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JELLY GLASSES and MASON JARS
In Pints. Quarts and Half G-allons
See our South Window for display
PfRSOML MENTION
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A vjuartet of young ladies composed
of Misses Edith 1). (Jrafton, and M.
Glenburg, of Evrrett; M. Swaboda, of
Snohomish, and I>. Currie, of Machias,
were in the city yesterday on The Santa
Kosa. The young Indies were making
a trip as the guests of the Everett
Evening Herald, having been the
winners in a -'Most Popular Girls in
Everett and vicinity" coQtest. The
party was under the chaperonage of
Sam Grafton chief of tee Everett lire
department. The young ladies are no: :
only all that could be desired in an
attractive line, but showed their good
judgment by picking out a trip to Alas
ka when given the choice to make up
au itinerary aav place they desired.
Tne party made the trip to the Summit
and look in all the local interest points
possible.
A Port Acgeles exchange says
''.Michael Earles the well known lum
berman, has with I. P. Rogers, of North
Yakima .1 $400,f00 contract for the con
struction of the llanford irrigation
works at Priest's rspi-'s. ( oluinbiu
river. They have a i' p'aut for
construction work on the ground aud
have begun on the immense power can
al. This canal is to be two miles in
length and 100 feet wide and deep
enough to :loat a battleship. It will
develop power to pump water ioto ia
terals, which will irrigate a large tract.
The water for the canal is taken direct
from the Columbia river throi'gh a big
crib." Mr. Rogers has mauy friends in
this city where he was formerly super
intendent of the White Pass road.
Road Commissioner Mollineaux, re
turning from Rainy Hollow on his way
to Atlin, was in Skagway yesterday ar.d
reports that work will be commenced
od the Rainy Hollow road as sooo as it
can be gotten under way.
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Miller c^ice
down from the Summit last night acd
took in the dunce. ..Ir. Miller re
turned home this morning while Mrs
Miller will remain iu -<ka_ vay for a
few days vis ing.
Miss L. \f. Norton, editress if the
Bostou Alaskan. who has been in the
city (or the past few days gathering
Jain for her popular magazine, left
yesterday for S tka where she will re
main for some time in the interest of
her publication.
Miss Lena White, the charming
daughter of Kditor White, who ba.
been visiting with Mrs. Pe Witt for the
last :hree weeks returned to her home
at Whitehorse yesterday morning.
A party ol 40 excursionists who came
up oa the Dolphin an<i w ho hail from
all over the United States, left V hite
horse last uigbt for Dawson and other
points.
Miss Mary Curtis, who ha? been a
guest of N'r. and Mrs. Talbot for several
weeks, returned yesterday momlnir to
her Whi*ehors? home.
J. P. Maloney ?u 1 family, who have
been visitlug in the city with Mr. and
Mrs Kirrnse for the past ten days, re
turned to their Juneau home on the
Georgia today.
Mrs. Ktsbough Jones, a native
woman of Haines, well kuown in Sk?g
way, died at Llaines, Saturday and was
buried there Sunday.
Mrs. E. T. Caswell and family have
moved from the Keelar residence to
their handsome home in the North end.
Johnny Dortero, who has been ill at
Juneau for some time past, has re
turned and is almost entirely recovered.
Judge O'Donnel is berry picking to
day.
Received, choice potted p'.?its on
Dolphin at Northern Grocery.
A NEW TYPE OF NAIL
Designed For Woodwork Where e
Smooth Finish Is Desired.
A novel type of nail bus iveeutly
bee a invented t>\ I'harles A. Bird gull
m' llolilcu. Mo., fur use with nil kinds
i i.hlnrurk where a smooth finish ll
!, vinl The body of the null Is of the
: I f.irni, hut the head is provided
v ;!i .1 pair of prongs which are adapt
iil to he driven Into a piece of wood to
I ?: :i< 1 it to the timber in which the main
: ody is Imbedded.
1 lie form of the uail Is clearly illus
trated in Klc 1. which shows the body
of the nail driven into a timber, lu
order to drive the nail homx without
bend, nc or iujurluK the prongs that
piv from the head a special tool Is
?mpl ivetl. which Is Illustrated lu Fig.
This consists of a punch formed
with a recess lu one end adapted to
recelv c the prongs. This recess Is cen
trally divided by a cross plate which
Is adapted to tit between the prongs.
NOVEL FORM OF NAIL.
V transverse aperture in the punch
communicate* with this recess, en
abling the latter to lie kept clean and
;??> serving to indicate to the work
iiian when the prongs are set in the
-lit i x .sit ion for the grain of the
? ??< ! which is to lie engaged by them.
Ait' ;? the ImmIv of the nail has been
. home with the aid of the punch
ihe second piece of timber is applied
to (lie head of the nail and hammered
: u to contact with the ri r-- 1 piece. The
prong* are thus forced into the second
pit-i ?. aud, due to the fact that they
are outwardly be\ eled at the ends,
they spread apart to the position shown
m l-'itr. :>. The two pieces are thus se
curely diucbed together, and the
primus, being scored on their outer
faces, positively prevent the separa
tion of the parts. Tin. 4 illustrates a
moditled form of nail. In which the
prongs extend from an offset, thus per
mitting the lK>dv of the nail to be driv
en iato the timl>er without the use of ti
special tool to hold the prongs.
A Scientific Secret.
An interesting paper was read nt the i
lass meeting of the French Academy of |
Medicine as to a curious property re- j
??oiitlv discovered as latent ill the atliiil
g;iiu of platina. It Is known that nier- ;
.my ill emulsion with water separates j
itself from the latter as soon as the
til lie in which they are contained censes
to l>e agitated, it Is not thus with the
amalgam of platinum. The mercury
holding platinum In solution Is attract
ed when acted upon some seconds with '?
water. It forms a metallic mass, wldcb
resists the action of heut or cold, be |
trajiug no chauge under Hit) degrees of j
heat and capable of lieiug cut Into
slices for microscopic examination at
S" degrees lielow zero. M. Moissuu
discovered this property a year ago.
but died before he could determine its
explanation, which Is still under ques
tion.
Value of the Thumb.
The thumb Is said to be worth folly
one third the entire value of the baud.
The different lingers are far from ha?
log all the same vatue before the eyes
of the law. Much the most Important
au!->ng them Is the thumb, for without
It the hand no longer Is a pinchers,
bus .uerely a claw. The French court al
lot. s lu damages 10 to 35 per cent
va'ue for the right aud lu to 15 per
ci nt for the left thumb. The Austrian
svlh-dule gives fro u) 15 per cent for the
left to 35 per cent for the right. In I
G. ?nany 20 to 28 per cent and even as I
high as 33.3 per cen? has been award
ed. The percentage Ik based on 1(H) as !
the total value of the hand. Industri
ously ?peakiug, before the accident.
Electric Light and Eyes.
A special indamniiition. of the eyes
?ophthalmia electrics? seems to huve
become common among workers with
electr.c light apparatus. D. Chollitzcr
has pointed out to the Berlin Medical
society that the trouble may rjfcult
fr.'ui very brief exposure to
glare. hi an electric meltlun of Iron at |
t; ti engine factory an emunious arc of |
oOAKX' candlepower was produced
Workmen passing withlu sis or eis.ui
yards were warned not to linger, yet
on the uext day twelve of tin* turn
>oni: lit medical advice, reporting pulu
in tiie eyes, profuse luchryuiatloll,
spasm of the eyelids and hi' I ic!ic.
Ultra violet rays ar>? the suygesied
active > ause.
Fool Proof Third !tpil.
The third rail of the New York Cen
tral railroad has been uiounted so that
it is impossible for pe rsuns to get 111
contact with it without getting down
on the ground and reaching under. but
tlmt safeguard hits not been found suf
ticicnt protection, and it has neen uec
essary to construct a shield Culled a lip
at the cud of the stations along th*
liue ill order to prevent curious perron*
from | oklng the "shoe" of tin motor
with their umbrellas.
Atom: and Electrons.
Two huudred millions of atoms of j
matter could lie in row on a:i Inch, ami j
It would take u hundred thousand elec- ;
tron* to equal the size of an atom of
matter, said Sir Oliver U.dge In tha
course of a recent lecture ot Birming
ham university
Chicken* In Summer.
Thickens lo d" well in si, miner should
have shade, l'luui trees that atlain
mat ii city in a little time and are not
objevtionnhly tall make excellent
leaved, branching sbruhl>ory. under
whii h the Riddles may retreat. Is do I
slrable tjooseberry bushes .ire very j
spxMt. but the flowering currant or bush 1
h?H >j suckle that sprouts and spreads
and grows rank an 1 tall is the best
shtMb for shading.
Souvenir* of a Criminal Career.
A bedroom papered with the flags of
all nations Is occupied by an artist
who luu a hankering for oddities. By
cry nationality under the sun is rep
resented by the colors on the walls,
mil the effect upon a person when first
entering the rooui Is somewhat daz
zling. "Those flags," said the artist,
"represent a career of crime which has
extended over the entire world. In
fact. I ain an International thief.
Wh n 1 lot: re, I Africa. Asia. Kurope
and Australia some years a?ro with I wo
ilh r leliow artists w.? each boasted of
our ability in liiichiliT' l ;.vels from
!||e I: >!els at which we st uped. The
:el! ..ii* w'i > got the lov o.-t :iund.? r was
? ? ; iy ihe pass 'ire of (lie oilier (wo
'km-!; f i this co'mtry. I came l:i llrst
oy managing to collect *"Jo7 (ci.cli.
nian\ of which came from world .'.l
.n iii> hotels. When I it Ihe.-n Ii 1 ,ie
1 I'Minetliali ly turned them Into llags
?vitu my water coins, an<l lhe> make
,'o.nl soil ven. rs of i. iy eriuiiual caret r."
-i'LdiadelpUiA Uecoril.
Instinct In Plur.ts.
Climbing plants have two opposing
Qielh.Nls of describing spiral growth.
Tin- plants that turn to the right In
'he northern hemisphere reverse this
mid in the soul heru hemisphere, and
her. -lore, for the sake of consistency,
: i ay be preferable to describe the
. >vo kinds of spiral tendency as re
pcctlvelj "clockwise" and "counter i
ciocKwise." which latter can be short :
eui-.l lo "counterwise." The honey- i
suckle and the hop turu "clockwise," ?
while the couvolvulus and the scarlet I
runner bean twine "counter wise." Ki !
periments made bv "rowing scarlet run- i
ner beans In opuip-o cylinders, to dis
cover whether the deviation of the
twist was Innate or merely from the
direction of the light, disclosed the
fact that the plant possesses an lucllua
tlon resembling the Instinct of animals,
of proceeding in a given direction, and
resents any attempt to force It other
wise.
William Hoskins
? Boot and Shoe Maker ? ?
Repairing promptly dune with the hes'
material Ic the market
Ladies' and Children's Sho-.-s Mended
Brnudwuy Butweeu Il 'il unii 4tli Ava*
-headi|uarters for.
Swastika jewelry
The (jood Luck Charm
H. D. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler
Skagway, - - Alaska j
Dr. FRANKLIN C. NORMAN
CHIEF Sl'miKON W. P. & Y. K.
Residence Kltflit Ave. and Hroadway
OFFICE IIOCKS
Over Hit1 Alaska ICoad Commission
Comer of Stale Street and lift I: Ave..
2:00 to 3:39 l* M. 7:00 to 8:00 KM.
Railroad Hospital
H:.'I0 a. M. to 1 1 :0J A. M.
Oliicts Phone No. li. Ile>. PlioneNo. (!!' |
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Watches
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Ladies Long Gloves,
Black and White
Silk and Lisle
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Geo. Blanchard, Manager
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