m NOTES
Short Telegraphic Items
of Interest
The approaching marriage of John
G. Carlisle, former secretary of the
treasury, lenator and speaker of the
house, to Mrs. Jane Tjogan, of Virginia,
is announced.
The national house has passed a bill
increasing the pensions of old soldiers
reaching the age of ti> years to >12 a
month. Those, therefore, allowed $12
per month will get $16 and $20 per
month.
Former Senator Henry W. Blair, of
Hampshire, has been granted a pension
of ?72 per month. He is in straighten
ed circumstances and very feeble. He
served in the I'nion army through
out the Civil War.
The* direct primary leaguers at
Olyia^asiy the politicians are trying
to kill primary rtform with amend
ments.
A. G. Blair, of New Brunswick, one
of Canada's greatest statesmen, dropped
dead at Fredertckton last week.
There was rioting last Sunday io
Paris to prevent the rechristening of
the Barnabite monastery and the estab
lishment of the French Apostolic
church. The tire department did
effective work, playing the hose on the
crowd.
IT IS KEEN
Contest at Eagles' Clofr Id
ferestiug
The contest at the Katies' Club for
the prizes offered for the best average
scores in J5 sanies on the box-ball alley,
is becoming interesting. There are
several close contestants for both the
women's prizes.
Mrs. H. B. Jordon is in the lead thus
far for the ladies' prize, and M. E.
Pwoeers for that for the men.|
However, ther9 is plenty of time for j
dark horses. The contest will not end i
until noon, March 1st.
The Kagies' Club is one of the fwpn
lar institutions of the city. Ladios are
admitted as well as men. No intoxica
ting liquors are permitted about the
building at all.
M4RRKD FOLKS
MA5Q(jfRADE TONIGM
The Married Folks' Club will begin a
week, during which the merry folk of
Skagway will do honor to the nior? or
les? mythical saint of lovers, : tonig ht
with a St. Valentine's masquerade ball.
Elaborate preparations have been made
for the event which was planned wee ks
ago and the plans for which have be< n
amplified as time has sped. The cos
tumes will be elaborate and there will
be a sumptious supper Jprovide by the
ladies of the club.
The grand march will begin at nine
o'clock. Masqneraders will bo required
to disclose their idenity to the door
committee.
Fur coats at Clayson's. if
A wholesale slaughter in furs Har
rison's.
EYES WORK ?
Can You See As You Shou] .d',?
Do your eyes do the work that Nat are
and civilization and you need requirt ?of
them? Can you see as well as j ou
should? Do your eyes cause you pain or
fatigue?
If you cannot answer all these qu as
tions in a manner that is perfectly sa< lis
factory to you it is a sign that y ou
should come to see us and lose no tii ne
in the coming. We make scientific e x
aminations of the eyes and we fit the m
witb glasses that will make them t la
their work and cease to give pain.
If your suspicions are aroused in an y
way come and be axamined. It wi 'J
cost you nothing and *we will tell yo i
whether our services are required o t
not.
We sell the best watches, clocks ,
jewelry of all kinds, cut glass, hand -
painted china, novelties, etc., a 1
PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT.
Our repair department is always in i
working order. It makes worn and
broken articles AS GOOD AS NEW.
Remember, in everything we do and
everything we sell, we GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION.
J. Ikuta. Optician and Jeweler.
LAW IN CACHAHOULA
COUNTY
I [Original.]
There was uo law in Cachahoula
county, X. M.. not even that dispensed
by his honor Judge Lynch. The few
scattered people who dwelt in those
parts consequently suffered from the
loss of horses, mules aud other proper
ty. besides being murdered in open day
whenever some desperado took a fancy
to kill any one. One of these, called
Redheaded l'ete, would come into the
principal town at intervals aud usually
departed with a good deal of cash,
leaving behind him one or more
corpses. At last he killed Bill Mattuck, !
a man much beloved in the community,
and Bill's brother Sain, who was not a
lighting man. but was willing to pay
liberally to have his fighting done for
him, made up his mind that Pete must
die. lie thereupon remarked one day
openly that he would lie glad to "assist
any man financially" who would do the
Job.
Now, there happened to be In the
crowd at the time .Tosh Scull, one of the
very men who were so objectionable.
"What'll y' give?" he asked.
"Three hundred dollars." said Saul.
"MaRe It $500 and I'll go y\"
There was a consultation between
Mattuck and the others. All agreed
that it was a practical way of getting
rid of Redheaded Pete, and possibly In
the fray Josh Scull might also be elim
inated. Sam Mattuck had offered his
all. but it was agreed that his fellow
citizens should support him in so
praiseworthy a matter anil one In
which all were interested, so they de
cided to furnish the remaining &M0.
As soon as this was settled "Scull was
commissioned to seek Redheaded Pete,
pick a quarrel with him and shoot him.
but It was not obligatory an Scull to
use such honorable warfare. These
were his Instructions, but he might use
any method he pleased without forfeit
ing his pay. the full amount of which
was given him iiji advance in lieu of
?'expenses."
Scull pocketed the money and started
on his mission. He was gon?* just long
enough to reach his man and return,
when one evening while the citizens
were sitting ou the store poivb smok
ing their pipes and wondering If their
enemy had fallen the man who had
gone to slay and the man to lie slaved
rode into town side by side ami stop
ped In front of the party.
"M" friends." said Pete, "'there lies
been a disregard fer 'he m:i>wt.v ?i* the
law in this place truly remarkable.
Josh Scull here lies informed me that
he hes been paid $?"??*> to murder me. a
proceeding which in any court would
send all of y' to state's prison fer a
good term o' years. I'm on my way to
G., whar court Is now in session, and
every man o t y' who paid Scull money
to murder me may look out fer arrest."
He paused, and the citizens looked |
not only disappointed, but much trou- I
bled.
";NOW. Ill piay } a la i .v.- ,
tinued the desperado. 'Til raise yer
S.TOO Ji?t .< 1 x k I. which I think '1! freeze
t' nil out. and I'll give y' twenty four
hours to put up. If the money's in my
hands by this time tomorrer nisiit I'll
'et y' off: if not. in another twenty-four
itours v'll all l>e jugged."
Purii'g tiji* harangue Scuil made no
?ocnmcnt. and at t!s close he and Pete
rod? off a short distance, leaving the
citizens to confer as to the acceptance
or rejection of the terms. It was im
possible to raise so much ready money
:o so short a time, and other means of
setting out of the difficulty must be
devised. Finally XIattuek. whose blood
bad l>een slowly rising since the shoot
Ins of bis brother and was now boiling
at the swindle perpetrated by Scull,
declared he would risk his carcass
against that rascal if any one would
do the same bv Pete. A young fellow
aamed Scott volunteered, and the mat
ter was settled.
Scott informed 'he two self consti
tufs>>l protectors of law and nrder that
the money would be paid the nest day.
This was to disarm suspici<>u. and it
had the desired effect. The despera
does returned to the hamlet and put
up at one of its sis or eight houses?
the saloon.
They were invited to take "just one
more" by one of the contributors to the
fund, and a dozen men were lined up
at the bar. Mattuck and Scott being in
the rear rauk, Mattuck behind Scull
and 'Scott behind Pete, when two shots
raug out. A little round hole appeared
in the head of each desperado, and
they fell on the floor.
The nest day the citizens reassem
bled. organized one of Judge LyncL's
courts and proceeded to try Mattuck
and Scott for murder. The accu d
pleaded that the victims had robbed
them of the affections of their wives,
but since neither of them was
ried the Judge would not allow the
plea. They then pleaded that the men
had played foul at poker, but since
no gambling had been done they were
obliged to find some other justification.
Scott, who had furnished the horse on
which Scull had ridden to kill Red
headed Pete, finally pleaded to have
1 acted for the public safety in punishing
horse stealing. The plea was allowed.
Then Mattuck pleaded justification in
punishing complicity with horse steal
! Ing. and his plea was also allowed.
, Witnesses were duly sworn and ex
amined, with the result of a verdict of
jastifiable homicide.
A record of the proceeding* of the
court having been made and deposited
J with the barkeeper, the citizens breath
ed freely. They were not likely to be
i called to account for the murder, and
; It tbey were the recorded trial and ac
quittal would be a sufficient reply.
Tbe court thus organized prcceeded to
hire men more honorable in their trans
actions to get rid of other desperadoes.
TREAT UNDERWOOD.
I, - -
J .Ite=
My Siberian
Prison Love
(Original.]
Tick, tick, tick.
It was uiy Hrst night in a Siberian
prison. But twenty- two years old, on j
the very threshold of life, and con
demned to spend twenty years? from
youth to the beginning of old age ? In
confinement.
Tick, tickety, tick.
Some one is rapping on the heating
pipe which runs up to the floor above, j
All political prisoners know the code. [
and I was not long In spelling out the
remainder of a sentence. The begin- j
oing 1 had lost.
"?so lonely."
1 must condense two years into a
few sentences. The rapper, occupying
a cell directly above iniue, was a girl,.
Anna Vronsky, the daughter of a
j university professor. She had been
sent to Siberia for teaching the peas- !
ants. She had been placed iu solitary
confinement and at the time she made
my acquaintance was on the verge of
insanity. To save her I exerted my
self to the utmost, encouraging her,
telling her of escapes of which I had
heard and of escapes I invented. For
this sympathy she was grateful, and
I was not long iu turuiug her grati
tude to love.
There is nothing like love to stimu
late both hope and endeavor. 1 spent
all my time in planning au escape both
for her and me. Escape was not im
possible, for the prisou system was bud
and the prison officials corrupt. It was
recapture that I feared. To gain time
after leaving the prison and by time
distance I hit upon the plan of having
dummies iu our cells.
This plan I communicated to Anna,
suggesting that when the guard brought
her meals she should always sit iu the
same position and answer no questions.
This was to gel the guard used to what
? dummy would be. Anna began the
process at once, as I did. By our rap
ping code other prisoners told us that |
there was au hour, supper time, when
one might walk out of the prisou un
seen; but, as Anna and 1 could not
rely upon escaping at the same time,
we were to meet, if possible, at a dis
tant town where exiles having served
their terms in prison were permitted
to live.
1 made a dummy out of my mattress
and my bedclothlng. Every time my
guard appeared I sat with my bead
bent on my bed as though in melan
choly. I arranged by the code with a
prisoner at the end of the corridor
that at three coughs from me he was
to shriek. One evening I gave the sig
nal. The guard, without relocking my
cell, hurried to the prisoner. I set up
my dummy and walked out. I suc
ceeded in getting out of the prison
without being seen except by one man,
who supposed I was a privileged con
vict. It was very dark, and I hid in a
corner of the wall. I ba< noticed from
my cell window a i\J*ce where one
could get on a low bdildlng with a
chance of escape. Finding a piece of
scantling In the prison yard, I used it
first to climb on the building and next
to reach the top of the wall, from which (
I Jumped down and escaped.
My dummy must have worked suc
cessfully, for I was not pursued, and I
if pursued I should surely have been
captured. I went to the rendezvous |
end waited there as long as I dared for i
Anna Vronsky, but she did not appear. |
Then I reluctantly made my way to j ^
Russia, stopping just beyond the bor- ! (
der, where I remained under an as- , ?
sumed name. Indeed, my identity with j
my former self was unrecoguizable. I ] j
made a living trading in furs and kept j
a lookout for escaped prisoners, from
some of whom I hoped to hear some
thing of Anna Vronsky.
It seems strange that a man should J
love and continue to love a girl he has
never seen, but there was more be- i
tween me and my fellow sufferer thnn
between most lovers who had been ,
brought up together. And this is ilie
reason why I remained In what to me
was the most dangerous position In
Kussla, near the Siberian border.
Six years passed. One day I went up j
to Kara bay to make purchases and ou
my way back stopped for supper and j
the night at a little farmhouse, the only j
occupants being an old woman and her
niece. From the moment I saw the
niece I felt that she alone could take
the place of my imprisoned love I
chatted with the two women till the
aunt went to bed. The girl was about
to follow her when I, fancying from a
sadness stamped on .her face that she
[ might have suffered as a political pris
on ?r, tapped with a lead pencil on the
table from force of habit, spelling
words that I had often spelled in
prison:
"Anna, I love you."
The change in the girl before me was
astonishing. She turned first white,
then a rosy red, catching at the same
time at the table.
"Are you"? /
"Yes, and you 1"
I started forward and clasped her In
j my arms. Oh, the happiness of that
embrace! Except for our hearts beat
ing against each other there was si
lence. Then I asked her if she would
love the real as she had loved the ideal.
She said she would.
The woman with whom she lived
was no relation to her, and she had
been with her only a few months. I
took Anna away with me, and we havo
lived in a comparative wilderness for
each other alone ever since. For a time
not even our parents knew where wo
were, but at last we found means to
Inform them without risk to ourselves
or to them. And now since the work j
we suffered for may be accomplished
we are looking forward to the day ,
Wben we may resume our identities. I
&USSELL THORNS.
! n,tn iwa^aRBib
SPECIAL SALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing' Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. .off. For the
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
!
Martin* Conway j
fHE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by tho old bit
or miss plan
?used ia soma
households;
Bin*
' with*
? "METIiOR
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
following the simple instructiona
the quality is always delidona.
See our several styles and taiW
explain the perfect wav.
P. E. KERN
Gold aud Silver smith.
Notice to Public
I have authorized Mr. P. B. Oraves
to assume full charge of my afMrs in
:onnection with runn n(* the Pullen
blouse during my absence.
Mrs. h. S, Pullen.
Skagway, Nov. 28, 190G, tf.
Coal and Wood
Call up the Alaska Transfer company
for coal, wood and kindling. All or
ders promptly attended to. 'Phone 10
We have a large stock
Loraney's Gaudy
Peter's Chocolates
Also a large stock ol
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'y
Tony Dortero's
and Importer of
MIL- l_INIS FRY
orders 'solicited and filled immediatly.
306-368 Arcade Building,
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Carrying tl. S. Mall
for Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau
Hoonah, Tenakei Sitka and W ay ports
SAILS
Feb. 1, 7, 13, 19< 25
at 8 a. m.
W. W. BOUGRTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
No regrets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good for you
StltlffllJJIIIlI
Seattle, Wash.
SAVE YOUR DOLLARS
is our advice. Later on in life, it will
be of great service to you. The lack of
mo ey causes untold misery. That is
why you should save a portion of your
salary, or earnings, wbil? iou can.
The five ner-cent plus dividend earn
ing Gold Bonds, of the Northern Se
curities and Racking Company, offer
tne safest end best investment in the
way of smnts that on the m<rket.
These Bonils are backed by Real Estate
Securities held by oae of the largest
Trust Companies in the west, Tney
can be paid for on the monthly, semi
Mnnual or anuutl p lyment plan and will
earn you better than ten per-cent on ?
your money, besides taking care of and |
returning "you your principal
For full particulars, see
PHIL ABRHAMS, Agent.
On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet
Each " additional (except wash basins, free). . . .
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " "
Urinals ' :l " " " "
Wash Basins " " " " "
Hote's, per room additional
?Beer Pamps
Restaurants
Steam Laundries
Hand "
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate
Hose Connection for Fire Protection
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per load
Lawuvand Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NI9HT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will bf 10 cents per 1000 watts.
All Year Winter
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager,