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The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
Do Your Christmas
 Buying Here

The most for the least money is characteristic of Kirmse's store, and whether you purchase or not we are pleased to have you come in and ex. anime our stock. We carry the larges and most up.to-date stock in Skagway and our prices are the lowest for which reliable goods can be bought. A souvenir to every lady caller.
 A FEW SUGGESTIONS
 For Men For Women Smoking Sets Cut Glass Military Sets Silyerwar Tobacco Jars Toilet Sets Shaving Mirrors Manicure Sets Match Safes Souvenir Spoons Gillette RazOrs Hand Painted
 China
 All goods bought here will be en- grayed free of charge.
 Fl. D. KIRMSE,
 The Leading Jeweler.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
DOMESTIC GEESE AT PANTHEON.

What could be finer for your Christmas dinner than a fine, fat, Skagway-bred goose? Saturday night a number of the very best will be at the Pantheon and all arrangements have been completed for a jolly old fashioned raffle. Come early 2t.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
PRINCESS MAY
 STILL COMING

The Princess May left Juneau at S:3O this morning and is expected in Skagway between 4 and 3 o'clock this afternoon. The May has been delay ed by thick fogs and snow storms. She will sail south early this evening, providing she reaches port this after. noon.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Notice is hereby given that the heretofore existing be- tween S. J. Weitzman and J. S. Min cove is hereby dissolved and that the business of the general store at Wells, Alaska, will in the future be conducted by s. J. Weitzman.
 s. J. Weitzman. Haines, Alaska, Dec. IS, 'O9 If.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

The Peterson arrived from Fort Se- ward this morning and returned early this afternoon. Col Reynolds, Capt. and Mrs. Doane, Capt. and Mrs. Pal. mer. Lieut. Bower, Mrs. Herr, Mrs. Simonds and number of priyates wore on board.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

Co to the Pack Train restaurant for your Sunday French Dinner. The very best of everything the market affords. Ice cream served free with our Sunday dinner. s. tf
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
NOTICE

The Golden North Hotel will furn- lsh rates on application for Rooms with or without Table Board during the winter. Special rates to two or mora. I'm.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

For a friendly game of Solo, the Board Of Trade is the most pleasant and cheerful resort in town these cold days. H.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

Only One "5Romo oUININE"
 That is LAXATIVE PROMO QUIN- INE. Look for the signature of E.. ". GROVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day 25c
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

c. B. Burnes, of Dawson, former territorial secretary of the Yukon, whose office was recently abolished, arrived in town yesterday and will leave for Ouowa on the May.
 NJ. S. Hunger, a well known Dawson merchant, arrived in town Thursday and will leave for Vancouver on the May. Mir. Hunger will return in the spring with a big supply of perisha- bles which he will take in over the ice.
 J. F. MacMartn of selldrk, who has the contract to furnish the B. T.. N. company boats with fire wood, ar rived in town Thursday and is a guest of the Golden North hotel. Mr. MacMartin will leave for Vancouver on the May,
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

Between Fourth avenue and the shops, a pair of eye glasses in flat leather case. Finder please return Co The Alaskan office.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
GOOSE RATTLE.

On Thursday evening, Dec. 23rd, there will be a genuine old Goose RafGc of 10 geese at the Board of Trade Get your Xmas dinner here
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
JN.TES
 MAN AND WIFE

Mrs. s. G. Lucas, widow of the late Sam G. Lucas died at Sisters Hospital, Victoria, B. c. on Dec. Sth. The remains of Mrs. Lucas will be brought north and inferred by the side of her husband, at the cemetery in Juneau. It is scarcely over a year since Sam Lucas died-Haines Pioneer Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

Lowney's Candies Box Candies, all kinds of Chocolates, Glaces, Creams and Bon Bons at TONY DORTERO'S.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

Come in or phone orders for Gibson Rye and Val Blatz Beer; delivered to your home by
 The Mascot
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

Fresh Oysters served in any style at the Pack Train Restaurant, soc. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

What would please more than i piece NicllIe or Silver plated tea or coffee set? Beautiful designs at Kcrn's.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

PILES CURED IN 6 TO f4 DAYS.
 PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. soc.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
P. E. KERN, Gold and Silyersmith.

Appropriate Terra Gotta busts and steius for his den would be appre- ciated as a Christmas gift. Have you seen the ones Kern is showing?
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

Fresh Nuts of all kinds just receiv- ed at TONY DORTERO'S.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18
State of Ohio, City of ToledoJ
Lncas County.

State of Ohio, City of Toledo,)
 ) ss.
 Lucas County 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 the said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN DRIED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catalrh that cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 9th day of Dec ember, A. D. 1886.
 A. w. GLEASON. tseaD Notary Public. Halls Catarb Cure is taken in- formally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free, FJ. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for con. stipation.
 t, Er--r.-r.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-12-18

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The Washington herald., 1909-08-20

Copyright. 1903. by George 1InttAe" Adams
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
Altruism in Business.

Can the Golden Rule be applied prac-
tically 10 commercial affairs? The Chris
tian Business League is an organization
in London that has undertaken 10 do
away with tricks In trade" To prove
that business can be conducted "on
Christian principles" this society estab-
hshed a green grocers shop. That first
experiment is now in the hands OF a
receiver after q loss OF 5000. But the
advocates OF the idea are not discour-
aged. They are confident that some les
sons Of their experience will make an
other trial successful In the meantime.
they have opened a laundry with the
motto over the door. do unto others
as you would that they should do unto
you"
The trouble with such benevolent en-
terprises is that they ignore competition.
II all the persons engaged in a given
branch Of mercantile trade within a pre-
scribed locality could be brought to-
gether in an agreement as to prices.
N-NAD M1AAA lcoAlL 4 KIM or DenouCeDr
trust; but that would imply a degree OF
mutual confidence that It would be hard 10
establish and maintain without the actual
practice Of Christian principles By all
concerned. An adherent OF the Golden
Rule, operating alone. with no precautlon
as TO the possible conduct Of others.
would be likely 10 encounter rude and
material disappointment. His pecuniary
interests would be exposed TO peril with
out reformation OF average human
conduct. No rule can work 10 advantage
in the game Of life unless all the players
consent thereto, and even then every one
at the board is likely 20 keep open ewes
These are considerations that may ac-
count for the failure Of the altruistlc
enterprise. "Do others. or you will be
done is a sarcasm wholly immoral and
untrue But it is an extreme reversal
OF the ideal that indicates the surviving
need Of self-protection in unsentimental
and selfish trade.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
An Old Saw.


From London Tit-BitS
Esau Wood sawed wood
Esau Wood would saw wood.
AL the wood Esau Wood saw Esau
Wood would saw. In other words, all
the wood Esau saw TO saw Esau sought
TO saw.
Oh. the wood Wood would saw. And.
oh, the woodsaw with which Wood would
saw wood.
But one day Woods woodsaw would
saw no wood. and thus the wood Wood
sawed was not the wood Wood would
saw II Woods woodsaw would saw
wood.
One day Esau saw a saw saw wood as
no other woodsaw would saw wood.
In fact, Of all the woodsaws Wood ever
saw saw wood. Wood never saw a wood
saw that would saw wood as the wood
saw Wood saw saw would saw wood
And I never saw a wOodsaw that would
saw as the woOdsaw Wood saw would
saw until I saw Esau Wood saw wood
with the woOdsaw Wood saw saw wood.
Now, Wood saws wood with the wood
saw Wood saw saw wood.
Oh the wood Woods woodshed would
shed when Wood would saw wood with
the woodsaw Wood saw saw wood.
Finally. no man may ever know how
much wood the woodsaw Wood saw
would saw, IL the woodsaw Wood saw
would saw all the wood the woodsaw
Wood saw would saw.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20

assuming that It has the merit of worthy
origin. the proposition OF making spec
tacie out Of such find" is revolving
Nothing more nauseous has been sug-
gested in a long time History, right or
wrong. needs no reformation by any such
sickening process. II is hard TO believe
that a man who has sufficient intelli-
gence 70 be a member Of the bar in any
State Of the Union viii lend his name 70
an absurd story when there are reports
galore. TO say nothing Of the recollections
OF people living now. to prove how, when.
and where Wilkes Booth died and is
buried
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
A Ghoulish Show.

The DosthumOus literature which ad-
dresses itself. with copious persistencv.
TO the allegation Of a survival of the
assassin of President Lincoln has
been enriched by certain disclosures made
by "a member Of the Memphis CTennA
bar, who is quoted as intending to ex-
hibit in this city the body OF John Wilkes
Booth, now in the care OF an undertaken
at Enid, Okla. The opportunity for this
grewsome spectacle is afforded by the
fact that Booth was not killed on the
Virginia farm where he was reported to
have met his death, but that he ESCAPED
and went to the Southwest section. and
lived there until he committed suicide in
1903. The member Of the Memphis bar
was the confdant Of this miserable refu-
gee, and he received the preposterous
story with a gullibllity that Is hard 10
understand In day when the truth Of
the matter is so readily accessible. II
is equally difficult 20 imagine any one. in
or out ot official life, here who viii listen
to such a story with serious counte-
nance. It is a reflection upon human in
teligence to expect the uncanny yarn TO
be believed.
II ever there were a notorious fact OF
history, it is the way in which Booth
met his death. After he died. his body
was positively Identified by several peo-
pie, including the then Surgeon General
OF the army J. K Barnes. who held
the autopsy and officially and convin-
cingly indicated the means by which the
body was known TO him. The remains
we're inferred for some years under the
aagging or the ola Arsenal in Washington.
and we're removed finally to Greenmount
Cemetery, in Baltimore, where they are
now. The only missing official record
in the whole affair is that which shows
where and when the body was buried
at the Arsenal and by what method the
remains were transferred to the keeping
Of the family Of the assassin. Those pro
ceedings were evidently conducted BY
orders given verbally by Gen. Hancock
and President Johnson.
The stories OF the survival OF Booth
and the discovery OF his body are fire.
euently circulated, and some one gains
day or two OF newspaper fame, as in
his case. which is the more aggravated
In form by reason OF the reputed OBJ
Iect Of the discoverer. He proposes TO
exhibit the remains he pretends to be-
heve are those OF Wilkes Booth, In order
that history may be corrected. Perhaps
the interesting account IS a fake; but
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
An International Insult.

Now comes the aeroplane hat We
might have known it. In fact, the great
est wonder about It is that II has taken
such a long time in starting. It is on its
way to New York from Paris-that den
OF decorative iniquity-to attend a Co
than hat show. It's fell purpose is to
take prize II possible, and II not. to
start millinery rough-house.
The new creation is a pretty little
thing. II has huge feathers amidships
to represent wings. Fore and aft from
the head projects the car. The meager
reports we have up to date do not mem
ton the gasoline engine. the propeIlers.
the passengers. the noise. and the smell.
but we feel sure they are symboHcany
there.
There IS no doubt about It that the
aeroplane bonnet 10 an actual fact. and
that it has not only been designed. but
constructed. assembled. and shipped. The
only question remaining 70 be settled IS:
WIN American women be able to dig up
enough nerve 10 wear il? That is what
the Partisan inventor wants TO know.
from standpoint OF idle curiosity. taint-
ed a bit with commerciaHsm. The idea
seems to be that if the new hats do well
in America, they are sure TO do well in
France.
Right here is where we wish to have
words with whoever It is that doubts the
bravery Of American women. II any
pink-whiskered Frenchman thinks our
better halves are underweight when IL
comes to courage up aloft. we are talking
TO him: and If he will name the time and
the place. we will take him out and
thrash him with one OF his own plumes.
and then stick a feather down his back
70 make him think his ribs are broken.
Why. the women OF this land dug
stumps out OF the cornheId while their
husbands were being scalped by Wild
Indians About the same time the wom-
en- Of France were fretting over some
klss-my-la controversy
about the location OF Venus de Mno's
other pinion. We have them beaten ali
along the line. and we resent the insin-
uation that we can't wear just as OBJ
streperous bOnnets as anybody else.
Let the Partisan designers keep their
hats TO themselves. unless they are will
ing TO send them over with the under
standing that our women are Just as
liable 70 crawl under them and be con
tented as the women OF France. or any
other seni-civiiized country
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
JOHN BUNYAN.

The Village Marshal watchful wight bound to hold his
job down right He John Bunyan running loose and put him
in the caaboose Now John the tinker had for arng
up the little town. and all the local sages said that he would
die in bed But when he found himself in soak he said "The
sporting es Joke; here's where and strive show
the world that I'm alive And that dark and dismal den he sat
with paper ink and pen and the book that people hold
being worth its weight in gold The job hard in cells beneath
they heard the grinding of his teeth wheneer he
wise he had stop and the flies the grub poor the
foul the jaler somber owl the Jail full Of dirt
and dust the chains he brown with Yet through
ALL by hook crook he toed and his machess book!
O. authors of the present day. whose books dry bales Of
hay who grind best sellers by the ton which last from till
Of who roll in comfort and cream debating stories by
the try Bunyans plant may ava-and write
piece in jail! WALT Mason.
Copyright 1903 by George 1huAeu Adams
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
THRONES SHAKY.
II Looks aS II the Day of Kings and
EmperOrs Is on the Wane.

IL Looks aS IL the Day of Kings and
EmperOrs Is on the wanc.
From the Cleveland Leader
All history teaches that II Is unsafe 20
generalize from apparent tendencies Of
the times. Napoleon said at ST. Helena
that Europe would be republican or Cos
sack In less than a century. and time has
proved him wrong. While Queen Victoria
lived and reigned and her oldest son was
scandalizing many OF her subjects, II was
often predicted in America that the good
queen would be the last British sovereign
Now Edward is quite as popular as his
mother ever was and just so secure on his
throne Such Instances might be multi
piled indefinitely.
Yet II is certain that the day OF kings
ana emperors shOrtens constantly There
Is no eternity for hereditary personal rule
or even for hgurehead reigning without
ruling Events move steadily toward the
year when the last throne will fall and
the last scepter will be taken from the
powerless hand OF the last monarch. The
tendency in that direction is strikingly
clear and strong al present IN Europe and
Asia
The Spanish throne totters. as all the
world car see. IN Turkey the dethrone-
ment OF strong and crafty Sultan leaves
the way open 10 make others mere figure
heads at first and then dispose Of them
altogether. The successful Persian revo-
lutionists would need little more trouble
with reactionary or tricky mona-chs 10
abolish the entire hereditary principle IN
the government Of their country. Sweden
and Norway are within easy reach OF re-
publican institutions. The army alone
sustains the Gar and military force Is
dubious foundation, In this age, FOR any
government
Probably the last thrones TO fall will be
those occupied by the most pOwerless
sovereigns Some may stand for a cen
tury or more. but the day OF kings and
emperors hastens toward its close, never
theless.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
HOLDING HIS OWN.

When bikes came ont. how folks did shout.
IT'S good-by now 20 Dobbin!
The horse must go; he is too slow
And wise heads started bobbin'.
But while the bikes now crowd the pixies
And streets 70 overfowing.
Our people need the slow-poke steed-
Old Doobin still keeps going.
When autos came. Il was the same-
The horse had had his inning:
And yet If seems these were rine draams--
The horse stih makes a winning.
They use them yet and will bot.
Should il come 70 a showing
That. anyhow, long years from now
The horse viii still be goingl
The airship's due; twill soon come through.
And then folks win be trying
To aTiate with up-to-dRtc
Machines made iUst fer lying
Yet, even then. there viii be men
On earth, both wise and knowing.
Who'll use the horse without remorse-
You bet he'E still keep goingl
e. A. Brinnstool. IN Los Angeles Express.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
SAND BY THE SEASHORE.
Curious Experiments that May he
Demonstrated at the Beach.

Demonstrated at the Beach.
Sir Ray Lankeste. IN the London Telegraph.
A very interesting fact about the ordi-
nary sand OF the seashore is that a pint
OF dry sand and half a pint OF water
when mixed do not make a pint and a
half, but a good deal less. II you fH a
ehiId's pail with dry sand from above
the tide mark. and then pour on 10 II
some water the mass OF sand actually
shrinks. The reason is that when the
sand Is dry there Is air between its par-
ticles. but when the sand PARTICLES are
wetted they adhere closely to each 5ther;
the air is driven out and the water does
not exactly take an equivalent space. hut
occupies less room than the air did. ow-
ing TO the close clinging together OF the
wet particles. II you add a little water 10
some dry sand under the microscope. YOU
VIII see the sand particles move and cling
closely 20 orc another. CAPILLARY at
traction'-the ascent OF LIQUID IN very fine
tuoes or spaces-is a result Of the same
sort Of adhesive action. II you walk on
the firm. damp sand exposed az low tide
on many parts OF the seashore when il
Is Just free from water on the surface
you VIII see that when you put Your foot
down the sand becomes suddenly pale for
some seven inches or so all round your
foot. The reason Is that the water has
left the pale looking sand (dry sand looks
paler than wet sand. and has gone into
the sand under your foot. which Is being
squeezed by your weight The water pass
Ing into that squeezed sand enables its
particles 70 sit tighter or closer together.
and so 70 yield 70 the pressure caused by
your weight. You actually squeeze water
Into the sand. instead Of squeezing
water out Of it. as is usually the case
when you squeeze part OF a wet substance
say cloth or a sponge. When YOU lift
your foot up you find that your foot
mark IS covered with water-the water
you had drawn to that particular spot by
squeezing it. 1t separates as soon as the
pressure Is removed
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
FRIDAY. AUGUST %. 1909.
LET YOUR PAPER FOLLOW YOU.

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The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
In Congress.

From the st, Louis POstDispateh
The House had just listened to the
emergency deficiency bill. which apprO-
pirates 5000 for the Presidents travel
ing expenses. $1,000 for automobiles for
the Speaker and Vice President, S7.4OO
for strawberry shortcake and Rocky
Ford canteloupes IN the Senate cafe, and
cash gifts here. there, and anywhere
among the people who wind, burnish
and tend the Capitol.
MT. Clark arose.
While we are filing little holes here
and there" he said. wouldn't Il be
sweet OF us If We voted the consumers
about a dollar each?"
The gavel fell with a sickening thud.
This is no time for sentiment" the
Speaker said.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20

A Chicago girl says: i. as a woman.
think have the right to try to win
the affections Of the man love. as much
as any man has the right to seek to win
my affections" OF course; and she prob
ably thought she was giving expression
to a highly original opinion, too.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
AIso fhe ItaIicn.

I've been reading some Of your hui
morous publications" said the Briton,
''and I don't see that there is such a
great difference between English and
American jokes"
There isn't a great deal OF difference. -
admitted the American. We omit the
diagram: that's about all"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
BERTHE - Here's anothah great chess
playah whose brain has gone wrong. l
am glad I nevah took up the deuced game
Jane-But in your case, BERTHE, I'm
quite sure there would be nothing TO go
wrong
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20

why don't the theatrical managers
want husband and wife in the same com
pany?"
They think the public wouldn't care
TO see man making love 10 his wife %
Looks too much Ike acting, eh."
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20
An Episode of Courage

One blow with a fist prevented a lynch
ing at Newport. Ark. the other night.
II was TO have been a negro lynching
A black desperado had stabbed to the
heart a rival Of his own race. A black
mob howled for his blood Within the
jail were sixteen men accused OF murder
and twenty other prisoners charged with
minor offenses. It was these twenty who
came TO the side Of order. They put out
the lights in the Jail. placed a guard
over the cells OF the sixteen murderers.
and sent word Of their fidelity 70 the
sheriff and his deputy. who faced the
mob without. two men against a thou
sand
The mob had a white leader. who ad-
vanced toward the jail The sheriff
leaned his rifle against the wall and
walked forward TO meet him. One blow
on the jaw knocked the rioter senseless
The sheriff went back TO his rife. and
ordered the mob 10 go back. It obeyed.
It's retreat became a rout. The wouId-be
lynchers returned TO the jail, where they
found the twenty minor offenders stand
Ing guard. in the darkness. over the
cells Of the murderers. This IS a narra-
tive OF fact. II is not a romance. The
mob was black. and IT was inhamed
with savage thirst for the blood Of one
of its own race. 1t may be doubted
whether its bad cause was strengthened
by a white leader. who must have had a
black heart But il was not a question Of
race. 1t was one Of maintaining the
law against riot. The courage Of the two
defenders outside the walls was epic. The
cooperation OF the minor prisoners within
was praiseworthy, though its motive,
obviously. may not have been unselhsh.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20

Tastes have changed. Do you think
Les Miserables could make a success
to-dayg'
i don't see any reason why It
shouldn't II put into the proper kind Of
dialect"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-20

An Indiana woman claims that her
life was saved recently by reason OF
the fact that she had a rat" in her
hair which broke the force of a vicious
blow her husband aimed at her head
sim, II she had not had the rat" In her
hair he might never have aimed the blow.