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Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk. Cream. Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own dairy.
Fresh Eggs, etc j
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Rooms Single or en Suite . EJectric^Lights
Porcelain Baths on each floor
RATES -$2.50 PER DAY ANDJUP
H. S. PULLEN, Prop. :: SkagwayJ
SHIP YOUR
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Alaska Furs a Specialty g
Very Top Price# Paid,
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RAW FURS
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HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
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Send the Skagway Daily Alaskan
home to the Btatea. 76c. per month
The Only Firtt Class Hotel Opened Under New Manage
in Car cross ment
headquarter* tor Atfln 9U*e> Una 1 '
HOTEL SCOTT
Scott ft Schwanltkamp
Headquarters for Mining Men and
Travelers
RPECIAL RATEP AND ACCOMMOD ATI0N3 FOR MUSHERS.
WELL FURNISHED ROOMS TABLE THE BEST
GOOD STABLES FIRST CI ASS BAR STOCK
CARCROSS & & YUKON TER.
J. X -L
NEW COMFORTABLE ELEGANT
The Caribou Hotel
^ E. W. G1DLON. Proprietor ^
Carcross, Y ukon Territory
Immediately Opposite the White Pa??"Depo?
Well Equipped Furnace Heated Throughout Cafe and Bar
Headquarters for 'Schulz s Adin Royal Mail" Stage Line
The Skagway Pioneer Dairy
M. F. SEKMAN, Prop.
'The Sanitary Milk Ranch"
The larjjest and best conducted dairy in A laska. ? <
Daily Shipments of Pure Milk and Cream
To ill points on White Pus A Yukon Boute.
B. M. BEHRENDS, Banker
Juneau, - Alaska
OLDEST BANK IN 'ALASKA
Respectfully Solicits The Accounts
of Skagway Firms And Individuals.
Only Onv- BROMO QUINCE," that is -
Laxanve gromo Quinine A? POf jL to"
Cares ? Cold in One Day, Crip in 2 Days Ct/ 25c
JACK HORNER'S
CHRISTMAS GIFT
7i =1
Tw? the night before Chrlatmaa.
And all through the houaa
Not a creatur* wai stirring.
Not even a mniiae.
TUB Uttle verae kept coutinually
running through Jack iloraer'8
tuiud as be ut tii his library
with do light but tbe fitful flick
er of tbe burning coals Id tbe fire'
place. It was tbe night before Christ
mas. nnd throughout tbe bouse Dot a
sound was to be beard.
For souie time Jack's wife bad t??en
til, and tbe care and constant atten
tion he bad given her showed plainly
in his worn looking face. Sbe was
sleepiDg uow, bo Jack bad aeatcd him
self before tbe glowing coals to allow
his thoughts to contrast the morrow
with other Cbrtstmnses tbut bad gone
before.
He hnd been married fire years. Flow
happy those Christniases had been to
both of them, each giving a token lfull
"I SHALL HAVB TO WRAP CP MT I/OYB FOR
TOU."
of heartfelt love and each receiving
with a feeling that kings could receive
no more And even before this, years
ago. when they were sweethenrts? and
they had been sweethearts for a long
ilme-the night before Christmas had
Iteen so milch to them that each lay
awake the greater part of the night In
order to be up all the earlier in fhe
I morning.
And. after all these memories, here
was Christmas eve. and his wife was
1 very 111 She wouldn't be np in the
morning. No; the house would be
quiet, and she would feel worse be
cause she could not be up. bright and
happy, a sort of living synonym of the
day.
His wife called him from his reverie.
He went to her and did her bidding
She looked up at him with the peculiar
smile of a woman who is grateful for
the constant love of a good man. Tben
she said in a low voice:
"Jack, you look so dreadfully tired.
I feel terrible to be sick and keep you
worried and up all times of the night
?nd day IVar boy, you haven't bad
any sleep In a month, have you?"
"Never mind me." replied her hus
band and kissed her. "How do you
feel now ?"
"Fine. Tomorrow's Christmas. Isn't
It?" she said with a sigh. "Well, you
know. Jack. I haven't been able to get
out, so tomorrow I will have to wrar
up my love for you and give It to you
again for a Christmas present You
won't mind me giving you again that
little trinket I gave you long ago, will
you. Jack?"
And she langhed quietly.
Fatigue and care passed from his
mind. He. too. langhed softly and
patted her bead.
"No, I won't mind." he replied.
"That's a magnificent present"
"You are so tired," persisted his wife.
"Go to bed and have a good sleep. The
nurse will take care of me for one
After a time Jack started for bli |
room. Tils wife had succeeded in
turning his thoughts In happy chan
nels.
As he was leaving the sick woman
smiled and said to him:
"And, Jack, don't forget to hang up
your stocking."
Playfully he promised and before re
tiring duly kept his promise.
How he did sleep! There were muf
fled noises all aronnif him. The doctor
had been summoned, and the nurse was
going to and fro as softly as she
could. Jack's mother had arrived, and
she. too, was hurrying here and there.
Though It was after midnight, many
lights were shining In the bouse. San
ta Claus or some one was very busy.
But Jack slept on, dreaming dreams
never to be recalled.
It was nearly 7 9'clock, when the
first rays of dawn peeped Into his
room, that he awoke. The uolse had
ceased and the lights were out He
arose quietly and tiptoed out of his
room to the dining room.
He was not thinking of it, but he
noticed immediately that the stocking
ne "n?a mine from tne mantle wis
g one Then he heard his wlfo'a T<rtce
calling:
"Jack, a re yon looking for your atpcfc
IncT" It mild. "Vn? Well, I bar? It
here Come In Santa Clans haa bem
renl (rood to yon."
Colng In. Jack saw hit mother and
(he nurse, and there beside hla wife he
could nee the end of his stocking.
He pulled It out. It was empty.
"Oh. .lai^k." eiclalmed his wife with
feigned disappointment. "It most bur#
fallen ont of the stocking!"
Thrn he heard a something? ? noise,
a cry, a m|neak, an Indescribable some
thing? thut came from beneath the :
coverlni: He wanted to yell, to pry.
to do a highland fling, but he didn't
He stood rery still.
,'r.e,'s name It Santa Clana," he mid
at Inst.? New York Olobe.
CHRISTMAS WITH THE
TOILERS OF THE SEA
I
| A N DM' R HE 118 that you arc. did you
ever reflect that there Is a world
where Christmas la aa meaning
? let* a day aa the 24th or 2titb
of December? Did you ever think far
enough l?eyopd the spicy vapors of
your own plum pudding to realise that
the seafaring folk were living their
Christmas day aa If they knew naught
of Its faaie? They do know what It
means, however, aa well aa ever do
you, but winds lash and waves thump
on the 25th as on every other day, and
It's a foolish sallorman who connts
on ttirkej' or holly berries. Tbe chances
are he'll see little of them.
Christmas Is disobliging enough to
come In the very beginning of tbe mad>
dest weather, and the weather never
gives way one Inch Tbe pilotboat
people and the life savers make pa
thetic little attempts at holding boll
day, but ten to one they will be noth
ing more than atteftpta. If the sea
chooses to make merry In Its own
way the sea command* and must be
obeyed
The captains of the life saving ata
(tons along the beach try *ach year to
celebrate with their men. A turkey la
always brought to the headquarters
and a good meal prepared around It
as a etiir attraction. Rut anywise
from drumsticks to nuts and rataltis
may cotoe the signal from the const
guard. Perhaps a crab fishing boat
has capfdsed; perhaps It Is s big ahlp
going down? the result Is the same
The Christmas turkey Is left to grow
cold, the mince pie Ib forgotten, and
It's off to launch tbe lifeboat and then
to the cars and away. Night or day
the summons may come. If at night
there are a flashing of lights on the
liench a id a tight, man against storm.
In the blackness of the snrf.
On the lightship provision Is made for
"PILE#" C U RED IN ? TO 1? OAYS
>"oiir draggtet will refund money If
' \7. 0 OINTMENT falls to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Blet-dlng or
Protruding Plica In 6 to M daya. Sit
Relievos CATARRH of}
the ?
BLADDER
and all
Discbirps ii I
I24HOURS:
Rarfe Wrs tl? i
(?uOY
iMvllb
a jootf 4tnnw, Sot tb?* (he plea?nr?
rod*. Day and night tbe ablp rldea at
anchor ten ml Ira off ahoi*. Alway* the
clanging of tbe fog hell la bean) an<t
the Hfffc'a are w. tched ami tread lr
the aonotonr there te nnoe. aae* for *
better bill of fare than nanal and aa
ettra jrlaea of grog the4 l?< k to the
bell anil the light* again. and men for
get what ChrMinii* leMimted or I ha'
It was ??elebrntwl at a'l
It wna during tin* 'T.rvlng ?>f the h??i
fUrter fbnl tb?- liefle rant fiercely. for
a fog wa* driving In pa at the fteada.
ami llphta were twins enveloped la It
Two ni-w men ? >fe h mong the crew,
and the,* aprani:. frightened. awajr from
tbe table Tbe old snfiora aaanred
them that It ttaa no tronhie oot of tbe
ordinary, hut they rotiid not he Indao
ed to eMBe hack to the dinner Tbe*
ore blnae now and are langhtng at
other w-w mm run their companion*
hare not forgotten to mentVm the din
ner thst the\ mf*??-d lit gating ahnd
derlngl.v into ? winter f<e and eipert
Ing the death of I hetifel vea or aome
one elae ever* in- ment
ftirtefmn* la a totterr to the pilot*
No than of th??ni kn-'iv* when hla rnrn
la coming to guide a ?blp Info port, and
ihlpa mil*l be gnldrd when If la tbftr
i nptain ? will mure of the ptiota maj
nave n anetch nf Hie day at home la
the m1d*t of Snnt.i t'lana gi*?*lp ami
tin born* and atnlfed ?tor1?lng* Who
ever the o'h?*r pllntK ma; he. that ar?
on the water with a S'?>d dinner atow
e?! awe* am-alting Ita nppnrtitnlty
which ma* or mar n?'t rome ff ?
ahlp h< ?uildenl* ?1ghted l!? n nerei
mind tbe dinner
Tbe life on ?he great * termer* and
aniline ve*?ef* la more ar?trt*?aflc, and
't la worth white to prrtnre for aa
flftoch merriment aa fhe iionieatrkfMNi
of rmpf.t *ea view will |<rriult There
mar b>- n Chrtafmaa ftw nnd mnal.
and doming: hut. I?e yon a aeedog or
a landlnhtarr. It'a all fbe time yon
wonJil rather he *t home oref a table
that doea not roll and apend a good
Chnatlan ?'hrl?tmae with alt I fa tin
dltlonal nonarnae -*an l>a n.-l?rt) Oalt
r
The Joy af Chrirtmaa.
Religion la not an anatere thing. It
la all Jnv the moment we hear the
Cbrlafma* in gel* < horoalng nntll *re
awing Info glory fn the ronalc of tbe
redecmwl tfir>rr* a taint the thn?
Tbe acr>l<-e of f'hrfat la gladneaa and
pea< e He wina Ih-it bla every dlarl
pie ahonid .Ive In n perpetnal f'hfiat
?a.
Christmas Don't*.
Don't tr> | ?nt debt* or rettini ol?
ligation* in jmir Oirtsttns* giving
Don t give tr**hy things Msny ?n
?ttlo nmld tell *tr*nge atorlee sboet
Christ niH* pie*ent*
Don't mnke i>re?ent? which year
friends will not know what to do with
and which would merely encumber the
Nome
GREAT CLEARANCE MLS
Sold at a Iom! Mult Rainier. 20
cents per bottle. Especially prepar
ed for sick people and InTallds, and
excellent for nursing mother* Only
two barrel* left. After that, price
will be 36 rents per bottle
Ps?k Train Bar
Subscribe for The Alaskan no?
GRAND REDl'CTtO* SAI.R
The Pack Train la now telling a
big lot of Good Good* at reduced
prices as they are getting too old
to hold and sell at a profit. Yours,
tf. Herm m Grimm
rnornflfoiAi. < a hp*.
AllofMTI
STb. i m tf itm
AMnrMrUU*
Commlaalouer Tor T ?fco i . r)tor/
to iiiw Arn<UTita
Skag ? Alaaka
trrnvr i At ;.%*
4ltmD?T<l'U?
HAI.VRg - ? AJ.A? A
l . r oR^'tru
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400-401 CM BMg hmo rraxrtom.
flpwfn attention |ifM to
Miniate ? Paal Matatr Cur
PnCA
ML U A. KKI.I.KH
IHi(hK
Mrnt Morfarn M<Kko1a
?>p?n ETWifnf*
Offlcn Hour*: 9-1} a. m 1-4 p m
Alaskan (lulldln* . -R ra<1fV
RKAQWAT ? ? AI-A3AK
IMitat HnppliM
m. f. pmww)* ? onNPixv
- Mm la ?
nrppi.iBa
it! Walker Rl?1g SaatMa. Waafe.
Ort?r? h? mall or eabl? will
prompt attention Catalogs oa re
quest
J. IKUTA
w**rrACTr*iji<;
JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Cu.iot, Irory Carring#
Indian Basket*
CHINA AND CUT. CLASS
Official WateK Inapactor for ?Ka
W P. a Y Rout*
MmI (W?r? ffirpn prompt rare
There is Strength
;ind Vi^or
in l-very Drop
C '^MPWNV
SEATTLE, WA?M.
Trade At Home
II is a hard thing to convince some people, who have Acquired the
* mail order habit, that it ia to their advantage to trade at home. The
green fields far away appeal to them, so they aend 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, ?> >r any one
of the community, will ever ?ee it again, and where it can ?? nobody
good but the person who has it and he is hundreds or tli* ?and? of
miles away.
THE MAIL ORDER PEOPLE
are not the only offenders who are blind to the interests of the rormno
nity. The merchants are just as bad. Many of them send away for
their printing, while at the same time argue against'mail order busme* a.
SEE THE DRIFT?
TRHD6 AT HOWE
AND
GET YOUR PRINTING AT HOME