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Show whereby several patrons of the ship's lar suffered a severe nervous shock. Several long, spotted niorais, which are a kind of degenerate Vol. with long, snake-like bodies and wicked fanes, squeezed throiiRh the wire nct-tlnj; nct-tlnj; covering their tank on the deok ami squirmed across Into the barroom bar-room Panic Immediately occupied the Htii;e. The ship's e.ff.cers caught the Intruders In nets arid dumped I j them overboard. i I The niorays were part of a consignment consign-ment for the lie tie. It aquarium, i ALASKA COAL VALUABLE i Even at a Half Cent a Ton the Value Is Millions Washington. Aug. '..-Accessible cal of the best Alaskan fields, even at a half cent a ton In the grouud is worth more than most of the coal lands in the eastern states, notwithstanding notwith-standing th lr nearness to lines of transportation and to market. ThU statement is contained In a bulletin issued by the geological survey todav under direction of Gem K? oils" Smitli During the Hal!i:iRer-Ploorioi Investigation, Inves-tigation, A. II. IVooks of the geolopl- al survey. i, -stifled th;rt the accessible acces-sible coal in the louring rier an.i MaUinuska districts was worth half a cent a ton In th- ground. Th's ; M:all figure created ihe impression ! Ii. lite minds of many people that I Alaska coal lands were of small value. The bulletin just Issued pay.'- that, priced at the rate nanid bv Mr. Brooks, the best Alaska coal la lids ar , worth from to $T.uO an acre val I i:ed far above the averag.- price ui oiturniuous coal lands The statement says the most scri cos handicap has been the law.;. I Though laws intended to enable tin-itnlividu.il tin-itnlividu.il to obtain title have be. n on the stalutr- books for tin. last ,p-rarle ,p-rarle not an aire of land has gone to patent. MEN AT THE BAR SAW MANY SNAKES New York. Aug. Tho streamer B.ermiidlan, Just arrived from Hamll-ooii, Hamll-ooii, Bermuda, reported an unusual (iccurrciice on the trip lo New York. |