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Special Sale!! MONDAY AND TUESDAY English Walnuts, per pound : . ? 17c Italian Prunes- fancy stock, 3 lbs 26c Regular price, 2 ibs. for 25c S0APS White Borax Naptha Soap- a combina tion of natures products. 5 bars for - - 25c For laundry soap use ttie E Z. 6 bars for 25c This suap is well seasoned and will go further than any other John Kalem, the Grocer Se e Agent for Reliance Canned Goods (MY FEW GAMfS are PLAVEO Only a few came* have l>een played io the W. P. A. C. cribbage tourna ment since Friday, the date when tue percentage table was last corrected. The standing of the pla.vers at noon today is as follows: Won Lost Per Cent J. E Bvragar ... 10 2 833 J. J. Burns 14 6 700 H. H. Saofo:d...l4 K 7lJ E. M. Culbertson 15 8 ?52 F. B. Wurzbacherl2 8 W*) L. C. Gault 20 7 .">88 N. E. Holshan n. . . 12 9 574 O. A. Roseuberjj. . 8 # 571 E. R. Stivers ,11 9 550 E. F. Puman 12 10 544 Will Clavson .... 7 6 539 John Haley ..... 8 7 533 j R A. Carroll 11 11 500 M Bridge .11 12 478 I W. B King 5 ti 455 T. W. Howrll 8 10 444 N. W. Watson ... 9 12 429 H. B. Dunn 5 7 417 F. WolNnd. 6 9 400 H. B. Kunna'ls . 4 7 3?>4 W. C. Blaochard 4 10 28?5 D. P. Lea 4 11 2t>7 F. A. Callarman 4 12 250 C. S. Barnes 3 14 177 flRSllltBAlF OV TOUGIK The first debate in the Skagway Lit- j erarv and D? baling Society forthis sea son will take pi ice this evening. The society will meet at the Fresbyterian church and the question for debate Is (he following re-olution: "Resolved, That commercial reci procity between the I'nited States ami Canada would be beneficial to both countries.'' Elias Rrud will le?d for the affirma tive and Or. John Parsons for the nega tive. Etch will select his own assist ants and there will be a general discus sion of the question after the debate ?bail have been concluded by the lead ers. There will be a musical and literal y program. BROliGtiT 10 LIGHT AUtki PnpU H oelvlcg th* Fall B? Hi There have been many cases like the following in Alaska. These plain, straightforward statements will do much toward relieving the -utiering of thousands. Such testimony will be read with Interest by mary peop'e. P, A. Johnson, carpenter, 4S40 South 1 street, T acorn a, V\ ash , sa\ s: ''Ko-- a year or so I took different medicines trying to streogthen my kidneys but my efforts weie unsuccessful and 1 grew worse instead of better and trouble with the kidney secretions came to b- a pos itive annovance. I need not give mi nuter particulars and what cured -ne is of more importance. I got Dosn's Kid ney Pills "-nd took a <-ourse of the treat ment. I can honestly ?*y I have not felt a pain in my .oack nor had any an noyance from too frequent acliun of the kidneys since I stopped the use of this medicine." For sale by all dealers. Price ">0 cents. Foster M i! burn Co., Buffalo N. Y , sole agents for the C. S. Remember the name? Doan's? and take no substitute. Buy Your Coal OF Shaw <& Johnson Importers of Wellington, 'Ladysmith' Double Screened and Sacked Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg and Caestnut, Highest Grade Wellington, delivered, per ton, >13 00 Anthracite, " tl 00 Phone 109 P. C. Dock STILL 4N0TI1CR C'.RD T0URN4MENT Another cribbage tournament has been organized. It la composed of members of the White Pass Atletio club and is called the "Boiler Room Cribbage Tournament." It gets Its name from the fact that the rules re quire that all the games be played in the boiler room of the club. An en trance fee of 25 cents wai charged and the money will go for the purpose of securing a prize for the winner of the touraament. Will Cleveland hes Is the list of the players. He is closely followed by Roy Ferguson. The standing of the players at noon today was as follows: Per Won Lost Cent. Wm. Cleveland 6 1 857 It. Ferguson 4 1 8 JO Ed I lurry 5 3 625 A. S. Moore 2 2 500 J. D. I'rban 1 1 SCO Wallace Grant I 2 333 Robert Foster 2 4 333 Ed Carson .0 3 0U0 Harold Talbot 0 2 000 L. C. Gault 0 1 000 far Ask 0 1 COO K. P. llosch 1 D. P. Lea I M. Hridge I N. E. CoUhanin > Games to be W. W. Ward I played. Herb Tavlor | T. F Barry | C. 8. Barnes I PERSONAL MENTION Charles Sawanson and J. Lindell head a sua'l party which came north on the JeiTerson bound for the Tanaua via the only winter route. Leo Miller, of the auditor's office of the Alaska Steamshig Co., at Seattle, was a round trip passenger on the Jef ferson. Ch.irley Daniels, formerly of the Board of Trade, left Seattle last Tues day night on the Sauta Clara for Val dez. From there he will go to the Tan ana in Marcb. He has just returned from GoldGelds, which place he was compiled to leave because of the water. When the Jefferson left Seattle word had been receivej there that General Man iger Newell would leave Chicago, February, for Seattle ana Vancouver. W. L. Brecse, of the Bullion Creek Hydraulic Company, is expected to ar rive on the Ramona tonight. M.ijor and Mrs. A. E. Snyder will arri . e from the south on the Ramona. Mrs. H. W. and Mrs. M. J. Taylor, wife and mother of Harry W. Taylor, will arrive from the south on the Ra mona. J. R. Van Cleve will leave for the south on the Ramona. C. E. Hooker left for Juneau on the Georgia this morning. Wanted To exchange linen duster and straw hat. for Wellington coal. Must be stood, as 1 handle only the best wood and coal. F. M. Lucavish, Phone 3. R^.Cul .!? P. a. Martin. L. L D, Of Wayerly, Texas, writes: "Of ? mor iinK "htn first arming, I often find a t ouolescme collection of phl'gra, ? hu h produces a cough and is very hard to dislodge; but a small quautity of B?M nd's Uorebound Syrup wijl at once dislodge it, and the troub'e is over. ] know of no medicine that is equal to It &Dd it to pieisaat to take. I can uiost; card ally reccmend it to all person e needing a me licine for throat and luny tr>ui>le." 25c. 500 and $1.00. Sold by Kelly Drug *-'0. Frosh bread delivered to any part of the city at any time by the Boss Baker. Our br ad is guaranteed to be free f. om a) 1 chemicals. Try a loaf. The Buss Bakery. tf ?ssmaaeamati ^^^vasxs^xsisxsx^ The Leading Jeweler Nugget Jewelry of 411 Kinds, Indian Cnrios and Souvenir Spoons. H. D. KIRMSE,| The Pioneer Jewe?er Official Timekeeper for the W. P. & Y. R. j THE MAN WITH A HEAD [C< pyright. 1804. by C. B. Lewis.) Thfer. were three drug stores lu Llv erpool, and Liverpool liad about 7,000 Inhabitants. There was a good deal about the town and more about the stolen which wight be called old fash ioned. In addition to drugs aud fancy articles each store dealt lu outside goods. .One was hah" grocery, uuother liad boots aud shoes and the third sold agrh ultural implements aud Ohio car riages, aud Its proprietor was also in terested In a spring bed aud patent churn. If auy man had declared his belief that a straight out drug store would pay expenses he would have been called a fool in answer. Things ; had been going on in this mixed up way for many yer.rs wheu a stranger appeared In town and begau loatlug around the drug stores, lie was a cu riosity aud a subject of gossip, and most of the gossipers whittled away at pine shingles and decided that be dldn : amount to no great shakes. The only citizen who sized him up correctly was Uncle Eben Scheiuerhorn. lie took his time about it and chewed up half ;i plug of tobacco before be said: "Waal, boys, 1 hain't givln' no opiu ion :?J to how 'laters will pan out this fall,, but as to that stranger, he's got a head on him. Yes, slr-ee. you cau see that lie's got a head on him." -( , course he's got a head ou him, but v. hat of It?" asked one of Ills hear er.v. "Never you uiiud never yon uiind." repl.ed Uncle Eben as be witUM his left eye and nodded his head In a km>>. ing way. "Wheu the band begins to play and the Bengal tiger to roar you jest remember that 1 said he had a bead on him." After a few days the band struck up ?that is, the stranger bought out Kru 'gist White. The roar of the Ben gal followed - that is, again Mr. Har per. the uew man. decided to get rid of grindstones, corn shelters, patent chui us. groceries, confectionery ami top buggies and run a drug store by itself. He was called n fool by souie and a lunatic by others, and the rest of the town predicted that he would go to the wall In less than three months. Mr. Harper visited all the business houses and assured their proprietors that he didn't proi>ose to carry any of their lines. That announcement ap pealed to their selfish interests, and he made a score of friends at once. He brought on his family and divided his cust< n evenly around in the matter of meats, groceries .and dry goods. That Increased his list of friends. He changed the iuterior of his store all over, put in a display window and a soda fountain anil one day was ready for business. Business came, but not with a rush. People wanted to "wait and see." The other druggists were aroused and meant to hang on to their custom ers. Mr. Harper might be all right, but he was cutting a wide swath for Liverpool. One day he dropped into the Weekly Herald office and had a confidential chat with the editor. When he left it was to go over to the Banner and have auother confident!! 1 chat. Cncle Eben knew nothing about these visits, but a day or two later when <tome one remarked in his bearing that the druggist with a head wasn't taking in a barrel of money per day the old man bit a fresh bunk off his ping aud replied: "Don't you worry your gizzard about that new feller. I was in his store last night after some sulphur, aud I saw ?unthln' In his eye that told me there was a hen on." The "hen" betrayed herself when the next issue of the Herald appeared. In a double leaded article, uearly two col umns long, It attacked the new drug gist in savage style. It purported to give his history for mauy years past, and about the pleasautest thing it said of him was that be was an escaped convict That article was <vritten by Mr. Harper himself, and be paid $15 for its insertion. The excitement around town was added to a day later when the druggist sued the Herald for $100,000 damages. It got still another boost when the Banner came out with a two column article aud denied each and every charge of its esteemed con temporary. It did more. It boldly announced that the editor of the Her ald had spent six months in an Ohio Jail for steallug hogs. The libeled edi tor at once sued for heavy damages and called the other man a thief, rob ber and pirate. There were a thousand people in Liv erpool who said that Mr. Harper ought to be arrested and who wondered why It wasn't done, but at the same time at least half of them sneaked Into his store to get a closer look at him and, of course, bought more or less. Sher iffs were even sent for from the sur rounding counties in hope that he might be identified, but It was remark ed that they all looked silly after leav ing his store. Reporters came from some of the big dailies, but never a note did they Jot down in their books. When the excitement had continued for two months it somehow leaked out that it had all been created by Mr. Harper In the way of advertising. In deed an announcement was made to this effect In both papers, and In those respective Issues the hustling druggist bad three full page advertisements. A few citizens were mad, but most of them were enthusiastic, and there was only one drug store in Liverpool after that. Farmers would drive eight miles to buy rochelle salts at Harper's, and the townspeople kept his fingers sore making change. "I hain't predictln' about the weather next whiter," said Uncle Eben. "nbr the grasshoppers next summer, but I'm sorter givln* you a hint that we've got a druggist In this town with a head on him." v M. QUAD. Wintar Good* at Wolland'? j The bad weather will be upon us In a short time and now is an opportune time to order a winter suit or a winter overcoat. We are specially prepared with a fine line of winter suitings, over coat* and pants. Leave your order and receive prompt attention. F. WOLLAND, Merchant Tailor At Wkrlaisla Prloaa The Mascot saloon sells liquors, either bulk or case goods at wholesale ' s, All the old brands always on 10-1-tf. Th? h?*t, that the market affords at I ' TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY OF OUR We have been asked a good many times the past week, if we were going1 to have a sale on our shoes, or on any of our men's clothing or furnish ing goods. The old saying, "all comes to him who waits" holds good the coming week, for we are go ing to make prices on clothing, furnishings and shoes that ought to satisfy the most economical person in the land. In Our Shoe Department FOR MEN Sale Price " Regular Price $6 00 for our men's Hanan shoes. $ 7 00 6 00 for Strong & Garfield shoes. 7 50 5 00 for any of our men's shoes. 6 00 4 00 " 4' 6 00 3 50 some broken lines of shoes 5 00 3 25 any of our shoes that were 4 00 2 75 " " 3 50 FOR MISSES At $2 25 our Nugent shoes regular prce, 2 00 ' ? H $2 75 2 50 j 75 ?i ?? 2 25 1 75 our C. & E. shoes V - 25 1 50 ?' " - 00 FOR WOMEN Sale Price $5 00 for our Hanan shoes 4 00 for our John Kelly shoes 3 75 3 25 2 75 2 50 for our C. & E. shoes FOR BOYS At 13 25 any of our shoes regular price, Regular Price * $6 00 ? 5 00 4 50 4 00 3 50 3 00 2 00 1 75 1 50 Clothing Department Men's Overcoats $25 00 regular price sale price, $1H 00 20 00 18 00 15 00 $25 00 20 00 18 00 15 00 12 50 $7 50 ti 00 5 00 4 50 4 00 3 50 Men's Suits regular price s&le price, Men's Trousers regular price sale price, 14 50 13 00 10 00 $18 00 14 50 13 00 11 00 9 00 to 00 4 50 4 00 3 75 3 25 2 75 Boy's Overcoats $12 50 regular price sale price, #9 00 regular price 10 00 7 50 $15 00 12 50 10 00 7 50 G 00 5 00 4 00 3 00 $2 00 regular price 1 75 1 50 " 1 25 " 1 00 " Boy's Suits sale price, Boy's Trousers 7 50 5 50 ?11 00 9 00 7 50 5 60 4 50 4 00 3 00 2 25 sale price, ?1 50 1 25 1 10 90 Furnishing Goods Levi Strauss Overalls and Jumpers, all sizes .... sale price. 65c Levi Strauss Bib Overalls and Engineer Jumpers, all sizes * ? sale price, 86c President Suspenders, per pair - ? - ? ' - - sale price. 46c Men's Hosiery At 20c men's sox regular price, 25c " 35c " 50c 2oc 40c Men's Neckwear At 25c any of our men's ties regular price, 35c 50c " " 75o Men's G loves At 50c any of our men's gloves regular price, $0 75 " " 1 00 75 1 00 1 15 1 35 1 25 1 50 1 7t> Men's Colored Dress Shirts $1 00 for Monarch shirts regular price, $1 50 150 for Cluett shiris ? w Men's Underwear suit for any of our goods that were !; 1"'".*!"" 3 60 3 00 Men's Overshirts > to ny of our goods that were $3 50 and $4 00 3 00 2 50 2 00 1 75 1 fO Men's Hats for Stetson hats regular price, A5 00 " * 00 i for Kinesbury hats i for any of our hats 3 50 3 00 411 Prices 'Quoted in Last Week's Ad. Are Good I Until Sale Closes B. lit Bchrcnds mercantile Company GEO. TVT.AN-nTTARP, Mgr. J