I ME PASS 8
=1101 ROUTE =
The Comfort
Gate-way! Service
Route of Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
Interior Alaska
During the winter Reason of 1916-17 our regular train service will
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
F or full information apply to
A. F. ZIPF
—OR— Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Wash.
C. W. CASH
Supt. Mail Service Dept.
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE Na 88.
UnnHftV WrtflflAwlflV An/1 PHclav
N'«. 1, N. Bound
1st CUm
8:30 a. ra. Leave*
11:05 ®. hi- **
11:43 a. m. "
12:40 p. m.
2:20 p. in. "
4:50 p. m. Arrives
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BKAGWAY I
WHITE PASS
LOG CAX1X
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHIT32IORSE
No. 2, 8. Bound
1st Cla»
jTives 3:50 p. m.
I.eaves 3:20 p. in.
" j j 1:30 p. m.
« 13:50 p. in.
»• 10:48 a. m.
" 8:00 a. m.
Passenger* mu.it be at depot la time to have Baggage In
spected end checked, Inspection U stopped 80 elnnfw before
tearing elme oI train*.
154 poaada of baggage will be checked free with each fall
tare tlckM and 75 poaada with each half fare ticket.
Relieves CATARRH of
the
BLADDER
and all
Discharges in
Eftch car *?ie bear* the
nameCy /" \
Bevartrf WIDfl
VXOierfaiU \ /
SUM »>r *T1
SYSTEM AST) PRINTING
Dou't put it off, but order your
prlHtlna now 'whlch( you will need
when, you put ^ 5rt>ur Q®w Bystem.
The Dally; Alaska* job department
lg bener lequlpped tban'ever to do
youT -work. Price® 'rlgbt and work
promptly executed. tf.
You make a mistake it
vou d< uot stoo at j
THE
Pullen 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 Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PUU£N. Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
FIRE INSURANCE
ON DWELLINGS
, AT LOWEST RATES FOR.
THREE
YEAR
POLICY
in'good strong companies
REGISTERED IN
jalaska;
AND REPRESENTED BY
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
LICENSED AGENT AT SKAGWAY,
POWER OF FROSt. ~
Fall of a Fifty Ton Bowldor of Granlt#
In the Yoeemlta.
Delicate frost tracings on the wln
dowpanes seem to be the work of fan
ciful and harmless sportlveness, but
the hand that forms them Is capable of
greater deeds and other kjtads.
An official of the geological survey
tells of an experience that must have
been wonderfully impressive to the
spectator. He had been spending some
weeks In exploring the Yosemlte valley
and the "great rocks," like El Capltan,
that wall It In.
Standing one day of late autnmn
about the middle of the valley, he was
startled by a report like a cannon shot,
which filled the whole valley with
echoes that roared and boomed, re
plied and multiplied, in a long continu
ed, glorious tumult.
As the deafening sound died away In
sulleu mutterlngs under the visor of El
Capitan the spectator was able to dis
tinguish the point of attack by the long,
clattering descent of a vast quantity
of rock.
The night had been a cold one In the
valley, and on the 7,000 and 8,000 foot
levels of the upper rim the temperature
must have draped almost to zero.
Frost, ■working quietly with his Archi
medean lever, had just succeeded in
shifting from the shoulder of the senti
nel a trifle of fifty tons or so of granite.
For near a thousand feet the bowlder
fell sheer, swift and silent; then, strik
ing the cliff, it burst like a bomb, shat
tered Into a myriad flying shards and
splinters and dislodged a smother of
fragments that trickled down to the
valley in a stream that lasted for min
utes.
Then from the spot where the bowld
er had struck dust began to rise into
the sunny air, slowly building up like
a summer cloud and every bit as snowy.
It was the flour of granite, powdered
Instantaneously by the terrific shock.
NERVE OF A STEEPLEJACK.
His Coolness and Resource In • Time
of Extreme Peril.
Ordinary people standing on a nar
row ledge whence they can see down
200 or 800 feet are so appalled by the
danger of falling that their nerves give
way, their bodies flinch and there
comes to some at least an Impulse to
end the mental strain by a leap Into
the gulf. But the steeplejack Is Indif
ferent to height and proximity to the
abyss.
The coolness and resource of these
men were never better shown than In
a case which happened in upper New
York state a few years ago. A steeple
jack had flown hie kite over a chimney
and subsequently drawn himself up to
the top. He was Just beginning his In
spection of the work when by some
mishap he dropped his rope and was
left, like St. Simeon Stylites, alone on
his pillar.
Attempts w*re made to fly another
kite over him, but the wind had drop
ped. There were iron ladders inside
the chimney, but the fires would have
to be drawn and the chimney let cool
for hours.
The steeplejack was then seen to un
lace one of hla shoes, take off the long
blue stocking worn by such workmen
and set to work carefully to unravel It,
knotting the pieces of yarn together
when necessary.
He then fastened a stone to the end,
plumbed the depth, picked the other
stocking to pieces and added it to the
first length of yarn and let It down far
enough to meet a tall ladder, from
which he drew up first a piece of
strong string, next a rope and then
after completing his inspection of the
chimney top lowered himself to the
ground.—Los Angeles Times.
Origin of an Old Saying.
Many think that the saying "Blood is
thicker than water" originated with
Commodore Tatnall of the United
States navy, who assisted the English
in the Chinese waters, and, in his dis
patch to his government. Justified his
interference by quoting the words. _It
is, however, an' old English proverb
and is to be found in Ray's "Collection
of English Proverbs," published in 1672.
Walter Scott, too, makes Dandle Dln
mont say: "Weel, 'bluid's thicker than
water.' She's welcome to the cheeses
and the hams, just the same."—Phila
delphia Press.
An Offensive Cravat.
A man once called upon Whistler
with a letter of Introduction, and an
amusing scene followed arising out of
the fact that the visitor was wearing a
red necktie. Whistler declared It in
terfered with the color scheme of his
room and "put him off" a picture he
was painting in quite, a different "key."
Finally he obliged him to take oft the
offending cravat before he would con
descend to exchange another word with
him.
Faulty In His Diagnosis.
Mrs. Malaprop — Young Sharp will
have to apologize to me before I speak
to him again.
Miss Interest—Did he insult you?
Mrs. Malaprop—Did he? The last
time I met him I told him that my un
cle had locomotor ataxia, and he asked
me If he whistled at crossings.—Stray
Stories.
Rather Demoralizing.
"Are you still thinking about buying
a motorcar?"
"Yes. It doesn't cost me anything to
think about buying one."
"Don't you fool yourself. When a
man get3 an idea like that he's liable
to neglect his business."—St Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Stone Wall.
Novice—Why do they call it Wall
street? Loser—Bump up against It and
you'll find out.—New York Times.
HowaDebtWas
Collected
By WILLIAM CHANDLER
Among the strange people In the
world the strangest to me are those
who consider it their duty to give
largely, but who In transactions of a
business nature are inordinately mean.
Such characters are common among
rich men, whose motive usually la to
make something, even o^t of their do
nations—men who don't hide their light
under a bushel. But Miss Euphemla
Baxter was not at all such a person.
Few knew of her charities. She sup
ported an old woman for years who
hlid been an Intimate friend of her
mother's. At the same time she beat
her laundress down to starvation
prices. She Mved In a hall bedroom
herself and spent a lot of money fix
ing up a home for an Invalid aunt It
was the furniture to go into this home
that I sold Miss Baxter.
Falling In sending out my regular
collector, I thought I would try a wo
man. She came away after a tongue
skirmish that decided her never to un
dertake such a task again.
I had a salesman, Frank Emery, in
my employ, a good looking young fel
low with one of the pleasantest smiles
I ever saw on a man's face. Where
other persons would scowl he would
smile. He was invaluable as a sales
man, especially since most of my cus
tomers were women. One of the oth
er clerks used to say of him, "One of
Frank's smiles sells a washstand, an
other sells a bureau, and when he
shows his side grinders It means a
whole bedroom set."
One day Frank said to me, "Mr. Hag
gles, what'll you give me If I collect
your debt from Miss Baxter?"
"I don't think any one can collect It,
Frank," I replied. "I fancy the lady
went In debt for It and has never been
able to stop giving long enough to ac
cumulate the amount of the bill. You
can't squeeze blood out of a turnip."
"I'll tell you what I'll do, Mr. Bug
gies. I didn't have any vacation last
summer. The dull season is on now,
and you can best spare me. Give me a
few weeks' vacation and IH see If I
can get your money."
I acceded to his terms and, giving
him a statement of the account—$142—
sent him off to collect the debt In any
way he might be able. The boys Bald
that he'd get it In Installments, giving
a smile for each Installment
Three weeks passed before I heard a
word from my collector. Then one day
he came into the store, smiled and
handed me the amount of Miss Bax
ter's Indebtedness. I asked him how
he bad managed it, but he did not
seem inclined to tell me. Indeed, he
looked rather serious about it This
surprised me, for I had never known
him to look serious about anything.
But I got the story out of him piece
meal.
lie had gone to Miss Baxter and
told her he had heard that she was
a tender hearted person. Would she
kindly interest herself to get him em
ployment? He was hungry and shab
by (he wore a castoff suit), and he was
not very strong. He could not do man
ual labor.
Quite likely it was the smile that did
the business. Miss Baxter gave him
the wherewithal to get something to
eat while she was hunting a Job for
him. He put away the money, and she
found plenty of Jobs. But either they
required too much strength or Frank
was especially unfitted for them. He
kept accepting donations from day to
day, the lady having hard work to In
duce him to do so and only under
promise that he should be periMtted
to return them as soon as she foimd a
position for him. He very soon clean
ed her out of all the ready money she
possessed, after which she began to sac
rifice what few valuables she owned,
finally pawning her winter coat, which
she greatly needed.
I declined to take money achieved in
this way, which appeared to be a great
relief to Frank. Having started out
to collect the debt In his own peculiar
way, he was bound to follow the mat
ter to the bitter end. He managed to
preserve his equanimity till the lady
gave up her winter coat for his bene
fit That, broke him up. I told him
to return the money to Miss Baxter.
He said that could only be done In
some roundabout manner, but It would
be done.
Before the next season opened one
of my competitors offered Frank better
pay than I was giving him, and I was
obliged to double his salary. Instead
of giving me a single smile when I
told him of the raise, smiles seemed
to bubble out all over him.
"It's not on my own account alone,
Mr. Ruggles," he said, "that I re
joice. I am engaged, and this raise
enables me to marry."
"Who Is the lady, Frank?" I asked.
"Miss Euphemia Btixter."
"Great Scott!" I exclaimed. "You
don't mean It!"
"I do. The truth Is that while I was
getting money out of her to pay her
debt to yon I was getting sweet on
her. At last, instead of trying to col
lect the debt, I was testing her to see
how far she would sacrifice herself for
me."
"Have you confessed that you were
deceiving her?"
"You bet I haven't, and I never will.
I've got the money she gave me yet
I'm trying to find a way to give it to
her to help her with the trousseau."
"Hope you'll succeed. Make out a
list of articles you'll need to furnish a
house and they shall be my wedding
arlft."
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The Delmouico of Alaska
CHARLEY= lJOHN
Kara man & Clecak
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We Make a Specialty of Banquet* mm) private Dinner Parties.
A Refined and Comfortable place for a Supper After the Show
or dance—Service In Oozy Private Booths If Desired.
Publicity
I
r HAS BEEN Demonstrated
that when a man has some
thing to sell worth selling his
success is assured by letting
the people know about it.
Many business enterprises that should be
prosperous die of neglect because the
public attention and interest have not
been stimulated and attracted to the wares
No matter'what it may be if it is reason
ably priced and good in quality your
success is assured by intelligent adver
tising and plenty' of it
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