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RECEIPTS AND saipMENrs,

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chicago; Nov i6.---foiiowing we're
the receipts and shipments from this
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look at him to assure myself he was all right. Drawing the curtains. the lampiight fell on his face What a picture of irinocenceI Where was he going? He didn't know Who took care of him? He didn't care Perhaps the parent who had sent for him was at that moment anxious about him and regretted letting him come in such a way. I had dread that he would wake up in the middle of the night with cole. But if his parent worried. if I worried. there was one who was not in the least troubled about him It was himself.
 Tn the night dreamed that I was be ing garroted. I awoke and found my self tightly clasped around the neck I put my hand up to discover what was choking ne and felt a tiny arm with a hand on it no bigger than my watch and five soft lit fingers. A stream of lampIigIt c:InIe in where the curtains hung loose. It revealed the boy sound asleep. How he got there didn't know. and I doubt if he knew himself.
 The next morning he resumed his negotiations with the passengers to raise Christmas money. Lut the most impudent thing he did was to ask me if he had not lent me cents the night before This to me. who had spent money for him and had taken such care of him!
 felt touch on my shoulder and turned my head. A gentleman In the seat behind me- with benevolent face and q twinkle in his eye was looking at Ire.
 "One can admire even impudence," :" he said. If 1t amounts to genius. This boy is certainly a genius of effroutery. He ought to be encouraged. What do you say to a collection for him Tt Christmas"
 By way of reply 1 dropped a siI, /: dollar in my hat and gave 1t to the speaker, who duplicated the coin and sent the hat through the car, the pas sengers passing it from hand to hand. When it came back 1t contained $6-SO. I let the child handle it. then took care of it for him till his arrival at his des- tination. When we stopped at sta ton on the outskirts of St Louis e man boarded the car and, coming up to the boy. took him in his arms and kissed him. But the one who can be come familiar on short acquaintance is not likely to permit famiIiarities in others. The child planted his fist right between the eyes of his captOr.
 The man explained to US that he was the boys fatEer and his child had been away long enough to forget him.
 I took the fathers address and dur ing the day (CIristmag went to the house. I found very nice people in i'm poverished circumstances. Their boy had taken home with him the where withal to buy a Christmas dinner.
 WALDON WELDRON.
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$17, 956. 94 $21, ,OOO. IT
Doubtful Ecenemy.


 'sof course" he said. 'I appreciate the motive that actuates you in your but
 "Wen?" she said 1nquixingiy as he paused
 Taking everything into considera- tion, 7 he went on, :ssis it true economyr seIszsst-it?, she demanded.
 "Well, I hardly feel competent to pass judgment on the question" he re- piled. 'I have just received our fam fly physicians bill for the treatment of those three cases of acute dyspepsia that developed in the family during the last month Now, perhaps"-
 But she was just as mad as if he hadn't tried to break it to her gently New York Press,
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 mas. As I had no children-in-
 deed, was not married-holidays,
 especially Christmas, bored me- I wished the season were over and the new year begun. The train pulled out of the station. and I took up a news paper s-.- ..- Suddenly my paper was crushed back on my face. a pair of small arms were thrown around my neck and the round face of a boy about four years old was thrust within an inch of my nose. By what right he assumed to treat a per- feet stranger in this demOnstratiye fashion I could not conceive.
 You little scamp. what do you mean?"
 I'm goin' home to spend Christmas" At that moment the conductor came along for tickets and told me that the boy had been put in his charge. He was to meet his father at St Louis.
 The little imp unclasped his hands as suddenly as he had clasped them and made dash for the door, dashed after him, reviling the parent who would put a child his age i'll the care of a conductor. and dragged him back This I did dozen times during the day. When not trying to get on the platform he was trying to sell an old knife (no blaGes) to the passengers to raise Christmas money. At first they put him away. some of them impa- tiently. others gently. but he was so persistent and got up such remarkable financial schemes that at last every one in the car was laughing at him.
 There was something in this ire spOnsible naturalness that won my heart. At nightfall, since there was no one to pay any attention to him, called the porter, fed him and told him to make up the child's berth, which happened to be directly opposite my own. Then the boy got sleepy, and told him tue sandman was con- ing around to weight his lids. and if he didn't keep awake till he was un- dressed he wouldn't see the old fellow wished to keep him awake till the
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Rafsfn6 QS FundS

WAS going home to spend Christ mas. As I had no children-in- deed, was not married holidays,
 eSneciaIlv Christmas horod mo
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 porter could undress him. Neverthe- less be fell asleep in my arms, and as the porter was busy concluded to un- dress him myself. ,fs. Wake upr' said, shaking him. He opened his eyes. Has the sand man been around? ?" was his first ques- tion.
 Fl should think so: long ago. It's bed time''
 1t was a hard hunt I had all over his little body for buttons. but found tEem. His shoe laces were in knot, but I united them and put him to bed in his unGergarments. Giving me a hrg like bear cub he fe.l back on the pillow and was asleep before could cover him up.
 Before turning in myself l took .
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His Worldly Gnnaa-

De Fly-Were you ever held up7 Blazaway-WeIl, I was relieved of all ! had. De Fly-Where was 1t? BIsza- way-At the aItar.-Detroit Pre-
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Our sIi.namea ouaal.

America's typical game bird, the quail, is not named correctly at all, ac- cording to the government 0rnith0l0- gist. He says that the real quail is the quail of the Bible and that this is a bird belonging exclusively to the old world The true quail does not occur fin America at all. In many parts of this country the Amse3can bird is known as partridge, but the American partridge is really the rufred grouse, and the true partridge again Is another old world bird and not American. He thinks that the name given to it in many localities, "bobwhite," :" Is as good as any. The name comes from the cry of the bird. which is something like tsbohwhita hniltvhife. bobwhften
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The Gift I Didn't Get
A Christmas Poem by Peter McArthur
Copyright 1904 by Peter acArthur

right. 1904 by Peter AacArthur HAVE orssensS kT fhs dozen.
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 Desf q felioeU e0er hod zbsrs's Q keepsake from ny asofhsr.
 Fofber senS q cbect-ond Ys5 0sn t6fakfnS of onofber-
 QF fbs ons dfdaf Ssf THERE are SJffs from ou fbe fenOegs.
 PiOes end sAfnSs q cbusn suiu Send: Tbers's e fis. all reds and Irs5EosgS.
 From q girl tvbo coHs ne friend. vcu tOousd f6fnk ne far from SIiEbfed
 0 you sosv fbe1s oIE-ond yes. coqfsss. E'm ssoss deIiehfed
 016A fbe one didn'f Sef. CHE fold me h evos ready,
 .Sbs'd Orepored 1T long befores I'd been calling on Der sfeody
 For os IeosS yeor more. Soc sold me all obou1 1T.
 And Der eyes suifh Feors evsrs sUef, And x'm bGopT. neJer doubf h.
 For fbos SUfs didn'T sss. HER afsffads svos altered o1bsn called Der lar aLfAf. Buf my fofs of ioze T Eaffe-ed And SusSS did h rigbF. And fbis hffss rhYnse Es tUrif5en
 'Couse Tm fuu oF joy-You bsFg For e Jfrosfy Hssie mfffen
 e1os fhe SJf1 T didn'f ses. NtWJWNWWDWWW5WU aHS15nNaSH5SH
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The borough report shows de- crease in the outstanding debt from $22, 100 to $21, 400, reduction of $7OO. The expenditures for the past year, compared with the previous
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A FEW NEW ARRIVALS

A trifie expensive, but the quality tells. HEINZ'S APPLE BUTTER in 3lb. stone jars
 Granulated Sugar and Pure Spices
 Have you tried 1t HEINZS PURE PREPARED MUS YARD in bottles. PURE GUAVA JELLY in screw-top glass jars.
 CHERRIES in MaraschiDa Cordial in glass-t6p bottlee. SUNBEAM PURE PRESERVES. White Cherries. Strawberries and Rasp berries
 We have just received a few bushels of extra good HICKORY NUTS. They are hard to fird this year
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-14
BRINGS COPPER
FROM ALASKA

Steamship James Dollar, with 400 tons of
copper ore and several passengers has ar
rived from Seward and other ports in
Alaska. She cleared from Seward on
March 5, and her officers state that, owing
to the proposed construction of the Alaska
Central railroad there is much building
activity in Seward, and that the people
Their are anticipating a rush to that point
as soon as the season opens.
Captain Thwing reports rough trip
down, particularly during the past two
days. He had head winds good part of
the time and heavy seas all the way.
On the last trip to Valdez the James Dol
lar landed iifty-ive gold seekers at Yaka-
taga, which is situated between Kayak and
Yalutat. Over 100 tons of freight was
landed with the prospectors by the small
boats of the ship, as there is no wharf
at the place.
The vessel will clear for Alaska March
90, with big cargo of merchandise and
about 1850 passengers, most of whom are
booked for Seward as laborers on the new
railroad.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-14

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. March IA
The Beehive House was originally built by
Brigham Young fifty years ago and since
that date has been the official residence
of the president of the Mormon church.
Adjacent are the Offices of the church.
where all the meetings of the directors
OF the numerous companies owned and OPP
Grated by the church are held Here also
the emigration agent, w. C. Spence, has
his headquarters, and missionaries going
and coming from the fields of labor report.
The Beehive House is handsomely furnish
ed and in auultion is said to contain a num-
Der of secret passages and chambers where
in, in the old Crusade" days under the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-14

ton Holes must be put to bedrock to
obtain sluicing pay as the dirt is all loose
gravel and the good pay seems certain to
be at the bottom. There is no doubt but
that the country will afford splendid
hydraulic field, but it does not promise
must for pick and shovel work as water
flows over bedrock below the rims and in
many places covers the rimrock. The wa
ter must be turned in order to make
sluicing feasible and the claims would have
to be very rich. Prospecting leads to the
belief that some of them are.
All in all the country promises very
well, but will furnish no differences to
one who carefully studies it that it will
be a sensational bonanza, destined to ex-
cite the whole world and cause another
influx such as was experienced during the
Klondike, Nome or Atlin excitements.
The destiny OF the country promises to be
as good and long lived as Atlin,. but rush
to it would without doubt result in the
same deplorable and general disappoint-
ment. 1t is not to be expected that all
the country will maintain its prospects,
but if sixth part of it does the Alsek
will certainly be great district.
The country Is vast and an Eden for
prospectors. All of that portion of it in
which claims have been staked and record
ed is well timbered along all the gulches
to the timber line in the mountains.
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Walnuts, l3c h.; Ganoble, l3c h.; al
monds, l2c ID; pecans, l2@l3c lb; BraziIs,
l2c ID; flbers. l3c lb; peanuts, fresh roast.
ed. Sc ID; chestnuts, l2@l3c ID; cocoanuts.
79d90c doz.
POULTRY.
Chickens, hens and springs, 12h0l4c
ID; dressed turkeys, 20@23c ID; ducks. live.
l4c; dressed, 1l@4c Id; geese. l0@Ifc ID:
squads. scarce. $2.50@3.00 doz
HAY. GRAIN AND FEED.
Oats, $26@265O ton; barley, $24.O0 ton;
wheat $2S ton; chop $22.5e@23 ton; shorts
$40 ton; bran, $40 ton; oil meal, $50 ton;
E. w. timothy, new, 500 ton; E. w. com.
pressed timothy, new, 1927 ton; new wheat
hay, $l69l7 ton; new alfalfa, $l3.5O@l4
ton; new Puget Sound hay, $l5@l6 ton;
middlings, $265O ton.
FISH, ETC.
Halibut, Sc; salmon, SIC; black cod.
7c; shrimp, Sc; CLAIMS, $l.4O sack; crabs,
$l.OO@75O doz.; rock cod, &c.
BUTTER. EGGS AND CHEESE.
Butter. - Washington creamery. 2Sc:
ranch, l4@lSc; Ea'tern tub, 23(G1 &c
Eggs-Fresh ranch, Is cents dozen.
Cheese.-Washingt l31ac; New York,
Sapho, full cream, l7@lSc; Edam, $3.50;
brick, lie; Swi-,, imported, 23@3Oc;
Roquefort, 45c; Limburger, l6@2Oc; brick,
l5c; Swiss brick, lie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-14
GOTHAM'S S2,5OO,OOO
HOSPITAL TO BE OPENED

NEW YORK, March l4.-An example of
what in recent years has been accomplished
in purely structural and mechanical di-
rection for the alienation of injury and dis
ease will be revealed to the public tomor-
row, when the magnificent new Mount
Sinai hospital will be opened to the public
for inspection. The institution occupies
an entire block facing Central park on
the Fifth avenue side between One Hun
dreth and One Hundred on One streets. 1t
has been several years in building and the
total cost has exceeded $2,250,OOO. AL
though built wholly from the private con-
tributions of rich Jewish residents of the
metropolis the hospital will be open to pa
tients Of all races and creeds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-14
DIRIGO BRINGS RICH ORE SAMPLES

On her last trip from Alaska the steam
ship Dirigo brought from the Prince Of
Wales copper properties Of the Interna-
tional Consolidated d., NJ. 4 b. company
half ton Of ore taken from ledge on
which there Is blocked out an immense
body Of shipping ore. Preparations are
being made Tor the construction of tram
ways and bunkers. to be in readiness for
the shipment of, ore in two or three
months. A. Mccullough. the company s
mining engineer, regards the property as
being Of great value. A party, consisting
Of a. p Hicks, ID. p Gass r. d.. Kenney,
r. Gillies and r Gagnon, recently left Ia
coma for that place, and all are greatly
pleased with the showing of the property.
The ore just received is heavily mneralized
and is on exhibit at the offices Of the
company in the. Columbia building. 1t is
intended to place a large additional force
at work on the property in the near flu
ture.
Mr. Cullough reports that the large
smelter at Hadley is nearly ready for the
reception OF ore, having been gEeatly de-
layed by failure to get machinery ON
hand at contract time. and shortage of
material for the construction of buildings.
The sawmill with a capacity of $4,000 to
10000 feet per day of ten hours, is unable
to supply the demand for lumber at
Hadley. The local builders are experiencing
great difficulty in getting material for their
construction work
The Brown-Alaska company is pushing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-14
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE

NEW YORK, March l4.-After a series
of futile conferences between the employ
ing photographers Of the country and rep
resentatives of the various unions in the
trade, ten thousand skilled workmen in
the United States and Canada will be lock-
ed out tomorrow morning unless an elev-
enth-hour settlement is reached, and this
is not expected.
For several years there have been serious
differences between the employers and
their workmen. Both employers and en-
ployes have strong national Organizations
and last January the employers decided
to require all unions to enter into an ar
bitration agreement by which all disputes
would be settled without strikes or lock-
outs. Before the unions themselves, how
ever, could consider the proposition the pre-
sidents of the international associations
took the matter up and formed an often
sive alliance to oppose the plan.
Then the employers issued, an ultima
tum, informing the unions that unless
the arbitration plan was signed by March
10 by the various representatives of the
unions they would no longer deal with them
as unions, but would require each member
of union to sign the agreement as an in
dividual before he would be allowed to
work. A final conference was held, but
nothing was accomplished.
The chief objections to arbitration on the
part of the union men are that it is con-
trary to the constitutions of some of the
unions, that arbitration usually operates
against the workingmen and that many
questions such as the open or closed shop,
can not or should not be submitted to ar
bitration,
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PROSPECTING ON
RUBY CREEK

SKAGWAY. March H-Frank Nelson,
who was in the vanguard of the stampede
to Ruby creek last fall, and is well
known and reliable prospector, brings the
latest news out from the Alsek Ruby
Bullion placer district, where he has been
investigating conditions for the past two
months. He has engaged In nearly all of
the stampedes visited most of the creeks,
and has labored hard to bring out a just
report to the investors who sent him into
the country. Mr.. Nelson gave a descrip-
ton of the country, in which he stated
facts as he found them.
A four horse team can now be driven
over the trail from White Horse for a
distance of la miles to within Is miles
of Kloo lake At the head of kloo lake
a body of water about six miles long,
the trails branch respectively to Ruby,
Bullion and Telluride creeks. A single
team can be driven all the way to Kloo
lake junction, and there is no trouble in
hauling good single-hOrse loads with a
double-ender to any of the principal
creeks The junction of the trails at the
head of Kloo lake is now the center of
the district, and there are already two
road houses and two general merchandise
stores located at that point. Here the
trail to Kimberly and Telluride creeks
bears off southerly to the left. These
creeks run into the Jarvis river, tribu-
tary Of the Alsek, embouohing respectively
on either side of that stream.
Kimberly and Telluride creeks accord.
ing to Mr. Nelson, are the best looking
streams In the country. They course
through slate, scanned with porphry bikes,
quartz lodes and other formations indiea-
tive Of a mineraized section. The diggings
are shallow aud the rimrock is exposed on
either side of the creek beds. On Kimberly
Mr.. Nelson proved many good prospects
and took 10 cent nuggets from rimrock in
a number of places.
No prospecting that can place the value
Of the country beyond guesswork has a.
get been done, in Mr.. Nelson's estiuaA-
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THE REGISTRATION
rs NEARLY 5000

Tomorrow is the last day for registra-
ton. The books will be open this evening
until 10 o'clock, and tomorrow night until
midnight. When the clerk opened the
books this morning they showed that zvl
names were added on Saturday, making
the total registration 1921. If the weather
had been pleasant it would have easily
reached the 1900 mark.
Two years ago, when the books closed
8 $50 voters had registered. The clerks in
charge of the books estimate that the
total registration will amount to $500 by
tomorrow night, and if the weather is at
all favorable it will probably exceed this
estimate.
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FROM ALASKA

A. Mccullough, the assayer and mining
engineer, has Just returned from three
weeks visit TO Alaska on professional bust
ness, and reports great mining activity on
Prince of Wales island. Some of tho
heaviest capitalists are becoming interested
IN properties on the island. There is open
ing up a great market for Tacoma products
If properly and theoretically worked all
over Southeastern Alaska, and there is
every indication that Prince of Wales is
land will yield enormous amounts of cop
per within the next few years. Mr.. Nc.
Cullough took up an additional force of
men to work on the copper properties of
the international Consolidated D., NJ. &
d. company of this city.
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Social and
Personal

The Council of Jewish Women held its
monthly meeting this afternoon in the
vestry room of Temple Beth Israel. A
literary and musical program was given,
consisting of paper by Mrs. Sol Often
heimer and several solos by DIR. Montague
N. A. Cohen, assisted by Miss Bazinski
Mr.. and Mrs. I. Jay Knapp, who re-
Gently arrived from Milwaukee, will make
Tacoma their future home.
Mrs. Alexander will entertain the Ne
Ska club tomorrow at her home. An in
teresting and instructive program has been
arranged, which viii consist of the fol-
lowing subjects for discussion: Our New
Republic. Lucy ID. Felt; Manila" Emma
f. Alexander; "Timely Topics, Education
al May L. Harmon.
An enjoyable dancing party was given
last Saturday night at the Tacoma Music
hall by the senior boys Of the high
school.
Mrs. HOWE will entertain the Daughters
Of Hw tomorrow afternoon at her home,
1924 South Yakima avenue.
Tahoma council No. /, Degree of Poca-
hontas, will give a ball in Fawcett hall
on Wednesday evening.
The Aloha club met this afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Alexander Reed. Mrs
Il. A. Henderson gave an interesting talk
on "Potteries," and Common Errors in
Grammar" was the subject Of an instrue.
tive paper read by Mrs. G. b. Hurley.
A pianola recital will be given Wednes
day evening by the Cromwell Music com,
pany at Parlor A, Tacoma hotel.
The ladies Of the Park Universalist
church are busy with the finishing and
collecting of dainty and useful articles
of needlework for the Easter sale on
Friday evening at the church. The display
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-14
BRITAIN AT ST. LOUIS FAIR

LONDON, March l4-There are abund-
ant indications that the apathy first shown
by the British public in respect to the
coming worlds fair at st. Louis is fast van
ishing, and there is now every prospect
Of the British empire being worthily rep
resented. The first plans of the commits
sion appointed by the foreign Office were
made with the idea that all the work
needed would be on small scale. The
first grant was $I50,OOO, to which another
S25O,O0 was added to the budget of the
present financial year. 1t is now learned
from a reliable source that these grants
are to be so supplemented that an aggre-
gate sum of about $4,000 will be available.
This will be the largest amount ever APP
propriated by Great Britain for participa-
ton in foreign exhibition.
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work on its mines and viii turn out large
quantities Of ore
Property at Hadley is advancing in
value, waterfront lots selling as high as
81 600 each.
Great activity is manifest throughout
Prince of Wales island in mining matters.
Properties are changing hands at high
figures. The Cracker Jack was sold re-
Gently for $350,0O0.
The contract has been let for the con-
struction Of a smelter for the Copper
Mountain country Since the close Of the
extended litigation regarding the Mount
Andrew properties there have been great
preparations for development work of the
most extensive character by this company