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I HIE PASS 8
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The SPeed>
Route of ( |g^§ ) Service
Comfort, Safety.
During the winter season of 1914—15 our regular train ser
vice will be maintained North and South bound ""between
Skaguay and White Horse, trains leaving both tarminals
every Tuesday and Friday.
UJINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our through Mail, Passenger ane Freight Service will be
operated between Whito Horse and Dawson, affording al
possible comfort by means of a
Thoroughly Equipped Stage and Automobile Line
j For full information apply to
) H.Wheeler, J. E. Dempsey, Traffic Manager,
< Supt., Mail Ssrvice Dep't., 612 Second Avenue,
j Whitehorse, Y. T. Seattle,* Wash
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 84.
Tuesday sad Friday.
No. 1, Bound
1st class
K:30 a. m. I-<*av*s
• 1:00 p. m. "
11:40 p. ni. "
12:3; p. m. "
2:00 p. m.
4:1.% p. m.
Arrive*
No. 2, 8. Bound
1st class
Arrives 3:30 p. m.
Leaves 1:45 p. ni.
" 12:47 p. m.
" 12:15 p. m.
10;25 a. m
" 8:15 a. m.
SKAGUAY
W HITH PASS
LOO CABIN*
BKJfJTETT
OUUBOP
VIUITEHORSE
Passengers must be at depot* ia time t* Oave Baggage Inspected
lud checked. Inspection la stopped 30 minute* before leaving time or
trains. ; ««• -
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticker aad 75 pouads wltb each halt fare ticket.
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! THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK
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President Vice Pre*. Cashier
! KING GEORGE REVIEWS CANADIAN TROOPS
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j" Phuto by American Press Association.
Accompanied by Queen Mary nnd Lord Kitchener, the English ruler re
viewed .soldiers frotu Canada on tbelr arrival In England.
Powerful Lenses With a Few of
Their Fiery Feats.
PENN'S MARVELOUS MACHINE.
The Heat Rays From This Mirror Lens
Were So Intense That They Melted
Garnets, Flint, Steel and Iron and
Did Other Wonderful Things
It is written tli.it when the Human
ships besieged Syracuse Areliiunties
burned them to ashes In means nf ttiir
rots, and Proelus is also said ti> nave
destroyed the navy ul Viialian when
those galleys besieged Ityzanll'.im, by
means of burning glasses And there
Is the wonderful story ol Ptolemy's
mirror, which, placed on the tower ol
the Pharos at Alexandria, rcprest tiled
accurately everything ilial transpired
In all Egypt, on both laud and water,
with which an enemy's licet could he
seen 100 leagues away
Descartes branded the story ot Archi
uiedes' mirrors as fabulous. But Kir
cher believed it [o be line and made J
many experiments to p/ove his con
teution lie triedlhe eiVecl of a uuni !
ber of plane mirrors and with live of
the same size, placed in a frame, con
trived lo throw t'.e rays ivllce, ctl from
them to the same spot at a distance of
more than 100 feet, and the degree of
heat obtained led him I" conclude that
by increasing the number ot mirrors he
could Increase the lit at u> any desired
degree. He made voyage to Syra
cuse to Inform hhi.self , xaclly i>f local j
conditions From his observations he
was comim . d t' ' the lie:.. a galleys |
colli.1 lint have t ei :s I me I: :: ll thirty
I paces, or less than lm» feet from the
| place where Archimtd. < nmiiletl his
iuiiii)ne engine of destnu li ui
1 In'.Ton eonstrut ted a machine con
slsilng of a number ot mirrors. and j
] In his (Irst experiment, u-dng twenty
four mirrors, tie set life to pitch and
tow at a distance of seventy feet.
Then, with a kind of poly h droit, con
sisting of MS pieces of i 1 :ti iookllig
glass, each piece six inches stptare.
boards of beech wood were set on lire
at a distance of lOo feet. Next there
were employed 3t'0 plain mirrors, each
eight Inches long and six broad, ami
with all the mirro.s m use wood
could be Ignited at a distance of
feet. The last machine of this nature
constructed by Huffon contained -100
mirrors, each six Inches square, and
with the rays from this lie could melt
lend and tin at a dlsiau e of I."iO feet.
The tuost powerful li'irulnu mirror of
modern times was constructed by one
Penn. an Kliglisb artisan I'e succeeded
In producing a burning it ns no less
than three feet in (iianierer. and this
ex pot! mon t upward of S.l.fttW. Its pow
er was astonishing. nml the hardest
ami most solid substances, such as
irou. Hint and steel, uielted like was
when exposed to its Immense focus,
only a few seconds being required. A
diamond weighing ten grains was ex
posed to ihe rays for thirty minutes
and was reduced to six grains by the
process. During the operation the
stone opemd and foliated like the
leaves of a (lower and emilted whitish
fumes; hut when it had closed again
it still iiore a polish and was identical
in shape, though four grains lighter
and proiwrliouateiy smaller. Ten cut
garucis m< 14,-d and ran together In
a few seeomls in fact, nothing was
found tint could resist the terrible
Ileal generated This remarkable ma
chine was afterward taken to China
by an oiiii-er i-onneetid with the Brit
ish embassy and tinally lost sight of.
With these modern experiments to
eo:r ider. the talc of the burning of
Malcolms' >lii;.s seems more probable.
!..i liroe.pii. re. a traveler of the fif
teen: h cet.tury. says (lint at Damascus
they made mirrors of steel that mag
allied objects "like burning glasses."
The telescope was not Invented till
early in (lie seventeenth century.
Tills wi-nlil seem corroborative evi
dence concerning I'toleni.v Kuergetes'
mirror, wliieh j,a l!:ocipiiere does not
mention and <»i wliieh lie perhaps nev
.•i heard .\bnlfeda. in bis description
ot Kgypt. >a>.- that the wonderful mlr
roi was made of C hinese iroaand that
so >11 after Mo'ianitiicdanlsni prevailed
the Christians destroyed it by strata
gem
In a work published at .Marseilles In
iTik! I'athcr Abliat argues ingeniously
In 'favor of (lie probable existence of
the mirror, but contends that its pow
er was far less than recorded in the
legend.
"If this mirror existed." lie says, "It
is probable (hat it was the only one ot
Its kind and tfcat no other means had
then been found of viewing distant
objects distinctly It must therefore
have been considered as a great wou
del in those times and must have tilled
with jistotiishmcut all who saw its ef
focts Kven though its eflects had not
been greater than those of a small tel
escope * * * it is natural to Miltik
that those eflects Were exaggerated be
yond all probability and even possibill
t.v. as commonly happens to rare and
admirable machines and inventions
(Cmtnelt Campbell Hall in Cleveland
Leader.
A Disclosure.
Kittle Willie was instructed by his
teacher Mr Uohln-on to write an es
sax •■a tlie siil.i.-ct ot •Antidotes'
rhK was his Uriel cssa.v:
"My atity dote.- on chocolates, mat!
nays novels ntromobltls and you."
(.oudoit l'eloirra |'li
('npiiai is nut what a. man has. but
wnat a iiian is: character is capital,
liuiiui is c:'l)l»ai Macdlift'
BURYING CONDEMNED CATTLE.
Photo supplied by United Slates de partment of agriculture.
Cnttle suffering fioin the foot and mouth disease are driven into a trench
i to be killed, covered with quicklime and buried.
i
The Christmas day was coming; the
Christmas eve drew near.
The fir trees they were talking low at
midnight, cold and clear,
And this is what the fir tree said, all
in the pale moonilght,
"Now, which of us shall chosen be to
grace the holy night?"
The tall trees and the goodly trees
raised each a lofty head
In glad and secret confidence, though
not a word they said,
But one, the baby of the band, could
not restrain a sigh.
"You all will be approved," he said.
"But, oh, what chance have I?"
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THE CHRISTMAS AXGEL AND SAKTA CLACS.
"I am so small, so very small, no one
will mark or know
How thick and green my needles are,
how true my branches grow.
Few toys and candles could I hold, but
heart and will are free,
And in my heart of hearts I know I am
a Christmas tree."
The Christmas angel hovered near; he
caught the grieving word.
And, laughing low, he hurried forth,
with love and pity stirred.
He sought and found St. Nicholas, the
dear old Christmas saint,
And in his fatherly, kind ear rehearsed
the fir tree's plaint.
Saints are all powerful, we know, so it
befell that day \
That, ax on shoulder, to the grove a
woodman took his way.
One baby girl he had at home, and he
went forth to find
A little tree as small as she, just suit
ed to his mind.
Oh, glad and proud the baby fir, amid
its brethren tall.
To be thus chosen and singled out, the
first among them all!
He stretched his fragrant branches; his
little heart beat fast;
He was a real Christmas tree—he had
his wish at last.
One large and shining apple, with
cheeks of ruddy gold;
Six tapers and a tiny doll we.-e all that
he could hold.
The baby laughed, the baby crowed, to
see the tapers bright;
The forest baby felt the joy and shared
in the delight.
And when at last the tapers died and
when the baby slept
The little fir, in silent night, a patient
vigil kept.
Though scorched and brown its needles
were, it had no heart to grieve.
"I have not lived in vain," he said.
"Thank God for Christmas eve!"
The First Christmas Card.
The honor of the Christmas card is
ascribed frequently to the late W. C.
T. Dobson. an Kn^lisb painter. In
December, 1844. a date earlier than
that given to any other claim,- he was
anxious to send some more novel
Christmas greeting than that of a let
ter to a distant friend, and the idea
occurred to him to make a little sketch
symbolizing the spirit of the season.
The sketch depicted in its center a
.family party gathered around the
Christmas dinner table raising glasses
to the health of absent friends. Un
derneath were the words "A Merry
Christmas aud a Happy New Year to
you," while on each side was a small
er sketch representing an act of be
nevolence. Mr. Oobson's card so
pleased its recipient that the following
year he designed another card, of
which he sent lithographed copies to
n large circle of friends. Other artists
followed his example, and the circle
sending out Christmas cards grew
wider and wider until an enterprising
printer saw there was money iu the
business, and within a few years from
its birth the Christmas caitf was to be
seen in hundreds of shop windows.
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MANUFACTURING
I JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
f Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
Cfiina and Cut Glass
gj Official Watcfe Inspector for the
W. P. & Y. Route
3 Mail Orders given prompt care
RAW FURS \
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WE PAY 2
HIGH "- PRICES H
FOR FINE FURS 3
3
WRITE FOR PURE IJST
Percey's Fur House £
Oahkosh. - Wi»con«in S
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r« a"3 WinYi*'i'£* <i~i¥»»TST*Tr#t
THE SKAGWAY
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I Pioneer Dairy
H. F. KEEMAN. Prop.
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111HE SANITARY MILK RANCH
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is) Tbg largest and best con
0 ducted d?iry lu Alaska.
^ Dally cWpmenta of pure
3 milk and cream to all point*
$ on White Pass & Yukon
Route.
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3 imeau Steamship Co.
I C. 8. MAIL STEAMER
Elecric Lighted. Steam Heated.
SCHEDULE OP SAILINGS
Sailing Dates and Steamer Sut>
[jest to Change Without Notice
'Juneau-Sitka Route
j Leavfj Juneau for Douglas, Fun
;t tioonah, Gypium, Tenakee,
XiUUuoo, Chatham and Sitlta
EVEltY WEDNESDAY AT 12:01
Juneau-Skagway Route
Leav.s Skagway for Haines, El
dred Itock, Comet, Jualln, Sentin
el Island, Eagle Kiver, Douglas
and Juneau.
EVICKY SUNDAY AT 12:01 a. m.
WTT.IiiH R. NOWELL. Manager.
: Pure Air. Pure FoocT^rW Dnji •
arc essential to healthy growth
Pure"
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