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The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
Deathbed Triumph
By WILLIAM CHANDLER

An old man lay on the bed of death. A doctor sat by him intent upon some method of saving his life. An entirely different problem was in the mind of the sufferer.
 Doctor" he said presently, "can't 1 die for a short time, then come to life again for a certain purpose?"
 What purposeT asked the doctor.
 The invalid cast his eyes about the room to see that no one was present, then. stretching forth his hand, drew the doctor to him and whispered what he had to say. When he came to a pause the doctor said:
 q have suspected as much"
 "Can 1t be doneY" asked the invalid.
 Tt can be tried"
 Some more conversation followed, in which the doctor gave the sick man instructions, and the sick man did the same by the doctor Then the latter ended the matter by saying:
 Are you rcadyf"
 "Yes."
 The doctor took from his medicine case tablet and placed 1t in the pa- iicut'S mouth.
 The sick man, who was lying on his back, stared at the ceiling, immovable. The doctor went hurriedly to the door and opened 1t. There stood the wife of the invalid.
 Madam" said the doctor, "I fear that your husband is dead.'
 The woman hurried into the room and stood over the sickbed for few mo- ments looking down into the pale face. The doctor, who was beside her, closed the eyes of her husband, then led her away, saying:
 'Thls has been a long trial to you. Your watch Is now over. Go and rest yourself"
 She suffered herself to be led away and within an hour was in bed and asleep.
 Paul Markham passed away at dawn the next morning. Preparations were made for the funeral, which was held three days later, and on the fourth day his widow. who was his second wife. and her two children by for mer husband. all dressed In deep mourning, entered the drawing room Of the house in which Mir Markham had died and took seats. A number of other persons. including q lawyer, en- tered, and when all were seated the attorney unfolded document and was about to begin Its reading when Dr, Blanchard, who had attended the de ceased. entered in company with a girl of fifteen. There was about her Q mel. ancholy that s0yorCd of despair.
 "I have here," said the lawyer, "the Inst will and testament of Paul Mark ham. deceased, executed one year ago"
 He then read the will. which left all his property to his beloved wife, Jane Markham. trusting that she would sui
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07

fIcientiy provide TIJT US GauEHter, Htdei Markham. Having stated that the VIII had been duly signed and witnessed be added that 1t would be immediate Iy filed for probate. He was retolulhg the document when Dr. Blanchard arose and, drawing a paper from hls pocket, said:
 'I have a will executed few hours before Paul Markham's death."
 The widows countenance changed immediately.
 If YOU have any such wIll," she said. 'ft is a forgery. At any rate It was not witnessed. That know, be- cause I was in attendance upon my husband every day and hour during his last illness, and l know no one who could have witnessed q will en- tered the house."
 "What time did you go to bed the night your husband diedT asked the doctor.
 At 10 o'clock"
 "Your husband did not die till o'clock the next morning"
 "He died at 0 o'clock in the evening. You called me into the room where he lay and told me he was dead"
 'I told you I feared he was dead. He was very low. He revived, and at midnight drew this simple will for him. beQueathing all his property to his daughter, Ethel Markham. Two nersons came at my call and witnessed the will while you were asleep
 The woman stared at the doctor, al- though she could hardly believe her senses. For years she had dominated her husband and for q year, since she had forced him to make q will In her favor, had watched him carefully to make sure that he did not make an- other. At the very end of his life he had outwitted her.
 "Let me see It," she said to the doc tor.
 He held the paper before her. She read 1t and recognized her husbands signature, though it had been written in the agony of death. Realizing that she had been foiled, she arose from her seat and, followed by her two chlI- dren, stalked out of the room.
 pr. Blanchard by the terms of the deathbed will was made Etheis guard ian, and she thereafter made her resi- dence with him. Her life had been nearly crushed out of her by her step- mother, and It required some time to restore her to q healthy state of mind and body. But by the time she came of age she was completely recovered, for her surroundings as a member of the doctors family were all that could be desired, and be knew how to treat her to her advantage professionally. In his old age his savings of years were swept away in commercial pan Ic, and Ethel Markham provided for him and those of his family who were still too young to take care of them selves.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
EDITORIAL PAGE
Curing a Fibber.

While q writer was passing a New England schoolhouSc a boy came out and began pulling down the nag-a strange proceeding. since it was not storming nor was 1t time for the school to be dismissed. The writer was cu- rious and entered the Schoolhouse to mquire the reason. The teacher point cd 10 a boy who was trying to hide behind his desk, and said, Charley, there. has told q lie, and the flag has to come down, for Old Glory stands fo. truth and must not wave over school with a liar in it."-EXchange.
 Tho Old Stradivarius.
 It always gives me shiycr when a srraIivarius violin Is sold for thou sands. For 1t generally means thnt all its music will rc locked up by some noIy in a burglar proof case, where all the best vioius are storcL Now and then a Kubelik Is permitted to play on them. But there arc hundreds In bond! Meanwhile a man in the adjoining fat k playing good tunes on fiddle that contains nothing but squeak. WithN fifth rate Stradivarlus he-ond I-would be hapuier.-Londou Chronicle.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
AIDING SAVINGS

The rew capital of the world IS always the margin between the worlds income and it's expenditures. The expenditures now being at a rate altogether higher than the h. come, Iiuauciers everywhere are in- terestd in every step taken to increase the supply of new capital That is so particularly in the Un- ite, states. One of the notable features of the time is the anxiety now being displayed to encourage thrift, to make cosy the way for sound investments of small sayings and through this to encourage fur- ther the saving habit
 Que of these steps a Chicago buus has taken. It has organized 8 savings investment department in connection with its ordinary say ings department, for the special benefit of those who have formed the habit Of putting by a fixed sum every week. The bank pays it's regular savings bank interest on all such deposits until they reach tie amount of $50. Then it buys for yge depositor a gjIt-edged $lo0 bond, lending him half the pur- c4ase price. The weekly deposits continue, drawing sayings bank in- terest, until the interest, the de- pcsits and the interests earnings on the bond cancel the loan.
 When this is done the bond is turned over to the depositor and he starts on the purchase of another in Ire same way IS before. The plan encourages and stimulates iute.!i- gent thrift It brings into Use. as capital, the savings of many pe0- pie, and at the same time sets them oa tue road to ultimate indepen- leuce, possibly to wealth.
 Some brokerage houses are do- :uE much the same kind of work. They are encouraging the purchase Of bonds and stocks by people Of small capital, through selling them oa small iustallmeutS, which amounts iu practicaal effect to the plan of the Chicago bank.
 It has become recognized by in telGeeut bankers tEat it is the part cf sound policy to lend every encouragement to thrift and savings particularly to aid the small capital ist in making safe investments Of hls savings, and to keep him out cs the hands of the "get-rich-Quick swiudlers Seattle P.-I
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
Descendants of Attila.

la these later days We often hear the .s.., of .Atti.a. the terrible chief of
 Huns. A noble family of Hun
 lhc TsI%1i family, claims him for ....y ;tor This family lives in Temc- Syar. in Pennsylvania. Its members Spr.i only the Hungarian language ercu when they j1uruey in the Ger man part of Austria. Another family that puts Attila on its genealogical tree is the Esterhazy which ulso claims de scent from Enoch, father of MethuSe- Iah and grcat-grandtather of Noah Cri de Paris.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
S1lA Reward. SIOn

The readers O. this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one Dreaded disease that science has heeE able 10 cure in all it's stages, and n.at Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure HOW known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being q constitutional disease, requires constitutional treat ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in formally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. there by destroying the foundation of the dis ease, and giving the patient strength by' building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietorS have so much faith in its curative pow CTS that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address: F. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo. O.
 Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07

My brother said 10 go to the drug store and get q cake cr C4..nura Soap and some Cuti- Cura Ointr.rut v.,-ich dil. then washed my fac -i,h CuticurG Soap and applied he Cutiri.-.. Ointment and kept this treat .ncnt up for some time. After using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and the CutCura Ointmcrs my face was free from the cczc- ma" (Signed) Ray L. O'BriGn, June Is. "A.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
Sample Each Free by Mail

With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress postcard "CVticura, Dept. T, Ros- ton." Sold throughout the world.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
GOT HIs HAIR SACK.
Was Perfectly Bald When He Started
 to Use NewbrO's Herplcide

Frederick NanIell. Maryland block, Eu,,e. Montana. bought bottle of New J-J's ucrpIcide. April 6. 's9. and began to sa 1t for entire badness. The hair fol- I.gIes ir his scalp were not dead and In % days he had hair all over hIs head. On July 9 he writes. and today my hair Is 1s thick ard luEur!ant as any one could wish" Newbro's Herpicide works on an old principle and with a new dis CCvarv-d-s:rcy the cause and you re- move the effect. Herpicide destroys the Ecrm that causes dandruT. falling hair. and finally badness. so that with the Ca-se gone the effect. cannot remain. Stops falling hair at once and a new growth starts. Sold by leading druggists. Send I0c. in stamps for sample to The HerpicIde Co.,. Detroit Mich.
 One dollar bottle, guaranteed
 At all drug stores.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
Tho Old stradivarlus.
AnIl,nd,s Great Cheese Mart.

At Alllmau, the principal cheese market of Holland, may be seen the quaint old weigh house, erected In 1882. Connected with the town clock in the tower of this building hangs one of those tIuklag chimes which plays Q melody even stranger than those heard in Amsterdam. II Is in this building that all of the ChceScs are brought from the square iu front to be official ly weighed before they are delivered to tho purchaser and slowed away in the packets or Jargcs waiting near by in The canal.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
{. Z. 4 I. < .. |. I. < 1. !. 1. 1. :. ] +s PAYING BUSINESS
 $ NOW FOR SALE ]

< Kings Cafe, Whitehorse, z
 a Y. T. one of the oldest and < < hest paying eating houses in :; z the north and located in Q : F good live town, at the head of < < navigation of the Yukon river .. < where boat and train meet, is < E' usw offered for sale by it's .. f owLer, Mrs. Orloff King, at x < the extremely low price of " < $1.OOO for good will and funi- Z .s ture of the establishment. Z # To anyone desiring to engage
 < in this line of business there | < Is no better opening in this "
 ]. section of the north than is < z offered through the purchase < < of this property. " @ For full particulars address x 2 MRS. ORLOFF KING, '* < 7-2O-tf WhitehOrse, Y. T. x E .s < I. 4 4 <. < < < z. '* !. < <
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07

The name Siam" Is supposed by some pretty good authorities to be de rived from Malay word, "sajam." brown. Both SiameSc and Shans call themselves "Thal'-that Is. "the free"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07

At all drug stores.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
Easy Eoney.

Don't argue with me, sir" said the irasclb'e old gentleman.
 I'm not trying to argue with you, said the persistent person. I'm mere- ly trying to tell you that
 "There you go again. refuse to hear any more
 "rhaukS."
 "Umph. What are you thanking me for:"
 "I just made a bet that you wouldn't have patience enough 10 hear me state a hypothetical question, and I've won.' Birmingham Agp-HCrald.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-07
ECZEMi BROKE
 OUT ON FACL
Got Worse and Worse, DiShguTed for Time Being, Caused Itching. Scratched and lrritated. Used CutiCura Soap and CutiCura 0int- mant, Face Free from Eczema.

l27 Emily St., Saginaw, Mich" Several ,.oa5as a-o my face broke out with eczema l. got wJrsc and worse; it was a sight. all r.ld
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and bleeding. The eczema dis figured mo for the time being It caused much itching and of course I scratched my face and irritatGd it.
 II took a treatment but t did not seem to help any. [ used several kinds of SalvaS a,.;i soaps and they did no good. v- Fqra Itng-oD f1 rrn4 ,t.,=.n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-23
COMING ON HORSEBACK
T0G. R. ENCAMPMENT
Pennsylvania Cavalry Veterans to
March Overland to Ma
tional Capital.
Plan to Appear Mounted in the
Grand Parade Next
Week

Coming to attend the semi-centenniai
reunion of the Grand Army, in the
great gathering place for the entire
nation, the National Capital, on horse
back pilgrimage to scenes of their cav
airy triumphs of fifty years ago, which
will occupy seven weeks, are the stall
wart survivors of Company K, 18th
Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Mai. Jim Stewart, known in the
army as Little JIM" is in command OF
this expedition, and is making elaborate
plans for the ride. He has as his as
sistants f. Dunn and r. w. Parkinson.
This will be one of the notable bands
of old soldiers at the National Encamp-
ment. and summary of the services OF
some of those who are participating is
given by Mr.. Dunn, as follows:
James Stewart, known in the army as
Little jim was only fifteen years OF
age when he enlisted. A brave and gal
liant soldier, he was seriously wounded
at Reams Station. He has made good
since the war, and is a retired capital
list in Michigan, with wife and son,
who will be one of the Sons of Veterans
to act as escort on the way to Wash
ingtOn.
Beloved by His Men.
Gen. ]. K. Robinson, who was the gal
liant colonel of the 18th Pennsylvania
Cavalry. was one of the. commanders
whom his men dearly loved. He always
led. He was wounded three times, but
is active today, and will join Company
X at Gettysburg on its march to WASH
ington.
e. Dunn enlisted as a private in
X Company, and quit as captain at the
close of the war. He is now living a
retired life at Connellsville, Pa.
Lieut.. and Adjt. S. f. Germany, as a
soldier, was complete success, and
led many gallant charge. In August,
'64. he led the advance, capturing
number of the enemy and killing Gen.
Chambliss of the c. S. A. He is now
an active minister of the Brethren
Church, located at Scottdale. Pa
William Potter of Claysville Pa, was
a very active member of X Company,
who always was ready for duty, and
has the proud record of having never
missed roll call during the three
years he served as a member. He is
active today. and will be a noticeable
figure in the parade on the 18th He
was wounded several times, but they
all proved to be scratches on his portIy
frame and today only give evidence
that he was thar"
Never Caught in Disobedience.
DIR. S. D. Woods was quite a husky
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-23

young boy of K Company. He was
obedient, did all he was told and was
too foxy to be caught doing anything he
was forbidden to do. He is active and
hale today. and is a live wire in his
profession.
Joe Dunn was one of the most en-
thusiastic, daring and energetic boys
of X Company. He was wounded at
Hardwood Church and at Shepherds
town, Va. in '63. He is now an active
farmer in western Pennsylvania. He
will have charge of the commissary
department on the overland march to
Washington.
F. F.. Robin was a faithful soldier,
served as chief bugler of 18th Penn
sylvania Cavalry. The only fault ever
found with him, his comrades assert,
was when ordered by the brigade COM
mander, to sound the retreat, he mis-.
took the order, and sounded the charge.
The charge was success. and he was
forgiven. He is now chief of police
on the Capitol grounds at Harrisburg.
He will be a part of X Company in the
Iarade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-23
DANA WHITE SUCCUMBS.
Was Employe in Office of Auditor
of Post Office Department

Dana White, an employee in the office
of the auditor for the Post Office De-
partment, died at his residence in Riv-
erdale. Nd. last evening. Mr.. White
had been continuously employed in the
auditors ONCE since his entrance into
the government service in 1877. He was
a civil war veteran, eighty-seven years
old. and was the oldest employee in that
office. notwithstanding his advanced
age. he was devoted to the duties of his
position. and had always manifested an
active interest in promoting the wei.
fare of the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-23
Hold Dance at Canoe Club.

Members of the Builders and Manu-
facturers' Exchange and their wives
and woman friends held a dance last
night at the clubhouse of the Wash
lnston Canoe Club. There were about
forty couples in attendance. PROV 70
the dancing there was an entertain
ment. which included vocal and In.
strumental selections,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-23
TARNOPOL A POOR CITY
SET IN POOR COUNTRY
Important Defense Of Polish King.
dom, But Promises Of Greatness
We're UnfulfilIed.

Tarnopol from which city. along
line southwark, the Russians recently
developed a new and strong defensive,
is described as follows in the war
primer issued today by the National
Geographic Society:
"Tarnopol, small city in Galicia, sit
uated on the northern Sereth, about
seventy-six miles east-southeast of
Lemberg, marks the most recent line
OF determined Russian attack upon the
Teutonic allies. This invasion of latest
interest is reported to be concentrated
upon a front from Tarnopol. southwark,
to Trembowla, a distance of twenty
miles along the many bends Of the
Sereth river.
Safe Line of Retreat.
Some seventy miles to the north and
east of Tarnopol. beyond the fortress
of Dubno, the Austro- Germans are en-
deavoring to cut their way south be-
hind the Russian advance. There is
safe line Of communications open to
the Slavs. however. south to Odessa and
the Black sea, and southeast over a
well laid railway network.
1.-THE country along this Galician bat
tie front is broken and irregular. The
cities and towns here are few and scat
tered, while the land around is poor.
Agriculture yields piggardly. and the
Ruthenians, who are in overwhelming
majority in this part of the crown
land. are among the poorest Of Aus
tria's subjects, their economic condf-
ton being about on par with that OF
the Slovaks of northern Hungary.
More than thirty-fve miles to the
south of this line, the Dniester river,
flowing southeastward, makes an acute
angle with the northern Sereth. The
Lipa river, upon whose banks the Rus
slams made such a long. dogged stand,
parallels the northern Sereth and lies
about thirty miles to the westward OF
the stream under present assault
Promises Never Realized.
"Tarnopol, like all other towns in this
region; is an unimportant place. 1t has
a small industry, whose products are
mainly for the country around, of grain
milling and the preparation of wax and
honey. 1t is also a market for agri-
cultural produce and horses Its pop.
NATION. Of about $4,000, is constituted
Of 10 per cent Jews and the rest
Ruthenians Once the city was a for
nitv Of the poles, it did valiant service
FOR the military republican monarchy.
In return for the hard knocks that the
town absorbed the Polish kings con-
ferred upon it valuable privileges. In
the heydey of Poland Tarnopol seemed
to he a city with a future, but It's prom
ise was never realized.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-09

of soldiers dependents have been pub lished in one of the London neWspa- pers. In one case a soldiers wife says that where she previously paid out $315 for living expenses for one week, she now pays nearly five dollars. Rent now costs her S5 cents a week. food $1.75 and the remainder goes to various ebnefit clubs and for other expenses. But between the govern ment allowance, her husbands com muted pay, and the work she gets from the Queens Needldwork Guild by making shirts for soldiers, she is able not only to put a shilling a week into the bank, but another one aside as a clothing fund.
 Among this woman's weekly items of outlay is a shilling to feather club. which she explains as follows:
 ''I am in a feather club to get a lancer plume which will cost 15 shil- lings Il pence ($4). If you don't wear good hat in Whitehorse Lane, they say you are coming down in the world and | don't want them to think that. Also, a nice hat makes you feel young and really l am only very young. always try to look clean and decent"
 Another story comes from labor CTS wife, who has one son in the army and two sons, aged respectively thir- teen and two years at home. Her income is 15 shillings a week from her husanbd, two shilHngs siNpence from the Soldiers Association and the same from the thirteen yeear old boy when working and four slillinss earned by herself at shirt making, al together 24 shillngs or six dollars
 Bread, she says, is their heaviest ex- pense, since they use four loaves a day. costing $220 a week Rent comes to $125 altogether and mere cost Of living leaves only a few pennies ont of the weekly income. Meat in the form of stew is luxury for Sundays. Bread and amrgarine is the main food of the family. Her story continues:
 q spend nothing on myself. don't rememebr when had any new clothes I don't belong to any feather clubs am too old for that--I am forty Sometimes the children run errands and so get a penny to spend on the moving pictures. They like the COW boy films. My husband works very long and very hadr but allows himself only three pence (six centsl a day for outside meals. He has no money to go anywhere, so he goes to bed. | have plenty of work to do. 1 don't know what business means. My we'd ding ring went a long time ago for bread and now l wear a brass one But the hardest thing to bear is when a lady visitor asks me why l don't put something away for a rainy day"
The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-09

all the doctor s medicines tried. Many people have no faith in patent medicines but know this is good. Mrs. E. J. RICKETs, 354 Sth Avenue, West, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
 Such warning symptoms as sense of sufFocation, hot flashes, headaches, back aches, dread of impending evil timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu- larties, constipation. variable appetite, weakness and inquietude, and dizziness, are promptly needed by intelligent wo- men who are approaching the period in life when woman's great change may be expected.
 Lydia r. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound invigorates and strengthens the female organism and builds up the weak ened nervous system. It has carried many women safely through this crisis.
 If there are any complications you don't understand write Lydia F.. pinkham Medicine Co. (conli- dentian Lynn, Mass.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-09
ARE RENTING TRADE.

Christiania, May S--In order to check the inroads which war has made on German trade in the Scandl- navian countries, large number of German commercial travellers have been granted a fortnight's leave from the army and are now twisting old customers
 They were all sworn 10 secrecy re- garding military matters before ieav- ing Germany.