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He distributed seeds to individuals in T localities In Alaska and made ar pements for co-operative &%: }'s and reports as to the results AMERICA’S THREE ADMIRALS AND THEIR FLAGSHIPS. tained. All of the seeds were planted between May 18 and May 25. The sea son was backward, and it was imprac ticable to plant them earlier. Of vegetable seeds planted there were asparagus, wax beans, beets, cress, kale, lettuce, mustard, onions, “-,-r—‘-'——r—i—h_n____—- $ et - & N R i AR R T N SO PR N 3 N AN i‘\\\ » N o“Q WARRGL P, X k “\ \ W X DR R Y N N » o\ 4 o \ N \:“l\\‘ N *J‘w\\ R y i ARSI RRENN R L S Re S R s A SN QN N S b RNY RN oSS N Y Ry POTATOES GROWN AT KADIAK. parsley, parsnips, peas, radishes, ruta bagas, rhubarb, salsify, spinach, sage, thyme, turnips and Windsor beans. All these, including in some cases several varieties of each, except the wax beans and spinach, made excellent growth ALASKAN REDTOPS. and produced vegetables and plants that compared favorably with the products of gardens almost anywhere in southern latitudes. The peas were especially prolific, and the turnips, rad ishes, parsnips, parsley and salsify pro douced roots as good as can be found anywhere. Some of the turnips weigh ed five pounds each, and some even ten pounds, and were of excellent flavor. Potatoes also were a decided success. Many of them weighed each a pound or more. A more important test, however, was made with grains and foliage plants. Oats and barley were grown at Sitka and Skaguay with gratifying results. Several varieties of Norwegian and Russian barley were grown with the same excellent result as with the oats. Of forage plants there were seeded several varieties of Norwegian clover, timothy, hairy vetch and Riga flax, and all were successful, the clover being especially vigorous, measuring over two feet high. Alaska is pre-eminently a land of small fruits and berries. The flavor of most of the native berries is pronounc ed to be so excellent that it is said they are worthy of introduction into the States.. Cattle were introduced in Alaska long ago by the Russians in their vari ous settlements, and, according to re ports, they always did well. Professor Georgeson reports that the cattle now found at the little towns along the coast thrive and appear to have be come well adapted to the climate. This excellent condition, Prof. Georgeson says, is evidence of the nutritious qual ities of the indigenous grasses. The soils of Alaska are largely of vegetable origin, and to a great degree resemble the black earth of rice lands or peat formations. In the southeast ern portion of Alaska there are deep deposits of this rich soil overlying slate or conglomerate bedrock. The organic content of many of these soils is very much higher than in any of the agri eultural lands of the States. If these soils are so situated as to be well drain ed they should be capable of producing enormous crops, and, with an abun dant and well-distributed raifall, they would be adapted to almost any kind of crop suited to the general climatie conditions of that portion of the coun- INCHES. i HOTEL SERVANTS ARE HONEST. ' They Are Often Accused of Stealing, ‘ but Are kKarely Guilty. “A curious thing happened here to day,” said the head clerk at one of the leading hotels in New Orleans to a Times-Democrat man. ‘““‘About a month ago a gentleman and his wife, from Milwaukee, spent a couple of days in the house, and on leaving the lady missed a valuable ring. She was posi tive she left it on the dresser and equal ly positive it had been stolen by one of the servants. We set an investigation on foot and promised to forward the ring if found. A little later the hus band wrote to inquire whether the search had been successful, and when we replied in the negative he notified us that he proposed to sue the hotel. He claimed we had shown great negligence in not arresting a suspected employe, and his comments were bitter in the extreme. That was two weeks ago. ‘“Now here is the sequel in the shape of a third letter that arrived this morn ing. He says that he and his wife reached home a few days ago and in unpacking the luggage found the ring in one of the trunks, and he is manly enough to add a very handsome apol ogy for his hasty conclusions. Strange to say, that is the first time in the his tory of the house that any guest has frankly admitted such a blunder after taking his departure, and blunders of that kind are of almost weekly occur rence. “It is the commonest thing in the world at all hotels for persons to go away declaring that they have been robbed by the help. We know the miss ing article subsequently turned up, be cause the subject is never referred to during later visits, but in the mean while a score or so of humble, but hon est and hard-working people, have been placed under a suspicion that is wholly unwarranted and unjust. That is a point the average traveler doesn’t seem to consider. Hotel chambermaids are continually returning valuables which they find in rooms. Dishonesty among themr is so rare as to be almost un known.” Lost Child of the Miamis. In 1770, when a mere child, Frances Slocum was stolen from her parents by a roving landian band at Wilkesbarre, Pa. She moved West with the ebbing tide of Indians and was finally adopted by a chief of the Miamis. Her parents searched far and near for their miss ing child, but were unable to locate her until she had been adopted by the Miami tribe, and when overtures were made for her return she declared that the life in the Indian camp had such a fascination for her that she had no de sire to return to civilization. She was extremely popular among the members of the tribe, and the village southwest of Wabash, Ind., where she made her home was known as the “white wom an’s” village. As she grew to woman hood, adopting the savage customs, at tire and language, she married She-pan can-nah, meaning the Deaf Man, the chief of the Osage village, and by him had four children, two sons and two daughters. She accompanied her hus band to the Osage village and after ward to the Deaf Man's village, and lived there long after the white man had invaded the wilderness and begun to clear up the dense forests. She-pah-can-nah died in 1833, and in 1847, fourteen years after, she died at the age of 80, loved and respected by whites and Indians alike. Frances Slo cum’s Indian name was Mah-cones quah, or “Young Bear.” Her daughter, Ke-ke-kah-kushwa, became the wife of Capt. B. Brouiliette, and died on March 13, 1847, aged 47. The other daughter was O-zah-was-shing-quah, who mar ried Tah-co-nah, and he dying she be came the bride of Wah-pah-pe-tah, and several of her children by the last mar riage live on the Indian land south of Wabash in abject poverty. She died in January, 1577, the last of Frances Slo cum’s children. , : o . Home of the Edam Cheese. ' ‘While the Edam cheese is a familiar visitor on the table, not every one knows whenece it comes nor how its cannon ball proportions and gay color ing have been achieved. The northern part of Holland is the seat of the Edam cheese industry, and the consequent cleanliness of the relish is therefore doubly assured. In making it the fresh cow’s milk is carefully strained and the renet added. As soon as the milk cur dles the whey is drawn off and the curd, thoroughly kneaded, is pressed into molds. This process is repeated until the whey has all been extracted ‘and the curd is comparatively dry. It is then wrapped in a linen ecloth and kept for ten or twelve days until quite solid. Then the cloth is removed and the cheese put into salt lye. Afterward a little more dry salt is sprinkled on the cheese, until the maker thinks it is salt enough to insure its keeping. It is next put into a vessel and washed with whey and scraped to remove the white crust. It is next carried into a cool room and laid on shelves, where it is frequently turned. The ripening proe ess lasts from two to three months, the round balls growing the fine yellow or reddish color peculiar to Edam cheese. The cheeses intended to be exported to this country are rendered still more brilliant by dyeing the rind with a veg etable dye.—New York Tribune. Queer Jap Funeral. Lieut. Yoshibumi Fukagawa, of the I. J. N., left behind a curious request to his family a few days prior to his death, which occurred the other day in his native district of Hizen.. He ob served so his family that as he had never had the time to investigate relig ious questions deeply enough to enable him to determine which faith he should embrace, he was neither prejudiced against nor partial toward any form of religion. However, he himself was of opinion that his soul would perish with the cessation of his life, while his re mains would crumble to dust. Theres fore he did not wish to have any relig ious service performed on his behalf The funeral, also, should be as simple as could be; and flowers and similar offerings be strictly declined. No an nouncement should be made of his death to friends of his until four or five days after the funeral. Two or three weeks after his death his relatives and friends should be invited to a banquet, and they should be asked to join the occasion as heartily as possible. A priest might be invited, if the presence of such a personage was deemed de sirable. At the funeral, also, nobody should accompany the bier; except, if considered necessary, one or two repre sentatives on behalf of the family and relatives might follow the remains to the grave. The tomb was to be of the simplest description, only his name be ing inscribed upon it. A memorial tab let was entirely tabooed.—JapanTimes. A Real Genius. The man that sharpened shoe pegs at both ends and sold them for wheat was a genius, but he has his equal in Mexico. Some time ago one of the habitual revolutionary flare-ups was about to commence in one of the bel ligerent little South American Presi dencies which masquerade under the title of republics. A couple of hundred men marshaled in opposition to the government, swore solemn oaths, and met nightly in an abandoned hut at the entrance to a swamp. Enthusiasm was plentiful, but arms were scarce; so a purse was made up, and three of the party set off to buy ammunition. They went to Mexico, where a cargo of powder was delivered to them, and, after inspection, was shipped to the revolutionary headquarters. A signal gun was mounted on a hilltop, and when the day and hour arrived the ficld marshal of the revolutionary army touched a mateh to the fuse of the piece. There was no response. . The marshal used all the matches in his silver matchbox, but the gun refused to fire. An investigation by the ‘“War Office” followed, and that cargo of powder proved to be nothing but ma hogany sawdust, which had been vig orously stirred up with powdered graphite to give it the proper color and SUDERPREGE L ot ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER- Combine of Furmiture Dealers- No Farming Business Pays as Well as Raising Cramberries Milwankee Officer Beaten to Death, The furniture manufacturers of Wis consin perfected a State organization at Oshkosh to be a branch of the national organization and ordered an advance of $1 a suite on chamber suites. The ofticers are: President, C. C. Chase, Oshkosh: vice-president, F. R. Upham, Marshfield; secretary and treasurer, L. W. Kommitz, Green Bay. The following furniture com panies were represented: Overbeck Furni ture Company, Centralia; Kemmitz Fur niture Company, Green Bay; Winnebago Furniture Company, Fond du Lac; Ban derob & Chase, Oshkosh; Oshkosh Fur niture Company, Pioneer Furniture Com pany, Eau Claire; M. G. Andrae & Co., New London; Upham Manufacturing Company, Marshfield; Plymouth Furni ture Company, Plymouth. , Big Cranberry Crop. There is probably no business to-day in the farming line in Wisconsin that pays so well as raising cranberries. A. C. Bennett & Son, whose cranberry marsh is five miles north of Cranmoor, raised this season on seventy acres 2,400 barrels of cranberries, which are now gathered and in his storehouse, and, if sold at pres ent prices would bring about $14,000, and as the expenses of raising the 2,400 bar rels would not exceed $5,000, he will real ize a good profit. - All other cranberry growers in that district have done propor tionately well this season. Gaynor-Back- Stone Company, 1,600 barrels on thirty acres; C. E. Lester & Co., 800 barrels on twenty acres; Arpin Cranberry Com pany, 1,000 barrels on thirty acres; W. H. Fitch & Son, ninety barrels on 24 acres. Dead Body Found.. Dennis Quinn was found dead at the junction of the Milwaukee and North western tracks in Beloit. His neck and hip were broken and above his eye was a bruise. His clothes were soaked with water, which indicated that he might have fallen in the river nearby. How his clothes could be in this condition with his body lying on high ground near the track is a mystery that is bothering his friends and the police. Inasmuch as he notified an officer the day before that he feared an attack from someone unnamed, a sup position of foul play has arisen, although it is not known that he had an enemy. Beats a Policeman to Death. John Kossow, one of the most popular policemen of Milwaukee, was beaten to death with his own club by Herman Mueller. Kossow was trying to quell a ‘family row at Mueller’s home. Mueller was arrested an hour afterward. Kos sow was the biggest man on the force [ and one of the strongest and most active. ' Mueller was his equal in size. The two ' men struggled together until Mueller got " hold of Kossow’s club, which he plied ‘until death ended the combat. | Big Lumber Loss. ~ The recent gale wrought havoc with a large raft of pine logs, owned by the T'wo Rivers Manufacturing Company, which had just arrived at the entrance of the. “harbor. The splendid raft of logs, con taining nver 1,500,000 feet of lumber, was broken up and nearly one-half of the logs are now strewn along the beach or drift ing away. A portion of the raft has been secured in the harbor. ¥ Lillian Seery Given a Verdict. The slander case of Lillian Seery vs. Lafayette Cook ended at Kenosha when the jury, after considering the evidence in the case for over eight hours, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and fix ing the damages at SSOO and the costs of the action. State Items of Interest. A curfew ordinance has been passed by the Antigo Council. Maj. Birkhaeuser has opened a recruit ing office at Eau Claire. Andrew Hanson of Menomonie was fined $25 and costs for violating the fish law. The Citizens’ Brewing Company has been organized at Antigo with a capital stock of $25,000. A factory for the manufacture of sugar is to be built at Sharon by the Elgin Creamery Company. A heavy frost at Menomonie ruined forty acres of corn at S. M. Stephenson’s Pine Hill stock farm. Mrs. Charlotte Bacon, Kenosha, one of the original settlers of southern Wiscon sin, died, aged 86 years. Scarlet fever is epidemic in Oshkosh. The Dale school, the largest district school in the city, has been ordered clos ed. Archbishop Katzer of Milwaukee will have to pay taxes on part of his residence property. The Supreme Court refused a motion for a rehearing of the case. The Berlin postoffice was robbed on a recent night of between SI,OOO and $1,500 in stamps. The burglars blew open the safe with dynamite and took everything of value from it. ’ ‘ The milk supply of Kenosha is, with the exception of the product of one dairy man, pure, according to the tests insti tuted by Assistant Food and Dairy Com missioner W. W. Chadwick. ‘ Residents of Cadott have sworn out a warrant for an Italian who is traveling through the country under the name of William Dolman. He visited Cadott re cently and it is said after entering sev eral saloons and terrorizing the proprie tors he went upon the street and with a gun in his hand practically had things his own way for nearly an hour. Thes appearance of the constable, however, frightened him away. Whitewater has a man whose hair, con trary to the natural order, is turning black, instead of white, with old age. His name is B. S. McCune and he is 86 years of age. - A bad fire was threatened in the furni ture factory of Banderob-Chase Com pany at Oshkosh. The dry kiln, filled with lumber, was damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars. =~ " While at work on a threshing machine a farmer named Nels Nelson of Clay ‘banks had one of his feet badly crushed and was shaken gemerally by being ~sanght in a rapidly revolving wheel. | alom s ity Do oby b Hunters repert that ducks are very scarce in Marinette County. B Bertha Biebritz, aged 18 years, of Stur geon Bay, was adjudged insane. K . The barn, with its contents, belonging ‘to James Leslie of Peshtigo, was destroy ed by fire. g, Goits While playing with .a rifle William Panknure shot John ,McCarthy in the mouth at Janesville. : A Racine street car with fourteen pas sengers on board jumped over a three foot ditch. No one was hurt. The new residence of John Towner, Jr., in Trempeauleau was burned. The loss was $1,200. There was no insur ance. R ; Fire at Heart Prairie destroyed the store building belonging to Mrs. Gile of Sharon and stock owned by William Beach. ; ; The steamer City of Traverse, Chicago to Duluth, lost her rudder in the storm off Outer Island, but was brought safely to Bayfield harbor: Near Whitewater, Sextus Case, a farmer, was found dead in his yard, hav ing been dragged along the road, his clothing attached to the step of his buggy. Mark Cook’s 12-year-old son at West Point was caught in the tumbling rod at the came mill and whirled over and over around the rod, breaking his arms, crush ing his head and injuring his back. The accident will prove fatal. Assemblyman William E. Hoehle of West Superior has petitioned the County Board to have his name changed to Wil liam E. Haily, on account of the differ ence in the spelling and the pronunciation of the former name. The board granted the request. : Burr E. Hobart, a young farmer of the town of Fountain Prairie, was in stavtly killed by the accidental dischorge of a shotgun in the hands of a young man employed on the farm. The charge en tered between his shoulders. Burr was the only son of Capt. M. C. and Mrs. Sarah D. Hobart, the authoress. There was a bad smash-up on the Mil waukee Railroad near Amberg. The fast freight was coming down grade when a flange on a box car wheel broke. Fif-’ teen loaded freight cars were piled up and completely demolished. The train ‘men escaped injury. The main line pas senger service was blocked . for & eight. hours. : At La Crosse Blair Decker, aged 5 years, died from the result of injuries re ceived by kick of a horse a week before. The child was playing in the street In front of his home when a runaway horse came running down the avenue and made right for the boy. The child was struck over the right temple and his skull was crushed. The deed transferring the Sterling Bi cycle factory of Kenosha to the newly formed American Bicycle Company has been filed with the registrar of deeds. The price paid for the factory is said to have been $150,000. No change in the management of the works is expected and the present force will probably be maintained. Paul E. Jones, representing Seward, Guthrie & Steel, attorneys for the Hide and Leather Trust, has filed in the office of Register of Deeds Kletsch a mortgage representing $10,000,000 given by the American Hide and Leather Company of New York. The plant of the C. T. Roe nitz Leather Company at Sheboygan is now the property of the trust. At Janesville William Pankhurst, while playing with a 32-caliber rifle, pointed the gun at his compsanion, John McCarthy, and pulled the trigger. The ball entered McCarthy’s mouth, splitting his tongue the entire length and knocking out sgev eral teeth. The boys are about. 16 y%n,rs of age. Pankhurst did not know' the ride was loaded and gave himself 'up. ’ James A. Beaugrand, one of the most prominent men in Racine, is dead, aged 73 years. He was born at Fremont, 0., and in 1846 came to Racine. He was a sailor on the lakes about four years and in 1863 was elected city clerk, which po sition he held for eleven years. He was assessor for many years, and up to the time of his death, and was also assistant city clerk. " A shooting affray resulting in tHe death of John Davis, an Indian, took place in the Indian settlemept, six miles west of Fittsville. The facts have just come to light. It seems that Davis attempted to effect an entrance into the tepee or hut occupied by Chief Pius Neekoon’s 20- vear-old daughter. The young woman seized a Winchester rifle and put a bullet through the Indian’s head, killing him instantly. The facts became known only after Davis had been buried. Further developments are expected. Howard E. Eldred says that ground will be broken for his new pulp mill at Stiles before many days. It will join the sawmill on the south and the power that runs the latter plant will be utilized. There will be but one stone put in at first. The dam will be raised two feet higher, as a greater head of water would flood the mill. Pulp wood in almost un limited quantities grows along the Oconto river and diverging streams and there is constant demand for the manufactured product. C. B. Pride of Appleton will furnish the plans for the new mill. The Racine street car situation has taken on a new phase. Heretofore the citizens have been content to boycott the cars in return for the irritating order to drop fares in a box. The first attempt to inflict damages on the property of the street railway company was made on a recent night. Boards, stones, lumps of dirt and other obstacles were placed on the tracks on the street. One car struck the obstruction and narrowly escaped go ing into the dit¢ch. On Park avenue the dummy of a man was placed on the track and the motorman threw his car to a sudden standstill, believing it was a live man. The impression prevails that these acts are being committed by boys. 'The police will arrest any persons caught in ‘the attempt to wreck cars. ; Francis William Loudon, a pioneer nurseryman and horticulturist, died very suddenly at his home in Janesville, aged 81. He had been a resident of Janesville for fifty-four years, and leaves a widow and six children. . : -At Sheboygan, Frt}nk Kuehnemann, charged with assault with intent to kill, was found guilty.. On March 27 .Jast Kuehnemann entered the store of John P. Hume, and finding his wife there fired two shots at her from a revolver, one bullet taking effect in her shoulder. Her injuries were not serious gnd she soom. 