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offer this coal, w looted and graded at
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ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD.
Regular meetings of Camp Stag
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o'clock K^xrp, La A. H. ball, BroaJ
V isitius brothers are cordially in
vited.
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F. J. Rosenberg, A. R.
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ORDER OF ELKS.
Skagway Lodge No. 431, B. P. O.
t-lks, boJds Its regular suasions at
?.20 p. ni. o& the first and thirJ
Thursdays of each month, at Us hall
on Sixth avenue.
A cordial invitation is txU'aded t.
ail \ imUdc brother i.
FRED. CA1XARMAN. Secy.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Regular meetings of Skagway Aerie
No. Fraternal Order of Eagles
first and third Wednesday* in each
month. in their hall on Fifth Avenue,
at S:34 p. m. sharp.
All members are requested to be
present and visiting brothers are In
vited to attend.
HKNRY A. RHODE. Worthy Pres.
J. M. Keller. Worthy Secy.
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Sojourning and visiting members
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Regular reviews of Hive No. 2, La
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the first and third Tuesdays In the
month at S p. m. sharp, in their hall
on Sixth avenue.
All visiting members are cordially
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GENERAL LA ROM.
By LEONARD FRANK ADAMS.
[Oopyrtfht, 1**, by American Press Asse
ctatlnj
Four of as. all Anierk ana. wore din
ing at a oaf# In P?rl?. As tbe wine
flowed we waxed patriotic and sound
ed, doubtless soiuowhat loodly. tbe
praise* of Iho United States of Amer- j
Jo*. In doing J?o we dtd not decry any
other country, and there was no occa
sion for any one to take offense at our
remarks. Nevertheless a man sitting
at a ueUrhborins table chlclly notable
fur a pair of waxed mustaches turned
up from the horltontal line of his lips
at an anjrle of forty-ire degrees ro*e
and, advancing toward us. raid grandil
oquently:
"Messieurs. sluce you are $o proud of
vonr conntry perhaps HM one of you
would like to ataud on Its defense. In
o?ler to give you an opportunity I
ptvnonnee Anierk a a Uirbareus coun
try and all Americans poltroons."
He laid a canl on our table bearing
the name of Jules tiarnler. We recog
ntced It at once as that of one of the
most celebrated fencers and ?luellst? In ,
Kurope. One of our party, Tlsdale. |
whose equanimity nothing could dis
turb. took up the card, brought a pair
of eyeglass** to bear on It, looked up
at M. Garnler and saM:
"Americans*, m'sleu. comprise Cana
dians. United States citlrena. Moxl
cans. Onhan*. Spaniards and many
other peoples. We shall take pleasure
In publishing your insult in these landa,
recommending a convention of repre
sentative swordsmen to select one of
their number to engage this alight that
you have put upon the whole. Possi
bly among them one may be found
worthy of your stool."
It was plain that the Frenchman
had no conception of the satire in
tended. "I referred only to citizens of
the United Statcv m'sien." he said.
"IVj I understand." Inquired Tisdale,
reganllng the man haughtily, "that you
decline to permit other Americans to
be interested in the defense of Amer
ican honor V"
"Not at all. I will meet any one who
may be named as a representative."
"Then, m'sleu. within a few months
and possibly a few weeks you shall
hear from us."
Tisdale handed him his own card,
and the duelist soon after, with a step
worthy of Hon Quixote, left the cafe.
None of our party thought at tbe
time of pursuing the matter further. In
tending that the man might wait till
the day of doom for the action of tbe
"convention" and a challenge. But
later three of us, Tlsdale. Monroe and
myself, met In Rome at the season
when preparations were being made
for the carnival. While we were there
M. Gamier at Paris received the fol
lowinc epistle:
General Vmn.xrU U Rooa, havtnr been
selected to avenge the insult ca?t upon
Americans by M. Jules Gamier, pre
sents his compliments to II. Gamier an<l
will be happy to meet htm at the place j
and date named by the pan-American '
convention convened to nominate a de
fender of American honor. The date of
meetin* Is Feb. ? , and the place Is the
Ktema' City. Rome
Possibly M. Garnier m*v have winced
at this wholesale appropriation of
plaoe and date by th? "convention." for
tbere was some delay in bis reply.
Finally a note came from him address
ed to General la Roca and appropri
ated by Tisdale, stating that since the
affair bad occurred at Tarts that was
the proper place to settle It. lint If a
fund were provided for expenses for
himself and his second to Rome be
would waive the right to fight at Tarts
and come to Home.
Tisdale, who was rich, at once wrote |
M. Garnier, inclosing a check for the
expenses of himself and second to
Rome and statinc that he need give
hlmvlf no concern on that score, as he
and his second would be the guests ?f
the ?"convention" while In Rome and
sent back t%? Paris by its agent. Pre
suming that the Frenchman was not
well endowed with worldly goods. Tis
dale intimated that a fund had been
subscribed for the victor. Garnier ar
rived at Rome with his second, a dap
per little" French mau in a well pre
served snlt of clothes, the day before
the prescribed date of the carnival.
He was received by Tisdale, Monroe
and myself as representing the "con
vention" and lodged in the best hotel
In Rome. Tisdale assumed to act as
second for General la Roca and as
sented to the use of rapiers. The
ground was to be outside the Porta
St. Sebastiano (gate of St Sebastian),
on the .Vppian way.
M. Garnier was informed that a win
dow had l?een engaged for him and his
second from whica to witness the car
nival festivities.
We three Americans escorted the
Frenchmen to the window provided.
The street below was full of revelers.
Presently a cry was raised. '?General
Mannagia la RocaT Down the street
came a little old man with an im
mense sword riding a donkey, intend
ed for a caricature of the age of
chivalry. As lie passed the window
he was received by the crowd with
shouts of laughter, jeers and cries:
"Salve (hall> General Mnnnagia la
Roca"'
We Americans were standing be
hind Garnier and his second when the
general passed, and after noting that
the duelist at last understood the sa
tire we ffuletly withdrew, leaving him
to view the carnival and fight General
Mannagia la Roca at his leisure. We
beard no more of the affair and came
back to America resolved to recom
mend to all onr countrymen that when
American honor is to be defended In
accordance *lth the code In vogue dur
ing the ape of chivalry It be left in th?
hands of that distinguished sworda
van. General Mannagia la Roca.
It GREENLAND LEGEND
By MARK ANDERSON. 1
.Copyrlsht. IKS, by American Prase Am*
elation.]
That there bare been great climatic
changes In different parti of the earth
?a well known. But though geologists
can tell os that tbey hare occnireA,
they do not tell us why. Some of tbem
hare possibly come to paaa since man ,
attained sufficient Intelligence to band
down from generation to generation
traditions concerning their origin. I
These traditions, arising when the ha- |
man fancy waa untrammeled by fact 1
and when rode people spoke by natural
symbols, are often very poetic. Hera ,
la one current among tb* Kaklroos of 1
Greenland accounting for a change they
believe long ago took place deprfrlogj
them of perpetual sunshine and sub
stituting the dreary arctic night:
"Tine waa when the sun, which now
hides himself beyond the southern
ocean for many months In winter, elr !
rled always above the northern boti- |
son. As It la now night for many i
months. It was then always day, for
at midnight the sun still stood abor*
the borlson. Then our mantle, lnstsad
of the white one It now Is, was a per
petual green. Onr people llrsd on
luscious fruits that grew wit boot col
tore and bathed In the tepid wares
that danced lightly on the strand. In
those days they knew only happiness
"But one day When some wt re mak
ing merry under the greefl trees and
others wore sporting In the wares a
canoe white as the snow amid which
we now 11%-e was discovered far out at
sea. now gently raised on (he crest of
a bellow, now sinking out of sight, bat
slowly drifting toward (be land.
"Awestruck, tbc people waited on
the rergo till the white cafroe reached
the sands, and there within It, Infold
ed In a robe of ermine, lay a maiden
whose skin waa fair and whose hair ,
fell orer her shoulders like rivulets of j
sunshine. The chief stood wbers the
canoe touched the beach and, stooping,
took the maiden la bis arms, carried
her up to a grassy slope and asked:
- 'What art thou, and whence cometh ?
thou?
"'1 sm Del fa, the daughter of the
Spirit of the Winds, and 1 come from '
his Ice castle In the far north.'
" 'And will you stay with us,' asked
the chief, *or will you, having gladden
ed our hearts by your coming, leare us
to remember you as In a dream T
"'I will not leave yon. My borne
shall be with jvo forever.'
"Then was beard a far distant
moaning In the north, rising as It ap
P reached till It became an awful roar. (
It was the voice of the 8plrlt of tbs
Winds, aud it commanded our people
to return at once bis dsngbter to her
white home In the north Terror
stricken, the pcojvle flocked to their
chief and besought him to glre tbs j
maiden to her fstber. But the chief
stood mutt, pointing to his boose. .
which wss now a ruin. Entering there,
they saw on a couch the maiden, her
handK, white aa marble, folded over
ber breast
"Then an twt greater than tbat
which bad fallen on the people when
the ma Men first touched their hutd
came to them, for they knew a treat j
calamity was about to visit thorn. The
King of the Winds looked down on the
form of his daughter, now cold tn death,
and prca1 was hla wrath. The multi
tude knelt before him. supplicating
him to spare them. But he heeded not ;
their pravers. At his command hla j
servant, the darkness, came and threw
a black mantle over the land.
"And so. bereft of the light and
warmth of the sun. the verdure whiten
ed and died. The north wind blew
snow from the clouds and the cold I
congealed the waters. The aun. whose
track bad been a go Idea circle In the (
north, went to the south and hid be
hind the ocean for many months. Then
ivor ancestors, who had lived under V
the trees, fearing no froct were j
obliged to build huta to protect them
from the cold. The warm wares la j
which they bad bathed became icy ;
cold, then hardened. The people, bereft
of the fruits of the earth ezpoaed to j
the cold, died In great numbers, it ,
was many months before the snow
king relented sufficiently to permit tbe
sun to show his face again and his j
warm breath to revive tbe frosen land
even for a brief season.
"Since that period, every winter, the
sun goes south and leave* us la dark- j
ness. Tbe fruits which grew so plen- ;
tlfully for us have never flourished
again. But the spirit that'depHvsd us j
of them sent tbe whit* bMir knd the
walrus, and we are obliged to hunt '
them in order to sustain ourselves with
their meat and warm our bodies by '
burning their oil. The sun continues
every winter to hide his face beneath
tbe ocean and when he comes back In
summer shines for so short" a period
that there is no. time for the fruits of ,
the earth to rlpen.w
Is this tradition bwed on some
change In the plane In which the earth '
revolves, a new direction la tho cur
rent of that mighty river we call the I'
gulf stream, a shrinkage In tbe terres- j
trial crust, or la It an ebullition of i
that poetic constitution common among
men when they first eater upon a drt
llzcd condition? Whether It la to be .
explained by tbe first or the second
hypothesis. It ta certainly a very bean- ,
tlful conception. And ft ta to tbeM
conceptions of primitive people, grop- !H
lag In tbe unexplained universe, grasp
ing for tbe truth, that the poet who 1
Interprets tbe world of romance la tn
Jebtcd. It bout them be would bars
no song 'o sing.
Hit Important Borvlco.
An nnuauallj- Ingenious pica for a
tip watt that of a atnall Hibernian,
mentioned by Mr. John Augustus
O'Sbia In'Hloundabout ReeoJlectlooa." I
The adlhor Was traveling til Ireland
1 drove down to th? station on tbe
faint chance of catrhlng the train to
Dublin. When I got oat of tbe cab at
the station a bright faced boy accosted
me.
"Ah, attfe, klr, you've Juat mimed the
train." be *Ald.
It wii true. I tx>ok?d my luggage
and aaeertatm-d when the next train
would leave. While I wan waiting the
lad came up to me and aaked me for a
Up.
"What forr I aaked.
"Sure, air. I told you that you were
too late," he nnbluahlngly responded.
To B* Ltd by Permanent Ideal*.
To live In the preaence of gTeat I
truths and eternal lawa, to be led by
penfikfi>nt Ideals? that la what keepa ,
a tjX&paTTem when the world Igiiorvs j
blm and calm and unspoiled when the I
world pralaea him.? Ralcac.
A Protty Broad Hint.
A popular and irood looking bache- j
lor who la a regular patron of a clrcu- :
Intlng library dropped In there the
ohber day. "I am going on a abort
trip, Miss Blank." he said to the young
lady at the deak. "and want to take a ;
V ^ T > > ? . y.
"orr mb i>n or un aso i i.l ns
nanaruuv"
couplc of Intenwttng uovels. l>ut I
can't make up u> wind which two to
?elect. Couldn't you help me out 7**
"I am kfrnld my selections might not
prox'e Interesting to you." replied Mlwi
Blank.
"Just pick out two book* for mo and
HI guarantee to like them," he re
joined gallantly.
"Have too read Harrtc'a or Reade'a
novel*?" sj.be asked.
"No; get me on? of each and ITI be
satisfied." be replied.
Sbc selected two and banded them
to ber spouseless acquaintance, who,
after warmly thanking her for the
favor the had done him, turned up
tbe back* of the books and read these
titles: .
"When a Man's Single."
"It la Never Too Late to Mend."
Tou can apend a pleasant half hour
In a game of Pool or English Bil
liards. The Board of Trade Has the
best tables in Skagway. Drop in,? j
we'll J?e glad to. se jot*. ^
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED. 1
n* Onataat Veartn* of a Rat rrn**.
6??f ? Dandrit Urmi.
at rs trf Many mfn who W?ftr tlmfc
fc.-U j laci -;aily kll tha ttma "lim awaka. .
si 1 at 5 Wesaed with a heavy (hook of
h 'r; yet If the scalp* Of th?aa a?me men
rr.-n Iterate* Inf?*tc4 with dandruff
x <rrn?, tM Turaalt^a would multiply *?
?:,r qnkk?r for lack of air. Baldneaa
*.m\l en?oe aa the final remit. \>w
hro't Herpldde kllla the** jr?rm* and
kilmulatea unhealthy hair to abundant
growth. HerptcM* 1* a ple.wnt hair
d renting at wall a* a d:?r*Jr?ff r+r* and
contain* not an atom of Injurious ?ub
atanro. fold by leading dnigjclats. Pec>l
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One Dollar bottle* guaranteed
Wo, Mrltt, Special agent, Skacway
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