THE ME PASS II
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The
Route of
Comfort,
Speedy
Service,
Safety.
Through Tickets to and from Dawson, Fairbanks, and all
• Interior Alaska and Yukon River Points1
Effective with the opening'of navigation our
Magnificent New Steamers
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fiom Fairbanks. These are the fiaest and most luxurious
•teamers ever operated on the Yuko River, an entirely new
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equipped with up-to-date Obsei-atijn and Suioking Rooms
and all the conveniences required to the comfort of passengers.
Our Whitehorse - Dawson service will be regularly maintain
ed by tie favorite steamers "Casca", "Dawson", "Whitehorse"
aud "Selkirk".
iSetween Skaguay and Whitehorse our service has been im
proved by the addition of modern
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which afford travelers an opportunity to view the scenery ov
er the !a;nous White Pass to the best advantage. These
cars are splendidly equipped with comfortable leather chairs,
writing desks, card tables, dressi.sg ruoins, etc.
Passengtis traveling via 7-T.e Whue Pass & Yukon Route will
have their baggage chcekcd aud bonded through to destin
ation thereby avoiding all pos.-iblc trouble aud delay.
For fur-lie: information apply to ' j
O. L. D1CKKSON". President
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
I
J K. Dempsey, Traffic Manager,
til2 Second Ave., Seattle Wash.
iinJ Sfcagway, Alaska.
The White Pass & Yukon Route
TMK TAHI.E >.c. 01.
S mrfays.
No. 1 N. Bound
1st class
9:30 a. m. leaves
13:06 "
12:15 '*
1:40 p. ni.
P: 20
5:50 " Arrives
SKAGIAY
WH1TK l'ASS»
rot; cAi>ix
BENNETT*
CARIBOr
WHITEHOltSE
Passengers must be at depots In time t® have Baggage Inspected
and checked. Inspection Is stopped nn minutes before leaving time of
trains.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket and 76 pounds with each hp if fare ticket.
No. 2 S. Bound
lbt class
Arrives -l^'O p. in.
Leaves ;»:20 '
i; :;50 "
1:50 "
" ti:4S c. in.
weaves 0:00 "
Moore's Wharf E. J. Shaw, Manager
Wharfingers and Warehousemen
All Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Wharf
--Regulations Juue 1. 1913
Warehouse open for delivery of merchandise from 8 /AM. to M.
—Wharfage Tariff
General merchandise $1.00 per ton, Weight or measurement.
Horses, Mules and Cattle 73 c per head. Sheep and Mors 25c per head.
Lumber $1.00 per Thousand feet. Board Measure.
All checked Baggage 23c per pie^i.
No Wharfage Charge on Baggage Unchecked.
Phones 11 or 123
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ANCIENT SKYSCRAPER ST~
Roman Houses Were Tall and Flimsy,
the Streets Narrow Lanes.
The tenement house is no new thing.
So great was the number of sucli
houses and so badly were they put up
in ancient Rome that in 09 A. P. the
Emperor Otho, who was then marching
against Vitellius, found his way barred
for twenty miles by tlie ruins of build
ings that had been undermined by an
inundation. The spontaneous collapse
of tenement houses was so common an
occurrence that little attention was
paid to it.
The tenants of these houses have
been described by a writer of the time
as fearing to be buried or burned
alive. Companies existed for the pur
pose of propping and sustaining
houses. f
In comparison with the tenements of
most modern cities, those of Rome
were excessively high. Martial alludes
to a poor man, a neighbor, who had to
inotmt 200 steps to reach ills garret.
That garret must have been perched
nearly 100 feet nbove" the level of the
street.
It is possible that Martial exaggerat
ed. but it is certain that Augustus, to
make less frequent the occurrence of
disasters, limited the height of new
houses that opened upon the streets to
nbout sixty-eight feet. As this was a
remedial regulation and referred only
to new houses fronting on the street,
it follows that some houses must have
exceeded that height.
This, moreover, was irrespective of
the breadth of the street. In Berlin the
medium wii^th of the streets Is twenty
two meters, and In Paris the narrow
est streets are nearly eight meters
wide, while the streets of Rome ex
tended only five or six meters, and on
these narrow streets the tall houses
were built. I.lght and nir must have
had some difficulty in penetrating those
narrow, walled in passages.
SARDOU AT REHEARSALS.
He Worried the Actors to Scowls and
the Actresses to Tears.
Sardou. the great French playwright,
knew how to profit by the views of oth
er people. .1 eronie A. Hart writes in
his book. "Sardou and the Sardou
Plays:"
"Like Alexandre Dumas pere, Sardou
was extremely sensitive to the opinions
of the less subtle spectators of his re
hearsals. He closely watched and
heeded the impressions and comments
of the stage carpenters, scene painters,
firemen, supers and other humble peo
ple behind the. scenes. They represent
ed to him the average mind of the av
erage audience. To the opinions of ac
tors of his unproduced pieces he paid
little heed: to the opinions of critics,
none at all. At rehearsals no details
escaped him. He would seat himself
on the stage chairs and sofas, open and
shut ire practicable doors, go to the
back of the parterre to study thS per
spective of the scene, climb to the high
est gallery to see if the audience there
could hear, and then hasten back to
trie stage.
"There ho would seat himself, jump
m: up (luring the rehearsal thirty or
forty times to show the netors his idea
of the action. In doing this he would
hutch, would cry, would shriek and
would even die a mimic death. Com
iug to life again, he would call for his
overcoat and hasten to muffle himself
up as before. He was very sensitive to
cold and always came on the stage
with a heavy coat, a muffler and cap
to protect him from drafts.
"He would rehearse from 10 in the
morning until 3. when he would take a
sandwich and a glass of wine. After
this he would resume his work until 5.
at which hour he would go blithely
forth into the street, smiling and hum
ming. 'followed.' as one resentful play
er put It. 'by scowling actors and weep
ing actresses.'"
Ths Idler Works Hard.
Work, ideally, should be congenial,
fruitful, and the worker aware of his
worth to the world. Nobody works
harder than the idler. He has on his
hands the dire task of killing time.
Knowing the awfulness of vacuity, he
fills the day with a semblance of activ
ity and while gnawing at his peace is
conscious of the barren folly of it all.
The finest argument for real work is
the spectacle of its counterfeit present
ment—Richard Burton in the Bellman.
Long Felt Want.
Yeast—I see a man has patented a
head rest to be fastened to the arm
of a car seat to aid the comfort of
passengers obliged to sleep in day
coaches. Crimsonbeak—What is most
needed in day coaches is a chin rest
for the man who happens to sit next
to you.—Yonkers Statesman.
"5^ English breakfast.
England has known many changes
-''-'.ring recent years. Caste lines have
been obliterated, the silk hat '= vr
longer an objects of reverential wor
ship, actors have been knighted and
bauds introduced into restaurants. But
the breakfast table is the last ditch of
British conservatism. The Englishman
eats bacon and eggs 305 mornings in
the year and welcomes leap year be
cause it enables him to indulge in that
delightful dish 3G6 times. The mon
archy may be abolished and the house
of lords deprived of its prerogative,
but the English breakfast will remain
as it was in the days of the conqueror.
—Xpxr Vrvrb- TTcu*« hi
TK« Cordova Daily Alaskan of
intorvi ' Publlshes th* following
interview with J. L. Denny, in ref
eienco to the new gold strike on
the headwaters 0f the Nelchina
river.
J- L. Denny came over from the
wes ward on the steamer North
Mcotcin. For five years past he I
'•is been prospecting In the Susit
ii.l country, and is now contemplat
a trip from Cordova into either
the Chisana or the newly discover
ed diggings in the Nelchina district.
le at Knlk he met McCormack
and Joe Palmer, who had just come
irom the new strike.
•Mr. Denny says that the strike
was not made on a tributary of Car
ibou creek, but that it was a few
wiles beyond and across the divide
on a tributary of the Nelchina rivar,'
and near its headwaters. The first
rich dirt was taken out by Duncan
-lcCormack, who went into that
country last winter. Three years
a*° a small crowd from Valdez had
run a cut on this same claim, but
b' u>iv reaching bed rock they struck
[frost and abandoned their work.
1 'us summer McCormack continued
<>n the same cut and on reaching be
rock struck good pay.
Joe Palmer, Ed Miller, Oleson
and Qetcholl and several others
soon made locations and took outl
>ood pay. A large number of others'
have since gone from the Knik
country. He states that G. C. Mar
gin, ot the geological survey, and
whose report was published last
year on the geology and coal fields
of the lower Matanuska valley, has
jbeen in the .country this summer.
«hen. the new find has been made,
and is still there. He is quoted as
stating that it looks good to him
and further expresses the opinion
that there is a large area of plac
er ground that has great possibili
ties. '
-Mr. Denny states that from the
conversation of the returning min
ers he gleaned that thejrich ground
is^ 7 miles above tim.W'Hne, about
12 feet deep leading into the bench
es. That it looked like underground
workings, as the glacial matter was
not frozen, but that the under wash
carryinng the pay was frozen. He
says that considerable work had
been done in previous years on var
ious tributaries, of Caribou creek,
without much success, but that the
work in the country across the div
ide Indicates rich ground.
In the opinion of Mr. Denny it is
impracticable to even think of go
ing to the new district from the
westward during the winter season
Ho talked with the hotel man and
owner of the large store at Knik
and they admitted that th eonly
feasible way of getting into the
country during the frozen seaso. I
was irom Valdez or Cordova. The
easiest route is considered via Chit
ina over the government road to the
mouth of the Tazlina river, at Cop
per Centre, a distance of 50 miles
Then to follow the Tazlina a dis
tance of 52 miles to the mouth of
the Nelchina river, and on up this
river for nearly 25 miles to the
new diggings.
The distance tills way is snorter
than if the strike had been made
on a tributary of Caribou creek,
which flows into the Matanuska
liver The strike is on the oth
er side of the divide and is more
properly in the Tazlina country, as
the Nelchina flows into that river.
There is also a short cut from Val
dez across the glacier 28 miles long,
but this is a hard trip. Mr. Denny
thinks most of the prospectors go
ing from Valdez will prpceed along
the government road to topper Cen
ire and there continue over the sam
route as will the men from Cordova
and Chitina, as well as the people
from the interior.
Maeterlinck in his book called "Le
Mort" says of the mystery of the after
death that outside of the religions
there are four imaginable solutions
and no more. These are total annihila
tion. survival of our consciousness of
today, survival without any sort of
consciousness, survival with universal
consciousness or with a eonsciousness
different from that which we possess
in this world.
The Joke on Father.
She had refused him, and he was "all
in."
"Reconsider, Annie," he begged. "It
you don't I'll blow my brains out"
"Huh," said Annie, "that would be a
good joke 011 father, for he thinks you
haven't any."—Ladies Home. Journal.
Patient,
Binks—Could you lend me $1 until
Saturday? .links—I'm busted. Won't
have a cent myself until Saturday.
Binks—Would you lend it to me then?
—New York Globe.
Nature when she adds difficulties
adds brains.—Em arson.
JOE MAHERIN GETS
*R. GODDARD'il GOAT
O. L. Coward and Joseph J. Mah
erin, two of the moot popular trav
eling men that coma te Juneau have
but Just returned from a week's orut
ing at Goddard's springs. While
at the springs Mr. Ceward asked Mr.
Maherln if he enjoyed the sport of
hunting. "Enjoy It?" he said, "why
my right name is Nimrod, I am call
ed Joe because it is shorter." They
decided to try for deer. They went
along the wooded bills' for some
time but saw no deer. Suddenly
Joe spied a goat in the distance. Im
portuning his companion to keep
quiet and let him get the goat he
commenced his artful and stealthy
march toward the quarry. Arrived
at the right point he poured five
shots Into the animal before desist
ing. The goat waa found dead all
light when they came to It—but it
waa tied to a rope and the rope
was tied to a" nearby tree. He had
killed the family pet. About town
one can hear: "Been up to the
springs, Joe?—heard you got Dr.
Goddard's ®oat."—Juneau Empire.
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The New Drug store's Phone Is
126. — \
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LOCAL BRIEFS
SKAGWAY WEATHE»i "ffS^ORT
Keaulta of the observation taken
at Moore'a Wharf at midnight,
last aight, la aa follows:
Temp, time obaerva>?n .. . 36 above
Max. preceding 24 hro ., 63 above
Mln. " " " .. . 36 above
Mean " " " . 45above
Clear, S. Wind Barometer 29:30.
come. Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
W. R. Hillery, W. M.
Frl. Ev'ga. of each
mouth. Visiting brothers are wel
White Pass Lodge
F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
F. & A. M.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagway Aei lo
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meets the iiroC, ana mini
Wednesday r'ght of each month at
tuolr hall ou Fifth avenue. Vi3iting
brothers cordially Invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P.; J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night at
1 8 o'clock. Elks
club and reading
room open flatly from 1 p. m. to
12 midnight. Visiting brothers cor
dially welcome.—W. C. Blanchard,
Ex. R. Geo. Magee, Secretary.
ii. sharp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome.—Fred Fonzo, Arctic
Chief. W. R. Hillery, Arctic Rec.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Attorneys
H. B. LE FEVRE
Attorney-At-Law
Commissioner For Yukon '.orrlt^y
to Take Affidavits
8kagway - - Alaska
Dentists.
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Dentist
Most Modern Methods
Open Evenings
Office Honrs; 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - -Broadway
SKAGWAY - ALA«AK
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SUPPLY COMPANY .
DENTAL SUPPLIES
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash.
Orders by mail or cable will receive
prompt attention. Catalogue on re
quest.
We are in business for your health
— Keller Bros. Drug Co.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every Tues
day evening at 8:00 p.
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