' doings of the van loo ts
fHK.ft.Ei COMBS
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Ship Had Hard1
Luck on Last
Voyage
A steamship that arrived the other
day at an Atlantic port after a three;
months' voyage with 11? passengers ;
had troublous times losing the long
course from Calcutta and South Africa,
says the New York Sun. She strand- j
ed off an uncharted channel of Mada
gascar and was forced back to Pur
baa for repairs.
She sailed again after three weeks'
delay, returned because of a tire in
the Jute cargo In her after hold and
finally got away. Three days out
Edward Gibson, automobile agent of
Detroit. died of influenza anil was bur
led at sea. Then two Chinamen
Indulged in a dispute about the mer
its .of their respective tongs: one cut
the. other (ft the abdomen, and believ
ing he had committed murder. Jumped
overboard and was drowned.
Everything uiigbt have been placid
•board ship thereafter had it not been
for two "nationalists" from the Trans
vaal, who noisily advocated the smash
ing of all flap allegiance and said par
ticularly hard things about the Stars
and Stripes anil the British ensign.
They were surprised when they were
held up aud sent to KUis island on
the charge of uttering seditious sen
timents. Their fellow passengers said
they were among the L \V. WYs of
South Africa.
Dr. James Denton of Stamford,
Conn., who had been 14 months In the
Belgian Congo helping to treat about
5,000 natives fur tropical diseases,
praised the Belgians for their swiftness
in driving out the Hermans and re
gretted that he had come back too late
to Join the medioal forces In France,
as was his intention.
Mrs. Edward Calvert, who Is known
as Mine. -Gainsborough to fo+ks of Cape
Town, and who coyly admits that she
Is the "smartest milliner in South Af
rica," comes here to buy goods.
LEFT BOTTLE AS SENTINEL
And Two Weary Privates Had Per
fectly Good Explanation of Where
They Got the Champagne.
About 10 o'clock on the morning of
the brigade's arrival nt a beautiful
little town that looked, under the
morning summer sun. as If it might be
a. mURon. miles fipro the battle front.
the peaceful" scene was accentuated
by two boyish privates of squad 17
size, obviously strays from their com
pany, at the side of the street just
around the corner from headquarters.
One was sleeping, as only a soldier
who has seen five days of battle can
sleep, his head dangling carelessly
over a mud-stained pnck. The other
had one shoe off, and was regarding
ruefully, but rather listlessly, his cap
ital wound of battle, a blistered foot.
Before them, as conspicuous as the top
sergeant at morning roll call, stood, In
Its labeled and tinseled glory, an
empty champagne bottle. Every rank
from sergeant to brigadier general
passed them, tried to look shocked, and
failed.
By-and-by the second private
stretched his foot over the curbing
and went to sleep, too. It wasn't until
afternoon that n noncom, rounding up
stragglers, awoke them.
"Where did you get that cham
pagne?" asked the noncom (with mo
tives beyond question).
"Well," explained the smaller of the
pair, "we hadn't had anything to eat
but iron rations for tive days, aud not
much of that, then we lost our outfit,
and when we landed here we started
out to buy something. The only thing
on snle in the whole town was a bottle
of champagne, so we bought that."—
Stars and Stripes.
Perseverance Does It.
"It's the allies' perseverance that
won this war," said Senator Lewis.
"The allies suffered defeat after de
feat, but from each defeat they learned
something.
"It's like the advice which the edi
tor of the Clnnnminson Scimitar gave
to an unlucky wooer who had been
rejected by seven girls In turn. The
editor wrote:
"'Unlucky Wooer—Go ahead. Don't
be discouraged. Never say die. You
must have leurued a lot by what you
have gone through. Strikes us, you
must hold something like a record.
Well, stick ail your experience to
gether and make love to the next girl
who comes round and takes your
fancy. If she don't reciprocate try an
other. Remember, you only want one
girl to s«v "Yes" and she'll probably
last your life."'
How Germans Obtained Fat.
No method of obtaining fats has
been neglected In Germany. A Char
lottenburg chemist hus patented a
process of obtaining fat from growths
of microscopic animal forms which are
cultivated on .nltable waste materials,
such as decay' ag mushrooms and non
edible fungi, putrefying meat, gutter
refuse and stale yeast. On trltutrat
lng the cultures with water and heat
ing, the fat may be skimmed off, or It
may be separated by a solvent.
[installs Organ In
Memory Of
i Minister
A new pipe organ has" been Installed
In the Brick Presbyterian church. Fifth
avenue arid Thirty-seventh street. New
York, "in gratitude for the ministry of
Henry Van Dyke." Doctor Van Dyke,
who was until recently American am
bassador to the Netherlands was for
more than twenty years pastor of this
church.
The new organ, which Is one of the
most complete and is today perhaps
the most modern church organ In the
United States, Is a four-manual Instru
ment of 120 stops and 0,000 pipes, with
electric action. It Is really a combina
tion of six organs—great organ, swell
organ, choir organ, solo organ and
echo organ. The Installation Includes
also a set of chimes. The echo organ
and chimes will be placed above the
ceiling at the rear of the church, over
the apse. The other parts of the com
bination, are inclosed, each in Its own
swell box, and all In one general swell
box, placed In the choir gallery over
the front entrance to the church.
Though the new organ is consiaeraoiy
larger than the one which It replaces,
no architectural change Is evident,
much of the Instrument being con
cealed behind the walls. E, M. Skin
ner of Boston Is the builder of the new
organ, which has been under construc
tion since the summer of 1917.
It Is understood that tbo organ cost
In the neighborhood of $38,000. The
fund was contributed by members of
the congregation as a tribute to their
old pastor, under whose leadership the
worship of the Brick church was great
ly enriched and beautified.
WROTE MESSAGES WITH DYE
Material for Invisible Writing Used by
German Spy Was Obtained Prom
Silk Hosiery.
A cleverly designed method of out
witting the government officials and
furnishing information to the enemy
was revealed in the early days of the
war by the arrest of a man In Pater
son. N. J., by naval Intelligence offi
cers.
The man, held as an alleged spy in
a Jail In Brooklyn, Is said to have
come from Holland and to have been
employed In a silk dyeing establlsh
mont In Pntfrson His tinlfltta method
Let Your KOD/Ut
Keep Your Family History
»
So that in the days to come your Kodak Album
Will Tell It All. Today your Kodak Album
means History, and more than ever it is impor
tant that it be authentic history—that every neg
ative bear a date. Let Kodak keep the dates.
- Keller Bros. Drug Co,
Eastman Kodak agents for Skagway
o1 sending" messages to Germany
called for the use of silk hosiery of a
peculiar dye. It Is said that he had
received a dozen pairs of these socks
from German agents In Holland and
that his method was to soak them In
water find use the coloring matter
which they gave forth as a writing
fluid. Ab this dried it became Invisible
until brought out by a special process,
which, however, the federal agents are
said to have worked out.
They, In turn, In learning the secret,
opened his letters and changed the
contents and forwarded the letters.
The Information thus received by the
Germans proved of little use to them.
But for a long time, it Is said, there
was not enough evidence on which to
convict this man, until one day
through carelessness he left one of
the socks where a naval Intelligence
officer found It When confronted with
this the man Is said to have confessed
to the entire project.
Useless Precaution.
A German captain of engineers re
lates how he once sent a green cor
poral and three men back to the Rus
sian lines with instructions to put a
railroad station completely out of
commission so that It could by no
means bo of use to the enemy.
The corporal rejoined the command
In a surprisingly short time consider
ing the nature of the task. The cap
tain asked if he had carried out his
Instructions.
"Ja wohl, Herr Ilauptniann," said
the corporal, "the Russians will never
be able to use that station again. Sou
see," pointing to a large sack on his
back, "I have carried away all the
tickets."—London Opinion.
A Cafe Placard In Egypt.
A soldier who has spent many
months on service In Egypt says that
one of the strangest things he remem
bers was a placard In a cafe chantnnt
In an Egyptlun town. It read:
"Every of the consummation of the
coldness, 1 piastre besides. Every of
the claim to be address directly In the
direction. During of the repetitions the
price of consummations to be the same
that In every Hie other's coffee."
The translation Is:
"All Iced drinks, 1 piastre extra. All
complaints to be made at the office.
Notwithstanding the performance the
prices will be the same as those of
other cafes."—Liverpool Post.
Italy, U. $. A.
Did you ever hear of Italy? No. not
Italy in Europe, but Italy in the state
of Texas? Scout Edward Hammer
writes us from there, and from what
he says it must be some town. It has
enly 2,000 Inhabitants, yet within Its
limits there Is a cotton compress, an
lee and water plant, a cotton-seed and
oil mill, four gins and a grist mill. We
wonder If there Is any chance for loaf
ers In Italy? The town Is situated on
the banks of Houston's creek, so named
becuuse General Sam Houston camped
there in his memorable retreat before
Santa Anna.—Boys' I.ife.
THE SKAGWA1" |
Pioneer Dairy ]
H. F. 8EEMAN, Prop.
THE mm MILK RANCH
Th« larg«st a*d b«rt oom
<1 acted dflirj U Alaska.
Dally rtlpmenta of pur«
mil* &id oream. to all potfat
oe White Paj8» t Yuko*
Bout#,
Pays Tribute To
Russian Street
Crowds
In spite of the excesses that have
marked the ascendancy of the bolshe
vikl in Russia, the typical Russian Is
a patient, kindly and orderly sort of
person. Mr. Grelner, who visited Rus
sia as a member of the American rail
way commission, tells the readers of
Russia that he found Russians better
behaved In public than Americans
often are.
The trolley cars, he says, were al
ways Jammed with people, mostly by
soldiers who did not pay fare. In
America, in such circumstances, we
find that as soon as a car stops the
rule Is usually each man for himself
and the devil take the hindmost. It
was therefore a surprise to us to ob
serve that in Petrograd the people
would of their own volition form a
line and take their turn In getting on
the car. We saw the same character
istic everywhere. Although there were
no traffic officers on the streets, ve
hicles of all kinds In the most crowd
ed thoroughfares worked their way
through without undue disturbance or
interference with each other.
All Russians smoke cliarettss, ana
the supply Is short. When a dealer
gets In a new stock he puts up a sign
to that effect;'but the people do not
crowd Into the store in the way that
American storekeepers like to see, but
form a long line on the street, each
person taking his turn In getting
cigarettes, and all without any confu
sion or apparent regulation. They fol
lowed the snme procedure In getting
food, especially bread and milk; we
saw lines of people standing all night
long In order to get an early supply In
I the morning. They talked to each
other cheerfully and constantly and ap
peared to be enjoying the occasion.—
Youth's Companion.
New Alloy of Great Value.
On account of the high temperature
required for suitably hardening fine
edged tools of tungsten high-speed
' steel, Sheffield tool-mt.kers have sought
a substitute material. A new alloy pro*
duced by adding cobalt to chromium
carbon steel is reported to be best
hardened by a temperature not ex
ceeding 1,200 C. For most purposes
the hardening needed Is obtained
when the tool is cooled naturally
In draft-free air. In a comparative
test saws of "cobalt crom," as the
new steel Is called, continued cutting
four days without regrlndlng, while
saws of tungsten high-speed steel were
dulled In two days and those of car
bon-steel in half a day.
■L 1
Fiesh on every boat. Fresh (un*
cooked) Oyster Cocktails. Pro
pared just right. Eacft one In »
glast bottle with patent stopper.
They cannot be excelled, At Kellers'
TRAPPERS!
A trial shipment will convince you
that wc pay the highest prices. Wc
l remit you the day your shipment
V*. • is received, and CHARGE NO
A COMMISSION- WRITE TO
,M DAY FOR OUR NEW. UP
&s) TO THE MINUTE TRAP
PERS GIJ IDE, No. Catalog of
Trappers' Supplies aPrice List.
k Northwestern Hide & Fur Ca
\ EiLitn
EAYER-TABLETS OF ASPIRIN.'
Pocket Boxes of 12
Bottles of 24 and 100
BAYER-CAPSULES OF ASPIRIN*
Sealed Boxes of 12 and 24
NEURALGjC PAINS
Give Way to Soothing Hamlin's
Wizard Oil
Hamlin's Wizard Oil is a safe and
effective treatment for headache and
neuralgia. Rubbed in where the paia
is, it acts as a tonic to the tortured
nerves and almost invariably bring!
quick relief.
Its healing, antiseptic qualities can
always be relied upon to prevent in
fection, or other serious results, from
sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, bites
and stings. Just as good, too, for
sore feet, stiff neck, frost bites, cold
sores and canker sores.
Get it from druggists for 30 cents.
If not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back.
Ever constipated or have sick
headache? Just try Wizard Liver
Whips, pleasant little pink pills, 30
cents. Guaranteed.
THE REAL TEST
Of H«rplcld>! I» la Civiuif It a TLor«
ou&li Trial.
There la only one te3t by which to
Judge ot the efficiency of any article
and that is fcy Its ability tu <la that
which It Is Intended to do. Many hair
vigors may lo.ik r.lce and prr.eU nice,
but the point Is—do they eradicate Dan
druff and stop falling hair?
Xo, they do not, but Herpiclde does,
because It goes to the root of the evil
and kills the germ that attar-ks the
papilla from whence the hair geta its
life.
Letters from prominent peopln every
where are dally proving? that Newbro's
Herpiclde stands the "test of une."
It is a delightful dressing:, clear, pure
and free from oil or grease.
Sold by leading druggirts. S^nd "!c in
Btamps for sample to The Herpiclde Co.,
Detroit. Mich.
One Dollar Cottle, guaranteed.
At all Drug Stone. Adr.
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meetg every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Vlslt
»«* "orfitter* cordially welcome.
3j. 8. Keller, Arctic Chief.
James L. Stewart, Arctic Recorder.
F. & M.
White Pots Loilge F. A,
A. »L >"o. 118, meets 2d
and 4th Saturday evenings
of each month. Yisittoj
Brethren are welcome.
WILLIA3I E. FEEHO, W. M.
T. J. STANDISH, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Bkayway Lodjp
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets ererj
Thurtday at 8:30
p. m. Vtaitftfj
brothers cordially welcome.
OSCAR SELMER, E. R
T. 1. VAtfDBWALL, 8eor«Ury.
Pioneers of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet in A. B. Hall first Monday iqj
every mont at 8:30 |>. m.
VlBlling; Brothers coijllallf m«l';
I • P Hrt
CHAS. BROCKMILLER, Pr€|.
J, C. PHELPS, S907. m« ;
FrateniAl Ofd«*
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie,
No. 25, Frater
nal Order Of
meet the first and third
W<-(lnesdaj- night of each month **
thwl/ hall on Fifth Avenue. VUit
In* brothers conliajljr Invited to
fttleud ( : 'fa
M. E. Rogers, W. P.
J. M. Qrleebach, SccmtafJ.
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Praotioc is All courts j i,
la Territory qt Alaska 1
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