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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1913.
THIS PLAN WITHOUT PRECE
DENT.
“Important if true” is the first and
most natural comment excited by the
report that rich Chicago woman is
planning and actively preparing to
adopt fifteen babies, each of a race
*li£erent from all the others. Tc get
the required variety, 't is said, she
si searching other countries—which
seems needless, as this one has a pop
ulation so widely assorted—and no
prejudices of color or creed are to de
tract from the catholicity of her col
lection.
possibly this report, I true, is rath
er more interesting than important,
but certainly it is not without im
portance from several points of view.
Biologists, for instance, if they be al
so sociologists, as most of them are
nowadays, will get a precious chance
to get new light on the relative im
portance of heredity and environ
ment. Of course no single experi
ment of this sort proves much, but it
really should be possible to learn
something from observing the behav
ior, character, and career of fifteen
-children so diverse in origin when
-subjected, as tnese by assumption will
be, to conditions approximately the
same.
H»xac:uy amvu uit? lumuuuun tau
<*not be. Inevitably the foster mother
"will develop preferences, and her
-charges themselves will surely see to
•'it that all do not have precisely the
same treatment in that companion
ship that counts so much as environ
ment. Moreover, the experiment will
he affected by the fact that the ba- j
- hies will not "start fair.” To do
-that each would have to be of exactly
the same grade as representative of '
-his own race, for, to speak in ex- i
tremes, the brightest negro is vast- 1
ly superior to the dullest white, and j
probably there are gentle Malays as [
■-there are fierce Chinese. Such pecu- !
liarities as these the foster mother j
• by wholesale will not be able to dis- |
- cover until years after her choices I
are made. I
With al ltlie obvious difficulties, j
! however, the queer undertaking does
have importance as well as inter st, ;
and not only as regards the children.
"That such an adoption could be even
• planned is significant, for seemingly
• it is the result of som thing quite
• different from the instinct of moth
erhood. That could not cover so \
Hbroad a field—would never have sug- j
Rested a plan that ignores "natural” ]
^repugnances so-many and so strong. ;
'The adoption, if it occurs, cannot be !
"more than legal—a product of sc!en- |
title curiosity aroused by current dis- !
mission.
The department of agriculture is
experimenting to produce a pucker
less persimmon. One might as well
-Jiave a smell-less onion or a soulless
-lemon.
Even before noninfiammable mov
—Jng picture films are put into gener
-al use, why not employ noninflam
mable moving pictures themselves?
Job wished that his adversary had
“-written a book, but the modern poli
-tician would be content if his adver
sary would write a letter.
Time was when the chief office of
' the great state of Pennsylvania would
■ not be served as a stepping stone to
< baseball eminence.
‘•■Premier Asquith on U. S. and Mexico.
Premier Asquith, speaking in the
M3uildhall a few days ago, clearly de
c-fined the attitude of His Majesty’s
•^government in the crisis between the
United States and Mexico when he
—said: “The attitude of the British
government in regard to the dispute
^between the United States and Mex
' 4co wilt be—one of non-intervention
' w'th a background of sympathy and
Agood will towards the United States,
ilf Huerta allows his conduct to be
-i influenced by any assumption of
passive or active assistance from
•SHire&t Britain, he will find himself ter
^Tibly deceived."—London Times
MONEY IN COLOMBIA.
A Dollar of That Country la Worth
Juat a Cant of Our Currency.
; Money .In Colombia is a ratber un
stable institution, and big figures do
not always mean much. It. may be
Just as well to mention here that when
I paid $80 to ride tbe seventeen miles
from Savanllla to Barranqullla I was
not guilty of such reckless extrava
gance as may at first glance appear;
ulso that when the ngent at the latter
place charged me $40 for riding back
the same way and in the.same car he
merely suffered from an astonishing
lapse of memory, forgetting for the
moment that he needed the money.
The fact is that the Colombian dol
lar. or peRo. has depreciated until it is
worth Just exactly 1 cent in United
States currency, and there being no
room left for. the centavo of old it has
vanished utterly from the reckoning
of man. There are no silver coins
whatever, and after a little bargaining
oue Is apt to accumulate an astonish
ing number of yellow bills—tens, twen
ties. fifties and hundreds. Then there
steals insidiously over one tbe peculiar
exaltation of the wealthy, and it causes
not a single pang to pay $5 for a shine
or to toss away $10 for a bottle of gin
ger pop.—William Hard Lawrence in
Harper’s Magazine.
CALEB CUSHINGS FEAT.
To Prove a Statement He Read a Dic
tionary Through Twice.
To Illustrate the abilities of General
Caleb Cushing, oue of New England’s
famous men, a writer in tbe New York
Sun vouches for the following remark
able feat.
It was in the fifties that tbe publish
ers of Webster's Dictionary requested
General Cushing to write a friendly
notice of the work. General Cushing
replied that he had read it and that if
they expected complimentary notice of
a work that contained 5,000 errors they
would be disappointed.
The publishers replied that If be
would prove bis statement to the satis
faction of the editor. Professor Porter
of Harvard, they would believe him.
Thereupon lie read the dictionary
through a second time and mailed a
list of 5,000 errors to Professor Porter.
This extraordinary achievement, de
clares the writer. Justifies the state
ment made in 1870 by Wendell Phillips
that he considered General Cushing to
bo the most learned man of the day.
A Mouse and a Candle.
At the end of the bathing season 9
few years ago ft candle was left on the
mantelpiece of a faintly in I’oullgueu.
France. When they returned the next
spring they found, according to La Na
ture. that a mouse had done these
things:
Climbed somehow a marble chimney
piece, there being no piece of furniture
near enough to leap from and no way
of descending from above.
Climbed the candlestick Itself, which
was of highly polished silver, over ten
inches high, with a broad flare at the
cup.
Climbed the candle, began eating at j
the top* eating evenly all round dowu |
to the base, leaving the bare wick
standing perfectly straight.
If the mouse had begun at the base !
of tile candle its weight would have 1
caused it to topple over It must have ,
taken the mouse-a- good many days to !
eat the candle down to the bottom.
The English Channel.
One of the most famous bits of wn- [
ter in the world is the English chan- !
nel. which separates and yet unites the j
sister countries of England and France
and has been the scene of so much of j
their history. It extends on the Eng- j
lisli side from Land’s End to Dover [
and on the French side from the Is- ■
land of Usbant to Calais. Us entrance j
from the German ocean Is the strait of ;
Dover, twenty-one miles wide, while;
at the other extremity, where It joins j
the Atlantic. It is 100 miles from shore !
to shore. The greatest width midway j
Is 150 miles Owing to the strong cur- j
rent setting in from the westward, the j
high winds which frequently .prevail
and the configuration of the shores It :
has a roughness which has become I
proverbial and few cross it without j
seasickness. j
Utilizing Smelter Slag.
Smelter slag is utilized for brick- !
making purposes In Germany. At the,
government iron smelter near Am berg
the slag Is crushed to a sand, mixed
with water and pressed into dark gray
bricks, who'll are allowd to dry In the
open air. They are sold ut the fnetory
for S4.7G per thousand, but their qunn- :
tity is limited and their use largely i
local. It Is noteworthy, however, that J
only since the discovery of this process j
have these government smelter* earn- j
ed any profits for the state.
A Forgetmenot.
Cltiman—You ought to know some
thing about flora and that sort of thing.
Tell me. wbat is a “forgetmenot?"
Subbubs—Why. It’s a piece of string
that your wife ties around your finger
when you go In town on an errand.—
Philadelphia Press.
Not Nervous.
Hubbard—Simpkins has got over bis
nervous prostration. Pease—How can
you tell? Hubbard—Why, I met bim
last nigbt and be wanted to borrow
f20.-London Telegraphy
A Question. _
Tommy—Father. Isn’t the world old
er than it used to Jbej. jFatherr'L'er
tnlniy It Is. my son! Tommy—Then
what do people mean by talking about
“old times”?
Worry Is friction. Inactivity rust
Roth destroy the human machine.
BURNING IRON CHIPS.
Combustion Proceeded Exactly as In
a Pile of Coal.
To the u v era go man It Is Inconceiv
able for Iron' or steel chips to actually
burn ns so much inflammable material,
but nevertheless such is possible, and
such Incidents are the part of positive
record. This phenomenon Is explained
by the fact that flnely divided iron or
steel may sometimes oxidize faster
than it cun get rid of Its bent and
consequently gives signs of complete
combustion.
A large pile of chips took Are In the
yard of a machine shop not long ago!
and the Ore was described by a wit
ness ns follows: The chips were put
through u centrifugal separator, and
the small amount of oil remaining bad
nothing to do with the Are. it was a
plain case of burning Iron. The metal
was so flnely divided and presented
so much surface to the oxygen In pro
portion to the radiating surface of the
pile that ouee started by the bert
from a nearby rubblsb pile, the com
bustion proceeded exactly as in a pile
of coni, only apparently at a more
rapid rate.
The metal bad not melted. Where
!he fire had been hottest the chips
were a dark blue. The pile sank about
a third In height, and a lot of metal
must huve been oxidized to create so
much bent.—American Machinist.
PASTEUR’S PLAYTHINGS.
Ths Great Scientist a Man of Many
Medals and Decorations.
The grea* Pasteur gracefully accept
ed all decorations. While he bad a pas
sion for discipline, be never hnd any
ironical criticism of the distinctions es
tablished by society. He attached a
value to the glory that came to him
self and discerned that men in the
world of politics were his Inferiors.
In flue Dutot, In the salon of the
apartment that the great Pasteur oc
cupied, one saw In the plnce of honor
a glass case In which brilliantly scin
tillating were hundreds of decorations
They came from all the countries of
the world. There wore lions, leopards,
elephants, eagles with one and with
two beads, roses, saints, angels, all the
fauna, all toe flora of the world and of
paradise. There were diamonds, rubles,
emeralds and gold—enough to furnish
a jeweler’s shop.
Pasteur often gazed upon this case
His little granddaughter remarked the
joy that brightened the countenance of
the demigod when he contemplated this
prodigious display. And one day, point
ing to the case, she said lisplngly,
“These are grandpa's playthings.”—
Cri de Paris.
Ho Foo'ed Thom,
“A half dozen of ns sat gossiping In
the club one afternoon when Smith en
tered.” said a New York clubman.
•“Ob. dear me!’ I groaned. 'I-Iere’s
Smith. Here’s Smith, just back fron
a three months' European tour. He's
going to bore ns to deatli with travel
talk. 1 see it In his eye.'
“Smith, sure enough, came straight
toward us He sat down, lighted a
cigar, beamed on us and said:
'Well, boys, how goes It? I've just
returned from a three months’ Euro
penn tour'
“\Ve groaned.
—“‘and I'm going to sit here wltti
you two or three hours'
“We groaned again.
—‘“and I want you to tell me every
blessed thing tiiat’s happened since
I've been a way!’"—Buffalo Express
Women of Influence.
We are. all of us. whether young or
old. famous or obscure, women of in
fluence. We cannot live n.dny without
affecting the world somewhat for good
or 111, whether we will or no. We ar©
all a part of life’s forces, whether we
kuow It or not Be as humble as yon
like, yon are still a person of Influence,
if not by your own choosing, then often
by God's decree. It may be only a
smile or a simple kindness that you
have given to n little child, hut it
starts agencies you little dream of: or
it may he some selflshuess and lack of
honor, some weakness in you that sets
in motion a long train of hurtful and
snd Influences or circumstances. For
all life is connected, and whether you
wish It or nof your life affects other
lives - Woman's Home Companion.
Testing His Love.
"Pshaw." said the pretty brunette.
"It's the easiest thing In the world to
And out whether a mail loves you!"
"What Is your method?" asked the
stately blond.
"Make him spend Ills last dollar on
you. and If he seems to enjoy it yon
may be sure that he really cares for
you " Chicago Record-Elerald.
When Reynolds Signed.
Reynolds hardEy ever signed his
work. Rut upon the completion of the
portrait of Mrs. Slddons as “The‘Ting
Ic Muse" he wrote Ills name large on
the gold embroidery of her dress. Be
was unable, he said, “to resist the
temptation or sending my name to pos
terlty on the hem of your gnrment”
At Home.
“Be was perfectly at home at the
banquet"
"Why, he didn’t have n word to any."
"Well, that’s being perfectly at home
for him "—Houston PosL
Two of a Trade.
Knleker-Why didn’t the cook stay?
Bocker-She was a sociologist Investi
gating mistresses and the mistress was
a sociologist Investigating cooks.—New
Vork Sun.
If there Is good In us it will bring
out good til others
Clearance Sale of Toys
at Half the Regular Price.
We have’started taking stock and in order to close out our toys before stocktaking
and save packing them up we will sell for the next few days
All Toys at Half Price
$3.00 Dolls $1.50 $5.00 Toy Doll Buggy for $2.50
$2.00 Dolls $1.00 $4.00 Toy Doll Buggy for $2.00
$1.00 Dolls 50c $5.00 Electric Trains $2.50
All $1.00 Toys 50 cents
All 50 cent Joys 25 cents
We have quite a few Mechanical Toys, Children’s Books, Animals, etc.
* One-half of regular price.
We will Sell these goods regardless of cost.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.*
DENTIST,
Phone 92 riFeurteen years£in
Office in Whaling building ||VALDEZ
Next to cable office*?.1
DR. GERMAN
Ph0n« i« THE dentist
Olltce rooms over Owl Drutl store. Oltlce hours;
3 a. rn.. to 01>. m.. 7 i». m.. to 9 i». in. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
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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
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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,
I 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
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Keaular Communications first Wednesday is
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ODD FELLOWS'HALL
Visiting Brothers especially invited
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