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Douglas Island news., 1899-11-01
THE FAMILY SHOW. Given At The Juneau Opera House Every Wednesday Evening. Good
 pnre Entertainment.

Manager Al Bean has been advertis- ing Wednesday evening family show at the Juneau opera house, and News man took in the last entertain ment This show is all right and should be we'll patronized. The pro- gram consists of a little of everything and it is all full of fun.
 That fellow that plays the negro character is a whole show all by him. self while his side partner is no less amusing and entertaining. Those dancing dolls are great, and that part of the show is alone worth the price of the entertainment We have a long winter ahead of us and Manager Bean is going to keep up this show and it will, no doubt, be well attended. It is good, it is pure. You will hear noth- ing vulgar or distasteful. Go and see it. There is late boat every show night.
 Archie Reynolds, the bright, gentle manly boy of thirteen, who does the
 "hello" act at the Juneau central telephone office, was on the Island the first of the week, and made the News a pleasant call. Archie is great boy, and for his age, is more business to the square inch, than any boy we have seen in Alaska. He Ras but one rival in all Alaska. so far as we know.
Douglas Island news., 1899-11-01
The Douglas Island News.
THE LOCAL FIELD.

Items of Interest Dished Up in Brief for the Ben-
 eft of Our Readers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

The land on which the bank OF Eng
land stands has been regarded as the
mos, valuable piece of ground on the
planet. but a real estate transaction
In New York probably represents the
highes, price ever actually paid. The
c. p. Huntington and Waldors-Astor
properties on Fifth avenue adjoin each
other. To piece out" his own lot. Mr..
Huntington bought OF his neixhbor a
strip ten by one hundred and twenty
fiye feet. paying therefor $4,000. or
four hundred and three dollars per
square foot. being at the rate OF over
thirteen million nve hundred thousand
dollars per acre. A smaller plat. OF
three hundred and nifty square feet. a;
the corner OF Broad and Wall streets.
has also been sold for three hundred
and twenty three dollars per foot, or AT
the rate OF nearly eleven million dol
lars per acre.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

A letter Just received by the bureau
Of statistics OF the treasury depart
mept states that American merchants
and manufacturers apparently are no,
making the effort to extend their trade
in South America that those OF other
countries are making. Imports into
Argentine Republic from Germany In
creased from s.ot5.ooo pesos In 1856
to 1885. 900 In 1896. those from Italy
increased from %.6t7.o 900 pesos In 1856
10 II. .ss5. 900 In 1896. from the united
Kingdom from 33.t3s.ooo In 1856 TO a.
$50 900 In 1896. while those from the
United States. which In lssG were L.
s73. 900. were In 1896 ii.?io.o0o. out OF
. total Importation In 1896 OF ii2.iGt..
700 pesos In value. An examination OF
our own cspor, ngurcs by countries
shows that our exports TO Argentina,
which In 1889 were 3?.e93.ssc. were In
1898 lG.&?g.0,o.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

The demand for rapid transit along
the canals OF Venice bids fair to run
the picturesque gondolier out OF busi-
ness. The present tariffs are fairly
low. but the service is slow. and to
make speed one must pay double fare
for an additional boatman. The ques-
tion OF running electric launches is be-
ing strongly agitated. the swift. clean.
noiseless service seen at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago being cited in evideace
Of what can be done. and It Is likeiy
that q syndicate will be formed 20 de-
velop the Idea
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

An oiicer OF the United States life
saving service declares that Its en-
cheney Is chiefly due to the fact that
ataess and merit have always governed
che selection OF Its agents. On the
other hand. II Ia clear that place seek
ers shrink from entering n department
where achievement and heroism are
the rule. Even the thought OF pay day
IL not alluring enough to bring assent
To the erdurancs OF hardship and peril.
Thus the merit system has an easier
opportunity to exercise Its beneficial
influence among the lifc-savers than
In some safer spheres OF the public
service. II is none the less creditable
10 the government; that spollsmen are
not allowed to use the lie saving bu-
reau for political purposes.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

Gold and silver are poured abundant.
iy into the lap OF tn. nation. but our
material wealth and strength Is rather
In iron. the mos; useful Of all the met
ais. within the last few years tn. In
ventivr genius OF our people has ap-
piled such processes to mining. smeli.
to furnish the world with bar Iron.
steel and hardware In inanitr variety.
st lower prices than were ever known
before. And Just now American loco
motive builders aro receiving orders
sroa various countries. even Including
Great Britain.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

There is a great difference between
q combination for the purpose OF de-
veloping an industry or lesseninE the
cost OF production OF some article OF
merchandise and combination for
the purpose OF floating stock amount
ing to two or three times the waltz OF
the plants and products involved, and
many of the recently organized trusts
seem to come perilously near the stock
speculation schemes represented by
the latter method OF procedure.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

Japan hss pronp'iy s~st.'1'Ixn "
G~rrnany's annual sWssstAI " ts<<AvyP
marks si. I'm Sss,, i.~At " wv kytlt
G~rinan LiSyd Htv~N>skst (~tYk4Al
for iss eastern Asia ltss~i W sWt4AIl'slllAss
the Sippnn n,~swssh,t tx.3txN W. Wy
tune ~ 1571. .isW tsN .SNM
year sas as NM w NtV3x XNN
Europsss iiws v,M kAsy kAtlSv Aty(Cl
10 srfvs~s. NE lasesst NJ otEA kAN ySl
asse n nssAs wv tA INV .NNN1
:.. x.... =. !. s.y,ya sSHkApl NV
wss bssik " tataA
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

Certain Mexican pap-rs commeat
utterly on the reported sale Of the
fanous iroa nouataln st Durango 10
g. ?. Huasiagtoa. One says: "Msxico
b losias hss beIongiuss ons BY ons.
anl n bsisg reduced 10 the cosditios
e . asA1icant ia the presence Of The
Yankee."
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
ssxty Miiss an Hour.

A steam motor car, for use on the
railroads, recently made q trial trip,
going at the rate Of sixty miles All
hour. This will probably be AZ Much
Of . record beater a. Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. 1t cures indigestion, cOu-
stipation. nervousness, liver ana kid
ney trouble.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
.c..,.s Back 70 K....s. .''

.Coalsg Back 70 Kaasas.~
A good many people who left Kansas
during the hard times are coming back
now. and this Ii the song with which they
are greeted:
They're comm back to Kansas;
They're crossin on the bridge.
You can see the mover wagons
On the top of every ridge.
On the Highways and the turnpikes
You can hear their wagons hum,
For they're comm back to Kansas. and
They're comm on the run
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

Ne Year Ysss Ache ssA D1s.S
Shake into your shoes. Aliens Foot
Ease, . powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Swollen. Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. 16c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen 8. olmsted. LsRoy. N. 7.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

New York is not much interested in
Shakespeare. but this is not at all
strange. Shakespeare was never In
terested In anything OF the New York
variety.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

The Cleveland Plain Dealer asks II
II doesn't look as II the magazines had
really frayed out the Spanish war sub
ject. 1t certainly is time they were
afraid OF Il.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

A man may shut his eyes to a pain
ful truth. but he seldom shuts his ears
II the aforesaid truth happens to be
about his nelghbor
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

A man who claims to have great
amount of sand should reflect that that
strata Is popularity known to be shift
ing quantity.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

An exchange says the wise man
goes away from home TO do his lectur-
ing. True. and he often goes home
and gets his lecturing.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

The formation of some mems brains
preclude the possibility OF much in
formation.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

osassoe 1assa's psrs food iavsssisa.
~ ~ nA1e tAe hosSibse discovery
- nDlesa-yses-eal WHISKY 60 ~
,0o1D = 0eoeea 0isutaA Thle \ esea
Vpeno ~ ~ saDe1 1esa1eoeo - 49,
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
A r,oss.sA rAs.s.

"What Ii encouragement. pa?"
"Encouragement7 Well, you can't
understand. Dickey. 1t Is something
people don't got, ~ rule, until after
they quit needing It"
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

No CAase~ for Csatscis0.
"Owls are said to be most devoted N
lovers"
yes, they never see each other in
daylight"
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

Possibly Dewey might be induced to
come back in a balloon and make his
drst stop at Chicago.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

A skinnint nnds 1t hard to hide his
character.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
For Housekespsrs,

For Housekespsrs.
ses that your linen is washed clean Use
'Faultless Starch" clean irons, follow d.
rectionx given on package and perfect 70
suits will follow. All grocers sell "Faultlsss
Starch" large package, l0c.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
Halle Catarrh Cure
Il taken internally. Price, TIC.

"Clementinc. why do you wear an army
buckle? You have no soldier brothers or
cousins" "Humph! You know as well as
] do that would have married. that major
II he had asked me-"
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

Alarm clocks are among the most
startling signs OF the times.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

grass before breakfast. rs that sovS
"Yes she tried II once. and I was 70
sleepy ran the lawnmower all over her
flower beds"
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

We Fay SIS . Week and Expenses
to men with riRa To Introduce Poultry Compound
Address with stamp, Ja,-lle MIG Co. Parsoas, Kan
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

Uncle Alcck. why do you make such a
fuss over the queen of MayT' Because,
Bobby. she has got sense enough to knock
on hGise-cleaning and 20 to q picnic
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
"M Union
There Is Strenqth. !"

Tue strength consists N tie union. tie
harmonious osrkns together. Of ece.y
ran Of tie human organism. This strength
can nepe, Be obtained If tie Aood Is m
pune. Hood's Sa,sApan1A Is tie standard
prescription f~ purifying tie blood.
Hod1 Sa.IabadM
Never |s|| " z|
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
nIc1s;;.!A!llIl!o i! "! :, osAIH o!il n. lcf.

WA>rrp- &C., % ssi s-A,a ps.a bfr.N>s
vsil aot b-e~st >~sJ sssi. hip~a- Gps.si.s
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-09
Two Valid Excuses.

Last week, late in the afternoon, a
case was called by Judge Sutherland IN
the County Court Il would like to ask.
your Honor, that this case go over I'M
til tomorrow, said one of the attor-
neys.
''On what ground, said the Judge.
Too tiredI"
Yes, your Honor, l have been arguing
a case all day in Part II, and l am really
too fatigued to go on with this trial.
Very well, let the case go oyer. Call
the next case.
The next case was called and another
attorney arose:
May it please your Honor, l would
like to ask that this case go over"
For what reasonr'
Il am too tired.
You, too? What makes you tired q
Il have been listening all day to my
learned friend in Part II"-Roch ester
Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-09

Two hearts can make love affair but IT
takes three, at least, to make home, and
one Of them must be that of baby The
Young married couples that start out III life
with the idea that children are nuisances,
and that they do not want and Will not
have them, are the kind that you read
about every day in the newspapers-in the
divorce column home without children
is not a home God and Nature never in
tended that there should be place called
home that did not resound with the patter
of childish footsteps
There are tens of thousands of homes
that are chiIdless because of the ill-health
of the wife and would-be mother. There
are tens OF thousands of other homes child
less because the little ones have died al
most as soon as they were born. In both
cases DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription IS
a sovereign remedy. II acts directly on
the delicate and Important organs that
make wifehood and motherhood possible
1t makes them well, strong, vigorous, virile,
and elastic. 1t does away with the dangers
of maternity. 1t bauishes the usual dis,
comforts of the expectant period and
makes baby's advent easy and almost pain
less. II insures the little new coner's 3
health and an ample supply of nourish-
rueut. The prospective mother prepares
vorite Prescription " and gives her child
fair start in life by giving If streng and
well developed body. Thousands of homes
that were childless, to day echo with
babies laughter, and bless this great medi-
cine. Thousands of women who were
weak, nervous, despondent invalids, are
today happy, healthy wives and mothers
because of this medicine. Medicine deal
ers sell il.
Constipation kills slowly-but it kills.
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure 1t.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-09
THE CITIZEN.
CARLOS IN THE BULL RING.
A Perilous Adventure OF the hihs
of Portugal in His
Youth.

BEFORE he became benedict, Dom
Carlos was passionately fond of the ex-
element of the bull ring, which he
would enter incognito, not as sPecta-
tor, but TO take an active part IN the
dangerous game. Now, in the Portu-
euese method of bullfghting neither
bulls nor horses are killed, and TO pre-
vent the possibility of bull goring
horse which he may happen to corner,
his horns are covered with padded
guards. One element of danger which
Is present In the Spanish method is
thus removed from the Portuguese
rings; though even without this partlc-
ular peril there are plenty OF short
cuts to the other world left open TO the
daring. Now, Dom Carlos is nothing
~ not brave, so when one of the court
beauties rallied him on taking the poor
animal at a disadvantage, and thought
lessly dared him TO face a bull with
sharp, unguarded horns, the king gal
lantly replied that he would do so at
the next bull fight, and invited the
scoffer to witness his or the bulls tri-
uniph from the royal box. Now, the
regulations of the ring strictly enjoln
that no bull is to be fought in Portugal
with points unbated;" but, in face OF a
roval wish. regulations have way OF
becoming elastic Orders were given,
therefore, that a bull was to be ad-
mitted to the arena in full, untram-
melled possession of all his natural
weapons, offensive and defensive Dom
Carlos took his stand before the swing
ing doors and waited with the frilled
darts ready in his hand for the bull to
charge. There was a below and
scurry, and then tornado of culver
ing brown limbs and glancing horns
made for the place where the present
king Of Portugal was standing. But
bull rarely charges home at the first
attempt, and this one did as others do.
1t stopped, snorted angrily and threw
UP the sand with its front hoofs.
The king waved his arms, made
feint to lure it on, and then, as II
charged again, sprang TO one side 10
avoid it; but in the very act OF his
spring slipped on wet place left by
the watering hose-and fell! The
whole audience rose with a simultane-
GUS cry of horror, for though Dom Car
los, of course, fought incognito, every
one knew who the too bold banderlllero
was. Another fighter waved his red
capa in the bulls face; the animals at
tention was diverted for second, and
the king rose. The bull saw the move
ment, and taking no further notice OF
the enticingly waved cape made once
more for his first adversary. 1t was
run, king, run bull TO the barriers, and
fortunately for his country, the king
won-by inches. As his majesty S heels
cleared the timbers of the barricade the
bulls horns knocked splinters out OF
the woodwork a few inches below.
eyes" concluded Dom Carlos, with a
smile, II fancy L did those 25 yards or
so in very good time" And then, with
@ downward glance of self-criticism, he
added, II don't think / should stand
much of a chance if / had to do the
same thing now. Do oyou?" Hooked at
the Norfolk jacket clad figure Of his
majesty, and felt that even to crafty
a king / could not honestly say "yes."
-Cassell'a Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-09

There are a good many people who
never stop to think how it is that the
little jinglet in sleighbells gets in its
place, remarked the thoughtful man to
a reporter of the Rochester Post-Ex-
press. we hear the merry chimes of
the bells, but never give the matter
another thought. The process is really
very interesting one The making of
sleigh bells is quite an art. The little
iron ball is too big to be put in through
the holes in the bells, and yet it is in
side How did it get theret The littl e
iron ball is called the jinglet. When
you shake the sleighbeIl it jingles. In
making the bell the jinglet is put insi de
a little ball of mud, just the shape of
the inside of the bell Then a mould is
made, just the shape of the outside Of
the bell This mud ball with the jing
let inside is placed in the mould of the
outside, and the metal is poured in,
which fills up the space between the
ball and the mould. When the mould
Is ldhtI Ol Ou SCt d Eltl-h Dtlls bNl II
VIII not ring, as it is full cf dirt The
hot metal that the bell is made of dries
the dirt so that it can be shaken out.
After the dirt is all shaken out of the
holes in the bell, the little iron jinglet
will still be in the bell and will ring.
1t took a good many years to think
out how to make sleighbell
Maxim-Only the good die young
you know.
Brattle-Oh, no. Only the young die
good.
A Hottentot widow marrying again
has to cut off the joint of finger,
which she gives to her new husband,
Each time she becomes a widow and
marries agoin she has to sacrifice one
finger joint.
People in various sections of the
country have been swindled by adyer-
tisements which promised to send ten
yards of silk for one dollar When the
dollar was sent and the silk came it was
found to be silk thread
1t will not be long until everything in
the United States is controlled by a
Trust" except the gospel As far as
known, ministers have not yet contem-
plated the formation of a syndicate, but
there's no telling how soon this will
happen.
And so you are member of that
deadlocked Legislature?
"Yes, sir.
Some men are born rich, some
achieve riches, and some have riches
thrust upon them"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-09
FACTS ABOUT SAMOA.
Germany Wants to Rule the Littie
Group, Though Her Trade
There Is Very Small.

The Germans want the ruling hand in
Samoa. They cannot claim this on the
strength of their superiority in trade
with the islands, for in this respec;
they fall far below the United States,
Great Britain and Australasia. IN 1897
the islands imported S53,4l5 worth OF
goods from the United States, Sl3, 1922
from Great Britain and only $500
from Germany. The Germans, how
ever, prepare and export great deal
of copra, and they own most the land
that foreigners hold in the islands. OF
the 135, 900 acres, about one-sixth of the
area of the group owned by foreigners,
at least s5, 900 acres, including the best
land in the islands, is owned by the
Germans. This landed estate was Sc
cured by the original German trading
firm, and its successors have never
parted with an acre of it.
The great drawback of Samoa is that
it is so far from markets. It's best
products are tropical fruits, which are
abundantly produced, but distance
from markets prevents expectation
California is Is days by steam, and
freight rates are prohibitive. Besides.
California is itself fruit country. New
Zealand 10 fye days distant, but its
whole population is not much more
than that of Baltimore. Sydney is
eight days away by steam, but Aus
tralia and New Zealand have islands
nearer them, notably FIJI, which grow
all the tropical fruits they want. So
no fruit is shipped from Apia, the only
port Of the islands.
In 1888 the Ceylon coffee disease first
appeared on the plantations Of Samoa
and in short time put an end to coffee
production in that group. No attempt
has since been made to raise coffee.
Practically the whole business Of Sa-
moa is based to-day upon the cocoanut,
and the export Of copra, the dried meat
of the cocoanut represents nearly all
the exports of the islands. In 1897,
nearly II, 900, 900 pounds of copra, the
native product, were exported In addi-
tion to the large quantity raised on the
German plantations. But even in her
copra Samoa is not particularly fortu-
nate. Some Is years ago there was an
enormous demand for copra, with the
result that the'cocoanut tree was plant
ed on the coasts of every sea where it
would grow. \ few years later the
markets were glutted with copra,
prices fell about one-half, and the days
Of the prosperity Of that trade have not
since returned. What with her political
troubles and the causes that have con
spired to keep her commerce small, Sa-
moa has not had very prosperous his
tory. The time is coming, however,
when she viii see better days. The re-
sources Of the group, which, all told, is
about as large as Rhode Island, have
yet scarcely been touched In fact.
nobody lives more than three or four
miles from the sea and the inner parts
Of the islands have not been utilized
y. Y. Sun.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-09
WIT AND WISDOM.

A tramp likes TO happen round to a
square meal.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
Honesty, like other policies, often
runs out the day before the fire.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Sweet Young Thing-'T wonder
If you ever felt the pangs Of love-"
The Savage Bachelor-"I had deep
and abiding love for green apples when
I was q small boy.
Digby-'It is said that Lord Derby
swore but once during hts entire ca
reer." Grigby-"Pshaw! That is moth
ing TO his credit There were no tele-
phones in his day!"-Illustrated Bits.
Wardrobe Accessory.-"Did you hear
why the Smiths quarreled?" Il un-
derstand Smith insisted that the cost
of their sitting in church should come
out of Mrs. Smiths allowance for
clothes.''-Puck.
She (fishing for a compliment)-
'VYho do you think is the belle OF the
evening?" He-"Aw, weally, do you
know, 1 was just saying to Jones that
there wasn't a decent looking girl
here. w OrlQ comic
John has five oranges, James gave
him eleven, and he gives Peter seven
low many has he left? Before TINS
problem the class recoiled. please,
sir" said young lad, 1--WE always does
our sums in apples. "-Iit-Bits.
please, sir, there's gentleman
downstairs from the hofffce wants TO
know 'ow yer hinfluenzey is HAS my
shirt come back yet?' Just arrived,
sir" Then tell him I'm better, and
am returning to the office to-day. :
Judy.
How 1t Was Brought About.-"Are
YOU sure" asked Brutus, that this ora
ton of yours will get the publicity 1t
deserves?'' 'Oh, yes, replied Antony;
I've given Shakespeare printed copy
of nv remarks s"-Philadelphla North
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-09

Train arriving mt $50 pm leaves b. 4 o. depot,
Pittsbnrg At $40 pm and p. a W., Allegheny at 81"
o. -
ON SATURDAYS train, known as the theatre tram,
viii le.e Rniler At As D. m arriving at Allegheny
at IN. returning leave Allegheny st llSo p m.
Pullman slesping On hieago Express between
Pitisburg and Chicago. ii,
For through tickets all points in the west, north
et or southwest and information regarding routes
tune of trains, etc apply TO
W. r. TURNER, Ticket Agent,
ID n nFvyNOTTYS sup't Butler, Pa
- - - Tcxbnrr. Pa CIV BAssETT,
& r A allegheny, Pa