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class of people who will wander into the cabaret restaurants to look at a girlie, grille performance for an hour and try to get away with the purchase of about one drink apiece during that time. If this could be done at the regular price it would be losing game for the owner
 To meet this situation, however, the price of drinks is raised as high as 20 cents for a glass of beer in some places and in addition to that there are tips to be paid to the checking boy, the waiter, and any one else who happens to find it possible to do something for you.
 When one enters a restaurant of this kind, orders his drink, and begins sip- ping it, the eye of the waiter-aye, even the majestic head waiter-is soon upon him. The waiter at his table Is right at his elbow continually, doing some littla thing, as if he expected, as matter of course, to be called upon at any moment for further service.
 If the thinker is so incautious as to finish his drink before he is ready to leave the restaurant, life from that mo- ment Is made as miserable for him. as it is possible for waiter to make it. and if you don't know the New York waiter, you can't possibly realize just how miser- able that is.
 The same restaurant owner, to whom I refrred earlier in this article, declares that these things are necessary, that they have the approval of the manage ment in each case, and in fact. are but the result of the management's instruc- tions. In his opinion, fleecing the public is not so easy a task as the public itself seems to think. The restaurant man gen. erally feels that the public Is out to fleece him, if it can put such thing over. That is, the public would unhesitat- ingly accept all that he might offer it, and then depart without paying him a cent in return, if it could find a system whereby this could be accomplished.
 Of course, all these matters would be
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of these musical academies not wheere they sell it canned, but wheere they teach sister Mary to take the high note and also to pound racket out of an upre piano than hefty guys could produce in boiler factery the man who owned the boat host so to speeka fine chap with bug for out door life, having quite little all the rest of and Our outdoor frend spoke of his boat yacht" and informed us that she ankored off Annapols he further sed that only five miles out could catch fish than the Center market would hold. Theere weer, he sed, sleeping accommodations on the yacht and could stay out as long as we blessed To ride the a regular, hon. nestrogoodness yacht and Toll back and listen to the sloshng of the watur without being compelled to drink enny of it has always been one of my cheef ambisions, therefore I could fgger out wheere going to have tue time of my yung life. Theere enuff enthewsiasm in our party in getting reddy for this trip, and on the way down to yacht to run pressidensial campain, but weer the stingy takers coming back. On the return trip about optomstick and cheerful as three funnerels
 But am anticipating. The furst sting of dissap
 pontment came to us when we saw the yacht. It was not out in the bay tuggng at it's hawsaw-if that is what you call it-not you would notise it. It was, ill short, alongside the warf and took it for the boat that was to take out to the ship. It had little gassoeen engine that looked obstinate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
Fort Builders in Old Peru om the National Ceopranhtc

From the National Geographic Mar>-
 zine.
 The great fortress of Sacsahuaman near Cuzco. Peru. is the most stupend- ous example in America of what pre- historic men could accomplish. Its builders had no better tools than stone hammers and fibre ropes, and under stood no more advanced mechanical principles than the lever and the in- clined plane Many centuries ago, long before the days of the Incas, a prfmi- tive people constructed the walls of this fortress. Like the inhaeitants of ancient Greece, they were aware of 1.s strategic value of salients and re-en- trant angles, a knowledge which had been lost in Europe before the era of the first crusade.
 The ancient builders constructed lines of salients extending on ter races, one above another, for a third of mile across the back of hill which overshadowed the city of Cuzco. The terraces are faced with colossal boulders. some of which weigh moro than 20 tons, and most of which were brought from quarries in the mountains mile or two away. Several stones in the lower tier, at the points of the salient, are over 20 feet in height
 Notwithstanding the difficulty of handling and placing in position such enormous and extraordinary irregu- lar blocks. they were fitted together with great precision No cement was used in the construction. the strength of the walls being due to the very ir- regularity of the blocks and the method in which they were locked together.
 It Is almost incredible that a p-imi- tive people should have had the cour- age and the patience to carry cut such an enormous undertaking.
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and they arc now finding rubies there. It is probable that tho ore in the fu- ture will run into values of 5000 and upward a ton."
 "Is there much of such ore?
 NO one can tell yet the exact extent of the deposits They are finding con- siderable float, and no one can predict the discoveries of the future. That is true of the most of this territory. Tho country has hardly been scratched. ] suppose the same Is true of Alaska"
 I asked the commissioner to say some thing as to the big game of his territory. Ha replied:
 This Is one of the best big game re- gions of the North American continent. All shooting Is licensed and restricted, and, so far, there Is no indication of the game playing out We have an abund- ance of moose. caribou, mountain sheep and mountain goats. Ten thousand caribou may sometimes be seen moving along over the country. Such drove will not turn aside for anything. You can drive with a motor car through 1t while 1t is crossing a mountain wagon road.
 Indeed, I know of places hero where you can go moose hunting in an automo- bic, and that within 25 miles of Dawson. Our moose are among the largest of the world. Their horns have often a spread of five or six feet and 1t Is not uncom- mon to kill caribou whose antlers will average over 30 points"
 What other game have you?"
 We have mountain sheep whose flesh is moro delicious than that of any other game animal. We have plenty of bear, both black and grizzly. We have wild birds of many varieties, including duck. geese, snipe and crane. We have five varieties of grouse. We have pheasants and ptarmigan. The latter changes it's brown coat of the summer to rosy white in the winter. According to law there is no limit to the shooting of bear. wNlves and small game. As to other big game, we issue licenses that give the holder the right to shoot two moose six caribou and six sheep in a season."
 The conversation here turned to the government of the Yukon. when. in re- sponse to my questions, the commissioner said
 The Yukon territory has federal and local officials, the constitution defining their powers The federal officials are appointed by the federal government. They are the commission who governs all federal moneys and the postmaster and collector of customs. We have also . surveyor. an inspector of fisheries. q
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What do you think of tho future of your territory"
 T expect to see 1t grow steadily in population and wealth. We have large areas of lowgrade gold properties which will employ many men for years to come. This mining will be done with large capital and at fixed wages. We have also extensive deposits of copper, ana we are now constructing trails to the copper camps. The White river dis trict, for instance. needs only transpor- tatiop to make 1t populous and produc- tive copper mining center. We havo great deal of land that is well adapted to farming. Dr. Dawson estimated that the territory would sustain a population of at least 100000 farmers. and we haps other possibilities in the way of fsr farm ing that may add to our terrftariaI wealth." %
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the law, and was soon elected a member of the Yukon legislative council. When the present party came in he was chosen by the premier to be commits sioner of the Yukon, and has held that office from then until now.
 It was in the commissioner o11lce in the administration building that l chatted with Governor Black about his dominions Yukon Is close to our territory and its resources and other characteristics are so much the same. that it might be called Canadian Alaska Therefore, the most of what MT. Black says may be considered true for our country as we'll
 There was a box of red geraniums in one of the windows. some wild roses in another and bowl of black pansies. each as big around as tumbler, on the commissioner desk I referred to these flowers and spoke of the wonder full vegetation which now covers the country, saying how different 1t is from what I had expected to find in the cold lands of the arctic. The commissioner said:
 Our summers are as warm ana pieas- ant as those of southern Canada. The only difference is in the length Of the season, and that does not affect growth so much as many suppose. Plants live upon light and we have about one-third more light than you have In the same length of summer. By the midde of May darkness practically leaves us. and we have one hundred or more days when we can read our newspapers out in the open at midnight. Your dawn in the states begins about O clock in the morning and the light lasts until o'clock in the even ing The sun works for you only !6 hours of the day. He works for us almost "A. In the summer we have light all day and all night Growth begins in April. when the crocuses come up through the snow We plant our gardens by the middle of May, and by the latter part of June have vegetables to eat. Our chief summer month Is July. although the frosts do not come until the middle of September After that we have h. dian summer and the hills are ablaze with gold"
 'Is there much of your country adapt ed to farming?' asked
 Yes. as far as the markets of the far north are concerned. The country Is virgin land covered with trees. The trees are stunted except in the river have meadows in the south and south west and also great areas that can be used for grazing. Dr. Dawson. who made
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GOVERNOR BLACK TALKS ABOUT YUKON TERRITORY

timber and land agent and a number of mining recorders. All of these men have their clerks and assistants.
 AS to the local officials. they arc ap- pointed by the commissioner. They are the superintendents of road and bridge construction, the territorial secretary and treasurer, the medical health officials and others In addition, there is'N the legis- lative council of the territory. This Is elected by the people, and it corresponds to your legislatures. It votes the moneys for taxes, and makes the laws subject to the veto of the commissioner"
 The roads of the territory of Yukon are said to be better than those of Alaska. I asked the commissioner how they are handled. He replied:
 Our roads are built by tho federal pration each year for the purpose. The money is placed at tho disposal of the commissioner and the council, and it is expended by the commissioner on the vote of the council"
 How much road have your"
 we have the Overland Trail, running from White Horse to Dawson, which is $50 miles long, and we have also roads from Dawson to the principal mining cen ters. We have another road from Daw son to the Mayo mining district which Is 200 miles long, and, altogether. we have wagon roads to the length of 1900 miles, All of these roads have a right of way 60 feet in width. Most of them are ballasted, and all are kept in good repair. We are now making an automo- bile road from here to White Horse and we spent more than ssH. 600 on 1t last year. You can go by automobile for hun dreds of miles up the Klondike valley and along the creeks where the dredges are working, and you can even climb in a motor car to the top of the Dome. which Is more than a half mile higher than Dawson and 27 miles away. One can take auto ride of several days along the Klondike Auto Belt Line and find eating houses at which he can be served on the way"
 Will you ever have a railroad con meeting this country with other parts Of Canada and Alaskan"
 Several such roads have been pro- posed. and 1t is not impossible that one We need wagon roads more than any thing else. We aim to build roads and trails to all the new mining camps to aid the miners in getting supplies and to take their gold out. Our present traf- fic is transient and will hardly stand the building of railways"
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millions each year. The first of tho gold was won by the individual miner, but within the past 10 years a great deal has machinery. Many of the original creeks still undredged. the greater part of the Klondike valley has yet to be turned over, and there are gold beds in the In- dian river basin that are still to be test ed. Dominion creek, for instance. Is 90 miles long and the most of 1t will pass through the dredges. It Is safe to say that there are many millions still left in the ground. Our output of gold Is now about $5,ooo,ooo per annum, and ex- pect that average to keep up for years to come"
 How about placer mining in other parts of your territory7"
 Color has been found in almost all the streams that empty into the Yu- kon. Mining has been profitably done on the Stewart river, l50 miles from the Klondike. and also on the tribu- taries of the Big Salmon half way be- tween Dawson and our southern boun- dary In fact, there seems to be gold bearing territory all the way from here to California. and a great part of 1t has not been prospected."
 ''Is there any quartz gold in this vicinity"
 That question is yet to be an- swered." replied the commissioner. Quartz mining Is rich mans proposi. ton. Placer mining can be done with out capital and our people have been so busy taking out the placer gold, which was easy to get, that they have paid little attention to quartz Large capital may yet develop great quartz mines here. But so far no rich ones have been discovered. Nevertheless, there must have been mountains of gold quartz here in the past, in order to have filled the rich gold bearing creeks and the Klondike valley with the almost $20o. .0o0,0o0 worth of gold we have gotten out of 1t. The gold bearing creeks all seem to flow from the Dome, a mountain about 5000 feet above Dawson. Many think that mountain ought to be underlaid with gold quartz but so far none of much value has been found.
 "In the last two years they have been finding veins of galena, silver and lead in the Stewart river district" the commissioner continued. That orc the Kootenay famous. They shipped HOO tons of 1t last year to the San Francisco smelters. and I understand that its value averaged $500 per ton. The character of that ore Is improving
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By FRANK G. CARPENTER
Copyrighted, 1916, by Frank G. Carpenter


 Dawson, Yukon Territory. rSY HAVE just had an interview l@I \ I with the governor of north
 western Canada. I refer to the lXsEAJ Hon. George Black. the com
 missioner of the Yukon terri tory. His dominions begin within 30 miles of the Pacific ocean and they extend to the Arctic They are 1000 miles long, and in places 300 miles wide. They com prise almost as much land as either Ger many or France, and altogether are equal to ons-third of Alaska The coun- try Is separated from Alaska by the inter- national boundary, which crosses the Yukon river about 100 miles from Daw- son, where this letter is written.
 Dawson is the chief town of the ter ritory. It Is the seat of government and the headquarters of the mounted police. Here the judges hold court, and here is the residence of the commissioner, who lives in state on the east bank of the Yukon. The government house is a large yellow frame building with great porch at the front. upheld by mas sive square columns. There Is beau tiful lawn in front of it and wide beds of pansies line the walk that leads to the entrance. In its rear are gardens filled, In summer, with the most delicious vegetables grown in the Yukon, and connected with them are the hothouses that supply the tomatoes and cucum- bers on the commissioners table
 The government house Is the social court of the territory. The commissioner entertsins & great deal. His wife is an American woman, the daughter of George M MIngcr, formerly of Chicago and now or Los Angeles Mrs. Black is well known in our social circles She made her debu. in Washington during the administration of President Cleveland, and was often entertained at the White House. She Is Q beautiful woman with social ability that fits her to be the first lady of the Yukon. She and the commis- sioner are good companions and good mixers. They go out camping together. and take long tours through the wilds. where the gun and fishing rod supply most of the food
 The commissioner knows his territory. He came to the Yukon as 0 young man at tho time of the gold rush. He was born in New Brunswick. and had just beg,n the practice of law there when the stampede of the Klondike occurred. He came to mine gold, but after time left tha diggings and hung out his shingle az lawyer in Dawson He did well at
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 va@zs@ not including infantile paralyss-stoutly
 maintains that the tired biznes must have a vacasion each year-a change of sceen, to speek-in ordur that he may survive few moor seesuns as meel ticket to sed medical fraturnity, or in ordur that he may get bit by muskeeturs stung by nettles half devoured by sharks and his skin blistured by the sun, that he will return frum his alledged outing fissica reck, to be patched by the fammerly fissisian at much per patch. That's the way 1t looks to the guy who has just returned rum his vacasion, enny how; and veewing it frum the angul of man who has just been thro his-and is glad that 1t Is ovver-I perfors agree with him.
 Last week we organized trip. We sat down calm ly with few uther conspiraturs and outlined our plans as gennerel maps out new line of retreet. We had lot of fun in going the plans and spessificasons of what we had evyery reesun to sume was going to be of the classest little casion trips perpetrated The party consisted of perfectly respectabull membur of Congress-a lit tie off color in his poycal convictsons-but whale of a good feller; newspaper with cast of counuenance like Henry Irvings and a conscience fleXabull as the bizness end of sngshot; lawyer, I guess won't add anything to that, just lawyer, that's all professor of musck, the main guy in one
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Business night, started by the md chants of Vernon Center, Minn. Is prd ing a great success. Each Thursd night the movie theatre is free to M farmers and other visitors, the plays and the mems quartet sings. [ tos line the streets. and by the increase business in town the merchants are mora than repaid for the expense.
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deavor. If a person of any country or cline has exceptional talent or ability, he or she ultimately comes to Manhant- tan to display it and to get the best and most profitable results.
 It is not contended that being wet" is responsible for all this success and prosperity, but it is offered that these things exist in a city where prohibi- tion has no recognition up to the pres ent day. Perhaps New York has suc- ceeded in spite of it's naughtiness-wh shall say-but that it leads the country in practically every respect is fact that cannot be disputed;
 What has become of our old friend "Ishkabibble.' or the word that sound- ed as if it should be spelled like that? Even the regular T should worry" is never used today except by a few of the ancients.
 At the Winter Garden with a southern friend recently. He pulled one of thu to the seat in front. and observed with astonisment that the patrons were fur- nished with individual drinking glasses. Please Help Emily" is the title of a new play, but judging from the atten- dance since it's recent opening, many people must have received the impress sion that it was plea for financial as- sistance.
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EW YORK, August 19.-(Spe-
 cial. .)-Now that our New
 York summer is virtually at an end, at least insofar as the soaring humidity
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And-but isn't that about enoushs
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0lSTUR EDDITUR: The medical fraternity
 backed up with it's intimate noledge of all g8 the weaknesses that human flesh is air to, N not including infantile paralysis-stoutly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
ALL-SOUTHERN ELEV VEINS SHOW WIDE VARIANCE IN OPINION Wrs Four Papers Fa Agree But One Man. Powell of Tennessee According Associated Pess-The AgeHerad Lone Paper
 Pick Robinson at Center and Rogers at Tackle

Atlanta, December 3.-Selections for an a1l-southern football team. chosen by sporting editors of morning papers of four cities where most of the important contests were played and which will be published tomorrow morning, show an unusually wide variance of opinion of the ability of the many good men devel oped in the south this year. The four writers were unanimous on only one man-C. Vowell of Tennessee for an end. The papers whose selections were avail able tonight were the Atlanta Constitu- ton, The Birmingham Age-Herald. the Knoxville Journal and Tribune and the Nashville Tennessean.
 Oother players who stood high in the regard of the writers were Strupper of Georgia Tech for a half; Phillips of Tech for center; Cody of Vanderbilt for a tackle and Curry of Vanderbilt for quar- terback Each appeared in three of the four selections to be published tomorrow Aside from these men and Vowell the ideas of the editors different widely.
 For the other end there were as many selections as there were selectors, Cody Jones of Auburn, Wolfe of Tennessee and Bell of Tech being named.
 For the tackles, aside from Cody, Car penter of Tech was selected by two writ
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Another AH Southern

drop kicker of high ability. Rabbit Curry is made captain of the team, as think he is more suited for that posi- tion.
 First Team-Center, Robinson (Au- burn) right guard Lowe (Tennessee); left guard, DuCote (Auburn); right tackle, Cody (vandy); left tackle, Colds by (Florlda); right end, Vowell Cren- nessee) left end, Bell (Tech); quar- terback, Curry (Vandy); right halfback, Strupper CTech) left halfback, Floyd Wandy) fullback, Spence (Tech).
 Second Team-Center, Maynor (Ala- bama; right guard, Williams Wandy); left guard, Lang (Tech1; right tackle, Rogers (Alabama); left tackle, Carpenter (Tech); right end, Cohen Wandy); left end Adams (Vandy); quarterback. Green (Alabama); right halfbacl1, Rodes CKentucky State) left halfback, Prende- gast (Auburn); fullback, Schwll GA & ND.
 Third Team-Center, Phillips (Tech) Carpenter GA. & M0; left tackle. Thrash guard, Carman Vandy); right tackle Carepnter GA. & ND; left tackle, Thrash Georgia; right end, Morton (Alabama) left end, Wolfe (Tennessee); quarterback, Hatcher (Tennessee); right halfback Johnson CTech) left halfback, Reynolds (Georgia); fulback. Brunette (Alabama)