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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1913.
THE SILHOUETTE SKIRT.
Spokamf, with ills customary
display of municipal virtue, has
issued a sort of irregular proc
lamation declaring martial law
against the silhouette skirl, which
in a general way partakes of the
qualities of the old political
transparencies. Of course it was
a dull day in Spokane and the
energetic reporter had to hook a
story onto somebody, and it was
a certainty that somebody would
in the fullness of his wisdom de
nounce the silhouette skirt. The
danger of the silhouette skirt is
greatly exaggerated. It will nev
dr be numerous, for there are
limits even to the commanding
powers of Dame Fashion, and na
ture has taken precautions in
this matter. No fashion journal
with a French name is going to
induce a knock-kneed woman to
make a spectacle of herself, and
her sister who has a reverse af
fliction is going to be decidedly
cautious about making the mat
ter a subject for general observ
ation and comment. Likewise
there are the legions of very thin
women and the regiments of very
fat women, and between these
afflicted sisters they will repress
their more fortunate friends who
court publicity. The slit in the
gown, il will be noticed, bears a
very decided relation lo the gen
eral expectations of proportion
and contours; the more satisfy
ing the contour the greater the
a'filude of | lie slit. And so it
will be with the '.silhouetted ef
fects. The number of oeople
who can wear them with any de
gree of satisfaction to themsel
ves or to the public is so small
as to lie practically nil, and I he
chances are that the public safe
ty of Spokane was never more
secure than il is in this shadowy
instance. Perhaps some femi
nine Pied Piper in diaphanous
garb may drop out of the chor
us in Spokane some day and lead
all the young men over the hills
and far away, hut considering the j
situation of Spokane squarely, we
see no cause lo worry. On gen
eral principles il is more com
fortable to go lo a musical com
edy and look over the footlights.
It Shuslianin turns out, all right
it will mean a whole lot to this
city anil section of the country_
Seattle Sun.
The recent notable dullness
may be due to the fact that
statesmen have apparently got
tired of calling Colonel Mulhall
a liar.
With Turkey working hack in
to its former possessions, that
old idea of the powers alien I the
status quij in the Balkans doesn’t
seem so funny.
Possibly prosperity is a cure
for idleness hut. the jail wardens
will all tell you that they have
more customers in good times
than when business is dull.
“Mr. Bryan is prepared for
emergencies," says a New York
paper. The man who carries his
lunch always has a preliminary
preparation for emergencies;,
Winona, Minnesota, proposes
to try the city management plan.
This is Winona’s first bid for
fame 'since President Taft made
his famous speech there defend
ing the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill.
A bulldog with a silver tooth
lias been lost in Minneapolis and
an effort is being made to find
him.' ' The prize example of a
thankless task would seem to he
that of gelling bulldogs to show
their teeth.
Fine program at the Orpheum
tonight.
THEY DREADED WATER.
To Drink It at Ono Tim* Wat Reger#,
ad aa Courting Death.
It needed a very bold man to re
sist the medioal testimony of three
centuries ago against water drink
ing. Few writers can be fpund^to
6ay a good word for it. One or two
only are concerned to maintain that
“when begun early in life it may be
freely drunk with impunity,” and
they quote the curious instance giv
en by Sir Thomas Elyot in his “Cat
tle of Health,” 1541, of the Cor
nishmen, “many of the poorer sort,
which never or very seldom drink
any other drink, be notwithstanding
strong of body and like and live
well until they be of great age.”
Thomas Cogan, the medical school
master of Manchester fame, con
fessed in his “Haven of Health,”
15S9, designed for the use of stu
dents, that he knew some who drink
cold water at night or fasting in the
morning without hurt, and Dr.
James Hart, writing about fifty
years later, could even claim among
his acquaintance “some honorable
and worshipful ladies who drink lit
tle other drink and yet enjoy more
perfect health than most of them
that drink the strongest.” The phe
nomenon was undeniable, but the
natural inference was none the less
to be resisted.
Sir Thomas Elyot himself is very
certain, in spite of the Cornishmen,
that “there be in water causes of
divers diseases, as of swelling of the
spleen and liver.” He complains
oddly also that “it flitteth and
swimmeth” and concludes that “to
young men and them that be of
hot complexions it doeth less harm,
and sometimes it profiteth, but to
them that are feeble, old and mel
ancholy it is not convenient.”
But the most formal indictment
against water is that of Venner,
who, writing in 1G22, ponderously
pronounces “to dwellers in cold
countries it doth very greatly deject
their appetites, destroy the natural
heat and overthrow the strength of
the stomach.”—London Telegraph.
Drilling the Ancient*.
Disciplined armies are to be traced
in the records of all the great na
tions of antiquity, through Rome,
Greece, Persia, Assyria and Egypt.
The Egyptian pharaoh, Raineses II.,
about 1400 11. C., is credited with
the possession of the first disci
plined army. F.arly in life his mili
tary experiences with the Arabians
taught him the necessity of having
troops drilled in the art of war. He
established a warrior class, which
became the nucleus of an army
numbering over 100,000 men, in
cluding infantry, cavalry and war
chariots. With this army he is said,
to have made conquests in Asia
from the Ganges to the Caspian,
and it seems certain that at any rate
it was he who gave Egypt its earli
est military organization and estab
lished the first regularly disciplined
army known to history.
“To the Bitter End.”
One of the most interesting
phases of the study of language is
the peculiar manner in which words
and phrases originating in mistakes
finally grow into the common speech
of the people. An instance of this
is the expression “to the bitter end,”
which is commonly used to denote
the final extremity of a crisis. Al
though perfectly proper today, it is
in reality a mistake. The correct
phrase is “to the better end” and
arose from the fact that when a
vessel has paid out all her cable in
a storm it has run out to the enc!
which has been little used and there
fore to the better end. Daniel De
foe uses the proper phrase in “Rob
inson Crusoe” in his description of
the storm at Yarmouth when he
says, “We rode with two anchors
ahead and the cables veered out to
the better end.”
Mushrooms of Paris.
Tlie French mushroom indus
try is located chiefly in Paris and
vicinity. This culture is carried on
most extensively in subterranean
quarries at a depth of GO to 200 feet
from the surface. These quarries
have been found extremely profit
able in this connection, owing part
ly to their equable temperature and
their freedom from drafts, pro
vision being made, however, for
their proper ventilation. They rent
for $30 to $80 per year, according
to the length of their galleries
(which sometimes extend over sev
eral miles), their height under eov
er and their ventilation facilities.,
Trouble For Mr. Yabsley.
Mrs. Yabsley was entertaining
some ladies at a select little 5
o’clock tea, and Bobby, who hud
been exceptionally well behaved,
was in high feather.
“Ma,” he said as cakes were be
ing handed around, “may I have
some tongue, please ?”
“There isn’t any tongue, Bobby.”
“That’s funny,” commented Bob
by. “I heard pa say there would
be lots of it.”
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service".
RAKF.RY ^connection
u EVER YTHfNG GOOD
JACK CALLIN A CO.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry "call on me.
"QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
" CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK for
PORT WELLS and
Way Ports.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga'n.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
FOR SALE—“Quick Meal” oil
stove. Suitable for camp use.
Perfect order. Inquire Mia
Shepard.
They are all good live pictures
at the Orpheum totiight.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
.. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
The Order of Alaskan Moose
For Sale Cheap.
Twenty-eight foot Racine mo
tor boat hull. Inquire of E. P.
Oashma.t
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
In tiie District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision.
United States of America, Lib
elant, vs. one ship’s boat, her
tackle, apparel, furniture and
equipment
Whereas a libel of information
hrs been tiled in the above court
on the 14th day of July 1911. on
behalf of the United States again
st the above mentioned ship's
boat, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and equipment; and where
as the substance of said libel of
information, is that the said
ship’s boat, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and equipment were
seized on the 25th day of July,
1910, and turned over to the Unit
ed States Marshal who now holds
the same at tin Port of Unalas
ka, Alaska, as forfeited to the
United States for the reason that
the same was then and there
found engaged in unlawfully kil
ling fur seals within the waters
of Alaska, and praying that the
said ship’s boat, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and equipment
be condemned and sold for use of
the United Stales.
Now therefore, in pursuance
of the monition under the seal
of said Court to me. directed and
delivered, I do hereby give public
notice to all persons claiming
the said ship’s boat, the tackle,
apparel, furniture and equipment
or in any manner interested
therein, that they be and appear
beforfe the United States District
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, to be held at
Unalaska, in and for the said
Territory and Division, on the
18th day August 1913, at 10
o’plcok in the forenoon of that
day, provided the same shall be a
day of jurisdiction, otherwise cn
the next day of jurisdiction there
after, then and there to inter
pose their claims and to make
their allegations in that behalf,
and that in event of their fail
ure so to do. default and condem
mtion will be ordered.
H. P. SULLIVAN.
United States Marshal for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion .
GEORGE R. WALKER.
Shushana Shoes
The shoe to land you at the new
diggin’s is the
HUNKIDORI
A new line just" received that
will stand the wear
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all purls
of the interior. (Jeneral Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKiniey St, Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
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Window*, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fsirbsnks, Morse Sc Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Points.!
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
IrOL °ipe, Fittings.
|l«up Horn
■ ,ww ” ■ j
Chas. Perry, me*.
tor Bisrornnrnnw
in tm nun or man.
^tumisWntllnit-MSiwuftioio
r IRONING WORRIES
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE_ EPHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Lightil
THE COPPER BLOCK'
Finely Furnished Rooms AH Modern Conveniences
Good Tiir niirrrT Good
Goods I lit BUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., he.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and f f TA/fQCD and BuddinS
Puget Sound u w IVlaJJul\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
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