Fresh Fruit
And Vegetables
To arrive on Spokane
If there is anything new on the market
we will have it
ASK &. SONS Grocers
Safety First and then the
B V Ds for Summer
Dortero & Son
Clothiers and Furnishers]
y»HONE 32
CHANGE IN ELECTRICAL SERVICE
OF THE
HOME POWER COMPANY
The iucTe^aed demand of our patrons for a day service lias
prompted the Home Power c- mpany to install a meter system
ai'.d a continuous service, which will enable consumers to
use electricity at their pleasure.
In the past this company has supplied only those REQUEST
ING METERS, for which meter the consumer made a cash de
posit.
la all cities the meter system is used, and a cash deposit
is roqjired by the company furnishing same. The deposit
ra.gos from li.08 to JlO.iO, and in some towns in Alaska,
is ;-s high as $15.00.
The Home Power company will not require a deposit on me
ters, and uo charge will be made at this time for the installa
tion of the same. i-M* **» •••' iJ •
Nor will any change b» made in the present meter rates,
which are as follows:— . ... jjj ( y. ]
Minimum rate for one light, per month, $1.00. for two or
more lights, per month $2.00.
Kate per Kilowatt, 10 cents. A sliding scale uer Kilowatt
for large consumers is now under consideration.
It is not the intention of the Home Power company to in
crease the cost to the consumer, but to place all consumers
on a standard basis, so that each may be able to take advan
tage of the continuous system.
The Home Power company further realizes, that during the
summer months the average home will not use 20 Kilowatt
hou;-j for lighting purposes, which is the amount of the mini
mum charge, but with the continuous service the consumer
has the privilege of using electrical appliances at any hour
of the day or night, and can use such elc-ctrical ap
pliances as Flat Irons, Toasters, Percolators, Vacuum Clean
ers. &c. This will give the consumer the opportunity of using
up the full amount of the minimum charge.
Tiie day service will be turned on about June 1st.
The Home Power company will carry a full iine of up to date
electrical home devi es, all of which will be sold at a small per
centage above actual cost.
Those having receipts for cash deposited wlt'a the company
for meters can have money refunded upon presentation of
t.ie same to t!:e treasurer at our office, corner 4th and Broad
way.
HOME POWER COMPANY.
NUGGET MOVIES
Broadway, between '2nd and 3ad
Onen Everv Night i
Tunijtht.
"The Million Dollar Mystery."—
Tenth episode.
"Mutual Weekly."—Au excep
tionally goo«l number.
"The Crucible."—An American
t:rama.
"Mabel's Strange Predicament."—•1
A Keystone comedy, featuring Cli»s
Jfiapliu.
FIVE REELS.
Muj»ic liy Mrs. Hazel McBrien.
Couuiteuceg ol 8:SO p. ui.
(Coutiuned from tage 1.)
frr*- mate; the former insoleutly.the
litter us a friend. Loubeque saves
her fiorn the captain, who, to add
mystery to this absorbing story,
steals the documents. Mutiny a
bourd ship follows and Loubeque is
thrown overboard by the victorious
cnjitaiu only to be saved by Lucille,
v he iias been cast adrift in a row
boat.
B. F. Hibbard, advance repesenta
tive of the Hurd-Hibbard vaudeville
company, which will appear in Elks
hall tomorrow night, and j?ho also
holds the same position with the
circus movie play in four reels,
v. hich was exhibited to a crowded
house last night at the Popular Pic
ture Palace, came up from Haines
where he had been arranging to giv
a performance, at 2 o'clock this
morning in a launch, and gath
ering his circus paraphernalia
together left shortly after on
his return. He will give an en
tertainment there tonight in the A.
B. Hall. Tomorrow he will board
th<* Dolphin on her way up to Skag
way from Seattle, on the passenger
list of 'vhich vessel are the names
o' the members of his vaudeville
troupe, and reach here in time for
the opening of the vaudeville show
tomorrow night.
All those who signed their names
to a list for the purpose of insti
tuting in Skagway an Igloo of Al
aska Pioneers, will please be pre
sent on Thursday evening, May 27,
at S o'clock at Arctic Bro
therhood hall.
5-25-3t. A. J. ACHISON,
Organizer
About 7 o'clock last night what
night have proved a serious con
fagration was nipped in its incip
iency by the prompt action of
Mrs. O. Selmer and J. W. Pritchett.
The latter was walking along in
company with a little son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. Selmer when his at
tention was drawn by the boy to
a l'ame, about a foot in height,
that was bursting up through* the
ihe cracks in the sidewalk adjoin
ing the two story fame building on
'.he northeast corner of Broadway
and Sixth streets. Mr. Pritchett at'
Big Vaudeville Show
Elks Hall, Wednesday Night
Hurd-Hibbard Attractions
6--Big Acts-6
10-Clever People-10
THAT NIFTY TRIO
Stevenson-Confer-Mclver
Harmony Songs
GEO. P. NEWTON
Baritone Soloist
WHITE & WESTON
Athletic Exhibition
Featuring KITTY WHITE
Lady Champion Boxer of the World
MISS ALICE COONEY
Singing Comedienne
STEVENSON BARR
Introducing the Latest Society Dances
Admission $! and 75c Children 50c
If You* Hair is Failing CM
we know of no better remedy than
Hair Tonic
A preparation which we gladly recom
mend to vou. 50e. a Lottie.
Wm. Britt.
once ran to the Selwer home,
which is next door, auil notified the
lady of the house of the dangor,
and then coming over to the Daily
Alakan office »ot a coal oil can
full of water and returned in
time to help Mrs. Selmor, who
was already on the sceue, extin
guish the flames, which was fortu
tuuately accomplished before any
damage was done. The blaze had
evidently been started from an ignit
ci and carelessly dropped match or
>*1se from the fire on the end of a
cigar or cigarette stump.
RAGE FOR A WIFE.
Getting MarrieJ Is a Strange
Game In Frigid Kamchatka.
AN ORDEAL FOR THE GROOM.
After Working Hard For a Few Years
For the Girl's Father He Finally Wins
Her In a Public Chase, In Which He
Qets His Skin Well Tanned.
It gets too but for the Siberian only
once In a lifetime. Tlie native Koryak
of Kamchatka, far up in the peninsula
that Is washed by the Bering sea, can
sleep comfortably In a room four feet
high with sis by eight feet of tloor
space and have a tire smoking near all
night while the doors are tightly closed,
and then does not object if three oth
ers share his apartment with him. To
morrow be will have chance enough to
breathe more cold, fresh air than he
cares for. Ills picture of the happy
hereafter is a snug, cozy place where
every cell of his body can perpetually
enjoy warmth and where neither ears,
fingers nor toes shall lie frozen.
Once In his life, however, things get
a little hotter than he can honestly en
joy, and that once he cannot escape if
he Is to l>e a man of Importance In the
community, for It is his marriage cere
mony. As soon as the youth falls In
love in dead earnest he calls ou the
maiden's father to find out what dow
ry she can bring in case of eventual
marriage. Siuce reindeer is the Kor
yak's medium of exchange, the dowry
usually consists of reindeer, if the fa
ther consents to the engagement and
the dowry pleases the young man he
interviews the girl, aud if she reclpro
cates his affection he euters her fa
tiler's service. Chopping wood, tend
ing the herds, cultivating the garden
and all other kinds of farm work fall
to his share. The pericd of service
lasts from two to three years.
Tl: • marriage ceremony begins about
6 in the evening. There is a building
In the villnge Into which the villagers
crowd at twilight A large hall runs
through the center of the building on
either side of which are from ten to
fifteen little rooms called pologs. Each
polog is separated from the next by
heavy reindeer curtains, and the en
trance from each polog Into the hall
is closed by similar curtains. Nowhere
In all that building except in the hall
could a good sized man stand upright.
After considerable eating and some
drinking a brass drum begins to Ivat
At the same time a solemn faced Ko
ryilk passes rroni one polog to n not tier.
droppliiK willow sprouts and alder
branches in en<-b inclosure. Presently
the beater of the drum begins to sing,
to nccompnny his slow performance on !
the drum. (Jniilnally he a<to-orates bis
bents and bis soiiji f"a;=!'.r and faster
be smites bis drum: h»;n!«-r and louder
he sings, uii'il wiiliii, thirty minutes j
be bns worked hh:is« !f into a state of
frenzy—n cousnn:ui:!lii n that Is no j
without Its elTe •! upon the vJPagers.
The stolid ealas with •• !ii h they enter
ed, suggestive of ;:n i:::;-,--.i! ng luneiol.
gives place to siniies. t > ■ « sings of tin*
bead, until by and by the whole crowd
is as excited as Its leader.
At tliis point, the front curtain of
each polog goes up. and two or three
women appear Inside. In their hands
are willow sprouts ami alder branch
es. In a moment the father of the
bridegroom enters the building, leading 1
the happy couple by the band. The
noise, the shouting and' the whirling
now become Indescribable, At n sig
nal from the groom's father the bride
dashes into the first polog to the right
The women that are within lift the
curtain for her, and she passes quickly
from one compartment to the next
Not so with the groom. He dashes
after her, but no sooner has he entered
the first polog than the women begin
to beat him with the willow sprouts
nuil alder branches, lie seizes the cur
tain to enter the next polog, but one or
two women hold It down, and If be
dually succeeds there Is a hot applica
tion of branches on that part of his
anatomy that remains longest within
the polog.
Meanwhile ihe women in tue next
polog nre ready to receive blin with
equal warmth. They ply the switches
energetically and do not hesitate to
thrust out a foot also lu order that the
"happy gmom" may stumble and af
ford a more enduring target for their
blows.
There Is no escape from this experi
ence until the groom has entered and
passed through every one of those
i twenty or thirty pologs. The front cur
tains are raised, so that the public has
a clear chance to enjoy the spectacle.
Of course lie never catches the bride.
She has reached the last polog before
he is halfway through. If she passes
out of the last polog he must -work an
other year at her father's house and
pass through I he same ordeal once
more. Hut she usually awaits him In
tho last polog. and when they meet
there the wedding ceremony Is finished
I —and they nre man and wife.—Youth's
Compauiou.
JEFFERSON'S HOME.
Monticcllo, With lis View of the Uni
versity of Virginia.
A mansion ou Montlcello ("little
mountain," pronounced "Montechei
lo"), was Jefferson's boyhood dream,
lie worked at it nil Lis life with an
artist's creative zeal
The road from Charlottesville Is wind
ing, hilly and rough. Rows of big
stepping stones cross It, lifting pedes
trians out of the red mud, but Jolting
heedless drivers.
Visitors may stay In the grounds
twenty minutes, but must bring no
luncheons. Jefferson's guests stayed
weeks and ate him into poverty.
From the servants' quarters a long
sunken way runs under the house to
the Ice house and other storage be
yond. The Hat roof of this walk, two
feet above ground, is a dry promenade.
Over the icehouse is an outlook plat
form. icehouse and servants' quar
ters are half underground, with win
dows only (hi the far side. Jefferson
looked out over them east toward
Washington, west toward the Onlver
i sity of Virginia, whose beginnings he
watched with his telescope when ho
could no longer walk.
Students enjoy the most beautiful
and Inspiring scholastic shades in the
now world. Jefferson's university is
artistic perfection, reverently preserv
ed. Toward the town the curved walls
he designed to save brick and labor
for a poor Institution still stand. The
length of each wave lino curve is
twenty feet. Its width, forty inches,
gives the stability of a three foot wall
to one only four Inches thick. The
effect Is pleasing.
Jefferson was n better architect than
Washington, and perhaps his equal in
landscape gardening and estate plan
ning.
On Jefferson's gravestone at Monti
cello no mention of the presidency is
made, but his authorship of the Dec
laration aii.l the Virginia statute of
religious li! erty Is recited and that he
w:>s the "rather of the University of
Virginia."—New York World.
BAHAMA ISLAND SHELLS.
Pearly Treasures of Many Varieties
Line the Beaches.
The shores of the Bahama Islands
arc each day strewn with multitudes of
beautiful spas hoi Is, more than fifty va
rieties of which have a commercial
value in the t'nitcd States and Europe.
Anions these are rice shells, so tiny
In size as to make one marvel how a
sufficient number could he picked up to
fill a barrel; sold shells, mud shells,
cockles, hired ins tooth; pretty decora
tive sun shells, eardrop shells, 'which
are exerted to Odessa, Russia, to be
used as ear pendants; Pauama or tent
shells, which resemble miniature en
campments and sell at $00 a barrel; |
black snails, which take a high polish;
conchs— kln:^'. <incen. ivory, plnkllp and !
troihus or Turk's cap. locally termed)
Warm Weather Corsets
Think of tubbing your corset as you tub undermuslins!
You can, if it is a
Warner's Rust Proof
What a comfort to wear a corset so thoroughly dependable.
There is no part of a Warner Corset that cannot be relied
upon from clasp to backbone.
L. A. HARRISON CO.
Phona 55 Store closes 8 p. m.; Saturday 9 p. m.
Board of Trade Billiard Parlor
A Gentlemen's Resort
Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccos
Arthur Boone, Proprietor
KING'S CAFE
WHITE HORSE YUKON TERRITORY
BEST MEALS IN THE NORTH
Airs. OrloH King :: Proprietor
Pack Train Restaurant
The Delmonico of Alaska
CHART-F.Y—— -"_-JOHN
Karaman & Clecai;
PROPRIETORS
Where Vcu Can Get what You Desire Oootod as it Should Be
W« Hake a SP®cl*lty of Banquet# and Private Dlaaer Parties.
■A. refined and comfortable place for a supper after the uhow
Or daace—gerrlce In cozy private booths If desired.
GEORGE MOWL, Proprietor
Next to Post Office. Fifth A venue
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 25 and 26
Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery
sixth episode.—They are adrift upon the South Seas, and neith
er has the documents, the Ciuest of which, has caused them to
face many dangers.
Animated Weekly.—No. 194 8.
"A Man of the People."—A western drama, featuring Donald
McDonald, Ramona Langley and Lee Moran.
"When Spirits Walk."—Will it discovers tlie hiding place of
Mr. and Mrs. Ghost.—Comedy.
FIVE liliELS
Music by 0, Selmer and P* H* Ganty
"wneius." These are BXit~V» few of the
assortment kept in stork at tile leading
warehouses at Nassau.
The queen conch, which Is especially
adapted for cameo carving- on account
of having a layer of brown with a
white top and the pinklip conch, which
has layers of white aud pink, are much
sought for. Only the lips of these two
varieties nro exported, the demand
coming from New York and from Torre
del Greco, near Naples, Italy.
Ordinary conchs sell at 1 cent; pink
Up, whole shells, from 5 cents to 25
cents, and queens at So cents United
States currency in Nassau. The vlielfc
or Turk's cap is particularly valuable,
as it has a portion resembling the best
mother-of-pearl, from which pearl
studs, for instance, could be made.
It is estimated that a million shells
of tills variety could be obtained annu
ally in this colony. These shells sell
for 1% cents each. Labor is cheap,
colored women receiving from 25 to 30
cents, ordinary laboring men 00 ccnts
and white engineers $1.50 a day.—In
dianapolis News.
Olympla Be*r on Graugnt at tin* i
Board of Trade. This famous brew, |
both on draft kcd In bottles is feei t j
constantly fresh. This is the Board ]
of Trade Bar where the celebrated |
Rainier Beer 1r *lso kept in bo£
tie
LOST—Cameo stick pin. Reward.
B. B. EARLE,
5-24-tf Golden North hotel.
NEW CHICKEN BROODER
Minneapolis, Minn., May 25—
B" placing eggs on a liot water bot
I tie and covering them with a feath
! er duster, Jerome Jackman claims
to have raised tliree broods of
chickens in his room a* the Y. £!•
C. A. lie says he will continue the
business, the profit being '100 T>er
cent. He asks that it be remem
| bered that he Is a member of the
j Young Men's Christian associa
tion and a teacher of a Suuady
school, when his claim is consid
er6j- il. ..til. A'
SWAT THE FLY
-Don't go fishing without good
flies. Trout are taking the fly
tlifcse fine days, and you'll find the
greatest assortment of good flies in
t *yu at Keller Bros. Drug Co. A
few favorite ones we name: Yel
low Jacket, Montreal, Governor
(re-1 tip) Grey Hackle, Black
Hackle, Governor Black Hackle
(peacock body), Black Gnat, Grey
Drake, English Admiral, Seth Green
Grey Hackle (green body) "White
ailllcr. Dusty Miller.
All kinds of the best tackle to
be had at RIGHT PRICES.
KODAK YEAR BOOK FREE
All Kodakers are Invited to call
at Keller Bros, and receive the new
kod.'-k year book. 4-21-3t