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Douglas Island news., 1904-04-27

The case of the U. s. Ys. James Beas. ly will probably come up for trial at Juneau during the May term. In the fall of 1900 Beasly secured from the government a contract to set poles and string wires for government telegraph line from Kaltag to St. Michael, along the Yukon river, in Alaska. The con- tract was finished in the summer of 1901. It was in August, 1901, that Beasly is alleged to have committed crimes for which he is to be tried the second time. Beasly was paid for his work in government vouchers on the sub-treasury at San Francisco. These vouchers were signed by Captain Green, now in Manila, who at that time was the United States officer in Alaska, whose duty it was to look after the telegraph line and pay for the same. According to the governments case, Beasly in the latter part of July, 1901, secured from the signal service office in Alaska four blank vouchers. Each efthese he is alleged to have filled out for s, 3,S00 and signed or caused to be signed with the name of Captain Green. The vouchers were taken to the sub treasury in San Francisco and there they were cashed, the money, 5,200 in all being paid over to Beasly. 1t was several weeks before the forgery vas discovered.
Douglas Island news., 1904-04-27

Men who toiled over the Chilkoot Pass in the early days of the gold ex- citement will be pleased to learn that their old friend Chilkoot Jack has come unto his own. While the white men noted that Jack had a hngly bearing and tremendous dignity, few of them knew he was of royal blood, and Jack was too modest to call attention to the fact. Now the secret is out. Jack is a chief, and has just received an official call to return to his ancestral home in Sitka and take the position of chief of his clan. The call is signed by Indians, who are weighed down by such names as Anna hootz, Beau-kati-hoot, Var quarn and Wosh- tee nah, which sound like the roll call on a Japanese battle ship. They are all of the Chilkoot tribe and address Jack as beloved fath. CT. It was th1rty-one years ago that the new chief took George Holt, the first white man to scale the summit, over the divide. The Indians wanted to kill Holt, but Jack had heard the story of Pocahontas and Capt. Smith, and said "Nay, nay, my buckos. If you kill Holt, you must kill me, too" There upon Holt opened another bottle of Scotch and made dry remark by re- questing Jack to "come out from under that bottle." Jack finally let go, and tradition has it that the bottle was empty. More than once since that time Jack has saved white men from being murdered, and in each case, to the cred it of the whole race be it said, they never failed to come through with the Scotch whisky.
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MY DOLL

H-HaE -
Wednesday before the second Sunday tr
!. September my dolls hada wedding. Della
Brown, Lizzie Brown Lizzie Haynes,
Sadie Haynes. Alice I,aprade, Nannle La
tprade, Pearl Young. Fannie Kate Bennett,
Mamie Wade BENNETT. Addie Keen, Ans
ME Adkins. Bertha Adkins. and Essie
Laprade anne They brought their dolls
with them. s@54
Miss Villa was united In marriage tc
Mr.. Stephen at . O'clock r. VI, They then
mcnt out to the d~inins-rooin. which wa
beautifully decorated With flowers, and
The table was spread with a delicious
dinner. After eating they went down to
the Poplar branch and went boat riding.
'rhe bride recelyed four really nice prcs-
ents, namely: two beautiful cake plates.
nice summer shawl, and o pretty hand-
kerclllcf.
I Lille Finney, Myrtle Einpey. Ethleen
Muse. Annie Muse. Myrtle Davidson. and
Ethel Davidson were invited. but did not
como. They were greatly missed. but did
NOT keep the rest from having a fine
time. MAMIE LAPRADE.
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AN T STROLL.

1t was one bright afternoon in The
part of October when my two
brothers and myself took a long stroll
through the woods and over the fields.
The frost. which already had nipped the
trees, nada 1t present a most beautiful.
appearances. Everything was so enjoyable,
While we went along getting different
kinds OF nuts. and walking along the
river throwing in stones and sticks ana
watching gone fish which were laying In
the shallow water basking in the sum-
That, of course, made us wish we had
taken along some rods andallnes, but withs
out disturbing them we a along. asss5s
Watch. our dog, who had accompanied.
us. ran hers and there and everywhere,
chasing IN nocks OF cartridges and other
birds, or even n rabbit. VIZ all crossed
the bridge. and going through q field MS
gathered different kinds of autumn fiow.s
ers, when an at once Watch, the dos,
barkcd and jumped and ran to tho oppt-]
site side to q fence along the bordersiief
the woods, and we, upon looking there.
saw q squared run along on the topsNof'
the fence. We all ran Just as fast as We
could to get there, dropping flowers and
all, but getting sticks instead. The sut4r.8
rel kept running along on the top rail-,
the dog following below, until It ava
hollow log on the other side of the fence.
It Jumped down and mad for 1t. There
1t stayed until the dog got through
climbed over the fence myself JUSTIN
time to see the dog run into the hole,,l
and L seeing tile squirrel come out of%a5
small hole on the top Of the log. I tried
to pull the dog out by taking him by
tho tail, but before ] got him out Tho
squirrel ran up q nearby tree outlof the
dogs reach, and it5would never venture
t 5come down rs long qs wo or the dos
were there. We thsn looked for the suni5
and seeing 1T had SGT. NO called the dog
and started for home, reaching there be-
fore dark. That was the end of q beauti-
full day and a pleasant sport, but nobody
enjoyed it more than the dog, who gotta
fine supper.
ALLEN~B CARPENTER,
Observation-Disclosures f5j 80 #asE hs2 w, 1,or1, M& Vns5gg
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NY ONLY PET.

EEIhhENf EFEEEs @s1.TiLGE 49, Y H. NEFahEgEGE2A
Once when I was u tiny grill had g
pet. tile only pet T ever had. It was g.
cat: he was very pretty; he was white;
and yellow spotted, n + did love him
SO dearly. II gave him the name OF Nellie,
and when he got a big cat my older Sis
ters told mo he was a boy cat, and $We'
would ave to change his name, for Nellie
was q girls name, and we called him
Ton Nelson. But he did not like tbs
name, and would not come by that name.
IL I called him Nellie he would always
come running, but would pay no atten-
ton tolg Tom Nelson. So ut last he began
to GET into bad, habits. First5of all ho5
would catch mammals young turkeys
and. oh 1t almost broke my heart,
T did not think I could spare him, but
mamma said she must get rid OF him, she
could not afford to have him eat her
young turkeys, L took him in my arms.
IIa was ALL could carry, he was so
large, but I could not hold him all the
time. So the time cnIlo that poor Nellie
and I must part. and how 1t did grieve ms
when + missed him. ! did not know when
no went or where. and hunted and
hunted so much for him and could Snot
find him. T begged mamma so muchB TO
tell me where he was. that mamma WAS
compelled to- tell mo something Of my
cat. She told mo that my brother had
given him to- his sMaetheart Just to keep
a. lille but my cat has never come back
vet, I have never cared for g pet since
But now I am n big girl and have to
go to school and have SO many studies
/ don't have time to play with my dolls
or play with pets if had any. but I
have my Nellie I Will talzo my books and
club instead,
KATIE LOUIS GARFIELD,
Henrico Co., Va.
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THE E HUNT.

Once there was going to be a chestnut
hunt on the Arlcigh farm. About twcn-
!ty people were invited. and as it hap
pened all Of them came. They were
Matilda and John Newbank. Fanny and
Joseph Hudson. Sally and William Bal
lard, Hugh and Elizabeth Prescott. Elsie
and Mary. CelpftssJeaJ,nette.y Dottic, and
sarali Wiilen. Cbi[lleSS Atcher and IMalona
Dins, Ruth, IsIccy and Durham sinirns.
and Warner Maury. -They-nlr went into
the woods and they, decided to. 90 off
in pairs, so they all picked out partners.
Joseph Hudson pickcdtout Elsie Croft, and
the others picked the ones they wanted
TO. and Went off sal1F III different direc-
tfons,,' but when Elsie and Joseph got right
f4ri IN the wool Is they lat dovvn and began
to talk. and, instead Of hunting for chest
nuts they talked until It vas tinlessto go,
to meet the others, and they thought the
time had passed sosq,iick that instead of
going tos'rncet the others they, begun to
hunt chcstnutss for they felt ASHAMED to
go witholl. any. But they had not gotten
but four when they heard the others cali
ing then,. SO they Went, feeling ashamed
because they had not found any moro
chestnuts, when they came upon n lit tie
boy who had about n gallon...so Jnsaph
bought al quart from him, and then they
wclt In very merry spirits. When they.
got-there they found that the others did
not have any, and were surprised to see
them have so many and asked them to
go back i'll that place with them to get
some more. ana they were about to con-
5fess their fault, when ~Jeannstte said that
her mother told her that she must get
home by sunset. and already it WIS right
late. anGl she had q long way to 20. So
they would not 90 without them. and
tall went home. declaring, II they did not
ind any chestnuts, they had never had
MARIE BRIDGES.
7E. Bridges, Ma.
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IOSIE's LESSON.

1t wasn't In arithmetic reading %or.spell
ing. 1t was a lesson in obedience. Some
thing her mother had been striving to
teach her for eight years and had not yet
| succeeded.
Ono pleasant noon. Josie came home
from school leading by the hand a pretty
btue-eyed child OF about her. own age.
I've got n new friend, mama" sho
cried, ioyfullN. "She Is going to be own
cousin with me, and is. going to stay to
| dinner
Indeed answered AIRS, Reed, smiling
~. but does, her mother consent to
that arrangement =
.,totr,, ma won't, carol, said tho child.
trying to balance herself on the. tips OF
her toes and then off they ran to the
play-roonl. . S4
"Ah, me-" sighed Mrs. Reed, as she
took up her sewing. This is tho third
own cousin josie has brought home from
school this term. AS soon as Z break
on one unsuitable friendship, another one
springs UP full-fledged in Its place.
What shall ! do?"
Children will be Children said grand
ma. who was placidly knitting away in
her corner.
%''But there is a great difference in.
children. answered Mrs. Reed, earnest
"; "anl I do not wish Josie to be IN
innate with those With Whose mothers
! should not associate
The little girls had n grand time that
afternoon. L.ettie told such Wonderful
stories Of her own possessions and
things, that she had seen and heard,
that Josie was filled with admiration.
why, MAMA she said, excltedly, nf-
ter her guest had departed, "I.ettie has
always lived la q white marble house..
with stone lions guarding the gate,
and servants in blue nnu yel-
low livery. She says she moved to
this Village, aud. are living like common
people, for their health. Can't go to see
her to-rnoprow?'
mo. indeed said her mnther, decided
IL, "and don't you invite her here again,
Until r learn who she is, and what she
means by her grand stories
This was q sad disappointment to
Josie. for her new friend was now In full
was not ut school the next day, nor the
day after. and Minnie Martin brought
the news. that she Was quits sick.
~ am going to see hsr atter sehnol,"
said Minnie.
ESQ am IL" said Josie. without a
thought OF her mothers commands III her
heedlMs head. So after school was dis
missed, away trudged the two children
10 SEQ I.ettio.
Finally Minnie stopped In froat Of g
diry-looking tenement house, a CROSS
looking man was smoking his pipe on
the doorstep stopping every now and
then to brawi encouragement 10 his snarl-
ing dog that was doing his best 10 steal
the dinner from a neighbours ptG. a child,
who lookedEas Is ha had nsver heard OF
the cleansing owe Of water. Isared
from the window.
You are not going to stop here:.n cried
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HALLOWEEN.

Last Eailowe'cn night my sister had a
party. The boys and girls came, and
they played games and had a good time.
AS we could not get 4 pumpkin we took
a bucket mi Gu, eyes, nose and mouth
in Il, and put over the gas. 1t was cov-
cd with yellow paper and looked like q
pumpkin. When the boys and girls roasted
chcstnuts 10 see X their swecthearts
loved them, II the nut burst open that
was,ihc sign tkair sweetheart loved them.
and then they would laugh and hollcr.
Then they went to the table and a girl
ned boy had to sit in one chair They had
beef sandwiches tied wisll yellow ribbon.
all. kinds OF fruits and hot chocolate.
Then they played a few more games and
then they left for their homes.
JAMIE RIDDICK,
1918 Floyd Avenue, City.
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NANNY"

Once We had a very nice nanny, and
she used to DO very kind and nlce to all
Of us. She would alwsyya cook us fine
dinners gu, SUNDAYS and holidays. Sfle
was q Very kind old woman TO everybody
and MAS always doing her daty. Nanny
always wore a checkcu apron and 3
dotted dress, and she eve wore q dress
or apron that was dirty. NANNY Is go
ing to make Us some little pies when she
makes them for Sundays dinner. She
IRONS o,te dresses so nice that they look
as If they We're now. So, We shall all
ways keep Qua old "AEammy.RR
IpNARh II. Allah,
Central Road. IIsnriep Co., Va.
p. s..-,I hope to set a prize and join
tina II. n. G.. C.,
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7HLS "A q WADE FOR AND ~ 7. 2, G. {. MEMBERS.
OUR MEMBERS DOING
EXCELLENT WORK

Dear Children Of the Club:
Tie pago brirs over again and tho
EDITORS Heart Is glad, and proud over the
good things done ana wo, by the Chill
dren's Club.
or especial value seem tho coItribu-
tons by the youngest club members .wfn
struggle with the difficulties of pen aid
pencil to find a place on tho page.
November oath Is Thanksgiving. Tie
child sending III the best illustrated
Thanksgiving story by November 18th.
Will receive a. prize.
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Josie. In establishment.
why, yes. said Minnie, 'thls Is Let

th.sEs.HNi1E fl abfsfr sEt yet tta. fLrtaWA N Ga
Josie. In establishment.
why, yes" said Minnie, "'this Is Let
ties house.
60 In, said the man roughly, In re-
Spouse to their tiinid Inquiries. and In they
went. a very fat woman with a red face
was frying meat over the stove. 1t sput-
tered and spattcled and filled tho room
With smoke. bn. the woman left 1t to It's
fato on seeing the children, and cnme
forward with q fork Iii one hand and
knife In tile other. Josie got behind Min
ME with a. vague fear that the fat woman
wanted to put her into the spider along
with the meat.
"Yes, dcars; Lettle'a sick" said the
woman: come right, UPSTAIRS she cried.
The stairs were steep. and they Stun
bled twice. but here they were at last.
Eettie looked fevertsn and sick, but sho
was delighted to see her schoolmatcs,
and laughed and chattcd gaily.
They were having a nice time together
when a heavy step was heard on the
stairs and Doctor Lewis walked In.
"All had the measles. OF course, little
folks? - was his ssalutation.
Doctor. I forgot to ask them!"
sinipered the woman.
II have had them" said Minnie.
We'll. well. sissy" said the doctore
as he noticed Josie's frightened face, this
IS a good time OF the year to have them,
and 1t viii be. a disagreeabl job we'll over
three weeks from now"
But all the pleasant words in the world
would have awaited nothing TO Josie, as
she sped homeward. hardly seeing the
road before her through her fast falling
tears. Es
Too late she remembered her mothers
companies not to 60 to see Lettie until
she had given permission. This morn.
ing her mother ha! said, 1.-TWO weeks
from to-day We will all start for the
scashore.Hr But they could not go If she
was sick. This was' the beginning of
Josie's Lesson, and II grow harder and.
harder. lTrst she. had to tell her mother
of her unfortunate call. Then after watt
Ing a number OF days the measles came
and she was quite sick for a week. This
WAS Ind enough, but worse was to fol-
low. for Gear, kind grandma caught them
of her. and was SO sick for many days
hens life was despaiTed of.
Nobody eyer safdsEto her, You; did It:
it's&alls your fault but she knew it all
the same. ard her heart wax filled with
rcmorse.
NELLIE WORTHY,
fHs-sE'&+53Es g-Gsg&5 EnS NrS1fta ~, rH,t,,,r r. Iog .&3
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H BEGGAR GIRLS.

In a large city there once lived a poor
man. IIc was u married man, and he had
four little children and his wife to sup
port, They did not have much money
and Hdn't have much to cal. The little
Eirls-Edlth and Margie-sold old rags and
other things to help along, and tho boys
Henry and Ben-sold papers and matches.
and they, too, helped nlolg. Ono day
MIR. Jennings came home with q dreadful
fever and could not work any more for
q long. long time, and they had to beg
for something to eat and wear.
a last one morning Edith and MarEte
were SO tired and hungry$they stopped at
a fine brick house and asked for some
thing to eat, ana the mistress Of the
house asked them what were their names,
and they said, Edith and Margie Jen-
nings.'' When she (the LADY, heard that
she was very excited, and she asked them
who was their mother before she was
married, and Edith said Edith Bland, OF
Kentucky"
Nrs. Anderson turned very pnlo and
stopped down and IcissedisStll little beg
gar girls and said. Dear children, your
mother Is my long lost sister,"
And she soon got In her carriage and
drove there and brought the long lost
sitter and Mr.. jennings and all Of the
Children to her home to live with her
forever, and they all lived happy. together.
ever afterward. But Edith sayb neither
she nor Margte, wtn ever forget that
morning.
Wishing the Club success and hoping
all Of the children are we'll and happy.
80 crr1r PERCY REAL
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THIS WEEKS QUESTIONS.
meat.

!. What Is meant by "a cruel power.
In paragraph II
2. What kind Of a man is a "~poacher''?
Paragraph 1.
:, What sort Of jackets are ."fustia,l
Jackets? Paragraph %
4. What do you understand "smock-
frocks" to be? Paragraph 2.
s. What is Il .''slmnltancous ~movcment"7
Paragraph q.
8. Define what Is meant BY IN "ap-
partition" Paragraph 2.
Z. What is tho explanation OF the
phrase "adjuring the ghost? Paragraph
3. 4
8. What Is the meaning Of "concilia-
tory tone" In para graph 81
8. Can you put the expression hes
off bis head" Ii paragraph v, Into more
elegant English?
TO-. Can you give the correct spelling
of deputy" as mentioned in paragraph
II?
II. What is the occupation q q FAR
rter"? Paragraph u.
IL. Can You tell where the quotation:
Watch for the morning" Is taken from?
Paragraph 10.
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APPLE AND NUT GAMES
FOR PARTY
Apple PAIRING Test.

Each person is given q knife aud an ap-
pie. which Is TO be- pared in q continuous
strip. rho pairing Is then swung three
times over the head while these lines
nre repeated:
'..Apple, I pare and swing to know
Z. Whom + soon shall marry;
From 10y hand now thee throw,
Mystic letter carry
AS the last VOID Is uttered the paring is
dropped to the floor, ,Tha initials 1t foralss
Are those Of the future husband as wife.
Eating Apples Before a Mirror.
At midnight each person takes ~ lighted
lantern and goes alone into o dark Yooln:
then taking up his or her position before
a looking-glass, proceeds to- cat an apple,
looking the while steadily into tho glass.
The face of the. future, husband or Wife
Mill be seen looking over the shoulder
in the glass
Popping Chestnuts.
Each person Is given three chestnuts.
which, after heins named. arc placed upon
hot GOALS. The nut that pops will bc an
iunfaithful sweetheart the one that burns
steadily will psaye a constant friend, but
this one that burns brightly. letting firth
IA. blaze, will prove the TRUE love.
NJ. cI4ARICE henson.
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FLOWERS,

We have IN old well that has beea
hlled up, and wa have made a flower bor-
der OF IT.. and every thing wo plant In
ID grows better than anywhere else on
the place. Last year we had q gerttn-
ium IN II six feet W inches. and We now
have a cosmos ten feet all and Il rose
b,rsll, IN elephant ear and many others.
r raised some flowers myself this summer
r raised migonette and n few cosmos. MY
migonette bloomcd and was real sweet.
My cosmos were not very tall, but full OF
and real pretty. We have q
great many h~ydrangers which are very
large, I enjoy tho =. y. G. 9, page very
much.
li02 w. Hroad ST., Richmond, Va
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Oalcc upon a time there was q little
boy only four years old whose name
was John. His mother told him It was
time to- go to- bed. NO, mamma, I an
not sleepy, he said. II do not want to
81, to bed"
But his mother sent him or with his
| candle to the mlrsery, where his brother
was sleeping. Instead OF going to bed.
as ha was told he began to build q
tower. with his blocks. lie becslme 50
cross because IL was not built right, that
he kicked tt over and made an awful
noise, which brought his mother UP TO
see what 1t WIS, When she found that her
little boy had disobeyed her, she wa-s
gsrisve.t about It. and told him, to go at
cnce to bed Flo began to- cry until
she Kissed and forsayei him. tla did
not promise to go at once to bed But
he undressed and took Off ono shoe,
sat on the floor by his bed until llo
became so sleepy no could not hold his
eyes open any longer. 1t was long past
his hour for retiring. when no climbed
In his little bed and fell asleep. por-
getting he had not taken of his stock
lngs and one shoe.
DLSIE sEI4pEN.
Of the "Rosebud Garden of Girls
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OLD KING COLE.

There was once an old man and he was
a merry old soul, and his name was. King
Cole. This merry old soul would call for
Ills pipe and bowl and send for his. sftddlels
three to como to be nisrYY with him.
ELREHIA HARRIS,
EadfOrl. Va.