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The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29
WANT THEM
Russians Negotiating for
 Dredging Machine

Russia is negotiating with Americans for sixty gold dredges. Representa- tives of the czar were in the Atlin country for some time examining, in- vestigating and testing the newest methods used for robbing the earth of the yellow metal-gold dredging. Ap- parently they thoroughly satisfied with this unromantic defelopment of mining for they want sixty float ing gold extracting machines for use in Russia.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

There will be a warm time when the Washington state democratic conyen- vention meets. The fight between the Parker and the Hearst men is close in that state.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

The Mississippi valley states have begun the annual harvest of the torna- do crop, and the women folks are keep ing house in the cyclone cellars.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

Oue of the best signs of Skagway's permanent prosperity is the activity of property owners in tearing down old buildings and erecting new ones in their place.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29
Ten Dollars Reward

The Daily Alaskan will pay a reward of slO for evidence that will lead to tho conviction of any one for stealing copies of the paper from the premises of any of it's subscribers.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

Japanese Matting-All lSO strands and good patterns, direct from the Orient Regular price, 30c, 35c, 40c and 45c goods. Now 25c per yHd, at E. R. Peoples.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29
Masoot has New Music

The;Nascot saloon has just received 8 large consignment of new music for its popular Victor talking machine. lt includes all the latest popular airs.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

It must not be forgotten that most of this news of Russian victories is com ing from St. Petersburg.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

The best that the market affords at the Pack Train Restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29
For Sale

Choice flower plants for bedding out, at the Westside Greenhouse.
 4l3tf Wm. Fl. Joy, Prop.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

Baths at the Portland Lodging House, 25c; new porcelain tub. This house has never been bothered with frozen pipes. Come take bath. 10 3 lmo
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

Spring chicken and Eastern oysters at the Pack Train restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

The Totem serves the best free lunch in town.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

Clayson & Co. carry the largest stock of overcOats in town.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

When in Whitehorse stop at the Windsor, only first class house in town.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

Fine porcela tubs at Principal bar bershop, opposite Board of Trade.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

Best of wines liquors and cigars at the Totem.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29
New Spring Goods

New goods have arrived and are open for your inspection, at F. Wolland's.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

1 cannot tell a lie, we must make a little profit. ClaYsOn & Co.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29
SkagwaY Laundry

For frst-class work try Skagwsy Laundry. Twenty-twO yeras' experi- ence. Telephone S9. tf.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-29

The leading barbershop and baths The Principal, opposite Board of Trade
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showed a falling off on the part of Great
Britain of more than II per cent over her
japanese exports of 1881
What does Japan buy of us, Mr..
Loomis?'' l asked.
IAN sorts OF things" was the reply I'VE
sell her raw cotton. kerosene. breadstuffs
and provi ions. She imports cur machinery,
locomotives. electrical apparatus and scien-
tiflc instruments. She takes leather goods.
tobacco paper, hardware, clocks and
watches and a variety OF other manufac-
lures. Our goods very popular in Japan
and seem to grow more so from year to
year.
Korea and Manchuria.
Il suppose we have no trade now in Ko-
rea and Manchuria?'
Not a great deaf replied Mr.. Loomis.
The has practically caused a sus-
pension of trade in the vast regions travers-
eG by the opposing armies 1t has disor-
deTed trade IN northern China and in
Asiatic Russia, that it is hard to tell
what goods are selling or to forecast the
trade conditions. In 1901 1t was estimated
that we sold almost $500 Geo worth of goods
to Korea. We shall probably sell less this
year and there may be cessation of trade
until the war is over. After that l expect
our. goods to regain al they have lost for
they very acceptable to the people not
only in Korea but also in ManchuTia.'
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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Plants for Winter Bloom.
From Good Housekeeping.

From Good Housekeeping.
1t is important to prepare plants early
in September, so that they may be well
established in pots and growing nicely
before winter closes in. Palms which have
done good service on the veranda ali sum-
mer and which will be required for indoor
decoration the coming winter should be
potted into larger sized pots If they require
it. and the drainage of all potted plants
made perfect Cuttings of coleus and ger
aniums should now be made and inserted
around the edges of four-nch pots filed
with light, sandy soil. These root in a few
days, when they may then be potted singly.
Oxalis bulbs, of which the two best spe-
cieS for home use are the large -fiawered
pink oXalis BOWEL, and the yellow oxalis
fiava, must now be potted at once, must
also the tubers of that well-known de-
lightful South African plant freesia re-
fracta. Six or eight of the tubers in
five-inch pot filled with a light rich soil
is perhaps the best way to grow them.
Both these and oxalis must be placed under
conditions where they will receive plenty OF
light and air, and yet will be protected from
cold winds and frost until the weather
demands their removal indoors.
Roman hyacinths and paper white mar
cissus should be planted now, to have them
in flower for Christmas. The potting Of
Dutch hyacinths, tulips narcissus and cro-
cuses may be deferred a month these
should never be forced before January. All
OF these bulbs must be well rooted before
they can be forced, so that after pot
ting they should receive a good watering
and then be stored away in the very coolest
part of the cellar for about three months
(Which is the roofing period before bring
ing them into the light and warmth of the
rooms We prefer named varieties of these
Dutch bulbs to mixtures, and the kinds
have found most satisfactory among hya-
cinths are Gertrude and Roi des Belges,
pink; L'Innocence and La Grandesse. white,
and Car Peter and King of the Blues. blue.
Some of the best variety of tulips for homo
forcing are Albion and La Refine. white;
Mon Tresor and Chrysolora, yellow; Rose
Grisdelin, pink, and Due Van ThOll, scar
let The Won Sion. double and single, are
perhaps the most satisfactory narcissus,
while the large yellow and Madam Nina
(purple ard white) crocuses are the best for
forcing, indeed for any purpose.
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Historic Ships Names.

From the Boston Transcript.
AT least four historic ships of our navy
have been launched from Boston ways-the
Constitution, the old Cumberland, the Hart
ford and the Merrimac. The old Cumber-
land, the ship of tragic glory, was launched
more than sixty years ago. The Merrimac
which, converted into a confederate IRON
clad and named Virginia, was to destroy
the Cumberland, was put into the water in
1855. The Hartford was launched in 1853
The Cumberland, Merrimac and Hartford
were all navy-yard built. The new Cum
berland is to be used as a training Ship
and therefore her service will be of prepara-
ton rather than war. But 1t Is well that
training ships should bear heroic names
since the associations that cluster about
them are Inspirations to young tars. The
training squadron of sailing vessels when
completed will be made up of the Chesa-
peake, Cumberland, Intrepid and the brig
Boxer. OF these, the Chesapeake repeats
the name of ship singularly unfortunate,
but whose final disaster was almost re-
deemed by the devotion of Lawrence; the
original Intrepid persisted in her duty, and
Somers and her crew were great exempIars
Of supreme self-sacrifice. The Cumber-
lands heroic story will live forever. The
Boxer alone carries in her name the as
sociation OF victory.
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to Vazy-le-Trou or Four-les Bains, two
brand-new summer resorts, whose hotels
must be given look of animation.
These new resorts show the vacation
on-credit system in it's perfection.
clerk, spent a full month with his family
at Vazy-le-Trou last season. Indeed it
was through this cousin that he got into
relations with the company.
TT was all right for them" he said.
They had an ideal time-my cousin, his
wife and two boys aged ten and twelve"
'Installment plan?"
Completely. They never missed a pay
rnent and have gone again this year. The
combination is really economical but, of
course, it wouldn't do for me-"
"Why?"
The youth hesitated. I gathered that it
would not do for him because of the lack
of young girls with dotsl
You see, it's a new beach, with a new
casino and a new big hotel" he explain
ed. 1T isn't likely to fill up the first
years of its own accord-well-to-dO folks
paying cash are shy of new places"
Il understand" l said, that it must be
a great thing for its spectators to keep
the hotel filled the first two or three sea-
sons
Exactly. 1t would almost pay them to
take people for nothing to fill up. Long
empty dinner tables are terriblei Well
there is the combination.
I'm America" / said I'VE have heard of
seaside hotels taking dancing youths on
nominal terms"
It's not like that at Vazy-there are no
clerk. My cousin says that it became
laughable toward the end of his stay
There were any quantity of families
young families like his own, you under
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been here have made comparisons. cal
culsHte | am paying
You are going to pay
mo, l am paying. l began paying ~
francs CsD per week the day was accept
ed in Paris. a month ago. Well, calculate
l am paying from 10 to 20 per cent more
than the thing could be done for on cash
with sharp bargaining at the hotel mere.
THAT makes Is per cent, say, for the
accommodation"
''Helas, no! The installments run six
months Therefore l pay at least ~ per
cent a year for the accommodation, II you
take it that way.
rs there any other way to take it?''
Sure The vacation-cred1t company mas
made good prices with the hotel
for Itself"
Sure; but when tack IS per cent on to
the price of your own daily board and
lodging in this same hotel find it comes
to more than l pay-you who pay CASH
Therefore l benefit to a certain extent by
the company's bargaining. Evidently you
did not drive a very sharp bargain with
the hotel. Would 1 have been able to do
so? And so on. I think l lose very little
on the railway fare. And note, l might
have gone to Vazy-le-Trou on the Nor
man coast, for 90 per cent less. Uriage is
an Established watering place"
A Wise Decision.
When the difference between the two
combinations was explained to me I adj
mired the sage decision of the youth. The
company gave him Uriage only at the end
of a struggle. 1t tries to send every one
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America, as against s27 ,O0o, eco worth for
the same period of the previous year.
ITO which country do we sell most Mr.
Loomis? l asked.
"Our best South American customer dur
ing 1903 Argentina replied the as
slstant secretary of state. THAT country
then bought about eleven and one-quarter
million dollars worth of American products
Brazil came next with a little more than
ten and one-half millions; Colombia next
with four and one-quarter millions, and
then came Chilli with just 81 900 We sold
almost $3.0O0G00 worth of stuff to Peru and
almost $1,000 600 to Venezuela believe that
this trade could be very greatly increased.
Neither our manufacturers nor our export
ers have as yet made any powerful, sustain
ed. systematic effort to obtain il, although
certain business houses have shown great
enterprise The export interests whole
however, give but tile attention to South
America as compared with Mexico, Canada
or Europe. which latter countries offer
easier channels of trade and give gre 1ter
returns. We get reports from our consular
offices showing that our goods are popular
throughout South America and that they
need only the apple ton of the usual trade
methods to enable them to compete with
the European wares which have now the
bulk of the business"
What do you mean by trade methods.
Mr.. Loomis?"
II mean the proper facilities of transport
tation and banking. We ought to have
fast American steamship lines connecting
North and South America. We should have
American banks at the great centers, and
American salesmens understanding the Ian
guage, should go there to sell the goods
''Will not the Panama canal help mat
tiers?
'There is no doubt but that the canal will
be of immense benefit to us in our trade
with the west coast of South America as
well as with that of Central America and
Mexico. 1t will also greatly benefit us in
Asia and the islands of the Pacific.
Our West Indian Market.
How about Cuba and Porto Rico?" /
asked
Our commerce with Cuba is materially
increasing under the new treaty of last De-
cember.' During the three months ending
with the 31st Of March, 1904, we gained
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Deep Gold Mines.

From the Engineering and Mining Journal.
The deepest gold m ne is still to be cred
tied to Bendig', in Victoria, Australia, al
though the time is coming when the Rand.
South Africa, will claim the record For
the present the Victoria quartz mine. at
Bendigo, has probed deeper into the earth
than any other digging after gold; work is
now going on in this mine at $3.50 feet, 4
Wine having been sunk 30 feet below the
lowest level at 2,To0 feet. Among its neigh
bors the Victoria quartz mine has the New
Chum railway, with work proceeding at
1856 feet and the New Chum Consolidated,
1858 feet. The celebrated "1S0' mine, the
property of Mr.. George Lansell, and long
the deepest gold mine in the world, is being
exploited a $3.50 feet, although the SHAFT
itself is 200 feet deeper.
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meet the whole region with it. 1t is prob
able that other railroads will now be built
to connect Lake Victoria with Lakes Tan
ganyika and Nyassa and into Albert Ny
ANA. Then the goods from those lake
regions can find their way out by Nom
hasa and these new roads will eventual
ly form part of the Cape to Cairo line.
Indeed, a great trade will ultimately spring
up in that region, and of this we hope the
United States will have its share"
Our Trade in East Africa.
1 referred to our trade in British and
German East Africa, whereupon Mr..
Loomis said:
1.-The southern half of Lake Victoria is
in German East Africa, vast territory,
with a population of millions. That coun-
try will soon be opened up to foreign COM
merce, although the Germans will prob
ably have the bulk. of the trade. They are
already building railroads, and will event.
ually have railroads from the coast oppo-
site Zanzibar toJ Lake Tanganyka and
other roads down ito Lake Nyassa 1t is
not very far from Lake Tanganyika to the
navigable water system of the Congo, and
an immense trade may be expected from
that part of Central Africa. In British
East Africa, just below, railroads are also
being built, and the waterways are such
that goods ares already carried far inland.
look for a steady increase of American
trade in that country, and especially in the
lands farther SOUTH
How to Push African Trade.
what should our people do to encourage
African trade, Mr.. Loomis?' asked.
"They should study the continent and its
many people. Africa is world Of It's own,
comprising many countries and many races
and tribes. The population is estimated all
the way from 150.0OO.00o to 300 .OOO, 900, and
it is said that the land will support many
more than 1t now does. The condition Of
the different localities varies so greatly
that each must be considered by itself, and
it is impossible to give satisfactory trade
suggestions as to Africa as whole. Our
manufacturers and exporters should study
the consular reports for the conditions of
the several regions. Their success In each
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good time and enjoying each others So
ciety without any tra-la-la. The proof Is
that they have nearly all returned this
year again. The hotel was new, the furni-
ture new the table perfect-and all on
credit for the price of cash! But it wouldn't
do for me-" the young railway clerk unused
absently.
They are all young families with little
children" / hazarded.
Yes he said. Lots of young married
couples
Employees, living on salaries?'
mo marriageable girls
No"
with dots" STERLING HELLO.
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OUTINGS ON CREDIT
One Way of Spending the
Summer in France.
INSTALLMENT PLA N
LATEST BUSINESS NOVELTY OF
PARIS AND LYONS.
It Serves to Fill Up and Make Popular
New Seaside Re-
sorts.
INSTALLM T PLAN
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

URIAGE Gsere),
Southeast France, September 10, 1904.
There are three young railway clerks in
our hotel. Each one has just enough cash
in his pocket to hire mule.
If you were here you would not ask why
they hire mules at 35 cents per hour. Uri-
age is a watering place In the mountains
of Dauphiny-the French Alps-and the
population consists entirely of summer
boarders, in particular girls with their
mammas-girls with dots.
The girls with dots hire mules furnished
with sidesaddles and whole parties go on
mulebach up, up, winding round the noun
tains, to visit this old ruin, or that water
fall, or cave, or mighty view.
Now you know why the three poor rail-
way clerks are lucky to have mule hire in
their pockets. They are making up to
three nice girls with dots; and it is proba-
BILE that their vacation will have started
them, at last, in serious family life-cash,
ease, independence.
How comes it that they have mule-hire
in their pockets? Last year they had not.
Last year they did not come to Uriage or
any other family watering place to stay
month. The railway fare is SO each way.
The hotel rates are $3.50 per day at cheap
est. The casino subscription (without
which you might as well be not at Urfage)
is $3.50 for the dancing only, without the
ater-and If you are chasing French girl
with a dot you must dance her.
They are railway clerks on $40 to $14 per
week salaries Two of them confessed to
me they had never had sufficient savings to
make a solid month of serious vacation in
a French family-that is, young girl-with
dot-watering place. The third went broke
a year ago in trying it.
How comes it they have mule-hlre in
their pockets? The real question is how
comes it they are here at all?
Do It on Credit.
They are doing it on credit.
They are taking their vacation on the in
stallment plan. Transportation. Hotel
fare. Washing. The three necessaries
They have signed duebills for them. There
fore previous to leaving Paris they were
able to buy new clothes with the cash
they had in hand. Therefore they have
mule-hire on them.
1t is the latest business-novelty of Paris
and Lyons.
A company does it.
One of these young fellows, on my prom
Using secrecy at Uriage, explained the sys-
TEN to me.
why should it not be a hopeful enter
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stand; and they all had new clothes and
seemed flush of pocket money"
Desirable people?"
Very much so. My cousins wife was
enchanted. She was making swell ac-
quaintances. And the extraordinary thing
was that the swell acquaintance turned
out so accessible
A Funny Situation.
Il see; they were glad to make your
cousins acquaintance"
Very! They had never seen swell people
so affable. more than affable-so attentive,
so anxious to meet you half way"
Perhaps they thought your cousin and
his wife were sweller than they were"
'Ho! no! That was it! They were all
nine-tenths of them-on the credit PLAN
Every one of them imagined himself and
his family to be the only ones paying by
installmentS."
Each one thought all the others were
well-to-do folks paying cash.
Yes; 1t looked like that Each saw the
other comfortably installed in the smart
big hotel-new furniture. bath rooms, good
table-freely spending pocket money
Because they had no board bills to pay
pardie.''
Sure. One lady confessed to my cousin $
wife she was at first afraid to make any
advances. My cousins wife then admitted
that she had felt the same way toward the
lady. The lady said that she had felt the
same toward all those swells,' and my
cousins wife also.''
And each was astounded at the others
affability?''
Yes. and at the affability of everybody
else in the hotel''
And all the others were astonished al
each others affabilty-'
AFTER having been at first intimidated by
each others swell exterior-?'
But when each family came to find out
that each other family was enjoying Its
vacation on the credit plan! They were OF
course?'
"Sure-every one of them. Well, there
was q short period of stupefaction, and
then they sensibly settled down to having q
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details regarding the people. They should
learn their local tastes and requirements,
the methods of transportation, the trade
usages, and other matters which vary from
country to country. Our consuls are daily
furnishing reports of that kind. which are
communicated to the people through the
newspapers. and also by the annual vol
umes entitled The Commercial Rela lions
OF the United States now a publication
OF the Department of Commerce and La
DOR There is no doubt but that American
scented and handled. One of the chief
things Is to send the proper goods to the
right localities and to use intelligent ef-
forts in the dispensing of them"
The Congo and West Africa.
Are we doing much in western Africa,
Mr.. Ioomis?"
Not as much we should. The trade of
the United States there is inconsiderable
and Will remain so until we have direct
communication between our Atlantic sea-
ports and the Atlantic seaports of Africa
That part of the world las great possibili-
ties. 1t has an enormous population and
can products"
What goods do you think could be sold
there?" / asked.
One can judge very we'll by the exports
winch are now taken from Europe. There
is great consumption of cottons and also
OF hardware and food stuffs. In a recent
report to this department one of our con-
suls in French West Africa says that the
people need our flour, biscuits Indian corn
meal and cotton goods. They would buy
our hams, preserved meats. fish, vegetables
and tools. They do not want our bulky
grams nor raw cottons, nor our animals
either slaughtered or On the hoof In the
opening up of the various provinces. steel
falls and locomotives will be in demand and
also some machinery"
South Africa Our Best Market.
AS far as our trade is concerned" con-
tinued Secretary LOOMS South Africa is
now by far the best market on the African
continent for American goods, and this will
be the case for years to come. The British
colonists know our manufactures and have
been buying them for a long time. They
are extending their trade to the northward
ana are opening a vast new region which
vii! be market for American products.
Before the Boer war there were MANY
Americans engaged in mining in the Trans
vaal. A large number are still there and
IN the new developments they will proba-
pay take al increasingly important part
south Africa is, you know, a white mans
country and its population is chiefly COM
posed or white men. The most of the in
habitants speak English and this is of great
advantage in. the pushing of American
trade. 1t is true that we have to COM
pete with the British, but we are doing that
successfully in England, Ireland and Scot