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ANCIENT HUMAN SKULL
Of interest In connection with the
Tertiax* gold-bearing river gravels
cf California is the story of the
Calaveras skull. For a time this
skull attracted much attention, uot
only from people lu California, but
from scientific men the world
over. It was reported to have been
found In 1S66, near the town of
Aagvis, Calaveras County, at a
depth of 130 feet, iu Tertiary grav
els underlying Tertiary laya. The
finding of a human skull embedded
In such deposits was for a time be
lieved to iudicate that man had
bee a in existence iu Norfh America
longer than had been supposed.
Strange to say, the skull is of a
higher type than skulls which, al
though known to antedate historic
times, are kuown also to be much
younger than the Tertiary. Al
though Prof. J. L). Whitney, then
State geologist, accepted the skull
as a bit of genuine scientific evi
eridence, it is generally betived by
students of the antiquity of man
that the Calaveras skull, while
undoubtedly old, probably did not
come from the auriferous gravels
at all. (Overland Guidebook, Bulle
tin 612, t". 3. Geological Survey.)
J. F. McDONALD IS
NEW GAME W ARDEN
Juneau Empire: Jack F. McDon
ald, -warden at the federal jail,
was thi? morning appoined by Gov.
J. F. A. Strong to the position of
game warden which has been left
vacant by the resignation of Adam
Schneider.
Mr. Schneider tendered his resig
nation some time ago, to become ef
fective September 1st.. He -w:is ap
pointed by Gcv. Walter E. Clark
hbl' tock office October 1st, 1910.
The position carries a salary of
$135 a month and the warden is
re aired to furnish his own gas boat
Ilarrv Morton, a son-in-law of
Jack .McDonald, has been tem
porarily appointed to fill the place
Mr. McDonald leaves at the jail.
DAWSON PROSPECTOR
BELIEVED DROWNED
Dawson News, Sept. 2: Word
that Williams, a colored prospector,
wio lived in and about Dawson for
several years and was well known
here, probably was drowned this
month at the head of the White
river is brought by E. Schiuk and
Joe Slaggard, who have returned
from the Chisana camp. Mr. Schiuk
says:
"The belief that Williams was
drowned originated in a report
brought in by Jack Crow, it seems
that Williams started to cross the
Scolai pass, and in doing so had to
go up the White river valley. About
that point the waters from Scolai
glacier accumulate in a sort of a
dam each year until they form such
a volume they burst. Then they
rush down the valley in a torrent,
carrying everything before them. It
is feared that while traveling in the
valley or fording the stream the
data burst, and carried Williams
down. Crow reported that while
he was traveling the valley he saw
in the river what appeared to be a
bundle of clothing going down
stream. His dog ran after the ob
ject, but was unable to get it.
From the fact Williams had start
ed out a few days ahead, and later
fpiled t-- report, it is feared he was
caught in the flood and drowned.
SITKA HOT SPRINGS
PRAISED BY HUMFREY
Juneau Empire: A. A. Humfrey
returned Saturday from Sitka Hot
Springs, where he and his family
have been rusticating for the past
two weeks.
"Dr. J. A. Goddard, proprietor of
the Springs resort, is entitled to a
whole let of credit for the way he
entertains visitors," Mr. Humfrey
said today. "ITo certainly has the
'garden spot of the North' at Sitka
Hot Springs, aad we enjoyed our
visit there immensely. There ia
fine hunting and fishing and every
thing is reasonable. Ihe fire early
this summer cost Dr. Goddard a
good sum, but he is rebuilding
everything and has his new 35-room
hotel almost completed. There
we.e about twenty-five people there
when we left.
il.YKKY K. THAW IS XOW
TAKING IX EXroSlTIOX
San Francisco, Sept. 6—Harry
K. Tbaw this morning completed
the last leg of his five weeks' trip
from l'itfsburg to this city in his
own machine. He declines to dis
cuss his personal affairs.
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iwi tip) Grey Hackle, Black
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ESTABLISHED 1897
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MONTAGUE GLASS
v.—THE ILL WIND
[Copyright, The Frank A. Munsey Co.J
(Continued from last Issue)
that blslinanclai survival was n week
ly wonder even to himself.
Ills store fixtures, the diamond on
his finger—a fine canary colored stone,
almost flawless—the very clothes on
his back, wece purchased and owed for
on the weekly payment plan, while the
mere thought of the first of the month,
with Its rent and gas bill, bathed him
in perspiration.
To his poverty stricken Imagination,
Giusburg, with ills roll of bills and bis
undivided one-tweutietb Interest in an
aUjiicent tenement, represented the
very pinnacle of financial soundness.
In Palermo, this humble tailor might
be u veritable prince he reflected; a
veritable prince in Palermo—the bare
utterance of the name impelled him
toward his guitar. Soon his falsetto
was uplifted In temporary forgetful
ness of his plight.
"Ogni sera dl sotto al mio balcone,"
be walled, aud rolled his eyes, while
Ginsburg, on the other side of the par
tition, emitted a succession of "plioo
ees" to the bolts of woolen that lined
the walls of his store.
Had his neighbor been visible to An
nibale through the scantling party wall,
the sight might have afforded him
more solace than his song; for this
was no opulent landlord that laborious
ly scrawled figures on the back of an
envelope.
The ownership of an undivided one
twentieth Interest in a tenement house
has its disadvantages. They—that is
to say, the syndicate of twenty, had
purchased real estate to sell at a quick
profit and not as an Investment, but an
untimely slump In prices had frustrat
ed their plans. Only two short weeks
must elapse before a payment of $5,
000 would fall due on the purchase
money mortgage which the syndicate
had executed to Its seller.
Iu vain did Ginsburg cover the back
of his envelope with intricate computa
tion—the staggering deficit of a hun
dred odd dollars confronted; for what
looked like a retiring competency to
Annibale, represented the paltry sum
of $120.
The distracted landowner glanced
around the little store and mentally ap
praised the woolen piece goods on the
shelves.
"Stickers," he hissed; "not a hundred
dollar bill in der whole store, und dot
gentile sings yet!'*
The melody came in shrill gusts
through the scantling partition. This
time It was a popular Neapolitan song,
aud Annibale threw back his head as
he trolled forth the romantic stave:
"Occhl neri, perche ml sorridete." he
sang; "occhl neri, perche mi sorri"—
The entrance of the mail carrier
caught him midway In the refrain,
where he paused to receive a letter in
closed in a blue envelope. *
Annibale's schooling had been of
such primitive order that he was un
able to decipher script and could only
read Komnn capitals with some diffi
culty. He made out the postmark to
be New York, but obviously this could
not be the gas bill, for It was too early
In the month, and. besides, the gas
bill came In a white envelope. Once
before he had received a letter other
than the gas company's missive, which
proved to contain an Invitation to the
grand ball of the Socleta San Itocco di
Savoia di Lucania.
What a sensation be had created In
his hired dress suit, which fitted him
as though he really owned ltl It had
been a most enjoyable occasion from
every point of view. There had been
excellent music and the usual quota
of good looking girls, the whole end
ing with as pretty a free-for-all flght
as he had ever witnessed—five casual
ties. with a mortality of 40 per cent.
Perhaps, he reflected, there was to
be another dance. In that event he
could utilize the diamond ring, which
had a convertible setting, as a shirt
stud. After all, youth Is the time for
enjoying oneself. Let Glnsburg have
his bank roll and tenement bouse; he
(Lomontc) would l>e merry while he
could.
Flo, Lomonte, would show—he con
tinued to reflect as he tore open the
envelope—would show that premature
ly aged Hebrew that he, Lomonte, was
no—he withdrew the inclosed sheet
was no fossil. No, Indeed, he—"Santa
Rosalie!" he shrieked as he spread the
unfolded paper on his knee.
Almost its entire surface was over
laid with the impression of a human
hand In printer's ink. from beneath
which tiler--- grinned a skull and cross
bones neatly executed In carmine. It
bore an Italian legend in capital let
ters, the import of which even Lo
monte's agitation could not render dif
ficult of apprehension:
Do you want to die? Then disobey our
will. We demand $300. The time, next
Friday. at noon. The place. In front of
the restaurant of the three Abruzzi, on
Mott street There ono will say to you
"Monte Pellegrino." SpeRk of this to not
man nor woman nor child.
LA MANO NERA.
Annibale stared Into vacancy and re
peated mechanically, "La Mano Nera"
(the Black Hand), while his throat
grew parched and his heart thumped
wildly In his breast. Be sank Into a
lethargy of panic from which ho was
aroused by Ginsburg's bedtime sup
plications.
Apparently Morris could perform no
office of his dally life without sancti
fying it with ritualistic color. Did he
wash bis hands, then Annlbale was
regaled with the appropriate blessing
rendered In Glnsburg's strong bari
tone. The salt herring and potato,
which formed Ginaburg's evening re
past, were preceded and concluded by
sacred song In the traditional notation
of the Follsh Jewish service, for Mor
ris was strictly orthodox In his views.
He was, indeed, a virtuoso In the
performance of his faith's Innumera
ble tenets savo In one respect Al
though he was more than a decado
older than eighteen, the prescribed
age, he had neglected to take unto
himself a wife.
In vain had the marriage brokers of
the neighborhood approached him with
flattering offers. He rejected them alL
One Freedman, a schatchen In a large
way of business, had gone so far as to
Insinuate that Gluaburg's apathy was
founded in a fear of the secular law.
"Might you already got a wlfo In
Busslandr* ho said bitterly after tho
presentation, on paper, of his tenth
candidate, for your east sldo schatchen
Is nothing If not persistent
Morris grinned.
"Might," he replied enigmatically.
"Anyhow I ask you ah question. Must
I get married?" V
The schatchen nodded vigorously.
"Sure you must," he retorted. "It is
doch a law from old times yet"
"Und If I vouldn't" said Morris,
shrugging, "who could do me some
thing? Tell me dot?" Thus was the
matchmaker completely silenced.
But now Gtnsburg was obliged to ad
mit to himself that he might have
made a mistake in so long remaining
single. With an established business
and a one-twentieth Interest In a tene
(Continued Tuesday)
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