MATCH ON
ft wling Trams Contest for
Limog Cop
A thre?-men team bowling con
tost for a loving cup, and to test the
right of of the B. M. Behrends three
men team to its claim to the Skagway
ehimpionship, begun at the Elks'
c ub a.'ley last night. The Be'recds
aggregation got a slight advantage in
last night's howling.
The contest, was b ought about by F.
C. Flab art;, M S. Whittier and L M.
Jensen accenting the more or le>s open
dofy that had ?been hurled at the
o her Skagway bowlers by th- B. M.
Behrenrts Mercantile Co. aggregation,
George B.aocLard VV. VV. Ward and
E. M. Mclotvre, all connected with
the b'g dry good* house. It was agreed
that the side making the most pius in
the 1 J games sbould be the victor.
To ?dd Interest to the rontest the
?'k?' Club offered the loving cup,
iieured tk vear aga for a two-man team
tourname it that was ! ever completed,
to the victors.
Two g->mes were played last night
and each team scored a victory, but in
the total number of pins the Benrends
team has 13 to spare.
George Bianchard |m<de the highest j
score and F C. Flaharty the second.
F. C. Fiaharty made the
highest average in the two games and '
I. M. Jensen was second.
The scores were as follows:
FUharty
Whittier
Jensen
145 178
139 13?>
171 151
475 465 941'
Blaochard
Ward
Mclntyre
132 187 316
14n 171 32U
435 518 953
435
JUNIOR ENDEAVOR
SOCUL IONIGHI
The Junior Eeodeavor Society will
jive asocial this evening at the Presby
terian church. The admission will te
10 cents -nd the proceed- will be for
the beneSt for an orph .ns' home at
Seattle.
In addition to the hymns by the con
gregation, responsive reading of the
scriptures and prover by Dr. John P.
Hearst, the following program will be
rendered:
R'Citation Ruth DeWitt
Song Florence and Eunice Tyler
An aadress on Japanese children . .
Dr. John P. Hearst |
Recitation Viola Powell I
Indian club drill Victor Sparks !
The p oeram will be closed by every - 1
body singing the !n?ti<>nal anthem.
Rebokah will disperse refreshments'
at the well and she invites all to call at j
the c ose of the program.
Everv body will be welcomed at the!
entertainment.
ALASKA GEES
FEDERAL MONEY
Washington, Jan. 21 ? The house this
morning voted ?3."U0 to reimburse
George Easterly, of Va'.dez. for a
launch destroyed by lire whi; 4 being
used by the geological survey party in
that section last surooier.
W. W. Boughton has received aeon
signment of Mareuerite Havana Cigars,
If you wan: a good sweet smoke call
for'?hem.
BUY Of US
0..e_Priee for Jrwelry 'to
Everybody.
We say, without fear of successful
contradiction, that we can demonstrate
that we have the best place to buy
jewelry in Alaska That is an import
ant fact, because everybody buys jewel
ry. If you a-e anybody it behooves you
to come and let us maise this demonstra
tion to you.
We sell jewelry of all kinds. We
carry he very best that is made. WE
HAVE ONLY ONE PRICE, and that
PRICE IS RIGHT. It is Jthe same to
everybody.
Our line of optical good- is 'comDlete.
We will guarantee to meet all con
ditions an expert examination may
show to be required. We have the
goods, the appliances to make the ex
amination and the expert knowledge
required. EXAMINATIONS FREE
Don't forget that our repair depart
ment is always read)-, thai your mottoes
are AS GOOD As NE .V and SATIS
FACTION GUARANTEED.
J. Ikuta. Optician and Jeweler.
DEATH BY A BOMB.
j tnoifluarv Incident of the Crlmnu
War li> Tolstoi.
The following imaginary incident of
the Crimean war is found in Couut Tol
stoi's "Sevastopol:" "The bomb, com
ing faster Ami faster and nearer and
nearer, so that the sparks of its fuse
were already visible, descended. 'Lie
down!' some one shouted. They lay
flat on the ground. Praskouhln, closing
his eyes, heard only the bomb crashing
down on the hard earth close by. A
*eootid passed, which seemed an hour.
The bomb had not exploded. He open
ed his eyes and at that moment caught
a sight of the glowing fuse of the bomb
not a yard off. Terror, cold terror, ex
cluding every other thought and feel
ing, seized his whole being. He covered
his face with hi9 hands.
"Then he remembered the 12 rubles
he owed, a debt In St. Petersburg that
should have been paid long a?o and the
gypsy song he had sung that evening
The womau he loved rose In his im
agination, wearing a cap with lilac rib
bons, and yet, inseparable from all
these and from thousands of other rec
ollections. the present thought, the ex
pectation of death, did not leave him
for a moment. 'Perhaps It won't ex
plode.' and with desperate final de
cision he wished to open his eyes, but
at that instaut a rod flame pierced
through the still closed lids, and. with
a terrible crish. something struck him
iu the middle of the chest.
"He jumped up and began to run, but.
| stumbling over the saher that got be
tween his legs, fell on his side. 'ThanV.
God. I'm only bruised.' was his first
thought, and lie wished to touch his
chest w ith his hand, but his j rms seem
ed tied to his sides, and it f -lt as If a
vise were s.;in?zing his head. Soldiers
flitted past hie* and he counted them
unconsciously. Then lightning flashed
before his eyes. and he wondered
whether the shut were tired. from a
L:o:tar or cannon. 't'auu..n, proba
bly. and here are inure soldiers? Ave.
six. seven soldiers. They all pass by.'
He was snddeuly tilled with fear that
thev would rrnsh him. He wished to
shout that lie was hurt, hut his ur.iutli
was so dry that his tongue clove to the
roof of his mouth.
"He felt i: wet about his i best, and
this sensation of being wet made him I
think of water. Fearing lest the sol*!
diers might trample on hiui. he tried tc !
shout 'Take rare with you." b it instead
of that lie uttered such a terr bio groan !
that he was frightened to hear it. Then j
other red tires began dancing before i
his eyes, and '.t seemed to him that the I
soldiers put s'onos on him. He made |
an effort to push off the stones stretch- j
cd liiitiM'lf. and saw and heard and fel:
nothing mure. He hid heet) killed on;
the -pot by .1 bomb s| linicr i:> the mid
dle of hi- ?-l.es;,'
.
POINTFD PARAGRAPHS. I
A Sh k man talks almilt t>v?>ryt liinir ex
cept death.
Xo mail is I >i j; t*in t<? laugh :it j
a real worrj
TVhllc luatiiu a 111:111 usually (liink-* t
about a big s ln'tiit' that won t work, j
An a | k> I never '.rives satisfaction]
to but one person? the oue who makes |
It.
If you mu?'. kick, make it swift and
sure. anil do not protons the agony by
wakens; excuses.
A boy thinks. "What a good titne a
man has!" Ami a man thinks. "What
a ffx?l time 1 I toy has!" And what a
poor time b.?h have:
It may !>? - s gnod a feat t?> have all
of a little virl's |>ettifoiits the same
length as : i- t<> have *?\ ?*r> t 'liiijt; that
idol's on tl:t- ' tow mokfil at the same
tltr.e.? Atcltis.m tilol*.
Iii a Meiloau Hal Store.
Half u mil iuu straw hats is no un- 1
| oomuion sigl t ti> be uiet wilh at one
tit::* iu til-.- hit stole* of Mu-' ii'O. The
liaN art* made of a long pampas grass
which grws lowhere else iu ibe world.
It is specially cu'tka.ed for tile hut iti
dustry. S.i rapidly are tin- hats made
1 ti>:t t sniur- skilled workmen can turn
out ten <>;? a dozen a ilay. an-.l they are
| then sent I" all paHs iff t':e world.
They r ist : fuiiri lelne each to
make, ar.' r. 'ailed at from 1 shillini;
siipem-'' to ; shillings and are so dnr
able tli i' t<>l inlY ??pientl; happens
that th ?s- ? ' an eeonomlcal turn of
? ifciiul mak" s siuith* l-at last ten years.
; ? London Ijr -ell.
< f?*???a|iea!i?* Ba>.
i l'-.-w peoi :e fully appreciate the
great size >f 'lie Chesapeake bay. It
is tia- lar?e. t indentation on the At
h'.lit:*' ii>:!?i. :.inl it lias often been
c..lled il-i- Mediterranean of \merica
en ii- I ih" navies uf (!h? world
eoill.l easily ;.i:il. 1| is Jim mills long."
and In suiue pi <ees it |< forty miles
broaii. It Ins :ta area of over 2.O0*1
square iniie--. .??ml it shoots off lute
great rivers >? i!h an aggregate. length
of thousands of miles. ? l'.altimore
American.
The l.atcM.
Customer- Yon say. then, that this
material is the latest V Shopman The
rerv latest, madam. Customer -But
will it fade in the suit? Shopman
Why. it has. tieeii ly inji In the window
for two years. and look how well It has
s'iHxl. ? London Mail.
Ilullc Different.
Papa- No: lies not the proper son
of a husband for you. my dear. Daugh
ter-Oil. papa, he'd die for me! Papa
Oh. that's all right. Tell him to go as
far as he likes. I was afraid he want
ed to marry yon.? Cleveland T.eader.
tlrallfr'nll PnlRrm.
"Your son Is studying art. 1 believe.
Has he made much progress?"
"Oh. yes. He Is able to talk the lan
guage quite fluently."? Judge.
COLOR COMBINATIONS.
! Bniv They Were Cleverly C'aed la
Uxpunini; a
la a large factory in which were em
ployed several hundred persons one of
the workmen in wielding his hammer
carelessly allowed It to slip from his
hand. It tlew halfway across the room
and struck a fellow workman in the
left eye. The inau afterward averred
that his eye was blinded by the blow,
I although a careful examination failed
to reveal any injury, there being not a
scratch visible.
He brought a suit in the courts for
compensation for the loss of half of
his eyesight, and refused all offers of
compromise. Under the law the owner I
of the factory was responsible for an
Injury resulting from an accident of
this kind.
The day of the trial arrived, and In
open court an eminent oculist, retained
by the defense, examined the alleged
Injured member and gave It as his
opinion that it was as good as the right
eye.
Upon the plaintiff's loud protest of
his inability to see with his left eye
the oculist proved him a perjurer and
satisfied the court and jury of the fal
sity of hi-i claim. He did It stmply by
knowing that the colors green and red
combined make black.
He prepared a black card, on which
a few words were written in green Ink
Then the plaintiff was ordered to put
on a pair of spectacles with two differ
ent glasses, (he one for the right eye
being red. and the cue for the left eye
consisting of ordinary glass. Then the
card was handed to him, and he was
ordered t?? read the writing ou It
through the glasses.
This lie liid without hesitation, and
the cheat was at once exposed. Owing
to the effect whi<h the colored glass
must have had upon the green writing
the sound right eye titled with the red
glass could not possibly distinguish
the writing on the black surface of the
card, while the left eye, which he pre
tended was sightless, was the one with
which the reading had tn be done.?
r.ondon standard.
THE SWISS ARMY.
Ahva>a Heady For War Service at uj
% Moineut'n Notice.
The total population of Switzerland
is rather less tlinu half the population
of Londou alone, yet the plucky little
republie can throw into the field at a|
moment's uotiec four completely equip- j
pod ami trained army corps to Ger- j
many's and France's twenty and Eng |
land's uominal eight. In proportion to
her i>o|>nlatii>n as compared with Swit
zerland. Kuglaud should possess fifty, j
Every ablebodied Swiss is, ipso facto,
a member of (lie army from eighteen
to forty-four, yet never does one hear,
the least complaiut made by a Swiss j
of whatever social class at the trifling
sacrifice of time that his military .
duties demand. To watch a Swiss bat
talion on Its way to maneuvers In
camp or on its return is to watch as
contented, serviceable and cheerful a
lot of men as one could wish to meet.
The only serious tax upon the time
of the soldiers is the lirst two months
of hard training as a recruit. After
ward sixteen days in camp every other
year is all that is required of him.
Between whiles he shoots with his
comrades- every little village has Its I
shooting range? because he loves It I
and devotes a certain amount of time j
voluntarily to the physical exercises j
he Is taught at school to keep himself |
fit. On first joining he Is carefully !
examined as regards his suitability for
this or that branch of the service and 13
drafted into that for which he is best
fitted, and he invariably takes as great
a pride in his regiment, battery or
squadrou as could any voluntarily en
listed man In our smartest corps at
home.
The Swiss army comprises 100 bat- j
tallous of Infantry and twenty-four
squadrons of cavalry, with the neces
sary ordnance and departmental corps,
while the artillery Includes forty
eight field batteries, ten batteries of
position and two excellent mountain
batteries Pall Mall Gazette.
First Thermometer.
The tirst thermometer was made in j
lt'Jl l>y I nif<-h physicist named Cor
nelius Van Drebbell and consisted of
a tulie lilh'il with air, closed at Its up
per em! and dipping at Its other ex
| tremity, wliirli whs open. in a bottle of
uitric acid diluted with water. As tlie
temperature rose or fell the air In the
tube increased or grew less in volume
and consequently the liquid descended
or rose. This instrument is now known
as an air thermometer, but as Its meas
urements were based on no fixed prin
ciple it was of little use.
\u Relative of His.
Duncan, aged two and a half, had
been naughty. To punish him his
mother tied him In his high chair and
kept him there for one hour, by the
clock. His father got home before the
hour was quite up and asked the
youngster why he was lied up.
"Father," replied Duncan, pointing
an accusing finger at his mother, "I'm
completely surprised at that lady."
The (ircater Uitenxe.
Professional Hypnotist? Can I get
permission to bury old Joe Soaker alive
and dig him up after thirty days?
Mayor of Lonely vllle? No, ding ye! Ye
kin bury him alive if ye want to, but If
ye ever dig him up ag'in I'll jug ye!?
New York Press.
An Artist.
She? You said you were going to
I marry an artist, and now you're en
i gaged to a dentist. Flo? Well, isn't be
Jan artist? H? draws from real life.
?
; When a man lays the foundation of
his own ruin, others wlii build on tt?
| Fielding.
SPECIAL SALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
. Commencing Monday 1-2 off.
I 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.
I Martin Conway j
ff1E BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
bv tho old tot
or miss pla.1
used in somff
louseholdsj
BUT
with p
W "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
following the simple instmctioni
the quality is always dcliUon*.
See our se i-rral styles and 1st p*
explain the perfect- way.
P. E. KERN
Gold and Silver smith.
Notice to Public
I have authorized Mr. P. B. graves
to assutre fell charge of my aff irs in
connection with ru> n nsr the Pullen
House during mv absence.
Mrs. h. S. Pcllen.
S ?g?ay, Nov. 28, li)06, tf.
Coal and Wood
Call up the Alaska Transfer company
for coal, wood and kind ing. All or
ders promptly attended 10. 'Phone 10
We have a large stock
hotaney's Gandy
Peter's Ghoeolates
A'so a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'j
Tony Dortero's
i
and Importer of
MILLINERY
orders solicited aad filled imtnediatly.
366-368 Arcade Building,
SEATTLE. WASH.
REMODELED
THE
Rainier-Grand fiotef
SEATTLE
New Management Popular P flees
Central Location I European Plan
Finest CAFE and BAR In theCfv
Wilson & White Co. Prop. Chas Perr>
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
~ELECTK1? ' MGHTED~STEAM?
HEATED STEAMEK
GE0RGM
Carrvln^ D 8. Mall
'or Haines. Berneis B*y, J linear
aoonah, Tenakc Sitka and Wayport
SAILS
Jan. 4, 10, 16. 22, 28
at 8 a. m.
W. W. BOGUHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
SAVE YOUR DOLLARS
is our advice. Later on in liff, it wilt
oe of gre-t service to you. The lack of
mo ey cause* un'nld m'serv. That is
why y>u should cave a portion of your
nalnry, or i-arnini a, wiiil? ou ca?.
Tie five n-r-cent plus d vidend eun
ine Gold Bonds, of ihe Northern Se
curities at)d Racking Company, offer
'.ne safest >-nd befct investm-nt in 'h:
way of s 'Vinv s that l- on the m Tket.
These Bon'ls are backed hy Real E-itite
ecurities helj by o ,e of 'he latest
Prus' Companies in the *es".. T ie^
?an be paid for on the maT'ily, s9mi
nmiMlorannu 1 p iynsit. p'ao <olwill
hhtq yvt b-itt^r thta t^i p3r-ceit on
vour mi ley.bisid a ukintt oare of and
returning you your principal
For full particulars, see
PHIL ABRHAMS, Agent.
No regrets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good for you
Seattle, Wash.
On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Mon hly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owei Company:
WATER
First Faucet
Ench " additional (except wasti basins, free)
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " " ?'
Urinals " " " " "
Wash Basins " " " " "
Hotels, per room Additional
Beer Pjmps.,
Restaurants
Steam Laundries
Hand "
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate
Hose C 'D i lection for Fire Protection
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per loud
Lawn and Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL Nr3HT SERVICE.
Each 16 cp liehts
Enclosed Arcs
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
All Year Winter
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager,