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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1913.
AMERICA’S DEMAND FOR DIA
MONDS.
While Americans generally are
complaining of the high cost of liv
ing and protesting against burdens of
various kinds, real and imaginary, the
records show that they are going right
along buying the lion’s share of the
world’s supply of diamonds. It is es
timated that the imports of diamonds
for the calendar year 1913 will total
nearly $60,000,000, as compared with
$11,000,000 in 1893 and $28,000,000 in
1903.
The latest official figures show for
the nine months ended with Septem
ber, importations of $11,500,000 worth
of uncut diamonds, against $7,500,000
in the corresponding months of last
year; of diamonds cut but not set,
$23,500,000 against $18,000,000 in the
corresponding period of last year; of
all precious stones, $43,333,000, against
$32,250,000 in the corresponding
months of last year. These figures
justify the estimate of approx'mately
$57,000,000 as the value of the im
portations of this class of arUcles in
the year which ends with next month,
against $42,500,000 in 1912 and $44,—
500,000 in the former high-record
year, 1906, and making it perfectly
apparent that the record of 1913 will
far exceed that of any earlier year.
The people of the United States are
the world’s largest importers of dia
monds for permanent ownership, and
they, according to a statement by
George F. Kunz, in the Encyclopedia
Americana, own practically half the
diamonds of the world. The state
ment in question, published in 1903,
estimated the value of all diamonds
known to exist in the world at that
time at $1,000,000,000, and added that
about $500,000,000 worth were then
owned in the United States, and that
therefore it may be safely said that
one-half of all the diamonds known
are owned in the United States. The
importations of diamonds into the Un
ited States subsequent to that date
amount to over $300,000,000, making
the total stock of diamonds in the
United States at the present time ap
proximately three quarters of a bil
lion dollars, and, as "Fingy” Con
nors once declared, “them as has ’em
wears ’em.”—Ex.
THE AVERAGE OF HUMAN LIFE.
Four hundred years ago ihe aver
age length of human life was between
eighteen and twenty years. One hun
dred years ago the average human life
was less than thirty years. The av
erage human life today reaches near
ly forty years. This shows what med
ical science has done for human life.
—The American Practitioner.
Here is a conclusive answer to the
critics who denounce as cranks and
faddists those who have led the cru
sades for sanitation and hygiene, for
better housing conditions, for the
proper ventilation and heating of
school rooms, for the abolishing of
common drinking cups and for all
the movements looking to the protec
tion of the health of the individual,
even when the individual is indiffer
ent or hostile to the changes.
Medical science in these modern
days is doing more than to concern
itself in Ihe relief of mere bodily
aches and pains
If medical science and sanitation,
quarantine and vaccination with their
limitation of epidemics; if the hun
dred and one precautions and reme
dies with which we sometimes grow
so impatient have almost doubled the
average of human life, they are all
more, than worth while. The doctors
can put this record beside anything
ever accomplished by any class or
system in' the whole history of the
human race.
The New England maple sugar crop
is reported a failure this year, but
there is an impression that maple sap
does not figure materially in the
manufacture of maple sugar and ma
ple syrup any more!
According to Mrs. Pankburst, the
expenses of the militant campaign in
England amount to $150,000 a year.
Prom which it appears that it costs
more not to get votes for women than
to get them.
Mrs. Belmont explains that the
"Spugs” are not opposed to giving but
to useless giving at Christmas. There
can be no useless g'vlng, if given in j
the proper Christmas spirit.
A French engineer rises to an
nounce that the Panama canal is too
small. And yet it proved too big for
the French company which tackled
the job and gave it up.
They have found in California that
the tango has a quieting effect on
the insane. It should be adopted as
an essential part of California’s po
j litical system.
| Non-skidding shoes are the latest
; things in fashionable footwear. The
; football player can now go direct from
i the gridiron to the ballroom.
"Uneasy lies the head that wears
a crown.” King George is reported
to be the worst henpecked husband
in all Europe.
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The servant who breaks a few dish
es may st'l lretain her job but her
case is hopeless if she is caught
breaking eggs.
Boss Murphy says that Tammany is
not dead. Tammany then, should read
its obituary notices and profit by
them.
Possibly Huerta figures that if he
keeps his congressmen !n prison he
won’t have to pay them mileage.
“Don’t worry,” says Hetty Green.
We wouldn’t, in her place.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
S. Blum & Co. are showing the
largest line of Xmax goods in town.
James Fish, the mail contractor, left
this morning over the government
road for his ranch at Gokona. He
plans on spending several weeks in
the interior.
Everything for the ladies and the
babies at E. Winter’s store.
A general court martial was held
at Fort Liscum yesterday. The de
cision was not announced; that means
the defendant was convicted of some
thing or other.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
Blum’s are showing a large line ui |
cut glass for Xmas.
Ilev. Price and Prof. Davis made
a trip out the government road yes
terday and brought in a fine Christ
mas tree for the use of the Congre
gational church.
Hubby, don’t forget to buy me one
of the pretty Parisian Ivory Toilet
Sets at the Valdez Drug Co.—Wifey.
Nothing more appropriate than a |
box of Lowney’s dainty candies as a i
Christmas gift. Valdez Drug Store. ;
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A fine assortment of Christmas j
novelties at E. Winter’s.
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Mrs. Rose Johnson and son, Char
ley, made a trip to the glacier this
morning with a dog team to deliver a
load of freight on the mining prop
erty which Mrs. Johnson is opening.
Reverend Price wishes to announce j
that all those who desire to have ,
gifts hung upon the Christmas tree
at the church should have them !
brought to the Congregational church
prior to the services.
Buy one of the nifty combination ,
purse and card cases at the Val
dez Drug Store.
Keel Mold for Cup Defender Ready.
BRISTOL, R. I.—The keel mold for
the cup defender sloop ordered of
Herreshoff by the Morgan-Vanderbilt
syndicate to race against Shamrock
IV. for the America’s cup was finish
ed today at Herreshoff’s after month’s
work and then set in the boat shop
for pouring hot lead to form the boat’s
keel. It then became known that
Robert W. Emmons, 2d, the manager,
will have a centerboard yacht to han
dle, for full provision was made for
a centerboard space In the mold- The
;ast centerboard cup yacht designed
here was the Vigilant, of two de
cades ago. The centerboard of the
new sloop will have only a drop of
eight feet. The craft is of the keel
variety, but a small centerboard is
expected to hold her well up to weath
er with sheets close hauled. Sand
and beams have been braced about
the mold to prevent the sides spread
ing when the hot lead is poured. The
keel plate was cast in bronze at
Herreshoff's in two pieces and shows
the centerboard feature.
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FAMOUS FLOWER GARDENS.
Why Rot**' of th« Rhone Valley Are
Known AH Over the World.
The famous rose gardens of Lynns.
France, owe their exccellence largely
to a light soil, an abundance of sun
shine and the proper amount of mois
ture. From time immemorial local
rosarians have taken advantage of the
favoring conditions until skill and in
terest in the Industry have mude the
roses of the Rhone valley known
throughout the narks and gardens of
the world.
The ground where the roses are
chiefly cultivated is on the outskirts of
the city. It Is flat, devoid of shade
trees and protected only by high walls
at the confines of the property. The
rose plants nre set out for commercial
purposes In straight rows, sometimes
a hundred feet long, the smaller nlants
six Inches apart, with about ten Inches
between rows, while the larger grafted
or budded varieties are inserted ten to
twelve inches apart, with eighteen
inches between rows.
Nearly all of the plants nre out of
doors. The greenhouses for a rose
garden of fifteen acres do not number
more than two. averaging thirty feet
In length. It Is only In exceptional
winters that the plants have to be cov
ered. Sometimes the tops of the older
plants are rather loosely bound In
straw. In every large commercial rose
garden of Lyons hundreds of eglantine
rose nlants are kept to a single stalk
for grafting. These are usually gath
ered by peasants In the woods or on
uncultivated land and sold to the rose
growers.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
VALUE OF VISIONS.
Dreams of the Thinkers Are What
Lead the Way to Progress.
There Is n certain little Scripture
that Is not noticed much. It is this.
"Where there is uo vision the people
perish.” That would be true even if It
were not in tbe Bible. It is true of an
iudividual as well as a people. There
must bo a hope, an aim. an upward
look, a realization of better things
ahead to awaken aspiration ami quick
en endeavor. So many people don't
have this. They live from hand to
mouth and never look out from where
they are standing. That’s the animals’
way. They don’t dream. They have
no visions.
There are communities sometimes
that have no inspiring outlook. Thej
settle down to amusements, prisons,
politics, sports and the passing show,
but never unfold tbe future and see in
it the nobler life. They have nothing
to live for but today. There is no in
spiration in tomorrow. They buy and
sell and talk and laugh and eat and
drink and go to bed, and tomorrow is
the same. There is no vision, no high
mark to press forward to. no heavenly
vision, ns St Paul expresses It.
Now. there Is something in a vision,
or the Bible would no* say the lack of
It would destroy a people. This lack
coustitut.es the dry rot we hear of—no
Incentive, no life, no hope. And when
an individual gets that way and sees
no visions lie is a dead duck.—Ohio
State Journal.
Old Roman Bathers.
it was not left to modern doctors to
associate the decline of the Roman em
pire with luxurious warm bathing
Roman writers are full of moralizing
on the subject. Seneca, glancing back
at the good old times, recalled that tbe
old Romans, though they washed their
arms and legs daily, bathed their whole
bodies onee a week. Even when Scipio
introduced a warm bath into his villa
the bathroom was "small and dark,
after the manner of the ancients.”
with no pretensions to luxury, and the
earlier public batbs were so simple
that tbe aedile merely tested the tem
perature with his hand. Things had
moved on terribly by Seneca’s time,
and later came such emperors as Com
modus, who bathed seven or eight
times a day and took bis meals in the
bath.—London Graphic.
Gratitude.
“I helped an intoxicated man out of
the cutter several weeks ago and put
him aboard a car.”
"Yes?"
"The other day he wrote to the po
lice asking them to find my address."
"Ah. l see He wants to force $10.
<M)0 on you.”
"No. He says he thinks i must have
piucbed his watch.”—Cleveland Plain
Dea ler.
Vote Getting.
"How do vnu expect people to listen
to your speeches If you don’t make
vour Ideas clear?”
"1 don’t want ’em to listen." replied
Senator Sorghum ”1 simply want to
talk enough to get a good crowd to
gether and then shake bands with
everbody.’’—Washington Star.
Wanted Tone.
”ADd when they call up from the of
fice. deer, and ask what’s the matter
with you, shall I say Indigestion?’’
“Indigestion! Nobody baa indiges
tion' now. Do you want to disgrace
me? Tell ’em it’s complicated pto
maine!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Vicious.
"My band.” said Polly, bolding out
-tbat exquisite member, ’la a good deal
smaller than yours."
“Yea.” said Mabel. “I can see tbat at
a glance. Tbat ring Reginald gave
you was always too tight for mo.”—
Judge
Without care and method tbe largest
fortune will not, aud with them almost
the smallest will, supply all necessary
expense* — Lord Chesterfield.
OURfSTORE
will be
OPENJTOMORROW NIGHT
UNTIL 8 O’CLOCK
and
CLOSED ALL DAY
XMAS
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C*
DENTIST
Phone 92 ZlFeurteen yearsfin
Office in Whaling building ;i VALDEZ
Next to cable office!^ 1^301,
DR. GERMAN
Phon,.» the dentist
Office ruouis over OwJ Drug store. Office hours
# u. rn.t to 6 p. tn.. 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
^^^ointment AH work guaranteed
DR. C. H. VANCE
:the
OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Klkrsviile. Mo.
OFFICE H0URS--9 to 12 m., 1 to 5 p.m., or by
appoiatment.
Treat baildiaf.’.WaU Ttreet. PHONE 203
C. E BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
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PHONErise Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
'Civil'Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Rhone, ihv
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CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet e'ery Tuesday erenlnr st s o'clotK Is
Eagle Hall , All members ere req seated te
attend \ T O. QUINN. Aretlo Chief
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Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your^health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
When in^Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.'"
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Real Comforter
Almost any kind of pain can be quickly relieved by means
of hot appliances, yet many people employ less effective
methods such as liniments, plasters, etc., on account of
the trouble and mess incidental to the use of hot water.
The G-E Electric
Heating Pad
saves all this trouble. It is ready for use in an instant,
and will furnish you with the necessary heat continuously,
day and night, without causing the least bit of bother.
The Domestic Size makes an excellent Electrical
Christmas Gift. Come in and see how nicely it works.
Alaska Water,
Light & Tel. Co
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Valdez Lodge
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Regular Communications Hr*t Wednesday It
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
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