ENDING OF SEASON FOR COMMODITY RATE
OVER WHITE PASS CAUSES SHORT
AGE AND INCREASES COST
May an! oats advanced in ths Dawson
market. today frotu JiKi ami $93 to ?jl'Hl a
ton. The reason sriyen by the dealers is
that tbe coram ility rates (or ibe seasou
ever tlte White l'a?s route ended today.
After this ali shipments offered at coast
imiun for \ ukon take the hijflier
The commodity rate on groceries will
e\i>ir.' the day after tomorrow.
i ream, potatoes. irood butter ami
even some canned vegetables, such ??
(?eas.ai ?ti I -by in the Dawson mirket
Whi ? a ship nent of severd html red
cases of cream will arrive there now
and then, it usually <,'Oes to one bouse
at a time, nud then cotues a scramble
anion.* tbe other bouses and the lafye
consumers tor a portion.
It - -etus that ths creameries have
t licu'itv ;? jetting whit they need to
!.... orders from numerous other sources
than the Nortn. The reasou is siid to
be the fi.ct that so many vast enter
prises are being c rried into new count
ries that the demands for cream are ex
cept i rial.
r?r Dawson butter market is any
tlni >: but overrun with iirst-olass but
ter. Some, if not most, of tbe butter
-,iid there tuj last few weeks for a tirst
c'. a-- at t ele, isabmt the rankest des
igned for human consumption, and it
ha> kept the punctilious housewife
;-ue?iiutf and sidestepping to avoid
!>e:nir s'ocked up repeatedly with the
keep-a-a distance brand,
iflTii?
KIDNEY TROUBLES MAY BE SAPPING
YOUR LIFE AWAY
When a healthy man or woman be
>;in? to run down without appa'i n!
causj, become weak. languid, depress
ed, -i.rtVrs backache, headache, dizzy
?p?. -. and urinary disorders, look to
tbe kidneys for the cause of it all.
Keep tbe kidneys well and they will
ktep you well. Doan's Kidney Hills
cure sick kidneys aud keep them we'l.
J as. Vanderverc, motormas O. li.
Ry., living v>n Central St., corner .ve
st Olynipia, Wash., says: "Just about
two years ago. I lea ned about L)oan'
Kidnev Pills. I was troubled aitreat deal
u .1.: backache at th- urn . At intervals
t .e pain ?d> severe and at other times,
a steady dull aching. Whether it was
my work or colds or both that caused
the derangement, I do not know, but
what I do know, is that Doau's
Kidney 1*.. Is quickly relieved and ? ra
dicated tbe eouipiatnt, stopped tbe
aching completely and strengthened
my back so that 1 could lift, stoop or
bring any of the back mi'scles Into
play without tbe sligfst twinge. I con
sijt-r lMau's Kidney Villa unsurpuss
Kor sale by all dealers. Price -a)
cents. Kostor-Milburn l.o., Buffalo, N,
V . -ole agents for the 1'nited State-.
Kemember the name ? Uoan - ? an, I
l.ikt- no other.
Llitca To It
U-citals ou the Duplex day and i i U
at the Seattle. Its the sweetest iiiumc
iu the city.
The Fifth Avenue hoti'l is the !> 3
^esi u.ud best appointed hostelry in ^il
the north
Batter Prepared tUna Ivor
Um% in? put in a steam boiler and
other machinery we are bttter pre
pared thun ever to do tirst-class work
on short notice.
6-i'i-tf ? Skagway Laundry
Liitea To It
Uecitals on the Duplex day and night
at the Seattle. Its the sweetest music
in th" city.
l'he Pack Train Uestau rant will serve
wine with dinner orders, free in place
ofteu or coffee. Come oa ooys.
Wti-nUs To T]
AH persons are hereby warned that a
eun trap has been sec on the lot of C.
M. Brown, on Sixteenth and State
street and they should govern them
selves accordingly.
'C. M. Brown,
4 t A T Skagway.
At ihe f
Spelling ?
School, 4
Copyright. 15*07. by Mary McKeon.
Hurt Seymour, son of Farmer Sey
mour. hail given a "sugaring off" party
In the sap bush, and his luvited quests
numbered n dozen of the young men
and girls of the neighborhood. Such
parties are always given with the lust
) run of maple sap and are simple af
fairs. The guests all gather at the
sugar bush, where the sweet sap has
already been boiled down to tldek
sirup, aud seat themselves ou a log
while the sirup Is liolled a little mora
and then served aroiiud ou clean maple
? ,:ips. There is snow yet left in the
uoods, aud a dab of sirup dropped
?u the snow produces maple wax.
There Is a general stickiness, a gejleral
state of hilarity, and the girls go home
with wet feet and the young men w it li
wax ou their chins.
In one sense this parly referred to
was a great success. In another It was
a calamity. A sewing machine agent
had lieen stopping at Farmer Ilaliday'n
for the last two weeks while he beat
ip the country. He happened to be a
youug mail and a taking fellow, but
there was uo earthly reason for Hurt
Seymour to lie jealous of him. Eunice
llaliiii.y and liurt had been engaged
, for three <>r four mouths, and while
she was naturally Mattered at the eow
pibnents paid to her by the agent,
whose name was French, thej didn't
turn her head by any means. She saw
from the tirst that Hurt was luclitied to
lie jealous, and she was therefore tu?>re
? irctitnspwt. but Hurt's Jealousy still
rankled. lie took good care that the
stranger shouldn't Ik? luvited to the
? agar party, to w hich Eunice was duly
escorted by the host, but elieek is a
part of the stock in trade of agents of
all sorts, and 110 one was greatly sur
prised wheu Mr. Freli-U showed Up as
<<'ol as a snow batik aud took the big
gost chip in the collection.
As old Aunt Martha used to say. ull
girls that amount to anything have a
spice of deviltry lu their nature. Be
they ever so sweet and nice, there are
times when they like to liei tor. When
Eunice saw. with all the others, that
the coming of the ageut annoyed her
iuvcr aud that Mr. French was in
clined to put himself out in another
and more agreeable way to make
things a success, she came as near
flirting with hint ns she could aud miss
it. The harder Hurt scowled and the
mote he show ?i his vexation the in ire
ic-kless she became. She didn't in
tend to go too far. but just far enough
to p ..aish him. He would be sullen
and sulky going houie, but she would j
make up with him before they reached
the gate? that is. she thought it would
Ik- that way. but she was mistaken.
Hurt referred to the agent as a "snide."
a "squirt" and several other things,
aud. although she only defended mild
ly. t was sutlicient to keep his tem
per hot. lie announced that he had
been disappointed in her: that there
was uo such thing as loyalty known to
her sex; that a few compliments from
a "masher" were valued by her more
than his enduring love, aud when the
gate was reached she announced t'.iat
| *he wouldn't submit to be browbeaten.
and he flourished his arm in reply and
: exclaimed:
1 "Farewell, false girl! I have loved
i you us no iiiiiu ever loved before, but
vou have let a fool (tart us. I may be
sum-truck th:s summer or- die of a
: brokeu heart or commit suicide, but
simply broken one more human heart
shattered the faith of another man In
woman's integrity."
* >f course Eunice went into the house
prepared to brave It out, atul of course
it wasn't fifteen minutes before her
mother suspected that something had
transpired anil whisked her Into the
family bedroom t > say:
"Now. then, has that Hattie Jones
been saying mean things aliout you
"N't, uia!" replied the daughter us
l'.y aud by all the details were iu the
u Cher's possesion. The girl did not
deny that she had flirted a bit. but
- had not really meant anything sen
She was deeply in love with
Hurt Seymour, and as she thought of
!:; - dying of sunstroke and going to
his grave believing she eared for any
?her num. uo matter how many sew
In r machines he could sell iu a week,
it almost broke her heart.
"Well. now. stop crying while I talk
to vou." said the mother. "You should
. r have flirted, and Hurt should not
ave made a ^>ol of himself. lie's
? atvay to chew the rag. as your
:.i Hen puis it. He thinks he'll get
1> :? from you lu a day or two ask
ing ' ? forgiveness. Then he'll lalie a
v 1. I efore coming around and Con
di oadlng to make up. First aud
1 foi-enost, you are not to write hiiu a
Iliii . Second and hindmost, he's got to
cor e to you if there Is any coming
s'i. "t It. Your father was Just another
siu !i idiot when he was running after
me. and I made him crawl. That's
why 1 have always h id the whip hand
of him."
"Hut you know liow set Hurt Is i*
his ways," pleaded Ku nice.
I "Hut you can be Just as set la
yours."
"Hut sup[H>se he's found dead with
my photo on his brokeu heart."
"Suppose our old dog should bark
his tall off: You are going to do just
as I say. and that ends It. I'm your
j mother, anil I know something about
! men. anil If I dou't help you to bring
j that smart young mac back within two
weeks I'll never darn another pair of
socks for your father."
Out- event Invariably follows the oth
er In the country. After the sugar
P'irly, about two weeks after, IW
i he last day of the district school, or
close of the term. Word goes out
tor ten utiles around, and the 200 youu^
-inu old who attend manage somehow
, i" set Into the schoolbouse. Then two
i. i.-?us choose sides, and the whole
crowd lines up. and the schoolmaster
( pronounces the words. The spelling
school for the Seymour district was
i nunouuced for a date two weeks sub
sequent to the sugar party and the
lovers' quarrel. No Burt called at the
j Ilaliday farmhouse lo make up. The
' days passed, and poor Eunice went
<. tout with tears In her eyes. Even
her rather noticed that the daughter
'ooklng red eyed and pale faced
ami asked the wife if a doctor had not
better be consulted.
i "Don't you worry. Joseph," wus all
the reply he got. and about all he ex
[HH.'ted, but to the daughter the mother
said:
Eunice, when the spelling school
comes o3 t uui going to bring that
yom?K wan to the mark. He is one of
the Lesf spellers urouud here, isu't he;
: "Yes. ua."
j "Well, so are you. SolUe folks say
! voii are better than he Is. if you are
L'ti one side aud he on the other, you
are going to beat him."
I "Hut suppose 1 can't."
I ni Just going to pray that you I
will."
"Then he'll lie madder yet. Maybe
he <1 go right home and commit sul
- ride."
"And maybe he'll go right home audi
get some sense In his head. I'm run
ulng this show, aud I want you to do
Just as I tell you."
There was the usual big turnout |
when the evening came. The sewiuw
nnn-liluc agent had departed for other I
fields, and Eunice arrived at the school
house in the company of her father
and mother. Almost immediately she
heard that Hurt Seymour hail come I
:i!"ue with ills horse and buggy, she |
heard that their misunderstanding j
; was lieing gossiped about. The school
master was well kuown to the Hail
da*-. and a few whispered words from I
Mrs. Halidav perfected her plans. It
was announced that Mr. Burt Sey
mour and .Miss Eunice Haliday would I
choose sides, aud they found theni
? Wives at once the center of Interest.
I mil sought to decliue, but each was |
pushed forward. Each line when li'l
cd numbered eighty, and then thel
I "I*1""# begau. The first tlve minute
did the business for twentv.
j In a quarter of an hour there wen
only ten spellers oft their feet. I'ivt I
minutes later Eunice an Hurt alone
wore left. They stood facing each oth
though not looklug Into each other's
eyes. Hurt looked obstinate, aud the
| sirl had her chin In the air. It was
called the greatest contest of the do
ado. For twenty minutes the teacher
Ininted out the hard words, but could
trap neither. Then Burt was caught
and went down, and the victory was
awarded the girl amid cheers. Five
nilnutes later the crowd broke up. and
Eunice was hunting for her wraps
j when a haml was laid on her arm and I
a voice whispered:
"Euny. how do you spell 'Idiot,' 'for
give' and 'love?' "
"The simplest way," she replied asl
| she turned to Burt.
"Theu ride home with me. I brought I
I my buggy on purj>ose."
"Of course It worked." suld Mrs.
Haliday that night to herself after I
making a cackling noise In her throat
"If It had beeu left to Eunice, uow
but it wasn't. When a smart young I
man thinks he's smarter than an old
married woman It's time he was spell
ed down a few and made to take a I
back seat."
Duel Averted.
Curducci, the great Italian poet, came
near having a duel one day. He pos
sessed u tine spirit of contradiction aud
had the characteristics of a tighter.
Once while traveling In I.ouiburdy he
was In a railway compartment with an
army officer, who did not recognize
him. Conversation turned upon the
latest literary productions. They spoke
of a poem by the author of "Odes Bar
bares." which had just uppeared.
"This Cardoccl," ejclalmed the offi
cer, with enthusiasm, "Is a superb gen
ius. the greatest since Dante, the equal
of Dante himself."
"Huuiph!" said the other. "A geu
lus? That's too much to say. I Bnil
him mediocre."
"Mediocre, sir? You don't know any
thing about it."
"Oh, you are incapable of Judging."
"IV"
"You !"
"Sir:"
"Sir:"
The officer hauded his card to his dis
putant. The other smiled. "There's
mine." And on It was the uame "Glo
sue Carduccl, professor at the Univer
sity of Bologna."
The officer, removing his hat, polite
ly bowed.? Le Crl de Paris.
Heirs of the Air.
The owls, solemn birds, strongly Im
bued with the obligations of the mar
ried state, mostly begin to sit as soon
as the first egg appears, so that the
eggs. having a fair field and no favor,
hatch out In precisely the same order
as that in which they are laid. With
the majority of smaller birds another
habit prevails, for these do not com
mence to sit in earnest until the full
clutch, perhaps a dozen in number, la
complete. This obviously means that
the earlier oggs In the nest have had
time to grow cold and must be warmed
up agalu. As a result, the eggs ar?
hatched out In the Inverse order of lay- 1
:iig. It is a good thing that bird life
is devoid of litigation, otherwise what
t.'H'ible arguments this difference be
tween first laid and first hatched might
lead to.
AS THE! SAW IT
HOW THE EDITORS OF VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS REPORT
BASE BALL
It was the new managing editor who
decided to send all members of the
sporting department to the ball game
and to select the beat story for use in
the paper.
"Above all, gentlemen, ?' he said,
with the accent ouly 10 be acquired at
fair Hah-vahd, "avoid unintelligible
[verbiage, come to the point without
| unnecessary tergiversation and des
I i-ribe the contest concisely."
I "Donahue slammed a Texas leauger
I into the center garden," wrole the
j base ball man while eudeavoring to
| carry out instructions, "and reached
second as it slipped through Flick's
lunch hooks, purloining the third
pillow when llohe fanned and copping
when Dougherty lined a si/./.ler through
the second sacker."
"Donohue sent a solar plexus slam,
got to the opposite corner and sidestep
ped onto third," asserted the pugilistic
writer. "Kohe's feint accomplished
nothing. Dougherty sent in the knock
out drops a moment later, and Donohue
took the count at home."
"Jiggs got oiT running when the gate
went up on his swat," said tho turf
man, " stepping to the the half at a 1 :.'59
gait, raited alojg nicely for the next
quarter by stealing a lead over Moore
and came with his neck pulled double,
passing the wire in a canter.''
'?Donohue drove 2">0 yards without
any preliminary waggle at the tee,"
said the golt expert, "made the first
two holes in one stroke as Flick foozled,
got another move up the green after
Kobe had seemed stymied for an instant
and finished in bogey, winning tho
game."
The managing editor read the proof |
and shook his head sadly.
"And I asked for a clear account cf
the match." he murmured.
Auyheadof a sporting department j
wishing the services of four sporting'
writers can address general delivery. ? 1
Vancouver 1!. C.) Province.
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