AT WORK
Railway Mail Service Would
Give Mail
W. A. Graves, chief clerk in the rail- :
Tjiy mail service, with headquarters
^/s city, and R. A. Whiting. occu
|j ,? the same position in Seattle, are
du"i>j; what they can to better the i
Southeastern Aiaskan mail service.
Uoth of theiu understand fully the im
provement that would follow If the
Humboldt were made a mail carrier
and ihey are working to have it so.
The matter is no* in the hands )of
Superintendent' Stephens of the rail
way uia>l service and early action is
expected.
In the las', mail Mr. Graves received
a, letter from Mr. Whiting which i
exphias several things iu connection
with this mater .in which the people
are not a littie concerned.
Mr. Whiting says:
"1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of j
your letter of May 11th, relative to
tu&il service on steamer Humboldt, and
in rep > wil s?y that when this matter
was ui> for coniideration, the case was
not h-udled by this office and I arc
therefore not thoroughly familiar with
the circumstances. I have referred j
> jur letter to Superintendent Stephens,
wh i can no doubt explain the matter to !
you fully.
"i will s'ate however, that it has!
been my understanding that the Hum- j
bo' ut Steamship Co.. could have had
the service at the same compensation I
per trip as the Alaska Steamship Co..
had they been will'.ug to execute a four
years' contract. I will also state that
the Humboldt Sie&mship.Co., has never
to my knovlede submitted a proposition
to handle the mail for nothing, as
would be inferred from newspaper
clipping forwarded with your former
letter on this subject.
"Your former request for Informa
.ion on this subject was forwarded to
Superintendent Stephens on April 23d.
and three days later I submitted to
him a statement showing the advantage
of having mail service on the Hum
boldt, under the schedules of sailings
for the companies for the summer,'
which were received at about that
time.
"The present schedules for the twoj
companies show a departure from
Seattle every two or three days, for
the steamers Do'phio, Jefferson, City;
of Seattle and Humbolit, each company
having a s. ing every five days. No
two steamers are scheduled to leave on
the same day. and there is at least one
day '5 interval between the sailings of
the s'eamers mentioned and the'
Cottage City. The advantage of hav
ing mail service on all these steamers
is therefore apparent, as it would be
frequent and at regular intervals."
Elks' Meeting
There will be a regular meeting of'
Skagway Lodge No. 431, Benevolent
anil Protective Order of Elks, at their
all, Thursday, May 30, at S:3u p. m.
All visiting Elks we invited to at
tend.
M. S. Whittier,
secretary. I
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of old honest goods and reputation !
Skasway Lanndr?
For first-cl?*s work try Skagway
Laundry. Twenty-live vears' experi
ence. Telephone Sd.
urnlMi
If VuUj Want a Baseball
Eje. Act Qnick
Nuw is the accepted time to have
vour ejes examined by a speacialist
and to hare them fitted with glasses
that will g ire them a vision that is per
fect. The baseball season is about to
be with us aeainjand every good citizen
will want to xet onto the curves of the
knights of the diamond. That will be
impos-ible if the eyesight is not per
fect. And then, the spring is the
season of the year when repairs are in
order, when everything should be put
in first-class condition for active work.
We ex imine eyes free of charge: we
use the latest ^appliances approved by
sc ence, and we GUARANTEE SATIS
FACTION.
Our jewelry store and our repair and
manufacturing depar.ment are the
best.
J. Ikuta, Optician and Jewele
, M'GAMAN AND SCOBELEFF.
/lie X?w.ipapor Mnu'i Picture ot the
Great KuMiao General.
McOahan whs the correspondent who
first described to Europe the Bulga
ria u atrocities. What a brilliant crea
ture he was, with his steel blue eyes,
his face as delicately chiseled as
though It were of marble, his lithe,
light frame and that suggestion of ab
solute courage, iron resolve, under
neath the almost femlniue tluluvss of
the features. He was one of the In
timates of Scobeleff? indeed, the men
were so attached to each other that
Scobeleff nearly always Insisted that
McOahan should share his tent with
him. and McOahan wi^ In the tent of
Rcobcleff the night after' the disas
trous assault on Plevna. Scobeleff
was, said McGahan, a wonderful pic
ture of the horrors ana terrors of war.
Ills face was black with powder, his
uniform was In rags, aud his sword
was twisted like n corkscrew. It is
evident from this description that Sco
beleff took part with his own hand In
some of the work of the day. There
was a sequel, by the way, to this pic
ture. I am not quite sure whethe*
McOahan published It. but he told II
to me. Scobeleff was always a dandy.
Eren In leading a charge he was dress
ed with dandlcal precision. In the
middle of the night McGahan waj
woke up. and he saw Scobeleff dress
ing himself with great care, putting
on a new uniform and even perfuming
his hair and clothes. Aud then catne
another transformation. Scobeleff, his
elaborate toilet finished, sat down on
his bed and burst luto a shower of
tears and a tempest of sobs, thinking
over all his poor men who had been bo
vainly sacrificed lu the attempt to gain
the fortress.? London M. A. P.
SHE GOT HER BAGGAGE.
I Mr*. Ioab?Un Diathop W ns a Self Po??
?fsied Traveler.
Sirs. Isabel!* Bishop, whose travels
in different parts of the world secured
for her membership lu the British Hoy
al Geographical society, visited Ainerl
ca when she was a young woman. She
| was unused to travel aud was alone
when she had the following experl
i enee:
Once In s train going to New York
shy was dreadfully tired, ai d yet she
had a feeling that If she weut to sleep
the man sitting nest her would pick
her pocket. She struggled for some i
time against her Inclination to sleep:
but, having for a moment given way, I
she awakened to feel the hand of her !
, neighbor gently withdrawing her purse |
I from her pocket
I In her purse, besides some money, '
which was, comparatively speaking, of I
| small moment, was her baggage check.
J That was tho-only thlug that really
mattered. If she accused her neighbor
of theft, nothing was simpler for him
than to drop the purse out of the open
window beside which he was sitting.
No; she determined she would leave
any Interference until they arrived at
their destination.
She secured the services of a porter
and, with apparent calmness, followed 1
her traveling compauion down the J
platform. Having described her bag
gage to the porter, she at the critical
moment bowed slightly to the pick
pocket and. with an airy smile, said,
"This gentlemau has my baggage
check." And he Immediately presented
It to her.
Dainty If Nat Subntimllnl.
The wife of a farmer had a sister j
come from Chicago to make a visit ]
One day the thrashers came, and th< -
guest iusisted ou doing the work alou>'
and sent her sister away to rest. When
twenty-seveu thrashers tile*! in to sup- I
per that night tliey found a sandwich !
tied with riblmn. oue chicken croquette, I
one cheese ball the size of a garble
and a buttonhole bouquet at each
plate.? Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
Loits Mutit.
The longest distance ever compassed
by human vision is 1S3 miles, being
the distance between the Uncompahgrc j
park, in Colorado, and Mount Ellen, In
Utah. This feat was accomplished by
the surveyors of the United States
coast and geodetic survey, who were j
engaged, in conjunction with repre
sentatives of other nations, In making
a new measurement of the earth.
I'laot to Live.
"The cheapest place In (lie world is
Antiocb." said a globe trotter. "1 j
once passed a winter there, and ail It
cost me. though I leased a tine house
and kept three servants, was $4 a
week. Autloch Is in Asia, on the Medi
terranean. The climate is all right for
winter? us good a winter climate as
Monte Carlo. Palm Beach or I.os An
geles. For my house I paid $3 a ;
mouth rent. My servants I paid 50 j
cents a week. Mutton cost 3 cents a
pound. Egss were '2 cents a dozen, i
Chickens were 5 cents apiece. Fish j
cost a Ufth of a cent a pound. The I
flnest of fresh fruits and vegetables? '
fresh frnits and vegetables in Febru
ary?were so cheap that they were not
sold in quantity. You got all you '
wanted for so much a week. All I I
wanted for my household cost me a j
quarter weekiy. Au American resi
dent of Autloch told me that he and |
his family lived comfortably on ?173 a
year."- New York Tress.
Price and Imagination.
Housewives are apt to Judge th?
quality of groceries by the price paid
for them. As an Illustration of thl? a
grocer tells the following story: "1
had two qualities of flour? one fine aud
the other j>oor. One day I accidentally
sold one for the other. My customers
who paid a high price for the poi*
quality, said that It had given entire
satisfaction, while those who had re
ceived the flue flour for a low pries
complained of It, and a few returned It
as unfit for use."
. The first Man.
About the middle of the seventeeutb
century Isaac de la Poyrere, In an odd
little volume entitled "The Pre- Adam
ites," attempted to prove that there
were two creations of men? the first 011
the sixth flay of the week of creation,
when "Uod c routed man male and fe
male." The rabbis luterpret the above
passage of holy writ as meaning that
the first race of human beings wen1
creatures In which both sexes were
united lu the same Individual. Accord
ing to De la Peyrere, Adam was the re
suit of the second creation, the "male
u ud female" being hav lug been the pro
geultor of the gentiles, Adam the fa
ther of the Jews. A great many poo
pie fell in with the views of De la Pey
rere, and he was the lion of the hour
Ills followers were called "Pre- Adam
lies," auil they increased In numbers
rapidly until finally the movement be
cnine so strong that the fonnder of tin
sect was compelled to go to Home and
abjure his doetrlue at the feet of Pope
Alexander VII.
SMtUKew mill Snuff.
The habit of xr.ufi' takiug has beet
confirmed aiuoug savage, tribes foi
ages past. lu South Africa It Is used
among Swazls, liasulos and Mataltclcs.
Every Zulu today, even In towns, car
rles a little square box suspended
arouud his ueck by a piece of string 01
gut, and the snuff spoon (tor they do
not indulge lu the homely "pinch"),
carved out of sheep's lione. often or
uamented with Intricate geometrical
designs and for couveuieuce carried
hanging downward through a slit lu
the lobe of the ear. The Zulu regards
the lobe of his ear as a useful recep
table for various small articles he
meets with. The uiufaau, or house boy,
universally met with In Natal, has a
peu.-ftant for safety pins, which have
to be carefully hiddeu from his sharp
eyes. Even tlieu he is usually to be
seen, after golug through the rooms,
with a string of these pins suspended
from each ear until they reach his
shoulders.
IVecktfe* an Hnllwny Signal*.
?'Kod ueckties are always worn bj
foreign bnikcnu'D ami conductors. Ev
er notice It?" said n railroader.
"Xo. Why is it?"'
"As a safety device," was the reply
"These red neckties that tlush upon
your gaze ou the railroads of Italy.
France. Oerniany and l-lnglund ur<
not a sign that the people have a guv
taste, hut that they are cautious auO
prudent
"The neckties ari? supplied free bj
the railroad companies for use us dan
gor signals in emergency. Thus, ru
mutter when or where nu accident u:u>
happen, there Is no ueed to search 01
scramble for a red flag, but the brake
man whips oil his red nccktie ami
waves it frantically aloft."? Miuneap
oils Journal.
The Larural ?wi>paper.
The largest newspaper ever publish
ed In this or any other country wai
the Illuminated Quadruple Constella
tion. which was Issued in New Yort
city ou July -J. 1S59. It was a 28.00C
edition aud was sold at 50 cents pel
copy. The size of the page of thl>
sheet was "0 by 100 Inches, or almost
forty-nine square feet. It was au eight
page paper, thirteen columus to th?
page, or a total of 11)4 columns, eacl
forty-eight inches lu length. It wa?
Illustrated with good portraits of Pres
Ident Buchanan, Edward Everett, Hen
ry Ward Beecher, N. P. Bauks, E. H
C'hapiu, Horace Greeley, Elizabetl
Barrett Browning, Alexander vor
Humboldt, James U. Bennett and sov
eral others. Tlie paper contained thlr
ty-six different poems entire, one o!
them having us many as sixty-foul
eight llue verses. Among other artlclet
of speelal note was the celebrated
"Moon Hoax." published in 1S35. I)
required the work of forty persons tei
hours per day for eight weeks to "gel
out" this niHtumoth paper.
OriKin of "Stationer."
According to l'icrre de Blols, the tl
tie "stationer" was applied to one elate
of bookseller long before the seven
teeuth century, though that may haw
been the period when It came to refei
to any seller of books. He dlstln
guishes betweeu the libraril and thf
statlonarll, who had both become st
numerous In Paris In 1259 that cer
tain regulations had to be made foi
their control. The former were ageuti
for the sale and loan of manuscripts, a
large sum of money being depositee]
when a manuscript was lent, while th<
latter, allowed to have statious or stalls
lu the markets, were sellers and cop
lers of manuscripts. At the time be
wrote there were twenty-nine broken
and stationers In Paris, not a very dan
gerous number, one would thluk, con
stderlug that Paris from the twelfth tc
the fifteenth century was considered
the chief seat of learning.? Londo;
Standard.
lie Wan In Surli a Harry.
A man who has resided lu Cairo told
this tale as au illustration of the dil
atory ways of Arabian trades people:
"A certaiu gentleman ordered a
swing to be erected In his garden foi
the use of his little boy, aged six. He
waited and waited, but the swing nev
er arrived. Iu due course of time that
boy grew up to man's estate and be
came himself the father of a little boy.
When his sou was six years old h?
remembered how his own father had
J ordered a swlug to be made for him
] So ho called ou the tradesman, whe
| lived at his gate, and asked him to
1 send up the swing that had been order
| ed twenty years before. The tnaa
! agreed to do so. The little boy be
coming Impatient after three weeks.
I his father called again and retnon
strated with the Arabian as to his dll
atorlness. The iudignaut tradesman
replied that he could not really under
take to serve any one who was lu
j such a fearful hurry."
SSL
TO My Patrons:
I will be at my old place of busi
ness until further notice and pre
pared to give receipts to all those
who desire to pay their account.
MARTIN CONWAY
Skagway, May 11th, 1907. *.
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used in sosas
household*!
BUT
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COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that \sf
following the simple instruction*
the quality is always delkiotta.
See our several styles aud let W
explain the perfect way.
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Gold and Silver smith.
We have a large stock j
Itomney's Gandy
Peter's- Chocolates |
Also a [large stock ol
Fresh Nuts
Dont* Forget the Number. 428 Brclw'y |
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