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Expert Watch and
Jewelry Repairing
Refractng Optician
Gruduste of South Bo ml Optical College
Examinations made and Glasses
Fitted by Means of the
O P H T H a L M O- M ET R E
till? hngrav ing and Errors of Refraction Corrected.
Diamond Setting a Kach case receives the utmost
o ? ii taro and special lenses ground
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Raw Furs..,.
fligli Prices lor i ine furs
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A FUG MARKS THE PLACE
\Vh?re you can have vour suits
pressed fo-7"> eenis or cleaued and
pressed for #1 .*<0. * >ur method for
c '<&t>iug Indies skirts is the Ail
ordered If the work is ir>t satisfactory
you coed not p?y for u Alask > Press
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You will receive a h artv wel
come at U'atsonville. If you have
come to ?tav yo?" will have joined a
thriving mer opolis in the ccoter of
reigns.
Tf you have j?<t come to iuvesti
;,,to ye i will j;o away comp' te'.v
-atisScd, oa!y to return a J make it
Vou will aiwa>? be welcome.
Come >sd see.
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WATSONVILLE. CAL.
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Orders Promptly
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SEATlE'S
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Uurupean Plan SI Up
Wll U Wall- Co.Prop wh?H Perry Mgr
STRIKE STILL ON
I Stay awny ftoin Treadwell. The
strike L still on between the Treadwell
Gold Mining company and No. 109, W.
H. of M., Douglas, Alaska. All work
ing men are requested to stay away
and assist us in securing an tf-hour day
and living wage. All rumors to the
effect that the strike is otT are false.
I.ocal Union No. 109 will notify you
wlitn a settlement isreacned.
By order of DougUs Island Miners'
Union No. 109, W. F. M.
N tit. McDonald, F. alstkom,
1'residont. Sec. -Treasurer
July, It',. 1H0S 118 1 mo
HOT MINERAL BATHS
Sitka Hot Springs, now open to tho
public. Gord rooms and restaurant in
connection. Hot mineral bath* unex
celled.? GoddardA I'.iooKs, Proprietors.
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Sul -cribe fop The Alaskan.
DON'T WORK AIL THE TIME
Why not play ? Kaine of F.nglish Bil
liards at Limerick Alley this evening.
QUICK DELIVER* PHONE 90
Baggage, coal and wood delivered up
on shortest notice day or night.
EI. Freidenthal,
General Kxpresslne Bonded Carrier.
POSITION AS -SALESMAN
Would like position as salesman in
vore or would take an outside job. Ex
perienced furnitur salesman? relinish
er, upholster and repairer. Addres F
A caru Alaskan. 130 tf
WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO.
Yheir UaciiutinK Work K<np? U?
Strong and Healthy.
All the blood In the body passes
through the kidneys once every three
minutes. The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day. When
healthy they remove about 500 grains
of impure matter daily, when unhealthy
some part of this impure matter is left
in the blood. This brings on many
disease^ and symptoms? pain in the
oack. headache, nervousness, hot, dry
skin, rheumatism, gout, gravel, disor
ders of the eyesipht and hearing, dizzi
ness, irregular heart, debility, ilrowsl
DMS, dropsy, deposits in the urine, etc.
But i( you keep the lilters right you
? ill h^ve no trouble with your kidneys.
\V. A. Hawkins, OOJ Yesler war, Se
attle, Wash., says: "It gives me
pleasure at the present time to confirm
tli'.' statdment I g?ve some years ago in
favor of Doan's Kidney Pills, the relief
I obtained from their use having
o-oved permanent. I used remedy
after r inedy, was unable to obtain re
rief. I had the roost severe pains
across the small of my bick, and was
also annoyed by thv irregular action of
iho kidney secretioos. Do.in's Kidney
l'lUs helped me at once, and a con
tinued use entirely relieved roe. I am
an ardent advocate of Doan's Kidney
Pills, and have reootntnended them on
many occasions, as I know they do just
what is claimed for them."
For sale by all dealers. Price So
?entv Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N,
V., -ole agents for the United States.
Hemembcr the name? Doan's ? and
take nn other.
Only Oi 'BUCitfO ^ *3 _ m
L'f
Cures a Cole C 11 L 1;
J Days
on ev?ry
<^rP%r%^box. 25c
P.E.KERN
GO LD AN D
SILVERSMITH
M m\lUi tR Of NWiGEI JEWfl RY
DEALER IN
Cii i ill us
Hand PaintedlChina
and Cut Glass
A Full Line of Elgin
and Waltham Watches
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{Copyright. 190S. by T. C. McClure.)
Oue summer's day wheu Farmer
Blujham was washing bis bands at
tbe kltcben door preparatory to the
noonday meal a tramp turned in from I
tbe highway and asked for a bite to j
eat. He was asked If be would work |
for it. and after a look in tbe direc
tion of tbe cornfield and a shak' of tbe
bead be replied:
"I'm Just out of tlw hospital with
three broken ribs and am uot strong
enough, but I'll do a heap better than
to handle a lute. I turned in here be
muse I dreamed of this pla e last I
?light while I was sleepln' In a barn
live mill's away. Yes, it's the same
place house, barn, orchard, blur pump
In tin? well an 1 everything else. It's
just as If my dream had been photo
graphed.'*
"What sort of n dream V" asked the
farmer, but without much curiosity.
"1 thought 1 stood right there under
that pear tree and saw you come up I
from the barn. Von had an Iron bouud i
box on your shoulder, and you could
hardly stagger under It. You threw
It down just where that old hen is I
scratchln' and got the ax and broke i
It open. t'Jee whiz!"
"And whatV"
"Well, tbe $20 gold pieces went lly
In' all around here like snowilakes lu j
winter. It was the beautlfulest sight
my eyes ever beheld? great big yaller
coins, and how they did chink togeth
er! It was i heir chiukin' that woke
me up."
"But there's nothing in dreams." said
the farmer, although he was beginning
to turn pale around the mouth.
"Mehhe not. inebbe uot. but I never
hau one yet that didn't come true. Are
you willin' to let me search your barn
and gimme half what I And?"
"You sit down here aud I'll bring
you out some dinner, aud then we'll
talk further about It."
Fanner Bingham was no fool. He
was a young mau of twenty live aud
was accounted above the average In
sharpness, but the dream hit him. lie
had scarcely related It to bis wife
when she exclaimed:
"You carry that tramp out the big
gest dinner he ever had and then pump
III in dry and get rid of him."
After the tramp bail eaten bis till he
offered to help them about the box.
They tuade excuses.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he said. "I
understand I peiTcct '.y un Vrstand
Yon don't want mo around when the
Im?x Is found and opened. , You don't
want me |o hear the chiuk-a chink of
them yaller lx>ys. You think I'd elaiui
a sheer for dreamin*. Waal. I'll move
on and let you have all the fun to your
selves."
The trump was watclicd out of sight,
and then the couple went to the bum
and began their search. They hail put
In two hours and were still at It when
Mrs. Bingham's mother arrived. The
Idea was not to give her the slightest
hiut about the treasure, but lu the
course of half an hour she had picked
the Information from her daughter.
Then she said:
"Amelia, you want to see that you
get your rights In this thing. Half that
money lielongs to you. and yon want
to staud up for It."
"But George will do what's right
about It. of course."
"There's no of course about it. The
minute he gets that bos In his bauds his
greed will be aroused. He won't want
to give you enough to buy an apron out
of It."
That old burn was almost turned bot
tom side up. but uo box was found.
The farmer's brother came around
next morning on an errand, and when
he found George crawling out from un
der the hogpen h" wanted an explana
tion and bad to have if. As soon as he
got It he said:
"You look out for Amelia. If ever I
saw avarice In a woman's eyes It's lu
hers. She'll want at least half of the
money to buy glnvxicks with."
Before noon the wife's father and two
brothers and sisters were on hand, and
after them came the husband's father
and other brother. There were wran
gling and quarreling from the start.
When the dirt floor of the smokehouse
was spaded up and the spade struck
an old tomato ran. there were pushing
and shoving and swearing. When the
farmer prepared to drain off the wa
ters of the g >ose pond and refused to
pledge himself to an equal division,
there was a tight, out <?' x.hich grew
| bloody noses aud bit. k eyes. Of
' course the affair attrae'ed the atten
tion of the neigh' .ir*. and they came
I by the dozen to . i'i and help along
things. T' ? ! :?!! v as pulled almost
to piece . i o gro mI di'g up hi fifty
different |>! es aiiil an old well on the
premise* ? :iod out. The house and
cellar we e searched, strav stacks
tipped over, and ther< was fever in
the veins t..f the search ?rs. The farmer
and his wife had reached the point
where they no longer spoke to each
other, their kin were quarreling at
every- possible excuse, and the county
sheriff had about concluded to take a
baud In it when the old tramp who h;d
dreamed was seen turnln1: into the
gate again. A rush was made tv? 'dm.
and as soon as lie cocid get his breath
he explained:
"They call me 'Truthful Willie" be
cause I never told a lie lu my life.
When I make a mistake I try to rectify
It as soon as possible. I find that I
made one here. Come to think things
over. It wa# not here that I saw tho
man with the box of gold. It was on
the next farm, and his name is Jones.
He speRs It with a big J. and It was
a barrel Instead of a box of gold pieces.
Ladles and gentlemen"?
And then he was flying for his life.
M. QUAD.
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PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Often the victor}- and the spoils be
long to the mnu who can steal them.
la politics the man of destiny Is as
apt to be found behind tho bar as be
fore it, and lie is sure to be In tho
room somewhere.
Some people get so used to bearing
disappointments that the only real dis
appointment they feel Is not being dis
appointed.
I - -
Humor and Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITH
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There are girls
If they had Just
curslou.
who always look as
come In on the ex
Neur beefsteak seems likely to be
come a favorite dish with even our
best families.
You can't expect a man to bo wise
all the time, nor In one of your lucid
moments need you bank on a woman
being wise any of the time.
The Tim* Puzzle.
The clock In the parlor Is running too
fast:
The clock In the kitchen Is alow;
The clock In the hsll Is a t oest but a toy.
And half of the tltno It won't go.
John'* watch needs repairing, and Bill's
wasn't wound:
The clock In tho attic won't chime:
We've no leas than twenty timepieces
about,
And no ono can tell us tho time.
From grandfather's turnip you would not
expect
Exactnea* to minute and dot.
But Ethel Miranda has one thnt Is new,
And hers should be right on tho spot.
It lan't dependable nevertheless,
No more than the new dollar tick
That Chester received as a prise with a
suit
And thought he was turning a trick.
It's watches to right of ui, w&tohss to
left
And clock y scattered round here and
there.
Besides a sundial that stands In the yard,
Though broken and nscdlng repair.
In beautiful cases most all of them tick
in plentiful rhythm and rhyme,
But no one Is certain that his is correct.
And no one can swear to the time.
To see that our meals are pulled off when
they're due.
That no one may kick or complain.
We a\ erage up every tlmepleco In the
liotiso
And watch for the eight o'clock train.
If It Is on time, we ran feel we are saved.
But when It la half an hour late
We turn to our watches, otir clocks and
tliw sun
And average tlinlr heated debate.
And Again Summer.
Knee deep the cow stands In the pond
And chews her grainy quid.
The katydid la overfond
Of telling that she did.
The cricket Bins? beyond the gate
And fondly wooes her cheerful mato.
Tho tiger lilies nod their heads
And tlamo-llkc banners curl
And show a lot of browns and reds
To please the summer girl.
The summer girl Is smooth as silk
And drinks a lot of buttermilk.
Old summer has her dear delights
And eke her sorrows sore.
The skeeters plerco our skins o" nights.
Hay fover makes us roar.
But still we love her banner dear
And mourn her going every year.
Difference of Opinion.
Just think, the baby only weighs six
pounds."
"That Is because you had the Junk
buyer weigh It ou his scales. Just
wait until the Iceman comes along
and ask hiiu. You will discover then
that tho baby Is a monster, weighing
twenty-five pouuds at the very least."
Positive Evidence.
"He keeps his wife in hot water all
the time."
"Is that so?"
"Yes."
"Then I know what he Isn't."
"What?"
"A Janitor."
Done Fcr.
"She flirted with lilm."
"Not hard to do."
"Then fhe turned him down."
"Easy."
"Then she married him."
"Gee! She Is up agulust It sure!"
Her Good Time.
"I am trying hard to marry off that
widow."
"Shame ou you!"
"Why?"
"Can't .vou let the poor thing enjoy
herself?"
Out of Place.
??What la an anomaly, pa?"
"An honest tnan In the city hull."
ADVICE.
CJHE had a good opinion of advice.
? Llko all who give and eke receive It
gratis.
For which small thanks are still the mar
ket price
Even where the article at highest rate Is.
?Lord Byron.
WHO 18 A TRUE SAILOR?
r_T E Is not a sailor true who sails
JJ- Over tranquil waters with favoring
gales;
But he who oan- skillfully storms outrldo
It the conqueror true with courage tried
? JCnoor MlaskowakL
Wanted a
"What <IM i lie tlo
called?"
Chance.
lor say when he
'?First he want
ed to look at her
tongue."
"To see If she
had fever. I sup
pose?"
"No; to have a
liniment's quiet,
so ho could
think."
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We carry a Full lloe oi Bar Supplies Direct Importers
Depot for A. B. C. Bohemias St, Louis and Seattle Bottle Be?r
E BATED AND LIGHiED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
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MOORE'S WHHRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Dock
REGULATION? 1906
Warehouse? --pen for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight 9'iipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. customs
office) and must be delivered before 6 p.m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this nour.
BAGGAGE? Tolls wm ou collected on Checked Baggage Onli. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will bo cl0P3d to the public when steamer Is neoring
dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock,
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNPON. Gon'l Mgr
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Our Rates as Low as the Lowest
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