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EDITORIAL PAGE
CHANCE FOR GOOD WORK
Seward Gateway; If the legislatur
c £ Alaska can manage to show to
tho administration tow Alaskans fee
»u the subject of carpet-bagging it
will bo performing a work that will
wake its existence valuable.
Washington apparently still la
bore under the impression that Al
aska is peopled by men whose ideas
of government are primitive. There
is always a tendency in every coun
try to look upon "colonials" or "ter
ritorials" as people of provincial or
irferior conceptions. To those
wise men of the east we are only
what might be called a lot of essen
tially uncultivated Individuals in
whose hands the government of
any place would ba dangerous.
If the national administration de
cided tomorrow that Alaska need
ed a federal board for the conduct
of its affairs the chances are good
that not a man in the territory
would be asked to be one of its
members. We r.rt> to Washington
what a village is to a city, but there
would be no Washington if the peo
ple of cities had tc> be depended on
tor the making of the nation.
Let Washington be respectfully
remtuded that people came to this
country who are just as well
equipped in any li;«e as those who
did not have courage to get away
irom asphalt sidewalks lest they
might soil their patent leathers.
TABLE ETIQUETTE
-N'ow that the first of the winter's
Xt-ast days are here, a little
advice to diners-out, as written by
the Sage of Laramie, Wyo., might
be much appreciated and apropos
:.t this time;
"There are a snvat many people
who behave well otherwise, but at
table do things that, if not ab
solutely outre and ensemble, are
least pianissimo and sine die.
"It ia with a view to elevating
*he popular taste and etterializing,
so to speak, the mr.nners and cus
toms of our readers, that we give
below a few bints "POn table man
ners;
"If by writing an article of this
kiud w-e can induce one man who
now wipes big hands on the table
cloth to come Up ar.d take higher
ground and wipe them on his pants,
•VQ shall feel amply repaid.
"If you cannot accept an invita
tion to dinner, do cot write your
regret® on the back of a pool check
v. ith a blue pencil. This is now
"egarded as ricochet.
"A simple note to your host in
icrming him that your washerwonia
refuses to relent is sufficient.
"On seating yourself at the
tuble, draw off yo'Vr glomes and
put them in your lap under your
napkin. Do not i>ut tbeui iu the
gravy, as it would ruin the gloves
rrd cast a gloom over the gravy.
If you have just cleaned your gloves
with benzine, you might leave thein
f*ut in the front yard.
"If you happen to drop gravy on
your knife blade, back near the
l.andle, do not run the blade dowu
> >ur throat to remove the gravy,
y* it might injuro your epiglottis,
i. tid it is not considered embonpoint,
anyway.
"When you are at dinner do not
take up a raw oyster on your fork
and playfully ask yO"r host if it is
dead. Remarks about death at
dinner are ia very poor taste.
"Pears should be held by the
stems and peeled gently but firmly,
not as though you were skinning a
dead horse. It is not bonton.
"Oranges are held on a fork j
while being peeled, and the face-J
tlous style of squirting the Juice in- j
to the eye of your hostess is now !
au revoir.
"Stones in cherries or other fruit
should not be placed upon the table j
cloth, but slid quietly and unosten-!
tatiously into the pocket of your i
neighbor or noiselessly tossed under [
the table. „ . J
' ' If you strike a worm in your
fruit, do not call attention to it by
mashing it with a nut-cracker. This
is not only uncouth, but it is re
garded in the best sociey as blase
and exceedingly vice versa.
"Macaroni should be cut into
short pieces and eaten with an even,
graceful motion, nof absorbed bv
the yaTd.
"In drinking wine, when you get
to the bottom of your glass, do not
throw your head back and draw in
your breath like The exhaust of a
bath tub in order to get the last
I'rop, as it engenders a feeling of
the most depressing melancholy
among the guests.
"After eating a considerable
amount do not rise and unbucklo
your vest strap in order to get more
room, as it is exceedingly au fait
and dishabille.
"If by mistake you drink out of
your finger bowl, laugli heartily and
make some facetious remark which
will change the course of conversa
tion and renew the friendly feeling
among the members of the party.
"Ladies should take but one glass
of wine at dinner. Otherwise there
might be difficulty in steeriug the
male portion of the procession home,!
"Do not make remarks about the
amount your companion has eaten.
If the lady who is your company at
table, whether she be your wife or
the wife of someone else, should
cat quite heartily, do not offer to
pay your host for his loss or say
to her, "Great Scott: i hope you
will not kill yourself because you
have the opportunity," but be po
lite and geutlemanly, even though
the food supply bo cut off for a
week.
'"If one of the gentlemen should
•Irop a raw oyster into his bosom
and he should have trouble in fish
ing it out, do not make facetious
remarks about it, but assist him to
find it, laughing heartily all the
time."—Bill Nye.
GIF HE'S
CORPSE TRAVELS
News-Miner: True to the tra
ditions and faith of their race, two
song of old Chief Jimmic accompan
ied by a triend, nave arrived in
Fairbanks from their home at Nu
lato on the lower Yukon river to
secure the corpse of their father
and remove it to the native Indian
burying ground where it belongs by
every right.
This afternoon they secured a
permit from the city board of health
and the old chief will tomorrow
once and for the last time ride
behind the dog team over the old
trails back to his old hunting
ground and tepee. There the In
dians will once more lay him to
rest beneath the ground, contented
to have fulfilled the instincts and
beliefs of their raco .
It is 377 miles hv trail from here
to Xulato and the trip will of
course be made by dog team. The
boys brought a splendid one to the
city for that purpose and as the
funeral car speeds along over the
snow, who knows whether the soul
of the old Indian does not keep it
company? It Is a ride like that
that Sam Magee of Robert Service
fame took before his cremation on
the banks of Lake Lebarge, but in
this instance Jiminie, so far as
known, never showed any fear of
the "cold." .
Last September he and old Tobie
were arrested down on the Yukon
for committing two murders. As 1
they were being brought Up the
Tanana on the steamer, Jimmie man
aged to jump overboard and com
mit suicide. The body was brough
to Fairbanks and properly buried i
bjr the authorities. Later the Indian :
Ok Admiral Cine
S. S. Admiral Evans
LEAVING SEATTLE ON THE 5th, ISth AND 83th OP
EVERY MONTH AND ARRIVING IN 8KAGWA* ON THE Oth,
19th AND 20th., WESTBOUND.
RETURNING FROM THE WESTWARD, SHOULD LEAVE
SKAGWAY, SOUTHBOUND, APPROXIMATELY ON THE 8th,
10th., AND 20tb.
Seattle to San Francisco
S. S. ADMIRAL DEWEY S. S. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
8. S. ADMIRAL SCHLEY
Leaving Seattle every Wednesday and Sunday for San Franclaco
and Southern California porta. Connection* at San FranCtoco
PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO- STEAMERS
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For Los Angeles, San Diego and Southern California fOlnta.
PACIFIC ALASKA NAVIGATION CO.
HUGH P. GALLAGHER, Agent. Skagway. Alaaka.
relatives tried to get permit
through the federal officials to se
cure the body, but they could find
no authority for either granting or
denyiug the request, so left the
subject to the cemetery and city
authorities, who are the local board
of health.
HOUSES kei> while
MEN (iO HUNGRY
This is a queer old world. As
we walk dowu the "lain street
of Valdez we see on one side a
lot in which a score of government
draft horses, wabbling fat, we
prancing and playing with each
other. it costs Uncle Sam very
nearly a dollar per day to keep
these handsome brutes. Cut just
across the street from this corral
of government fed but idle horses
is a score of old men, uufortunate
irospectors, some of whom are
sick and need mwlical care, but
when you ask Old Sam, to grant
them a few doiiars to relieve
their distrses yon are informed
tliaf there are no funds f°r such
purposes. Lots of money to buy
hoss feed but not a penny to buy
man food. Thousands of dollars
thrown away for oats, but not a
cent with which to buy bread. Mon
ey spent like water for stable rent
but not a sou to build a shelter for
man. it's a queer old world. By
gosh, is it any wonder there is
•'unrest?"—The Commoner.
TOLD THE TRUTH, AND THEN—
A Kansas editor announced he
woulj try for one week to Print
the truth, and he is still iu
the hospital. He didn't get by
the first day. The following item
appeared in Monday's issue, and
now the boys are getting out the
paper. This is what he said;
"Married—Miss Sylvia Rhode to
James Cannaham l;.st Sunday even
ing at the Baptist church. The
bride was an ordinary town girl,
who didu't know any more than a
rabbit about cooking, and never
helped her mother three days
in her life. She is not a beauty by
any means, and his a gait like a
duck. The groom is an up-to-date,
has-been loafer, living off the old
iolks all his life, and don't amount
to shucks nohow. They will have
a hard time when they live togeth
er.".—Arkansaw Traveler.
Many AlnsUa Readers Have Heard
It ami Thereby.
'Good nows travels rast," and
the bad i>ack sufferers In this
vicinity are glad to learn where re
lief may be foond. Many a lame,
weak and aching back is bad no
more, thanks to Doan's Kidney
Pills. Thousands upon thousands
H people are telling the good news
af their e?qperience with this tested
remedy. Hore l£ an example worth
•jading.
F. H. Wleiana, 1002 B 41st St.,
Los Angeles, C,al., says: "For a
long time I suffered from pain In
ihe small of my back and I could
scarcely get around. My kidneys
ivere disordered and the kidney se
cretions were highly colored and
irregular in parage. Doan's Kid
ley Pills relieved the lameness
md weakness and remoyd all troub
e with the kidneys. I have
iad no return of the complaint."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
limply ask for a kidney remedy
jet Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
■hat Mr. Wleland had. Foster-Mil
>urn Co., Props., Buffalo. N. Y.
1915 CALENDAR PADS
Several sizes and styles of cal
sndar pads just received at KellQr
Jroa. 12-11-tf
K. * A. X.
WWt® Paaa Lodgs
jr. ft A.M. No. 118
meets 2d and 4th
fri. Ex'ga. of
mourn. viwung brother« «e w«;
coine. PUU Abraham*, 8«r«larr.
W. C. Wrlgbt, W. M.
Fraternal Order
Haglea—
Skafway Aarla
No 36, Fratai^ 1
aal Order of
wagiea mem me um. »»u
Wednesday night of e*ch mouth at
their hall oa Fifth *reau». VlalUsfi
brother* cordially lnnr-«d to atUad.
Elmer Wb«elw. W. P., i. JL K«ll«r.
Secretary.
f£r - .
B. P. O. ELKS
Bkagway Lodg
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meet# every
Thunday «r«n
fi( tt I o'clock.
Visiting brotU
-re coruiany welcome, j&g Ken
nedy, Ex. R. Geo. Mageo Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
''amp 8kayway No. 1
A. B. modU ovary Tue«
day eyenicg at 8:00 p
m. suarp /laiunc brotbera cordial
ly welcome. A. J. Achesoa, Arctlo
Chief, w. R. Hillary, Arctlo Re
corder.
PROFESS! ~~ v'AJtDS.
DH. L. S. KELLER.
Dentist.
Mofci Modern Method ».
Ope a Erenlnga.
Of<"ce Hours: 9-12 a. a. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan building - Broadway
SKAGWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALL1STER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Specialist in tlie treatment at
diseases and deformities of the eye,
ear, nose and throat.
Office; Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
Dr. E. M. BEVI8
physician and Surgeon
JUNEAU ALASKA
Office—Second Street; in otXIoM
formerly occupied by Dr. Simpson.
W. B. STOUT.
A ( i i. r n a y A I Law.
Practices in all tourU.
In Territory of Afatka
Hr' a Alaska.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tableta. Drugglata refund money if
It falls to cure. B. W. Grove's eig
uature Is on each box. 25c.
CKAB MEAT COOK TAIL8
M
The Pack Train Restaurant
Service a Ja carte.
Bonded VfTiUkoya—Gibaoa. Moua
Virnou and Belmont. The best of
Beer—Blue Ribbon, BudweUer and
faie Racier, at the Maacot, Tele
phone 87.
Let Lewis Help
"Pointer* for Aaatevn" will help yu to V«*tcr
picturrs-'ii's free, Send ua your filmt far derdof
Inj and priatinf. Enliffinr. Derelopinr 10c roll,
any lixes printing. 3c up. Cuh witb order. You'll
find ooi work bettor. Photo svpflieit Dcpc J.
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skaguuay
S*S* Gty of Seattle, Dec* 2, 12, 22
Ami every ten days folJo-R-ing. Modern comfortable ships,
excellent service. Connects at Seattle with through passen
ger steamers.
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
Sailing Tuesday, 10 a. in. and Friday, 5 p. m.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO, I .OS ANGELHS, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and baggpge checked to all points in
' United States and Canada. For folders and full particulars,
address V. a. PETERSON, Agent
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. D. Phone 50, SKAGWAY
608 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash. a
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Jefferson December 30
Passengers will be transferred to
Vancouver or Victoria -without
extra charge.
TELEPHONE NO. 00.
E. .J. SHAW, Ageni, SIvAGWAY.
CANADIAN"
[PACIFIC/'
\ RAILWAY#
Twin Screw 8. S.
1914 Winter Sallies from Skagway 1915
Altercate Wednesdays
Dec. 2-16-30
Jan. 13-27
Feb. 10-24
(Subject to Change)
Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, ect.
All Information " Rail or Sail," from
F. F.W. LOWLE, Gen'l Agt. Phone 87 and 141 SKAGWAY
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT SIEMI? OPCRATiSG TO 3. E. ALASKA
Sailings from Skag vay to Seattle.
December 8—18
$50 Round Trip to Seattle end Return
Calling dates subject ^to change without notice.
XHKOLGH TICJCtTS HONORED
Seattle Office: Robert Browning, 5<li & Broadway.
716 Second Arenue. Tickets and uil fr. formation.
HANDSOME BOOK ON PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION AND PANAMA CANAL REGION MAILED
TO ALL INQUIRERS FREE OF CHARGE.
AHAJ>DSOME book of sixty [titers. Illustrated pr< 'usely-ln colors and
giving detailed descriptions of the Panuiua-i aeitic International
Ei position to be held in San Francisco from Feb. 20 until Dec. 4,
1915. »nt| of the Panama canal and the canal region, will be mailed by
the Pannma-Paelfle International Exposition free of charge to all In
quirer*. Tbe booklet Is Intended as a pen or:11 pnide to prospective vis
itor* and will also contain lnforniBil' ii concern:!: ■ tbe '.rent engineering
feat whl;h the Exposition Is to ceM'rate. W • to the Manager, the
Bureau of Publications, Panamn-l'aci:!e International Exposition, Ex
position building, San Francisco, fvr the booklet.
Jobwork Neatly and Promptly
Executed at This Office