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EDITORIAL PAGE
Tonight will finish another year.
It has been a long time since the
world began, and it will probably
be Just as long before it is finished,
and rolled up like a scroll and filed
away with the innumerable dead
planets that have gone before. This
may be the last chance that the
writer will have of wishing you a
happy New Year, because life is
?hort and time is fleeting; so in the
name of the Skagway Daily Alaskan
he does so wish it for you, and with
an earnestness which seems almost
a prophecy, he believes that you will
have the happiest year of all your
lives
That some of our Canadian
friends do not look with reverence
upon the Institution of Lords in the
old country, may be inferred from
the Victoria Daily Times which,
notwithstanding its English pro
clivities, has Immediately caught the
humor in the following:
We have the gravest fears for
the future of the Toronto Star. Not
only does that otherwise excellent
newspaper refuse to "think Imper
ially," but it has actually sent a
mere Canadian over to the Old
Country who has the temerity to
make light of, nay, actually to cast
ridicule upon, that once strong but
deacrepit Imperial institution the
British House of Lords. Gudsby is
the name of the scribe who writes
in the Star, and he is a talented fel
low. whose productions the Times
would confess an unbounded admir
ation for if they were exercised up
on anything but the noble lords who
fancv themselves the chief comer
stone of our own cherished Imper
ialism. Just think of the following
appearing in Canadian newspaper
published in that stronghold of
Toryism, Toronto: "As Arnold Ben
nett said the other day, the nobil
ity racket Is getting played out
The cursed, prying newspapers hare
rubbed all the paint off. If the
lords want to look as purple as
they feel, they must keep out of
sight more. That may be. Heaven
forbid that I should contradict Ar
nold Bennett, but my own opinion
is that they have a better reason
than that. I have never met a
lord yet who would admit that he
was an anarchronism, and that he
should have gone out with draw
bridges and boats and armour. On
the contrary, the young bloods are
all for the mediaeval revival. They
had a tournament this summer ?
you must have seen it in the news
papers ? when the fine old custom
of mounting two base-burner coal
stoves on horseback and then mix
ing them up in a head-on collision
wag carried out with great eclat It
was a wonderful picture, I am told.
They had a Queen of Beauty and all
that sort of thing. The tilting was
doosed good, and one of the knights
? Mica Fa?.e, or some name like
that ? got a real Jab between the
ashpan and the gisxard, and was
nearly choked to death before they
could disconnect the boiler. At least,
that's the way I got the story from
the plumbet." To some this may
seem as humorous as anything Mark
Twain ever penned. We hesitate to
so describe It because of the pain
we feel that anything of the kind
should have appeared in a Canadian
paper, and especially a Toronto pa
per. But that is nothing to some of
the things Gadsby writes. Read this;
if you can without shedding tears
for the degeneracy of Canadians,
and just fancy what the lords will
think of us as a people; "A noble
earl complained the other day that
the House of Lords waa hung up
So it Is ? hung up by the seat of its
pants, a posture both absurd and un
comfortable. The first step toward
reform will be to take the hook out
of the helpless Lord's trousers and
let him stand up again. The only
seat he feels safe In now is his
country seat, and he's not too sure
about that "
The Golden Calf Is
Again Worshiped
Money
Now
Our
Creed
f
By
Mr?. O. H. P.
BELMONT.
? by American Press Association.
All
Judged
by the
Dollar
Suffragist
of
New York
tET us not mince matters, but lav a firm hand on the evil of the
day. I3 it to be wondered at that there is discontent at one
V end of t lie seesaw of human society ard ignorant light
heartedness at the other ? The church of God is no longer a
lighthouse in the world. Its pulpit is no longer filled with men who
find their inspiration in the Master's teachings. It has become a
SEVENTH DAY HOUSE, WITH A SOCIAL ENTERTAIN
MENT provided by an eloquent man with eloquence satisfactory to
the entertainment committee ? i. e., the vestry.
WE HAVE GONE BACK TO THE WORSHIP OF THE GOLDEN
CALF. WE HAVE SET UP FALSE GOOS. WE HAVE MADE THE
?TANOARD OF OUR LIVES THE GOLDEN DOLLAR OF THE MINT.
Our morality is the morality of the dollar, our excellence as citi
zens is measured by the dollar, and our standard of cleverness is our
ABILITY TO GET THE DOLLAR Our people's place in the
community is measured by the dollars they have, and our public
?chools educate our children to MEASURE SUCCESS BY THE
DOLLARS THEY SHALL ACQUIRE And when we die our im
portance is noted bv the press by th? dollars we leave behind us.
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Moore's Wharf Co.
'Phone 10. 8kaow?y, Alaska. j
MOORES' WHARF- CO.
Terminus W. P. St T. Route.
A llSuuthbouudSteamei* Arrive ai d Depart From Thin IX* k
REGULATIONS 1910.
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 & 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 oan be obtained at the U. S. cus
toms office) and must be delivered before 5 p. m. No freight will be
received on the wharf after this hour.
BAOGAE? Tolls will be collected on CHECKED BAOGAGE ONLT
No charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to the public when steamer Is npartng
dock and will be opened when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on applfc atlon at office on dock.
P. O. Box 17V E. J. SHAW, General Mmaaer
The White Pass AYukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 30.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday.
No. 1 N. Bound No. 2 8. Bound
1st class lht class
8:30 a. in. Leaves SKAGUAY Arrives S:2n p. m.
11:05 " " WHITE PAS8 Loaves 1:40 ?
11:40 " " LOO CABIN " 12:47 *?
12:35 p. m. " BENNETT - 11:50 a. in.
2:00 " " CARIBOU " 10:25 "
4:15 " Arrives WHITEHOR.SK Leaves 8:15 "
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggai;e Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket aad 75 pounds with eich half fare ticket.
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
VVter*. Vanm. Aamct***
tmdl, OlyMpM, Port Tunn? 4. S?^
FWI(n(fiM. Sm* fctkw, M?W
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
G. W. ANDREWS. G. A. P. D. C D. Dtl^ANN. P. T. M.
113 Jaam Si.. 5wwitle 112 fc, Sm fn
t'4l nwnW to rh?sc* M Wilili
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Curacao?Dec. 16, 28
C. I). GRANGE, Acting Ag*nt
?2nd ?fe Brotdway, Mkagway, Atoka
Alaska Steamship
Company
CARRYING U. a. MAIL ANO WCLLtFARGO EXPREM
Nfit ? ailing o t <a* teat |imih|W i<mm
DOLPHIN
Jan. - 6
I Company rmmrrm U? rl?M la "*M>y MOllng <!*'?? wttfcoot ?0tSr?
TELEPHONE NO. M. C. ?. OUPTILL. AM NT.
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(R C COAST SERVICE)
Winter Sailings
1912 FROM SKAGWAY 1913
PRINCESS MAY
Jan. 2 - 16 - 30
Feb. 13
27
liibjMt to ehanre ?!'hn? N*W
Vancouver, Victoriaft Seattle via Prince Rupert
Phon* 87 F. F W LOWLE. Ag?nt
Steamship Ifumboldt
THE ONLY .INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP 0PEMTR6 TO . S I AlASU
Will uil from Skajway for Seattle and War Porta
Jan. 1-11
Sailing nbjart to without wrtlc*
THftOUQH TICKlTt HONOftCD
8mUI? OtOc* Ttrkfta mm! all InfnrmnHn?
Til >*?wn4 Arortu*. H. H \RT\* NiSK*. IM h * Hr?Aw'j.
i JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAM EK
i Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bar, Juneau
) Hoonah, Tenekee and Way Port*.
SAILS
FROM SKAGWAY
December Id, 22 and 28.
January 8, 9, 15, 21 and 27.
February 2, 8, 14, 20 and 20.
at 8:00 m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr , JUNEAt
SMOKERS ATTENTION
Harold Hartwljeen, micceeeor U
W. W. Bough ton, ha* taken Uu
agency for the JurfJy famoua
EL INFINITO CLEAR
HAVANA CIGARS.
6,000 Just received from the f?c
tory at Tampa, Fl*. If you want the
beat don't fall to give theae good*
a trial
Winter Route
Stage Service
During the winter season of 1012-1013, a through Mull. Paawnger, ami Freight M it(? will
bo maintained befcreen White Horn? and I>*w*on, afford lug all possible enwfoct for Wti l? i
by means of a r5* ICMiMftflJNll*
Thoroughly Equipped Stage
and Automobile Line
For the winter aeaaon the Oompaay's comfortable trains will operate on a trt-weefcty arhetlal# h*.
tween Skaguny and White Home, trains leaving each terminal on Monday*. WeJaclsyi a?d
Fridays.
For Information roIaUve to paisengor and freight rate* ?PT'T ,n
H. WHKKLKR, gn[t, Mail Hervlee Department, ?
O. L. DICKESOX, President,
We make telegraphic transfer of funds to or fr?*n VascoiTer or Mill*.
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