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During the winter season of f 916-1 7 our regular train service will
be maintained North and South Bound between Skaguay
and Whitehorse, trains leaving both terminals Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our Through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be oper
ated between Whitehorse and Dawson, affording every possible
facility for comfortable winter travel by means of a
Tho'oughly Equipped Stage and Automobile Line
For full information apply to
A. F. ZIPF
_OR— Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Wash.
C. W. CASH
Supt. Mail Service Dept.
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.
Whits Pass &. Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No, 38. t
Mordajr, Vednesdaj' and Friday T"
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1st Clam
SKAGWAY Arrives 3:50 p. xu.
WHITE PASS I.cares 2:20 p. m.
LOO CABIX " ' 1:30 p. m.
BENNETT " 13:50 p. m.
CARIBOU " 10:48 a. m.
WHITSHOBSE " 8:00 a. m.
Passengers must be at depot ii time to have Baggage to*
•pected and checked. Inspection is stopped 30 before
leaving time of trains. ■■ — —
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each foil , i
fare tlckM and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket
No. 1. N. Bound
1st Class
8:30 a. ni. Leaves
11:05 a,
11:45 a
12:40 p
2:20 p
4:50 p
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SOME QUEER LAWS
When New France, In This Coun
try, Was Ruled From Quebec.
JUSTICE IN EARLY MICHIGAN.
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! In the Pioneer Days of the Territory, as
It Was Than, tha Judges V/ere Not
Lawyers, and the Jurora Wera Evi
dently Pretty Independent.
Before there was any "Michigan,"
from 1622 to 1763, that part of our
country was a part of New Fraiice
and was governed from the seat of
government In Quebec. Our laws
came from the Fretach king and fr6m
the local council at Quebec, and many
of them were quite absurd.
For Instance, while they did not at
tempt to rejmlate the length of sheets
on hotel beds, they did declare that
"besides white bread and light brown
bread all bakers shall make dark
brown bread whenever the same shall
be required." Another of the old
French laws, probably lobbied through
by some long dead cattle baron, was:
Whereas, The people of this province
raise too many horses, tvhlch prevent*
them from raisins cattle and sheep, being
Ignorant of their true Interests. Now,
therefore, we command that each Inhab
itant of this government shall hereafter
own no more than two horses or marea
and one foal, the same to take effect after
the sowing season of the ensuing year
tTIO, srtvlngr them time to rid themselves
of their horses In excess of said number,
after which they will be required to kill
any of such excess that may remain in
their possession.
Another law was meant to stop the
congregation of the population In the
cities before It really began. It was a
law
To Promote Agriculture and Protect
Morals.
We prohibit and forbid all farmers from
removing to this town, Quebec, under any
pretext whatever, wlthoat our permission
tn writing, on pain of being expelled and
sent back to their farms, furniture and
goods being confiscated and a fine of 60
francs for the benefit of hospitals. And,
furthermore, we forbid the Inhabitants of
this town, Quebec, letting houses or rooms
to persons coming In from the country on
pain of a fine of 100 francs^ also for hos
pitals.
A law forbidding profanity provided
the punishment for the first offense to
be n pecuniary fine, for the second,
third and fourth repetition the fine was
to be doubled, tripled and quadrupled,
for the fifth offense "they shall set In
the pillory on Sunday and other festi
val days, there to remain from 8 in the
morning till 1 in the afternoon, exposed
to all sorts of approbrium and abuse."
The sixth punishment was that "they
be led to the pillory and have the upper
lip cut with a hot iron." For the sev
enth they were to have the lower lip
cut in the same manner. The law fur
ther provides:
And if by reason of obstinacy and in
veterate bad habit they continue after all
these punishments to utter oaths and blas
phemies It Is our will and command that
they have the tongue completely cut out
so that hereafter ihey cannot utter them
again.
The Judiciary portion of Michigan
territory in the early days was com
posed of "county courts" and "Justices
of the peace." The "courts" consisted
of three Judges, none of whom were
lawyers. Their Jurisdiction, both civil
and criminal, was limited. It is need
less to say that the Justice courts were
conducted without much regard to cer
emony.
In one suit brought to recover the
amount of a note of hand a Jury of six
was impaneled, the foreman of which
was a large and portly individual who
bore the title of colonel. Probably on
account of his assumed military rank
he was permitted to wear his hat dur
ing the entire trial
One of the witnesses made repeated
statements that were Irrelevant and
contradictory, and one of the counsel
as often rose and took exception, but
each time he was overruled by the Jus
tice. At each objection the colonel
manifested a great deal of annoyance
by fidgeting in his seat and talking In
loud whispers to his fellow Jurors.
Finally the witness made a state
, ment that was so opposed to every rule
or evidence una cuuuuiuu srcuov uiai iuc
attorney who had so often attempted
to exclude this sort of evidence could
no longer silently submit He again
rose from his seat and respectfully
appealed to the court, protesting
against such statements going to the
Jury as testimony.
Thereupon the worthy colonel im
pressively rose from his seat and swore
hp would no longer sit there and hear
that "lawyer feller make a fuss." Hte
said he had taken the oath as a Juror
to decide the ease according to the evi
dence, and If he could not bear the
whole story from the witness he should
leave the courtroom.
He accordingly made several strides
toward the door when the Justice arose
and. approaching the Irate Juror,
placed a band on his shoulder and
begged him to return to his seat with
the Jury, promising that the trouble
some attorney should not again be al
lowed to Interfere with the evidence.
After some persuasion the colonel
consented to return Pressing his hat
more firmly on his head, be exclaimed
as he took his seat:
"Well, I'll try It once more, but
danged If I will stand any more of that
lawyer feller's nonsense." The attor
ney gave up in despair, and the oppos
ing counsel had things all his own way
after that.—Detroit Saturday Night
Love.
Love Is the thread on which are
strung the beads of trust. Break the
thread and the beads run everywhere.—
Youth's Companion.
It Is far better to be innocent than
penitent, to prevent the malady than*
Invent the remedy.—Seeker.
MEXICAN REPUBLIC
It Owes Its Very Existence to the
United States.
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A MONROE DOCTRINE VICTORY
At ■ Time When We H«d Trouble* of
Our Own We Said "Hand* Off!" t<;
the Power* of Europe That Tried to
Raise a Monarchy In America.
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If it had not been for the United
States there would now be no republic
of Mexico.
Like all the twenty republics south
of us, Mexico has been under the pro
tection of the Monroe doctrine. The
doctrine has been often questioned by
European powers, but only once has a
serious attempt been made to violate
it. This was between 1861 and 1SC5,
when the United States was engaged
in Interneeinb warfare that imperiled
its very existence. Just as soon as our
war broke out the warships of Eng
land, France and Spain set sail for
Mexico and took possession of Vera
Cruis. Secretary Seward notified the
three allied powers of our deep concern
and anxiety for the security and wel
fare of the Mexican republic and that
our fleet would be stationed in the ghlf
of Mexico to look after our interests.
England and Spain soon withdrew,
but It became evident that Napoleon
III. Intended to overthrow the republic
of Mexico as he had the republic of
France. A fictitious empire was forced
upon Mexico by Trench troops, and an
Austrian archduke; Maximilian, was
selected as the puppet sovereign. The
French invasion was directed against
all the republics of the new world. It
was prophesied in Paris that in ten
years every South American- republic
would be converted into a monarchy
and the United States into a dictator
ship.
The hands 01 the American govern
ment were tied, but the voice of the
American people could not be silenced.
In the midst of 6ur own war, when
war with England seemed imminent,
the house of representatives risked a
war with Frante by passing a vote of
109 to nothing that "It does hot accord
with the policy 6t the United States
to acknowledge any monarchical gov
ernment erected upon the ruins of any
republican government in America un
der the tfuspices of any European
power."
Nothing more could be done at the
time, but' Just as soon as our war was
over Geherfil Grant proposed to organ
ize an army of combined Union and
Confederate soldiers who would volun
teer to march to the City of Mexico
and expel the Austrian emperor. He
selected General Schofleld to enlist
troops for service on the republican
side of Mexico. The war department
gave General Schofleld a leave of ab
sence for a year, with permislon to go
beyond the limits of the United States
and to take with him any of his staff
officers that he wanted. In the mean
time Grant sent Sheridan to the Rio
uranae witn ou.uw Troops, wmcn were
distributed along the frontier, where
they threatened the French lines, i
But fortunately force was not neces
sary. The show of force was sufficient
and Schofleld was sent to Paris to ne
gotiate for the retirement of the
French troops instead of into Mexico
to drive them out. The secretary of
state notified Napoleon in November,
1805, that fhe United States "still re
garded the effort to establish perma
nently a foreign and imperial govern
ment in Mexico as disallowable and
impracticable." As the emperor of the
French did not seem disposed to pay
any attention to this Mr. Seward set
a definite date for the withdrawal of
the French troops.'
The Mexican republicans under Jua
rez had been keeping up a brave fight
for freedom, although Maximilian had
ordered all of them shot whenever
caught, without trial or the possibility
of pardon. As soon as the United
States had compelled the withdrawal
of the French the republicans were
able to overcome the imperialists with
no official assistance from the United
States. Their victory was marred by
tlie unnecessary execution of the would
be emperor In spite of the interposition
of Secretary Seward.
But the United States had to sty
"Hands off!" to Austria as well as to
France. Bather than have an Austrian
archduke Ignomlniously dismounted
from the throne it was planned to ship
10,000 Austrian troops from Trieste to
Vera Cruz. But our minister at Vien
na, Mr. Motley, was told by Secretary
Seward that If Austria allowed a sin
gle soldier to embark for Mexico the
United States would break off rela
tions at once. The Austrian govern
ment saw the point and prohibited the
shipment of the troops enlisted for
Mexico.—New York Independent.
t k What T| !• THat Win«.
A countrywoman remarked to her
neighbor ■ during a conversation on
their return from market, "How is it,
Mary, that you have been married four
times and I've never been married at
all and I'm much handsomer than
you?"
"Aye, to be sure," returned Mary,
"but' it ain't handsomeness that does
it, Sarah. It's the 'come hither* In
•your" eye:"
> Worthy of Admiration.
Her Dad—So you want to marry my
daughter? I like your nerve. Suitor
Well, sir, you ought to. I spent a
whole lot of time working it up—Bos
ton Transcript
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Industry keeps the body healthy, the
mind elekr, the heart whole and the
purse full.—Simmons.
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