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Milk. Cream, Cottage Cheese and
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Fresh Eggs, etc I
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PorceUin Baths on each Boor
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M. P. MIMAN. Prop. 4.
"The Sanitary Milk Ranch" |
The largest and beet oouducted dairy In A laska. ? ?>
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B. M. BEHRENDS,Binker
Juneau, - Ala?ka
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
R?*?peetfully Solicit? The Account*
of Skagway Firms And Individuals.
He Made His
Mark, but Wrote
A Fine Hand
By PAUL WOODRUFF
While 1 was serving In the Array of
the Potomac In Vlrtrluln a* captain of
B company, ? th Pennsylvania volun
teer Infantry a countryman cam? Into
camp and told a pitiful story. lie said
that he was a Union man and during
the secession disputes had nailed a
little cotton American Hag up over
his bouse and kept It there, even after
the state of Virginia bad seceded.
Just before our occupation of the re
gion a mob had burned the house?
the flag fluttering amid the flames?
and murdered his wife and children.
He happened to be away at the time,
and when be returned be found his
family dead and hla home a heap of
charred ruins. He asked to be per
mlttcd to enlist and I took htm Into
my company. He said he could neither
read nor write and made his mark In
atead of algntng hla name, which was {
Enoch Saunders.
I put Private Saunders In charge of
a drill sergeant, with orders to teach
him the manual of arms. A few hours |
later the sergeant came to me and j
?aid that the man was so stupid that
it was well nigh Impossible to teach
him anything and suggested that It
might be better to make a mule driver
of him. I told him that considering 1
the rapidity with which our men were \
being killed off we needed food for
powder more than men to be kicked !
to death and told him to keep at the i
Job till be made Saunders fit to be shot
The next I heard of Saunders he was
sent from general headquarters under J
care of an orderly to me with the In
formation that he had asked the gen- i
era I when he pro|<osed to move against
the enemy. He was anxious to know |
since he was thirsting for revenge. I
hardly knew what to do with the man. j
He seemed too Ingenuous, too stupid
to punish, so 1 explained to him that
not even the colonel would dare ask
the general such a question as he had
asked. He seemed much surprised, J
and said that If we were not going
right on he thought he would Just go
ahead alone, for he couldn't stand It I
to be waiting In camp while the mur- j
derers of his wife and children were
unpunished.
I could scarcely repress a smile as
I explained to him that he had en
listed for three years and would not
be permitted to fight on his own hook.
Whereupon he said he reckoned be
would go without permission. I In
formed him that if he did so and we
could fret our hands on him he would
be shot for a deserter. This seemed
to astonish him still more.
I kept my eyes on him and was as
tonished at the rapidity with which he
Improved. In a week when seeing him
marching out on picket duty 1 scarcely
recognized him for the stupid poor
white Virginian who had come Into
our camp with woeful tale.
The next thing that surprised me
was hearing that Saunders had been
detailed by the adjutant for duty
at the headquarters of the general in
chief. 1 wondered what he conld be
wanted for there, but soldiers are not
supposed to ask questions of their
superiors and I refrained. Besides at
that time our regiment was the top
of the left wing of the army and no
where near the general In chiefs head
quarters.
Not long after this the regimental
quartermaster hnppened to mention
having Just come from army head
quarters and I asked him If he had
seen anything there of a red headed
recruit from "ours" named Saunders
He said that he had been In the assist
ant adjutant general's office and had
seen a red henAnl man writing at a
pine desk whose face seemed familiar
to him. I told him that It couldn't
be Saunders, for the man couldn't
write his own name.
I thought no more of the matter. We
moved forward soon nfter this and
with constant lighting our army passed
through many changes. Having been
sent to the headquarters of the army
by the colonel with a message. I
caught sight of Saunders. The gen
eral and his staff were In the field
and moving, so that no clerical work
was being done. Saunders pretended
not to see me and moved away
rapidly. I pointed him out to an of
ficer of the staff as he was passing out
I of sight who told me that he was a
clerk In the adjutant general's de
partment and had been detailed for
that duty because he wrote a splendid
hand.
1 was so puttied at this fool who
couldn't sign his name writing a fine
hand that It took some time for the
situation to get through my bwn stupid
brain. By the time It had effected a
lodgment there Saunders had disap
peared. I hurriedly told the officer
who told me about Saunders being a
clerk the story of the latter's enlist
ment, and added that I believed the
fellow was a spy. We both went to
the general with my suspicions and
an orderly was at once sent out for
the clerk.
It was too late. Saunders was not
found. He was accounted for as bar
ing deserted. A year later 1 was
taken prisoner and met him at the
headquarters of a prominent confeder
ate general He was an officer on the
staff. He was very kind to me and
took great pleasure In telling me how
he had got himself detailed as a clerk
In the assistant adjutant general's of
fice. where he had access to valuable
Information he had transmitted to his
own commander On meeting me at
onr army headquarters he knew hla
game was up and (led.
My Diamond
By LAWRENCE E. DENTON
llelen Wallace and I played together
as children. When we grew to man's
and woman's estate our companionship
assumed a different phase But I could
not remain In the place where 1 was
born and raited, for there waa no ca
reer for me there. I must go forth. to
seek my fortune. And what troubled
both llelen and me waa that the only
opening that presented Itself was In
8outh Africa. A man who was Intend
lag to take a stock of goods out to the
cape and open a store there offered to
take me nlong with him as assistant
My parting with Helen was harrow
Ing? so hsrrowlng that 1 was tempted
to back cut before salting But Helen
had the stuff In her to prevent my da
Ing so, arid In due time I found myaelf
In my new home. But the attempt of
my employer was a failure, and 1 found
myself stranded In a foreign country
without means to get bome.
I was obliged to go to work with pick
and shovel In the diamond mines. 1
gave up nil hope of possessing Helen,
for to m nrry a man must have some
means, or at least decent employment,
and 1 had neither, besides having an
ocean between us. The only thing I
learned that waa of any value was to
tell a diamond In the rongh when I
saw It But almost any knowledge Is
useful If one has luck to go with It
One evening when going from work to
the house where I boarded, being tired
and seeing a shady spot beside the
road. I went there and lay down and
fell asleep.
When I awoke I lay on my aide and
was looking straight before me at the
ground. 1 was very near a stone
about as big as a hickory nut and my
vision at opening my eyes after they
had been for some time closed was
very keen. The stone was to near like
a diamond uncut that I readied for It
and examined It more clowly. Then
the realization that It was a gem came
over me, and I knew that I was rich.
"What you got there?"
1 thrust my And In my pocket as one
of my fellow workmen named Saun
ders came and stood looking down
upon me. I said nothing, and be knew
that I had something to conceal. The
look that same over his face frightened
mew I saw In his eye that he suspected j
I had stolen a diamond from the mines
and had succeeded in getting It paat >
the examiners. He would either accuse I
me or try to dispossess me.
Presently we walked on together and
parted at my abiding place. That
evening he left his own boarding house
and took ft room at mine. The same
night I slept with my diamond In my
mouth and before morning heard some
one In the room rifling my pockets. I
knew that it was Saunders looking for
the diamond.
My problem was to cross the Atlantic
ocean with my treasure. 1 had no
money to pay my passage and must
And an opportunity to work my way. A
ship was leaving for New York, and I
asked for a berth as cabin boy, but
, was told that the ship's company In
every department was fulL Not dsrlng
J to remain behind, I went aboard Just
i ns the ship was casting off and hid be
1 low In the cargo I remained there till
the vessel was well at sea. where, be
| lng hungry, I went on deck, confessed
myself to be a stowaway and offered to
do any work which I might be assigned.
I "The mennest Job we have," said the
officer to whom I made the confession.
?Is scullion r.o down lo the gnlley
ami tall the rook to make naa or yon." ?
Aa I was proceeding on my way to
tba fuller whom ?hoold I ?? hut
Sannder* I canght at a rail for sup
port He did not *peak to roe. bnt
tbe look be gave me told me that he
was resolved to po*m>?* himself of
my diamond before we left the ahtp.
Tba cook, when I entered the galley. I
waa kneading dongh for bread and
turned the work over to me When I
had flnlahed I put tbe dough Into tha j
baking pan*, and before tbna deposit
ing tbe laat batch I worked my dla
mond Into It and made an Indentation
by which I should know tha loaf after I
It waa baked.
t waa then put to acourtng knlvea. J
and while dotng ao irho abonld come
to tba galley bnt the captain. accom
panled by Sannder*. I ?n? told that
Saunder* had represented him*elf a*
a detective of the diamond mlnlnc
company and had l>eeii ???nt abmed-to
secure a diamond I hid pnrUdned and
waa trlyng to get *wsy with They
took me to Ha under*' *tateroora and
aearched me thoroughly, even giving |
me an emetic In order to force It ont |
of my atomach In rn?e I had *wallow
ed It
Since I had no baggage and the eap^
tain did not believe that I ronld have
fot rid of tbe atone In *o ehort a time. |
he declined to turn me over to Satin
dera. I went hack to my work In tbe |
galley In time to take the Inure* from
the oven, and when the cook went ont
for a moment I thniat the marked loaf |
Into a pantry drawer, where It waa [
not noticed There I left It ?afety
till Juat before we rear hed port I
knew Saunder* would try to get my
treasure when I went aohore, an the
night we *a!led op New Tork hay on
paaalng near the land I Jumped Into
tha water with the diamond and
a warn a*bore.
I never *aw Sannder* again My I
?tone I aoM for JOO.nnn and. hating |
d reward mrwelf like a gentleman took
a train for Helen'* home
I ahall never get over the delight of ?
that meeting When I fold her that I
po*ae*?cd a fortnne ahe fairly bubbled I
over with Joy. We were noon married |
and have lived In clorer ever alnce.
GREAT CLEARANCE SA1.E
Sold at a loss! Malt Rainier, 20
cent* per bottle. Especially prepar
ed for alck people and Invalid*, and
excellent for nursing mother*. Only
two barrels left. After that, price
will be 35 cent* per bottle.
Pa*k Train Bar. |
Bonded whlfk>e ? Olbeon, Maun
Verooti and Belmont. Tbe beat of
Beer ? Bine Ribbon, Bud we leer and
Pale Rainier, at the Mascot Tele
phone <7. f
GRAND RKDCCTtO* MU
Tbe Pack Train la now aelllng a
big lot of Good Goods at reduced
prices aa they are getting too old
to hold and aell at a profit. Yours,
tf. Herman Grimm
FIVE GOOD ONf* TO DRAW TO.
For S5c. you can get a wholeome, j
home cooked meal at the New Home'
Restaurant, 5th aveune, Juat off of|
Broadway
Hand painted dinner cards, farors
score carda, in water color or oil
original and excluaive designs and
local aubjecta. Stipply on band o j
special work executed on abort!
notice. Mrs. Louise Mi I nee, with 1
J. Ikuta, Skagway Mall orders re j
celve special attention. tf >
rnnnwiMOXAi. caiotr.
ttiOTMfl
H. B. t.K KKVIUS
Commissioner Tor Taton Tarrltary
to T?k? AffU?a?lta
m?j?n*?j * Alaska
HTKVK RAOA^
HAINES
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400-402 Call RMf Han Pr?neiMO.
Special given to
Mining A RmI Ratate Cmw.
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DmtM
Moat Voilwn Method*
Open Evening*
Of fir# Hour*: >-11 a. m. 1-4 p m
Alaskan ftulMIng - -Rroadway
8KAOWAT - ? ALAflAK
IWntal Knpplle*
>4. F. PATTKRRO* * (ttMPAIV
? Dealer* la ?
niKTAL It'PPLIII
129 Walker RMf. Matt to. Wwk
Ortler* br mall or rabto will raceWa
prompt attention C*l?lofH oo ra
queat.
J. 1KUTA
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WATCHES
AND CLOCKS ?
Curios, Ivory Carving#
Indian Baskets
CHINA AND CUTI CLASS
Official Watrh InipMtor f or llx
W P A Y Ro?t*
Mail Ordera given pftmpt rare
There is .Strength
and Vigor
in Every Drop
Still Mil i Mi I
C0MPWNV
SEATTLE, WAIH.
Trade At Home
IT io a hard thing to convince gome people, who have acquired the
* mail order habit, that it is to their advantage to trade lit home. The
green fields far away appeal to them, so they send their money out of
town for aomething that is no better than can be found on the local
merchant's shelves. The money is thus gone where they, nor any one
of the community, will ever see it again, and where it can do nobody
good but the person who has it and he is hundreds or thousands of
miles away.
THE MAIL ORDER PEOPLE ,
are not the only offenders who are blind to the interests of the commu
nity. The merchant* are just as bad. Many of them tend away for
their printing, while at the same time argue agains?mail order businean.
SEE THE DRIFT?
TRHD6 AT H07VYE
AND
GET YOUR PRINTING AT HOME