Pullen Rouse
Foot of Sixth Avenue
Mo#-, elegantly furnished house
la Alaska
Every modern convenience
Electric light*? Hot and oold
water ? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board and room by the d. y, week
or month
Table supplied with cre.im and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
rnrs. fi. $. Pullen
Proprietress
DON'T FROG
You'**" Got 50 Cents
W W. BOUGWTOH
DEALER IN
Cigars, Tobacco,
Smokers' Articles,
Stationery and Fish
ing Tackle
LARGE CIRCULATING LIBRARY
INCLUDING LATEST COPY
RIGHTED BOOKS
MAGAZINES NEWSPAPERS AND
OTHER PERIODICALS
3M8MM B?eW58BK|j
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^ HAROLD ?
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M. f. TAYLOR. Mu?.
| CUSTOMIBROKERS AND BONDED
CARRIERS
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?3 Baggage, Freight. -Safe and
53 Piano Moving
1 COAL and WOOD*
Si ?
i Rack and Biwry Nlirbt or ^
Day Service ||
Good WofV Guaranteed and Prices fS
Reasonable
I Office R. R. Depo* J
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F here's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
company
Seattle
CI CI ? Ml
Comiui? by S. S. Tampico and due
to arrive nb>u' ?h- 29th inst.
200 TOMS WELLINGTON LUMP COAL
from S <aft No. ti. Oysttr B.iy Mine*
at Lidysmltb, the highest (trade
household coal of ill the B. C. fields
58.28 FIXED ICARBON
Peri?ct Combustion Uniform Hea'.
Light Ash
Oo and after January 1, l'.tO > we shnll
offer this coal, selected and graded as
follows: ?
Selected Lumr>s (in bulk only) $14. too
Double Screened and sacked 12. "
Run of Mine u 11. "
Screenings " 7. "
Screenings (bulk) 6. "
Above prices aie OK wharf. Df.liv
51.00 per ton extra.
E.J. SHAW <fc Co
Phones 11 or 109 Sk*e.w:iy, Alaska
QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 90.
Baggage, coal and wood delivered
upon shortest notice day and night.
H. FREIDENTHAL,
General Expressing Bonded Car
rier.
Subscribers are requested to notify
The Alaskan when papers are not
promptly delivered by the carriers.
DIRECTORT Of FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD.
Regular meetings of Camp Skag
way, No. 1, every Tuesday at 8
o'clock sharp. In A. B. ball, Broad
way.
Visiting brothers are cordially In
vited.
H. H. DRAPER, A. C.
E. R. Stivers, A. R.
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE
ORDER OF ELKS.
Regular meetings of Skagway
Lodge, No. 431, Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks, every Thurs
day at S p. m. sharp. In their hall on
Sixth Avenue.
FRED. CALLARMAN, Secy.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Regular meetings of Skagway Aerlo
No. 25, Fraternal Order of Eagles
first and third Wednesdays in each
month. In their hall on Fifth Avenue,
at 8:30 p. m. sharp.
All members are requested to be
present and visiting brothers are in
vited to attend.
HENRY A. RHODE, Worthy Pres.
J. M. Keller, Worthy Secy.
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
Regular meetings of White Pass
Lodge, No. 113, Freo and Accepted
Masons, second and fourth Fridays of
each month, at 8 p. m. sharp, at Ma
sonic hall, 223 Fourth avenue.
Sojourning and visiting -members
are requested to meet with us.
T. J. STANDISH, Secy.
LADIES OF THE MACCABEES.
Regular reviews of Hive No. 2, La
dies of the Maccabees will Jje held
the first aud third Tuesdays in the
month at 8 p. m. sharp, in their hall
on Sixth avenue.
All visltlug members are cordially
Invited.
Winter evenings made delightful
by goo- 1 reading. All the best and
latest books to be found in my cir
culatlng liabrary. W. W. Boughton.
FROM HAMBURG TO SKAGWAY
Mr Herman Grimm has received ?
shipmeutof the famous ' Breckeiiridc
sour M -sh Bourbon" which was dls
tilled in Kentucky In 1SST and 'hei
shipped io Hitnbu'sr. Germany, anc
there pUc'd iu b'>nd. after which It w?
imported to he United S'ates. comin?
toSkavrway via, Cape Horn.
This rarch traveled liquor is ih
tines', whiskey ever received in Ska>;
w^y, and while It lasts can be h d a'
the Pock Train ><arat twenty- five cent
per drink or S10 the pallon. Ordrr>
by phone (No. 70) wili receive prompi
attention.
The bast of Ladles' and Gents'
watches at Kern's, In all the leading
sizes.
I have 500 volumes of copyright
novels and r general reading ? the
last and best ? In my circulating li
brary. W. W. Boughton.
HOW'S THIS?
We offer One Hundred dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., To
ledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
In all business transactions and fi
nancially able to carry out any ob
ligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Intern
ally, acting directly upon tho blood
and mucous surface of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
MAKES WORK EASIER
A1 ?UuPeopIo Are PI ?a?<- ?1 t> Learn
How It In Don.)
It's pretty h?rd to attend to duties
With a constantly achinir bask;
With annovlng urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney Pills make work
easier.
They cure backache.
They cure every kidney ill.
P. A, J hnson, 4840 South 1. St..
Tac?ma, Wash., savs. "I recommend
DoiVs Kidney Pills just as hl?h to-day
a* ' did several years aeo. For quite a
p?*rlod of time,.! suffered from kidney
trouble, th~ secretious from my kidneys
being very irregular in action and caus
ing me ranch annoyance. When Doan's
Kidney Pills were brought to my atten
tion, I procured a box and they entirely
?Imposed of every sign of my trouble.
I have had no return attack since and
know that the < ure Doan's Kidney
Pills perfo med was a permanent one."
For sale by all dealers. Price 5o
cctHs. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y.. sole asrents for the United States.
Remember the name ? Doan's ? an(*
take no other.
Why not give her a Five o'clock
tea kettle. Nickel or silver plated.
Kern, the Gold and Silversmith.
Only One "BROMO QUININE," that is -
Laxative Rromo Q amine on ev*ry
Cares* CoM in One Day, Crtpiai Day* <r0jC/s> Pf%^box. 35c
i
j "Pilgrim's Progress." ?
[Copyright, JiM8. by Amerlcun Prcia A??o
clatlon.] - -
One day soon after the rtose of the
civil war, whllo In Savannah, Oa? I
drifted into a secondhand bookstore
In search of something with which
to while nwa.v the time durlug an en
forced sojourn lu that city. While
there the proprietor told me this
story:
"One day during the summer of
1863 Tom Clark, a man whom we
knew to be opposed to secession, but
who had always lived here and pro
posed to stay, he said, at least till
tho Union was restored, came Into
this store and began nosing among
my books. lie wild he wanted some
thing for nn old aunt of his who took
no Interest in anything except reHglon.
I had Baxter's 'Saint's Rest,' Head
ley's 'Sac ted Mouutalns,' 'Pilgrim's
Progress' and several others the names
of which 1 have forgotten. He told
me that he would like to take the lot
to his aunt let her pick out those she
fancied and he would bring back the
rest, paying for those he kept. I let
him take all he wanted, and he went
away with them. In a few days ho
came in and paid for all except 'Pil
grim's Progress,' which he returned,
saying that his auut had a copy and
had read It through many times. 'Be
sides,' ho added, 'the book Is too heavy
for nn old woman to hold anyway.
The covers aloue must weigh a pound."
"Soon after this a mulatto came Into
the shop, handed mo a scrap of paper
with the words 'Pilgrim's Progress'
written on it and asked If I had tho
book, saying that his mistress, who
lived on a plantation between here
and Augusta, had sent him for It. I
showed him the book, but he said he
couldn't read and asked If there wero
any pictures In It. 1 showed hlin pic
tures of the giant Despair. Apollyon,
the Celestial City and other Illustra
tions, which satlsrted him, for his mis
tress, It seemed, had told him thut In
this way he might Identify the book.
He paid me $10 for It in Confederate
money? less than a dollar In green
backs?and took It nwny with him.
Somehow or another the darky ex
cited my distrust. While I had been
at the other end of the store I had
caught sight of him turning the pages
of "Pilgrim's Progress" as though he
was reading it. When I Joined him
I asked him If he wasn't deceiving me
about not being able to read, but ho
denied doing so with all the voltfble
"Fo djj Lords!" and "On ma wo'd of
honahs!" for which the colored race
are noted. However, 1 didn't care
whether he could or couldn't read, and
five minutes after he had gone I for
got all about him.
lucre win' u un
of war in this town at tbe time who
had boon captured the autumn before
at a blx ticht that had occurred on the
railroad between here and Charleston.
They were confined in the jail that
had always been used for criminals.
Captain Dan Mobray. n popinjay, had
charge of them, and he boasted that If
any Yank could break Jail when be
was in command he was welcome to
do so. He had a theory that most es
capes of prisoners are effected by some
one smuggling in to them articles to
assist them in getting away, so he
wouldn't let any one get near them
without being first searched.
Despite Captain Dan's precautions
one tine morning when the guard weut
to feed the prisoners he found every
mother's son of them had gone during
the night. _ All the bars necessary to
their escape had been sawed through.
When Captain Dan came to the Jail
and saw what had been done he liked
to have had a tit. He summoned every
one who had had access to the prison
ers?there were only two or three per
sons in all? and questioned them close
ly, but gained no clew. -Never was n
man more puzzled. He cursed and
swore, and If auy of the Yanks had
remained I think he would have tor
tured them to make them tell how the
tools had been smuggled into the Jail.
What bothered him most was that he
was satisfied that no person who had
visited the prisoners had done the
smuggling. A few eatables had been
scut In. but they had all been so care
fully examined that by no possibility
could they have contained tools. From
something I heard duriug the talk
ibout the escape I got on to a clew.
What I heard was this: Only one ar
ticle except food had been sent to the
prisoners. A pious old lady living up
the river- had sent them a copy of Bun
van's "Pilgrim's Progress." But the
book hud been well shaken and care
exorcised that nothing should be con
cealed between the leaves. It was not
suspected that the book bad contained
saws or files. The only singular part
of this matter was that the prisoners
had taken tho "Pilgrim's Progress"
with them.
After the closo of the war I learned
the secret. It seems that after the es
cape one of the Yankees was coucealed
for a time on the plantation of Tom
Hark. Clark's daughter Helen fell In
lovo with tho fellow and he with her.
Six months after the loss of our cause
(his Yankee came down and married
Helen Clark. While here he told the
story of how he and his comrades got
their tools. Clark, who was rank Un
ion, took home the "Pilgrim's Prog
ress" on purpose to put saws Into the
thick covers, nc didn't dare send the
book direct to the prisoners, expecting
that such an act would implicate him.
He brought It back to me and Induced
an old lady to buy it and send it to the
prisoners. When she consented Clark,
not willing to rely on nn ordinary mes
senger, got one of his sons to make up
for a darky, buy the book and carry It
to the Jail.
^ NOEL JrVESLEY BATES.
A TURNER MASTERPIECE.
Origin of the Painter's F?tiou? "Rain,
Steam and Speed."
Of all pictures by tbc great English
color poet. Tamer, none 1b more popu
lar tliau that which now graces tho
London National gallery under the
name of "Rain, Steam and Speed."
which was first exhibited in 1S44. It
is impossible to reproduce this ade
quately.
Concerning the origin of this picture
Ruskln furnishes an Interesting tale.
The story was told to him by a friend.
Lady Simon. It seems that she was
traveling one night in the early days
of tho Great Western railway from
Exeter to London. "When I had taken
off my coat and smoothed my ruffled
plumes and generally settled myself."
she tells. "1 looked up to see the most
wonderful eyes I ever saw, steadily,
luminously, clalrvoyantly, kindly, pa
: ternally looking at me. Tbc hat was
; over the forehead, the mouth and chin
burled In the brown velvet coat collar
of the brown greatcoat. Well, we went
on. and the storm went on more and
more until wo reached Bristol, where
we waited ten minutes. My old gen
tleman rubbed the side window with
his coat cuff. In vain. He attacked tho
center window, again in vain, so blur
red and blotted was It with he tor
rents of rain. A moment's hesitation
aud then. 'Young lady, would vou mind
my putting down this window"?'
" *Oh, no not at all.'
" 'You may be drenched, you know.'
" 'Never mind, sir.'
"Immediately down went the win
dow and out went the old gentleman's
head and shoulders, and I said, 'Oh,
please let mo look.'
" 'Now, you will be drenched.' he re
monstrated. Hut he half opened the
window for uie to see. Such a night!
Such a chaos of elemental aud artificial
lights and noises I never saw nor
heard. He drew up the window as we
moved on. I leaned back for some
minutes with closed eyes, then opened
them and said. 'Well. I have been
drenched, but It was worth it."
"ne nodded and smiled and again
took to his steady but Inoffensive pe
rusing of my face. The next year, I
think It was. going to the academy. I
turned nt once, as I always did. to see
what Turners there were. Imagine
my feelings! There stood written
'Rain. Steam and Speed, Great West
ern, June, 1843.' I had found out
whom the seeing eyes belonged to. As
I stood looking nt the picture I heard
a mawkish voice behind me say:
" 'There, now. Just look nt that!
Ain't it Just like Turner? Who ever
saw such a ridiculous conglomeration?*
I turned very <iuletly round and said:
'I did, I was In the train that night,
and It Is perfectly and wonderfully
true.' After that I walked quietly
away."? Helen Zlmmern In Metropol
itan Magaxlne.
Kongo Native* and Their Dead.
"In the mnttor of .preserving bodies
for burial Kongo?. nftcr the usual
binding in cloth, keep them for two
or three months In their houses, where
? Are Is kept burning, but In Zoml>o
they nre suspended on two forked
sticks In (l dugout vnult In the ground,
which Is covered over with pnlm
branches and earth," says a mission
ary. "Sometimes the body Is placed
under ? specially built grass roof In
the open. This Is not considered a
burial, nnd some years ago they
brought out forn big funeral feast and
dance the body of an Important chief
that had thus been preserved for over
twenty years. In other districts the
dead are thrown away Into n river or
Into the bush to be devoured by Jack
als and vultures."
Zoology and Flagi.
Zoology figures very largely on the
flags of different nations. On the
British royal standard Is the lion. It
was Richard Coeur de Lion, by the
way, who altered the device from
leopards to Hons on the king's stand
ard. The eagle appears on the stand
ards of both Russia and Germany
and both the lion and the eagle on that
of Spain. Bulgaria has a lion, China
a dragon and Mexico a bird quarreling
i with a suake. Taken together with
the animals that appear on nations'
arms, the royal unicorn and Austra
lian emu and kangaroo, a fairly com
prehenslvo collection could be made
from national emblems.
Going Too Far.
At a school exhibition n Juvenile
elocutionist got up to recite the first
piece of his life. He was ambitious.
He wished to make a great success of
his piece, nnd he had been told by
his teacher that the secret of elocution
was the gesture? for every phrase its
fitting gesture. The opening line of
the boy's selection was. "The comet
lifts its tall of fire." The overzealous
boy, to fit Its proper gesture to this
line, lifted up the tall of his coat and
held it out In a horixontal position.
lncon?lat?nt.
Brown? It's curious about people's
beliefs. They will give entire cre
dence to the most absurd things nnd
put no faith whatever in the most ob
vious truths. Black? Yes. I've noticed
It. There's Greene, now. He hasn't
the least confidence In hash, but he'll
lit all the croquettes nnd mince pie
you can set beforo him.? Exchange.
Poor Excute.
"Before we were married you said
you'd lay down your life for me," she
sobbed.
"I know it," he returned solemnly,
"but this confounded flat Is so tiny
there's no placc to lay anything down."
?Harper's Bazar.
In essentials unity, In doubtful things
liberty, In all things charity.? Melanch
thon.
COME IN AND GET OUR PRICES ON
('hoice, Dainty Piece* of Carved ivory
? neb ?* Crib base board*, Paper wetf bit ?td KnlTM Md Htpklo rl6|?
Alaska Silver and Copper pretties
Suvrnlr stood*, Braoticu, Eothop* opener* and P?p*r kn1*e*
Cut Glass, lland Painted Japaoeee China and Nugget
Jewelry
Alaska Cedar Pacquea, Leather Wall, Banners, and
Sofa Pillow with Burnt Designs
3 11/11 ta 3cwclcr and
? 1 4111(1 Optician ....
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Board of Trade
Limerick Open nil the Time Uawrlc*
limerick Umertck
t , FIFTH AVENUE and BROADWAY , .
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Ra,w Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for fine furs
Wrlto For Prlc? L4*t
Percy's Fur House
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| All VCork OuiraotMd. Short /[
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BHATKD AND LIGH iED
BY ITS OWN PLANT
FINE SAMPLE KOOM
FOR DRUMMERS
ttlhite Pass fiotel
P. D McMillan,! Manager
| Cargest and best appointed fiotel ia the Yukon
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.JHOirE BAR STOCK
RATES MODERATF
Che Pack train Saloon
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Brought Up-to-date
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ALL THE GOOD FEATURES OF THE OLD "SEATTLE"' SALJON AS WELL
THOSS OF THE OLD "PACK TRAIN"
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a The Balldlnc has been Remodelled and Newly Decorated throughout
kid Every Modem Appllaoo* Installed making it
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5 The finest Resort For Gentlemen in Alaska
Herman Grimm. Prop. Only The Best Goods Handled
| MOORfc'S WHARF CO.
?? Termlnu W. P. A Y. Route
:: am Sou-h Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart Frem Thle Doefc
REGULATIONS I0O&
Warehouse i>cn for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. in. to 6 p. m.
j* Perishable* ?NLY delivered on Sunday or U night.
?j All fought < tlpmcnts destined southbound mutt be accospaotad by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. customs
offloe) sni must be delivered befor* 6 p.m. No freight will b? re
ceived on wharf after this nour.
BAGGAGE? rolls win oe ool looted on Checked Baooaoe Owt.y. No
charge for bag* and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be clo? id to the publto when steamer Is nearlng
dock and will be opuo?donly whin passenger* have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can Ik. had on application at office on dock.
P O. Bex 176. C. E. WYNN-JOHNSON, OeoT Mgr
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Our Service is Always The Best
Our Rates as Low as the Lowest
CHL ON IS FOR PBICfS
V. I. HAHN. Supt
Railway Building Skaguay