I WHITE PISS 8
YUKON ROUTE
The
Route of
Comfort,
Speed,
Service
Safety
Through Tickets to and from Dawson, Fairbanks, and all Interior 3
Alaska and Yukon River]Jpoints.
During season of navigation, commencing about June 1st, our
fleet of modern, up-to-date] »tearners will operate regularly the
entire length of Yukon River and its tributaries, giving* aD
sen-ice nevei before equalled.
Daily tram service will be maintained between Skaguay and
Whitehorse, and our fully equipped parlor observation <"ars aiford
every comfort ]and convenience.
Full information cheerfully given upon applying to
A. F. ZIPF, Traffic Manager.
Skagway, Alaska
and
612 Second Avenue, Seattle, Wash.
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TQCH TABLS Na 33
Daily ExoepC Sunday
No. S, 8. Bound
lit Claas
BKAGWAY Api4t«* 4:40 p. m
WHITE PASS Lmr*m 8:10 p. ml
LOO CABLV ' " " 2:23 p. m |
BKJfJTET " 11:30 a. m
CARIBOU " 10:25 a. m
WlilXKBOBSE " 1:30 «. m
Pa^seng^rs must be at depot la time to luni. Ba&sase tnapootol ]
uul checked. Inspection la atop ped 89 mlaatm Mon loftrlajf time
<1 Lraios, .f
150 poanda of baggage will be ch«ck«J trw wlOt mcti full fare
cet and 73 poanda with each half far* ticket,
No. 1, N. Bound
1st Clan
9:30 a m. Leaves
11:55 a. m. "
12:45 p. m. M
1:40 p. m. "
3:20 p. m. "
5:50 p. iil "
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THE
NEW
CAIN
Juneau's Newest and Fin^*t
Hotel
> Room with detachM th $1.50 up
Room with private Kut $2.50up
: Juneau, Alaska
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
=Line=
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Jduane and way
po'^ts and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Chanipaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
J*egina Hotel = Whit* horse, f T
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK
Juneaa, Alaska
Japita], $50,000.00. Surplus, $20,000.00
B. \L BEHRENDS. R. WILLIS' GUY McNAUGHTON.
Ptcmdem Vice Pro*. v. Cuhier
H
On the Horns of1
a Dilemma 1
He Was Obliged to Sit Be- \
twe?n Them.
By P. A. MITCHEL
II U) supposed that all marriages
nmnng rtch persons aro marriages of
convenience and without love. That
is not the c»»t\ Miss Anita Do Roode
and I are lovers; wo are rich, and I ex
P«ct to marry her. I admit that there
has yet been no formal engagement.
That is because Miss Do Roode has not
made up her mind. Whether her
hesitation comes from a doubt that sho
loves me well enough to marry mo or
whether she to looking for a man of
proinlnanco as well as wealth I don't
know, for she has not told me.
I went to Lenox yesterday, where
Miss Do Uoode lives, and begged her
to give me a final answer. The spring
is on, and spring is the season for love.
We walked out In the spacious grounds
surrounding the Do Roode mansion, and
so frejrrnnt was the air, so entrancing
the lanees of sunlight piercing tlio
branches on which the leaves were
sprouting, so delicious were tho songs
of the birds, that It seemed to me if
she loved mo sho could not help re
sponding to my Impassioned words.
Nevertheless I returned to the city
disappoint*!. I was not refused. I was
stlfl held In doubt Anita admitted
that she preferred me to any other man
and did not tell me that bor feeling for
me was not lova But she would not
promise to marry me. I suppose 1 must
possess my soul In patience. If I were
poor or not even very rich 1 would con
sider myself dismissed, but there are
nowadays so few of us millionaire
bachelors who have anything except
<kit wealth to recommend us that
when a passably refined chap like my
self asks a girl to marry him she at
least hesitates before turning him
down.
I had a letter from Chesborough this
morning—Chesborough Is In Home—
about a man be met there who is com
ing to New York; second son or some
thing like that of an enrl, with an
elder brother dying of a lingering dis
ease. Chesborough has given the fel
low a letter of Introduction to me and
wants me to put him Into my set I
dont see how I am to do so without
letting It be known that he Is a noble
man, and Chesborough says that he
wishes to remain Incog. Doesn't want
to be fawned on, I suppose.
»•••»••
Chesborough's friend, Chichester,
called at the club today and inquired
for me. I was there, as I usually am,
after 4 p. m., and put him up with a
visitor's ticket for two weeks. I hope
hell do the same for me when I go to
London, but the Londoner has a con
venience in his club In a house rule
that no stronger Is to bo received.
However, Chichester seems to be a
good fellow, and I am fond of Chcs
Dorough and glad to oblige him.
Chichester says he doesn't care to
know many people, only a few of my
Intimate friends. EIo positively de
clines to be introduced as anything but
a plain English gentleman of the mid
dle class. I have taken him with me
to the Ashtons and the Spencers and
have arranged for a week end at
Lenor with the De Rootles. lie tells
me that the Income his father allows
him Is not sufficient to return favors
from multimillionaires, and this is the
reason for his Incog.
»••••*•
Just returned from the Do Koodes,
having left Chichester thero to con
tinue his visit for a few days. Anita
seems much pleased with him.
#••••••
Three weeks have passed slnco Chi
chester came to New York and I Intro
duced him to Anita. He has passed
the principal part of that time at
Lenox. What it means I can't Imagine
unless he has admitted to Anita his
Identity. I could ask him If he has
done so, or I could ask the question of
hsr. But I shall ask neither. If they
wish to make a match they will not
And mo a dog In the manger.
• ••••**
What I have been looking for has
happened. Received a note this morn
ing from Anita announcing her engage
ment 'with Chichester. She doesn't say
that she prefers hlra to me or me to
him. Of course he nas told her that he
Is very near an earldom, and she ex
pects me to understand that Is tho rea
son why he has supplanted me without
her saying so. It Is certainly a very
good and practical reason, and I have
no protest to make.
I had scarcely read the letter when
In came Chichester for my congratu
lations. I managed to give them, af
fecting some warmth, but It certainly
was difficult He expressed himself in
debted to me for life that I had intro
duced him to so admirable a woman.
Then a troubled expression came over
his face when he said:
"But how am I to bear the expenses
attending an engagement with one
whose position In the American social
world Is so exalted? My income Is to
tally Inadequate."
I believed that when his broker di?d
ho would have all the money he need
ed and could repay a loan, but of course
1 couldn't say so. T simply told him
•tbat It wouldn't trouble me at all to let
■Mm have what he needed. He grasped
imy hnnd with fervor and swore that If
It were fated that ho should come to
tho family title he would see that any
thing I wanted tn England should be
mine. lie further stated that his fiancee
was aware of his financial condition
and had proposed that their engage
ment be not regularly announced until
shortly before their marriage. After
the wedding the bride would be liberal
until such time as he succeeded to the
title, which, if he lived long enough,
he regarded as a certainty. To which I
replied that in the meantime I would
furnish funds which It would not be
proper for .he lady to furnish or for
him to accept from her.
*♦»»»«•
I have just come from a visit to
Anita. She sent for me, she said, to as
sure herself that I placed no blame
upon her. She could not put on paper
what she could say verbally. Of course
I must understand that marriage
among us who are lifted by our posses
sions so fur above ordinary persons
must always be a matter for serious
consideration. The prizes our wealth
places within our grasp aro not to be de
spised. Among the lofty and powerful
the choice of a partner for life has al
ways been circumscribed and usually a
matter decided by the parents of the
contracting parties.
I told her that she would be very
unwise not to seize upon any such
prize as came within her reach and
that there was no blame whatever at
tached to giving up one whom she had
never even accepted. Notwithstanding
the practical view she took of the mat
ter, she appeared a trille disappointed
that I did not show more grief at los
ing her.
"I have 110 doubt." she said In con
clusion, "that you will find one much
more worthy of you and one who will
make you far happier than I."
"I shall lind no one with either of
these elements,'' 1 replied. "But I
shall bear my loss without adding to
your embarrassment''
A month lias passed since I parted
with Anita. She caine to New York
yesterday and wrote me a note desir
ing me to call upon her. I went to
sec her and found her in an uncomfort
able state of mind. She did not tell
me at once what troubled her, but be
gan to ask nie a lot of questions.
"How illd you become acquainted
with Mr. Chichester?"
"My friend Chesborough wrote me
from Rome concerning him."
"Did you take pains to learn whethei
or no he was what be purported to
be?"
"No; I look Chesborougb's word for
it 1 did not and do not now doubt
that he is the second son of an earl,
the heir to the title having one foot in
the grave."
"I have learned that the title is an
empty otic, tbo earl being without
enough income for himself, without
granting one to a younger son. Where
do you suppose Mr. Chichester obtain
ed the money on which to move in
our set?"
I was on the horns of a dilemma.
The one horn was a lie: the other was
the position of one who had done a
rival a favor and had taken advantage
of the act with the lady in question. I
avoided falling on either of these horns
in this wise:
"That question," I said, "I do not
feel called upon to answer. I am not
Mr. Chichester's financial secretary."
"You introduced him to me. And
now when I am in doubt about him
you decline to help me in a matter
Involving the most important step n
woman can take."
"1 introduced Mr. Chichester without
any expectation that you would be
come engaged to him."
"You mean without expecting that he
would supplant you."
To this 1 made no reply.
"Why is it," she continued, "that you
men always bang together? I have
no woman friend who would treat a
rival as you have treated Mr. Chiches
ter."
"it is necessary for us men to stand
by one another. We are so faulty that
at any failure to do so we would fall
like a stack of card bouses."
"Nonsense! But to return to this
question of where Mr. Chichester got
the money he has been spending so
lavishly. Do you mean to tell me that
you do not know?"
Again I was cornered. I made no
reply.
"You men are queer creatures," she
continued, "if pressed too hard you
will lie for one another. 1 will not
push you too far for fear you will do
so now. it is you who furnished Mr.
Chichester the mcaus to pose as my
fiance."
There was no need to deny the state
ment, for she would not have made it
unless positive of it
"IIow did you learn that?" I asked.
"A cousin of mine is employed in a
bank through which a check of yours
payable to Mr. Chichester passed. He
saw it and gave me the information."
It was evident that Mr. Chichester's
hope of marrying a fortune in Miss De
Uoode was gone. My heart beat fast
but I maintained my outward equa
nimity. I looked at the celling.
"Have you seeu Mr. Chichester late
ly ?" Anita asked.
i.>ui lur suverui
"lie lias gone to England. You hnTe
lost your advances to him."
"I can afford it, fortunately."
"This money was for the support of
my iiance until after our marriage.
Will you permit me to return it?"
"Certainly not."
"In what way can I show my ap
preciation of your generosity, your
magnanimity?"
Ilor voice trembled as she spoke the
words and she bent her eyes to the
ground. These spoke far more plainly
to me than her words.
I took her 'n my arms.
BEGGARS OF CHINA
They Are an Impudent and Ag
gressive Set of Rogues.
BRAZEN PRANKS THET PUY.
Some of tha High Hsnd«d SeHemm
They Uee For the Purpose of ExtoH
log Money From TheJr VWtl<n»—One
Clever Method of Robbery.
Begging la tn the natnrfc of ira art tn
China, and the various sorts of noppft
conta have been dasstfled asttl new ft
Is known th»t there are at toost tW?ly
cIobscs of tratrllng mcadteantB wbo
regularly go from place to ptac«, ptytag
their proltablo vocation. Tlx passen
ger boats know them only tot* w«ll e«J
do not attempt to euDect p«;i»ge ta<m
ey, for they sleep on fete spen G-iA
and, curiously cmoogb, pay tor v?*V
ever rtco th«y recpriro. Thfe being tag
case, rather than bare atry tKw'jJo
with them and gain their aamKjr the
boatmen allow tliam free piitesiya.
When tha mondtc&nts teacft tha city
they put up at tha beg*3r hotel »ear
the big pagoda and lot the begffsr
headman know of tbetr antral. Boon
the regular allowance la forthcoming
from their victims, and the beggars
spend a few days In pursuit of pleasare
and then move on to another placo to
repeat the same proceeding.
There is one particularly obtrusive
and disagreeable class trained to bal
ance various objects on the nose, which
usually selects a Tlrtlm of means.
These fellows may walk Into a house
and pick up chairs and balance them on
their noses as they prance around the
room. They then take these and plaec
them Just ootslde of the door, possibly
on the street, much to the satisfaction
of the large crowd which has followed
them, as they have possibly Just done
the same thing down the street a bit.
If the money Ls immediately forthcom
ing. the show may soon stop and the
things will be returned to their proper
places.
ir, oil mo oilier nana, *ne wsneora
I refuse to comply with their demands,
they pick up ono article of furniture aft
er another, skillfully balance each upon
their noses, anil, amid the roar of
satlsfacrion from the street rabble,
they carry tbera outside to the street
This may continue Oil the whole of
the room's contents have been plied
upon the street, and then the beggars:
walk off amid the bursts of applause
that follow their action and leave the
victim to move his belongings back
into the house.
Again, there are otbera who are
beggars pure and simple, wlio walk
in the middle of the street, beating
the pavement with a small bamboo
stick. They turn neither to C!ie right
nor to the left to beg, hot ke>ap their
eyes fixed ahead of them and take
only what Is thrown to them.
In quite another class la wretch
who shams ailment or physical defect,
and who Is a clever aetor, wiUhif to
go to considerable physical discomfort
in his efforts to arouse sympathy. He
makes a practice of cutting hlmeolf
when his demands are refused. Ete
will api>ear before a family and de
mand a fee. If this la refused he
draws a knife and cuts his forehead,
and the blood begins to modi
to the horror and oonfnston et those
In the house, especially If they are
only women.
The sight of blood quickly changes
the matter, and the beggar begins to
yell In a most distressing way at the
same time, attracting a crowd. It Is
now easy with so many witnesses to
open negotiations for a much larger
fee, .ind he Is usually paid consider
ably more than was at first demanded.
Having carried his point, the beggar
i now tours the entire street, where
the news of his actions has preceded
him, and he finds no tKraMe la col
lecting a handsome Rttle sum from his
one cut, for the blood, still fresh e«
his face, strikes terror to the chlctoen
hearted.
There Is also a class of criminals
who are sent into exile and sentenced
to beg for a certain period of time In a
province a long distance from their n»
tive places. This does away with the
necessity of the government's feeding
the criminal and puts him out npon
public charity.
Of a very different class are the men
who have a pitiful tale of starvation to
tell, which, they bewail, compels them
to sell their wives or sons. Few In
deed would think of making a purchase
of this nature, and the story almost in
variably results in the bestowal of
money on the "unfortunate" man.
However, if he finds some one who is
willing to make the bargain and take
the child he Is inwardly delighted, for
this means a full bag for him when he
finally hauls in his net
The son goes with the new master
and proves himself an unusually satis
factory lad, doing his work with his
whole heart in it and thereby gaining
his master's approval and entire confi
dence as he had planned. In due time
the dutiful son slips the latch and al
lows his fond father to enter and se
cure all the goods possible, and to
gether father and son leave with all
the plunder they can possibly carry.—
Argonat t
Capable of What?
Mrs. Newly wed—I want a coot, bo I
she must be capable. Head of Em
ployment Agency—Madam, I bavo sev
eral on my books capable of anything.
—Judge.
To a sensible man there Is no such
thing as chance.—Ltidwlg Tleck.
FO# <JALE—-Olia third to one
half Interest In a new light draft
lrilependant freight and passenger
steamboat, 100 by 20 feet, now
liunc'i • d and ready for machinery
Designed particularly for side
stream traffic, combining both pow
er and light draft Either Can
adian or American register. Apply
Ca^t. N. B. Raymond, Whltehorse,
Y. T. K-10-lm.
WARNING
Bicycle owners are hereby no
tified If they are detected riding
on the sidewalks anywhere south
of Seventh street, they will .there
after be debarred from using the
sidewalks In any part of.town.
6-5-lw. FRANK PAGE,
Town Marshal.
J. 1KUTA
MANUFACTURING
JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watch Inspector for the
W. P. & Y. Route
Mail Ordera given prompt care
SWAT THE FLY
Don't go fishing without good
file®. Trout are taking the fly
tbtse fine Oays, and you'll find the
greateet assortment of good flips ii
1-~wb at Keller Brofl. Drug Co. A
few favorite ones we same: Yel
low Jacket, Montreal, Governor
(red tip) Grey Hackle, Black
Hackle, Governor Black Hackle
(jeacock body), Black Gnat, Grey
Drake, English Admiral, Seth Green
Grey Hackle (green body) White
Miller, Dusty Miller.
All kinds of the best tackle to
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WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
WRITE FOR PRICE LIST 1
Percey's Fur House
Otkko«h, • Wi»co.uin
Ill hkaoway
Pioneer Dairy
■. W. BEAIMAN, Prop.
THE SANITARY NI!LK RANCH (
tfte Itrtwt aad best com
flncted d*Jry lm Akuita.
Dally ablpmonU of pur*
milk ui eream to all polata
M White Puu ft Yukoa
Route.
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Salllag Da.tea aid Steamer Sub
ject to Chaage Without Notice
Juneau-Sitka Route
Leaves Juaeaa for Douglas, Fua
t Hoonah, Gyi*um, Teaakee,
Killiaaoo, Chatham aad Sitka
EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 12:01
Juiuj-Sltigtviy Rnte
Leave* Skagway tor Halaee, El
dred Rock, Com»t, Jualla, sentlm
ol Inland, Eagle Hirer, Douglaa
and Juaeau,
EVERT SUrfDAY AT 19:01 a. *
WILLIS E. fJOKELL. Manager.
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Whenever you-.feck a cold coming on,
think of the > LAXATIVK
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