WARSHIPS
III NIGHT
The "first call" Is sounded five uila
utcs before sundown, when the ensign
and the jack halyards are tustuued and
a stay light made ready for hoisting to
Indicate the ship's whereabouts during
the night. Then the color call follows
at sundown as the fiag is lowered and
saluted by all as it reaches the deck.
The assembly is then sounded for
evening quarters and muster, but there
Is no drill
As a rule, it is Just after sunset
when the bugle call Is sounded to
"Stand by hammocks." That brings all
the crew on deck, and they stand In
silence close out to the ship's side be
side the hammock nettings, in two
ranks faciug the stern, until the boat- i
swain's mate reports to the officer of
the deck. "All up and aft." The latter
then orders. "Uncover: pipe down!" j
and in obedience to this order and the
boatswain's whistle the tiettiugs are
thrown open anil the hammocks are
served oi*t an 1 taken below to' their
proper p ;ce- K.vh hammock has
printed on it a number, and that same
nnmlver is on the hooks below decks
wVrr ?h<? l :t!i:rr ><-k has to be swung.
?? ? that each man sleeps in the same
p'tce every nirrht. and that place is
called his "billet."
1'nle--. a boat is called away there
will be uo more bugle calls until five
r' nr ? f J? im'Ii ? Jhe period is one
of complete relaxation and is spent by
t' e s 'i.'urs in smoking. sp ining yarns,
singing. pi \ n; on musical instruments
d dan ::g At five minutes <>f 1) the
?i' ;t call > :'gain sounded :>s a warn
ing to the crew to prepare to turn into
t! >>!r !i "?r.v 'ks n id go to sleep. Then
a: o'clock come* the call knowu as
"T?{ >o."
Th:s tatt*x> is the survival of an old
c-:<t >:i I :i t!i ? "old nav. " it used to
Inst fifteen minutes and was performed
\\.;h drum an ! fife, playing all manner
' r'rs 1 oule'tsteps nowding to the
fancy or ingenuity of the drummer and
t':.> fifer it is even said to have l>een
1) :uled down from a period of super
stition. when they used to make a hul
labaloo after dark to drive the devils
out of Pif .'i> At the last note oi
tattoo tin* U'll is struck twice for
9 o'clock rod the boatswain's whistle
sounds "'Pipe down." Every man must
then turn iuto his hammock, whether
he Is sleepy or not. for an Inspection Is
made by the master at' arms to see
that all hare done so. Then sounds
that last long, mournful call, "Taps."? ,
Chicago News.
A Universal Word.
One of the first words that a baby
says Is mamma or mother, and it Is
not strange, therefore, to find It one
of the first and simplest words In ev
ery language. There is no word easier
for a child to say than "ma" unless
it be "pa." In Hebrew and Arabic
mother is "cm" and "am." It is
"mam" in Welsh and "moder" in An
glo-Saxon. In other languages it is
slightly different, but near enough
like our own word "mother" to make
it an almost universal word, so that
a child crying in any language could
be understood in almost any other
language. Here are a few of the
names:
Madr in Persian. Moder In Swedish.
Matr in Sanskrit. Moder In Danish.
Meter In Greek. Moeder In Dutch.
Mater In Latin. Mutter tn German.
Madro In Italian. Mater In Russian.
Mere In French. Mathair in Ceitic.
Odd Use For the Tongue.
The brakeman moaned and sighed, a
cinder in his eye.
"1*11 tongue it out for you," said the
conductor, and he bent over his asso
ciate. ran his tongue over the pupil of
the man's eye and in a jiffy had out
the cinder.
"On railroads, iu foundries, in stoke
holes." the conductor said afterward,
"wherever ciuders get continually in
tiie eye. there everybody extracts them
In oue way? with the tougue. The
tongue removes things better than any
Instrument would do. It sweeps the
eye cleau as a flood sweeps a river
bed. Further, it Is painless. Its pas
sage over the eyeball Is, indeed, a
rather pleasant sensation. As regards
the sensations of the owner of the
tongue? well !" ? New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Every man Is dead sure that he
knows how to take care of himself,
but he would unselfishly let any com
oetent person exercl*? 'he orivllege.
All the delicacies of the season at
the Pack Train Restaurant.
Found Out Different.
"I notice tho showman has but one
hand. Did he fall from a trapeze or
did the Roman chariot run over hlin?"
"Neither. lie thouRht he had the
lion trained so that it would eat out of
his hand."
Nobody Knew It.
"I'm really
quite a olpror
mail."
"Indeed! Then
you ought to bo
ashamed."
"What? of be
lug clever?"
"So; of keep
ing ll such a
profound
eret."
FROM "THE NORTHERN LI3HT" ;
Mr. Ross and children will leave in a
few weeks for Tacoam.
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Mr. Kirmse is looking for a boy to
work in bis store and learn the trade.
Delia and George Rapuzzi have re
turned to school after their trip below.
The following basketball team hns
been organized by the boys of Miss
Doerrer's room; Clarence Pyke.
captsinT Edwin Friedenihal. Willie
Bledsoe, Geofge Dillon, Melvin Achi
?on. The name of the team has not
yet been chosen.
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This is hap year. We suppose that
is the reason the girls are calling for
the bays to take them to church.
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CHANGE OP MANAGEMENT
Beginning with tomorrow's issue,
;he Northern Light will be issued by
.be class of 1908. At a meeting last
light the class signified its willing
ness to undertake the task, and chose
Eleanor Leslie editor. The class
will be r. sponsible for all its article -
appearing, not only as regards coutent,
but also fpelling, punctuation, compo
sition, etc. The old management re
quests that a close watch be kept on
the Daily Alaskan in order that it be
given no opportunity to amuse its
readers at the expense of the Northern
Light. At the same time it is well to
remember th?t our best friend is this
same Daily Alaskan? the Stroller can
bear witness as to this. So our final
word is this: Cultivate the friendship
of the editor of the Alaskan, but do noi
let him feel 'hat he is your superior or
even quite your equal.
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METING OF CLASS 190<J
After the class was called to order
yesterday afternoon, a motion was
made and carried that a committee be
appointed to chose the colors for thf
class. Owing to the unwillingness of
all to serve on the committee, the class
finally voted that red and white be the
class colors. By a majority vote caps
were chosea as the class emblem, al
though some favored buttons.
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SUBJECTS BEING CHOSEN
The members of the class of 1008 are
devoting a great deal of their spare
time to selecting the subjects of tlieir
esstyo, to be given at the graduating
exercises. All must have the subject
chosen by the end of this week, or suf
fer the first penalty for negligence.
The subjects chosen by the various
members so far follows:
Our army and navy? Harry Ask.
The history of Skagway? Adelbert
Baker.
Newspaper English and its influ
ence?Clarence Achison.
School athletics? Ruth Dp Witt
The preservation of the forests
Minnie Wolff.
The essays will be limited to such
length that they can be delivered in
about five minutes, in order that the
graduating exercises may not become
so long as to bo tiresome.
Basketball.
Both of the games played yesterday
were too one-sided to be very Interest
ing, : he Soccers winning an easy vie
torv over the Wild Cats in the morn
ing and an unnamed team from MiBS
Doerrer's room winning in hollow style
in the afternoon. An effort will be
made to arrange a close game for the
morning recess today, as the higb
school English class is to write an ac
count of the game for thoir lesson
Wednesday. The class of 1908 will
olay a team picked by Mr. Telford. In
the afternoon the Cubs will play a
team from Miss Doerrer's room. After
school the girls will pl*y, providing
fnough can 9tay. The play will be
under the direction of Miss Doarrer.
Following is the line-up and scores of
the game yesterday:
Soccers (6) WildCata(2)
F. Doras Right Forward G. Matthews
Harry Ask Left Forward Wolff
Baslett Center S. Stinabaagb
W.Boone Right Guard L. Rapuzzi
A. Boone Left Gua'd Kossuth
Field goals? Ask, 1; Kossuth, 1; R.i
puzzi, 1; Matthews, 1.
Achison's team (0) Dortero's team (5)
M. Achison Right Forward DeWltt
Friedenthal Left Forward Dortero
Eagle Center S. Stinebaugh
Bledsoe Right Guard Parker
Ask Left Guard J. Matthews
Field goals? De Witt, 2.
Free goals? Stinebaugh, I.
EXERCISES FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
(By Veronica Mulvlhill).
After recess Friday the pupils of Mr.
Telford's room had exercises. First,
the boys spelled against the girls and
won rather easily, both Willis Boone
and Clarence Achison remaining after
the last girl succumbed. The word
"accordeon" did great execution,
claiming seven victims before it was
spelled correctly by Frances Liddicoat.
Clarence Achison remained standing
longest, but was downed by "roguish."
After this each side chose a champion,
the boys selecting Clarcnce Achison
ond the girls Frances Liddicoat. After
a few minutes the boys shewed the wis
dom of their choice, Clarence winning
on "Strang e," Harry Ask and Veron
ica Mulvihill were then chosen by their
respective sides, and again the boys
won, Veronica fulling on 'arnica."
The program was then changed, ei
pboriog being substituted for spelling.
Owing to lack of time the contest was
not finished, five girls and four boys re
maining. Ruth Do AHtt claimiag the
most victims, her work in cancellation
proving a surprise to all in the room.
The contest will be finished one day
this week, and both sides express confi
dence of winning.
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Warehouse, pen for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishable* ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight s lipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. customs
office) ?ci must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re
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BAGGAGE? x'ol is win oe collected on Checked Baggage Only. No
charge for bags and crips when unchecked.
The wharf gdfte will be clo*jd to the public when steamer la n earing
dock and will be opeo :d only when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be nad on application at office on dock.
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Selected Lumps $13 per tor
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