SAYS NAY
Alaska s Czar Will Not Let
Citii-S Coutrol
Juneau, April 20 ? The Juneau Rec
ord Miner says:
"Major Forrest a' so st%Ud that he I
had talked with Governor Hogg?tt oo
the question of a change in the federal
law so as to allow the municipalities to
control matters within their bounda
raies, and that the governor had in
formed him thai he was opposed to any
such change.''
ALASKA CENTRAL
ELtCIS OEEICERS
Seattle, April l?? At the annual
electioo of the Alaska Central Hailwav
Company held Friday evening in the
local office of the comoacy in the Bailey
building the following trustees were
electej for the ensuing year: A. C.
Frost, Chicago: H. C. Osborne, Toronto:
G. L. Francis. Toronto: F.Aug. Heinze,
Butte: George Turner, Spokane; James
A. Moore, Seattle: Frank Brown, Seat
tle: Arthur Wuthenow, Seattle: E. D.
Brown, Seattle. The following officers
at the company were elected for the
same period of time: President A. D.
Frost, Chicago: Tice -president, H. C.
Osborne. Trocto: treasurer, G. L.Fr?n
els, Tronto: secretary. J, A. Haight.
Seattle.
DISTRICT COURT
fRIES J. H. COBB
The district court was busy Sat unlay
trying the disbarment charge* atrainst
J. H. Cobb one of tha leading attoneys
at the Juueau bar.
The famous B-rners Bay case which
has been hanging Are a long time, was
tried last week.
Accordin,; to arrivals from Juneau
Juneau Juu?:e Wickersham is making a
favorab ?; impression by the manner in
which he Uspatches business.
EVEUN Rl FUSES
10 DESERT HARRV
New York. April 19 ? All Of Harry
Thaw's relations who have been in
constant attendance upon his trtal hav?
announced thsir lntentiou of leaving
the city for the summer. Kvelyn Thaw,
however, will remain in X?w \ork
where she can pay frequent .visits to
her husband.
SILLY' MIZNfR AND
WIFE PARI AGAIN
New Yorfr. April 19? Billy Mizneris!
?gain in trouble with uis spouse, the j
fjrmer Mrs. Yerkes, and the two have
parted company, this time says Mrs
Mlzner, for j^ooti and all. Billy, as
usual, need* money and .see <s forgive- j
ness but his pleadings are all ia vain. ,
OR, THOMPSON
MAY BE GOVERNOR
Vancouver. B. C , April 11? Dr. i
.Alfred Thompson, member of parlia
ment for the \ ukon, is likely Jto be ap
pointed to the governorship of Yukon j
territory.
The position was offered to Ralph j
Smith, of Nanaimo. and declined by
b.os.
BUY 0Nr:
Start Busy Year With Good
w atcii
Do yon need a wa'ch? You co unless
you ha/e one already that is thoroughly
reliable. There is nothing so needful
to the busy man? workman or business
man as a watch that will correctly
mark time.
We sell ail the leading makes or
watches at PRICES THAT ARfc,
RIGHT.at prices as low as those which
obtain in New York, Chicago or any of
the othi-r great metropolitan centers.
We sell gold watches, silver watches,
nlciel watches, and all kinds of watches
of ail the standard makes.
We carry the most comp'ete and
most up-to-date stock of jewelry, China
ware and cut glassware in Alaska.
Our repair department is the most mod
era in all its appointments and the
most thorough in the work it turns out.
We examine the eyes free of cost and
fit them with the kind cf glasses that
scientific tests demonstrate that they
require.
J. Ikuu. Opticito acd Jeweler
I I Stepping Si ->ne
Co a & brone IF
; B1"Hl",li?'li,?HH,-!i' ,iirnn 'mi|i'i|ivMW?
[Original.]
Daring the carnival at Nice, when
people from all parts of the world were
making tnerry, a masked figure wear
lug the dress of Mephlstcheles, catch
ing sight of a shapely :nd graceful
girl with two flaxen braids hanging
down her back -a Marguerite?follow
ed her. The girl noticed that she was
pursued by the demon and p ret. -tided
to be very much In dread of him. For
an hour or more she made efforts .to
elude him. being assisted by her
J triends, who found great sport In the
i demon chasing Marguerite and Mar
! guerlte dodging the demon. Finally the
girl was withdrawn from the game
and taken to a cafe for supper. Then
came the fiend and sat at the next ta
ble. All lieitig unmasked, Mephistoph
eles discovered a friend In Margue
rite's party and secured au Introduc
tion. Then occurred the strauge anom
aly of a love affair between the devil"
and the country girl.
Soou after another affair of the heart
was brought about, also by au episode
between strangers. The king of Wls
senburg while hunting became thirsty
and. seeing a well house by the road
side. turned in fur a drink, followed
by all his retinue. A maiden was draw
lug water at I he time, and, as It was
not meet for a king to drink from a
bucket and there was uo cup, the girl
offered one of her owii construction. '
Patting her two hands together, cup
fashion, she lowered them into the
bucket till t!iey were tilled, then offer
ed the king a drink.
!(|e king was very thirsty, and
the maid was very pretty, and her
Lauds were white and soft. foKshe was
no peasant, but the daughter of a coun
try gentleman, llerr Bishnff. who lived
on the esute 0:1 which ilie well was
situated. Ilis majesty drank all the
wafer ill the improvised cup. then ask
ed fur more, ami more, till it looked
as if he would drink the well dry. but
suddenly, n itii-iiig that the eyes of his
retinue unou him. lie desisted,
t dunked the uirl and rode away.
All that day. all night and the next
Jay the Hug kept quaffing Imaginary!
drafts of water from an improvised I
cup formed of the two shapely bauds |
of a yotsug _;rl wlu.se . istrous eyes I
were the while looking i ito his. He
??vas~not married, though oue <>f his
foreign ambassadors \va- at the time
negotiating for the baud of a foreign
princess.
Midden!;, he ordered all negotiations
broken off. He had fo:me<l a plan, j
He would ennoble the ; irl who had
given him to drink fron the cup of
tlesh aoJ blood aud mai v her. But !
wh?n he came to propose the plan bis j
prime minister thought t at the eleva
tion would !>e too su'U! >u: that the
king's prestige would <u er. He pro
posed instead that the lady should
ma ny a prince of the ldo-j. . tie divorced
itliwut having lived w.th her hus
:tI, i >tep from r.iotitleof priueess
to that or .{iieeii. The king fell in
?kith the plan at ouce, though it would
:>s;,.n delay iu his nuptials. An
...Jiiussador was dispatched to the es
i-te of llerr Bi -hoff. the father of the
* choi.-e. to make knowu the
kiug - Intent i . Of course llerr
P.'shoff was delighted with the plan
?o make his daughter. Leona, a queen
and assented at once. The girl,
strangely enough, was opposed to it.
W hen giv^a. hands for a cup to
lie kiiit >h ha i ..:-en them to bin) as
T>. > king, being ill
ipou her a disagreeable
?siMc f.ir her t.. understand the will |
.'t!i ot her kin, and her father, and I
?!' course very great.
Priiice Mrtzv.ir. c distant cousin of
the kin;;, was -elected to be tile step
ping spine tin which I.eona Bishoff
?ill nid mount tn i throne. All objec
tion was raised by the king that tile
prince was I1;1 1 ->:ne fellow. wild and
hard to nui.tagt- tw iirv lie might
make trouble. Hilt the ministers urged
that no woman w tild el.nise to re
ninlu the wife of 11 were prince with
out prospects when she could lie a
tptecn. Bi-iiles. there was i^o other
person of royal 1 I >od av ; liable. So it
was arranged that the wedding sh <uld
take place and the prince should be
ordered to n foreign station, his de
parture to take place at the conclusion
of the ceremony
*Mn order to give prominence to I.eona
Bishoff in lecoming a princess 011 her
way to a throne I'riaco Me>:gar was
provident with ainpfe means for a
grand weddi -*. Ilerr RishofT also be
ing given a - -1 -urn from the royal
; treasury. A large party of court of
j tieials were to attend the wedding.
one of wh 1111 e-;>eelally represented
- the l.lng and bore a magnificent wed
? ding present. When the prince and Ills
suit arrived, as v. as proper under tU
circumstances. lie met his wlfe-te
alone. Reing iv tiered into the
where she awaited him. I.e uiad
*teps forward. then stopped.
vtarted. and the two stood loi
each other in nstofidiniei t.
I ?"Marguerite:"
"Mephi t toiplieles ?' *'
! The priuce. after a br"r-f int
I emerged, and at l.i !i mm th
Jay the wedding took plac
1,'rootn started for the co 'st w
was to take ship for hi ?' s li
the bride retired to her apart; ents.
Just before Hie t<\ ier bearing
! Priice Metxgar sailed . vel.ed lady
1 alighted, from a c?.rri:tjr? on : ?? dock
1 and went aboard. SS ?> * as the bride.
1 From her 1ms band's -t it <:i she wrote
her so\ preign begging f- ,'lveness for
preferriiijc to remain a 11 ueess rather
! than become a queen. ' 'ie feme n'as
j of course enraged, but w -.eu dually he
learned she prelude to the story he took
the couple into favor. The king Is stIU
unmarried HARRIET B. LEJ2.
ANCIENT FINAN
trading In the Days Bo
Was In Circulatioi
Assyria, with her immense hosts and
her spacious aud magnificent cities
bail no money; Egypt? opulent, popn
i Ions and abundant Egypt? had nomon
| ey; ancient Persia, before the age of
the first Darius, had no money: the
early Hebrews, and even during the
most prosperous period of the age of
Solomon ami down to the time of Ju
das Xluccabaeus. were without money;
Elrurla from flvst to last was without
money; Home was without money to
the time of Servius Tulllus, aud the
Greeks of the heroic ages were equally
; destitute of money. Among all those
| nations gold aud silver, when used in
1 barter, were weighed out by the scales,
as when Abraham purchased the cave
of Macpelah "he weighed to Ephron
the silver which he had named in the
audience of the sons of Heth."
Anciently there was no money tu
Arabia, cr the riches of the patriarch
Joli would not have i>e?? estimated
by his camels, oxen and she asses.
India, Fersla, Assyria, Judaea, Egypt
Greece. Etrurla. Home, the uations of
Asia Minor, Including Tyre and its de
pendencies, all arrived at civilization
and comfort without the current use
of cash and carried on their extensive
mercantile and manufacturing transac
tions merely by bartering commodities
In kiud. bullion being reckoned among
those commodities. These nations were
populous almost beyond credibility and
I transported their produce, mauufac
tures and other merchandise In ships
of Tyre and Tnrshish from Ophlr and
the utmost Indian Isle (Ceylou) to C.aul
aud the "tin islands" of Scllly or Vigo.
?New York Press.
A SEAT OF MANY ILLS.
Eye Strain It Responsible For a Num
ber of Ailments.
Wbeu the specialist to whom the>
had taken their six teeu-y ear-old daugli
ter on account of what seemed to be n
case of Incipient melancholia diagnosed
the case as one of eye strain and or
dered prompt treatment from an ocu
list, the parents of a young New Yorl;
girl were astonished. Eye strain seem
ed as remote from melaucholla as
would corns on the feet. Their aston
ishment was proportionately increased
when after a few treatments and ac
quiring glasses the child showed no
ticeable improvement
Latter day medical science traces to
eye strain many ills which seem so re
mote from the eyes that formerly phy
sicians never thought of establishing a
connection between them. Sick head
ache, nervousness, melaucholla. Insom
nia. are but a few which have of late
been lHid to the door of weak eyes, the
proper treatment having been neg
lected.
Nervous diseases of the nature of St
Vitus' dance arc now thought to orip
nate frequently iu eye trouble. Tie
weak eyes blink Incessantly, aud this
leads to a general coutortlon of the
facial mosclss, which grows 011 the
subject through constant repetition. -
Exchange.
The Name* of Tea.
Wo talk glibly about Pekoe. Bohen.
etc., but few people have any idea of
what these names signify. "Pekoe"
in the dialect of Canton means "white
hair," for the tea which bears tlii?
name is made from the youngest
leaves, ?o young that the white down
! la still ou them. "Soochong" in th*
same dialect Is a quite unpoetic name.
It merely signifies "small kind."
| "Flourishing sprlug" is the meaning
[ of "Hyson." "Kongo" signifies "la
! bor." Much trouble and toll are ex
pended in its preparation at Amoy, and
these are commemorated in Its name.
"Rohe.i" Is called after a range of hills.
?Portland (Ore.) Journal.
To Clean Bronze?.
It is r.ot a good plan to clean bronzes,
as the polish is very easily spoiled, but
If necessary nothing Is better than
clenniug them with water and ammo
nia. using a stiff brush like a nailbrush.
Dry carefully after rinsing thoroughly.
They should be carefully dusted every
day with a soft cloth und a feather
brush, mid a little sweet oil may be
rubbed on occasionally. To remove
stains from bronze make the article
very hot by dipping It 'n boiling water.
Then rub it with a piece of flannel dip
ped In suds made from yellow soap,
rubbing clean with soft linen cloths.
Good For Evil. >
There are some people who turn
gray, but do not grow hoary; whose
tfacos are furrowed, but not wrinkled;
whose hearts are sorely wounded In
many places, but arc not dead. There
Is a youth that bids defiance to old age,
i and there Is a kindness which laughs
I at the world's usage. These are they
| who have returned good for evil. Whom
i the gods love die young, and they die
young because they never grow old.?
I Selected.
Awkwardly Put.
This is one of the things one woulc
rather have put differently: Mr. Bum
blepup (at fancy dress ball)? I must
apologize for coming in ordinary even
ing dress. Hostess? Well, you really
i have the advantage' of us. We're all
looking more foolish than usual, and
I you're not.? Punch.
Little Thinking.
I Mr. Borely (who has been criticising) i
?Now, don't be offended. You know, I
j always say what 1 think. Miss Cut-:
I ting- You don't talk much, do you, Mr.
j Borely ?? Illustrated Bits.
It Is only reason that teaches silence.
The heart teaches us to speak.-Rlcb
ter.
SPECIAL sales
?HBM? W85J?BB? ~38BWWMIMMBISPBW> V3* <
SPECIAL SALE! Laciies Wint r h :t
Commencing Monday 1-2 v_.fi
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
HUMBiJW'illlllW? ? MMB? Mil I lllll' 1 1 HH'II 1 1 B? B? ??
(TIE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
bv tho old bit
or tr.iss pfaa
used in uxtat
householdsi
BUT
vrith 9
?V- "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
even-thing is so arranged that by
following the simple ins traction*
the quality is always delkions.
See our several styles aed let T*
explain the perfect way.
P. E KERN
Gold ?'id Silver smith.
We hav^ a large stock |
Lomney's Candy
Peter's Ghoeolatesl
Also a [large stock ol
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the.Number. 428JBrdw'y |
Tony Dortero's
ijand Importer^of
MILLINERY,
orders 'solicitedfand filled immediatly.
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III. D. Kirmse, Pioneer Jeweler
Official Timekeeper for the W. P,'& V. R.
Mail Orders a Soecialty '
new mater and Dgbt Rates
fl
On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Mmthiy rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet f 2 00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) ... 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses SO
Water Closets " " ?' 50
Urinals t " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Bote's, per room additional 10
Beer Pjtnps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries 7.50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " J". LOO
Hauling water, per load 1 00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVIOE ? ,
All Tear Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ 1.00
Enclosed Arcs 10.00
ALL NI-3HT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights 1.50
Enolosed Arcs 15 00
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
1.50
12.50
2.00
17.50
EDWIN BROWNE. Manager.