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are ineultated and practiced, no other order in the country can excel it, and it these principles which give the order its popu- ldritv wherever one of its lodges Is insti tuted.
 The Skagwav lodge has alr,adv pur- chased a very desirable piece of property on Sixth avenue O, posits the United states hlrracks, upon which in the near future will be erected splendid Elks' hall. When completed this hall will be large enough 70 meet the demands of all social and other public functions.
 The officers roster of the present term Is as follows: F. T. Keelar, exalted ruler; L. $ Keller, c teemed leading knight; Dr. !. H. Moore, esteemed lectLring knight; Chas. Hooker. esteemed loyal knight; w. L. Me,ealf, chaplain; Fred Ronkendori. esquire; E. R. Peoples, secretary; R. L. Smith, treasurer; William Quinn. innsl guard; Frank Minto, ouer guard.
 After Mr. Krrlar left for California to spend the holidays at his old home, In consideration of his valuable services and his generosity to the lodge, he was voted a life membership and the document conveying this was sent to the exalted ruler of the O ikland lo1ge with a request that he present the same 10 Mr. Keelar.
 The principle involved in the seripiural injunction not to permit the Jeff hand to know what Is done by the right ende' rs this order to its members and enllsts the hearty sympathy of all people interested in go,d works. The Skagwav lodge has already been of service to Elks in distre's s and 1 slneerel. trust that its usefulness may be extended and be productive of the best results, IS feel certain that lt cannot fail to b.. In fact the lodge Is slreadv a great success and thoroughly established as one of the institutions of Skagwav.
 l. H. MOORE.
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circumstances attending the bith oi Christ. Al the request of the Very Rev J. B. Rene. prefeet apostolic in charge Of Catholic missions in Alaska, the under signed purchased for 5000 what Gp 10 th4t time was known as the Goldberg building a two.storiei frame structure 2sx5o, that the Catholics might have a church d their own in which to hold services at suitable hours. These services have had an attend ance varying with the season, ~hlth IS now rather on the increase.
 Rev. A. Parodi, s. J who for number of wears had been doing some of tlis haid' est missionary work ever allotted to priest among the natives of the Lower Yukon, and whose health had given way and demanded a change, came here towards the end of last year, and rendered very valuable assistance up to the end of July, when he returned to his chosen il:ld of labor.
 On his way back from the Interior last fall, Very Rev. J. B. Rene stopped here few days, and In his address to the eongre' gatlon on the Sunday morning eompll- mented them, and especially the ladies Of St. Marks Aid Society, up,n the highly satisfactory st te Uf Catholic matters he found In this citv.
 Although my means have been limited to the voluntary and, with but two eNtep- tions, the unsolicited contributions q the congregation. l have found lt pr4itliil to undertake and carry to completion much needed improvement. During last sum mer and fall the church lot was fenced In, the church proper was pllstered and its front so much improved. after a design drawn by Architect DOrer, that there Is no longer any chance of its being mis- taken for an old sbindoned store. That all this has been accomplished without in' curing any debt Is largely due to the de- voted zeal Of the members of the St. Marks Aid Society. an organization whose energetic and taetful work this community has lately witnessed with afmlration, whilst these ladies, on their part, are em- phstle in their grateful acknowledgements of the generous Iiberality, sympathy and eo-operatlol received unstlntedlv from all quarters alike. Mrs. J. w. MlllIken is president of this socistyi Mrs. Frank John son, vice president; Miss N, Barry, treas urer; Mrs. E. B. Quinn. secretary
 In conclusion must give some expres sion 10 my own deep sense of gratitude fol the encouragement and substantial aid SC liberslly bestowed by my numerou: friends.
 God bless them all.
 P. H. TURNELL, $. J.
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THE Ross-HIGGINS co.

h buying goods for Dawson or Nome in any quantity, it will pay you to see The Ross-liiRgins Co.,, corner Bond and Main. They are sole agents for
 Standard Oil Co.,,
 Chase & Sanborn,
 The cujahy P'k'g Co. and
 The Egin Butter Co.,, and carry large stock of these goods on hand at all times. They also carry the most complete line of staple and fancy groceries and provisions in the town, wholesale and retail. Always glad 10 quote prices on large or small deals.
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blk now stands. In course of time he eap,ureI th. home trade, and was the first ,o give to the housewife of this eitV Tree delivery, in his own wagon, Of the goods she purchased. Then he crested a large warehouse opposite the entrance to Mo9re's wharf, Nos. SIS to 5I7, Water street, and b. anne a wholesaler and jobber.
 Mr Kalem still keeps up his retail trade, assisted by his big and genial brother AMhon and Mr. ". Ask, but in the last lew months his wholesale trade has grown very rapidlv He Is what Is known In good Am.riean as "hustler." He Intro duced his jobbing department to the mer- chants in Ailln, and was one of the few merchants whose efforts in this direction helped to prove 80 substantially that American goods. even with the duty paid at the boundary added, can be retailed at a rr it at lower r,teS than goods bought In British Columbia. Then Mr. Kalem took in several thousand do.lsrS' worth of goods 10 Dawson, and succeeded in establishing a valuable connection among ihe mer- eh ntS there. Now he h another amei' tion, which is to make Skagwsv the job ping center for all Alaska, and he recently asked the Chamber of Commerce, of which he Is a leading member, to take up the subject. At present it Is difficult for S<aewav merchants 10 buy direct from the manufacturer. for the re ison that the great merchants of Seattle hang on with grim tenatity to the j>bbiog business of Alaska, and threaten to boycott any and every manufacturer wlo deals direct with an flask, msr, hant. Tn, threat has been of avail in the past, but the organized et- forts of the chamber on the lines suggested bv Mr. Kalem. arr certain to arouse man ufaeturerS to the importance the trade Of Skagwav has assumed, and the combined erergy of our merchants and their ready cash will do the rest.
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STATISTICS PROVING LAW AND ORDER.


7yHo'TToNo7c'N-'o V V V V V " VI V V from White Pass. or the smuggling cases were from White Pass and the rest fror: SksgwAy. O. the criminal treSplSS cases [ was from HalneS Mission and the burglary case was from Dyel. The case of breaking the mining Hume was from M.Kinley creek in Portuplne mining dis trict. and the cases of obStructing the trail were on the trail some miles above Hsinss Mission.
 "The territory covered by these cases extends sixt, miles south and west, and four,e.n miles north, leaving the actual Skigway cases as follows:
 Assault an1 battery, 3I
 Assault with a dangerous weapon. 1.
 Adultery, ?.
 Criminal treSplsS 5.
 Conceiling stolen property, [.
 Cruelty 70 animals, |.
 Embezzlement, 5.
 Larceny, 3I.
 Making fraudulent conveyance, I,
 DiSorierlv conduct, %.
 Smuggling liquors and goods. 5,
 Selling liquor to Indians, 2.
 Before next New Year we shall proba- blv be leorporated under municipal law, and be supplied with all the safeguards to life and property that such Incorporation conveys. Then, and in after wears, this statement Of Commissioner Sehlbrede will be an interesting bit of history 10 refer to.
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DROBABLY nothing in this New Years edition Is more calculated to stimulate the pride and satisfaction of the eitlzens of Skagwav than the following statement of Commissioned Sehlb'ete oi the number of cases that have ben b,ough, before him for trial during the past year.
 It Is well to observe for the enlightenment of ou, Of town readers that Mr. Sehlorede as a magistrate. and one United States deputy marsh comprise tEe whol- torce the eity has for th= mIintsinenee oi law and order. The population of Skagway vii, at times. during a busy s-ascn. run as high as 10000 people; itSr5>iten, pnp ula,ion IS estimated at 4ooo. Were the s,a,isu;s of some citi-s of the United States, of double our population. ei,IeS that maintain a large regular roli;e fore. A most interesting comparison could be made th.t wouli demonstrate beyond any possible ground of controversy hat Sk,gwav, although without any police or municipal law ofti.erS whatever for the eitv itself-50th the officials named hav- ing an extensive district io eover-is vet moe orderly thln any city oi double its population.
 Commissioner Sehlbrei='s report isas fol- lows:
 "Dlring the year ISO0 there have been 6l.i before m- I4t criminal complaints, classified aS follows:
 Assaul, and battery. 3.
 As, ml; with d dangerous weapon, 4
 Atul,e-y.
 Criminal uesPlsS, 0.
 Blr.ii-y,I.
 Conc- ling stolen priperv V, [.
 CT eltv to animals. |.
 Em5ezzlcm-nt. 5.
 Ll-c nv, 5.
 Murier, T.
 Making fraudulent transfer Of property [.
 Oisorterly eonduet %.
 Smuggling liquors and go1ds,7.
 Libel, I,
 obs,ueting trail at Halnes Mission, ?. Breaking ani injuring mining hdme' l. Selling liquor to Indians. 7'
 Sases g.owlng out Of ;he Brlekett wagon rol1 troubles, 10.
 "Of the larceny cases were from Oyes' or the assault and battery cases Was from Ovea and | from Hlines MiSsisn. oi the murder cases I was from Ovea and I
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3 SUCCESSFUL VENTURE.}

TNHE new store at the corner of Filth
 avenue and State street is being elaborately fitted up for the occupancy ofN. K, Wilson. Mir. Wilson has made a great success of the drug business in this city. He disposed of profitable drug business in the state of Washington to try his fortune in Sksgway. He ar rived here at the oPportune time, m February 1898. when skagway was on the tidal wave of prosperity. IL did mol take Mir. Wi son long to establish him- self. as he brought building with him ready to put up and stock of drugs. He enlarged his stock rapidly to sa'i'iy an increasing trade. Twice already he has had to have enlarged quarters, and be- fore this paper Is read in the states, he will have moved into the elegant new building, corner State street and Fifth avenue, which was built especially for his business. When fitted up, this will be the finest and most modern store in Alaska.
 Mir. Wilson informs us that his trade is as exacting ns that of the larger cities in the states. His customers ask for the finest imported perfumes and soaps' and the best grades of toilet articles
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WHOLESALE TRADE.


 NyOrHlNG Is more Interesting to the
 IN man of local patriotism than to watch the s,ea V growth of mercantile business from lts beginning as a sm 'll gro- eerv 10 It's development into large whole
 sale house, and this Is what he h hal the pleasure of witnessing in the eStab- liShment at the corner of Broadway and Fifth avenue which belr' the modest, name of John Kalem. Shortly after the first rush to the KlOndlke Mr. Kalem gave up his retail sto C In Seattle, where he was univers llv known as the "soike street grocer." although he had several compet- It,rs In the same business on the same ste.t, and when the people here could only guess where the center of trade would he In the new city he shrewdlv located on the corner where hls two story business
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ST. MARKS CHURCH.

@T. MARKS. the first Catholic church S in Skagwav, was first occupied and dedicated to divine worship on Christmas night. 1898. A large congregation had as- sembled to witness the hastily aeeOm' pli>hed transformation of a vacant store rOom, at the east foot of Fifth avenue, into a church, and because of it's lowly appear ante and lack of comforts it might at that time we'll rsmlnd the worshippers of the
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Best assortment and largest stock fl gents clothing in Alaska at Clavson's one price store, Fourth avenue and State sreet, I22Iu
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through the efforts of F. l. Neelar' a life long member of the O'kland' Cal ifornla lodge. The charter members mum b:red thirty. The lodge was formally ln- stalled bv a deleg ,tlOn of the Juneau lodge which paid visit to Skagwav for that particular pnrpOse. Since its organization the lodge has malntaineda healthy growth and its membership has now reached about sixty and Is composed of the best business element of the eltv.
 Two social sessions and one memorial service have been held by the lodge. They were open to the public and were largely attended. As fratemal order in which the principles of the Brotherhood of Man
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by that of the Masonic order and that of .he Odd Fellows.
 This society WAS established in Wash- ,ngton City just after the close of the American Rebellion. and one of the thief objects in the minds Of it's founders Sas to heal the wounds caused by that regretable conflict Its purpose and teachings can well be understood from it's name and it's motto. "Friendship, Charity and Benevolence." IL gets it's name and many of it's precepts from the story of Damon and Pythias and the lyrant Dionysius, whose heart became .oftened by the exhibition of such an undying friendship as that existing be- tween D mon and Py,hias.
 The order is essentially American. though it Is quite strohg throughout Canada. and several subordinate lodges are located in Europe.
 There are about four score members of the Knights of Pythiss in Sksgway. Last April the members of the order here met and organized the 'Skagway Knights of Pythias Social and Relief Club" Past Grand Chancellor J. T. Hsyne, of the jurisdiction of Oregon. was chosen president; I. Kaufman, of Capitol Lodge No. IS Olympia, wash.. treasurer; and John W. Troy, past chan cellor Of Gate City No. 6S. Port Angeles, Wash, secretary. An emergency com- mi,tee consisting Of the off ,ers and Dr, r. B. Whiting, Frank Clancy. Wm. Blackwell, Tony Dortero and A. H. Mil- Ter was appointed. There is quite 2 goodIy sum, derived from donations and public entertainment. in the hands of the treasurer. The secretary keeps a roster in which all Pythian Knights pass ing through the city are requested to register. JOHN w. TROY.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

IN point of num-
 Ibers, the order of
 Knights of Pythias, with its more than half million mem. bers, ranks third amongst tLe secre, so-
 cie,ies of the United
 States. It's meuber- ship is exceeded only
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ORDER OF ELKS.

)c K CIV A Y
 , Lodge, B. P. O. E., (of the Or der of Elks), NJ.
 4,I. was Instituted and organized in the spring of ISoo
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-09

The Galveston permanent deep
water committee has adopted reso-
sutionS endorsing Gov. SayerS
course in not calling a special ses-
siou of the Legislature on account
on tbs Galveston disaster, express
ing confidence in the governors
good will AS exhibited by his &c
iifIty in securing aid for the suf
ferers, by his personal efforts,
when the constitution wOnid have
prevented the legislature from af-
fBrding effective aid in the imme.
diate emergency created by the
STORM. the resolutions speak in no
uncertain terms of the noble work
accomplished by Gov. Savers and
entirely justify his not calling the
legislature in special session. This
GOurse Was prompted by some harsh
criticism OF the governor. when
was reported in New York at the
time he attended the charity bazaar
given there for the Galveston Suf
ferers, aud shows that the people
Of galveston give entire credit to
Governor Sayers for his charitable
Intentions aud commend the wis
dom of his conclusions as to the
best way of relieving the storm
sufferers.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-09
MINERALS IN TEXAS.

Austin, Texas, Nov. 3-ReportS
teaching here from Preside and
Brewster counties Indicate that
there are very rich deposits of cop,
per, tins silver and quicksilver in
those counties. The reports state
that in PresldiO County especially
during the past few weeks the dis
covery of paying veins If quick
silver, copper and silver has been
frequent and that capital will open
up several large mining industiss
IN several sections of the county.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-09
EASE AND DISEASE
4 Short Lesson on the Meaning
OF a Familiar " OrId.

Disease is the opposite Of ease.
Webster defines disease as "lack
of ease, uneasineso, trouble, vexa
ton, disquiet. 1t is a condition
due to some arrangement of the
physical organism. a vast major
ity of the "dis-ease" FROM which
people suffer is due to impure
blood. Disease of this kind is
cured by Hood sSarsaparilla which
purifes, enriehes and vitaIizes the
blood. Hoods Sarsaparllla cures
scrofuIa, salt rheum, pitnples and
all ernptions. 1t tones the stom-
ach aud creates a good appetite,
and it gives vigor and vitality to
the whole body. 1t reverSes the
condition of things, giving health.
comfort and lease" in place Of
Disease
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-09
RUSSELRS RUSE.
From The Little Chronicle.

From The Little Chronicle.
On one occasion, after the late
Chief Justice Russell rose to the
bench, a juryman asked him to be
excused from service. Son what
gronndF' asked his Lordship.
The man approached with his hand
TO his ear, sud said, "I'm deaf; my
Lord, and cannot hear tho evi-
deuce" 'fYou can GO said Lord
Russell in whisper. "Thank
yoa, my Lord replied the jury
man. taken of his guard. But the
learned Judge had mad not finished
Els sentence, and he sternIy added,
ff1ss5 she box aud do your dutv."
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ALL inonor is dine II, Slate De,r
ocratic chairman JsWps b. Wells
for the great victory Just won by
the pHrty in Texas. He has work
ed faithfully aud well and his
l'arty will remember aud reward
his services hereafter.
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IT IS now claimed that cotton
seed hu.ls can be utilized fer the
manufacture of paper. Thus an
other important by product will be
added 10 the credit OF the useful
cotton plant, and increase the
southern farmers income.
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WEATHER DOWN EAST.

lewiston Ne } Journal.
Lubec rs dizzy keeping up With
the season. One day nau picked
nIess or string beans in his
garden. and the next day strained
his back shoveling snow of his
walk.
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VIVA Klrbery!
-; -. :, :, -.

1HE den,oc'ntic IT. jorIty in Tex
assis greater than ever. The hone
Star delegation %ill agniI lie eu-
tlrrIy Leinocralir.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-12

the missing crater had yawned again
beneath its mysterious covering. But
no further change occurred. and as
more than thirty years have since
passed without any alteration I'm the
aspect of Lime, some astronomers
have begun to question whether the
observers of quarter of century ago
did not make a mistake.
Now Prof. Pickering rescues Llnnes
reputation as genuine marvel but at
the same time increases the mystery.
Watching It during the eclipse, when
the shadow of the earth passed like q
cooling cloud across the face of the
moon, he found by careful measure
ments that the size of the white spot
surrounding Lime increased while
buried in the shadow, the amount OF
the expansion in the diameter OF the
spot being about one<sixth Of a mile.
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As the eclipse passed off it began to
contract again.
But this is not ali. Measurements
of the enigmatical spot made when
there was no eclipse showed that ii un-
dergoes similar but much more ex-
tensive fuctuation in consequence OF
the variation In the intensity of the
sunlight falling upon 1t in the course
of the lunar day. A day upon the moon
Is equal to about fourteen of our days
that is to say, nearly two weeks elapse
between sunrise and sunset at anv
point on the face of the moon. Meas
urements Of Lime made two days af-
ter the sun has risen upon II give 1t Il
diameter of nearly five miles. Measured
after 1t has been exposed eight days
to the unclouded sun, it's diameter is
less than two miles and a half. During
the long lunar afternoon. as the sun
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peering above the surrounding peaks.
looks down upon u vast whitlsh gray
eypanse. iilling the whole of the I'M.
mense interior. But as the solar 1rb
swings clear OF the mountain tops and
the shadows OF the pinnacles and
ridges become shorter upon the plain
beneath the gray color first brightens
and then rapidly fades over ell the
surface of the valley until at lunar
noon Plato has turned almost black
while at the same tine its inclosin2
mountains OF chalky whiteness ars
ablaze with the sunshine,
These appearances taken in connec-
tion with the remarkable Yhenomenl 4
reported by Prof. Pickering, indicate
that there are certain places on the
moon where the contrast between day
light and darkness or between heat
and cold manifests peculiar effects,
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different from such things upon the
earth, but II they are abundant enough
to cause motions and changes visible
to our eyes, their presence may pos
sibly indicate the existence of yet more
interesting things In the lunar world.
1t should be added-because the fact,
while at present increasing the mys-
terry. may in the end aid in solving it
that changes like those witnessed In
Lime do not appear to affect most of
the other well-known markings on the
moon. At the time of his eclipse Oh
servations Prof. Pickering carefully
watched three or four remarkable To-
oalities on the lunar surface. where
craters yawn or nat plains lie extended.
but not the slightest alteration was
observed in their forms or appearance
during the time that Lime was ex-
panding under the chilling effect OF the
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gradually sinks and the fierceness OF
its heat becomes II little tempered,
Lime begins to increase again In dia-
meter, and when the sun gets near the
horizon the wonderful spot Is seen to
have almost resained the magnitude
that il had just after emerging from
the lunar night.
These changes suggest frost spread
ing in the shadow and receding in the
sunshine, or a cloud alternately grow
ing and contracting under similar in
fiuences. The fact discovered by Prof.
Pickering that even the shadow OF the
earth falling for short time upon the
spot causes 1t to expand to a measur-
able degree shows how sensitive it Is
to alteration of temperature.
But frost or a cloud upon the moon
presupposes an atmosphere and vapors
there. They certainly must be widely
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earth's shadow and then shrinking
again az the untempered blaze OF the
sun fell upon II.
There Is. however, at least one other
locality on the moon where curious
changes of a similar origin have been
detected-the rlng-shaped plain called
Plato. This Is also In the northern lu-
mar hemisphere, about 500 miles from
Lime. 1t Is astonishingly regular in
outline. about sixty miles in diameter,
very Nat, and completely sncircled with
lofty. steep and sharp peaked noun
tains-as fine q valley for a nation OF
hermits to inhabit as could well be
imagined. A few thousand Boer rifle
men stationed on the kopjes OF Plato
could make 1t safe from invasion
against the entire lunar world. In this
singular mountain-ringed valley 1t has
been noticed that the rising sun, iDst