New Showing of
HA TS and CAPS
HIKING CLOTHING
for
Men, Women and Children
For The Spring Planting
SEEDS ONION SETS *
BLUE GRASS CLOVER
BONE MEAL
Forks Hoes Rakes
Hose—Nozzles—Sprinklers
Pruning Shears, Etc.
C. W. ASK&SONS
New Home Restaurant
_ and Lcdgings
CHAS. PETERSON. Proprietor
.A »mnfortaMr homelike p!at e with ewellent meals am! ijood roomy,
wlierc the tuneliux |>ul>lic will tiuil u outlial welcome.
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1'KH KS LOWEST—Fifth Ave . Near Broadttuv-:-SERVICE REST
ifk WinUr
Schedule |
S. S. Princess Louise
WILL LEAVE SKAGWAY 7 P. M.
MAY 8; II; :il Jl NE J, 13
FOR
Vancouver, Victoria, rrince Rupert, Seattle
(."unir- ting at Vancouver witi Fust C'ontint ntal Trains
Tiiketsand All Information From
L. H. JOHNSTON, Ag»-nt, Skayrcay, Alaska'
Subj^t to change without notice
FAILINGS FROM
Skagway for Seattle
SI'oK \NK
»I'()K \\K
I.UKKV
Vl'KKX
All steamer*
Leave Sc.ittle—l.cave SkiiKWii}
MAY -J7 J I'VE 1
JI XI: :{ JI NK 8
jivk 10 jink 15
.m m: it 41 xk
snll south \ i.i Sitka anil leave
Skagwa) at 0 |>. in.
ufojeit to chaiiKe without notice.
\V. J MAN'AHAN, Agent.
Paci/ic Coastwise <5erv?ce i|
> ADMIRAL LINE
H.F. ALEXANDER. PE?r^m^MT — i A
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO
WIIKX Yol" THINK ALASKA THINK ALASKA STEAMSHII' CO.
Sailings from SKAGW'AY Season 1922
WHITE FLYER S, S. JEFFERSON |
For SEATTLE, TACOMA ana Way Ports
MAY 13-29 Jl'.N'E 12-20 Jl'l.Y l<>-24
At'Gl'ST 7-21 SEPTEMBER 4-18
F. \\. JOHN .SOX, Agent SKYGWAY, ALASKA
. ' Schedule subject to change without notice.
The Unrevealed.
"Daughter." sulci the ctmttMl* flioth:
er, "you should know, absolutely, that
you love James above all things, be
fore you tnarry him."
"For mercy's sake, mamma," pouted
the girl, "you are ho unreasonable!
How can I know how much I love him
until I marry him and give him a
chance to treat me mean and see If I
cun stick to him!"
Wild Oat« That Travel.
We are all more familiar with "wild
oats" in a moral than a botanical
sense, yet In the latter It Is an article
of no small curiosity.
For one thing, It has a seinl-lnherent
power of moving from one place to an
other. Let a head of It be laid down
In a moistened state upon a table and
left there for the night, and the next
morning It « 111 be found to have
walked away.
This locomotive power possessed by
wild oats resides In the peculiar hard
"awn," or spike, which sets the grain
a-tumhllng over and over sideways.
A very large and coarse kind of
wild oats, brought many years ago
from Otahelte, was found to have
this ambulatory character In uncom
mon perfection.
If ordinary cultivated oats are al
lowed to degenerate, they revert to
their former state, and acquire this
among other characteristics.—London
Answers.
Three Pithy Paragraph*.
I have never yet heard man Or wom
an much abused that 1 was not inclined
to think the belter of tlieui; and to
transfer any suspicion or dislike to the
person who appeared to take deiiglit
In pointing out the delects of a fellow
creature.—Jane Porter.
1 do not want to see the time come
when any group in this country will
become so powerful and strong that
by Its power It may work or create
conditions of suffering among some
other group.—Hugh Krayne.
One of the silliest of human de
lusions Is the Idea that time will bring
everything out all right. Haven't you
heai d people get that off—and then
procevd to do nothing whutever with
time?—John M. SlddalL
Authors' Noms de Plume.
Arteiuus Ward and Mark Twain
were literary examples of adopted
names, writes Frederic J. Uaskiu in
the Chicago News, Iteury M. Stan
lev. the Atriran explorer, was original
ly" John Rowlands. l-'or euphony in
authorship, .lames B. Taylor he-'auiC
Bayard Ta.vlor and Juuies B. Matthew.
became Brumler Matthews. t'lysse
S. tirant began as Hiram S. Gram
(jrover Cleveland as Stephen G. t,'le\e
•and uud WhlteNw Held as Jacob W.
Held.
Use of Oil Long Ac;o.
Oil from natural springs in Slcllj
was used in lamps In the teuiple of
Jnplti r at Kmue ami oil ted lamps
were burned in "tiler temples aud In
rich men's homes.
A ROMANCE OF THE
GREAT LAKES
The
Indian
Drum
Ey William Mac.iarg
and Edwin Baimer
A (Tripping tale in which love,
loya'tv and honesty fight in
trigt.eand treachery toundothe
consequences of a great crime,
give an honorable name to a
waif and restore a birthright.
Indian superstition blends with
a white men's mystery to pro
duce a peculiarly fascinating
story of romanc- and action.
Shows that adventures on
the big inland waters may be
quite as thrilling as those on
the high seas.
This very interesting novel,
the joint production of two
well known writers, has been
selected by us for serial repro
duction in this paper.
This absorbing story will be in
Tuesday's issue of the Alaskan and
generous instalments will appear in
each issue. Phone in your subscrip
tion today and we will place you on
our books as of June 1.
Do not fail to read it!
When in Skagway, Go to the
ST. JAMES LODGING HOUSE
John Williams, Proprietor
Rooms 50 Cents and lTp
Bonded Trunks and Hand Baggage
Transferred To and From
BOATS and TRAIN'S
FIRE WODD BOUGHT AND SOLD
.GREAT. DISCOVERY BY YOUTH
: r ■ ,-r *
Experiments of Seventeen-Year-Old
Saxon Gave Dresden China to an
Appreciative World.
A king's fnlth in the transmutation i
of metals and the skill of an apothe- '
cary's seventeen-year-old son caused
the discover}- of the celebrated Ores- J
tfen ware. The klug was Augustus of
Saxony and the boy was Kottiger, who
composed a tincture that was supposed
to be capable of being transformed In
to gold. But being a genius wasn't
much fun for Botllger, for the king
locked hlni in a complete laboratory
and refused him. freedom, "O'Dair"
w.-ltes in the Milwaukee Sentinel. The
restraint almost unbalanced the boy's
mind. "He foamed at the mouth and
knocked his heud against the wall and {
trembled so violently thai two soldiers
could not hold him. And he drunk
12 cans of beer a day without getting '
drunk." It was thought advisable to
move the boy to Dresden and give him
certain liberty. While continuing his I
experiments there he discovered the 1
Meissen porcelain, commonly called j
Dresden china. This discovery re '
Jolced Augustus and he s)>ent large
sums In constructing the Japan pal
ace. Many workmen came from Delft '
to make the new ware and soon all
Eun>i>e wns buying Meissen.
In gratitude the king gave Bottlger '
his freedom, a ring with his ettlgy, two
apes, a young bear and credit with
the royal banker, and In addition the
profits from the porcelain factory for
life.
But \v!iat do you think! Butt ger
died "f dissipation at the age of thir
ty-four.
FOUND HIS PROBLEM SOLVED
Stroke of Luck Said to Have Come to
Man at Work on Idea of tin- I
ainkablc Boa:.
Among tli*- "accidental" Inventions ^
may be mentioned tlit* lifeboat. lu !
the course o| a country stroll William
Wouldhave. tJ«f inventor of tin- self
righting lifeboat, rattle acres* a woman
who asked his help in IITtii>K a heavy ]
vessel of water Just dru«n front the
well. On the surfaiv of tJie water
there tloHted the broken half of a
Wooden howl.
Wuuhlhave was drawn into conver
vatloti. and' like many another man
whu cannot keep tils hutel* quiet
while he talks, he Idly tiiywj with the
floating piece of wood. Naturally he
turned It over and found to hi* sur
prise that It Immediately righted It
self. He Inverted it again, with the •
same result; and since he was at the
time actually at wrk on the problem
of an unslnkiilile hoat lie Immediately
realized the importance uf his chance
discovery.
It Is an experiment that anyone can
readily make for himself. All one re
quires Is the fourth part of a hollow
"prolate spheroid"; or to put It In
more homely language, the quarter of
a cocouut shell.split from end to end.
I'ut the shell In a howl of water and
you will find that It will not rem an
capsized, hut will return at nice to;
au even keel. In sclentitic language.
It will float only with the co \ox -ur
face downward.—New York Times.
Early Workers in Copper.
From the very remotest times cop
per has been a favorite with metal
workers. The .\s»y riaiis. 1 „yptiau»,
Persians and Greeks were tine metal
workers and claim Son.e of the best
specimens of the art. Including the
hand hammered copper statue of
IVpl I, a grei-t Egyptian king, who
reigned in L'JiK) B. Oi
Another grwit work of art Is the
Great Gate of Chalmanesor II. an As
sy tlau king contemporary with Ahub
or blbMcal times. The British museum
contains a masterpiece of hand-ham
mered copper known as The Slrus—a
pair of shoulder pieces for a suit of
armor, picturing a Hreek warrior and
an amnion In combat.
Scores of European cities—partic
ularly In Belgium—have beautiful
statuary, roof, ornamentations and
other Jarge pieces of hand hammered
copper.
Insulated Shovel.
Where laborers are at work on an
electric railway of the third-track
class tliere la always danger If onii- [
nary tools are employed, for the j
touching of the third rail with a pick,
■hovel or crowbar may lead to fatal !
reMjIts. There was patented some '
time ago it tool which is Insulated .
for the purpose of protecting the work
ni"n on electric railways, hi the case i
of the usual sTiovel there Is placed an j
Insulating sleeve over the metallic (
bundle so that there Is no possibility
of grounding the current through the
workman should the tool come into ac- j
cldental contact with the "live" rail.
Furthermore, there is made use of an j
Insulating material of some distinct
color, which Is an additional prvcau- '
tion.
Adjustable Curve.
There is a most ingenious drawing
Instrument for making • urves, which
was Invented by a Massachusetts man.
This device consists of a bow, a flex
ible rule pivoted at its ends to the ends
of the bow and having a pair of in- i
wardly extending studs, a tlat reinforc
ing spring contracting with the inner j
side of tbe rule and having slots re- j
"ceiving the studs and a screw-thread- :
ed udjusting device extending between
the center of the spring anu the bow.
By adjusting the screw-threaded mem
ber the curve may be changed to meet
all requirements within the range of j
the instrument. I'erhaps the greatest ]
application of this device Is in laying ;
out parabolas of varying sizes. i
SUMMER TOGS
Ladies' and Men's Hiking Suits
Two-piece Tweed Suits for Ladies
Sport Skirts and Wraps
CORDOVAX OXFORDS FOR MEN*.
PATENT LEATHER AM) CORDOVA!* OXFORDS FOR WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.
NEW GIRDLES. HAIR ORNAMENTS, BEAD NECKLACES AND
BAR FINS.
WE INVITE VOCR INSPECTION
CANVASS FOOTWEAR FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
L. A. Harrison Co.
Fifth Avenue Theater
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Billie Rhodes
in
"HOOP-LA"
Admission, including war tax.—AdulU, 10#; ehlldrM II#
MODERN SIGN WRITING
CLOTH WOOD METAL
SHOW CARDS AT LOW EST PRICES A SPECIALTY
SIGNS AS YOU WANT THE AXD WHEN YOU WANT THEM
GET IN TOl'CH WITH ME FOR PRICES
V ic Sparks
Taylor & Drury, Ltd.
GENERAL MERCHANTS
WHITEHORSE, Y. T.
WE SPECIALIZE IN
Imported British Woolen Goods
MEN'S, WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR
NEW ARRIVALS THIS MONTH
MEN'S CASHMERE and HEATHER MIXTURE SOCKS
WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S HOSIERY
THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS
Manufacturers' Samples
of Women's and Misses' Sweater Coats at Special Prices
MEN'S READY-TO-WEAR SlITS at |J5 a suit These are Ertre
Good Value.
STORE WILL HE OPEN SATURDAY, MAY 27
White Fass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE NO. il
h
Tuesday* and rrldar*
No. 1, X. Bound. Ka % I.
1st Class. let CIm*.
8:30 a. m. Leaves SKAGWAT Arrtree I II p. ■
10:45 a. m. ** WHIT* PASS Learee |:tl p IB
12:30 p. m. " BENNETT " lt:4l p. k
1:00 p.m. " CARCR068 " If :(f a m
4:ZS p m. Arrives WHTTKHOB8B * I I* a. u
Passenger* must be at the depot ta ttme te hare In
spected. and checked. Inspection la stopped thirty lalaatas kefo.t
tearing time of traina.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked tree wlti eaefe fell tart
•Icket. and T6 poands witb each ball tare