The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-03-01
LOCAL CURI0S

-Scarbarry-he's not a very old man, but is fond of his toddy, provid- ed it doesn't cost too much has bee n in the habit of going behind the counter of one of the drug stores, and helping himself to the contents of a large bottle labeled 'sspiritus vini gallici," confdentially remarking to the clerk that he would make things all right at the end of the month. The clerk, whom we will call Charley, because that isn't his name, conclud- ed to put a stop to such freedom, and accordingly emptied the bottle of its legitimate contents, and partially re- filled it with a compound presenting the same appearance but composed oi cayenne pepper, heats foot oil, etc. The next day Scarbarry happened in as usual, sauntered back in the direc- tion of his favorite bottle, and seeing that the clerk was busy with a GUS toner seized the bottle and hurriedly surrounded couple of ounces of its contents. He had hardly had time to sneak the bottle back to it's place, when ghastly look of alarm and terror spread over his usually ruddy countenance, and clutching the bottom of his vest with both hands he gaspeo out sgreat Scott, Charley what : that?" 'Whats what?' serenely inquired Charley strating to walk away. "Why-that-that in that bottle, Oh, Oh, Lord, I'm a dead man !" The clerk glanced at the bottle and with look of alarm ejaculated You don't mean to say you drank out of that bottle?'' But l did though" gasped Scarbarry Tn afraid you're a goner, gravely ob- served Charley to his now livid victim: "there's only one thing that can save you, and that's mere chance. n "Giye it to me quick, y faintly ejaculated the dying man. The clerk poured out about three ounces of cold-pressed castor oil and placed it to the liyid lips, and in a second or less Scarbarry was outside the saving dose. Now" said the clerk, you want to get out and walk around briskly for a while" But Scarbarry had already discoved that his pres ence was required elsewhere, and was already halfway to the front door, In fact, he disappeared around the first corner, as if he was in a great hurry, and didn't show up OF the street again till the next day, when he said he felt like double length of s inch stove pipe-oh, SC hollow.
 Old man B. got mixed up with the masquers at the masque carnival at the skating rink on the the night of the 22nd ult., just as the com mittee was selecting the characters entitled to prizes for best costumes. ! On seeing him the committee immed- lately and by unanimous vote award- ed him the first prize as the best possible representative of fearful example of what whiskey can and will do for man s nasal protuberance and then the old chap got mad and cussed because he couldn't convince anybody that he was only locker on and not masquer.
 Two Ketchikan boys-newcomers were induced to attend the public school the other day. They didn't know A from B, and evidently had never been inside school room be- fore. After witnessing the proceed ings for half an hour, the elder boy jumped up, grabbed his hat, and said to the other ''come on Hank, tha' aint no fun here, lets go down on the wharf and hear the sailors swear. :"
 -"Yes," said a good, kind Christ ian mother, in this town, while help ing her little son learn his Sunday School lesson Cain was very wick ed man and slew his brother. He was fugitive and a vagabond in earth he was so bad he feared every man would slay him. Where could wicked Cain 20 to?" ''Why, mother, n replied thoughtful little Jimmy, after a moments $ reflection, "he could have gone to Juneau, couldn't he?"