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Poo.-, old. crippled, Haniel E
Sickles is under arrest for debt
The man who continued fighting
*t Gettysburg after his leg was
shot nearly off and had to be ampu
tated The man who was twice pro
moted for personal bravery on two
of the most bloody battlefields of
ths world's history. The soldier
who was voted medals and special
thanks by the American Congress,
can't pay his debts and is now en
tangled with the processes of the
money changers
Had General Sickles looted a
savings bank, had he successfully
gambled on the stock exchange, had
he starved children in some sweat
shop to griud out pennies, had he
been s grabber and a grasping rner-]
chant prince exploiting the physical
and moral lives of salesgirls, this
great and beneficent government
would stand ready to call out its
soldiery to protect his earnings.
But he was none of these he was
only a hero tie did as much as
any oue man to put do? n rebellion
He helped to free millions of black
men in bondage He loved his coun
try, and helped it during the hour
of its greatest need Now that re
verses have come and he cannot
meet his obligations, he is forgotten
and subjected to disgraceful pro
ceases of law for the collection of
debt.
His case is so pitiful that it ex
cites the commiseration, not of
those for whom he fought, but of
those who were his enemies; and
a pure minded southern woman,
the wife of his foe on the bloody
fields, has come to pay his debts,
that the disgrace may no longer
blot the pa?es of history.
With this picture in front of us,
how cheering is the knowledge that
Andrew Carnegie is setting aside a
fund to pay ex-presidents $25,000
a year.
This gloom is all a matter of
the mind Gloom is a phantasy, a
(host of distorted Introspection. A
fhastly. gaunt and ominous raven
of despair that has its beak in our
heart's core A miasmatic mental
ity, a swamp fever of the soul.
Gloom is a pestilential vapor hang
ing over the slough of despond, it
Is a noxious gas that stifles joy,
and robs the mind of faculty.
Whence comes it? From souls un
reconciled to heaven. From con
sciousness of duty unperformed.
From comparison with what might
have been Gloom, you are indeed
a penance in yourself, a punish
ment complete, the only hell that
the mind will ever know, or needs
to know.
Forty-eight hours a week as a
limit of work for women is proposed
in a bill Introduced in Congress by
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin.
Its operations are confined to the
Distric of Columbia, but it is de
stined to be a model for the States
to pattern after. The basis of the
bill Is an eight-hour day and sU
days labor a week The bill also
prohibits girls under eighteen years
of aire from working before seven
o'clock in the morning, or after si*
o'clock in tho afternoon. In cases
where a girl or woman changes her
place of employment during the
week. It Is the duty of her new em
ployer to see that the statute is
?ot violated. To enforce the law
three Inspectors are to be appoint
ed, and the district attorney is di
rected to prosecute violations. The
penalties proposed are fines, for the
flrst offense from to $50, for
the second offense from $50 to
$200. and for the third offense not
less than $250.
The many friends throughout Al
aska will regret, as does the Cor
dova Alaskan, that Lieut Col.
Glassford was not fortuuate enough
to be named by President Tnft as
Gen. Allen's successor as chief of
the signal corps of the Army . Ac
cording to recent telegraphic ad
vices from Washington this pro
motion fell to Col. Geo. P. Schriver
ner.
There were three officers in line
for this promotion. Col. Schrlverner,
Lieut. Col. Glassford and Lieut Col.
Green. Of the three Col. Glassford
Is kindly remembered in Alaska for
the excellent work he did In behalf
of the cabU service and land wires
of the territory as chief signal offi
cer of the department He labored
steadily to Improve t*>e facilities
for the commercial use of the wire;
and to secure lower rat.-s, in order
to Increase that use.
For this and for other reasons,
it was believed that the president
would give the promotion to Col
Glassford He has the distinction of
being the officer of longest service
in the signal corps. He entered
the signal corps as an etillsted man
in 1874, thus having had thirty
eight years" service. Col. Scrlver
ner, his prewnt superior, was trans
ferred to the signal corps from the
artillery in 1891, seventeen years
after Glassford was attached to the
corps.
In the February Scrlbner, John
Fox, in his serial, "The Heart of
the Hills." Rives Colorel Peudle
ton's arraignment of his beloved
SUite ? Kentucky. "The earth was
too rich here ? it made life too
easy. The horse, the bottle of
whiskey, and the plug of tobacco
wen- all too easily the best ? and
the pistol always too ready. We've
been cartooned through the world
with a fearsome, half-contemptuous
slap on the back. Our living has
beon made out of luxuries. Agri
culturally, socially, politically, we
have gone wrong, and but for the
American sense of humor the State
would be in a just, nation-wide con
tempt. The Ku-Klux, the burning
of toll-gates, the Goebel trouble,
and the night-riders are all linked
in the same chain of lawlessness,
and but for the first the others
might not have been. But we are,
in spite of all this, a law-abiding
people, and the old marhood of the
State is still here Don't forget
that ? the old manhood is here "
A Perfect Chn?tTi??.
I.ot us try to nu.iksur 'vhut a seen*
th<> world would present if all men ths
earth around could have and enjoy one
perfect Christmas ? one day in which
the Christmas spirit should manifest
itself in every human heart In all Its
happiest, truest, largest meaning.
What a foretaste of the millennium
such a day would be! What sorrows
would be mitigated. what misery as
suaged. what enmities. Jealousies, bit
ternesses. would be buried never to be
renewed: Surh a Christmas even for
one day would be a source of Immeas
urable blessing to the world. It could
not fall to break the crust of human
selfishness tieyoud restoration and set
many springs of kindness and good
will flowing, never to cease. While
such a Christmas, even for a day, can
exist only In the realm of dreams. It is
within our power to make each recur
ring Christmas measurably like it by
translating our wishes into deeds, by
making the best of our means and op
portunities to make life a little bright
er and a little sweeter for those around
as and a little nearer like the life we
could truly wish for all mankind.? Les
lie's
Jfrc for a home cooked meal?
julck. clean service. WhereT At
the New Home Restaurant, Fifth
Avenue, half a minute from Broad wv
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Our prescription work Is subject to
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faction.
WILLIAM lllUTT, I'h. <i.
Druggist
Stonw at SIkftgway ami Juneau.
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HOLIDAY rilKS i:\TS
We believe that the must appreciat
ed holiday preseut you could send
to friends In the State* would be
one of the
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parta ot Alaska. Home and gar
dens and scene* of the city, to
gether with views of mountains,
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SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium [$&] Alaska
I-argr, Clean. Individual I laths
Abundance of T7ater. Best of
Hotel Acoomtnodatlon*. Fur
nished Oabinii for llent
Excellent Hunting and Fishing.
Motor Boating and Sailing
Steamer Georgia from Juneau
makes semi-monthly visit*. In
formation and rat?i upon request
Dr. F. L. Goddard, Prop.
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Health Resort
A L AS K A
COAL
Moore's Wharf Co.
Phone 10. ?.k*0w*y, Ala?k?.
MOORES' WHARF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
A1 l^uathbouudSteameni Arrive and Dej art From Thif? l)ocK
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a in. to 6 p. m.
Pwrithables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight ihlpments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
SHIPPER'S MANIFEST (papen can be obtained at tie U. S cus
toms office) and must be delivered before 6 p. m. No freight will be
received on the wharf after this hour.
BAGGAE ? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAGGAGE ONLY
So charge for bars and gripe when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be cloeed to the public when steamer la nearlng
dock and will be opened when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on applii atlon at office on dock.
P. O. Bo* 175. E. J. SHAW, Qener.<t M?Ajae
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
T1MK TABLE NO. 80.
Mondays Wednesday* *"U PHitojf*.
1st class
8:30 a. in. I. eaves
11:06 "
11:40 "
12:35 p. ni. "
2:00 "
4:15 " Arrives
skagvat
WHITE PASf
UK} CABIN
BENNETT
rARinor
WHITEHORSK
lkt class
Arrives S:30 p. m. I
Leaves 1:40 '
18:47 "?
" 11:50 a. m.
10:25 "
I>eav?fi 8:15 "
Passengers most be at depots in time to have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection ta stopped SO minutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket and 75 pounds with each hair fare ticket.
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STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
V iy !?,< . \ /mm r A
? ' * ' ' V
Enni, Oirmpw. Prw? Tirwuwwi Snril
R*l!wifK?m. F.nr<4*. 5mm* IWrfcara, M?w?
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
G. W. ANDREWS. G. A. P. D. C D. DUNANN. P. T. M.
1 1) Jmm> -V. Mi 1 12 M-4* V Sm Fl?wrr
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Curacao- -Jan. 23, Feb . 3
C. D. GRANGE. A. ting Af^nt
2nd At Hrotdway, Skagway, Alaska
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. ?. MAIL AND WtLL?rARGO SXPRtM
N<>st Mil In* (rf ft* M m
JEFFERSON
Feb. - 1
Company rtmrrm Um rl*kt to ctoar ?UUn* (Ut* wHkowt nrfte
TELEPHONE NO. C. ?. OUPTILL, AQ*NT.
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B C COAST SERVICE)
Winter Sailings
1912 FROM SKAGWAY 1913
PRINCESS MAY
Jan. 2 - 10 - 30
Feb. 13 - 27
Subject ?o oh?nr? ?l'h >?? N ??!<*?
Vancouver, Victoria& Seattle via Prince Rupert
Phon# 87 F. F W. lOWLE Agmrit
Steamship Humboldt
THE GtLr IN1EPEN0ENT SIEttSHIP OPEIWHS.rW. L'MSU
Will sail from Skapray for Seattle and Way Porta
Jan. - 23
Satlln* date *ob)?rt to chanjt# without do tic*.
THROUGH TICKITt HONORED
HaatU* Office: Tlrktta ami all lafmutJoa
7l? Haeood A'M>i?. II. HARTlMfMEX. KUt M Broad*'/.
;l?H?au SteaiRSMp Co.
V. S. MAIL STEAMER
Georgia
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau for Hoonah, Gyp
sura, Tenakeo, Killlsnoo and Sit
ka Jan. 22, 28, Feb. 3, 9, 16, 21,
27, Mch. 6, 11, 17, 23, 29. Leaves
Juneau for Funter and Chatham,
8 a.m., Jan. 28, Feb. 21. Mch. 17.
Leave# Juneau for Tyee, 8 a.m.,
Jan. 22, Feb. 21, Mar. 23.
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Juneau for Pearl Harbor,
Eagle River, Yankee Cove, Comet,
Sentinel Light Station, Eldred
Rock Light Station, Haines and
Skagway, 8 a.m., Jan. 20, 26,
Feb. 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, Mar. 3, 9,
15, 21, 27. Returning Leaves
Skagway following day at 8 a.m.
Wil l l> I \<>\\ 1 I I . Maimer.
For 35c. you can get a wholsome,
home cooked meal at the New Home
Restaurant, 6th ?v?une, Just off of
Broadway.
KltKSH EASTERN OYSTERS
In any quantity, on th? half shell,
first of the season, at the Pack
Train Restaurant.
E HIE PASS ft 1
Winter Route
Stage Service
aad Pififht ??r<lre will
ponlblc r??ofort for tf
During the winter mution of I0I3-1PI3, * through Mall. P??*)t?r
be maintAlne-1 between White H<irw an<l Dawson, ?ffnrdlii| all P"
by mauif of i
Thoroughly Equipped Stage
and Automobile Line
For the winter ikwi? the Company's comfortable train* will operate on a tri ?>#ly
tween Skagnaj an<! White Horse, trains leaving each terminal nn Mondays, Wwhwtopi
Krldnji.
For Information relative to passenger nn<! freight rates appif to
H. MUKKIiKB, Supt., Mail Morvice Department, ....
O. Ij. BIOKKSOX, IVontdent, ....... .
We make telegraphic traovfer of fun?ls to or fmtn VMraarer or Seattle.
n hltehorse. T. T.
HkacMf, Alaska.