog him for his present otfense?"
 No, I don't fog prisoners on the complaint of another convict. If the report had come to me through an officer, he would be flOgged.
 There was little doubt of what the outcome of the investigation would be. Most of the committed men display strong friendly feel ing for the warden But Governor Osborn is going to take hand in the investigation by making person al observations.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
MARRIAGE TO ARTIST
 AFFINITY IS ANNULCEO

NEW YORK. April 2S. Justice Newburger in the Supreme Court today signed the final judgment an nulling the marriage of Julia kutt- ner and Ferdinand Pinney Earle, the artist whose matrimonial expert ences added the word affinity" 10 English slang
 Miss kuttner was Earls second wife. the artist marrying her after his first wife had obtained di- vOrce in France
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
BLOOMIN BEE IN IS BACCY

MARION, Ohio. April P. - In a sealed can of smoking tobacco pack ed and shipped from Winston, N. C.. Warren G. Harding, whom many vOt- ed for the governor, made surpris- ing find.
 In loosening up the tobacco and when his fingers were about one third way down in the can, a black honey bee of the Southern type emerged from its unusual quarters and. fully alive to it's release and the bright sunshine entering the windows grew very lively.
 It had been uninjured in the pack ing and proved healthy specimen. Whether it was matched in the can or was simply through some accident imprisoned. is a hard question.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
IN THE MATTER OF CALLING A SPECIAL JULY 1911 TERM OF COURT FOR THE FOURTH JU- DICIAL DIVISION AT THE TOWN OF IDITAROD, ALASKA

In pursuance to an order of the above entitled Court made and en- tered herein on the 22nd day of May, 1911. NOTICE is Hereby Given, that Special July, 1911, Term of Court of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Fourth Division, will be held at the Town of Iditarod, Alaska, be ginning on July 10, 1911, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A. M.. for the trans action of all business which may be then and there pending and which may regularly come before the Court.
 Notice is further given that a Grand and Petit Jury will be drawn to be in attendance on said July 10, 1911.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk of the District Court, and affixed the seal thereof this 22nd day of May, 1911.
 c. c. PAGE, (Seal)
 Clerk of the District Court, Territory of Alaska, Fourth Division.
 By E. M. STANTON, Deputy.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
WILL PLEAD JUNE 5.

LOS ANGELES. May 27. - The court today granted John J. Me Namara an extension of time in which to enter his plea in con- nection with the dynamiting of the Times building Attorney Darrow made the plea for the accused, and the time for the pleading of the al legged dynamiter has been set for Jupe .
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
FLY 800 MILES IN ' HOURS

PAU, France, April 24. - Pierre Nedrine, who left Paris in his mono plane Saturday arrived here today, having covered the circuitOus course of 800 miles in six hours and D minutes actual flying time.
 He thus wins the prize of $4,0OO offered by the Aero club of Bearn for the fastest flight between the two cities. Nerdrine made several long stops en route.
 Recently Nedrine flew from POit- iers to Issy les MoulineauX, dis tance of POS miles in 132 minutes
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
Peanut Soup.

Put quart of milk in a double boiler; add half a pint of peanut butter a small onion grated, half a cupful of finely chopped celery and a dash of white pepper; cover and cook slowly for 20 minutes Mosten level tablespoonful of CornstarCh in little cold milk; add to the hot soup, stir until smooth and thick. Strain into a hot tureen. servo
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05

Emerson Hough. the novelist, writes his stories in Chicago office on the top floor of a skyscraper
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
Fifteen-Minute Soup.

Put a quart can of tomatoes, a slice of onion, level teaspOonful of salt. a bay leaf. a blade of mace and pint of water or stock in a saucepan; bring to boiling point, and add two level tablespoonfuls of but ter rubbed with four tablespOonfulS of flour; stir constantly until boil ing; press through sieve. reheat, and serve with crOutonS.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TERM OF
 COURT.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA. FOURTH DIVISION
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05

First publication May s. 1910. Last publication August :. 1911.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-05

First publication May 8, 19lo. Last publication August :. 1911.
The Press., 1911-08-23
THE SPIRAL NEBULAE.
One of the Terrifying and Mysterious
 Forces ot Space.

One of the Terrifying and Mysterious
 Forces ot Space.
 The most stupendnriS manifestation of force of which we have any knowl- edge are presented by the spiral nebu- lac, whose mysterious and terrifying forms were first clearly revealed by the Lick observatory photographs made in lS0S- 1900 by the late Pro- lessor James E. Keeler. The heavens are full of them they exist by thou. sands-and us astronomical photogra- phy is brought to greater perfection their amazing shapes tend more aud more to upset all former ideas con. corning the processes of creation and destruction going on In the interstellar spaces. They affect in an equal de- gree all theories about the origin and ultimate fate of our own solar sys. tenn.
 Who would imagine on looking up at the starry heavens some quiet night that the earth Is like person lost in the midst of the whirring wheels and spinning shafts of some enormous mill or machine room. where running bolts. whirllng spindles champing pIstons. grinding cogs. gy- rating governors. dizZying hywheels and leaping rods confuse the eye and the mind and parnlyZe the limbs with the terror of Impending annihilntionT We are not aware of this startling situation because. while we see the stars, we do not see what is among the stars The spinning machinery of the universe is revealed only in pho- tographs, and as far as our senses are concerned 1t performs it's functions with a silence which to the imagina. tion becomes a part of the horror of space.
 These cosmic wheels spin with In. calculable velocity, but the span of human life Is but a second of time in comparison with their periods. If we could magnify time so that Il serond would become as century. then an hour would be equivalent to 3G0,o00 years. and the true aspect of the spiral nebulae would burst upon our senses. - Garrett F. Serviss in New York American. r-. ], .
The Press., 1911-08-23
Tha cIaMar Rrahman-


 Speaking of the great power the Brahmans in India possess in localiz. ing thought, a prominent Brahman once said: We would consider a game of chess as played in this country mere child's play, An ordinary Brahman chess player could carry on three or four games at a time without incon. venience. The usual game played by the Brahmans consists in checkmating with one pawn designated when the play begins. have seen a man per form long problem fin multiplication and division. at the same time noting the various sounds and discussions go ing on about him in the room. have seen a man compose triple acrostic in Sanskrit in a given meter. at the same time having three well versed men trying to overthrow him in his argument on religion"
The Press., 1911-08-23
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
AuSust 2B. 1881.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
 Of The Press, thirty years ago.


 W. H Oooley's new house on East Main street will be In Queen Ann style.
 A. K. Morse's new house on East street is making good pr gress toward comple ton. ............. ..
 A. N. Nichols. the grocer, has bought out the business of F. A. Har- wood, and removed his stock to Mir Harwood's store. --....
 George E Buck is building 2Ox4O two-story building on River street. opposite the borough building, having bought of F. J, Chamberlln the pre- viously vacant lot there.
 Adelbert Needham has to-day re- oeived from the north 80 head of young cattle, including some fine pairs of steers, which may be seen at his place, near Stafford Hollow.
 It has been proposed among the ex. soldiers to hold a reunion of all the soldiers of Stafford and vicinity in this village sometime in Sept An organization has been formed among the resident ex.soldiers. called the Veteran Association of Stafford, of which Ool. Charles Warren has been chosen president; H O. Mclaughlin, Henry Whitop, Reuben BHrley and R. M. Ohamberlin, vice-preNidents; E. K. Taft, secretary, and A. Ei. Howard treasurer. Meetings are hel0 on Mon. day evenings at Cleavelsnd's ice cream parlors. O W. Sanford is marshal, and A. l.. Howard, Andre Cummings and O W. Sanford finance comm ittee
 Yesterday afternoon Edward Shaugh- messy, 8 young man employed in the Home mill at Staffordville, endeavored to adjust belt with his hand, when he was caught and drawn up over the shafting, six feet above the floor, the weight of his body and the swiftness of the movement breaking and tearing his arm off near the elbow, leaving the fore arm hanging in the shafting, and throwing him half way down a stairway near by, where he was pic ked up in an unconscious condition. Dr. Newton was summoned by telephone. Calling Dr. F. l.. Smith to his aid the arm was amptutated just above the elbow, and the torn skin above that point dressed There seemed to be no serious injuries except those to the arm, though the patient was sore from bruises got in his fall. He now seems to be doing as we'll as can be expected.
 Born. staffordville, 10th, a daughter to Lewis St. Germain.
 r Married. Staffordville, 24th, by Rev. H. Nj. vaill, Isaac M. Agard and Ida G., daughter of J. Monroe Ohaffee, both of Stafford.
The Press., 1911-08-23
COLOR AND SOUND.
Hues That Are Unseen and Tones Tha
 Are Unheard.

Hues That Are Unseen and Tones That
 Are Unheard.
 The primary colors shown in the rainbow vary from red to blue and violet, and the vibrations or lengths of the light waves that give us violet grow shorter and shorter and at length give us red. These vibrations can be measured. One day, quite by chance. came across the statement that there were innumerable light waves longer than those which give violet. At once the question sprang, Were these longer waves represented by colors which we don't see, colors for which we have no name, colors of which we can form no conception? And was the same thing true of the waves which, grow ing shorter and shorter, give us the sensation of red? There is room, of course, for myriads of colors beyond this other extremity of our vision. A little study convinced me that my guess was right, for all the colors which we see are represented to our sense of feeling in degrees of heat; that Is, blue shows one reading on the thermometer and red higher read ing, and by means of this new stand ard discovered that mans range of vision is not even placed in the mid dle of the register of heat, but occu- pies little space far up toward the warmer extremity of it. There are thousands of degrees of cold lower than blue and hundreds of degrees of heat above red. All these gradations are doubtless represented by colors which no human eye can perceive, no human mind imagine. It is with sight as with sound. We know now that there are noises louder than thunder which we cannot hear, the roar that lies on the other side of silence. We men are poor restless prisoners, hem med in by our senses as by the walls of a cell, hearing only a part of na- ture's orchestra and that part imper- fectly; seeing only thousandth part of the color marvels about us and see ing that infinitesimal part incorrectly and partially.-Forum.
The Press., 1911-08-23

, A T Court of Probate holden at Ash "A ford, within and for the District Of Ash ford on the 1lth day of August, 1911.
 Present, OSCAR ID. BAKER, Judge.
 Estate of George Hit, late Of Ashford, Conn, in said district, deceased. Johanna A. HlCt, ad- ministTatrix.
 oTdered-That six months from the date hereof, and the same are limited and allowed for the creditors to bring in their claims against said estate, and the said administraGFfH in d. rected to give public notice to the eredioorn Of said estate to bring in their claims within said time allowed, by posting copy Of this Ordor on the public sign post nearest the place whore the deceased last dwelt, within the same town, and by publishing the same three times in some weekly paper having a circulation in said pro the notice given
 'S-2O Attest, OSCAR D. BAKER, Judge.
The Press., 1911-08-23
THE BLANKET FISH.

This Dreaded Sea Monster Wraps It's
 ..a Body Around It's Prey.
 The manta. or blanket fish. is com. mon to the warm parts of the Pacific. Around the Mexican penal colony on Tres Marias islands, not very far from Manzanillo. 1t is one of the most efl- cient guards for the prisoners incar- cerated there. Not man has ever been known to escape from this dreaded prison by swimming. No sooner does human body strike the water than a school of these monsters appear. flying like giant bats through the sea. They throw themselves on the hap!ess swim. mer, crushing him to the bed of the sea. and there suck the flesh from his bones with their powerful mouths.
 The manta grows to mammoth di- mensions, though the one which I saw, says writer in the Wide World Mag azine. was comparatively small, not weighing over two or three tons and not being more than fifteen feet across The fish is nearly square in outline, the wings forming great right angles, which stretch out from the body. giving it rectangular appear. ance. The dsh swim by tapping these wings and are sometimes called ''sea bats" on this account.
 Mantas swim with incredible rapid. ity for what Is apparently so unghinly fish. and once they sight anything in the water. unless 1t he the speediest hsh or shark. they overhaul 1t and simply close 1t wrapping the entire blanket-like body around the unfortu- nate victim Even with sharp knife 1t is almost impossible to reach a vital point In the manta's badly For this reason they are the most drpndad by divers of Rll fhe dwplIers in the sea, and the divers life lss not without Ika. peEils, take my word for that ..'.i
The Press., 1911-08-23
The City of the Dove.

When mighty Amru went to conquer Egypt be ramped on the east bank of the Nile opposite Memphis. that great twenty miles long capital of mud bricks whose western verge was the pyramids and whose mud brick houses have all vanished Amru crushed the Egyptians and came back to get his camp to move over and occupy Mem. phis. A dove had built in the folds near the top of his tent Blood bathed Amru. the ruthless. would not let her be disturbed A new city started about his tents. It grew northward along the Nile. It Is today Cairo. Memphis Is only a name. 't
The Press., 1911-08-23
Lo., of Ti,. lge.,. l.., .f P.v.

Kidney trouble and the ills 1t breeds means lost time and lost pay to many a working man. M. Balent, 1914 Little Penna. St., Streator, Ill.,, was so bad from kidney and bladder trouble that he could not work. but he says 'sI took Foley Kidney Pills for only short time and got entirely well and was soon able to go back to work, and am feeling we'll and healthier than before" Foley Kid ney Pills are tonic in action, quick in re- sults-a good friend to the working man or woman who suffers from kidney ills. Foley Kidney Pills will check the progress of your kidney and bladder trouble and heal by removing the cause. Try them. A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1911-08-23
Good Clothes and Good Morals.


 It is doubtful whether any one to whom soap and water and more or less tidy clothes are a matter of course can rightly estimate the extent to which this question of clothes and cleanliness bears upon the criminality of youths. Dirty, ragged garments, greasy caps and neck scarfs worn day after day without the possibility of a change are, believe, responsible for much. Certain 1t Is that the lad who Is content with but one set of raiment invariably belongs to very low stra- tum of society, and the absence of a desire for Sunday suit and the un- abashed wearing of the weekday suit on the Sunday is very frequently in- deed the mark of one largely imper- viOus to outside influences B. B. Russell in ''Young Goal Birds"
The Press., 1911-08-23
THE DEATH OF A GEAR.
Dramatic Story of the Way Nicholas
 Committed Suicide.

Dramatic Story of the Way Nicholas |.
 Committed Suicide.
 There are various stories of the death of the Czar Nicholas I. Here is one which the great singer Mario heard from a doctor of the court and which is told in "The Romance of a Great Singer"
 "When the Russian army was meet ing with reverse after reverse in the Cr1mean war the czar sent for his doc tor and demanded to know which was the quickest and most painless poison that he knew of, bluntly telling the startled physician that he had re- solved to commit suicide. He further warned the doctor fin the stern manner which was his characteristic that if he were not obeyed the doctors life would be worthless. He sharply silenced the mans nervous remonstrances and com doctor did not dare to refuse and few minutes later brought a small vial containing the poison, which he as sured the czar would deprive any one of existence in few minutes. To be sure that he had been obeyed and that the doctor was speaking the truth the czar obliged him to remain in the room warning him that if the poison failed his life should answer for it. The czar took the poison without the least tre- nor or the movement of a muscle, and, although twice told by the doctor, who held his watch in his hand, that there was time to save him by an antidote should he alter his mind, the czar re- fused, answering the second entreaty by simply waving the man away, he by that time being unable to speak. It was given out that the cZar had died from the effects of a severe chill, but those who knew the facts also knew that he had committed suicide rather than face the defeat of his army"
The Press., 1911-08-23
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is blood or const tutiOnal disease. and in order to 1t you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in- teEnalIy and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medI- cIne It was prescribed by of the best physicians
 in this country for years and Is regular prescription It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers. acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful re- suits in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials. free s'h F. J. CHENEY < CO. Props. Toledo. O.
 Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Press., 1911-08-23
carlxI. an lntsmnsrate Smoker.

For about seventy of his eighty-six years Carlyle smoked and made most of his contemporaries smoke. The trouble with him was that he was too fond of smoking a rank pipe on an empty stomach. That gave him pains and his contemporaries particular pains, for "puir auld Carlyle" was as savage as a meat house dog all the time. He cared for but two men fin the world, Tennyson and Dickens. All the rest were "puir, feckless, reek- less, incorporate bladders and gas bags," and all because Tom did not know how to clean his pipe and keep 1t clean and would smoke before break fagt.-TobaccO Leaves