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The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
SPERM WHALE COUGHS UP
 FORTUNE IN AMBERGRIS

While ont in a boat at the en. trance Of .he bay last Wednesday
 Judge Hudreth and George c. Boe. Of the Alaska Fish Products com nauy. found substance floating ou lhe water which stands an lo- cal tests applied for ambergris. The substance recovered weighs between ufly and sixty pounds. Nmberuris Is worth from $40 to S60 an ounce. should the sub stance prove Co be the valuable product. the chunk found would be worth S40.00O or whereabouts.
 Officers of the coast and geo Hrstc survey boat Macarthur found a small piece Of what proved to be ambergrfs just outside the bay early in rHe season They were shown the substance found by Hildreth and Boe and declared it bore a striking resemblance Co the specimen found by them. Samples will be sent out SO that a thorough chemical test may be made.
 Ambergrie is a substance derived from the iutcstiues Of the sperm whale and found floating or on the shore. It is yellowish or blackish; very light. meIts at 14O degrees, and is entirely dissipated on red hot coals: it is soluble in ether, volatile oils. and partially in alchol, and is chiefly composed of a peculiar fatty substance Its odor is very agree able. and hence it is used almost exclusively in the manufacture of delicate perfumes. Seward Gate way.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
REAL FIGHT Is
 ON HE BILL

London. Oct 23 The Balkan al- lies are slowly advancing toward AdrianopIe where big clash Is daily expected From ConstaHtiu- ople the Turkish troops are advanc- ing Co meet the approach Of the Bulgarlaus from the north and the servians from the northwest Greece has her ships iu the Aegean sea headed for the southern boundary Of the province or Adriauople and the movement or Che various troops indicate a concentration Of forces near the city of Adriauople When they arrive there terrific battle will be fought.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
HALLOWEEN DANCE BY sRAG-
 WAY WPEOV ENENT SOCIETY

Members of the skagway Im- Jrovement Society have secured The White Pass club hall for their dance to be given Wednesday even ing. October 90 They have ap- pointed their decoration, refresh meut and floor committees and in- tend making this Halloween dance one of the big social events of the season. The tickets are out and will bo placed on sale this evening at one dollar each The money gain cd by the dance will be kept right here iu SkaEway and devoted Co lo- cal improv nment.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
DIRTY POLITICS ENTER
 NEW YORK CAMPAIGN

New York, Oct. 2S-The enc mics of William Sulzer are starting stories derogotory Co his reputation for honesty while he was living m Alaska. It is said here that Sulzer cheated at the mining game and that he has had Co pay large sums
 t Is said that suit was brought aeaiust him in Seattle a year ago and two thousand dollars recovered for Inc settlement Of a labor claim which SuIzer neglected Co pay.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
ID TAKE
 BREATH IN MEX.

WaN..n Ciry. Oct 23 Information has boon rseetynt at the seat ot .rFrrnmrnr that Federal troops have rr..N.u a part Of rne city ot Vera ,rur and that truce has been de- ..rna between thr warning factions w. this afternoon. u order ,o ..br un r.a matter ol se.u.nE the a.. without urrHa. hJoodshoa
 |. view r0 tre fact that fhe revo- ...M.-.~ have been winning ground .. ... . is possible that the McN.- ... -n.rmmaur win Ie willing ,n .... ...r.T terms
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
ON WITH THE FIGHT.
 POLITICIANS NOT MODEST

Princeton. Oct. 23 Te'ezrams and letters from an parts of the country are constantly arriving with the request that Governor Wilson get into the speaking game The politicians do not believe in the delicacy displayed by their leader in withdrawing from active lighting just because Nr. Roosevelt has been shot In fact they are rather Of the disposition Co Kick the head off an opponent when once be ls down
 Mir. Wilson's throat is also both oriug him. and he needs Co give it a rest
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
TNNEI. REONIE STATJE
 70 EMINENT Nl\NE>OTNN

~ w.. Oct gs Minnesota paid
 ..-.r.-w tribute or honor Co .r...r Governor Johnson today. .. t. r.a presence Of thousands n. ..r ..rtrens she unveiled a bronze statue of the te.eHsed gov .-rnr Johnson was one Of Min raso..s f.yor.re sons and a states man of rare ability Tr is said owe" |. Gopher stale that only his death r-aEa.-aG him from h"eouH- nrn@.-
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
UETTN MARBLE HITE
 DIt~ OE CANCER

Nea York. Oct 2E Mabel Htre. ..o charming Soubrerte and wife Of Mike Don..n. died here last night from nhr- the doctors diagnose as cancer Mabel Hte lived as a ..uE .u Poare'Io. Idaho. where she
 =...aH considerable talent which ..- cultivated until she adopted the -..a. .- u cargar and won success -. vaudeville
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
WOMEN NUT
 SO NUMEROUS

Washington. Oct. 23-Thc popu- Iatiou of the United States leNcu-
 sive of Alaska. Hawaii, Porto Rico. aud other uoncoutiguous posses
 stousl comprised n 1910. according
 Co che last Federal Census, 4G3&2,- g-7 males and 44.62sS9S females,
 or 1o6 males Co every loo females.
 in 1900 there were lO44 males Co
 every loo females. These figures are contained m statement issued
 by Director Duraud of the Bureau of
 the Census.
 The excess Of males m the Unit
 cd States is mainly due Co the eN-
 ,cuslye immigration. much larger proportion of the immigrants being males than females. In the for
 eigu-boru white population there are I2g.2 males to 100 females. But .hc native white population also has go slight excess Of males, the ratio being l02.7 to loo.
 In the negro population males are out-numbered by females iu a
 ratio of gS.9 Co loo. Among the :. Chinese in this country males out
 number females by more than li Co |. and among the Japanese by
 about Co I. The Indians show @ small excess of males. I03.5 to 100
 females.
 In most European countries te-
 males outuumber males. Che num-
 ber Of males to loo females accord
 ing to recent ceususes being 93.6 tn
 England. 9f.7 in France. g6.9 m
 the German Empire. 96.4 in Swift zerland. gg m Italy, 96.7 in Aus ula. ggI in Hungary, and 9S.9 In
 Russia
 The Urepoudorauce of males in the aggregate population of the United states is most marked iu the Pacific and Mountain divisions liar western states1. with ratios in 1910 of. respectively. 129.5 and .Ig7.a males to 100 females. The proportion of males is lowest in New England. this being the only geo. .ranhle division m which there is .a sIgnt excess of females over males There are only five States n which females ouuumber males. namely. Massachusetts. Rhode Is- land. Maryland. North Carlouia. . and South CarIonia.
 Males increased more rapidly .man females in the United States from 1900 To 1910. The former in- creased 1I per cent: females 201 per cent Little change occurred iu .tbo sex ratio for the native popu-
 IaGou. but among the foreigu-bou white the number of males per loo females increased from 111.4 in ! 1900 to l2a.2 in 1910. The pro . portion Of males increased in every State east of the Mississippi River except Kentucky and Tennessee, where the changes were insiEnili- cant West of the Mississippi the proportion increased in g States, de- creased in I-. and remained un- changed in state.
 or the aggregate urban popula- ! ton of continental United States in |I9l0. gI,a96,-S1 were male and |2112T202 female. the number Of males per loo females being 10l.5. l Of the aggregate rural population 25.S26,096 were male and 2S,5l2,-
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
TEDDY VOW GETTING WELL;
 THE DOCTORs LEAVE HIN

Oyster Bay, Oct. 23-The doctors have decided that their services are no longer needed as Mr Roosevelt is getting along nicely and will soon be on the stump again He is be- Ing taken care of by the nurHes without further medical attention
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23

Quite a large number ot passen- gers have reserved berths on the May which is to sail tomorrow night Among them are Howard Ashley. John Olson, Mir and Mrs D N HukiI and children, Geo. Dillon. Louie Rapuzzi and Classy Kossouth.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
fUEN GETS EECkEE CN~E
 FnE nFCI>TuN TOMORROW

Nau York. Oct -a The Becker .as. IS being summed mp and vii. -a -o rra jury for decision this a.- -.roon or not later than morning rra #rage aU ,aeu csar-e the tHy
 .H rre public win awai. the yer ...r with considerable interest. as -.. ..-a has been one that has ..u~.r tho public Co take deep in- .arn~. oa-- ro the extent Of cr.m- n...r that MAS involved
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
WHAT WILL FACTORIES
 THINK OF THIS?

San Francisco. Oct. 23-Thomas Marshall is making a play for the Democratic vote by declaring him. self and his party in favor of Japanese and Chinsee exclusion law. Also more stringent laws fer keep ing out cheap European labor
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
ERFRWART STANDS PAT
 AND SDES WITH TNFI

Naukato. Oct 22 Governor Eh- nrnart Of Minnesota has announced that he feels it duty to supper, rae Republican ticket and will cast his lot hereafter with President Iatt
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23
THEY PROBED AND pROBED
 AND PROBED AND PROBEn

Washington, Oct 23-The cam paign investigation committee has adjourned until after election, when it will take up the probe again.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-10-23

,ilsaa Hlstorlcsl L'brarY toe Nuserm
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11
CHAPTER V.-Continued.

Back in Dawson, though he remained
true to his word and never touched
hand to pick and shovel, he worked as
hard as ever in his life He had
thousand irons in the fire, and they
kept him busy. Heavy as were his
expenses. he won more heavily. He
took lays, bought half shares. shared
with the men he grub-staked, and made
personal locations. Day and night his
dogs were ready, and he owned the
fastest teams; so that when a STAN
pede to a new discovery was on, it was
Burning Daylight to the fore through
the longest. coolest nights till he
blazed his stakes next to Discovery.
In one way or another Ito say nothing
of the many worthless Creeks) he
came into possession of properties on
the good creeks, such as sulphur, Do
minion, EXcelsis. Siwash, Cristo, AL
hambra. and DOolittle. The thousands
he poured out flowed back in tens OF
thousands.
Dawson grew rapidly that winter OF
1896 Money poured In on Daylight
from the sale of town lots He prompt
ly invested it where 1t would gather
more, In fact, he played the danger
Gus game Of pyramiding, and no more
perilous pyramiding than in a placer
camp could be imagined. But he
played with his eyes wide open.
Corner lots in desirable locations
sold that winter for from ten to thirty
thousand dollars. Daylight sent word
out over the trails and passes for the
newcomers to bring down log-rafts,
and. as a result. the summer of 1897
saw his saw mills working day and
night, on three shifts, and still he had
logs left over with which to build
cabins These cabins, land included.
sold at from one to several thousand
dollars. Two-story log buildings, in
the business part of town. brought him
from forty to fifty thousand dollars
apiece. These fresh accretions Of cap
ital were Immediately invested in 9th
er ventures. He turned gold over and
over until everything that he touched
seemed to turn to gold.
With the summer rush from the Out
side came special correspondents for
the big newspapers and magazines,
and one and all. using unlimited space
they wrote Daylight up; so that, so far
as the world was concerned. Daylight
doomed the largest figure in Alaska. OF
course. after several months, the
world became interested in the Span
ish War. and forgot all about him; bat
In the Klondike itself Daylight still re.
manned the most prominent figure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11
Asst SOMETIMES HAPPENS.

The man at the corner of the down
town alley was selling some kind OF
cement
1t was worth % cents bottle as
he explained to his hearers. but in or
der to introduce it he was making a
special price of one dime good for this
particular occasion only, and he guar
anteed satisfaction or money re-
funded.
will it mend broken china?" IN
quired lean. understood man in the
crowd
1T will mend anything but a broken
promise or ruined character. Say.
my friend, here's a couple of sticks of
wood. fastened together at the ends.
Ii you break them apart III make you
present OF a bottle"
Carelessly the understood man took
the joined sticks in his hands
Then he gave them a sudden. VIC
lent wrench.
Blu they didn't break apart
1t is saddening to have TO spoil
story in his manner. but sometimes.
in the interests Of historical accuracy.
it has to be done.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11

mantle of snow could not hide. Be
meath him, in every direction, were
the cabins of men. But not many
men were visible. A blanket of smoke
filled the valleys and turned the gray
day to melancholy twilight. Smoke
arose from a thousand holes in the
snow, where, deep down on bedrock,
in the frozen muck and gravel, men
crept and scratched and dug, and ever
built more fires to break the grip OF
the frost.
Organization was what was needed
he decided; and his quick Imagination
sletched EldOrado Creek, from mouth
to source, and from mountain top to
mountain top. in the hands of one ca
pable management. Even steam-thaw-
ing, as yet untried, but bound to come,
he saw would be a makeshift. What
should be done was to hydraulic the
valley sides and benches, and then, on
the creek bottom, to use gOld-dredges.
There was the very chance for another
big killing. He bad wondered just
what was precisely the reason for the
uggenhammerS and the big English
concerns sending in their high-salaried
experts. That was their scheme. That
was why they had approached him for
the sale of worked-out claims and tail
ings. They were content to let the
small mine-owners gopher out what
they could, for there would be mil
lions in the leavings.
And. gazing down on the smoky in
ferno of crude effort, Daylight outlined
the new game he would play, a game
in which the Guggenhammers and the
rest would have to reckon with him.
But along with the delight In the new
conception came WEAKNESS. He was
tired of the long Arctic years, and he
was curious about the Outside-the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11
CHAPTER VI.

1t was held by the thousands OF
hero-worshipping chechaquos that Day
light was man absolutely without
fear But BEETLES and Dan Macdonald
and other sOurdoughS shook their
heads and laughed as they mentioned
women, And they were right. He had
always been afraid Of them from the
time. himself lad of seventeen when
Queen Anne, of Juneau, made open
ard ridiculous love to him. For that
matter. he never had known women.
Born in mining-camp where they
were rare. and mysterious, having no
sisters. his mother dying while he was
an infant, he had never been in con
tact with them.
But it was left to the Virgin to give
him his final fright. She was found
one morning dead in her cabin A
shot through the head had done it,
and she had left no message. no eX-
PLANTATION. Then came the talk. Some
wit. yoicing public opinion, called it a
case of too much Daylight. She had
killed herself because of. him Every
body knew this and said so The cor.
respondents wrote it up, and once
more Burning Daylight, King OF the
Klondike, was sensationally featured
in the Sunday supplements Of the
United States. The Virgin had
Strengthened up, so the fcature-stortes
ran. and correctly so. Never had she
entered a Dawson City dance-hau
When she first arrived from Circle
City. she had earned her living by
washing clothes. Next, she had bought
q sewing machine and made mems
drill parkas. fur caps, and moosehide
mittenS. Then she had gone as clerk
into the First Yukon Bank All this.
and more, was known and told, though
one and all were agreed that Day
light, while the cause, had been the
innocent cause of her untimely end
And the worst of it was that Day
light knew It was true Always would
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11
Somewhat Inconsistent.

The young woman had spent a busy
day. She had browbeaten fourteen
sales-people. bullyragged shop
walker argued VIGOROUSLY with a
milliner, laid down the law to a mod.
iste, nipped in the bud a taxi chauf-
feur's attempt to overcharge her,
made a street-car conductor stop the
car in the middle of a nonstop run
for her. discharged her maid and en-
gagged another, and otherwise refused
to allow herself to be imposed upon.
Yet she did not smile that evening
when a young man begged:
Let me be your protector through
life!"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11
Kidney Trouble
Is Very Deceptive
Few Realize They're Affected Til
Danger Point is Reached-Dr.
Derby's Kidney Pills Work
Wonders-Sample Freel

Kidney disease Is much more common
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do not know what's ailing them-until the
trouble becomes serious. Some triding af-
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there's anything wrong with his kidneys.
Usually the most noticeable symptoms
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nervousness for instance, he never thinks Of
as signs of diseased kidneys.
Even the aching back and sides, rheuma-
tisnl, pains or twitching in groins or limbs,
sore, infarned muscles, he may consider in
diCations of some other trouble. Unnaturally
colored or cloudy urine, too frequent or too
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11

he remember that last night he had
seen her. He had thought nothing of
it at the time; but, looking back, he
was haunted by every little thing that
had happened. In the light of the
tragic event, he could understand
everything-he quietness, that calm
gertrude as if all veXing questions OF
living had been smoothed out and
were gone. and that certain ethereal
sweetness about all that she had said
and done that had been almost mater
nal lie remembered the way she had
looked at him, how she had laughed
when he narrated Mickey DOlan's mis-
take in stalking the fraction on Shook
UNI GulCh. Her laughter had been
lightly joyous, while at the same time
it had lacked its old-time robustness
Not that she had been grave or sub
dued, On the contrary, she had been
so patiently content, so filled with
peace. She had fooled him, fool that
he was. He had even thought that
night that her feeling for him had
passed, and he had taken delight in
the thought. and caught visions of the
satisfying future friendship that would
be theirs with this perturbing love
out Of the way.
And then, when he stood at the
door, cap in hand, and said good night
1t had struck him at the time as a
funny and embarrassing thing, her
bending over his hand and kissing it.
He had felt like fool, but he shivered
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11

great world OF which he had heard
other men talk and Of which he was
as ignorant as child There were
games out there to play 1t was a
larger table. and there was no reason
why he with his millions should not
sit in and take a hand. So it was,
that afternoon on Skookum Hill, that
he resolved to play this last best klon-
dixie hand and pull Tor the Outside 1t
took time, however. He put trusted
agents to work on the heels OF great
experts, and on the creeks where they
began to buy he likewise bought.
Wherever they tried to corner a
worked-out creek, they found him
standing in the way, owning blocks OF
claims or artfully scattered claims
that put all their plans to naught
Followed wars, truces, compromises.
victories, and defeats, BY 1898, sixty
thousand men were on the Klondike,
and all their fortunes and affairs
rocked back and forth and were at
fected by the battles Daylight fought
And more and more the taste for the
larger game urged in Daylight's mouth
Here he was already locked in crap
pies with the great Guggenhammers,
and winning. Gercely winning. Pos
sibly the severest struggle was waged
on Ophir, the veriest of moose-pas-
lures, whose lOw-grade dirt was valu-
ahle only because of its vastness. The
ownership of block of seven claims
in the heart OF it gave Daylight his
grip, and they could not come to terms
The Guggenhammer experts conclud,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11
Precise.

The proofreader on a small middle
western daily was a woman Of great
precision and extreme propriety. One
day a reporter succeeded in getting
into type an item about willie Brown,
the boy who was burned in the West
end by a live wire"
On the following day the reporter
found on his desk a frigid note ask,
ing, Which is the west end OF a
boy?"
1t took only an instant to reply
The end the son sets on. Of course.
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11

now when he looked back on it ard
felt again the touch OF her lip. en- his
hand She was saying good By, an
eternal gc0d-by, and he had never
guessed At that very moment, and
for all the moments of the evening
coolly and deliberately, as he well
knew her way, she had been resolved
to die If he had only known it! Tn
touched by the contagious malady
himself, nevertheless he would have
married her if he had had the slight
est mixing Of what she contemplated.
And yet he knew, furthermore, that
hers was a certain stiif-kneed pride
that would not have permitted her to
accept marriage as an act OF philan-
thrOpy. There had really been no saw
ing her, after all The love-dtsease
had fastened upon her, and she had
been doomed from the first to perish
of It.
Six thousand spent the winter OF
1887 in Dawson, work on the creeks
went en- apaCe, while beyond the pass
cs it was reported that one hundred
thousand more were waiting for the
spring. Late one brief afternoon, Day.
light, on the benches between French
Hill and Shookum Hill, caught a wild
er vision Of things. Beneath him lay
the richest part of Eldorado Creek.
while up and down Bonanza he could
see for miles. 1t was a scene OF 2
vast devastation. The BILLS. to their
tops, had been shera OF trees, and
their naked sides showed signs OF gor-
ing and perforating that even the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11
SYNOPSIS.

ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
SOth birthday with a crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivou The dance leads
to heavy gambling. in which over 100000
IS staked Harnish loses his money and
his mine bur wins the mail contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
sledge. telling His friends that he will be
in the big Yukon gold strike at the start
Burning DaTlight makes a sensationally
rapid run across country with the mail
appears at the Tivoli and is now ready
to join his friends in dash to the new
found i'm the up-rivor district IIarnsh
buys two tons Of -four, which he declares
will be worth its weight in gold, but
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big fiat desOllte. 4 Comrade discOV-
ers gold and Daylight reaps rich har-
Yrsi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-01-11
Some UNDERTAKING.

The official undertaken Of a small
town was driving through the county
on one of his regular missions. A
woman came out to the gate of farm
yard and hailed him.
Il don't seem to recall your name,
madam" he said
That's funny" she said 1T amt
been more'n a year and a half ago
since you undertook my first hus-
band"