SUPPLIES.
For The Home
For The Trapper
For The Prospector
All Mail or Phone Orders are given
prompt and careful attention
C. W. ASK & SONS
Leading Grocers
I'm The Guy That Knocked The
"X" Out Of Expense
In Men's Clothing, Shoes
i lata and Furnishing goods.1
IS NOW IN PROGRESS
In Addition to the Low ^Frices j
jWhith We Inaugurated in Skag
way We Are Giving You an Extra
ON* OUR ENTIRE STOCK
(CV! K. •'.■••r (..«■ >d> met Overalls Excepted..
i>.-av Ti.N :n ulnd: Our Stock is All New
C . .!To .iad the Discount Will
Cor.tlu L"ii.il We -Move To Our New Store
JANUARY i'.l -THIS SALE CASH ONLY.
0 "In tune with'ho Human raw
Lf .^iY 1 CC O'U i j aid jcood Cloib ers for Meo."
V:R(.snt Dortera, Manager.
SEXn THE "ALASKAN" HOME TO THE STATES. IT WILL SAV
\Ol* A LOT OP LETTER-WRITING ■ ' a. - ■"i1 ■
KING'S CAFE \
WHITE HORSE x YUKON TERRITORY j
BEST MEALS IN THE NORTH !
Airs. Qrlcff King :: Proprietor ]
A Good Looking Man]
c
To be really £ocd locking a man must have a good t
' fc
skin—a skin that is clear, sound and healthy. Such a skin is £
d
bound to be acccmpamed by a t.ne COMPLEXION, which t
:s the leading essential of good looks in either man or woman. *i
M
^ut it is ir.ap — to have a fir.e skin unless care is bestowed
■j jon ii—esr.' ..ally in the case or men, who subject to
more exposure than women.
THE WISE MAN THEREFORE WILL LOOK
TO THIS IF HE HAS NOT ALREADY
DONE SO, AND WILL START THE NEW
YEAR BY RESOLVING HENCEFORTH TO
USE "PUROLA! .WISTERIA CREAM"
AFTER I SHAVING.
PER JAR 50c
KELLER BROS. : Alaska's I *j
j Seattle l^ice £
LhiL> Company ! p^g store. } •>
"WE DO NOT SUBSTITUTE" §
.\lii»k«'s J
Se .ftle Vri-~o {
E.-ug Store. I
A New Amsterdam
New Year
By F. A. MITCH EL
i
New Year's day has changed In a gen
j eration froiu what it was for 300 or
j more years. Till some thirty years ago
it was devoted to making calls. The
Dutchmen who settled New York, then
called New Amsterdam, early in the
| seventeenth century, brought the cus
1 torn with them from Holland. On the
; first New Year's day in the little town
nestliug about the fort on the point of
Manhattan Island probably not a hun
| dred. i>ossibly not fifty, men made
calls.
| From where the New York cus
tom bouse now stands east, west and
north, for a distance perhaps of 500
yards, which embraced the town, on
Jan. 1, the good housewives having
spent the previous week in scrubbing,
sweeping, dusting and polishing their
homes, put on all the petticoats they
possessed and Id cap and collar sat
themselves down in their parlors to re
ceive cullers.
Now. the day before one of the ear
lie: t of these -New Year's days a bar
gain was struck between Katriua Van
Gaasheck and her mother. Frau Van
Gnasbeck wished her daughter to mar
ry Diedrich Vail Dusen, a rich ship
owner. while Katrina preferred An
j thony Van Horn, a young fur trader. I
! have callcd the former of these men a
I ri- ii shipowner, and he certainly was.
fi>r lie was the possessor of a sloop
i ;y thirty feet long, on which he car
ried supplies to the settlers along the
E.i ;t river as f::r as Hell Gate and along
the North river as far as Spuyten Duy
vil.
The bickerings between mother and
I daughter hnS for months past been
embittering the lii'e of the husband
and father. Peter Van Gnnsbeck. No
sooner did he come home from his
work in the evening, pour out a cup of
schfiapps nod light his pipe than the
cl.itter commenced, and lie was driven
distracted. On this day before New
Year's that has been mentioned when
the turmoil commenced he cried out:
"Settle tills matter between you, or.
by St. Ni holas. 1 will go back to Hol
land on the next ship that sails, leav- j
iug you two here to light it out!"
"Ilotv settle it?" asked mother and
daughter at ouce.
"Tomorrow will be New Year's day.
So'i'e time between morning and even
ing Piclrlcli Van Pusen and Anthony
i Van Horn will each make a call here.
Let it be i: greed between you that the
one who calls nearest to the stroke of
the town cloik at noon shall be the
favored suitor."
I ran Van Gaasheck was loath to ac
ce| r this arrangement, for she did not
tret her daughter, and Katriua was
loath to accept it because she did not
trust her mother, but each consented,
thinking herself sufficiently sharp to
outwit the oilier.
Then Peter settled himself to his
bottle of schnapps and his pipe with
i great contentment.
IV'orc l> o'-.-lock that night. wtien an
New Amstenlaniers were in bed. the
suitors hud each been informed by the
one who favored him of the arrange
ment and instructed to make his call
at the moment the clo'jk struck 12.
Diedrich Vnn Dusen arose at cockcrow
nn,l sjieiit the time between then and
neon watching the hands of the town
clock. At S he put on a second pair of
breeches, and every half hour after
that he put on another pair, so that
by 11 o'clock he was so incased that
he resembled a hogshead of gin set
upon end on a couple of bricks.
At five minutes of 12 lie cast n last
glance at the clock and proceeded to
the house of Frail Van Dusen. He was
received with smiles by both mother
and daughter, which made him feel
very comfortable, for his rival was not
there, it being a minute or two of 12
• o'clock, and he had certainly won. He
did not hear the clock strike, for Ka
trina talked >o loudly that he could not
have beard a gun fired on the Battery,
but a hundred yards distant. When he
had been in the house half an hour he
withdrew, giving place to other callers.
Diedrich Van Dusen went home and
was taking off some of his breeches,
laughing gleefully at having got ahead
of his rival, when ho heard the town
clock strike 1.
"It is 1 of the clock." he said.
| He had scarcely spoken when there
I came another stroke. He stopped, with
I a pair of breeches half off. and listen
ed. There was another and another
stroke. When he had counted eleven
he paled, and when the twelfth came
he was beside himself with anxiety.
Pulling on the breeches that he bnd
half removed, he went outside and
looked at the clock. The hands stood
i at 12. Rtinning to Fi*ii Van Dusen's,
he looked in through a window and
saw his rival with a sausage In one
hand and n cap of schnapps in the oth
er. As he looked Anthony swallowed
the schnapps.
Diedrich declared that something had
gone wrong with the clock, but every
body said:
"How many cails had you made,
Diedrich, and how much schnapps had
you drunk?"
So the poor man got no satisfaction
After the wedding between Anthony
1 and Katrina the bride confessed that
! her lover, stationed iu the belfry, had
! seen Diedrich call and had then set
j the dock back. When Diedrich went
I away Anthony put the clock at five
minutes of 12. then went down, to ar
, rive at the Van Dusens' exactly at the
| stroke of 12. - i
«! IBS! HUSI
Incipient Colds May Scorn Innocent
In Themselves, but. If Neg
lected May Result in Var
ious Incurable Mal
adies.
"PUROLA" REMEDIES WILL
HELP YOU.
"Purola" Laxative Honey and Tar
Cough Syrup.
An agreeable combination, con
taining uo opiate or harmful drugs,
and is therefore recommended for
children. The great advantage of
this preparation over other cough
mixtures lies in th efact of its lax
ative tendencies. By its gentle
action on the liver and bowls, it
eliminates the waste from the sys
tem, and adjusts the stomach for a
better assimilation of the healing
qualities of curative ingredients con
tained in the syrup. This, together
with the soothing effects of the
other remedial agents contained in
combination, stamps it a very valu
able remedy for coughs, colds, bron
chitis, croup, hoarseness, Bore throat
and all diseases of the throat and
lungs. Prices 25c and 50c.
Ja" Laxative Cold Tablets.
The speedy relief for colds,
coughs, bronchitis, headache and
neuralgia. "Purola" Laxative Cold
Tablets have no peer in reducing
the fever and allaying the pains at-1
companying and following La Grippe
They move the bowels gently with
out griping and do not produce ring
ing in the head. Price 25c.
'Purola," Mentholated Catarrh
Balm.
A continued and long standing
cold aften leads to catarrh in its
various forms. "Purola" Menthol
ated Catarrh Balm relieves catarrh,
hay fever, cold in tha head, cat
arrhal deafness, and all complica
tions arising from chronic nasal ca
tarrh. Price 25c.
"Purola" Euca-Mcnst (a Cough
Drop).
For that tickle in your throat;
checks spasmodic coughing; agree
able to the taste. Prhe 5c.
For Sale By
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
Sole Skagway Agents.
Take "Purola" SODIUM PHOS
PHATE and give your liver a shake.
For Sale by Keller Bros. Drug Co.
PILES CURED *N 6 TO 14 DAYS
Vour druggist will refund moaey it
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
else of Itching, Blind, Bleeding o'
Protruding Piles in 6 *o 14 days. 50 :
We need your advice and are
willing to pay for it.
To the person giving the best so
lution for keeping frost off the
windows we will give the choice of
any $1.50 cake desired. Stop in
and give your idea before the first
of the month. The New Idea Bak
ery and Delicatessen.
ELKS CLUB DANCE.
On next Friday nigh,*, Jan. 30th,
the Elks club of Skagway will give
a social dance in the Elks hall on
Sixth avenue. All are cordially in
vited. l-26-4t.
Location Notices, placer anc.
luartz, 50c. a dozen at the Dallj
Alaskan office.
HANDICAPPED.
This is the Case With Many Alas
kan People.
Too many Alaskan citizens are
handicapped wfth ba backs. The
unceasing pain causes constant mis
ery, making work a burden and stoop
ing or lifting an impossibility. Th3
back aches at night, preventing re
freshing rest r.nd in the morning is
stiff and lamo. Piasters and lini
ments may give relief but cannot
reach the cause if the kidneys are
weak. To eliminate the pains and
aches of kidney backache you must
cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for dis
ordered kidneys.
The following statement Bhould
convince every Alaskan reader of
their efficiency.
Mrs. S. E. Rainwatr, 1207 E. Wa
ter St., Albany, Ore., says: "I am
always willing to speak a good word
for Doan's Kidney Pills in return fo
the benefit they brought me after
other medicines and doctors' treat
ment had failed. 1 could get no
sleep and in the morning was all tir
ed out. Doan's Kidney Pills made
a cure. Since then when I have had
slight attacks of the old trouble, I
have taken Doan's Kidney Pills.
They have always given the best re
sults."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember the name—Doan's—
and take no other.
Alaska Pennants
3 for $1.00
Souvenir and Comic Post Cards 15c per Doz>
"Gage" Tailored Hats
Ranging in price from $5.00 to $10.00
Your Choice - - $2.00
Shirt V/aists and Town &
Country Shirts Half Price
[Friday, Saturday and Monday only)
Lace and Fancy Scrim Curtains
Cut in Two
All Prices Formerfy Quoted
Continued Throughout This Sale
L. A. Harrison Company
•Phone 55
STORE CLOSES AC 8 P. M. EXCETT SATURDAY, 9 P. M.
SKAGWAY WEATHER REPORT.
Results of the observation taken
at Moore's Wharf at midnight last
night, is as follows:
Temp, time observation .. 4 below
Max. preceding 24 hre. .. 2 above
Min. 4 below
Mean " " ' .. 3 above
Barometer oO: X Cloudy, N. wind.
FIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW T0.
Pobblaford and Gibson Rye. Bud
nreiser. Blue Ribbon and Pale Rain
ler Bee* at the Board of Trade.
CHANGE TONIGHT AT THE
MOVIES
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, )
Lucas County. i' 6S
Frank: J. Cheney makes oath that
he Is senior partner of the firm of F. j
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in. i
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscrib
ed In my presence, this 6 th day of
December, A D. 18S6.
A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter-]
naliy, and acts directly on the blood j
<\nd mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
Eastman Vest Pocket Kodak.
In stock now at Keller Bros
Drug Co., don't fail to drop in and
see this camera, one that fiis th
vest pocket and yau can have
picture made from it any size.
SHIP YOUR
RAW FURS
TO THE
MINNEAPOLIS, - MINN.
W\ lie lor ■«—
Alaska Furs a Specialty
Very Top Prices Paid.
Make - Trial - Shipment
Smoke the
€i flrabe
eiflar.
We also carry a full line of
. CIGARS, PIPES. CANDY.
FRUIT, ETC.
i .
, Tony Bortero's
You make a mistake if
you do not stop at
THE
Fullen 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 da»v,
Fresh Egg:;, etc
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN, Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
FRANK SUFFACUOL, Pt.prietor
COAL,
WOOD,
HAULING
Quick Service and Low Rate*
Office in Railway Building
Phone 10
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dealing exclusively In AMERICAN RAW FURS
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SHIP YOUR FURS TO "SHE BERT"
a reliable—responsible—safe—Fur House with an unblemished rep
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