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One month. by mall 16
?hre? months, by mail U8>
Six months, by mail *J0
One year, by mall 9.00
I POSSIBLE POSTMlSTEirS 0ILEMI1
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A letter wss addressed to the "Pret
tiest Qirl ia Louisville" and dropped
into the postoffloe. It fu promptly
delivered to Mrs. Kenneth Pruess? and
Louisville i? making a great fuse about
it. as a thing to be proud of. Mrs.
Pruess is properly entitled to bo pleas
ed- -but not Louisville -quite the con
trary. The question naturally arrises
as to the others? is it the passing love
liness of Mrs. Pruees that gives her
such easy distinction. Think of a letter
beiog addressed to "The Prettiest
Girl in Skagway" and dropped in the
postofflce. Wonld there be anybody
seeking the job of poetmaster until the
letter bad been delivered and the io>
cident cl jse d?
But in case the heart of the post
m tster failed him, and he weakly vent
to the dead letter office with his troub
les, would it be because there are no
pretty girls in 8kagway? Not much?
every girl is a Mrs. Pruess in this tows,
ani they are not all married either.
60NE OVER TO THE ENEMY
The Northern Light hails the Stroll
er as an ally. God bless us but this Is a
disappointment. The attitude of dig
nified "complacence" with which the
L!cht met and ignored our savage at
tacks completely disarmed the Alaskan
and it was about to eall the affair off
snd make up. It s?w that the staff
the Light was made off eould aot be
ruffled or turned from Its cou'se. Then
sudden y there appeared on the winter
trail oar war hone friend of forty t
years Strollng vtowaid us sword out e
and buckler ia place. But the surprise ?
and delight at the meeting must al- ;
ways, oow.be tempered wltb the regret i
that those whom we had counted on, 1
atthrlut, as our friends, have gone 1
over to the flag of Whitehorse. We i
did not deserve this. We were cruel !
only to be klod, children? you knew
that? you knoT you knew It. Never
mind, the Llglt, will be sorry some day.
SIMS IS CATCHIN6 II
Of course Gladys Vanderbilt could
not beoome the countess? the countess
what't-h*r-name? without cjtching it
from all sides. It Is to be presumed she
studied the situation from every stand
point and did not overlook this certain
ty as part of the ordeal. The consid
eration of ' the Countest" prevailed.
The Alaskan, having no pergonal ac
quaintance with the count, la not gofng
to devote much time to the matter, if
Gladys can stand It we can? and just
while we think about it we are ready
to place a small wager on that.
Just why Representative McGavin
should take it so hard as to stand up
la the national house of representa
tives and roast the unhappy girl Is not
quite clear. Our guess is, though, that
he is making himself solid with seme
young lady that lacks the necessary
millions to oatch a count and so must
put up with a mere member of congress
and makes him think she likes it.
' MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND"
The author of "Maryland, Mr Mary
land," James Ryder Randall, died at
Augusta, Georgia, the other di *. Oli
ver Wendell Holmas said of the song
that he "only regretted he could not |
have done for Massachusetts what Rao- (
dall had doje for Maryland." Had it ,
applied to the nation or the whole
north as it applied to one state on Vie [
borderland of secession, it would have J
beoome the song of the whole war, for 1 1
be swing of Its majestic cadence* wu
>ven more stirring than those of the
star Spangled Banner. For twenty
fears Mr. Randall was editorial writer
>( the Augusta Chronicle and in 1888
secaoe attached to the Baltimore
Press. He graduated from George
town and received his LL. D. from
Notre Dame.
THE PRESS CENSOR
It is the Thaw trial, do doubt, that is
to be thanked for the press censor If he
ever comes into being. But then there
!? another side to the matter. The
press censor Is a thing that appears,
from the license ef the press that goes
under the name of liberty, to be a thing
now becoming necessary ? but the cen
sorship when it is born, If it be born,
will also overstep its rights, no doubt,
and soon become a nuisance. If some
decent mean can be Inaugurated none
?rill welcome the censor more than the
newspapermen themselvee? most of
'em.
ANXIETY ABOUT THE FOLKS
"How's your father?" came the
whisper, ?
Bashful Ned the silence breaking;
"Oh, he's niccly," Annie murmured,
Smilingly the question taking.
Conversation flagged a moment,'
Hopeless Ned essayed another;
"Annie, I?I," then a coughing,
And the question, "How's yonr
mother?"
"Mother? Oh, she's doing finely!"
FleellDg fast was all forbearance,
When In low dlspairlng accents,
Cam' the climax, "How's your pa
rents?"
If there are anv people In Skaeway
who are not candidates for the postof
flce job since the exciting ontest was
iprung in uur midst, he might go in for
itrengthenlng the Bryaa tickot. The
Bryan ticket needs strengthnlng.
Alaska, famous the world over for
ber srold, Is destined to be Known as the
first of coppor producer*. There In do
doubt about that.
Next time Captain Hanlon of Sitka
goes gunning for a whale he will firs',
j cut off the whale't tall.
A ladles fur Hoed coat formerly 800
dow 940 at Behrends.
OUTDID UNCLE SAM.
How an Old Lady Found a Person the
National Postoffice Couldn't.
"The fates call and mortals obey."
The speaker was a small, precise aijd
elegant old lady whose diminutive stat
ure was quite forgotten by her hearers
In the realization of her force and dig
nity. She had gone to the dead letter
sale under protest and was narrating
an experience which grew out of the
purchase she had made. V"I went to
that sale not because I wanted to or
was interested or expected to buy any
thing, but because I've an Impertinent
graudnlece who b'nted I was too old
to be In such a crowd.
"After awhile the auctioneer offered
a package as big as a sack of Hour,
aud 1 bought it for 85 cents. Then
when I brought It home I found It
contained nothing but a lot of worn,
threadbare clothing mended almost to
death. I was Just about to force It
on that grnndnlece of mine and make
her dlstrlbuty it to some poor families
when I found a letter in the pocket of
the coat. I've kept that letter. The
writer was a young girl from down
east In Massachusetts. She was send
ing that clothing as the only Christ
mas gift she could make for her broth
er Ben, who lived in a city In Wis
consin.
"Well, when 1 read that letter I Just
sat down and cried to think that poor
girl's sewing had all gone astray. I
made up my mind that If the postal
authorities could not find that girl's
brother I could. So I did up the bun
dle again, put a letter outside asking
the postman to return the package to
me If he couldn't deliver it and then
addressed the whole thing to 'Mary
Burgess' Brother Ben, , Wis.'
Would you believe that that postman
in that Wisconsin town really found
that poor boy and gave him the bun
dle? And now I've a letter from the
girl In which she tells me bofh she and
her brother are In much Improved cir
cumstances. that Ben has a fine posi
tion in a furniture factory and that
thoy are soon to be together for good."
?Washington Star.
I
This Gray Old World.
A certain man was once permitted to
make the world over to suit himself,
the world and all that la it was. And
when he was douo he stood back and
surveyed his work and exclaimed: "A
paradise! Ab truly a paradise!"
But at the end of a week he was
found dead, and the verdict of the cor
oner's Jury was that be had been bored
to death.? Puck.
An English Supqrstition.
The most popular superstition in
many parts of England Is that every
remnant of Christmas decoration must
be removed before Candlemas day.
Should a sprig of holly or other ever
green be left In any house one of Its
occupants will die within (lie year.
Ono third ofT on a'l Ladies ready
made #o. ds at Bounds' Sale.
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INTERIOR *ND LOCAL
Whiteborse? Clear, ca'm, 23 below.
Atlin? Clear, calm, 10 below.
Center? Clear, culm, I7 belt w.
Tagiah? Foggy, calm, 22 below.
Hootalioqua ? Clear, calm, 30 below.
Big Salmon ? Clear, calm, 88 below.
Yukon Crossing ? Clear, calm, 30 be
low.
Selkirk? Foggy, calm, 28 below.
Coffee Creek? Purt cloudy, light
.south wind. 24 below.
Stewart ? FogeVi calm, 12 below.
Osrilvie? Foggy, calm, 15 below.
Dawson? Cloudy, south wind, 13 be
low.
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Jmd. 28,
1908, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n .29 above
via*. temp. preceding 24 hours'. 35 above
vlln " " " ..25 above
VIean " " " " . 30 ?bove
Barometer 30.36
Clear, no.-th wind.
A $75 Indies Fur lined coat for f50
at Bebrends Sale.
HOW'S THIS
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for anv cm- o of Catarrh tba
cannot be cured by Hul 'a < atarrh Cure.
F. J Cheney & Co , of Toledo, O.
We, the undrrsisued, bave known F.
J. Cheney for tbt last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly louorahle In all
business transaction and financially
aMe to carry any obli/aiions made by
bl> firm.
Balding, Kinran & Marvin,
WtioliSile drug?ji,'tr', Toledo, O
Hali's ca'urrh C?re is token internal
ly, acting dm ctly upon the blood and
muscous surfaces of the system. Testi
monial sent hee. Price, jSc. per bot
tle. Sold by all druggist*.
T?ke Hall's Family Pilla lot const!*
ntion.
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER
Having put in a steam uoiler and
other macuinery we *ro bitter ire
pared thun ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
5-23-tf Skagway Laundry
Fre?b Moat
Tlie Prye-Brubn Co. keep all kind
of fresu meat constantly on band.
A Wondnrfol Instrum-nt
You should drop imo the Ma?cot and
hear the music. The electric piano
tins a Mandolin attachment equal to a
whole octette of Mandolin Httacbments
with a nirinK of tew airs.
A *10 skirt for $6 (55 at Behrends'
Sale.
All the delicacies of the "season a
the Pack Train Restaurant.
HAVE YOU SEEN
our- P. Can tius F.-lenlus, if not drop
in at Dayiitrbt and look at It ? it is the
prettiest now it ever whs. {{espec fully
yours Hermnn Grimm.
Henr Thoso Mnndollb* Ringing
Eight of 'em in one instrument, with
Piano accompaniment. Hear them at
tho Mascot. It is jrreaf, ami fills the
place of a vaudeville entertaiument.
WANTED? A firs' class Gold or Gold
end Copper Mining Proposition in nlas
ka. State full particulars when you
write. A ddn ss. L-w is Lusk, R. O. box
107^, Spokane, Washington. 219- lmo
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fShPacific Coast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE
? ? ? l *' OWl MUi J U
Cottage City
C >naectm? with tae Oo~ip*ay's Steamers at Seattle for
San Francisco, Socthbr:: CiUTORNiA, Eorska (Hamboldt Bay) and
Mexico
tjf Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway I
SEAT-r-B Tick st Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
10 Market street, San Franolaoo, Cal.
Canadian Pacific Railway
(B. C. Coast Service)
Twin Screw Steamship
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagway
January 29 February 13th, 29th.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. Stop-overs allowed
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Ticket* to any part of :he world and all Information from
Phon? 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
The Alaska Steamship Co, i
Carrying U. S. Mall and Alaska Pacific Express
Nixt 8*1 11 ac of (he Faat Paeeerger 8?eamer
JEFFERSON, Feb. 5, 16, 21 '
Company reaerree right to ehange sailing dat? without notice.
T~*nafer? to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
4
Through TtckiU to Ban Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
i You knoai the Advantage of
up-to-date toilet preparations
They are as indespensablo to health
beaut} and happiness as food and it is
only bv careful study a druggist be
comes a factor in the struggle for them.
We recommend our
BENZO WITCH HAZEL CREAM our
ALMOND and CUCUMBFR CREAM
our great assortment of BEST SOAPS
For a
SMOOTH AND SOFT SKIN
Our
Resorsin Hair Tonic
and Tar Shampoo for the HAIR and
SCALP.
Our
TOILET WATERS, PERFUMES and
TALCUM POWDERS for general use
b.v all who oare for a olean. healthy and
refined appearance.
Will. BRITT
THE DRUGGIST
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. 5. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tenakee, Sitka and WayporU
S/i I LS
JANUARY 3," 9. 15,
21, 27
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOGHTON, Atfent
Broadway and Fifth At?, Phone 90
U. S- Mai' Steamer
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a. m. Leaves
Haines for Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trro $2.50
REMODELED
THE
Rainier-grand fiotel
SEATTLE
I New Management
Central Location
Popular Prioea
Buropean Plan
Finest CAFE nnd BAR In thoCfv
Wilson A White Co.Prop.Cbn* Perr> Mgr
Raw purs,...
WE PAY
High Prices for fine furs
Write For Price List
Percy's Fur House
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
' -v.> -<-hx>OOCKK8C8C?
I ROYAL
| Steam liacindpy
All Work Guaranteed.
i
Orders Promptly
a} Done
R Messenger will call and. [deliver
Phono 79
otfooascwooocK
The White Pass &Yukon Route
VIMH> TABL.lv No. 18
(Dully Except Su%day.)
No. 1. N. I-ound
1st claeb.
S 30 a. m.
10 10 "
10 50 "
11 20 "
1 10 p. m.
3 25
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITB -PAS3
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
Whits Horse
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. S.JBound
lit class
3 20 p.rm.
1-45 "
" 12 46 ?'
12 05- "
10 30a. m.
8 20 "
Passengers must bo at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected acd
checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train
150 pounds of baggage will be checked freo with each full fare ticket
ftnd 75 pounds with oach half fare ticket
Through Line From
Skagway to Atiin, White Horse, Big Salmon, D >wson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer camps in the Alsekand Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skajway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintataed
bj a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horoe and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengets, leave White Horse for JDawson and
intermediate points. "
For Conrad City, loeated injtbe heart of The newly discovered and fabulously rich quai tz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Corlbou.
For information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
* ' to any agent of the Company, or to*
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. C. and Skaguay, Alaska Skaguay, Alatka