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The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-20
PERSONAL MENTION
Skakway People and othors Who
 Are On tho Wing

A & snowden. Che White Horse um- bsr merchant was south bound pas- s,uger o1 the Humboldt
 e E Wyun-Johusou and wife left on thr Humboldt tor short visit Go Juneau. Yves MltIock who has been in thc city for thc past few days returned Go Ju- u,au ou Che Humboldt
 Mrs J. I. Lancaster. wife of Che paw- son merchant who so mysteriously dis' appeared last year iu Seattle and ot whom nothing has since been heard came out from Dawson last Saturday and went south on Che Humboldt
 -O-
 President Graves. of the w. P & N.. and General Manager Hawkins and wife Wrrc passengers for Seattle on the lIa- tug
 Captain Abbott Che well-known river pilot went south on thc Hating.
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 Collector of Customs J W. lvey was a ptse,usrr for sitk1 on the Cottage City and expects to return on the same steamer
 Mss E Delaney. daughter of Judge Delaney of Juneau. returned home on th- Cottage City.
 McuoullI Potts. Che wel-known trans rorauou man who lately returned from ths interior went south on Che Hating. Judge R Wnn and wife. of Juneau. r,turu,J home on Che Cottage City Sisters Joseph. Francis and Charlotte. tbr,s nuns bound for Che pawsouhospi- taI came up on Che Hating and wiil go over ou todlys train
 E G Lrdjy who took the rush or der" through Go Che U. $. barracks at Eagle City early this summer. is in town ou hls way to the Interior.
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 N K Wilson. the druggist. who recently rsturu.J from Hawaii was a passenger for Seattle on the Humboldt
 IT H Dunn. agent of Che c D. N. To- turned from Juneau yesterday. Chief Clerk Mckay ot Che traffic de- partment of the w. F. S F.. returned from Juneau yesterday.
 -O-
 Captain Hovey is convalcscing from his recent Illness at his home at Rutland. Vermont IIis leave of absence has been extended for two months. dating from August 0. Mrs M e. Fisher win return Go her home at Seattle for Che winter during September
 J M winslow and family and Miss Ferris Wm take passage on the Dolphin tonight Go return Co their former homes iu Tacoma.
 Ex-Mayor Wood came out from Ram part on Inst nights train and went Go Seattle. While Inside Mir Wood for mluv turned over au Of the $. Y. IT.. Company's affairs Co the new transpor- tation company formed late last spring Mrs S. M West. wife of Cashier West. of Che w. p. & r.. accompanied by her sister. win leave on the Dolphin tonight returning Co her old home In Chicago
 -O-
 Captain Jenks has leased the WlnsloW home wherc he win move this week.
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 Miss Bertha McFatc. who has been visiting her sister at Glacier. returned c, Seattle on the Humboldt
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 Elias Bmd. secretary of the Engineer Mining Company. leaves this morning fol Che works of the company and for Atlin Mir Ruud win return in the course of two weeks He goes Co confer with Maurice Clere. consulting engineer. with regard
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-20
A.A. Anderson Very III

Mir A. A. Anderson is very low from the effects Of appendicitis tnd must nu- dergo an operation. Arrtngvmcnts have been made for hts removal Co Bishol Rowe hospital
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-20

Clothing hats. shoes and mems fur nlshings. au going at knock down prices this week at Cheney's Boston store
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-20

Buying a summer suit without sec ing our stock is recklessness Ciayson & Go.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-20

You can get a good fitting, stylish suit this week for ti5oO at Cheney's Boston st2re.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08
A LUNATIC CREW.
BY NJ. A

Copyright. 1901. by C. B. Lewis.)
We we're due east of the island of Luz
zon. one of HI Philippine group, and
heading down the China sea with a cargo
for London when we caught the tail end
of a typhoon. We were lying to and MAX
ing fairly good weather of 1t when a Span
ish ship, also lying to, hove into view.
She was lighter and drove faster to lee
ward. She was about a mile to windward
of us when first sighted, and no great at
tention was given her until 1t was seen
that she was drifting squarsly down upon
us. As she came nearer we saw that her
crew were dancing about on her decks
like a lot of half drunken men and paying
no attention whatever to the storm. Her
~foretopmast was overheard. and much OF
her canvas had been blown away, and
she was being held in the winds eye by a
t~arpaulin set In the rigging. A sheer OF
the wheel would have sent the Spanish
ship clear of us by half a cables length,
but the fellows drifted down without pay
ing Us the slightest attention, and she
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

Spencer, with the ten other actors
fighting duels. falling off the docks and
escaping from burning hotels most of
the time, | think I've got a plot to
make e~verybody's hair curl. What do
you think of it,"
II don't know" stammered Mrs.
Bowser as she returned to lie.
why don't you know"
4 think it's beyond me. Anyhow,
I've got a headache. and I guess I'll go
up stairs and lie down for awhile
DO you find anything to criticise?
SHARPLY asked Mr.. Bowser as he gave
her a searching look.
mo, but if you don't mind III go
up"
every we'll. I see that you coule7't
be of any use to me anyhow. Mighty
funny how your headache came on all
at once
Mrs. Bowser went up stairs and fell
on the bed and shed tears. She hadn't
shed over a dozen before she began to
laugh. and she had her hands over ner
mouth when Mr.. Bowser mutterc1 to
himself:
Its a good thing she went. I'll have
a bit of rehearsal all by myself. Tie
curtain goes Up, and John Hart is dis
covered standing before a bakers win
dow IN a Bagdad alley. His whole at
tention seems TO be fixed on the pies
and d~oughnuts in the window, but he
Is keenly listening TO the conversation
of three toughs seated In an adjoining
doorway. They are talking OF kidnap-
ping and holding some one for ransom.
John does not catch the name, but he
suspects that it is a woman, and all the
chivalry In his breast is at once
aroused. Without giving himself away
he draws a long breath and clinches his
fist"
At this point Mr.. Bowser looked
around for the cot. She sat on a chair,
and he thought he saw a grin on her
face. He looked around for a club, out
finally concluded that he was mistaken
about the grin and went on.
1--WE new shift the scenery and re-
veal Lady Spencer. She is dressed in
pure white and seems to float instead
of walk. All at once she stops and
stares around her and realizes that she
is lost. She is looking for some one to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

"The quartet pass on, but they have
not proceeded two blocks when Ricardo
filings down his smoked nam, seizes
Lady Spencer by the arm and Kisses
into her ear the startling words:
q have you at last, fair one, and
you cannot escape me-
Are you not in the meat market
business?' asks the astonished woman
as she searches his very soul with her
large blue eyes.
Nav | am Ricardo de Bagdad
Kid. and youse will be held prisoner
till Lord Spencer hands over 10000
plunks!'
Help. Help
at was the voice of Lady Spenc"-
Mr.. Bowser stopped there. He heard
| a dull thud behind him, and he looked
around and saw the cat lying on the
floor and jerking her legs and gasping
for breath. A slight noise from the
hail caught his attention, and he STROBE
down to find Mrs. Bowser sitting on
the stairs with her handkerchief in her
mouth and her face as red as q beet.
"What-what in thunder does this
mean" he exclaimed as he surveyed
her.
She fell over against the wall and
shook from head to heel. but could not
, answer He went back to the cat, but
she had revived and was hiding under
the lounge. For a moment he stood
and looked around him in a wondering
way. Then the feeling that he had
been betrayed, deceived, knocked down,
walked over and trodden into the earth
came rushing over him, and he turned
loose. He kicked over chairs, upset
the lounge on its back, sent hassocks
flying and uttered wharhoops, and
Mrs. Bowser got up stairs and the cat
went down into the basement. By and
by an awful silence succeeded, and
Mrs. Bowser heaved a sigh of relief.
She knew that Mr.. Bowser had gone
out of the dramatic business.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08
DER GERMAN COBBLER.
He Scorns the Advice of Friends and
Makes n Hit.

Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis)
Dot little tailor comes aroundt und
says how | was, und der butcher und
plumber come after him und want me
to put in some Kindergarten or barber
shop, but | don't say nottings. When
dey yhas gone AWAY, l whistle by my
self, den | sing a little, den l take cop
my hammer und lapstone uni go
whaek. whack, whaek. und by und by
| get dot plan in my head. Dot coal
mans boy makes me a sign to hang
oop, und next morning eafery one who
goes by can see her read, Your For
tune Told While You Wait For Your
Shoes" 1t don't be six minutes before
an ouldt womans in nit two
shoes to patch, und she laughs und
says:
so you tell fortunes, cobbler? It
vhas all nonsense of course, but you
might go aheadt shust fur some fun
of it."
take up a pack Of cards und shuttle
EN- oafer und look at dot jack of hearts
und say:
Lady, o vhas a widow womans."
Eyes, dot vhas so. My husband died
ten years ago"
"Und you don't marry again because
you loaf him? Dot vhas all right, but
in n year more you vhas on your
bridal tour-I a see 1T by dot ten Of
spades"
La, but how you talk" she says.
You shall marry a rich mans. He
Will call you his darling, und you shall
hat diamonds und carriages"
please don't. You make me blush"
dot mans vhas young, handsome,
rich und loaflng, und you shall live to
be one hoonered years oldt und hat
some happiness eafery day in der
week"
On your honor, cobbIer?"
ION my sacred honor. . see it all by
dot ace of diamonds. Don't forget me
when you vhas married."
dot oldt womans bushes und gig
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

| leaned back and closed her eyes, and
he read:
Lady Spencer, who is visiting her
aunt in Bagdad. goes out shopping and
gets lost in an alley. Three rufIians
are about to capture her and hold her
for ransom when John Hart appears
and rescues her. They fall in love as
he hits the third villain behind the ear,
and neither admits that they are al
ready married. You see the compiled
tons that must follow. With Lord
Spencer Jealous of his pretty wife, with
the three ruffians thirsting for revenge,
with John Hart having a wife and five
children, but madly in love with Lady
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

and bars. Some goes in fur fun, and
some don't
That night about 'leven o'clock"
continued Zeb, that bar cum spookin
round. | was awake and heard him
snifin, but I-kept quiet till he climbed
up the logs of the pen and dropped
down inside. He knowed w~oodchuclt
from hawg, Of co'se, but woodchuck
was good huff fur him jest then. II
he saw them barbed wires, he took EN-
fur strings. Leastwise he leaped right
down, and the next mint was maxim
fus huff fur three dogfghts. They
heard him howlin way over to Jim Tan
ner's pace. Lawd, sab, but 1t made my
h'ar stand UP to hear him take on, but
| got on my clothes and went out TO
rub it into him a little. Lookin down
into the pen, / called him a hawg thief
and lots Of ether names, and every
time he roared | laughed in his face.
| jest poked fun at that critter till /
was tlItu, DuL HHtu L went Dath 4GtO
the cabin the old woman was lookin
powerful solemn.
whats the matter with yo,'? said
/.
"'Oh, nuthin'. she said.
but what yo' lookin so solemn
fur?'
Cause thar's trubble' ahead. That
bar is gwine to git even with yo' If it
takes ten years. Don't yo' reckon he's
goin to take it as a good joke to be
tangled up and pricked in a thousand
places
How the varmint got free and got
out of the pen l dunno, but he was
gone in the mawnin. Thar was blood
and fur all over the pen, and thar was
fur scattered all round the yard, and |
reckon he'd had a bad time of it. l
chuckled to myself, but didn't say no
mo to the old woman, and six weeks
went by. II that bar cum round ag'in,
he was so sly about it that / didn't see
him. I'd clean forgotten him when |
cum home one day and the old woman
said to me:
"'Zeb, camp meetin begins tomorrer
at Coon Creek, and We'll tote ourselves
over thar
TOO much shoutin,' says I.
ago never mind the shoutin, but git
ready. When the last day Gums, yoll
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

dropped the cat, rose up and. pulling a
manuscript from his pocket, continued:
THE title is the first thing to be con-
wave had got in its work on his brain,
and as she was dumb Of speech he
sidered, and | think | have struck
something catchy. 1t is The Midnight
Meeting There are L people in the
cast, but Lady William Spencer and
John Hart are the principal characters.
II | go on the road. | shall play the
part of John Hart. He is a determined
villain who stops at nothing, and when
/ roar out Lady William Spencer, fly
with me to some far-off island or l
will strike you dead with this crow
BARI l shall bring down the house.
The scene is laid in Bagdad. | laid 1t
there so as to trim the stage with Bag
dad curtains. l will now give you the
plot"
Mrs. Bowser clutched her chair and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

did not miss US by ten feet. As she rusb-
ed past we could look right into the evss
of her crew. They were about twentv ID,
number, n they yelled and screamed a,
us Ike so many lunatics. Brief as "
the time. We all noticed one pecular-y
about them. Their faces were as ye,tae
as saffron. while their eyes appeared nm.
usually large and brilliant. The shin Ma,
the Isobel of Cadi=.
Beyond cursing the Spanish crew for
gang of idiots we had little to say. Tia
idea was that fear of the storm had mad.
them take to drink, as is often the case
and that they were going to Davy Joness
with a jag on. Six hour later the storm
broke. and we headed our course. but
within six hours we were pitching aboY,
on the troubled sea without wind enough
to ruffle a feather. 1 turned In at
O'Clock that night and turned out aFsHn
at midnight for the morning watch. Al
ter midnight the sea began to 20 down
very fast, and at 2 o'clock there was only
what you might call a tumble on. 1t was
then that we family caught the sound Of
voices singing and ~whooping to the south
of us. 1t was a thick night, and nothing
could be made out, but at 4 O'Clock wa
got a light breeze and had not been watt
ed along above a mot when we had the
Spanish ship again under our eyes. All
her topmasts were gone now, while a
portion of her bulwarks were smashed in
and she looked a bad wreck. The storm
sail was still in the rigging. and the crew
were dancing and fighting n screaming.
We headed for the wreck at once. and
when up had emma within hafI{pv 5fot..o-
we asked If help was wanted. The reply
was a chorus of screams and shrieks,
while many of the men shook their fists
at US in defiance 1t looked like a case
of mutiny followed by a general carouse.
and our captain was at a lost to know
what steps to take. Before he made up
his mind about it the Spaniards lowered a
boat and pulled for us. Every one of the
crew piled into the boat and we saw them
grab up Delaying pins. capstan bars and
whatever else could be used as weapons.
The boat came dashing 1T us with every
man yelling and %whooping, and they tried
boarding at once. We had no better wea-
pons with which to beat them off, and
we were three less in number, but when
we looked into their fierce eyes and saw
murder there we struck to kill.
They fought like tigers and they seemed
insensible to blows, but we beat them off
at last. -Four of their number went to
the bottom of the sea with broken skulls,
and OF those pulled away all were more or
less hurt. We knew now that they were
lunatics instead of drunken men, and wa
stood by until noon In the hope that they
would calm down. They appeared to after
awhile. but as soon as we lower. Il a hoat
they woke up again and ragged like wild
beasts. We could understand nothing of
their shouts except that they were oaths,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

"They Tried Boarding mt Once"
and in the face of their determined oppo'
sition we could not board their craft. II
was 2 o'clock in the afternoon before we
squared away and left them, and then a
fierce fight was gbing on, and at least one
man had been flung overheard to drown.
You may well guess that we aboard OF
the Bristol were astonished and mystifed
at the singular incident, but the explana-
ton when it came was very simple, in a
sense. The Spanish ship had a Filipino
for cook. He had had trouble with both
officers and men and was determined on
revenge. Before sailing from LuZon he
had provided himself with a quantity OF
seed from the plant known as aripe. 1t IS
a wild kelp, and a decoction makes a mad
man of the drinker. How he managed to
serve it out to the whole crew at once viii
never be known, but that was what ne
did and perhaps drank a share himself
The ship was manned by a lunatic crew
when she drove down on us before the
gale. and they were lunatics when We
finally left them drifting and fighting
Ten lays later the ship, which had be-
come little better than a wreck allow anu
aloft, was picked up by a steamer ana
towed into port. Not a man. living or
dead, was found aboard. They had fought
each other to the last, n then the soie
survivor had sought death beneath the
waves. The cook had probably mixed the
poisonous decoction with their coffee or
wine soon after the storm struck them
though not before she was in shape u
ride 1t out. How long 1t was after N9
left them no one could say. but very
likely not more than a day had passe"
when the last of the lunatics yielded up
his life and the ship went drifting anu
drifting, with the sun drying up the nun
dred blood stains on her Uttered deck
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08
FEB WHITE.
He Tells How He JOked with q
Rear.


Bear.
Copyright, 1901, by c.. p. Lewis.)
zone night about five years ago"
said the old possum hunter as he set
tied down to tell a story, "a bar come
along at night and took my pig out of
the pen, I was lyin sick at the time
and couldn't git out to shoot him, but |
reckoned he'd hang around till | got a
show to git even.s 1t was a month
befo' | was out, and then spring had
come, and fur was no good. All I
could do was to play a joke on that
warmth and make him feel bad. I
got some barbed wire and strung it
across the pen, and when all was
ready l killed a w%oodchuck and dragged
him around the pen and throwed his
carcass in. The old woman seen what
was goin on and said:
"FZeb, are yo' gwine to tangle that
Dir up in that barbed wire?"
That's what it's fur, said /.
What yo' got ag'in him?'
"'He carried off our hawg.'
That was bekase yo' was too lazy
to roof the pen in. l wouldn't do any
foolin' with that bar. He cum loafn
round yere the other day when yo' was
away, and he looked mighty serious
and solemn. He amt no critter to
joke with
but he'll hev to stand 1t Jest the
same. II be gifts among them wires,
he'll feel tickled to death
WAL, said she, 'yo' go ahead, but
I'm tellin yo' that II yo' joke with that
bar he'll cum out ahead. Thar's bars
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

Are this Zeb White of Tennessee?
"'She are / said.
The Zeb White who joked with a
bar about six weeks ago?
Yes
And wouldn't believe his wife
when she said the bar would git even?'
That's me-
WAL, Mr.. Zeb White she said as
she printed to the destruction inside
and made me a hereby, 'yo' are alto
gether too funny fur me, and I'll walk
over ITO mothers and stop till yo' git
ready to buy 5000 wuth of new things
n git over crackin barbed wire
jokes"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08
MR.. g5W5ER.
He Invents n Play and Gives n Re-
henrSaI.


Copyright. 1901, by g. p. Lewis.)
That Mr.. Bowser had something on
his mind as he ate his dinner the other
evening was more than apparent to
Mrs. Bowser; but, not being able to
guess whether he had b9urht a gJ't
or was thinking of whitewashing the
back fence, she held her peace. 1t
was when they had finished the meal
and after he had taken the family cat
tn lis knees and gazed at her for five
minutes in a dreamy way that he
finally said:
Mrs. Bowser, I have had a business
proposition and should like TO know
what you think of it."
well If you think l can be of any
help" she replied.
81 have been offered 5 5000 to write
a three act play" he continued.
Good gracious"
Eyes, the manager stands ready to
plank down the cash the minute | hand
over the play"
"you-you don't mean that you are
going to attempt a play?"
81 have about made up my mind.
though | thought I'd ask your opinion.
If l began playwriting. I'll have to
give up all other business, o know.
Indeed, / may even go on the road and
play the leads in my own productions
But you never attended a theatre
ten times in your life gasped Mrs.
Bowser.
Not over six"
Then how can you write a play?'
"What has going to the theatre got
to do with writing a play? We all
know in a general way that a play is
a story illustrated on the stage. The
very fact that | am not a theatre goer
will aid me to hit original ideas and
situations. Some n may have to
trim it up a little, but | think | can
hit the main part all right. | dashed
off some of it this afternoon and
should like to read it and hear your
opinion"
Mrs. Bowser grew pale as she looked
at him and wondered if the last hot
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

"Lndy, You vhas a Widow Womans."
giles und bites her finger like some
schoolgirl, und she pays me Thirdly
cents for dose patches und goes AWAY
happy. l vhas winking at myself when
dot same womans who don't like me to
gif AWAY root beer comes in. Dot
odder time she calls me a drunken
loafer und says l ough to be in snail.
but dis time she shmiles on me und
slips off her shoes und says:
"Cobbler. you may fix oop dot heel
for dwendy cents"
Yes, ma'am."
81 see you hat a sign aboudt some
fortunes told. 1t was wherry foolish,
but shust to pass AWAY some times
you may tell mine. OF course l don't
pellet anything you say"
"Womans, you hat more brains ash
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08

~ jest GOkeu un Ut mt STltttE
TIL 1 WINS Tired"
be wishin yo' had heard mo- shoutin.
1t won't do yo' II good to hang back,
fur I'm sot about it.
, 81 didn't keer to co." said Zeb, "but
| didn't want no fuss and so the next
mawnin we toted. along. We reckoned
to stay TO days, but On the second day
the old woman said to me:
"'Zeb, yo' member THAT bar yo'
joked WITH
81 reckon
"'Ever seen him sence?'
"Noap.'
"'Wall, I've had a vision. I was
putin the beans over to cook while l
listened to the preachin when that bar
seemed to rise right up beto' me, and
he was GRIMM
What about?'
81 can't say, but he was feelin pow
erful good natured over sunthin.
Don't yo' reckon we'd better go homer
What fur?'
ITO see If that varmint hain't bin
up to surrthin. He may have got the
cabin doah OPEN
Il laughed at her fur a spell, but she
got SO anxious that we finally sot out
fur home. We was still half a mile
away when a cloud of feathers came
fyin through the air, and We both
groaned. When we got a little nearer,
we saw the front door open, and later
on we looked in upon SIGH a scene as
no cyclone ever left behind. That
blamed bar had bin in the cabin fur
a day or two, and he had jist clawed
and scratched and bit and destroyed
till the fireplace was about the only
thing left. He'd ripped up the bed,
torn up our clothes and smashed all
the dishes. He'd upset the bureau,
pulled over the cupboard and wrecked
the table. Drat his hide, but he'd made
a clean wreck of it, even to pullin the
door off its hinges. We stood that fur
awhile and didn't say nuthin. Then
the old woman quietly turned to me
and asked:.