dOLD BY MAIL
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Tanaoa Mines Adopt New
Way of Shipping Gold
Three hundred thousand dollars worth
of gold dust from Fairbanks, arrlvid
here yesterday oo the mail launch Emil
Stauf ft w^s shipped all the way from
Fairbanks by mail, and was brought
from Gibbon to Kagle by launches of
the X. X. Co., and the remainder of the
distauce by Eli Verreau's launch. The
told *ii shipped br mail. Thia is the
tirat big ,jold shipment ever made by
tnall. All of it is put up in four-pound
packages, thus escaping the limit on
package weights The reason of ship
ping it by mail ;s not known, but some
of the wise ones here hare said that per
haps the Fairbanks poatottlce wonts to
swell Its returns, which would entitle
it to grade, perhaps higher than now.
Others say it is to avoid heavy express
charges. It is uow a fourth-class office.
But the gold is not owned nor abipped
by the office. The shipments can be
made t>y mail, it is S-dd, much cheaper
than by express. It continues its jour? j
ney to Seattle na mail.
The reason given in transportation
circhs for the shipment of the gold by
mail, is to buck the express company,
whose rate, it is said, the banka claim
is too high. All the Fairbanks banks
are said to oe shipping by mail.
All the gold is shipped in packages
weighing all told not more than four
pounds. This means the actual weight
of the gold brick in each package .s
something less than four pounds.
The gold on the Lavelle Young, which
arrived last night, was all shipped by
mail. A United States postal clerk was
aloof in charge. The mail was locked
?n the berth room or tbe purser.
The insurance on gold shipped by
mail, lc is s&id, is the same rate as on
that shipped by express. The Insur
ance rate is about the same from Fair
banks as from Dawson. The rate from
Dawson to Seattle is Uiree -quarters of
one per cent. Tbe express charges on
gold from Fairbanks to Seattle t? fo for
every #1 .000 shipped.
The postal rate is 16 cents a pound.
In addition to this it costs five cents to
register each parcel. Tbe gold is ship
ped in bags with strong locks. The
heavy iron boxes which the express
company had provided for tbe shipments
this summer arc relegated to innocuous
desuetu le.
The steamboat companies also are
getting tbe rub as well as tbe express
companies. Tbe steamer people receive
a percentage of the receipts on all ex
press matter. Everything they carry
as mail is taken at a contract lump sum
for the year. Thus their fat which
rolled in under the express business is
knocked out of the frying pan. Some
say mat perhaps another year the big
com'*nies will agree among themselves
'not to make the mail contract rates so
low but that they will be high enough
to cover their losses as io express busi
ness all round as regarding bids on mail
business. However, this is not said oa
authority, but is a possible opening
whereby the companies, It is said, might
retaliate to some exUur.? Dawson
News.
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Our stock of watches nugget, jewelry, i
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Pfcon* City Trmaafsr
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MISS ANNETTE KELLERMAN.
The Champion Woman Swimmer of
the World an Australian.
The proverbial endurance of women
stauds tbem In good stead when It
comes to swimming. That Is how it
happens that In Australia, which has
produced the champion woman swim
mer of tlie world. Miss Aunette Kel
lerman. It Is a common thing for girls
to -swim Ave. miles, while not one boy
In a hundred ever does it.
Miss Kelterman, the champion
woman swimmer of the world, does
not look as If she could swim any
farther than any other young woman
who has had an opportunity to form
aquatic habits. She is very slight In
tlgure. not particularly tall, and lu a
smart tailored suit of dark red cloth
t here was nothing about her .to sug
gest the professional athlete, yet she
ts the vk-tor of many tattles. She has
won forty long dlstai; contests, from
one mile up to thirty miles, and she
has almost swum the Kngllsh channel,
a feat that no one but Captain Webb
M138 AXKXrra K?LLLKMAN.
bus ever accomplished. She might
have got all tbe way across bad it not
been for seasickness aud storm, and
she means to try again.
Miss Kelleruiau says that she Just
drifted Into swimming. She has beeu
perfectly at home iu the water ever
since she was seven, but uutll she was
fuurteeu swimming shared equally In
her favor with riding, tennis and dan
clug. Then she happened to see Fred
Lee swim.
"1 thought his stroke the most beau
tiful I had ever seeu," she said, "and
I began to imitate It. It was the dou
ble overarm stroke, aud I have used j
It ever since, though other swimmers i
think It only suitable for short swims.
Well, In a few weeks I found I could
swim better than any girl of my ac
quaintance. Then I entered a contest
aud wud it, and my career as a swim
mer had begun."
Self Consciousness.
Of all vain and egotistical creatures
Done equals the girl who thinks that
people are always talking or thinking
about her. Vanity and self conscious
ness are ugly twin sisters. Any girl
who Is possessed of these ugly sisters
Is to be pitied and should be glad to
be well rid of them, as was Cinderella
when she triumphed over her less
fortunate relatives.
People have plenty of things to dis
cuss aud think about besides their
friends. A girl who Is in a constant
stale of wretcheduess on account of
what her frleuds may Ih> thinking or
saying about her is lacking in common
sense. No girl on earth is of Bucb ab
sorbing Interest to her friends as to bo
continually food for gossip or reflec
tfc>n.
The girl who is constantly living In
the thought that her every action and
won* ' ? brine t-ritl 'sod by her friends
or ' ise a miserable exist
ent- \ A ' :;1 the I'iifu! part of it Is
| that any you at ;,i<l of this type can
?i rely l.e r.ario to realize her own
' v>llslin< -* ;>r the nil -cry it causes her.
? ' ana. t It seems. .^cognize the
-!:i.pi ? truth that suiter ensltlveness
?ever has found and never can find
h.ippiuess.
Sot: girls tire so sensitive- and very
foolishly s<> that If bv some 111 chance
they believe they have given cause for
>Cfen?e they are utterly wretched and
j a!x>ut half crazy, wondering what
So-and-so will thluk. As likely as not
,h- offense Is absolutely Imaginary and
j-'o-an-.l -<> !?- not giving the slightest
ntten'Ion either to the supposed offense
or to the person who Is fretting her
?Ife over It.
But If the sensitive girl should hap
I>en to really offend or make a mistake
let her take her criticism bravely, let
her profit by It. If she h"irs herself
adversely criticised, she mint be truly
thankful and acknowledge that It Is
dearer to her than the sweetest compli
ment of a friend. It Is only by learn
ing our faults that we can know our
selves and kill what In us Is distasteful
to others.
Tips For Traveling Abroad.
"The permanent ch ri' ter of the En
ropean petHins renders them very re
liable. rn.l even the modest ones serve
bountiful meals In courses," writes
Either Brook In the Woman's Home
Companion. "Very good loard Is to be
had as cheap as a dollar a day, and the
ones at $1.00 a day are legion. It only
rwnalns for the traveler to exercise the
same deliberation and judgment be
would In his own country In selecting
and bargaining.
"The subject of tips Is one which
sometimes puzzles the uninitiated. A
safe rale is to make the i ips aggregate
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man working for wages in Alaska. You
will need the money saved later on.
And' if you wish to, you can have that
account with
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MOORES WHHRF CO.
Terminus VV. P. & Y. Route
All South Round Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThis DrcK
RE3ULATIONS 1905
Warehouse. .>pen for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. customs
office) and must be delivered before 6' p. m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf r. rtrr this hour.
BAGGAGE? Tolls will be collected on Checked Baggage Oni.t. No
charge for bag* and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer is nearing
dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock,
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNSON, Gen'l Mgr
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