FRANCE HAS ITS
"WALLINGFBRD"
Get-Rich-Quick Banker Projects
G :jantc Financial Schemes.
Then Goes Bankrupt
' ASSES 40,000,008 FRMK5
6-rught to Trial Eight Time#, !■»>
prisoned Si* Time* and 8eoom«»
Bankrupt for 21.000.00C
Franci—It F r« A^aln.
I' —Amrrtn. to I* snre. has no
me i*>!y of the tribe of Get-Klcb
i. , Wi ncfMd. It may not b«
t y <»r-' r this niHtter better Id
v. hut ai least they do not fall
I - ,' e rarest Yankee. In witness
•tt- ; tie caste of Monsieur
Mnrie Renamt
, •• to time the attention of
jv - . j, . • ,vr, attracted to a mar who
- ..--.otitic financial scheme*.
: \ l>l\ becomes bankrupt »«
r In s separated a sufficient
r • • rf t. murks from their m«»n
ey. Today he has once more cotne
:o ci>: lict with the criminal 'aw
i the country.
"T1t or rrp'csmn.
M i Is n.>w about seventy
n v. - old. and. therefore, may
reckoned ihe dean, the Nee
. profession In Fran.-*. It
v r war of lSTl^Tl that he
' ■ I.-hot In Parts. Thoujth he
hat »*ccasion at a aniall
ved the (frandlisa srh-'tae
■ k Tarts. Throe year* !a
•■■T the banket. M. Marie Renaud
:i m.* on t1>e Rnt* de Bou
• I conducted a bank tn partner
• Mesmerist who bewitched
"i- tist. •liters.
• 'e of years the Arm was
t -1 Kenitud was arrested.
■ \ -cted. hut «n appeal »a<
It then removed to Bros
■ led the -Credit Inter
' promised It* share
-« per cent Interest »nd
• snuish In 1JVM Hr
■in ncain cot clear and
1 ondon He wits acaln
r» a tribunal In Paris
w 'i 21.tafl.000 francs
i 1e cot free hy means
t- himself.
I~ Jail Six Timea.
r latest—enterprise was
of a "\ntlonal Rank"
is himself Rockland,
■■'•■pi rv In the course
•- he has been broucht to
'<•«■. has been Imprisoned
s. has '"annexed," "con
V' <«ti.-raise acquired about
■4 - Withal he to.1*y
a- > a well-pr*«erved man of
C it In artlre and manner !
ar.I t »ly tn Paris expects that
FIND LOST BATTALION
I Navy Department Forgot Marines
Soldiering in Cuba.
SI* Officer* and 2?4 Men Po- ted in
Island During War to Protect
Sugar Prope ty.
i Washington.—A "lost hallallot,** of
i rnlted Sth :o Marines. 6 n(Ti'> :•> m
274 mm. were formally "found" I»y
the Nav> department a few rtn\< aco.
Since Aupust. 1SI17, the hatlallon has
heen stationed In Csmactiey. t"nl>a. In
the very heart of the Island, with no
apparent reason for Its being kept
w! soch an assignment since the days
of the war.
The discovery of the "tnlsslnc" ma
rlnes was made T.y Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt after muct searching of roc
«rd* and Inquiry among marine officers
The hnnt was started as the result of
! the recent Incident In Oamagttey. whet
the marines kicked up some excite
mem In the Oilmn town after li*ro>
Foster, an American engineer am!
former navy ofli<-er. liud htvn attacke
and heaten hy Cubans.
"What are the ma^'nes dolnc It
<'ntnaffiteyT* Mr Riaisevelt asked hlni
««>if a'ter loo' ;nc ai the map of
srd wns xs|>m1 h\ cithers equal I*
V \
MaJ i?en J/cletine commandant ol
fhe corps, sa'd thev were there a*'
right, hnt could vouchsafe no imM!
tloual Information. The navy N
showed marine officers rami's "1'
assigned to the •""nmacnoy post littt *h
warrant for such duty seemed to h»
lacking
Finally ancient oapers were f.>nrr
which showed that hack In IP1" I
ahortly a*ter Cuba entered the nut
on the hee's of the I"nlte<i States -he
Cuban cve-nnierit ha l neqncs-o.1 Mi
stake depa -rtm-it to pertn't thr
stationing of *rne- vn murines at
Omagoev to nir—' «n-ar pronertle*
there against pro-ilrrman plots
WILD ANTELOPE KILLED 0*F
s
has been Rn>it»>-d unions those n -r
ested in the eon«=ervittl.>n of w'ld "it
mals »v(>r the - u "cl ter h hum. r*
of II !«•»•! half the anteloj-e n *
larpe herd thai make*. Its hum' in 'If
open country northwest of :! i» r."vn.
The herd lived unmolested for yenr*
and at Its maximum iiunil»*ii*«l •'**'
animals. Hunters hecan to miike
clandestine raids or the herd • st la
•lid kept np their depredation* dn- nc
the winter. At the op»-niiic o- spr>nn
not more than 150 antelope were left
Prons homed antelope, once rival® of
the hlson tn nnm^r .>n the n'.ims of
S
terminated. This Is onA ilie few
wild herds retiiaiti nc on tlx" conti
nent. When the Hudson's Bay porn
l>any «a» the soverelcn power on the
prairie* the 'and which t- now rapidly
selllne to ia.ni se't■«•"« >«armed «tth
»n telone
LAD'S E90GUE STUMPS DA3
Boy, Eipht Acouired Broad Scotch
D.alect on Short Trip in the
Land of Heather.
S«r Ynrfc—Robert Masson. eljrht,
who with his nnther. Mrs. Helm Ma«
-1n. bus Ikiii lourinc S<-<>!land for
IN s'\ months bas Jost arrived
hi«n»' Kol>ert K. Mn«won of 174T Bast
KotirtocnMi street. who was at the pier
with a friend at the family. Martin
Oi««ey. author and itewspaper man
to Tnrtt hi* wife and *on. fonnd i' m
«etf wholly unable to ondersiand the
rhirk Seoih limpttc his »ffs|i-inf h«4t
acquired during the tour awl had to
>•#11 or the mother to Interpret.
The Masanas were both born lit
of Flarbush. His Scotch ontdirt even
I lie S and tie w as sincinc ntiai (
he considered to he the Scotch na- i
tiefial anthem. a sonc in which every
verse ended: "Jusi a wee dtxift niT*.~
Temp'e i 300 Years O'd U"ceve*e<!
Athens, Greece —Ruins of a rre«! '
temple have been nnearthed at
Sikyon. a elty on the southern sh'-rc
of the rtutf of Oortnth. which In the J
Fourth cectnrv before rtie OhrKt ar |
era v as one of the principal cities of j
<5>vece Kvperts \vh" have v1«!to 'h i
new excn\ '*T|V din i«re ft'M' tl»* ''**** [
pie was siicred to the |s.liip of *rt» :
mis.
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mtiw nvjninoiK f« n <• ' f>irr *
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PERFECT DIKE-NOVEL HERO
Thomai Stukaly Peer of Any of tfc«
Ad venturer* Who Flourl*H«4
Under Good Queen B«i
A career no lurid »od Impregnated
*1th a dime o»ve' atmosphere has
scarcely ever beer seer. outside tbf
cover* of the peircy dreadfuls a* Tell
to the lot C, TTiomas Stnkely a* It ran
:he psmut from matrimony to piracy,
Interspersed with dashing. pillant and
fearless bravery whirto ha* caused hi*
name to he remembered when many a
better man ha* sunk to ©Mlvloo. Stoke
!j i\a* ac adventurer by nature. Hit
mother »»(. Irish and of a very
pood family, and IT 1* aaid that he
could claim a* Tib father Henry VIII
.if Etciand. St likely acquired a
preat fortune by marryln* a lady of
wealth and proceeded Immediately to
sj**>d It with the greatest dispatch
Sir Walter Set: say* that psliant ruf
fled It with Raleleh and the best of
Them at the conn of Qoeec E:ra
beth. His firs! chimerical scheme *««
to fonnd a klnpdom far himself In
Florida. T^ien he went To Ireland and
calned considerable Influence over
Shane O Nelil. the n><*t powerful of
the native chleralns. Se'plns him to
pair, a deHs've battle. Srukety never
pave up his career a* a merchant «T»d
-"till retained shij«» mhlch. nnrter the
pnlsr of jwacefu! trader*, committed 1c
famons piracies. On being discov
ered he went to Spain at- a (rrandee
and thence to Rome. At the treat
naval battle of l.epanto be commanded
one of the paps! ships —Oblcatfc
WIVES OF GIGANTIC HEIGHT
Theuund* of Tons ef Wate* Not fn
fnequenty Poured Upor Dre*ct
of Ocear Veaaeia.
Kvon In stormy weathor the avwape
height of *»i« in iuid-*oe®n doe« Dot
as a rule (xmd or (efi Soma
li im-v however, one enormoa* wave
makes Its appoa-*nce amid« she rfiL
Why this should happen or ooe cmn
say. All we know is that a mlphty
mass of wi.'er rushes suddenly toward
a ship at the apj-al'ms speeo of over
lint mites an hour.
IS tlie ship oj.ii meet swfc a wave
with her hows site wiU rnie ever It.
tfcou£fc Thousand? of ton* of water
in*} sweep over her docks. But If
the »hve Is follow i:.i her and rushe*
*1 hvi from ibt- stem sUe may fall
ro rise. Many a sh:p baa pttf
to he: iluolli in This »«).
Th>**- vas: mod mains of water rise
sometimes to a lie.ght of more than
a ! lmdred foei—as hicfc as the spire
of a rtiinvh. Tliev have been knom-n
to exi.ueuish thr masi-bead lifhrs of
sallinc SllljrS.
Soimime* o» a perfectly rails daj
th'-re wilt l>e a sudden trouhllns of the
surf«.~e of the sea. and without the
subtest warotu* a wave ISO feet
high w-fll appewr.
Plant Societ'e*.
It n;']•*»•* that the t:>o» Wft of
•
• hp riexielopiiient of what guv bf
it ■ "it •!* oiocy plants. that t*.
'«• studj of tln-ir n i»:t<- or-e an
ther. a> * "II *s their adjustments to
-..rroundiTic--. Botanists re.ngni»e that
plants ar» not Mattered haphazard
over The globe. hat art orpmniwd Into
dt-f.mTe coi; mun!:i» A pood ha* ft*
plant society all The member* of
which fall li to their proj-er piai^ea,
A swamp-forest consist* of trees po*
*«•*> nc a certain *<»clai relationship,
and differing from Those that form a
fore*.: or dry land There is progres
sion tr"ir. one socia: organization of
plan!* to another A Uiy-poDd may
pin.-* to j. s» amp-moor. this to a
*o- ety of swamp shrubs. and this,
apaln. to a swamp-fores; of tamarack,
p.ue and hemlock So societlrt of
plant* on dry land* succeed one an
other a* the conditions change
Cauae of Volcanic Exp*o«to«*.
Volcanic explosions *rr commonly
regarded the r.-lease of store* of
eDerty kept confined hy external
[•rvso-ure, and boiled explosions and
geyser eruptions are typical of this
iiss of outbreaks. Ai. exj<ert of the
t i, :«'U States geophysical laboratory
finds that another class of explosions,
that of explosive mxtures like gun
fiowder are not likely to occur lr.
volcanoes. But a third class, that of
explosive compound* brought Into con
tact with oxygen or water, la more
probably the usual source of volcanic
explosions. and Is illustrated by alumi
num sesquioxlde — finely divided —
brought luro soch relation with water
In the electric furnace that mechanic*!
detonation causes violent explosion.
The dust of Mont 1'elee may have been
unalogou* to The aluminum ses^nlox
ide
The Indians' "Pipe of Peaoe."
Tlx* nlamet. At "pip* of p«c
of the American Indians, was used or.
all ceremonial occasions. but especial
ly when treaties of peace were helnf
ratified. Each warrtor took a solemn
puff from the pip* as It was pawed
around The circle. Nadve tohacco,
with which m-lHow liark or sumac
loaves were mixed, was mooted The
Soul of The pij* was made of whit*
<!ope In th* East and Southeast. In
the West It was made of a red ctay
."loalneo from thr famous i>i;*stooe
Quarry of Minnesota. mentioned In
Longfellow's "Hiawatha." The ptpe
had a very long stem, made xotse
i>es of wood, cornetInies of reed.
Feathers, porcupine quills and won
en's hair wen- used as decorations no
the si em. The name "calumet" orljr
^tusj aili. Utt French Okiiadiaaa.
KELLER BROS. DRUG CO.
FACTS ABOUT RELIGION
The total nnmher of Hlndot l* 215,
812. (MO.
There <r* 576000000 Christiana In
the world.
i Of 28S,OC«.000 are Ri-mas
; Catholic*.
The toifa] number of Protestant* H
J Mrr.ooo.ono.
I The Ti«r»! nnmher of eastern CV;h
otlc* ta 121 000.000
There are 1,118.158.000 non-Chrla
I tlana In (he world.
Of the*. S10.02S.000 are Oonfocl and
! T»ol«r»
_
The total nnmher »f Mohamroednna
la 22T .040.000.
In North and Central Amertca there
are 81.000.008 ChriKians
I There are more Christian* In Enrope
Than In any other oooituec! (.S90.000,*
j 000).
I There ara «mlr ahont 1 OHO Ttnrt
dhtara and l.rtfio Shlntolms In N.Ttfc
at>d Central America.
GEMS OF THOUGHT
Every nohlf activity mates room for
ftseif.—En* mm,
i The small courtesies sweeten lift;
I tii» greater. ecnohls It.—Bovee
IVhnior i» ■ mirror la which every
oo* displays bl» Image.—Goethe.
To s<* what l» right and not to do
It l» *ant of cocrage.—Confoctos.
Men are rsnght vlrtoe end a lore of
Independence. by living In the country.
—Meandor.
Nothing I* so easy a* to deceive one
•elf; fur *hat we «i«h. thai we n-a<J
Hj believe.—Pemoatheoe*.
Accuracy of statement
the firs; elements of troth
Is t near kin to falsehood.
•••rds.
Ace d<-es w depend up«n yesrs
hot npot. temperament and health.—
Some meti are !>«t old. and snif
I never gnw ao.—Tyroo Edwarda.
STARS AND STRIPES
One of life's greatest mysteries Is
why the s<«.p N>l orator ne\-er ha*
| any ose ftir soap.
When they got to making men's
Rothes wlthoat pocket* a lot of wives
1 can g<- to sleep earlier nights.
A «omsn who has r>eon on a party
• Ire never feels at home »her she
move* Into a house with s pru xt«
[ phixte.
No wonder the Ronslsn* are:*! sni
ious to d<> great things for tht r .
t> Whenever one does. Trotsky * ««
-s him —Clil.-ago Herald and » :i'
Iner.
Is one of
; Inaccuracy
—Tjron Ed
DID YOU KNOW THAT
Tber* were *ald to he T.i*H.rTl auti*
iD U» ill 5b* TllltrtJ StaU* last
That In IflU there were only 1 J.\1
<W4 It c*'
Tbut Nevada «ts last *« SVSC*
That Ohio led last year «1th "-<r;
i «0?
Wlcjr—"1 never pla^ too mwh de
pen<Vnoe on appearand" Ware—
"Neither do I. For ln*t*n<T 1 know
a «ea'n*tre«® who isn't what *he
••eom- ™
pt.»hh«—*'He aoem* very cheer^n1
•or a dentist." Sl«»hhe—"Writ. «
«hon!dn1 a dentist I* cheerTnl*"
RlohS*—"Oh, It «eeT>* ro me ' ■». * re
atrin looklnff do»u In 'he roon't
i ".toshng remmanded the fir. to «-r>'
aril!." aald the roo<1 deacon "Mint
have been the ninth Innlnc will *He
•mre ■ tie and rain rlond« t»>nvne
tip " «u|cre«!tod the nnreceti«--ate ha'-k
altder.
To Oiit a rota m One Pay
Tak« Grore'i UXITITE BROMO
(JtlNTXK tableu The ten nine bea-e
the liffnatnrr of K. W. Grove 30c
Subscribe for the riaTTy Alaska:
professional carim
vr. a sTorr
Attaraay at l«» j
Prartlra ta all comta \
la Territory of Alaska
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Alaakaa BnOdln« Broadway
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fonpth Tmd«r wr-nftf
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\Vh*» Taw hoAg* T. * A.
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of Mck month at * •'dork.
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4 OMfe
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T. J. Stujdtah. Fecretanr
rrmrmul Oi rtw ft
BagM*
•»kaffwmj krrt*. K*. *S.
I rtimul Opftar *>'
Kagtr*, mw« th* ®r«
and third \^<Mn«"Anay KifTu •«
month at ihelt ball O" Fifth Ar^
no<v. Vifdtlns broth w» cordially «»
\1t(d to attrcwJ.
C, H. BlXiKRfl, W. P.
i. M. C.riw»bedi, etec'J.
Hodiw of Alucki. \g\<*G JJ*. li.
mm In A. IV Ran firm M<md*7 «■
mn month nl 8:110 p. ».
Visit inc brofhrrn cordlmllj w#l
come. J. c. PHEWR, Sec'r
Nunrnl Chapter JTo. P
O. K. 8_ mwti ta M»
■oak- hall. flr*t mmC
third FYMaj, of ndi
mouth, at S o'clock. Vl»
Hint nwmhrr* wen-am*.
«"h»rHe M«ri» Spark*.
Worthy Matron
Mr Sn.n ^uffoco'4.
NO TICK
V en tou want aoyihlnf ieotkJ
TrunKS P*Kr»K* or anything «!»».
al! up the John Wlllluna, C. 8.
Trsnsfpr Co AIm woofl. H I»ch.
.lelhfr^d 14 50. *r?fl po*l. p«r ton.
<iellri»rt>d. SIS.
How's This?
W« offer On# HutwlmJ Del!art R>wiH
for an* raa# of Catarrh rhat mcbm N
cur^.1 tr HaIT» Catarrh MadldM^
Hatt't Catarrh baa b—n taftan
br catarrh for tba p*at UUrtT
Crf nnfl ha* b^oma known a* tfc*
mrwt frIWM* r«rt^v ?r>T ratarrtoi Half#
Catarrh VHJtcin* »rt» rbro tb« F!ao6 on
tb* Hvccxsp rcrf»c*» #xx*mnf tha W
aon fmm tha Blew* and b#allnf tha dl#
*•»*<? porttoaa
Aftar voti bar* tak*n T?aTT*» Catarrh
Wodtcin* for a abort time yon will aa# a
irr*at tmpror^tnant in yoor fWllii
hi^lth. £t*rt takinir Haifa Catarrh M»*
ctn* at on or and ir^t rid of catarrh Band
for taattmnntal* fr**.
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Scki by all DrufT'ftt*. "*c. _J
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TIME TAni-E JfO. 48.
Tuwd&vs and Frldvs
No. 1, X. Btmnd.
let Clam.
No. 2. 8. Bonn'
tat
8: SO &. m. Leaves
10:45 *. m.
12: SO p. m.
2:00 p. B. "
4 :!t p. B. Arrives
SkAGWAT
WHITE PASS
BKWETT
CABCROSS
V H1XKUORSK
Arrive* »:»» p ro
Leirw I CS p a
11:48 p. ie
10:M «- m
l ie a. n>
Passenger* Bust be at the depot !n time to in
spected. and checked. Inspection 1* stopped thirty mloBtss kef or*
leaT-lne tins* oI trains.
ISO pounds of Bagrare *111 1* checked free *1t.i each foil far*
ticket, and ?t pounds with each halt fare ticket.