A SEW ENTERPRISE.
■T MAX tflELIA
"If you only had a lull* capital to inTeat,”
mid the young man. aa he look a chair and
mi .loan Hose to my (leak, "1 migni put you
in ti.e was of a good tiling."
"Mine?"
"On, no. It'a a petrifaction company; the
Columbia Pettifactioa voni|-au), of Clarion
county. I could spare yon lm •'■area.'*
“" bat does the company do?"
“"'or. Jon know. It own* a limestone
apring up ere in Clarion couuty. That spring
ns*,! to belong to a man named Herk.iuer
Jones. t>ne day. when s well tan dry,
Jotes weat r If and bu ng t a I u ket of wa
ter from it.at spring and the family drank
it. n .ac a as :..eeon«c juriar' Next morn
ing ween tne rt.g !• rs called. Herkimer
Joat s wa- si.:ir-ft at t a suppci table turned
to aond sionc. lie ..ad half ot a sausage in
him muut : t at was turned to stone, loo.
So Was Mrs. J..nes. and Klitn I*. Jones, and
Herktiter Jones. Jr., and tne baby. Tne
limestone water did it. The heirs closed the
whole lot out to a sculptor nannd Ferguson,
who arranged them in a group and sold iham
to the Hrnisn museum aa models from the
antique. T.iat is, excepting the baby He
put p.aster paris w.ng* uu t.ie baby and
passed him off as an original dceqrn of n
Cupid.”
*‘W At About tb« company ?'
"Well, you see, th'e com|any et once
boug .t up tne spring properly and they in
tend M go into the petrifying business u| on
n large .et!e. For example, s'pose’n yon
get a contract from congress to execute an
••inesinsn statue of Gen. Was..it g; n. First
you find a horse; you make t..at L -rse drink
at the sprirg. and ti.ere he is! 1‘crfe.tiy
aplei. :.\i! Tnen you find a man who bears
a sort of general resemblance to Waaiiing
ton. You arrange a picnic; get that mss
up there in the woods; itfer him a drink;
and in 11 minutes you can chip s|«Us - if
of him with a stone-chisel. Then you mount
your in.u on y.*nr horse, end there you
have a group of statuary such as Gresce in
her palmiest days would have gives her
bottom dollar to get."
"I see."
“T .« company, yon know, purpoeee to
have the country poorhonse located near to
the ip; i;ig; and as the president of the board
of tru.tcea owns 1)0 shares, wr calculate to
solid fy pau;era right along, without inter
mix.. -a. say ‘Jo or So a day Ik-n’t you sea
what a magnificent prospect it opene up for
high art in America? We can fill any order.
Say you want a status of Gen. Jackson, ar.l
the only available pauper a too let. What
do we do? We petrify him, and then we
chip him down and touch up his count*
nai c-\ maybe, with a chisel, ffuppose yon
want a pa-r -f -amts to work into the front
door t-> a church. W*e select a couple of
reneraide vagrants, harder ti.em. turn their
noses down. to five t:.tm -iigi.ity of ex; res*
lion, and the bricklayer# then can build
them rigat into the door jainbe.'*
"Suppose the demand ior that kind ot
itatuary be small?"
"Then we come down to a basis of utility
at once. S'posin' there’s a pauper with in
flammatory r-.eumatism in hit leg? We pet
rify him. We sell mm to a doctor. That
doctor cuta off the leg with a marble taw,
and there he hae mat inllaimnat *r> rheu
matism ng.it before mm turned into gran
ite. S'pouiu’ one of them has a lor; id liver?
In two hours tha doctor# can examine that
liver just as if it was a brickbat, with the
torpidity sticking out all ovei it. Mind you,
if the supply ot paupers Holds out. 1 Venture
to say tnat tne dev .- not far distant w.-.en
yon ran take petrified livere. and heart*,
and muatlea. and hram pana and Initld a
two-story hrniae with tbein. with all the
modern convenience* a mig ty aigi t e tap
er than you . an loiiid it out ot *t4niut n >u ue.
Imagine living in a houae made of oaaiticd
Irverel He nntqne, wouldn't it! It non id
nttrnet attention*
"I don't care for tack tfungi myself,
kul—■”
"Gun. Rang*, h* tried tout curious eiperi
menta with tba water out of that spring.
He threw a bucketful on ■ cat that was jump
ing about oa hi* bark fen-e one night; and
there ah* ii now. fur np. tail derated, mouth
open, picturesque and natural as life? Next
night he soused another one: same effect
of e>urse: and now (fen. Bargs has 13 ex
quisite statuette* of cats in larmua atti
tude* of grace tanged around on hit fcr.ec.
Fergns-n. the sculptor, lohi m:n ecou.da't
hare kid t lose eat* done u. i ..rtnra marble
ia Karo;* under fdii.UoU. But, of eouite. you
hare to be careful 'even you ..ate the Co
lumbia water around. Gen Bangs kept hi*
in a barrel, and the otner day h • m t. er
ta law filled a pitch** from it. accidentally,
ana to-x a arii.x hour ;»:*r it look
ni men to carry her to the window ao taey
could lowar her to toe pavement with a
derrick, tm* w< igced nearly a ton. ai d waa
ao hard you couMn't crack Lei w.th a *ltdge
hammcr. The general *a* aoriy. of eour»o;
and after he Lad ..el mounted on a lev. Ivirg
p*d*»tal i.e kept her in ..s front parlor lor
a while, paln.mg i.ei .t! on hi* fiieml* a*
an imported atalue of Minerva. Hut. finally,
aa ane eiciied unpleaaant o iiui.cnu. he had
her cut into alaba and put into hi* cemetery
lot a* tomb*tonea. He had the graltfying
reflection tnat aha ia near tho*e who were
dear to ner. lot me tell yeu that if our
Company once gets to work, and paui-ers
are plenty, a man who wanta a vanegated
tombstone can get **>roething that will pieaie
hi* ta*te at rate* tnat will maka the marble
yard people *ick.”
"It look* like a good thing, bat I believe
1 don’t care to go iato it."
"I’ll led you wnat I’ll do. I’m a little
prcMd for money aow. and if you’ll buy 9U
(hare*, you may take them at half price,
and 1U petnfy any of your mat feu aa you *ey
for notfiing. Uow’a that?"
”1 have no relatione that 1 want in that
condition."
“No aunt, or grandmother, or anything
that would work up well into a table top,
or a alab for a fixed waahatand?"
"No."
“And you're going to throw eway this
chance of promoting aesthetic culture and of
encouraging the lova fur the beautiful in your
owoeountry?"
"I'm afraid ao."
The young man shook hie head and sighed,
ae if he could nardly bear to thing of the dw
generaey of the t lines, and then he said:
"Could you iend ma a quarter, anyhow?"
I lent it to him, and he went away with
• solemn promise to repay it ou the morrow.
But he must have gone to Europe to sell hie
shares, (or he never returned—N. Y.
Weekly. _
Women work eUtubce Jurt theg wag they
Jo dough.
Money make* the mare go, but hoc tea
make the money go.
Viral young married coupler learn to quar
rel and then not to.
It'e funny, but Mack-hatred women want
their hair to be red and gray-haired women
want theira to be black.
All that a man knowe about mechanic*
is of mighty little u«e to him when he tries
to put tne furnace into commieaion for the
winter.—N. T. Freer.
Some Facts '
About
Clothing
Our clothe* arc made for people who appreciate
Good Fabrics Good Tailoring
Fine Linings Trimmings
AND
Everything that goes to make up a Swell Suit*
To see them is to Appreciate them.!
Cheviots Thibets Cashmeres
Worsted Tweeds Serges
Plain and Fancy Weaves*
l%irNJHINQQ02DJ
The Varieties Are Greater
The Values Better
And The Styles Far Nobbier
Than Any Ever Shown In Valdez.
A. L. Levy & l o.
Highest Cash Price Paid For Gold Dust.
k A
Meals a la Carte Open All Night
“W i k i d e I’s”
Most Elegant Restaurant In the Northwest.
Cor. Keystone and McKinley Valdes, Alaska
_ irdCiriC PflCKINQ
. r 6- NflVIQflTION CO.
^ Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
E. E. Cain, Operating Agent
Str. Nome City j
Str. Excelsior
Str. Santa Ana
Str. Newport
Sails from Seattle for Valdes every 20
days.
From Sent tie for Valdes, Cook Inlet and
way jorts, 1st of each month. From Val
dez for Seattle and way )>ortr.lH:h of each
^ month.
From Seattle for Valdes. Cook Inlet and
way ports 16thof eneh month. From Val
dez for Seattle and way ports, 1st of each
„ month.
Front Valdes to Unalaska and way i>orta
10th of each month, connecting at Valdes
with S. S. Excelsior.
Company reserves right to change steamers or date of sailing
without notice.
Seattle Office—618 First Ave. J Z. Martin
Agent.
PHONE 1*.
C C. BOQflRDUS
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $ 1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
HO Columbia St., Skattlk, Wash.
Soldier’s Additional Homestead
Application, Ho. —
l'. H. I.AKO Orrira, at
Juneau. Al«-ki, June ]. 1
Notice is hereby sivcn ttml Charles A. Kcn
qlck. being entitled to the benefit* of section
•-W6 of the revised statute* of the Cnited
stuts, (ranting additional inu la to soldiers and
tailors who served in the war of the rebellion,
lias made application to thin office to make
proof and entry by said applicant. under an
act of congress approved Slay 14. 1>WH. for the
lands in V. 8. surrey No. 577 in the district of
Alaska, described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a mound of stones at ordluary
high water mark, on left bunk of Alohnofc
river, whence an iron pipe 2 lu< be* in dUUBtof
aud 2 feel in the ground on th«-summit of the
river bank and marked W. C. r'ur. No. '77, be
ginning Cor. No. 1, bears south 8 deg west I
chain distrait; thence variatiou 23 deg a min
east meauder ou left bank of the Alohimk river
at ordinary high water mark down stream,
hrvt c our*e north 38 deg 37.iniu west 10.15 chns;
second course north as deg 7 miu west 7.35 eh us;
tliird course, south 86 deg &'• rain west 2 ati
chains t<» for. No. 2; thence fourth course south
3deg west 10 chains tot or. No. 3; thence lilth
course, south a7 deg east l J.9' chain* to Cor. No.
4: thence sixth course, north 3 deg cast 10
chains to place of beginning. Cor. No. 1. Area.
ju.36 acre*.
Any and all persons rlaiinlng adversely any
portion of said laud are required to file an ad
verse claim in this office during the period of
publication of ibis notice, or within days
tliereaft* r. otherwise proof and entry of said
lands wid l*e made by said applicant.
John w i>rn:.*v, Register.
It Is hereby ordered that the for -going notice
be published for the full »«riod of uu wcelta in
the Alaska I'eosi-kctok. a weekly newspaper
rut dished at the town of Valdes, Alaska, which
s hereby d» signated as the new-paper pub
lished nearest the lands described.
21 John w. Ptdi.FT. Register.
Soldier*’ Additional Homestead
Application, No. —
T. 8. Land Owe*. at
Juneau. Alaska. June 1.1W.
Notice Is hereby given that John H. Winn,
being entitled to the benefits of **ction 2:k*> of
the r*\ ised statutes of the United states grant
lug additional lauds to soldiers sud sailors a ho
served in the war of the rebellion, has made
application to this ufllce to make pr«H>f snd en
try by said applicant, under act of congress ap
proved May 14th. \sj*. fur lands In V. H survey
No. 404. In tha idstrict of Alaska. described aa
follows. to wit:
Situate iu Uganukhayon the west coast of
Kodiak I-bind, Idstrict of Alaska, and inure
particularly described a» follows:
Bcginuiug at ordinary high aater markon
the thorn of Uyuk Bay. large slate taiulder
marked 'lkg. fur No. 1, bur. No. W," from
which l*. 8. Initial Monument. Sur. 3U4 hears
south -74 deg 2» min ra«t 4.21 ehaint; there*
meander st ordinary high water mark along
; beach south 74deg JU miu east 3.MU chains to
• C’or. No. 2: thence sooth 14 deg west J.tu chains
to for. No. :t; thence north 74 deg 2u miu west
4 bO chain* to < or. No. 4,; theuee north 14 <:ef
• cast descending along side of slate ;bluff to
' wards (•each, 3.A) chains to place uf beginning.
! Magnetic variation, 24 deg 3n min east; con
taining an area of 1.44 acres.
Any mid all persons cUiiuiug adversely »nf
i |o>rttoii of said lands aru required to file an ad
verse claim thereto in this office during the
publication of this notice or witliiu thirty days
thereafter, •otherwise proof and entry of said
lauds will be made by said applicant.
John W l»n>i by. Register,
it is hereby ordered that the foregoing nolle*
bo published in the Alaska lunar*to*. *
weekly newspaper published at Valdes, Alaska
which Is hereby designated as the newspaper
published nearest the land described
) 21 John W. Iicolby. Register
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McKinley Street.
VALDEZ, ALASKA