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Yukon Valley news., 1904-10-26
WALTER SUNDB0RC, Freighter anaPaCker
 Goods Delivered
 To All Creeks
 Personal attention to all consign- ments insures good service.
 DRY WOOD DELIVERED. Leave orders at Miners Store.

Tom Antonson has gone to Flu reka creek, where he expects to work this winter.
 George Ledger came i'll yesterday and reports that J. F. Nellany has struck pay on Skookum.
 Bob Anderson and George Cowan have commenced cutting cordwood OH the right limit of Big Minook creek. They expect to work there practically all winter.
 Andy Christianson and Gus John son, with two dog teams, accompa- nied Jerry Ford and John Palm to Cariboo creek yesterday. Messrs. Ford and Palm will prospect near the head of the creek and may take out boiler later.
 C. H. Ehrhorn got a cold bath in the Yukon last night. He walked out over the ice to open water and filled couple of pails, and when he started to return the ice gave way and he went in up to his neck. The surface of the ice being rough, he got out without assistance.
 Carlo Jacl,itt came in from Tan ana yesterday, where he had helped Allen Crane to land raft and a scow. The scow contained cer- tain roulette wheel which was for merly contended for in a replevin suit brought by W. H. Porter. The wheel was recently sold for costs ot court, and was bid in by Pres Ire land and shipped to Joe Anicich.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-10-26
CHAS. DREIBELBIS
 MEETS SURPRISE

A very pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Charles Dreibelbis last Saturday, it being Mir. D's birthday He was invited out to spend the evening, but before he got away the guests whom Mrs. n. had invited arrived and surprised him.
 Cards and dancing were enjoyed by those present, and NIT. Dreibel- his received fine eight-day clock Iaeseuted by his gentleman friends.
 Henry brothers last week brought ia a lot of brook trout from lloot- lanana. which were secured by Iu. lius Rahmstoff, Messfs. Henry caught tso pounds with hook and line They returned to Heoslanana shis mornimg.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-10-26
DINNER PARTY
 LAST SATURDAY
Good Fare and Good Fellow ship Reward Good
 Hunting.

Last Saturday evening a party of seventeen persons sat down 10 one of the finest dinners ever served in Rampant. It was the outcome of the big hunting contest of Oct. Io. the losers of which, explained by Judge J. Lindley Green, acted as hosts to the winners, wEo were marshaled by Dr. J. H. Hudgin. The judges of the hunting contest were also honored guests of the evening.
 Promptly at 9 o'clock the party was seated at the festal board, with Judge Green at the head ard Dr. Hudgin immediately on his right, and the others occupying positions in accordance with the scores to their credit for the days shooting. The three judges were grouped around the lower end of the table
 The dining room was decorated with the United States colors and implements and trophies of the chase.
 Chef Watson of the eception restaurant, where the dinner was served, did his lart so well that each of the seven courses was a testimonial of his culinary skill. A rabbit foot at each plate was an appropriate novelty.
 General good fellowship was a distinguishing feature of the even- ing, and story telling added mirth 10 the good feeling of the occasion. The following were present.:
 Hosts-Judge J I.indley Green, captain; S E. Heeter, Alvin Pax son, Walter Sundborg, Geo. Cowan, Kris. Falkenberg. MT. Allger.
 Guests-Dr. J. H. Hudgin, cap tain; Ross Minard, Johnny Wiehl Charley Stadelinan, Charley Mayo, Lee Mayo, Horace Boucher. John Stanley, John Neussbaum and Sam Callahan, judges.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-10-26
ARRESTED FOR
 GOLD-BRICK SELLING
From the Nome Gold Digger.

From the Nome Gold Digger.
 Max Gutter, who was in this city during the early summer, has been arrested in San Francisco charged with passing a gold brick on Elkan Cohn. a money lender. Cohn was separated from sI.7oo and cancelled old debts for Gutter amounting to about SI7 ,ooo.
 Gutter gained considerable noto- riety here by claiming to have pur- chased an interest in the Gold Bug claim. in the Council district. which is owned by Lena Walton.
 lt now develops that Gutter was hired by a we'll known mining com. pany to defraud the rightful owner oit of her property, aud il Is alleged that Gutter has made statements which are host sensational tn their character.
 E Advertisements in American mag. azines amouHt to slo. .ooo .ooo yearly
Yukon Valley news., 1904-10-26
ITEMS
Joe Bush came in from Eureka

yesterday.
 Ice stopped running ill the Yu- kon Oct. 22 last year. s. E. Heeter is making four new sleds with boxes to protect goods i'll transit to the creeks.
 Dad Krashner has shipped about four tons of potatoes from his Hot Springs ranch to Fairbanks.
 Mrs. Green has gone out to Little Minook to spend two weeks with her friend Mrs. Louis Shequin and tle babies.
 C. R. Peck was in from Little Minook last Saturday and attended the surprise party given to Charles Dreibelbis. He returned home on Sunday.
 Pete Raining came in from Thanksgiving last Sunday night. He and George Krastning have been busy whipsawing logs for cabin on 5 below. MT. Raining will return today or tomorrow.
 The old Lewellyn lodging house. now conducted by the Reception restaurant, has been put in first class order for the winter. It will be kept warm and will be a good place for tired people coming ill off the trail.
 Jack Ostrom came in from Quail creek last Thursday and ordered another outfit of 500 pounds for James Lang.ord. Mir. Langford was afraid he wonid not be able to get 1t moved out if he waited till the snow gets deep. Heeter's pack train left for Quail with the goods on Monday morning.
 Tom Loveland, Nick Bloom and Sam Hockley are prospecting on Joseph creek. They have one hole down 30 feet and intend 10 crosscut the creek. They will take out a boiler as soon as sleighing gets good. Joseph creek comes into Big Minook on the left limit at abou, I6 above upper discovery. There are about thirty horses in Rampant and they have all been busy the entire fall. This looks we'll for winter mining operations, for most of the work has been freightiug to the creeks. Walter Sundborg was the last to enter the freightiug business. He bought the horses of the geological survey and has been busy with them evel since.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-10-26

Advertisements in American mag aximes amount to { 8o. .ooo. .ooo yearly
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
contantment in Work.

In order that woman may be sue.
cessful and happy in her home life
she must inevitably regard her work
as WORTH the highest education and
enthusiasm. says the Washington
Star.
Let Ler knew bcrcre she enters up.
on it ti:at it mist for years occupy
the greater part Of her thoughts and
time-t.crc will lie seasons when it
must occupy her whole time-and be
content that his is so because OF the
value Of the result To be obtained.
The home where peace and order
reign and :,wee. influences of indus
Try and education OF courtesy and re-
iigion prevail is not made by chance
the wonan's thought and study and
ability have entered into it and deter
mined its character
Where the servants are Industrious
ana qI.e'. where the children are
healthy. gentle and o5edient. where
the conversation shows intellectual
life and generous thought and the
spirit of the :.oGic in its activities and
pleasures is love and jay and peace,
the praise is due. first. to the woman
who as wife and mother and mis-.
tress and housckceper and nomemaker
has made il hcr study AMI pleasure TO
rule her kingdom diligently, with in.
teliiScncc and ioyc
The home is her creation. springins
from her own ideal of what is good
and fair and speaks 10 mankind as
truly a. T. ior thought had expressed
Itself in wiring. II is a work of the
highest art.
If woman thus regarded her work
nj home she would settle her mind to
j; without that restlessness and dis
content she will always feel If in her
heart az hearts she regards history
ar art or higher mathematics as being
more worthy OF her attention.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
TRAINING Children,

Here are some rules for the training
of children that may help somewhat
IN the solving of the difficulties many
parents experience.
From earliest infancy incuicate IN
slant obedience.
Unite firnness with gentleness. Let
your children understand always that
you mean what you say.
Never promise them anything unless
you are quite sure you can give what
you say.
If you tell a child to do something.
show him how to do 1t. and see that it
e done.
Always punish your children for viii
fully disobeying you. bu; never punish
them in anger.
Never let them know that they vex
you or make you lose your self-com-
mand.
II they give way TO petulance or liz
temper, wait till they are calm. then
:eason with item on the foolishness
ii their conduct.
Never give your children anything
because they cry for il.
Teach them that the sure and easy
way to appear good is TO be good.
Accustom them To make their little
recitals with perfect truth.
Never allow tale-bearing.
Teach them selfdenial. not selfin-
iulgerce indiana Farmer.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
What Do You Eat at Noon?

Do you realize that your food makes
II mars your health; and that you
must make your choice of good blood
1r poor blood yourself:
You may be pretty and sweet and
fresh-looking now, but If you do not
Eat the proper food you will fade
quickly and lose your strength.
At every restaurant choice may
De made between substantial, health
giving food and frivolous, harmful
:ood.
Brown bread is better investment
than white. for it produces more ei.-
,rgy. Baked beans. lima beans. peas
md corn. hash or fish (wlen not
cooked greasily) build up your muscle;
ind add 10 your strength.
Cheese and nuts eaten with bread
and butter are both nourishing and
inexpensive. They are heavy foods and
should be eaten as sucn at the end OF
The meal.
Tomatoes and spinach make good
-ed blood-they are as good as irur
:onic Apples. too. are regular storage
batteries for iron, and eaten with nuts
and glass of milk make good lunch.
Fruits. unccoked or made into
sauces or pies, are good fer you at
noon. but they will not sustain you dur
ne all afternoons hard work.
Invest your money every noon in
something which will count for your
comfort during the rest of The day.
Make your own choice for each day.
You are building the future,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Something New to Save.

There are some women who save
everything. every little scrap: there
are others who save nothing. but are
there any who save their old rubbers?
Do you know that there is a market for
all old articles having even a small
quantity of rubber in their compost
ton? Not long ago in small town
several women combined and saved all
their old rubber shoes, bicycle tires.
and mackintoshes. and at the end OF
the month sold the collection at so
much per pound. The proceeds were
then given TO charitable organization.
The combination of these first few
women attracted other women, and
now there is a rubber saving club in
this town. and the services of 4 mar
ket wagon are secured. free Of charge,
each month. for the collection of rub
Der treasure-New York American.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
The Chinese Barber at Work.

Barriers are to be found everywhere
in China. No one need be at loss To
have his head shaved in any city OF
village in the empire. Every day in
the year there must be hundreds of
acres of Chinese heads shaved. anu
tails combed ont and dressed that.
were they united. would produce an
Atlantic cable of hair II is customary
for Chinaman To have his head
shaved and dressed by the barber two
or three times q month. The parapher-
MALTA Of the street barber consists of
n small cabinet. which serves as seat
for his customer and receptacle for
his instruments: round wooden case
with metal basin for water, which is
kept hot by a small charcoal furnace
beneath: attached to this there is 4
pole TO Indicate his profession. When
a customer places his head in the bar
bers hands, he has il steamed anil
rubbed with a hot. damp cloth. then
shaved; the face is then shaved, in
Guiding nostrils and ears. The eyelids
are then raised and the eyes cleanSei.
after which the ears are operated upon
with small instruments. cunningly de-
vised to remove all obstacle from this
particular gateway of celestial knowl-
edge The spine is the punched and
kneaded to impress it with an acute
sense Of its function. and the patient
retires. having paid trifiing sum for
the tonsorial operations.-Golden
PeQny.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
SINGING he RODE.

Song that clangs like the battle,
Song, keen as the wind that nips.
rode away to the dawn of Day
And such song rose to my lips.
Youth-surely ] spent IL!
Life-it was mine to spendl
And the clear red line of the morning
lay
Eastward without an end.
Further than thought could reach them.
Backward into the dark.
The Lords of my House were ranged
away,
The men of might and of mark.
Possessing the heights behind me
The Towers of INV own brave line
Mine rs the azure tide of the heart
And the bend of the brow be mine.
Ny shadow galloped behind me.
The heights of my home were lit.
A gold sun broke through II scarlet sky
And i rode in the blaze of il.
And ever reclrrent ringing
i sang il under my breath
The gathered flower of the singing.
The chorus of Love and Death.
Till knew not the time that knew me.
Was now from the past apart.
For the song that changed like the kiss
OF swords,
For the chorus that broke the heart
--Harper's Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
The Beauty Bath.

To keep the body clean Is to keep
Il healthy; more than that il is to keep
the mind bright. as circulation is slim
llated. muscles massaged and the It's
sues hardened The daily bath is the
finest identifying means known. One
thing you must strictly avoid in bath
lng-never use hard water. II is i'm
! possible to create cleansing suds The
addition of borax will remedy this
trouble. so always keep little china
or tin covered box with borax in ii on
your bath stand.
They say that Patti is the best pre-
served woman of her age and that
she takes a daily bath. using pure
white imported cast..S soap and n fine
1esh brush, softening the water with
tablespoonful of bcrax for each gal
lon. Rinse with bath spray. chilling
the water gradually; dry with a coarse
towel Ia linen Turkish towel, rubbing
the flesh until it is pink and tingling.
Every morning tif you only take
the warm bath once a week. onge
the body with tepid water
handful of salt and
borax have been
the identifying
Who is afii
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Reform a Failure.

AT the hearings before an uptown
magistrate the other day an old man
was brought in, charged with drunk.
enness. says the Philadelphia Ledger.
He had been there before. and the
Judge knew him. He finally prevailed
upon the judges clemency to lei MIN
go. promising to take the pledge.
But | want one more drink, Just
one more" he pleaded. Il amt got
another cent. Say. jedge. buy me a
drink, and il will be the last"
A saloon is right across the street
and the magistrate said:
Well. John, think you mean we'll.
Go over and tell the bartender that
you want a drink and that will
stand for it. If he doesn't believe you
tel. him TO come to the door and shout
TO me. and shall tell him it is all
right"
With many thanks the old fellow
went across the street to the bar.
Say. Mike" he said to the barten.
der. Let me have quart of whisky.
The judge will stand for it."
The man behind the bar was skepti.
cal, however, and went to the door of
the saloon and shouted over 10 thS
magistrates Office. rs 1t all right,
judge?"
Yes" said the Judge. thinking that
he referred to one drink.
And the old reprobate dashed out a
rear entrance. clutching the bottls
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Killed Black Cat,

Hard luck of the endless chain vari.
ely has been the lot of Thomas l..
Goodwin. proprietor of Camden
laundry. Now he is missing and his
friends do not wonder why. These
areafew of the things that have hap
pened TO Goodwin within a few
ncnths:
His house al Twenty-eighth and Har.
rison streets burned down the day af-
Ter the fire insurance policy expired
Athief stole $500 he had saved for
rehmlding.
Hebegan missing chickens. Dogs in
onenight killed his best fowls.
ID wife left him.
Morse used in a public hack died
M bought a wagon and horse and
enlted the laundry business. a troll
leykar wrecked the wagon and killed
ththorse.
4 made a payment of s25 on an
Our horse.
hen he disappeared.
he last horse was found dead yes
telay. DIR. w. b. Miller. a veterianr-
ia said il was starved.
Goodwin killed black cat
ga To this he attributes
Philadelphia Mont" ~
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
a Chinese Student.

"Oh. you Americas women can dc
everything said Miss kang Tung. a
bright Chinese student at Harvard
You so everywhere ina; men so. you
read mems newspapers. and YOU know
an that is going on. but in China we
have 10 stay in bandbox; We are not
really alive.
Yes. at home dress. in home
clothes, but I like these better and
would never live in China again il
could not go and come a. | please
Yesterday we went through your big
gray prison-what do you call it. the
Tombs? They all wore the same
clothes and sat in the same kind OF
dark rooms. Ii made me think of ouI
women at home. Really, We are not
much better on.
Am | writing anything? Oh. yes
| write nearly every month for our
wcIian's paper al home. My sister
Kurg Tung Nee. is the editor of this
and il is published in Canton twice q
month
so few Chinese women know how
TO read. but those who do know en-
joy reading the paper Almost all the
writing in it is done by women. No
We don't bother about fashions. The
paper is mere about what is going or
in the outside world and what otheI
women are doing.
II? No, don't bother about fash
ions. either wear what | see Other
people wear, what the stores have &c
sell. Oh. yes; like pretty clothes. bu;
am so busy. | haven't time to spend
on them
And yet this little 17-year-old en-
tlusiast is always we'll dressed. quietly
becomingly, ard in good taste. This
is Miss Kang Tung's first visit &c
America, and though she has only re.
Gently come to New York. she has been
in the country several months in Cali.
fcrnia, British Columbia and Other
places where there are colonies of her
countrymen Everywhere she goes She
tries to interest the women and or
ganize branches of the Reform Asso-
citation of which her father Is the head
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Row Do You Hold Your sklr,.y

TOW 70 Iou r1oiu your SktrtS!
All sorts and conditions OF women
pass, clutching tightly the beloved
long skirt.
There is the dowager's pickup,
which consists in taking nip on on.
side and eleyating il, leaving the 9th.
CT side to trail ANONYMOUSLY in the
dust
There is the old mans lift. where
she Fits it g.Lgcrly. leaving a decent
pettico2t chastely screening her lower
CIT. entities.
There is tae stI ong-minied woman s
',o!st. as she gras25 it firmly, keeping
il spick and span.
The stout woman, who drags her
skirt around her and joggies along
serene and je!iy.likc
We behold the married woman with
harra ssed face hurryine al,Eg. with an
ab"er;-minded clutch of the skirt
which hauls the PACKET open
Then taare is the pink and white
young woman. lettering on high heels
which give aer Isl to "starboari"
who lifts the berue.ed skirt high
enough to afford satl7tactcry gIimpses
of her shoes and stoy kings.
Then comes the comfortable woman
who lifts her skirt in a slouchy bunch
and ambies along the pavement.
Then the fashionable girl. with fig
Cre bent in and on. again. stalks along
holding her skirt just where it should
be.
There IS the abscnt-m.nded woman.
who lifts her skirt up in front. leaving
the back half to come along as it may
st. Lcuis Star
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Is FREAK OF MEMORY.
Explanation of the Powers of Light.
ming Calcuiators."

explanation OF the Powers of Light
ming Calculators."
Arithr.ctical prodigies, often spoken
OF as lightning caiculators." have an
unusual capacity for combining mum.
bers. The wonderful feats of these
prodigies have been pronounced genu-
inc by competent judges, although
their psychological peculiarities. how.
ever, seem characteristic of most of
the known cases; an extraordinary
memory for numerical combinations,
and unusual methods for grouping
numbers. That their ability is not
entirely the result of special training
is attested by the early age at which
the power is manifested. Thus. at
the age OF 3, T. H. Stafford computed
mentally the number (617,T60) of bar
ley-corns in 1,040 rods, and could ex.
tract the cube roots of numbers of Q
and 10 figures. Buxton solved the
problem. to find the product of doub-
ling a farthing 139 times. the result,
expressed in pounds. being a number
of SO figures. Zerah Colburn, at Q
'eoio VI dSe' gave at sight the factors
OF .394.967 ,297. and in 90 seconds
found mentally the number of hours
in 1911 years. Raising 991 to the
fifth power in thirteen operations, and
giving the product Of any pair of two
figure numbers in IL seconds, are
feats accomplished by Arthur Griffith.
who also memorized the squares of all
numbers up to 100 and the cubes up
to 100
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Village Of Deformitie

The strangest village in
Is undoubtedly the little
latte. near Culoz, in Franc
from the Italian frontier, 1--WE
about 200 defcrmed men, women ant
children. who in Paris go by the nam,
of "Culs-de-Jatte." They arc deprived
of the use of their legs and thighs
these being withered and stunted. ant
push themselves along in primitiv,
wooden carts with wooden wheels
which they propel by means of a fia
iron-shaped block of wood in seithel
hand.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Clumsy Fur Coats No Longer Seen.

The days when clumsy sealskin coats
hung like sacks round the shoulders o.
women and when no attempt was ever
made 10 cut fur garments smartly OF
to fit them accurately TO the figure.
haze departed and have left nothing
but their very unpleasant memory be-
hind.
The furriers of the present day. or
at AL events the best Of them. cut and
fit every garment which is entrusted
TO them with the care ard skill of a
Court dressmaker bestows upon her
smaytest bodices OF satin. velvet, or
brocade; and no; only do the fur gar
ments worn at the moment fit admir-
ably, but they are made according 10
the very lates, dictates CT fashion. and
echo in a remarkable way the modes
of the season rs they are seen else
where.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Fashion Notes.

Many entire costumes are done II
plaits.
Fringe with a Van Dyked top is &
charming novelty.
Dark fur ovals with one end pointed
are inset in some ermine pieces. in ad.
lition to the tails.
Crepe gowns are considered very
smart for indoor purposes when trim
med with deep silk fringe.
A dainty and voluminous affair fol-
evening is composed entirely Of
shirred -N'~ with a setting of da'
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-02
Consumption

Salt pork is a famous old
fashioned remedy for con-
sumption. "Eat plenty of
pork" was the advice to the
consumptivc SO and 100
years ago.
Salt pork is good if a man
can stomach it. The idea
behind it is that fat is the
food the consumptive needs
most.
Scots Emulsionisthemod
ern method of feeding fat to
the consunptive. Pork is too
rough for sensitive stomachs.
SCOTS Emulsion is the most
refined of fats, especially
prepared for easy digestion.
Feeding him fat in this
way, which is often the only
way, is half the battle, but
Scots Emulsion does more
than that. There is some
thing about the combination
Of co1livcr oil and hyPophos-
phitc5 il SCOTS Emulsion
thar w. new lif'~
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RACE

RACI
Died OF %
A Thousand Yea /, 1hv S,s
lrday
-Wilmetta c. IS in Il kor,,
Times.