WILL RACE
A ni ricaus and English
Search Sonth Pole
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
London.' May 22 ? One of the moat
interesting international contests In
the history of American and English
1 * rimlry will begin when a race that has
been planned for the South Pole shall
hare gotten under way. The British
will dispatch an expedition for the
southern end of the world on the Isame
day that Dr. Cootc, the American
explorer makes bis start. Dr. Cook
has been connected with other south
ern expedition*. He secured addition
al celebrity last year by makit g the
ascent of Mt. McKinley.
tt) EXHIBIT
Skxgway Public School Will
Show Drawing Work
Next Saturday afternoon there will
bo an exhibition of tbe drawing of tha
Skagwav public school a. the school
building between the hour* of 2:.'W p.m.
and 4 p. m. to which everybody is In
vited by the faculty of the school The
puplU will be demisstd Friday after
noon at recess time in tbe afternoon
and the teachers will remain for tbe
purpose of caring for those who accept
ihe invitation to the exhibition.
While the pupils of the Skagway
schools have given less time to drawing
than is usually devoted L'to that work in
the school of the (larger towns of the
country, it is believed the work will
compare favorably with that in other
places.
JUDGE Of GROEE
SHIPPING ORE
The Cottage City on her last South,
bound triD took out 98 tons of Chic^goff
ore for Juuge De Groff which he ex
pects to/uo $125 per ton--an aversge
that the ore of the mice is sustaining, j
The L>ne syndicate, it is said, has.
failed to take up the option which it i
had on Judge De Groff's property, and
it is also said that the fjiiure pleases.
Judge De Grot? immensely.
ClIYOf SEATTLE
DliE TONIGHT
i'he City of Seattle will be <\ue to
arrive this evening at 7 o'clock ac
cording to a dispatch receiwd by E. A.
Murphy, agent for the ship, from Capt,
C. J. O'Brien, at Juneau. She will
have three days' mails.
Oawioi Prloea
Dawson, May S-The prices here
preceeding the opening of the river!
are potatoes. 15 cents a pound, whole- j
sale: eggs, $25 a case: lemons, WO a !
case, and oranges, $25.
The Fifth Avenue hotel is the big - '
ges: and best appointed ho>telry in all
the north.
NOH'S TIME
f i -
If Yon] Want a Baseball i
Eje Act i^aick
Now is the accepted time to hive
Your eyes examined by a speacialis'.
and to have them fitted with glasses
that will give them a vision that is per
fect. The baseball season is about to
be with us againjand every good citizen
will want to get onto the curves of the.
knights of the diamond. That will be
impossible it the eyesight Is not per
fect. And then, the spring is the
season of the year when repairs are in
order, when everything should be put
in first-class condition for active work.
We examine eyes free of charge; we
use the latest appliances approved by
science, and we GUARANTEE SATIS
FACTION.
Our jewelry store and our repair and
manufacturing depar;ment are the
best.
J. Ikuta, Optician aid Jiwele
i A Successful Rival
fr: MM I I 1 I 1 I 1 l'1-H
[Original]
It 13 not unusual (or either a man or
a woman to come between an engaged
couple, but It Is unusual for the course
of true love to be turned awry by a
horse. The story begins back in the
Jays when the Indians In the west
were constantly breaklug away from
their reservations and slaughtering all
palefaces who cauie In tholr way. It
was then that Florence Brooks was
visiting an older sister at Fort R.. the
wife of an officer In the United States
j army. And theu It was that, the gar
rison having marched away, leaving
the women aud children to the protec
tion of half a company under the com
mand of a ileuteuaut, another tribe
consisting of several hundred warriors
came down to take possession of the
fort.
When a friendly redskin rode into
the iuclosure aud auuounced the com
ing of his fellows, every man being
needed for defense, Florence Brooks
volunteered to ride to the nearest post,
fifty miles distant, for succor. Lieu
tenant Howard Whiting, In command,
placed her on his own Keutucky bred
horse. Comanche, ami sent her flying
out of the fort, shouting after her.
?Their lives depend upon you'." How
the horse enabled her to cross the
j path of the coming Indians an hour
before they reached the point of Inter
section. how ten miles farther on she
met a squadron of cavalry, how when
the Indians reached the fort they
found a force ample to protect It, need
only be referred to here. From that
day Comanche was beloved by the
1 whole garrison, and especially by Miss
Bri>oks. A? fur Miss Brooks, she was
'?eioved by i he whole garrison, cspeclal
: ly Lieutenant Whiting.
i And now the view of alkali plains
surrounding Fort It. has changed to
vacant lots on the outskirts of a city.
, Miss Brooks rliles In a trolley car In
stead of on hoiseback, and-l.leuteuant
I Whiting spends the greater part of the
day in a recruiting office In one of the
Jlugiest streets of the city. But early
In the afternoon he leaves his sergeant
In charge and, mounted on Comanche,
rides past Miss Brooks' abode. She Is
watching for him from an upper win
dow He raises his hat, and from be
hind the curtalu she throws him a kiss.
But fur one thing the lover would be
supremely happy. He Is Jealous of
Comanche.
"Why," he asked on Joining his
fiancee after one of his rides, "do you
always feast your eyes on my horse
and pay uo attention to me? This aft
ernoon ? hen I rode by you didn't even
j ?ee when I raised my hat. You waved
' your hand longffter I had done so."
"I love Comanche.1' she replied.
Miss Brooks left the city for a month,
and when she returned her lover In
formed her that he had sold Comauche.
The reason he gave for doing so was
that he had "ueeu ordered to rejoin his
regiment In the west, aud, Comaucho
having become old. besides gone lame,
the lieutenant would not feel warrant
ed in transporting him so far, especial
ly as he would need a serviceable ani
mal. Miss Brooks looked astonished
when the .news was Imparted to her
and argued long and well against the
j necessity for the sale. But Whltlug
bad nothing but his pay, which was
uot sufficient to keep so expensive a
[ pet. and she was oMlgeJ to admit,
which she did reluotautly, that he
could hardly have done otherwise.
They parted with an embrace, warm
< enough on the part of the man, but not
1 tie girl.
However, it gradually came over
illss Brooks? planning as she was for
the coming wedding? that Comanche
could not have been Included In the
calculations. Indeed, It was very dlf-'
ticult for her to figure out the problem
of living on Whiting's pay, even with
out what Comanche would have cost.
She had an income of SSik), which sh?
must relinquish upon her marriage
This left only a second lieutenant's
pay, with commutation for fuel and
quarters, on which the couple must
live. After all, Whiting was right.
There is uo doubt that all would have
goue well had It not been for a certain
inopportune meeting. Oue morning
while Miss Brooks was out buying her
trousseau she saw a man driving a cart
with an enormous load on It. The
horse was unable to get It up an In
cline, and the driver was belaboring
him unmercifully. Miss Brooks, natu
rally fond of horses, approached to pro
test. The horse turned Ills head, look
ed at her out of a pair of melancholy
eyes and whinnied. lie was Comanche.
Miss Brooks embraced him and wept.
The next mall carried to Lieutenant
Whiting a breaking of the engagement
from Miss Brooks. No satisfactory
reason was giyen. The real reason wai
that she loved Comanche better than
Whiting. On her Income, which. If not
married, she would retain till death,
she could live and take care of Co
manche. She bought him for $.10 and
kept hhn In royal equine style.
Comanche lived five years after be
ing rescued from the melancholy posi
tion Into which his "master had sold
him. Then Miss Brooks, after a de
cent i?erlod of widowhood, began to
think of her lover of other days. He,
hearing that his rival was dead, sought
her. They were married and went to
live at the post where he was stationed.
"Whiting." said his colonel banter
Ingly one day, "I hear your wife kept
you waiting five years while she lavish
ed her affections on a horse. I didn't
know I had an officer under my com
mand with so little capacity for pleas
ing the fair sex."
"Colonel." replied Whiting, "I would
much rather have been kept waiting
for the woman I love by a horse than
by some men 1 have known."
ELLSWORTH EMERSON, j
CAUCASIAN AND NEGRO.
riiey Arc Fundamentally Opposite
Extremes In Evolution.
The Caucasian has the subjective fac
ulties well developed; the negro the ob
jective. Tbt? Caucasian, and more par
tlcularly the Anglo-Saxou, Is dominant
mul domineering and possessed prima
rily with determination, will power,
<olf control, self government and all
the attributes of the subjective self,
with a high development of the ethical
*ud aesthetic faculties and great rea
?mlug powers. The negro Is In direct
contrast by reasou of a certain lack of
these powers, and a great development
?f the objective qualities. The negro
is primarily affectionate. Immensely
emotional, then sensual, and, under
provocation, passionate. There Is lovs
?it outward show, of ostentation, of ap
probation. lie loves melody and a rude
Mud of poetry and sonorous language.
There Is undeveloped artistic power
and taste ? uwoes make good artisan*
and handicraftsmen. They are defi
cient iu jut&inent. In the formation of
new Ideas >-??*? ?listing facts, in de
vising bypormWies and In maklug de
ductions In general. They are imitative
rather than origiual. Inventive or con
structive. There is instability of char
acter Incideut to lack of self control,
especially In connection with the sex
ual relation,, and there is a lack of
orientation or recognition -of position
aud condition of self and environment,
evkVuced In various ways, but by a
peculiar "bumptiousness," so called by
Professor Blackshear of Texas, this Is
particularly noticeable.
The white and the black races are
antipodal, then. In cardlncl points. The
one has a large frontal region of the
brain, the other a larger region behind;
the one Is subjective, the other objec
tive; the one a great reasouer, the other
pre-emineutly emotional; the one domi
neering. but having great self control,
the other meek aud submissive, but
violent and lacking self control when
the passions are aroused: the one a
very advanced race, the other a very
backward one. The Caucasian and the
negro are fundamentally opposite ex
tremes in evolution ^-Kobert Bennett
Beau In Century.
PLANT PECULIARITIES.
No plant will produce flowers unless
there Is Irou lu the soil In which It
grows.
All plants ure provided with fiowers,
though sometimes these are so smaV
and so hlddeu as to escape notice.
The bleeding heart, according to au
eastern legend, originated in the drops
of blood which fell from Christ's side at
the crucifixion.
Every flower that has a perfume al
all secretes a volatile oil, the evapora
tion of which constitutes the peculiar
odor characteristic of the blossom.
The smallest flower known to the
botanist Is said to be that of the yeast
plant. It Is microscopic In size and la
said to be only one-hundredth of a mil
limeter In diameter.
According to the poetical Idea of Ca
tullus. the rose was once white, but
blushed red aud remained so out of
shame for allowing Its thorns to Inflict
a wound on the feet of Venus.
A Turkish Story.
The Turk, as a rule, Is not energetic,
but he Is capable of sudden bursts of
activity. A writer In Cassell's Family
Magazine gives an illustration:
lie was going home late one night in
Constantinople when a man ran by
him, pursued by four zaptlehs. Direct
ly they caught the man they belabored
him vigorously with the butt ends of
their guns. The Englishman Inter
fered.
"If he is a thief, why not take him
to prison aud let hiiu be tried properly}
Don't half kill the man without a
trial."
"O effendi," said the spokesman ol
the party, "we don't mind his being a
thief. We're only hitting him because
of the trouble lie gave us to run after
him." And that Is an offense which
the average Turk never forgives.
The Catlike Fox.
The fox is un excellent mouser. He
will lie and watch for a field mouse In
the long grass like a cat, pouuce upon
It, kill it with a bite and lay It on one
side until he has caught another and
another, when, picking them all up, as
many as lie can carry in liis mouth, he
will canter away with them to serve
them out to the cubs. This fact wai
confirmed by wltuesses lu Scotland
who were exaiulued by a committee of
the board of agriculture when taking
evidence on the occasion of the plague
of field voles on the lowland sheep
farms In 1S0I5.? Loudon Graphic.
Pay Premlnma Promptly.
Those who carry life Insurance poli
cles should be careful to see that the
premiums are promptly paid. Neglecl
in this Important matter has caused
policies to be forfeited. It is best to
pay premiums a few days before they
are due. On the final day the policy
holder may forget It or be called away,
as many things can happen to cause
neglect of payment.? Nashville Amer
ican.
EmbftrrttHlax Attentions.
"A dog," said meandering Mike, "ia
one o' 'ie few animals dat'll foller a
man."
Plodding Pete seemed to consider
this statement for a moment, says the
Washington Star, and then answered:
"That's so. One was follertng ml
yesterday so fast I could hardly keep
ahead of him."
? ? ? ? ? ? v
Blnralnjc the Weather.
"This Is awfully sticky weather."
"Do you find it so?"
"Yes, Bilkins stuck me for another
five this morning."? Cleveland P1&I?
Dealer.
TO My Patrons:
I will be at my old place of busi
ness until further notice and pre
pared to give receipts to all those
who desire to pay their account.
MARTIN CONWAY
Skagway, May 11th, 1907.
(HE BES1
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by the old h&
or mis* plaa
used ia tome
households)
BUT
I
with*
"METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
following the simple instruction!
the quality is always dclkioos.
See our several styles aod 1st ps
explain the perfect way.
P. E KERN
Gold aod Silver smith.
We have a large stock |
Louiney's Candy
Peter's" Ghoeolatesl
Also a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
Dom' Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'y |
Tony Dortero's
and Importer of ,
MILLINERY
orders solicited and filled immediatly.
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W
-OF THE
y
On and after the 1st of'October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and. light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet I 2 .00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " *' 50
Urinals " " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room additional 10
Beer Pumps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries .*. 7.50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection. 1.00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per load 1.00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
All Yetr Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights - % 1.00 i 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 10.00 12.50
ALL NI-5HT SERVICE
Each 16 cp-lights. 1.50 2.00
Enclosed Arcs , 15 00 I 50
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.