I HIE PASS a
=101 ROUTE=
The
Gate-way
Route of
Comfort
Service
Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
=»Interior Alaska ~ »
During the winter season of 1916-17 our regular train service wiH
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
Thoroughly Equipped Stage and Automobile Line
For full information apply to
C. W. CASH
Supt. Mail Service Dept.
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.
A. F. Z1PF
_OR— Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Waah.
White Pass & Yukon Route
time table Na ss.
Morday, Wednesday and Friday
No. 1, N. Bound
1st CbM
K.-30 a. m. Leaves
It:03 ». m. "
11:43 a. m. **
12:40 p. m.
2.20 p. ni. "
4:50 p. m. Arrives
1 J_ LL I: a
Arrives
Leaves
8KAGWAY
WHITE PASS
LOO CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHJTSHORSE
Pawengen most b« at depot 1« dm* to have Baggage to- |
»pect«d and checked. Iaapection to stopped SO ilnwtw before (
leaving time of train* —
160 poanda of baggage will be checked free with each fall
tare tlckrt and 75 pouade with each half fare ticket.
No. 2, 8. Bound
1st Cla«
3:50 p. in.
2:20 p. m.
1:30 p. m.
12:30 p. m.
10:48 ». m.
8:00 a. m.
Relieves CATARRH of<
the ■
BLADDER;
and all
Disctarges in
mhours:
Each c*p*ule bear* the i
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SYSTEM AND PRINTING
Don't put it off, but order y°ur
printing now '"wilcy you will need
when you put la your 'new bystern
The Dally'Alaekao. job department
Is be'ter eQuIpped than 'ever to da
you-r -work. Prices 'right and work
promptly executed. tf.
Make It a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year he
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Electri
fication, you'll enjoy the comfortable accommoda
tions and you'll like the little courtesies incident
to "Milwaukee" service. -ay m
E. J. Shaw, j Skagway
H. G. Weir jAgenU
A.IE. Harris, T. P. A.
Juneau Alaska
Chicago, Milwaukee and Su Paul Railway
LEGAL ROMANCES,
Court Cases Wltere the Unexpect
ed Came as a Climax.
FACTS THAT RIVAL, FICTION.
Soma Trlaia In Which the Heavy Hand
of tha Law Waa- Curloutly Turned
A*ld« From Inftietlng Puniahmant
Upon an Innocent Paraon.
As a rule, law proceedings are dry
affairs, but there have been Bome
wherein the facta rivaled the most ro
mantic Action.
About the middle ol the eighteenth
century a vessel axrlvedone day at an
English port from India. The captain
reported that, while sailing through
the Indian ocean, one of his passen
gers, a man of wealth and rank, had
been murdered and then accused one
of hia passengers, a young- brother of
the murdered man, of the crime.
Though protesting bla Innocence, the
accused was brought to triaL When
put upon the stand the captain swore
that about midnight on the evening of
the murder, which was Christmas eve,
he had seen the accused leave his own
cabin, creep stealthily along the deck
to the cabin of his brother and that*
enter. Shortly after, the captain testi
fied, he heard the sounds of a struggle
and then saw the accused emerge and
return to his cabin. On going to the
cabin of the elder brother he found
him dead from strangulation. Under
cross examination the captain said that
he, himself, was concealed from the
view of the accused man by- the deep
shadow cast by the sail in the light of
a full moon, while the accused had
been compelled to creep In the light
for quite a distance, which rendered
him perfectly recognizable. The sec
ond mate, who testified that he was
with the captain, swore to the same
facts.
There was no other evidence except
the denial of the ajjused, who, It wai
shown, would prout largely by his
brother's death. Just as the case was
about to be given to the Jury a man
In the courtroom asked permission to
put a single question to the captain.
"Now," said the stranger when the
captain had returned to the stand, "If
you recognized the prisoner In the light
of a full moon on last Christmas eve,
how do you, who know something of
astronomy, account for the fact that
on last Christmas eve there occurred a
total eclipse of the sun?"
Trapped thus In his own circumstan
tial lies, the captain broke down and
confessed that ho and the mate had
been hired to commit the murder by
a third relative, who, upon the death
of the younger brother, would have
fallen heir to both their estates.
In a celebrated court martial case
which came up for trial In 1871 a
young lieutenant was accused of hav
ing forged another man's name to a
promissory note and obtained money
on It The accusing witness produced
the note In question, which was writ
ten upon a sheet of blue ruled foolscap
paper and bore a date of the year 1807.
Everything had gone agalhst the de
fendant and the case was about to go
to the Jury, when the sweetheart of the
lieutenant, who was sitting beside him
at the trial, happened to pick up the
note and hold It In such a way that a
strong light from the window shone
through the paper. There, to her Joy,
she read the watermark, "Swampscott
Mills, 1S69." In other words, the note
purported to have been written on the
paper two years before the paper had
been manufactured.
xne year ltstsy ngures m anoiner
strange lawsuit. In the year 18S0 cer
tain persons In New Mexico claimed a
huge tract of hundreds of thousands of
acres as the heirs of one Bartolomo
Baca, to whom, they alleged, the Span
ish government had. In 1817, made a
grant They exhibited the deed of
grant and sued to obtain possession.
On the trial the deed of grant stood
every test of genuineness, and a de
cree was entered awarding the Im
mense property to the claimants.
Some months afterward as John
Waldron, the attorney for the Santa
Fe railroad, who had been the princi
pal losers, was reading a paper his eye
rested on this little paragraph, "Ani
line Ink was Invented in 1809 In Ger
many." As he read the thought flashed
through his mind, "What kind of Ink
was the Baca land grant written In7"
By permission of the court he had a
chemist make a quiet test of the ink
of the grant, and when he read the
chemist's report he cabled to a certain
German chemist in Europe. Six
months after, when the case was, by
permission of the court, reopened on
account of newly discovered evidence,
a white bearded stranger took the
stand and in ten minutes sent the case
of the Baca heirs out of court and the
heirs themselves iota the penitentiary
by swearing that he was the Inventor
of aniline ink, that the invention was
made in 1S69, and that the Ink in
which the Bartolomo Baca grant, dated
1817, was written, was aniline.—Case
and Comment
Too Big a Pill.
"What's that thing, doc?"
"That's the medicine ball I bought
you."
"Then I'm afraid there is no hope
for me."
"Why not?"
"I never can swallow that"—Youngs
town Telegram.
Firework®.
Flreworki are said to have been first
used In Europe in the city ot Florence
in 1360. v
More people succumb to worry than
to the things they worry about
One Farmer's Method of
Keeping His Boy at Home
In a county of Okluhoma lives a fam
ily of four members—father, mother,
son and daughter—says the Country
Gentleman. The son joined the Boys'
Corn club In 1012, He was encouraged
by his father. The boy got the. best
acre on the farm. Ho got the barn
yard manure for fertilizer. Hla father
assisted him in getting good seed and
advised him with his work. The boy
was permitted to have sufficient time,
horses and machinery to care for his
crop as directed by the department of
agriculture. The boy grew 101 bushels
of corn on his one acre the first year.
Every year since he has been a mem
ber of the boys' clubs. He has always
been successful In his work. He has
learned the game and has been apply
ing the lessons In his father's field as
well as his own. He has become known
throughout Oklahoma as a breeder, of
Johnston county white seed corn. His
seed corn is in demand at $3 a bushel.
During the four years that he has been
a club member he has won more than
$400 worth of prizes. He Joined the
Pig club and became interested In live
stock. He novfr owns seven head of
pure bred Duroc-Jersey bogs, six head
of well bred cattle and a horse. This
stock he has secured from the Income
he has received from his club work.
The home is ideul. The father and
son are now as chummy as schoolboys.
They work to each other's interests.
Tho father calls the boy his partner.
The boy feels the responsibility of
making tho father's work a success.
There is no thought of this boy's loay
ing home. Tho city has no attraction
for him. He snys ho wants to learn all
he can about agriculture so he can help,
his folks make home more attractive.
He will do it
Practice Safely First
In Crossing Car Track*
Different drivers linvo their own
ways of guarding ngnlnst danger when
crossing car tracks, says Farm and
Fireside. One experienced car owner
gives his views on the subject as fol
lows:
No hard and fast rule can bo laid
down, because scarcely any two cross
ings are allko. But there Is one cau
tion which always applies: "Don't
take a chance; tiud out If there is dan
ger." If you can see a quarter of a
mile or more up and down the track
and no train or traction car Is In sight
cross tbo track at a lively rato of
speed, anyhow fifteen miles an hour.
Somo drivers stop too near the track
and then try to go over slowly. If a
tralu whistles they lose their liends
and may kill their engine by putting
on too much power. Always have
enough momentum to carry you across.
Another thing: When a clear view
of the track in both directions Is
blocked by buildings or trees, stop
your car and have somo one get out
and look, or if you are alone slow down
the motor enough so you can hear an
approaching car or train. If no train
can bo seen or heard then cross with
plenty of power, but never try to beat
a train across. Under all circum
stances have your feet ready on the
pedals and decide beforehand what
you would do In case of danger.
Darning Hint.
It Is much easier to use a black
stocking darner when darning white
stockings and a white one when darn
ing black, as It is easier to see where
you place the threads.
Warding Off Trouble.
He had reformed and was full of zeal
In the cause of temperance. He was
holding a lecture in a workmen's hall
and, fearing that the audience might
interrupt, ne nau
hired a former
prize fighter to
preserve order.
In glowing terms
the orator con
trasted home life
with drunken
ness.
"What Is it we
want when we
return home aft
er a hard day's
work ? What do
we want to ease
our burden, to gladden our hearts, to
bring the smile of happiness to our
faces and joyous songs to our lips?"
He paused for effect, and in the si
lence could be heard the voice of the
keeper of the peace:
"Mind, the first bloke that says
'beer,' out he goes with a bang."—Coun
try Gentleman.
Wonders of Science.
A. camera man, working for the edu
cational department of a film company,
met an oia 1 aim
er coming out of a
house In one of
the middle states
and explained his
presence on the
place thus:
"I have just
been taking some
moving pictures
of life on your
farm."
"Did you catch
any of my labor
ere in motion .' asKea ine uiu man
curiously.
"Sure I did."
The fanner shook his head reflective
ly and then said:
"Science Is a wonderful thing."
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