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The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-10-21
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The work of widening the Peoples wharf
at Juneau along with the making of pre-
parations for other extensive improvements
is now going on. The wharf which was
formerly but eighteen feet wide from it's
commencement on Front street to its Shout
der will now be made to considerably
exceed those Dimensions at the upper
end. At the coal bunl<ers the wharf will
be Wldened twenty-five feet from which
point the addition will gradually taper
down to width of but seven feet at the
shoulder. 1t is the intention of the Wharf
company to do away with the present sys-
tenn of unloading coal from vessels upon
the wharf and then having it wheeled in
Wheel-barroWS to the bunkers, and instead
gravity cars will carry the coal from an
elevation above where the ship lies to the
top of the coal bunkers. The cars will be
drawn up the tramWay to the elevated
platform where they will be loaded with
coal as it is hoisted from the hold of the
vessel. They will then descend by gravita-
ton to the top of the bunkers. The tram
way from the platform to the bunkers
will be II8 feet long.
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-10-21

1t is expected that there will be an Epis-
oopalian church ready for service by the
middle of November. The new building
will probably cover an area of 2ox5o feet.
Iron County register., 1896-03-12
GERMANY'S POSITION.
No Hope of an International Ccafe-enes
May Be Cherished.

No Hope OF an International Ccafe-enol
May Be Cherished.
Prince Hohenlohe, the German chan.
cellor. lately announced that he did
not consider it desirable that the
empire should take the initiative to
ward the holding of an international
conference to restore silver to an equal
place with gold in the mints of the
world. The statement made by the
prince is notable for several confes-
sions- He acknowledges:
That the depreciation in the price OF
silver. measured in gold. threatens to
destroy silver mining in Germany.
That the difference in exchange be-
tween gold and silver countries works
to the great disadvantage of the former
and the great advantage of the latter
in competing for business in the world
Misunderstanding economic prejudice,
or injury. to Germany.
That this advantage to silver coun-
tries will continue until . compensate
ing influence arises and home tGer-
MANI prices and wages read just them
selves to meet the competition. This
cold-b1ooded statement means that Ger
man workmen must come down to
sufficiently low wages to enable Ger
man manufacturers to face the facto-
ries of Japan, China and India
That a rise in the price OF silver is
therefore. highly desirable from an
economic and mint standpoint
That birnetallists who hope fer an
Information agreement believe the
opening of :he Indian mints to be
necessary precedent to action.
That he has sounded the British
government and that the opening OF
the Indian mints is not expected
within measurable time. which means
that the British government has re-
fused to open them
This statement should put an end to
the talk of an International compro-
mise. Germany says wait on Great
Britain;" France says 'twait on Great
Britain;" the whole European ccnti-
nent says ''wait on Great Britain" and
Great Britain, the great usurer of the
earth, the country that has won it's
wars with money, even as it bought .
Benedict Arnold and sought tc stranEle
America with money, refuses to accede
to any proposition that would tend to
loosen the Internal clutch which it has
fxed upon the monetary systems Of the
western world The ruling class in
Great Britain is the moneyed class.
The agriculturaiists and the workers
are being crushed. Their voice is
raised in protest through a Baifour.
but it is unavailing against the tre-
mendors influence OF thousands of .ail-
lions of accumulated capital that has
don nlel its uOtener III hroa.<ys the cx,sz-.s.
Iron County register., 1896-03-12

wraps, carrying loo some heated bricks
In a sack to keep his feet warm. he
slipped out of the house.
| 1t took him but a moment TO lock the
door and fling the key into the snow, a
the WhitfordS to much trouble on their
return home.
By this time night was approaching.
And such night
The bowling blast swept over the
barren moor, whirliug the snow in the
air in binding eddies "a night to ap-
pail a stouter heart than Dodd's.
''Joe," he cried, as he took the reins
from the shivering boy. '.here's I've
dollar bill for You. I'll be back to-
morrow. Tell Nicholson not to worry
about the team if I'm not home early.
Joe gazed wistfully after the cutter,
which, drawn by two swift horses, soon
disappeared in the binding storm
So long as Dodd kept the road the
travelling was not so bad. 1t was only
when he had turned the horses heads
southwark that he realized the peril of
his journey. He was skimming along
one moment over the hard, smooth COM
plunge up to their shoulders in drift,
while, to add to his discomfort, he
knew that the surface of the land was
honeycombed with half-completed min
ing shafts, utterly unprotected by post
or sign.
Then the biting cold. It seemed as
though the blood froze in his veins.
Again and again he stopped over the
side of the cutter to catch in his hand
the snow, with which to rub his aching
face. The wind cut like knife.
Now broad lake Is reached.
The horses dash bravely down the
bank on to the ice, across which they
skim like flying phantoms, but the
clouds of night are darkening over his
head, and the howl of stray wolf tells
him that ere long he may have another
foe to encounter.
Up the steep bank again and off over
the moorland, skirting pine forest,
among whose naked trees the wind
means dismally. Miles he has travelled,
yet the horses breathing that clear,
sharp air are as fresh as when they
started.
But with night comes the snow. The
cruel snow. Falling, not as it does in
more temperate climes, in pretty flakes,
but mixed with cutting sleet, wind
driven and furious it beats against man
and horse.
He is breasting the steep ascent of
hill. For moment his horses flag, and
for the first time the whip touches their
heavy tanks.
The rebound of the whip strikes the
drivers eye, which quickly fills with
tears
What matter! The crest is reached
and the bounding horses fly wildly
down the steep decivity.
Only tear.
Chemists have analyzed it: poets
have sung to it. Dodd was to learn
what awful, terrible suffering can lie
hidden in the crystal drop men call a
tear. s
The tear has frozen.
Little blocks of ice, which in vain he
tries to tear away, hang to his eyelids.
The other eye in sympathy is wet,
and freezes
Maddened with pain and fear, sight
less he sits behind the flying horses,
expecting each instant to be dashed to
pieces
On, on, on, he knows not where.
Suddenly sounds reach his ear: the
busy hum of human life buzzes round
Iron County register., 1896-03-12
CHAPTER XVII
ELSIE FINDS SOMETHING.

ELSIE FINDS SOMETHING.
Life had so long flowed on pleasantly
at the Fifth avenue mansion that Elsie
thought that fate was tired of perse-
cutting her. Her pupils were all she
could wish, loving. aEectionate, duti-
full; her eccentric mistress had not only
taken her into favor, but had actually
made pet of her, admitting her into
the family eircle-nay, even into the
sacred precincts of dining and draw
ing-rooms on gala occasions. Only last
night she had been present at a grand
ball given in honor Of the eldest dauyh-
ters attaining hef majority, and the
dazzle OF the brilliant scene had hardly
faded from her Imagination than she
found herself crying her eyes out in
the keenest distress
That very morning it had all hap
pened. AT an early hour Mrs. Grindlay
had demanded an interview with her
in her boudoir, where she was sitting
flushed, nervous and terribly out of
temper.
$50. Miss Whitford, you have conde-
scended to come at last" had been El-
sie's greeting.
Really, madam, made all haste"
the girl replied
"of course You know why have sent
for you?"
mo, madam
What, after your conduct last
night"
My condact last nigh.r'
'sOh. you are all innocence, 1 suppose.
am alluding, miss, to your disgrace
ful carvings ON with Adolphus Glib
son."
what. the fatuous youth with the
eye-giass? Why, talked to him out of
sheer pity"
.Fatuous young man. indeed, Do YOU
know. Miss Whitford, that that young
gentleman is worth one hundred thou
sand dollars year?n
I'm glad to hear It for his sake, for
Il would be difficult for him to earn hi.
own living"
Iron County register., 1896-03-12
HEARING IN ANIMALS.
Peculiar Way In whlch the Lower Ords
of Beings Receive Sound.


Peculiar Wey IN Wnlen sne 80. .o.s1
oA nss 1s..- - .-..,..
Insects, IKE grassnoPp c.icAes
and locusts' nase tneir ears IA s',anso
places-some on tne miouIe % .ne Duly'
others on tnc legs. naesse1 o.11e.
uses the creatures may aiso InaAe "a
these organs, tney are seIlsAnie ps 1ull-
tory organs. In mem VIC nnu . e..,- 1's..,
nrane st!etcneo aeloss e c1.iey' 49,.
ON opening 10 tne eAess1l'1Al al, 1,aeA .N
WITHIN the CAVITY - nerve ansss u
seloped at the end OF an audi.oly nerve.
IL wouio De nafu, inoesu' u t.c ci,p
ing cicada-he cricket ON the neaTIn
And the queruious katyuia coul1 !. nos
De neard py tneH compan.ons- =
sald tnat those Pes.s IN INC nous
the nies-can near Dy means VI soino
rows OF corPuscies on the KNOB Deu
threads which represent tine ninu wings
OF other insects. it ls uncertain Wnetn-
er bees can near. NOT snen an tDS
iaDor OF the olo-1ssnioneu pee-Ae -
IN beatang I'm pan az sWaIanlns ,.'1.. .41l's
IL IN vain. oomc naturaiists VINO nAso
tried them witn every kino Oh soul'U
and noise deny tna1 tncy can nea<.
Others, equally connden1, assert tnes
tney are very SENSITIVE ~ LUG Sas ' -
tneir queen at least
Some OF the moiiusAs nase scl
niarkaDie organs 10. nearing suou
instance tne soluen Tug an ~
neck you wouio zee, unusr aclO-
scope, pair OF gloOuies HiAcu Win =
clear nud. IN tnese aIe minute 2 . cs'1
stones. which SWING 70 ana Iro. rotase
ana s.art 1n ON. nIss "a one ol1 .1o.. -
tnen ~ ano'1e ou. .a.o-:.a :. ~ - 's
sIr1kng the WELLS u ele =
the gioDuies arc eu' 'ne nlo sAN'l'
ceases
a carefu' angler eelis you NO. %
taik WINE you a.e nsn.ns 1Iopauay =
que. CON e,sas'on WI 9. ~ ~ na, -, -
DuI II must DC re'nelso ..at ~ ns.ss - =
nave ears, aitnongn SOUNDS rom Inc
ar may Ioe Ieas'n mem un. - s u ..,0 -
oeiuszss s,lIs's 81, T-N,s =, 81 =
some nsnes. Inc -. olau,eI senus On
nDers Wnicn are attacneu 70 mem
Iron County register., 1896-03-12

him; he feels hands laid on him; then,
numbness steals over his brain, and
he is lost in dark inconsistencies
Nearly a week the poor wretch lay
lowering between life and death, with
one frozen foot amputated.
But the tear-the cruel tear-its work
was done too well; for forever the
sight had fed from his nervous eyes,
forever the world was dark to him.
Yes, the fat had gone forth from the
unseen Judge-an awful, terrible con-
demnation: ''LAAE AND BLIND FOB
LIFE"
Iron County register., 1896-03-12
smoothlnk 1t over.

Susie-Say, auntie. dear, you're an
.nlc maid, aren't you?
Amt Emma (hesitatingly) = Ger
: tuinly, Susie; but it is not nice OF you
IL ask such a question.
.Now. don't be vexed. auntie. I know
~ ;sn,t your fault. t.~-Her-iedner Lanb
frosch.
Iron County register., 1896-03-12
IN a NUTSHELL

Tho A b C Of the silver Qsestsoa - ssassa
by "a silver Crank"
Money is the measure of value. This
it measures value of all property, just
like bushel measures quantity.
The government regulates these
measures by law.
In Quantity measure, the law says
2, $50 42-1o0 cubic inches is q bushel.
In value measure. it says z5.s grains
of gold is dollar.
The government may change the
INV and say 400 cubic inches - q
bushel
If in 1880, A owes B q debt of Loo
bushels of wheat, the 2, $50 4s-1O0 cubic
inch measure. and the debt is due in
1890, and A wants to pay. but finds
that since he made the debt the law
has been changed, and the bushel he
has to pay holds 4, 400 cubic inches,
who will say great injustice has not
been done AZ So A becomes q crank,
and B a goid-bug. Do you sec?
The measure of value may increase,
by the common rule of supply and de-
mand.
II you decrease your measure OF
value (the dollar) you do it by increas-
ing their number. that is, the primary
dollar.
If you increase your measure of
value, you do SO by decreasing their
number, that is, the primary dollar.
Prior to 1873 we had silver and gold
as primary dollars After 1879 gold
only.
Bimetallism, that is, silver and gold
both as primary money, gave as APP
proximately s1s per capita before 1874
In 1873 silver was demonetized and
when its function was destroyed as
primary money gold only was left, and
50 per capita is our primary money to-
day in gold
BY this reduction from $1S to % the
measure of value is enlarged-the value
is enlarged-the value of the dollar in
creased; its purchasing power il
greater.
The people did not make or author
ize the change of the measure Of value,
nor did they even know 1t was con-
served by the falling price of their
products and property, and like Mr.. A
paying his wheat debt, they find when
they enter the market. to exchange
their products for dollars, with which
to pay their debts, they have to heap
up about twice the quantity they did
before.
The above facts b-eed silver cranks,
and they multiply just as fast as hard
times--A Silver ssCrank," in Atlanta
Constitution.
Iron County register., 1896-03-12
Abundance of Trimmings on Sleeves

Abundance OF 1rfmmin9s ON Sleeves.
The abundance OF trimmings on
sleeves is one of the new departures OF
the season. Sleeves are made in i've.
or nix pisces and the seams which join
these are buttoned, braided, laced.
friunu1 With gimp, Jet, lace or sem-
broidery. In many cases where there
,s really no division one is simulated by
trimming. A similar decoration is gem
erally placed upon the skirt also. con-
z.eal;ny or rather emphasizing the
seams which unite the various cores
-Roston Globe.
Iron County register., 1896-03-12

1h1S WOuIQ not nave Dee0 SO serious,
only the poor girl found that after her
recent outlay she had only four dollars
remaining-not a very princely sum on
which to keep two persons in city
like New York. where everything is
always at war prices
Next day was Sunday. Early on
Monday mo-ning Elsie was trying to
resolve herself into a committee of
ways and means. The more she puz-
zled her brains the greater seemed her
dilemma-dollars were not elastic, and
the wisest head could not make more
than hundred cents out of them.
There's lady and gentleman down
In the par1or for you, miss" It was
the friendly handmaiden who bore the
summons
Fully believing they were some peo-
pie whose advertisement she had an
swered, she bade Willie keep out of
mischief and trippe6 downstairs for
the interview.
But she had hardly entered the room
than she found herself in the grasp of
. friendly hand, and a pleasant voice
rang in her es<s-
$50 we've run you to earth at last,
but, dearie nae. How pale and ont oi
sorts you are looking. What naughty,
bad. wicked girl you are to rum away
like this
.soh. Mr.. Woodgrovel I'm so glad to
see your and the poor child's eyes
danced with unfeigned delight.
Then q white-haired elderly lady
came forward and took the girls hand
with suck sweet look ON her benevo-
lent face, that Elsie involuntarfly
raised herself on tip-toe and kissed her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-13
r. 2. JEEFcOTT

A NNoUNCES tc the public that all of nts A Painting and Decorating business vii. be carried on hereafter at and from No. ls Church street. where be will be pleased twito his decorative saIesn1au) to show the finest Decorations and Wall Papers as yet shown % the public, also neat designs and effects Ia cheapest Wall Papers,
 Between Chapel street and Public Library.
 Telephone s54-5. JsLJ U
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Listorpn,ents

 Issued fr9m the Un4ted States patept office, Tuesday, January 2, 1896, for the state of Connecticut, furnished us from the office of Earle x Seymour, polic5tors of pal lats, S6S Chapel street, New Ha- ven, Conn:
 G, w. Coy, Milford, telephone swiSch, thlree patents.
 Same telephone apparatus. P, Fleming, asls'gncr D himself and w. M. F'risble, New Haven, sash fas- tener
 E. Hudson lIartford, stereopticon advertising device.
 RIB. Hugunin, Hartford, roller sash balance.
 H. K. JoIres, Hal.ford, preparing metal for stamping or drawing hD die. w. $. Mills, Bridgeport, work feeding attachment for sewing machines. E. F. Newell, Middletown, blind siat journal.
 B. o. TAden, HaNtford, sewage sys- tenn.
 l.. C. Werner, Broad Brook, picker motion for looms.
 Same rsllaf motion for looms, w. J. Wilcox, Cornwall, meehanlcal toy
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AT THE BRIpEGRooM's HOME.
FAIR HAYEN.

MT. Mills at the Grand Avenue Congrega-
 tional 6hurch-Accident to Lewis s. Har-
 rison-New Engine in New Haven Street
 Railroad Company's Power House.
 Yesterday morning the Grand avenue Congregational church was filed to ovsrfowia'g by am audieree eager to hear the etnlnellt evangelist. B. Fay Mtlls, The singing was led by a chorus Of forty voices unGfen' the direction of John P Hillia. A solo entltlNd "Christ Anse' wats firlsry rendered by Mir. Eil- Is. MT. MILLS took his text from Sec ond Cor. 5:9: That God wa.s, in Christ rcccncdfing the world unto himself" He said ttaIt this text dlspelIsd three popiGiar misd.nciep Fiasas, tihalt the devil owns the world; second, that Christ was reconc.Alng God to the world; and third, that a certain few men sGra fors-ortlathtred to be saved. Mir. N tlLs spoke foncibIy atnh showed clearly the bearing of the text upon these nisconoepttqias. In conclusion he drew some practical lessons from the text.
 |. Next Sunday Mir Mills will address the young ladies and gentlemen in the same church
 Rev. E. c. Sage, pastor of aha Grand avelnSue Baptist church, waIs given authority by the church to appoint hth,e following special committees: On strangers, Howard Preston, Mrs. Price, Mrs. William Wiser, Mrs Scranton, Miss D. Ger.rudt4 Duell, Miss Fannie Bunce, Mrs E. l.. Smith, Mrs. Hines and James Glrkin, committee on sick and needy; Julan Sanuay, MT. KnpwlsH, MT. Jacobson. Mrs. Warren, George Darby, Mrs. Waters, w. J. Turner, Charles Lee and C. w, Kanallan.
 There was mo overflow meeting at the GraI-it avenus Baptist church yesterday mourning. as the Grand avenue Congre- gatiurbal church accommodated mosa of those who catne out to hear Mir M1ls.
 Robert Wilson, the mason builder. saai-tla the carly parIt of this week for Florida. He is gohrg for his health uponi the recommendation of Dr. Bacon.
 Lewis s. Harrison of North Guilford a brother of Irving Harrison, who is With W. A Warmer & Bro, met with d painful accident last week, as men, tioned in Saturdays Courier" He comes to Fair Haven once a week with prduce. Yesterday mounting was very cold a!nd Mir. Haratsion was weDa snug gGed in blankets, thus making it inn pcrsibl9 for him Ito dissngage himself wllen the accident happened. He was coming down 8 steep h4l called Widow BeEy's, irlsar Toitoket. when oale of the traces came off. The witdfiie-tree swung round, lettBng the other trace off. and the wagon went i9ver the horse. lt11row- ing Mir Haarison out. He struck upon his head, sustsining a severe scalp wound, also breaking three bones bn his hahld He is unable to lie dewrl and hhs to sit boiSte1ed up continually on ac- count. of ttlAe sevare brutsing which he received.
 The meeting held in Eaisit Pearl street M. F. church yesterday afuaTupisn was addressed by Mir. Biederwolf He took hfs text from Matt. 27;42: ""He saved others; himself he cannot save.'' The audience was large and the service an interesting one.
 Rev. Samuel Altman of New York. chaplain of the National Association 1 Naval Veterans was lthe guest of Wal ter l.. Jacobs pf Saltoniltall avenue last
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Grace Hospital Meeting.

Grace hospital will be held at the hos pital building this afternoon at 3 D. m.
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Friday. Mir. Allaan abtendsd the in stal.Ution of officers of Gldson WeNs association of Dhis city, of which Mr Jacobs is commander,
 A new engine of 250 horse power has bean put hlto p9sgtgan In the New Haven streat Railway companys power house, foot of Ferry street, aud is now in uee as auxiliaalieIs to the two large engines. This engine was built at Har- risburg, PennG, and has a fiy-wheel feet iaDches in diameter,
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VEST HAVEN.
soiree of Lawrence Lyccnm.

The first grand soiree to be given by tn, Lawrence Lyceum and T. A. E. SO c:ety in Town hall. West Haven, We'd resday evening, January 15, promises to be very enjoyable affair, Arrange ments are nearly complete and every thing points to success. The various committees have spared no pains to make it the dance of the season, and the cause itself that of temperance, well merits aboundant patronage. Cars will leave the center on the half hour after midnight, thus enabling those attending from the city to reach home at a seasonable hour
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Yestibnled Trains to Mexico.

Two Raymond 6 Whitcomb excursion paltles will go to Mexico this winter, the first one leaving Boston January g. Theae tours afhmd exceptional ad- valntages for Mexican travel Special puN.mau vesaabuled trains, with dlning cars, are used for this journey, inter- prateuts are provided, and all important points are visited. A 192-page book, giving particulars, may be obtained free of Raymond S Whitcomb, 296 Wash imgton s,trset, Boston.
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York and began proceedings for a di- vcrce. She was ssN1Ged deer5,e, Mir, Vand,whllt's answer was, a mere form aMty Under the decree and by pri- vaIsa agnsamnN&, Nmp. Vanderbilt had the custody of her three ohiltlgaa and stI inSome Jof $200,000 a year, with the understandable that when any of the i'blseg.n are married $50,00O is to be ocdudl@d flam the Income. Marble House" the Vanderbilt summer resi- dSacie at Newport, yas not, contrary To report, giveu to Mrs. Vanderbilt at thls time, as 1t was a present to her at thll1time at walS eriaeVed. It is se.d howsTsr, that Mus. Vanderbilt was off, fered the magnificent palace at Fifth avenue and Forty-second street. but refuGed to accept 1t
 It WAS stabjd yeslgerdhy in dispatch from Newpous that Wllllnm K. Wander bilt's enga cement tN a well-ld known wo- man in society would be angiouncsd whthtn the next few days This am nounceml:lnt is not altogether. sur prise. The young woman 32 question IS one of the pret!ttes't girls in New York city, and since her lmModuction to society has belenl exceedingly popu- lar. At one time there were reports of her engagement to Colonal John Ja- cob Asatcr, but Mir. Aslsor aftelrward married Miss Willing of Philadelphia Ths Noung woman who may be the fu- ture Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt is by Mp means wealthy, but she is a charming young woman. Her fstaher has a small but handsome town house in East Thirty fourth street.
 Oliver H. F. Belmont is one of the best known young rian in New York society. He iilhernlted a large fortune from his falhsr, and hte. owns at New port, one of the fin st summer residences in America. His first wife, who was Miss Sarah Whiting, left him very short time after thIeir marria ge, and se- cured a divorce i'm Rhode Island. She afterward became the wife of George Locloagit Rives, who at one time was assistant secnetary of state at Walsh- ington. MT, Belmont is a member of nearly every club of prl5ninenca in New York and is an excellent four -inllland Gtriver
 | AT THE BRIDEGROOM'S HOME. Newport, R. l., Jan. 11.--Oliver H. P belmont and his bride arrived here ths evering and will spend Gfsir llnney- mooi. at Raleouqlt, MT. Belgnont's sum nler re.aidealee. They wcrA accoinpa- n6ed by a maid and a varsIt.
 Much work has been gong on fer a week al Mir Belmonk' S residence, which is an ideal baehelor's h9ane.
 Mr. Belmonts summer neighbors have long since closed their cottages for the w1ltsr and lliese is mot an oc- cupasd house within a long distance of l 'BelcourT.
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MT. Mills at the Grand Avenue Congrega- tional 6hurch-Accident to Lewis s. Har- rison-New Engine in New Haven Street Railroad Company's Power House