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The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01
KAUFMAN BROS.

1TTnHE name of Kaufman Bros. is as .
 "household word" in Alaska, thl brothers having cone from Olympia ant established themselves m Juneau year and years ago. There their store is feature of the principal street aud IS th' lvadiug store iu its liue m tue city. TiI bio.nets have done much the same thii heie. Very early iu 1893, iu fact as sos as tue town showed any reliable signs
 permauency, ;. C. aud l. K.uluau Csa
 t-town aud secured prem'ses m
 Aas tlsa the only business blog
 .Iosdwsy,...-.-..s,ul,s.--..-...s,r.., .s,r .., goods. and particularly to all the dGiae fabrics with winch woman IS wont l. adorn herself, the Kaufman bro,hen soon built up large t.ade. Their prem ises were too small. They enlarged them They were siill too small, and they pur- chased piece of property on Fifth ave uue on which 10 build the largest J;ore of it's kind in Alaska. But there was some trouble about fraction Of the property purchased, or which they intended 10 purchase, and building operations have not yet been begun. Both brothers are members of the ChambeT cf Commerce, aud Mir. I. Kaufman |, also an energetic member oi Hook and Ladder Co. No [.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01
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 Life on the Trail.


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The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01

Window shades, all sizes, at Peoples.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
CHILDREN AS CLIMBERS.
They Are SereneIy Happy When
Travelling Up the Hills of
Switzerland.

Mr.. L. H. Cooper, in CasselPs Maya
zine, says in an illustrated article lon
the Matterhorn:" among my most
frequent climbing companions are
children of ages varying from six to
sixteen. They require attention on
mountain heights-a good deal Of at
tention. The usual nursery method Of
negotiating a mountain is to skip up
the first quarter, run up the second,
walk rather soberly up the next quar-
ter and proceed for the rest of the way
in tears. Their boots are hurting them
horribly, their stocking suspenders are
broken and the stockings are coming
down, they have got headaches, and
at every fresh step buttons are flying
off from all parts of their clothing.
The return journey is mostly a matter
of hiring guides with some of the
hand-drawn sledges used by hillside
peasants to carry men down. But
when those little folks have been
trained to walk they are the most
charming companions; and no climb is
so nice as one made in company with
some happy crowd of small alpinists
with miniature alpenstocks, ridiculous
ly small nailed boots, and a general ca
pacity for eating, climbing, and laugh
ing at, anything. The guide who com is
with you is also happy, feeling that at
any difficult place he has only to grasp
several small petticoats in one large
hand, and at the worst can carry the
Whole party on one arm without seri-
Gus difficulty. The average child is So
serenely and perfectly happy climbing
on the hills of Switzerland in a blaze of
sun and the most perfect air of Europe,
that it seems a pity children cannot
come more often to share the holidays
of their elders"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
HUMOROUS.

If You are out driving in a storm
ion't attempt to hold the rains.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Edith--"I know your intended is
wealthy, but heard last evening that
he was awfuliy close" Edna-"Yes, he
was."-Town Topics.
Upon being burned, money sends up
binding fumes, under the cover of
which many things otherwise impos-
sible may readily be done.-Detroit
Journal.
81 don't see why the men all think
Miss Greenstreet such a charming con-
versationalist." ''Why, she gives them
a chance to say something once in
awhile. "-Philadelphi Bulletin.
Discouraging to Sickness.-First Viii
lager-''There is much less sickness
since the new doctor came Second
Villager-'Yes, he is so much harder
to beat out of his bills than the old doc
tor was" Detroit Journal.
''The complainant" said the judge,
"says you attempted to knock his head
JILL L Jul AAOAO4s So4o N1AS NOANAASN
ant, che stood out in front of my
house singing: All Want Is a Little
Bit Off the Top as loud as he could
yell, and 1 thought ought to accom-
nodate him. "-Indianapolis Press.
The Court What is Mr.. Bilbil's rep
utation for truth and veracity?" The
Witness-''I should say it is very bad
-or it ought to be. 1t was only yes
terday that he told me he fully under
stood the Chinese situation, and has
understood it from the first. Boston
Transcript.
Mr.. A. (before the full length por-
trait of a girl)-"Oh, if only knew the
painter of this!" Artist stepping for
ward joyfuIly)-"Permit me, madam,
to introduce myself as the painter"
Mrs. A.-'What extraordinary good
luck! Now you will tell me--won't
you-the address of the dressmaker
who made this girls frock ?''-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
DEATHS ON LAND AND SEA.
Statistics Show That 1t Is Safer to
Go to War or to Sea Than to
Travel by Rail.

According to late official returns
ones chance of being drowned by fall
ing overheard or losing ones life
through shipwreck in the British
merchant marine is as 1 to 147. Taking
into account all the other accidents
which occur on board ship, the chances
are as 1 in 129. This is for the officers
and crews of the merchant navy. The
passenger has a much better chance
in fact, his risks are almost nothing. OF
the hundreds of thousands of passen-
gers carried by British ships in the last
year only 116 lost their lives through
shipwreck. 1t would almost seem that
it is safer to go to sea than to stay
ashore, provided one is a passenger.
Great Britain employed over 221,O 600
men in her merchant marine last year,
smaller number than she has en-
plOyed before for many years. OF
these 1903 were lost by wreck or
drowning, and 2O5 by other accidents,
making a total of 1,7OS sailors of Brit
ish ships, sail and steam, who persisted
at sea in the course of 1899. Sailing
vessels are not as safe to work as
steamers, for one sailor in 90 was
shipped in '',.ime juice wind jammer,"
which, being interpreted, is a British
sailing vessel, last year lost his life by
wreck or drowning, and enough were
killed aboard such ships in other ways
than wreck or drowning to bring the
average up to 1 in 81 sailors who never
again will see the dear white cliffs of
Dover" In steam vessels the number
lost from every cause was only 1 in
every 152 sailors employed
1t is interesting, says the Washing
ton Post, to compare this record of lives
lost at sea with the report of the Unit
ed States interstate commerce COM
missioners, showing the deaths among
railroad employees in this country as
the result of accidents. Last year 2,21O
railroad employees were killed and a.
923 injured, total of 37,133. This is
nearly 21a times as many men as were
killed and wounded in the British
army in South Africa up to July 1,
which is set down in round numbers as
$4,000. Taking the record of deaths on
American railways among the EN-.
ployes, those people who are technical
ly known to the roads as ''trespassers"
and the passengers, the number of
killed foots up to 1923, besides which
there were 44,620 people injured-a to-
tai of over $1,000. This is far in excess
of the number of people killed and
wounded in the wars in South Africa
and in the Philippines, including friend
and foe. 1t would seem that warfare
and seafaring were, after all, safe occu.
pations compared with travelling by
railroad. The figures also would seem
to prove that we are still far away
from the perfection of railway travel
In spite of all the ingenious Inventions
which have been made to makeit safer
to travel by rail, the loss of life due to
railway accidents is still appallingly
LARGE
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16

A rabbit-dog belonging to James
Ross, farmer, living about two miles
from Blackwood, Camden county, n
j., recently saved himself from being
burned to death by burrowing into
the earth. The barn in which he was
confined was set on fire by a small
boy with lantern, who tumble6
through skylight. When the dog
found himself hemmed in by a circle
of fire he began to dig in the soft
earth which formed the floor of the
barn, and soon had burrow four feet
deep, in which he took refuge. Debris
fell across the hole and protected him
When the fire had burned itself out
the dog was found uninjured.-Phila-
delphia North American.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
CHINESE IN THE FUTURE.
They May Eventually Enter Into
Competition In tho Markets
OF the World.

The possibilities of Chinese compe-
tition in the markets of the world are
discussed in a noteworthy article by
Alleyne Ireland in the North Amer
lean Review. He believes that China
will eventually enter into active COM
mercial rivalry with the western ma
tons. The point, which we have en-
phasized in previous discussions of
this aspect of the Chinese problem,
that the Chinese population is capa-
bic of a high degree of industrial de-
velopment, is forcefully put by Mr..
Ireland. "a Chinaman," he remarks,
''can outwork and underlive any other
worker in the world The industrial
capabilities of her population will
enable China, when equipped with
modern appliances of production and
distribution, not only to hold her own
markets against western competition,
but also to invade foreign markets.
Instead of remaining a passive pur-
chaser of American and European
merchandise China will become in the
future an active seller of her own
products in other lands.
The commercial rivalry of the Chi
aese, Mr.. Ireland points out, wig be
especially formidable in the tropical
and subtropical markets. There are
almost boundless opportunities for
the development of trade with trop-
zeal countries. The Chinese are in
position to compete for this expand
ing trade on peculiarly favorable con-
ditions. In fact, as Mr.. Ireland puts
it, "the commercial problem created
by the prospect of an economic
awakening of China may be said to
consist, in it's simplest form, of the
possible exclusion of the white race
from participation in the advantages
which would follow an increase in the
economic efficiency of the tropical and
of the subtropical peoples"
A fact of great Importance in this
connection is that the Chinaman can
settle and thrive in all the tropical
countries, while in most of them the
white man can never be more than &
temporary resident. Mr.. Ireland pre-
diets that throughout the tropics,
possibly excepting India, the China
man, even should he continue to emf
CRATE in no greater force than hither-
to, will gradually supersede all the
native races" The Chinese saturation
of the tropics, he believes, will be de-
layed for a considerable period on ac-
count of the aversion of the Chinese
TO emigration. But eventually the
tropics win probably be overrun and
dominated by the Chinese. This re-
suit would be FASTENED if the Chinese
government, as is by no means i'm
probable, should deliberately embark
on a policy of territorial expansion.
SIN any event." Mr.. Ireland con-
cludes, ''the industrial development
which may be expected to follow even
moderate degree of internal reform,
If accompanied by the adoption of
western industrial methods, will soon
set China at work seeking foreign
markets" China is not to be treated
as a negotiable quantity in the flu
ture development of international
trade. She seems destined to become
a very lively rival of the western ma
tions in the markets of the world.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Experience Versus Theory.

Marcus Aurelius says" the profess
sor began, that nothing happens to
anybody which he is not fitted By ma
ture to bear"
''Oh, that's rotl" replied the man
who had eloped, at the age of 81, with
a girl whom he had known three
weeks; ''just tell Marc for me that he
has another guess comm Chicago
TimeS-Herald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Qualified for the work.

$50 you think he would make good
weather man do yOu?"
Good! Why, say! he's the evenest-
tempered man that ever lived"
"But what has that got to do With
it?"
Got to do with it! Great Scott,
man! why, why, he can stand more
reasonable kicks and answer more
fool questions without forgetting to
smile than any other man in the whole
United States. Chicago Post.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
4. Brief Interruption.

"Stop!" she cried as he attempted
to kiss her. "You must!"
He, having had but little experience
in this sort of thing, was inclined to
take her at her word. She noticed it,
and FASTENED to repeat: stop! You
mussed-my hair" Then he resumed,
but more NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stand
ard and Times.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
HIS GREAT SCHEME.
He Would Furnish the HeadwOE1s
But He Couldn't Get the
Money.

''You don't seem to have any doubt
we're going to win this election, DO
your" asked the man in the some
what superannuated suit of black, who
had called at the headquarters of one
of the great political parties and
asked to see the manager, says the Chi
ce,go Tribune.
mo, sir" replied the manager. eve
expect to win, of course"
''Of course, we're going to win" the
caller rejoined enthusiastically, ''and
I've got a little plan for doing up the
other fellows and carrying the election
in my ward at the same time"
''Im busy this morning. Perhaps
some other day"
ut won't take me two minutes to ex-
plain my scheme. It's against the law
for anybody to vote at an election if
he has bet on the result, isn't it?"
80, yes, / suppose it is. Still"
Good. It's against the law. Now,
1 propose that some man-and I am
willing to be the man myseif-get as
many bets as possible out of the other
fellows. I can get whole raft of bets
by giving odds of 5 to 1, and when
you are certain you are going to win
what difference does it make what
odds you give? My idea is to make
about 100 bets of that kind with men in
my precinct. Then, on the cay of cleo
ton, when these chaps step up TO vote,
I'll be OF hand to challenge them.
lose my own vote, of course. but I
knock out 100 votes on the other side.
and that'll give US the ward by more
than 80 majority. I know how the
votes run in that part of the city.
When I"
But what have I got to 90 with any
such scheme as that?" asked the man
ager.
Simply this. I can do the headwork
of this thing. but 1 can't furnish the
money. 1t will take $500. That's a
small matter, when there's a campaign
fund of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to draw on. Besides that, it will
be easy to rake in a whole lot of good
sized bets on that ward and clean up a
gallon of money on the side. You ad-
vance me the $500 and +"
''But I am not going to advance you
the $500"
'DO you see any flaw in the scheme,
sir?"
cts simply rot"
''But look at"
81 haven't any more time to talk to
you. Good"
1T doesn't go?"
"Nary 60"
"All would ask for compensation
would be little commission on"
Walker, show this man out"
you needn't do it, Walker. I can
find my way out alone, Walker, thank
you. Once more, sir, DO 1 understand
that you absolutely refuse to join
with me in the plan for beating the en-
envy. securing the triumph of right,
and making a pot of money on the
side?"
'You internal idiot, of course I 90"
"Then, sir" responded the man in
the superannuated suit of black, stiff
ening himself, you will bitterly regret
it! am going to present this idea to
the managers of the other political
party, and when you find yourself bad
ly left in my ward you'll know who did
it! Step aside, Walker, if you please"
Buttoning his threadbare coat about
his attenuated form he strobe out,
leaving behind him a sort of alcoholic
odor that fingered for some moments
after the sound of his retreating foot
steps had died away into silence.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Determination.

Don't you admire determination in
a mans character?"
cit all depends on the result" an
swered Mrs. Sirius Barker. eff it.
brings success L praise it as splendid
perseverance. If it brings failure.
denounce it as COMPOUNDED obstinacy."
Washington Star.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Talk Comes High.

"What do you think of that lawyer
1 recommended to you?"
"I've lost faith in him."
Indeed"
Eyes; you see. when 1 first went to
him and told him what the fellow I
was about to sue said to me. he told
me talk was cheap"
eyes"
''Weil, when he sent in his bill 1
found that it was not."-Yonker's
Statesman.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Dual Lie fn Boston.

''Did you hear about Greekroot?
They claim he is leading a double
life!"
Sacred Goldfish! What proof have
they?"
'He was overheard talking in his
sleep"
''Yes, yes"
Sand he made two grammatical er
!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
The Scored of HIs succers.

''To what do you attribute your sue
cess in ife?" asked the inquisitive
person.
Work" answered Senator Sorghum,
positively; "hard work., ~.-
But you never seem to be devoting
much time to work"
NO. But 1 hired a tremendous
amount of it done. Washington Star
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
They All Came Back.

Halt dozen of us fellows" said
the struggling young author, "held
a competition in short-story writing.
My story won the prize"
Conceded to be the best, eh?"
"Wen we sent them all off to the
same magazine, and the editor kept
mine longer than any of the others"
Philadelphia Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Shanghai an Important Consulate.

The United States consulate in
Shanghai is one of the me st important
in the far east, if not il. the word
automatically, it ranks with that Of
London. Liverpool. Paris, ST. Peters
burg, Rio Janeiro, Calcutta and Hong
Kong. This consulate comprises
small world within itself presided over
by the consul general who is head ana
chief. whose word is law. whose Off
cial u.timatum, in many important
emergencies. is decisive. and to whom
obedience is yielded without question.
N. Y. Sun.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Al Their Mercy.

She-Did the Parisians understand
your French?
He-Every word, except when I'd
start to demonstrate aboHt an eT
orbitart charge.-Puck.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16

81 wish could live at grandma's all
the time" said little Mabel, after be-
ing corrected by her mother for dis
obedience.
"Why SOP" asked her mother.
"'Cause," replied Mabel, 81 don't
have to mind a word she ays."-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Calm and Storm.

Big blue sky above you
Lilies at your feet;
Iife, and one to love you.
And all the world is sweet.
Stormy skies above you
Where the Iightnings meet;
You have said: II love your!
All the world is sweet!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Served Him Right.

A modern maiden sat at home,
And wondered to herself.
Why some young fellow didn't come
- And take her "off the shelf"
And when there came a chap who was
Resolved to learn his fate,
She wouldn't look at him, because
His necktie wasn't straight.
Pick Me-JJD
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Just Before. the Proposal

Her tender eyes are fixed on mine
I shrink beneath that glance divine;
Though kind, it's keen, and seems to say:
What are you up to, anyway
Chicago Record.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
isWbv so?' asked her mother.
Milking Himself Solid.

She-But how can you think I'm
pretty, when my nose turns up so
dreadfully?
He-Well, all have to say is, it
shows mighty poor taste in backing
away from such lovely mOuth.-Tit-
Bits
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
me Point Of Vievv.

Viewed through an inverted glass,
Sometimes makes one see double;
Thus, four quarts Of beer is apt
To make a full peck Of trouble.
Chicago Daily News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
His PesEimIsn.

"Our boss won't let us offer any ex-
cuses when we make mistakes"
''Why not?"
'He says it hurts his feelings to see
us waste time in which we night be
making more mistaEes." - Chicago
Record
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16

Miss Johnson--Oh, yes; he fellin love
wifi me at sight. 1t was at do
masquerade bAfl, yo' know?
Miss Jackscn-Um! Now l under
stand How was 20 disguised P.
Judge.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Horrible Thought.

Handout Harry-Wot did yer wake
me up fer?
Iiepass Teddy-Yer wuz tall1in' in
yer sleep, an 1 wuz afraid yer mind
wuz workin'.-N. Y. Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Enir EXCHANGE.

Take back the heart you gave me. -
The Nngry maiden cried;
So the butcher gave her liver, ard
The maid was satisfied.
-ChicaKo Daily News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
DemOraIizInE.

Il always run from a braggart."
'Why?"
If I talk to one few minutes /
get to tel5ag lies myself" = Chicago
Record
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
Clerk-WiIl you register, Sir?

Clerk-Will you register, sir?
Mr.. Wayback-Will 1 dew what?
Clerk-kegister; sign your nanSe In
this hook.
Mr.. Wayback-Well, 1 ruthe2 guess
not, young Teller. I writ my name
onto paper fer lightnin' rod Ped-
der onst an that was enuff fer mt
Chicago Daily News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
streng.n Of the 0oIden Engle.

The golden eagle has great strength
1t liftL and carries off with ease a
weight ef SO pounds Chicago Chroa.
irle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
SAvORY BEEF PIE.
When Properly Made IT Is n Dish
That Might Tempt a Delicate
Appetite.


Beat about two pounds of steak with
rolling pin, then cut it into rather
thin slices of as nearly the same size
as possible; f1atten them, out with a
wet knife and spread each with a layer
of the force-meat given below. Then
roll the meat up and pack it tightly
in a stewpan; cover it with brown
stock (use a few drops of caramel if
necessary to make it good color and
let it cook in a moderately hot oven
for an hour and half, says the Wash
ington Star.
Remove the meat carefully and
place it in pie dish; measure the
stock and add gelatin to it, which has
been previously soaked, in the proper
ton of half an ounce to half pint.
If sweet gelatin is used rather less
than half the quantity would be re-
quired. Strain the stock over the
meat. and when it is cold cover it with
good light paste, which should be
brushed over with beaten egg and
baked in a well-heated oven.
The pie should be kept in a cold
place for some time after it is quite
cold, so that the stock NAV set in a
firm jelly. For the forcemeat mix six
ounces of fine white bread crumbs
with two tablespoonfuls of chopped
parsley, a dessertspoonful of finely
minced onion, very little grated lem
on peel and two ounces of lean ham
or boiled bacon. which has been
pounded or passed through sieve.
Season with pepper. salt and little
grated nutmeg and moisten the dry
ingredients with sufficient beaten egg
to form fairly soft paste.
To Remove Troublesome Stains.
Coffee and tea stains are removed by
pouring boiling water through the
stain. then dipping the spot in an
monia water and at once rinsing in
cold water. If possible put the fabric
in the sun to dry. Stains made by a too
hot iron may be made all right by the
use of onion juice. Mix with an ounce
of Fuller's earth the juice obtained bv
squeezing a baked onion. Add TO this
little shredded Babbitt's soap and
a wineglassful Of vinegar. Heat the
mixture until the soap is dissolved,
and when it is quite cold rub it liberal.
ly over the scorched place and leave it
70 dry.-Americap Queen