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Douglas Island news., 1906-01-31
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
Port of Juneau, Alaska,
 Jsnnsry 27th. 1906.


 Frequent inquiries relative to the distribution of the domestic merchan- disc received in Alaska caused this of- fee in 1903 to compile and issue a statement showing the values of domes- tic mercnaudise, as consigned on the manifests of the importing vessels, for the various towns and camps in Alas ka. For convenience the district was divided into four sections, namely:- Southeastern Alaska--From southern boundary as far west as Sitka;
 Southern Alaska-West of Sitka to and including Unalaska;
 Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean-All other ports on the seacoast, except St. Michael;
 Yukon River-Including St. Michael and all interior places.
 A like report was issued on February 1st, 1905, for the calendar year 1904, giving comparative statements for the two years. For reasons stated in these reports the totals shown do not agree with those given by the Bureau of Sta tistics for the same periods. The dis erepancies shown, however, are too small to materially affect the value of the report. The report of the Bureau for December, 1905, is not at hand at this time, but it is thought that the difference shown between the Bureaus Reports for 1905 and the present an- nual statement will be less than in former years, as inaccuracies in mani fests have been very fnfrequent during the past year.
 The domestic merchandise received during 1904 amounted to S2,052,792 more than the previous year, and the present report for 1905 shows an in- crease over 1904 of s3,706, ,255. The greater part of this increase is credited to Yukon River points, which shows an increase alone of s2p67,519. The re- mainder being made up as follows:- Southern Alaska. ............ .s992, 2,O5S Boring Sea. a.................... 5'z,A4o South East Alaska. ........... 2I3,532 The shipments to Yukon River points for 1905 are almost three times as great in value as those for 1904, and five times as great as those for 1903. This remarkable increase is due to the re- cent mining activity in the Tanana Valley. The increase in the trade in Southern Alaska is due in large measure to the railroad building on Kenai Peninsula. The increase shown for Boring Sea and South-East Alas ka, while not so great as for 1904, indi- eates healthy growth in the business of those sections.
 The report for this year also contains g statement of the domestic exports from Alaska, imports of merchandise and gold and silver, shipments of do- mestic merchandise and gold and sil- yer from Alaska to the United States, as we'll as statement of the receipts rom all sources and other customs work transacted throughout. the year.
 CLARENCE L. HOBART,
 COLLECTOR OF CUsToNs,
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Douglas Island news., 1906-01-31
Fresh fat Turkeys, Spring Chickens and

Fresh fat Turkeys, Spring Chickens and Hens, Cranberries, Celery. Hothouse Lettuce, P ars ley, green Onions, Gu cumbers, Cabbage, Car TO { s. s q II a s h, Pumpkins, Turnips, green and red Pep pers, Tomatoes, Beets Garlic, Onions, Par snipS, Sweet Potato 8 Scotch Kale, Red Cabbage. Fresh Fish Shrimp, Ranch Eggs and Eastern Eggs, Star and Premium Hams and Bacon, Fresh and Pickled Tongues, Bologna and Summer Sau- sage, Fresh Smoked and Salt Herring, Smoked Beef sliced, Boiled Ham sliced, Sour pickles and Dill Pickles, Picked Olives, Beets and Saur Kraut. 0oligan Spiced Russian Cav far and Sardines, An chovies Cod Fish and Salmon Bellies, Cheese of all kinds, Imported Swiss, Ro- chefort, Edam, Im- perial, Br @ alkfast Cream, Limburger, Honey in glass jars, Fresh Apple Cider and Vinegar, Fresh Meats and Game at Wholesale and Re- tail,
Douglas Island news., 1906-01-31
Notice to Creditors

NIoTICE Is hereby given that on Saturday M the 18th day of January, 1906, the M undersigned was duly appointed by the United States Commissioners Court for the District of Alaska, Division No. l. Juneau precinct, sitting in probate, as the 9dmtnis- trator of the partnership estate of Mortman deceased, was interested, and that all credit ors of said partnership estate. shall present their bills for payment within six months from the date of the first publication 3t this notice. JULIUS JENSEN,
 Administrator. First publication, January r, 1906.
Douglas Island news., 1906-01-31
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF
 TOTAL VALUES
NOTICE TO VOTERS

The undersigned, John Henson, hay ing been appointed Registration Officer for the City of Douglas, Alaska, for the year 1906, notice is hereby given that the Registration books for the registra- tion of voters of said city will be open at my office on Thursday, February 1st, 1906, and until Monday, April I'd, 1906, at s o'clock, p. m.
 JOHN HENSON,
 Officer of Registration.
Douglas Island news., 1906-01-31
REMORSE

The cocktail is Q pleasant drink, It's mild and harmless-Id don't think. When you have one, you call for two, And then don't care what you d0' Last night I hoisted twenty-three Of these.arrangements into me. My wealth increased, l sweiled with prlde' I was pickled, primed and ossitied' R-E.M.O-R-S-E.
 Those dry martinis were too much for me. Last night at twelve felt immense; Today feel like thirty cents. At four sought my whirling bed At eight I woke with such a head. It is no time for mirth and laughter The cold. gray dawn of the morning after. I tried to pay for every round; spoke on subjects most profound When all my woes 1 analysed, The barkeeper softly sympathized. This world was one kaleidoscope Of purple bliss, transcendent hope. But now I'm feeling mighty blue; Three cheers for the w. c. T. U. R-E-M-O-R-S-E.
 The water wagon is the place for me- I think that somewhere in the game I wept and told them my real name My eyes are bleared, my coppers hot. try to sleep, but I can not. It is no time for mirth and laushter- The cold, gray dawn of the morning after.
 When the applause had subsided and she mirth again was started, Bob Willis and was again interrupted blythe choir, singing, "Gone, But not Forgot ten"
 After a conference in the bath room and the closing ceremony, Bob Willis parted the American cheese giving each one a share to cheer him on his home ward way.
 If you don't care, join the Deacons. You will live longer for it. We don't know whether they will ever meet again in this world, but when in robes ofwhite, that angel choir chants anthems of joy over wonder, the Deacons will be there and each one will say, "Bob Willis"
Douglas Island news., 1906-01-31
THE DRAGONS

After a long period of inaction, re- sembling more than anything else the sleep of death, when the physical body lays so still and quiet, the "Deacons" came to life again last Friday night The reincarnation took place at the Crows Nest. During the long rest there has been marrying and giving in marriage, and even Little Deacons have come to take their places in the happy circle. God bless us all! Life IS worth the living.
 The Deacons are workers, every one of them. Tbore's not drone in the bunch. But when they let loose, prat- ing piety has no place. They just sim ply relax, lay aside the apron of apph- cation and get into the glad-rags of payety. About all the Deacons were at the Crows Nest last Friday night save and excepting the 1920 ones. Any good Deacon will tell you what 1920 means. It's a man with silver soul-worth oo cents on the dollar.
 The Deacons never play any game but hearts, and each Deacon IS eXpect- ed to cheat just as much as he can. When the game was started, Bob Willis
 well never mind what he did, but the "Angel Choir" brought in a song that sounded like "Ive found horse shoe," and nobody went home
 Deacons always eat crabs, when they can get them. They had lem Friday night. fresh from the sea, after a trip around the horn on the Jefferson. There was also popcorn and plums and a large uncut chunk of American cheese. ..
 Deacon Sterling read chapter of Deacon history, from large black book, and recited George Ade's beautl- ful hymn, entitled
Douglas Island news., 1906-01-31
PAIDTHE BILLS

The City Council met Monday even- ing. About all the business transactedf was the payment of the following bills:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-08
APPETlZINC DISHES.
SOME OLD AND SOME NEW RE-
clPEs OF IMPORTANCE.
Potato Salad Prepared in New Way
custard Sauce For Cold Pudding
Plurs and Tapioea FIRST
Class Dessert.


If you have any cold fish and melted
butter, mix them with some anehoVy
sauce, pepper and salt; lay them IN
scallop shells, place bread crumbs
over them, and three small Jumps of
butter; bake in quick oven till
brown. then serve in the shell.
POTATO SALID.-Cut cold boiled
potatoes in slices; chop up some small
onions very finely, arrange the pota-
toes in dish with sprinkling Of the
onion. little chopped parsley, and
very little salt Mix in cup equal
quantities of oil and vinegar, and a
little Tarragon vinegar. beat together
with fork, and pour over the salad.
Sprinkle little chopped chives or
parsley on the top.
CUSTARD SAUCE.-One pint milk,
two eggs, three ounces castor sugar,
one teaspoenful brandy, little nut
meg. Put che milk into very clean
saucepan, and let it boil; beat the
eggs, and stir them with the milk
and the sugar; put the mixture in a
Jug, place the jug in a saucepan Of
boiling water, keep stirring well till
the sauce thickens, but do not allow 1t
to boil, or it will curdle. Stir in the.
brandy, and CRATE a little nutmeg over
it. This sauce is nice for cold corn,
starch or tapioea.
LEMON PUDDING Boil four lem
ons in water until quite soft, keep
ing them loosely covered the whole
time; when done take out the pips
and pound the lemons to a pulp; then
add half-pound powdered loaf sugar.
the same weight of butter beaten to
cream, the yolks Of six eggs we'll
beaten; mix these ingredients well
together, and bake it in dish lined
with puff paste: before serving turn
it out, and cover the top with castor
sugar.
APPLE AND CELERY SALAD
Pare sour apples and cut into dice.
Slice stalks of celery crosswise into
quarter-inch pieces. Make a French
dressing with six tablespoons Of oil
three tablespoons of lemon juice, a
saltspoon Of salt, and as much paprika
as liked. Mix the apple and celery
1aa pohI tnS uISSSiHS over ABOUT lii
teen minutes before serving.
PLUMs AND TAPIOCA. Put into
q stewpan two pounds good plums,
with little water, six ounces sugar,
and four ounces of tapioca, previously
soaked for some hours. Let this all
boil up once, then simmer 1t gently
for almose half-hour, or until the fruit
is soft and the tapioca cooked Rub
it all through a sieve, and turn the
pulp into a china mould or basin pre-.
viously rinsed in cold water, and leave
in a cold place till set; then turn out.
and serve with whipped cream or with
custard in glasses. # properly made
the tapioca will be imperceptible, as
the mould looks quite clear and traas-
parent
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0NS OF Hky IIN6
Llg % EDGAR FRAN KILN
THE tiYDRo-vAPoR LIFT.

why, there isn't the slightest eIe-
ment OF danger" the inventor argued.
Surely, Griggs, even you must be able
is the chief beauty of the Hydro-Vapcr
Lift? There are no cables to break!
That's the great feature. This car may
be loaded with ton after ton; but if
she's overloaded, she simply stops.
There are no risky wire ropes to snap
and let down the whole affair."
e know that, but there are no wire
ropes to hold her up, either, ard"
Hawkins snorted angrily. Then he
grabbed me bodily and forced me along
toward the door of his Hydro-Vapor
Lift.
Actually, you do make me tired, y
he said. You seem to think that every
body is conspiring to take your wretch
ed little lifet'
but what have you against me?''
/ asked, mournfully. why not let
me out and do your experimenting
alone?"
.Because-Lord knows why I'm
doing It. you're not important enough
to warrant tim bound to convince
you that this eontriyance is all that
clatrn!''
Oh, had / but spent the days of my
youth II a strenuous gymnasium Had
I but been endowed with muscles be-
yond the dreams of Eugene sandow,
and been expert in boxing and wrest-
ling, and in the breaking of bones, as
the japanese!
Then l could have fallen upon
Hawkins frona the rear and tied him
into knots and even dismembered him
If necessary-and escaped.
But things are what they are, and
Hawkins is more than a match for me;
SO ne banged the door angri1y and
grasped the lever.
Now, observe with great care the
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lever, which controls my patent, re-
yersible steam-release. What happens?
why, the tube is forced upward and
the elevator rises. let out some of
the sIeam-and the tube sinks down
into the ground. That iron plate
which you see is the manhoIe cover Of
the tube, as 1t Were-it corresponds,
of course, to the cylinder-head of an
engine
And the people who own this
place-did they allow you to do it, OF
have you been ch1oroforming the
Waterman and working at night?" I
inquired.
Don't be absurd. Griggs," said
Hawkins. Il pay big rent here. The
owners were very nice about it,
They must have been-exceedingl
so, I thought; nice to the point of i'm
beciIity. Had they known Hawkins as
know him, they would joyfully have
handed him back his lease, given him
a substitute cash bonus to boot, and
even have thrown in non-transfer-
able Cooks tour ticket to Timbuetoo
before they allowed him to embark on
the project.
WE'LL Hawkins said, sharply,
breaking in upon my reVerie. Don't
stani there incoming. Did you ever
see anything like It before?"
"Oncc, when I was child,"I con-
fessed, II fell while climbing Dag
pole, ard that night I dreamed
Bah. Come along and watch her
work
MOI" 1 protested. "oh, mol"
GOOD Lord. why not?" cried Hawk
ms.
My wife" I murmured. She can
not snare me, Hawkins. you know
not yet"
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A Quick Breakfast Dish.

We all know about French toase,
where slices of bread are moistened
in beaten egg and milk, then
Drowned in butter. but here is q little
different Armenian way of prepar
ing toast for breakfast that is nour
ishing and exceedingly tasty. For half
a dozen slices of bread, put three eggs
in a shallow bowl and beat. Have
ready in a frying pan generous lumE
of butter or a couple of tablespoon
fuls good drippings. When hot cut
the slices of bread in halves, dip az
many as will fit into the pan In beat
en- egg until both sides are covered
and brown in the hot pan. AS fast as
colored a crispy deep gold, pile evenly
on a hot plate and serve with maple
or any fruit syrup preferred Ten
minutes sufices to cook enough for
family. a great destderatum when an
early breakfast is necessary. The
cooking. of the eggs and bread togeth
er in this way saves extra cooking
dishes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-08

The Frenchman's proyerbial fore
sight in time of emergency was well
illustrated in Paris when the impend-
ing May day strike made many timid
souls fear the return of the commune
and the fail Of the republic.
The bakeries, groceries, fish and
butcher shops were all sold out by the
evening of April 80, and many a Paris
ian household could have stood a siege
of weeks before captivating to the
enemy.
One citizen in particular was desir-
Gus of having what army men would
call self-contained apartment.
Hence he not only laid in a great stock
Of provisions, but for fear lest the
city waterworks should be dynamited.
filed his bathtnb with drinking water.
Even that did not satisfy him. Gaz-
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m
superbly gentle motion with which she
rises he instructed me.
prepared for that familiar head
going up and the rest of you
staying below sensation and gritted
my teeth.
Hawkins pulled at the lever. The
Hydro-Vapor Lift quivered for an in
slant. Then it assembled the shaft
and very gently and Pleasantly.
''There! | suppose you've trembled
until your coIlar-buttons have worked
loosen" Hawkins said, contemptuous-
ly, turning on me-
Not quite that I murmured.
Well, you may as well stop. In q
moment or two we shall have reached
the top floor: and there, if you like,
you can get out and climb down 16
flights of stairs
Thank you," I said, sincerely.
This, Of course, is only the slow
speed Hawkins continued. Eve can
increase it with the meregt touch.
Watch"
Wait! like it better slow!" pro-
tested.
"oh, I'll slacken down again in
moment
Hawkins gave a mighty push to the
controlling apparatus. A charge OF
dynamite seemed to have been ex-
ploded beneath the Hydro-Vapor Lift!
Were going too fast!" I cried.
Up we shot! I watched the freshly
painted numbers between floors as they
whizzed by us with shuddering appre-
hension: s-10-11-12-
Hawkins, / think, was about to
laugh derisively. His head had turned
to me, and his lips had curled slightly
when the Hydro-Vapor Lift stopped
with such tremendous suddenness that
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-08
WASHING Knitted Goods.

To wash knitted or crocheted wool.
en- articles, make a strong suds OF
white soap and warm water, to which
a little ammonia has been added. Soap
and squeeze the shawl or other goods
gently in this, but do not lift the
articles whose weight would stretch
them too much Pour oR the suds
and pour on fresh rinsing water OF
the same temperature, doing this
twice. After the second rinsing.
squeeze all the moisture possible out of
the goods by pressing against the
edge of the vessel in which they have
been washed. Now set the pan with
the article in it, or turn out on to
large, clean platter into the warming
oven of the range, turning over and
over until perfectly dry.
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dent smile. The Hydro-Vapor Lift
did lot bulge the fraction of an inch.
Then he pushed it back-and for
ward again. And still the inexorab1e
13 stood before us.
"Confound that = err engineer!"
growled the inventor.
Just then the Hydro-Vapor Lift in
dulged in a series of eonvuIsive shud-
ders. 1t was too much for my nerves.
/ felt certain that in another sec
ond we were to drop, and / shouted
Justify:
"Help! Help! Help!"
Shut up!" cried Hawkins. do you
want to get the Workmen here and
have them see that something's
Wrong?"
affirmed that intention with I'M
printable force.
well. / don't!" said the inventor.
Why, Griggs, I'm figuring on equip
ping this building with my lift in a
couple of months!"
"Are-are they going to allow that?'
/ gasped.
why, nothing's settled as yet; but
1t is understood that if this expert
mental model proves a success
But my cry had summoned aid
Above Us, and hidden by the roof OF
the car, some one shouted:
Halo! Plat is it?''
"Hallo!" / returned
Air ye in the box?" said the voice,
its owner evidently astonished.
Eyes! Get an Ak!
"Phat?"
IAN ax!" / repeated. Get an ak
and chop out the roof of this beastly
thing, so that we can climb out, and"
Hawkins clapped a hand over my
mouth, and his seowl was sinister.
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we almost few up against the roof of
the car.
That was the law of inertia at work.
Then we descended to the floor with
crash that seemed calculated to
loosen it. That was the law of crawl
tatioa.
/ presume that Hawkins figured with
out them.
/ was the first to sit up. For a time
my head revolved too rapidly for any
thing like coherent perception. Then,
as the stars began to fade away, / saw
that We were stuck fast between floors;
and before my eyes-large and prom
inent in the neWness of its paint
doomed up the number Is.
It looked oninous.
We've seem to have stopped" ]
said.
YES" snapped Hawkins.
What was it? Do you suppose any
thing was sticking out into the shaft?
Has-can it be possible that there is
anything like a mechanical error in
your Hydro-Vapor Lift"
No! It's that blamed fool OF an en-
gineerII''
'.What.o exclaimed. "Do you
blame h1m?"
Certainly.
But how was it his faulty"
.Oh-you see-bah!' said the in
yentor, turning rather red. you
wouldn't understand il I were to ex-
plain the whole thing, Griggs."
But I should like to know, Hawk
ins.''
"Why?"
81 want to write little account Of
the Why and the wherefore, SO that
they can find it in case-anyth1ng hap
pens to u.s.
Hawkins turned away 1oftily.
Wen have 70 get oSt of this" he
said.
He pulled at his lever with a conf
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mere was not much to be examined.
-Four walls, a ceiling and a floor-all Of
undressed wood-that was about the ex-
tent OF the affair; but in the center of
the floor lay a circular iron plate,
some two feet across and festooned
near the edge with a circle of highly
monumental iron bolt heads.
Beside the plate, a lever rising per-
penal sularly from the floor constituted
tue Ft5ie furnishing OF the car.
NOT, you've seen a hydraulic ele-
vator?2 Hawkins began. You know
now they Work-a big steel shaft
pushed up the car from underneath, so
that when it is in operation the car
IS simply a box standing on the end
OF a POLE, which rises or sinks, as the
operator Wills
L believe So l assented. 81 think
it's tine now for me to go
That principle is fallacious." the
inventor exclaimed. Consider what
it would mean here-a steel shaft is
stories high, Weighing tons and tons!"
sWen?"
Well, sir, have reversed that idi-
otto ideal" Hawkins announced, tri-
umphantly. II have had a hole dug
Is stories deep, and put the steel shaft
down into it."
1t was about what one might have
expected from Hawkins; but despite
my long acquaintance with his bizarre
mental machinery, 1 stood and gasped
in sheer amazement.
Now, then, pursued the inventor.
IL have had steel tube made, little
longer than the shaft, you under
stand"
What! Even longer than Is sto-
rtes?''
"Of course. The tube fits the shaft
exactly, just as an engine cylinder fits
the pl!Inger. The elevator stands upon
the upper end of the tube. We let
steam into the tube by operating this
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He HAD DISPOSED OF The SPECIMEN

The following amusing little story
comes from a home missionary who
is laboring in North Carolina:
IN her school, she says, the little
children have a nature study class.
One day the teacher sent the class
out to gather specimens for examina-
ton.
When they we're called in some had
blossoms, colored leaves, tHigs, etc,
but one little fve-year-old carried a
lire niunoW which he had caught in
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-08

Science threatens to put the slik-
worm out of business, says the Iecn-
meal world. French chemists have
discovered at least three dis'lhss
methods of competing with the ola
reliable but extremely deliberate sitk-
worm.
Perhaps the most interesting OF
tbasa ~ the manufacture of silk from
gnncotton. which also serves as
base b for the most powerful of modsrn
explosives
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THEY MAKE SIX FROM GUNCOTTON

! Natural silk possesses to large de
gree qualities of brf1liancy, elasticity.
strength. affinity for coloring and
bleaching materials. and when han
died a peculiar rustling sound, known
as scroop. Perhaps the brillianey and
scroop Of silk are the best known
of its qualities, and it is in these two
respects that artificial silk most close
" resembles natural, its briIliancy
being greater and its scroop slightly
less.
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The viscous fluid from which the
silkWorm spins his thread IS chemic-
ally duplicated by new process.
The fabric thus produced is inf1amma-
BE. and ID order to remedy this de-
feet it is treated with an alkali so
luton.
The founders of the new industry
have kept in view not 50 much the
exact reproduction Of natural silk as
the production of a substance which
embraces tn valuable properties.