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The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
PRIMACURA.

PrimOoura not only RELIEVES but PER
MANENTLY ERADIoArEs prickly heat Al
ONCE, and cures all skin diseases. 1t is
an IMMEDIATE and PERMANENT allayer OF
inflammation. 1t is q new and economical
remedy which afeo's permanent cure
For sale by Evans, 924 f St; Simms,
i4th St. and New York Ave; Ogram
l3th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, and by
druggists generally
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
Overcrowdlng aud Tuberculosqs.

s. A. Knopf declares that lack Of mir
and light, Intemperance and under
feeding help to create in lhe body the
best soil for the invasion. growth and
development Of the tubcrc'e bacill'.
These conditions predominate in many
Of the city tenements. He then speaks
of the great danger attending the care
less disposal Of tuberculous sputum.
Damp and soil fosters tuberculosis;
model tenements built on good soil
with proper drainage will so far to
stamp out this disease. Oyercrowdlng
Of all Institutions as well as dwellings
should be avoided. The creation Of
schools Of forestry would give useful
and healthful employment to num-
Der of men, as well as rendering the
regions more healthful. Medical Rec
ord.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
Railroads.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH RAILWAY.

Schedule Of excursion trains effective
Sunday June 8, 1900.
Leave District line depot for Chesa-
peake Beach 1890 a. m. and 200 p. m.
daily.
Leave Chesapeake Beach 1900 noon,
$50 aud 8 10 p. m. daily.
Take Columbia electric oars and allow
yourself 30 minutes to reach depot.
Fifty cents for round trip. Children
half fare
OTTo MRARs, A. II. LEWIS,
Pres. and Con. Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12

Wellington, New Zealand, has &C.
quired the local tramways.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12

A Pointer--when you order goods
from Hartig, the hardwals man. SOC
Il St, N. E., they come the same day.
There is 10 delay like there is in cases
where goods are ordered from Balti-
more, Philadelphia, Chicago or other
foreign houses.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
POLAR BEAR PE1rs cHEAp.

Nearly every summer 1t is possible
to find several OF these beautiful white
Polar bear pelts at the principal set
Elements between Cape Prince of
Wales and Point Barrow Every year,
too, the Eskimo seems to be disposed
to demand little higher prices for his
skins.
They are gradually getting a vague
idea Of the market value of these
things in the United States; neverthe-
less, it is usually possible to buy on
the Arctic coast a fine Polar bear skin
worth several hundred dollars in New
York or Boston, for three or four small
sacks Of -four. two OF three cases of
hard bread and a few cartridges. II
you make the trade on these terms
you have paid from S15 to $50 for the
skin. Frequently 1t Is possible to buy
a Polar bear skin for less than $15;
1t is hard to say what the average
price is.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
THINK WHITE MEN CRAZY.

The visit Of a whaling ship to one Of
these native settlements always ex-
cites interest among the Eskimos
very much like that experienced by the
merchants in a small provincial city
when the circus came to town.
The Eskimos think all white men
are crazy. This is averred by all whites
who know the Eskimo language and
overhear the natives conversation.
They have been in no land but their
own. and they cannot understand why
white men should dig ground for gold
and do queer things unless they are
the Victims Of unbalanced minds.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
VILE TnApE w1rH NAr1Yps.

Articles more useful are demanded.
Not q few men who have failed In the
gold fields this year have conceived
the idea that there is money TO be
made in trading with the natives, and
at least one expedition for this pur-
pose was fitted out this year, and 9th
ers are promised for next season. But
the slender population on these coasts
is every year becoming less, and the
visible supply Of furs and other artl.
cles formerly brought out for trade by
the natives is decreasing.
1t was only until comparatively re-
cent years that whaling ships pene-
trated to any extent into the waters of
Arctic Alaska. Owing TO the whole.
sale slaughter Of whales in the North
Pacific the catch became smaller each
year, until ships entered every year in
considerable numbers Bering Sea. The
slaughter Of whales being transferred
to these waters, and resulting in de.
pletion, the whaling ships entered the
Arctic Ocean in search Of the retreat
ing bow-head.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
INLAND.OF POLARBEARS
WHALERs' TRADE WITH WARY AND
MERRY ESKIMO.

How They Get Rare Pelts cheap--NativeS,
Anxious For Useful Articles and Gilt
tering Trinkets, Give in Return Heaps
of Valuable Animal skins.
Walter E. Clark writes as follows to
the Philadelphia Record from Port
Clarence, Alaska: Through the In
creasing contact with white men from
"the States who visit the far North
every summer, the Eskimos Of Arctic
and sub-Arctic Alaska have become
traders Of great shrewdness and abili.
ty. It can never be said that an Bs'
kimo ever got more in trade than he
gave; he usually gets much less. The
law of supply and demand is univers
al, however, and the native is glad
to give articles which are Of great
value in the markets Of the United
States in exchange for cheap things
which to him are rare and useful, and,
therefore, valuable.
The Eskimo is not to be regarded as
savage, for he is far from 1t. A
trader might bring ship load of look
ing glasses and glitterlng beads to this
coast, and at the end of the short sum-
mer season he would have no bear
skins and no fox skins nor ivory, but
he would know more about the Eskimo
character.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12

AS soon as the ship drops anchor the
natives are seen coming off in their
oumiaks and kyaks-men. women and
children. the whole population. Nea--
ly every one Of them has a poke" or
sort of pouch made of the whole skin
Of a hair seal slung over his shoulder
ESKIMO ALWAYS MERRY.
In these are contained the furs and
ivory and boots that they wish to
trade. Nearly every one Of them has
a paddle, which he wields vigorously
in his eagerness TO reach the ship
There is Il great deal Of shouting and
jabbering and laughing, for the Es-
kimo Is always merry, and his sense
of humor is the wonder Of white men.
A sailor throws line from the whal-
eT's afterdeck, and in moment short,
fat, smiling Eskimo men, women and
boys, girls and children are rolling up
over the sides Of the ship. The whal-
ing men then bring up their trade
goods and the barter begins.
POPULAR FUR FOOTWEAR.
OFFER a native a price which to him is
rlduculously low for his goods, and
he will probably laugh at you. He
seems to think it a good joke, and that
you. really cannot mean to be serious.
At the price Of four yards Of calico for
one pair of mukloks, which is a pret.
ty low figure, the profit to the whalet
who buys them is enormous.
Esklmos mukloks are the best kind
OF footwear for the region in which
the Eskimos lives, and thousands Of
white men in the Alaska mining camps
and on the trails throughout the Ter
ritory wear them in the winter. MulS-
loks cost SO pair at Nome, seventy.
five miles from here. Calico even at
Nome, is only fifteen cents a yard.
1t cannot be said that contact with
white men Is Of very much benefit to
the Eskimo on either side Of the Berlng
Sea; in many respects II is distinctly
harmful. The laws against liquor sell
ing among the natives are very strictly
enforced, but the whalers evade it,
and mischief always results. Even IL
liquor is not sold to the natives they
are very likely to make an alcoholic
drink from -four and sugar, obtained
in trade and the, consequences are
harmful. Left alone, the natives on
the American side are happy and con-
tented with a lot which might be far
worse, and which the white man IS
not improving
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
THE suRuRRAN orr.

n n = = " = VIII y u 7 =
ZEN ia a permanent institG-
non-a fixture at the Nationai
Capital. Thousands and thou
sands OF people can testify to
the good work II has accom-
Dllshed during the past ave
Years In tine line OF suburban
Improvement. It is the only
. aw snapper IN the District OF
Columbia that maintains q
punching bureau, whose duty
it Is to punch up the authori-
ties and keep them awake 90
he needs Of the suburbs. On
that account II deserves ami 10
receiving substantial encauF
A.Iarn anL.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
AFTER THE WHALES FAR NORTH.

The whaling men are the great trad.
ers Of the region north and west of
this port. Whales are rOmetimes
scarce, and the whalers are glad TO
add to the precarious profits of sea.
sons catch by trading for furs and
other products Of the country. There
are native settlements on the coast Of
Northern Alaska and on the islands
of Bering Sea, where not more than
one ship is seen in the course of a
year. At other places three or four
vessels call during the short season OF
navigation.
Every whaling vessel carries its
stock of "trade goods on a Northern
cruise, and even the officers Of the
United States Revenue cutter Bear,
though in the service of the Govern.
ment, are allowed to take along a
limited amount of trade. In the case
of Government officers, however, the
trading is not carried on for profit
but for the purpose Of obtaining relies
of the country and articles for person
al use.
The suburban citizen., 1901-01-12
ARTICLES NATIVES WANT.

The trade goods" stock of a whaling
ship consists of a pretty definite list
of articles, and the small variety
changes little from year to year. The
list includes flour in bags, cloth, tea,
sugar, tobacco, hard bread or sea bis.
cults, cartridges, needles and thread.
The native has TO offer in exchange
mukloks, or walrus hide boots; fox
skins, walrus ivory, bear skins, deer
skins, ivory buttons and various ma
tive implements and devices priced by
white men as curios.
For brown and polar bear skins the
trader goes to the Eskimo settlements
north Of Bering Strait on the shores
Of the Arctic Ocean. Bear skins were
scarce this summer, for what reason
no one seems able TO explain.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25

Daggett; councilmen, First ward. Leonard
FUNK, +. W. Hand; Second ward. Fred
Baldwin, 7. Sondgerath. Third ward. G..
Dutluesnay, +. b. Laing; Fourth ward. Z.
NJ. Woydt, G. W. Burch; Fifth ward. Jul.
ius Zitel, n. S. Pratt. This was the ticket
nominated by Spokane democrats Saturday
night in convention.
Rupert Mcclure, aged II, was hor-
ribly burned recently at Wenatchee.
He secured baking power can, filled
with gunpowder and drove a hole in
the top with nail. He then dropped
a lighted match In the can. An ex-
plosion followed. Both his eyes were
blown out and he was terribly burned
about the face, neck and head. His
hair was nearly all burned off. His
condition is critical.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
MONTANA.

Joseph H. Baker has been chosen ex.
allied ruler of the lodge of Elks in Boze
man.
Montana Odd Fellows have already
raised $1,000 OF the required $lO,OUO for
a home for widows and orphans OF the
order.
Great Falls horsemen have arranged
for ten days racing meet uext Sep.
TENDER. A fund OF $4,000 has been
subscribed for expenses.
AS a result OF the recent examina
lions held by the state medical board
DR.. w. G. Riddell, secretary Of the
board, announces that certificates will
be issued to Edgar r. Bradley, Elk
horn: r. 0. Blaydes, Pipestone
Springs; S. s. Attix, Gilt Edge; w. v
Kingsbury, Billings; Budett O'Connor
Butte, and w. T. Reynolds, Aldridge.
In row among partners in a mining
claim at Marysville last week, Charles
Gels was shot in the back by Matthew
Hager and will probably die. Hager
accused Gels and two other partners
in the Bell Boy mine of trying to freeze
him out because they wanted him to
sell and he refused. Gels and Hager
met in Lehman's saloon and Hager &C
cused Gels of saying he would cut his
insides out. Gels then rushed at Hager
and they clinched. In the scufae which
followed shots were fired, one Of which
wounded Gels. Another penetrated the
thigh Of Edwin Burke, while he was
running.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
Excitement Continues.

Tekoa, WASH, April ola. Cohn, F. NJ.
Quinn and Pete Hanson have returned from
the Santa goldfields, leaving 0. NJ. Sparks
and j. w. Maxwell in charge Of four claims
they bonded from Tyson Bros. l. Renfrew.
Three of these claims are above the original
discovery and one below it. They came in
for supplies and will return Immediately.
when they will put large force Of men at
work. They report meeting many pros
pectors going in. The upper mines, they
say, show fully as rich as the original dis
covery. The finding Of colors on Carpenter
creek continues every day. Several good
quartz claims have been struck near the
Santa goldfelds.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
international Chess Game.

New York, April 2l.-After fierce bat
tie which lasted two days the chess players
representing the United States and the
United Kingdom broke even in the sixth
international match by cable. The English
men scored two games and kept the lead
until this evening, when victories by New
man and Pillsbury offset their advantage.
Two games were drawn, SO when the 18th
hour, London time, approached, there were
still four games going, which, by the rule,
should have been submitted to the referee
for adjudication. By mutual consent, how
ever, two more games were called draw
and each side was awarded one game.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES
An lnteresttng Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest states
of . Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
IDAHO.

]. A. Kelly has leased the Blackfoot
Creamery company's plant at Black
foot.
The inmates Of the Blackfoot insane
asylum now number 227, of which 149
are males.
Plans are being prepared for the
knights of Pythias building at Boise,
to cost over $4,000.
The British.American club is being
organized in Boise. There are about
400 British-Americans in that city.
The u of l. won the debate against
Whitman college on the trust question. Ar
puments for national restraint of combina-
tons were considered better handled.
Fire at Lewiston destroyed the
buildings occupied by the hotel, Mean
Implement company, the Owl saloon
and Model restaurant, VITA nearly all
the contents.
Articles of Incorporation of the Sal
mon River Railroad company were
filed recently with the secretary Of
state. The capital stock is fixed at
100000.
wv uAL SccIIS " nave Dccll uItcuIPl W
commit cold blooded murder occurred
about six miles north OF Bonner's Ferry.
Arnold Stems, the victim of the attempt,
is young rancher. He walked four miles
after being shot and his condition is criti-
cal.
Chairman Burton Of the river and
harbor committee Of the house has tele-
graphed his acceptance Of the invita-
ton Of the Lewiston Commercial club
to have the committee visit Lewiston
and make trip from this point by
steamer to The Dalles as guests Of the
club.
For the quarter ending March 81 the
Northern Pacific agent reports the fol-
lowing shipments from Troy: 2478
cords Of wood, 27.500 railroad ties, &c.
$50 bushels OF wheat, 100000 feet Of
logs, 800 tons of hay. 1850 boxes Of
apples, los, 900 feet of lumber, 700 tele-
phone poles, $1,000 cedar fence posts,
and 35 tons of dried prunes. The value
of the above shipments would aggre-
gate at conservative estimate no less
than $4,000.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
OREGON.

Salem reports that the Petite prune
trees in all the lowland orchards are
in bloom and the Italians are beginning
t. bloom.
R. P. Neil. Of Ashland, J. S. Orr, of
klamath Falls. and A. J. Sherwood, of
Coquille City, have been reappointed
members of the board of regents of the
state normal school at Ashland. Their
term of Office is six years.
Antelope has adopted a curfew or.
dinance compelling minors under 16
years to be at their homes after 8
o'clock in summer and after Z in win
ctr.
A cannery is about to be established
In Milton by Charles H. Pierce Of AL.
bany, who has been successfully en-.
gagged in the canning business for the
past ten years.
The Portland board Of trade will
make an effort to secure for that city a
linen mandatory which, it is said.
will employ 1000 people when it is once
put in full operation.
c. H. Stranahan has sold his Sher-
man county farm Of $50 acres to o. A.
Hazen for $1,000, and his stock and
farm implements to the same pur-
chaser for $1,000. Mr.. Stranahan will
move back to the Hood River valley.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
Maceo Not I'm California.

Ithaca, N. Y, April 2l.-The report from
San Francisco stating that Santiago Maceo,
son of General Maceo, had arrived there,
having been deported from Manila by Gen
eral Macarthur, was emphatically denied
by Antonio Maceo, who claims to be the
only son Of the late Cuban patriot Young
Antonio Maceo entered Ithaca high school
in September, 1899, and is taking course
preparatory to entering Cornell university.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
WASHINGTON.

Chris StrOhm, a farmer, was badly
injured recently in runaway accident
at Walla Walla.
H. J. Rand of North Yakima has un.
der construction the first cold storage
plant in central Washington.
The Milton Fruit Growers union has
organized as company with a capital
of $4,000, 400 shares at So each.
The breeding Of fine poultry is be-
coming prominent as wei las profita-
BILE industry in the vicinity of Genesee.
A. Wakerbarth Of Sanborn, Iowa. has
purchased Art Browning's farm at
Adna, in Lewis county, paying $3325
for the 100 acres.
No further light has as yet been
thrown on the whereabouts Of w. r.
Carleton, the missing insurance man
from Walla Walla.
A most interesting event was the
consolidation of Hiram and Amos
lodges, Free and Accepted Masons,
which occurred in Colfax last week.
Gordon Burke. IA years old, a stu
dent in the Tacoma high school, fell
from the bannister recently and struck
on his head, producing injuries which
1t Is feared will prove fatal.
w. A. Lauder of Moscow, who is ship.
ping apples to Seattle. has announced
that the o. R. Z N. and Great Northern
have acceded to his demand for q 60
cent rate on less than carload lots.
It Is stated that the Washburn.
Crosby Milling company of Minneapo
lis, one Of the biggest in the world, il
about to get control of the plant Of the
Washington Grain and Milling com
pany Of Spokane.
The British turret steamship Cath
ness, 10 days from Mororan, Japan, ar
rived in Port Townsend with seven OF
her crew Of % men down with small
pox, and will be sent to the quarantine
station for fumigation.
Frank Reich of St. Paul was killed
recently near Skykomish. He was a
foreman of the Kelly Atkinson Con
struction company, which is erecting
the steel bridges for the Great North
ern at Spokane and at points along the
road.
W. La u60As a WCAHhAOWA PAOoPCS
tor Of Chewelah, was arrested at that
place recently on charge of assault
upon a neighbor. While in jail he sci
the straw bed on fire, wrapped himself
in blankets and tried to burn himself
and the Jail. He Is supposed to be in
sane.
A contract has been closed by J. A
Sloan of Cleveland, Ohio, for a tract
OF land with a frontage of 900 feet or
the Puyallup river. in front Of Tacoma
Tor the plant Of the Tacoma Shipbuild
Ing company. Title to property is con
ditioned on the investment Of $300.00t
IN plant and material or the expendi
ture of $250.000 in wages in five years
Democratic nominations at Spokane ar
as follows: Mayor, Dr.. P. s. Byme; treas
urer, Harry Eggleston; comptroller, Foyi
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
Patrick Collin. killed.

Spokane, April 2l.-In quarrel between
Patrick Collins and j. A. Miller, ranchmen
residing on adjoining farms about six
miles north of Milan, Collins was struck
Ter, the alleged murder, is now in the coun-
ty Jail. He came to the city and gave him
self up. He acknowledged killing Collins,
but says it was done in self defense.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25

Washington. April 2l.--An order of the
war department reserves for public pur-
poses all of Amakanak island, Dutch har-
Dor, Alaska, with the exception OF the tract
reserved for lighthouse purposes by form
er order and the land embraced in the grant
of the North American company.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25

A minister doesn't have to know the
marriage ceremony by heart, for II he
forgets a word the woman can always
prompt him.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
Carter Must stay In Jail.

Washington, April %. = The United
States supreme court denied the applica-
ton Of former Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter
to be admitted to BAIL
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25

Portland, April Pr. L. McLeay of
Portland defeated S. d. Bowers of Tacoma
in the finals of the golf tournament for the
championship of Oregon.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
Four Children killed by Tr.mp..

Chartres, France, April 23-This town
has been Mortified by the brutal murder Of
five children and the attempted murder OF
their father, a farmer named Briere, resid-
ing in the neighborhOod of Charities.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25
Golden won the Match.

Columbus, Ohio, April 2l.-Peter Golden
of New York won the six day 60 - you
please walking match.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-25

Pittsburg, April 22.-The most wide
spread and destructive storm, from a
material point of view, has passed. 1t
has left zone of ruin 200 miles in
diameter. Cities 70 miles from Pitts
burg were tied up by one of the worst
storms ever seen here. While the
snow fell from Is inches to three feet
deep, which is not extraordinary, the
snow was so wet that it chung in
weighty masses to shade and fruit
trees and poles, bearing them to earth
The Florida star., 1901-10-04

20 read a paper on "a Method OF Sys
lematie Exploration Of the Atmosphere
BY Means OF Kites before the British
Association For the Advancement of
Science. Previous to going on board
Mr.. Roteh made some preliminary tri.
ais from a tugboat IN Boston hasbor.
which demonstrated the feasibility OF
raising kites by the speed or the vessel
even when there was no wind to sus'
tain them. For the transatlantic ex.
pertinent he was provided with four
Hargraye or box kites. two meteOro
graphs, three miles OF steel piano wire
for string and a windlass for winding
II In. Mr.. Rotch and his assistant. Ar
thur e Sweetland, obtained successful
flights on five days OF the passage. the
maximum height attained being I.S00
feet. On one OF the two days when no
flights were made the movement pro-
teracted by a wind blowing at right
angles. and on the other day a strong
head wind combined with the ships
motion 10 produce too stiff a breeze.
On either OF these days, however, the
kites could have been flown by chang.
ing the course OF the ship. showing
what might have been done on a strict
ly scientific voyage.
In speaking or his experiment Mr..
Rotch said: 1--WE have had hundreds of
flights at Blue hill and now have a
pretty thorough idea OF the meterolog.
ical conditions up TO three miles from
the earth's surface. Kites are being
used for the same purpose In France
and Germany. but for these expert.
ments wind velocity Of twelve miles
an hour is required. Now, by flying
kites from a steamer moving ten or
twelve knots an hour the kites and in
struments can be raised in calm wealth.
er. Ii the wind is too strong. the force
can be moderated by steaming with
the wind. The value Of this kitehying
from vessels will be especially marked
in equatorial regions, where IL has been
impossible TO obtain the observations
needed 10 complete our knowledge of
the air conditions in all parts OF the
world. BY the use OF kites on ship
board meteorologists may now explore
the heights OF the atmosphere just as
the photographer and zoologist explore
the depths OF the ocean,
CHARLES ATWOOD.