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WILL BE DIG Atliu Will Produce $600,000 or $700, 0(H) Victoria, Aug. 15? Preliminary bul letins received at the department of mint* here Indicate that the outpetef the Atlin gold camp thU Mason wHI exceed that of 1904, being between WOO.ftO and ?:?*), 000. The dredge of the Northern Mines, Ltd ,00 Spruce creek and the Swltter dredge 00 GoM Kun both are operating with good re sults. and It is expected that dredging at B'ue Canyon on Spruce will be start ed this autumn. Water Is pleotlfal on line. Spruce ami McKee. but scarce at Hlrch %nJ 00 Moulder. Not only It hy draulic mining active but there Incon siderable activity in quarts mijlng. Many proepectors are doing nsaessaienl work, wailing for the enlistment of capital, ao?l their properties are show log up encouragingly. ?at rtata*r at J?"? . prof. c. It. Newton, ooe'of the moat famous humorous entertainers in the country, is at Juneau, and will come to Skagway before returning south. He will give an entertainment at Juneau aod might do so at Skagway. W? Don't S? latitat* In buving drugs, stationery, toilette articles, etc , from Kelly A Co yoe get juat what you call for or what the doc tor* write for. No substituting al lowed Kelly A Co., Skagway. Alaska. At tks Muo<t Mt. Vernon rje ard Old lie! moo whiskeys, double stamped goodSi at wholesale prices at the Maacot saloon. Cello aa4 Diarrhea* A tUaedyThat Is Prompt aid P1e*a*at The prompt n*nlt? produced by Caamherlain's Colic. Cholera tad Diarrhoea Remedy together with lis pleasant t??e have won for it a place 10 many households. Mr. W. T. Tay lo?, a merchant of Winslow, Ala., write- "I have used Chamb?rl*ln's Colic. Cholera aod Diarrhoea Remedv mysr'f and siso with men on my p'ace, for diarrhoea an I colic and it alway s give* relief promptlv at^d pleassntlv." For -ale by Kelly Drug Co . Big N?< NaKR*t at Fair The biggest nugget ever found, which weighs 202 ounces and is worth $3726, is exhibited as part of Nome's display at the Lewis and Clark exposition., The cugget Is kept in a cage, and visit ors are permitted to lift it. Most women find the weight of the ohdnk of told too great for their strength. Hwato'tt TtkM Ta??n? Gold The Humboldt, which sailed for Se attle Wednesday evening carried 930lV 000 in Tanana gold from this i Irce. ll came up the river on the Sarah and the Selkirk. IT 18 FOR LADIES. TOO. TVr ru Stop Tacit Hair Falllag With Ladlea who have thin hair and Those hair la falling out. can prevent the hair falling out. and thicken the growth, with Newbro's "Herplclde." Besides, Herpl dde la one of the moat agreeable hair dressings there Is. Herplclde kills the dandruff germ that eats the hair oft at the root. After the germ Is destroyed, the root will shoot up. ?nd the hatr srow Ion* as ever. Even a sample will con vince any lady that Newbro's Herplclde Is an Indispensable toilet requisite. It contains no oil or grease. It will not stain or dye. 8old by leading drugclsts. S<-nd K* In stamps for sample to The Herpl clde Co.. Detroit, Mich. ffm, Britt, Special Agent. 1'or Sal* Twelve-horse power Union gasoline engine. Hood as new. l'rice. WOO nquire at Launch I'nioti. Moore wharf . For your express and hauling se E McC Weste. Phones 9>8L tf RHEUMATISM When pains or irritation exist on any pari of the body, the appltcat on of Pal- 1 lard's Snow Lintiuent gives prompt re- j lief. E. W, Sullivan. Prop. Sullivan Houae El Reno. O T., Writes, .tune <>. | 1W2: "I take pi asure in recommend- ; ing Ba'lard's Snow Liniment to all who ] are afflicted with rheumatism. It is the only remedy 1 have found that gives Immediate re ief." 25e, $1.00 Sold by Kelly Drug Co. Lumber for sale. Inqu re of Pete Ma.laen, Seattle wharf Pa ok Train Alwaya Lead* The Pack Train saloon always leads. It carries only the best bt atuls of whis kiea, wines, beers and all the other goods to be had at a tirst-clasa gentle men's resort. HARD STORY Aid Did Not Reach Abm doued Woman A special from Eagle to the Dawson New* says; 'it w?s reported to the commanding officer here in June that J. Montgom ery had abandoned his wife and baby, who were oui of grub, nrar the head of the White river. A government pack train which started for there returned yesterday, and report having got within thirty mi es of their destination, but were unable to go further owing to high wa'.er. They report an outfit tnree days aheni where they turned back, with a year's supply of grub tak en to where the woman was. Mont gomery h s not been heard from. Traces of Johnson and Stuckman, who were supposed to have been murdered by Montgomea.v, were found on the Nubcsna river, where they left notes on blazed trees." SKAGWAY WEATHER The result of the observation taken at Moor? wharf at midnight, Aug. 24, 1905, is as follows: Temperature time of observation ... .57 Max. temp, preceding 24 hours... ..74 Min " " " " ^ Mean " M " " 5s> Raroraeter, 29. S8. Strong ?outh wind, clear. Frvak Mm* The Frye-Bruhn Co. keep all kinds of fresh meat constantly on hand, tf SIMPLfS Of 1906 CALENDARS NfRf The Daily Alaskan nas received a full line of samples of 1906 calendars from the famous J. W. Butler Paper company, of C hicago. They include the latest designs many of which are works of art. Rnsiness raenofSkagway and Haines, who desire calanders for next year are invited toc*ll and make selections. tee cool steins at the Seattle saloon. me will call upon you soon With a Compute Assortment of 1906 Calendars Ht prices that mitt Save you money The Daily Alaskan Job Office, TELEPHONE, 19 DRAWING FINE WIRE. Diamond Tllra \rr Rein* Hani Fnoa?ti. Diamonds are unoil quite extensively it dies for drawing wire of the small est sizes? for Instance. the sties i*sa than, say. twenty-IJve one thonaandths of an ItH-h diameter. The hanlest steel dies are not suitable for this work for the reason that the wear upon them no enlarges the die that the diameter of the wire Is not uni form within the required percentage of rartatlon at the lieglnnlng ami end of a drawing. Sapphires are used some limes for this wtirk. Copper, silver and platinum are the metala usually drawn to the very small sixes With diamond dies It Is practicable to draw platinum to a diameter of five ten-tliousamlths of an Inch. An Me* of the fineness of a copper wire drawn to only three one-thousandths of an Inch in diameter may be gathered from the faet that In one pound of the metal there are over six miles of sueh wire. The weight of the diamonds used for this work Is from four to five carats, and they are uncut except as to the die. The value of these dies, whieh, of course, are not of the first water, va ries from J 1.1 to $20 a carat, ami sev eral hundred thousand dollars' worth of diamonds are utilised as die* In the various wire factories of this country alone.? Electrical Review. GEOMETRY IN BATTLE. Hon MnrllM?ron*h Hon Ilia CI rent Victory nt Hamllltc*. Ttie senilis of Marlborough soiled up on the simple fact that the arc Is great er than Its chord when he won his great victory at Kami I Ilea. The French army under Vlllerol was posted In an arc on a ridge of hills. Their left ex tended to the village of Autre Kgllse ami owing to the steepness of the hills and the river aud marsh In front waa In an almost impregnable position Their forces swept round on the top of the ridge till they reached on the ex treme right a height behind the village of Hamlllles known as the Tomb of Ot tamond. Marlborough saw that this height was the key to the position. He first made a vigorous feint on Autre Kglise and so caused the French generals to hurry In peraon to that point. Then he moved large bodies of troo|?s rapidly and ?e cretly along the chord of the arc and carried the position on the French right liefotv Vlllerol had time to bring up re enforcements by the longer line of the curve. This Is easily understood when It la remembered that the chord of an arc la a straight line Joining the extremities of an arc or two points In a curve ? IiOndon Standard. THE PERFECT FOOT. It I* Said to Mr Konad <?nl> Among Amrrlntn Women. "Tl)o American woman's foot is the prettiest," raid the shoemaker. "It I* at oiic(> slender and robust ami very sup pie. Tlio Instep is hi eh an?l beautiful In a word, a perfoct foot, charming and aervleeaMe alike In a pink satin sllpj?er In a ballroom or In a white rub ber soled shoe on a tennis court or in a stout, hobnailed boot on the side of the JunKfrau or the Matterhorn. "The Frenchwoman's foot come* next. It Is long and slender and ele irant, but weak, no food for service, very orunmental? a foot for show. "The Spanish foot Is small, and Its instep Is high and arched Here, too, there Is not enough strength. There Is a tendency to softness and In later life to fat. "Hie Oerman foot la large, but shape ly and strong. It resembles the Ameri can foot, only It Is much bigger. "The English foot Is the -Is the- -well. It Is the limit! It Is long; It Is bony; it has no ln?tep; It wears Its shoe over on the side. Nowhere in the world will yon find a race with such ugly feet as those of the English."? Minneapolis Journal. !Meven?oa and Wallace. Sir FHwiald Mackenzie Wallace one found himself at a club In Edinburgh, where he fell Into conversation about Russia with a youth who pot forward some views In which he could not acquiesce. "Oh," raid this personage. "It Is all very well for you to ray that you do not agree with me, but I know all abiut It. I have Just been review Ing Wallace's 'Russia.' " "And 1 have Just been writing It," was the natural reply. TTie former speaker lived to b famous. He was R. L. Stevenson. Sorrow. Sorrow Is not an Incident occurring now and then. It Is the woof which l< woven Into the warp of life, and he who has not discerned tho divine sa eredness of sorrow and the profound meaning which Is concealed In pain has yet to learn what life Is. F. W. Robertson. Hytsaerlsy. Hypocrisy Is folly, for It Is much easier, safer and pleaaantcr to be the thing which a man setmi* to appear than to keep up the appearance of be Ing what he Is not - I/>nl Burleigh. Sometimes. Ethel-Mamma, why la the wife of a lord called "I-adyT Mamma Because that Is her title. Ethel But can't p<w pie see that she's a lady without being told so? ? Town and Country. Avarice. Avarice la generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered In pleasure and the second devoted to ambition ? John son. Even an electric button won't accom plish much unless It l| pushed -Fldta delpMn Reeerd. J. R Winn. flan. C. dun WINN & HEARD ATTORNEYS AT-LAW Will practice In AlaakaCoorta, 1* 8. Supreme Court. and 1 jmhI and Mining butlneaa. Rooms S, 4, and 5, Decker Huildln* ? Jr nTTa r - ? At'A&ifX ? Special A(??nttoo to Buainea* From Maine* and Vicinity CREWS & HILLS. ATTORNEYS Will Practice lo All the Govts Juneau ? Alaaka The Daily delivered to any part of the city for $1 per mouth Comfortable Beds Dining Rocm In Connection HOTEL PIONEER I .of KiilMInt WHITEHORSE, Y.T. Neat Pntullw, rrtiat MrM< Pete McMillan. Proprietor ^TCHtS* These day* there's little tniw for not o? nine h watch or for carry inc ? poor one. We hare itch a variety at such a price variatipn that anyone'* idea of eeon omy can he suited The Finest Watches Hy The Best Makers At The Lowest Prices Kjr Standard Quality P. E. KERN, Gold and Silrersmllh <8?tfSt?<StSWStS^ I -Caribou Hetel Caribou Crossing A Strictly ? Pining Room In Connection Choicest Wine*. Liquors A Cirars R J. Britain. Mffr. CiMditD Pacific fty. Co. DtTWt Serrkw, !*? linnirtHH OktL, to Vancouver Victoria TTl?fw I If M Seatt<? No Irtr* rborg* i MB WE AUG- 22 I Hlf AUG. 17 ??Ilia* Ml P-m. Foe Sfxwd. Onwforv Sorrloe and A ppofnun^oi Tbeoo Twin fcr?? 8?e*?er? r?Bwn ho Rqnoled. Trt IthiMUN Write or Apply to it. m.Dinm . a.u iiaovat I ! Finely Furnished lU?m? Rleetrlc T.ifhtod Thrmif h<vi? mt iMPfRui noTfi oao. w. mm*. r*nr AMERICAN PLAN Fraet Sl South P.O., Wbliefcoroe.Y.T Raw Furs.... WK FAY High Prices (or fine furs Write For Price U* Percey's Fur House Oahknah. Wioonwein ; FRE8H FRUIT Cigars, Tobacco ' and Smockers' Ar ticles FRE8H CAN DIE8 and Confectionery^ \ Tony Dortero WWWWMW WW? ROYAL I ?Steam Laundry* '? AB Wnrt G?anii(*i ttofi Oifcn PrarpUy MM PHOHF r% Vwt'f Wj!1 >'?n ?M DeUrtt Baths In Connect lot Prrrttf ftnn** lor Ladm. STEAM HEATED. "When In Haines ?*T *t <K? Hotel Northern J. G. Morrtan*. Prop* Restaurant In Koildlna UNION Plylnff Pf'tw aid TTkiiM , 9 Leaves Skagwav ? Evtry l>ay at 9 a. m. Sharo Arm it* u at II. .W l ? RtiiM H t p. m. Sincl* far* II. Iatumi tnd <??rn>*lo The WhitePassA Yukon Route TIMK T A RL#K N<?- 1.1 (Dally Rieept SaixHy.) No. I. a Roar.4 tad clam. 1m ohm In eta* In 1 r'tm' *Xp.m ?*>?:?. LV. SKAOUAT AR ? Wp m. AR? Ua. a M ? " nS}" " WHTTK PASS ? ? " III ? II 40 a, a. 11 M - '? LOQCAR1M t Irt ? ? I 0# ? it ao 15*|^." " Bwwrrr J *(*? I 44 *' I 10 " " CAPIROU ? |J ?*??.? "Ml " A ?0 " 4 ? - AR WmT* Ho*** LV t ? " LV, ?? T ? ? Pmwrm *>a*t ba at depr** la time to harr Racgare wyxiil ar? checked. Inspection i* WnpH *0 m'rntee before i?i? r.j time of traia. ISO ponada of haffare will be cbecked free w'.t> each fall fara tick* and "B poand* with eoehValr fare Ucfc?t (?viwiwn 1 The Idaho Liquor House OORNKR mi HP AND RROADWAV, The Pioneer Family Liquor Store of Skegwav KSTABLISHF.n 1?T Direct Importer* of Porelra Mwi Pnmeetk) WINES, liquors and cigars Ar.r.jrrs rr>R I.RMP8 and ftKAGWAY RRFWKRVS BOTTLID RF.RH Prlraw Ror>m? For Fare!l?e? Speda! AHeoUoe toJOder* kr Family Cia. ?i? ? m e ?oo Wiiie Pass & Yukon Route Throngh line from Skagwav to Allrn. White Hor*e. Rig Salmon. ttivmn a ad *11 intermediate point*. Connection mn-to at Dawn* with Lowrr Rirer tuaahNii far Kagle, Circle City, Rampart. Tan an a, Falrbanka, Cbena, W. Michael ar I Nnwe. NAVIGATION NOW OPEN Daily connection mad* at Whit* Horn between train* tad rlrer ??r?mrr? 'or nil Yukon River point*, including kfendeahall banding, the aaarm *teomH?at landing to lite ??? Al?ek Ga'd Field*. The following ?tcamSoat* *re operated by the WWTF I'ASS AMI" YUKON ROUTE and ar* equipped with all aodern mtnite?M*, fnc'admg *t*?ir. hc*t, electric light and other feature* a* afford not on to **f?i? bat mm tort to pa???>ngrr? WHITE HORSE DAWSON ZELANDIAN VICTORIAN BONANZA KINO CANADIAN COLUMBIA LaFRANCE SELKIRK THI8TLE CA8CA Trrotor TtCK FTS can be porrhaaed at Shag way tor DAWSOS. FAIRK \ X k'V CHRNA and all liower Rirer poiata. Finely appointed tra'o* dnlly, except Sardar. between ?kagwi>v*and White Hor*e, carrying pa**eng?r?. hngg*?* mail ard expreaa. Baggage bonded through. Direct telegraphic *erriro to all Jpn nt?j n j A in* a, Canada an! the United State*. For information relatree to p*a*eage>, freight and telegraphic Intra.** ppty to anr agent of the Company, or to: M. J. B WHITE, G. Fi A P. A. A. R NKWSLU V. P. AO. M. R D. PttJCBO, A*0? f A t. A. Vancouver, B. a ^"anoourer, B 0. nn<> Skneonr. MaaTa Khrnr Al*a a