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SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913.
WOMEN WEARING TROUSERS.
The report comes from Lake
lfopatcong lhal, the widespread
revolt of the once weaken' sex
lias attained the trousers stage.
The women campers there have
adopted khaki trousers as an
undress uniform and are wearing
them on their shopping excur
sions into (he village of Nolans
Point, creating a storm of pro
test from the women of the vil
lage and of other resort's who
have not mustered courage suf
ficient to don the costume of the
modern Diana.
The protest against the khaki
trousers is that they are immo
dest. Possibly, but so much de
pends upon the viewpoint. In
view of the present styles, the
protest against universal bifur
cation, from the standpoint of
modesty, appears to be far
fetched. We venture the opin
ion that any change from the
prevailing hobble must be ac
cepted as an improvement.
THE NATION’S FOOD ANIMALS.
(iovernment statistics show
that the United States still have,
despite the reduction in her live
stock in recentt, years a larger
number of food animals than
any other country in the world.
The total number of food ani
mals (including in tills term
merely cattle, sheep and hogs)
was, at I lie last, available dale, in
the United States, I lit),(1(1(1,non; j
Russia, in Europe and Asia, I '■!•,- j
000.1)00; India, I 50,(10(1,(100; Au- j
stralia 10 5,000,000; Argentina,
98,000,000; Oermany, 51,000,000;
the United Kingdom 5(5,000,000,
and France, ;19,000.000.
W hile the tolal value of. meat
products and food animals ex
ported from the United States in
the year ended June JO, was
about 81500,000,000, against ap-j
proximafely 8-50,000,000 in
190(5; this reduced total far ex
reeds that of any other country.
The fall in our exports of meats
and food’ animals, which has
tharaci.e"i,"d recent years, lias
occurred childly in beef; p i a
prodiic;\lways an import im
factor in the meat exports, slip .a
tint a slight reduction.
W'ilh tIn ranges being turn'd
into farms, the country must, de
pend each year more and more
upon other forms of animal food
than beef or pay a high price for
the be*ef raised in small quan
tities on the farms. We need not
look for cheap beef any more,
but we may expect better beef.
Stitches In Time.
Had Father Noah been quite
wise he would have killed I he
pair of Hies that roosted in the
ark; he let that pregnant duly
slide while lie and Shorn and .la
phot tried to navigate their bark.
Two Hies were all there were, all
told And Noah might "have
knocked them cold with one good
husky swat—he had the chance
_ho let it slip while he went
mooning round his ship—the
knowledge makes me hot. And
ever wince the sons of men have
toiled and wrought a'iid' toiled
again, to.kill the measly Hies;
the more we kill the more we
find, the more their legions rise.
We’re all, like Noah, more or less
responsible for the distress that
makes all hope seem vague; we
see some ugly things alive, and
let them live and grow and thrive
until they are a plague. We
calmly view the noxious weeds,
and habits bad, and evil deeds,
which breed so beastly fast. We
let them grow and multiply as
Father Noah did the fly, and kick
ourselves at last. “A stitch in
time,” the poet said (he had a
long and shapely head), “will
save you nine, by, gum.” And
nothing truer will you find in all
the years that lie behid, or all
•the years to come.
WALT MASON.
I WHY DO WE SLEEP7
Not to Cur* Fatigue, 8ays a Scientist,
but to Pravant It.
Most of us suppose that we sleep
because we sire exhausted. But
Claparede, the Swiss physiologist,
has advanced a theory to the effect
that we sleep in order to avoid being
exhausted. Dr. Adolf Koelsch in
Die Woche explains this theory by
saying that sleep instead of being
the result of fatigue is an impulsive
self disinfection which the body
conducts in order to get rid of the
waste products before they have
time to produce exhaustion.
Just as combustion of fuel for
the production of heat and energy
is always attended by ashes and
slag, so the slow combustion which
produces heat and energy in the
body by means of metabolic changes
is likewise attended by waste.
“Since the senses never volun
tarily come to rest or shut them
selves off from the outer world, a
point would eventually he reached
when the organism would perish as
a victim of general nerve exhaus
tion. In order to hinder this na
ture arranges betimes — namely,
before exhaustion can seriously in
jure the organism—to set in motion
that opposition current which we
term sleep.”
Dr. Koelsch says that the sight
endowed animal tends to take its
sleep at night, since the stimuli
which govern the animal’s vital ac
tivities are then cut off. For ani
mals endowed with other special
senses, but not with sight, the night
is not so great a factor. “These
can only blockade stimuli to the
senses either by creeping into some
secluded spot or by the action of
nature in causing an opportune pro
duction of a substance (a sort of
hormone) which acts as an obstacle
by entering the nerve path and
deadening sensibility.”
Walt Whitman’s Easy Job.
“I used to visit Walt Whitman in
his old age in his little, two story,
wooden house in Mickle street,
Camden,” said a Philadelphia edi
tor. “One day—it’s a pleasant
souvenir, this, of old time Philadel
phia—one day in December I said
to him:
“ ‘Well, Walt, how are things go
ing this winter? Any Christmas
subscriptions needed ?’
“ ‘No/ said the old poet. ‘No, in
deed. I’m working now. I’m work
ing for George W. Childs. lie pays
me $50 a month.’
“‘Good!’ said I. ‘And what’s
your job with Childs?’
‘“Hiding in the horse cars,’ said
Walt. ‘I ride about the city, l talk
to the drivers and conductors. I
find out which of them need winter
overcoats, and, guessing their size,
I notify Childs, who tits them out
forthwith. It’s easy, pleasant work,
and it saves Childs a lot of trouble
over measurements and so forth.’”
Brought a Blush to Her Cheek.
There was a story told of one of
the world's great vocalists singing
as a young girl at a private house
in London. She was overwhelmed
with praise. By and by she came
and sat bv an elderly lady, who con
gratulated her on the way she had
sung, but ventured to offer one or
two suggestions. The young singer
treated the hints with scorn and
afterward asked the hostess who
“the old lady” was who had dared
to give her suggestions. “Oh, that
was Mine. Goldschmidt,” replied
the lady. “And who is Mme. Gold
schmidt?” was the next impatient
query. “Well, she’s better known
as .fenny Lind,” said the hostess.
And then the singer blushed for
shame at her disdainful reception
of hints from the “Swedish Night
ingale.”
Of Two Evils.
The little hoy in this story from
“Touche a Tout” was evidently a
(irm believer in the old adage, “Of
two evils choose the less.” Turn
ing a corner at full speed he col
lided with the minister.
“Where are you running to, my
little man?” asked the minister,
when he had regained his breath.
“Home!” panted the boy. “Ma’s
going to spank me.”
“What!” gasped* the astonished
minister. “Are y,ou eager,-to
your mother spank "you that 'yoit
run home so fast?” <. j* * : _
“No,” shotted the boy, oyer his
shoulder as he; resumed jiis home
ward flight, “but if I don’t get there
before pa, be’ll do it!”
His Opinion.
“It seems to me,” ventured
skimpy little Mr. Ilennypeck, “that
Professor Peekhead’s article advis
ing men to be very careful in their
choice of wives lacks—er—well,
verisimilitude, or—ah!—some such
word. As far as I hate ever known,
the man had no more to do with
choosing his wife than he has with
getting his photograph taken—he
just keeps still, looks as pleasant as
he can and accepts whatever is giv
en him.”—Judge.
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ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a bargain.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Sewa'rd. 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 toiiight.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. rn. to 9 p. in. •
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
.. in. 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.
Cashma.i
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
In llie 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 States.
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
before the United States Distriot
,CtbuH..fi?r 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’clcok 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
nation will be ordered.
H. P. SULLIVAN.
United States Marshal for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion .
GEORGE R. WALKER.
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