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Douglas Island news., 1899-01-11
THE GOOD TAkU TRAIL.
The Best and Easiest Route to
 The Atlin District.
ATLIN VERSUS DAWSON CITY

Reliable reports from the Sound cities indicate that there will be grand stampede in the spring to the gold fields of the Northwest and that it will be d very close second, if not the equal, of the rush of two years ago.
 We are pleased to state that this rush will not be to Dawson City this year, where at least one man is buried every day and which, no doubt, is one of the most unhealthy places to be found; but the new cry will be "Ou to Atlin, where the gold fields, if not quite the equal of the Klondike, are nearly so and where men can live with some degree of comfort.
 The best and easiest way of getting into this new district is a question that concerns the prospective gold hunter most at this time and to him we sug. gest the propriety of a thorough inves- tigation of the new Taku Trail which has been proven to be the very best and easiest route. The live and energetic business men of Juneau have gone to considerable expense in securing the services of a corps of engineers who have gone over the new trail and report ed it's condition and this report, which is most favorable, is supported by the experiences of numerous parties who have gone in and came out by the Taku route.
 The last party to come out over this trail consisted of Mir. Saunders, E. R. Robertson, of Snohomish county, Wash, and J. P. Wright, of Whatcom county, and they were thirty-eight hours on the tramp, which was leisure ly, and could have been decreased, if necessary or desirable.
 Mir. Saunders on his arrival at Ju- neau was seen by reporter of the Mining Record and we quote the fol- lowing:
 Mir. Saunders went in via Lake Ben nett last summer and started back that way about six weeks ago, but failed to get through so determined to try the Taku trail and he is the most ardent ad. vocate of the trail that ever came out. He says it is as easy to go to Atlin by the Taku trail as it IS to go from What com to FairhaVen-Or that the difficulty is no greater, only the distance, which, he says, is certainly not over 1OO miles from Juneau. MT. Saunders and his en- tire party left on the City of Seattle for a months visit below. They will return about the first of March via Juneau. When they will purchase their outfits and return to Atlin via, as they say, the "only" route-the Taku trail.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-11

vet in sucn manner that no one could take any offence" he continued and another business man standing by said "thut is so; the writc-uP K all right.
 The matter vas mentioned Co us SO often that wo consulted the files of the Juneau papers to ascertain the differ ence in the amount of space the three papers gave tO the social and we find that one contained nine lines, an other seventy-scycu while the News writc-up took 2f0 exclusive of heads.
 II want to see you, come in" d prom incut business man said to u- while crossing Front street We went into his establishment and what dq you suppose he wanted? Why, advertising in the great local paper of Douglas Is- land.
 " An! youarc the editor of thr Ncws.' said a lady to the News representative. She is engaged in business but is not a subscriber. "I read your papcr every wcck-itS the best paper wc nave. she remarked
 Our patrons will pardonus for refer ing tu tbcsc matters when wc say that the success of the News k matter of very great qualification to us.
 The business man knows that a pa per that is read is the best advertising medium and therefore takes his space in the News. The man of leisure reads it because he likes it, women praise and children cry for it. and thus the world goes merrily on and the News man is happy.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-11
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHURCH;

Mass with Sermon Io'W A .n' Sunday School ";W T.. -h' Rosary. Lecture and BenedictiOn 7;OO P. M.
 Priest, Rev. Father P. c. Bougis, 5. J. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. Loyal <. Wirt, pastor. Until the new church build ing is completed, evening services will be held every Sunday in Ohman'S Hall at I:49 ?. m. Sunday School meets in Odd Fellows Hall at Ham. Society of Christian EndeaV- or in the same place, Thursday evenings u 7:3O. Ladies League every alternate Thurs day afternoon.
 FRIENDS CHURCH Regular services at the Mission School house.
 Sabbath School lO u. m Native Services II n. m. EyapiD, Services 7:45 Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening at 7:45 Teachers meeting every Friday evening ut 8 o'clock at private houses.
 Any and all arc cordially invited and wei comed at all of these services.
 REV. c. N. REPLoGLE, Pastor. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-At Ohman's Hall, Wednesday evenings at 7:45 o'clock. Scandinavian services at the Mis- sion Hall Monday evenings at 7;+5 o'clock. cordial invitation extended to all. Rev. C. J. Larsen, Pastor.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-11
Warm Ut Up.

We feel il our duty tO call the atten- tion of the manager of Ohman's Hall to the fact that the health of those at tending gatherings at that place is en- dangered on account of the room being so cold. We have heard complaints of people getting colds that they did not get rid of for week on account of lack of warmth in the hall. By removing the stove from where it stands little farther toward the other end of the room and thereby dispensing with some of the pipe, the hall could no doubt be comfortably heated. As it now is, parents of young girls should not permit them to attend dances or other gatherings thore. We are not repeating what has been told us. Wo were there and know what We arc talk ing about.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-11
0F IHE NEVIS.
It Leads All the Papers in the Twin Cities in Newsgathering
 and Write-ups.
Q; " 2oo --- THE DIFFERENCE.

This issue Of the Douglas Island News is number eight and our readers will observe from its advertising col. umns that it is very healthy kid 1t entered a field where if was general Iy supposed the patronage would not be sufficient to support a newspaper and many tales of woe" were poured into our ears as warning that the publishers would emerge from win ter's campaign of hard work as hungry. weak and as slim as the Thin man from Dayton
 Our first great care was to publish q purely local paper and let the eastern news go to the bow wowS,and in stead Of filling up our columns with clippings we have rustled something of local character and every page has been composed of matter written especially for the News readers. This new de parture has built up a good patronage. q fair circulation which is daily increas- ing. and made a demand for n new paper that has never been cqualcd in Alaska.
 At the home of the News We have met with most hearty encouragement and support. It would require con siderable search to find business man whose interests are not represented in it's columns, while our job depart ment has been liberally patronized and we have heard of no work in that line that has been sent away. Of course, among the many readers of our paper, there are some who occasionally ob- feet to local references, but they are the exception and not the rule.
 'I get awful mad at you nearly every week" said a Douglas City woman to the editor a few days ago, and up went her nose to an angle of about ninety degrees, or the fourth part of a circle.
 Really madam, what is it that dis turbs your usual composure?" asked the writer.
 You are so personal"
 The News man inquired if she read all the papers and was told that she had purchased and read every issue. We then asked the good woman if she would have continued to buy and read the paper if the personal matter were omitted and she frankly admitted that she probably would not care for or read the paper if the personal matters were eliminated.
 The News man was across the chan nel last Thursday. At Juneau the re- ception of the News is most hearty. We stepped into one of the large busi- ness houses for few minutes.
 liam more than pleased with your write.up of the Elk's social" was said to us. Ut is the first write up we ever had of the little incidents that occurred of all the meetings we have held"
 "Your Elk write.up is all right" said another. "You describeJ the fun and
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-11

Rev. and Mrs. Wirt called Monday evening and paid their respects to the News,
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
HUDSON BAY coMPANv's GUNS

TamperinE with the money medium
Of exchange Is the favorite method b,
which labor has been robbed In ever,
age and In all nations up to and In
ciuding this century. Probably the
greatest victims Of swindles have beer
the Indians and the black inhabitsnt,
Of Africa. Here is the way that the
Hudson Bay Company used to do II
according to the San Francisco Chron'
!cle:
In the early days In the northwest
when the company laid the foundations
Of great fortunes by trade with the
savages, and gun paid for rs many
beaver skins as would reach to the
muxzlc OF Il. the skins packed nat ane
the gun held upright. It WAS ALLEGED
that the barrel Of the weapon grew ant
grew with each successive year. until
the Indian. after he had bought It with
the pcltry. had to borrow flc ane
cut on foot OF useless metal
II seems too bad that after Nlink th'
barrel on the gun the poor lnd!ar
didn't load II with sluxs and blow th'
head of the company's representative
But an Indian that hasn't sense enough
to see that he produces more and NOR
every year for the same value received
Ii about on par with one ciass o.
white men Of the present day.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
HARD UP ron PRESIDENTS.
- the Vmi.ssr rhssght. asd Hs kssu
the Boy.

- the vmi.ssr ThssEhs. aad Hs kssw
the Boy.
When he was 50 he returned 70 bis
native town. Just to see how the old
place looked He found II un-
changed. The old store. where. ~ =
lad, he had cierkcd Il. and sold cali
soa and groceries To the old farmers.
vas Just the same. lie contrnsted the
sleepy old place with himself and felt
Q glow Of satisfaction when he thought
how much those thirty years had done
for him. They ought to be proud OF
me-" he said to himself. Presently
hs met oss Of the old Inhabitants.
"waii. I dsciars.is Il RELY you. Haakf'
sald The old nan incredulously. we've
Assrl you've bsss prosparias fust rate
ssass yeu west west. They've 0ads
vou q railroad president. Of suthia' Of
the sort. aia't thsyi hesrd %. but I
rouidnt bslisvs Il. It's rssly tPus, u
u, Wall. all I've 0ot 70 ssy 10. they
must be purity hard W fos railroad
presidents out there" He took H.
usxt train for the wsst.-New Yesk
Commercial Advertiser.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
what They do with rhsn.

a southern man who recently re-
turned home after n visit to Boston
said to ncighbor: You know these
here little round white bcansy" Tn.
other admitted that he did. We feed
EN- to hosscs down our way" Yes"
We'll. sir.up to Boston they take them
beans. boil EN- for three or four hours,
slap n little sowbclly an some mo.
ins~cs and other truck In with EN-
and what do you suppose they do with
'emT Gosh. | do no" We'll, sir, "
said tho hrSt speaker. scn,cnuousiy
I'm id II they don't ca, ."-Ex
change.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
NOVEL WAY.
Ts Head Oh Hungry Rats Dseidsa o.
By London Hutcherr

By London Autchers.
London butchers have contriyed a
new way of freeing themselves from
the depredations of rats. After some
experience 1t was found that the rats
could not be caught. nor killed in their
holes. and as they were making great
inroads upon the meat, something had
to he done. Whoever devised that
something Is not known, but he was
genius. He decided that the bes,
way of keeping the rats from eating
what they should not eat was to fur
nish them with something else tha,
was Just as good. and place 1t near
their hole. Accordingly a dainty meal
consisting Of bread. sweet biscuit, po-
tatoes and sugar was laid on the foo,
next to the holes. and day after day
the bill Of fare was changed. There
was to be no monotony which would
give the rats an excuse for going back
to the old fare. At first the rats
chief Of which is a white haired patri.
arch, were disturbed by these un.
wonted manifestations OF friendship
and severely left the food alone: bul
In less than month there were hope.
full signs that the rat heart was soft
ening. The food was gradually
whipped out of sight by the messen,
gers OF the guests and carried down
below to be eaten, and one day, to the
delight Of the caterers, the elderly raj
cautiously popped his hoary head ou,
OF the opening and looked furtively
round the shop. Presently he wa.
Joined by others, one of which, proba
bly, the warrior OF the party. had los,
an ear. Having SO far established con.
hdence, those In the shop proceeded a
step further by holding the food in the
fingers close to the opening. Days and
days elapsed before this new move
met with success. but at last the wary
old rat came down and snatched Q
piece Of bread from the hand Of one
OF the men and scuttled off. Within
a week from that day an absolute un.
derstanding was established. Afte,
that they fed regularly from the hand
Nowadays, at three thumps upon the
floor at noon. a whole battalion OF rat.
appear on the floor and group them.
selves about the hole to take thei,
regular meal.-New York Press.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
PLASTER CASTS FOR sPRAlNs
Hot Water Is Used First to Reduce tn.
1nna mnAtlou.

Plaster casts are now entirely re.
lied upon In sprains as far as the limb.
are concerned" explained well.
known surgeon to q Washington Sta,
reporter. "as well as In the treatmen,
Of fractures. And beyond the cast
there Is no further treatment neces.
sary. The cast should. however. no,
be put on until the Inflammation IL
consequence Of the injury has disap.
peared. To reduce the Inflammation
continuous application OF hot water is
found to be the most eficacious rem.
edy. Whom once the Inflammation has
gone down an antiseptic bandage
should be put on the injured part and
on this the plaster bandages and
splints. This incases the hand, arm.
foot or leg In = plaster boot, which
keeps Its place and keeps the injured
part intact. The old-time idea that
sprains should be treated with embro.
cations and liniments. which hung on
for so long. has about disappeared In
the modern method OF treatment. and
experience has shown that cast Is .
much safer way OF treating u sprain
than by rubbing It with liniments. II
10. besides. . much more rapid way Of
restoring the functions OF the injured
part. The cast should be kept on a.
long rs possible-at least a week un-
der all circumstances. and In cases OF
sprained foot. ankle or leg for ten
days or longer. In cases OF injury
caused by sprain of the ankle or foot
the plaster cast should under no cir.
cumstances be removed In less than .
week. for the greatest care is required
In their treatment. otherwise the In.
jury becomes permanent"
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

Detroit Just now. s.enography and
typcwritinG have been ovcrdoue, and
a. to other positions. the manager Of
= large department store said: I'VE
have on an average nfty applications
for positions per day. and fully 10 per
cent Of those are from women. No.
there are very few opportunities open
now. and. besides. the new smpioye. At
least with us. must begin at the very
bottom and work up. for We advance
our old clerks from cash boys and
girls. and there ia very little chance
for newcomers. II 10 Of little use for
people 10 come In from outside. for
We always give the preisrsnes to those
living In Detroit. and there II not
enough employment even for ali Of
them"
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

This IL the oldest wooden church In
the world. erected At Borgund. Norway.
more thau 100 years ago. when Chris
tianity was drst introduced In that
neiGhborhood. II ls still - sound a
ever. but IL used BY the congregation
only during the warm months Of the
year. As the ancient ediacs u not
supplied with heating apparatus or
glass protected windows. the people re-
fuse to patronixe II In winter.
Seen from the outside. the church
seems TO be all roofs. Over the low col
onnaies. partly open. partly closed.
tha, surround the church on all sides.
rise two rows OF roofs covering the
side naves. Above them are the roofs
Of tho center naves. crowned BY tower
Ing r.fterS and timber work. The
roofs are covered with moss-Erown
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

shingles and dragon heads and other
emblems Of Norsemen lore protruds on
all sides.
The interior construction shows even
more plainly than the outside that the
builders Of this edince were advanced
architects. for they discarded the prim-
Tive blockhouse principle for that OF
posts set upright and Joined by wood
work. The church proper ix divided
Into high church" and = choir. which
ID smaller than the hrst. and iermin-
ates In An oval altar niche. Both high
church" and choir have = center and
two side nsves. separated by rows o!
pillars. The middle naves arr elevat-
ed after the manner Of the Roman pa.
silica. There are three entrances un.
der nne arches. masterpieces OF wood
carved with axes.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
Never Thought of Woun,is.

That fellow laid for him." said the
man who had been reading the sport.
Ing news. and gave him \ solar plcaus
blow In the fourth" why can't you
bs more explicit!" asked tho profrs.
sionai puGiiist. iausuidiy. How am
TO know whether you mean the fourth
paragraph. the fourth chapter or the
fourth DECENTRALIZATION star.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
The railroad expert believes that the

The railroad expert believes that the
number Of revenue tons hauled per
mile IL the best Indication Of = rail-
roads ability to handle trafac at the
lowest cost OF transportation. As Is
well known. the receivers Of the Bal
timore 4 Ohio Railroad have been
spending millions on Improvements
and have not completed the work. the
lines west Of the Ohio river being In
need Of general rehabilitation, which
they are to get this year. But tho
revenue haul per mile In lS97-98 was
Increased to 3l4 tons and . special re-
port for the six months ending De-
cember 81. 1893, shows an average OF
3Sl.s tons. quite an appreciabls nd
vance. II 10 confidently expected that
still further improvement will be
shown before long
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
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us and get the
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The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
Al Ne assiA er~m,.e.

Nov. Tom" she pleaded. prettiiy.
promise me one thing. Promise me
that when you leave the club tonlsh,
you won't 20 anywhere else. but win
come straight home" ''l'il come A.
straight ~ ! can. my dear" Tom an
swered thoushtfuily. -Somerviiis Jour.
nal
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
IN TOW OF A FIN" KITE.
william Paul Butas VIII Cross the Al.
lAntic Ii m Open llnni.


William Paul Butusov. acralst and
kite-fiycr, purposes to sail in an open
boat from Concy Island across the At
lantic ocean to some point upon the
European coast In tow Of his latest In
ventlon-the ''hn" kite. He is firmly
convinced Of the feasibility Of the
scheme.
Butusov. better known by his middle
name, Paul, IL u Russian, and first
came before the public several years
ago In his experiments with his flying
machine ut Dune Park, Ind. In connec-
ton with Chanute and Herring.
Butusov said yesterday regarding his
proposed Atlantic trip:
II shall sail some time In July. My
boat will De fourteen feet long and Will
he made OF galvanized iron. There will
be two lateral fins and one bottom lin.
similar TO those on the kite. The kite
will be ten feet high. and will bc con-
structed Of the best silk. shall have
q windlnss nt the PROV of the bOat Ia
wind In the kite In case Of a calm. In
stead OF twine for the tow line I shall
use piano wire. The boat will he pro-
vlsioned for IA six weeks cruise, and In
case OF accident TO the kite shall have
recourse TO sail II the wind holds
good hope To make the trip In about
fifteen days."-Chicago Record.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
The Al,sS,tttlC Truth.

The best edited and most r.adAbi- week.
~ review paper published In the w".t IN
Internationally Georges Weekly" Dem
Yer, colo. uormctly The toad. II /.
SIN published by Herbert George and IL
rcd.hot. Send tLoS and sct II EVERY week
Direct Legislation.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
vsv t,s~srtsslssss.

The glare Of the city Aas eatiosA 70
many gisls away froa eo0sostabjs
hsoss u smaller places Only y 1sass
thso lisaDpointsd asl gfssf-psostsae.
- little 1etse o.. that 100 nueA 80
esaseeiy ~ ssil asslnst II TAsfe =
w 1,ee1e shaAss fee sap)oy0eot u
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
A., y., r.,,s A,,... v..,.E...,

Ass Yes rsisg Aiisas rses.EassS
II 10 the only cure for 0vollsa.
0marting. Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot Ease. . powder to b. shaken into
he shoes. Al all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 3Sc. Sample sent FREE. Al.
dress, Allen 8. Olmxtcd. LsRoy, N. Z.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
Ssssssssss the vssA.

IN order 10 capture ash . South
American tribs whips the water with
The wood Of . tree which contaias Q
substance having . narcotic influence
on the ash. which are thsn readily
caught.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
alsAonne1 eeA 10. as...,a,..

"rAs Priacs Of waiss tells Ne As
viii nsvsr asaia visit the Unitsd
otatss." slghs1 NJ. Tody. "ls that sof''
eussis1 ths inpssiaiist. well. I don't
- hsv ~ y eelps = kssp out q Il,
U ~ = - spesallas."-Lils.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
N, c.s,~.., ..,S N. s,.s,..

Mrs. Joilyboy-"Where on EARN have
you besa?" NJ. III cannot tell .
IL: I've bssa at n onsA." Mrs. j.
''That's whsrs ws Ai9sr. caa tell .
lis-whsa ! hear on. ."--steay storiss.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
An E.ai,~rt l.uess

Cousin Electra has sent me q twelve.
page letter and u dollar and thirty
nine cents
"Hm! That must mean she wants
you To do about four days shopping
for her"
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

'onc can say truthfuiiy about Miss BE
linda stubbu novel that no readsr can
lay II down unfinished rs that 10Y
"Ycs. ninc-tcnthn of the readers would
throw II In the firc or out of tho window. -
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03
To r....sr, Dc..... .,s ..,...

To get h~~t results, mix some "FsultIc..
Starch" In little cold water; when dis.
solved pour On boiling water until II bc.
come. clear. All xrocrrs sell "Fauitie.s
Starch" Large package. i0L.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-03

where's your bottle Of cough madeleine
Josiah" "what do YOU want With ,iY.i
well. you won't take ~. and - Il coat Is
cents it shan't b~ wasted. l'm golnr 10
polish the piano with IL