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The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20

this afternoon.
 orvluc Kingsbury is entertaining his friends this afternoon.
 Little Prosper Gany is at the W. ?. hospital with throat trouble.
 lIr. and Mrs. Fred Patten are eu- toying a vacation at Teuakec springs.
 The bowling tournament has been postponed until che 2gth of November
 Mrs. George Blanchard is confined ro her home by a severe cold.
 Mir. and Mrs. 2. R. Cheney are guests of the Golden North hotel
 Assistant District Attorney Barn. hin is a guest of the Fifth Avenue.
 w. w. Liggctt win leave for Juneau the latter part of next week for a short vacation.
 Judge E. E. Cushman, Judge Royal A. Gunuisou and U. s. Marshal Suth- erland are PulIen house guests.
 Mrs. c. c. Miller is suffering from an attack of tonstlitis and is taking treatment at the w. P. hospital.
 Mir. James Hazlett returned from the westward on one of the late boats and is now at home with his his family.
 Court Stenographer Isaac Hamberg- cI, Mrs. Hamberger and their two children are m town. guests of the Golden North hotel.
 
 E. J. Shaw has been called to Se- a,tle on business. Mr. Shaw win be accompanied by Mrs. Shaw. They will leave on the Jefferson.
 Mir sam Uaiu, who for more than year has been connected with Mir. Emil Koracb in his business, will leave on the Jefferson for Tacoma.
 The Eagles gave one of their de- lightful hops Friday evening which was fully up Go the usual standard of excellence. The refreshments were Of the best and the music was fwn- jsbed by Dr. l.. S. Keller and Miss Hindshaw.
 Saturday afternoon Mrs. A. W. Reed entertained at 800" in honor of Mrs. Emil Koracb. Mrs. Conway won first prize and Mrs. LeFevre the consola. ton. The guest of honor was pre- scented with a pretty souvenir favor. The guests were Mesdames, Boughton Clayson, Britt. Kirmse. Korach. Guth- rie, Mckay, Webster. LeFere. Hook. ett and Conway.
 Monday afternoon a number of la- dies took advantage of the new snow and went for an old fashioned "bOb-
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20

Old Famous Cedar Brook Bourbon Bottled in Bond, well Aged in wood, from the Renowned McBrayer Dis.
 tIllery Full Quart Sl.5O, at the Pack Train. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20
LOOK ouTI

Beginning 18th inst shall have some A.-Y-P. special at the Pack Train. Finest in the Land Yours as ever, Herman Grimm If.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20

Oysters on the half shell, soc at tn Pack Train Restaurant. tf
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20

sled" ride. While the roads were not smooth, the novelty of going sleigh ing gave keen enjoyment to the af- fair. The members of the sleighing party were: Mesdames Taylor, Wurz- bacher, Sparks, zinkan, King, Draper 1 Williams, Gaut and Keller
 Harold Eagle entertained a number of friends at his home last Friday ev- ening. Games were played until a late hour and then refreshments were ! served. Those present were: Verna Mulvihm, May Parker Bernice Dahl enc, Goldie Stinebaugh, Nellie Flynn, Burnett Ashley, sam Stinebaugh, Ar thur Boone, Harry Ask, John Quinlan, Clyde Talbot and Leonard Haslett. Mrs. Ward, Mrs. MUlvihill and Rev. . Good were also present
 ooo
 The ley Breeze club rendered MT and Mrs. Will H. CIayson an honorar 'rop as a farewell. Mir. and Mrs. Clay son will leave the latter part of next week for Cordoya for the winter. The affair was a brilliant success, a mum. Der of out of town guests being pre- sent and many high court dignitaries graced the occasion with their pre- sence. Dainty refreshments were served and music was by Reeds full orchestra. Mir. and Mrs. Clayson and Will Jr., carry with them the best wishes of their many Skagway friends
 Mr. ad Mrs. Emil KOraCh will leave on the Jefferson for Tacoma where they will visit for time with friends and relatives, From Tacoma MT. and Mrs. Korach wln go Co New York where Mr. Korach has business inter ests. MT. Korach has long been . identified with the interests of Skag- way having come north in the early pioneer days and has made his home . in Skagway since 1897. Mrs. Korach came as a bride to Skagway nearly four years ago and has by her kindly courtesy and amiable manners won hosts of friends. Mir. and Mrs. Kor- ach carry with them the best wishes of their many friends to their fu- ture home
 Last Wednesday afternoon Bessie . Conway celebrated her sixth birthday. Nine little girls were guests of this happy occasion and Bessie assisted by Mrs. A. w. Reed, Miss Louise Me Cormac and Miss Genevieve Whalen gave the little folks royal time Music, games and many childish am- usements afforded pleasure for the small hostess and her friends.
 The decorations were of green and pink and the table loaded with good things was beautiful with streamers of pink and green ribbon. Boxes of candy in the scheme colors, were at each little ones plate and a huge birthday cake ornamented with three l pink and three green candles graced the center of the table.
 Bessie was the recipient of many pretty gifts. Each guest carried home a box of candy as a favor ., = .. :. :. .. ;. ;. .,. .i, .i D. ;.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20
.TTE 2HI3GHES.

PRESBYTERIAN Fifth Avenue and State street. II A. M. Morning worship. l2 m. Sunday School. TOO D ID. Senior Christian En. deavor.
 8 So'cDock Evening worship Mldweek prayer meeting 8 o'clock Weoncs lay evening. All are cordially invited to attened these services.
 Rev. Geo. E. Good, Pastor,
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CATHOLIC CHURCH Holy Communion at goo @. m, Sunday hooI aJ 2:3Oa a m. Ev,nlng Service aJ 2 D.m, All are cordially invited to intend,
 Rev. P Fl Turnell, $. J.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20

sled" ride. While the roads were not smooth, the novelty of going sleigh ing gave keen enjoyment to the af- fair The members of the sleighing party were: Mesdames Taylor, Wurz- bacher, Sparks, Zinkan, King, Draper, Williams, Gaub and Keller.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20

lIr. James Hazlett returned from the westward on one of the late boats and is now at home with his his family.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20

Judge F. D. Cushman, Judge Royal A. Gunnisou and U. s. Marshal Suth- erland are Pullen house guests.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-20

Court Stenographer Isaac Hamberg- eI, Mrs. Hamburger and their two children arc U town guests of the Golden North hotel
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Mrs. c. C. Miller is suffering from an attack of t0ns.litis and Is taking treatment at che w. P hospital.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
REVOLT OF THE NEGROES.

The Newport News Times Herald
says that j. l.. Hill, colored man, now
living in Newport News, who has for
years been power in the Republican
party in the State, has sent letter to
the Planet, the negro publication in Rich
mond, in which he denounces and repu-
dates the party of promises and boldly
advocates the election of Judge Mann
for governor. Hill says:
We are treated as a distinct class OF
people in the body polite of this coun-
try, and as a distinct people we are
compelled to act for our own welfare.
The time has come for the Ethiopian
to show at least as much manhood az
his condition in life will justify.
Considering the party Of which Capt.
Kent is the head, will not call it the
Republican party. There is nothing
more despicable in the course of ones
life than to be stabbed in the house OF
his supposed friends.
The colored man has been literally
murdered in the house of those in whom
he confided. These same people were
the first and loudest in their Joy ano
appreciation at the disfranchisemeni
of the colored man.
The colored voter had risked his liv.
ing and his life to uphold and sustain
them in Office because it was thought
they would at least administer the laws
impartially to all.
They were given all the honors anG
emoluments at the political banquet
table, and the colored voter made him.
self satisfied with a few unimportant
scraps,
There are no two people in this world
that understand each other as thoroughly
well as the white man and the black
man of this Southland. If it were not
SO. there would be no getting along
together.
Now, according to the advice from
headquarters, If we are to make the
best terms possible with the people
among whom we live, politically as well
as financially, the first opportunity will
present itself on the first Tuesday In
November, when every qualified voter
in the State can act upon that advice
by casting his vote for Judge Mann for
governor of Virginia.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
COMMISSIONER KOINER
AND HIS WORK.

| .Virginians who have been led by pub
lications to think Commissioner Koiner
figurehead in his position as chief of
the Agricultural Department of our
State should read up on the subject
The year look sent out by him alone
will convince any one that SO far from
having neglected his duties he has been
at work as few officials of the State.
industriously compiling statistics, gath
ering information, studying plans for
the benefit of the farming interests in
many ways. The Instructions to farm
ers In developing. the natural soils of
the State by natural means, without
the aid of commercial fertilizers alone
is worth to Virginia many millions.
1t is not generally known that Vir-
ginia is now the greatest trucking
State in this country. This year the
truck crops will reach fifteen millions
of dollars in value. One farmer sold
his Irish potato crop for $40, 900, and
one county grew FIVE per cent of the
sweet potato crop of the United States.
The Department Of Agriculture has
established an Experiment Station in
the trucking section, where $1,000 is
spent on it annually, where the differ
ent fertilizers are experimental with
for trucks, and all the diseases of veg
etables are treated for the benefit of
the truckers.
The fertilizer law, secured by Mr..
Koiner, Is worth,vast sums to the farm
ing community, for until the State was
thus protected the farmers were at the |
mercy of unscrupulous manufacturers.
who palmed off on the unsuspectinp
agriculturist worthless stuff, which
now is subject to inspection. Any one
may have samples of commercial ferti-
liaer analysed at State expense.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
PROGRAMME

VI the Northern Neck Baptist Minis.
ters' and Laymen's Institute, to he
held with Nomini church Octobe,
Both and 31st, 1909.
A''huaI sermon, Rev. G. A. Hall.
rs there scriptural authority for
observing the first day of the week
for rest and worship rather than
the seventh. or Jewish Sabbath,
and if so, what is it?" DR.. w. F.
Dunaway, John Curlett.
Should deacons be chosen for life.
or for given number of years?''
Rev. l.. B. Kirby, Rev. Geo. M.
COnnelley.
B. rs it advisable and feasible to d;-
vide the Rappahannock Association
and to form a separate association
composed of the Northern Neck
churches?" Rev. H. l.. Driscoll.
Rev. S. p. DeVault.
!. In the case of an applicant for
license to preach what qualifications
or requisites are deemed proper to
justify church in granting the re-
quest?" John R. Campbell, Rev.
F. w. Claybrook.
J. by what methods and in what
services may our young members
be made active in order that they
may feel that there is a place for
them in the church as part of its
working force?" John L. Beale.
Rev. S. T. Habel.
}. what action ought a church to
take in the case of such members
as live within easy reach of it, and
are in good health, but who never
attend its meetings?" Rev. T. MI.
Reamy, Geo. M. Connelley.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
Is YOUR FAMILY READING
"W0RTH WHILE?

So much Of current reading is merely entertain
ing at best that the question naturally arises-Is
1t worth while7 Your and daughters are bound
to read something. They hunger for stories which
take them into the other half of the world-the
world Of adventure. of valor. OF fortune-making.
The problem is to give them such reading without
putting into their hands the literature that Is
either silly or demoralizing. The editors of The
Youths Companion believe that a periodical can
be made entertaining and yet worth while, and
The Companion is conducted on that theory. And
that is one reason why more than half q million
American families read it. The paper is safe. bu,
not dull Its tales of adventure illustrate the ad-
vantages OF fortitude and frelanee Its stories
OF character lay stress the truth that right con-
duct is never a mistake.
Every new subscriber viii find 1t Of special ad-
vantage 10 send at once the 81 rs for the new 1910
Volume. Not only does he get the beautiful
Venetian" Calendar for l910 Autographed in thir
teen colors and gold. but all the issues of The Com
panion for the remaining weeks of 1909 from the
time the subscription Is received
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
Companion Building Boston. Mass.
New Subscriptions Received at this Office.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
ESQUIMOs SURpASS US.

Vilhjalmr Stefansson, in writing of
his thirteen months stay among the
Esquimos, tells in Harper's Magazine
of their great kindness to guest who
could not pay for his keep. stranger
whose purpose among them they did not
know:
In an Esquimo home / have never
heard an unpleasant word between a
man and his wife, never seen child
punished nor an old person treated in
considerably. The household affairs
are carried on in an orderly way, and
the good behavior of the children is re-
marked by practically ever traveller.
In many things we are the superior
OF the Esquimo; in few we are his
interiors. The moral value of some OF
his superiority is small. He can make
better garments against cold Than ouI
tailors and furriers; he can thrive in
barren wastes where New Englandel
would starve. But of some of his
superiority the moral value is great.
He has developed individual equality
father than we. he is less selfish, more
helpful to his fellows, kinder to his wife,
gentler to his child, more reticent about
the faults of his neighbor than any but
the rarest and best of our race.
When / tried to express thanks fol
their kindness in my fragmentary Es.
quimo, they were more surprised thar
pleased.
do, then, in the white mans land,
some starve and shiver while others ca,
much and are warmly clad?''
To thatquestion said ''No. :" although
l knew l was lying. was afraid the
competitive system could not be ex
planned to them satisfactorily; neithe,
was /, being the poorest among them
very anxious to try justifying it.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
vlRGINIA'S WATER OUTPUT.

The u. 3. Department Of Commerce
& Labor has taken the census of Vir-
ginia'a water industries. Like all CEN
sus returns, 1t must be incomplete.
There should most likely. be added 25
per cent to these figures. Here is the
report:
The total value of the fishery pro-
ducts of Virginia for the year 1908 was
"a, 715. 740. Independent fishermen,
10. S24; wage-earning fishermen. 9. .742;
vessels, 946. $l,155, OPS; outfit (bait,
fuel, provisions, etc., ;boats.
10. 942, $7SS, S55; apparatus of capture,
total, $4S4, 900; dredges, tongs, etc.,
$52, TAO; fyke and hoop nets, SIS, s12,.
490; gill nets, 1913, $59, $50; lines,
$3.50; pound and trap nets, 1,90s, $685..
$40; seines. $3.50; miscellaneous, 81, 400
shore and accessory property, $500, $50
cash capital SlS2, $50.
Products: Aewives or river herring
81. .ss4. 700 lbs, $l70, $40; bluefsh, 239,
500 lbs, S14, zoo; butterfsh, 725, 800 lbs.
$2l. 1S0; catfish, 73s.OOO, lbs, $31, $40
croakers, 4,s3s, ,5O0lbs., $11s, $40; 0;hogfish
lo8, 700 lbs., $4,000; menhaden, 100,
0s9. 200 lbs, 1929. .O60; mullet. 26S, 90,
lbs., 50. 420; perch, 564, 500 lbs. $32, $40
shad, 7,a14. 400 lbs., $486. .070s Spanish
mackerel, 276,l0O lbs., S24, 720s spot
l91. 800 lbs., sl4.6 squeteague o
trout, 4,490.SO lbs, $139, 800; stripe,
bass, sos. 300 lbs, s46, $3.50; sturgeon Gin
cludes CAVIAR, 100000 lhs.. $49, $50
miscellaneous fish, skins, etc., $64, $50
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
GLOOMY OUTLOOK
FOR THANKSGIVING.

Thanksgiving is less than two months
away, and it is reported that turkeys
are still roosting on the highest perch
available. The crop of these birds is
reported to be unusually short through
out the country, which is prelude to
the announcement that choice turkeys
are scarce and high. With eatables of
ali kinds way up, many Thanksgiving
dinners will be shy of the usual variety
this year.-Utica Press.
Not only is the supply of turkeys likely
to be short for thanksgiving. but the
over patient house wife must face a
scarcity of chickens, eggs and butter
not calculated to cause her to feel speci-
ally joyous either at Thanksgiving or
Christmas. No man seems able to as
sign the reason, but it is fact that
eggs have reached that point where
they are becoming luxury.
There was time before this great
era of so-called prosperity struck us
which when analyzed means high prices
when eggs were in easy reach of every
household and were the daily depen-
dance of the poorer classes. In August
and September the ordinary price per
dozen was twelve and fifteen cents,
while now we put up from twenty to
thirty. The country must soon have
some relief from the high prices now
prevailing or else there will be some
thing doing which will cause a violent
change of political conditions,
In the meantime the so-called revised
tariff is as pernicious as was the Dingley
law. fredericksburg Free Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
SEARCH FOR HIDDEN TREASURE.

Laughed at recently when he at
tempted to interest Norfolk ship masters
in a proposed search for a sunken
treasure chest in the York river. Bailv
Won Wagoman, of Hanover county, Va.
went to Baltimore and chartered the
schooner j. E. Davis. Captain John E.
Davis, and sailed from that port in
quest of treasure-trove. Wagoman
stated authoritatively that he was
in possession of the secret of the
spot where General CORVALLIS. prior
to his surrender to General Wash
ington. concealed copper chest con-
tanning 81, 900, 900 in bullion and dia-
monds to the value of $500, 900. That
the British did sink this treasure under
several yards of good earth on the
banks of the York river is tradition
that has been verified by the statements
ofvarious historians since the days of '76.
Several expeditions have been started
in search Of the buried chest, but all
have failed, because, as Mr.. Wagoman
declared, the spot where the officers of
Lord CORVALLIS staff buried the
treasure has since become the bed of
the York river.
1t is understood that Wagoman and
Captain Davis agreed to make the ex-
pedition on half shares, Wagoman fur
nishing the necessary information and
the master of the schooner the equip
ment. Wagoman is said to have ac-
quired the secret from one of the crew
of former quest, who will be picked
up by the schooner as she passes up the
river.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
CONCERNING THE EDITOR.

An editor IL male being whose buzz
ziness 1t IL to navigate nuzepaper. He
writes editorials. grinds out poetry, in-
serts deaths and weddings and sorts
out manuscripts, keeps a waste-basket,
blows the devil, steals matter, fites
other peoples battles. and sells hi7
paper for $1.50 a year, takes white
beans and aple saas for pay when he
can get it. raises a large family, anc
works nineteen hours out of every
twenty-four. knows no Sunday, gel
damned by everybody, and once in 6
while whipped by somebody, lives poor
dies middle-aged. and often broken
hearted. leaves no money, IL rewarded
for life uf toll with a very short fire,
obituary puff in the enuzepapers. Every
body's Friend.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
IF ! CAN LIVE.
IL / can live

IL can live
To make some pale face brighter, and
to give
A second luster to some tear-stained
eye,
Or cen impart
One throb of comfort to an aching heart,
Or cheer some wayworn soul in pass
ing by;
If can lend
A strong hand to the fallen, or defend
The right against a single envious
strain,
My life, though bare,
Perhaps, of much that seemeth dear and
fair
To US of earth. will not have been in
vain.
The purest Joy
Most near to heaven, far from earth's
alloy.
Is bidding cloud give way to sun and
shine;
And twill be well
Ii on that day of days. the angels tell
OF me, she did her best for one of
Thine.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
FrOm the Eiectral Texas, News

A man will, on a rainy day, take a
So gun, walk 15 miles, and shoot Is
cents worth of ammunition at a 2-cent
bird, while his gates at home have no
hinges, his fences are down, and his
stock has no shelter. He will walk
half mile to neighbor's house and
stop him from work to tell him how to
do certain things on the farm, while
his crop is in the grass and weeds, and
just before leaving he will remark that
the country is going to the dogs. He
will quit his crop during the busy sea-
son to come to town to buy tobacco,
and to tell what kind of a legislature
it requires to bring prosperity. He will
contend that it is too costly to raise
hogs, and then feed six worthless dogs
the year around, and buy bacon thin
enough to make suspenders out of, and
pay II to l5 cents a pound for it. If
one owns a home. there is something
always on hand to be done at all times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
SMALL BEGINNINGS.

"A nameless man, amid a crowd that
thronged the daily mart,
Let faii a word of hope and love, un-
studied from the heart;
A whisper on the tumult thrown-a tran
STORY breath
IL raised brother from the dust; it
saved soul from death.
" germ! U fount! o word of Lowell o
thought at random cast,
revere but little at the first. but mighty
at the last.
Charles Mackay.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall 5
Catarrh Cure F. ]. CHESEY& & Co. Toledo. O.
We the undersigned. have known F. ]. Cheney
Tor the last 10 years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions, and fnan-
cially able TO carry out any obligations made by
his firm WALDING. KINNAN g. MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free Price. 75c. per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
Frightful Fate Ayerted.

I would have been cripple for life. from a
terrible cut on my knee cap" writes Frank Dis
berry, Kelliher. Minn.. without Bucklens Arnica
Saive. which soon cured me-" Infallible for wounds
cuts and bruises. il soon cures Burns Scalds. Old
Sores. Hollis. Skin Eruptions. Worlds best for
Piles. 25c. at al; druggists.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
TRvINGToN, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 1909
NO ESCAPE.

Once a very nervous chap
To cross the street did try;
An auto handed him a tap
And sent him to the sky.
And ere be could descend again
He got an awful whack;
Somebody's whizzing aeroplane-
Just tapped him on the back.
He shot down. to the lake below,
He tried to keep afloat;
Alas, he fell victim to
A putting motorboat.
Chicago News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-10-22
The Bedrock OF Success

lies in u keen clear brain. backed by indomitable
will and resistless energy. Such power comes
from the splendid health that DIR. Kings New Life
Pills impart. They vitalize every organ and build
up brain and body. ]. A. Harmon. Lizemore w.
Va. writes: They are the best pills ever used
25c at all druggists.