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The
Gate-way
Route of
Comfort
Service
Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
Interior Alaska
During the winter season of J 916-1 7 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
For full information apply to
C. W. CASH A. F.;Z1PF
Supt. Mail Service Dept. —OR— Traffic Manager
WHITEHORSE. Y. T. 612 Second Ave.. SEATTLE, Wash.
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White Pass & Yukon Houte
TIME TABLE No. 38.
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
12.121 I <1
8KAGWAY
WHITE PASS
LOO CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WH3TXHORSE
Arrives
Leaves
No. 1, N. Bound
1st CUu
8:30 a. m. Leaves
11:03 a. m. H
11:43 a. ni. *
12:40 p. m. "
2.20 p. m. "
4:30 p. m. Arrives
PM»ii|«ri most be a* depot la
spectod and chocked. Inspection la
leaving Usm oI train*.
ISO poonda of baggage will be checked free with eacfa full
tar* ticks* and 75 poaada with each half fare ticket.
No. 2, 8. Bound
1st Class
3:50 p. ni.
2:20 p. m.
1:30 p. ni.
12:50 p. m.
10:48 a. m.
8:00 a. m.
time to have Baggage In
stopped 80 minutes before
Relieves CATARRH
the
BLADDER;
and all
Dischargas in
4H0URS:
Each capanie bear* ttw 4
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I - They Split Even -
IN the big preparedness parade which took place in New
York In May and which set the example for other pre
paredness parades all over the country DIgby Bell, the
comedian, led a company made up largely of actors, theatri
cal managers and playwrights from the Lambs and the Play
ers' clubs.
The marchers moved in wide lines twenty abreast, ez
"Fifty-fifty 1" He Blared.
tending irom euro 10
curb of Fifth avenue.
All went well with
Captain Digby Bell's
squad until it reach
ed Forty-second
street, where an isle
of safety for pedes
trians stands in the
middle of the asphalt
roadway.
He knew there must
be a military corn
iiin ml f..i. /liuirlin.r <1
cohimn so as to pass about a fixed obstacle, but he didn't
know what It was. For just a moment confusion threatened
his group. Then in this emergency au inspiration came to the
leader.
He swung about and faced the oncoming formation.
"Fifty-fifty!" he blared at the top of his voice. And, splitting
in the center, the line flanked the safety isle without missing
a step.—Saturday Evening Post
MYSTERY OF MERCURY.
An Unknown Factor That Causes the
Planet's Erratio Motion.
Tbe planet of Mercury Is the small
est of the major planets and tbe near
est to the sun, which it circles In a
little less than three months. It reach
es its greatest distance from the sun
at periods about sixty days apart. Dur
ing the year Mercury is morning stnr
three times and evening star three
times. Owing to its nearness to the sun
It is never visible for more than a pe
riod of about two hours after sunset
or the same length of time before sun
rise.
The eccentricity of its orbit is great
er than that of any other major planet;
Its greatest and its least distance from
the sun differ by nearly fifteen mil
lion miles. According to A. W. Mc
Curdy of the Royal Astronomical So
ciety of Canada, the most remarkable
characteristic in the motion of Mer
cury Is that when it is nearest to the
suu It travels faster than it should if
it moved only by the attraction of the
known bodies of the solar system.
Astronomers have long sought an ex
planation of the accelerated motion.
Some believe that there are other plan
ets at present unknown between Mer
cury and the sun—bodies that although
numerous are too small to be seen. The
movements of Mercury indicate an in
fluence that might be accounted for by
iuu I'lesejivu uiiviuci |»nun;i jovim
lug within its orbit If such a planet
really exists, there should come a time
when it will appear as a dark spot
moving across the face of the sun.
Another way to detect the presence
sf new planets In the vicinity of the
sun is to take observations during a
total eclipse. If there aro no clouds
at such a time the stars become visi
ble as the sun disappears. During the
total eclipse of the sun in 1878 one
observer saw an object that he
thought might be the long sought
planet, but no other astronomer has
been able to confirm the discovery, and
many now believe that the hidden
source of the unusual movement of
Mercury must be looked for elsewhere
than in the orbit of the planet
LIFE OF THE GUNS.
It Depends Upon How Long the Lin
ings Can Resist Erosion.
The life of a gun depends upon the
progress of erosion, which sooner or
iater Is certain to impair the accuracy
)f tire. Erosion is caused by the action
)f the explosive gases at high temper
iture and pressure.
According to the Iron Age, the hot
jases cause a thin film of steel to ab
sorb heat The film expands and be
comes set. Upon the release of the
pressure it contracts, which causes
minute cracks th:it grow larger with
•very discharge. As they increase Id
size they form passageways for more
Pot gas, and that tends to enlarge them
still further. The inner surface thus
becomes roughened and the bands be
gin to corrode. Finally the bore be
comes so enlarged that it allows the
;ases to escape. The shell does not
:hen acquire its proper rotation, and its
Sight becomes erratic.
All guns except small ones are now
constructed wirti linings In the tube
tvhicb, when the bore Is worn out, are
removed and replaced by new ones.
The cost of relinlng a gun Is approxi
mately 30 per cent of the cost of the
gun. There appears to be no limit to
the number of times that a gun can be
reliued.
The small arms used in this country
are considered to be worn out after
3.000 to 7,500 rounds have been fired.
Small naval guns can be fired about
1,000 times before they are regarded as
tvoru out Large twelve Inch and four
teen Inch naval guns are considered to
bave a life on one lining of from 150 to
200 rounds.
Low velocity guns, Buch as howitzers
and mortars, have correspondingly
longer lives than high velocity guns of
the same caliber, because the pressures
they develop, and hence the tempera
tures. are lower.
Friendship.
"I'm surprised that Digby didn't ask
you to be best man at his wedding. I
thought you were very intimate
friends."
"We are. Digby says I'm the best
friend he's got in the world."
"Then why didn't he ask you?"
"Because I'm lending him my dress
suit to get married in."—Exchanee.
THE PEASANT'S RIDDLE.
And How the Sicilian Kept the Prom
ise He Made to the King.
A Sicilian laborer told us this story.
He says his mother told It to him
when ho was a child. It sounds like
one of Grimm's biles and is undoubt
edly very old folk lore:
'•My mother told me that once there
was a king who suw a peasant work
ing in a Held and asked him how much
he earned. And the peasant said,
'Four carlini a day.' 'What do you do
with your 4 carlini?' asked the king.
'One I eat, the second I put at interest,
the third I return, and the fourth I
throw away.' This puzzled the king,
and he asked the peasant what he
meant. And the peasant said:
" 'I buy my food with one. 1 feed
my children with the second, and that
is putting money out at interest. I
feed my old father with the third, and
that is paying back what has been
given me. I give the fourth to my
wife, and giving her money is throw
ing it away.'
" 'That's a good riddle,' said the
king, 'and I must tell it to my friends.
Promise me that you won't tell any
one the answer till you have seen my
face a hundred times.' So the peasant
promised, and the king went back to
his palace and asked them the riddle.
N'obody could answer, but one remem
uereu aeeuig uic ums mm iv
ant, so he went to the peasant and
asked him about It But the peasant
said: 'I can't tell you. I promised the
king I wouldn't tell the answer till I
had seen his face a hundred times.'
'Oh, that's easy!' said the king's friend,
and he took a hundred lire out of his
pocket, and every p'ece of money had
the king's face stamped on it.
"So the peasant told the king's friend
the answer to the riddle, and the king's
friend went back to the palace and
said to the king, 'I can guess your rid
dle now,' arid ho did. Then the king
became angry and said: 'You couldn't
have guessed it. That peasant has
broken his promise:' So the friend had
to tell the king how he had fooled the
peasant"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
SACKING A THEATER.
What New Yorkers In 1765 Did For an
Offensive Play.
Here Is an account of the sacking of
a theater in New York from the Ga
zette of that city of Slay 3, 17G5:
"The play advertised to be acted last
Monday evening having given offense
to sundry and divers Inhabitants of
this city, who thought It highly im
proper that such entertainment should
be exhibited at this time of public dis
tress, when great numbers of poor peo
ple can scarce find means of subsist
ence, whereby many persons might be
tempted to neglect their business and
squander that money which is neces
sary to the payment of their debts and
the support of their families, a rumor
was spread about the town that if the
play went on the audience would meet
with some disturbance from the multi
tude.
"this prevenreu iue gn-uieat i>mi, wi
those who intended to have been there
from going. However, many people
came, and the play was begun, but
soon interrupted by the multitude, who
burst open the doors and entered with
noise and tumult. The audience es
caped in the best manner they could.
Many lost their hats and other articles
of raiment A boy had his skull frac
tured and was yesterday trepanned.
Death is his. Several others were
sorely set upon and Injured. But we
heard of no lives lost. The multitude
immediately demolished the house and
carried the pieces to the common,
where they consumed them in a bon
fire."
Origin of the Pitcher.
Some of the earliest drinking vessels
were made of skins, sewed together
In such a manner as to be water tight
The skins were well tanned, and the
vessels made from them were well
nigh indestructible. Leather drinking
vessels In England were called "black
Jacks" and were made in about the
same shape as the pitcher of modern
times. The inside was coated with a
layer of pitch, thus giving rise to our
word "pitcher," it is believed.
One woman in a thousand marries
after she is sixty years old.
More than 300 kinds of fish have
voices audible to human ears.
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