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"'TWAS 8RILLIG. AND THE SUM
TOVES."
The controversy begun and continued
ny Ambrose liierce upon the merits of
Mr. Steiliug's poem. "A Wine of
Wizirdiy," h#s served at least to tflve
t he work immediate fame, aotl, there
f. >re ' it does not itself hold the place
Mr. Uierce has reserved for It in the
literature of the ages, Mr. Bieree's
iiilgiueitt will be seen to be the more at
fault. Ambrose Bierce is never so
much at home when in the thick of a
but this is the first time, per
iap$, that he brought on the cherished
condition through the advocacy of any
man or anything. Hitherto he has
l*en out against wards and reviewers
& ke after a true Byronic manner.
An : rh is to the general interest In this
controversy, on its merit, is added that
i>: extreme novelty. "The Uprising of
'he Peasantry, imder which title Mr.
Bierce goes out to meet bis adversaries
a the latest tilt is peculiarly Blercetlc.
t ? Biercetic" is not so bad, either).
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4.30
. 9.00
I here is no intention back of this ref
?nce to >io in the uprising of these
well-meaning folk, nor ia this disavowal
to siy their cause is not good, but only
to take the occasion to point out to Mr.
B-.crco that be is by no means the first
?3 t; -cover that "a poet makes his own
definitions ?f his own words," and that
??it i> for the rest of u? to acceot them
and see to it that there is no interfer
ence by that feeble folk, the lexico>
graphers.-' This saying is apropos of
h - quoting the line:
MM pulse of dungeoned forges down
the stunned,
I'ud-jminated firmament.
Mr. Bterce refutes to say what in
meant, or even what bo thirks is
meant, by "uudominated" here, any
more tban be "would explain what
Shakespeare meant by 'To lie ia cold
OBSTRUCTION and to rot?' ?
It will be remembered bow complete* |
ly ooe Lewis Carroll reliee on the priv
ilege of the poet to "give his own defi
nition to bis own words" and beoamr
nothing less than famous by so doing
long before Mr. Sterling was beard of,
Mr. Carroll's JABBERWOCKS will,
by way of Illustration, serve as the
Alaskan's dally poem.
The author of these lines guarantees ,
that, read as they should be, with prop-.j
er surround togs and Impressionable au
dieoce, the Umps turned down a bit, I
and, perhaps, a little slow music, these
words will be just as blood curdling as
though they bad a place in the lexicon: {
'Twas brillig, and the sllthy tores
Did gyre and gimb'e in the wabe.
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the nioiue raths outgabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The j lws that bite, the claws that J
catch!
Beware che Jubjub bird, and bhun
thn frumous Bacderanatcli!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time (.he manxome foe he
sought
So rested he by the Turntum tree,v"
And stood awhile in thought.
And as ia uftiish thought he sto>d,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of tlame,
Cjme. whilttlog through the tulgey
wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through
and thiough
The vorpal biade went soicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its bead
He went galumphing back.
"And bast thou slain the Jabberwock ?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous da) ! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the alitby toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mom* raths outgabe.
It waa not until the afxth round this
time. Mr. Squires is improving.
^Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
%Ss$y PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
bPEED, SAFETY. OOMF"OF*T
Seattle, and other Paget Sound Ports
CARRYING UJS. MAIL.
Steamera of Thi? Company Leave
City of Seattle December 21st
Cottage City January 1st
C marctm? with the Company's Steamers at Seattle for
- n r < wcisco, Southern Cauhornia, Eurkka (Himboldt Bay) acd
Mexico
flajr \ hove Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
SecoBd and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
r>. DrNANX, General Passenger Agent,
10 Market street, =>au Francisco, C&l.
Canadian Pacific Railway
(B. C. Coast Service)
m
Twin Screw Steamshio
PRINCESS MAY
Leaves Skagway
Dec. 1 4th, 30th. Jany. 13th, 29th.
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle. Stop-overs allowed
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of '.he world and all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agar t
The Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fait Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON, Jan. 2, 14,26
FAR4LL0N - - - -
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 06 I
SCUT
Concurrent with the publication of '
Mr. Roosevelt's announcement that '
"under no circumstance* would he be a '
candidate for OR ACCEPT a nomi
nation for a third term." the Alaskan
r? marked that so dlficult ? wns It for
tome to believe a man lived who cou'd
refuse such honor for hooof't sake, that
we would still hear doubts expressed.
Ih-j follownd Is from the Washington
correspondent of the Oregonlaa under
a date since the announcement:
Men who are glad the third term
ghost has been laid at rest, and
who want It kept laid, will do well to
watch the evolutions of Mr. Roosevelt's
mind. They will do well, particular
ly, not to throw too much opposition in
Taft's way and to omit appUuseof such
phllipics against the President as that
uttered by ex-Governor Black, of New
York. After reading Black's speech
the 1'iesldtnt said to one of his callers
that he would have no more statements
to make concerning h s relations to the
Presidential nomination, and that his
enemies seemed determined to drive
him back into the field
Is it not almost impossible to think
of Chicago being hedged about by
tempt ranee V
HE VIOLATED
SUICIDE PACT
Portland, Dec. 23? Williaa Burner, a
longshoreman well known along the
river front, shot himself In front of the
Model hotel, 42} North Sixth atreet, at
6:30 o'clock last night, inflicting a fatal
wound, because hit wife met him in
company with another woman and
begged him to return to h'a home and
family. Burner and bU companion,
Mrs. Maggie De Reign, at the time
were on their way to a reatrniiraot
where they planned to take a farewell
dinner, after which, by an agreement
enteral into between them a few hours
before he was lo kill her and take his
MAS
Again the problem of what
to get and where to get it ?
something suitable in price
as well as quality. We have
it in: Toilet Sets, Shaving
Sets, fancy Soap and Soap
boxes, fancy powder boxes,
Collar and Cuff boxes,
Traveling Toilet Sets, Mani
cure Sets, Smoking Sets,
Cigar jars, Albums, Postal
Card Albums, Jewel cases,
Hair Brushes, pipes, Card
Cases, Mirrors, fountain
pens, Necktie boxeB, Glove
boxes, ink Stands, Ash Trays,
purses, hand bags, Atomiz
ers, perfumes, Candies, fan
cy writing paper, Razors,
Gilbett razors, pocket knives,
bill, books pipe racks, ,-igars,
etc. etc.
WM. BRITTI
THE DRUGGIST
U. S Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a- m- Leaves
Haines tor Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way^$l-50
Round trir) $2.50
)wn life. Burner'* chance meeting
,viih his wife, who bad gone to tbe
bote) with a man friend for tbe purpose
?i looating her erring husband ana pur
iuadin* biro to abandon V e woman
*Uh whom be was infatuated, was ail
that prevented a double tragedy.
ilM
INTERIOR AND LOCAL
Labarge? Foggy, noith wind, 6
above.
Hootalinqua? Clear, south wind, 8
above.
Big Salmon? Cloudy, ealm, 10 below.
Yukon Cross'ng? Clear, calm, 10 be?
low.
Selkirk? Clear, calm, 10 below.
Coffee Creek? Cloudy, calm, 9 below.
Stewart? Cloudy, calm. (5 below.
Oglivle ? Cloudy, calm, fl below.
Dawson? Cloudy, *outh wind, 5 below.
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Dt C. 22,
1907, la as follows.
Temperature time observat'n ..'H above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hourfl..40 above
Min 44 " " " ..30 above
Mean 44 " " *' ..35 above
Barometer 18.7?
Fair, calm.
PILES CUBED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case of itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Pile* in S to )4
da) ? or money refunded. 50c
The Fifth Avenue hotel has unlimited
accomodations. Steam hex t and every ?
toinsr modern.
Tpm?" cried Freddie iflWgunntly.
"Never mind, ray boy," replied Tom.
In his airy way. "It's all right vfe're
all In the swim now."? St. Louis Re
public.
Excellent line of Cravenette Coats at
Clayton'*.
'THE GRAND CONTEST
Will come off on Sa'urday D cember
21, at 8 o'clock P. M. Everybody should
be on hand. TONY DORTERO
DR. F. C. NORMAN
Physician and Surgeon
(CHIEI' SURGEON 01" W. r. k T. H.)
Cornkr Fifth and StatbSts.
, UP STAIRS
SKAGWAY - AfiA8KA
JUNEAU S.S. CO'S.j
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mali
For Haines, Berner.s Bay, Juneau,
Hoons, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
DECEMBER 4, 10,16,
22, 28
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOOGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone *>0
LITTLE BABY j
CURED OF ECZEMA J
Parents Applied to Hospitals and !
Doctors but Could Get No Re
lief? Grew Worse Under Doctor's
Prescription ? Friends Recom
mended Cuticura? Result
A SPEEDY AND I
PERMANENT CURE E
"We express to you herewith our beat
thank* for the cure of our baby from
ecitemn. The cczema appeared when
the child was three months old. We
applied to several doctors and hospitals,
each of which gave us something differ
ent every time, but nothing brought re
lief. A physician recommended a salve
which we threw into the fire after two
days' use as the eczema became worse
so that the baby scratched his face. At
last, one of our friends recommended to
us Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint- '
ment. A few days afterwards improve
ment could be noted. Since then we
have used nothing but Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment, and now the
baby is six months old and is quite cured.
All that we used was one cake of Cuti
cura Soap and two boxes Cuticura Oint
ment, costing in all $1.25. Even the
poorest man can pay that instead of
throwing it into trie doctor's lap. I ,
myself only make twelve dollars a week '
as a teamster, but I recommend the j
Cuticura Remedies strongly to all moth
ers whose children suffer from such dis
eases. They are cheap, harmless and
Sod. C. t. Kara ana Wife, 343 East
th Street, New York, March 30, 1006."
FOR SORE HANDS
Soak the hahds on retiring, in a hot,
creamy lather of Cuticura Soep. Dry 1
and anoint freely with Cuticura Oint
ment, arid in sovere cases spread the
Ointment on thin pieces of old linen or
cotton. Wear during tho night old,
loose, kid gloves, with the finger ends
cut off and holes cut in the palms, or a ;
light bandage of old cotton. i
Complete Externa! nod Internal Tr?*tment fur
Every Huiuor of Infant*. Children, and Adult* coo
?lit* of Cuticura Soap to Cleanse the Skln.Cutlcura
Ointment to Ileal the Skin, uud Cuticura Resolvent '
tor In the form of Chocolate Coated Pills, la vials of 1
sUtyi to Purify the Blood. Sold throughout the
world. Potter Dru* & Chem. Corp.. Sole Propj.
boiton. Man. or Mailed i ree. CutlNira Book oil
IMtAiei of the Skin. Scalp, and Blood.
10 THE LADIES
I have some line masquerade suits to
rent. Also cen make them.
Mrs. Swartzenberg,
275 Main and 12th ave.
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for fine Furs
Write For I 'rice List
Percy's Fur House
Oahkosh, Wisconsin
VICTOR CRAPHAPHONES
Victor Graphuphcnus are all s'z?s
nd styles, the 'luteal improved types
ellvered at you- hotriea dr* place of
uisioess on the easv payment plan,
let* t-ewell at Brill's Drug store. .
. ' KEEP'THf KIBNEfS WELL'
? ? . 1
lialth fa Worih Saving Md ??*??
Alukt Ptopl* Know H-,w to
It
Many Alaska people take iheir lives
a their hands by neglecting the kid
leys when thev know these organs
iced help. SicK kidueys are reapodsi
ilc for a vast amount of suffer. ng and
il health, but there it no need to suf
or nor to rrm?iu in danger when all
liseaseit and achrs and pains due to
?ea* kidneys can be quickly 'and per
nan( ntiy cured by the use of Doan's
<ldn*y Pills.
K Ivammy, 121 No-th Terry Ave.
Seattle, Wa8h.,SH?s: "It is now three
fears since I ?avc a testimonial recv
nmendiu;* Doan's Kidney F'illg after
he prompt and satisfactory matiner In
vhich this remedy had telieved me of
ctdney trouble which had affected me
iff and on for a number of years. Just
irior to using Doan's ICidDey Fill, my
luffeting had become more severe, and
me day, I was taken suddenly with
ittacks of sharp pains through my 'olns
ind bladder. I -ent for a doctor who
inallv used a catheter. This >,ave me
?elief at the fme I ut s'ill I had tronble
tfter wards with irritaiionof the b adder
md with the dbordered action of my
cidneys. 1 began using Doan's Kidney
i'tll*, ami they acted very promptly and
lirectly on the par's affected, so that
,he bladdej trouble disappeared and in
>ther ways I found great relief. This
was several vears ago butr- still I am i
jearty advocate of Doan's Kidney PilU
ind lecommend them to all suffering
from kidney trouble.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
sents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N,
Y., sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name? Doan'a? and
lake no other.
A Maaloal Treat at the Muooi
All lovers of music should bear the
Dew Electric Banjo Piano. Ra(? time
Wall/ time, any old time.
Freib Meat
Tbe Frye-Bruhn Co. keep all kind
of fresh meat constantly on hand.
WANTED? A first class Gold or Gjld
and Copper Mining Proposition In nlas
ka. State full particulars when you
write. Address. Lewis Lusk, P. O. box
1074, Spokane, Washington. 219- lmo
ooooootH3oa^-ra^
I ROYAL \
I Steam Laundry
J All Work Guaranteed. | Short 2
Orders Promptly .1
Done f
* Messenger will call and deliver c
'j Phone >79
X>CH>OOOOC<><>OOO0OC850QOOQOOvJ
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABIDS No. IB
? (Dally Ezoept Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Eound
1st ol&ss.
8 30 a. m. Leaves
10 10 " "
10 50 M "
11 20 "
1 10 p. m. ?'
3 25 Arrives
, SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
Whits Hors*
Arrives
ii
(i
Leaves
pu. ?? a* uuui u
1st class
3 20 p. m.
1 45 '?
12 45 "
12 05 "
10 30<?. m.
8 20 "
Passengers must be at depots in time to have Baggage inspected atd
ohecked. Inspection is stopped SO minutes before leaving time of train /
160 pounds of baggage will be chocked free with each full fare ticket
and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
UU1L
Through Line From ,
Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer camps In the Alsek ?nd Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
During the win'er season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Skagway and White Hors?. A tbrongli Mall, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
b.v a Tho'oughiy Equipped Stage Lino between White Horse and Dawson. '
Regulir ?tase?, 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 quaitz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
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For Information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to: ,
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent |
Vanoouver, B. C.
Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaska
Skaguay, Alaska