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THE >EXT STE1*
I lVald«z Prospector)
Unless you are nt the very top,
there rs always a job just a little
hotter than your ova. • How much
thought do you give to that job?
Surpcse it ^fell vacant suddenly?
It makes no difference how firm
ly intrenched its holder may seem
to 'oe. He may he forced to get
«»ext month. • 1
He may b^ promoted or fired, cur
out any day. Tomorrow, next week
to may move to'something better.
Could you fill h;s shoes? 1D0
yen know the detail and the rou
tine ot his work as well as you
Kaow your own? Would; "they"
the i owers that control your des
tiny, naurally turn to you and de
cuWi that you ought to have a
chance to show what you can do
w>'h th£ job? Or would- they
teel mat the'only safe course was
to fo "Utsido the organization for
a man? Or—a-x>e you in danger jof
having the man below you jumped
over your head because he knows
the next job and you don't?
You won't get very far in any
ort cf work if youthink only 'of
your own day's work. No matter
few well you may fill your place
you will not advance if that is all
you do. . | 5
Jeme 'men think too much1 about
the job ahead. They are always
»Kink:njr, scheming, 'deTrislrg? ways
;.tid means to crowd ' the fellow
ahead o* them out of their -way.
And sometimes they wake 'up too
!a*e and find the man.behind- has
.'tnped into their shoes.'
But therp is a happy .'medium.
The man who is 'at the top feels
he*'er if he knows that all througtf
Ms organization capable understud
i s are perfecting themselves. And
he knows it, if he is on the job
h'mself. He knows if you are tak
:ng an intelligent, practical interest
'u the work of the man just above
! rm i
Sometimes, -when your oto
wo~k is slack and the fellow ivert
above you is busy, lend him a hand.
J£ you do it la thee right -spirit
he will be grateful 'and he'll repay
you by giving you an insight into
his work. And'he ready to lend a
hand to the man behind you. too.'
\ good many men miaa promo
tion because Uhere is a feeling'that
no one can.'do their work. . G]ye
soire of 'your j=pare time in' train
ing the man-beloyr ia your job,'so
tn.it "they" will know, if the chance
e,Tn?s, that they can more 'up
wi'hout hurting the ©fficCency 'of
the organization. You'll take no
chance of being Bupplanted - by
thai sort of altruism; not if the
organization you are a part of is
worth belonging to at 'all.
Promotion.'5s very 6eldom a "mat
ter of luck, jit comes to the man
who has earned it. ' A good deal
of sympathy is wasted on men who
get Into a 'rut, and stay |with ft,
worlclng on Uhe earn© job, year
after year, untji they are old and
worn out. 'A man who does "that
can usually lay "the blame uponi him
self,, if he gets down to cases. j
An Idaal Wlf*.
"There will bo fewer divorces,'* said
a society woman, "when men treat
women as their equals.
" 'Do you know the bind of wife my
Ideal is?' a married man once said
to me.
" 'Of course I do,' sa!d I. 'Tour
ideal wife U the kind that's tickled to
death over a birthday present of a bag
of flour,'" ..
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, MODERN ARMY RIFLES. ""
I Evolution of the Old Smooth Bore Muz
zle Loading Musket.
The gun Is the little brother of the
cannon. Artillery was made first, but
It was easy to see that something a
man could carry was needed, and in
the fourteenth century the Flemings
were the proud possessors of hand
cannon, small copies of the bigger
weapon fitted to n stock. They were
Interesting more than effective, how
ever, and did little damage beyond
scaring badly every one who faced
them for the first thne.
Improvements came In the course of
time, and the arquebus, also called the
caliver and which was modeled some
what after the crossbow, came on the
market. The work the Spanish did
with the new weapon was not a joke.
And under the Duke of Alva, a little
later, they also Introduced the musket,
an Improvement on the arquebus, but
still a clumsy affair, fired by a match
and so heavy that it could only be
aimed from a rest. It had a tremen
dous bore, however, and could stop a
horse at D00 yards, so It soon became
the universal military arm.
Early in the eighteenth century the
flintlock displaced the matchlock. The
Cbarleville musket. Introduced by
Lafayette and the first regulation gun
In the hands of American soldiers, was
of this type.
A Scotch clergyman. Alexander For
*ythe, was responsible for the next big
advance, the percussion cap. which he
invented In ISO". The Prussian needle
Sun was the first successful military
breechloader, although the principle
was not new—the Spanish had them
aboard the ships of the armada.
Rifling also is very old. Gaspard
Koller of Vienna and August Kotter of
Nuremberg were rivals for the honor
of the Invention about 1520. As has
been pointed out. however, these im
provements had to be laid aside until a
day of better workmanship.
Mo«t of the fighting up to 1S50 was
done with smoothbores, even Napo
leon discarding the rifle. Breechloaders
were used near the close of our own
war, and very soon the muzzle loader
oecame a eunusjij.
Winchester, aa American, invented
one of the first successful repeating
rifles, and the Turks used them against
the Russiaus in 1877. Then all the
srreat military powers began rearming
their troops with small caliber repeat
ers, usjbg hljib power smokeless pow
der. Ode of the best Is our owu Spring
field rifle.
Xo one need wonder what the weap
on of the near future will be. All war
departments of the world are eagerly
searching for the perfected automatic
rifle, which will be a terrible weapon
indeed—a miniature machine gun.—St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Teutons and Slavs.
A Teuton Is one of an ancient Ger
man tribe that dwelt north of the Elbe
and first appeared In history along
with the Ainbie. about 300 B. C. The
German people in general are called
Teutons. The name means "the peo
ple." as opposed to foreigners.
A Slav is one belonging to any of the
Slavonic groups uf Aryans. These are
all domiciled in Europe except the Rus
sians of Siberia, and a large number
of emigrants settled In America. They
are divided Into three groups, eastern
Slavs or Russians, northwestern Slavs
and southern Slavs. They are the most
numerous rare in Europe. Their orig
inal habitat seems to have been the
basins of the Vistula and other rivers
to the northeast of the Carpathians.
Unfortunate.
Howell—He's an unlucky fellow.
Powell—Yes; he's always Johnny on
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GEXTIEMEN—"We offer you Har
mony Pip© Blend as tlie 'newest
discovery in the art of blending
tobaccoe. 15c, in-the cream-col
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Dcu* Company, Tobacco Counter.
ORIGIN 5F OUR HOLIDAY$r*
A Woman's Influence.In Nationalizing
Thanksgiving.
First and last enough sentiment has
been expended upon American politics
to equip a regiment of |ioets laureate.
Distinctly American holidays are full
of It Fourth of July, of course, made
itself. The 22d of February became
one by common consent. It bad Its
origin lu a convivial supper In a New
York tavern In ITS.'!. wIiod a company
met to listen to an original ode and
drink Innumerable toasts. Enthusiasm
survived tbe wine, and as the gentle
men went gayly and unsteadily home
they swore to meet again on future an
niversaries. Regarded at first as a
purely party custom, it broadened be
yond Federal circles to take In all
Americans. Jefferson's followers at
tempted a similar observance In his
honor, but be couutered with another
bit of sentiment, refusing to divulge
the date, on the ground that only the
birthday of tbe nation should be so
treated.
Thanksgiving was sectional and re
ligious as well as political^ and senti
ment graced it in plenty. One of the
customs that Huge-red lu good old New
England households until the middle
of the last century was to lay five
grains of corn upon the plate of every
person at table lu memory of a day In
early colonial history when five ships
came saillug into harbor just in time
to chase away the specter of famine.
It was Washington who appointed
the first national day of thanksgiving
at the instance of congress, after the
adoption of tbe constitution. For many
years, however, annual observance of
the day remained a matter of state ac
tion, virtually confined to New Eng
land. Like the 2L\1 of February, it be
came a national custom only gradual
ly; unlike tbe 22d of February, it
spread largely through the influence of
a woman. Mrs. Sarah .Tosepha Hale,
who advocated It for twenty years in
tha editorial columns of Godey's Lady
Book.—Ilelen Nicolay in Century.
Borrow—Until now 1 have never had
to ask yon for a small loan. Money—
And till now I have never been obliged
to refuse you.
A STITCH IN TIME
Alaska I'ocrple Should not Neglect
ThejUj_ Kidneys
No kidney bailment 'is unimpctfrt
au* Don't o^erloo^ the Eligltest
backache or -urinary; irreyulaiiity.
Nature may .bo warning you of
approaching dropsy, grav©l or
Bright^ 'disease Kidney disease
is seldom fatal if treated, in tlm®'
but neglect may-pave the way. Don'
neglect a lame or &cli8ng back an
other day. -Don't igaore dizzy
spells, irregular'or discolored urine,
headaches, weariHeaa or d^Pr®"88!011
If you feel you need kidney help
begin using the reliable, time
tried remedy, Doan's Kidney Pilla.
For 50 years, Doan'a have been
fcun l effective. Endorsed by grate
ful people.
Mrs. S. O. Turner, 608% Tenth
3t., Sacramento, cal., B&ys; "I
underwent three operations and this
severe strain, together with colds,
affected my kldneyB. I kad pain
through my back and could hard
ly 6ftoop over for If I 'tried to,
pains caught me. My back and
linn® were so stiff I couldn't move.
My kidneys acted too often. Doan's
Kldoey Pills have promptly 'reliev
ed me of ©very' attack of kidney
Buffering."• 1
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney'remedy—
get Doan'a Kidney Pills—the #ame
that Mrs. Turner 'had. Foater-MU
burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. I
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* FRATERNAL ORDK15S *
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Arctic Brotherhood. -—
Camp Skagwav No. 1,
A. B. moots every sec
ond and fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. stiarp. Visiting brotherscordial |
Jx wt'ccjne. W. L. stevemsoin, Arc
tic Chief. "W. E. Burford, Arctic
Kecc rder.
Fraternal Oitler
Skogway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
W edxieflday night of each mouth; at
tiiPii hail on fifth. Avesiue. Visit
ing brothers cordially iuvitcid to
attend. Ii. E. Hudson, AV. 1'.,
J. M. Greisbach, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
Whites Puss Lodge j
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Fri. Ev'gs, of each
month. Visiting brothers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Address all communications to
the ^Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
' E. meets every
Thursday night
Y* ht 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
TV VIVUUiU.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
r. J. VAA'DEWALL, secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* iii A. B. Hull first Momlny la
every mouth nt 8:80 p/m.
Vteltlng Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sac.
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(Formerly of Seattle)
Speclalifct In the trcajinicpit of
disease and deformities of thei
«5'e, e>ar, nose nnd tliroat.
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oeau, Alaska.
XV. B. STOUT
Attorney At Lew
Pra<tlce in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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L. H. JOHNSTON Agt. Phone 87 01 118 SKAGWAY 1
FOR SALE
The 'West half of lot 9, Block
S, Fourth Avenue, two story
house, range, stove, sonic car
pets, table, chairs, bedsteads,
&c. 1
Price
t $450.00
PHIL
ABRAHAMS!
Established
1897 /
624 Fourth Avenue
SKaGWAY, ALASKA
You make a mistake if
von dr no* stoo at
THE
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a ill lb II iiuuon
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Mi.'!-:, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da,rv
Fresh Eggu. etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Poorr.s for Travelirg Men.
H. S. PI JLLEN. Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
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THIS FALL? AND MONEY
" VIA GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC "
TWIN SCREW STEAMSHIP
PRINCERUPERT
LEAVES SKAGWAY
EVERY MONDAY at n:oo a. m.
For
Prince Rupert, Victoria, Vancouver Direct
All Two Berth Outside llooms Throng; Service - * No Change
Hot and Cold Running ^ater in Kverv Room
TRAVEL VIA
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ON LUXURIOUS TRAINS OVER THE 1UCST NEW RAILWAY EVER
CONSTRUCTED and SAVE TIME and MONEY
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Trav. Frt & Pass. Agt. Phone 43,Pa%roadway
Juneau, Alaska Skagway, Alaska