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POKFIRIO DIAZ
Poitirlo Diaz, the strongest
m.;;i iu Mexican history, lived
I'jii^ enough to see the logic of
events coufouud most of his detrac
tors a id vindicate, in large meas
ure, the methods upon which he
relied, and the record that he made
in his dictatorship of Mexico. The
old desppt who called himself the
president of a republic died July
2d with the world fully conscious
tin* the condition of Mexico and
the Mexican people is muck worse
than !t was when he ruled with in
tell'^euce and power, though he
made a farce of elections and
turned the forms of free institu
:ions into the instruments of per
sonal and class domination.
What time has done for Diaz is
to show that attempts to make a
real republic of Mexico have re
sultfcc. la chaos and widespread
ruin, and that those who led the
revolt which finally drove him out
of his country were wholly unable
10 r'.de the storm they raised or
save Mexico from the Mexicans that
Diaz knew so' well and governed
accoj (;;uglv. Events have made
Diaz i,hine by comparison with vari
ous ieaJers, feeble or shameful or
both, who have atteniped to fill his
ptacf They have show :i that he
gave Mexico about as much liberty
as its peox>le have the ability to use
and o.*» abuse, and there is uo Ques
tion that he accomplished marvels
id promoting and guiding the ma
terial advance of the Mexican na
tion
For a time after the fall of Diaz
lae pr?v:'Hing opinion in the Unit
ed States was hostile and sneering
m -vea:d to the "Mexican Bis
marck," as his admirers used to
call him Now it has swung back,
in large measure, to the old, high
estimate of his ability and the value
of his services to his country. Cer
tainly he was the most command
ing figure in Mexican history, for
the last hundred years.
Dying iu evle, r.t a great age.
Diaz leaves no successor or rival In
sight, whether as dictator or
builder of a nation.—Cleveland
Leader
HARRY STEELE REVIVES
THE CHITIXA LEADER
Harry G. Steele, one of the own
ers o£ the Cordova Daily Times,
has continued the oublication of
the Chitiua Leader—er, at least,
Chitis'.a Leader. Early this
month the old Chitiua Leader an
nounced that it would be suspended
'or a while. It was being published
hy Will A. Steele, and was printed
in thf office of the Cordova Alas
kan. Early in June Will A. Steele
I'ouud it necessary to leave for uie
soutli. aud lie suspended tho publi
cation of the Cordova Alaskan dur
ng the summer. • Following the
^.ispensiou of the Alaskan the de
parture of Will A. Steele, came tho
suspension of tho Chitina paper.
Harry G. Steele, formerly asso
ciate! with Will A. Steele in' the
publication of the Corodva Alaskaai
and 'i-.e Chitiua Leader, had become
associated with the Cordova Times.
Announcing that ho is the real
ft under ol the Leader, Harry G.
Steele took up the publication of
I'he I •'•-dor where it left off, and
Is now oublishing that paper. In
.'lis announcement he says:
"The Chitina L°ador will continue
tr« bj oublished regularly as the
writer t"kes a parodnablo pridp in
the fact that ho founded Chitina's
first and only paper, and does
not propose that the poople of the
Copper River valley shall be com
pelled to miss a single issue.
DO VOL" KNOW ALASKA?
Alaska has more gold than Cali
foni'a.
Alaska has more coal than Penn
sylvania.
Alaska would make 4 70 Rhode
Islands. '
Alaska has the only tin mines
ia thR United States.
Alaska has 599,416 square miles,
3»3,645,444 acres.
Alaska has the greatest fishing
waters in the world.
Alaska is over twice the size of
the Gorman Empire.
Alaska is fourteen times the size
of New Yor'- state."
Alaska has more copper than
.Michigan and Arizona.
Alaska is ' one-fifth the size of
the United States proper.
i Alaska has paid for itself twenty
times over in fish alone.
Alaska was purchased for $7,
200,000, less than 2 cents an acre.
Alaska has paid for itself twenty
fire times over in gold and silver.
Al.-ska "s estimated to Jiave half
as m'-'ch coal as all the United
States. 1
.o.iska lias the greatest cattle
uul the^p ranges ui'der the Ameri
can flag. •
Alaska has the highest 'mountain
under the American flag—McKiuley,
20.300 feet.
A!;>ska is larger than all the
frtat's norrth of the Ohio and Poto
i laae rivers and east of the Missis
sippi. •
Maska is in thr> same latitudes
a>, Swedfn, Norway and • Finland,
has a much better climate, more
arable ground aud is much larger
than all three of those countries,
which ha\e a total population of |
10,030,000—Chicago Post.
OUR ARMY CAMELS
The Festive Orientals Uncle Sam
Once Tried to Adopt.
A BRIEF AND UNRULY CAREER.
Their Deadly Hatred Toward Mules,
Their Craving For a Taste of Soldier
arid a Few Other Eccentricities
Proved Their Inglorious Undoing.
The United States government's first |
and only venture into the use of cam- I
els as army transports on the south- i
■western frontier was sanctioned by |
congress through the efforts of Jeffer- |
son l>avis, theu a member of the mill- I
tary commission and later secretary of
war. Davis had commanded troops In
the southwest in the Mexican war and
kuew what it was to march for days
over a dry. barren country in a scorch
ing heat, with nothiug to drink but
hot, dry air and nothing to greet the
eye except cactus and rattlesnakes.
The rapid development of California
after the gold strike of 1S4S made nec
essary provision for the transportation
ot troops and supplies to the new coun
try over a desert trail, which was a
{ask that set patriotism at a premium.
JrlTVrson Pavls asked for camels, and
congress finally authorized an expedi
tion to the orient to bay them.
The expedition brought back nearly
100 animals, which -were added to from
time to time till the number grew to
128. They were stationed at El Fa so,
Yuma, Ariz.; San Antonio aud other
points on the frontier.
The return trip across the ocean
with the camels is recorded in amus
ing detail by Lieutenant D. P. I'orter,
who was In charge. Each animal was
provided with a competent chauffeur,
who was caretaker, interpreter aud bag
gage master in one. Most of the animals
got seasick, and so did the drivers, and
both complained bitterly of the ar
rangements. The camels wished they
hadn't come and showed it by kicking
aud biting pieces from various officers,
who were not to blame.
After landing In Texas the camels
did not Improve perceptibly In their na
tures. Their particular aversion was
the army mules. Even the younger,
lnexperlenced_camels learned quickly
"I Don't Feel Good
That is what a lot of people tell us.
Usually their bowels only need cleansing.
will do the trick and make you feel fine.
We know this positively. Take one
tonight. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Wm. Brlti.
to kill u mule with one blow "of the
hind foot anil Indulged in that pas
time frequently. Their tasto for army
officers remained undiminished, and the
chauffeurs got the blame every time a
captain lost some of his anatomy.
The soldiers took to the camel with
reciprocal affection. In the first place,
they didn't like his looks, contending
that the soft, faraway look In the cam
el's eye Indicated that his mind was
not on his business. Then the soldiers
couldn't get used to the odor radiated
by the oriental beast—circuses not be
ing lu vogue—and many of them said
that Kipling was perfectly correct in
his opinion that a camel smelted most
awful vile. Kipling hadn't said It yet,
but soldiers are farseelng and knew he
was going to say It.
Besides, the camel was no good to
ride, the soldiers agreed. His ambling,
rapid stride made them seasick, and
they wanted no animal which It took
ten minutes to awaken when the In
dians attacked them In the night. No
American had lived up to that period
who could tie a cargo on one of the
beasts so It would stay on. The cam
el Is not constructed flat on top, It Is
remembered, and only a clever Arab
chauffeur could load one to travel any I
distance without losing the supplies.
The high record In dead mules was I
made, it Is said, by a camel In San An
tonio whose name was Major. Major
kicked seven valuable mules Into eter
nity, and one day some soldiers, friends
of the late mules, took Major off up on
a high cliff and came back and said he
had fallen off "accidentally." No ex
haustive probe was made of Major's
disappearance.
A caravan loaded with supplies went
into the city of Sutherland Springs on
one occasion, and the camels were wa
tered at the town well. It was the
boast of the city that the well had
never gone dry. About half the cam
els took a drink and the well was dry.
Tho disturbance caused by the remain
lug thirsty camels set the population
into a panic.
But the endless feud between the
camels and the soldiers soon convinced
the government that railroads would
do Just as well. The rush to Califor
nia was well over and frontier trou
bles were well under control by the
time the war broke out. The govern
ment withdrew the foreign camel
agents and closed the foreign offices.
By the time the war was over the cam
els died and somo were stolen. Others
escaped to the desert, and even today
a hoary wild camel, white with age,
occasionally terrifies Sunday newspa
per feature writers Into writing some
thing about it. Very likely the ones
which didn't go to the desert swam
back to Kgypt Both reports are au
thenticated in the same degree.—Kan
sas City Star.
"" THE OLD MASTERS.
Painting* Without Signatures Are
Judged by Their Technic.
It appears that many of the works
of the old masters are not signed.
Experts rarely rely on signatures alone
In determining the authenticity of an
old work, but trust rather to their
knowledge of the painter's technic,
says the Philadelphia Record.
False signatures can be easily de
tected. Spirits of wine or turpentine
will usually remove a name of later
date than the painting. In the course
of time signatures often becoaie very
difficult to find. Painted originally in
a shade slightly lighter than the
ground, perhaps, they sink in, darken,
and merge into the ground color or
they are almost rubbed away by suc
cessive cleanings. Recognizable one
day in a specially favorable light, they
may not be visible again for weeks.
Experts speak of "will-o'-the-wlsp"
signatures, and many collectors have
encountered accidental strokes and
cracks that tantallzlngly suggest a sig
nature, though it can never be made
definite. On the other hand, there have
been remarkable cases of such marks,
after careful study, resolving them
selves into a famous name.
Sometimes the painter's name Is most
conspicuous as, for example, in Ra
phael's "Sposalizlo" at Milan. Proud
of having surpassed his master, the
youthful genius wrote on a frieze in
the very center of the canvas, "Raphael
Urbinas."
Reynolds hardly ever signed his
work. But upon the completion of
the portrait of Mrs. Slddons as the
Tragic Muse, he wrote his name large
on the gold embroidery of her dress.
He was unable, he said, "to resist tho
temptation of sending my name to pos
terity on tho hem of your garment"
Curiosities of Flat Fish.
Flat fish aro very peculiar creatures
in many ways. Really they are not
flat; they are narrow, and that part
usually termed the back of a sole Is
really Its side. When young these
flshes are quite symmetrical, but as
they grow older one of the eyes per
forms a most remarkable feat; It be
gins to travel from. one side of tho
head to the other until it Joins Its fel
low eye. Then It Is possible for tha
fish to He down on one side at the bot
tom of the sea for the rest of its life.
On a flat flsh which is not too old it
is easy to trace tho channel along
which the eye has passed. Among
these curious flshes aro the flounder,
plaice, sole, turbot and dab.
Tired of Him.
He—I always pay as I go.
She (yawning)—I don't think you'll
ever become bankrupt—Judire.
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diseases and deformities of the eye,
tar, cose and throat.
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neao, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT.
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la Territory of Alaska.
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