Palestine’s Water Bottles.
Of all the queer sights to he seen in
the ancient city of Hebron. Palestine,
none is more interesting than the "wa
ter makers' market.” where the goat
skin water bottles are made and sold
by the thousand yearly. Lying upon
the ground in rows may be seen be
tween two hundred and three hundred
goatskins awaiting purchasers. Each
skin is inflated, either with water or
air. so that the buyer may know it is
perfectly water tight. The majority
of the skins used come from Arabia,
while a large uumber are received
from the Lebanous. They are brought
to Hebron by the camel caravans and
are purchased by% the tanneries and
turned into bottles. They pass through
many processes, and a tanuer will
spend a week upon a single skin before
it is rendered water tight and service
able. From Hebron these odd bot
tles are sent to all parts of the east,
thousands going down into Egypt and
the Sudan every year.—Argonaut
Perfectly Tame.
“That naan has a wonderfully well
trained memory.**
“Yes He can make it remember any
thing he chooses Washington Star.
Fish and Tobacco.
A peculiar aroma is given to the to
bacco raised in the FMataua region.
Turkey, by the use as a fertilizer of a
small fish called hamsl
Commerce Cafe, open day and
night. Short orders at all hours.
E. Levin, Prop.
Meet me at the Branch. *
Dog harness at J. L. Graef’s.
DR. CHARLES T. DAGGETT
Bridge Work and Porcelain Specialist
Satisfaction Guaranteed in All Branches of
Up'to-Date Dentistry.
Catgett Bloch Telephone Seward. Alaska
J. LINDLEY GREEN
LAWYER
Over Bank of Seward Seward, Alaska
PIONEER
HOSPITAL
OF SEWARD
Dr. J. H. Romig, - Director
Rates, $3.50 per Day
Monthly Hospital Tickets
$1.50 Each
Mining Contracts Solicited
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PETER ANDERSON
PAINTING
AND
PAPERHANGING
Save the Pull Save the Haul
Save Your Dogs Save Your Money
You can get all you need
in the way of Supplies at
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KNIK, ALASKA
PACIFIC ALASKA
NAVIGATION COMPANY
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO._ ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOU N D-AL ASK A ROUTE
Steamers leave Seattle every ten days each month on the
5th, 15th, 25th,
via the INSIDE PASSAGE, for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez, Latouche, Seward,
Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak Island._
PUGET SOUND-GALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle to San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Points._
Admirals Sampson and Evan*, leaving Seattle the 5th and 17th. raspeettyely^e not
'go beyond Seward. Admiral Sampson, leaving Sea,tic ,he 2Sth, goes ,o ..odiak.
Right reserved to change steamers and sailing dates without notice,
B. F. WATSON, General Agent. WAYNE BLUE. Local Agent
Keep right on dancing
as long as you like
The Victor-Victrola doesn’t care. It allows
everybody to dance while it plays two-steps,
waltzes, schottishes, polkas, anything you want—
yes, even the Turkey Trot— and keeps it up as
long as you want to dance.
While you’re resting between the dances, the
Victor-Victrola will entertain you, too, with an
endless variety of music and fun.
$40 for the Victor-Victrola VIII shown above.
Other styles $15 to $200. Victors $10 to $100.
Easy terms if desired.
What did we tell you? Well, you can just
dance the “Seward Railway” Saturday night.
The House will pass the Railroadl Bill not later
than Saturday, February 14., It's the Valen
tine we all have been so eagerly waiting for.
So “Dance.” But keep your brain clear for
the Big Rush within the next sixty days.
Seward Commercial Co.
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Accommodations as Good as Can Be Had in Alaska.
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STAR
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» SAFETY SERVICE SPEED
Sailings every Ten Days for Valdez, Cordova, Skagway, Juneau,
Ketckikan and Seattle
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek, Treadwell,
Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, V aldez and Latouche. Explosives, S.
S. Seward. Sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Sew
ard, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th.
®”Right reserved to change this schedule without notice*^®
F. B. TRACY, General Agent O'. B. GUPTILL, Agent