PASS 8
OUTE =
The
Route of
Comfort.
Speed,
Service
Safety
Dunns the winter season of 1915-16^our regular train
service will be maintained North and South bound be
tween Skaguay and White Horse, trains leaving both
terminals every Tuesday and Friday.
WINTER STAGE. SERVICE
Our through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be
operated between White Horse and Dawson, affording
all possible comfort and dispatch by means of a
THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED STAGE AND
AUTOMOBILE LINE
Fur Full Information apply to
C. W. CASH,
Supt. Mail Service Dept.,
White Horse,
Y. T.
Or, A. F. ZIPF
Traffic Manager,
612 Second:Ave.,
Seattle, Washington
White A, j<ori Route
No.
N. Bound
TIME TABLK No. S3
I'uetxJay and I'Yidajr
No 2, S. Bound
1st Class
8:30 •. m.
lltOO a. m.
11:40 a. m.
12:35 p. m.
S: 00 p. m.
4:15 p- m.
Learrm
SKAUWAY
WHITE PASS
LOO CABIN
BENNKT
CARIBOU
Arrives
Lentci
ni.lTKHORSE
8:20 p. m
1:45 p. in
12:47 p. m
12:15 p. m
10:25 a. m.
8:15 a. m.
time to hare Baggage in
stopped SO wlnutcs before
niu-«t tw at depot Ii
and k>*d. Ln.«pecJi>n la
fearing time of t-tung.
150 pound* or njua^e will b« checked free with each full
ftara ticket an<) .minds nlih each half fare ticket.
OFFICE STATIONERY AND
ALL RINDS OF PRINTING
„ AT OFFICE OF THE
DAILY ALASKAN
Save Time
Use the NEW SHORT ROUTE
Tfe<j Popular Route To and From Eastern Canada, also East
er* and Southern United States 1'olnts.
PRINCE RUPERT
Transcontinental Trains to Eastern destinations: Including
Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit. Hamilton, New York, Niagara j
t Falls, Montreal, Ottawa, Quelxs, Toronto, Winnipeg.
; STEAMERS to Southern Points: including Seattle, Victoria,
> Vancouver, Any ox.
Lowest fares. Electric Lighted Trains. Observation Cars.
Unexcelled Dining and Sleeping Car Service, including both
Standard and Tourist Sleepers.
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY and STEAMSHIPS
For farther particulars apply to:—
J. if. Keller, of Keller Brothers Drug Co., City Passenger &
Ticket Agent, Skagway, Alaska.
■*»« ri'—.'.s ■- a
TREADWELL HOLE
HALF MILE Ml
Afcer working continuously for
the last six mouths, tliu crews em
ployed la sinking tile nuw Ready
iiuilion shaft broge ground be
tween tuu l.tioO and l.VOU-toot lev
els early la February, malting a
noiu 2.450 feet deejp on, a 70 de
gre i incline from tna perpendicular.
The shaft will he completed, if
all goes well, within tne next
mo;iiu. It is to be a four-compart
ment shaft, and is to he fitted with
a large electric hoist operating
four-ton skips for the handling of
ore. mere will also hp an, e.lec
f trie hoist for the cages for koist
: lug iHe men. The shaft Is timbered
with .'He exception of a few hundred
| teei, wulch will be timbered as
thb shaft Is enlarged.
The contract for the head-frame,
which will be of steel, Ima been
let *o the Kansas City structural
Steel Company, and will be about
100 feet above the collar of the
shaft. It is expected that the
entire plant will be ready for ser
vice by the first of August.
The decision to sink the new
shait at the Bullion wao due to
the tact that the foot Pf the old
shaft was drawing away from the.
ore body at a rapid rate as the
shaft wag deepened and the cost
| of hauling the ore to the shaft bot
tom was increasing the cost of op
| eration.
CEER UP, SAX CHEMISTS;
THERE'E PLENTY OF AIR
Seattle, Mar. 2—Peace to the
troubled souls who linger about
the dried apricot box iu the rear of
the grocery store and decide the
fa'ea of in en and empires! Germany
may go on extracting nitrogen from
air, and American industry can lend
its genius to the same task, with
out affecting In the least the pleas
ure or permanence oX human ex
istence.
A tremulous University of Wash
ington reporter invaded the chemis
try department a couple of days
ago to query the scientists there
as to what would happen when all
the nitrogen was taken out of the
air. These were the comforting
words he heard):
"The atmosphere over a square
mile of land Is estimated to con
tain 20,000,000 tons of atmospheric
nitrogen, which is enough to furn- i
ish all the world would require for!
50 years at the present rate of
ct nsumptlon. Even If that were
not so, there would be no danger,
for there's a sort of "dust to dust'
process Involved that lg a safe
guard in Itself.
"Nitrates, when they go into the
soil, are taken up by the roots
of plants and utilized. After the
plant decays, the nitrogen is given
off, and it return* again to the
atmosphere.
"1* employed in the manufacture
of explosives, when the charge is
exploded part of the nitrate returns
to the air as gas, while some goes
into solution, falls to the earth and
ia taken up by tho plants, return
ing later to the air.
"Germany is consuming an enor
mous amount of nitrates at the
preseiit time in the manufacture of
high explosives such as gun cotton,
nitro glycerine and picric acid ex
plosives; and her supply, except
from the air, is absolutely; shut off.
Of this the chemists are certain
But for the resourcefulness of the
scientists the kaiser would hare
been In sore 6traits long before this,
for the nitrates are ab»olutely in
dispensable in the manufacture of
high explosives."
After which the reporter with
drew from the. field and took a
deeo breath, without feeling that
he was indulging in & luxury.
SOFTNESS OF SEALSKIN.
ta Rival eel by Hum nil Hair Wfc«fe
Dandruff In Eradicated.
Sealskin Is admired the world over for
Its softness and glossiness: and j*et the
human hair Is equally as soft and glo*sy
when healthy; and tho radical cause of all
hair trouble Is dandruff, which la caused
by a pestiferous parasite t'aat s?.ps the
vitality of tho hair at Its root. Ntrwbro's
Herplcldo Is the only preparation that la
fatal to the dandruff germ. Witho at dan
druff there Is no telling lair, hut a lux
uriant prowth of glossy, aoft hair is cer
tain. Scouring- the scalp won't cu 'e dan
druff. Kill the dandruff germ. Thous
ands of women owe their beautiful snfts
of hair to Newbro's Herplclde Sola by
leading druggists. Send 10c. En r tarns*
to The Herplclde Co.. Detroit. Mich.
One Sonar Bottle, guaranteed.
At *J! drag store®
Lux Js just the thing lor doing
s nttle laundering -whilo traveling.
Convenient to csa anfl oui'e and sa?9
fa reewlts. 10o at Kel^re*. tf.
A ROYAL MYSTERY
Most Famous State Secret of the
Reign of Louis XIV.
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK,
Who the Unfortunate Prisoner Wm
H.. Never Been Disclosed, and
Whan He Disd His Body Was Ds
atroyed by Chemicals In His Casket.
A. famous state mystery of the reign
of Louis XIV. of France was the mys
terious prisoner, tho Man In the Iron
Mask. Many are the guesses which
have been ventured as to who he was.
Plays and novels have been written
with the iron mask as the central char
acter, but his Identity has remained a
secret It Is known without doubt
that St Mars during his life had as
a prisoner a man whose face always
was covered with a mask of black
velvet fastened by springs of steel be
hind the head.
The guards had orders to kill the
man If he ever exposed his face, and
St Mars' own life depended on no
'jody finding out who his prisoner was.
His first prison was the castle of Pi
^nerol. When St Mars was trans-'
•'erred to the Isles of St Marguerite tho !
king himself told the Jailer to take his
prisoner with him and cautioned him
aot to let him speak to any one, even
his guards.
On the night of April 20, 1674, a clos
ed litter escorted by a troop of horses
stopped at Bron, some leagues from
Lyons. From the fitter descended a
voung man of slim and active figure,
his face hidden by a mask and his
hands firmly tied, in which state he
lay down on a couch prepared before
hand Next day ten horsemen arrived
with sealed orders to convey the pris
oner with the utmost secrecy to tho
fortress of Pignerol. So It was tho
Man In the Iron Mask began his
;wenty-nlne years of captivity under
:he Impassive, silent, remorseless St.
Mara.
Several years later the man of tUe
nask was seen again when St Mars
ivas transferred to St. Marguerite,
rhls time troopers surrounded n chair
covered with waxed cloth. The trav
?lers stopped at an inn for supper.
The more daring of the curious peas
ints peeked through a small window
'rom outside the locked supper room.
The prisoner sat with his back to
ho window, and they could not tell
whether he had on his mask. St
Mars sat opposite him with a pistol on
>ach side of his plate.
This prisoner was the subject of
nuch correspondence between St Mars
md Louis XIV. of France. Louis con
inually was asking about him. Ho
rave full Instructions as to the care
>f the man, and about the cell he was
;o occupy the king wrote:
"Let there be so many doore closed
>ne after the other that the sentinels
•annot hear a word, and you will nev
>r listen to anything he has to say on
iny pretext whatever. Threaten him
with death If he ever opens his month
:o speak of anything but of what he
nay be absolutely In want of."
The blindly obedient .St. Mnrs fol
owed his Instructions carefully. The
loctor who waited on the prisoner said
le had never seen bis face, although
le had examined his tongue. Dishes
ind plates were examined each time
:he prisoner was serv ed to see if there
■vas any writing on them. The guards
ilways were ready to kill the moment
id took off his mask.
In other respects the greatest atten
Ion was shown him, nnd nothing which
le requested was refused. He always
.ras dressed in black. St Mars him
self stood uncovered In his presence
ind remained standing until the prls
iner had requested him to be seated
rhe Jailer often took his meals with
the prisoner.
Just who was the Man in tue iron
Mask? Some thought he was an Ille
gitimate son of Anne of Austria. Oth
ers said he was a twin brother of Louis
XIV., whose claims might have de
prived the klug of his throne. Another
writer makes him the leader of an as
sociation which was formed to nssassl
nate the ruler. The most general be
lief Is that he was Count Mattloll, first
minister of the Duke of Mantua, who
had betrayed the Interests of Louis
XIV. by falling to secure for him, as
tie had pledged himself to do In con
sideration for a bribe, possession of
the fortress of Casale from his master.
Louis XIV. knew the secret, but to all
questions replied that If It was known
who the prisoner was every one would
be surprised to find him so uninterest
ing a person.
The prisoner died after a short Illness
In 17*03. He was buried one autumn
lay, and his name was Inserted In tho
prison register as "M. de Marehlel."
Eighty-six years later the frenzied
Itizena of Tarls broke into the Bastille
tad rushed to the cell where it was
known he had been kept They stopped
jbort before clean whitewashed walla
IWthlirg was in the room. The prison
ir*9 clothes and the mask bad been
burned when he died. Chemicals had
t>een put In his casket to destroy the
lK>dy. Only one man had seen the face
behind the Iron mask during the twen
ty-nine years. lie was St. Mars. And
St Mars never told. — Kansas City
ilmes.
Her Blunder.
Bess—You interest me strangely,
Jack—as no other man ever has. Jack '
—Ton sprung that on me last night.
Rcss Oh, was it you? Pardon me for j
repeating.—Judge.
Religion is the best armor in the .
world, but the worst cloafc—Newtwi. J
Downward Course
Fast Being localized by Many
People.
A little backache at first.
Dally increasing till the back is
lame and weak.
Urinary disorders may quickly lol
low''
Dropsy and often Bright'a dis
ease.
Thisfrequently js the downward
course of kidney ills.
Don't take thja course. Kidney
sufferers should profit by the fol
lowing experience.
Mrs. E. A. Ward well, 1550 Pa
cific S*., San Bernardino, Cal., says:
"I had a dull, tired ache In my
back which bothered me most dur
ing the day, while I was working.
I believe It waa Impure drinking
water that weakened my kidneys
and caused my back to ache. Doan's
Kidney Fills rid me of thq tired
aching in my back and regulated
the action of my kidneys. Since
then, when I have felt the least
3ign of kidney weakness Doan's Kid
ney pills have quickly checked it"
Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills—£he same
that Mrs. Wardwell had. Foster
Milburn Co.., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mending His Ways.
— ■ 1
Tourist—As I live, it's a pirate ship!
Boatman—Yes. and it's an interest
ing story. I know the captain. He's
a taxi driver who's turned to it to
make an honest living.—Wisconsin
State Journal.
Depew's Great Speech.
"When I was a very young man,"
Senator Depew once related, "I went
out to make n political speech with
some older men one night They want
ed something red hot, and I handed It
out
"I Just turned myself to skin the op
position, and, on the whole, the audi
ence seemed to like It. The more they
cheered the more I warmed to it. I
was immensely pleased with my §uc
cess. But after I got home I was wor
ried. I bad roasted the other Bide
awfully. I lay nwake wondering if it
wouldn't react and injure our side
more than the opposition.
"Then I bethought of some personal
Rllusions I had made that might easily
be construed as libelous. X got a good
deal escited and slept rery little. In
the morning I hurried down to see
whether the papers bad roasted me.
The meeting was reported all over the
front page. I plunged into it, shivering
in nervousness. But I needn't have
worried. What it said about my speech
was in the last two lines:
" 'A young man named Depew also
spoke.'"
Nonroyal Headgear.
One of the attaches of the American
embassy at London once told a story
wherein Michael Joseph Barry, the
poet, who was appointed a police mag
istrate in Dublin, was the principal
figure. There was brought before him
an Irish American charged with suspi
cious conduct The officer making tfcs
arrest Btated, among other things, that
the culprit was wearing a "Republican
hat"
"Does your honor know what that
means?" was the inquiry put to the
court by the accused's lawyer.
"It may be," suggested Barry, "that
it means a hat without a crown."
Hoar and Evarta.
On one of his later birthday annlr«r
saries Senator Hoar wrote to William
M. Everts and congratulated him upon
his length of years. In his reply the
aged lawyer said it brought to mind
an old lady in New England who had
occasion to write to a friend about
seme matter of trifling importance and
when she had reached the end of the
thirteenth page awakened to the fact
tbnt she had been rather diffuse and
added, "Please excuse my longevity."
—Boston Globe.
THRIFTY HOUSEWIVES I ! 1
Why pay the Baking Powder Co.
400 per cent profit? 35c saved
on every pound of Baking Powder
means a saving of $7 to $14 in one
year; is this worth while? We sell
the recipe for making Baking Pow
der for 10c a pound at home, equal
to the best on the market that
costs 45c or more a pound.
Recipe for making easily and
quickly; $1. THE UTILITIES
MFG. R. R. 29 Stamford, Conn.
I:»—Si4.
J.IKUTA
.MAPrnFACTXJRINC .
JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
China aiid Cut Class
Official Watch Inspector (or the
W. P. fit Y. Route
Mail Order* given prompt care
TOM SKAGWAV
Pioneer Dairy
■. 9 BBEMAW, Prop
Tte lwgo«t and beet co*
duetod o^Jit I* Ataafca
Dally chlpmeata of par*
milk u* cream to all poiaU
ob Whltr Psh t Yuto*
Roots
RAW FURS:
—. WE PAY m
HIGH - PRICES;
FOR FINE FURS 3
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Percey's Fur House*
Oshlco»h, • Wi»con»m m
! The Best The Most PoDular
THE
NEW
CAIN j
Juneau's Newest and Fir>/»«t 4
Hotel j
Room withd«tachrti thfl.SOup j
Room with private tuJ 82.60 up !j
Juneau, Alaska \
Juneau Steamship Co
0. 8. MAR. STEAMER
fiwrgia
Oecrtc Ll#htc<l. HU*(t
SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS
D&tea ud Steamer Sub
I act to Cl> aag-e Without Notice
Juneau-Sitka Route
Laaraa fUMi (or Douglaa, Fu>
Eooiah, 6n*am, Te»ake«
tCfflineo, Chalhajn ud Sitka
EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 12:»i
Juneau-Skagway Route
beW-.» Ska*way tor Haliee, El
dr*d Rock, C©m*t, Jaallm, Sontlm
si I«iaud. Eagle RItbt, Douglai
ud Juaeau,
EVERY StJrtUAY AT 18:01 a. *
WILLIS E. JOWKLL, Manager.
You ttlke a mistake if
vou d< not stoo at
THE
Men House
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own d»""v.
Fresh Eggs, etc1
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooma for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULL.EN, Prop,
SlogWay. Alaska