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The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
Fir n on VIII H,vo Smoker

The Bremen will have a smoker to follow their next regular monthly meeting. That was decided at the meeting which took place Saturday night NJ A. Mclean, Victor Sparks and James Barry were appointed as a refreshment committee to make ar engagements for the affair.
 There were about 20 members at Saturdays meeting and routine busi- ness was transacted.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
WHAT THIS MAN SAYS
Only Rs-EohOss tho Sentiments of
 Thousands in Our Republic

The reader is asked to thoroughly investigate the following. This can readily be done, for the gentleman whose statement is published below will only be too pleased to answer any communication mailed to him if the writer really suffers from the annoying consequence which always attend inac- tive or weakened kidneys
 ". A. Hawkins, proprietor of Oxford Hotel, III 4th avenue, Seattle, says: Il was subject to kidney trouble for a number of years and during that time took different remedies recommended Co me without much success. l came here from LapOrte, Ind, some twelve wears ago and have taken paper from there ever since. Ever now and again I read of people in that city who have been cured of kidney trouble by the use of DOan's Kidney Pills, and 1t was through mentally discussing these cases that induced me about year ago to try the remedy. It gave me undoubted benefit at that time. Since then mo- ticed symptoms of recurrence, the pills acted equally as well as they did when they first came to my notice.
 Sold for 50 cents 8 box. FoSter-MlI- ur Co.. Buffalo, N. l., 1o'e agents for the United States. Remember the name, Doan's, and take no substitute.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
Georgia In Passepgor Bus'nsss

The Georgia arrived Saturday night from Juneau with 10 passengers, and sailed out sailed out Sunday morning with a dozen for Juneau and other points.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
The Human Mind.

Slow in forming, swift in actingi slow in the making, swift in the work ing; slow in the summit, swift down the other slope; 1t Is the way of Ia ture and the way of the human mind Anthony Hope.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
LETTER LIST
UucalIed EOI Letters Remaining In
 Sksgway PostOfiee. April l.

Persons calling for this unclaimed matter will pleased say "adrertiseG.' David. Patsy Kallgreu, C. J. Larsen, X J. NauIS, Ole Tilemann, NielS Fl. Watson, J. J.
 WI. B. SAMPSON, r. NJ.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
New Bakery

Mrs. 8aSer ha, ragneDrd h.r bakery on Fl..l AgraGa.ugru,.5 tu"a.lno'r.S. Home made bread, pies -0Jc4Ass 8 >pe- cia,-y.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
Get Spring Suits

A large assortment of the latest pat terms in mems suitings have been re- ceived at the store of F. Wolland, Fifth avenue and State street.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
Richard HI Sails

The Richard IJJ, which discharged coal several days last week, sailed in tow of the Escort No. at three o'clock yesterday morning.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

If you would hit the mark you must aim a little above it. Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of the earth.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

Baths at the Portland Lodging House, 25c: new porcelain tub. This house has never been bothered with frozen pipes. Come take a bath. 10 5 Inc
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
THE GOOSE TOWER.
Wherein King vaIdemRr ClapPed the
 DISreSpectfuI Delegates.

DIsreSpectfuI Delegates.
 Ia the early years of the fourteenth century the free cities" - Hamburg, Luheck and Bremen-sent a delegation of seyenty-seven members to King Valdemar to demand increased rights and privileges in their trade with Den mark. The delegates were not very re- spcctful in their language and demean- or, and the king, who was at Wording borg, told them they acted like a drove of geese and clapped them into prison in the tower. telling them they would stay there until they learned better manners. Over the heavy tower door the king put up a stone with the in scription:
 Sieben und siebenteg Hause:
 Sleben und slebenteg Ganse;
 Ware nicht so viele Hause
 Hat ich auch nlcht so viele Ganse. Translated this reads: "Seventy-seyen houses and seventy-seven geese. If there were not so many houses 1 would not have so many geese"
 On top of the tower, which still stands solid and strong, was placed a big gilt goose, with neck outsUetcbed us if it were hissing.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
Skagway Laundry

For irst-class work try Skagway Laundry. Twenty-two yeras' experi- euce. Telephone S9. tt.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04
Free Concert Daily

A free concert is given at the Mascot saloon every afternoon and evening. All the latest songs and airs. It IS worth hearing.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

Clayson & Co. carry the largest stock of overcoats in town.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

Oyster cocktails, Olympia or. Eastern, at the Pack Train restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

Barley'S Views at your own price al the Skagway News Company.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

When the sea is smooth we haze many good sailors.-SchoOlmastr
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

Good music at the Totem every day.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

For stoves and ranges see Peoples.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-04

Fur Collarettes, at Winters.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
AMBULANCE ON RAILROAD.
Special Train Knewn as the "Wrecksrn
Furnishes Relief in Case
Of Accident

On every large railway system
there Is a train not scheduled on
the time.card, but Just as essen
tial to maintaining the service a
any OF the limiteds or locals. II d
a passenger train, but the paasenI
gers pay nofare. 4 consists mef,
" Of two or three freight ears aI
a caboose, yet when II starts our
the road everything else on Wheels
must give II precedence. Hbe
president himself IL en- routei his
special Of private cars, he lust
take the side track until Il psses.
This special train, says D. A.
Wiley, 10 Bookiovers' IL aiznc,
has been dubbed the "H sckcrp
Really II IL a relief train eady 10
respond 10 any call for o In case
Of accident.
The man who would a wreck
er must have what BIZ flows call
"grit," must be qulcBsitted and
quick motioned, aud nust be an
expert machinist ffhnot on easy
task for the wreckdh ster TO select
. force having thee qualities, and
bis gang are piekf men from the
best on the con any'a pay roll.
And size counts Tor much also.
Two or three Brio men are val
liable, for thef are many hooks
and corners igind under tho torn
and twisted kcu whore they can
work With banner and wrench,
where a big han could not Iuove.
For the saaq reason a few left,
handed mn are desirable. II
raiiroadeS las ever been a sailor,
be IL gfTespreference In selection,
Tor tier are so many ropes and
chains fsye fastened 20 the wreck
10 pul1 apart that the seaman's
tnovb4ge OF Knot and splice is Of
much pIue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
/ v STOCK MARKET.

The receipts on the So. Louis live
stock market Tuesday we're made uT
Of Cattle 1900; hogs, $500; sheep,
5000; horses and mules, 800.
Beef aud butcher steers sold from
e2.6b 10 s5. 80; butcher helfers from
600 " u 90; butcher COWS from
t2.s5 10 tS.7b; veal calves from $500
70 se;sSi stockes and feeders, s2.s5 to
Iiogs-Good qualified, smooth butch.
or and heavy hogs II anything dis
played most strength and frequent
ocourances of 100 higher was reported.
The bulk OF the arrivals, including
pigs was full 60 higher than yesterday.
The top was A77l for q load OF
strictly fancy kinds going to a
butcher, Outside OF tais sale the best
hogs sold at AL70 with the bulk OF
those weighing above $50 lbs. at q so
GAGS against a top Of o. 20 yesterday
and the bulk at A50a4.57i.
Sheep-The supply Of sheep was OF
moderate proportions. The demand
vas brisk for all desirable grades OF
stock which sold readily At strong
prices, The commoner kinds OF stock
did not meet with very active sale, in
fact were Inclined TO show slovnesS
stiIl there vas no particular change to.
the trade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
BRIDES OF THE COUNTRY.
Girls Of ths CITY Are Not I'm ~ with
Them ~ Regards Being
Certain.

The southdown drummer had
just returned 10 the city and was,
as usual, In his laxative mood,
says The Chicago Inter Ocean.
"Hay, you fellows may boot at
The country people, he said, "bUt
LET mo tell you that II we're q
roung woman ia ten times rather
live IN the country han In Chicago.
I've just returned from my swing
around the cornbelt, and I've
learned that the crop Of June
brides IL going 20 be something
enormous.
"Thc country girl has four times
as many opportunities 20 marry M
does her city cousin, even though
abe may not be half so well up on
clothes aud vaudeville and horse
racing and all that. You hardly
ever see an old maid In the coun,
try. In the farming districts the
girls don't worry about getting
married. They know the man win
come along az the right time. The
young women on the farms don't
marry ut any younger age than the
girls do hero In the city, but they
are much more certain Of getting
married.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
CHAINED BOOKS OF TO-DAY.
Though Rarely Net With They Are
still to Be Found in Some
Places.


According TO book catalogues
and bibliophiles, chained books are
rare relics OF an early period
throughout the old world, but ac'
cording TO human experience with
old book shops, and with old book
lovers, the chained book of another
kind is still TO be encountered,
says the indianapolis Journal.
''when you really want an old
book" said a brouser in second
hand book. shops, ''try to buy 1t, II
you can, from the clerk in the old
book. shop and not from the pro
prietor. In an old book-shop that
/ know was an old edition OF
Pepys' Diary, which ! had long ad'
mired and desired. 1t was In a
good old dusty corner and seemed
likely TO stay there. One day, read
ing that a new edition Of Pepys'
Diary was to come out, ] made
cheerful haste TO buy the the edi
tiun, rearing the new edition might
attract some buyer to these old vol
umes in the darkest corner OF the
darkest old book shop.
"yveli, sir, when that old scamp
OF n bookman learned that ! had
come to buy the Pepys' didn't he
90 and open the books and nose
into them and hang over them and
finally tell me that he wanted to
look at old Pepys' himself for a
few days-and would send me
word when ! could have him. Yes,
sir, he did that. I've been in twice
since and the clerk tells me that
Pepys hasn't come back yet; he is
out at the old bookman's house.
There's a chained book for you.
I'll never see that old Pepys'
Diary again, and ! ought to have
bought it from the clerk.
yesterday | met a nice old
Dutchman whom | know, and he
had a grievance to tell which in
yoiyed also a chained book.
"Wot you tink. he said, Iknow
some goot OF Dutcbman an he
have some nice lots o. goot books.
an he say | shall take some nice
goot book home NIT me an read
him, cause / don't get me so much
ed~ucations as doze odder OF Dutch
mems. Veil, / takes dat nice goot
book home init me, an ] sits By
mine FIRE at night, NIT a lamp-an
dat nice goot book; an here comes
de boy of dat odder old Dutch
mans an he say / shall send HON,
right quick by him dat nice goo
book; his ladder say he can't hav'
Cat nice goot book from his hous'
out all night already. He 'fraid o
fire in my house. So, ! sends baci
by de boy de nice goot book of d.
odder Dutchman's, an don't &c
me some more educations alread.
out Of dat goot book-no. Ain
dat great, hehT"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
BUTCHER USUALLY KNOWS.
When the Child Il Sent to Market He
Gives II About What II Il
Sent After.

"What do you want?" asked the
butcher In a large market that had
suddenly become inundated with
small children just after school let
out for the noon hour, relates the
New York Times.
Meat" was the laconic reply.
"How much money y gotf"
asked the butcher.
The child Embossed a chubby fist
and disclosed IL cents. "An' /
want an onion" she said.
The butcher took the 10 cents,
sliced off two small veal outlets,
wrapped them up with an onion,
and sent the child on its homeward
way. In less than Is minutes he
had waited upon a dozen or more
children in the same fashion.
at is up to me to decide what
half the people in a block have for
dinner" he explained. at is not
all guesswork, for the same chill.
dren come here day after day at
the same time, and / try not to
give them the same things twice
in succession. They belong to
mothers who are too busy to think
OF dinner until ten minutes before
Il is time to put it on the table.
Instead Of coming around in the
mornings and getting their
moneys worth, these women wait
till the children come from school,
and then trust to Us for what they
can get. Thrift Is the last consid.
Grafton. That little girl had just
money enough for two outlets and
an onion. II her mother had
wanted a steak she would have
given her more money. She wanted
something to cook in the frying
pan quick. More than half the
time the children forget what they
are told to ask for, and we just
guess what to give them from the
amount OF money they have. We
take IL all every time. If the kids
we're sent home with any change
st~.-~-ia Ia aaken q war from them
BY thieving boys. Mothers know
that by experience. They give the
children just the amount Of cash
have to spend, the butcher
|oes the rest"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
WOMEN WRESTLING
Those who Are Fond Of Athletes Are
Taking to the Japan
csc Art,

1t is only to be expected that at
the present time japanese fash
ions should spread in England;
and the latest craze among the
athletic women who golf, skate
and play hockey is the japanese
system Of ~self-defense, says a Lon
don report. Japanese women
have been lately taking up the
practice of the art, though il has
been universal among the men OF
the fighting class for many years
And now the japanese professors
who have invaded us are gathering
large numbers of society women
who are anxious TO know how to
grapple with a brawny hooligan
and reduce him TO helpless pulp.
1t requires no strength-only
quickness and skill-and in these
qualities a woman generally sur
passes a man. There is something
surprising in the way in which Il
fragile woman catches a wiry Jap
anese by the coat Iapels, inserts a
dainty foot in his stomach, sits
down quietly and pitches him over
her head. II is all a matter of bal.
ance.
Wouldn't il have surprised our
great.graudmothersi What would
they have said to see dainty young
women in gymnasium skirts that
cut the black stockings above the
knee grasped about the waist by
yellow men intent on imaginary
assault, and sprawling on the mat
ting as they turned to look at the
PROSTATE assailant after his som
ersault? Some people may remem'
Der the Roman ladies who fought
In the arena, and scent decadence
Others will hail this as the flna'
triumph OF feminine skill over mas
,uline musele-formuscle is rather
a disadvantage to the japanese
exponent Of the art Of balance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
LONG TALK.
Our Indepsadant Long Distant Lines
Are Of Great Value.

Mr.. win Graham, who Is superin-
tendent for the Lafayette County
Telephone 90. at Lexington, Mo Is
here visiting bis mother, Mn. Lucy
Graham. A report that a storm was
raging at Kansas City caused Mr..
Graham 10 feel uneasy for the safety
OF the lines az Lexington.
in company with r. ID. Graham, the
manager OF the Lafayette County
Telephone Co., they went TO the La
Crosse Office 10 send a message OF in.
quiry TO Lexington. They found the
line between Mexico and Fulton in
trouble and was told by the operator
that the message could not be gotten
through.
MI. Graham told the operator 70
give him ST. Louis them told st. Louis
to give him Kansas City and Kansas
City then connected Lexington. Mr..
Graham talked with the secretary OF
the company and found thingsa all right
The distance being about six-hun.
dred miles by way OF ST. Louis and
Kansas City aud county roads.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
SURE SOURCE OF TROUBLE.
When School Children Use "Dago,"
"Nigger" and "sheeny," Hair
Begins to Fly.

A teacher In Philadelphia who
der n q school ~hSfs fSur diifef.
ent sorts Of pupils were gathered,
says that she put an end to fights
by forblddIng the use Of the words
"dagop "nlggcr' and "sheeny." lie.
strained from calling offensive
names, fhe children got along
peaccab enough, although II Is
probable says the Washington
Times, thit birds OF a feather
locked tottthcr out Of the school,
~ they Bbally DO when let alone.
/. Tbt popular epitbets applied
by chiEret and tboughtless grown
peopF 10 iellowbeiDgs whom they
condor beneath them cannot
pofibly do any good, and they IN
dgbtediy do harm. Nobody
COWS how much bitterness has
sen engendered by American
Youngsters shouting 4Paddyw at
irish children, or by the Irish, In
their turn, clubbing the Italian
'Dago," or by any Of the other
tbougbtleas and cruel verbal per
secuiions common among chill
iren. The abandonment Of this
form Of rowdyiem will not lead 10
undesirable rBcial mixtures, be
cause sueb things cannot be- fur.
Ihercd or prevented thus afbitrar
iy; and the cultivation of ordi
nary politencas certainly will tend
a hence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
WHETHER WORM OR FLY.
The Main Thing 70 the Average
Angler Is to Catch
the Fish.

Indeed, half the zest of brook
fishing IL in your campaign for Sin
diyiduals,"-as the Salvation
Army workers say,-not merely
for a basketful of fish qua fish, but
| for a series Of individual trout
which your instinct tells you ought
to Turk under that log OF be hover
ing in that ripple. Howto get him,
by some sportsmanlike process, Il
the question, writes Bliss Perry,
in Atlantic. II he viii rise to some
Ay in your book, few fishermen
will deny that the fy Is the more
pieasurable weapon. Dainty
turing, beautiful toy, light AZ q
thistle down, falling where yor
d will 1t TO fall, holding when this
leader tightens and sings like the
string Of a violin, the artificial rs
represents the poetry Of angling
= But angling's honest prose, al
represented by the lowly worm,
has also its exalted moments. "The
D last fish ] caught was with a
! worm" says the honest Walton,
and so say !. II was the last eve
ning Of last August. The dusk
was settling deep upon a tiny
meadow, scarcely ten rods from
, end TO end. The rank bog grass,
already drenched with dew, bent
over the narrow, deep little brook
so closely that II could not be
fsbed except with a doublesbot.
ted, baited hook, dropped delicate.
ly between the heads Of the long
grasses. Underneath this canopy
the trout were feeding, taking the
hook with a straight downward
tug, as they made for the bidder
bank. II vas already twilight
when began, and before I reached
the black belt Of woods that sep
arated the meadow from the lake
the swift darkness Of the north
country mace II impossible 10 see
the hook. A short half hours
fishing OILY, and behold nearly 20
good trout derricked into q basket
until then sadly empty. Your
sy.hsherman would have passed
that grass-bidden brook In disdain,
but II proved a treasure for the
humble.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
HOW THE WAR NEWS ONE
Each Word for Newspaper Use Is Sent
Through $4,000 Miles Of
Solid Wire.

Few of those who read the daily
dispatches from the seat OF war
In the orient take the time to re.
feet upon how that news Is sent
and what 1t costs the newspapers
to obtain II. Each word that
reaches US from the far eastern
waters will reach this country
across $4,000 miles Of the oceans
bed. The tiny electric impetus
put in motion by the key of the
operator in far Nagasaki will in
stantly plunge under the Eastern
sea and come TO land in China,
near Shanghai, 476 miles away.
Then that little throb will work
southwark round the China coast,
to Hong-Kong, 945 miles. At
Hong-Kong BRITISH ii will dive
under the China sea to Saigon, in
Anam french, 951 miles; from
Saigon 1t will cross the bed OF the
sea to Singapore British, 626
miles. Or il might 60 by way Of
Lebuan, Borneo British, 1871
miles. Through the Malacca strait
to Penang 1898 miles,, and then a
great plunge westward through
the wild Nicobars and under the
tropic Bengal sea q,3S9 miles,, to
Madras. At Madrasi it will take to
the land until il comes to Bombay.
Never resting, the brave little
spark will take TO the water again,
traverse the broad Arabian sea
to Alden q,s50 miles,, thread its
way up the scorehing Red sea,
flying ever westward TO Alexan.
dria 1884 miles,. And from Alex
andria II will travel deep under
the balmy Mediterranean to NAL
Ia, out TO Lisbon, and so TO Lon.
don (3,205 miles,, and thence
across the Atlantic. Every word
forced so laboriously through
those $4,000 miles Of solid wire
will cost Go cents. This is the
newly reduced rate for press mes
sages at which many thousands of
words will be sent. For private
messages the rare IN thee s-~4a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
RAILROAD
EXCURSIONS, LOW LATES, Etc.
TO VARIOUS POINTS.


CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
RATES VIA C. a A., BURLINGTON
ROUTE AND WABASH r. R.
December oath, 18th, 26th and slst
1904 and January LIST and End, lSk
round trip tickets will be sold from
Mexico, Mo-. to many points on Tie
above named lines at one and ope.
third fare for the round trip, limited
for return to and Including Janusry
4th, 1905. |. M. RICHARDS,
Tiki. Agt.
HoMEsEEKERs EXCURSION RATES,
VIA c. "a, BURLINGTON OR WABASH.
On the first and third Tuesday Of
December, 1904, and January, Febru.
AIRY, March and April, 1905. Home.
seekers tickets win be sold to pOIub
in many states and territories at one
fare plus 90 for the round trip. Lin.
tied for return 81 days from date Of
sale.
/. NJ. RICHARDS,
Tiki Agt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
EXTRAORDINARY OFFER.

The management "a the LEfogH u
prepared b OGer the Neflc8 LgDoEH
Map u Audfain County for sale at
81 90 and a. an Involvement 70 nsN sub.
scntsn u The LEDeER The map will
be gld for the nominal s1m u 1ftg
cent? This extraordinary offer viii
also apply b. the ~ subscribe - " The
LEDoEg, vbo renew their svb~cfig-
tons before FEBRUARY l. 1906
The MEXICO LEDogE IL one dollar
8 rear when paid 10 advance The
kexico LKDoEg from nov gotil Jabus
afy !, 1901, and The hefleO LEDogE
MAG o. ABdrain county fr 80 dollar
and ffty cent?.
The Mexico LEDoEE Map u Au-
drain county IL complete 10 every
particular and must be seen " H.
appreciated Call st the LgDoEA
onics and ~ coovibeed that this onef
IL an extraordinary one okwu
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-12-29
GOVERNOR FOLKS PLANS

Referring 10 Hon. !. w. FOLK
plans as Governor OF Missouri the ST
: Louis Post Dispatch says:
Mr.. Folks speech at the Bucking
Inn Club dinner was evidently intend
"a rs u public notice Of his program a
governor OF Missouri.
After declaring that hegoes into tb'
sovernorship absolutely untrammel
. n q by promises or embarrassing obliga
IN nus" Mr.. Fclk gives these distinct
brin. edges:
an ne will do his best To stcf
in Legislative naiis--sr ssesS
Ss AZ shing OF that kind there is
going "a he trouble.
That the use OF the police depart
ment as a political machine will not be
tolerated.
That every man Of every party
shall have the right TO 80 10 his poll
ing place and cast his ballot without
interference and 20 have IL counted as
east, and no more counted than are
cast"
If Gov. Folk adheres TO the course
be has indicated be will receive the
sturdy support OF all honest men In
the state without regard 10 party as
sociatious.
MT. Folk has done more than any
other man In the country 20 reveal
the issue which must be met courage-l
onsly and with intelligence. IL Is the
corruption OF the public service and
the prostitution OF political power to
tue uses OF lawless greed. For four
years Mr.. Folk has worked on this.
Everybody knows shat IL means and
all the healthly elements 10 the COM
munity are eager to encourage and
promote those officisls who are faith.
full 10 their trust.
Nj. Folk has gained great distine
ton by his work as circuit attorney
AS governor he will have a wider Held
and a greater opportunity for uscfu
public service. II he continues stead
fast be need have no miaglyings con
corning the Judgment Of the people d
the United States aud especially d
Missouri.