New House Dresses
and Aprons
- NEW SHIPMENT of Women’s House
2k Dresses and Aprons now op display. The
_styles are pretty and attractive, and are
spre to please—Materials are ginghams and
percales.
Aprons, prices, $1.00 and $1.25
House Dresses $1.25 and $1.60
Children's Union Suits 40c
All ought tolgo in a jiffy at this f?rice—It’s a
sale to clean up about fifty garments—They are
a rather heavy weight cotton, slightly fleeced.
All sizes, from 4 to 12 years. Regular pri
ces 50c and 65c. Your choice, a garment,... tL)C
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Phone 188
NINE AMERICANS
HI IN BUTTLE
Villa Defeated in Four Night Attacks
Upon Agua Prieta and Army
Is Reported Scattering.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Nov. 2.—General
Villa attacked Agua Prieta, thj Mex
ican border town, across the boun
dary from Douglas, but was defeated
with the loss of four hundred men.
It is reported that General Villa
has given up the attempt to capture
the town and that his followers are
scattering over the country seeking
food. The army is totally without a
commissary department, each soldier
dependiiuAupon his own foraging
abilities- Iff. keep him supplied.
The attirfdfs upon Agua Prieta be
gan soon after nightfall and lasted
until nearly morning, when the at
tacking forces withdrew several miles
from the border. During the fight
ing all business in Douglas was sus
pended in order that the populace
might witness the battle.
During the battle bullets from
Gen. Villa’s guns whistled over the
trenches where the United States
troops were entrenched back of Car
ranza’s troops and nine Americans
were wounded. It is believed that
General Villa has abandoned the at
tempt to capture the town, as he re
alizes that he must fight the Ameri
can troops as well as the Carranza
forces.
HUNTERS SAY WOLVES
DESTROY MUCH GAME.
Taylor and Olson, trappers, recent
ly in from the head of the Peel re
port that while in that district they
saw carcasses of twelve caribou
calves which had been slain by wolves
In a spot on Sheep creek not more
than fifty feet in diameter. Not one
of the calves they state, had been
even partly eaten by the wolves.
Nearby were the carcasses of two
full-sized caribou which had been
killed by the wolves and partly eaten.
-The hunters complain that the wolves
are thus forking big destruction of
the game so essential to the support
of the Indians and the prospectors
and trmftpers'iof the region, and urge
that a- bounty be placed on wolves.
John Hudson, old timer, who is tak
ing an interest in the matter, says
that a bounty of five dollars on wolf
pups and ten dollars on old wolves
would create such activity in the ef
fort to destroy them that soon they
would be exterminated.
The wolf, says Hudson, is the
damned plutocrat of the animal king
dom, devouring whom he can and al
ways slaying what it cannot devour.
In Montana the bounty wiped ont
the pest in short order. The state
I
gave a bounty and the stockmen,
who suffered most from the marau
ders, Increased tue bounty with a
supplementary sum. Now the wolves
are so few in that state that the de
termination to hold them down ha;
caused the state and stockmen to of
fer a combined reward for everj
scalp, and it is having the desired
effect. Meat and furs lost in this
northern region every year by rea
son of- the wolves is enormous, ard
argues the necessity ot some action.
Alaska already is offering a bounty.
The heads usually are given over t(
the government and burned on pay
ment of the bounty, and the body of
the pelt is retained by the captor?
for other purposes. A bounty would
be an inducement to the hunters tr
go after the wolves in the sprin~
when the pelts are poor as well as i
winter, and also would encourag'
digging them out of their nests a’ •
destroying the females and the pup
—Dawson News.
i
H. P. Sullivan, who recently re
turned from Port Wells where he if
developing a quartz property, left th:
morning for the Ramsey-Rutherford
mine near the Valdez glacier.
Mrs. F. M. Boyle, wife of Mayo
Boyle, was an outgoing passenger o
the Admiral Farragut this morniir
for Seattle. She will visit the Sa
Francisco exposition before goi
east to visit relatives in Washingto
D. C.
Ross Kinney, who has been coT
nected with the Alaska Road com
mission to the westward during tbr
past summer, was a through passen
ger on the Admiral Farragut to tlm
st.atos last night, and visited with r
number of Valdez friends while th
steamer was in port.
_
C. C. Johns, internal revenue co’
lector, who has been attending to fed
eral business in Valdez during tbo
past week, was an outgoing passen
ger to Cordova on the Admiral Far
ragut. ».
UNITED STATES MERCHANT
MARINE IS GROWING
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—The IV
partment of Commerce has issued
statement showing that the tncrear
in the tonnage of ships in the fore<~
trade under the flag of the Unit/
States since the passage of the nn
registry law has been four times fb
average for the ten years past and !
consequence there are now more sb
flying the Amrican flag in the fore?"
trade than at any time since the c1v"
war began.
GOVERNOR WALSH IS
CONFIDENT OF ELECTIO'
BOSTON, Nov. 1.—The republic;
campaign in this state closed inti
last Saturday night by a big rally and
parade in which thousands marched
in line. Gov. Walsh, the prese’ <
Democratic governor is confident of
re-election over former Cohgressma
Samuel McCall, the Republican can
didate.
, BURFjjg SELF CONTROL.
An Incident That Proved Hie Perfect
Command of Hie Feelinge.
Aaron Burr was by nature and train
ing a man of extraordinary self con
trol. He allowed no circumstances to
throw him off his balance.
An anecdote told by Rufus Choate to
Richard H. Dana, recorded in Mr.
Dana’s “Diary,'* illustrates the callous
ness which aided Burr so greatly in
controlling himself.
Several years after the death of
Alexander Hamilton, killed by Burr in
a duel. Burr visited Boston, and Mr.
Devereux of Salem paid him some at
tentions. The visitor was taken to the
Boston Atbeneum, where, while the
two men were walking through the
gallery of sculpture, Mr. Devereux
happened to catch sight of a bust of
Hamilton.
The thought flashed across Mr. DeT
ereaux's mind that Burr might not care
to be confronted with the sight of the
features of the man be bad slain. But
no. Burr was undisturbed. He also
espied the bust. and. although Mr.
Devereux bad instinctively turned
away, bf walked up to it and said in
a loud tone.
ad. Dere is tianuiiwui
Then, passing his fingers along cer
tain lines of the face, he added,
“There was the poetry!"
Hamilton's contemporaries gave him
credit for possessing a poetic mind.
QUEER LEGAL FICTION.
It Makes Stepney, In London, the
Parish of Every British Seaman.
Every sailor, from the admiral to the
newest joined seaman, on board British
warships is regarded as belonging to
the parish of Stepney, in London. It
doesn't matter In the slightest where
the ship is. the sailors who man It all
come from the same parish—Stepney.
This queer legal fiction dates bach
to the time of Charles 11. In those
days every workingman had to live In
the parish where he was born, and he
could not leave It without finding two
responsible sureties to vouch for his
honesty
This, of course, became rather puz
zling In the case of people born at sea.
for they had no parish. To get over
the difficulty the authorities stated that
all born at sea would be regarded ns
being born in the parish of Stepney,
though why they should choose that
parish and no other is lost in the dust
of official records. 41
To this day the bishop of Stepney Is
godfather of all children born at sea.
while all marriages solemnized on the
ocean are recorded as though they had
taken place in Stepney.—London An
swers.
A Remarkable Dinner Service.
The remarkable dinner service made
by .losiah Wedgwood for the Russian
empress. Catherine II.. in 1774 consists
of 052 pieces, and on each piece is
painted a different view. The body is
of a pale brimstone color, and the
views are painted In a rich mulberry
purple. As the service was intended
to he used at the palace of La Gre
nouilliere (meaning marshy place full
■of frogs), each piece also bears a
green frog within a shield on the rim.
Tile views represent British ruined
castles, abbeys, parks, bridges, towers.
4tc. Several pieces are decorated with
views of Hampstead, and there are
custard cups with views of Richmond
and sanee boats with the scenery of
Windsor park. In many cases the
views are the only pictorial records
left of the old buildings. Altogether
there are 1.2S2 views painted on the
(152 pieces.
How to Treat a Rifle Wound.
In the cnxf> of n wound from a rifle
bullet don't go probing for the bullet,
but remove from the surface of the
wound all shreds of elorhiug and other
matter which the bullet may have can
rteil into the flesh This must be re
moved very thoroughly, and a steriliz
ed knife or scissors should be used
freely to open the wound nnd get It
elean. When this Is done treat the
wound with your iodine or ^chloride
solution. Then dress it with gauze and
bandage.
In the case of wounds from small
shot the wound should be washed with
a solution of alum, and then pieces of
gauze or dean doth wrung out of hot
water should he applied every couple
of hours.—Outing.
Loaf Broad In England.
it Is perhaps worth recalling that
the art of baking loaves of bread was
introduced Into Europe quite late in
history Elat cakes were baked even
in the earliest times, hut as late as the
beginning of the ■ nineteenth century
loaf bread was comparatively un
known In many pans of (he continent
In 1X12. for Instance, when an Eng
lish captain ordered loaves to the value
of $5 In Gothenburg the bakery stipu
lated for payment in advance on the
ground that he would never be able to
sell them in the city if they were left
on his hands.—Londop Spectator
Canny Scotl
“I any. Siimly. mon.” Mid Jock
bunding back his friend’s photograph
"when ye had those photon taken, wbv
dldna ye smile?”
"And those pictures costing me 92 a
doaen!" replied Sandy “Are ye craay.
mon V - Womans Home Companion.
Which?
Bacon—Erer notice how long a wo
mnn Is In coming to the point? Egbert
—Do you mean when she'a telling a
story or shortening a lead pencil?—
Yonkers Statesman.
Man. If yon are anything, walk alone
and tnlk to others. Do not bide your
self in the chorus.—Epictetua.
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HIS SPEECHJVAS SHORT.
It Was Also Right to ths Point, and th#
Jury Did the Rett.
A«Ghlcago lawyer tells of a prosecut
ing attorney In a'circuit court of an Il
linois county some years ago whose
early education bad been defective, but
who was so shrewd and “long headed"
that few more dangerous antagonists
could be found at the bar In that re
gion.
At one time he bad procured the In
dictment of a man for theft The
amount alleged to have been stolen
was $5, and at that time the penalty
for stealing $5 or more was Imprison
ment at hard labor in the penitentiary.
For stealing less than that amount the
punishment was confinement In the
county jail without labor.
The evidence proved beyond dispute
the theft of a five dollar note of the
State Bank of Illinois, but the pris
oner’s counsel brought several busi
ness men to swear that it was not
worth Its face value in gold, but all
agreed that In ordlnury transactions It
would pass for $5. '
Over this testimony the prisoner’s
counsel quibbled for two hours while
the prosecuting attorney listened In
patience.
When his turn came he arose and de
livered himself as follows:
“Gentlemen. I hope the learned coun
sel won’t get offended if I don’t talk
but Just ore minute. All I’ve got to.
say is this: The prisoner don’t pretend
to deny that he stole our money, and
all he asks of you is Just to give him
the privilege Of stealln' it at a dis
count!"
He sat down, and the Jury sent the
thief to the penitentiary.—Gase and
Comment
TECHNIC OF PAINTING.
Modern Color Methods and Those of
the Old Masters.
Many persons think that the paint
ings by the old masters owe their per
manency in some degree to secret proc
esses now lost in the Journal of the
Franklin institute Dr. Maximilian Tocb
points out that as a matter of fact the
old musters used only those few colors
(madder, for examplei the permanency
of which was well established, and
that they avoided mixing colors known
to have a bad chemical effect on one
another.
Incidentally he describes the scien
tific methods of detecting Inter day
copies. Zinc white, where flake white
would have been used, protoplasmic re
mains in the cells of the wood us^d for
the picture and the transparency of
the bitumen in the shadows are proofs
tbnt a picture is not a genuine anti
tique. In respect to deterioration the
author mentions the bad effects of
smoke and modern gas fumes and. aft
er saying that either light or darkness
may bleach a picture, points out that
some pictures that have been kept In
the dark can be restored by placing
them in bright sunlight
^Finally Dr. Toch condemns those
modern painters who substitute the
collapsible tube or palette knife for the
brush on the ground that the flakes of
color thus attached to the canvas will
crack off and become detached, if
that method had been used by the an
dents no trace of their work would
now exist
The Heroines of Novels.
If I were his Satanic majesty and
a novelist came to me for judgment I
should beetle my brows in a horrible
manner and quiz him thus:
“Did you ever make your heroine
eighteen years old? Did you ever en
dow a maiden with the repartee of
Pinero, the intuition of Blavatsky. the
carriage of Garden, the hauteur of the
Medici, the beauty of Aphrodite and
the wisdom of Athene—all at the age
of eighteen years?"
If the novelist answered me “Cer
tainly not!'' I should say, “To heaven
with you!” But If he answered, "Sure.
1 did!" I would blast him where he
stood.
For of all the .iniquitous, fallacious,
unfair and dangerous doctrines this
takes the icing off the cake—that the
female species reaches her apogee at
the immature age of eighteen.—George
Weston In Saturday Evening Post.
Types of Feet.
Among the various races of men.
three types of feet occur. Certain pure
races have one type of toe which is
characteristic of each race. Thus, the
Zulus, the Basques and probably most
pure Celts have the even toed foot,
.while the Papuans, the Boscbmen and
a number of African tribes, as well as
both ancient and modern Egyptians,
have the arch toed foot. Many Euro
pean nations, however, have a mixture
of the three types. But it is certain
that among the English, and probably
among the Germans. French and
Greeks, the even toed foot is the com
monest.—Strand Magazine.
Reward of Writera.
Writers of nonfiction today seldom
fare more handsomely than did Chief
Justice John Marshall, who. 110 years
ago. received $60,000 for his life of
Washington. After Stevenson’s death
the royalties on his hooks amounted
every year to ten times the sum he
had received a few years before.
The 8wordflah.
So powerful Is the Jaw of the sword
fish. from which the sword projects,
that It has heon known. In attacking
vessels, to pierce through oak timbers
to the depth of ten Inches.
The Coaaadka.
No matter how old a Cossack Is he
belongs to the reserve forces of the
“national defense" In Russia and. if re
qnlred, accompanies his son* and grand
sons to battle '
CITY EXPRESS
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Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
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Large or Small Deliveries Made
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steuuer Sailing 15th calls lllamaa and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knik
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamera Vale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattle) VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th,18tl ?4th ard 3Cth
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7tb, 13th, ISth, 25th ard 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau. Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, TreadWell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, S. 8. Seward, on the 6th; Latouche, on the 16th; S. S.
Cordova, 26th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
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