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TIMES HAVE MEED. AS ME* LEARN
TO FLY IN THE AIR, THEY ALSO
LEARN TO THINK? LEST THEY FALL.
The objection to the third term fo>
a president i? the fearsome feeling
tlia' it point# the way to proprietor
ship in the W&Uehouse. Caesar made
such an impression upon history that
the world has ever since stood In (ear of
such another- although there have l>een
a lot of ?'on< people than Cae-ir.
Tne pilgrim fathers undertook tin*
uvr.se hardships to get away from
dictatorial interference in their private
a:Tairs but no sooner hail they set up
au establishment in tho distant wilder
nc?> which they accepted In prefer
ence than they arrogated to them
selves a like right to* interfere with
everyboly in their jurisdiction. Tbe
confess at Philadelphia, called to
frame a constitution was made up of
representatives of all parts of the
coun.ry and some of them were as
much afraid of New England as they
hnd been of Old England.
The docu.aent as accepted at last,
was framed out of this general distrust
one of anothir and goes to large
lengths .in safe-guaiding individual
liberty. While there is nothing spe
o tic in it forbiJd.ng a thin! term Mr.
Washington sufficiently felt its sDlrit
to set the precedent whlca no man
ba- vet had th?s hardlhokl to over
rule -although we ever stand at atten
tion against such an one.
But tim^s have changed si ^ce Caesar
and since the pilgrim fathers. Kail
roads a- d newspapers and the tele
graph and the telephone have worked
as grea- changes in the manner of
thought, to philosophy, as in the mode
of living of the people of the eartb.
It s mighty hard to shake otT Caesar
even in thi se modern times? and it is
au excellent thing that it is so. But
down in our hearts we know that he is
a gho-t no longer to be fejred. C?e?ars
are dying otT rather than being rein
carnated The last Caesar has th every
life scared out of h in and his wife has
goue mad with anxiety. Hisdepartute
fiom the earth will s'.aud in the chron
ology of events with the familiar intro
duction of the Hying machine. He
mav av-til hlinse ' of that ine?ns to
getaway since there is no use of his
taking to the woods. Unt. joking Out
of ;t, the ill a ,s that mau's horizon has
enlarged, as h - rclat.on to the bound
ary line of his village has changed so
has his nature expanded until a large
proportion of humans have taken od
the idea of power and strength, they
no louger lean upon or stand in fear of
the baro is.
Tnis w ' ;e excursion though ancient
and modern concerns is suggested by
a glance through the returns
of the elections in last even
ing's Alaskan. Here is Mr. Hrysn
with a splendid power of oratory which
men fl ok to hear. \ et they are so
far from being lured by it away from
their moorings that on the day after
election tie say- *'l can't understand
this defeat. It was a terrificslaughter.'
He, himself, you see, is about the only
party really ot"sessed by his own
power of speech ?nd is aloce deceived
by the scenes of which he was a part.
And here was Mr. Gompers. for
many >??? ir? the successful head of
two million workers, whom he has
striven with all his might to
influence in their voting according as
HE thinks. It is nonsetice to say
they voted as they did because their
employers threatened. Their em
ployers may threaten till the cows
come home on any other matter. If
Mr. Gompers wanted to influence
them to strike against injustice or
low wages It would be an easy mat
ter. They voted as their REASON
suggested. Mr. Gompers concentrat
ed his efforts against old Joe Cannon
but he was re-elected with a big ma
jority.
With what confidence then, may
we not approach the next election.
and all future elections, where wt
see men pick ami choose in their
voting, electing democratic governors
(or many states with the same his
plurality that is thrown to the repub
lican president. Men even In the
mass have learned (o THINK They
set their own estimates upon what
the orators tell them and what they
see in the newspapers. Oh. the
country Is safe, all right.
NO RECOURSE BUT THE GUN
This is from the Cordova Alaskan, a
?tron ; Hopgait paper, edited by John
Frame, formerly of the Juneau Record:
"The Fairbanks shoo'ing between
Win. De'ering and John Ridenour is
a natural consequence of leaving the
district without any protection by the
law. One man owues a valuable claim.
Another begins work upon it right
fully, or wrongfully. There is no
recourse to the law for the
rrason that the only power to
whom either of the men can apply 1?
down it. the States visiting. What
course is left but to defend his prop
ertv with a shot-gun ? Of course this
is not right, but self-preservation is
the first law of nature atd it applies to
iho average man concerning his home
and his property almost ns strongly as
it does to the protection of his own
life. Deteriog could rot apply to the
court for an injunction restraining
Ridenour from working his ground and
neither could Ridenour secure an in
junction to restrain Detering from
working it, for there was uo court.
All that either one of them could do
was to shoot and kill or see another
take their gold. What excuse can be
given for paying a man a big salary
to perform certain duties as an oRicer
and then permitting him to leave his
post of duty ?nd thus jeapordue the
property interests and eveu the life of
every man In the district. If oue
officer can leave his work and contin
ue to draw his salarv why cannot
another and if all should leave, what
other course is left the property holder
but to use the shot gun.
The awesome r. spect for money
everywhere felt is given one interest
ing little expression in the tin ssa^e
sent not only across the country hut
away up here where we are supposed
to get only the most important happen
Ings of the world, that "John 1). Rock
efeller voted in * dingy tailor shop,"
which was quite good enough for every
body e'se.
THE FAIR.
When the pippins, gulden yellow, In the
orchards tempt a fellow
And the corn Is cut (or (odder and the
pumpkins ripe and round.
Then a man with pasters thrilling coines
along the fences billing
And the town lot. long neglected, soon
becomes enchanted ground.
In the weedy, dusty clearing, snowy can
vas tents appearing
Send a wave o( expectation like a wlro
less on the air.
And the boys begin to muster and tho
place Is In a fluster
And a hurry and worry, getting ready
(or the (air.
Cranny, cousin, aunt and mother, (ather,
uncle, little brother.
It's a marvel how tho wagon manages
to hold them all.
Cracking wnips and jokes together to the
crenk o( harness leather,
While old Bess Is like a Ally newly taken
(rom the stall.
Other loaded turnouts meeting, friends
und neighbors loudly greeting.
Everybody starched and Ironed In a way
to make you stare,
Hoping with a thrill of rapture that your
folks a prize will capture.
That's the way you always journey
when you're going to tho fair.
There are cakes and cream and candy
and a sweetly smiling dandy
Who will sell a diamond scarf pin, such
a sparkler, (or a dime.
And the wooden horses flying and tho
people who are trying
To beat the simple shell game, but are
losers every time.
Bands aro blaring, (akirs calling, para
chutes and pennies (ailing.
You are dizzy with the effort to be
looking everywhere,
And you And that fortune's fickle and
she always gots your nickel.
But It Is not very o(ten that you go to
see a fair.
Homeward In the sunset glory wo re
hearse the wondrous story
Of how mother scooped tho honors with
her Jelly and her bread.
And with bash(ul tremors shaken show
the tintype we had taken
In the shabby tent erected near tho
noisy poultry shed.
In our dreams again we're gazing at the
rows and rows amazing
0 f the pigs and sows and horses and tho
things to eat and wear.
And wo count the snows and roses till
again the gate uncloses
On the razzle-dazzle racket o( tho an
nual county (air.
?Minna Irving In New York Press.
B. P. j. E.
There will be a regular meeting of
Skagway Lodge No. 431, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, at their
hall, tonight at 8:00 p. ro.
Initiation.
Fred Callarman, Sec'y.,
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| CULM, HEAVY SNOWFALL
The result of the observation taken
U Moore wharf at midnight, N"V. 4,
1903, Is as follows
Temperature time obtorval'n.SO above
Max.temp.proceding 24 hours.Itft above
Mln " " " " .28 above
Mean " ^3 .bore
Barometer 29.52
SuowioR hi d calm.
Whitehotse, 20 above; Hootalinqua,
20 above; Bix Salmon, 20 above; Yukon
Crossing, below; Selkirk. 10 below;
ColTee Creek, 28 below; Stewart, 8 be
low; Outvie, 18 below; Dawson, 7 below
ammmtamxtammmmmamxtmm ai
INTERIOR WEATHER
TAHA TOO
DARNED GOOD
MILLENIUM COMES FROM OKLAHOMA
"Wrong Font" Thompson, the re
doubtable journalist who erstwhile
manipulated the destinies of the Yu
kon Sun, long since set, now pilot
ing the T&nana Miner at Chena,
which for a short time sojourned at
Ridge top. Is writing some sizzling
stuff as of yore. He thinks Tanaua
is getting too good, and that the mil
lenium has come to Alaska from Ok
lahoma Judge Reid's home. Il<- pens
his dirge as follows:
Th.* wages of sin is death. Those
wages have never been reduced, but
until now they have not been collect
ed every Monday morning ? over
drafts were permissible. With the
coming of the new courtiiousc offi
cials the old system is changed, and
the sinner of today is the Indicted
criminal of this evening ? the blue
laws of the Puritan days are in force,
and none l>ut the new lawgivers may
transgress them with impunity.
A few weeks since two noble lit tl<
gladiators got together in a squared
circle at the Auditorium and begai
to do things to each others features,
in the presence of a small but select
audience of the best people of Fair
banks. That exhibition was the
finale of pugilism in Alaska, for
next day the boys were arrested, the
relentless sleuths of justice began
collecting the names of the witnesses
that they might be Indicted by the
next grand Jury, ami Capt. Rarnette
left hurriedly for the outside.
Frank Uascom Mall, seller of bi
bles, hymn books, the Tanana Miner
and "Three Weeks." whose headquar
ters is at Hall's book store, Fair
banks, some days ago started a
Christmas potlatch for the kids of
Fairbanks. To every innocent little
tot who spent two bits in his empor
ium Frank gave a numbered ticket
entitling the kid to one chance in
the Christmas drawing, at which
the holders of the lucky ticket would
receive lithograph pictures of the
birth of Christ, his crucifixion and
resurrection. "Thursday the United!
States district attorney's office noti
fied Mr. Hall that such sinful doings
would not be tolerated in Alaska,
and that he must call the potlatch
off or so to jail.
A little goodness is a dangerous
thing in the Alaska of today, linless
you can read your title clear to man
sions in the skies: unless you can
walk the paths of righteousness and
virtue without a single footslip, you
had better mush on. for you are up
against the good and pure, and up
agaiust it hard, and without warn
ing or previous instruction. Nail
your marriage license over the door,
and carry a biblo in your breast pock
et or get out, for the millenium has
come to Alaska all the way from Ok
lahoma.
Want ads in the Alaskan bring ro
suits. Everybody rends them.
Winter evenings made delightful
by good reading. All the best and
latest books to be found in my cir
culating liabrary. W. W. Boughton.
When you write, use one of our
ill KB
They are warranted. Let us show
you our
We also carry a full line of writing
material, such as pens, pencils,
paper and tablets.
WM. BRITT
The Druggist
JUNEAU S. S. GO'S,
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Currying U. S. Mali
For Haines, Berners Hay, Juneau, I
Hoonx, Tenakee, Sitka and Way ports |
SAILS
November fi, 12, 18, 21, "0.
llt'ccinltcr II, IT, 23, 20.
WILLIS NOW ELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. HOUGHTON, Agent I
Broad wav and Kifth Ave. phone 90 |
U. S- Mail Steamer
Heg
Carrying
Passengers and Mail
Will leave Skagway Daily j
at 0 a. m. for Ilaines
Returning, Leaves Haines for
Skagway at H p. in.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir) $2.50
BEER
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
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C9MPHNV
Seattle Wash
Pacific Coast S. S. to.
PIONEER ALASKA LTV*
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
i> nitlp, and other Kuget Souaa h'or e
CARR VfNG U. X. UAII.
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of SeattLe Oct. 30 Nov. !0 ? 22 Dec. 3
Humboldt - NOV. 4 - 15 - 27
Connecting with the Company'^ steam is at Se ; tie for San Francisco,
Southern California, Eureka (H?mboldt Bay) aud Mexico
tt?r Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
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Seattle Ticket Officio, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 Markt t Strooi. au fracoinco, C?i
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Canadian Pacific Railway
( B. C. COAST t ERVICE )
FALL SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
Subject lo change without notice
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For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of iho world and all Information from
Phono 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
s. v, "rrzrx'-rr,
Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Expreu
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamers
Jefferson November 12
Dolphin November 6
Company reserves riglit to change sailing date without notice
Tran&fers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addllional Charge
Through Tickets to Sun Franc inco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 68
TheWhitePass &Yukori Route
TP I IV! HT Tv A. 13 F? No. 18.
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound No. 2, S. BouoJ
1st ciaes. 1st ciais
.S 30 a. in. Leavos SKAGUAY Arrives 3 20 p. m<
10 (0 p. m. " WHITE PASS " 1 45 "
11 00 '? " LOG CABIN " 12 42 "
II 30 " " BENNETT " 12 10 "
133 p.m. " CARIBOU " I0 25 d.ro.
3 45 Arrives White FORSE Leave* 8 16 "
Passengers must be at depots la time to have Baggage inspected and
checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutco before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will bo checked f-ee with eaoh full fare ticket
:\ud 75 pounds with eaoh half fare ticket.
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T h rough Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dnwson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placercamps in the Alsek mid Kiuane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, whenlnavisratu o is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skagway and While Horse A thro lgh Mail, Pa?sensrer and Freight Service will be malntaiued
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line be'ween White Hon>e and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quattz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, R. C.
A. L. BRRDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen, Agent
Varoouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaska Skaeruay, Alaska
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