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The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Between 900 and 1000 lAborers will
be wanted within a few weeks to fill out
the construction gangs to be put to work
on the Valdez, Copper River & Yukon
railroad. Neither Of the offi:lsls Of the road
nor Contractor Mcdonald are SATISFIED
that II will be possible to obtain enough
white men to complete the force, audit
very likely an effort will be made to pro
cure japanese laborers.
Contractor Mcdonald will accompany
party OF Eastern and English capitalists
and representatives Of the Investors who
are to build the road to Seattle. He will
take up the question Of labor at that time
and make some settlement. But pre-
llmlnarv Inquiries made In his behalf have
shown a demand for labor exi'ts all over
the Coast, and 4 s7feaed white men
cannot be found to 20 Into the northern
country. In the event they were to 20 It
is feared many Of them would be sthmpeded
by reports Of gold strikes, and Il would be
necessary continually to send out for more
men, For that reason II Is likely force
Of several hundred Japs will be taken
North.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
NEWFTND
tGs3ls .
Strike Said to be Made On
4 SiixtymiIle River. u.

pa Late adylces from Dawson are to the st-
ieet that a strike running as high as 81 p
to the pan In gold has been mIde- ,on q
branch Of the SlxtvmIle river, which
flowsanto the Yukon above Dawson.
F. Boucher and B, Hout are the dlscov-
srers. They recorded at the gold commits
sloner's once In Dawson TODAY, and made
affidavit In getting discovery claim that
thew found. gold runhlog from cent to 81
a pan, and averaging IS cents to the pan,
The average depth on the creek IS q to IL
feet. ~ ~
The stream on which the strike has
been made Is tributary Of Slxtymlls on
the left limit, 30 miles from the Yukon.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
BIGSALE
Nome Mining Claim Sells for
! Large Sum.

Sugar claim on the hill between Anvil
add Dexttr creeks was sold recently to'the
Pioneer and Nome Mining companies
operating at Nome for 81, 600 The
claim contains a large body Of rith gravel
and Il Is about 50 fee, deep.
10 Is reported that $4,000 dump was
was taken out Of the mine last winter, and
that a rocker In the bottom Of the shaft
had rocked out 10000, and that the gravel
on bedrock runs $50 10 the cubic yard,
All the work has been done bvths owners,
and the gravel has been holsted bv q hand
wlndlSSs.
The claim was owned before the sale by
Swedish sailors who locatetit early In the
history Of Nome mining.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
Store WIN Be Repaired

The American Tailors will have their
store building repaired this week, The
goods and workshop will be transferred to
the building formerly occupied bv Allen
Bros hardware store, 10 rsmIln until the
work Of repairing the old store shall have
been completed. The store will Be TePa-
persd and have a new front pu, In and be
otherwise renovated.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
.BIG:::.OI
Puget Sound Nay
Largest On the !
asm sssrlsHc wsl Z 5aai

The Puget Sound navy u
come the most important ON
coast. In accordance With tht
dltlon Of the navy department ;
made more appropriations 70
Sound navy ward than for q
island, In San Francisco bay. ,
Sound hayward Is now comm
rear admlral, too. Yates STIRLING
new admlrals, being 10 charge
dignity that Is only bestowed
navy yards. ~
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

The Princess May sailed YESTERDAY
morning al 6;Is with 50 passengers. It
took her more than twenty hours to dis
charge her exceedingly large cargo OF
freight. Il took tive tr'lns to move the
freight Of the Princess from SSagSav to
whltehorse. The Canadian Pacific off,
elals cllim 10 be Carrying more than 50 per
cent. Of the freight tina, Is going across
White Pass.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

The white flyer Dolphin. the Alaska
steamship Complny's flagship, should ar
rive tomorrow morning. Acting Agent
Sowsrby received a message stating that
she got away from Seattle on time and
that she would not stop At Vancouver on
the trip up, which should bring her to
Skagway some time Monday forenoon
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

The Daily Alaskan has received An
assortment Of Plate Text, the very
latest type for society printing. IL
4 the fashion.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

The CITY Of Seattle, one Of the Pacific
Coast erack liners. will-bs due today, and
she should arrive before morning. She
will have four days mail on board and Is
anxlously looked for.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

The santa Aaa Is also passed due and
should arrive todly from Valdez on her
way 10 the SJund. Tbs santa Ana viii
cut rates as usual TO s12.so first class and
SIS second e. is.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
srEAMERs DUB NJ PORT
The following steamers srs schedofed
nrrivn on thn date namad.
1n.pss,sa At Per. Tswn.sad

ITTEN-ELy a.
All passengers arriving .Qn-ths Sound
from Nome are personally Inspected at
Port Townsend. The strlctest quarantine
regulations are oeIpii talIPgs9a3M
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
STEAMERS
Movements of Sound and
Lynn Canal Liners.

The Dlrigo, Of the Alaska Steamship
Company, and the AK, OF the PAeihc
Cost Steamship Company, are both over
due and the former al least should arrive
today.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

rhe finest porcelain bath tubs at the
Principal baIbelShop. Opposite ths Board
Of Trade.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
At The Fifth Avenue.

The following named persons are reg
istered at the Fifth Avenue hotel:
Arthur E Fisher, whitehorse
III Griffith, Whitehorse
Geo Anderson, Toronto
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
Good groceries Cheap |!

We have just recsyedby the steamer Dol
phIrthe following good things; y
Fresh Onions. , punches for. 80. sc
Fresh Radishes, 3 punches for. ; 80. SC
Fresh Rhubarb, 4 pounds for.
Fresh New Potatoes, 4 pounds for. ....2se
--,Green Peas. Hot-house Lettuce, Apples,
Oranges ana Bahamas. - ~
An Of our glass jars Of jams and
jellies, regular price 35c, now. 25c
FSsgi rs Gas tesular price
2Oc, reduced 70. ..............,. zOc
Extra STANDARD Fruit, q ID tins,
regular price 25c, reduced to-. zoe
This includes peaches, pears, prunes,
strawberries, raspberrIes and cherries
Best Noca and Java Coffee, reg
ular price zoe, rednced TO-, -. 4Oc
SOC. Tea reduced to. ...."...... 6Oc
coo, Tea reduced %, :..,....,,...,. soc
55c. Coffee reduced 70. ........... 25c
!55o,-NOrth-- Yakima-4butter, 2 10 -----
brick, reduced to-. ........... 65c
zoe. Oysters reduced to....,..".. 15c
25c. Oysters reduced TO. ....... zoe
Best Brand CLANS, 2 cans for. &c. 25c
loo. package Flaked Wheat...... lOc
All spices and extracts at reduced
|. pElcesSAnnOEA
AZ 90 ,,,o,..b Of s,ooda
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Just received Il ROYAL Laundry latest
appliance for lie curtain work Next TO
new electric plant.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Get prices at Rovsl Laundry for family
work, special rates In rough dry, next
to new electric plant.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

/, The bes, glass Of beer In the North can
~ FAD at the Seattle Saloon-A gentle
mans resort.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Summer underwear In silk, cotton, bal
big acmrfina and cammsI hair, u Clay
sens.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Fine summer suits, stylish and neat. at
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
CLEANUP
Health officer Hall Compell-
ing People tONge ElJ@S

Or. N. F. Hall, city health OlfesE has
caused those using the allev lbet~sdA
Fifth and Sixth avenues ftom State 10
Broadway streets to make a general clean
up. He Is now looking for other locations
where like work nav be needed Pr. Hall
saws he has devised a method 6tralslng
his salary. The dty paws hltD1Goo per
year and be says the position should com
mand ten times that, so he has decided to
taAe his othsF-SO sO--sllt IR-taas--Hs ad-
mlts having had $500 woSth q laa out OF
the work already done but has at least
500 more eomIpg. .N "A 81
Fresh oysters and spring chicken at the
ROYAL Gate - .EruC .nAw7GE.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

The advertising columns Of the Daily
Alaskan are the peoples exchange mart.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

II you want to be we'll Informed
happenings, subscribe for the Dial
kan. Phone 10.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
Girl WAntod

For light house work. Good pay. To-
qulre at Alaska Steamship Co.'S office,
u - - ...- ~ 80 M-L-aM .
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Furnished rooms and houses ;
advertised In the Daily Alaskat
bring plenty Of applicants.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

The best lunch, the best beer, the best
people, the best Of sverYthlngat the Seat
tie SalOOn-for gentlemen onlv.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

OLD paper, a,q9ggdl. & lelsofi''5 4
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Tie Royal Laundry cannot be
They tan suit your taste and cog
and fl vcu In prices. Phone 81
electric light liant. a.. p
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

II you want good work done telophons
No. l1S Automatic. Key City Laundry
They take II away and return II In few
hourL q
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

The Daily AlaskaH's faellltIe,
jlD work are rnexeslled. .I,siy,
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

All the dellcaeles Of the seas"ns the
Royal Cafe. LUNCHES put up on short
notice IiIaS E@24Gr
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

F., Rent and -FUr SAM -cHruS -Haio'
al this onica .g3s9 &c
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Spring chicken At the Pack Train res.
tlurant.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Mining blanks at this once.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31
The time. toSdyertise Is all the

New line Of the latest fall skin and
tailor made suits have just been received at
Behrends. 27u
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

/ Red Star bottled beer Is uned
table drink. g per dozen.
Telephone g. III
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

Fresh oysters and spring shlSssssQ at the
Rovai Csfe. 49, '''' IVA
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-31

.sSISs. q asSrg b. Ioo with every
$500 worth OF goods. .1a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-07-19

California had at the end q last
year 1000 petroleum wells.
Iron finger posts bearing the nameA
Of all four thorougbfares are now
being erected 1T the street corners
In Berlin.
In the Colusa region. California
there is . blowing machine (run by Pc
troleum power) which can pillow ll0
acres of land per day.
On health grounds, an order forbid
ding the wrapping up Of foodstuifs
in old newspapers has just been "
sued by the project of Finistere-
According to DR.. Pinard. Of Paris
many careless persons catch conta-
gious diseases by taking on their
dusty shoes and then sitting down
to meal without washing their
hands.
The nest of the tree wasp or hor'
net is made of a true paper;' wood
being ground to pulp by the jaws
Of the wasp and treated with an adj
hesive matter secreted in the crea-
lures mouth.
In the canton of Zurich, according
to the official school report for the
years 1890 and 1900, 10s,2o7 children
were medically examined, and the
ears were found to be in some way
affected in lit per 1000.
The village church at Upleatham.
North Yorkshire Ia s.1afrnad t<, l,e thu
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on him or demand that he peruse
driveling narrative of "rustic life."
In this era of well-nigh universal au
thorship there has arisen q band o
Inscriptions knaves who, with tn
skill of a confidence man. endeavor t,
turn the popular desire for literar,
fame to their advantage.
at is the greatest graft that evel
happened, my boy" said one of TIT
most cold-blooded Of these rogues, a.
he boosted of his achievements. "W'
have our hands on the most <poten
valve of the, human mind-the concei
of literary authorship-and when W,
press the button the money is sure tt
follow. We keep a sharp lookout ii
soon as we learn of an aspiring author
who is engaged upon 'magnumOpus
or has had one turned down by a biz
publisher, we camp on his trail, ant
we never let up till we land him.
'Of course we adopt stand-offish
policy as soon as he begins to nibble
tell him that we can never consider hi,
book until it has run the gauntlet of oul
readers and critics, but that is only fol
the purpose of increasing his own be-
lief in its great qualities. Lord bless
you, if it is the veriest rot ever penned
we will handle it. An adverse criticism
upon book is an unknown quantity in
our shop.
''Then we inform him that the ex
pense of publication will be about
$500, which we expect him to stand. He
demurs, whereupon we ask him how
many copies he thinks he can dispose
of himself. Incautiously and ignorant.
ly he estimates the number at 1000. In
reality, II he has good luck and lots OF
friends he can sell about so. We show
him, however, that by his own state
ment he win be able to publish at his
own risk to much better advantage
than If we offered him terms, and so he
is at last firmly hooked.
THAT $500 is merely flrst contribu.
ton, though. He speedily finds that his
manuscript must be thoroughly re.
vised, corrected and punctuated. at a
cost of 500; illustrations must be Sc.
cured. the proof must be read and q
hundred other little things done, each
of which has its separate fee. may
say that never let an author get away
from me for less than $500.
Finally, when he is MIXED dry, we
turn over 1000 printed and bound
books to him and give our attention ia
fresh victim"
do they ever come back with q sec
ond book?"
"Never. That is the sole drawback
to the business. One never has the
chance to make steady connections,
for our clientele is always changing. =
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A coLLooux.

Thus spaIke my Head:
/ know l AMI know not whence came;
l know / was-or else could not be;
] know some Creature did my fashion
frame
Who? what7 How?-Ay. there lies the
mystery.
But whether there be life beyond the
tomb.
/ do not know, and therefore cannot say
I only walk where Reason lights the
gloom.
30 spake my Head / thought me wondrous
wise.
I-thougbt me wondrous wise. and thought
so TIL
Ny poor Heart did in rank rebellion rise
And tenderly subdued my stubborn VIII.
Thus spake my Heart:
{ know ami know from whence came:
know / was--or else could not be;
know some Being did my fashion frame
Who? Faith says God, and there's no
mystery. 4 "a
know that must pass away some day:
Deaths surely an appointment from
above.
And opes the gate that leads the starlit way
To everlasting light and life and love.
So spake my Heart; thought me wondrous
wise.
Thought me wondrous wise. and thought
so till
Ny Head did free Itself from Reasons
guise,
And eager grasped the Faith that Gains
me still.
.-sAas Xavier Floyd, in N. Y. Independent.
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The construction of the trans-isth.
milan waterway through the produc-
tive country of Nicaragua means to
that country an opening up of it's
latent resources, immigration, and i'm
proved transportation facilities. The
construction of the canal will draw
thousands of foreigners to the coun-
try, both capitalists and labor, and 1t
requires no stretch of the imagine
ton to see this increasing population
spreading over the adjacent country
both to the north and to the south, and
settling on the lands which can be
had for the asking. Where there are
now only dense forests, silvery lakes,
rushing mountain streams and silent
prairies with tall, waving grass, there
will spring up towns and villages, plan
tations and farms, and new geo.
graphical and commercial center of
the western hemisphere.-Outlook.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The crocodile, the chicken and the
ostrich take pebbles with their food
to aid in grinding it.
There is now made an opera glass
which folds to the thickness of half
an inch and needs no case.
A fluid capable of anaesthetizing .
plant when injected into the tissue
thereof near the roots has been dis
covered by a German chemist. The
plant so treated stops growing, but
maintains its fresh. green appearance
as long as the effects of the injection
last.
A few years ago an engine of James
Watts manufacture, with sun and
planet wheel complete, was taken
down at q London brewery. 1t had
been continuously working for 102
years, and was not at all decrepit
when dismounted. II now forms an
archaeological exhibit in the museum
Of Sydney university.
Cottonseed oil, corn oil and linseed
oil, there is good reason to believe,
will probably have rival at not
distant day in edible petroleum oil.
AS . matter ., iac'' Pe.ro mas
Deen successfully uesupnui'1eu anu
uen'neraii.eu. 'ain o'ne so.'us
anu inereu,en's nave p.en e.'las'.'
from ~ ana .ne P.ouuc'ion % = ia
~ sooo e''ipie OH mas eifea"y
sul'ea
In the United States alone 6,50O,O00
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"Your majesty said the cook Of the
king of the Cannibal islands, show Will
you have the latest captive prepared2''
Il always like to cook my game in
some way appropriate to their ma.
tional characteristics" replied the
king. "Of what nation is the captive p
"Hc IL an Irishman, your majesty
is It your pleasure that he be done
into an Irish stew"
3 "Oh, no. You may make soup Of
him."
"But is that Characteristic of the
Irish, your majesty ?" asked the chief
politely.
certainly II is. That is the way they
cook young men themselves in Ire.
land.
Il beg your pardon. sire. but never
heard of It,"
THAT, my dear SIR, Is because yor
have not had 80 much time to read o.
have read. i, SIR. have often met, IN
my reading about Irishmen, with the
expression, q broth of boy. Phila.
1elphia North American.
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"A "Dicker' with
The President 8
By HOLMAN r. DAY.

HAPT. SIMON SHIBLES, of Thomas
ton, Me-, sitting before his favorite
grocery store in the village square at
home, used to scrape his gnarled finger
quizzically down the side of his nose
and declare that he did the thing as
easily as the scuttle-butt would roll
OF the dog-vane., He wasn't afraid OF
President Andrew Jackson and Presi-
dent Andrew Jackson wasn't afraid OF
him.
But all of Capt. Sirnon's BLUM and
naive assurance wouldn't achieve to-
day what it did in the informal days
of Andrew jackson. when the hedge
about the president of the United
States was lower.
On one trip from Thomaston, Capt.
Simon, the heartiest skipper who
sailed past Owls Head in those days,
carried lime in his two-master. He had
his mind set on a profitable venture,
but when he rounded at Baltimore, he
found there half a dozen other Maine
shippers, all with lime. Capt. Simon
did not stop to bother with that mar
ket. He hoisted anchor and sails and
posted to Alexandra. Two shippers
came after him.
"For," said one to his mate as they
swashed along, "old Shibles will sell
that lime, even IL he has to tackle An
drew jackson himself"
Capt. Simon was an early bird when
he had business ahead of him. On
the morning after his arrival at Alex
andria he was out and away, dressed in
his best, ere the mariners that were
trailing him got their eyes open. Like
most Yankee shippers of those days,
Capt. Simon wore white trousers and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-07-19
CLEVER BLIND CHILDREN.
Act Upon the Stage without Makins
Single Mistake I'm the whole
Performances.

A company of blind children enacted
the play, Jack, the Giant killer" at st.
Louis recently, reports an exchange of
that city.
1t was their first attempt in the his
trionic line and was pronounced the
success of the season by the theater-
goers. The children belong to the
Missouri school for the blind, and the
entertainment was arranged in celc-
bration of the institutions fifty-frst
anniversary.
The teachers made all of the cos
tunes and trained the performers for
weeks beforehand. The latter entered
into the spirit of the occasion with all
of the zest which more favored chill
dren might have exhibited. The re-
markable feature was the keenness Of
perception which they displayed.
Guided by some instinct, they never
made one false step, but passed and
repassed each other on the stage and
always found their respective places
without collision. Their movements
we're all ease and freedom and grace
and their steps were as firm and full of
confidence as though. they had been
blessed with the brightest and keenest
of eyes.
Sightless lords and ladies bowed to
blind king and queen in courtly
style. A blind fairy waved her wand
over their majesties without once
touching their crowns. The blind Giant
Blunderbore marched in all his terrible
might across the stage with the most
threatening strides and blind Jack the
Giant Killer strutted gloriously up and
down with his trusty sword. 1t was
all done with such astonishing accu-
racy. and never was there mistake in
word or action. The orchestra which
furnished the music was composed of
Is blind boys, and the attendants of
the king and queen numbered some 20
sightless little ones.
So that it was company which real
~ crowded the narrow stage and made
the excellence of the performance all
the more notable. A particularly pref
ty scene was the part in which Jack
led the Princess and Fairy Good in a
dance which was very much like the
Virginia reel.
After the play S. NJ. Green, superin-
tendent of the institution, was the re-
cipient of many congratulations upon
the histrionic achievements Of his pu-
pills.
"They can do things and accomplish
good in the world just the same as
people that have eyes," he said, proud
ly. Our motto is this: 1t is the soul
that SEES
1--WE took that motto several years
ago to impress on the public the fact
that blind people are not lot of hap
less, unfortunate creatures, as some
suppose. Aside from the misfortune of
being deprived of their sight. blind
children are just like other children.
They are affectionate, they like to
romp and play, they want to be out in
the fresh air and sunshine, and they
enjoy hearing the lsongs of the birds
and smelling the perfume Of the flow-
ersn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-07-19
MAY BE ANOTHER PoMpEI1.
Rains Of An Ancient settIemens
Found Under . Laws Bed in
California.

Edgar Cox, a miner, lately reached
Redding, CAL, after hard trip across
the country from Lassen Buttes, 40
miles east of that place, bringing a
story of strange discoveries of even
deeper interest than the great crater
and the springs and caves of the lava
fields. The discoveries are of bones
and implements denoting people and
state of civilization existing there
many centuries ago. It is believed,
says local account, second Pompeii
may be hidden beneath the lava and
igneous rock which was belched in
far remote period from the mouth of
the grim old crater.
A party of timber surveyors investi-
eating their way over the rough coun-
try south of Noodles pass found within
four feet of the surface human bones
half petrifed. They evidently had
lain in much greater depth, but ero-
sion had thinned the crust of earth
above them. The skeletons were in
various postures, as though death had
come suddenly upon the ancients,
striking them down as they were en-
gagged in the daily routine of life. Next
the searchers came upon rude spoons
and bowls. They were apparently of
stone, but they bore no resemblance
to the Indian relics which the traveller
sees often in that region. Instruments
which perhaps were used as hammers
and chisels were found. They, too,
were totally unlike the known imple-
ments of the Indians. Some of the
stone articles were of such design that
they could not be classified at all.
The surveyors became convinced that
they had CHANGED upon relics of a race
that antedated the known Indians so
far as to have little in common with
them.
II was the conviction of the party
that the ruins of settlement or city.
possibly engulfed with its inhabitants
by an'eruption Of the long extinct vol
cano, lie beneath the lava and can be
reached with comparative ease from
certain points where little lava re.
mains.