GETS HOT
Both Sides Claim British
Columbia Election
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Vancouver. B. C. Jan, 31? Both sides
claim the British Columbia election
which will take place Saturday. The
campaign which is drawing1 to a close
has been very bitterly and earnest?;
contested. The liberals have madi
tremendous efforts to jjain the province.
Leader Macdonald and former Gov. Mis
Innes, of Diwson. have canvassed the
province from one end to the other fo
the lib-ral party. They have been
solendi.tly received and have stirred
the people In an unmistakab'e manner.
> No l?ss britliact has been the cjm
paigr. cooduwed bv Prem er McBride,
a master of the art of politics and an
able and convincing speaker.
It is believed tne iib rils will elect a
ma; Tity if not all the inemb-rs from
th'sctty VV. VT. B. McInDe9 heads
the list.
OUR MEN
Wa-k y a 'I Cal- 0 ly Tm?
R^pr^u'aTiws
(F-tirbanks Times)
We object to Roosevelt pWyine i
c urt favorites tn the ca-e of a countr*
ns important to the Uoited States as i? .
A as.<a.
We dem n<1 th?? the president eivt :
h's ear to those who have been electrd i
by the men ? b ? hare dug Alaska ou' at j
the ULkoown and estibished it as * ,
mighty pr>duc ng factor in tbe ec n-l
omv of the Uoited States.
We demand of the administrator
the right to our own voice and we d nj
the admio'stratioo tbe right to guagi
or nece-siti?s or our sentiments, b> thf
measure placed upon them by adminis
tration ideas, rather than to actual con
ditions.
We have named the men who shall
tell congress what AlasKa must have.
We named Mr. Cale and Mt. Waskey.
We did not name Governor Hoggatt,
of luneau.
Tom Cale and Frank Wassey arrived
at their information upon the needs of
Alaska by digging wi b tbe rest of us
rod t-kicgcare of such litigation as
might arise.
Governor Hoggatt arrived at bis in
formation by a residence in Juneau, a j
h->rdroc< camp, and by a spectacular!
tour of the northern territory, charac- ;
te ix d by cocktails -?od toe glad hand. |
Mess s. Cale and Waskev are now in |
the nat ooal capital. We must respect- j
fj'ly commend hem to thr administra- 1
t on as our representatives: the .cj.re- j
sentauves of Alaska.
y uonio Mooting
Thero will be a r^ula* com man ca- J
tion of ?Vhite Fas? Lodge No. 113, F. & j
A. >1 , Friday evening. Feb. 1. 190" j
at i's hall. No. 225. Fourth av uue.
& journing and v siting m tn ers are
equestrd >o me't with h.
By order of tb- V. M.
* T. J. Standish, Secretary
Fur caps and miits at Clayson's. tf
BUVlf IS
0 e Piice f?>r J welry
Ev rjbndy.
We say, without fear of successful
contradiction that we can demonstrate
th?t we bav the best place to bu\
jewe'ry io Alaska. That is an import
ac? fact, because everybody buys j wei
ry. If you a e anybody it behooves you
to come and let us mane this demons.ra
tioo to you.
We sell jewelry of all kinds. We
carry ihe very bes' that Is made. WE
HAVE ONLY ONE PRICE, and that
PRICE IS RIGHT. Ilia the same to
everybody.;
Our lioe of optical good- is |comolete.
We will guarantee to meet all con
ditions an expert examination mai
show to be required. We have the
goods, tbe appliances to make tbe ex
amination and the expert knowledge
required. EXAMINATIONS FREE.
Don't forget chat our repair depart
ment is alwavs rsadv. that yourmottoe>
are AS GOOD A XE <7 and SATIS
FACTION GUARANTEED.
J. Ikuu, Optician and Jeweler.
BOILED POTATOES.
J Why They Shonhl Aliriya Be CooW*4
In Hoitlujf Water.
I Pare potatoes with a sharp vegetable
knife Just as thiu as possible, for that
part of the tuber lying ciose to the skin
I Is richest In miueral salts, and put each
I potato as peeled Into a pan of cold v." a
j ter to prevent disooloratlou. Have
j ready meanwhile a kettle of boiling
j water and when the peeling process Is
I complete take the potatoes from the
cold water and. covering them with
boiling salted water, set them on the
range, covered! to boil. Twenty min
utes usually suffice, but to test them
use a skewer or fork, and when they
can be pierced easily remove at once
from the fire, pour off all the water
and set them on the back of the range,
uncovered, to steam dry, assisting that
process occasionally by a slight shak
ing of the kettle.
If one asks the reason why potatoes
should always be cooked in boiling wa
ter try the following experiment for
j proof: Take two cups, la each of which
! has been put a teaspoonful of ordinary
starch. Pour over one a quarter of a
cupful of boiling water and over the
other the same quantity of cold water
| and observe the result. The one over
i which the boiling water was poured
j stay3 in shape, a compact mass, while
the one with the cold water dissolves
I Into s soft pasta. jotato Is largely
; composed of s*r"i i, and from this
j trial any one mr Jjaw his own con
i elusions. If you .-fish a pulf.y, watery
i potato use cold water, but If a dry,
i mealy, snowy ball that would delight
/ the hear: of Kpicurus himself always
1 use boiling v.*:i ter.
WEARING APPAREL.
Th?? Tonic*, the Toea and the Leather
Dre*^ of the Anelentn.
Ancient wearing apparel was not eui
to St. as is our modern clothing. Hav
| to? no d.'tinite shape of its own. it did
not disguise the wearer's figure. and
j the grace and beauty of Greek drapery
are dependent almost entirely on the
I perfect proportions of the figure be
neath. The tunic worn by lw)th Greets
anil Roman.- was little, if at all. titled
to the wearer aud when ungirded
bung ij folds all round, wbile the toga
was little more than a sheet aud was
worn in all sorts of ways, according tu
the prevailing fashion. The Jews of
old seeui to liave worn breeches, but
the rest of their clothing seeuis to
ba\ e been simply wrapped round them,
for it was difficult for them to run or
even walk fast without first "girding
up their loins." The clothing of the
northern races was probably always
more of a fit than that of the southern,
for they used leather, which does not
lend itself to simple draping, but our
j ancestors probably wore an alncwt
shapeless tunic belted at the waist.
Another s:rikiug difference is found
In the gradi:;".! monopoly by women of
the ornamental element in dress. Onrv
masculine dress was by far the most
splendid, an.' woman, holding an abso
lutely subordinate social iKisition. had
to content herself with humbler attire
As she bus won her way to freedom
and equality she lias annex**! not only
the beautiful. but the extravagant ele
ments of costume aud left man to con
tent himself with a condition of color- 1
less utility.
Kixli Snnllon Sand.
Captains of fishing smacks iu the
North sea have found that codfish a:
certain times of the year take sand in
to their shuu-chs as "ballast." This, ;t
wonhl appear, is done when the fi--n
are at?..ut t.> migrate from the shallow
water covering the southerti banks of
he North se: to the deeper water far
ther north. It lias )>?eii ob>erved that
fish caught on the s?uth*rn banks just '
before the migration begins and those ]
caught in the northern waters after it j
j is complete 1 have saud iu ? iteir srou: |
achs and that the sand is discharged
after the arrival of the fish at the J
southern banks on the return tuigra
non. In prc.it of this it is stated that
the s&nd found iu the fish otteu differs
j) color and quality from that of the
bottom where they are caught.- -Wash
agton I'ost.
To srrape on ,\rqn?lr. tunce.
"To scrape an acquaintance" was
originated by the Emperor Hadrian.
Once ?when visiting the public bath he
fouud ;;ti oil veiera ,i scraping himseil
with a piece of broken crockery in lieu
jf an iron or copper scraper. Hadrian
gnve hi::', a sum <?' money !o provide
the necessary mate.-ials for a bath and
on his next visit t?. the institution
found it full of veterans scrap .as them
selves with potsherds. "Scrape away,
?jentiemen, but you shall not scrape an
wiuaintatico with me." was Hadrian's
comment as he went out.
The I'o^t'n Im-oniiiatracr,
"You speak of the brooks." said the
critic as he looked over his friend's
poem, "as the most joyous things in
uature."
"So they are." said the poet.
"but yon are inconsistent"
"Why*?"
"Because later on you say they art
ever murmuring." ?
Dodging Him.
j Mr. Borem ? I didn't see you last
Sunday? Miss Cutting ? Oh, yoa
must have if you saw me at all! Mr.
Borem? I? er? beg pardon. I don't un
derstand. Miss Cutting? I say if yoa
saw me Sunday you must have seen
me last, for I was careful to see yon
first? Philadelphia Press.
Severe Cave.
"How did your sea Voyage work,
Btgley
"I was in such a state of collapse
when I reached Liverpool that I ca
bled back to learn whether 2 had
thrown up my job."
SEE THE DEttBY ONCE.
Tkt Home H?oe Incident Is by Lonfl
Odds the Least of It.
It Is a matter of twenty odd miles
from London to Epsom. In whose vi
cinity the historic race course lies, and
samples of almost every curious thing
there Is in old England are to be seeu
along the various roadways. It there
were but one road to Epsom, half of
the procession ihat starts from Lon
don on the morning of Derby day
would be left struggling in the out
skirts of the city long after the great
race hud been run. But there are
many, though none too many, since
each is packed to the point of discom
fort from early dawn until far into the
night.
The Derby is a thing for the foreign
er to see once and ever afterward to
hold in grateful memory, because It 1b
an experience that could never repeat
itself to !!?" satisfaction of the mere
onlooker, Primarily it Is. of course,
a horse race, but the race, which occu
pies such a fleeting breath of time, Is
by long odds the least of It. Other
wise it is an expression of Britishism
such as may not be witnessed upon
any other occasion. It is the one day
In the year. I believe, on which Eng
lish society levels itself out upon the
first principle of the brotherhood of
man. "Rich man. poor man, beggar
man, thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant,
chief," without distinction and with
perfect camaraderie, come together
with the evident if unconscious pur
pose of proving that to be merely Brit
ish is all that any true Briton can rea
sonably desire.
The foreigners are the only specta
tors. Everybody else Is "In the cast,"
as it were, and It is difficult to judga
I whether the king, with his nobles ana
! their bevy of brilliantly attired ladles,
or the coster in his donkey cart, with
"the missus aud the kids," Is the lead
ing actor. Perhaps It would be bet
ter to call it a variety show and to de- ?
cide that each in his "turn" is a star
In his own particular performance.?
Leslie's Weekly.
; MOHAMMED'S BLOODY HAND
Hiitlory of (he Imprint on u Pillar In |
the i'hareh of St. Sophia.
In the course of our exploration in '
Constantinople we visited a building
In an obseure and poor quarter of |
Stamboul inhabited solely by Moham
medans.
It is called the Mosque Kahrie. but
it is or was a church dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin. The beauty of the
mosque ceiling and walls not even cen
turies of neclect have been able to ob
literate.
When we returned to the great |
Chnren of St. Sophia, now a mosque,
and saw again the print of the bloody
hand of Mohammed, which is pointed
out high up on the wall of that once
Christian cliurch. we understand its
significance better than we had at first
6ight.
Mohammed II. after advancing his
outposts gradually and stealthily had
Anally, as if In a night, crossed the
Bosporus from Asia and raised his
forts on the European side of the
stream Just the day before,, on a
trip up the Bosporus, we had seen the
ruins of those fortifications.
The rulers of the city had protested ]
in vaiu against this encroachment.
When the Moslems finally attacked
the city the Christians fled in terror to j
St. Sophia. An ancient legend, firmly
believed, promised that this sanctuary j
was absolutely safe.
Mohammed proved the fallacy of i
their trust by breaking down the doors,
murdering those who bad sought safe
ty there, men. women and children?
so many of them that- finally, forcing
his horse over the great pile of dead
bodies, away up on the side of a pillar
he planted bis bloody hand on the
clear wall in token of his victory over
the Christians. That gory hand stiU
overshadows the fairest portion of
southeastern Europe.? Rosary Maga
zine.
Warning Him.
"I am sorry." said the poet "but X
am obliged to call your attention to
the fact that a line In one of my re
cent compositions was entirely perven
ed and the meaning painfully distorted
by the compositor."
"Young man," replied the editor,
"that compositor has gone through
more po-u:s than you ever wrote or
even read. He lias put In His life set
ting up poetry of all kinds, spring and
autumn styles ami heavier goods for j
winter. He may have changed your
poem, but when you say be harmed it '
you presume. When a man of his ex- |
perieuce makes up his rniud to change
a piece of poetry a person In your po
sition should not attempt to criticise."
Btr/ond Him.
In the staging of one of his earllei
plays Joseph Jefferson, accompanied
by a friend, attended a rehearsal, al
which a lively disagreement arose be
tween two of the actresses as to the
possession of the center of the stage
during a certain scene. While the man
ager poured oil upon the troubled wa
ters Jefferson sat carelessly, swinging
his feet from the rail of an adjoining
box. The friend could stand It no
longer.
"Good gracious, Jefferson," he ex
claimed, "this will ruin your play
Why don't you settle matters? Tor
could if you only would.'"
Jefferson shook his head gravely, but
with a twinkle in his eye. "No, George,"
he replied, "the Lord only made one
man who could ever manage the sun
and moon, and you remember even he
let the stars alone."? Haroer's Weaki-r
Jnnt h ?)1 f?.
Proud Mother? Professor Octave call
ed at our house today, and my daugh
ter played the piano for him. He just
raved over her playing. Her Neighbor
?How rude! Why couldn't he conceal
his feelings Just as the rest of us do?
SPECIAL SALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies "Winter hats
Commencing Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the
nest ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
MARTIN CONWAY
HiE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by tho old bit
or miss plaa
used in son ?
household^
BUT
3 with f
?V- "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
following C;e simpla 'nstmctioai
the quality is always dcliiJon*.
See our several styles and 1st xn
explain tho perfect way.
P. E. KERN
Gold and Silver smith.
Notlc# to Puljllo
I have authorized Mr. P. B. ?""?raves
to assume full charge of my ail irs in
connection with ru' o n? the Pullen J
House during my rfhsen'-e.
Mrs. h. s, Pullen.
S-pgway, Nov. 28, Li>06. tf.
C((?l and Wood
Call up the Alaska Transfer comDany
for coal, wuod and kind log. /*11 or
ders promptly attended 10. 'Phone 10
We have a large stock |
homney's Gandy
Peter's Chocolates i
A' so a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'y ]
Tony Dortero's
and Importer of
Nyi ! L_ l_ I INJ EE FR V
orders solicited and filled Immedlatly
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is our advice. Lver on in lif-. it will
oe of ere?t service to you. The lack of
mo ey <-ause? unmld m'serv. That is
why you should cave a portion of yoar
-tal?ry, ' r ? arnin.s, wMl? ou ca".
T^e five DT-cent plus dxidend eim
ine Gold Bonds, of ihe Northern Se
curities and Hacking Company, offer
',-ie safe-t nd best investm-nt in 'h
way of s vin s that l- on the m rket.
These Bom's are backed by Real E-tue
ecuiities hela by o .e of 'he ta-<es'.
Prus' C'ompam-s in the wesi. Tie/
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??rn yo i b<tt-*r thin t-s-i par-ceit on
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new mater and Eight Rates
OF THE
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Oo and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Mod hly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P oweiCompany:
WATER
First Faucet ? 2 00
Each " additional (except wasti basins, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets 50
Urinals " " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room Additional 10
Beer Pjmps 100
Restaurants 5.<j0
Steam Laundries 7 50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per h irsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Hose C n lection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per lond 1 00
Lawn and Street sprinkling F* ee
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
All Year Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ 1.00
Enclosed Arcs 10.00
ALL NHHT SERVICE.
Each 16 cp liarhts 1 50
Enclosed Arcs f 15.00
32 cp '.ights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager