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Douglas Island news., 1902-04-23

eral clean up of the town.
 Go way back and sit down. If you need chairs, see Jobn Feusi.
 Mir. J. Flaherty returned the first of the week from LaCenter, Wash.
 Whoever drinks Olympia Beer. comes again. Always on tap at Milan's.
 MT. S. Eastberg and son returned from Seattle on the Cottage City.
 Ohman, the man on Third street, now sells the famous Red Top whiskey.
 A whiskey without heartache, is the Phil Sheridan Rye, at Milan's Place.
 Dr. W. l.. Harrison, wife and baby will return to Douglas about May 1st
 Have you seen the new waists at Lindstrom's? If not, go and see them. The News office has new sign, the work of Mir. Strowbridge, the painter. A house for kiln drying lumher is be- ing erected at the Island Lumber Mills. At the Glory Hole you will find the celebrated Buffalo Lithis Water. Try it.
 Bert Webster who has been quite sick the past week is rapidly recover ing.
 Mrs. J. D. Edmonds returned last night on the Dolphin from Bakersfield, Calif
 The very latest in Ladies' Spring and Summer Waists at the Treadwell Store.
 Messrs. Frank Bach and A.W. Wright left the first of the week for Yankee Cove.
 A new shipment of Trunks and Val ises, all sizes and descriptions at P. H. Fox's.
 Frank Calhoun has so far recovered from his recent illness as to be up and around again.
 It is surprise how low Lindstrom is selling his new line of Ladies' and Children's hats.
 The smoke stack at the sawmill has been under treatment this week for curvature of the spine.
 The Ladies League of the Congrega tional church will meet at the parson- age at, ? p, m. Thursday.
 Mrs. Erickson returned on the Dol phin with the body of her husband for burial in the Douglas cemetery.
 Supt. Macdonald, of Treadwel, and Dr. Moore went to Skagway on the Humboldt, returning on the Dirigo.
 The Dolphin came in last night from the South with B passengers for Doug las and Juneau and fl for Skagway.
 We are determined to reduce our stock of Hats, and are still selling S3.50 and s4.OO Hats for s2OO. Treadwell Store.
 Among the new things come to town is "a shipment of Apricot Brandy at the Glory Hole. It's all the rage in the States.
 A new line of Fancy Dress Ginghams Dimities, and Fancy Silk Striped Chal- lies in exclusive patterns at the Tread well Store.
 The Seattle made a record breaking trip from Vancouver up and expected to capture a whole bale of brooms on the trip to Skagway.
 If you are going to make garden this spring you will need rake, hoe, spade, and some other things. See Wortman. He has what you want.
 Fresh water is added to the swim ming pool at the Natatorium every day, and the pool is emptied and thor oughly cleansed three times week.
 This is the last week of the cut rates of the annual membership tickets for the Natatorium and Gymnasium. Af- ter this week the regular prices will prevail-s12 for men and s6 for ladies. Don't let the opportunity go by. 
 Wm. E. Finn, the optical specialist, will remain in the city for at least an- other week. He has had the best of
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Attention, I. O. O. F.

The Douglas and Juneau lodges of Odd Fellows will hold their anniversa- ry celebration at Juneau on Friday evening, April 25th.
 The Odd Fellows of Douglas Island are requested to meet at the hall and go in a body. The boat leaves the Douglas wharf for Juneau at o'clock. All Odd Fellows are invited.
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A Remarkable Advertisement.

The following strange advertisement
appeared recently In the financial COL
umns Of the New York Mail and Ex-
press:
A YOUNG NAN OF THOROUGH
business experience, has wife and
children. three girls. youngest seven.
one boy (Protestants). frugal. clever.
interesting Christian family. needs at
once $4,000 cash - $4,000 to invest in
business (mercantile), $1,000 to pay for
a home beautifully located in best 90
cial and religious surroundings in mod
ern city Of 1900; climate perfect,
pleasant and healthful; desires some
true. kind lady or person young or
old. who would appreciate an ideal
ramily home and the love and friend.
ship Of a true and worthy family to
furnish him this amount Of funds and
make bis or her home Immediately
with and as one Of his family for life.
to share with them their welfare and
interest through Life, and to have their
truest and best care. sympathy and
love; write fully at once. Address L.,
p. o. Box 211. Greensboro. N. c.
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Cast iron weighs ~ pounds to the
cubic foot. and a one-inch square bar
will sustain a weight Of 1880 pounds;
bronze. weight 525 pounds. tenacity
$4,000: wrought iron. weight 4SO. tenac-
ity. $1,000; hard "struck" steel. weight
4gO. tenacity $4,000; aluminium. weight
16S. tenacity $4,000.
We are accustomed to think OF
metals being stronger than wood. and
so they are. generally speaking. II only
pieces Of the same size be tested. When
equal weights Of the two materials are
compared. 1t is then found that several
varieties Of wood are stronger than
ordinary steel. A bar Of pine just as
heavy Us bar Of steel an inch square
will hold up 125.OO0 pounds: the best
ash 115.OOO pounds. and some hemlock
100000 ponds.
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CHAPTER MI.
"rf WAS not sHEi" he sAIr.

well. girls!'
Beatrice paused upon the threshold
sf Alecia's room. where her mother
and sisters and their friends were as
eembled. Bsatrice was dressed still
In her street costume. as she stood be-.
fore them. bSt this was not the
Beatrice who left the house not long
before.
Listen to me! have been stand
Ing on the heights Of Olympus this
morning. / have breathed at the mist
shrouded entrance Of Delphir'
A sensation stirred the group before
her; even Marion turned her calm eyes
upon her. questioninsly.
what Ii II. BeeT" queried her
mother. somewhat sternly: for Beatrice
was sometimes too child!shly impul-
sive. her mother said III you have
been to Delphi. surely you have gained
q little wisdom. my dear!r'
mot an atom Of wisdomr' said
Beatrice. shutting her red lips as
though she crushed down some fury Of
feeling. "only proof Of IN old say
inS, mamma"
What old saying. Bee? You must
learn to be more definite in expression.
and have more self-control. I did
hope that this trip would benefit you
ip that way. child
'.And Il hasn't? Say the truth Sieht
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High Lights.


Projects often succeed. not on their
real merits. but because Of mans fidel.
ity to his ideals.
Sad to say. there is such thing as
alert stupidity.
The short man who marries q tall
woman often has qualities which make
her look up to him.
People are getting on In years when
they prefer umbrellas with hook han.
dies.
You can't make friends by merely
extending your hand and letting the
other man do the shaking.
As there are no perfect men. 50 there
are no perfect manners.
Life becomes easier after the fact is
accepted that each human being Is a
Joke on himself.
The only way to get what you want
In this world IL to back toward 1t with
your eye fixed on something else.-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
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Emeient Temperance.

The Railroad Gazette reports ono OF the
speeches at the celebration OF the Baldwin
Locomotive Works which we comment TO
the attention OF those who believe that
prohibition is the best mode OF securing
relief from excessive drinking.
The speech was made by Mr.. j. Harris
Sanders, of London, q gentleman former
" engaged in ceiling goods in this country
and now engaged in selling goods from
this country in England and on the Con.
tinent. In reciting the advantages that
had contributed to the change in our COM
mercial status from buyers to sellers, nc
said:
And there is another consideration that
is of inestimable value to your country.
You are more sober, as o people, than
either England or France. Statistics show
tha: you drink less per capita than Eng
lishmen or Frerchmen. When one consid'
ers that England spent last year very
nearly 81, 900. 10000 on drink, It Is mani.
fest that country cannot afford to waste
anything like so large a proportion OF lts
earnings as that. The wisdom displayed
by the majority Of your people in drinking
only half as much as they drink IN Eng
land and France is very manifest, and evi-
IDENTIFY also great advantage to your peo-
pie generally
ing drink is largely due to the fact that
such moderation, or even total abstinence
is insisted on by the employers OF skiiled
labor, and where it is not so insisted on
the better chances OF good pay, steady
work and promotion are strong induce
ments to it.-Atlanta Journal.
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Hair Curled by Electricity.

An electric hair curler. which gener.
ates its own electricity instead Of re.
quirins connection with an electric
light wire. has been designed for wOm-
en- by q man down in Augusta. Ga.
The electricity is generated by friction
produced by turning a crank.
The har-curling device proper con-
sists of a number of thin copper
sleeves around which the hair is wound
and then fastened by clamps. Then
the generator is inserted in the sleeves
In turn and turning the crank produces
the degree of temperature required to
complete the curling process.
1t is quite an elaborate process. but
the inventor Is sanguine OF Its success
and has patented it.
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In.bria.es Chased - Minors.

In Germany a person who has so accuS
toned himself 10 the taking OF Intoxicating
drinks that he has no longer the power oi
withstanding temptation to excess may be
put undo. restriction. Proceedings may
near relative. and, in certain cases, at the
instance OF i poor law representative. The
effect is 20 place the inebriate, rs regards
his property, in the position OF 4 minor,
and. a. regards his person. a guardian is
entitled 70 nix his residence or send him
to 4 retreat for the purpose OF cure. Dur
iuc the subsistence OF the order al! the civil
ric.,. o: :hc .rcbria:c are IL abeyaacc.
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Augustus Cottrell. butler. murderer
and suicide. who slew his master.
Manchester solicitor. Is one Of the
three domestic Zimris who figure prom.
inently in the criminal annals Of tie
last hundred years. The other two
were Courvoisier. who killed Lord vii.
liam Russell with q carving knife. In
Audley Square. and the nonedcscrip'
valet. vino accounted for the ex-Bona.
partist agent. the Comte dEntraigues.
and his wife. the famous st. Hubcrti,
with knife and pistol on Barnes Ter.
race. In 1S12-Pall Mall Gazette.
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She Took Her Papa Home.

The following story OF patnetic ineE
dent which occurred in Atlanta, Ga., -
told by the Southern Star, q prohibition
pape- OF that city. II is not IN unusual
incident at all, its counterpart has Deen
witnessed in every large. city where tne
open saloon tempts weak men 70 tnen
ruin: =,
Il was Q o'clock at night, bitterly cold,
and the winds whistled around the police
barracks in Atlanta. Hardly person was
ON the street, it was SO bleak and cold.
The officers at the barracks had gath
cred around the warm heater telling theiI
experiences in the past when little, gem
tie rap was heard on the door:
Come in" cried the call bficer.
There was silence for moment and the
rap was repeated again.
For goodness sake tell whoever it Is TO-
come in out Of the cold" called the station
sergeant. A.,
door, but it failed, and then for the third
time the tap on the door was repeated
and the call man jumped up and opened
the door.
Out in the cold, on the stone steps stood
tiny little girl. She was thiniy siad, q.
brown hair clung in damp shreds about
her pale forehead.
Come in, little girl, and get warm" e1.
claimed the officer.
The child shuddered either from fright
or cold and slowly walked into the ONCE.
What do you want" asked the aston
ished sergeant. go,
"Is-is-papa here?" said the child, her
eyes filing with tears.
"Your papa" said the sergeant, who
is your papa, and why do you think he 70
in such q place as this"
Brushing away the tears the child re.
Piled in a trembling voice: Mamma saio
tonight that papa was sick and the police
had him. So came here to lind him. 10
he here!" =,
The little one then gave the name Of
her father, and the sergeant found that
he was docketed as being drunk. De
called the turnkey and asked him to see u
the man had sobered up.
The turnkey reported that the man was
"Thcn let him out" said the kind.heart
ed officer, "and give him copy Of the
charges. It's not business, but the little
girl shall have her papa" :,
The man came out haggard and weak
from the effects Of his spree. The child
ran with q glad cry into his arms and
kissei him again and again.
Mamma told me you were SICK" she
said, "and have come to take you home"
The man made no reply. His hands
trcmbied as he tried to smooth back his
brown hair. In silence he passed from the
barracks with his trusting, loving little
girl.
III that man doesn't reform and let this
be his last drunk" remarked the station
sergeant. 'hc is made Of stone"
This is only one of thousands OF sad
cases that are chronicied by our daily
press each year. We think that voters
have hearts Of stone when they allow such
things to exist. Let US as loyal Christian
the saloons will 60 from Atlanta, the State
OF Georgia and the nation and then there
will be no more debauchery, crime or mis-.
cry caused by the hellish traffic which
is every year running hundreds Of thou.
sands Of homes and sending thousands to
drunkards graves.
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An Arizona Ostrich Farm.

There is an ostrich farm few miles
from Phoeniz. Ariz.. where the birds seem
to thrive as well as they did in their ma
,:ve wilds OF Africa. They are pastured on
alfalfa .whick is grown on irrigated ground,
and are also fed little grain. The hens
lay every other day. and the eggs are
hatched in an incubator. The newly
hatchcd birds are about the size OF our
full-erown chickens. They are ready for
r!ucking in six months. The plumes are
taken from the forearm OF the wing gen.
orally twenty.iour :rum each. They are
plucked regularly every eight months. each
p!uck:ng being worth from $40 to $50.
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London,s Census Completed.

Details OF the London census now issued
give the number OF families IN the nctrop
oils as l,Ol9..46. and the average IN fam
ily is slightly over ~ persons. These
families share the services OF "a ::DS tc
male and Is. .i25 male servants. In LondoI
females exceed the males by; 252%l. Wild
overs number 12.l2S. while widows are
nearly thrice iha, number. The youngest
couple. husband and wife. are both six
teen. and the youngest wife in London !,
fifteen. The pauper inmates Of work
houses are given as i6 .646
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Wherein Wisdom Lies.

Half Of the wisdom is in setting iimi,
upon our desires Half OF the wisdom lies
in the spirit and temper Of the old stoIcs,
and all Of the wisdom lies il believing that
il a man lives in such way as to increase
his own happiness and at the same time
the happiness of the greatest number OF
his fellow beings he has fulfilled the highest
end of lifc.-Rev. DR.. j. E. Roberts, Kan
SOS City.
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Whitney !. On the Town Seal.

William e. Whitney. of New York City
owns nearly two.thirds of the land in the
town OF Washington. Mass, having lo.H'
acres. His purchases Of land in Washing
ton have been So beneficial Ia the treasur!
that the Selectmen have had the portrait
of Mr.. Whitney placed on the town seal
Mr.. Whitney gave his consent to this. and
it is believed that this Is the first instance
Of the kind in the State. The seal Is now
in use. Mr.. Whitney is taxed In Wash
ing,on on thirty buildings, fifty goats.
twenty-five buffaioes, fifteen horses. ten
cows, thirty sheep and other animals.
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"L.io ouor.Soaked Women"

The British Women's Temperance A.
sociation has started a farm for women
who have become addicted to the liquoI.
habit. They do all the light work OF
farming, raising flowers, vegetables and
chickens. The glass houses are managed
entirely by women, and the produce sold
in the London market. The movement is
meeting with great success, many women
begging to stay after they are cured; They
acquire a love for outdoor work, and coun.
try homes are found for them as faT az
possible. Good food. pure air, certain
amount OF physical labor and cheerful sur.
roundings have worked great changes in
liauor.soaked women. II it worked 30
well in England. who not here? Our cities
are thronSed with women who nigh: be
helped by period OF enforced pure liv'
ing. Hundreds Of children drink in the
liquor hab, at their mothers breasts.
Removed from the vicinity OF gin shops
ard other places OF temptation. many oi
these women and children might become
seli.suppor,ing and self.respectirg.-The
Presbyterian.
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Ths Divine Mystery.

When the light Of the Christ comes to
men, even there is mystery, and that mys'
terry is the very JOY Of life. 1t Is fashon'
able to ask for the doing away OF mystery
in religion and in Gods revelation, but TO
the end OF the world there will be mys'
tery, growing and deepening, of how Jesus
Christ lifts me from death to life, from
darkness to lisht.-Rev. DR.. n. Z. Wood.
President Newton Theological Institute,
Newton, Mass, Baptist.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poem: A Beautiful Hope-The Drifting
Hnbis-It Briggs in Its Train Unrest OF
Mind, Irresponsivonoss 20 Duty and
Pride Of Opinion.
Every day is q fresh beginning.
Every morn is the world made new.
You who are weary OF so.row and sinnlng'
Here is q beautiful hope for you,
A hope for me and hope for you:
Susan Coolidge.
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THE GREAT DESTR0f
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPeRANcE.

Poem: Mora Light-A Pathetic Incsdens
Whose Counterpart May Be Witnesssd'
In Every Large City-Incredibie Thss
Voters Aliow Such Trafac.
More light" Ger the regions Of drinks
dark domain, ,.
More light" in the dens where drinks.
victims are slain, ~
More light" in the minds Of the people,.
that we
BY our purified laws from the drink carse
be free.
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Cneap Beer q Handicap.

A Munich employer of many skilled
workn,en. IN speaking last summer OF the
difficulties OF competing with foreign con.
Germs. laid stress on the cheapEess OF Mu.
rich beer as one Of the greatest handicaps.
II we were on equal terms in every other
respect" he said, The fac: tha: my mems
brains and bodies are soddcn with beer,
day aud night, would put me behind IN The
,.,re ~
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KeeninI Silence.

Do you know what Luther said? "Suf.
fer and be still and tell no man thy sor.
row; trust in God-His help will not fail
thee" This is what scripture calls keep.
ing silence before God. To talk much OF
ones sorrow makes one weak. but to tell
ones sorrows to Him who hcareth in Sc
cret makes one strong and calm.-Tho-
luck.
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The Old. Old Book.

If asked what n man should chiefly looA
to US the power that is to sustain him un'
der trials, and enable him to confront his
Snevi:able Affections, l must point him to
something which in a weil.known hymn is
called "tEe old, old story" told n an old,
old book, and taught with an old. old
teaching. which is the greatest and best
gift ever given to mankind.-W. E. Glad
stone.
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The Only Choice.

We have the choice before rs day BY
day, of doing a. God would have Us do, or
Of failing or refusing to do as God would
have US do. The choice is ours, in tho
plan OF God, and we cannot avoid or evade
the choice. however We may desire to do
90. As to this life Of oars, with its impera:.
tive necessity of choice, Henry Ward
Beecher said: God asks no man whether
be will accept life You must take it; the
only choice is how" - Sunday'School
Times,
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The historic battlefield At Busaco. fortu
xal. where the Duke Of Wellington. Sep
lember -. 1910. rrpulscd the French army,
commanded by Marshal Massena, has
been turned into golf links. 90. --
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FORGET REGRETS.

Break away from morbid regret. Seize
the present opportunity. Life is an eternal
oppor,unity.-Rev. William S. Jones, Ram
doiph. Mass.
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Baron Adolphe de Rothschild's leg.
acy Of almost priceless gold and silver
plate has been installed in the room
in the Louvre set aside for that pur.
pose.
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Tn. p,,c,iea, Value Of rssto,.lIsm.

At p!escn: teetota!ism IL aimos, as good
a passy ort 10 Z civil position as il the scrv'
ICE examination. At all events the latter
Is of very little use without the former
Montreal True Witness.
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The Linz Of Power.

It takes q great deal of courage simply
to be yourself, and yet to be yourself is
the line of power. We are all the time
thinking that If we act and speak or feel
as others do we shall be right, but once
in q while, in q moment of illumination,
It comes over Us that we are not just like
any one else, and that we have to act and
think and feel according to our own na.
ture. The grace Of God is not designed to
make all Christians alike. It is designed
to liberate and purify the personality, not
to adjust it to mold that some good man
has set.
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Hot water, drawn from an artesian
well. Is used to sprinkle the streets Of
Boise. Idaho.
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To Nave separate Cousuisr Services.
Sweden and Norway are to have separ
ate consular services at once.
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have done II had / known"
II don't wish you to tell me that"
said Alecia. steadily. and sternly. her
violet eyes upon her sisters flushed
! cace. You saved Mrs. Winthrop's
lie. Bee Field:"
Yes" rather sullenly from Beatrice.
angry because they would vindicate
her In spite Of her denouncing words.
How did you do II. Bee. dearT'
"She was crossing the street." said
Beatrice. pulling her head away from
Alecia's light fingers that were remov-
ing her bonnet and veil. and making
more fluffy the soft hair on her fore
head. ''nnd she stumbled. 1t wasn't
anything really. only l wouldn't have
done it, tell you. Alicia. l will finish
it-had I known who she was"
Where is Annette:" questioned Ale
cia. "She was with you. Bee. She
will tell US connectedly Of the acci-
dent"
"She has gone home" replied
Beatrice. frowning. Il didn't want
her to come in. ! knew that you would
question her. and will not have that!
This is my affair. Alecia.'
"Wbat Is she like. Bee" asked Cora.
presently. is she real borrid-a sort
of ogress. you know"
How could she fail to be horrid."
said Beatrice. coldly. being his moth
er. Cora?"
But what does she look like" per-
sisted Cora. is she tall and big with
a hard voice and cold eyes and that.
you know"
"And did she thank you In q way
that made you wish you hadn't saved