BAKERY GOODS.
Bread ? ?ii ? fre-Ji from the
own. cake* aad p?*s cookies and
tfocciuiata, is Uct a first cA? lie* o
batery ^w-ai * ;li b? found at the
Vienna Bakery. Bsroai??p,
Ftfth aad Stxtk Areniw*. tt
Go to the "Vkltt P?? Cafe"
for the I ??( meat* In WhUehorae
Nov under the Management of Mr*.
Ortoft Kliut. tf
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
F> m this date oa all calls istend
ol for Henry FrleietUial. the Inde
pendent Kxtinwauaa should be otade
io sw^n-si* (T6) and your call will
rvoeS* tnured^ate attention. He as
uistcoatnaod his office at ttke Boosh
*?>? Sw?l
TVwxknJ whfcklee ? GQwoe, Mow
VflMon an.! P*sn>onl. The beet of
Beer ? Kiae Ribbon, Badwefeor ?nd
Pal* Ratavier, at ti?e Vwrot. Tele
phone ??. tf
GRA??0 REOUCTION SALE
Tbt- p*c> Tra:a is now ?
hi* lot at .rood GtKxis ?t r*dwcod
price* as ibey are netting too old to
Md >nd fell at a profit
tr H^rc.an Orii&m.
A\ WTFP TO IH Kt H ASF
Cop;w Mines ? Gold and Silver
Vines Offers to be sent under L. j
\V\ ST^C care of Rudolf Moose
'.eipii*. O^rtnaay. 1M
fW J?-c *-?. ru Eec a v^oiesosB?
bojho oook*C b e*2 ax ti? New Hoae
R??^armat? ut>i Are. )vtt off of
ctraadwaj
Relieves CATARRH of
the
BLADDER
and all
fcdnrps it
I24HOURS
!
HOW'S THI$r
We otter Out Hundred Dollar* lie
*UM for any ess* of catarrh that cai
not be cured by HaU'e Catarra Cure.
K. J. CHKNK\ * CO., Toiedo. O.
We, the undersigned bave known
F. J. Cheney for UJe peat 15 yean,
roledo, (X
and believe bini pertecilj honorable
in all business transacUoua, aud tin
anciaily able 40 carry out a ay obliga
Uoas made by bis firm. Maiding, Kia
naa St Mar\iu, Wholesale aruggutte o
Mall's Catarrh cure Is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
aad mucous surfaces of the system.
Teetlmontals setit tree. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall's Family fUia tor oonstl
patttem.
GREAT Ci EAFtANCE SALE
Sold at a Loas! Malt Rainier, JO
cents per bottle. Especially prepared
tor aick people and invalids, and ex
cellent tor nursing mothers. Only
twi barrels lefc After that price wtl
be JS> ctiris per bottle.
Pack Tran. Bar
WANTED? Position as cook tn
hotel or railway eating house by a
first class Japanese cook. Good
references. Three years in last
place. Address Box 25, Halnee
Alaska. 3-t
Olympia beer on draft at the
Board of Trade. This famous brew
Is kept constantly fresh both r-n
draft and In bottles This is the
time to drink beer. Get it at the
Board of Trade Bar. where the cel
ebrated Rainier Beer is also kept
In bottles. tf.
SMOKERS ATTENTION
Harold Hartwig?en, successor t?
W. W. Houghton, has taken the
agency for the justly famous
EL INK! XI TO C1J5AR
HAVANA CIGARS.
s.ftOC just received from the fac
tory at Tampa, Fla. If you want the
he*t don't fail to give these *ood?
a trial
^ om makr a mt?*Akr it
v?i do my *?of at
Famous for its Home Cooking.
Milk. Cream. Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own dairy. _
Fresh' F-e**- etc.
D
Room* Snsir <* r* Stfr
Porcelain R*tK? on each floor
Electric Lights
:
RATES $2. SO PER DAY, "AND UP
H. S. PULLEN, Prop. :: Skagway
?* + + + + + ??? + + + + + +++++++++++++
+
J. The Onhr Firs* CIam Hotel Opened Under New Manage
J. in Care row ment
+ Hoad??art*ni tor Atfia Stage Uba.
I HOTEL SCOTT
+ ?
?f- Scott * Sckwtefcarcp
* Headquarters for Mining Men and
Travelers
+
+
4. SPECIAL RATES AND ACCOVMOO ATfONS FOR MUSMERS.
+ WELL FURNISHED ROOMS TABLE THE BEST
GOOD STABLES FIRST a ASS BAR STOCK
4 CARCROSS s? 0 YUKON TER.
+ .+ J.+ + A + + + + + +44 + + + + + + + + + + +
NEW COMFORTABLE
ELEGANT *
The Caribou Hotel
E. W. GIDEON. Preonetor ^
" Car cross, Yukon Territory
*
? ? ? 4.
Headquarter* for *Schulx"? Atiin Royal Mail* Stage Line
+
miiiiiniUHim inrifi ? i mm
Iwim JlttVi Oppoarte tS* 'ITiiif Pw Drjw*
Weil Equipped ^Furnace Heated Throughout Cafe and Bar
Only Om -RROMO ??? te /? , A
CumaCoMiaOa* D?v. Of I
UP TO BOWSER
He Tackles the High Cost of
Living.
MRS. BOWSER CO-OPERATES.
Sha Cut* Out Sup*rWuit?e? of Furnl
tur? and Reduce* the Menu to a
Standard of Primitive Simplwity.
And Bowaar Isn't Pleated.
By M QUAD.
[Coprrlfcht. nu. by AwoHlfd l.ttersry
Pmr |
a rtrte. Mr Bowser rushes far
his hat and out ot the house
JtjX. frtr c*r *"<>n "* ?u' '"u
swallowed the lust bite ot
breakfast. but on this particular morn
I up he kept hts chair and quietly Mid:
"Mrs. Bowser, yon mnst be aware of
tb* fact that for the last two years
the cost ?>f Itvlnc has advanced by
many per cvnt."
"I should say It has." was the reply.
"Everybody foeis It. rich ami i?oor
? like, and there ts a general move to
?conorolze. Heretofore I hare lot
things go on without saying a word,
but the time has come when I must
1 speak "
"'Voo think we ought to economise,
j do you 7"
"I do. More than that. I think we
should return to the primitive. Our
?fi n as ruR k r ukad and u ithfh
SKrtRli Br
fathers ami n ot hers didn't sivtid * !
I stil ling n here we do dollars, and they j
were Just ns health? nnd hnppt as we I
I are."
^"That's true." agreed Mr* I longer.
"Theodore Roosevelt wns right when
he talked of the simple life. We can
out out a soon> of extravagances nnd
I be all the better for it."
"I know It"
I "And I want ron to he gin this very
j day The sooner we all drop extrava
I canoes the sooner this howl about the
high co?t of living will die awny "
j I d hare spoken about It myself
long ago. Mr |low*er. but I thought
i y? wouldn't hear to It."
.K Tell.rOU 1 W,,K vx>'1' ???**
, trx* hutchcr nwl crorrr look s*cli hp for?
' *?' nne ">rough with It. Vou go right
J "bend, and you'll flnd me en.-ouraclng
I yoo all I know how." I
j A Onquisttng Theuflhl.
Before Mr. ltow?cr readied the office j
a sudden thought enme to him that
, made him start He had M|<| they
j Poonomlae. and Mrs. Bowser
had missed a golden opportunity hy
ot asking him if he was willing to
| drop some of his cluhs and also buv a
cheaper brand of cigar. She most
| a e h.id It in mind, but why didn't
* ?P? Was there a trap hid
den there? uc couldn't decide, and all
SjT* * ben*T*r the thought re
. turned, he was made uneasy
i ../**; mnM Pr,rn' *? tl*
n?nn i f ? ,W,d 1?> c*>nu mt>re than
S?h , . ,DCb "nd he *??*" ?
S ^ tbe ^ of "'hlch
had just gone up a quarter. Mrs. Bow
^r D'ust save the different* on Cot he,
. pins, no was a Wt *h?ky. however as
be o[>eno<l his front dooi* Mrs Bowser
-?as In the hall ,? ^ hlm b,1{ "
sssar
^mrnt in the devi. ta, ^ ^
"Oh. not murh." she replied. ~c?Ur
fathers and mother, h?d no rugs on
ho floors, nad we nrp no [
they were I have had them rolled up
and carried up to the garret Yon will
t0 the bBr' n,w* In a few
j "But the pictures?"
"Tbey are upstairs too. Useless ex
j travagance Investing In pictures."
"Rl?. wman. the chairs-the sofa
the brlc a-brac.- he shouted.
She pointed upwaM and said.
| "Packed op and ready fo be sold,
j Here are six secondhand enne seat
i ?*??? ,hnt flrP Wy comfortable. Onr
fathers and mothers got along with
j hard seats." j
"Rot? bot"
j "Dinner Is ready."
Sirnpla, Old Faahionad Muah.
; He followed her down to the dining
room Two yellow bowls containing
milk were on tbe table, and she brought
a dish of old fashioned Indian meal
podding from the klfcht-n.
"Are you enmyr he nskwt
"Not at all. Mr. Bowser The w*r to
bMt the hich cost of living is to return
to tbe primitive. The way to return to
the primitive ?s to return."
"WTjere -where Is tbe cookf
"<?h. I paid her oft as soon r.s too
i Wt tbe house thin morning. | can <k>
aJI th? ulmple life cooking them is to
be done."
"Br thunder!"
"This pudding and milk will rarolnd
you of the Um v s soi* hy."
"Pudding nnd mMk lie banged! Mr?
Bownor. I told jron"?
"Tou did. Mr. t hud in f or
ders to brgln t? mw, and It waa to be
the simple life for no. <Mv? me a day
or two mfrrr and I can bring It about."
Mr. Rotrater mounted the atalra to
the alttlitg room. The plaoo was
closed and rovered up. and It bore a
card of "lfor Stole Cheap."
"What In Mane* doe* tbla meanT' he
ahouted a I Mrs Rowser. who had fol
lowed hltti up.
"Neither otf our t.irollle* had piano*. '
she replied. "When the*- wanted music
they got It from a Jewsharp. Try to
Kmember to bring home a couple to
morrow."
"l-I"
lie couMn'l get It out. and be walked
down the Hall and up the front atalra
The frmlly lied room hud undergone a
chance fot the primitive The lima*
bedstortd had Iwvn replaced by an old
wooden on* rtiur up from the '?*.?*?
ment, and Mberr were no springs <>n It
"Tomorrow I will ch an old fn?bl?n
ed atraw tick and n fe:illicr tied." ex
plained Mm Bowser "^i>u snow tt's
hard to rvmrn to tin- primitive at a
day 'a ootl<f '
Mr, R?w headed the ua v down
at.ilra and look a *e:it on one of the
cane chair*. Ii wahhlcd and groaned
and slehed under his weight
Th? Light of Long Ago.
Dusk hud ewtue. and Mr* Bowser
excused herself for a moment and
brought a lighted candle. It waa an
old fashioned simple life caudle, auch
as father rend and mother Hewed by
and spoiled tbelr eyes.
Mr. Bowser stood up and tried to
tight the iris
No gns there.
"1 had It shut off at the meter." ex
plained Mr*. Rowser. "Our families
never even heard of gas. aod what
waa good enough for theu) Is pood
enough for u?."
There was silence for two long rain
il tew Then VI ra Bowser brought oot
from a closer some clay pipe* and a
bag of toluiccD and said:
"For you. dear, to begin the simple
life on I shall turn to snuff tomorrow.
It used to solace our mother*, you
know."
Mr. Bowser sat dumb as atone.
"You want 1:0 pet you some overalls
tomorrow, and I'll buy calico for a
dress."
Nothing from the man on the cane
seat
"1 shall not how op-,?ose your buying
a piR "
Still nothing.
"We shall have Johnnycake. fried
salt pork and corn coffee for break
fast"
Tha La it Straw.
Then Mr. Bowser Jumped to his fret.
He Jumped np and down. He gasped.
He gurgled lit! threw his arms about
Had he the |<o?rer of forty locomotives
he could not have done Justice to the
occasion. All of a sudden he clattered
down the ball and opened the door and
waa gone. Mt*. Bowser sat In the
dim light of tbo solitary candle when
there was a clatter of many feet, and
six men and four women arrived. The
gas waa turned on in three minute*,
and then, directs by Mr Bowser, the
simple life waa Uhrown out of the win
dowa. In Just one hour all the nigs
and pictures were In their old places.
Then the gnns was paid off. and Mr
Bowser sat down to mop his persplr
Ing br?w.
"Is the high c??t of living to go right
on?" asked Mrs Bowser.
No answer.
"Aren't we golhg to live the simple
lifer
"Wo-wo"?
No. be couldn't nay IL He Just glared
at her and went off to bed. Domestic
economy had hit b!m a solar plexua
blow, and he w;tn'.ed at least three
days to get bis bnra' b back
Sitter to the Reecue.
Walter wa* eigfcit year* old. ft* bad
been very twinsrhty. In point or fact,
tie bad emptied n bottle of red Ink
i i>ver his mother'* white Pomeranian?
fust for fun. of course;
Now the price bad to be paid for
, the enjoyment and father was taking
11 band In the came.
Little I.ncy, Walter's sinter, was In
I the room at the time of the coafllet
Til nd. thiid. thud, fell father'* hand,
punctuated by Walter's walllnirs.
At last I.ncy conM stand It do longer
Bursting with Indlpnation. she stamp
?1 her tiny foot oo the floor.
"Tread on hi* corn. Wain she cried.
That'll stop h!m."? London Answers.
mm in
He Can*l! Sh It
The average man I* unable to j 1
i -J- necogniie a goWlen opportunity ? ?
| X nnlesa It la accompanied by bard ) |
?J* cash.? Cblcflgo K?icord-Herald.
Good Work. s
Rumm-Wbat the dlckeo* does con
ures* mean by authorizing the coining
of a half cent piece!'
Dnmm- Why. It will enable married
women to hare a little change now
and then.-Clnclnnat I Enquirer.
The Alternative.
Re (tired or doditlng)- Would you
marry a oue eyed munT
She? Good gracious, no!
He? Then let roe cmrry your umb**l
ia.? Illustrated Bit*.
Her Pemlty.
He? Does your fattier object to my
j Maying *o late?
i she? No: he say* It serve* me right
for being in when jou call.? Boston
Transcript.
SEA TTLE'S f
IiMdisV PBpSr Pri?W Hot#!
Hotel
Georgian
Rnropemn
All Onuld* .? n tfli J
' Houm?. KU??ntt'r
FnrnliM
Riarm*
Comm?rt?l A F*m
llf irmtr SrrfV t?l
IWTM
"?IKV II up
Twn ?>r*in? |l .50 up
Room with h?th UM
I'wo Perwm* .VI up
K.O.CAU?WKI,Ii.
Muwftr
i'?k<? F.mi Lake r?r fn.m H)UH i h avf.HUE j
I'nlon D-po? to Fourth B*?. t'nk>n A Pik?- I
ttunMRrmciairtnrf
RAW FURS
? ? : WE PAY:
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FlIRS
WRITF. FOR PRICK LIST
Percey's Fur House
Olhltoth,
Wltconira
C. E. Bogardus
Assayer
?;
Gold A SUvar $1 00
OoM, 3Hv?r A Copp?T .. S SO
Cyanide and Milling TmU.
90 Colombia St. Seattle
There is .Strength
and Vi^or
in Every Drop
CGMFWN'i
SEATTLE,
WASH.
LOCAL BRIEFS |
8KAGWAY WEATHER REPORT
RoiulU of tho w**ar?aUoa Ut?n
ac. Moore's Wharf at amoi^bt,
l?M night, ia i? follow*:
Temp. Urn# ... .. 4l?bOTfl
Ma*. pf?e?tiT>? t4 hr? above
Mtn 47 above
ef nt, " above
[{Arome^ir 30. Cloudy and r*lm.
??MMaawwwMi
J. IKUTA
MARrMCTrgriK
JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Curio*, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
CHINA AND CUT CLASS
Olfifiil Watch Innpfdof for the
W. P. A Y. Roul*
Miii! Ofdem givrn prompt r? ir
SHIP YO'JR
RAW FURS
TO THE
MlNKtAPOUV ? II WW.
W i'.e for r*1-? , ,
At > ska Furs a Specialty
(Very Top Price* Paid.
Make - Trial - Shipment
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium [?nu] Alaska
'arjre, Clean. Individoa1 Baths.
Abundance of ?7ater. Beat of
Hotel Accommodations Fur
nfshed Oabfns for Rent. . . .
Kucellent Hunting ami Fishing
Motor Rotting and Sailing
i?t*arner Georgia from Juneau
makes semi-monthly tiaita. In
formation awl rates upon request
Dr. F. L. Goddard, Prop.
Health Resort
ALASKA
IIIIIIIU
I FIRE INSURANCE f
|
The Dubuque Fire and Marine Insurance g
I I Company.? Dubuque, Iowa
The Westchester Fire Insurance Com- tj
pany? New York
Assets Over Four Million Dollars
Phil Abrahams Skagway ?
^uummnarn?rtntn:aKm::trsti:nfwii:iimmn???niTniiiiiiilliiiiiii:?i?iimm?
i ~ I
B. M. BEHRENDS, Banker
Juneau, - Alaska
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
Reapectfnlly Solicit* The Account*
of Skugway Firms And Individual*.
I
? in ?ABi.iAiifii.f.tryiiAa
?'riTiiTiTBTBTi'i
? The Skagway Pioneer Dairy ?
H. f. MIMAN, Prep. ??
4 The Sanitary Milk Ranch"
The Urgent and best conducted dairy in >!i
Daily Shipments of Pure Milk and Cream
To all point* on While Pw * Yokon Boot*.