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Douglas Island news., 1904-03-09

DOUGLAS, ALASKA, MARCH 3, 1904.
 EDITOR OF DOUGLAS NEWS:
 SIR: There has been for some time problem passing from one to another of the mathematical scholars of Doug las. There has been no reasonable solution offered. offer you one for print.
 The problem is the old one of tree of given height standing perpendicular to base of given length. Where must the tree be broken to form right tri- angle with the given base.
 Now this is simply right triangle with the base and the sum of the other sides given.
 There is law in figures that the sum of two numbers plus the difference of the two numbers divided by two give the greater of the two numbers, and the sum minus the difference divided by two, gives the lesser of the two numbers. For instance we will suppose that 22 is the sum of two numbers and Sis the difference of these two num- bers.
 To apply the rule 2 plus 8 equals 30, divided by equals 15, the greater of the two numbers and p minus equals 14 divided by equals ', the lesser of the two numbers.
 Now in this problem we have the sum of the two sides. Now if we had. the difference the rest would be easy, but we have not this difference until we find it, and to find it we must use the old rule of the square of the hy potenuse minus the square of the base equals the square of the perpendicular. Which shows that the square of the base is the difference of the two num- bers squared, then it is only needed to square the sums of the two sides. Sub tract from this the square of the base and divide the remainder by two multi. piled by the same number that you squared
 The formula for this problem is this: Let a represent the base, x the perpen- dicular, the hypotenuse, and the sum of the two sides.
 a square plus square equals y square. plus y equals S.
 y equals minus X.
 y square equals square minus 2sx plus square.
 square equals square minus 2sx and equals square minus square di- vided by 2s. ~
 h the problem given here s equals 1OOft. and equals 20 it.
 Applying the formula: equals s square minus a square divided by 2s equals 100 square minus 20 square di- vided by times 100 equals 10000 minus 400 divided by 200 equals $500 divided by 200 equals IS it. perpendicular.
Douglas Island news., 1904-03-09

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Douglas Island news., 1904-03-09
City Council.

The common council of the city of Douglas met as usual on last Monday evening. In the absence of Mayor Bach, Councilman Elmer E. Smith was chosen to preside,
 The only business of importance was the allowance of a bunch of claims against the city. They were as follows: Douglas Iron Works, supplies
 furnished and labor per
 formed. d.....................S 45.5o St. Ann Hospital, Juneau, care
 Abraham Paan. n..-.......... 2S.6S J.F. Mcdonald, salary marshal,
 board of prisoners, &c. ..... 107.25 Alaska Electric It. & P. Go.
 lights for city. 37.@ A. O. Anderson, coal for city. 5000 Douglas Iron Works, repairs at
 city iail. ail................... $50 Frank Bach, supplies. ....... 355 Mccormick 6 Ayers, labor. .. 49.00 Public worship in the Congregation al church Sunday night at s o'clock. Special music by the male quartette. Young Peoples Meeting at 7:l5. Sun- day school meets at ? p. m. The Ladies League meets now every week on Thursday at p. n. in the parsonage. This week important work is on hand and all the members are requested to be present if possible. Bring your thimbles, please. The Juniors will meet on Saturday at 2 p. m. in the parson- age. One of the ladies with practical experience in cutting and sewing, has consented to give the children lessons each week in connection with the League work. Any interested in re- ceiving these lessons are invited to come.
Douglas Island news., 1904-03-09
Communicated.

DOUGLAS, ALASKA, MARCH 3, l9o
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13

Strikes are unknown In the Mexican
mines" said DR.. Frank J. Toussant
In speaking about conditions In Mex
ico' where he spends considerable of
his time. while down on my recent
trip to Huepac, Sonora, / heard of an
attempt to strike. The men, urged on
by a number of agitators, formulated
q protest against their hours and
wages and threatened to go out or a
strike II their demands were not COM
piled with. The operators scarcely
had time to look over the demands
made by their men, when word came
from the government in Mexico City to
arrest agitators Immediately. Those
who hailed from the states were I'M
tremendously deported and the Mex
lca miners who had been led by these
went back to their work, or
10 speak more properly, they continued
work.
ITO get q mining claim in Mexico Is
the easiest thing in the world; all you
to do is to flnd some stone, tree
or other mark, h draw an imaginary
line around as much of a tract as you |
want and then make your denounce-
ment. This costs you $3.50. A sur
veyor will hen he sent out and meas |
lre of as many rods as you want. He
will take about 500 for his services.
plot which he prepares, now goes
10 the capital and In due course Of
time you will be asked to pay q tax
equal to about $40 for a parcel of lam /,
the size IL a city block. This tax must |
paid annually, and as long as you do |
this, you will be considered the owner ]
Of that claim" |
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13

Columbus Press-Post: TESTS for
defective eyesight on all members Of
railroad train crews are much more
severe and frequent than they were a
few years ago." remarked a prominent
railway official a few days ago.. THE
reasons for these tests are obvious, as
the safety Of every moving train de-
ponds mainly Upon the clearness Of
vision Of the men having 1t in charge.
In these tests, color blindness causes
tha most trouble, and is a constant
menace to all trainmen, as the inabil-
ity to name correctly the different COL
ors at a glance is followed by instant
dismissal from the service.
"A peculiar case was brought to
light recently when a conductor on my
road vas being put through the test.
He had been running a passenger train
several years, N never met with an
accident, and was deemed II OF the
best men on the road. When the diff
ferent colors were placed before him
singly, he called them correctly al a
glance, but when two or more colors
were presented, he was wholly unable
to tell n from another. We were
sorry for him. but of course were forced
to let him go.
physicians seem to be unable to
discover to Just what cause his Attic
ton is due. They claim that some per-
sons are born with it, while it comes
upon others without warning at any
time of life, and unless put to the test
the victim will never know that he is
20 afflicted"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
Free to Twenty-Five Ladies',

The Defiance Starch Co. will give
rs ladies a round trip ticket to the
St Louis Exposition, to FIVE ladies
In each OF the following states: NIL
nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri who win send In the largest
number OF trademarks cut from q ten
cent, 16-ounce package If Defiance
cold water laundry starch. This
means from our own nome. any
where in the above named states. These
trademarks must be mailed to and
received by the Defiance Stach Co..
Omaha, Neb- before September lst,
1864. October and November will be
the best months to visit the EXPOSE
ton. Remember that Defiance Is the
only starch put up in 16 OF. "a full
pound) to the package. You get one
third more starch for the same money
than Of any other kind, and Defiance
never sticks to the iron. The tickets
to the Exposition will be sent by reg
istered mail September 9Th. Starch
for sale by all dealers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
supposed that this frightened his horse
Buried Three Days in a Wolf Den.

Kansas CITY Journal: An OklahO-
man named Lawson. had an unpleasant
experience while visiting his brother
in-law, Milo Blodgett, who ives near
Adobe Walls In the Texas Panhandle.
Lawson wen wolf hunting alone.
Next day his horse was found sad
died, but without a bride. Blodgett
summoned about thirty neighbors and
began searching for Lawson, who was
located after nearly a days hunt. His
feet were sticking from the top of a
wolf den and about three feet of dirt
rested on his body. Lawson was SO
fastened that he could not ex~tricate
himself. He had dug down in the wols
den about five fee on a slant in a
manner something like the entrance to
a dugout, then lay in the trench to
reach in after some coyote pups. He
caught n and threw it out, and it is
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13

Doan's Kidney Pills, but four boxes Of
this remedy effected a complete and
permanent cure. II suffering humani-
ty knew the value OF Doan's Kidney
pills, they would use nothing else. as
it is the only positive r I know"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
which was tied TO a bunch of bear grass

which was tied TO a bunch of bear grass
near the hole.
The horse, making a lunge, caused
the bank to cave. the dirt falling on the
PROSTATE body OF the man, covering his
body and head, the dirt caught him
with his body and arms stretched out
in front SO he could not use them to
much advantage. but he managed to
work his hands shove the dirt
down the hole until his head was I'M
covered and he could get air from the
top. He lay in this position from 5
o'clock Thursday afternoon till 10
o'clock Sunday morning.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
CHAPTER XXXIV.
AFTERWARD.

AF Ell W AID.
Max cried out with horror when the
candle light fell on the man he held
pinned to the ground. For that man
was none other than his father.
Swiftly he released his grasp and fell
back into the shadow from where, as If
in some dream of unsupportable an
guish, he saw Lady Bysshe, with d.
lated and incredulous eyes. look down
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
Had IN Re.

Life: Witherby-That chap I'm go
ing to bring out is very fussy about
where he sleeps. He likes to be COM
Portable.
Mrs. Witherby-Well. I can't help It.
There is no other place for him but the
guest chamber.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13

HS years ago uy
health Was complete
~ broken down. My
back ached and was
SO lame that at
times I was hardly
able to dress my
self. I lost my ap-
petite and was I'M
able to sleep. There
seemed to be no re-
lief until I took
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
That's Always Attractive

Philadelphia Public Ledger: Well"
remarked the man who was fond of
uttering platitudes, there is certain
ly nothing attractive in poverty"
"Oh, l don't know" replied Bor-
roughs, there's a " in It,"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13


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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13

DEAR MEd- 1TNKRAM:I cannot tell you with pen and ink what GOOD
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Sanie compound, began to feel the buoyancy of my younger days return
1g, became regular, could do more work and not feel tired than 1 had ever
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health, It is indeed a boon to sick women and I heartily recommend IL
Yours very truly, MRs. Rosa ADAMS, s1o 18th St. Louisville. XVI
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me
Of a tenacious and persistent cough
VIM. II. Harrison, 227 W. 121st street,
New York, March 20, 1901.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13

Mrs. Winslow's SooT1Iso srRuP 4r Childrsn
SssthiHgi sottens tho gqra. reduces Inflammation al
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-10-13
ALL BROKEN DOWN.

No sleep-No Appetite-Just a Contin-
ua1 Backache.
Joseph Mcejauley, Of IA sholto
street, Chicago, Sachem of Tecumseh
T M ccvo. tHTw,n ynaro 400 NV
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
New 0rlea,s c Cotton Futures. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. I-rxnitnn fntnr
Liverpool Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Nike.

NEW ORLEANS-Firm; sales $50; ordi nary. l4b; good ordinary. IS 7-I6; lew mt ding. l6 ll6: mddIIng I67 7-I6: good mid ding. 6 I-l6; middlng fair v I-I6; re- ceipts. l2e; stock. 427.oI5.
 GAI-NESTON-Strong; middling I5ss: sales. o32; rectipts 7,25s; stock. Il4 26I.
 MORlLE-Steady; mdding. leli sales, L. 500; receipts. l.769: stock 23. e44.
 SANANNAH-Firm; middIinE I6IL: sales lee: 'eceints ? 2I5; stock 70 7os.
 CHARl.ESTHN-Firm; mid 7lng I6Is: sales 30: receipts e4; stock. 10 3eo. WlLMtNGTON-Steady middling. l6H. re- ceip's. 7s2' stock. 6e2I. 'e
 NtpRFOI k-Rece'pts LOGO: stock. Le sso cep's 4oo stock aes ''' re-
 RoSToN-ouiet; mi'ding. 1878; net re-
 PFILADELPHIA-ou rniddune t7so. rec"tpts. 7s stock. 25I ''''0'
 ST LOtIS-Firm: mddlng I6h. saIes no. rece,nts. loe: stock, 22 443 'O@
 NEW HoPK-Nomnsl: middling v 75. na, reeeln,s' rec 25 gross. l.944; sales 3 800: stork Total todav-Net receipts 22 es7. a.n.,rt. ,. the continent 8. 447; stock VI n4s ''S U
 ConSoHdated-Net receip's 54 aao. svro-.. e7o. T '' 'he continent l6.-
 Total s'nce Sept. l-Net receipts E ooa Ass. e1po,ts to Great Britain 7so 2se: to Erar'. nS6 s43; to the continent 2 c2I oIo, t pan S44o9; to Mexico. 20 246. " '"'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
New Orleans Spot Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS Feb I--.rhis has been s day of unusual excitement even in this sea son or extraordinary occurrences in the cot ton future market When the opening of the session was announced pandemonium appa- rentiy o-oke laose Advances in Liverpool and New York had already been posted on the Cotton Exchange boards and the first call of tho local market showed an advance of I9a 2t points. The fluctuations during the ses- but prices were always we'll above the closIng f heures Of Saturday with an upward trend ore. dominating the days trading resulting in net gains of Soa84 points The market closed very firm. Although the range of prices ap- pearcd to create an ideal condition for tho lscalper it was said about the ring that this class ot traders today from some cause almost invariably caught on the wrong way The pull leaders here advise buying notwithstand- Ing the present high levels Leading houses have reports from their travelling men in Texas crop will not exceed two and half million bales and that there Is now but little cotton in the interior of the State A cable tron1 Bremen reports that spinners in Germany and Austria were carving very nsht stocks ani expressing the opinion that this crop or it's equivaent has aready been sold.
 snot cotton active and hieher under the lead- ership of Liverrool and New York and also influenced by the advance in futu~es Sales x oNn bales including 700 to arrive and 4on f. 0 h. ,9uo1ations, iSc higher.
 Futures opened irrcgu1ar. prices being I9T 4l points higher. After further advance of '0ffl 2 points prices receded 2oar27 points hut erallv declired to l793. In the t-adirg the fluctuations were wide and frequent The mar ket closed very firm Net gains on the active months were soIS4 points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
H. s B. Beer,s Cotton L.tt.r.

tBy Private Wire to Caldwell, Ward & col
 NEW ORLEANS, Feb. i.--As early Liver pool advices were favorable, our market opened 33n4l points higher, but subsequently, declined l5al9 on realizing due to the later easiness In Liverpool. The improvement of about | cent in American money in Havre at the close, which was caused, so 1t is rumored, by a large Houston firm laying down on their spot en- gageemnts to French exporters. When this be- came known and 1t was$ ascertained that French reutes closed 47is points higher than saturday. the inference was the nows from he East must have been more reassuring Consequently while local spots were firm pre- Viously, they became strong and a buying wave for deliveries came in, occasioning an edvanee of 66G6e from the bottom. Near the close room traders taking profits superinduced ' slight recession, making the net gain 'ei0
 4 points on the day. Port receipts for the
 hree days segregate 57,ooo. against 66. 900 asst year. The i've leading interior towns during the ssme time have received 26 900. against 36,OOO last year ~On the strength of spots. the sales here were 8 800 today at all advance of + cent and the same conditions seem tn prevail throughout the South, from the advices received from all sections of the in- terfor. In other words, it looks as If this crop has already been sold to the spinners, but many Of those who have sold cotton to spin ners have been unable to secure the raw ar uce. either by speculsting for a decline vr being unfortunate enough to have others who sold to them lay down. As long as the de- mana for spots is so urgent. and the movement on a decreasing scale, the chances are that values will be enhanced further. especially ds a very bullish census bureau report is expect ed to he issued shortly. From present indica- tions. values may be forced to such a level as to compel most mills to close down entirely providing those holding extreme short crop views arc correct While every one Is optimis- trally inclined. still We advise caution and advocate operating conservatvely, because it is best to be prepared for the possibility of an unfavorable outside factor being injected into the situation unexpectedly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
MARKETS FOR FUTURES AGAIN NEW HIGH RECORDS ARE
 SCORED. July Sells at 17.55 in New York, While in New Orleans That Option Goes Up to
 IS Cents.

NEW YORK. Feb. I.-The cotton market opened strong at advance of 6G2o points on further bull support and covering induced by higher cables than expected. and fght es- inmates for the days Ieceipts. The advance carried prices into, new ground with July sell ing through the l7c ma k and attracteA heavy profit taking. tkat at f1lst there was con siderable iIregularity. New Orleans showed rarucular himness. however, and the Sohth- crn bull leadc,s in connection With spot house having New England connexions ao- sf.fbed all offerings and soon the market had advanced until March was selling at to.So' Ma, i7s20 an ,fu l7.oo. net gam on these positions of 42d47 points. Then the light estimates for tomorroW's receipts at Houston and TunorS that the local pun reader was selling lar go amounts through brokers caused d setback to within few points ot in, oneninc. fRulcs The estimates for tomor- rows receipts at Galveston and New Orleans also were heavy the average. but in the face of this the market in the eally alter noon started once more to advance with very hullfsh me ssages coming in from New Or- leans. further heavy purchases Tor the account of the New Orleans bull lea9sr and some ouy ing for outsf1e account promoted by the ex- pertation of n very bullish census bureau re- port giving the amount Of cotton Ginned 10 Jan. t3. which is expected between th's and the fifth of the month. Tho expectation of re- tu DIS conf ming the bull c CD o~t:lnat tes seen more nr less general. although some local sta tistIcians figure that the large state Of Iexas win have received by tho end of the current week as much cotton as allotted Tor the en- tire cr,p by the Government estimates nf Dec 3. The best prices were reached n the ldte trading when March sold at " o4. May at I746 and July at l755, gan on these months of e5p7o points for the day and of about a cent ana a half pound since the close of the market last Friday. July in New Or leans sold up to the lS-cent mark. The market here closed firm at practically the best with all months up to and including September net 47lS2 points higher. October was uncnangei and December only 10 points higher Sales were estimated at | 200. 900 bales, Receipts at the ports today were 22 s97 bales. a=e inst las DA the week 36 900, against l63 292 bales last week and 94, l6I last year. Tolay's receipts at New Orle"u~ were 3.52o. against 27S last yesr and at Houston 5.944 bales. against f7T last
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
Warehoussmen and Cotton .roxers.

than expected. but closed but l point better man Saturday, New York's market in cont sst
 1pened up strong and with numerous nuctua- tons during the day has advanced materially, closing around top prices, making new high records The recent rapid advance in futures mas not been sustained by the advance in spots and some old and successful traders claim that Re should have a good reaction, while others are doubtful and fear Co sell under 20 cents. The present prices. however, surprised even tho most bullish in coming so soon. The big operators are rather quiet. Everything Is fa- vorabie to bullish sentiment at this time and only high prices are talked. Private wire houses during the day have predicted sensa- tionaI developments soon, We feel that at these prices extreme caution should be ob- served as fluctuations of 100 to POO points would not Do unreasonable any day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
Virgin x Fnunce's Cotton Letter.


 : NEW YORK. Feb I.-cottcn crossed v cents today win a great deal of activity and excitement Professional operations were to- tally responsible f." tho great movement 10 record quotations anI the shorts were utter iy powe-less tu defend their position At times absolutely no cotton was to be had ana the, poor shorts wcre forced to step up and settle at the terms made by the bulls. Sensu. tional advances in Liverpool lost week were stiIl the subject "f much talk and today thF prices from abroad We're again higher than looked for ThCrC vas Considerable irregu- larity at the better levels but the trade as q whole refused to take d positive stand in one di-ection or the other. Neither wero the bis interests inclined 10 sivc ,ietuitv expressions Tho situation as whole heurnl 'o very dangerous, and that was t. be avoid ed as much possible by outsiders. Under such circumstances it still seems uselos tc, describe the markets movements at any great length. Suffice it to say that the conditions are still under the control Of the bull cliques and the future is shrouded in mystery which the best traders are al loss tr fathnm. The estimated port receipts fer the day were 2l 900, against 33 69o for the same day last