i ?ivmin~riT?na
LOVER'S DAY
uuaum
Today Set Apart for Choos
ing Mates
Today is sacred to the memory of St.
Valentine, aud almost since the begin
ning of our literature it is regarded in
connection ? ith the mating of those of
opposite sexes It is believed that this
idea of the day came from an old belief
that on St. Valentine's day the birds
chose their mates for the year.
Chaucer refers to the birds' obser
vance of the day in his "Parliament of
Fowls." ?aying: "This is Saint Valen
tine's day when every bird come'.h
hither to choose his mate.'ltisalso allud;
ed to by Skakspere in the same connec
tion.
Shaksoere was among those who have
caused the day to be forever associated
with courtship and marriage and senti
ments of love. He gives it that turn
several times, notable in those words in
Hamlet, which say:
"To-morrow is St. Valentine's day,
All the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine,"
St. Valentine'? day has been observed
much as it is now for several centuries,
though the satirical features of the day
are probably not of so ancient origin
as are the amatory. The line? from
Hatnlet referred to were written in
UjOO, the last year of the 16th century,
ami they had to do with a much earlier
period in the world's history.
In 166*:, Pepys wrote in hi* famous
diary, on February 14 (which, by the
way. was St. Valentine's day with the
Old Style calendar as it is with the
Gregorian.) "I am also this year my
wife's valentine, and it will cost me 5I;
but that I must have laid out if we had
not been Valentines."
FORMER Sh.AGVVAV
WOMAN DIES
Mrs. J. \V. Milliken, formerly of
Skagwav.died at Tacoma February 1st,
and whs buried at that place Sunday.
February 3d.
Mrs. Milliken was a sister of J. I1., E.
3. and W. J. Quinn, former residents
of Skacway, She is survived by tw 0
sons. William and Edward, who are
employed as carriers on the Seattle
Times. The elder of the boys was
employed for a long time in a similar
capacity on the Daily Alaskan.
J. F. i^uinn, one of the brothers, is
now a resident of Seattle. E. B. and
W. J. reside at Tacoma.
Mrs. Milliken was born in California
but principally reared at Portland from
which place she came to Skagway and
lived for several years. She has resided
at Seattle since leaving here.
R4MOY4 Df LAVED
AT WRANGELE
The Uatnona was delay at Wrangell.
She sailed from there for Skagway at 8
o'clock this morning. She will be due
at Skagway sometime tomorrow.
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cure anv case of Itchiog, Blind, Bleed
inir or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days
or money refunded. 50c, M-W-F
Seattle Saloou
For the choicest stock ot liquid re
freshjsents, the Seattle Saloon leads
them all. The famous Seattle Rainier
'^eer always on hand.
EVES WORK ?
Can Yon See As You Shonld ?
Do your eyes do the work that Nature
and civilization and you need require of
thetn? Can you see as well as you
should? Do your eyes cause you pain or
fatigue'/
If you cannot answer all these ques
tions in a manner that is perfectly satis
factory to you it is a sign that you
should come to see us and lose no time
in the coming. We make scientific ex
aminations of tbe eyes and we fit them
with glasses that will make them do
their work and cease to give pain.
If your suspicidns are aroused in any
way come and be examined. It will
cost you nothiag and 'we will tell you
whether our services are required or
not.
We sell the best watches, clocks,
jewelry.of allfkinds, cut glass, hand
painted china, novelties, etc., at
PRICES THiT ARE RIGHT.
Our repair department is always in
working order. It makes worn and
broken articles AS GOOD AS NEW.
Remember, in everything we do and
everything we sell, we GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION.
J. Ikuta. Optician and Jeweler.
1?, rii-,-,r? ?
Oo?t'.uiso Kor Vovin#- Womiui.
tfor a yonng wuruan an appropriate
and in every way attractive costnme is
shown in the illustration. Tlin material
tor the body of the costume is median
Weight tobacco colored cloth. The skir?
U perfectly plain, hangs straight in
front and at tbe sides and falls in easy,
giaooful folds in the back. It display
APPHOPKIATE AND ATTRACTIVE,
sonsid enable amplitude at tbe bottom
and follows the modified bull design in
? general way. Tbe combination corselel
and overakirt it close fitting and but
tons down tbe back.
Tbe corsage is of dark green velvet
witb a small design i.u a darker shade
It fita closely in tbe tack and is made
in the form of a blouse in front. Tbe
tleevea are olose fitting to tbe shoulders,
where they are finished in puffs of
m?dium size. ? New York Telegram.
To Kike Blouse Waists Fit.
The woman who wishes her blouse
waist to lie smoothly across the shoul
der puts a bit of stiffening down the
shoulder seam. Some of the manufao
tared so called "bones" are excellenl
for this purpose. Tbey are firm, but pli
%ble. No matter how well a garment i?
out, if it is not tight fitting or with a
tight fitting lining it is not possible tc
make tbat shoulder seam lie straight
without some assistance^ and this tb<
??ft "boue" give*.
The fqaUhmrnt of the Itnirno.
In former times the punishment ol
the bagno (bath), one of the inosl
cleverly erne! Inflictions evr devised
by an official <>i tlie torttnv chamber
was administered in Italy, probably it
Venice, wbere the water <>f tlie lag>nn>
played so prominent a part hi Its peua'
system. Tbe pnnishtncnt was as fol
lows: The prisoner was placed in a
vat tbe sides of which were slightly in
excess of tbe average height of a man
In order to hold in check tbe rising tide
of a supply of water which ran iutc
the vat in a constant stream tbe crimi
nal was furnished with a scoop witb
which to bale out the water as fast as
It came in. Tbe respite from death by
Immersion thus obtained was more 01
less prolonged, according to 'lie powers
of endurance possessed by the victim
but imagine tbe mortal tirture. the ex
hausting and even hideously grotesqlK
efforts, the incessant and pitiless toll
by night aud day. to stave off the dread
momeut fast approaching, when, over
come by sleep and fatigue, he was tin
able to struggle any longer against his
fate.
"Auld Robin Cray."
A ballad that wuu instant fame
again>t the expectation ami even the
wish of Its au.hor was "Aukl lJobiu
Gray." writteu by Lady Auue Lindsay
about the en- 1 of t li?* eighteenth century
merely for Jier owu satisfaction to re
place the coarse verses of an old melo
dy that pleased her. She saug charm
Ingly. and the new ballad soon camt
Into favor, (ireat was the curiosity
aroused as to the author of this pa
thetic song. In whos*> simple verses all
the elements of a heurtreuding tragedj
are contained, but Lady Aune, modes!
and retiring by nature, preserved si
lence for ilia uy years, siuiling. nc
doubt, at the controversy that raged sc
hotly. In the course of it her ballad
was attributed by some disputants tc
David Rlzzio. declared by others to In
a genuiue sixteenth century production
and finally made the subject of a
twenty guinea prize to be bestowed oe
anybody acute enough to briag to light
the veritable author.? Coruhill Maga
zlue.
rican few Can AIToril.
"A long, low strip of land, a vallej
between high bills, lies five mlles> out
side of Havana, and there," said a
cigar salesmau. "the best tobacco lo
the world Is grown. The name of the
place Is Abajo, and the S'uelta Abajo
crops are always bought up two ot
three years in advance of their
ing. They vlc'd only .*>5.000 cigars
nually. These cigars sometimes sell a?
high as $150 a hundred ? $ 1.50 apiece.
Vuelta Abajo cigars are only stuoked
by kings and billionaires. There are
many fake Vuelta Abajos ou the mar
ket, but the real thing, once smoked
can never be mistaken, for there Is nt
other tobacco in the world with an
aroma at oni-e so powerful aud so del
lcate."? New York Press.
The Flrxt Man Drexunnkcr.
As far back as 1730 there was In
Paris a man dressmaker, probably
the first of his kind. His name was
Rhomberg. and he was the son of a
Bavarian peasant from the neighbor
hood of Munich. He owed his success
to his genius for concealing and reme
dying defects of figure. He drove a
beautiful carriage on the boulevard
and had an escutcheon in the shape
of a pair of corsets and an open pair
of scissors painted on the panel of each
door. He left a large fortune to his
heirs.
niffiafm
CANARY BIRDS.
The Fine?t o I Them Are RiiUed In
the Hnrx Motintulun.
The chief breeding ground for cana
ries was formerly the Harz moun
tains, but of late years only t'le finest
singers are reared In that district. The
trade was transferred to Eichsfelde,
In the province of Hanover, where poor
weavers breed the cheaper sort. The
most Important market for those gold
en birds is the United States, which
takes quite 100.000 birds a year. Great
Britain conies next, with some 50,000,
and Is followed by Brazil, Chile and
tilt Argentine Republic.
The principal dealers have large fac
tories which can turn out material for
1,000 bird cages daily. The peasants
take this away to their homes and
there make up the cages. Attendants,
who each have charge of 1,000 birds In
separate cages, take canaries across
the Atlantic and on their return voy
age bring back Mexican and Cuban
parrots for the European markets. -I
About 250,000 canaries are bred ev
ery year in Germany, and their value,
some ?50.000, goes chiefly into the
pockets of the peasants.? London Tele
graph.
Carlyle on Kiicht anil Wronc.
Carlyle maintained that a strain of
sentiment about criminals was very
prevalent in his day, which tended seri
ously to obliterate or diminish the real
difference between right and wrong.
He hated with an Intense hatred that
whole system of philosophy which de
nied that there was a deep, essential,
fundamental difference betweeu right
and wrong ami turned the whole mat
ter into a mere calculation of inter
ests. He was accustomed to say that
one of the chief merits of Christianity
was that it taught that right and wrong
were as far apart as heaven and hell
and that no greater calamity can be
fall a nation than a weakening of the
righteous hatred of evil.
A Stupid PrulnKtte.
It was a performance of "Hichard
III.," and a poor one. to which the two
men from Wilson's ranch had listened
for nearly an hour with 111 concealed
Impatience.
"Come on out. I've had enough of R
this thing," said one of them at last. ;
but the other hesitated.
"That guy in the middle o' the stage
was calling for a horse a minute ago."
he said In a hoarse whisper. "Let's
hti?i oil till the show begins anyway."
Bnrled by Torchlight.
Allerton Hall was upward of fota
centuries the property and residence of
the Kltchingman family. It was th?
largest and most ancient mansion in
Chapeltown, consisting of about sixty
rooms, with gardens and pleasure
grounds. The Kitchingman family fot
upward of 400 years were cnVrled from
this hall by torchlight lo be interred in
the choir of St. Peter's church in Leeds.
At the Interment of any of the family
the great chandelier, consisting of thir
ty-six Nranches, was always lighted
In the year 1716 Robert Kltchingmat
died May 7. aged 100 years. He or
dered his body to be buried with torch
lights at Chapel Allerton. He was In
terred on May 10, when 100 torches
were carried. The room where th?
body was laid was hung with blacV
and a velvet pall, with escutcheons. '
was born by the chief gentry. The J
pallbearers had all scarf, biscuits and j
sack; the whole company had gloves. I
Fifty pounds were given among the I
poor In the chapel yard on the day of ] ,
his Interment. Mary, his wife, die? i
July 2S, 1710, aged ninety -seven years, |
She was interred precisely iu the same |
way. ? "Annals of Yorkshire." j
Kor Black Erfi. : .
It Is often the case that people meet j
rtrith accidents and bruises that causa c
dlsfiguriug discoloration*. from which
they suffer not a little embarrassment
end annoyance. It is worth while to
know that there Is a simple remedy
and one quite within the r.'ach of
every one. Immediately after the accl- j
dent mix au equal quantity of cap- c
sicum annum with mucilage made of
gum arable. To this add a few drops "
o i glycerin. The bruised surface should
be carefully cleansed and dried, then
painted all over with the capsicu/n ]
preparation. I'se a camel's hair brush J
and allow it to dry. then put ou the ,
second or third coat as soon as the !
first is entirely absorbed. A medical '
journal Is authority for the statement
that if this course Is pursued iminedl- '
atelv after the iujury discoloration of
the bruised tissue will be wholly pre
vented. It is also said that this reme
dy Is unequaled as a cure for rheuma
tism or stiffuess of the ueck.
]
j&panfie rrlion rooa.
The food given the prisoners In Jap
anese prisons is in proportion to their
conduct and industry, the prisoners
?vho do not conduct themselves as they
.'Qould receiving a cake of rice, which
2>ust last for seven days, while in the
?ase of the orderly prisoners the same
CsJLe lasts only four days. The prison
er v-'to conduct themselves properly
re??ive also a little horse meat and
potato or pea sauce with their meals.
Ac; Go Together.
"And what are you going to do when
you're a man?" asked the visitor.
"I've been thinking," replied the
I bright boy. "of starting an elephant
farm in Virginia."
"An elephant farm?"
"Certainly. Why not? They raise,
peanuts there."? Philadelphia Press.
Fond of Children.
I "The dog you sold me yesterday
?would have eaten my little girl up thl?
morning If she had not been rescued." j
"But you Insisted on having a dog
that was fond of children."
The reason a man marries his sweet- J
heart is because she is not like other
girls. The reason he divorces her Is b?
cause she is. ? Illinois State Journal.
ifj- mi, ?^^^-*^wwninsamniwmmfr munttYi
SPECIAL 5ALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing- Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the
next ten days. ?
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
_ fancy trimmings. We must. make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
fHE BEST
COFFEE
can b?
SPOILED
by the old toll
or miss pla*
?used ia Bom?
households!
Birr
- with*
"METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
following the simple instruction*
the quality is always deliiionf.
See our several styles and lottw
explain the perfect way.
P. E. KERN
Gold and Silver smith.
Notice to Public
T have authorized Mr. P. B. Graves
o assume full charge of uay affnirs in
onnection with running the Pullen
louse during my absence.
Mrs. H. ,S. Pullen.
>kagway, Nov. 28, 1906. tf.
Coal and 'Wood
Call up the Alaska Transfer company
or coal, wood and kindling1. All or
lers promptly attended to. 'Phone 10
We have a large stock
tourney's Gandy
Peter's Chocolates
Also a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'y
Tony Dortero's
and Importer of
MILLINERY
orders 'solicited and filled immediatly.
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THE
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SAVE YOUR DOLLARS
is our advice. Later on in life, it will
be of preat service to you. The lack of
mocey.causes untold misery. That is
vhy you should save a portion of your
salary, or earnings, while vou can.
The five per-cent plus dividend earn
in<? Gold Bonds, of the Northern Se
curities and Banking: Company, offer
tne safest and best investment in the
way of savings that is on the market.
These Bonds are backed by Real Estate
?securities held by one of the largest
rrust;;Companies in the west, They
can be paid for on the monthly, semi
annual or annual payment plan and will
earn you better than ten per-cent on
yolir money, besides taking care of and
returning: you your principal
For full particulars, see
PHIL ABRHAMS, Apent.
On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCotnpany:
WATER
First Faucet
Each " additional (except wash basins, free). . . .
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " " *'
Urinals :l " " " "
Wash Basins " " " " "
Hote's, per room additional
Beer Pjmps
Restaurants
Steam Laundries '
Hand "
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate
Hose Connection for Fire Protection
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per load
Lawn and Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NI9HT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
All Year Winter
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.