imperialI
Peanut Butter
Just the finest thing
for Sandwiches
In G-lass Jars at 20c, 35c and 65c.
C. W. ASK & SONS
Pulkit Rouse
Foot of Sixth Auanua
Most elegantly furnished house
ia Alaska
Every modern convenience
Electric lights? Hot and cold
water? Telephone?
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board and room by the dry, week
or month
Table supplied with cream and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
mrs. fi. S. Pullen
Proprietress
3S??? 5SSKHS?K |
^ PHONE lO |
| HAROLD
FRANK
BEN
HERB
H. F. TAYLOR. MGR.
CUSTOM BROKERS AND BONDED
CARRIERS
Baggage, Freight, 'Safe*'and
Piano Moving
1 COAL and WOOD
IIa>-U. ami Ruinry Nlirlit or
Pay SitvIoo
(iouil Work (iuirantn'd and Prices
Kcasonablo
Office R. R. Depot
?aBagaCT8 scssiffifflaaBaB mBMBMBS
Th? lluoo:
Real. by last boat 100 new record!
for Electric Piano. AH up-to-date
classical mu*ic.
No better ctgar made than the Bull
Dog. Sold at Tony Dor'.ero's.
R0YHL !
Steam Laundry
All Work Guaranteed. Short
Orders Promptly
Done
Messenger will call and deliver
Fhona 79
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DR. F. C. NORfo'AN
Physician and Surgeon
(CUIKV 8CKOKON OF W. P. * V. H.)
Corner Fifth ani> state Sts.
UP STAIRS
SKAGWAY - ALASKA
FOR SALE -Two furnished co tagcs
cheap, if sold at one.?
gll-if , E. \V. Actiison.
MUSIC TEACHER
Mis* Gertrude Costcllo, -rraduate. will
give piano lessons. Call or address
Golden North hotel. .2-lm
1
I Rest meals in W'ultehorse at Royal
[ Cafe. tf
SlOO Ranuri] SlOO
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that ther .? is at least
oue dreaded disease that science ha
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cur-1
is the only positive cure now known t
the medical fra ernity. Catarrh beiny;
a constitutional disease, requires a coh
stitutioual treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taxen internally. at-tin? <nrectl>
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the systeai, thereby destroying tlu
foundation of the disease, ?nd giving
tha patient strength by buildiu? up the
; constitution aQil assisting nature in do
, iutf its work. The pirorieton have so
much faith in its curative powers tha
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case it fitils to cure. Send for list of
' testimonials.
1 Address F.J. CHENEY & Co,, Tole
do, Ohio.
Sold by Drujruisty, 73o.
' Take Hall's Family I'llls for coosii?
patioa. %
H. D KIR7VYSB
iJJHAM f F,ft'' Av<- & Br"adw"y
" PV",KUAU C|){
Sacred BKtlc
RAILROAD cdj scarab or
A symbol of (?o?h1 Lurk lias l*'cn
adapted t?? Jewelry purposes l?.v
l'ayi?, (taker Co. of Mass. who
were also the originators of the
Swastika Jewelry. Wt* have jus'
received a ? second slhpinont of
SCARAB JEWELRY
in Scarf Tins, llat Fol*?? Link
Buttons. Kliur> anP IIiwIh's
^d?^p\\{vTCHES
Official Watch Inspector tor the \V. P. & Y. R
|-^ Watches are often spoiled by taking
(jj()(JI)them to an incapable watchmaker I
for repairs, therefore the
BETTER
/Tf Plan is to take them to an
expert The
BEST
Watchmaker in South-east
ern Alaska is
P. E. KERN,
Expert Watchmakers
Employed
SPECIAL SALE i
OF
Cadies' Shirt (Uai$t$
From Wednesday morning until Saturday night we offer our
entire stock of Ladies' Waists at the following reductions:
At 40c.
Your choice of any waist selling former
ly at 75c and 85c.
At $1.00
Your choice of any waist selliug former
ly at $1.50 and $1.75.
At $2.25
Any waist yelling formerly at $2.75,
$3.00 and *3.50.
At 75c.
Your cliolee of any waist selling former*
ly at $1.00 and X 1 .25
aT$T65
Any waist ^ellin# formerly at $2.00,
$2.25 and $2.50.
At $3.00
Xour clioiceofany of our $4.00 and $5.00
waists I
At these prices no waist can be exchanged or returned
B. M. Behrends Mercantile Company
STORE
OPEN
EVENINGS
Geo. Blanchard, Manager
STORE
OPEN
EVENINGS
[Orl?!.>al.l
"Speaklu' '?? inhumes." said tin* oM
rancher. "we t 'pear, to git no
mirages as wo used to Kit. Dun
no wh.-thor tlie elymonts has changed
?r mv orosiuht Is broakln" down. but 1
don't see no more lan.l llftln' with ev
,,.vtUi,lB .'.rawed as if i. war a pulntl..
under your nose such as 1 soon often
when I fust come to the country.
??Wh it kind of mirages do you ha\e
iioio. 'asked the gentleman from
v? saehusotts. "those that elevate ?1
or those that show objects hav
ing no existence?"
?Waal. I reckon you'd call 'cm ole
??I've soon mirages on I.aUo Mich
I-,.," said the Chicago man. "hut i
never knew whether they were the
, ?..?!! slime elevated or the western
hore reflected.' ?
??There ilsi't no retioetlon down here,
renwked the ranehor. "What you see
,,.ii see. I saw somopln oneot tli.it
'?liiiii. 1 the hull course of my life.
:t wan t v.') reflection. you hetyerlife.
"IIow was that?" asked the Mnssa
C*llUS6ttS MUIU.
?"Tw.is this a way: When I war n
voting man I worked at cow punchln
fi.r a man as lived on a ridge that
'ooked over a like rl.lge tlftcen mile
awav. The river run between each
ridge midway, and the ground on oa- i
Bide the river war as like as two peas.
Tanner live.1 on the east ridge -he
war the man , worked for and hftoen
miles away on the otlior rI,,S^
brother-in-law. Brant. had built a
house after tlie same plans. '1 lie same
irchltoet had planned 'em bot'i an l
lu miter lud Iwn sawed for the two of
?em at oneot. Each stood in the con
tor of a Mg ranch.
"Tanner had a daughter. Eunice,
that tuk a 'line to me. I war an in
nocent young f. '.ler In them days and
hadn't n<> notion o' hookhi up ?itn
nnv one and tried to keep her off my
s.xMtt, hut she follered me like a blood
hound. an 1 somehow, though 1 could
"it rid o' most things, I couldn t git rid
0- her Whenever I'd tiy it she'd set
down liesido me kind o' lovln' like, and
t|,at \1 he the end o' my tryln* to
shake her.
"Waal, at last site hived mo. and the
fust thing 1 k no wed I had gone to the
ole man and axed for his gal. He was
wlllln'. and so we was engaged, as
they sav In the towns. Eunice oncet
tiavln' lassoed me gimme a good deal
rope, jist as Uiough we was married
and I couldn't git away nohow.
"What made It hard on me was that
I wanted another gal. That gal war
Sally Brant, Eunice's cousin, bally
war a .pilot little thing and didn't run
after nobody. I couldn't see very much
of her 'cause Eunice regarded me as
her property and wouldn't let me off
evenln's to ride over to the Itrant
ranch, and daytimes 1 war tookln after
the cattle.
"One mornlu' 1 found myself lost.
There had been a heavy fog all night,
and instead of takln' my bearln's bo
fore It settled and goin' to sleep whar
I war I tried to pull through It. But
?mddont. about 10 o'clock In the morn
In' the fog lifted and 1 found myself a
mile from the Brant ranch house.
Thinkin' it would be a good chance to
go and tell Sally Brant that 1 war
goin' to be married*. I rode over. Sally
was on the front veranda knlttln
socks. I J'ined Iter and as soon as I
could git up spunk told her that I war
settled to be 'broke' by Eunice Tanner.
She didn't say a word; she Jist bent
[] own. and I could see that slm war
oryln'.
"Of course thar war Jist one thing to
flo I set down on the bench beside
her. r'it ray arms around her, and ?
"Kissed her? No; I war hon'able.
I war engaged."
"Well, go on."
"We war settln* facln' the valley, and
suddent 1 lifted my eyes and tlmr be
fore me and lookln' hardly a stone's
throv.' away war the Tanner ranch
house. And thar on the varanda sat
a feller and a gal In each other's arms.
Of course I don't mean to say that I
could recognize people fifteen miles
away, but I knowed the couple must
'a' been Eunice and some feller. Al
though I would like to git rid of Eu
nice, It made me mad to see her In
another feller's arms. 1 Jumps up and,
drawlu' my shootin* Iron, plugs away
at the man. What did he do but the
same to me.
"I felt kind o' foolish as soon as It
war over, thlnkln' my weepon would
carry so far, and 1 set down ag'in. The
feller must 'a' felt a< I did. 'cause he
set down ag'in. too, by his gal. Just as I
did by in hie. We turned our backs to
'em. but we didn't like their lookln'
even at our backs, so we went Into the
house.
"1 tole Sally that I loved her and
wanted her to marry me. She re
minded that 1 was pledged to Eunice,
and I reminded her that, thanks to the
mirage, 1 had found Eunice out. Sally
then said, that beln' the case, It war
right for me to shake Euulce, but If I
went back to her she'd lasso me ag'in.
Recognlzin' this as true. I proposed we
be married before goln' liack. And so
we war.
"When 1 went back, a married man,
Eunice war mad enough to scalp me.
1 charged her with goln' back on me,
and she denied It. Hut me and Sally
both saw her. aud that was all there
war about It. Anyway, my wife says
a noble. g<?<l ::ian war saved from a
bad woman by the mirage."
"Did It ever occur to you," asked
l'ie Mas- clri'i'tts man. "that what
you saw was the reflection of your
selves'*"
"Waal, uou 1 never it. ought <>' that.'
M STIN ' KINV.srEY.
F0U3HT UNDER WATER.
?..at of (? e Pl .t at the Bat
tlo cf Manila Cay.
?What w-s it like, that battle of Ma
lila Hay. <. > ,\ on ask':"
'i'hc tliur.de!' ?* ?>! h a ?'? would have
Id t In Its dh\ It was tierce and
,.i -t. like the lulling of all the drums
ii the world or hutMiolu of heavy sail
? N.tli torn- 1 >!?> f '.ire.Is by the wind.
What a t i'-:ere It would make that
battle, the last of the Spanish fleet, the
lion Antonio do L'lloa. She foUgiit,
sfn'.ilng n foot a minute! t!ui) after
gun went under, and when the last
onset was made only her bow gun re
mained. Its crew, waist deep In water,
fongbt as though victory was crown
Ing them. It wa's theirs to lire V>e hist
gun upon that eventful day. and we
cheered them as they sank.
These are the things men will write
about, but memory alone can paint n
picture so terrible that the moon, that
old night watch of the universe, hid
behind friendly vapors that she might
not see the embers of war as they
glared through the portholes and spon
sons of half sunken ships, while ever
aud anon exploding magazines would
tear the waters, and flames of yellow
and red flaunt above all that was left
of Spain's wreckage.
Surely Wellington was a Solomon
when he wrote, "Nothing except a bat
tle lost can be half so melancholy ns a
battle won."? St. Nicholas.
Unreasoning Antipathy.
"Father," said little Rollo. "what In
an anarchist?"
"An anarchist, my son, Is a man who
would want to ritob the umpire even If
he was doing everything possible to
give the home team the best of it."?
Washington Star.
WHY WEAR -
HAND-ME-DOWNS
When you can pet tailor mado Pants, |
Suits and Overcoats nindo to your -
measure for less money. We have the ,
very latest styles, fell aud winter and
S00 samples to choose from with ovei
fifty years experience in the trade. Fit
and satisfaction in every respect. Come
on boys. Mowle ?fc Kluiich. C9-30d
I have a four-room furnished house,
snd would like three respectable men
to join me in sentry up bachelor's
quarters. Apply at Alaskan cilice. !M)-lt
LOST a batik book, of the Canadian I J
Bank of Commorce, of Seattle, finder y
please return to this oftice.
90- James Riley.
The Pack Train Restaurant, willserva
wine with dinner orders, free in plac?
of tea or coffee. Come on boys.
The Fifth avenuo hotel has plenty of
rooms today. Have several rooms with
private bath, if you are not suited with
your room come nnd see lis. Rates f 1
and up.
A Wondnrfnl Inntruronnt
You should drop into the Mascot and
hear the music. The clectric piano
has a Mandolin attachment equal to a
whole octette of Mandolin attachments
with a string of now aire.
The best dining room, the best hotel ac
commodations, the most comfort at the
Fifth Avenuo
PflX SKY
Broadway opposite
A. B. Hall
PRICKS TO JUSTIFY IIAVINC
YOUR SHOES REPAIRED
Onisido of Cit v Work Promptly
Attended to
Boot and Shoe Maker
illKma
Expert Watch and
Jewelry Repairing
Fine Engraving and
Diamond Setting a
Specialty.
SEATTLE'S
Popular Hotel
THE
Rainier-Grand
European Plan SI Up
WIIaoii fc White Co.l'rop.Chm Perry Mjr
f ^
Kodaks
and Films
Developing and Fin
ishing a specialty
DRAPER &G0.
Skagwav, Alaska
i Phone 83 P o oo* 312 ,
5 1
GENTLEMEN^
There is a Spe
cial Sale on PIPES
only for this Month.
Now BOYS there is
a show for you to
come and get
your pipe
iOME IN AND SEE THE OLD MM
Tony Dortero'sl
w ?s\
DON'T FROG
Unless You've Got 50 Cents
W. W. BOUGHTON
DEALKK IN
Cigars, Tobacco,
Smokers'' Articles,
Stationery and Fish
ing Tackle
LARGE CIROULATINO UIIRARY
INCLUDING I ATKST COPY
RIGHT KD HOOKS
MAGAZINES, N RWSP A PER8 AND
OTUEK PERIODICALS
??iiiy wi'wrwr? ? ?
leuwkr and
Optician
Refractug Optician
C 'niluvtc of South Bond Optical College!
Examinations made and Glasses
FittoU by Means of tbc
CPU T HAL MO- METRE
Errors of Refraction Corrected.
Each case receives the utmost
care and special lenses ground
v/here required.