IKE &AU FIRE SALEI
WCvf C iu eUf\N
oU *JT} t .**.*. u* for SMUMT use.
Special [rice tt.s month
%Z. CO PER RiCK.
. ? H ? R B TAYLO S?
"HRtE GOOD ONES TO OR AW TO
MOXnCSLLO RYE
PKBBLEJOKD KYK
GIBSON RYE
BoUjc. la inwid. In Bulk or t?
Botv ?> A i Board cl Trade, tf
Sic for a feoo-e coofc<*<3 meai
^uu c v An sen Ice. Where? At
tie Nm Heine Restaurant, FiM?
Aif. f. h*'J a niiaatt Trcai i-oadwa.
Magazine ,
that makes |
Fact
more fa^CTTUiting J
than
Fiction !
??wrm *o rem cw
imniruu rr~
i ;
Popular Mechanics
Magazine
| At vrrj tt" :c T*o r ' i * -<jr J ?
* - : - -tosaoads n: the besi Arrwrieac hornet i jj |
apr** is to . dtss ? dd : v.d y wins ? men ?
? Wv'~ ? hv oe uao kao^c 5U*i thos? who f
fkcn ?<v? r*crv?t?S
29 O ARTVtCS Of G* VTWAL M7C?t>T ;
T SKop rVzvartmert '
1 rrr* r? ^ < to #o r :rx^ ho* to
- .. ' arbeks :or hor e and sbo:% re>. *
V<>eVRT??e* ^ jvvcv?V *' ?
, nes. i~ta.cx~. azxl a ' I th* throes a Nrr k - . - *
so >T5^ swcn cowrs !? cr?r *
rc*a r*i* hwpie ?or>
hvri LAR MFCHA N i? . !
S - ? i
There ts laoce Catarrh in this sec
tion of toe country than ail oUur
dtesaaes put together, and until the
*ast few vtArs was supposed to be
?.acurai>le. Ktar a great numy years
doctors proaouioed U a looai disease
fcad prwjor.bec local remedies, and
by constantly tailing to cure with to
ol treatment, pronounoed it incur
able. Science has provesi catarrh to
b a constitutional disease, therefore
requires constitutional troatiue: L
Hall's Catarrh Cure. manufacture by
F. J. Cbea^y ? Co, Toledo, Ohio, ?c
the ?*Uy constitution aj cure o:. the
: market It is taken internally ia do
-cs fro oi 10 drops to & teatpoos.ui. U
.v as Jc-pctiy on the blbod and muoo?
surfaces o t the system. They offer
uae hundr&d dollars lor any case A
'ails to cur& Scud U r circular aad |
lotCasoaiais.
F. J. CHKNET A ^0.. .o..u s 0
Sold by DrugstoU, Tie
Take Hall's KamUr Pills !><r coaj,
i>t3oa
SMOKERS ATTENTION
Huro.d Hartwigsen, si?ccessor to
W. \V. Houghton, has taken tie
sj ncy for the justly faroocs
KL, IXF1XITO CUSAR
HAVANA CIGARS.
; just received Iroii. the fa<"
r\ at Tampa, Fia. If jvu v^rt thi
>t don't fail to give these ?Oj-^
a *?-:al.
gr *no redaction sale
The Pact Train fe now seilimg a
fig lot of viood Go<">ds at reduc*
?r:oes as they are getting too t-'.d tc
ilU anU sell at a profit Yo-rs.
lt Herman Crircirt I
Xose better anc pnrcr m. .. O.'osor
rye. Rainier ssd Olywj ia bi-cr. Or
lers by "phone promptly <iel ve"e>1
fhe Mascot.
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V
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^ 11- GIDEON Proprietor ^
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C "c 'ess. Yukon Territory *
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B. M. BEKRENDS,Binker
? Ju leau, - Alaska
!?*->? " 3 *>*+?
I OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
iv ? > ii ts The Accounts
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^ v v i\ Fint< And Individuals.
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Tiie Ska gway Pioneer Dairy |
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M. F. ?EEM*N, Prop. .f
'The Sanitary Milk Ranch' ?
5
o< ;cie<1 iiairr in >lnskv +
n
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+
v 51 pment* of Pure Milk and Cream
v W l**?s * Yukon R ??:*.
a s
it Pays :o Get Printing That ?
PLEASES
The Work from our Job Department
I leases Particular People.
i i f t your work. Let us quote
- - j\ .. > . - stock, and do your work
A K .I.. AND AT REASONABLE PKICKsv
Shr Sathf Alaskan. :
A Tragedy of the
Mexican Revolution
B* F. A MfTCHEL
Copvrt?ht by Am?nc?n A??o
clatisn. 1911
1 was sitting on the ii'nmia of a ho
tel in Mexico uhci. 1 <s?- h youns
Mexican and a girl i>a?s In in eech
other's company. She was talking rap
id iy to him. evidently trying to per
suade him to do or not to do *otne
thing. Suddenly 1 hoard a crack. and
the yottnc fellow fell dead. lie iiad
been shot by a man standinc ?-ti the
other side of the street
The girl was wild with grief and
horror at thus seeing one I l>elteve?l to
be her lover shot down t?eside tier
She fell upon the Imdy and calied wi <l
ly for him to come bark to her A lit
tle knot of people colltvied. and pres- I
ently i saw tbem bea r t be l??iv aw.iv. ?
the girl following. sup|>orted by a wo
man. <Jeubtless her mother The |>arty
disapiv^red In a house a short dis
tance np the street '
Presently a man came out of the
bouse into whi> h l lie l>ody was carried,
and. passing me. I asked hint in a j
mixture of Spanish and n;ig:i^h to t?
me what caused the affair.
"Nothing, senor. exi-rpt that the mur
dered man is a supporter of the l>t'
governuient. We are all itisurre'-tos
here."
With this brief s lmmary ??t the s ,rv
he passed on. I learurti from an 'titer,
however. that tfce nwrderor and ; if I
mnt^leri-d man l?oth <\ . ;.vl t'ie -sine j
cirl
derer. 1 did not ? >?? . ? s i ?<> t'ic ^Imj
hilt saw hint w.-t i . ?vviv :t mo- rut
later He wns inons looking
man in MoNi-an hi t. ;WMi with
swagger I v > i; , ; :,ss severa,
times during the u v ;,;d did n??t see
in his face or in !.;< !M>r the slight
est .-ompun ti.m f r |?, h?d d..n^
On the contrary. ! .s| to !>e pn?i 1
of his dw?1.
rbi> second net i i!'?> '!r.imn was
more astonishing ?..w ihctnur
derrt 1,11 jj jh,i ... hi,. |nkIv
of his v, tin, t, , .lwl
knock .it the <1 >.?r r . v ? .Pl ,.w ?
snswwd by i he ? \ >, ? > snr,
ported the tfrl aftei t writer 1 n*
villain said some:;: i ?> -m.t >ho
disappeared The i-m ? , ted ~.rap
time on the sten. ??>?! t I nv sjr|
whose loror he h:>-< vh,?i ,nie to ihe
door. He talked t> her Tor .mite
awhile, after w.\, n >:,e ??..?? r luck
.Mo hot: sc. and "lie mail fjmf on
down the street H- had 1 ??=! some of
his sn tj-ei .tiid I s in ,< wore n se
rious l-vi'tc. He disappeared in a sa
i'^>n in the next I >? k where pulque
was sold.
That evening after s?p|>cr 1 lighted
a cig-ir and strollH beyond the .>m
sk rrs of the town | was on the
Pl'"' "i where the Hirwte is temper
"to and the air ^ - very pleasont. A
full moon was rlvinc as the snn w-.s
setting. Hearing vol-vs behind me. I
tnr?:cd and met w th another surprise.
T' e murdeivr and the g>rl whose lover
e had nnirdered were > "Uiinc toward
me. ne w?s doing |V talking. while
si 'ke.1 n vile. i e
"These are a strange p.sip'e," J
to myself. "The villain, having mur
dered his rival, is pursnadlng the girl
to b~ reconciled to him and fake him
Instead "
They passed me on the other side of
'lie road without appearing to notice
me. too Hi sorl*ed In their own grew
some affair to think of any one be
sides themselves
IT self prescrr-atlon, as has '.eon
said i* the first l:iw- of nature cu*io?l
ty is ? ertainly the second Indeed
(here are insfaiws whore curiosity
has N>en ptveminenf I was Interest
?si In this affair, and instead of turn
ing away from the )?ath the ronple
were taking I strolM-d on behind tliem.
keeping them in sight. Rut presently
fhe ro.id where they were walking
made a turn, and I lost them.
1 stopjiod and. te.mlnc against a
fence looked at the bro.-d faoe of the
moon rising over the dic-nnt extlnet
vdeano l7.taeelhw-?tl or the V\"hite
Woman." from It* resemblance >o *
woman lyinc dead m' >d In a shroud
of <-n"w. my thonchr* divide-! Itetween
the drama of the .1 ?nd the m??in
tains (^f many ng, Rr-1i Sinp t
n igbt get Into troi:! M ? oj|,s ton ob.
servant of other i>;sip!e's nffairs, I wis
thinking of poing ha ok ? '?v turning
mv eyes for a las; c?.n. ??> te 'he |H>lnt
where the oonple hid dls;ippp.ir?M. I
saw the girl coming alone She wi?
walklnc very fast seemingly Hitting
along like a spirt- I stood perfectly
still She passed me. walking In the
middle of the road and so wrapt in her
own emotions that she did not see me
I will not attempt to find a word to le
scribe the expression on her face. I
never w!?h to see such a- \prossion
again.
I did not need to go on <? ojeover
what she had done with her e??v.?>:in
?>n tier returning alone and i. at
look on her face assured me that she
had taken a swift revenge Tor the
death of her love' I went hack to
wy hotel, threw my belongincs into
my trunk, paid my bill, went to the
station, where I waired two hours for
a train to take me out of the country.
1 did not draw a fW breath till I had
hoarded It and was moving away fton
the town and the double tragedy
I supposed I con Id leave It behind In
Mexico, but I have been disappointed,
ft haunts me. I dream of it. I wake
op In the middle of the night and the
scenes roll before me as If painted on
the canvas of a panorama. And that
|kmt girl! 1 am oastantly suffering
with her.
NEWS FROM 1
NORTHLAND
SHORT BREEZY NEWS ITEMS
FROM THE NORTHERN PRESS
One hundred and fifty miners We
? mployed 1n the Clitt mine near Voi
der.
The largest nusset found during
the past summer in the Ohiltna sec
tion came from the Re* creek prop
rtv of Max Esterly. it ?u valued
st
The Katalla company will erect a
double telephone wire from Cordova
to Kennccott. By transposing every
I, a If mile a metallic circuit will be es
:ablished and the service thus (treat
ly improved.
.V pack horse recently tost his foot
? while crossing a glacier near Mtn
?ral creek in the Valdez district and
ifll into a crevasse a distance of 40
ieet. The animal was uninjured and
;v5i.- hauled back to the trail to con
. inue his journey to the mines
NOME, Dec, 9 ? A stampede is on
? luni tin- lamps east of Nome to a
..i ibutary of Kenwood creek, whiob
s a tr utary of Koyuk river, which
i i .rn fl ?ws into Norton bay. l*ay
is been uncovered as ni^h as 85
enta t > the pan, and the lowest is
aid to run 65 cents to the pa a The
.rcurui is shallow.
The strike is believed h*re to be
enuii?>, but few outfits have s'art
I from Nome for the scene It Is
??art to impossible to travel over the
.rails at the present time because
>( the !a< k of snow. There has
t>?>en practically no snowfaH sine*
lie close of na\ igation. and trail con
liii.ins are so bad that It will prob
ably be necessary to call off the
p.nnuai doc race to Solomon and re
turn.
ILWTAROD, Pw. 14 ? There i* *
Miiall but steady stampede on from
i. ere mio the Kuskokwim, to the
- > nc of tw,> newly reported strike*
? ?ord of the discoveries made in
; i?e t ? ;m;i was brought out during
the week, and all of the idle placer
miners have started to prepare them
selves for departure.
The report definitely states that
pay has been found on Marble and
New York creeks. Marble is a trib
utary of the Aniak. flow-in* into the
Ktiskokwim. while New York creek
t-mpti 's into the main stream. Ia both
i laces four feet of ten cent dirt has
been uncovered.
So anxious were the Koki mad statu
pliers to ret claims near the <lia
toveries, that claim-staking was done
in a heedless nuinner. The result Is
Uiat many of the claims overlap one
another, making a vexing and trouble
? inte situation for the prospectors. It
Is expected that this will result in
a cTrflt deal of litigation should the
< '?eeks prov?? to carry extensive bod
ies of pay.
Tut Yukon GoW had a staking bee
Jan. It was the biggest deliber
ately pl&r.ned claim-siaking affair
new in ^ uKon since the exciting days
i>f wnen everyone staked a bill,
*!?? <v or river as a resuit o I the ex
utfciueot wnich to?iowed the coming
ul ui ouKf-enlieiiiis to Klondike
Ine si*fcetest last night was for
no purpose of getting the boundaries
>?1 I'liumt altered and extenoed in
i ne s.mpiest manner, namely, by let
ting the Oid ciaims lapse and then
ifhxauog them under the present re^.
diabous. Fifty or more claims were
relocated, and are chiefly back of
raxadise hill and ia the vicinity of
bold hill. Some claims staked tinder
ihe oJd regulations were small and
uid not extend in any direction **
tar as under the present staking. The
new claims will cover ground which
the surveys showed had been left In
: arrow irreenlar form between the
eld claims. By embracing more
unwind in one staking the matter of
renewals also is simplified.
The staking was done by member*
of the Yukon Gold office stuff And
others, many of whom left here in
rigs early last evening. It ia under
stood some of the ground staked
back of Paradise hill is virgin. an<1
was taken for the reason It is ?up
l>osed to be valuable for the com !
pany's hydraulic operations there.
Many of the rekx-atorw were at the
sold office today, and the place was
crowded with applicants. It was like
a scene In the good old rush days ?
Dawson News.
Doubts and Don't#.
ReTnemlw Talleyrand's advice, "If
yon are In doubt whether to write a
letter or not? <lon't!" The advice ap
plies to many doubts In life besides
Kiat of letter writing? Rnlwer-Lytton
LOCAL BRIEFS
SKAGWAY WEATHER REPORT
Result* of the obaarraUon takes
at Moore's Wharf at midnight,
Jn 17. HlJ. Is as foHows:
Temp time otnrriri . . .. 2i ahoy
Mai. preceding 24 hm .. .. JJ abort
Mia. " 18 abort
Mean " " " 2# a?*w
Barometer 28:5K>. Clear. N triad
INTERIOR WEATHhR RbPuRT
1 KMrr.RATTR? I
STATIONS Above Below |
Caribou 2
While Horse 7
Tagish -
AUSn 5
Lower Leharge 10
Hootalinqua 1
Big Salmon ?
? UkiHi Crushing *<>
Selkirk S5
Coffet Creel' .. 23
Mewurt Ki*er 24
Ogilrie i>
Dawson 27
_ kxidy and calm to Ocelvle Pan!:
loudy ?uid ?tlm at Dawson.
Maesu.'?y't T?r*-tnt af Talk.
"Macau!a\ ti*- ; "r aday ini
prorea.~ Sydney Smith rcnurkf 1 one
day "I harp nhwrvM fn hl'n of late
flasbe? of- 1 lowvnna v|
vanity" of thl? t?ioriii' >i? laUcr unfiled
Smith win i fo-in t J! In.t ..,??> often
to voice ii a nirn wit .;:?! "I
wish I conld write fx.i try I?ko y hr
I^mptall'cl ton frit ? ! I r >:i'd w-'tr
an 'Inferno.' and I " f t Miw*"
lay a moor a onr.ilie* ' i.itan'a pi rt
gnc hln'"
Another ?i?ti?empnr r <1 !.? I V a
canlay a? "slojrilnc a .?-r ?>i eren
Wbjert and -t .-? ndi -itr In tV a'"ps"
rt!lo?(d tS? E?a*rn:? of Cs'O.
In i lie I' ' ><-; r ? f f ' ?? i !-? <?*nti>ri
I/ondon rtTf nh! erm; i 1 1 n f- ?
Oato'a <nl : ' ? the t in m ar->n?
ed by \<M!->ot> '? ptry A ren'ieinan
named R^hU. :.ft?-; w1:;v?!ng lt?
performs ik*. ri-< h.;n?eif into the
Thnn'e* on !:i* '?-ay ' orrte ll!? Ix-dy
waa rpi-ovnnst : nil ?n If *va? foitad a
rrup of paper w i: 'i ' ? -?< word* "What
Cato did and Ad<li? >'i appmr.-d mi?l
need* t?c rlabt '
Everybody Ha? Trouble
"I can't ret a new hM be--an?# the
children need ?h.-p? '
"I'm In the same host "
"Why. yon h^ve no . ' IMrrn "
"True, but I ? rin't ret a new dre?*
becauae the amo n? !? tit** "? r>iT%
bunrh Po?i
Aecomp1 'h*d.
"Sfie'a a clever <*vnvpr'at!ona:i?t."
"Very Slip ? an e< n r fce a man
who l? talkfnc -Sont 1 -?**f iiton to
NatPn f>Ptml? *-"r> o t*r????
Follewpd the P?t?e- Bt;o?.
"My div tor ?a:d I <?? ' I r. . harep"
"And did run art on !?!?? rdvtce?"
"Tea I empioypd unit' er dortor*" ?
Roaton Tmn?prirt
Children harp rnnrn ti""1 of mod^'a
than of <rtt1 *.-Jonliert
A fine mild temppranre drink i*
Lhe pure wholesome beer made from
the sparkling watera of Tumwat-er
Falls, and the very beat barley malt
with Juat the right proportion of
choicest grown hops. Rrewed aa on- 1
ly the Olympla Brewing company car.
brew. For aale at tb? Boar* of Trad*
The Table d'Hote dinner at the
Pullen House Is b'tter than erer
Why don't you try it. You are wel
come W
Many Alaafcan Reatlera Have Heard
It Profited Thtrafcy.
"Good n?wa traveta (mi" \n.I the
thooaanria of bad back ?ufT?r*r? la
Atoefea are kxk! to learn thai prompt
r?ii?f to within their mach Many a
.ame. w?ak and ar hinge back to bad n
more, thanka to boaaa KMmjt PUto.
rhouaamta upon thousand* of people
*e teWnjc the *nod newi of their ei
I>erleT<o wKh the Old Quaker Remed.
ilere to an rumpi* worth readtn*:
Mr*. J H. Clothier, 4?? Flat "B"
fourteenth St, San Franctoco, Cal .
?r? "I derived iaaUn* benefit frwn
>oer'ii Kidney Ptlh and consequently
I am aa a* "on* In my praiee of them
m I waa a IW". when I pohllely en
forced them. I firwt oeed Doan'e KM
ley PHI* when Mvlnn In Canada, aid
t-hey reiieTed me of a dull, heavy
win In the wnaH of my back. Othr
rmptoma o* kidney trouble that had
?oth^red me w?*e aleo dtopoaed of
ind my entire ny?Mii waa toned op
"Ince then T have had no further nw
?f a kMiwy mHHw I ronalder It
t dntT as wNl ** a pjeaenre, to remt
^er>d Doan'e Kidney PlUa."
For sale by all dealer* Prlre ?i
or,ta. Foster MITburn Co.. Buffalo
New York. aole aeeata f.,r the I'nlt
1 State*
Remember the name? Poan'a ? and
ake no other.
SEATTLE'S
L**'Hn2 P(ipul*r Priced Hotel
Hotel
Georgian
F!a^*n Pltn
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,*r.% F^-vm * :T
F drstoM
- T.l )? R - ? <7T?
? *'? .% Ptr
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RAT1F
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T tc r*r ??>*-?* (1 9$ ??f
- ? W f *
T %??> rffHM f? to op
<* mr.rtWFM
uir? ?irf'-"- rou?rn avfjiue
to Fot?r*y. B*?. T'nfon A
SITKA
HOT SPRINGS
Sanitarium f *jt*5 1 Ala?ka
I *rjre. ? Wn. IndividiM
Abur<U?oce of Water. iln?; of
Hnt#I Aecomm<*i??iot?. ? ?ir
ni?he<1 CtbiM for R^ir
F.twIiMJl Hunting *n?l CWiin*.
Motor Batting ?n<l Sailii.fr
Steamer Or>n{i* from Jnoeau
makes wmi-monthlT Jo
format ion and r*iHi;|*n re?4u**t
Dr. F. L. Goddard. Prop.
\ Health Resort
j A L AS K A
L*to !? ? "d 18)7 Teirphorif I 12
Phil. Abrahams ;
FIRE INSURANCE
t
Acrfiit for the IH K OF IOWA a ri*i flip $
WKST( IIKSTKR OK NEW YORK. f
A'JH'tn otvr Four Million. L
NOTARY PUBLIC SKAGWAY, ALASKA '
.j. The Only Firfl CUm Hotel} Opened Under New Manage
in Carer ok* ment
4. for *Uln Suum lJim.
I HOTEL SCOTT
+ ? ? ?
.j. Scott * 3ohw?n(*k?mp
+ Headquarters for Mining Men and
Travelers
+
+ SPECIAL RATES AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MUSHERS.
+ WELL FURNISHED ROOMS TABLE THE BE5T
GOOD STABLES FIRST CI ASS BAR STOCK
X CARCROSS & YUKON TER.
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