F. & A. JI.
WMte Pass Lodge
W F. & A.M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
fri. Et'ss. of each
m»uth. Ylaitt** br«lfc«r» *r« w»
eitte. PliU Abrahams, S«cr»tary.
Tf. C. Wright, yr. M.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Bas'83 meets tia first and tiara
Wedneeday night of each month at
I heir hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
John Grashel, W. P., J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
( a P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodg
No. 131, B. P. O.
E. meet? ever
(hureday night a
7 S o'clock. Elk
Tfafr'a club and veadin
r«on open daily from 1 p. in. to
la midnight. Visiting brotiters cor
dially welcome. W. C Blanchard,
*x. R. Geo. Magee Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhoods
Camp Skagway No. 1
k. B. meets every Tues
day evening at 8:00 p
m. sharp. Vlaities' brothers cordial
ly welcome. D. J. Rich, Arctic Chief
W. R. HiUery, Arctic Recorder.
50th Infantry Lodge, No. 1390.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Pert Win. H. Ssward, Haines, Alask
Regular Meetings every Thursday
sight at 7:30 p. m. All visiting bro
thw* cordially welcomed.
Any one desiring information
abeot the Lodge will confer a favor
by addressing
THE SECRETARY.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dentists.
t DR. L. S. KELLER.
» Dentist.
Most Modern Methods.
Open Evenings.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway
SKAGWAY ALASKA
fHB PATTERSON-O'HRIEN CO.
—Dealers In—
D E X T A L SUPPLIES
229 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash,
•rdera by mail or caMe will receive
prompt attention. Catalogue on re
vest.
HAND LAUNDRY— The Jandos
Hand Laundry on Third srteet next
to Golden North Hotel, does your
washing without shrinking the
clothes. Family work given careful
attention. tt.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Champaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
"and the Service First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Ragina Hotel :: Whitehorse, Y. T
Pack Train
Restaurant
TONY STAN1CM. Proprietor
For 14 Yuri We Hire S«rred oaly
The Best in the Markets
ud lodij :t it tie
Most Popular Eating
House in the North
New Location
Broadway, between 3rd and 4th
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Relieves CATARRH of<
the
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and all
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EDITORIAL PAGE
WHY LENT IS LATER
Lent begins this year three weeks
later than last year, being of course
based upon the t date of Easter,
which is April 12 this year, as
against March 23 in 1912. Very
few people can tell why Lent var
ies so from year to year and why
Easter may come as early as March
22 or as late as April 25.
It is something of an anomally
from the religious point of view
that the anniversary of Christ's
death may fall on any one of thir
ty-five dates, while the adversary
of his birth is always on the same. I
It is no less of an anomally from
astronomical standpoint, for there
seems no reason why we, having
adopted the solar year as the basis
o' our calendar, should cling to the
lunar year merely for the estab
lishment of oue date.
It is a mystery why, when the
date of Christ's birth was fixed as
Dec. 25, some dates in April were
not at the same time settled upon
as those of His death and resurrec
tion. That would have been logical
and would have banished from the
calendar a lunar cycle that has
long been abandoned by all civil
ized peoples.
It should not be difficult to fix
the rational date for Easter. If
Christ was crucified on the 14th I
day ol the March moon astron
omers ought to be able to calcu
late on what date this fell. They
say that in all probability it fell I
on April 7 of the Year 30 of the |
Christian era. Why, then, not
fix Easter once and for all as the
first Sunday after Aoril 7?
It is to the Council of Nicea that
we owe the perpetuation of our an
achronistic method of reckoning
Easter. This council decreed that
it should be the first Sunday after
the first full moon that occurs af
ter the vernal equinox, March 21.
Pope Gregory XIII, undertook at
that time to reform the Julian cal
endar, which ha<? been in use ever
siuce Julius Ceasar, in 46 B. C., and
prescribed that a year should con
sist of 365 days, every fourth year
having 366.
This Julian calendar was r. reform
of a still more ancient system bas
ed upon the emotions of the moon,
which system varied widely In dif
ferent lands. In Rome it had or
iginated with Romulus, who estab
lished a year of ten months, having
'alternately thirty one and thirty
days, making 304 days in all. Nu
ma Pompillus added Hit months of
February and January, and in the
year 452 B. C., the Decemvirs plac
ed them where they now stand. '
When Pope Gregory undertook
to reform the Julian calendar, that
had by that time become incorrect
by about ten days, the revolution
of the earth around the sun was
not yet fully understood, so instead
of making a change that would be
thoroughly scientific, the preseut
form of year was adopted; the Jul
ian calendar being modified by call
ing Oct. 5, 1582, Oct. 15, and by
making Pil terminal years of cen
turies, 1700, 1800, 1900, etc., com
mon years of 365 days except when
the year was a multiple of 400, as
1600, 2,000, etc., which should be
leap years.
In those days they were so ac
customed to movable feasts that it
never occurred to the reformers of
the calendar that a day might come
when their movabillty should be in
convenient. They knew so little
about the relations between the
sun and earth that they did not
want to renounce the lunar year en
tirely and so upset the order of
feast days that had from time im
memorial been based upon the move j
ments of the moon.
Though the Gregoriau calendar
was issued in 15S2, prejudice
against anything that came from
Rome was so strong in England
that it was not adopted there until
by an act of Parliament, passed in
1751, Sept. 3, 1752, was reckon
ed as Sept. 14 and New Year's
Day was set back from March 25
to Jan. 1 beginning with 1753.
To fix one def^iite date for East
er would require a decree from tbe
Pope. Tlie whole Roman Catholic
world and all Roman Catholics else
where would at once adopt it, and
there is little doubt that, the Prot
estant churches would follow. As
it is a purely religious feast, this
is all that would be necessary.
In Russia and Greece the Jul
ian calendar is Still in use, so their
dates are now twelve days differ
ent from ours.
PRICE OF COAL REDUCED.
Moores wharf is now selling nut
coal for only $9.00 per ton bulk,
($10.00 sacked) excellent range
coal. f>t.
Olympla Beer on draught at the
Board of Trade. This famous brew,
both on draft and In pottles is kept
constantly fresh. This is the Board
of Trade Bar where the celebrated
Rainier Beer Is also kept In bot
tles. tf.
CRAB MEAT COCK TAILS
- at
The Pack Train Restaurant
Service a la carte.
St*ts of Ohio, City of Toledo, )
Lucas County. i"fis
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in
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 ot
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 6th day of
December, A. D. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood
Mid mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
COAL - KOAJj - COAL
British Columbia Boat Harbor
Coal. SI2.00 per ton delivered.
IJhone 33. J. M. Tanner. tf
Do you know?
That we use the best bard wheal
flour obtainable.
That we use pure lard.
That we use the best eggs.
That we use the best extracts
and spices.
That we use the utmost care in
the preparation of all our articles.
That we give a money-back guar
tjr with everything you buy from us.
If you don't know these things,
it's-time you did for its' to your
benefit to know them. The New
Idea Bakery and Delicatessen, tf.
—Notice to™"
PROSPECTORS
Parties intending to go pros
pecting or hunting in the in
terior, will find it to their in
terest to write
CAM SMITH
Whitehorsc, Y. T.
*\>r Information.
Mr. Smith has all kinds of
power boats fr6m four horse
power to fifteen which he
will sell or rent at reasonable
rates.
Automobile Stage daily from
Whitehorse to the Atlas min
BEND THE "ALASKAN" HOME TO THE STATES. IT WILL SAV
»•- , YOU A LOT OP LETTER-WRITING
«! MS! IDS!
Incipient Colds May Seem Inaocent
lu Themselves, but. If Neg
lected May Result in Var- \
ious lucurable Mal
adies.
'PUROLA" REMEDIES WILL
HELP YOC.
"Purola" Laxative Honey and Tar
Cough Syrup.
An agreeable combination, con
taining no opiate or harmful drugs,,
and is therefore recommended for
children. The great advantage of
this preparation over other cough
mixturse lies in th efact of its lax
ative tendencies. By its gentle
action on the liver and bowl®, 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, sore throat
and all diseases of the throat and
lungs. Prices 25c and 50c.
Laxative Cold Tablets.
The speedy ralief for colds,
coughs, bronchitis, headache and
neuralgia. "Purola" Laxative Cold
Tablets have no peer in reducing
the fever and allaying the pains ac
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 the head, cat
arrhal deafness, and all complica
tions arising from chronic nasal ca
tarrh. Price 25c.
''Purola** Euca-Menst (» Cough
Drop).
For that tickle in your throat;
checks spasmodic coughing; agree
able to the taste. Prlie 5c.
For Sale By
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
Sole Skagway Agents.
THE ( RAFTERS GOOD THIXGS.
The Crafters are a group of art
ists, printers, designers, writers, wh
make Gredfing Cards for every pur
pose. Their style is uaique, inspir
ing, earnest; the sentiments on
their cards are written for cultured
people who prefer to give a well
chosen beautiful card to a gaudy,
expensive. gift.
The Cramers have been making
their cards for six years and have
friends all over the IT. s. A., in
Canada, in England, and in Europe.
Those who buy the Crafters' Publi
cations are delighted to send them
on to their friends.
Until this year he Crafters have
delivered their wares solely from
their own house in Kansas City
but their business has grown so
they conceived the idea of distribut
ing their wares through Agents
throughout the country.
Crafters' Valentii,3S and Easter
Cards 011 Sale at Keller Bros. Drug
Co.
Bonded WhlsKeys—Gibson, Moun
Vtrnon and Belmont. The best of
Beer—Blue Ribbon, Budwelser and
Bale Ranier, at the Mascot, Tele
phone <57 ft
What's a Skagway Omelet? You'll
never find out until you visit the
New Idea Bakery and . Delicatessen.
Take "Purola" SODIUM PHOS
PHATE and give your liver a. shake.
For Sale by Keller Bros. Drug Co.
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