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THE VERY STRANGEST CHRISTMAS
DINNER
And Soma Other 'Interest Ins G oasis
That ha* Come oat of laoomn
Lately, Snge?ssting that th<
Town May Someday Become a
News Canter
If those dry bones that constitute the
most beautiful city on the coas^ ? Ta
coma? don't watch out they will awaice
some morning to find themselves a real
news center. Strange stor'esj have
been coming out of that town. For
lns'ance: Two weeks before Christmas,
out in Idaho, a dear friend of Mrs.
Lillian Booth ran away with Mr.
Booth, It was to recover the child
that Mrs. Booth set out to find their pair
and located them at a hotel Id this
beautiful city of Tacoma, She learn'
ed that her husband was away at work
and walked into trie room where wad
her former friend . with the little one,
The former friend, seeing Mr?.
Booth, and remembering their former
friendship, began to cry noisily? the
story calls it "weeping bitterly." Mrs
Booth took the child without protest
from her former friend.
While waiting at the miserable old
station down on Pacific avenue It oc
curred to Mrs. Bjoth that she ought
not to go back to Idaho without telling
her husband what she thought of him,
and so she called him up by phone.
Right there in the station they ran the
gamut of emotion and ic the end made
up. Mrs. Boot!i decided to remain in
Tacoma? Ler husbmd having a good
iob.
Now this is all conventional enough
and would not b? worth the space but
that the next day was Christmas. At
the big dinner which Mr. Booth pro
vided the dear friend of the family re
sumed her former prosaic place la the
circle as the invited tf cot honored
guest. Now, what do you thlnK of
that? Next day she ga.lj took the
irain for tho east.
? ? ? ?
And while awaiting in this same rail
road station for a train to oarry her
back to school, a newspaper reporter
proposed to a young girl who had been
home for the Chrlstmis holidays, that
they change direction and go down the,
Sound and get married. She consented
and the folks were apprised from Bel
lingham that their daughter, whom
they thought they had sent away to
school, was now a married woman.
After recovering from the shook all
was forgiven. But the moral of this is
that parents should never delegate
their own duty to any newspaper
reporter in the matter of seeing their
daughter to school.
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Again? still another variety. A Mrs.
Eiler. of Ashland, Ore., arranged to
meet her lover from California at Se
attle, there to get married, He wired
her twice changing the meeting place
to Tacoma. She waited In Seattle
while the lover waited in Taooma, just
because the Western Union did not de
liver the messige, although she had
ad vis ;d the office of her address. The
lover, tired of waiting, was stricken
with the belief that she was faithless
and went bacc to his California home.
Nothing she can say will change this
opinion and, so, haying tried and failed,
the unhappy woman has brought suit
against the telegnph company for
damages in the sum of |19,090. The
groom whom she came so near to mar
rying was worth ?20,000. The differ
ence between these two sums is not ex
plained, so that we are left to guess
that in c?se she landed him he would
have been allowed to keep the ten.
The difference between the six col
umn scare head news from the front, of
yesterday, and the news from the front
today, Is represented by the following:
BOtbla' doJLn'
Yesterday's unconfirmed sensational
report is today confirmed? as false.
Every day brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Writes so eminent a poet as Emerson,
and which only goes to sbowhowfir
wrong the best of 'em may go. Even
with the day bringing the ship, the
word often fails to come.
A LAMENT
Swifter far than summer's flight,
Swifter far than youth's delight,
Swifter far than happy night;
Art thou como and gone;
As th) earth when leaves are dead,
As the night when sleep is sped,
As the heart when joy is fled,
I am left alone, aloue.
The swallow, summer, comes again;
The owlet, night, resues her reign;
But the wild swan, youth, Is fain
To fly with thee, false as thou.2
My heart each day desires the morrow,
Sleep itself Is turned to sorrow;
Vainly would ray winter borrow
Sunny leaves from any bough.
Lilies for a bridal bed,
Roses for a matron's head,
Violet# for a maiden dead?
Pansies let my flowers be;
On the living grave I bear,
Scatter them without a tear,
Let no friend, however dear,
Waste one hope, one fear for me.
? Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Our new and esteemed morning con
temporary, Tne Northern Light, after
stealing our news without giving eny
credit whatever, charges The Alaskan
with "having our nerve", just because
we called attention to it. Mebbe there
are others with a nerve. However,
there are few things in this upper
country that serves a better purpose.
We understand the press of our con
temporary broke down yesterday and
just to show that we are all right we
hereby tender our competitors tho use
ot anything we have In the house that
they may need In their businens.
In business matters New York Is not
a self confident town.? Charleston
News n nd Courier.
For some reason the Carnegie hero
commission bus us yet paid no atten
tion to women who wear n hat longer
than one season.? Washington Post.
Edison has Invented the cheap house,
and some Cotbamltes are writing let
ters to Inquire why he baB not also In
vented a cheap building lot.? Baltimore
American.
Dr. Hougbton of tho Little Church
Around tbe Corner Inveighs against
secret marriages. Quite right Their
secrecy occupies altogether too much
space in the papers next morning.?
Boston Transcript.
It is hard to say whether the de
cision to penult no newspaper corre
spondents aboard tho fleet on the Pa
cific cruise Is a peace or a war meas
ure. The question can be argued either
way.? Springfield Republican.
TALES THEY TELL
A deer, angered by the headlight ot
a bicycle, attacked Wlufield B. Gordon,
the rider, near Sayville, on Long Is
land, and knocked him off his wheel.
W. B. Tarleton of Marlon. Ind., thir
ty years ago cut his name and address
on a half dollar piece. Recently the
coin was returned to him from Shreve
port, La.
J. T. Coboe dug up three pots of
money In Nemaha county, Neb., and
was giving every red headed girl he
could find a five dollar gold piece when
he was arrested.
A voice over the telephone Inquired
the other day of the Jefferson City
(Mo.) police station, "Have you seen
a boy six feet six inches tall on the
streets today looking for his father?"
A woman In Kansas City, In a hurry
to go shopping, finished her toilet on
the street by scattering powder on her
face as she walked. She lost the pow
der rug, which was restored to her by
Policeman John Klncald.
PITH AND POINT.
TSrrr notice that after you get Into
a man's debt you meet him ofteuer?
Ho vou expect so much from your
friends^ as fo become uhfafr, unreason
able and mean?
A11 the average man saves out of llf? !
14 enough to buy himself a tombstone
when be Is dead.
When It Is remembered how many '
things a man would and does do for ,
money, the wonder grows that all are i
not millionaires.
You cannot be too careful of your ,
conduct when people are aronnd. They
har? sharper eyes than hawks, and
they use them. And how they talk
after you are gone!? Atchison Qlob*.
THE WEATHER
INTERIOR * ND LOCAL
Atlin ? Clear, east wind, 22 above.
Center? Clear, south wind, 15 above.
Tagish ? Foggy, calm, 0 below.
Hootalloqua? Foggy, calm, 7 below.
Big Salmon? Foggy, ca'm, 6 below.
Yukon Crossing? Clear, calm, 20 be
low.
S?lklrk? Clear, calm, 30 below.
Coffee? Clear, ca m, 3tt below.
Stewart,? Clear, calm, 32 below.
Ogllvie? Clear, calm, 35 b low.
Dawson? Clear, Calm. 29 below.
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The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Jen. 17,
1908, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n .35 above
Max.temp.preceding 24 hours. 40 above
Mln " " " " " ..35 above
Mean " " " " ..37 -hove
Barometer 29.2s
Snowing.
LIST OF LETTERS
Uncalled for letters remaining in
Skttgw*y PoBtotllee, Jan. 15: 1908:
Brown. Miss Alice
Cleave, George
Cllne, J as M
Dysle, Edward F
LaRone, L H (card)
Rul), Miss Sophia
A. E. KiNdkll, P. M.
A FACT PROVEN.
Should Convince Even the Moat Skep
tical of Ita Troth.
If there Is the slightest doubt hi the
?nlnda of any that Dandruff g?rma do not
sxlat, their ixfltaf Is oomjiollcd try tlto
fact that n rabbit lnnoculated with the
jerms became baJd in six weeks' time.
It must be apparent to any person
therefore that the only prevention of
balfltic?8 Is the destruction of the germ?
which net Is successfully accomplished
In one hundred per cent, of cases by
the application of Newbro'a Herplclde.
Dandruff Is causcd by tho same germ
which causes baldness and can be pre
vented with the same remedy? Newbro's
Herplclde.
Accept no substitute. "Destroy tho
cause you remove the cffcct."
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. In
?iinmpi for samplo to The Herplclde Co.,
Detroit. Mich. '
Two sizes ? 60 cents and J1.00.
Wm. Britt, Special Agent
ONLY ONE BROMO QUININE.
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
IvE. Lo k for th? s' " nature of E. W.
G^OVE. Used th?* Woild over to Cure
cold in One Day. 25c F
Freah Meat
The Frye-Bruhn Co. keep all kind
of fro s i meat constantly on baud.
A Wonderful Instrument
You should drop into the Mascot and
hear the music. The electric piano
hi<8 a Muncloiin attachment rqual to a
who e octette of Maudo in Httachments
with a BirinK of Lew airs.
Phono City Transfer
for your coal, wood ?nd peneral haul
ing. Phone 90. Boughton's cigar
sure. 1 10-4-lm
HAVE you SEEN
our- F. CanHcius Felenius, if not drop
in at Daylight and look at It? it is thi
prettiest now it ever was. Respectfully
yours Hermnn Grimm.
H?nr Those Mundolli.i Ringing
Eight of <em lo one instrument, with
Piano accompaniment. Hear them at
the Mascot. It is great, and fills the
place of a vaudeville entertainment.
WANTED? A first class Gold or Gild
and Copper Mining Proposition in nlas
ka. State full particulars when you
write. Address. Lewis Lusk, P. O. box
107^, Spokane, Washington. 219- lmo
Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
_ PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
SPEED. SAFETY. COMFORT
Seattle, and other Puget Sound Porta
CARRYING U..S. MA) I.
Steamers of This Company Leave
City of Seattle January 20th
J February 3
Cottage City
C nneet ni? with tne oTip\ny'a Steamers at Seattle for
San Francisco, Socthsr:: California, Eureka (Humboldt Bay) and
Mexico
taf Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H.'STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
Skattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUN ANN'. Geuera! Passenger Agent,
Ma~Kat >t>*eei, ban Pranolaoo, Cnl.
Canadian Pacific Railway
(B. C. Coast Service)
Twin Screw Steamshio
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagvray
Dec. 14th, 30th. Jany. 13th, 29th.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. S top-overs allowed
Spacious Observation and Smoking Kooms
Tickets to any part of '.be world and all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
The Alaska Steamship Co
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
?\
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON, Jan. 14, 25
FARALLON - - - -
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Fraaoisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone i
You knoui the Advantage of
up-to-date toilet preparations
They are as indespensable to health
beauty and happiness as food and it ia
only bv careful study a druggist be
comes a factor ia the struggle for them.
We recommcnd our
BENZO WITCH HAZEL CREAM our
ALMQND'and CUCUMBER CREAM
our great assortment of BEST SOAP8
For a
SMOOTH AND SOFT SKIN
Our
Resorsin Hair Tonie
iud Tar Sbampoo for the HAIR and
SCALP.
Our
TOILET WATERS, PERFUMES and
TALCUM POWDERS for general use
by all who care for a clean, healthy and
refined appearance.
Wm. BRITT
THE DRUGGIST
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mull
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, ,/Tenakee, Sitka and Wayporta
SA I LS
JANUARY 3, 9, 15,
21, 27
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUOHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 00
U. S Mai' Steamer
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a- m- Leaves
Haines for Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trro $2.50
REMODELED .
THE
Rainier-Grand Bote!
SEATTLE
New Management
Central Location
Popular Prioe?
European Plan
Finest CAFE and BAR In theCI'v
Wilson ft White Co.Prop.Chas PerrjMgr
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
Itigh Prices for Fine Furs
Write For Price List
Percy's Fur House
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
R0YHL
Steam Laundry
All Work Guaranteed. Short
Orders Promptly
Done
Messenger will call and 'deli*er <
Phono 79 |
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The White Pass AYukon Route
TI JMLH2 TABLE No- 18
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Eouijd No.|2, S.'Bound
1st olase.
8 30 a. m.
10 10 "
10 50 "
11 20 "
1 10 p. m.
3 25
Leavea
II
II
II
II
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE -PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Horsi
Arrives
Leaves
3 20 p. m,
1 46 ?'
12 45 "
12 05 "
10 30a m
8 20 "
Passengers must be at depots Id time to nave wagga ge iim^cukcu uuu
shocked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each fulJ fare ticket
%nd 75 pounds with nach half faro ticket
ID
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Through Line From
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big SalmoD, Dhwsou and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new plaoer camps In the Alsek and Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skajway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be muintaiued
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horse and Dawson. t
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for JDawson and ^
intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located injthe heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quartz camp
?f the Windy Arm District, take our dally trains to Cnribou.
For information relative to passengei, freight and tele^raphie rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaska Bkaguay, Alaska