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The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-29

For Rent and For Sale cards at this onlCc.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-29

Browners. Ath and Broadway. for hard ware.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-29

Fine clothing a fair price is a sure pre- vcntatlvc Of duh day In our store. Clayson & Co.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-29

A fancy vest for a plain prlce at Clay. sons
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-29
STEAMERS DUE IN PORT.

Gcntlemcn's shirts and parkas made to order. Cor. ith and Main. S-ls-im | Elias Rund. city engineer office, bank building. over postonlce.
 Buying a summer suit without seeing our stock is rccklcssness. Clayson & Co. Baths In porcelain tubs at the Royal. foot Fifth avenue Ladies apartments. steam heat.
 - Hotel Leland. SIS 2nd Ave. Seattle. Wash. Central location. Rates reason able.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-29

Reduction sale of dry goods. millinery. furnishing goods and shoes. Flfe-Alaska Co.,. State and Fifth.
The Western news., 1901-05-15
The Climate of Sierra Leone.

The climate Of Sierra Leone suits the
white mans four-footed companions if
possible even less than it does the white
man, for whom night in the open air
means death within few days. Though
there Is a well laid out race course,
with, until recently, grand stand and
all complete, no pony will live there for
more than a few weeks or months at
the outside. 1t Is charming climate;
your very dog will die there. A former
governor imported pair of mules from
Tangier by way of experiment and
they too died within the year; no one
knows why. and it is all the more
strange because ponies do fairly well
at Lagos, only few hundred miles far
ther down the coast. Field officers and
others, who elsewhere are mounted, on
the West Coast draw hammock allow
ance instead of forage, and Grand
Rounds may be seen reclining grace
fully in hammock, borne on the heads
Of four perspiring negroes, on his way
to visit the garrison guards; the spurs,
therefore. which the regulations oblige
them to wear, are purely ornamental.
The Western news., 1901-05-15
Honesty ut a DiscOunt.

Il think l am an honest man." sale
the man with scar on his chin, "a.
! honest as the average, but when thu
| owner Of Boston news stand changed
$40 bill for me and gave me $5 tot
much the sudden temptation overcamt
me. | crowded the money into my ves1
pocket and hurried away"
"And when at safe distance yor
counted it over?" queried the man will
the shaksroarean forehead.
Exactly"
"And instead of finding $5 too muct
you found yourself dollar short!"
1.-TWO dollars short, SIR"
"And you-you cussed:"
81 did"
"And hunted for something to bite
on?"
'Yes, SIR
"And declared it the most damnable
outrage of the twentieth century on an
innocent, honest man?"
you've hit it. And now, sir"
"Oh, no explanations are needed" in
terrupted the other, with a long-drawll
sigh. 1--WE been right there myself
and as honest men you and have nc
chance against the world and can only
hope to receive our reward when we
die. e.'-Boston Globe.
The Western news., 1901-05-15
True HosDitalitv.

True hospitality always has in ii
something Of the element of personal
consideration, and that is why its spirit
is SO seldom found where entertaining
is a wholesale business enterprise and
invitations are engraved or written by
secretary. To hear certain persons
talk of entertaining. and to see the
trouble and expense they take to get uu
elaborate dinners and to have every
thing sJust so' for guest, you would
imagine that the only reason the guest
was invited was to I'LL his stomach. He
must be given something out of the or
dinary or he Is not properly entertain.
ed. But this is as far as possible from
what the sensible guest wants, Ar
Robert Burdette once said, II do NOT
go to my friends house for the meal
he il to give me. can get very good
dinner at hotel for fifty cents or half
a dollar. 60 to my friends to zee
him and to have an hour In his com.
pany; 60 for q certain quality Of wei.
come that comes from hds personality.
not from his food."-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

Basis for another historical novel of
an exciting nature is supplied in the
news that the King Of England has
asked the daughter Of the late Presi-
dent Faure of France to omit from the
projected memoirs of her father letters
written to him by the late Queen of
England. The contents of the letters
have evidently been made known to
the reigning monarch, who must have
serious reasons, personal or public, for
securing their suppression. To accom-
modate him the work will be with
drawn from the press. The Queen was
known to be peculiar at times and the
King has evidently discovered that dur
ing one of those times her majesty was
indiscreet with her pen. Or can it be
that the letters refer to his own fire.
quent incognito visits to the French
capital and police protection? Specu-
lation is bound to be rife until the let
ters are out-or counterfeited.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

King Edward has declared that no
more deputations in frock coats will be
received at court. And in this his
majesty shows that sound sense of the
fitness Of things which is said to be
his leading characteristic. The absur-
dity Of maintaining ten-million-dollar
court to be made free Of by persons in
$40 suits will at once strike all thought
full minds. If you can drop in on a
king just as you leave the office, with
your trousers wrinkled and your neck
tie under your ear, what in the world
1s the use OF having king? Any COM
petent stage manager will say at once
that ED" is right.
The Western news., 1901-05-15
An Enemy of the Trusts.

"The devil!'' exclaimed the president
of the rubber trust, crumpling up a let.
ter and viciously thrusting it into the
waste basket.
whats up nowY asked the secre.
tary. bad news?"
mo; cheerful news" answered the
president disgustedly. 1--WE been cor
responding with some idiot in Texas in
regard to the purchase of his rubber
plant, and in my last letter asked him
where 1t was situated"
"Yes." assented the secretary, "and
where was 1t situated?"
"Why, his letter says 1t is located in
the right-hand corner Of his parlor."
And the Office boy had q hard time az
1t the remainder Of the day.-Indianap-
oils Sun.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

The other day a fine-looking man ap-
peared in New York home and began
paying court to the daughter. She had
met him at reception. and he pleased
her. He was kind to the old folks, cour-
teous, a model lover, and in. few
weeks a marriage took place. Not a
question was asked. All believed what
he told them. After the marriage it was
discovered that he was bigamist half
a dozen times repeated and as thorough
a scoundrel as ever graced prison.
Result: A family disgraced and girls
heart broken, all for the lack of little
precaution. 1t would almost seem that
people like to be fooled. Overconfi-
dence has blasted many lives. When a
young man begins to pay serious atten-
tions to your daughter it is your duty
to learn something about him. 1t is not
enough that he dresses well and talks
well, and appears to be Industrious.
The young man, even if he is compar-
ative stranger in city, who is in a Do
sition to make love to a young woman,
3 able to show some certificate of char
acter. Ask him for it. Show at least
as much prudence in matter of matri-
mony as you would in buying horse.
II the candidate for any position,
from Office boy to becoming your SON.
an-law, Is sincere, he invites inspection.
II he objects to inspection you don't
want him, and the young lady in the
case can better afford to shed a few
tears now than buckets Of brine after
an ill-advised marriage.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

A New York woman is suing for a d.
vorce from her husband on the ground
that she cannot induce him to talk to
her. The plaintiff is taking long chances
in introducing the matter Of talking or
not talking as furnishing reason for di-
her husband because the latter does
not talk enough it is to be presumed
that a husband could get divorce
from a wife who talked too much.
From a feminine point of view, all
things considered, it would seem to be
wiser not to try to establish a prece-
dent in the premises.
The Western news., 1901-05-15
Views of Women,

To retain happiness in matrimonial
life 1t Is not for woman a question OF
remaining beautiful; 1t is a sine qua non
question Of remaining interesting
Max O'Rell.
Love will make men dare to die for
their beloved-love alone; and women
as well as men.-PlatO.
Woman's happiness is in obeying. She
objects to men who abdicate too much.
-Michelet.
l will not affirm that women have no
character; rather, they have a new one
every day.-Heine.
In all Unmatched marriages the fault
Is less the woman's than the mans. as
the choice depended on her the least
Nine. de Rieux.
A man can keep another persons Sc
cret better than his own; a woman, on
the contrary, keeps her secret, though
she tells all others.-La Bruyere.
Every pretty woman should be flirt,
every clever woman politician
Ouida.
The Western news., 1901-05-15
THE RETURN.

While wandering down shady lane
One summer day, not long ago,
I, listening, caught the sweet refrain
OF happy voices, soft and low.
Fond memory brought back childhood's q
day,
When had tripped along this nook,
And passed into the old church. gray,
Behind which sings the silver brook.
Oh, many years have come and fed
Since last walked beneath these trees
The friends of youth are scattered
dead
hear their requiem in the breeze.
Not one in all my native place
Is left, who can remember me:
look into each passing face,
But all are strange; no friend see.
The babbling brook is just the same,
The stepping-stones across it, too;
And here's the tree; but, ah! the name,
O'ergrown with bark. is lost to view.
Mine and another's, deeply traced,
The letters clear and intertwined,
Times finger has long since erased,
But left the scar for me to find.
Perhaps upon this Sabbath blest
l may, beneath the old church tower,
Find happiness and peace and rest
To strengthen me in sorrows hour.
enter. through the open door,
And with the worshipers sit,
The broad, low windows reach the floor,
And through them song birds swiftly
fit.
From near the roof there comes song,
A solo from a feathered throat,
And then a chorus mid the throng,
With not harsh, discordant note.
The humble worshiper looks'up
In wonder at the music rare,
The birds with peace have filled my cup,
And sweetly bade me welcome there.
The Western news., 1901-05-15
The Woodpile.

60 HE woodpile was mountain for
height. 1t lowered above the mills
- which it fed; and the men who
carried the wood to the furnaces tun-
neled in the mountains like ants.
That is to say, the Town of Lead
lived on the mills-the mills ran by rea-
son Of the existence of the woodpile.
For years the logs had poured down
from the nearer and the farther hills
to sustain it. For years the furnaces
had famed and the great crushing and
reducing works had turned out their
The Western news., 1901-05-15

A Roman Catholic clergyman in New
Jersey recently advised the young men
and young women Of his congregation
to marry early. They made a mistake
serious mistake-he declared in wait
ing until late in life to settle into mat
rimony. An early marriage, in the
deans opinion, Is the best guarantee
that man will be confirmed in his
habits Of industry, sobriety and moral
living. He advised all young men to
begin as soon as they become workers
to lay aside part Of their earnings, SO
that they may adequately support
wives without waiting until the hey
day Of life is past to take on family OBJ
legations. The girls he admonished to
qualify themselves early as homemak-
ers, SO as to make the burdens of the
young men by whom they may be chos-
en- as light as possible. In Chicago, al
most at the very time this advice was
being given, an obdurate father was
waiting his 17-year-old daughters 49,
year-old husband over the front steps
and advising him never to show his
face in that precinct again. There may
be personal reasons for this fathers
objection to early marriages that are
sufficient for him, and, indeed, it may
be said that people in general, If they
have children of. their own, seem to
have an unalterable opposition to early
marriages except In other families.
Nearly every man Is willing that some
other mans son or daughter should con-
tract an early marriage. but he wants
his own children to hang around the
hearthstone until he can be sure that
they have reached years of discretion.
Dean O'Grady's idea may be the right
one. 1t Is undoubtedly true that good
many men by waiting until they are 35
or 40 years Of age before getting mar
ried rob themselves of happiness that
can never be recovered. More than
this, they increase the crop of old
maids, and no community can be at Its
best with high percentage of old
maids. But 1t seems impossible to ad-
just these matters according to the
calm judgment Of disinterested obsery-
ers. Matrimony is, and probably al
ways will be, largely a matter Of indi-
vidual inclination or convenience. save
in cases where girls have opportunities
to marry titles. Age then ceases to be
a matter for consideration. So it NAV
be as we'll to preach about something
else
The Western news., 1901-05-15
bricks of precious metal--$35 900 and
$40, 600 to each massive brick.

bricks of precious metal $35, 900 anG
$4,000 to each massive brick.
The people, reckless, wasteful, devil
may-care, had veneration for this one
thing-for the mountain of wood, the
visible foundation of their prosperity
Had it come to an end their never-end
ing dancing and merry making must
have ended, too. The buying and the
Haunting of cheap finery would have
ceased. The plentiful tables would
have become bare. The easily obtained
drink and the pleasures of the gaming
table would have been lost. To the
more sober it meant the home comforts
and privileges for the children. To the
intelligent overseers, the scientists,
the owners. it represented the base of
operations. To Nell Undertook, the
daughter of one of the overseers, it
represented poetical idea.
She was thoughtful girl, and she
saw the rude picturesqueness of all
about her, and most all felt the power
and value of the woodpile She had
often spoken about this to Jams Jensen,
the serious-visaged Swede who paid
lovers court to her, and he, a student
and adventurer, full of the weird imag-
ination of his race. saw it, as she did,
with eyes of philosophic appreciation.
He appeared to see all things much
as she did, but that fact, which he ap-
preciated to the full, had never won
from her any response to his devotion.
She was an American, with prejudice
In favor Of American lovers; and while
among all her acquaintances there was
no one SO obviously ambitious and as
piring as Jan, yet she felt annoyed at
the accent that made his speech alien,
and at the strong racial characteristics
that marked him Of the land Of Swe-
den. AS for him, he adored her with
the concentrated and consecrated devo-
ton Of homesick and lonely man,
isolated by reason Of his dreams, his
bookishness, and his refinement from
many OF those about him. All would
have been well with him, he often said
to himself. II only Nell would have
loved him.
One day. while walking alone and
thinking Of his grief In lore. he saw q
plume Of smoke lowering shove the
nsuntain sf wood II was . SIGHT As
The Western news., 1901-05-15
SCHOOL GIRL DISSIPATION.

GO HE Ir:-h girl. with the physique
of q Venus, boasted that she
could scrub all day and dance all
night. The feat Is not so very much
more difficult than that performed by
the average undeveloped high-school
girl who studies all day (not nearly SO
healthful an exercise as scrubbing) and
goes to some form Of social entertain
ment at night.
Let them enjoy life while they are
young? BY all means. But the un-
rested. irritable girl, after an hour or
two OF sleep and scrap or two Of
breakfast, putting In the school
hours somehow-is she enjoying life
while she is young? She has spent
most Of her not very large supply Of oil
over the previous evenings festivity.
and now the light that she sheds on her
studies Is fickering, dim and unsatis-
factory. In schoolgirl phrase she feels
"as cross as bear with no end of sore
heads" What pity that her mother
will not let her enjoy life while she is
young. Let not mothers be deceived.
When the still hours clothed in black
find your beloved young daughter eat
ing salad, about as digestible as the
orange skin In which 1t is served and
the ribbon it is tied with. instead Of
being fathoms deep In slumber, it is a
sure indication that she is giving not
only the light of her countenance to
her friends, but the precious oil of her
present health and future physical
prosperity.
English schoolgirls in fiction, and in
real life. do not have very lively time.
They are apt to ''smell of bread and
butter" (Which, however, is better than
smelling of pie and pickles., and they
sigh for the days when school will be
over. But as to being half chrysalis
and half butterfly. the idea never oc-
ours to them. When the school books
are closed. and they have finished
growing, and have Gomez into their
rightful Inheritance Of strong, solid
body and eQuable nerves. the glamor
OF social life is not so likely to excite or
exhaust them.-Ethelwyn Wetherald.
In Good Housekeeping.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

ishing State. The idea Is one Of econ
oray, and it would seem that the plan If
carried out successfully would result in
a great saving to the taxpayers. 1t has
been found that in Iowa as elsewhere
there are in the country districts too
many school buildings and teachers for
the population and that In many places
the cost Of educating the pupils was
much greater than it should be. AS q
trial central school has been built in
each of about fifty townships, and all
the little district schools done away
with. Transportation is furnished for
pupils living at remote distances and
gathered in the main school. The cost
Of transportation Is said to be only $50
q month for each township, which
seems ridiculously small sum, and the
plan has proved SO far as the expert
ment goes great success. These cen
trail schools are built at an average cost
Of $4,000 and the average number Of
pupils in attendance at each is said to
be LOCO. The townships are enabled to
hire a better class Of teachers at q
slight advance of salary, and there are
fewer Of them. The pupils have had
no trouble in getting to or from the
schools, and aside from educational
there are other advantages in the plan.
1t is proposed to extend the system now
to several counties in the State, and so
far as can be learned there has been no
serious opposition to the move from any
quarter.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

Hl-informed persons are asserting
that the culinary art has declined since
women have become addicted to clubs
On the contrary, life insurance statis-
tics conclusively prove that the age
limit has extended since women gave
up cookery for culture.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

had never seen before. He hesitated
wondering II 1t were not 4 driftin,
cloud. But the plume haunted itsel]
against the sky, mounted and swep
along like the wing OF fateful bird.
"The woodpile Is afire," shouted JAM
to the solitude, and ran for the town
There was a hand fire engine at Lead
and the fire company had an enthusi
asm for their task. but though they
worked all night and all day they made
no impression on the fire that had eaten
into the core Of the wood mountain.
Nell Undertook, watching the men
In the faint twilight Of morning, saw
them swarming over the top Of the
woodpile and crawling in its tunnels,
They burrowed in it like ants-ants for
size, in comparison to that pile! They
fought with axes, with fails, with
water, with tarpaulins. They tried to
drown it, to smother 1t, to beat it out,
and to blow 1t out. But their efforts
availed nothing. The mills were run
with a minimum Of men. Every one
who could be spared was out to fight
the fire. The big boys were taken from
the school; the women sat on the hills
near, their babies in their arms, watch
ing. or they carried water and food to
the wearied men. In the churches the
people prayed that the fire might be
quenched by miracle. In the mills
the men talked of agencies--dynamite,
hydraulics. pneumatics. And the COM
mon men, half-suffocated, obstinate,
courageous, fought with blackened
faces, aching lungs. and blinded eyes;
while over the whole town the wrath
full cloud Of smoke hung, like an Afrit
Of the desert.
JAMS Jensen, in charge of crew Of
men, sat on the side of the hill think
Ing. Nell Onderdoek was near him.
regarding him with coldly critical eyes.
She wanted him smoke-begrimed, with
barred arms; she wished to see him
leading on his men desperately, shout
Ing. hoarse and frantic. She was ex-
cited, and she desired to see her possi-
bic hero heroic. But he smoked pipe,
stared at the streaming cloud above
him, and said nothing. 1t was humili-
ating. However, after a time, without
noticing her particularly, he went away
to the mills. He returned with an add
ed force of men. and he went to the ton
OF the pile. Then the men were called
out Of the tunnels. Every one was put
on top.
1--WE are to fight the fire from the
top" he said, land we will do it Nv
stopping the draft"
Orders were sent to the hills to con-
tinue the driving of the logs. They
swept down the great chutes in hun
dreds. They closed the air passages,
and the men directed them till every
opening of the pile was closed. The
smoke took to itself heavier quality.
as 1t does when flame is quenched. The
whole town argued pro and con. Some
thought the whole mass doomed. Some
believed 1t was saved. On the outcome,
obviously, depended Jams Jensen's rep
utation. The smoke turned from black
to copper color; it grew dun, it grew
gray. 1t faded. The fire went out.
Back into the mills swarmed the
men. The furnaces were heated to
their height; the great caldrons of
amalgam seethed and bubbled, the
mighty ingots were cast
And Jams Jensen put on the finger of
Nell Onderdock little ring made from
the gold of Lead and set with a glitter
ing pebble of the Black Hills-Chica yn
Tribune.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

president Of the Uni
ted Mine Workers Of
America. She trav-
els with Mitchell
wherever he goes In
the performance of
his d U tt e 8, a n d
knows all the ms and
outs Of the trouble
some contentious be-
tween mine opera
The Western news., 1901-05-15

Don't Worry Clubs are still forming
In different parts Of the country. 1t
would be interesting to know If mill
uonaires ever join them.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

" after those which
have become famous
In Europe. Aiken,
Carolina, the winter
home Of the Gouds
and New York's 400,
has also taken up the
new fad, but Mrs.
Emmerling b g I'll ewes
w e 8 rn W o m e n
chnnlA A~a1l a. kB.{N
The Western news., 1901-05-15

Scientists still say men will be able
to fly. It's to be hoped so. It's about
the only way most people will ever
have chance to get up in the world.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

grandchildren. Mrs. Mitchell has been
married 20 years. Only one of her chill
dren died. She belongs to Dyer Hill
Church, five miles from her home, and
rides horseback to attend the services
two and three times a week. The
church organization is Is years old, and
she is the only living charter member.
The Western news., 1901-05-15

A scientific gentleman proposes to
stop the eternal war between dog and
cat by inoculating the animals with Sc
runs from one another's blood. In this
way the hostile dog principle will neu-
tralize the hostile cat principle and
there will be peace in the two fami-
lies.
The Western news., 1901-05-15
Has 237 Descendants,

Mrs. Nancy A. Mitchell. "a, who lives
at Rear Princeton, Ky. is believed to
have the largest number Of living de-
scendants of any woman in Kentucky,
II not in the United States. She has
237 living descendants, including ten
children, 100 grandchildren, 100 great
grandchildren and seven great-great-
The Western news., 1901-05-15

1t Is reported that George Gould
never turned a hair when he heard that
Count Boni was going to stand up and
let another man shoot at him.