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Route of Service ,
Comfort , Safety.
Magnificent New Steamers
Parlor Observation Cars
Opened Undei New Manage
HOTEL SCOTT
A<\tU * ivi?aaki*un. ?
Headquarters for Mining Men and ?
Travelers
?PtCIAL NATCf AND ACCOMMOD AT IONS: FOR M USHERS
WELL FURNISHED ROOMS TABLE THE BEST
CAKCROSS & & YUKON TER.
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Board of Trade
V Eveything New and Fir?t * '
Popular Price*
X Open Day and Night
4- 4-k-H I I I 'I I ?! '!"1' 1 I I
ru BNUROI YOt'll M'SIXKSS
AOVECTtU AND BK HAPPY
VERY OLD PAPERS FOUND.
Document* Signid by Proiidsntt Jsok
son, Arthur and Grant
Irii were uueurthol tbe other day by
known lu tbe past decade- Included In
tbe lot were a number of land patents
One was Issued to Jeremiah Wil
liams, a corporal In Captalu CI um's
company In tbe trar of 1812. In ei
Icbaufc-e (or acrlp walcb be sot for serv
ice*. Tbe patent was signed by An
drew Jackson on Oct 1. 1*07.
Another wus granted to KlUabeth
Cocbrau on Oct. 80. 1874. Tbla [<atcnt
was Issued while I'. 8. Grant was pres
Land patents were also Issued to
James Ituasetl nuO to Samuel Roberts
lu 187?
(be patent granted to Mlcbnel Carey,
and there Is also one for Jobu lieusou
SNAKES OVERRUN HOME.
Make Incursions From Family Wall
Nsar the Rssidsncs.
l>elnK driven frow their home Tbe
snake* are a s|<otted variety of blue
Last summer Ml. Morton had ? stmt
lur sle^e ?ud kliiod nearly a bundnsi
Tbe chief source of tbe snakes seeuis
family bas for mtuy years drawn Its
; MUTE MONTHS, GIRL
RESUMES TALKING
Peculiar Case Brought on by
Overstudv at School.
linlf utontlu baa beeu confined at the
Mws lturne? tens ut her home for a
at tunev >-?|HvUlljr lu the morning*
?!<<? be thoroughly rested.
MU< I taller, her nurse, lakes her foi
? walk each da.r. MU* It u rue* sine*
March has Urn under the care of Ur
The 1Uu?m \va? brought on lant ?utu
uier in the reault of oTerstudy at a
auiumer tchool and following the ex
WOODEN LEG.
Jailer Mailt It Together So Prisoner
Can Co to Workhou**.
Pittsburgh.? Juuiea Hums, sixty yearn
old, ^Ivluj; lil* hotne as Homestead,
to tbe workhouso for thirty (lay* by
llurua baa a wooden leg. and while
lit.- was In a coll another prisoner fell
oil tl.e lee suil broke It. Uurna told
oue of i lie turnkeys that hi* leg wait
. broken, and thf otHcer thought It was
* took the wooden lee and nailed It to
* get her so that Kurua waa able to got
Free Drir.ke For Chieken*.
Jug's couteut* trickled toward the gut
Expected $50,000, Got Nothing.
Aurora. 111.? Uelra of Char lea Tao
tee, who died ulna year* ago, found
I the key to a st.fety deposit bo* which
i will which deprived them of the
SoO.WX) eat at i" which they bad ousted
to inherit. Taegeo left hi* property to
hi* widow, who died In March, and bla
relatives will get nothing.
Jl'N I'.ll' SCHOOLS TEACH
K\(ilNEKHlXO .VXD M'SIXKSS
Junoau, Aug. 14 ? This yoar stu
dents will not uoed to go to the
states to tako high school work or a
business course, us ' tho Juneau
school Is on tlio University of Wash
ington accredited list. The Univer
sity, aud the California Normals
student* on tho saute basis us those
from tho accredited schools of Cal
ifornia. This takes effect May 1,
1914. Next year the Normul schools
of Washington will accept students
the same as from any accredited
A business course will be glvon
here equal to that of the average
business college. Crgcg shorthand
will b\? glveu. Tho teacher In
charge of the commercial work Is a
business college. Gregg shorthand
had business experience.
A course will bc> given for stud
ents that wish to tako up engineer
ing lines at the unlvorslty.
A Sheep's Log*.
A nobleman against whom Insanity
was Imputed by hli relatives was ask
ed during tbe examination by Lord
Loughborough. "How many legs has a
'"Does your lordship mean a live or
dead sheep?" nsked tbe nobleman.
?nee. A live sheep has four legs; s
dead sheep has but two. Tbe others
are shoulders."
Italy'* Leaninp Tower*.
Most gleaners of I Ik' wonderful' con
sider the leaning tower of Plan 'to be
aoraethlug unique In architecture. This
others In Italy and several In other
European cities Tbe two ut Bologna
are the mo>t remarkable. One of thum
Is 321 feet In height aud leans over
nix and a bnlf feet from tbe perpendte
and baa "n lean" of over nine feet.
Tbe oldest of these two rvmarkalilo
ktructureH was built In the year 111U
Worm* and Tunntl*.
Brunei. the famous engineer, Is wild
to have obtained tho Idea for con
structing tho tunuel under tho Thames
from watching the teredo, a soft
worm which lives in harbor* and tho
months of rlv?rs and lores Its way
Into any exposed timber. The teredo
a* It Isinst Into the wood Incases Itself
lu a calcareous tube, aud this gave
Brunei tbe Mi'ilnl Inspiration. lie act
his uien to work Itorlug Into tho mud
from tichlud a shield, which was sliov
c<l forwards* the borlug progressed. a
brick arch Mug built In the rear. Just
as the tulio of the teredo wad made,
on thl* plan all subsequent subaque
ous tunnels have been made.
Her Ambition.
This lucldeut was told by an actress
who was once playlug Rosalind and
playing It. as she fancied, rather ac
ceptably. As she entered her dressing
room at the theater ouo night a note
from a woman was handed to her,
"Here lady 1 work for a dentist but
I have spoiled so many of bis teeth
saying over your part lu tbe play that
now 1 can say It Just as well as you
do, and I want you to let me try It
tonight and see If 1 can't for the den
tlit says be caunot hare me any more
and I roust pay for bis teeth, and so [
must go on tho stage aud I will be
The exchange was not made.
PILES CURED 'N S TO 14 DAYS
i'our druggist will reruud money If
PAZO OINTMENT falla to cure any
?aae of Itch lux, Blind, Blooding or
i'rotrudlng Pile* In S to 14 day*. fiOc.
Thuro ts more Catarrh In this sec- |
tloc of the country than al' other
dteuajKw put togothor, aiul until the
'uut tow yean was supposed to w
Incurable. Hir a groat many years
iocUvb pronounced it a local dlaease
.iad ^Axtcrlbed local remedies, and
by oiMuitajnUy falling to euro with lo
cal treatment, pronounced U lucur
tble. Science haa proven catarrh to
b' a constitutional (lhwaao, theroforo
requirua constitutional treatment
rlall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
P. J. Chonoy & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, U
'bo uuly constitutional euro on the
?uarkot. It W talmn to torn ally in do
Me from 10 drop* to a toaepoonfuL It
acta directly ou tbe blood and rnucou
surfaces of tbe system. Tboy otter
one hundred dollars for any case It
(alls to cure. Send for circular and
tesUmoolala.
F. J. CHENEY it CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by DruscMa. 75c
Take Hall's Ktomlly PUla for constl
?>?ttnn.
Olympla beer on draft at the
Heard of trade. This famous brew
?s kept constantly fresh both on
draft and In bottlos. This Is the
Head of Tade Bar, wlioro the cole
hiated Ri<nler Beer U also kept
PIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW TO.
Pebbleford and Gibson Rye. Bad
welser, Blue Ribbon and rale Rain
!?sr Beer at the Board of Trade.
IP WO.MKV ANLY KNEW
Wliut a l(ui|i of IIit|i|>hi< NH It Would
llrin;; to Alaskan Home*.
Kurd to do housework with an
aching buck.
IJiiiigb you hours of misery at lei
sure or ut work.
II women ouly knew the causa ?
Backache pains oflea come from
wer.k klduoya,
'Twould savo much needless woo.
Donna Kidney Pills aro for weak
kidneys.
Many grateful users endorse thorn
Mrs. C. Schwabo 210 Chattanooga
St., San Francisco, Cal , says: "Since
I pu,-"cly endorsed Doan's Kidney
Pills over two yours ago, I ?have
recommended them to a number of
people who have questioned mo
about their merits. For about ton
yours 1 was troubled by my back -an
kidneys aud any exert I ua Increased
my suffering. Thoro was a persis
tent ache ncrosM my loins and often
1 was obliged to llo dowu. The pain
In my back sometimes became so
acute that I could not speak and my
henrt was also affoctod. A distress
ing kidney weakness wus present
:iu<l whenever I caught cold, 1 suf
fer * moro soverely. Doan's Kldnoy
Pills brought prompt rollef aud prov
ed to be the medicine I required. 1
am so grateful for tho wonderful
benoflt I rccelvod from this remedy
that 1 shall ulwuys bo a strong en
dorser of It."
For salo by nil iloalers. Prico BO
rents. Fostor-Mllburn Co., Uuffalo,
New York, boIo agents for tho Uult
Remembor tho name ? Doans ? an
"raw furs
WE PAY
KiGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS j
WRITE FOR PRICE LINT J
Percey's Fur House !
Othkoth, - Wuconain I
I
SEATTLE'S
Leading Popular Triced Hotel
Hotel
Georgian
EurupJ'*" Han
AH oumlrio Sunny
Kuuiim. Eltiranily
KumUIittl
Sample Kooms.
Coniocri'lftl & Fam
ily tmde icIWUfd
RATE8
Slnglu Roonw l> ?m
ltoom*wltli *?at Ji $1 50
Two porvoUH up
C. 8. STAFFORD.
Tuko East Lako cur from Union
Depot to Fourth. FOURTH AVK
buiw?" I'nlon ft Plkw
Whiteho rse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Koyal Mail Stage
leaven Wliitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluaue and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Cliampaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited. Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Region Holrl ? Whitehorie, Y.T
H. M. Hartwigsen
PEAIJCn I If
C1CARS, TOBACCO AND
SMOKERS' ARCTICLES
NOW IS THE TIME
TO FISH
A cniefully selected line of Rods, Reels,
Line*. Flycs, Hook* nul bait,
R ERYTH1NG FOR
THE ANGLER
Large circulating library, including the
latest cop) write books, Magazines,
Newspapers and other periodical*. Fine
line of Statiorary.
LOCAL BRIEFS
SKAGWAY WEATHER REPORT
heiulta of Uie obaorTatlon lakwi
Moore's Wbarf at midnight,
laat ulght, 'j an follows:
tVinp. tiajy obsoryaCa ... Hi aboto
Max. preceding 24 bra .. 70 above
viln. " " " , 46 above
lean " S7 abovo
Cloudy, fc. wlLd.Itarometor 30. II.
V. -i A. V
White P"f? j'wii;*
9 . & ? *! No. 1 IX
meow .'o ??.a.' ?"i
JFrl. E?'g- ??' l"""
month ,'isltlug b.otlior, am wW
.?op o. I'tll Abrahams, See: "'X't
W. It. IUllery, W A!.
Fraternal Oraer
1 i ?
Skaffway Aei la
No. 23, Krater
nal Order of
Kajjlos meets tho fir?C ami third
Wednesday r'ght ot o.ich mouth at
their hall or Filth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially Invited to attend.
John GrasliU, W. P.; J. M. Keller,
Secretary,
Skagway I.oilgo
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. me?U every
1st aud 3rd
Thursday nitigts
at S:30. Klks
club and reading
,-oom open uatiy rrorn 1 p. m. 10
' 2 midnight. Visiting brothors cor
dially welcomo. ? W. C. Blanchard,
Ex. R. Goo. Magee, Secretary.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
RICHARD J. COOK, Governmental
Practice, Washington, D. C.
JOSEPH L. REED, Formerly U. S.
Commissioner, Valdez, Alaska.
Phone, Main 4470
KEKD and COOK
Admiralty, Patent and Mining
LAWYERS
015-619 Lyon Building, Seattle. Wn.
Attorneys
H. U. LE FEVRK
Attorney- At- Law
Commissioner For Yukou rltory
to lake Affidavits
Skagway - - Al&rtcx
Don:!.!#.
I>IC. U 8. KELLER
IH'ntUl
M.wt Modern Methods
Open Evenings
Office Honrs: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Uulldlug ? -Broadway
SKAGWAY - - ALASAK
M. F. PATTERSON DENTAL
81'1'PLY COMPANY
Dental Supplies.
? Dealers In?
DENTAL SUPPLIES
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash
Orders by mall or cable will receive
prompt attention. Catalogue on re
quest.
CRAll MEAT OOTK TAILS
It
Served ? la carte.
Tlio Pack Train Rettlaiirant
Frank Suffncool"
W. II. Warren
NEW OWNERS
Alaska
Transfer Co.
Coal - Wood
Hauling
Quick Service
Low Rates
" Get The A. T. Habit "
Office in Railway Bldg.
?'HONE 10
Pack Train
Restaurant
TONY STANICH. Pr?pr..lor
Far 14 fcut We Have S<r*ed only
The Best in the Markets
ud today it u tbe
Most Popular Eating
House in the North
New Location
Broadway, between 3rd and 4th
The Delmonico of Alaska