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' fur trading companies.
l thing more than $70,000,000
I Indianapolis Journal.
they are the exact truth.
1 ,
ALASKA. WAS CHEAP.
ITS WHALEBON'E HAS MORE 'THAN
PAID iTS FosCHAse PRICE.
All Told the Frozen North Has Rendered
Uncle Sam $103,000,000 Since 1867—-
We Gave Russia $7,000,000 for the Ter-
ritory in Tluit Year.
Pretty nearly everybody knows what
Alaska cost us. William H. Seward
signed the treaty of annexation March
30, 1867. It was ratified on the 20th
of Jun-e, of that year and the terri-
tory was turned over to a force of
, United States soldiers on October 9 at
Si-tka. The town was then called New
Archangel. The price paid was $7,-
200,000. The $7,000,000 was for the
land. It is not often that one hears
what the $200,000 was for. That sum
went to Russian trading companies
who had received concessions from
their government.
much money picked up in the middle
of the road, since it did not cost them
anything, but they were much out of
pocket, all the same. Because of this
there is grumbling about the Alaskan
sale in Russia to this day. Often some
fellow, whose father was a fur trader,
will get full of vodki and denounce the
“crime of ’67.”
not heard of the “crime of ’73.” While
the price paid for Alaska is generally
known, few people are aware of the
tremendous returns from the land of
snow and seals. It has paid for itself
many times over and its career as a
revenue producer is in its infancy. The
fact is that Alaska has given back
more than its purchase price in whale-'
bone alone. The returns from this
article were $7,000,000 in 1890. They
are now something like $9,000,000.
'Alaska has paid us to date $103,000,-
000. This enormous sum has been de-
rived from furs, herring, salmon, cod,
ivory, whalebone and gold. At the
time of the last census the United
States had taken out $76, 000, 000. Since
then we have been enriched by $27,-
000, 000. Of this $20, 000, 000 has been
gold and the remainder from other
products. These are giant figures, but
The first
actual settlement of that wonderful
country will begin next spring. The
sum total of what it will add to the
world’s wealth in the coming years
passes conjecture. It will be a pile of
money, mountainous and sublime.
It is a singular fact that the ex-
istence of gold in quantities along the
tributaries of the Yokon was known
to a few men a century and a half ago.
The truth has been held back by the
They were not
after minerals and they feared the
ruin of their industry, which was in
itself a gold mine. Trappers, explor-
ers and men who lived with the In-
dians were forbidden to tell what they
knew on pain of death. The Russia
Fur Company did summarily shoot one
man who grew excited with drink and
blabbed. That death is still remem-
bered in Alaska, having been passed
from mouth to mouth, as is the man-
ner of unlettered peoples. Other fur
companies have done nothing to de-
velop the country and have kept their
lips sealed. They foresaw the effect
of a torrent of immigration. Such
things cannot be hidden, however. The
secret is out at last.
The revealmen-t is due primarily and
almost wholly to a company that has
its headquarters in Chicago. The
Northwestern Transportation and
Trading Company has done more to
open Alaska to the world than all
other corporations combined. It has
established trading posts along the
Yukon and thus made possible the
penetration of .the dread interior.
From this has come the discovery of
masses of gold and the resultant Klon-.
dike rush. It has been always the
policy of this company to take in as
many men as possible. The more
men, of‘ course, the more trade. The
policy of the Alaska Commercial Com-
pany, the great sealing corporation,
has been directly converse. It has dis-
couraged immigration. A11 illy con—
cealed threat has lurked behind its ut-
terances” It has had a tremendous
“pull” in Washington. Such has been
the strength of this “pull” that it has
not only restrained legislation, it has
made laws. For a long time it had no
rival. Indeed, in its own peculiar field
of endeavor it may be said to have
none now. The four Pribyloff Islands
—St. Paul, St. George, Walrus and
Beaver—alone have produced some-
in seal
skins. _
It is a. prevalent idea that the
Alaskan territory produces only gold
and things of the sea, but this is
wrong. Even in Klondike, which is
far removed from the mollifying in—
fluences of the Japanese current, hardy
vegetables grow in profusion, alth ugh
cauliflower and asparagus will not
rip-en.’ Hay is as high as a man’s head.
When the country comes to be better
known it will be found capable of
making many things for humai .‘ity now
unthought of.
Forrest’s Sympathy Aroused. _
The Boston Transcript recalls a
story of Edwin Forrest during one of
his Boston engagements. A poor
artist called several times to see him
at the old Winthrop House. Each time
he brought a picture which he had
painted; he finally left it with a note
stating that he was in needy circum-
stances. Forrest read the note, and
took the wrapping from the picture. It
proved to be a painting of himself as
Spartacus. Forrest gazed upon it _ a
moment, and then ejaculated to the
clerk: “Give him $10. If he is as poor
as his picture he must be On the point
of starvation!”
“Barin’ me landlady and me w_i;1.~
woman,”
est. pride, “Oi owe no- man a
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To them it was so"
Of course, they have,
said Mr. Horrigan, with Ilfll'- ,
FOR BOYS 'A‘ND aims
Ills Brother’s Keeper. '_ .
Two dogs are still held in pleasant
recollection in Melrose, Mass. One was
a. shaggy, lumbering, elephantine New-
foundland named Major, the other a
sleek, wiry little black-and-tan called
Kikie. Both Major and Kikie have
long since passed to their reward, but
this story of their friendship is still
told by those who knew them.
A-few hundred yards from 'the home
of the woman who owned the dogs was
a railroad crossing. Kikie had the
bad habit of rushing down the street
to this crossing whenever he heard the
whistle of an approaching train. He
would. then dash along beside the cars
and bark furiously. Many a time he
had been punished for it, but the roar
of a train was always too much for
his good resolutions.
One day—the pitcher that goes too
often to the well, you know—some
portion of the flying train struck him.
He fell into the ditch beside the track,
and there he lay till Major’s barking
attracted the attention of a passing
friend.
The little dog was taken home, his
wounds dressed, and, his battered
frame nursed back to health. During
his convalescence Major was always
with him, and doubtless often said:
“I told you so,” and “I hope this will
teach you a lesson. ”
But, alas for- Major’s hopes! Kikie
was no sooner out of doors again than
he resumed his dangerous habit. Major
however, had apparently made up his
mind that moral suasion was useless,
and physical force must be employed.
The next time Kikie started for the
crossing Major followed. The little
dog was light and quick-motioned, and
“got into his stride,” as the horsemen
say, in the first few yards. Major, on
the other hand, was heavy and slow,
at the start, and before he was under
full headway Kikie was fifty yards
ahead.
But there was conscious rectitude
and stem resolve and the force of a
moral principle in Major’s gait. He
doubled himself up and let himself out
in a way that was good to see, and he
overtook Kikie within ten yards of the
crossing.
With one blow of his paw he batted
his small friend over, placed his great
foot on the little dog’s clfest, and held
him down while the train rushed by.
Kikie lay perfectly still. When the
last carhad passed old Major removed
his paw with a bark and a growl which
said as plainly as speech: “There, you
little fool! Can’t you learn anything?
Do you want to get hit by the cars
again?” and Kikie got up and followed
Major home with his tail between his
legs.
Many a' time all this was repeated
to the delight of those who saw it.
Kikie never failed to get the best start,
but Major always ca 11th him before
the crossing was reached, always
knocked him over and held him down
till the whole train was safely past.
Kikie never learned wisdom, but
Major never gave him up as “past re-
formation.”—Youth’s Companion.
Where Dolls are Feasted.
In Japan the feast of the dolls takes
place'on the third day of the third
month. At this time all the dolls of
the family, some of them hundreds of
years old, are brought out, and for
three days great festivities are carried
on. There are dolls dressed like the
Mikado and his wife, in antique court
costumes, daimois, samurals and so on
down the social scale, each ancesty
carried on with great nicety and pre-
eision.
Oftentimes all the household fur-
niture in miniature is packed away
with the dolls and brought out on, a
feast day. At such times the trays,
bowls, cups and rice baskets are filled
with tiny scraps of food, and the dolls
fare sumptuously during the three
days of the feast. ‘
A delicate drink, which is harmless,
is brewed for this occasion, and every-
thing is done for the household of dolls _
are calc ally as if they were real creat-
ures of hash and blood. The tiniest
of combs and brushes and other toilet
accessories, such as paint and powder,
as well as the liquidvfor blackening,
the teeth, are provided.
For three days the girls run riot
with their dolls and toys, and then the
latter are again locked up in the store-
house, to remain another year without
seeing the light.—Golden Days.
He Hypnotizes Owls.
Boys will be boys the world over,
but it is doubtful if there is a boy
anywhere on earth who can compare
with Ted Finn, of North Berkeley,
Cal. ‘Ted is fourteen years old. ,
He plays with rattlesnakes as though
they were angleworms. Vlcous owls
have no terrors, while gophers and
rabbits have a weird fascination for
him. His home is a veritable men-
agei ie.
But his most remarkable idiosyn-
crasy is his hypnotic control over the
owls he has captured. He can put
them to sleep in the most approved
Svengali fashion,_and does not. know
what it is to fear them.
His first bid for public notice was
one day when he appeared in. school
with a gopher snage entwined about
his neck. The teacher thought that it
was a ribbon belonging to one of the»
giils. Ted unwound the snake and
handed it to the teacher. When she
grasped the slimy thing she gave a.
serum and promptly fainted.
Her Definition”.
Mrs. Jackso-n—“Dat’s sebenteen lies
yo's tole me toe-day, all didrunt. ltd
:1111 a reg’lar. rapskillion.” Rastus
.‘la-ckson—“W-whad am a rapskillion.
mummy '2” Mrs. Jackson—“A rapskil-
lion‘am a young ’un dat’s got his fad~
dei' 5 blood in him~dat’s whad a rap-
stilllon 1111). ”.—Judge.
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The recently discovered scientific
mnvel of the electric telegraph with-
l.-".'I a wire conductor has earned speedy
rezown for a young Italian student,
(if-$1 87110 Marconi, of Bologna, whose
11: :lzeris an English lady. He is but
twenty—two years of age, and is a pupil
of :Professor Righi, of the University
of, Bologna, in whose laboratory he
I e‘oam‘e familiar with the properties of
Naomi
th e electric undulations perceived my
Herz, their facility of transference to
great distances, and their capability of
being refracted or reflected, by suitable
apparatus, "in, a mode analogous to
that in which light may be treated.
The family to which Guglielmo Mar-
cohi belongs is one of good position
and some wealth in his native city;
and he was from the first readily fur-
nished with the means and opportuni-
ties for conducting a series of experi-
ments, afterwards renewed and contin-
ued in England under the superinten-
dence of our Director-General of Tel—
egraphs, Mr. W. H. Preece, with re-
sults likely to be of much importance.
They have since been followed by: ex-
hibitions in Italy, at Rome and at
Spezzia, the chief naval port of that
kingdom, which are regarded with
much public attention. A formidable
promise, or threat, of increasing the
means of naval warfare is supplied by
the notion that a gunpowder magazine
on board ship might be fired by electric
agency from a long distance.
A Silver-Ship as a Wine Flagon.
The St. James Gazette tells of an
exhibition which was displayed during
Jubilee week in London. It is an elab-
orate two—masted ‘ship, with ornate
deck-houses, streamers, and other
adornment, wrought in embossed sil-
ver, and set 011 wheels for a stately
dining room table. Ornamental as it
‘ '1
A; Suvcaéfiwas wme- moon. ,
is, it is, however, no mere ornament;
it was designed to contain, cradled in
its hull, a. flask of some rare and ma-
tured vintage, whoseneck-tip should
just protrude itself beyond the vessel’s
prow.
A Chippendale Screen;
Chippendale furniture is coming into
fashion again and some of the prettiest
-A-(mPPtnoALt-5(pttn«
effects are in the screens that are now
in the market. It is in what is known
is “The French style” and was much in'
vogue during the first empire.
Children as Life Savers.
Germany has just followed in {the
footsteps of England and is establish-
ing schools for instruction in swim-
ming and to teach children how to re-
suscitate their fellows in case of acci-
dent. The model school in this re-
spect is of course that known as' “The
Morning Lane Board School” of Lon-
.don. At present the classes number
several hundred and the pupils range
CL 11 03:11 As- LlFE SAVERS
in age from six to sixteen. The quick-
ness with which these children learn
the method of saving life, is surpris-
ing to those who visit the schools.
Prominent educators of America are
thinking seriously of introducing the
features of "The Morning Lane School"
into our school System.
Bowser (reading telegram he has
prepared)-—-How does this suit you:
“Cannot come to-day. Expect us next
week. Mother is ill.” There’s just
ten words.
Mrs. Bowser—That’ s all right; only
why not say “Mother is indisposed?”
Mr. Bowser—That‘ wouldn’t make it“
any clearer.
Mrs. Bowser—I know; but it is a
keepers.
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fact, I find it indispensable.”
The cake of Superb Toilet Soap which the
manufacturers put in every package of Ivorine
Washing PoWder is one of the. charms which
makes Ivorine so universally popular with house-
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X'cbhside'rats Jirdge.
There is a venerable and benevolent
judge in Paris who at the moment of
passing sentence on a prisoner con-
sults his assessors on each side of him-
ns to the penalty proper to be inflicted.
“What ought we to give this rascal,
brother?” he says, bending over to the
assessor on the right.‘ “I should say
.three years.” “What is you opinion,
brother?” to the assessor on the left.
"I should give him about four years.”
The judge, with_ benevolence: “PrisOn-
er, not desiring to give you a long and
severe term of imprisonment, as I
should have done if left to myself, I
and shall take their advice. Seven
vears."-—New York Tribune.
Thoughtful.
“Didn't she seem at all affected when
you told her how her refusal had
wrecked your hopes?”
“No."
“Not even when you told her that
you had become desperate and were
going on an expedition to the North
Pole?” .
“Not a bit. ” .
“Didn’ t she offer you any littl e part—
ing token—any little memento of the
past?”
“Yes. She did that. She said that
if I wanted her to she’d work my mon-
ogram on a pair of ear muffs.”—Wasl1-
ington Star.
California's Asphalt Fields. "
The plant cf the California Asphalt
Company at Ventura, Ventura county,
is being rapidly pushed to completion.
Its output will be about 300 barrels of
refined asphalt per day. The afiihalt
beds of California are beginning to at-
tract much attention. An officer of the
state mining bureau, who has been ex-
' amining the asphalt beds of the'Sisquoc'
country, San Luis Obispo county, says
they farm one of the largest fields ever
liscovered. California asphalt is now
be'ng tested on the streets of Paris and
of Glasgow to compare it with the sup-
ply from other sourcesfl It is anass
phaltic sandstone, while that from
Trinidad is an asphaltic limestone,
which is said to be much inferior to
the California produce, as it cracks
when used for paving. The total value
of the output of asphaltic products in
California last year was $485, 000. —Cor.
New York Sun. .1
have consulted my learned brothers,
AN INTERESTING'CONVE‘RS'ATION.
Bubinsteins Enjoyment of Sir Arthur
Sullivan’s Pleasant Company.
, Sir A. Sullivan went to see Rubin-
1tein at his hotel in London.
sian composer asked him to step out
m the balcony and smoke a cigarette.
They sat down, twisted their cigar-
ettes, and puffed the blue clouds into
the air. After a long pause .Sir A. Sul-
livan observed: ' _
“You are a great admirer of Beetho-
=, ren, I presume?”
I “Yes,” said Rubinstein.
“And Wagner?"
“No," was the reply.. -
Not another word was spoken. They
:ocked themselves in their chairs and
smoked away. After a very long time
Sullivan said. ‘
“I think it is time for me to be 3°}
mg H
“Don’t say so,’f
“Stay a bit longer.
talk to you.” "
Sullivan stayed, and went on rocking
himself into the small hours of the
morning, when he got up and said:
“I must be off now; I think we have
chatted long enough ”
Rubinsten drew out his watch.
“Half~past two,” he said. “Strange
how quick time flies in pleasant com«
pany. ”—From Answers.‘
PORCUPINE ounfts.
They Are a Commercial Article, and Yield
A Good Profit.
Porcupine quills are a. necessary of
life to anglers, for they make excellent
floats for bottom fishing, Also, scores
1
said yRubinstein.
It is so nice to
__ .3 flun—
black-and—white spikes. and many
kinds of ornamental screens and fans
are pierced and knitted of these‘quills.
Something.like two million porcu-
pine quills are. imported yearly, and
they chiefly come from India; also,
a few from Spain. The animal has
to be hunted and killed before the
quills can be obtained, and many hun-
dreds of porcupines are slain fer this.
purpose every year. The quills are
in crates and shipped away to Europe,
where they are'used for all manner of
things in the way of tackle and orna-‘i
mentation. A porcupine is always
worth killing, for every “spike-pig"
carries $2.50 worth of quills on his
l fretful back—Golden Days.
longer word than “ill, ” and we might: I-_
as well get our money 's worth while;- -.,.~
we are are about lt.‘—Boston Trans-
cript.
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