ffi WHITE PASS 8
-UK! ROUTE =
The
\ Route of
Comfort,
Speedy
Service
Safety.
Through Tickets to and from Dawson, Fairbanks and all
Interior Alaska and Yukon River points.
YUKON RIVER SERVICE
During the season of navigation our fleet of modern, up-to
date steamers will operate regularly the entire length of the
Yukon River and tributaries, giving a service never before
equalled.
Our daily train service between Skaguay and White Horse
has been improved bv the addition of modern
PARLiOR OBSERVATION CARS
which are splendidly equipped with comfortable leather
chairs, writing desks, card tables dressing rooms, etc., afford
ing travelers an opportunity to view the famous White Pass
scenery in ease and comfort.
For full information apply to
J. E. DEMPSEY, Traffic Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
he White Pass &Yukon Routs
TIME TABLE Now 34.
Tuesday and Friday.
No. 1, X. Bound
1st class
8:30 a. zn. Leaves
i I: OO p. m.
11:40 p. m.
12:35 p. m. "
2:00 p. hi.
4:1% p. m.
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITEHORSE
Passengers must be at depots la tims t• hare Baggage inspected
sud checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 mlautet before learing time cf
r^lus ~~
150 pounds of baggage will be checked tree with teach fall tare
ticket aid 75 pounds with each halt fare ticket.
Arrives
No. 2, S. Bound
1st class
Arrives 3:20 p. m.
Leaves 1:43 p. m.
'• 12:47 p. ni.
" 12:15 p. iil
" 10:25 a. nu
" 8:15 a. m.
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OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA i
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Capital. $30,000.00. Sui-plus, $20,000.00 -
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B. M. BEHRKNDS, R. WILLIS GUY McNAUCHTON,
Proident Vice Pro*. Ceskicr «i
A Sharpshooter
Duel
By SAMUEL E. BRAND
At the close of the Spanish-American
war Eil wan I Cuuniugham, who had
been through the Santiago campaign
as a private iu a sharpshooter regi
ment. was considered an expert in that
line .of warfare. He knew all the
dodges in drawing an enemy's fire to
an Inanimate object, in causing him
to show himself, and had the ability to
put a bullet just where he pleased at
almost any distance.
Cunningham left college to go to the
war, and when he came out of it, be
ing uitu-U run down by the climate of
Cuba, he decided to go abroad to re
. cover his strength.
In i'aris Ned met a couple of young
Americans who had been In the Span
ish war, and tile three set about see
ing I'aris. One evening at a cafe they
ran up against a party of French army
officers, who. recognizing them for
Americans, began to make invidious
remarks against the I'nited States.
They said nothing calling for resent
ment, however, till Xed took a little
silk I'nited States Hag out of his pock
et and waved it In their faces.
"Put that dirty rag up!" said one of
the officers.
"You call that a dirty rag, do you?"
"said Ned, his eye lighting with anger.
•*FM S'lve you a colored sldrt." And he
threw • ..mo wine from his glass in the
■ officer' • ue and ou his bosom. The
mail I :■:< attacked calmly wiped away
the \ • •\ i:ii his napkin, then said a
few w. .d:. 10 one of the others, who
catue to the table of the Americans
an 1 demanded satisfaction under the
eo'.lo. CutiMingiiam assented, but, be
ll: ,! ;w!i.-: lined party and thus hav
'lir, ilie "lioiee ol' terms uuder which
t1 i'".! slie.ild take place, chose for
t! ••• :;:e>'tiiig grounds a farm some
lwea:v miles from I'aris and for weap
ons i it!e> The principals were to take
positions a mile apart and advance,
eaeb . ••I 'tietinir the campaign accord
ing lo h!« own secret will.
This did not suit the Frenchman at
all. There were but two ways of fight
ing a duel to wliK h he was accustom
ed-the one with a foil, the other with
a i-i-;■•!. the "former being the ordinary
.French method. He objected to any
e.\< t one of these methods. Cunning
ham would not yield. He proposed,
however, that !f the Frenchman would
apolo-.ize t'< i- speaking disrespectfully
of the Amerli-an Hag he would apolo
gise fur throwing wine over him. But
the oiH. r. I.eng in the army, could not
perui i <uch an iusult to pass without
a fight, lie was therefore obliged to
accept runniiighaui'a terms.
out' llllUIIIIIK III l^ui aim VO..J ...
two p" riles started liy separate convey
ance-- t'« tin" f.irni on which tliey were
to llirlj'.. Tiiev hud succeeded iu kee|>
ing i'h- »!!i*jiir from the public, but it
was known iimoiii; army officers, and
I hey looked to the ground in order to
wltne^ this singular tight. They have
sharpshooters i-i their armies abroad,
but it i> a iiuefetiou if there is the free
tightim: lis- i. geuions methods prac
ticed ai \ineri'lius, whose expe
dients come ili-svn from the Indians.
The two priii -ipals were placed, the
one "li thi- noHh, the other on the south
siitf of the f:i:ia. The interval between
tli i.i m i ni.'.le tip of fields partly and
thin \ worn! -d. I'nless they pur|>osely
covered themselves by taking position
here and there behind a tree the
due Nt-i ■ until see each otlier all the
way. Tl i distance. so far as the fight
was ■ ou< cru.-d. was not so great as
wouid :i|i|H«ar. for the carrying range
of the i '!it s was considerable.
1" v !i d .Miv-ety left their |>ositions
Livri.: e i i■ •> rh:i«u tired several shots.
\V <• ui i*. ili*l this to get some idea
i ' lit.- I '!;.." or to rattle his enemy
! .'iwii. His first stop wai
: il a fe:.ce thickly lined with
Ir • ■- . t [!i- time his enemy
tin'! •!:• ti behind a stone wall.
""! • •. I: !:g range.
!■ :;m resorted to the com
- - de\ • i f raising h's hat above
i 'eltin'.' a bullet iu it. he
ti;' • . I..- that his enemy was
tu . . itils kind of warfare.
Wli. i, >.;••. ".if Frenchman change
his ti: i11it a gateway. Ctm
ni f v.as cuntirmed. He
could • - 1 the man during the
fe4v • i - vis o^"o»ed.
t !::'d no wish to kill his
• "udiig the mnnenverlug he
t' n the Frenchman sever
1 i siring io wing him. be in
I i ■ i: ■ >tn that wotlld permit
hL > t mi e;is shot Tearing a
; • of railii!'_ from the fence,
i"- picked up a stick about three feet
1 ii.- and with his handkerchief fas
tened it across thu longer piece about
a font from one end. Taking off his
coat, he put the sleeves on the cross
piece and put his lint on the end, as
scarecrows are usually made. Having
finished this work, he held his figure
against the top of the fence so that it
would look to his enemy as if he were
sitting on It.
Two shots came in rapid succession,
jine of them knocking the dummy over.
The frenchman saw it fall and. con
cludii.g he had shot his enemy, came
out flora hiding and advanced leisure
ly across the field. Cunningham watch
ed for an opportunity to wing him
without seriously hurting him and put
a bullet through the calf of his leg.
'Without the drawing of blood the
affair might have gone on indefinitely.
As It was, nothing more wits required.
Mutual apologies were exchanged, and
Cunningham and his friends were
handsomely entertained at the mess of
the Trench officers.
-t-rt-; ;-m i n i n i irm ^
The Assistant
■ i' -
Bookkeeper
t i£~L L .
How Edgerton Got His
I Start.
I By THOMAS R. DEAN
; i ii 11 m m
.Timmie Edger ton's father died when
.Jimmlo was fifteen veara old. He had
no mother, brother or slater, and he
had not a hundred dollars In the world.
H's father told him on his deathbed
that he would find In a stocking in the
chimney some money that no one but
the two of them knew was there. Aft
er the father'a death .Tlmmle found
enough to pay hia father's funeral ex
penses and leave s small balance.
Realizing that he must go to work,
the b$y went about seeking a posi
tion. Ho was a delicate looking youth,
his features being finely molded! Ev
erywhere he wss told that he was
not rugged enough to do hard work
and he noticed that all the positions
that did net require bodily strength
were given to girls. He kept up his
hunt for a week, then gave it up—that
is. he gave up trying to get a Job un
der his own identity.
He was not a boy to be discouraged,
and If he couldn't make a living in
one way he determined to try another
If the only positions for which he wss
fitted were given to girls, why not
make a girl of himself and get a Job
•fii such? He spent the remainder of
what he bad found In the stocking In
such woman's apparel as be needed
and started out again on his sesrch
•Ilmmie UJ"da VP as . very pretty
gin. He possessed a pair of mild blue
eyes, a sensitive mouth, and. bis light
hair being cut like a man's, be used a
curJiog iron t0 ^ wavv HIa
voice was naturally soft and readily
mistaken for a girl's contralto. He
was of medium height and for a boy
was very w<;ll shaped. One who had
not seen him In boy'g dress would sure
ly believe him to be a girl.
Arrayed as a member of the gentler
sex. Jlmmie, uhder the name of Ellen
Forsythe. started again on his errand
This time He met with better success
A storekeeper. Henry Perkins, was
keeping his own books and getting
tired of working nlglrts on them. He
hired Jlmmie to make such entries as
would facilitate tho work on his books,
intendiug to teach him the principles
of double entry. The salary was small,
but eaougb to pay for bis keep.
The only barrier to Jimmle's getting
on In his position was that be made too
Pretty a girl. IVrkins. who was a
bachelor twenty-seven years old. em
Ployed a saleswoman. Sara Cartright
a few years younger than himself."
Miss CnrtrigiH bad set her cap for bei
employer and was ipucb disgruntled
when he took into his service the pret
ty assistant.
It whs nut long ueiore jimime iuuuu
bimself between two Ores. Perkins be
gan to atbow him little attentions and
to express ja~ fear that tie was working
too hard. Every attention, every bit of
solicitude ber employer expressed for
the asslstaut bookkeeper was to the
saleswoman like <t. red raff waved be
fore a, mad, bull. Then, too. the per
formances of a man wbo supposed his
employee to be a womaii were not only
disagreeable to Jimmle. but mast re
sult, sooner or luter. In a revelation of
bis sex and a consequent probable loss
of his position.
Miss Cartright made berself especial
ly disagreeable to the supposed Ellen
Forsythe. If Jimmie made a mistake
in an account Miss Cartright would
make as much of it as there was in it
and as much more as she dared. Per
kins would mildly reprove Jimmie and
do what he could to pacify Sara, but
he dared not openly, defend his book
keeper-why. no one knew, though it
was surmised that, since be had been
devoted to Miss Cartright before Jim
uiie's appearance, be might have been
too seriously involved with ber to
shake her off
Whenever Perkins would show a dis
position to make lore to Jimmie the
boy would do what he could to stave
biin off. This only added zest to Per
kins' passion. At last he became so
marked in his attentions that he
brought about a rebellion on the pari
of Miss Cartright c .
One day Perkins appeared to be
much disgruntled. Miss Cartright ap
peared to be much disturbed, and an
atmosphere preceding a storm pervad
ed the store. The same evening, when
.liiumie was working on the books,
Perkins came into the,store and after a
few commonplace remarks said:
• Elleu. Miss Cartright has insisted
upon my discharging you."
"Indeed!"
"Ves; she s»y» that either you or she
muat go."
"Why not send her off instead of
me'/"
"It's a delicate matter to talk about,
hut if you'll promise to keep the se
cret I'll teH you."
"I promise."
"Before you came here I was fool
Jt e.^ ugh to make love to her. She's
jealous of you."
"What can she do to barm you?"
"She's got a letter from me making
a proposal. If I send her away she'll
rulu me.'
"How?*
"Oil. there are lots of ways a wo
man can ruin a man If she chooses to
do so. In this case she can sue ine
for breach of promise. If she does
she may get damages, but 1 wouldn't
| care so much for that If the suit did
not ruin my business on account of
the public scandal involved."
"You're in.a bole, aren't you?"
"I surely am."
"Well, Mr. Perkins, I think you'd
better discharge me."
"That would be only putting off the
evil day."
"Don't you wish to marry Miss Cart
right?"
"I'd rather marry Satan's widow."
"It's a problem. Let me sleep over
it I'll see if 1 can Qncl a solution."
"Being a woman yourself, you will
know how a woman may bo handled."
"Just so."
The next morning while Miss Cart
right was busy with a customer Jim
beckoned Perkins to come into the of
fice and when there said:
"Discharge me."
"Discharge you?"
"Yes, ostensibly. I'll go away for
awhile. You can keep up my salary.
I'm going to try to work out a scheme."
Perkins brightened with hope. "1
thought you would be smart enough to
circumvent her," he said.
"I haven't done it yet.""
Half an hour later Jim walked out •
of tbe store. Stopping before a coun
ter where stood Miss Cartright he bade
her goodby, thanking her for the many
kinds acts for which he was indebted
to her.
"Why do you go?"
"I'm discharged."
"Oh! Weil, goodby!"
Miss Cartright was all smiles the rest
of the day. Mr. Perkins appeared nei
ther very cross nor very amiable. Miss
Cartright was affable to him and did
what she could to win a smile from
him.
A few days later Jim in male costume 1
appeared at Miss Cartright's boarding
house and asked to see her. She en
tered the room where he was iind look
ed at him In surprise.
"Is this Miss Sara Cartright?" he
asked.
"Why, of course I'm Sara Cartright
And you're Ellen Forsytbe. What are
you doing in those clothes?"
Jim smiled. "You're not the first per
son who has mistaken me for my sis
ter. I have come to you to learn where
I can find her. 1 have been told that
you work In a store where she keeps
the books."
The woman looked at him. puzzled.
He returned her look through his own
honest gaze and won.
"You must be twins," she said.
"We are."
"Your sister has left the store, and I
don't know where she has gone."
"How unfortunate!" said Jim, evi
dently much disappointed. "Do you
know of any one who can put me on
her track?"
"No, I do not unless Mr. Perkins, for
whom she worked, can do so."
"Where can I Cud him?"
Miss Cartright told Jim where he
could find the store. Before leaving he
asked her if he could get a room in the
house where she lodged, and he was
referred to the landlady, who gladly
took him in. This being arranged, he
departed.
nut UC UIUU l &U III L C|1»U^ ciuic.
He wrote Perkins a note (In a disguis
ed hand) asking biin if he could let
him know the whereabouts of Ellen
Fersythe and received a reply from
his employer that he could not. This
note he showed the next evening to
Miss Cartright and made her joyful
that Miss Forsythe had not only left
Perkins' employ, but they had evident
ly parted in other respects. Jim told
Miss Cartright that he would remain
where he was until he had found his
sister. An uncle had died and left the
twins a large fortune.
Jim was aiixlous to find bis sister
because their property bad been left to
tbem Jointly and one could not touch
It without the other's assent
From time to time Perkins received
communications from his ex-bookkeep
er stating that all was working well
and it was to be expected that his ene
my would be outwitted. Then one
evening when Perkins was at the store
working on the books there came a rap
on the door. When it was opened there
stood Miss Forsythe's twin brother.
"Ellen," exclaimed the astonished
Perkins, "what does this mean?"
"I'm not Ellen Forsythe. I'm Jim
Edgerton."
He pushed his way into the store and
shut the door after him. Then he told
Perkins his story from first to last
From his pocket he took a letter from
Sara Cartright, accepting from bin) a
proposition of marriage, and handed it
to Perkins. The latter read it and,
throwing his arms around Jim, ex
claimed:
"I loved you as a girl, and now I
love you as a man! You've got me out
of the biggest scrape of my life."
"Do you know what Benjamin Frank
lin said to his fellow American Revolu
tionists?" asked Jim.
"No. What did he say?"
"He said, 'We must hang together or
hang separately.' In other words, if
she goes for you I'll prove she was en
gaged to me. If she goes for me I'll
depend upon you to clear me. But she
won't go for me. I'm sure of that."
"Why not?"
"I -won her on the ground that I and
my sister were heirs to a big for
tune."
The next day Sara Cartright was dis
charged from Perkins' service, and Jim
was made Junior partner in the busi
ness. He proved to have excellent
business qualifications, and Perkins,
being under a great obligation to him,
advanced him rapidly. It was not long
before Jim was the real manager, and
bis partner deferred to him in all
things. Jim was of an inventive turn
of mijid and inclined to enter upon new
paths. His.ventures were successful,
and he made for himself and Perkins
a large fortune.
But he never let up on the latter for
making love to him.
THE
Golden North
Cafe
Special Thanksgiving
Dinner November 26
Reservations can be
made up to noon
WEDNESDAY
NOV. 25
J. IKUTA
manufacturing
JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watck Inspector for the
W. P. 6t Y. Route
Mail Orders given prompt car*
RAW FURS
WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURSi
WRITE FOB PRICE LIST
Perceys Fur House
Oihkosh, • WUcMuia
rELE 8KAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEMAN, Prop.
THE SAHITART HIM BUWM
The largest and best con
ducted. dfilrj la Alaska.
Dally shipments of para
milk and cream to aN polite
on White Pass & Yokoa
Route. v
l-meau Steamship Co.
U. 8. MAIL STEAMER
Georgia
Elecric Lighted. Steam Heatad.
SCHEDULE OS* SAILINGS
Sailing Bates and Steamer Sub
ject to Change Without Notlc#
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau for Douglas, Fua
t Hoonah, Oypsum, TeoakM,
Kllllsnoo, Chatham «#d Sitka
EVn.i' WEDNESDAY AT 12:01
e hi.
I Juneau-Skagway Route
j Leaves Skagway for Halaea, El
jdred Rock, Comet, Jualln, Sentlm
jel Island, Eagle Hirer, Douglas
and Juneau.
EVEKY SUNDAY AT 12:01 a. ■.
WILLIS B. NOWELL. Wuu^er.
Raleigh
Hotel
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MANAGEMENT
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