A WARNING TO TRAVELERS
l>ou't 20 through without cooiinv
through Limerick Alloy to lloird ol
Trado Gi^rge a;:d Tuck are still. there.
HOT MINERAL BATHS
Sitka Hot Spriuga, now open to the
public. God roouis sod restaurant in
connection. Hot m neral baths unex.
celled GoddardA 15 ooks, Proprietors.
$-27 I mo
R?llubln All Th > Timo
The Pac* 1'rain liev.aurant will serve
wtup with dinner orders, free in place
of tea or cotTee. Come oa ooys.
BETTER FREPAREO THAN EVER
Having put in a steam roller ami
other machinery we are U tter ; re
pared than ever to do ti rat-class work
on short notice.
5-2;t-tf Sfcagway Laundry
Stuoico the "Kiub.icado" best clear
Havana i ?ur in the market,
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Popular hotel
THE
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liuropean Plan SI L'p
vv |1 .on .X \\ htte Co.Prop.ChM Perry Mgr
A p .it r farmer in tho P?j ro Va'
lev is ti'.e most . ilepenlent man in
the world.
Apples , iv 51 hi to Sr.00 a-j acre,
straw her: ' s .? ! raugo u? his*li as
5500.
Su^rar bjets y d f<> ' toth? acre ?
Pota! :l>out t . ~ame? the aosj
wer La "*ou ei*n -lways sr-li all you
grow, nil th*- tiru'j." Think it over.
Kuil information write
Chamber Of Commerce
WATSONV1LLE. CAL.
The Why and Wherefore.
Mrs. Mminlc^- It seems to mo, my
Avar, your gown Is cut entirely too tow.
Now, look at Alice Browu. See how
modest her gown Is.
Miss Muunle? It Isn't modesty with
her, uia, hut a mole.? Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
A Woman'* Throw.
'Twhs Intended for me, well 1 know It.
The kiss that unolhur did claim.
'Twos because she knew not how to throw
It
That the airy caress missed Its aim.
And i iv she Is Mrs. Tom Prlngle.
\\ I i> might have been Mrs. Jack Walte,
While 1 live In wretchedness single.
And all liecauso girls can't throw
straight.
?St. I.oula Republic.
He Did.
"l>id you work up u gooil appetite ou
the farm?"
"l>iil 1? 1 ate rousting ears until a
growth of coru silk came out and cov
ered uiy bald spot."? St. Louis Post
I Always Near.
You may forg. t your boyhood friends.
For years p i?s ever fleeter;
| V. u may forget tho girl you loved.
Although no maid was sweeter.
I And. though these all may pass away
j 'NY. :h time s cradlcator.
A fellow la.^n't any chance
To e'er forget tlu? waiter.
?Now York Press.
An Early Impression.
"M:!-- !e, wash the side windows this
tnorniiiir."
"Why this morning, ma'am?"
"I want 'h-: new neighbors to see our
?Hi! I:-.; room set." -Cleveland Plain
| Dealer.
Answered.
'Oh. !.??-' what can wo do?" the parson
sis! ed.
T i I' i:!.ii.f.v panic's fearful tide
ard tini i debar?"
I. i voice within tho temple
cried.
"Cut out tl church bazaar!"
?Judge.
The Test.
"Is 1 1:. ? pell really miglitcr than the
sword V"
"Naw," answered the bard address
ed. "And it won't be until poets git
pensions."? Puck.
A Sweet Song.
A young man In an Infantry corps
Was considered a terrible borpr,
I: .1 he kissed her one day,
And all she would say
W.is. "Oh. b.?rps me some morps, some
morps!"
?Yale Record.
At the Fair.
"Miss Pas>ee has volunteered to sell
kisses."
"She'll do a fine business. Why, she
| couldn't give 'eiu away."? St. Paul
j Pioneer Press.
Not Feminine.
Mrs. Ilrown's no true woman, her neigh
bors maintain.
Rut laillt on the mast-uUno plan.
For wl . never she suffers an ache or a
Sli.- makes us much fuss as a man.
?Sketch.
On the Cards.
She T>o you believe In fortune telling
by cards?
He? No. but 1 know a man who lost
a fortune tint vay.? Chicago News.
The Silent Autocracy.
It la the silent man whose might
Decide when thought Is deeply stirred.
The ?.ili"-man speaks both day and
night :
The voter seldom says a word.
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w Fine Eugvaviug and
P Diamond Setting a
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jeweler and
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Refractng Optician
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Ivvaminations wade and Glasses
Fitted by Means of the
OPHTHALMO-METRE
Errors of Refraction Corrected.
Knch c:ise receives the utmost
and special lenses ground
where r? quired.
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GOLD AND
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MANUFACTURER Of NUGGET JEWEIRY J
DEALER IN
ikii Sin? nfl bits il ill Kids
Hand Painted China
and Cut Glass
A full Line ot Elgin
and Waltham Watches
B* THE SEA
Ji.k. LIS
One summer mooullglit ulght 1 was
by the wares. I would rather be near
them oil moonlight nights than at any
other time, especially when broken
clouds give the sky and the waters
variety. I never go to the hotels, I
get as far nway from them as 1 can,
stopping usually at some fisherman's
cottage. On tills occasion I had
pitched n tent on the beach and In
habited It ulone. 1 was lying under
my canopy, the flaps throw n aside so
that from my bed? blankets only? I
could look out on the ocean. There
was the sky. light clouds slowly drift
lug across the face of the iuomi, the
line of the horizon dividing the lighter
from the darker hemisphere. The ocean
plane met ttie path of moonlight broad
ening toward me from afar, the waves i
lazily rolling in and bursting on the '
shore.
1 have wondered since If the music
of the waters put me to sleep and I
awakened or whether I did not sleep.
At auy rate, my attention was ur
rested by something white, at least
lighter than the sand, down nenr the
verge. 1 watched it. There was an
occasional fluttering about it, like a
woman's skirts gently moved by a
breeze. It appeared to be about the
height of a human tlgure, though really
In my perception of It there was no
such thlug as size, and was gently
swaying like a very young tree shaken
by the wind.
Presently It moved. Then 1 was con
scious that it was coming toward me.
I had no superstitious fear. 1 was sim
ply curious. As the thing approached
It came gradually out of nebula Into
the form of a woman. XJiere was a
certain grace of movement, a lightness
which, mingled with a slight 'rising and
falling, was confusing. Had the tlgure
appeared on the water surface 1
should have thought my eyes were
transfiguring a sail that was- rising and
falling on the waves.
it was only when It came near
that 1 distinguished the outline of a
girl's tlgure? not a summer visitor, one
of plainer mold, doubtless a Usher las
sie. She stopped a few yards from
me, turned and looked out on the
ocean. Then, turning again without
appearing to notice or caro who was In
the tent, she asked:
"Is that a boat out there?"
"What are you doing out here at this
time of night? Do you know what
time It Is?"
"No."
1 drew nij watch from my vest
pocket. I slept In my clothes. "It's
half past 1."
"Is it V" She manifested no Interest
at the hour. She stood looking out at
sea, apparently watching for another
sight at the boat.
"There It U. Heavens, how they
beud to the work!"
I raised myself 011 my elbows and
strained my ttyes to discern If I could
see what the girl saw. Surely there
was no boat out where she was look
lug. The dark face of the oceau was
expressionless except where the moon
light trailed over It.
"I see no boat." 1 said.
"It's In the trough of the sea now."
"There Is but a slight trough. Even
if a boat were lost to sight between
the waves It would reappear in a few
moments."
She stoo l peering out on the oceau
A cloud lloated over the union. She
said with a moan, a uote of despair,
rather, It seemed to me:
"Ob, how black!"
The cloud was denser than any that
had obscured the moon before. The
last words I heard spoken by the girl
were, "They're coming," and she began
to move toward the ocean, fading a way
in the shallow of the cloud. When it
passed 1 looked for her, but she was
nowhere to be seen. 1 lay thinking,
wondering, for awhile, then, lulled by
he waves. Ml asleep.
When 1 awoke the sun was rising
?ui of the o.eau, while the waves were
dashing lauguldiy The first thing 1
liou;:ht of was the girl of the night
efoiv. 1 drifted between many opln
uns. Possibly I may have dreamed It
II. But never before had 1 dreamed
bout oue a stranger to me whose face
:ml figure 1 could remember, while
lers I remembered distinctly. Was
he not some girl who had been de
lented by misfortune?
I went to breakfast at a fisherman's
1 abln It wms a rude place, the only
e .-ration being a lithograph of the
"Irgln Mary, but I got there plenty of
?:i food. The fisherman was prepar
ig t<> go out In his boat while his wife
vnlled on me. I was full of my dream,
r whatever It was. and related It.
The man stopped his preparations
i ml listened with a look of horror,
miking the sign of the cross, while his
wife turned and covered her eyes with
her hands.
I looked at them wondering!)-. It
was plain that I had struck some
blight In their lives. Should I probe
It by questlous or spare them? What
had I to gain by forcing a recital that
would give them Infinite pain? If
i here was any connection between
them and my apparition It needed no
strong imagination t-> replace It.
Lying In my tent during that day I
wove the story. I saw a ship out on
the bar, the waves beating furiously
against it The shore was lined with
people. Presently a boat was lowered,
and a crew from the wreck made an
attempt for their lives. It rose and fell
on the waves, Its bow now pointing
to the sky. Its stern now sliding down
out of sight. Then It hung for one
Instaut on the seething line of foam
and was hurled bottom upward.
Perhaps It contained the girl's lover.
F. A. MITCIIEL.
[Copyright. 1908. by T. C. McClure.]
Mr. Joseph Suundera was mayor of
a certain town In England. He was
also a married man with a wife and
three children. He was also tlfty-flve
years old and a man of dignity. He
was also president of three or four
boards, had a character for probity an 1
was looking longingly forward to the
time when ho should make Ills appear
ance In the house of commons. Mr.
Saunders had business In London.
When that business had been conclud
ed he had business at Dover. He was
waiting for his train la the Loudon
depot when he was approached by two
females. One was a Motherly woman
of forty and the other a girl of about
twenty. The former looked anxious,
and the latter was weeping.
Mr. Saunders asked what was the
matter.
' "It's this way, sir." began the elder
ly woman in u businesslike way. "1
am Mrs. Ituxter of the Framlngham
School For (Jlrls. This is Miss I.adue
of Paris. She has been attending my
school to secure an English edueatiou.
She has news that her mother Is very
111. Some one should have come for
her, but has not. She goes to Dover
and takes the boat. If she could go
uuder your charge, sir"?
Of course Mr. Saunders was only too
happy, aud > forth. On several occa
sions his mother had been very ill, and
he knew how It was. After the train
had moved away and after Miss La
due had wept for a quarter of an
hour he got a surprise. The girl
lifted her veil an. I exhibited a laugh
ing face and called him "Uncle Jim."
It was an Kugllsh face, and her
words were English. The honorable
stared at her for a long minute and
then said:
"You are up to uamo sort of game
aud have rung me luto it."
"Yes, you are my Uncle Jim until
you have seen me safe aboard the boat
at Dover. Now, don't be Impulsive and
declare that you won't and all that.
We selected you because of your age
and dlgulty, my dear uncle. You have
u fatherly look. You also have an ex
pression of Innocence lurking about
you. As your nlcce I shall pass un
questioned."
Ills honor lenned back In his seat
and refused to answer. He was In a
sweii*. He had been forced Into a
situation that might end In his down
fall, and he realized that It must be
handled with care.
"I will get off 11 1 Gravescnd, he
said after awhile.
"I beg your pardon, uucle, but Dover
Is your destination," she pleasantly
replied. "I hope you are not becoming
abentuiluded as you grow old. You
are to sec me on the boat, you know."
"No; I will not do It!"
"You'll do It like a little lamb, sir,
and 1 shall be very proud of my old
uncle. What funny stories can you
think of? I know you must have a
keen sense of humor. So have I."
"Woman, do you know who I am';"
thundered the honorable, springing up.
"My Uncle Jiui, of course," site smil
ingly replied. "I can so arrange It
thut the papers will say that you kind
ly escorted me on this trip. Have
aunty and my cousins asked about me
lately?"
His honor realized his helplessness
and leaned back and groaned In de
spair. He had blundered iuto a fa
therly trap and knew that the girl had
all the advantage and would keep it.
"What Is the? the crime?" he asked
after awhile.
"Why, Uncle Jim! How dare you
chargo your niece with a crime? I
wouldu't have believed It of you!"
"But you are fleeing out of England
and fear arrest."
"Oh, but can't one flee without bclug
a criminal? Suppose 1 am In love with
a Frenchman and owing to my fa
ther's surveillance I must go to Paris
like a fugitive to marry the roan of
my choice."
"Humph!" grunted the honorable.
The girl removed her hat and laid
her head back and seemed to sleep.
At Rochester a couple of men whom
he suspected to be officers of the law
looked in. At Canterbury two more
repeated the performance. Betweeu
Canterbury and Ashford the young
lady woke up and said:
"Good Uncle Jim, the sober second
thought Is the best. You will see me
and my luggage on the boat and then
go where you will."
"Hanged If I do!" he said to himself,
but up rose a vision of his family, of
his mayoralty, of his political ambi
tions, and he groaned like a man In
pain. When the train ran Into Dover
the girl took Uncle Jim's arm and
went with him to see about the lug
gage. She "uncled" him In the hear
ing of flfty persons. He gave orders,
bought her ticket and sat with her on
the boat until the all ashore bell rang.
She waved her handkerchief to him
as he stood on the wharf, and as he
saw two men watching him he waved
back.
"Excuse me, sir," said one of the
men as he was followed off the wharf,
"but that young lady"?
"My niece, sir."
"Ah, ah. a thousand pardons!"
And three days later when Joseph
Saunders read In his paper that one of
the female stenographers In the war
office had stolen an Important paper
and delivered It to the French govern
ment he thought for awhile and then
mused :
"Well, the war office should employ
more reliable people. What Is the war
office compared to Joseph Saunders'
character for all around probity and
the certainty of election from this bor
ough next year? Yes, sir. let the war
office take care of Itself, sir."
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REGULATION? 1005
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