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OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Admitted u second class mail matter
July 8, 1898, at the Poatotflce
at Skagway, Alaska
L. S. Keller, Publisher.
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THE SENTIMENT IS CHANGING.
Representative Hamilton o? Michi
gan, chairman of the House commit
tee on territories, who some weeks
ago introduced in the House a bill
providing for an appointive council
to govern, Alaska, has evidently had
his eyes opened by the mass of testi
mony biougiit before the committee
for yesterday he stated that he fa
vored a couucil of nine members foi
Alaska, five members to bt. appointee
by the President and four members t
be elected by the people of Alaska.
While this concession is by nc
means satisfactory to the people o
Alaska: at the same, time it show?
that the congress is undergoing ?
th?.uge of scuiiment la le^ard to A1
aska and that the congressmen an
realizing that we have some rights ii
the way of self government.
The high standard of character an'
intelligence among the people of Ala:
ka has also been brought beforo Cot
gress and the injustice of legislatin,
for us as if we were ignorant alien
has been fully revealed.
Hamilton's concession that Ala:
kans are entitled to a partially elec
ive council, while not satisfactory i
itself, is a step towards home rul
is given a wholl1- elective council ac
eventually statehvx>d, probably at n
very remote date.
It is all encouraging to the peop]
of the north who have steadfast!
held out and fought for home rule.
HOGGATT. THE EGOTIST.
A study of ex-governor Hoggatt"
answer to the senate committee show
him to be what he is? an egotist ofth
first water. In 'even sentence h
utters the pronoun "I" is repeated
sickening number of times. Hi
answers are a repetition of the word
"I got congress to pass this law" am
"I got congress to do that" anil one i
nauseated after wad in? through them
The naval |>osition that Hoggat
tilled some years a?ro unfitted him foi
the governorship of any territory in
habited by Americans. An officer ir
the navy naturally bee me- imperious
to subordinates ? his word is law. and
it naturally induces egotism and ar
impatience of opposition. After a
time he begins to regard hiruseK a
"it," and all under him as a lot ol
ignoramuses. This is just the case
with llo/gatt. lie look- on Alaskans
in much the same light as a com
mander doe- a ship's crew? they need
to be kept under restraint. Needless
to say. the Beveridge bill, which aimed
totro\ern the territory with a military
commission, i- to his liking. There
was a position provided in it which he
doubtless hoped to fill. ? Tauana Union
Bulletin.
ONCE IN AWHILE.
TT Is easy etiou ;h t t> i ? . a.nt
A Wh . ir tike a i
But the man i - h one w.'io will
smile
When evirjrth'.ag :? s wrong
For the test ut" the heart is trouble.
And It always cci:-.'-.-. with the years.
And the sniilo tluii i.< worth the praises ol
Is the smile that shines throt-eh tears
TT is easy enough to tx.- pralent
When rothi;;;: ? p's you t > stray.
When without or uithin no voice of sin
Is luring your .so;:! away.
Eut it's only a r.< .alive virtue
Until It J3 trird by tire.
And the iil'e tiutl is worth the honor ol
13 the one that resists desire
T?Y the cynic, the sad 'ho fallen.
^ Who had n-> s:: r.sth for tho strife.
The world's hijrhwnv Is cum!>erod today?
They make up t.u- Item of life.
But the virtue that conquers passion
And the sorrow that hides in a smile.
It Is these that are worth the homage of
earth.
For we find them but once in awhile.
?Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
LIGHT Wl!l THE [*ES
We Do Not Always See Things
as They Really Are.
COLORS WE CANNOT DISCERN
Normal Vision Is Not Able to Pene
trate to the Regions Beyond the Vio- ;
let ? Some Results That Have Been
Attained With the Camera.
Those of ns who are fortunate
enough to possess normal eyes are apt
to feel instinctively that we see things
as they are. This Is a mistake. The
appearance of the world at large Is
merely the result of the circumstance
that the humau eye perceives only a
comparatively small part of the total
radiation which comes from the sun
or Is giveu out by a lump
To make this a little clearer we may
consider one ?f the oldest experiments
in optics, the passage of a ray of light
through a prism.
When a beam of sunlight passes
through a prism of glass such as is
i often found on old fashioned chande
liers the rays are spread out. forming
; a spectrum, which we see as a ralu
bow colored band upon the wall. The
: colors of the spectrum merge Into one
another by Insensible gradations,
though the older physicists were In
the habit of recognizing seven? red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and
1 violet.
These colors which the eye perceives
1 are by no uieaus the only ones present
In the spectrum. If we perform the
i experiment in a dark room and place
a photographic plate In such a position
as to receive the image of the spec
? | trum we find that it extends to a con
t siderable distance beyond the violet
In other words, there is a region be
yond the violet which the eye cannot
see, but which the sensitive plate Is
able to photograph. This region is
termed the ultra violet, and the light
from virtually all sources contains a
J greater or less amount of this ultra
violet light.
5 The ouly difference between this ul
i- tra violet light and ordinary visible
,. light is in the length of the wave,
which is, in fact, the only difference
s between the different colors of the
visible spectrum. If, instead of using
a glass prism for forming our spec
* trum, we use one cut from a quarta
crystal we find that the ultra vlolei
? spectrum Is very much longer, whlct
shows us that the shortest waves of
e light are not transmitted even by th(
the other the appearance of thing;
0 would appear black, our window;
would be as opaque as sheets of Iron
and polished silver would resembli
anthracite coal. In other words, things
v appear as they do merely from the cir
curastance that In the process of evo
lution our eyes have developed a sens!
bility to a certain region of the totai
spectrum of the light which comes tc
us from the sun.
If we have used an ordinary photo
graphic plate in our experiment we
- shall find that It haS received no im
e presaion from the red and yellow parts
of the spectrum and very little from
the green. The plate therefore suffers
a from the same defect as our eye. It
s is sensitive only to a limited region.
Recently, however, means have been
> found of rendering plates sensitive to
j the entire visible spectrum and to a
s certain extent to the infra red or the
ex.ension beyond the red analogous to
? the one beyond the violet.
t With a photographic plate rendered
r sensitive to the entire spectrum we
could obtain an Idea of how things
would appear if our eyes were sensi
! the to regions other than the one
, adopted by nature by excluding from
the lens of the camera all ravs other
1 than the ones with which we'wish to
, operate. This Is done to a limited ex
r lit every day by all photographers
nno employ color screens In their
and it is well known that in
creased contrast can often be obtained
In this way.
If. for example, we attempt to pho
fograph white clouds against a blue
sky without the use of such a screen
we get scarcely any trace of the
clouds at all. whereas If we place a
yellow glass In front of the lens the
clouds come out snow white on a verv
dark background.
v, e can see this same effect by view
ing the clouds first through a piece of
deep blue glass, which Is what the
photographic plate "sees." and then
through the yellow plate.
At my laboratory at East Hampton,
v i- I have pushed this principle to
the extreme and have obtained photo
graphs both by the hifra red and the
i;ltra violet invisible rays.? Robert Wil
liam Wood in Century.
?
A Mechanical Answer.
! The well to do patroD of the place
had been attentive to the cashier for
some time, and now, business being
slack for a few moments, he deemed
the time propitious to speak.
"If you will be mine," he urged as he
leaned over the desk, "every comfort i
that you may desire will be yours.
True, I am no longer young, but I have
money, and I can provide for you as
few youn^ men could, and surely the
m iterial side of the marriage question
Is worthy of some consideration."
She said nothing, but gently touched
the cash recister. and the words "No
Sale" sprang into view.
With a sigh he left.? Chicago Post. |
Self laudation abounds among the
unpolished, but nothing can stamp a
man more sharply as ill bred.? Bux
ton.
Littlest Father.
The woman who came to clean up
was telling how she left her boy to
take care of the baby. The boy was
two and one-half years old. The baby
was six mouths.
"That's the youngest little father I
ever heard of." said the flat dweller
she was cleaning up for. "Do you
lock tliem In?"
?'Yes." said the cleaning woman.
"Poor little fellow!" said the flat
dweller. "I,ocked In to buru in case
of Are! Some day when you are
cleaning up for me 1 want to go over
aud see that little father, who ought
to be In the cradle himself, takiug
care of the six month-old baby. 1
want to jnst sit there and look on
awhile. Poor little fellow!"? Chicago
I inter Ocean.
The Ice Cream Parlors at the Vi
enna Bakery are now open. Orders
will be filled and deliveries made
promptly. Tables for parties desiring
them.
tf Mas Gutfeld, Prop.
| 6000 ELECTI8N WEATHER j
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight. ApUr. 4,
L <10, is as follows
'emperature time obaerv&t'n 33 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours 49 above
\fin " " " " 33 above
lean " 4 above
Barometer 29.00
Fair cold south wind
INTERIOR WEATHER
Whitehorae
Lower Lebarge.
Atlin
Hootalinqua.. .
Big Salmon
Yukon Crossing
Selkirk
Coffee Creek . . .
Stewart
. Oifilvie
Dawson
30 abovi
28 "
26 ?
30 "
o.) II
26 "
. 30 "
20
20 "
. 20 "
GRAND REDUCTION OF STOCK
SALE
The Pack Train is now selling a
big lot of Good Goods at reduced
prices as they uro getting too old
to hold and sell at a profit. Yours,
tf. Herman Grimm
French Briar Pipes, Meerschaum
Pipes, "Cigar Cases and Tobacco
Pouches at TONY DORTERO'S.
U. S Mail Steamer
Carrying Passengers and Mall will
I leave Skagway for Haines
Every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
1 Returning leaves Haines for Skag
way at 2 P. M.
FARE ONE WAY SI.50: ROUND TRIP S2-50
BOAT CAN BE CHARTERED FOR
EXCURSIONS SUNDAYS AND
EVENINGS
Cable Code "Hegg" Phone 86
SKAGWAY
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
? HEATED STEAMER
Carryii'2 U. S. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau
Hoona, Tenakec, Sitka and Wavporti
S.HLS
MARCH 20, 26
at 8:00 a. m.
WILLIS NO WELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOrjOHTON. Agen
! Broadwav and Fifth r ve. ? ? -tone
? a H . S S B a S Q Z E S E E B S
Rubber Gloves
s
You need rubber gloves at this time in your works about
your yard and plants and seeds. We have a few pair left of
50c and 75c a pair
itn:/srrw^r.t',ul1 w1lliam brut,
DruSg?st Skagway
!
Raw Furs....
i ;
WE PAY
ligh Prices for fine fun
Write For Price Lt*t
Percy's Fur House
Othkoth. wi?con?in
. & u* ~ : ?
< SAY BOYS ! ;
i If you should ut?k your }
t frieud what cigar lie ;
V I
s liked bf.-t, what would
!his answer b^ ?
"El Arabe" \
J Of course. . g
Dont forget the number J
428
BROADWAY, (Near Fifth) ^
Tony Dortero's \
HEADQUARTERS FOR FIRST CLASS CAFE *
ATLIN-CONRAD STAGE IN CONNECTION V
, v . . CHOICE BAR STOCK V
Caribou Hotel j
E. W. GIDEON, Proprietor "j"
T NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS PQr~rr>oe V T *
j. FURNACE HEATED OdlClOSS, I , I , f
TTTTf tf ft tti1 W *i* ?!? ??? ??? *i* 4* 4*
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?J. MANUFACTURER OP ALASKA SOUVENIRS AND .j.
^ NUGGET JEWELRY CURIOS OF ALL KINDS
*
GO .D AND
SILVERSMITH
J P. E. KERN,
+ SILVER & COPPER IIAWD BEATEN NOVELTIES
4*
Native Carved Ivory Handled Carving Sets
Beautifully Carved Walrus Teeth Novelties
v
f Spoons, Bracelets, Paper Cutters, Napkin Rings
^ Paper Weights,
*
*
^ Watches and Diamonds, Silverware, Cut
4. Glass and Hand Painted China
?p
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V i
STEAR3SBS FOR
Tecssfsa
Victoria, Vancouver, Anacitles, Bc'Ihtjh&lri |
Everett, Olympia, Port Townscr.d, Soulli
Btilin^ha: . Eureka, Su.ita Darbara, Mexico
5a Francisco, Los .\ngcie s, San Diego
G. W. ANDREWS, G. A. P. D. C. D. DUNANN, G. P. A. *
113 James Si., Sealtle ! !2 Market St., San Francisco
Right reserved to chcnee this Gcnedui*
NEXT SAILINGS WILL BE
Coitage City April 7-18-29 May 28
City of Seattle April 10-21 May2-13
FRANK H. STUART Agent, 2nd and Broadway, SKAGWAY
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
arrplng U S. MM! and Alaska Pasitic Expres*
Next Sailing of the Fast Passecger Steamer
I S. S. JEFFERSON April 13
I S. S. DOLPHIN April 20
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice^
C. B. GUPTJLL, Agent. Phone 66
Canadian Pacific Ry.
(B. C. COAST SERVICE)
Will Sail From
3
I I SKAGWAY for SEATTLE and Way Ports
APRIL 11th
Sailing date subject to change without notice.
SEATTLE OFFICE
103 YESLER WAY
MSB HHBHH HI
W. W. BOUGHTON,
PHONE 90 AGT. 5th& BROADWAY^^
Always. Remember the Full Name *
axalive f|romp Quinine JS pT/Jj
Cures a Cold in One Day, Crip in 2 Days
on every
box. 25c
MOORE'S WHARF CO.
Terminus W. P. k Y. Route
Ml South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThfa Dock
REGULATIONS 1909
Warehouse open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight s riprnents destined southbound must be ftcompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. custom?
office1 anl must be delivered before 6 pm. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this nour.
3AGGAGE? roils win ots collected on Checked Baggage Onli. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be clo?ad to the public when steamsr is rearinp
clock and will be oper. rlonly whtn passengers have disembarked
Wharfage Tariff can he had on ^pplicatiov, o^ce on dock.
P.O. Rox 175. E. J. SHAW F ESI DENT, MANAGER
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. 23
(Daily Except Sunday)
No. 1 N. Eound
1st class
9 00 a. m.
11 15 "
12 10 p. m.
1 00 "
2 00 "
?1 00 "
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITEHORSE
I is must be at depots lu time to have Baggage inspected
and checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of
train.
; ) pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full far? tick"
et and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2 S. Bound
1st class
?1 20 p. m.
2 45 "
1 45 "
1 10 "
11 25 a. m.
9 15 "