You nuke a m?ukr if
you do not stop all
Famous for its Home Cooking.
Milk. Oram. Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own dairy.
Fresh Eggs, etc j
nil in
* - - * * ' 11 V u v u
Room* SmgV or hi Su*t EUectncXljght*
Porcelain Baths or each floor
RATES -$2.^0 PER DAY AND^UP*
H. S. PULLEN, Prop. :: Skagway
SHIP YOUR
RAW FURS
TO THE
MWItATOUV . MINK.
W ? lor Circular _ -
Alaska Fur* a Specialty
Very Top Price* Paid.
Make - Trial - Shipment
7TnnimtHniT'Tr*
RAW FURS
? : WK PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
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Percey's Fur House
Othkoth. - Wucontin
Send the Skagway Daily Alaskan
home to the states. 75c. per month
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The Only Firtft Clam Hotel Opened Under New Manage
.j. in Carer om ment
+ haadtoartera tor Atfln Stare Uaa
xHOTEL SCOTT
Scott A Schwaaiekamp
Headquarters for Mining Men and
Travelers
SPECIAL RATEf AND ACCOMMOD ATIONS FOR MUSHERS.
WELL FURNISHED ROOMS TABLE THE BEbT
GOOD STABLES FIRST CI ASS BAR STOCK
CARCROSS ?? 0 YUKON TER.
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NEW COMFORTABLE- ELEGANr 4
The Caribou Hotel *
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E. W. GIDEON. Proprietor ^
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Car cross, Yukon Territory +
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Immediately Oppoaite the Wliite Pa?? Depot *J*
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Well Equipped Furnace Heated Throughout Cafe and Bar
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Headquarters for 'Schulz's Atlin Royal Mail1 Stage Line
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The Skagway Pioneer Dairy ?
H. P. UIMAN, Prop. jjj
"The Sanitary Milk Ranch" +
The Urgent and best conducted dairy In A :a?ka. ? -> ?
Daily Shipments of Pure Milk and Cream
To *11 point* on White Pm A Yukon Route.
B. M. BEHRENDS, Bmker
Juneau, ? Alaska
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
Respectfully Solicits The Accounts
of Skagway Firms And Individuals.
LsiS? bcss Q?Z(g '/barp^^
Com?CoWinOneD?y.Cr*?n3J>*y?w
] A GUILTLESS !
i CONSCIENCE !
J Sometimes Needs No A c- J
J cuser. :
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J f
i i
: By 6. b. umm :
1 wa? brought up ou adages. An
auDt of mine waa continually dinging
them at me. and am lurk would have It
they always worked the wrong way
with me. One day when I was hesi
tating a* to the date of going to a
neighboring town for a certain pur
pose she said to me, "Never put otT
till tomorrow what you can do to
day." I started Immediately, and while
I was gone a man came to buy of me
* piece of property I was very anxious
to sell. 1 missed him and lost the
Ml*
A favorite saying or my mini * wn*.
" A guilty conscience nwl? no ac
cuser." I hiive always been a very
sensitive person with too tender a
<-onsclence already; consequently I bad
no occasion for this special adage.
Indeed. It was the source of a great
deal of trouble to me. Not that I suf
fered in auy way under a guilty con
science. but 1 had heard so often that
a criminal Is bound to betray himself
that?
But I'll not begin with the denoue
ment of my story. I'll save that for the
end. 1 was engaged to l>e married to
Martha Ellison, a girl of very high
principle. Indeed, so noble were her
conceptions? and so far as I knew she
lived up to theni-that from the
moment I became engaged to her I was
In constant dread of doing something
that would appear ignoble In her
sight.
One day while walking on the street
I saw a gold watch with a chain lying
at my feet. I stoo|>cd and picked It
up. It had fallen on grass t<eslde the
flags and was apparently uninjured.
At any rate. It was ticking merrily. I
looked about me to ace If any one
was near who might have dropped It.
I saw a policeman coming with n
quick tread toward uie. When hi>
came up he eyed me sharply.
"There was a robbery committed
near here a few minutes ago," be
said. "Rave you seen any one sua
plcious looking? any one running?"
It at once occurred to me thst If I :
told him I had found the plundered
property? or part of It? I would be ar
rested for the thief. I could not put
off till tomorrow what must 1* done
today. In other words. I had no time
to think over what I had best do, so
I simply replied in the negative.
Now, I hadn't seen any one who ap
pea red to have been connected with
the robbery, and I possessed a perfect
ly clear conscience. I had in my pos
session what was doubtless property
that had been taken by the roblier In
question and either dropped or thrown
away to avoid being caught with It on
his person. Moreover, I was ready
and willing to turn It over to either
the owner or the authorities. Hut why
should I stand In the position of the
person who had likely considered that
it was necessary to get rid of it?
Unquestionably I should have band
ed out the watch and chain to the po
liceman and told blm that I bad found
them. If I could have put off my de
cision In the matter for even a few
minutes probably 1 would have done
this. But I couldn't put It off. And
here Is where that adage Is lame. It
takes no more account of cases where
we run i pm un iumuk iuiuk<> >>???? <R
those In which we should put off do
ing them.
I told the policeman that I had seen
no one who looked like n robber, but
said nothing about the wntcb and
chain. As I have already snld. in?
conscience was clear, but I hnve no
doubt I looked like a thief. It didn't
matter that I Intended to give up the
property when I could do so without
Incriminating myself. 1 had stolen
goods in uiy possession, and a |H>llce
ninn was looking at ine suspiciously.
He s?M>nied in doubt whether ho
should hold on to me or let me go
Possibly It was ray res|iectable ap
pearance that decided him to do th<>
latter. But he had gone on only h
few steps before he called to me and
asked me my name and where I lived
I gave him both correctly, and he did
not delay me further.
My not having produced the stolen
property at once complicated the case
for me very much. It occurred to me
that I should handle the matter de
: llberately before coming to a decls ;
1 Ion as to what to do ncit. If I should
go home I might not have an oppor
tunlty to think the matter out. I !
might be so ut for by the police either
for a wttnesa or on suspicion. I dread
ed being questioned further before
having laid down (he course 1 should
pursue. I concluded to go to my
fiancee, tell her of the situation and
talk the matter over with her.
On the way I fell to thinking that
my course thus far had not been such
as to challenge admiration. Indeed, I
realleed that 1 should have had the
courage to tell the policeman I had
found a watch and chain. I knew that
Martha was just the kind of a girl
to blame me for not having done
this. The consequence was that whan
I called on her at an unusual hour? It
waa 11 o'clock In the morning? and
interrupted her In aome work she was
doluir and she did not seem especially
pleased to see me. my courage oozed
out. Instead of coming right out with
the matter In hand I stammered a
trumped up eirusa for my coming.
She Mid eotdly thnt the reason t |j?t#
was not taflk-lcNrt fbr my calling upon
hor when sho waa hot presentable; be
she was -orry to aay that my
demeanor warranted her In liellevltif
that It wa* not the real reason
When I hint g>>t master* Itetween her
and me In the wont j?osslble tlx I tohl
her the whole atory Aa 1 supposed
?he would do, ulie deprecated my not
having tnrneit over the property at
once; and advised me to go to a police
station and do no.
While talklitfr with her I aat In a hay
window from which I could aoe np
the street for aome distance. Martha
had hardly nuide thla recommenda
tion when I aaw the policeman t had
met approaching with another officer
whose uniform denoted a higher rank
"There he coines now," I exclaimed.
"He doubtless changed his mltMl about
letting me iro, followed ine and having
marked the house I entered, went to
l>ollce headqunrter* and reported me
us a suspicion* character. And now
he Is brlnelng an Inspector here to ex
amine me. If not to arrest me. I shall
l>e found with I he (roods on me."
It was now Martha's tnrn to show
her atrcngth of character, but to my
surprise the suddenness with which she
was called upon to do so threw her off
her Italanc*. She seemed quite unable
to tell me what to do. ,
"It won't do for me to I* found with
the property on me," I said quickly.
"Can't .von hide It for me?"
"Suppoee they search the house T"
"It won't matter to yon. They will
hold mo to I* the thief, since I was
seen In the neiphlmrhood of (he rob
l>ery Immediately after It occurred."
"But I shall l>e considered aa harbor
ing a criminal, and that would mean
that I was In league with you."
It's mighty easy to 1* a hero on pa
per, but when It cornea to putting It tn
practice It's a different matter. Mar
tha's strength of character didn't pan
out at lielng brought face to fact with
the real thing.
"YOU TP nor lTlClineo in up vnj uru
sacrificing. I'm disappointed." I said
"Disappointed! It's I who should he
disappointed. If yon had had the man
liness to hand Dnt the property In the
first place yon wouldn't hare (rot Into
such a tlx."
"I'd have had to spend some time In
jail and prove that I wasn't a rohher."
By this time the officers were within
a few yards of the house. Martha and
I stood waiting for the hlow to fall and
In another moment heard the doorbell
rlif.
"It's all up with me." I said.
Martha also had iKvome demoralised.
She placed me in a closet the door of
which was closed with a portiere, then
went to answer the summons. I heard
a man's voice ask If I were In the
house, calling me l>y name. Martha,
whose high principled nature I had al
ways admired and stood In awe of, de
nied that I wan In the house, thereby
uttering a deliberate falsehood.
"Well, mis*." I heard the man say,
"he told this patrolman where be lived,
but he was seen to come here." My
logs trembled and my teeth chattered.
"We must find hlin. He was seen
walking today near where a robbery
was committed, and a lady looking out
through a window saw him pick up a
watch and chain The roMier has l>een
arrested, and the gentleman that was
robbed would like to get Ills property.
He's willing to pay a lllieral tvward "
There was silence for a few mo
tnents, whih was broken by Martha,
who said that she would send me word
Immediately and If I had the valuables
*he did not doubt that I wonld return
them at owe With that the police
man withdrew, and I heard the door
closed. As Martha returned to the
room 1 steiii>cd out of the closet
Send the Al.iskan to your frlenda
1 Dotal flf wtfft other, boffl drawl** ?
aUh of relief.
"Martha." I mM. "I thank ym i t try
nitt b for th? lie'
"I don't think." ahe retorted, "that
you bare ?liown either good mm or
moral courage."
"Rather I bar* slm?vn that I labor
under an mw of i <?? l?M "
"And I labor inwVr an abnormal
sympathy "
"We're made a mountain nut of a
molehill, haven't weT"
"Too hare."
I aaw that ahe was relieved it the
outcome. and I knew (hot I waa. I
kissed her. and It wa? all over.
Aa won aa 1 felt aiwnred that I
could leave the hou?e without the <>(fl
cers aeelng uh> I stepi**! lewdly out and
went to the nearest po!l--e offlre. where
I delivered the stolen ir??>d? The man
at the desk didn't ask why I hadn't re
turned them lieforp Me donbtlesn anp
posed 1 had Intended to keep them, hnt
since I had lieen wn to pick them ?|>
that waa im|N>*,<ll>le I waa making a
virtue of rvwjprmity.
"I will are that Ton ret the reward.'
he said "The owner of the nutrb will
aend It to you or leate it here. The
watcb la not only a valuable chrnwome
ter. bat belonged to tlie mother of the
gentlemnn who w.i? l?<! II# has
oflferwl ISO for It* return."
"I don't wl*h any reward." I aald
with offenili-d rllcnlti "I'm a gentle
inan find inj -??lf a* ??Kh 0WI1
t>d to return anything I (IimI piwlded 1
know the ??**"
He up at mr r lih <nrprti?--l?
f#rt. with Incredulity
"What'a tho game'-" he r??k?d
"No gun* at nil Why ?!?? vmi think
I'm playing a game?"
"Why didn't you return llw* w itrh
without trying to jmt away with it T*
I no reply bnt. tn-nlng. ief?
the station
Not having cofne out of tlie rt ST. i -
with any great ecl;it. I llln?tritrt ai
adage. "Misery love* rnmnnnT." by r?
Jolclnjt that Martha al?o hid nM
shown that rigid rwnl f<w principle
for whloh ahe wa? noted We were
married won after. and r.nm t* tin
only ca?e I have ever known of lorer*
who w.-re married net|)?er l?>lng here
to the other
BAKERY QOlUs.
Brettl? a'J klD'!a ? freak from the
iven, rake* and plan, cookias and
doughnuts. in tect a first rla a line o
bakery goo 1a wHI bv found at U?a
Vienna Bakery. Broadway, b?*wee?
Fifth and ?Mith Avenuea. tf
BOOTHS BAI.TIMORR OVSTKRS
Finest Fresh Oysters ever brought
to 8kft?way In bnlk Corns* In r?
frigerator sealed earthen Jars. Oys
(era on Half Shell also always o:i
hand. Order by Phona or rail at th
Vienna Bakery, Broadway, near 6th
The best meals In Whltehorae at
the "White Pass Cafe," only white
help employed Mrs Orloff King
proprietress tf
Hand painted dinner cards, farors
score cards. In water color or oil
original and esrlnslre designs and
local subjects. Sspply on hand o
"perlal work executed on Short
notice. Mrs. I?ulse Mllnes, with
J. Ikuta, Skagway Mall orders re
reive special attention. tf
Bonded whtalrtee ? Otbann, Moon
Vemnn and Bolmont The best of
Beer ? Blue Ribbon. Bndweleer and
Pale Rainier, at the Masoot Tele
phone ?7. tf
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AtinrMft
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CotnaltM<on#r for Yukon T?rr1t off
to Takn AfrWa?lta
Hkncway Alanfca
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l ? r . romif ill
t. a w j ? r
?oo-?o? Call RMg -u? Pranrfcw#
B|*wtil attention gto*n to
Mining A R?l K?Ut<?
DK. I,, ft. KKI.MCft
IMhl
Mtxrt Mo-Wn M?tho4?
Ojxtn Branlng*
Offlro Honri: 1-11 a m 14 p m
Alankan RnlMInc - -Broadway
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M V. PATTKIIftrW A r*W?PA*T
? De*l?n l??
DR1TAI. SUPPLIES
J J* Walker KMg SoatMo. Waah
Ort#? by mail or rnbln will nwtw
prompt attention Citalnfn? on rn
qneat.
J. IKUTA
WAFirFACTTWW.
JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Curiot, Ivory C?*rrinft
Indian Basket*
CHINA AND CUT. CLASS
Otkral WalcK la^ctnr for il?*
W P. fc Y R<v.?
M?l Or?i?T? frr** prompt tmrt
There is .Strength
and Vi^or
in Every Drop
?Vc Mm J Mifeg
CGM r A N>
SCATTLI, WMM.
Trade At Home
1 1 in a Hard thing to convince some people, who hare acquired the
* mail order habit that it is to their advantage to trade at home. The
green fields far away appeal to them. so they send their money out of
town for something that is no better than can be found on the local
merchant's shelves. The money is thus gone where they, nor any one
of the community, will ever see it again, and where it can do nobody
good but the person who has it and he is hundreds or thousands of
miles away.
THE MAIL ORDER PEOPLE
are not the only offenders who are blind to the interests of the commu
nity. The merchants are just as bad. Many of them send away for
their printing, while at the same time argue against?mail order businesa.
SEE THE DRIFT?
TRHD6 AT HOME
AND
GET YOUR PRINTING AT HOME