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Mu# DENTIST,
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Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad
ministrators and to all It may con
cern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money
of the United States, in labor and
improvements, upon your one-sixth
interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
group consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Monta Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said cjaims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322,
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decem
ber, 1914.
And unless within ninety days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 6th day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars ($300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditure, by the
terms of said secMon.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th
day of February, 1915.
MIKE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6. 1915._
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Tuesday, April 13.
High tide 11:57 a. m., 11.3; 11:49
p. m., 12.4.
Low tide 5:50 a. m„ 0.9; 5:45 p.
m., 1.2.
Wednesday, April 14.
High tide 12:33 p. m„ 8.2.
Low tide 6:20 a. in., -0.5; 6:12 p.
m., 1.5.
Thursday, April 15.
High tide 12:16 a. m., 12.5; 1:07 p.
m„ 10.9.
Low tide 6:40 p. m., -0.7; 6:38 p.
1.8.
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THE FORTY IMMORTALS.
Origin and Checkered Career of tho
French Academy.
The Institute of France hnd its in
ception in 1570, when there was found
ed in Paris by the French poet, An
toine de Bnif, a literary and musical
society, known as the Academy of the
Valois. Charles IX. granted it letters
patent on Nov. 20, 1570, as the Acade
my of Poetry and Music. It had, how
ever, no stability. Attacked upon every
occasion and criticised by its oppo
nents, its members ceased to meet aft
er 1584. Almost half a century passed
before a revival took place.
For some time, since the year 1020.
a small circle of enthusiastic students
was wont to meet at each other’s homes
for the study of French language and
literature. From year to year its mem
bership increased, and in 1034 Cardinal
Richelieu proposed to the society to
have their private status changed into
a public institution, with many rights
and privileges. Upon agreement by tho
society it was henceforth known as
the French Academy, with a charter
from Louis XIII, of January, 1035.
It consisted then of forty members,
tile “forty immortals,” and at no time
and under no pressure whatsoever has
this number been increased.
True it is. also, that here royal pre
rogative and personal intrigue often
added an inferior member, while tile
far superior remained excluded, for
whom popular indignation created tho
world known “forty-first seat.” For a
century and it half the academy held
stated meetings until Aug. 5, 1793
Argonaut.
Sizing Up a Tip.
“I’m afraid I gave that waiter ton
big n tip,” said the frugal diner.
"lie seems quite appreciative.”
"That’s it. 1 merely wanted him to
say ‘Thank you.’ 1 didn't expect him
to bow and say 'Good night, sir.’”—
Washington Star.
Principles.
We must be careful to have our prin
ciples and be ready to die for them
But we must be careful not to label
our prejudices “principles” and proceed
to die for them.
Of Course.
Willie Woggle Bug—Did you know
that Billy Bee nud Sarah Bee were
mnrried laBt week?
Marty Moth—Git out! And where
hre they now?
Willie Woggle Bug—On their honey
moon.—Philadelphia Record.
Anxious Inquiry.
“IIow many times have you been ar
rested?”
“I’m sorry, judge, but I’ve lost count.
Dere ain’t anybody offerin’ a prize, is
dere?”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
As She Spoke It,
-«» ' i.-.. . (i.
Mrs. Patton Ayres bad picked up a
few French phrases. Entering the
butcher’s shop one day, she Inquired
If he had any “bon vlvant”
“Boned what, ma’am?” asked the
butcher, puzzled. *
“Bon vlvant.” she repeated. “That’s
the French for good liver, you know.”
—Philadelphia Press.
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" SCOTLAND’S PALLADIUM.
A Famous Piece of Artillery Is Ancient
Mons Meg
Ill tiie most honorable location In the
Argyll battery of Edinburgh castle Is a
huge piece of ancient artillery which is
known ns Mons Meg. This old fush
ioued piece of ordnance is held in the
highest esteem by the Scottish people;
in fact, it holds a position in their
hearts similar to our feelings toward
our own Liberty bell.
Mons Meg was made at Mons, itel
gium, about the year 1503, by order of
James IV., and was named Meg in
honor of his wife, Margaret Tudor, the
daughter of Ilenry VII. Us great bulk
and weight rendered It almost worth
less in those days of hand to hand con
flicts. However, It was used on special
occasions to help celebrate national
events. In the reports of the financial
transactions of the times may be
found charges for “grease for Meg’s
mouth" (this was used to increase the
loudness of the report), ribbons to deck
her carriage and pipes to be played
before her when accompanying the
Scottish army on an expedition. After
the union In 1707 the people feared
that the “odious surrender of national
independence" would be consummated
by tiie removal of Mons Meg to Eng
land. In 1757 the piece was removed
to Woolwich, but it was restored to
Scotland in 1828, “to quiet tiie iieople.”
Although only a mere mass of rusty
iron, it is revered by the people today
and is always decorated with thistle
and other flowers on anniversary days.
In processions it lias always had the
place of honor, but recently it was de
cided that it was dangerous to submit
it to the shock of cartage, and now it
looks down from its resting place over
tiie great Scot city.—Chicago Herald.
AN EASY GOING SENTINEL
Such a Little Thing as the Password
Didn't Bother Him.
An interesting picture of the confu
sion that attended the anti-Austrian
demonstrations in Milan in 1848 is
given in “Memories of Youth,” by Si
gnor Giovanni Visconti Venosta.
Very early in the morning, says the
author, after several hours of heavy
sleep in a hammock in an anteroom of
Gamier college I descended into the
street and ran into some people who,
with tricolored shawls across their
shoulders, were giving orders in the
name of the committee of defense.
They were trying to discipline the rev
olution. Falling into their hands, 1
was stationed as a sentinel at a use
less barricade that shut off Via Durini
from the Verzlere. The commander,
having inspected my pistols and per
haps having found them not murder
ous enough, placed in my hands a
fencing foil. Then he gave me the
countersign, “Papa Pio.”
A little while afterward another
chief came along, who re-enforced the
post and gave me ns a companion a
good old man who was armed with an
antique lance. 1 told him the counter
sign, and we soon became friends.
A patrol nppenred. “Halt!” cried
the old man. “The countersign?”
“Concordia, cornggio.” replied the
captain of the patrol.
“Truly,” replied my companion, “the
countersign is something else. How
ever. we are ull. Italians, so pass on."
Anvils Date Back of History.
The auvil was known In the earliest
j times, being spoken of in the Bible, the
prophet Isaiah saying (chapter 47.
I verse 7). “So the carpenter encouraged
! the goldsmith, and he that smootheth
I with the hammer, him that smlteth
! the anvil.” It is not known who first
! used it. but of course the anvil of an
j tiquity was unlike that of today as
| perfected by modern workmanship
The anvil still used in the orient, how
ever, is a boot shaped piece of metal
inserted in a section of oak or walnut
log. Larger, or smaller it is used by
tinsmiths, shoemakers, silversmiths
and blacksmiths. The anvils used lu
this country are commonly made of
cast Iron faced with steel nnd ore of
parallelopiped form, with a steel cone
or beak at one end nnd a “handy bole”
for inserting chisel or other tools at
the other end.—Boston Globe.
The Crimean War.
The Crimean war was in 1853-56 be
tween Russia on one side nnd Turkey,
France, Great Britain and Sardinia, as
allies, on the other side. K was called
the Crimean* war because it wbb main
ly fought in the Crimean peninsula. It
arose through the demand of Russia
for a protectorate over the Greek sub
jects of the sultan and was closed and
its Issues decided by the treaty of
Paris March 30. 1856. By this treaty
Sebastopol, which had been captured,
was restored to Russia, Russia aban
doned her claim as to Christians in
Turkey nnd the Black sen was neu
tralized.
Lost It.
‘There Is a good deal of talk about
the English being slow to appreciate a
Joke," said Marshall P. Wilder once.
“I have not found that to be the case
at all, although one Englishman did
come to me for an explanation after 1
nad made the remark that ‘I dreamed
one night thut X was dead, but it was
so hot that I woke up.’
“ ‘I beg your pardon, Mr. Wilder,' he
said, ‘but it must be deuced hot in your
country.’ ”
Hard to Choose.
“Why can’t she make a choice be
tween her suitors?”
“Well, one of them Is a press agent.
His language Is very attractive. But
the other Is a traveling salesman, and
he treats her as if she were a big
buyer."—Kansas City Journal.
Let us do what honor demands.—Ra
cine.
GREAT DEEDS, FEW WORDS.
Brief Dispatches That Told of Famous
Victories In War.
It is fitting that the great soldier,
who should be a man of deeds rather
than words, should set an example of
Jerseness In his dispatches. Thus, after
the capitulation of Prague, Suvurof!
thus communicated the joyful news to
his empress: “Hurrah! Prague!” To
which Catherine, not to be outdone in
brevity, answered, “Bravo, field mar
shal!”
That grim seadog Itobcrt Blake,
after gaining one of his famous victo
ries over the French, sent the news in
this concise and businesslike form:
"Met with the French fleet; beat,
killed, sunk and burned as per mar
gin.”
The Vieomtc de Turenne, marshal of
France, was n man of equally few
words, as he proved when, after his
brilliant defeat of Condo at the Dunes
in 1085, he announced his triumph In
ten words, “The enemy came, was
beaten; I am tired; good night!”
But the world’s greatest generals
have always been models of brevity as
of modesty since the days of Caesar,
whose “1 came, I saw, I conquered,”
sent to his friend Amintius after the
glorious victory over Pharnaces at
Zola, is the most famous “dispatch” in
the annals of war.—London Saturday
Iteview.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN.
I Differing Forms of Speech In Great
Britain and This Country
The common objects and phenomena
of nature are often differently named
in English and American. Such Amer
icanisms as creek and run for small
streams are practically unknown in
England, and ihe English moor is a
stranger in the United States. The
Englishman is naturally but little fa
miliar witii bayou, gulch, gully, can
yon, butte, divide and bluff. He knows
the meaning of sound (Long Island
sound), but always uses channel in
place of it.
In the same way the American
knows the meaning of English bog,
but almost always uses swamp or
marsh (often elided to ma'sh). Foot
hill is an Americanism; so is cold snap;
so also are prairie, backwoods, flats
and neck (in the sense of peninsula).
The Englishman seldom if ever de
scribes a severe storm as a hurricane,
a cyclone, tornado or blizzard. lie does
not say that the temperature is 29 de
grees or that the thermometer or the
mercury is at 29 degrees, but that
there are three degrees of frost, no
calls ice water iced water.—Pittsburgh
Press.
Settled the Duel.
Lord March, afterward the Marquis
of Queensberry, was not accustomed
to view a duel with unbecoming appre
hension and usually attended an affair
with un air of enjoyment that often,
was decidedly displeasing and embar
rassing to his adversary. But he was
served at last with that sauce which
the proverb explains is for the gander
as well as for the goose. It was when
he was challenged to fight an Irish
sportsman. Lord March appeared on
the ground accompanied by a second,
surgeon and other witnesses. Ilis op
ponent arrived soon afterward with a
similar retinue, but added to by a per
son who staggered under the weight of
j a polished oak eofiln, which he depos
| ited on the ground, end up. with its lid
facing Lord March and his party. Lord
March became decidedly uncomfort
able when he read the inscription plate,
engraved with his own name and title
and the date and year of death, and
peace was patched up.
He Dodged Cold Mutton.
A curious reply was made by Cecil
Rhodes to a lady who, seeking to draw
him out, suggested that he owed his
phenomenal rise to the impetus of no
ble sentiments.
“Madam,” returned Mr. Rhodes, "I
owe my fortune simply and solely to
cold mutton.”
“Cold mutton!” gasped the lady. “Oh,
Mr. Rhodes, what do you mean?”
“When I was young,” continued the
South African millionaire, "I was so
dosed with cold mutton and I hated it
so cordially that I resolved to grow
rich in order to put it on one side for
the rest of my life. Yes, madam, cold
mutton was at the root of my success.
Noble sentiments had nothing to do
with it.”
Drinking Water.
It is surprising how many people
drink little or no water. There is no
greater purifying agent than plenty of
water internally. An abundance of it
not only flushes tlje entire system, but
improves the action of the skin; hence
the complexion. Care should be taken
that the water drunk is free from
germs. If there is any doubt boll it.
Do not confine yourself exclusively to
either cold or hot water rind do not
take either at extreme temperatures.
Not Warranted.
Grubbs—Is there any truth in this
report that Miss Oldgirl is to be mar
ried? Stubbs—She thinks there is
doubtless, but in my own view her be
lief merely represents another triumph
of hope over experience.—Richmond
Tlmes-Dispatch.
Constant Revelation.
“Every time I read Shakespeare l
discover some idea that hadn’t struck
me before.”
“Yes,” replied the man who yawns,
“but Isn’t it pretty much the same way
with nn insurance policy?”—Washing
ton Star.
An idler is a watch that wants both
hands.—Cowper.
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Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. L. Iteed, plaintiff, vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of tin1 United States
of America, greeting: To Eri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the Pith day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer me complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk’s office of the above entitled
court: and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain*,
to-wit: a decree subjecting to the
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in tlie above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Eri Thompson, on the Battle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915, which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8,
1915.
Date of last publication April L9,
1915.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Mrs. M. F. Roberts, Her heirs
and administrators and to all it may
concern: You are hereby notified that
I have expended during the past year,
1914, the sum of $66.60 (sixty-six dol
lars and sixty-six cents) lawful money
of the United States in labor and im
provements upon your one-third inter
est in those mining gla.ims lying and
being on Avery rivet, in the recording
precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are
known as the Beauty Bird and Beauty
Bird No. 1, the location notices of
said claims being of record in the
office of the commissioner, and rec
orded at Valdez. Alaska, pages num
bered 95, 96, in Book 10, Mining Rec
ords. in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of section 2324
of the Revis d Statutes of the Unit
ed States, concerning annual labor
on mining claims, being the amount
required to ho'd said lode claims for
the period ending December, 1914.
And unless within ninety days after
the completion of the publication of
this notice to-wit: within ninety days
after the 7th day of June, 1915, you
contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure incurred in performing said
annual labor and improvements,
which is the sum of $66.66, your in
terest in said claims will become the
property of your co-partners, who have
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
JULIUS RONNING.
Last publication June 7. 1915.
This is a good ume to return that
hook you’ve read to the library at
Everyman’s Club. Library hours:
1 to 2 p. m. every day, Monday, We*
days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Somebody
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always has been found to
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good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
vyith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
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