LOCAL BRIEFS
SKAOVfcAY WCATKER REPORT
Rtwuiia o t the otwnUin takes
%l Moor*1* vVfcart At ntfdaifhL
lAst alfkL is m telle* -
Trtsp. ua? oMtrvirt. ... W above
Max. p receding 14 bn .. . tt abo>e
Mia. - ?*.... *4 Above
U *? " ,,67 Above
CVar And CAJta.fUn-iniot^r SfrOL
BAKERY GOODS,
Bread ? a)l klade? -Crash from the
ore?, cake* and i>??v oookios and
doujthnata, >? tact a first cia* Hue o
vukt good* wHl ba found at tb?
V1enn* Raker?, Broad *Ayt between
FlftX and Strth Arenas tf
Go to the "White Pass Cafe"
Tor the I eet meats In Whltehors*
Now under the n?an*gt??nent of Mrs
Or loft King. tt
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
KTom this date 00 All oalts In 'end
f^?r Hearr Frtwlenthal. the Inde
pendent Kxpnwamn showkl be made
i-o rv?c sii <7*1 and your call win
receive immediate Attention. He as
,>rt;n?.\| hi* afftce At the Houfch
? >n < SW>r*.
Bo?>ded wh*sk*ei?? C?n*or, Voaa
V-Twm and Belmont The test of
Heer? Bb? Ribbon. Bsdwelser ard
Pale Rakiier. at the Mascoc "TVIr
phone CT. tf
GR A*"0 REOVCTION SALE
The P*o> Trala Is new s#>JR*r a
bit K>t of ?iood Oods At reduced
prk-M as they are getting too old to
h.vld And Sfll At A profit Tours.
I S Herman Grlirm
W XNTVn TO rt Ki il \SK
Corivr Mines -Gold And Sh-or
Vires Offers to be sent nnder I
W 574? rare of RwdoTf Moose
Letpair. Germany. lA-t i
MOW'8 THI?T
~W? ottM One Hundred Dollars fle- i
srard tor soy case of catarrh that cat '
sot be cured by Hail * Catarrh Cur*,
r. J. CIUKIBY * CO . Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned have known
P. J. Cheney for the past i? years.
Toledo, O.
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions, and fin
ancJally able to carry out any obliga
tions made by his firm. Waldlng, Kin
nan A Marvin. Wholesale aruggisU o
Hall's Catarrh cure Is taken intern
ally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price "5c.
per bottle. Sold by ail druggists.
Take Hall's Knmly PUls for consti
pan ton.
GREAT C. EARANCE SALE
Sold at a Loss! Jlalt Rainier,
<vnt* ppr bottle Especially prepared
for nick people u>d invalids, and ei |
oellent for nursing mothers. Only
two NOTwte left. After that price wtl
4 be J5 cent* per bottle
rack Train Bar
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE
LAXATIVE PROMO Quinlnn, the world
s ide Cold and Grip remedy removes
rsoss. Call for full name. Look for
signature K. W. GROVE. Sec.
Ohtnpla N*er on draft nt the
Board of Tratf-v This famous brew
is kept const anily fresh both on
draft and In bottles This is the
time to drink beer. Get it at the
Board of Trade Bar, where the eel- >
ebrsted Rainier Beer is also kept
In bottles. tf.
SMOKERS ATTENTION
Harcdd Hartwlgeen, successor U
W. W. Boaghton. has taken th?
agvocy for the Jn*Uy famous
KL INFIXITO CI-EUI
HAVANA CIGARS.
i.oeo j??t received trorn the (ac ,
tory at Tamps, Fla. If you srant the
!>est don't fall to give these goods
a trial
vow ?o< ?#nr> ?t
Famous tor *? Home C ooking.
Milk. Crram. Cottagr Cher* and
Riittrraulk from our t>wn dary.
Fresh Egg*- etc.
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Ro?m Sn?V or m Sr*r
Eta-trie I -ighl*
Porcrlaw R?th? on each floor
RATES $2.50 PER DAYjIAND UP
H. S. PULLEN, Prop. :: Skagway
Opened Under Now Manage
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in Carcrow
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I HOTEL SCOTT
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* Headquarters for Mining Men and
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?P?C!AL RATE^ AND ACCOMMOD ATIONS FOR MUSHERS.
WELL FURNISHED ROOMS TABLE THE BEbT
GOOD STABLES FIRST CLASS BAR STOCK
CARCROSS 4? & YUKON TER.
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The Caribou Hotel
E- W. GIDEON. Proprietor
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Headquarters for *Schuli'n Atlin Royal Mail* Stage Line 4.
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Penance
A Man Decides to Steal
and Suffers For
the Theft
HENRY MELLABY
Here I nm In prison for a crimp I
have OiWfWM-d, t??t tin ve not commit
ted A ml yet the most .llttli tilt tank I
have Is to k?'|i the one who would
suffer by exonerating me from Join*
bo. I have boen soot up for sevpn
years and shall pmlwbly serve all of
She term extvpt what I may iret off
by good hehnvior Hint !s. unless the
true story Is divulged.
It came n'?MH In tlil* way : I met
Marcia at a barn d;:T?op I was a farm
band anil *ho the ?iiiig.'ifer of th?
wealthiest f;irm - in t 'i:? ?-??::iiiy. T'?ere
van tbot bftwi^n ?i wln-i we first
saw ?i< b other to tuafco us jjtvut hnp
ptness or jrront tnmhle. ami *1 tlior It
vii tn thN or In that or v hal It was
I can't way I on It know that we ?m
like the pules of the magnet -drawn
tofrether by a power I'.ir beyond that
of the front cm tnuit ?? f??r it as not
a senseless hut a livli.u fores.
We (hnwl loRrtkcr many times, and
when tlw dawn was lnvaklm: I was
her escort to tier hprne As I went
with her up the walk to the boose, a
great white stnn tut* with an l? for
the many thine* n farmer needs and
noticed lite hug* ham full of craln. a
(j. fc(v a?J
T I
i vt.i i a roar wira t?:? articum m in.
chill came, upon m.x licart, for I Ban
that they Mere n tm rrier Ix-tnwn me
ami the tirl mIio Mould inherit them
at her father'* death.
When I parte*! from her I think we
were both dM-clling on this, for n cloud
pissed over her young brow ns well
as (ivor mine Nevertheless a thrill
nn through our clasped hands. over
powering our fear*
Marcla <Hd not Invite me to the
hou?e. It no Mine that her father, who
lit least Intended to guard her from
such n? I. would not permit nie to
come there. Rnt she met me on the
briil re. m hlch wax midway between
her home and the village, where she
often went. l>nnn the river bank was
a secluded path on M-hlcli we could
walk without fear of detection. Though
pricked by conscience. I was not strong
eno t^h to conquer myself or her and
go away from her. for I had not even
a good suit of clothes, and was she
not nn heiress?
For awhile, despite the wrong of It.
there were flashes of rest In this for
bidden fruit and times when all but our
dominant love faded for the moment
and left ns exquisite happiness. Rnt
there came a time when those periods
during which we Mere apwrt were un
bearable We were drawing near that
condition whoa pentup love must burst
:ts harriers It was Marcla who first
proposed flight, though 1 had been
thir.king of It. The conditions could
not remain a* they were. Some one
who knew would tell: Marcla wou'd be
stint np: ?mr communication would be
broken. And so at last we came to the
inevitable conclusion that we must go
away together, he married and when
the knot had l*vn tied Mould ask for
giveness.
Looking hack on this period. It seems
to me that I mnst have l?een demented.
I. a pauper, had no right to woo the
danghter of a rich man. certainly no
right to consent to an elopement to
gain that Mhich 1 could not gain honor
ably. I was a thief as mtich as or more
than one M-ho starves and steals bread
or the wherewithal to hoy bread. 1
was hungry for love, white the starr
ing thief needs that Mhich keeps the
life in his body. Rut I yielded, and
now ! am paying the penalty.
And yet am I paying a penalty?
There Is in me a pleasing sense of do
iitr penance for my sin. Is It for the
sin? No; It Is for her I fnve I glory
In my suffering, since I know- that I
have saved Iter from what I could not
bear to have brought upon her.
If we were to go away together we
should have gone sooner. Parmer Hos
mer got wind of something wrong and
shnt Marcla up. He did not know
where the dancer lay and had never
iieen me. Indeed. I had purposely kept
out of his way. for I d '-ended to meet
him. Marcla 's Imprisonment made me
desperate, and then ami then
One night when ill was Mill and
dark, currying ? ladder, I went to tba
Hostncr farm. *??>? ??! nnder Mnrcia's
wlmlow nn<l tlnv*v gravel lightly
against (tbe panes Softlj she raised
the sash and looked onl. I ni^up the
ladder aud was al?out to ask her If ah*
would go with me when she <*n ><1 :
?'Heavens! What are you doing? Ka
the- drove to the county seat today
and is expected home every mlnuUr
A* she s|*>ke (here was a sound of
wheela crnccfelng on gravel almost un
der the windiow. Marrta. frantic, pull
ed me In.
"The ladder!*' 1 exclaimed. "He will
aee it"
He did see It. for I heard the wagon
stop directly nnder the window, sad
certain mattering* that told me I wooki
be caught in Mnrcia's room.
Then a <-ei*talu coolness came to me,
from where I know not, and a reset*
tlon was taken to save Marcla from a
stain.
"(Jet Into bed." I said, "and pretend
to sleep."
She otteyel me. and. gathering up a
few tHs^etx on the bureau, a brae*1
let. two or three rings and some gifld
yins, I stuff*! them In my pocket, open
e<l the bedroom door ami went doWfl
stairs* T#n minutes later I wns caught
with the article* on me and confessed
myself a sneak thief.
I was plai*fd In the wagon that had
Just come from the county seat and at
once driven there and lodged In Jail
I wns a newcomer In that region, and
none of the llosmer family except Mar
cla had ever seen me. K?en had 1
been seen It would not have mattered.
The local newspaper at the end of
the week published a short Itetp as to
the capture of a thief who had boldly
climbed to the window of Mlsa Hoe
mor's room, stolen some articles from
her bureau withont awaking her and.
retreat being cnt off by Mr. llosmer.
who opportunely arrived In time, tried
to escape through the house. lie
was caught red handed, confessed and
was lodged in Jail. The Item added a
warning to farmers against the prac
tice of cmirioylng Itinerant farm hands
dnrlng the hsrvest season lest they
harbor crooks. "Miss llosmer,'' the
article said in closing, "on learning of
the danger she had Incurred, became
hysterical ttnd has not yet recovered
from her Wglit."
For severnl days Marcla gave me no '
news of herself, and when she did sfce j
came to me Then I knew that she
had neither the physical strength nor
self control to have come before. Hut
at last, manifesting an Interest In the
welfare of the man who was supposed I
to have robbed her. she declared that
she would see him. ami If he were j
penitent she would forgive him and do j
all she could to save him from the eon- j
sequences of his theft. She Insisted
on coming alone and was permitted to j
see me without others being present 1
She begged me to consent to ber con- j
fesslnc the truth, but I forbade her. In
flip first place. It would wreck her fowl
name and I would hare the sin upon
my conscience. 1 persuaded l?er to let
the matter proceed a* It had begun, en
couraglng her to hope that some triar"
dlan angel would bring all right In
tood time.
I was soon tried, and. since I had n?t
only confessed. bat had been canjtl.t
with stolen article* on mr person, I
pleaded miSlty, and the court gare me a
comparatively light sentence. Anil now
I am In attripes at what la called ban!
labor. Bnt my heart la not heavy
since what I bear haa been Inatrumen
tal In /taring my lore from an oblo<|iiy
that would hare resulted from my own
recklessnetis. My aulTerlng la that ?he
suffers She cornea to see me. some
tlmea with the knowledge of her par
ents, but oftener when tbey know
nothing of her rlalta. Erery time (he
cornea abe besrs me to consent to her
making a confession, and every time I
penmade her to wait for aome other
means of giving me my freedom.
Six year* Inter. I hare done a great
work. For fire years I succeeded In
persuading M m la to refrain from tell
ing the truth concerning me and by
good behavior reduced my sentence, so
that a year ago I stepped forth a free
mau. A few montha before the ex
piration of my term Farmer Ho*mer
died, his wife having died soon after
mr Incarceration, and Marcia became
mistress of the fortune abe Inherited
aa sole belr. After her father's death
she came openly to the prison to see
me and g?re out that aa soon as I bad
serred my term she would marry me.
In this she would not yield, saying
that, slnctt I had become a conrlct to
shield her, it was but little for her to
have tbe name of wedding a conrldt
And so oi?'the day 1 regained my
freedom after putting off my stripes
and putting on good clothes sent me
by Marciii I stepped from tbe prison
door into a carriage beside my bride
and was driven to a church, where we
were made one
I wish that for my wife's sake I
could reniore :he stain resting upon
me without putting a stain upon her.
This cannot be, but I feel that Prov
idence has enabled me to becom* an
example to other coot lets, showing
bow one may tire, maintain his self
respect and prosper In spite of having
worn stripes. They do not know that
I am innocent of the crime for which
I was conrlcted. so my example has
Its full force. And hare 1 not said
that In attempting to steal Farmer
Rosmer's daught*" my crime wa? far
greater than in stealing the trinkets
for which I was conrlcted?
And so. though she and 1 lire onder
a cloud, we feel that we are encourag
ing hosts of others who hare fallen to
stand again and push forward. When
they heat of ns their burden Is lighter,
and ther hare a iwtter chance to suc
ceed. \Vhy should they look back,
and why should they not look for
ward? Many of them, starting tano
cent, were driren by a mcrclles* fate
to commit a crime so llcht that It Is
scarcely worthy to be called a sin
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SEATTLE'S
Leftdtnff Popular Prk">.! Hotel
Hotel
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Roum*. Klmntlr
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Rooms
Ooir mcr?-t?l A Fim
U? ir?d?- Sol!?- t?d
RATES
Ri?m? *1 np
V?o r?r*on* It .50 up
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f?'i Pefmmi tKiap
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Tak? Emt f.?ke rtr fr> m KOUK I M AVENUE
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RAW FURS
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HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
WRITF. FOB PRKt LIST
Percey's Fur House
0*hk<Mh, ? Wttfomin
C. E. Bogardus
Assayer
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CyMkU Ud Milling Twte.
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SEATTLE, WA8H.
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MArfctoertriiiio
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WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Curio*, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
CHIT* A AND CUT CLAS5
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Mail Or *Jer? ni??n promt r ??
WfP YOUR
RAW FURS
TO THE
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At ska Far* a Specialty
Very Top Prtcet Paid.
Make ? Trial ? Shipment
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium [?tk*1 Alaska
' arve. ' lean. Indlrldija Hath*
Ahuodance of w ater. Ke*t of
Hotel Accommodation*. Fur
nished Cabin* tor flenr. ....
Excellent Hunting ami El*hinf.
Motor floating and Sailing.
Ste.?mer Georgia from .Inneau
makot ???mi-mofithly Wait*. In
formal ion awl rale* upon reqyat
Dr. F. L Goddard, Prop.
Health Resort
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ALASKA
(/Katlon notices, p?f?r and qu*rti
ir sale by the Dally Alaskan 1 1.
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I B. M. BEHRENDS, Banker
sj Juneau, ? Alaska
OLDE5T BANK IN ALASKA
K^l^ctfnlly Solicits The AcwQdU
of Skagveay Kino* And Individual*.
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Daily Shipments of Pure Milk and Cream ?
To *11 point* on White Pun * Ynkon Bootg. 4.
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The White Pass AYukon Route
time table no. 20.
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 1 N. Bonnd No. 2 M. BobimI
1st class 1st claJM
9:?0 ?. m. L?av<*? 8KAGUAY Arrives 4:Xi p. m.
12:05 p. m. " WHITE PARS I^area S:05
12:43 " " 1,00 CABIN " 2:20 "
1:40 " M BENNETT ** 1:45 -
3:20 " " CABIBOU " 11:40 ?. m.
5:50 M Anrlres WH1TEHOBAE Lea re* 9:90 -
Passengrrs mnst be at depots In time to hare Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before tearing time of
trains.
160 ponnds of baggage *H1 be checked free with each fall fare
ticket and 71 ponnds with each half far* ticket.