I WHITE PASS 8
=111 ROUTE =
The - Speed,
Route of ( j Service
Comfort, Safety.
Through Tickets to and from Dawson, Fairbanks and all
Interior Alaska and Yukon River points.
YUKON river service
During the season of navigation our fleet of modern, up-to
date steamers will operate regularly the entire length of the
Yukon River and tributaries, giving a service never before
equalled.
Our daily train service between Skaguay and White Horse
has been improved bv the addition of modern
PARhOR OBSERVATION CARS
which are splendidly equipped with comfortable leather
chairs, writing desks, card tables dressing rooms, etc., afford
ing travelers an opportunity to view the famous White Pass
scenery in ease and comfort.
For full information apply to
J. E. DEMP3EY, Traffic Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
TheWhitePass AYukon Route
TIME TABLE Xo. 34.
Tuesday and Friday.
NY. 1, X. Bound
1st class
8:30 a. m. Leaves
1 l:0o p. ni.
11:40 p. n».
1 -: So p. m.
-:0<» p. w.
• :1."» p. m. Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITEHORSE
Xo. 2, S. Bound
1st class
Arrives 3:20 p. m.
Leaves 1:4s p. in.
" 12:47 p. m.
" 12: lj p. in.
" 10:25 n. m.
" S:15 a. m.
Pa&sesgers must be at depots la time t« hare Baggage Inspected
iiul checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time cf
:r;ilna. -«•> _% i
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with cach full fare
ticket aid 75 pounds with each half tare ticket.
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UGLY MR ANTS
Ail Living Creatures Fiy Before
These African Terrors.
THEY BUILD LIVING BRIDGES.
When an Army of These Formidable
and Ferocious Insects Want to Cross
a rtiver a Suspension Tube of Their
Own Ccdics Provides the Way.
Why should driver ants cross rivers?
The ;in:s oi our own woods have no
tu< • <liv: tht'y nre Imsy little people,
too iuui Ii ei ■ u<-(! *!i Hie practical task
Of findiu:; ai;il siuring food to have any
vagaries of ihi> suit. Tbey are con
tented and harmless if not disturbed
or annoyed An anury ant is to be
uvoidi'd. and ao ansry swarm can
make its displeasure f'elt in a very un
pleasant nay. as every one knows who
has carelessly broken into a uest But
If left alone iliev are peaceful little
workmen, absorbed in their own
alVairs.
Tile sro.il driver or luiMiiKvuejr uuu
ttowev, r. ii;.s nothing peaceable iu his
ct)iu[>t>-::>oii Uc is nolliing it not ng'
grt's-.vc and -i iti'iiii; neitlier IsUecon
teutcd In tin' gn at forests ot' Africa
those insects multiply to nu alarming
eitcnt. '1'Ury swiirin in Uiuusands,
perhaps m "h mil. forniidablc at
any time. dnrpig i!>«• season of migra
tion (hey are a terror to ttic whole
distric t In a hieii they live.
Myi 'Mils of tl!«-se insects are seized
with a restless desire for change. Obey
ing some uivs erious Instinct or follow
ing t!ie 10 M,ai..'.s of their queen, they
set out iij>'»i\ ilieir travels, and woe
beti'le the mail or beast that crosses
their path' tn a monient the haplees
creature Is covered with ants, aud In
tin uierettil>l> short space of time uoth
ins is left Imt bare bones
The driver ant is so called because
it drives away Till living creatures.
When this mo* I terrible liost is on the
march men ami animals, great and
small, take i!ivtit l.iotis and tigers
may he vet n rushing along side by
si le with the timid gazelle. Ail ere
too much frightened to dream of at
tacking or avoiding each other. For
once i:i tlieii lives they arc united In
(heir terror of t!ip common enemy.
Size ! sjivn Ii ar» of no avail, and
■ or an elephant is as much
ten • ' :-mi is in as ranch danger as
a rabbit.
WIicii the fast iictny of nuts arrive
on the bank of a river a halt Is call
ed. Tbey n-ive iv« idea of turning
back..h>jt to cross that river they must
hnre a bridge. and the making or tnis
brldire takes time, and probably the
engineers of the army have to bustle
up to the front.
The makiug of an ant bridge is one
of the most wonderful things Ln the
world The nnts swarm on a tree,
choosing oue which overhangs the riv
er. Upon the bough which reaches
farthest over the stream they mass
themselves and begin to form a thick
rope of their owd bodies. This they
do by means of holding on firmly with
their hind legs, while with the front
pair of legs they grasp the bodies of
other ants Constantly fresh ants
range themselves In front, and so the
rope grows and grows until at last It
| touches the water.
Ry and by the floating chain Is car
1 ried by the current towurd the other
side where probably grass and great
[ reeds sprln;; out of the water. The
foremost acts seize upon the first ob
j iect they touch, and from one slender
foothold to another they climb until
it Inst they reach land The nearest
tree Is quickly climbed, the foremost
pairs of legs doing all the work, and
very soon the living rope Is swinging
high above the river. The bridge Is
made, and quickly the urmy crosses the
<tream.
On Chtilllu. in his African travels,
had an opportunity of observing one ot
tl:ese bridges. and be declares that It
is made with a hollow center, the
lining bodies of the ants forming the
walls of a tunnel, through which the
I main body of nuts travel safely over
I the 'water. When the last ant has
crossed and 'be bridge Is no longer
| needed, the ants in the rear release
their hold and the rope or tnnnel drops
| into the river. The ants do not like
water, but they ore soon released from
this position, for the vanguard are dis
I poising as fast as they can. and the
self sacrificing ants who began the
great chain are quickly upon dry land.
It Is all very strange and very won
derful Why do they travel at all?
By what direction and by what laws
do they act. and how did they learn to
make bridges'; Our naturalists have
learned much of their ways nnd their
doings, but these questions thev cannot
answer: they are part of the mystery
| of life and nature of which the wisest
j knows kittle.-.1 Cutler in London Fam
ily Herald.
Too Ambiguous.
j Thornton — Wben Willie Wimpus
I wanted a new motorcar he thought he
would throw out a broad hint to his
father, lioseniary — Did the scheme
work? Thornton — Not exactly, tie
told the old man he would like some
thing he could start and stop, and his
father bought him a dollar watch.—
, Kansas City Star.
"What's veal, Benny?"
j "Oh. It's the part of the cow we eat
| before she grows up."—Exchange.
Lightning and Thunder.
Don't lie alarmed Jit a terrific thun
derclap following u lightning tlasb aft
er an interval of two seconds or more.
The sound, which is caused by heating
and sudden expansion of the air by the
great electric spark, is comparatively
slow, traveling only at the rate of a
mile iu live seconds, while the dash is
instantaneous. Therefore when two
seconds or more elapse the storm is
still nt a safe distance of half a mile
or so. But if the interval between the
flash and detonation is only a second
or less the electrical disturbance is
close at hand, and any prominent up
standing object in your immediate vi
cinity Is liable to be struck.—New York
World
The Humble Librettist.
In tlu* history of tlie opera there ore
many curious anomalies, but perhaps
Hie strangest is the role played by the
librettist. For the most part obscure
ami unimportant. Iiis ranks have never
theless been recruited from "the ablest
and most brilliant men «f letters.
Anions those who have undertaken the
part are such unlikely names as Vol
taire, Goethe. Wiokiud. Addison and
Fielding, while others of considerable
poetic talent, as. for example. Metasta
sio, Calzahlpi. Rlnuccini, lioito and
Coppee. have tried their hand at libret
to writing with assurance, giving to it
their best efforts. And yet. the suc
cessful librettists are few—the merest
handful out of a harvest of centuries.
Opening an Oyster*.
"The Cook's Oracle," a book which
was never far from the kitchens of our
great-grandmothers, is very precise in
its direction as to the proper manner
of-preserving oud eating oysters, says
an English journal.
"The true lover of an oyster." writes
the enthusiastic author, "will have
some regard for the feelings of his
little favorite and will never slan
der it to the mercies of a bungling op
erator, but will open it himself and
contrive to detach the fish from the
shell so dexterously that the oyster is
bardly conscious he has been ejected
from his lodging till he feels the teeth
of the piscivorous gourmand tickling
him to death."
MORAL COURAGE.
Moral courage is more wcrih
having than physical courage. It is
more worth having not only be
cause it is a higher virtue, but be
cause the demand for it is more con
sent. Physical courage is a virtue,
which is almost always put away
in the lumber room. Moral cour
age is a virtue that is wanted day
by day.—Char'es Buxton.
On the Screen
SCENE FROM "THE SILENT VALLEY."
T ILAT Jove caii deal all wounds and
£ Sum a man's nature, dominate
over beastly instincts and finally
return a lost soul to the path of
goodness is tlie theme and treatment
of "The Silent Valley," In which King
Uaggot appears. The great, powerful
good that laid dormant within this
giant of a man for so many years is
finally brought to light by a sweet and
pretty face of a little slip of a girl who
rlsits this backwoods neighborhood
with a traveling company.
In a way It was all Mrs. McGuff's
fault McGtilT wanted to buy an auto
i with the $2,000 he had made as the re
| suit of a lucky speculation. His bet
I ter half, longing for the delights of
j rural life, decided upon a farm. Thus
It came about that McGuff came with
in an ace oC loslns his money alto
gether. The incidents which brought
this abont make "Easy Money" un
usually funuj*. !
Imagine a charming little woman,
dainty and unassuming, acting down
in the center of a lumber camp filled
with rough and ready men with no
idea of law and order and a habit of
settling ibeir difficulties with their
fists! Now picture the trouble and op
position this tiny mite of femininity
would encounter In attempting to en
force laws for their better government,
and you will have some idea of "The
Mistress of Deadwood Basin."
Bob and Jack, two lieutenants, are
introduced by their colonel to a popu
lar young girl, Miss Bamberg, In "Un
invited." Bob makes a hit The Bam
bergs give a ball, to which Bob Is In
vited but Jack is not At the ball Bob
proposes and ts accepted. Jack, al
though not Invited, attends the ball<
The treatment he receives there, how
ever, Is not of the best, and he to
forced to leavft, finally realizing that
he Is out of the ru&nlng.
JOHN E. BRENNAN.
John E. Brennan Is a comedian. His
picture shows that And he Is able to
make others laugh as heartily as he
does himself
George Hall Is the author of "The
M*.n Who 19 Misunderstood," a two
reel drama that is under production,
with King Baggot In the lead. Georg«
Lessey Is directing this picture.
Sent to get the story of an Inven
tion which promises to revolutionize
the automobile Industry, Wlison, a re
porter for a metropolitan dally, saves
the Inventor from being victimized by
his villainous secretary. How this
comes about fills the drama, "The Call
Reporter's Assignment," with much in
terest. ~
' You make a mistake if
| you do not stop at
THE
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Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
F<mouj for its Home Cooking,
Milk,. Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da»*v.
Fresh Eggs, de
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
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Skagway. Alaska
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Curios, Ivory Carving!
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watck Inspector for the
W. P. tc Y. Route
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RAW FURS
—: WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS |
WRITE FOE PRICE LIBT
Percey's Fur House
CUhkoih, • Wi»con»ia <
TEUE 8KAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEM AN, Prop.
THE SaNlHRY Mill MUCH
The largest and beat CQ»
duwted dairy I* Alaska.
Dally thlpmenU ol puro
milk and cream to all polata
on White Paaa * Yukoa
Route.
Juneau Steamship Co.
U. 8. MAIL STEAMER
Georgia
Elecric Lighted. Steam Heated.
schedule OF SAILINGS
Sailing Datea and Steamer Sub
ject to Change Without Notice
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leaves Juneau tor Douglas, Fun
it Hoonah, Gypsum, Tecalcee,
jKilllsnoo, Chatham ud Sltlra
I evt:i:v Wednesday at 12:01
a in.
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leaves Skagway for Halsea, Ei
dred Rock, Comet, Joalln, Sentin
el Islaud, Eagle River, Douglas
and Juneau.
EVERY SUNDAY AT 12:01 ft. ■».
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