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THE UlSIIijT CAXAi
la July 2,917 vessels passed
through the loots at Sault Ste.
.Marie. They used the canals which
are a vital link betweeu Lake su
perlfr aud the other lakes at the
rate of almost ninety-six a day, or
lour every hour. One vessel
passed every fifteen miuutes, day
and night, on the average.
Th* freight carried through the
canals o>f the St. Marys -river was
officially reported to l>e 9,719,237
tens. That is equivalent to an
average of 313,&2S tons a day or
13,008 tons an houi, twenty-four
hours a day. It means 217 tons
evtry minute, all the day around
the clock.
No other canal iu the world has
such traffic as this. It is at the
rate of nearly ii;,uuu,000 tons a
year, if the St Marys river were
open aud iu full use twelve months
annually instead of seven, or less
thau eight in exceptional seasons.
It makes the best records of the
Suez canal small l>y comparison.
THKV KNOW CANADA
American investors snapped
up war notes of the Canadian
government offeered in New York to
tne amount of $45,000, ooo so
quickly that the subscription lists
were closed a few minutes after
tiiey were opened. The applica
tions received "were fax more than
three times the notes offered.
This incident showed how well
the Iinaucial world in the United
States knows the Dominion. This
country is so near Canada and so
thoroughly informed concerning
the extent, resources and progress
of its neighbor across the northern
boundary that it has no doubts
abort the future of Canadian
finances. Thousands of Americans
have visited the principal cities of
the Dominion since the war beg'111
and they are well aware of the con
ditions existing there.
Canadian trade is depressed and
Canadian investments such as new
buildiugs are belae held back by
the war but the lif* of the Domin
ion is not greatly altered nor is its
progress stopped. In Toronto, for
example, $2,00,000 will .be spent
this year upon harbor improve
ments which are to cost $24,000,
000 before the transformation of
the city's waterfront can be com
pleted. A beginning was made
with $1,400,000 last year.
Sich facta explain the great
rush to buy notes of the Canadian
government offered in the New
York market. Americans' .know
Canada. They do not "have to rely
upon second-hand information
about that country.
WELL KNOWN ALASKAN
PUBLISHES VOLUME
ttev. S. Hall Young, a well known
Alaskan missionary, has just pub
lished a very interesting and at
tractive volume entitled "Alaska
with John Muir." Dr. Young
Is af present a member of the Pres
byterian Board of Home Mission
aries, with headquarters in New
Jork.
The volume contains many beau
tiful cuts of Alaskan scenery which
is closely related with the work of
John Muir and discusses his many
experiences in this country in. a
very interesting fashion. Flemming
H. Revel, the New York-London
publisher, is sponsor for the book.
ACTIVITY AT KATAMjA
Notwithstanding the fact that
the greatest activity is being shown
around Anchorage by tile Alaska
Engineering commission, parties are
still investigating Katallu and
Controller Bay and 22 horses and
a complete outfit of supplies have
been recently seat to Katalla for
this part}*, Comp'.eto sounding of
Controller bay and neighborhood
are being mado as well as survey
ing for line to the coal fields. What
this means no one can explain as
Controller bay has always been
shown to bo impossible as a har
bor while the route to the coal
fields is far from good. The f^ict
tlu.t at this lato day after others
have giveu up all thought of Ka
talla or Controller bey us the scene
01" any industrial activity owing to
its poor location and other ob
stacles, the present activity on the
part of the engineers is inexplic
able.—Railway & M'irlne News.
The
Vampire
In Romance She Is Beautii'ul,
In Real Life Unattractive to
Ail Except Her Victims.
By EILEEN BRENNAN
! There have been many versions of
j the woman who has a passion for en
I thralling men. from the ordinary flirt
j to the vampire. The ordinary liirt is
I supposed to have a conscience. The
vampire lures men to their ruin and
• If they have families are a* ready to
| wreck wife and children as ihe man
| himself.
The vampire is not a beauty with
' soft, languishing eyes. She has a
stony face. She conquers rather by
her will power than by fascination,
though she calls to her assistance the
senses whenever she finds it ncces
I sary. I have never seen but one wo
man la real life who deserved the
! name of vampire. While staying at
!a summer hotel I heard of a man
! among the guests who was enthralled
I by a woman and taken completely
away from his family. I wa< to'.d that
I might see the couple any evening
after dinner when the guests walked
on the piazza, promenading with the
others. I expected to see a radiant
beauty in the woman, with seductive
manners. I was astonished at looking
upon the stoniest face 1 have ever
seen and utterly devoid of1 beauty.
The man was good looking, though
there was no strength in his features.
But the will may grow stronger or
weaken like the musc.'es, which are
developed by exercise c: become flabby
by disuse. I afterward learned the
story of this man.
Edward Grant was prominent in col
lege not only as an all round available
man, but as a scholar, lie was presi
dent of his class and graduated with
honors. lie became attached to Mar
jorle Fleetwood, the daughter of one
of the professors of the .university.
They were married, and a boy baby
was born to them.
The couple had been married four
teen years when Edward Grant was
i called from his home in the east to San
I Francisco on a matter of business. It
was his tirst separation from his fam
i ily except for a few days at a time,
| and he no more wished to go than his
j wife wished to have him go. lie was
| debating with her whether, after all,
i he had not better give up thr> trip w'ht n
their son, Harry, thirteen years old,
i came into the room where they were
and heard his father teil his mother
that he had promised his partner to
make the journey.
"Papa," said Harry, "if you have
promised don't you think you ought
to go?"
This decided the father, who took his
son into his arms and hugged and
kissed him with pride. Then, after a
last embrace of his wife, he tore him
self away.
On the same train and having a chair
in the same parlor car wltli Grant sat
a woman about his own age traveling
alone. She was reading n novel, jvhiie
Oraiit was looking" out-through Eho
window, seeing nothing of the passing
view, for Ills vision was upon a mental
picture of tlio wife and son from whom
he hud Just parted, and he was won
dering how he .could endure that sep
aration during the period fixed for his
absence.
The woman in the next chair was
constantly glancing aside from her
book at the line looking man who was
so wrapped In ids thoughts that he was
| unconscious of her presence. While
she was by no means beautiful, she
| was dressed faultlessly, and there was
that suspicion of perfume about her
which is seductive In a woman who Is
an adept In the art of Its use.
The lady dropped a glove. Grant did
not seo it. She leaned forward to pick
j it up, brushing against him. He turn
| ed and looked Into a pair of eyes fixed
upon his. From him the eyes fell to
the glove. Grant bent and picked It
up. The lady made a move to recover
it again, and, their heads coming very
near together, they turned their faces
toward each other, and Grant saw that
same pair of eyes fixed upon his and
In close proximity. Then he reached
fur the glove and handed it to her. She
thanked him and resumed her novel.
Grant turned agaiu to look out through
the window.
Hut now those eyes, in which there
was a lure, came between him and
the vision of bis wife and son. The
faint odor that htiug about the woman
was wafted toward him whenever any
mie passed through the car. No word
was spoken by either, but now and
again their eyes met, and every time
(irunt felt more strongly the lure that
was in those of the woman. Gradual
ly a feeling came over him that sitting
beside this woman hour after hour
I without a word passing between them
| was becoming Irksome. Was It not a
want of compliment to his fellow pas
senger that he should refrain from ad
lrc.-sing her? Surely It would be lm
i todest in her to speak to him without
11 word from him.
1 to made a trivial remark. The lady
received it not unkindly, but replied
. iiriefly. The ice thus broken, they soon
I fell to conversing. The woman was a
igood listener, and Grant was a fluent
:nlker. She listened, but did not ab
sorb what he said. This he knew, for
was between them a subtle un
| iVrcurrent that told him his compan
ion was Interested In him rather than
It what ho said. While he was speak
j lug she kept her eyes fixed Intently
I tu on his, and iu tbern was always that
I lure. - -1 i
I •
When Edward Grant returned from
his Jouruey ho wns a chnnged man. He
could not return the embrace of his
wife and son as when he had left them.
Th.it something wns on his mind was
1 lain to Mrs. Grant, but she could not
tell what It was. On the evening of
his return after dinner he lit a cigar,
and the comfort of being at home
seemed to have dispelled what had
come between him and It when there
was a rinu nt the telephone. lie look
ed disquieted. Mrs. Grunt arose to go
to the instrument, but he motioned her
t ' jjr seated and went himself.
THE ROAD TO
SUCCESS
1 IS LINED WITH ADVERTISE
MENTS. THAT HE WHO RUNS
1 M\V READ—
Therefore, I hnave been in
structed to advertise for
sale sat the reduced price
i. 1:311!
$300.00
a Two Story Four Roomed
House on Fourth Avenue,
next to the old bakery.
Former Price was
$350.00
| PHIL ABRAHAMS, Agent
You make a mistake if
you do not stop at
THE
Pullen House
Electric Lights
Rocros Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da»"V
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Samp'e
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
$100 Reward, $100
The rentiers of this paper will bo'
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has bees
pbie to cure in all its stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, there
in destroying the foundation of the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength by
buildir.sr up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
f'-vr any case that it falls to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: F. X CHENEY ft CO.. Toledo, a
Fold by all Druggist*. 75c.
Take Hall e Family rills for constipation.
' Aviien tSTreturned toiler "ho said thnt
he was sorry not to be able to pass tho
first night of his return nt home, but
thnt a matter connected with the busi
ness upon which he hnd gone to tho
west called him out Ills wife knew
that he was deceiving her, but pretend
ed to believe him. In a few minutes
after leaving his home he was with
the woman who had been his traveling
companion.
It was not long before Mrs. Grant
learned that her husband had fallen
Into the bands of a vampire. Spring
was coming on, and rooms were en
gaged for the Grant family for July
and August at the hotel where they
usually spent tho summer. Grant made
no objection to going "there, and his
wife hoped that If she could get him
where she could keep him continually
under her surveillance she might break
the spell that held him. Alas, when
she renched the Bummer resort among
the guests at the hotel where the Grant
family stopped was a woman who, It
soon became evident, was tho cause of
her husband's trouble.
It was thero that I first heard of this
case and saw Grant and tho vamplrs
promenading the piazza of the hotel
after dinner. What became of him and
tho woman at other times I did not
know, for I seldom saw either of thern
at any other hour than evening. Mrs.
Grant I did not see at all. I was told
that she kept her room, not caring to
face those who were witnesses of the
shame that had been put upon her.
But I saw Unrry Grant frequently
with other boys of his ago playing ten
nis and bathing. He was a fine, manly
boy, and it seemed to me that he was
what his father had been at his age.
When tho end of the season came
Mrs. Grant and Harry returned to the
city together, while his father bowled
along the turnpike In an automobile
with the vampire. Every one sympa
thized with the wife, but no one was
in a position to do anything for her.
Every one despised the man. Yet not
every one, for I bad a different view
concerning the matter. Thero are vari
ous Influences that will undermine a
man's will power, and once It Is under
mined It la very difficult for him to re
cover It Nevertheless nothing Is Im
possible.
Tho trouble in the Ornnt ramiiy went
on till Harry Grant had passed fifteen
years of age. Ho hnd understood tb*
family trouble from tho first and th»
eauso of It Ho was now nearly full
grown, and the skeleton In the family
closet and his love for his parents had
made a man of him. lie dissuaded
his mother from applying for a divorce
until he had made an effort to save
his father from the vampire.
One day he had a talk with his fa
ther, who confided to his son that the
only way he could throw off the thrall
of the vampire was to escapejfrom her
professional cards
OR L. 8. KELLER.
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3KAGWAY ALASKA
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(formerly of Seattle)
Specialist In the treatment of
diseases and deformities of the eye,
car, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building, Jti
uoaa, Alaska
W. H, STOUT
4 M o r * • j At Law.
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I* rerrltory "f Alaska.
Hal les ...... Alaska.
P. & A. M.
Whito Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meetj 2d anO 4 th
Fri. Er'gs. of each
ViBltint brothers are wel
Fhll Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Whoeler, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
Bkagway Lodge
V©. 431. B. P. o.
E. meets first
and third Thurs
day evenings at
8:30 o'clock. Vis
lauf brothers cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWAuL, Secretary.
Fratornal Order
Eagles—
Skagrway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
Eagles meets the first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth arenue. Visiting
brothers cordially iarlted to attend.
J ho* C. Wood, W. P., J. W. Prlt
chett, Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skacway No. 1
A. B. meets every sec
ou'l and fourth. Tues
day eTenlsg at 8:00 p
m. 8&.'irp. Visiting bratter* cordial
ly welcome. A, J. Achesoa, Arctic
Hhler, w R. Hillary, Aretlo Re
corder f
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Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Sitka,
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Kctchikan
Leave Skagouay
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S. S. CITY of SEATTLE Aug. 18,30 Sept. II, 23
And every twelve days following. Moderm comfortable whips,
excellent nervier Connects at Se»ttl« with through passen
ger steamers,
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Sailing Tuesday, Thursday nnd Friday, 11 p. m.
FOB 8AJS FRANCISCO, XOS ANGELHS, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked to nil points In
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address V. A. l'ETKRSON, Agent
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. I). Phone 50, 8KAGWAY
®08 Second Ave., Seattle, VFaafc.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SOUTHBOUND
MARIPOSA Aug. 18
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JEFFERSON Aug. 1, 14, 26
DOLPHIN Aug. 8, 29
WESTBOUND
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NORTHWESTERN, Aug. 4, 23
Passengers will be transferred to Vancover or Victoria
without extra ciiarge.
TELEPHONE NO. 06.
E. J. SHAW, Agent, SKAOWAY.
SEASON 1915
New Steel Steamships
ce$$ JBkc
Sophia
7 p. m.
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Aug. 5-12-19-26
Sept. 2-9-16-23-30
Oct. 7-14-21-28
Nov. 4
For Prince Rupert*Vancouver,Victoria»Seattle
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Cheap round trip rates with choice of routes
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Sailing Dates from Skagway to Seattle
Aug. 8-20 Sept. 1-13-25
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Transfers to Vancouver, Victoria and Tacoma
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