F DEFENSE OFTHE ONION.
WHbawt the MolfMiH Hlk, Ttrrl
WmM SMiroitaK Art.
■Ml This Writer.
Tha caka la one of those strenuous
ttfetsblti about which one cannot be
indifferent. One either yearn* for it
trtth a passionate longing or el*e ut
terly repudiates it and everybody who
baa any trafficking with it.
If oaa never had to taka one’s on
lona at second hand it would not be so
had. If the law would only set apart
k #®* • week for the consumption of
f oniona and forbid It, under penalty of
ffne and imprisonment—preferably im
prisonment—st sll other times it
would be a boon to the world. Ti e
onion hater would at least know when
to take to the woods and how long
«tay thers, says ths Providence Jour
nal.
As for banishing the onion from t' e
kitchen, that would be a crime. T1 ei e
“■r* been poets who sung its prui-t*.
but perhaps some of the prose rhap*n
“**• *r* jn*t as eloquent. For ,.i
stanre. If you want to crush yi hi
neighbor who regards your dish of
onions with a supercilious eye just a*k
him if be knows that the onion is called
"the rose among the roots.”
Ask him if he knows that "without
it there would be no gastronomic art;”
that “its pretence lends color and en
chantment to the modest dish, its ab
sence reduces the rarest dainty to
hopeleaa insipidity and tha diner to de
spair.”
It is quite possible that your haughty
neighbor may decline to follow this
hint and may show signs of not being
plunged into despair pending the ad
dition of onions to his own menu. The
antionioniat it a stiff-necked party.
HAS COMPANION WHO SEES.
Bllnff Wonsan la Raw York Sat I sites
Baa Taate far Kasaleias of
Wkat la Safa* On.
The person who ia blind loses much
of the beau i iful in Ufe through the
affliction. There ia one womnn. how
ever, wnose home ia in New York
city, and who. having means, find* r,
^ way to satisfy her taate for a kn
I edge of all that is going on. T’ is
” accomplishes with the help . f
pauion of the same sex. bo
vi.nnger (the woman is I, -
years old), who takes her ’ ■
to plie e explaining ever; I
■lie New York Mail siui I -■
Thu«, an afternoon rr
ilhit'on re nits in both
i' ■ • • xeelleut idea f
n vases. The
i t'w -inns new hnili'
ii' • length: the h i '
• In -i ► of late bon‘
'•(■* r, ‘ mind of the niliit
with -ii circumstance.
Even il.e new operatic and dm ..a
ic events ara attended with gient
regularity, and the costumes, forms
and face* of the performers are de
•crlbert In the fullest detail; the
"’’d the properties are tho
rnmment. and tve neonie
"<ll-noe furnish material for
'brprslnn between the aeta.
Tr tc-vel'tig the companion la the
'hfni painter of pieturea for
e sicMIes* eyes of her employer,
ud every feature that goes to give
’ at variety which seems a necessary
pice to bring is brought out with
the utmost particularity.
GRAVES AND SUPERSTITION.
•*•#»!• In Illinois Whs Pear t* Lei
On* Hama In Open Over
Risks.
The superstitions surrounding tha
burial are many, and one of these
prevails in Illinois and the west to
a marked degree. It is practically
impossible in the smaller towns to
induce anyone to permit a grave to
* dug the night before the funeral,
n.e grave under no circumstances
must be allowed to stand open over
night, says the Chicago Tribune.
In the small cemeteries the grava
digging is often done by friends o|
the family of tha deceased, and to
ask them to dig the grave the night
before the burial would be looked
upon as nothing short of a personal
offense. It would mean sure death
for the digger within the year, and
it would mean that the dead would
not rest in the grave so dug contrary
to all tradition.
Among manv the idea prevails that
It means hnd luck to the family of
the dead person nnd would be no less
an offense than to leave the dead
bodv exposed in the same way all tha
night.
Lltersrv >nMneet»lltr.
An evehnnee "-ires the followinga]>
r.pi.,™ fsnt« or 'Itsrary immortality:
“d '* 'f l r‘ ' obllahed liooks. MO
. ■ r m»v tb » of printing. 200 just
’•sc ruensi s ’ -eturn a slieht profit,
• u-er stl" «h" w a substantial gain.
’ ’* number of hooks, 650 are for
°u at the end of a year, 150 more
b» end of three years, and only 50
-e for seven vears. Man has been
w-iting books for the last 3,000 years,
still there are scarcely 500 writers who
have stood the test of time, and of thia
500 there are not more than 50 who are
known to a mass of people of ordinary
intelligence in one country."
Vntioa In Germany.
In the restaurants of Germany veni
son is as cheap and as abundant as
href. Great nains are taken to preserve
'i ‘mnrove the deer. It has been
’vuntnreons to cross them
- iberian animals, and the demand
r these consequently far exceeds the
supply.
City In n Mine.
One of the Peruvian qulcksllve.
minis is 480 feet deep. In this abyss
are streets, squares, and a chapel where
religious worship is held.
MARITIME SHEEP RANCHES. *
■ulnr islands 0« Ik* C*aa4 •( Bala*
IkM An r«4 fa* This
Part#...
When an island off the Maine eotwt
la good for nothing else it is turned
into a maritime sheep ranch, and much
money is made in that way, men from
other states having invested large
sums in the purchase of islands and
stock. The sheep are turned loose,
and left to get a living as best they
can. The islands appear barren, but
the sheep get along very well, and are
invariably fat when their owners come
with boats to take them off for slaugh
ter in the fall. On some of the islands
there is no water whatever/ but the
sheep get what moisture they need
from the heavy dews, and where grass
is scrubby and scarce the animals cul
tivate a fondness for various kinds of
seaweeds, which diet is said to give an
excellent flavor to the mutton.
A few years ago much complaint was
made by well meaning but poorly in
formed persons of the supposed cruelty
of leaving sheep to take care of them
selves, without shelter, on these bar
ren, windswept isles, but it has been
demonstrated that the sheep suffer no
hardship whatever, or they would not
thrive as they do. It is related by
one man who had several hundreda of
sheep on Metinic island that he built,
at considerable expenae, a warm shel
ter for them, because his wife was con
stantly expressing the feflr that 4he
poor sheep would freexe to death on
cold nights. The kindly sheep breeder
found that not a single one of the ani
mals had taken advantage of the shel
ter provided, in one of the coldest
winters that ever blew on the coast
of Maine. Sheep will huddle together
where they like, and eannot be induced
to go into the sheds built for the^m on
several of the islands
In the fall the island ranchers go
off in dories snd bring some of the fat
test of the sheep ashore to market,
tying their legs together and tossing
them into the boats like so many bun
dles, and at the same time new stock
is carried to the islands In the spring
a trip is made to get lambs, snd the
stock is again replenished. The ex
pense of sheep raising on the islands
is small, and the profits arc corres
pondingly large.
RABBIT-RIDDEN CALIFORNIA.
hrtlr Dae te the Be*eat Craae fer
Belgian Bases ail the Ceaae
tseml Over-ImpoiSatlea,
It is reported that the Importation of
Belgian hares in such vast numbers
threatens California with the same
danger which menaced Australia.
They are overrunning the whole coun
try to such 'an alarming extent that a
bounty has been offered in some coun
ties for their skins.
This is due partly, says the New
York Herald, to over-importation and
partly to their great fecundity—which,
by the way, reminds one of the small
boy, who, frowning over hia school
task, “wished he was a Belgian hare,
'cause he’ heard they multiplied rapid
ly." I
At any rate, they have multiplied too
rapidly for the peace of mind of the
California racher whose crops suffer
from the constant depredations of tha
mischievous animals. '<
A way nutf of the difficulty might bd
suggested in a recent statistical report
to the effect that millions of rabbita
are slaughtered every year in the Brit
ish islands and Australia for their fur,
which is used In making felt hats.
Tremendous numbers of these skins
are sent yearly to hat manufacturers
in the United States, after first being
sent to continental Europe to be
plucked of the long hairs which are
useless In felt making. This is done
by cheap hnnd labor, competent ma
chinery to perform that work remain
ing still in the limbo of the uninvented.
When the skins finally arrive here
they are shaved of their close fur,
which then goes to the felter. It sure
ly seems as if there must be some
economic method of bridging this gulf
between so obvious an oversupply and
an equally great demand for the home
product rabbit skins.
Haw she Barth Changes,
How does one generation of men
succeed another? The fathers are
not swept away in a body to make
room for the children, but one by
one the old drop off and the young
come on, till a day is reached when
none of those remain that once were
here, says Harper's Magazine. How
does some form of human speech be
come extinct? About a hundred years
ago an old lady named Dolly Den
treath died in Cornwall. She could
speak the Cornish language; after
her death there was nobody that
could. Thus quietly did the living
Cornish language become a dead lan
guage; and in a like unobstrusive
manner have been wrought most of
the new becomings which have
changed and are changing the earth.
Harders laerraalag.
The number of brutal murders that
have occurred in the neighborhood of
New York city in the last year is ap
palling. According to a statement is
sued at the coroner's office in the
borough of Manhattan, the number
investigated by that office from Jan
uary to October, 1901, was 52; for the
same period of the present tyar the
number was SO. From July 1 to Oc
tober 1 the number this year was 40
as against 21 for the same time last
year.
Callferala’a Oaleaa.
California ranks sixth as an onion
producing state, according to the
census reports, having 2,207 acres
that yield 314,859 bushels, worth
$296,671. New York takes first place,
with an acreage of 6,033, producing
2,177,271 bushels.
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%C. Brownell,
diMT, Oli. 222 QLrtM
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Dr. 1.5. (amkia.
Dentist zni Optician.
A Full Line of Spectacles on Hand. Clocks
and Watches Repaired on
Short Xotice.
McKini.ky St. Valdes.
C. K. HAMMOND,
Forwarder.
Interior Transportation a Specialty.
Feed and Sale Stables. Storage Warehouse.
McKinley Street, Valdez, Alaska.
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
All work will receive prompt attention. High class
blacksmithing made a special feature. (Jive us a call.
oh. Keystone and McKinley. Value*
FORCED TO SELL OUT.
The following will give you an
idea of the BIO BAROAIXS so
you will have to hurry if you
want to get your ohoie«—we want
to close up as soon as |iossihlc:
Men’s Fine Silk Mixed
Worsrtod Suits, fotmerly
♦2ft A ♦20, Selling Out
Price, .. ... $13-00
Men’s Worsted Cashmere
and Cheviot Suits, form
erly ♦20—#22; Selling Out
Price,. . $13.00
Men’s All-Wool Suits, form
erly, $18 ami $18, Selling
Out Price,. $ii.co
Boys’ All-Wool Suits, from
14 to 18 years of ago,
former price, $12 and $15,
now Selling Out at $7-50 te f 9.00
28ft pairs of Pants, in
Worsteds, Cheviots, and
Cashmeres, former price,
♦7.ft0, $6, $ft and $4,
Selling Out Prices,..
$4-75. $3-75 * $3*50
2ft0 Linen Collars, former
price, 2ft cents, now Sell
ing at __ a for as e.
Linen Cuffs, . as c.
All our Fine Dress Shirts,
in Silk and Colored fronts
Reduced from ♦l.ftO to 90 o.
All Shirts formerly $1.(10,
Selling Out Price,. 63 c.
Being that railroad building in Valdez is almost settled, we are very sorry to announce
our departure. The Lion Clothing Co. have been advised from headquarters to come
back to Seattle, therefore we must sacrifice the entire stock, amounting to 55,000; consist
ing of Men’s & Boys’ Suits, Men’s extra Pants, Woolen & Cotton Underwear and Over
Shirts, Fine Neckwear, Linen Collars & Cuffs, Socks, Gloves, Blankets, Overalls, Hats &
Caps, Suspenders, and a large assortment of Shoes & Rubber Footwear.
We have been instructed not to ship a dollar’s worth of goods back to Seattle, so
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here it lays with you. If you contemplate buying later, it will pay you to lay in now
for the rainy days as well. You are aware of the fact that it costs quite a bit to bring
a stock to Valdez, and in order that we may save other expenses, we have determined to
sacrifice the entire stock, and we guarantee you a saving of from 40 to 50 per cent, on
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everything.
Thanking you for past favors, a
We remain respectfully yours,
THK LION CLOTHING CO.
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Bale Begins Saturday Morning, Mau 9th.
A large assortment in Gents half
Hose,Wool A Cotton, in plain and
fancy colors and patterns Below
Cost Price.
A large assortment of Neckwear,
Gloves, Jewelry, Notions, and Fan
cy Toilet Soap at a Big Reduction.
Don’t Forget if you want a good
pair of Shoes for dress or to mush
in, now is the time to buy. Also
Rubber Slmes A Rubber Blankets.
You can save enough on every pair
to pay a day or two expenses.
If you contemplate buying a
SPRING HAT we have them in
12 Different Styles. Stetson’s in
Soft and Stiff designs. All Stetson
former lo Hats,now selling at $3*35
All $4 Hats now Selling at $3.50
All $3.o0 Hats now Selling at $3.oo
All #2.iW) Hats now Selling at $1*50
lajvi Strauss Overalls now
Selling at .. 60 c.
All Underwear in heavy A
light Wool at 65 c. on the dollar.
DON’T DKLAY
As you know such Chances don’t
hap|>cn every day in Valdez.
WE MKAN BUSIN F.$S.
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One 8-foot Show Case. 2 Tables,
and Shelving for sale CHKAP.
THE LION CLOTHING STORE.