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DAILY GATEWAY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
SEWARD. - - ALASKA,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
$1.00 per month; $12.00 p«r year
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 2‘>. I90.r»
NEARLY LOST HIS JOB
Green Clerk Managed to Wriggle
Out of Tight Place
lii> "liaciM ut” betrayed his nation
ality. and his small twinkling blue
,nes li. noted a deeper sense of humor
than is usually ascribed to his eoun-1
try moil. The man sitting directly op
|u -it<- to him in tlie Wells street ear
overheard the following:
••Yes, I \t;»s a hit green when 1 came |
over to this country, and I ’ad to tike j
Muny'hink in the w’y of a job. 1 got
-tart' ii tit :t department store on State
,treet; anti the tloorwalker A'ys to me;
>‘y> et
•••Now; 'Arry. we’ll give you three
trials. And If you let tltrf-e people get
•iwav without selling them- we’il ’ave
4
1 >011 net* you/
••Well, I can\v Wowh yoTTy early oh
Monday, took lUy plice be'itid tbectidn
ter and w’ited for customers. Pretty
soon a lidy walked up and asked the
where she should take the tram for
Hevanston. 1 didn't know, and she
went aw’v. I looked at the tloorwalker j
and the tloorwalker V looked at me. |
That mide one/' holding upa lean fore- |
finger. •‘Then a man came along and
stopped toarsk me where *e could huy
a *at. 1 told ’ini where the‘at counter
wa> and V went aw*y. 'That nude two. i
lollv ooor Irfck, wasn't it now? I
• 4
looked at that floorwalker, and that i
tloorwalker *of/ked at me like* ell, but
what could f do? Then another lidy
>*a:ne along as 'ad a large piece of goods
to match, and she wanted another yard
bf the same: * took ft and (fulled out
he very think on the shelves, hut there
was no mtfre of it left. 1 was iir a hit j
Of a flunk then; fen* *f l let *er go with
out miking a sale 1 wtmld lose my job.
so 1 <ez:
“*\Y*ite a bit: lidy, 1*11 sec* \vr *av<*
nny upstairs.' 1 went up: rfful s’ee n^
rin re was no more there either. I just
t-ut a yard otT her own sroodty and
brought the two pieces down, rolled
them up. took the money and she went
ri\v*\. I *ad plenty of customers after
that, but 1 didn't feel just comfortable, ;
don't you knohv:
•*The sam • afternoon she came back
and asked for the floorwalker.
*• •Ere/ sez she. ‘J Ifrought five yards
bf goods 'ere to match tins morning
and bought a >ard more, but when I
got home 1 found c^nly four yards* ?n my
own piece. Can vcAi expl'ine that,
please*/ i
*T'emmed an* ‘awed and tried to
measure the goods and hattempted to
‘ell the lidv tliat she must be mistaken
about 'er own piece, but she only
glared at me, and in a jiffy she was
hup to the floorwalker expl'ine the
condition of affairs. 'Er tone liin
dicated that she was mad, and l said
to meself, 4,Arry, you're a dead un/
“The floorwalker exiled me hout,
and I 'ad to tell' *iin all about it, *ow
the tirst party wanted a tram-car, the
next a 'at; and this one wanted more
goods when we ‘adn't any. I 'ad
to sell her some'ow , or lose my j*6b, so
l give 'er a bit from 'er own pie'c£.
The floorwalker looked so bloomin'
uiad for a bit tlurt 1 thought my time
was cofUe for sure, but then 'e started
to larf, and he larfed till I thought Vd
bust. Then ’e sez, °Arry,' sez 'e, T
guess we’ll ’ave to keep you, and raise
your wiges.* And 'e did."—Chicago
Wee ord-Her aid.
_■ JUL'Lr ^ ■ ■■■■ .* —
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
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temperature at 7 a* m..u* • - 30.
Temperature at 2 p.- m. 32.
Barometer at 2 p. m.- - • - .31.0
Day clear, high wind. / x /
fedltor (to office boy)—How do you
spell auricular?
Office Boy (promptly)—1 can’t spell
it at all.
Kditor (angrily)- What did you go to
school for?
Office Boy (sadly)— Becaus * I had to.|
"Thought you said that auto you sold
nte was a 20-horge power? ”
“So it is'.?'
"Well it isn't: the first hcrse I ran
over put it out of business.M
i
An assorted stock of shelf paper.
Seward News Company.
Hardwood chairs for $1 at Richards'. *
Seward Water & Power
Company
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JOHN. A NELSON, Manager
Office -Third dnd Washington streets
DR. Ci Ti DAGGETT
DENTIST
s. K. Cor. Fourth Ave. anti Washington St.
SKWARD - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Rrown & Hawkins' store
SKWARI) - - - ALASKA
CECIL H. CLEGG
I
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Fourth Avenue,’ : Seward, Aka.
C. H. GIBBONS; Mi D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office a^d Residence AAirstens Build
Fourth avenue.
Office* Hours—2 to 4 p. ra., and when
tver not otherwise engaged.
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H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PU3LIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title tb minim?find town
property furnished Kx'rtminhtJon and
report mid • on any property...
SEWARD - - ALASKA
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F. Ei YOUNGS
NOTARY PUBLIC
SEWARD - ALASKA
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A. G. BAKER
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
> COLEMAN HOUSE
SEWARD - ALASKA
I O O F
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
J. S; SLATER, President;
E. W. YOUNG, Secretary-Tress
Meets every third Sunday afternoon
in each' month.
\ m « jj .
We Don’t
Want the
EARTH
All we want is the Men’s
and Boys’ Clothing and
Shoe business of Seward.
We are hungry for it.
Please pass it this way,
we want to’enjoy it.
1
Han Schaffncr
(f Marx
Hand Tailored
tftMMtfBM AltfX
The One Price Up-To-Date Store
STOVES AND RANGES
HOT-BLAST HEATERS
-—-Wholesale and Retail
TiN. BRASS AND SHEET STEEL WORK
JOBBING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY
30-40 Winchester Repeating Riiles.-Axes* Saws
Glass and Putty. Granite and Tinware
| ■ I FOURTH AVENUE
j, l u &r SEWARD, ALASKA
COLEMAN HOUSE
H. N. COLEMAN, Proprietor
Electric Lights and Electric Bells in every room
Rates from 50e to $2.50 per day
Absolutely First-Class
E \( ’ ELL E N T (’ AFE IN CON XECTIOX
_ Fourth Avenue .... Seward, Alaska
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CHAS. A. TECKLEN3URG J. M- CUMMINGS
-ONLY THE BEST
ln©s, Liquors ^nd oi^srs
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Atfe. and Washington St. Seward, Alaska.
QRTHERN QALOON
E. L. WHITTEMORE, PROPRIETOR
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD, ALASKA