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Suits and Overcoats, from $20 up.
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$18.00 to $25.00
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Notice to Creditors.
In tlxe United States Commissioner's
Coprt, ex officio Judge in Probate,
. Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Dav
id H. Sleem. deceased; A. J. Wendler,
administrator.—Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of David H. Sleem, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six (6) months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, to the said administrator, at the
office of C. E. Bunnell, at Valdez,
Alaska. the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of
said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 24th
day of November, 1913.
A. J. WENDLER,
Administrator of the estate of David
H. Sleem.
Date of first pub. November 25, ‘13.
Date of last pub. December 26, ’13,
For 8ale.
Two bowling alleys complete, pins
and balls, also automatic pinsetter.
Will sell on terms If desired. Also
moving picture machine in first-class
condition. Enquire
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If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
MOLECULES ARE INVISIBLE.
Vat Their Tracks Through Space Can
Be Discerned.
It came to be evident about the mid
dle of the last century that, in order
to explain certain facts connected with
the relative weights of gases, matter
must not merely consist of atoms, but
that these atoms must have the power
of uniting in small groups. In form
ing a compound, indeed, this must be
so. For instance, carbonic acid gas
must consist of one atom of carbon,
which, along with two atoms of oxy
gen, forms a small group of three
atoms.
The novelty of the conception was
In the notion that oxygen itself, in the
state of gas. as it exists, for example,
in the air, consists of small groups of
atoms; in this cuse. two. To such small
groups of atoms was given the name
molecules. A molecule Is that portion
of a substance which enn exist in the
free state, as oxygen does In air. An
atom generally exists In combination,
but atoms may and sometimes do ex
ist separately, in which case they also
are termed molecules.
Now, can molecules be seen? Is their
existence a mere assumption? The an
swer to that question is. No, they can
not be seen, but artificial molecules
cun be made which correspond so
closely in their behavior to real mole
cules that the existence of real mole
cules is practically certain. Moreover,
although no one lias ever seen a mole
cule, still the track of a molecule mov
ing through space has been seen, and.
Just as Itobiuson Crusoe was right in
inferring the existence of man Friday
from his footstep Imprinted in the
sand, so the real existence of a mole
cule may Just ns certainly be inferred
from the track it leaves.—Sir William
Ramsay in Harper's.
COLD COMFORT.
— i
It Came After the Little Faker Had
Got His Punishment.
The east end small boy had sadly
misbehaved aud was locked in his
room. Pretty soon his mother heard
him calling.
"Muvver,” said the shrill voice. “I’m
goin' to bust the window and fall
out!"
The mother made no reply. Again
the shrill voice arose:
"Muvver, I’ve found some matches, j
an' I’m goin' to set tire to the cur
tains.”
The mother remained Indifferent j
Once more the voice hailed her:
“Muvver. don’t you smell sumiin' i
bnrnin’?" Even this drew no re- ;
spouse.
“If you don’t smell nothin’,” the
voice went on. "it's 'cause 1 pulled off
all tlT match heads an’ swallowed ’em. |
an' I'm goin’ to die. Do you hear that, j
muvver; I’m goin’ to die.”
By this time the mother was thor- !
oughly incensed, and. hastily preparing j
a cup of mustard and hot water, she ;
hurried upstairs.
“if you’ve swallowed match heads." .
she announced, “you’ll have to swal- j
low this to keep them company.” And ;
then she poured the nauseating stuff
down his throat.
A little later the aggravating young- i
ster. sadder, wiser and much humbled. :
I concluded to take the balance of his ;
j punishment In silence.
| ”1 didn’t really swallow the matches.
| muvver," lie contritely explained.
| ”1 knew you didn't, sonny.” replied
; the mother.—Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tips For Tennis Players. ]
One of the faults of the inexperl- j
eneed doubles player which is most
persistent is standing still. This is
one of those necessities In doubles that
are often overlooked. But no partner
can do Justice to bis team unless
he moves after every shot to the cen
ter of the angle of the return. In other
words, both men must constantly
change their positions, moving back j
and forth toward one side or the other,
according to where they have sent the
ball. If the net man has volleyed deep
into the right hand corner both play
ers move across to the right. The
right hand player thereby protects the
shot down his own side line, and the
ieft hand plnyet protects the cross
court shot down the central diagonal of
| the court—Outing.
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Lubricant For Aluminium.
Many machinists, especially those
employed in the motor engineering in
dustry. are frequently called upon to
work in aluminium. To satisfactorily
do tills work various lubricants have
been tried, which, however, owing to
their volatility, are of little use. A
suitable lubricant is tallow or cob- |
bier's.wax. This latter does not" dis
solve quickly and consequently does :
not flow as freely as the volatile oils.— !
American Machinist.
Going On.
A terrible noise of thumping and
stamping came from Bob's room early
one morning.
“Bobby. Bobby." called bis mother
from downstairs, "what la going on
up there?”
“My shoes,” replied Bob.
Lovo'a Paradox.
“Love results in many paradoxical
situations.” remarked the profeasor.
. "What is oner
"To keep the love of another one
must return it"—Buffalo Express.
Alika; but DifferenL
Mrs. Nubrlde—My dear Jack la so
handsome; he reeembles a Greek god.
Mrs. Longwedd—80 does my husband
—Bacchus.—Boston Transcript
Be scolds beat that can bort the
least—Danish Proverb.
PALPITATION OF THE HEART.
It I* Usually Caused by Nervous or
Digestive Troubles.
Palpitation is rarely If ever due to
any disease or weakness of the heart,
it is almost invariably the result of
nervous or digestive trouble. The beat
of tlie heart arises within itself. There ,
are nerves in the muscles of the heart, j
and they regulate its beating, although
the speed or r'nte of the beating is not
of their choosing. If they were not
held in check they would set a rate
about double that which is actually
maintained.
The heart is supplied from the brain
with two pairs of regulating nerves.
One pair, the cardio motor nerves, act
only to spur up the heart to quicker
action. They are usually inactive,
waiting the occasion for applying the
spur. The other pair, the cardio in
hibitory nerves, are always in action.
It lias been said that the heart runs in
a pair of tightly held reins, and the
simile is true, for these nerves check
the speed.
Fear, worry, disorder of the stomach
or nervous system causes these cardio
Inhibitory nerves to relax; then the
heart begins to race. There is noth
ing the matter with the heart itself,
and no one need be alarmed about that
organ just because it beats too rapidly
Its palpitation is due to a psycholog
ical or 0 physical cause, something
that has caused the relaxation of the
reins and allowed the cardio motor
nerves to apply the spur.—New York
World.
CHATTY WELSHMEN.
Most Talkative, It Is Said, of All the
British Islanders.
Is the Welshman the most garrulous !
man In the British isles? The result j
of an Impartial test hy a London news- j
paper has shown that for actual talka- i
tiveness the typical Welshman heads ;
the list; next in order come Irishmen. !
then Scots, and last of all the English i
man.
Unobtrusively made In a number of !
well known Loudon restaurants, clubs j
and public places, the tests invariably :
gave the same results. By means of i
a test watch the following table was j
compiled:
Welshmen—Very talkative, animated
in manner and speaking at an average
rate of 200 words a minute.
Irishmen—Also very talkative, but
less animated iu manner; average rate
of speech, 100 wordrf
Scotchmen—Ear less talkative ami
| deliberate iu manner; spoke at an av
! erage rate of 120 words.
Englishmen—Almost silent, rarely
the first to speak; dogmatic and delib
erate in manner, speaking 100 to 120
words a minute.
j The comparative silence of the men. j
! in striking contrast to the vivacious |
| chatter of the women folk, was as i
i usual noticeable. A curious detail was !
| that dark men were always the bigger
i talkers.
Labadists of Holland.
! There is a sect in Holland known ns j
the Labadists. among whose members j
I the use of mirrors is strictly prohibit
ed. Their founder. Jean de Labadie. i
! a seventeenth century Calvinist min |
: ister. attracted many followers, but aft j
: er his death they dwindled down, and j
now they are found only in a few '
remote villages of Friesland. Travel I
ing in Holland in 1S03, Lecky lit upon j
a colony of Labadists. "Intermarry- '
ing mainly among themselves.” he j
writes, "they have quite a distinct type j
; —a singularly beautiful one. with their 1
| delicate lips and a curious air of re j
tiuemeut- They are fishermen—very i
prosperous—and their houses, with i
their china and silver ornaments and I
prints of the house of Orange and I
great Bibles with silver clasps and j
perfectly preternatural neatness, are i
very Interesting to see.” — London j
Chronicle.
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Tale of a Lost Will.
A lost will found iu 11 ceiling at
Clmtsworth reminds us of the curious
ease of Lord Hailes' will. He was a
Scotch judge, and when he died in
1792. as no testamentary paper could be
discovered, the heir-at-law was about
to take possession of the estates to the
exclusion of bis daughter and only
i child. She sent some of her servants
to lock up the family mansion, which
she had to give up. and from some
window shutters there dropped out
upon tlie floor from behind a panel the
missing will, which secured her all the
family (‘states and property. Why do
people take the trouble to make, sign
wills properly attested aud then con
ceal them? Can they enjoy a posthu
mous joke?—London Spectator.
Tidy to the Laat.
I, In "Glimpses of the Past" Miss Ellas
| abetb Wordsworth tells this story:
One stormy day a Ashing smack was
, wrecked and fast sirring. When the
skipper came on deck be found the
mate busy swabblug.
*. "What’s the use of that. Jack? Don’t
you see she’s sinking?”
"Yes. master. 1 know it; but for alt
that I’d like the old gal to go down
clean and tidy.”
Tha Manifestation.
"Papa,” said the young girl sweetly.
“I fee) ’ it In toy bones that you are
going to buy me a new hat”
“Ah; do your chuckled papa. “In
which bone So you feat itr
"Well. I'm not aure. but I think It’s
in my wishbone.”
In a Way.
“Are you acquainted with lira. Hilly,
your fashionable neighbor 1**
"Only in a roundabout way. Her cat
beendt at my house."—Kansas City
Journal
BABY MIDSHIPMEN.
In the Old Daya When Children Were
Sent to War.
Among other improvements in tho
art of war as attained by the world In
these later days is the abolition of tho
practice of sending children to sea, as
was the case when the midshipmen of
the old "oak walls" of England often
were boys of less than fourteen years.
The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava in
telling about the siege of Bomarsund.
In the Crimean war, which he witness
ed from the frigate Penelope, related
this story of one of these little fellows.
"What pleased me most during tho
whole business," he says, "was tho
gallant behavior of a little midship
man, a mere child, thirteen or fourteen
years of age. About the time when tho
lire became pretty hot I happened to
come across him, and, as he seemed to
be as much out of a job as myself, l
touched my cap and took the liberty of
observing that it was a fine day. to
which he politely replied that it was.
“Encouraged by his urbanity, X ven
tured to ask him how long he had been
at sea. to which he answered, ‘1 have
only left my mamma six weeks, but 1
ain't going to cry on her majesty's
quarterdeck.' a remark which 1 think
as worth recording as many a one made
by more illustrious heroes. Soon after
this, however, a man was killed close
to him, and the little fellow fainted
and was taken below."
OUR USELESS BUFFALOES.
They Have Passed Away Because They
Were Economically Unfit.
As a typical species of American
fauna the buffalo had his place in our
history, but take him by and large he
was a rather useless beast, with no
adaptability lor civilization. He served
his purpose on the plains when men
led a nomadic life there and existed on
his rilie. But us soon as the range
land, over which the buffalo "roamed
in countless thousands." became lit for
settlement the buffalo was decidedly
de trop.
Very little of him was lit to eat. He
was worth a bullet when there was no
other meat to be had, but a people ac
customed to modern steaks and roasts
would find him not overappetizing
once tlie novelty wore off. In a word,
the buffalo was economically unfit, and
he went the way of the unfit
Had lie been conserved he might now
be affording opportunity for big game
hunters to enjoy themselves in moder
ation. They are really the only per
sons who have suffered by his disap
pearance. To preserve the buffalo as
a specimen in our zoos is proper. He
is a curiosity and has a historical
value. But entirely too many tears
have been shed over his destruction.
One steer was and still is worth a
dozen bison.—Seattle I’ost-lntelligencer.
Japanese “Movies."
Even the remotest towns in Japan
have their moving picture shows, anil
in large cities they seem to he nearly
as plentiful as on this side of the Pa
cific in Yokohama there is a whole
street of them. and. as the program of
each is endless and each picture is an
nounced in huge symbols on a separate
variegated banner Hying from a tall
bamboo pole, the aspect of Theater
street is startlingly unique. The pic
tures illustrating tlie sensational points
of the programs above the entrances
and at their sides have a certain
quaintuess about them, which is ac
centuated by tlie fact that they are all
originals, not mere stereotyped adver
tisements printed in raw colors. The
“Betas" or wooden sandals of the spec
tators are deposited on a rack before
the entrance to a moving picture show,
for where other people take off their
hats the Japanese leave their shoes.—
Popular Mechanics.
Basketball.
Basketball was tbe invention of one
man and was completed at a single
sitting. In 1S.91.ln tbe course of a lec
ture at the Young Men’s Christian as
sociation In Plainfield. Mass., the lec
turer spoke of the mental processes of
invention and used a game, with its
limitations and necessities, as an Illus
tration. James Naisinitb. who was a
member of the class, worked out bas
ketball that same night as an Ideal
game to meet the case It was pre
sented the next day in tbe lecture room
and put in practice with the aid of
tlie members of the gymnasium. From
there it spread to other branches of the
Young Men’s Christian association and
subsequently to athletic clubs and tlie
general public.—New York Press
An Optimist’s Epitaph.
The Carlsbad Invalid has ordinarily
a surprisingly robust appearance. Ho
looks strong Scoffers say be bas to
be to live through the rigors of the
cure. There is an apocryphal legend
of an epitaph in a Carlsbad church
yard:
I was well.
I hoped to be better.
Here 1 amt
—Harper’s.
Important to Him.
An old lady was telling her grand
children about some trouble in Scot
land in the course of which the chief
Of her clan was beheaded. “It was
nae great thing or a head, to bo mure."
said the .’noil old lady, “but it was n
sad loss iu niin.”
Spanish Peasants.
Id Spain the peasant works all day
and dances half the night, yet rarely
Is hi* food varied from black bread,
anion and watermelon.
Things that never could have made n
assn happy tevelop a power to make
Ha stroag.—Phillips Brooke.