fOR DELAY
Ttuies are Jil t C. mtnou
Obstructionists
(Juneau Dispatch)
A warm advocate of anti-territoaia
government mad? the frank admission
the other day chat all the anti-territor
ialiju hoped to do was to stall off the
territorial government bill for a short
% while. This are the tactics pursued by
any obstructionists. The great insur- 1
ance grafters attempted to stall otT
Another champion who held a petty
- government office and hail recently
given up another because an eastern
?carpet-bagger had arrived with a larg
er gripsack and a longer pull said hei
would have to pay taxes on his proper
ty. These are the arguments used. It
is like a hoodgoblin that is hung in the
orchard to scare away the birds. At!
first the citizens believe the story of!
terrible tuts until the hoodgoblin is
picket? to pieces. If territorial govern
ment is sujh a bad thiug why d d
every unorganized district in the j
present I'mird States cry for it like'
a hungry chi d This argument was
used by ti osa opposing1 the stand of J
177H It is the argument today I
advanced agains' Alaska re ources. 1
producing more gold than any state
. ::j the unio", except n: Colorado, and
a- ai.cn fish as uiost states do cro; s
Alaska today sits ,nd sucks her
i. inib an i rrfu?e? to put on her I
s-co:: pants an 1 tua.\e her tr at
?o.vaid staunood. It is childish and
uo. American.
fOBMEB SK CWAV.M
K'DAI IOKOVIO
The rec . 'ii irr age of H. M. Lay,!
( itnerly of irs i>la<-e, an : M.s? Jaue! j
Lrds>\ K' j. mention of whicn *a>
m?ie?om i;me go", t> o< place at the
rsd nee <?[ ;ne unit's p. rents io
Turu to at una n Victoria as stated.
Turo loSturiiay X gh', of December
-2^ ti.puhi snej an el borate accjunt of
tr.e *>-d mi.' *1) ch was one of the
so-aleven'% fthes as >oio that city j
* rr h- f.iai !y of the bride is very j
prom neat.
Mr. *n<1 Mrs. Lav are njv on a!
tour through the Sou'hern states.- j
Whi ehorse Star.
T" Re u?n t- Tornnto.
Word h s been received here that j
Mr Lay has been appointed manager
of a bra ch of t!>e Can?dtaa Hank of
Commerce and hat he wi 1 reman
there.
JLMf AIJ'S OITIOOK
IS fXCELLENT
Juneau will be the scene of tr.ucb
local activity during the spring and
summer months. Elec'iic railways to!
Silver Bow B<sin and Douglas Nland. j
government wagon road to connect the !
Berners Bay mining ii strict and a new I
water works and ele.tnc Ught plant!
will be among the new things to create j
a big pay roll. General prosperity is j
predicted on every hand.? Juneau DU- ,
pa>cb.
Fur coats at Clayson's. tf
GOLD PLACEKS? wet? wsoted to!
work on shares by machinery interests;
Write full particulars to F. Whitney,
Washington. D. C. 1-10 6* j
New numbers in G. D. )'-Justrite
corsets at Harrison's.
BIiT OF US
o .e Pi ice for J welry
Evr-ryb dy.
We sav, without f^ar of successful
contradict! n, that we can d> rt.on>trjte
th*t we f-avr the bes' place to buy
jewe'rv in Alaska That is nr. import
an- fa^-t, because everybody buys j-we:
ry If you a e anybody it behooves you j
u>c<>me and let us m*\e this demons: ra
tion to you
We sc 1 j-welry of all kiols. We
carry h- v. r> bes that is made. WE;
HAVE ONLY ONE PRICE, and that 1
PRK EI RIGHT. It is .the same to
every bjdv.
Out line o' optical good is c>mDle'e.
We will guarantee to raeet all coc
| dittoes an expert examination may
show to b* rpquireJ. . We have the
goods, the appliances to make the ex
amination and the expert knowledge
required. EXAMINATIONS FREE.
Don't forget that our repair depart
ment is always ready, that your mottoes
are AS GOOD A-. NE .V and SATIS
FACTION GUARANTEED.
J. Ikuu. Optician and Jeweler.
'l'he Irau'lblr BUmarck*.
Hrlvrt Bismarck hud noae of his
father'* bright wit in conversation, hut
had his overbearing temper and his
mother's violent irascibility. She hail
the disposition of the Franklsh worauu
I as exemplified lu Fredegonda. but held
, In check l>y modern condition. Bis
marck in anger was as terrible as a
[ ferocious mastiff. She. far from re
; straining him, kept on saying: "Good
dog: ts< s ss. Co at him (or at her>:
I good dog. tsss-ss." or tantamount
words. The Mastiff that lay below the
i surface ill Bismarck grew more anil
' more infuriated, esjiecially if the even
| lug before he had eaten and drunk eo
piously. With these parents, Herbert,
I Jane and Bill Kisuiarck could not be
| expected to have courteous manners
| Herbert, who was no stranger In Paris
and whom the fond father hoped one
day to send there as ambassador, was
bulky, sul'eu ami of a complexion that
revealed an angry state of the blood.
Gambetta said of him. "He reminds
me of a limb of the law hardened to
the work of laying on executions- in
short, of a low .'lass bailiff irecorsl."?
I.omlon Truth.
The Machine Worker*
The American boy is thoroughly im
bued with the get-rich <iuick spirit,
whether in a greater or lesser degree.
The learning of a trade is too slow,
too tedious and offers too little immedi
ate inducement. Why should lie work
as an apprentice at 4 to S cents an
hour after reaching the age of seven
teen or eighteen when he can earn 10
to 15 cents at piecework running a ma
chine'.* once lie lias entered the door
of the piecework shop the boy is doom
ed to the pieceworker's life. Once the
machinf1 gets its s;rip upon him he nev
er escapes. The rare exception only
proves the rule. Xot only does the
monotony of the reduplicative work
Upon which he enters choke his ambi
tion and devitalize his life, but usually
he enters upon this uarrow lite work
with very little equipment and a view
bouuded by a horizon equally narrow
Tb ere is little r . develop, even when
there is some ambition t> > begin with -
O. M Becker In Kuu iiecring Magazine.
Seven In ill** lillile.
The niltubor seven plays :i prominent
pa rt i:i events lit tin- Kible. Tin* crei:
ti?a t ?? >U si\ dai s. and <>u the seveut:
tie-re * re-t ? ?ti the seventh day of
the seventh lii" th :i holy oUservauce
was . liui"!. "i I tin- Israelites feast
i*U st" ? days and rested seven (lay -
N...1I1 i .1 I s ? . , 1 days' warning of till
tl rj, and the seven years of pleutj
wri ? i'.nv: >!<1 iii Pharaoh's dream liy
seven far beasts. us were tLe seven
ye-. \ seven lean beasts. We speak
v. 'i !ie:i veils, and the seventh
s s-lpp -sed tn be flliloWvU with
p ? niacin wisdom In short, there i>
! tl. :- nntillier which enters into till
It. ..." -..I nl'leti a* -cVe 1 No doubt the
wi le |t *|>iil:i i-ity nt" the number ami the
St;|? rsiiiiu:,s which are ? onuected with
It eaiiie from it-- wide use in the Bible.
Woman's Opportunity.
Meetoi^ a ni-Ti >. a certain southern
gentleman asked him how he was yet
tins "II The negro a?sini|ei| a troubled
look it I replied.
??t)h. so far's |ihysiialiiy goes I'm all
right, but I sun* ilo have ma trouble
wif nut w ife."
"Well. Sam. I'm sorry to hear that.
What seems t.i be the matter':"
"Sin- :!tinks money t"rutvs on trees. 1
reckon. Ail tie time she keeps pesfr j
In" me for pineli o' change. If it ain't i
a dollah it's half or a oitarter rite
wants."
"Wit ? on t '-;h s she J.? with tin
ilioney V"
"i iltmi;". Aiu't nevih give her uo:ie
vet."- Philadelphia l.nlger.
rilii/'* .!i*?i ! Moi-iex.
I 'liny ileel.tr-. ill:, 1 a iliaiuuntl was
w hard that if placet! on an anvil aud
strt:et with .1 sledge '.i iiume. it would
;'ve baek a blow of siii h force as to
?hiver both until .Mini hauinier to
? ? All it! r of hi- Wonderful tales
-ta'es that "on the sin re of the island
if ' "yprtis there was a stone lion hav
^ t jv> fir ed of emeralds, which
?'1 'lie s ? brightly that all the tishes
v inglnlotHly frigitene 1 away. The
'.sher.iic:i ace irdiuglj palled the emer
litis out and put iu ilass eyes instead,
whereupon toe wi>e llshes became
?older and returned to their accustom
?d nets."
A Mean Insinuation.
"Very gratifying!" said a young and
conceited njvelist. "A geutleuiao
wr'tes lue that he took a copy of my
las' work 1 1 reail during a railway
joiruey. and as a result suddenly dig
.0- ered he had givie twenty miles be
yo;et his ile-n illation "'
"I?ear tile." comu ented the young
author's friend: "sleej'iug iu trains Is a
bad habit:"
Itou ]l Wis Done.
??Oh." remarked :lie first fox hunter,
"To'i should hare -ecu Mr. Xuritrh
taVe that high lfi -dg- - *"
?"You surprise me." exclaimed the
otlier. 'I thought the horse lie rode
wasn't nmeh of a jumper."
"Oh. the horse didn't take the hedge'
Mr. .".urit-ii did it alone."- Philadel
pbln Press
Tii*> run*.
Ti'f Atul yi.ii say this bors?
I..- ' :tnv f:,uil-V 'lilt' Other? Not S
?' It. The Oin*-But lie ap
pr.'is iti l>e bliui.1 iii his rij;bt eye. The
Well, that's not his fault: if*
his misfortune.- Chicago News.
Hi* Literary Kent.
j "Father, when I leave school I am
poln^ to follow my literary bent and
write for money."
"Humph! My son, you ought to b?
successful. That's all you've done
since you've been at school."
THE EYEBROWS.
Some Superstition* and Odd Betlcfa
Concerning Them.
Notwithstanding their Inconspicuous
ness, the eyebrows have been the cen
j ter of a certain amount of lore and
| even superstition. But the chief point j
I at which superstition or folklore Is
I found lu this collection is in those
j cases, not infrequent, where the eye- j
| brows meet. Everywhere this meeting
I of the brows has been held to l>e omi
nous in one way or another.
j lu some of our southern counties [
j folks say that it is good to.have such
brows, for the possessor will never |
have trouble; but this is a rare inter
pretation. As a rule, the meeting
brows are held to be of evil omen.
Readers of Charles Klngsley's "Two |
Yeurs Ago" will remember Mrs. Har
vey's face, which had been handsome
and was sdll clever: "but the eye-*
. brows," continues Kingsiey, "crushed
together downward above her uose
aud. rising high at the outer corners,
] Indicated as surely as the restless
down drop eye a character self con
scious. furtive, capable of great Incon
sistencies, possibly of great deceits."
In the Icelandic sagas a man with I
meeting eyebrows is said to be one of )
the dreadful creatures known as were
wolves. anil the same belief has been |
traced in Denmark aud Germany;
while in Greece, says Mr. Baring I
Gould, they are a sign that a man is a
vatnpire. In horror there is little to
choose between vampires and were
wolves. A fanciful reason which has I
been given for these superstitions is
that the meeting brows resemble a but
terfly. "the familiar type of a soul
ready to fly off and enter some other
body." This seems tolerably far
fetched.
! In Hungary gypsy women and men |
whose eyebrows grow together are sup
posed to have lu special degree thel
power to enchantment, and as illiterate!
| folk have a great dread of such mys
I terious powers, especially as they may |
be supposed to be directed against the
I well being or happiness of their chll
I dren, it ueed hardly be said that a mnn I
j whose brows meet Is not a popular
I person. Even now there are parts
I Kngland where a belief in witchcraft j
still lingers, and not so very long ago
j lu Northumberland there were people i
, who regarded a person whose eyebrows
I met as a witch or warlock.
In the north of Aberdeenshire, ac- I
cording to the late Kev. Walter Gregor,
| who was a very comiietent authority on
| Scottish lore and customs, a "closebroot
man"? that is, one whose eyebrows
| meet - was regarded as being immoral.
Elsewhere in Scotland one with "close
I broos" was regarded as unlucky to be
I met as "first lit," whlle.other folk went
! a good deal further and regarded the
j unlucky possessor of "close broos* as
| one foredoomed to lie hanged.? Loudon i
I Globe.
SI. Valentine.
I St. Valentine, presbyter ami martyr, |
unlike many saints who ar?r- specially
remembered, did nothing which could
' have suggested the manner in which
! his day is celebrated. It was his for
| tune to suffer martyrdom (he was
beaten with a club and then beheaded) !
' at a time when the heathens of south- '
ern Europe were accustomed to observe
I the return of spring. The tpiick eyes of j
those dependent upon sunlight for |
waruitli learned to note and welcome j
every Indication of the approaching i
season. They watched the birds, and
1 when they saw tliem mating and mak- i
ing love they were minded to do the
' same, aud so strong was the habit
| that, as with Christmas day. the good
' fathers did not attempt to root out the
custom, but to connect it with some
holy name, aud St. Vul#utine\s day of ,
martyrdom fitted very nearly to that j
time.
Hanged and Tarred.
I An English custom of not so long ago '
was to hang smugglers on gibbets ar
ranged along the coasts aud then tar
the bodies that they might be preserved
a long while as a warning to other cul
prits. As late as IS22 three men thus
varnished could have been seen hang
ing before Dover castle. Sometimes
| the process was extended to robbers, j
assassins, incendiaries and other eritni
I nals. John I 'a inter, who tired the dock
| yard at I'urisiuouth. was first hanged
I and then tarred in 177'i. From time to
time he was given a fresh coat of var
nish and thus was made to last nearly
fourteen years. The weird custom did
not stop smuggling or other crime, but ;
no doubt it worked some Influence as '
a preventive.
"Tonchlnic Wood.'*
Can any reader explain the origin of I
touching wood after boasting of one's
exemption from ill fortune? ? a species j
of absit omen practised in Shropshire j
aud Cheshire and probably in many '
other parts of England. The procedure ;
Is of this kind. "I'm thankful to say
I never broke a bone or even had a
bad sprain in my life? well, I'd better
touch wood," aud a chair or table or
anything near that Is wooden is touch
ed. Can the custom come from some
' lingering memory of the veneration at
tached to relics of the true cross??
London Notes and Queries.
I
Touching ? Kutlon.
Wife? I've just been reading an ar
ticle on electricity, John, and it ap
pears that before long we shall be
able to get pretty well everything we [
want by just touching a button. Hus- i
baud?You'd never be able to get any- |
thing th:it way. Wife? Why not, John? j
Husband? Because nothing on earth
would ever make you touch a button.
Look at my shirt:
A man should never be ashamed to
own he has been in the wrong. It is
but saying In other words that he is
wiser today than yesterday.
I '
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wmmtrnu in' ib "i-'i ? - , -i- --1,1 i mi in ? i" 1 ji p ii 1 ??
r ? >
| SPECIAL 5ALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats j
' and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the .
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in drees goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
! Martin Conway
I HE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by tho old bit
or miss pla*
?used ia sons*
household!}
BUT
with*
MS? "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
following the simple ristmction#
the quality always deliwionfc
See our several styles and let tW
explain the perfect way.
P. E KERN
Gold and Silver smith.
Notloe to Public
I have authorized Mr. P. B. <>raves
to assume full charge of my aff'irs in
connection with ru?n ng the Pullen
House during my absence.
Mrs. h. S. Pullen.
Songway, Nov. 28, 1906. tf.
Coal and Wood
Call up the Alaska Transfer company
for coal, wood and kind ing. All or
ders promptly attended 10. 'Phone 10
We have a large stock |
houiney's Gandy
Peter's Chocolates |
A' so a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
Doni' Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'y |
Tony Dortero' s
and Importer of
MILLINERY
orders solicited and filled imtnediatly
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oe of (Trent service to you. The lack of
mo ey causes untold misery. That is
why you should save a Dortion of your
salary, or earnings, whiln <ou can.
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Dew Mr and Eight Rates
n
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 f 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
Hole's, per room additional 10
Beer Pumps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries "50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00
?Hose Connection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying water 1 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per load 1 00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
commercial service . _
All Year Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ 1-00
Enclosed Arcs 10.00
ALL NIOHT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 15.00
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
1.50
12.50