HE HE PASS 8
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. The
Route of
Comfort ,
Speed,
Service,
Safety.
Through Tickets to and from Dawson, Fairbanks, and all
Interior Alaska and Yukon River Points
Effective with the opening of navigation our
Magnificent New Steamers
"Alaska" i ud "Yukon" will glvo a regular servlco to aud
ft ma KaLlianka. These are tlio finest aud most luxurious
*t earners over operated on tho Yuko Klvor, an ontlrely now
iilnu liarli.g beeu udoptud in tholr construction. They are
equipped with up-to-date Obseratlon aud Smoklug Rooms
and all the conveniences required to tho comfort of passengers.
Our Wliliehorso ? Dawson service will be regularly maintain
ed by taa favorite steamers "Cusca", "Dawson", "Whltohorao"
and "Selkirk".
iletweeu Skaguay and Wluteliorso our service has beeu im
proved by llio addition 0( modern
Parlor Observation Cars
which afford travolers an opportunity to view tho scenery ov
'?r tho !amous Whito I'ass to tho best advantago. These
cai-3 are splendidly equipped with comfortable loather chairs,
writing d.nks. card tables, dressing rooms, etc.
Passengt is traveling via The White Pass & Yukon Route will
have their baggngo checked and bonded through to dostlu
atiou thereby avoiding all possible trouble and delay.
For further In formation apply to
O. L. DICKKSON, President J E. Dempsey, Traffic Manager,
SKAGWAY, ALASKA 612 Second Avo., Seattlo Wash.
'and Skagway, Alaska.
The WhiteHass &Yukon Route
TIMK TAIIIiK No. 31.
IA.1I, except Suntluys.
No. J .V. Itouml
1st clusa
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3:30 *? A
SKACUAY
WHITK PASS
I.Ofl CABIN
BmuntxT
CARIBOU
win iKiiousr
HO. - s. iwiumi
lbt class
Arrives -f:SO p. in.
Leaves 3:20 "
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1:30 "
" 1 1:48 a.m.
Passengers must be at depots In time (* hnvo Baggage Inspocted
and checked Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving tlmo of
trains.
ISO pounds of bar: ? ??.? will bo checked free with each full fare
ticket and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
Moore s Wharf E. J. Shaw, Manager
Wharfingers and Warehousemen
All Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Wharf
?Regulations Juue 1. 1913?
Warehouse open for delivery of merchandise from 8 A. M. to M.
--Wharfage Tariff?
General merchandise $1.00 per ton. Weight or measurement.
Horses, Mules and Cattle 75 c per head. Sheep and Hogs 25c per head.
Lumber $1.00 per Thousand feet. Board Measure.
All checked 25c per pice.
No Wharfage Choree on Unchecked.
Phones 1 1 or 123 P. O. Box 175
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l The Skagway Pioneer Dairy |
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H. P. SEKMAX, l'rop.
4 'The Sanitary Milk Ranch"
~ The largest and best conducted dairy in Alaska. -
Daily Shipments of Pure Milk and Cream
To all points on Whlto Pass & YcVon Route.
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! B. M. BEHRENDS, Banker I
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?I* Juneau, - Alaska
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
Respectfully Solicits The Accounts
of Skagway Firms And Individuals.
On the Rural
Delivery
B)' OLIVE EDNA MAY
Edward Rurtlett, on routo No. -J, freo
rural delivery, wa? driving hla rattle
trap buggy n long the roatl looking over
tho lotter.i to bo put In tbo next mall
box, when I10 encountered Gcorgo Ir
win walk ug.
"Anything for me, Ed?" anted Irwin.
"If them In you'll get It Id your box,"
replied th<! poatnmu.
"I'm going out of town; on my way
to tbo station now. It would be an ac
commodation If you would gtvo It to
mo now If tbero'a anything for mo.
Otherwise it'll have to bo forwarded."
Hartlett pulled up. Irwin drew near
him, and while the former looked over
a handful of letters tho latter leaned
forward to see the addressea himself.
"There 1*. Is I" ho exclaimed, making
a grab for ono of tho Icttora, and hla
Inlerferenco rcaultcd In tho spllllug of
aomo twet.ty of them on the ground,
while a doi.en more fell within tho bug
gy. Irwin apologized, and, picking up
tho lettera acattered near hla feet, bo
handed them to Bartlett
"I)ld you tako tho letter addressed to
you?" asked tho latter.
"No. It waan't for me. I thought It
was, but I waa mistaken."
"Now, seo here, Georgo Irwin, here
after when I'm handling iny mail you
keep your lianda off It. The next time
you do n thing like that I'll havo you
arrested for Interfering with a govern
ment olllcei in tho discharge of hla du
"Sorry, EJ. I didn't Intend to Inter
fere."
Hartlett drove on without mnklng a
reply. At Deacon Wurder'a box ho
found Susie Warder, tho deacon'a
daughter, -uged eighteen, waiting for
him. There was an Intensity In hor
face that indicated anxioua expecta
tion. Hartlett had often delivered lot
tery to her addressed In a maacullno
hand, and by tho way alio* bugged
them to her heart and ran Into tho
houso with t:hom ho had surinUed that
they enmo iroui a lover. Instead of
putting the mail In tho box ho band
ed It to hor. She looked over It and
her face foil
"Nothing more?" she asked. looking
1 up at ttio poutman despairingly.
"That's all. Sorry I haven't ono for
| you toiluy, Miss Warder. Perhaps I'll
bring you one tomorrow."
"N'o, you wjn't," replied the girl, tears
starting to her eyes. "If It was to
come at all It: would havo como today."
Bartlett sighed sympathetically. Dur
ing tho rest of his trip ovor Ills route
his wind was more on Suslo Warder
than on tho mall. Iler words "If It
was to como at all It would havo como
today" remtlncd with him, and ho
couldn't banish them. What did they
mean? That tho expected lotter wns
to havo been from tho lover ho could
not doubt.
Our minds now roll smoothly from
ono train of thought to ^another, and
agalu tliey Jump gaps. And yet tlioro
Is doubtless u connection between tho
two sides of tho cap too subtlo for us
to distinguish. Bartlett's mind turned
from Susie's disappointment to Gcorgo
Irwin's grabbing at tho letters. Then
he made a mental Jump, for thero was
no connection between his two
thoughts. Susie's letter didn't come,
and perhaps Georgo Irwin when ho
picked up thot-0 tliat fell on tho ground
retained ono far Suslo.
Though he knew of no reason for
such an act, ho cquliln't dismiss tho
suggestion. It occurred to him to turn
back and charge Irwin with purloining
a letter, trusting to havo struck tho
correct theory. IIo lookod at his
watch. It wan 4 o'clock. IIo had met
Georgo about S :20. There was no train
either way out; of tho station between
3:25 and 4:40. IIo remembered to
have heard tho whlstlo of tho 8:25
train while ho was talking with George.
The man had doubtless niado his state
ment ubout going out of town falsely
and for a protest to stool tho letter. ?
When Bartlett reached those Induc
tive concluslona tie hud finished his de
livery. He dro.ve rapidly back to tho vil
lage, occasionally asking ono bo mot If
ho had seen George Irwin. Presently ho
found u man who had seen him and
gave tho postirnii a clew to find him.
Bartlett found hU' man on a rood
where no one elso was about
"Givo me tho letter you took!" ho
said resolutely and confidently.
"Tho letter 1 took! What do you
menu?"
"1 mean that when you picked up
those that dropped en tho ground you
kept ono."
Irwin stood at bay. Presently ho
said: "You have uo right to accuse
me. If you know I took a letter, sure
ly you know to whom that letter was
addressed."
"1 do? Siisan Warder."
Irwin turned white. Bartlett must
have evidence a?alnst him that ho did
not know of.
"What'll you do If I glvo It up?"
"I'll tell you what I'll do If you don't
glvo It Up." said Bartlett, Jumping out
of his buggy. "I'll break every bono
In your body."
Irwin was cowed.. Tremblingly he
put his hand In Us pocket, took out tho
letter and handed It to tho postman.
Bartlett Juinp?d back Into his buggy
and whipped up tho horso for Deacon
Warder's. On giving Suslo tho letter
she opened It. at d her faco lighted up
?vltli Joy.
Bartlett told her all about tho remov
al of the letter from tho mall, and she
told him that hot lover and Gcorgo Ir
win were rivals.
Ho needed no further explanation.
TROOPS GUARD ITS GOLD.
Every Night the Bank of England Hai
a Military Display.
For 130 years a company ol guurds
meu lu charge of nu officer marched
every evening from tlio Chelsea or tbo
Wellington barracks to tho Bank of
England. For the last few years, ow
ing to tlio great lucreuBo of street
trofllc, tlio soldiers liuve gone by tbo
umlerground railway, and nowadays
the nightly guard Is drawn from tho
troops stationed la tho Tower of Lon
don.
If tho visitor to London waits by tbo
bank any evening nt half past 0 o'clock
ho will see about thirty men In the
charge of a lieutenant and two ser
genuts marched up In parodo dress
with llxed bayonets and loaded am
munition belts. These aro tho only
troops that muy march through the
city of London with tlxed bayonets.
Tho men themselves like this duty.
When they march back to quarters,
about 7 o'clock In the morning, they
may do as they please for the rest of
thi> day, and they receive an extra
shilling a day from the bank man
agers. Kncli man also has a pair of
line blankets wherein to wrap himself
while he waits for Ills turn to go on
guard, nnd lu winter big Ures are light
ed for them. They have generous re
freshments provided for them, ami
{lie olllrer In command has a dinner
for himself nnd two friends.
In the daytime another curious sur
vival of tho pnst Is to be observed. Al
though detectives guard all tno doors,
the old uniformed bendlos are also paid
for the service. From tho standpoint
of efficiency, theso officials aro very
much lu the way, but as long as tho
Rank of ICnglnnd lm<i lieen in cxistcnco
the beadles liuvo policed It. Conse
quently tho beadles nre allowed to re
main.
Tho custom of providing a little gar
rison for tho bunk dates bnck to 1780,
when an attack was made upon tho
bank by n mob during tho Gordon
riots, picturesquely described in "Rnr
naby Hudge." It Is said that In tho
light tlint ensued between the rioters
and the clerks of the bank the latter
melted their metal Inkpots for am
munition after their supply of bullets
had given out.? Youth's Companion.
HAZARDOUS MAIL ROUTES.
Pottmen In Soma Countries Are Never
Sure of Their Live*.
Tlio camel (tostninn In tbo Sahara
hasn't nn.v clncli? Hint Is, If lie has n
family ho'B anxious to llvo for or hni#
pens to bo leading a cnre free bnchelor
existence, for ho need* till the nerve
that he can losslbly summon on every
trip that be makes, for the wild tribes
regard him ax their pnrtlculnr prey,
and he never does know when ho starts
out whether or not be Is golug to reach
bis destination.
Neither lias the postman In some
parts of Switzerland tin; safest job In
the world. In fact. In ncvernl places In
that country It Is considered Just about
the most dangerous profession that a
iniin can enter.
You see some of tho postoMcea are
situated at n height of 7,000 feet There
Is even a letter box at tho summit of
Lauguard, which is nearly 10,000 feet
above the sea level. Hero nil sorts of
disastrous things have happened to un
fortunate carriers of mall. Three have
been crushed to death by avalanches
and a large number swooped down
upon nnd killed by fierce eagles.
Then In India the postman always
has to be on the lookout for snakes. It
Is claimed that witliln tbo last year
1,7) woro killed by snake bites nnd
twenty -seven eaten by tlgors.
Queer, Isn't It, when In this country
the business of being a postman seems
about the mast harmless nnd least dan
gerous of nny n man could pick out?
In parts of Siberia they have only
two mall deliveries a year, while In the
Interior of Chlnn they hnve no regular
delivery, or regular postman.? Chicago
Tribune.
Primrose Cure*.
Tho primrose of old was credited
with a medicinal as well as n super
stitious value. Even now In some coun
try parts of England a decoction of
primrose leaves Is supposed to restoro
n falling memory, and In 1054, when
Culpeper wrote his "London Dispensa
tory," the prlmroso was regarded as
an almost universal panacea, curing
"convulsions, falling sickness, palsies,
etc.," and strengthening "the brain,
senses and memory exceedingly." And
even the healthy did not disdain to
eat it, for primrose pasty was once a
popular Lancashire delicacy. ? London
Standard.
"Pleated to Meet You."
The Americans have a pollto habit
on being presented to a new acquaint
ance of uttering tho words. 'Tleased
to meet you." although upon what tho
pleasure Can rest, or how they know
that It Is a pleasure, or why nn ordi
nary incident which is not tho fulfill
ment of any anticipation and which
may turn out to bo very disagreeable,
should bo prououncod at sight to be
pleasant I have nover been able to un
derstand.? London Saturday Review.
Taking Their Turn.
"Why station a policeman beside this
park bench?"
"It is newly painted."
"He can't keep people from testing
fresh paint."
"No; but ho can keep 'em In line."?
Kansas City Journal.
So It It.
"Pop, Is an abyss anything sleepy?"
"Of course not. child. What put that
Into your hond?"
"Well, It's alway.i yawning."? Balti
more American.
THE DEACON'S
TIP
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1313, by Anoclatcd Lit
erary Press.
Dcacon Husking was on nctlvo
church deacon. IIo wng a good man
and u guileless man, IIo subscribed to
niul rend u religious weekly, but so
seldom glanced nt nny other sort tbnt
the trickery and wickedness of the
outsldo world were almost a sealed
book to him.
On u cortulu evening, however, and
ono to be remembered to his dying
day, us the dencon wns abroad with
his kcroscno enn, he hud a hunch to
drop Into the postofllcc. It Is doubtful
If he hnd ever heard of tho gunio of
poker, and yet ho felt that hunch as
strongly as Senator Bailey might when
holding four aces. Yes, there was a
letter for him? a letter bcnrlng the
Now York postmark.
It was from a market tipster. Ik
wanted to do the dcacon and several
other persons a good turn by putting
them next to a good thing.
Tho stock of tho Wild Cat silver
mine, then selling at 7 cents on tho
dollnr, was to Jump to CO within a
month.
It wns an alluring circular. One
read It through a hnzc of greenbacks.
It made one's blood ran faster and his
toes to snap. Tho preacher would
liavo to preach no more, and tho wid
ow could go ahead and get her fur
coat and auto.
"Hut It's speculation," sighed Deacon
Ilnsklns as ho laid aside the letter.
"Y-c-s," sighed tho wife.
"We've got $300 In tho liousc, you
know. If wo invested that wo would
make over $3,500 in a month. That's a
big profit, Martha."
"It's a whopper, and I can't see
wherein It's wicked to tako advantage
of the chance. It almost seems as If
Providence sent It to us."
The matter was debated at great
length, and tho conclusion arrived at
was that It couldn't bo very wicked
to speculate In silver stocks. They
weren't food or clothing, and poor peo
ple couldn't be harmed.
"Hut don't send your order in," cau
tioned tho wife when tho other matter
bad been settled. "If you do somo one
Is going to find out about It You just
go right up to New York and seo this
Mr. Nipper personally. If he looks
honest leave tho money with him. If
he don't then bring It back. I have
an Idea lie's a church member anil all
right, a Christian man wanting to do
another Christian man a good turn."
"That's tho way I feel," replied tho
deacon, ntul two days later ho was
faco to faco with Mr. Nipper.
Mr. Nipper looked honest no had
a face as open and frank as a yearling
child.
Ho quoted Scripture.
Ilo wna n church i?eir.hc-r-and ful'jr
Intended "to go to lieavcn when ho
died.
Ho courted the fullest Investigation
Into his life nnd actions since the day
he was born.
Of course Doncon Hasklns bought
$500 worth of sliver stock. Ho re
fused a cigar or a drink, but be (lid
shake hands with great heartiness nnd
whispered something about meeting
Mr. Nipper In a better world than this
".Martha, If that rann hain't as hon
est ns the day Is long then I can't road
human nacher," was bis report on ar
riving home.
"Hut Is he a church member?" she
risked.
"Why, he's one of the ciders In the
biggest church In New York city!"
And their confldenco was chUdllko
as they sat down to wait and the prof
it they were to make was figured out
two or three times a day. You know
how such speculations end. It was a
staggering blow to the deacon nnd his
wife. They hardly spoko for days
and days. The neighbors saw a great
change In them, but nono got at tho
cnuso of It
The reader must now Jump things
along for six months. Ono July day
as tho deacon was a tnllo from borne,
looking for stray hogs, ho came upon
an auto that had rammed Into a fence
from the bursting of a tiro. Thero
was only one man In tho anto, and ho
was held In tho fence by his foot.
It was Mr. Nipper. Ilo was taking
a little spin by himself from a sum
mer hotel soveral miles nway. no had
made some changes in his appearance,
but was almost Instantly recognized.
Such was tho bitterness called up by
sight of tho man that tho deacon went
off his head. Ho pried tho foot looso
and then flung the mini to tho ground
and walloped hlui till he begged for
mercy. Then the walloper stopped to
get his breath and walloped some
more. It wasn't Deacon Ilaskins now.
It was an enraged bull seeing red.
Ilo slammed aud hit and battered and
banged, and Mr. Nipper really bad
hurd work to make him tako 5700 and
go bis way,
Tho deacon went homo to tell his
wlfo and put tbo money in tho cup
board and then continued on to tho
parsonage. Ho mado a clean brenut
of everything and then naked:
_ 'Tnrson, do you think X can bo for
given?"
"I.ot's see," was tbo reply. "You put
in $500?"
"Yes."
"And got out $700?"
"Yes."
"Ahem, ahem. If that $200 goes for
n church Ml and pew cushions I
should say-say"?
"That I had a living ehanco?"
"Yes: that you had nlnety-nlna
chances In n hundred."
And that was wbcro tho $200 went
LOCAL BRIEFS
8KAGWAY WEATHER REPORT
Kcaulls of the observation Ukoa
it Mooro's Wbart at midnight,
Ijuhl night, Us as follows:
romp, tlma obtiomtTn .. . 48 above
Max. preceding 24 lira .. u5 above
\lln. " " " . 41 abova
?lean " " " . G5abovo
Cloudy and oA^rallaromoU-r 2'J: 110.
V. Hi A. M.
White Pubs Lodge
r P. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d anil 4tli
' ? Frl. Kv'gs. of oach
month. Visiting brothcra arc wfcl
como. Phil Abraham.-), Secretary.
\V. 11. Hlllory, W. M.
Kratcrnnl Order
?, ICaslcs ?
Skugway Asrle
i No. 25, Frater
nal Ordor of
Eaglo3 moots tho Tirol ami third
Wednesday i-'ght ot each month at
tholr ball on Fifth avenuo. Visiting
brothers cordially liivlted to atteml.
John Grashel* W. P.; J. M. Koller,
Sccrotcry.
Skagway Lodgo
No. 431, n. P. O.
E. woctp every
1st and 3rd
Thursday nlligta
at 8:30. El ks
~fc|?w ~r7t^T club and reading
.-oom open dally from 1 p. m. lo
'2 midnight. Visiting brothers cor
dially wolcomo. ? W. C. Blanchard,
Ex. R. Goo. Maneo, Secretary.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Attorneys
H. u. LE FEVRE
Attomey-At-Law
Commissioner For Yukon '.^rrltory
lo Tako Affidavits
Skagway ? - AU?<ca
Dentin,
DR. L. S. KELLER
Dentist
Mast Modern Methods
Open Evenings
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building ? -Broadway
SKAGWAY - ALASAK
M. F. PATTERSON' DENTAL
SUPPLY COMPANY
Dental Supplies.
? Dealers In ?
DENTAL SUPPLIES
229 Walker Bldg. Seattlo, Wash.
Orders by mall or cablo will rcoelve
prompt attontlon. Catalogue on re
quest.
TEA AND COFFEE STORE well es
tablishcd, doing good business,
For Sale. Handling also Crockery
and Glassware, with routes In all
parts of tho city. Good chance
for activo business man. Apply to
John Graham, Commercial Tea Co.
1103 Tacoma Ave., Tacoma, Wn.,
6t.
EASTERN OYSTERS ON THE
HALF SHELL
Fresh Eastern Oysters on tlr
half shell aro now to bo had at tho
Pack Train Restaurant.
1 FRANK SUFFACOOL, P.^mlor t
COAL,
WOOD,
HAULING *
? Quick Service and Low Rates w
?1 Office in Railway Building ?
plu>n" 10 .!<
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attummuuitm ? ? ???
j Pack Train |
: Restaurant :
Z tony STANICH, Pre prictor $
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? For 14 Yetri We Htve S?rred only ?'
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; The Best in the Markets I
J ap'l today it U tic *
5 Most Popular Eating *j
? House in the North I'
New Location J;
* Broadway, between 3rd and 4th J
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* The Delmoaico of Alaska X
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