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The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-18
Only Place in Town

The only place in town at which you can get Jos. Seagrem's White Wheat Whiskey is at the Seattle Saloon,
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-18

In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and the official seal of the Town of Skagway this 4th day of Sep tember, A. D., 1905.
 IL. s. w. 5. .MChEAN' Clerk of the Town of Skagway, Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-18

Oyster cocktails, Olympia or Eastern st the Pack Train restaurant.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

While the whole world is filled with
amazement, and even CONSERVATION, at
the victorious arms of Japan alike on
land and sea, few people give a thought
to the wonderful powder known as
"shimose," after its ingenious and ex-
pert chemist-inventor, which has
wrought such terrific havoc among the
hosts of imperial Russia.
AS all the world knows, every nation
has its own pet rifle for the army, and
its peculiar theories about naval ord
nance also. Germany swears by its
Mauser, we have our Lee-Enfield, and
so on. Similarly every nation has its
own "high explosive" the British cor
dite, the French melinite. etc. In all
cases the various government chemists
pursue their Investigations and experi-
ments in absolute secrecy.
AS in all other departments of Jap
ans wonderful work. an all but impene-
trable veil OF secrecy has been drawn
over the Investigations and even the
personality of her chemist in explosives,
DR.. Clan Shimose. He was born in the
very humblest circumstances in the
province of Hiroshima some forty
seven years ago. when railways and
regular steamers were practically un-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

tempt. He Is such a glib talker and
his talk is all how he got around some
customer and made him buy case OF
natent hot water bottles when he had
no use for them. He is such bar
gamer that I wonder you ever came to
terms with him. To show how his
business is always on his mind. the
evening he fell asleep on the piazza
after the picnic you gave at Crab
Island he talked in his sleep and
overheard him-''No family can be
happy, or safe without one! Necessary
for grandma. father, mother. baby. to
say nothing of auntie and dear old
nunkiel One of our patent self-heat-
ing bottles applied to the pain area has
been known to remove the cause within
seven minutes. You get the pain, we
do the rest. Let me show you this
clever top-a mere child, or idiot MEM
ber of your family, can operate it"
Now, Mr.. SImcox, what do you think
Of saddling a daughter of yours with
a companion like that for life? His
gift to his bride will probably be case
of self-acting hot water bottles. No,
don't deny she has passed her twenty
eighth birthday, but I don't see the
slightest necessity for mentioning the
fact and I'm sure she doesn't look a
day more than twenty-five. Anyway,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
Sharp Practice

2. r. Thomas at the Indian Harbor
Yacht club was commiserating a mo-
tor boat captain who had been jock
eyed out of a race.
Between the Swift and the Dart"
said Mr.. Thomas, you were pretty
badly done. You were the victim of
sharp practice. You remind me of a
colored man who lay Ill of a fever.
This colored man was treated for
a time by one doctor, and then an
other doctor for some reason came and
took the first ones place.
"The second physician made a thor
ough examination Of the patient. At
the end he said:
"Did the other doctor take your
temperature?
"'Ah dunno. sah,' the patient an
swered. 'Ah hain't missed nothin' but
nah watch as yet New York
Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
MexiCO's Great Railway

hogany, rosewood, llgnum vitae and
other hard woods also woods produc-
ing dyes, precious gums, resin and
balsam. One of the largest productions
is cochineal and vanilla. with all kinds
of spice trees, tropical fruits and plans
producing indigo, cotton and the vari-
Gus fibres. Among the wonderful flow
ering plants are orchids of every color.
filing the great forest with color and
beauty.
In 1898 the government entered into a
partnership contract with Pearson &
Sons Of London, and the name ma
tional Railroad company of Tehuan-
tepec" was given to the company. With
working capital of So, 900, 900 work vas
begun in earnest, employing the most
up-to-date machinery and methods.
Rapid progress was made and recently
the railway was completed.
Depth of Harbor
The great problem was to secure per-
manent depth of harbor on the gult
SittC VI llle loIHllluo WlelS llle (OdtAd-
coalcos river enters the ocean. 1t was
found that after dredging out the har-
Dor to the depth of thirty feet a few
tropical storms filled the basin with
silt and alluvial deposit washed down
from mountains, reducing the depth to
only twelve feet.
Then it was decided to follow the
Eads system, so successful at New Or.
leans, and build jetties, all of which
would cost millions of dollars. But the
work has been pushed and will soon be
completed and ready for large ships OF
deep draught with from thirty to thirty
two feet of water on the bar. The rail-
road terminals at Coatzacoalcos are a
mile long, with three trucks stretching
up and down the water front. About
forty millions in gold has been spent on
terminals alone.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
Dr. Clan Shimose, the Wizard of Japan

like all Japanese secrets, was so well
kept that the productions of the ablest
counterfeiters were instantly detected.
He soon saw that most of the smoke
less powders of the world-and, indeed,
also the Japanese service powder In
use at that time, and known as man
kayaku"-had serious defects. The
man kayaku" had been adopted by the
Chinese government as kind of COM
promise, and it certainly possessed the
best qualities and fewest defects of all
the service powders of Great Britain,
France. Germany and Russia. Unfor-
tunately, when dry the slightest con-
cussion was apt to set 1t off. DR.. Shi-
NOSE one day resolved to devote him
self entirely to the production of a new
powder which should be as perfect as
it was humanity possible to make it. He
would, he said to himself, devote years
to the work If necessary.
To the writer, who met him recently
in Sasebo. the great naval arsenal OF
Japan, the doctor declared modestly
that he had spent "a little over eleven
years" in producing the terrible ex-
plosive which now bears his name. He
is an exceedingly modest little man,
this war chemist Of japan.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

The bow is usually from five to six
feet in length, the strength being reck-
oned by pounds, varing from twenty
five to eighty, those used by gentle
men being in strength from fifty to
eighty pounds, those for ladies from
twenty-five to forty The former are
made of a single piece of yew or ash,
the latter Of lancewood or hickory,
glued back to back.
In forming the bow the wood is
gradually tapered, and at each end is a
tip of horn, the one at the upper end
being longer than the lower end, and
one side of the boW is fiat, called the
back" the other being rounded and
called the belly" Near the center,
where the bow is held, it is bound with
velvet, which part is called the han
dle," and in each tip of horn is a notch
for the string to rest in, called the
mock"
The string of the bow is manufacture
ed of hemp or flax; the hemp strings
wear the longest, though they stretch
more at first, but being more elastic
bear a harder pull. When it is neces-
sary to fix a fresh string to the bow
care must be taken not to break the
composition. The tie should be cut
the eve worked at one end, held, the
other part allowed to hang down and
the eye passed over the upper end Of
the bow.
II for lady 1t may be held from two
to two inches and half below the
mock; If for gentleman. half an incl
lower, varying it according to the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

don't see why because girl has passed
her twenty-eighth birthday she ought
to be saddled with a drummer who
talks like an eight day clock! Oh,
argue If you like, but you'll never con-
vince me. A congressman at the very
least was what expected for our
Angie!
Then the individual you have un-
earthed for Rosamond-my poor, dear
Rose, with her delightful talent for
china painting-that last plaque of hers
was quite the sweetest thing-grass-
hoppers against violet sunset-so
artistic! A temperance lecturer for her
another talker! You seem bound 20
have windbags in the family, Mr.. Sim
cox! 1t will be nice thing for you,
will it not, to have a temperance lee
turer forever at your elbow? No; no
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

This most graceful and elegant sport
once so popuar. is again receiving the
attention it so justly deserves. 1t will
be found more easy to set I'D a target
upon the lawn than to lay out tennis
court, and the exercise is quite az
beneficial, yet not so violent
Golf clubs might set apart a portion
of their links for this healthful amuse-
ment, for 1t has a charm that is par
ticularly it's own and offers an oppor-
tunity for wearing picturesque cos
tunes not to be found in any other
sport
The bow and arrow have played an
important part in the history of the
world, but to come down to modern
times, the Royal Company of Archers,
the kings bodyguard of Scotland. is
the most important society Of archers
now existing
On the visit of her majesty Queen
Victoria to Edinburgh at the time OF
her jubilee, the royal archers of Edin-
burg acted as her escort They are only
small body of men today, perhaps
fifty in number. yet they uphold all the
ancient traditions of the company A
part of the public land was given over
to them for their special use and they
can be seen any Saturday afternoon
practicing archery
The implements used in archery as
a pastime are bow, arrows, a culver
a pouch, belt, tassel and grease pot
an arm guard, a shooting glove. a
target and a scoring card
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

known in the island empire. And yet
as a youth Shimose determined to make
his way to the capital, although 1t is
over 48O miles from his native village in
Hiroshima to Toxic.
But even in those days of obscurity
Shimose's restless spirit was casting
about for openings for his ability.
He was wondering what destiny had
mapped out for him, and had, moreover,
craze for "bettering himself" that
would have done credit to conscien-
tious city clerk. He became so skillful
in the printing office that 1t suddenly
occurred to him-he might get employ
ment from the government in this way,
and at length. after many demonstra-
tions of his ability, he was given, on
trial, responsible position In the gov
ernment works in Toxic.
It was at this stage Of his career that
shimose turned his thoughts to inven-
ton, and, naturally enough, he began
operations in connection with his own
employment. After many experiments
he succeeded in producing the curious
ink which is now used in japan for
bank notes and paper money generally
and which renders forgery and altera-
tion practically impossible. The secret.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

character before he reformed, and l
have my suspicious of reformed charac-
ters. We will have to give up tip5y
pudding, which you are so fond OF. tor
you remember the scene he made IN
the hotel dining room that night Wheh
you ordered tipsy pudding for dessert.
Now, Mr. Simcox, you can say what
you please, but 1 think that man who
takes on so about an innocent dish like
tipsy pudding is little short of crank
Poor Rosie, with her accomplishments
that that should be her fate! MY
mother mind had pictured some famous
! artist for her. to match her talents. A
portrait painter, perhaps, who would
be sent to do the crowned heads and
the royal family.
But If you have secured takers for
our two elder daughters, the same can
not be said of the freak you have un-
loaded on poor Katherine! I have lis
tened patiently for hours, but have
never heard him utter a single sound
but "Fawncy," and with lisp at that.
1 don't believe he would be capable of
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

ELL Mr.. Simcox, I hope you
M/ are satisfied with your work?
You have found husbands
future husbands, rather-for our three
daughters and what do they amount
+oq For my part, I don't think the
three boiled down and rolled into one
would make one real, halfway decent
man.
WHAT that? A mans man? Well
perhaps he is as far as a cold blooded'
desiening father is concerned, but to
a mother. who has ambitions for her
darling daughters-I certainly have
and YOU know itI-and with their ac-
comnlishnents I fully expected that
thew would do great things for them
selves. but this indecent haste OF yours
to marry them off-yes, do, very at
tractive girls indeed and quite as good
looking as the average-of course tney
take more after their fathers family
than mine, but still they have their
health-however, as was saying, what
do YOU think Of your work, Mr.. Sim
cox?
To begin with, take the travelling
salesman you have promised Angie to!
Ia he YOUR ideal of a son-in-law? He
carries his business with him every
where and always acts as If he must
sell that case of goods or die in the at
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
RH.N. GAoa}-

them, such as they are, and 1 hope you
are satisfied with your work. You con-
sidered it time the girls were married
and went about it in the most cold
blooded businesslike way, putting the
expenditure of five summers into one
and scraping up acquaintances with all
the stray men in the place no, L
didn't! l never tried at all! 1 may
have had a mothers natural ambition
to see her daughters safely and hap
PLY settled before she died. but moth
ing more, and I never tried to precipi-
tate matters in the least. All that
money on clothes? No young ladies
can go to a fashionable hotel at the
seaside without clothes-nonsense, you
know they can't!
And it wasn't to attract the men at
all. If Angie and Rose and Kitty had
been anxious to attract the men-as
some girls are-they could have done so
easily enough without elaborate ward
robes, but they were perfectly satisfied
to sit on the piazza and rock the en-
tire summer with their mother. Pleased,
are they? = Well, you see, the dear
innocent children; 1t is the first time
they have ever been engaged and they
don't know 1t is ever pick and choose.
They have entire confidence in their
fathers judgment.
How would 1 have gone about it?
Oh, very differently, assure you, but
that is neither here nor there. You have
had your way and have done what you
started out to do, and, as 1 said, trust
1-O,, q ra eatisf1ed
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
Archery Is Again Popular

length and strength of the bow. The
hand is then passed along the side Of
the bow and string to the bottom
mock, round which the string is turned
and fixed by the moose. When strung a
lady's bow will have the string about
five inches and half from the belly of
the bow, a gentleman's about half an
inch more. The part of the string op-
posite the handle is bound round with
waxed silk in order to prevent its be-
ing frayed by the arrow, which is sent
from that point.
AS soon as a string becomes too soft
and the f1bres too straight, it must be
rubbed with beeswax and few turns
given to 1t, to shorten it and twist its
strands little tighter. A spare string
should always be provided.
Arrows are variously formed, some
being of uniform thickness throughout,
others thicker in the center or larger
at the point than at the feather end,
the last shape being considered the best
form for shooting. Arrows are made
of white pine, having at one end points
of iron or brass, firmly fixed, and usu-
ally a piece of heavy wood spliced on
to the pine between it and the point,
by which their fight is improved. AT
the other end piece of horn is in
serted, in which is a notch for the
string. and they are armed with three
feathers, one of which is of different
color to the others and is intended to
mark the proper position of the arrow
when placed on the string. this one al
ways pointing from the bow.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
lncendIary Friction

An insurance adjuster was sent to
Massachusetts town to adjust a loss
on a building that had been burned.
How did the fire start?" asked a
friend who met him on his homeward
trip.
II couldn't say certinly. and nobody
seems able to tell" said the adjuster
"but it struck me that it was the result
of friction"
What do you mean by that?" asked
the friend.
WELL" said the insurance man.
friction sometimes comes from rub
bing $4,000 policy on a $4,000 house."
Boston Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

ANYTHING else if you hit him on the
head with a crowbar. OF all high col
Jared, spider WASTED, vacant faced
Johnnes, he is the limit, and 1 don't
care If he is the son of a rich man; II
the fathers anything like the son ne
needs it, If Ferdy-that name!-had
to support himself he couldn't do it
opening clans. He not only doesn't
know enough to go in when it rains,
but he doesn't know enough to go out
when it don't! l saw him the other day
sitting gasping in the stuffy hotel par
lor. with the thermometer at ninety
and the sun shining brilliantly outside,
because he didn't know the shower was
over. Not know anything? Why, that
dude doesn't even suspect anything!
And our poor Katherine-yes, GER
tainly I mean to spell her name with
TX" on the wedding cards. There are
no Katherines with &c" any more and
our Kitty must be up to date: 1t is fully
expected of her, in our position-she is
to be tied for life to that addlepated
dudekin!
No bad habits? No; he hasn't enough
character to form habit, good, bad or
Indifferent
don't see how you knew he was
asking for katherine, for I'm sure he
never said anything but "Fawncy."
and that's not proposing in any lam
guage that I'm aware of.
But YOU have had your wish, Mr.
Simcox. &" You started out with the
intention of finding husbands for our
dear daughters and you have found
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

Strange as it may seem, New York
is the Mecca of the collector OF an
tiouities." Once there were shops kept
bv real lovers of the true antique but
as a. matter of fact, most of the So
called antiques that are sold In the
CITY are manufactured on the busy ISL
and of Manhattan.
The method of the manufacture OF
these goods is this: The real collector
of antiques takes his annual Trip
abroad or through our own country
where he purchases various articles for
the house and in due time they reacn
New York. Instantly upon their arr1v-
al. instead of being sent to the antique
store, they go to the cabinet makers s.
where an order Is placed with him for
a certain number Of chairs or tables
heavily carved sideboards or hat racks
The furniture that the customer sees
is often antique. but when 1t arrives at
his house, though he knows no differ
ence. he has been fooled, and the real
antique still remains In the store
keepers possession.
Not long ago gentleman who is
much interested in the collection of an
tioue furniture was walking down Fifth
avenue. In the window of store he
saw a set of half a dozen chairs; the
chairs pleased him and he went In to
inquire their age and history. A blithe
young man told him that they came
from a house in London and had be-
longed to Charles Dickens. The gen
tleman raised his brows in surprise
asked where this London house was
that Dickens had owned and was told
that 1t was somewhere near Piccad1lly'
The gentleman smiled, said he guessed
he would not buy the chairs today
and continued his walk down the ave.
nue., smiling over the young mans
story.
Chairs Were Similar
He had not proceeded many blocks
before, glancing in at another window
he saw back of the three-foot window
shield the top of chair that looked
particularly familiar to him. Going
into the store he recognized it as one
of the same pattern Of the half dozen
further up the street.
Can you tell me-" he said to clerk,
"where that chair came from?"
THAI" remarked the clerk. "came
from a house in the south and was
once the property of Gen. Lee"
young man." said the gentleman
almost convulsed with mirth, ''if that
is so, then you'd better go up the street
and interview your competitors, for
they have a set In exact copy said to
have belonged to Charles Dickens. To
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

All Mexico is rejoicing over the COM
pletion of the Tehuantepec National
railway across the isthmus, and the an
nouncement that the harbor terminals
are to be finished for the big steamships
Of the Pacific and Atlantic lines carry
ing Hawaiian sugar from Honolulu
with returned cargoes of American mer-
chandise.
The Mexicans are rejoicing because
President Diaz has accomplished this
great enterprise, giving Mexico and the
world a transcontinental line across the
isthmus, which will develop an enorm-
GUS business in commerce and traffic
pending the completion of the Panama
canal So that by the time Americas
stupendous enterprise shall have been
opened to the world isthmus routes will
become popular and the great gulf
streams of business will tend that way
from all parts of the globe.
1t is nearly four hundred years since
Cortez wrote to the king CT Spain of
the feasibility of crossing the isthmus
by the Tehuantepec route. 1t is. said
that he built a military road from tha
ancient city OF Tehuantepec to the
Gulf of Mexico and that later he dis
cussed the feasibility of a canal con-
Meeting the two oceans. But as the
vast wealth of Spain derived from the
mines of Mexico and South America
was devoted to home consumption for
eign improvements were not popular
and the canal was not built.
Road 1eo Miles Long
It is only 125 miles in a straight line
across the Tehuantepec isthmus, but
the distance by rail is 1So. The route,
running about seventeen degrees north
of the equator, is comparatively level.
The ascent from the Gulf of Mexico is
gradual, eliminating in the Chivela
pass, only 730 feet above the sea. Ma
ture has made a natural passageway
through the Sierra Madre range which
rises to the height of 5000 or 5000 feet
on either hand.
This great valley or depression
through the mountain range. which Is
really an extension of the Rockies, is a
fine thing for the railroad and the coun-
try tributary. which is being put under
extensive cultivation. Through this
natural gateway the winds of the two
oceans are constantly blowing one way
or the other, thus cooling the air. and
it is claimed that there is comparatively
little humidity. such a drawback to
civilization and health in other portions
of the isthmus, north and south.
There are dense forests of valuable
timber, with vast quantities OF ma
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

,insinuations at all; 1 was merely re-
marking how pleasant 1t would be to
have a temperance lecturer in the FAM
lily. 1 don't believe actually that he
has another idea in his head besides
rum. He must have been shocking
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
Models Are Imported

The methods pursued in this factory
are not much different from those in
the furniture shop. The antique is
brought over from Russia by the head
of the firm, who spends nearly all of
his time abroad making purchases for
the house. When the article arrives
it is copied by the workmen and sold
to the different stores. The only diff
ference between furniture and brass
making is that the furniture man takes
his order from the collector and the
brass man is himself chief collector
Of brasses and holds in one room in
his factory nearly all the real antique
brasses that are to be found outside
of private homes in New York.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
American Made Antiques

my idea they came out of the same
factory somewhere hereabout.
Perhaps the most interesting Of the
antique manufacturing branches is a
beaten brass factory. Here some work
is done of wonderful beauty and fine
workmanship. To the Russians alone
belongs the art of making brass in all
its perfectness, and Russians only
make reproductions from the antique.
Just at present there is great run in
the market for Dutch candlesticks and
they are made by the hundreds in this
place and sold to everybody. from the
department store to the antique shop.
In the latter a little history is tackled
to them and the price is double that of
the modest department store article,
while If you go down in Grand street
you may purchase the same thing for
about half the amount you must pay
up town.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

W ELL, Mr.. simcox, 1 hope you
w are satisfied with your work.
w Won have found husbands