HER SIDE
Mrs. Emerson Tell* Iulerest
iug Story
^ Mrs Emerson, whose story of having
lose a purse containing i6"-J6 has been
questioned, tells an interesting story
about her coming to Alaska. She says
the fact th?t she had the money she
claims to have had when she left Seat
tle was known to Mrt. KeySj-the em
ployment agent to whom, she says, she
paid So to secure the positions for her
sel' and daughter at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. She also says that she and her
daughter aro not asking for sympathy.
? but that thry only want an ouportunny
to work.
"We intended to go to WMthorSe or
Dawson, said Mrs Emersons, about
June I but were told by Mrs. Keys, of
the Seattle employment agency, to
whom we applied for work.'ofth 'oppor
trnity to get positions at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, Skagway.
"It was agreed that Miss Burke sh'mld
pay ?> ? and I on our .'ares Nothing
was said about our having no money.
I requested the arrangement to oe that
way so I would be sure of work when I
got to Snagway.
"Miss Burke objected to my having
y six-year o'd boy with me after we
<ot OQ (be Jefferson. I toM her I
would leave him a the Sisters school
at Juneau That I intended to do.
When. we reachtd Skagway she asked
why I cot ieft him there whiie the
boat was at that place. The truth is I
could not leave him among strangers at
a moment's notice. I left a little
daughter at the Academv of Holy
Names at Seattle, but have never been
parted with the youngest boy or oldest
daughter, except when the latter was
a St, Joseph Bjurding School, a: Nel
son, R. C.
"The fact that 1 had money was
known to Mrs. Keys, of Seattle, before
we left that place.
"While my dtushter is cot a pro
fessional dining room girl, she is witl
ing to work at thit or at any other
ligitimate occupation. We are looking
for work, and will repay Miss Burke
the ?30 wb eh she advanced for us as
sojn as we can earn it."
Mrs Emerson is arcompanied by her
doughter. Miss May, and little soc,
Johnnie.
LABOR PROBLEM
GLUING SERIOUSl
Almost every steotner which Ifaves
for Seward a-d Valdez is taking a
?umber of laborers, the supply is far
short of the demaa-3. The contractors
and railroad officials are facing a prob
lem which is causi- g much uneasiness.
Maj. John K. Ballaine, of the Alaska
Central, stated that bis road is pre
pared to employ all the men they can
secure. The troubl* is that the men
are not here With the Copper River
& Northwestern railroad seeking men,
the new road from Urea to the interior
also after laborers ani the two Rosene
roa'te, one from Vaidej anc one from
Nome, all seeking men. the labor prob
lem is serious.? Seattle Times.
Of Count
Of cour-e WraDgell will rise frt m its
ashes. No good American town was
ever obliterated by fire. The new
Wrangell wili he a more imposing
little city -by far than theo'd. In the
meantime, however, a little assistance
will be timely ? Seittle Post-Intell
igences
Rhe um itio Pain* RfllleTed
The quick relief from rheumatic piios
afforded by Ohtnibefiains's Pain Balm
has sarprisod and delighted (thousands
of Sufferers. It makes rest and sle--p
possi ble. A great many have been per
manently cure of rheumatism by the sue
of this liniment. For sale bv Win. Britt.
Rhode Island Reds
RhoJe Island R?ds eggs for hatching
per selling of 13 'Phone 76.
A. F. VMLDT. Skagway.
CI i miaou Cli'in Ntotar
Fresh steamed clams and clam nectar
at the Seattle saloon.
The Pack Train Restaurant" w ll
serve wine with dinner orders, free, in
place of tea or coffee. Come on boys.
For Rant
Furnished 12- room house, with bath
etc Inquire of Capt Moore.
2-23- Ira ,
J. R. Wish Goo. C. Heard
WINN & HEARD
ATTORNEYS AT-LAW
Will Dractice in A' ask ~ Courts,
U. S, Sepreire Coi'rt, and Land
and Min'ng business.
Rooms 3, 4, and 5, Decker Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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A Valuable Antidote !
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[Original.]
"There's an olJ saw, 'An ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure.'
I am a p radical Illustration of Its
truth. Indeed, an ounce of 1luid once
laved iny life. As a medicine? Well,
no. I wasn't sick, aud I hadn't been
poisoned.. Nevertheless that ounce
laved my lite.
"My father hud been an officer in the
United States navy? not when our
ships had coine to be big machine
shops, but light wooden affairs that
<kltnmed the waves like a bird, lie
went nloft just before the struggle be
tweeu the states, aud I. being about
sixteeu at the time, preferred to go In
to active service afloat rather than to
the Naval academy. As It was, 1 saw
nothing but blockading service, and
after the war was doomed to the mer
chant service.
"This is only preliminary to what I'm
i;oing to tell you. In the last year of
the sixties 1 was mate of a brlgantine,
and we were picking up goods in ports
_i>n tiie China sea. Oue eveuiug we
were coming down through the strait
of Malacca when, after passing oue of
the islands at the southern end, we
saw on our port quarter and nearly
ibreast of us as queer a looking little
craft as ever sat on the water. She
wasn't a common trader, for she was
shaped for speed. She wasn't a yacht;
she wasn't sleek enough l'or a yacht.
Besides, she didn't carry a yachting
flag? or any tiag whatever, for that
matter? which set our teeth to chatter
ing in uo time, for I never knew but
one kind of craft that didn't show
colors, and when that kind do show
them they invariably hoist the skul1
and cross bones.
"It wasn't long before we could see
that she was sliapiug her course to nar
row the distance between us, aud we
shaped ours to keep apart. This didn't
suit the suspicious vessel, and she put
her nose closer still aud before long
was heading right for us. Then we
could see the smoke bulging out of her
stack, aud she came through the water
like a present day motor boat.
"You couldn't get me to go over what
followed for the biggest farm or the
biggest ship in the world. After the
crew, captain and first mate had step
ped off the plank aud it came my turn
one of the pirate crew came up to the
captaiu and said something to him.
The captaiu turned to me.
" "Where's the treasure box?" he
asked.
"There was no treasure box worthy
of the name aboard, but 1 caught at a
straw aud pretended to try to remem
ber.
"'Come, hurry up with your think
ing if you want a comfortable death in
cool water. There are hot Irons for
people with poor memories.'
" "I don't really know, captain, but I
suspect there's a lot of money In the
ship, and if any one cau tiud it X can.'
" 'Well, hunt for it.'
' Since my life depended on finding
money, 1 bunted for my life. It was
dusk when I began, aud I worked hard
till i) o'clock, when the captain sent
for me to come into the cabin, lie had
a fine dinner set before him aud was
just falling to. He asked tue if I had
found the treasure, aud I admitted thai
I had not.
" Sit down here and tell me what
you know about it.'
"I concocted a yarn about a suspi
cious looking box that the captain had
watched while it was being brought
i board and made the story plausible.
1 let out that I had been in the United
States navy. The pirate pricked up his
.?ars at this and passed me the bottle.
"An idea, a hoi>e, a straw to catch at!
Could 1 drink die man drunk? I re
membered how my father when in the
navy had told me of terrible drinking
bouts between the American aud Brit
ish naval officers and how a dirty, yel
low faced, pigtailed man had put hitn
on to a secret whereby he could go
through the worst bibular contest and
come out perfectly sober. There was
a bottle of olive oil on the table? some
we had taken in at Leghorn ? that the
pirate hid used to make a potato salad
with. I clumsily knocked it over,
picked it up aud with a spoon ladled
the spilled oil into my wineglass.
Then I looked for something to turn
it Into from the glass and, not see
lng anything, drank it off. My host
remarked that to do such a thing would
make bini sick as a dog. but took uo
further notice of my act. As I had
suppos.nl, be was a hard drinker, and
we sat pouring down one bottle after
another. Now and again I would pique
him by suggesting that he had had
enoughs whereupon he would call for a
fresh bottle, and I could see he was
bent on laying me out. His original in
tention wits to find out if I really knew
anything about the ship's treasure, but
as we proceeded he became interested
in showing me that he could put me
under the table. I drank every time
he did, and as I did not show any ef
fect of the liquor the captaiu was as
tonished. But he wouldn't give up, and
we drank on. I could -hear souuds
from without. Indicating that his men
had got into our liquor and were roar
ing drunk. At midnight I had the sat
isfaction to see the pirate captain slide
?mder th?j table, while 1 was compara
Him Rstlmale.
? "How far Jo yon travel 1c crossing
the oceun from Liverpool to New
York?" asked the Instructor at tbe
night school.
"Four thousand miles."
"Oh, no. Think again."
"That's right." persisted the shaggy
haired pupil. "I know the book says
B.000 miles, an' that's wnat it is in1 ?
straight line, but I'm countin' in the
ups an' downs. I've been acrost.
Chicago Tribune.
SkuRway Laundry
For flrst-class work trv Skagway
Laundrv. Twenty-tlve vears' experl
opce. Telephone 89. tf
WILD WITH 1
ITCHING HIM
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All
Over Body? Caused a Continual
Itching for Two Years? Doctor's
Medicine Did no Good? Cured at
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THANKS CUTICURA
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UNION
Plyijg Between JSkagway an 3
Haines
? Leaves Skagwav *
Every Monday,
Wednesday
and Friday
? ? 9 a. m. Sharo
Arriving- at Haines at 11:30 a. m
Leaves Haines at 1 p. m.
Single fare $
? yton and Germain
4
Spring and Summer
NOVELTIES
We are now showing a complete 1 :.ne
of dress goods in the very latest ef
t fects from 75c. tO $2.50. :
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i Plain and checked dress goods for ;
children's wear in all the latest c ol- 2
ors including black and white from T
45c. to 75c. |
Sicellian Rainproof Mohairs in bine, brown and mix d el'-;ct
from 75c. to $1-25 j
A complete line of white and co ored Lawns, plain and figured. 4
J Also a full line of German and American calicos and percales
5 ? ? ? :J
* If you are looking foo a stylish Easter hat it will pay yea to ^
wait for a few da^ s. We are exp cting them on tlr- u x
boat Come and take a peep at our new goods now ODdi- play
~M arTi n Conway
"<r
The
Ways
of a
Wateh
THE WAY- Oi
A WATCB A HE
past findin;;
;OUT. DoD't Trj
If your watch is lazy and won't run,
let us repair it. We'll [make it keep
time to a dot.
Ten to one you've neglec'ed it; let
it get dirty or rus'y from lack of oil;
may be given it to the baby to pl?y with
Whatever the reason, iDON'T delay,
Delay cost money and spoils the wati'h
Satisfaction guaranteed.
P. E. KEUN,
Gold and Silversmith
Notioe of StooUho der'? Mcetint!
Office of the Engtnneer Minim: Company.
To the stockholders of the Knginecr .vinlng
Company:
Take notlec Ihwt the annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Engine ;r Mining Company
will be held at theolticc of the company, In the
To - n of Skagwav, L>'st rict of Aluska on Wed
nesday the :i">th duy o( April, at 10 o'clock a. 111
for the purpose of electing ? board of directors
and (or the transaction of such other busine-s
as may properly come before the meeting T lie
stock transfer book of the company will be
closed on Saturduy Ihe :1st day of April, 11)00,
at &o lock p. in. and will remain closed until
Thursday the 26th day of April, 1906. at 10
o'elocK a. m.
By order of the Hoard of Dltector*.
H. B Le Fevbk. Secretary,
Dated March 14. l'AG.
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for fine furs
Write For Price List
Percey's Fur House
Oshkosh. Wisconsin
REMODELED
THE
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SEATTLE
New Management Popular P ic> s
Central Location : European ("tan
Finest CAFE and BAR in the Ci
Wilson & W hite Co. Prop. Chas Perr>
A C1RMMD Of
oranges,
bananas
and apples
Just Received at
Tony Dortero's
We are Headquarters for all kii i
S fresh Caudies and Chocolates [
CHOICE
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Apples Lemons |
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'] PHUNNY PAPERS AND MAGAZINES j
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GOLDEN NORTH HOTEL
THE GOLiUEri NORTH IS
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Modern Improvements
PAIR TREATMENT, GOOD SERVICE AND RATES THAT ARE RIGHT
Phone 19 for your job work
Hew Mr and Eight Rates
Ou and after the 1st ot October, 1905, the following will b* the
Mon hly rates for water and, light service from the Northwest Light
<Sc P oweiCompany:
WATER
First Faucet
Each " additional (except wasn ba?io9, free).
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " "
Urinals " " " " "
Wash Basins " " " "
Bote's, per room additional
Beer Pumps
Restaurants
Steam Laundries
Hand 11
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate. .
Hose Connection for Fire Protection .
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per load
Lawn and Street sprinkling .
t 2 00
25
50
50
50
25
10
1.00
5.00
7 50
5.00
5.00
1.00
1.50
1.00
1 00
Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
AI1 Year "Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights I 1.00
Enclosed Arcs 10.00
ALL NIGHT SERVICE
F aoh 16 cp lights 1 50
Luciosed Arcs 15.00
32 cp lights dbuble 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
1.50
12.50
2.00
17.50
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.
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