DRIVING AN
AIRSHIP
An aeroplane ilu.v be defined as n
turf ace propelled horizontally In suca
a manner that the resulting pressure
of air from beneath prevents Its fall
ing. A balloon can remain stationary
over a given spot In a calm, but an
aeroplaue must be kept In motion If
It Is to reuutln In the air. Such a plane
literally runs on the air like a skater
gliding over thin Ice. The most fa
miliar example of an aeroplaue Is the
kite of our boyhood days. \\e all re
member how we kept It aloft even In
a light breeze by running with It
?gainst the wind. Substitute the pull
of a profiler for the cord and the
aeroplaue dying machine I? created.
If this were all. the problem of arti
ficial flight would have l>eeu solved loug
apo. ? There remains the supremely
difficult art of balancing the plat>e so
that It will skate on au even keel.
Even birds tind It hard to uialutain
this stability. In the constant effort
to steady himself a hawk sways from
side to side as he soars, like au acro
bat on a tight roi*\ Occasionally a
Mrd will catch the wind ou the top
of bis wiug. with the result that he
will capsize and fall some distance be
fo :v he can recover himself If the
living aeroplane* of nature tlnd the
feat of balanelug so difficult, is it any
wonder that men have been killed in
endeavor I us to discover their secret?
If you have ever sailed a canoe you
will readily understand what this task j
of balancing an aeroplane really means
As the pressure of the wind ou your ;
sail heels your -canoe over you must |
climb out on the outrigger far enough
for your weight to coiiuterl<ilauce the
wlud pressure, so that you will not be
upset. The physicist sclentllically ex
plains your achievement by stating
that you have succeeded In keeping the
Renter of air pressure and the center
of gravity ? n the mi uie straight lln-.
la a canoe the feat Is comparatively
e.:sy; In an aeroplane it demands cou
?taut aud tin hlike shifting of the
body. Iiocatise t!v sudden slight vnria
tie: < of the win l must l e i.iiincdiaiel.v
Op|>o*ed - W:sl -ar Kaei. pffes: In
Cc.-?io|mi it:
INDIAN
TRANSLATION
" i lit Indians "crilTTt "Me^da M on- nub
he-cun." which translated means may
'<? "ttvi Hi- Is said to be much like
other black b:iss lu appearance. Bnt
i>:> peculiar attributes are these:
"lie must be caught by casting. with
i surface bait, so tbat you can see blip
rise to it. lie may be taken In running
water win -re the clear current foams
? ov? r mossy bowlders ami through gur
;;liug. sunlit shallows or In the silent
pool* where ibe forest hangs darkly
ovt r the stream He may lie taken at
so in- > till lake's grassy marge. when?
the water lilies build him a green and
white and goldeu canopy, or in the
open places when the west wind's
magic turns the glassy surface Into
silver
i "But wherever yon tlnd him you will
1 see that nature rules supreme. And
whether In brawling stream or quiet
>1. in some peaceful lilied bay or Just
beneath the rippled broad expanse,
where the wild beauty of the spot
make; your heart beat faster, here
mny vou tlnil the magic bass.
"And this Is his magic: That when
you have fought liliu inch by Inch and
have looked upon him as be lay ex
hausted In your lauding uet you are
his forever. For wherever you go and
whatever you do there will come to
you ever and often a dream of his first
leap Into the air. of the tugging line
and of his body at your feet, and Indis
tinct behind it all lie the sparkling wa
ter and the forest and the blue sky.
"In the dead of winter you will of a
sudden hear the soft splash of the bam
rising to your fly. you will feel the aud
don Mutness of the line, and the snow
> tside your window will melt Into a
summer landscape. When you are
busiest there will come to you the song
of tin- reel and the smell of pine and
f I 'l am. That Is the magic
of the Me-da Mon-nuh-she-gan."? Out
ins Magazine.
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DIFFERENT KIND OF METEORS i
"Meteors" and "meteorologists" have j
little la common, although their origin
la Identical. "Meteor" meant a good
many mow things t? Englishmen of n j
few generations ago than It does now,
la accordance with the meaning of the '
Greek adjective, which sign 1 lied "up
In the air," so that "ta meteoru." the
things up In the air, meant the heav
enly bodies. Winds and whirlwinds
were aerial meteors formerly In Eng
lish, clouds, snow and ralu were aque
ous meteors, and among luminous me
teors were reckoned rainbows and twi
light. Meteorology preserves the mem
ory of all this, but the word "meteor"
has gone over altogether to the astron
omer's sphere.
Infinitesimal Shears.
A clever workman In a cutlery fac
tory iu Sheffield, England, made a dot
on pairs of shears, each so minute that
they altogether weigh less than half a
grain. Th:it Is about the weight of a
postage stamp. Each pair Is perfect
and will cut If sufficiently delicate ma
terial could be fouud. Lying on a
piece of white paper they seem no
farger than fleas.
FROM THE NORTHERN LIGHT'
"Pat, do you understand French?"
"Yea, if it'aapoke in ItTah "
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The ladies of S-lnt Agnes Guild will
meet wlih Mra. Flynn tomorrow after
noon.
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The excursion launch Elsie will be
i
launched in March.
i
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
For half an hour yesterday afternoon <
the clasa of 1908 tried in vain to elect <
oflWrs. A deadlock resulted on the i
attempt to elect the class president, l
the sixth and last ballot standlog: i
Lewla SUnebaugh, 6; Viola Poweli, 6. i
The first ballot resulted: \ iola Powell, (
5; Lewis Stinebaugh, 4; Clarence Achi
son, 2; not voting, 1. Aa no candidate
received a mujorlly of the votes ens',
the balloting proceed- d without materj
?1 clmu^e until four ballois bad b?eo
takeu. Before the fifth oa:lot a motion
to declare elected the person receiving
the highest Dumber of votes w>i car*
ried. On tbe tlftb and sixth ballot*,
however, each of tbe leading candi
dates received six vote*. An attempt
to break the deadlock will occur at
nooo today, when one ballot will be
taken. In the meautime you may take
it that only some lively electioneering
is going on wtien you see a group of this
class wildly gesticulating and talking.
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Those elegible for graduation, a? far
hs It;, own, are aa follows: Viola Pow
ell, Nellie Orchard, Eleanor Leslie,
Cora Benson, Lolo DeWkt, Minnie
Wolff, Ruth DoWht, Clarence Achl
smd, Clifford Beavers, Adalbert Baker,
Lewi? Stinebautfh and Harry Ask; to
tal, 12? seven girls, five boys. There
were eleven membe s in the cUss of
1907.
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BASKET-BaLL.
B<sket-b&ll took quite a boom yester
day, two teams being organized by the
boys of Mrs. Drapers room, One,
made up of tbe larger boys, has tbe
fo>low:ng members: Cassie Kossuth,
Louie Rapuzzi, Sam Stlnebaugb, Ernest
Wolff and George Matthews. The
members of the other team will be
shoeen from Harold Ea^le, Alford Do
ree, Britton Weste, Msjor Leslie.
Eltirry Wurzbacher, Grant Car .son,
James Mack, and perhaps two or three
rtbt-rs. Tbe first game was played at
.he afternoon recess yesterday and,
nuch to (he surprise of the larger boys,
be smaller team won by a two to noth
ing score in a s^ven minute game
..loreover, they outplayed their larger
jpponents all the way through.
Thebiysof Mr. Telford's room have
Headquarters for Mining and Commercial \ Men
S^ii STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
Pack train Saloon >
SUEA A PATTEN, PROPS.- Gyi'^S
J J roadway and bin sivenue, Skagway, Alaska
M('ORE'S WHHRF CO.
Terminm W. P. & Y. Route
All Sou**' s.o .nd Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThls Dock
REGULATION.? 1905
Warehouse pen for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 6 p.m.
Perishables ?NLY delivered oa Sunday or ai uiifht.
All freitfM ?< liproents .test1 ned southbound must be accompanied by a
SHiPft.t's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. customs
office* c 5 must be delivered befor? 5 pm. No frelsrht will be re
ceived on wharf *'? - *. ? riour.
BAGGAGK?iolis win oc collected on Checked Baggage Only. No
charge for bat's and (Trips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be clo-'jd to th. public when steamer Is uearlnjj
dock and will oe ope'> donly when pansenjjers have disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can be aad on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-J0HN8QN, Gen'l Mffr
mwiiim? MwmMM
l &KATED AND LIGH . El) FINE SAMPLE ROOM
: BY ITS OWN PLANT FOR DRUMMERS
i ttlbiic Pass fiotel
| P. D McMillan, Manager
I Largest and besi appointed fiotel in tbe Vukon
| RATES MODERATE UJhiteborse, V.C.
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It is very simple to
have a Bank Account
even if yoa do live in
Alaska.
We have hundreds of customers living in Alaska
who send all of their deposits to us by mail. If
you would like to keep your money in the
Oldest Bauk in Washington, write us about it.
Dexter Horton & Co., Bankers,
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Capital and Surplus. $1,000000.00
Pullen Rouse
Foot of S xth Bvanua
Most, elegantly furnished house
In Alaska
Every modern convenience
Eleotric lights? Hot and cold
wafer ? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board and room by the dry, week
or month
Table supplied with cream and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
mrs. fi. S. Pullen
Proprietress
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Real Estate
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NOTARY PUBLIC
^2 FOURTH AVE., SKAGWAY
We have a large stock
Lomney's Gandy
Peter's Ghoeolates
Also every kind of
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428,Brdw'y
Tony Dortero's
l
Having completed reliable arrange- i
ments for an adequate supply of the
bCbt
British Columbia Coal
for the coming winter we offer for
Skagway Coal Consumers, Coals at
following prices;?
Wellington (Departure Bay)
Run of Mine $12]per ton
Wellington (Lilvsuith)
Selected Lumps $13 per ton
Anthracite (Banff B. C.)
Chestnut size $20 per ton
Prices *bovd arc on wharf Ibd in hulw
or saoked and for cash. Delivery $1.00
per ton extra.
SHAW & JOHNSON
Phcraei 11 or 100 Skagwuy, A4fu?ke'
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NEW GOODS JUST IN
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No Fuss No Bother
We Frame 1'lcture*
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? wo teams i>lso, but. iheee will pxobably
reorganize. The boys o< the graduat
ing cuss ? Adelb to Bake>*, Lewl9
Siiaebaugb, Clifford Beater?, Harry
Auk and Clarence Aohlaot ? will likely
form ftM tea/Q ; and the other boys?
Frark Doree, Willis Boone, Leonard
Haslet;, Louie Gutfeld, EJwin Dillon
and Arthur Boone? the second. The
boyt of X ri. Draper's room express
tholr belief that they can pick a team
from their room tbat can defeat the lat
ter?after a little practice.
The boy i of Miss Doerror's room wil]
probably have one or more teams or
ganized before next week. The great
est trouble is tbat there is too little
time at recess for so many teams to
play. Mr. Telford is tryintr t9 arrange
for some of the boys to pUy from 4 to
4:30, and on Saturdays.
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TO THE DAILY ALASKAN.
We hereby give warning that unless
the Alaskan in today's issue retracts all
the mean things s < id, insinuated, im*
plied, or thought about the Northern
Light, aometbing unpleasant will ap
pear in our next issue.
A Wuad?Httl Int-rnn? nt
You should drop in'o t'le M ?*Cot ar d
hear the music 'J'he el cute i>i?o >
bM a Mandolin attachment equal to a
whole octette of Mandolin attachments
with a string of new aim.
The
General "Demand
of the 'Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and tridy beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine ? manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cento
per bottle.
; Prcfcrr <i f-r-?ck Corn on the Cob,
| r-a?iy t > ! cat nu<! te.ve, corr.cs to
yc.r tabic v. ;h the garden flavor
perfectly preserved? the way you
u -d to pet ,t from the home garden.
Preferred Stock Canned Goods
Vluttvtr Urn Bolt ir? Grows
inci-.i V:g Corn on the C o\ which is plucked in the
iimr.si .1; and cnr.ncJ the same day ? in Maine because
t!ie s*vect> t ami tei.dcre.t corn in the world grows in
! the vegetal ic (,.ir;!cns of Maine.
: TVo r>r? to the tin, or cip,ht cars to the tin, for your
cuitvcuicnce ? plump, sweet, delicious.
i Th ? United States Government is a large buyer of
i Preferred Str.( k Canned Goods, for use at the Army
l'oats in the Northwest.
iEnjiy variety ar..{ qua/ity- -PREFERRED STOCK-?
jvur Grocer
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O-anty & Frandson, Agents, Skaeway
Only One "BROMO QUININE," that is
Laxative JJromo Quinine
Cares a Cold in One Day, Grip in 2 Days
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