GOOD SIGN
Victory for People1 i& Defeat
Of Hoggatt
(Seattle Post-Intelligncer)
No objection will be raised by those
who are familiar with the legislative
needs of Alaska to the abandonment of
the plan, nrged upon congress by Gov.
Hoggatt, to have a commission named
to revise the code of 1900. The fact is,
there was never any good reason for
recommending the appointment of any
such commission. Instead of wasting
time and money on junketing commis
sions, Alaska should be given a terri
torial form of government: such legis
lation would for the lime being at least,
solve all Alaska's problems, andlat the
same time would be an act of simple
?justice to American citizens in the terri
tory .
However, it is encouraging to know
that the commission project has been
abandoned. As pointed out in Wash
ington advices the work of commissions
of the kind recommended by Got. Hog
gatt is not, as a rule, at all satisfactory:
they generally waste much time, spend
much money, and do nothing but delay
final and satisfactory solution of the
problems they are appointed to enquire
into. Alaskans may take fresh hope as
a result of the determination to pigeon
hole the commission scheme: indeed,
this sudden turn in the affairs of the
territory may be fairly regarded as at
leas: partial victory in the contest for
territorial government.
TAKE WELL
Alaska's Delegates Fit Well
iu Congressional Life
Representative Francis W. Cushraan,
the eloquent congressman from Tacoma,
*ays Delegates Waskey and Cale take
to congressional life malamute dogs to
a snow bank. He used tbe expression
jc a New Year's greeting to the people
of the Tenana sent to the Fairbanks
News.
Mr. Cushraan. s telegram, dated at
Washington, Dec. 31, was as follows:
"Give my best wishes for a
prosperous aod happy New Year to
ail Tacana and Alaskans. Your
members, Messrs. Cale and Waskey,
take to congressional life as a malamute
dog takes to a snowbank."
CHENA IS VERY
PROSPEROUS CITV
Cbena i> the most prosperous city in
, Alaska. It has $12,000 tn tha treasury
and not one cent of indebtedness.
There is no municipal taxes. The cash
surplus has accumulated from the
license taxes in the fixing of which tbe
town has no voice.
Ladiu Bowl Tonight
The ladies' bowling sontest will be
continued at the Klks' Club this even
ing.
S oattlo Saloon
For the choicest stock of liquid re
freshments, the Seattle Saloon leads
them all. The famous Seattle Rainier
beer always on hand.
EYES WORK ?
Can Yon See As Yon Should ?
Do your eyes do the work that Nature
and civilization and you need require of
them? Can you see as well as you
should? Do your eyes cause you pain or
fatigue?
If you cannot answer all these ques
tions m a manner that is perfectly satis
factory to you it is a sign that you
should come to see us and lose no time
in the coming. We make scientific ex
aminations of the eyes and we fit them
with glasses that will make them do
their work and cease to give pain,
I f your suspicions are aroused in any
way come and be axamined. It will
cost you nothing and ? we will tell you
whether our services are required or
not.
We sell the best watches, clocks,
jewelry of allfkinds, cut glass hand
painted china, novelties, etc., at
PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT.
Our repair department is always in
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.
My Cynical Friend
[Original.]
Hinckley, my chum at college, was
jne of those fellows who cut every
question to the quick. One of his fa
vorite hair splitting points was the de
nial of spontaneous good. He granted
there are good people In the world, but
maintained that they are good because
It is their interest to be good.
I did not meet Hinckley for several
years after our leaving college, and
then, curiously enough, it was at a
meeting of the Salvation Army.
"Why, Hinckley." I exclaimed, "who
ever would have thought to run across
you in a place like this! Surely yon
must have sot rid of your cynicism.
If you don't find disinterested goo$
among these people you'll not find It
anywhere."
"Not at all." Hinckley replied. "These
people have a living to make the sam?
as you and I. This Is their way of do
ing It."
"But what brings you here 7'
"Wait awhile and I'll show you."
Pulling out his watch he glanced at it
and drew me to seats where we could
converse in a low tone without being
overheard. "I.ike all well organized
shows." he went on, "these Salvation
ists save the best till the last. There's
a lassie to appear In a few minutes I
want you to see."
Presently Captain Ida Sherwood
came upon the platform and began to
?peak. It seemed to me that if I had
not seen her? had only listened to her
voice? I would have been convinced of
her love for her work. But that heav
enly face contrasting with the poke
bonnet which surrounded it. her ex
pression and her accounts of her work
In rescuing the lost? It seemed to me
that the Saviour In woman's form had
rome back to earth.
"I am glad." I whispered to ninck
toy. "that you have found one who is
capable of breaking down that mis
anthropy of yours."
"She hasn't broken down what you
call my misanthropy." he replied, '"but
?he Is capable of breaking my heart."
When the meeting broke up we went
off for a little supper together, and
Hinckley told me that Captain Ida
Sherwood would soon have an oppor
tunity to show her preference for her
work to him for he Intended to pro
pose to take her to a comfortable home
and make a good wife and mother of
her.
"But suppose." I said, "she declines
to marry you unless permitted to fot
low the life she has chosen V"
"She won't do that." lie replied. "Sh<
loves me."
The next time I saw Hinckley 1
was bitter against the Salvationists.
"The whole thing is a fraud." he said.
'There is but on* Binong them who is
not making all tJ?*y ean out of it; she
is sincere."
"Captain Ida Sherwood?"
,rYps."
"Why do you except her?"
"Because she loves me as T love her. |
and she won't leave her work because
she loves It better than either me or
herself."
"H'ln." I replied musiugly. "Well, j
bavins fonnil one sincere person
among them, perhaps In time you will
dm! others. Bur if you love her anil
wish to possess her why don't you per
mit her to go on with her work after
marriage?"
"She says that a marriage between I
a Salvationist and one absorbed in set
tin? rich would l?- no marriage at all."
I met Hinckley on the street not Ion?
after this, and I scarcely knew him.
fie was walking abstractedly, with his
eyes staring vacantly before him. and
did not see me till I tnppeu him on the
shoulder.
"Why. Hinckley." I exclaimed,
"what's happened V"
"Nothing."
"Nothing!"
"Jim. I'm wearing out." he said. hi9
reserve suddenly breaking down.
"Business matters?"
"No. I'm getting rich. Everything I
touch turns to gold. It's in the heart."
"The Salvation lassie?"
"Yes."
"Can't you strike a compromise?"
"A woman doesn't know what the
word means."
"Can't I help you?"
He shook his head mournfully, broke
away from me and went oti.
One night I passed the Salvation Ar
my headquarters and, seeing a great
crowd entering, went in with the
throng. I had no sooner entered than
I saw there on the stage the cap
tain, and beside her in a flaming red
shirt stood my old friend Hinckley. I
was rubbing my eyes to make sure that
It was he when a Salvation officer ad
vanced and announced that Recruit
Henry Hinckley and Captain Ida S'icr
wood would solemnize the bonds of
matrimony. I waited for the service to
be over, then left as quickly as possible.
I did uot care to meet Hinckley or to
have him know that I had witnessed
his humiliation.
When I saw Hinckley again there
was a great change in him. He had be
come one of the principal commanders
in the Salvation Army and was wholly
engrossed In his work. I called on biro
at his office In the headquarters build
ing and instead of looking humiliated
he looked triumphaut. He insisted on
my going home with him to dinner,
where I found his wife much occupied
by their first child, who was by no
means neglected for the good of suffer
ing humanity.
j "There, Jim," said Hinckley, "is th?
I woman who broke down my system of
philosophy. By proving to me that there
was something to love beyond our
| selves she changed me from a money'
! maker to one who delights to build up
i that which Is far nobler than fortunes
I ? htanan beings."
W. LEROY WISE.
Hunting Mttkitrata at Sight.
There are three ways by which musk
(ttts are captured? by shooting, by trap
ping ami by spearing. A few aiay b?
secured at uight by creeplug as noise
lessly as possible along the creek edges
and watching for them to crawl up on
the bank to feed. In this they are very
dainty. Having secured a favorlto
root, they approach cautiously the wa
ter's edge and dip It In and rub off the
mud, dip it in again and again until It
is perfectly clean and suited to their
taste, when It Is eaten with evident rel
ish, provided the sportsman Is suffl
cleutly Interested In the process to
wait. A boat, however. Is usually used,
as the rats can be more easily and
quietly approached on the water. In
this case two persons iccupy the same
bo.it, the sportsman requiring a push
er. As this sport can only be engaged
In at night, the sky must be compara
tively clear In order that the hunter
may have the advantage of the moon
light. or, better still. bright starlight.
A headlight, with reflector, is. however,
sometimes used on the bow of the boat,
and this arrangement Is frequently
quite successful during the darker
nights to one sufficiently well acquaint
ed with the hunting grounds.? Balti
more Sun.
The Monkey's Role.
A monkey Is not fortunately a com
mon gift, but one was brought, never
theless, to a New York young woman
by a friend returning from a voyage in
the tropics. From the moment of his
entrance Into the house the monkey
sEowed that he would be a strenuous
pet to look after, and for the next hour
the family was kept busy trying to
repair the damage he did. The mon
key made Ills way to the kitchen and
la the temporary absence of the cook
snatched part of a chicken which lay
on the table. Coming in presently, the
cook missed the chicken and looked
about iu surprise to see what had b?
come of it. Suddenly she gave a wild
shriek of terror, und, rushing upstairs,
she burst into the family sitting room,
crying:
"Oh, ma'am, the old boy himself Is
downstairs, sittin" on the washtubs,
plcklu' the chicken!"? New York Trib
une.
The Old .National Koatl.
When the panic of 1837 swept over
the country the national road was
barely halfway through Illinois. No'
work was done on it after 1S41. Two
years before, however, a line of stages
and post routes had been started from
Cumberland, in Maryland, to Terre
Haute, iu Indiana, from which latter
place there was a triweekly service for
passengers and mail to Springfield, lil.
This marked the first overland travel
from east to west. Passengers and
mail bags were jolted along iu cum
bersome coaches, each with four
strong horses. On account of the high
rates travel was confined mainly to
merchants and lawyers. The passen
ger, with an allowance of fifty pounds
of baggage, paid at the rate of 10
cents a mfta It is noted that Clay
and Lincoln were among the frequent
passengers.- -Philadelphia Ledger.
Evolution of the Canary.
The evolution of the canary of today
from its ancestor? or shoild It b? an
cestors?? of some centuries ago Is as,
wonderful as the bringiug of our pres- J
ent queeu of the garden from its hum- I
ble progenitor, the wild rose of our |
hedgerows. There surely could hardly :
be a contrast more striking, says a
?writer in Cage Birds, than that |
"twlxt the modern crested canary, with j
its wonderful head feather, or the giant |
Lancashire and the greenish yellow lit
tle creatures who fluttered and sang i
in the orange groves of the sunny is
lands whence they take their name.
The writer sees no reason why canaries
| may not become the size of the song
| thrush.
| The Blimlllab Ceremonf.
t A little Moslem when she Is four
years four months old goes through
the "name of God," or Bismiliab, cere
mony, which begins her real life. She
Is dressed In cloth of gold, with a veil
and wreath of flowers, and friends are
invited to salute the little queen. She
sits on a gold cushion, which must ba
borrowed If she hasn't one, and all the
rest sit on the floor. Then an old uioi
lah recites very slowly a certain verse
from the Korau, which is also written
In saffron on a silver plate Bibi tioldj
In her hand. She runs her Augers ovet
the words and stammers Lliriu after
him. "Say It now, Bibi. Be * good
girl. then you shall see your preseuts."
Soon they all cry: "Shabashl Shabasht
Wall! \VahI" and the ceremony of the
little girl's first lesson in reading, writ
ing and religiou is over. She salaams
mamma, then shows her presents to
her sahelis igirl friends;.? Edmund Rus
sell iu Everybody's.
KnslUh Prison Pits.
Prison pits were vaults in which
criminals In England were kept at
night, chained together. There was
one at Bristol which was in use us
late at 1S15. Down eighteen steps, it
was only seventeen feet In diameter
by nine feet high, and seventeen men
were consigned to it every night Eveu
j more typical was Warwick Jail pit,
which was occupied at least until 1707.
; It was an octagonal dungeon twenty
one feet ia diameter and almost nine
teen feet underground, in the middle
was a cesspool, and beside It ran a
| stream of water which served the pris
j oners for drinking purposes. To this
awful cell forty-two men were con
signed every afternoon at 3:40, to re
main there until after daylight the fol
lowing morning. The inmates had to
sleep on their sides, and their jailer
never visited them without guarding
himself with an antidote against sick
ness.
berne a?>sd tiie name of the world's
greatest composer, a smart university
young mas said "Chloroform."
SPECIAL SALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing- Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats I
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the j
next ten days. 1
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
ME BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by the old bfl
or miss plaa
used in soma
households;
Bin*
with*
"METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that b/
following the simple instmctioM
the quality is always deli done.
See our several styles and let t>*
explain the perfect way.
P. E. KERN
Gold aod Silver smith.
Notice to Public
1 have authorized Mr. P. B. 0 raves
to assume full charge of my affairs in
eonnsption with running the Pulleo
House during mv absence.
MKS. H. S. PULLF.Jf.
Skagway, Nov. 28, 1906, 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
homney's Gandy
Petef's Ghocolates
Also a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
Donf Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'y
Tony Dortero's
and Importer of
N/1 1 L_ L. 1 1\1 EE FR Y
orders solicited and filled immediatly.
3G6-3G8 Arcade Building,
SEATTLE, WASH.
. REMODELED
THE
Rainicr-grand Rotel
SEATTLE
New Management Popular Prices
Central Location European Plan ^
Finest CAKH and BAR In the City
Wilson & White Co. Prop. Chas Perr> ."
JUNEAU S. SHOP'S.
"electric" lighted steam
HEATED STEAMER
GEORGIA
Carrying U. 3. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau
Hoonah, Tenakej Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
Feb. 3, 9, 15. 21, 27
Eat 8 a. m.
W. W. BUCGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone 90
No regrets next morn"
tog-good flavored and
good tor you
M BmilJ 111
Seattle, Wash.
SAVE YOUR DOLLARS
Is our advice. Later on in life. It wiil
be of great service to you. The lack of
mooey causes untold misery. That is
why you should save a portion of your
salary, or earnings, while >ou can.
The five ner-cent plus dividend earn
ing Gold Bonds, of the Northern Se
curities and Backing Company, offer
tne safest and best investment in the
way of savines that is on the mirket.
These Bonds are backed by Real Estite
Securities held by oae of the largest
rrust'iC'ompanies in the west, Ttiey
can be paid for on the monthly, semi
annual or annu tl payment, plan and will
earn you better than ten per-ceut 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, 1005, 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 " " " " "
Wash Basins " " " " "
Hote's, per room additional
Beer Pumps
Restaurants ,
Steam Laundries
Hand "
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate
Hose Connection for Fire Protection ,
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per load
Lawn and Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NI-3HT SERVICE
Each 16 cp light9
Enclosed Arcs
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
All Year Winter
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.