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MONDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1911.
CHURCHES AND THE DANCES.
A joint committee representing tlie
membership of all the churches in
St. Louis, has adopted a resolution !
declaring that all church members j
should refrain from "taking part in :
any indecent, immojlest dances.” j
Members of tlie various churches will j
not be complimented by the commit
tee's action. Indecent and immodest
dances should not be tolerated, by
church members or other right think -
ing people, simply because they are
indecent and immodest, and not be
cause they are dances. The church
committee deserves to succeed in its
efforts to prevent improper kinds of
dancing.
There are certain kinds and forms
of dancing that are approved and in
dulged by the most virtuous-minded
people. They find in these dances no
thought of wrong, no suggestion of
impropriety. At the same time they
are fully aware there are other forms
of dancing which are not innocent and
prop r and are open to the condem
nation not only of the clergy, but of
the decent-minded laity as well. But
if the clergy shall class them alto
gether, shall say one is as wrong as
the other and shall ban them indis
criminately, then the generality of
people will lose faith in clerical judg
ment and, distrusting this judgment
in one respect, may distrust it in oth
ers.
The clergy cannot temporize with
wrong. It must be steadfast and con
sistent in its opposition to what it
holds to be wrong. There can be no
compromise with evil. But is it not
going to great length to say all danc- j
ing ’s evil? The action in St. Louis
was directed at the new popular tan- j
go. The difficulty is that there are
tangoes that are graceful and mod- '
est, just as there are tangoes that |
are disgraceful and indecent. They I
are danced as the dancers determine.
Those who dance the tango immod- ;
estly and disgracefully would bring j
the same disgrace and indecency to I
whatever they undertook. It is diffi- I
cult, if not impossible, to stop a form ]
of dancing that is not inherently j
wu-ong, simply because it has been ;
shockingly wrong by abuse of it.—
Ex.
CANADA’S COST OF LIVING.
Only a. few years ago Canada was
admitted to be one of the cheapest
places on the continent in which to
live. Now it is alleged that it is the
dearest place in Christendom. Sir
Wilfred Laurier. former premier, and
leader of the Liberal party, is us
ing the cost of living as the chief
issue in his campaign f<>f the re- ]
duction of the Canadian tariff. Can
ada imports annually $9,000,000,000
worth of breadstuffs, more than $5,
500,000 worth of tea, $16,500,000 worth
of sugar,: and $4,000,000 worth of oth
er food stuffs.
The former premier in starting his
campaign for free imports says that
within the last d' cade the cost of liv
ing has increased only seven percent
in Great Britain, where there is free
trade, and 51 per cent in Canada. He
says the figures are more amazing in
view of the fact, that Canada produces
annually 200,000,000 bushels of wheat,
while the local consumption is only
50,000,000 bushels. Great Britain has
to import all the wheat she uses, and
yet the price of bread is cheaper in
England than it is in Canada.
The Canadians rejected the reci
procity agreement adopted by con
gress in Mr. Taft’s administration but
the increased cost of living has led
Sir Wilfred and his party associates
to make another battle for a lower
ing of the tariff walls. It is not un
likely that the issue will return the
Liberals to power before long.—Ex.
Mother is man’s best friend; she
always stands by her boy, no mat
ter how good or how ornery he is.
Money is man’s next best friend-—it
attracts and hdlds the world to him.
The w'fe comes third, in,.,the list. As
a rule she is her husbaod’s good
friend—until the money Is all gone.
Then she becomes as uncertain as the
wind that blows.
! PREPARING FOR OLD AGE.
! _________
j If You Reach Sixty-five Yeare What
Will Be Your Condition?
; Actuaries say thnt of each thousand
j men living at the age of twenty 600
J will still be alive at sixty-five. Econ
| omists declare that of the 600 living at
sixty-five 200 will be in want; that
eight-ninths of the pauperism in Amer
ica is among people who have passed
this same age of sixty-five.
A man is, of course, sometimes
brought to want in old age through
accident, through continued illness of
himself or his family, through a dozen
and one mischances against which
even the wisest is helpless adequately
to provide. In spite of this, however,
there are certain tried and proved rec
ipes by which a young man may guar
antee at least the probability that he
will not be found among the unfortu
nate 200 after the age of sixty-five.
Avoidance of wasteful, destructive
habits; thrift, economy, the practice of
spending habitually less than one
earns, the habit of study, which in
creases one’s usefulness and earning
power—such are a few of the stable
qualities which dlstingu! h the young
man approaching an independent old
age from the one approaching a con
dition of want Stand the actuary’s
thousand men in a row, divide them
into two groups, the one possessing
the habits and qualities noted above
and the other lacking them, and there
would be little difficulty in telling from
which group will come the 200 and
from which the 300.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
WOOD FROM THE MOON.
Queer Decision of the Most Primitive
Race on Earth.
The “north polo natives" alluded to
by Captain Amundsen in a recent lec
ture were discovered by him while he
was navigating his little craft, the
Gjoa, through the Northwest passage
in 1903-7.
He christened them “Nechilli" and
considered them to be the most primi
tive race on earth. No white man had
ever before invaded their icy fast
nesses. Consequently they were igno
rant of the use of iron. Their fishing
Implements were long spears, fashion
ed out of reindeer horn. They knew
no other method of procuring fire than
that of rubbing two pieces of wood to
gether. They were, in short, still in
the stage of civilization reached by our
ancestors of the stone age.
So cut off were they from others of
their kind that they imagined their
tribe was the only one in the world
and displayed the utmost astonishment
when told of populous countries far to
the south, where neither Ice nor snow
was. The Gjoa and her crew they
thought to have dropped from the
moon, and the first Nechilli to come
aboard felt the deck, masts, boats,
oars, all the while whispering to one
another in amazement. “How much
wood there fs in the moon—bow very
much!”—London Standard.
Too Eager.
There is a lady in Richmond who has
in her employ a darky servant of a
most curious disposition.
“Did the postman leave any letters.
Lily?” the mistress asked on one occa
sion on returning from a call in the
neighborhood.
"There ain’t nutbin’ but a postal
card, ma’am,” said Lily.
“Who is it from?” asked the mistress
craftily.
“ ’Deed, I don’t know, ma'am," said
Lily, with an air of entire innocence.
“Well, any one that sends me a mes
sage on a postal card is either very
stupid or Impertinent,” suggested the
lady of the house.
“Excuse me. ma’am,” said Lily, with
dignity, “but that ain’t no way to talk
’bout yo’ own mother!"—Philadelphia
Ledger.
' Population of Earth.
The population of the entire earth is
around 1,000,000,000. Of this number.
Asia has over half. 850.000.000; Africa.
127,000.000; North America. 120.000.
000: South America, 45.000.000; Austra
lasia. 5.000.000; Europe, 3S0.000.0IX):
polar regions, 300.000 There are no
means of estimating the increase in
the earth’s population, owing to the
paucity of statistics and the compara
tively recent date at which any sort
of statistics were possible. But it is
safe to say that from now on. owing
to the spread of science the human In
crease will be greater than ever before.
New York American.
Dodges the Germs.
“1 understand that your neighbor
Jinks has a deadly fear of microbes
and takes every possible precaution to
avoid infection.”
"That’s true. He won't even read a
book or article if he thinks it contains
any germs of thought.”—Baltimore
American.
Her Odd Way.
Giles—My wife is a queer woman^
Miles — Indeed! Giles — Yes. Why.
when she has occasion to drive a tack
she uses a hammer instead of a hair
brush.—Chicago News.
Far Enough.
“Does your wife make your money
go far?”
“1 judge so. None of it has ever
come back that I know of."—Buffalo
Express.
From Abstract -to Concrete.
"You say her love affairs have .pro
gressed from abstract to concrete?”
"Yes; she jilted a title guarantee man
to take on a builder.”—Judge.
He that knowetb himself beet exalt
eth himself least
PIDGIN ENGLISH.
Language Used In Shops and Homes In
Chinese Ports.
In Shanghai In all shops one finds
Chinese familiar with English, but
often using much pidgin English.
“Pidgin” is supposed to be derived
from several changes on the word
“business,” which was first shortened
to "busin.” then through the form of
“pishin” and finally became “pidgin.”
Pidgin English is the language used in
trade and households in the ports of
China, where the Chinese and foreign
ers deal with one another. It is sim
liar in Its origin to the mixture of lan
guages known as Lingua-Franca in the
Levant and in other parts of the Med
iterranean. It is a direct translation
of Chinese into English and strictly
idiomatic. For instance, they say.
“That book, pay my,” instead of “Give
me the book.”
The Chinese tailors speak fluently la
this odd English. An American lady
went to a Chinese tailor in Shanghai to
see him regarding putting feather in
terlining in a muff. The tailor seemed
a trifle dazed as to what she wanted
and said; “B'long alio same chicken
fur?” lie wanted to prove his inten
tion of treating his customer right and
told her, "My b’long alio same you.
you b’long alio same my—b'long my
velly good fiend.” and later, wishing to
ask after one of the lady’s daughters,
remarked, "Miss A., have catchee mas
ter?” When this was said China had
not come out for woman's suffrage.—
Amy W. Hotchkiss in National Maga
zine.
ELIZABETH ISLAND.
Its Curious Little Colony of Zoological
Total Abstainers.
Recent investigations on the little
known and rarely visited Henderson
or Elizabeth island have led to the
discovery of a complete and curious
little colony of zoological total abstain
ers.
The island, which is uninhabited, is
situated about 120 miles northeast of
riteairn islandMtself sufficiently out
of the way. but faihqus as the home of
the descendauts of the mutineers of
the Bountj. '
There is no water on It, not even a
swamp, and it is only six miles long,
yet it harbors quite u menagerie--a
kind of rat. a lizard, described as very
abundant, and no fewer than four
kinds of birds, all peculiar to the is
land. These are a fruit pigeon, a lori
keet or honey eating parrakeet, a little
rail or crake and a reed W’arbler.
The strange thing about the inmates
of this curious little natural aviary of
coral rock, surrounded by waves in
stead of wires.is that two of its inmates
are birds, one especially associated
with fresh water—the rail and the war
bler. These, like the rest, must do
without drinking unless the dew can
slake their thirst or they have acquir
ed toleration for sea water as a bev
erage.—Argonaut.
Flight of a Great Nebula.
One of the. most striking speet.ioies
revealed by telescopes is that of the
great nebula in Orion. In the coni
plexit.v of its glowing streams, spirals
and strangely shaped masses, inter
cepted by yawning black gaps and
sprinkled over with stars arranged 'n
suggestive groups and lines, it has few
rivals in the heavens. The impression
of astonishment made by the sight of
this nebula is heightened by knowl
edge of its enormous size. Tile entire
solar system would appear as a tiny
speck beside It. Yet this tremendous
aggregation of nebulous clouds and
starry swarms has been proved by the
researches of the astronomers to be
flying away from the earth and the
sun at the rate of eleven miles in every
second. But so vast is Its distance
that 100 years reveal no visual effects
of the great nebula’s swift retreat
Not Really Lost.
Bertie's sister, who is five years older
than Bertie, is trying to teach him to
take care of his books. The other day
she could not find “Itobinson Crusoe”
on the nursery bookshelf.
•‘Where is it?" she asked. "1 haven't
seen it for several days. What have
you done with it?"
“I know where it is." said Bertie,
trying to speak with assurance.
"Well, where?"
•Why. it's only lost h little," lie fal
tered: -kinder-In the barb, or round
outdoors, some'eres: p’r'aps up garret
or behind the woodpile. 1 guess!”—
Youth’s Companion
A Faulty Statue.
Perhaps the worst equestrian statue
in the world Is tbut erected In front
of Trinity college. Dublin, to the mem
ory of King William III Among other
faults one of the forelegs of the horse
is straight, and the other curved con
siderably, yet both hoofs meet side by
side on tlie pedestal-London Spare
Moments.
Such Is Life.
"Happiness is unattainable.”
"How now?"
"It was always In.v dream to get rich
and have a cast iron dog on the lawn
It took me forty years to get rich and
now cast iron dogs are out of style.”
Wnslilngton Herald
Queer Job.
“Here’s a man who has a queer Job ”
said the cheerful Idiot as he looked up
from his paper.
"What does he do?" asked the boob.
“He Is bookkeeper for a bookseller.’’,
replied the cbeerfuUdlot.—San Francis.
co Chronicle
The wlse maii Is informed on what
la right the Inferior man on what will j
pay. —Confucius.
We11 have put up a good many Nelchina
outfits the past week. We are
ready to put up more.
The Best Goods
The Best Packing
is our motto.
When ready for your outfit come
and see us.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the Matter of the Annexation of
Certain Territory to the Incorpor
ated Town of Valdez.—Order Set
ting Time for Hearing Petition and
Giving Notice.
A petition having been this day
presented to the court for the pur
pose of instituting the proceedings
required by law for the annexation
of territory to an incorporated town,
said petition praying for the annex
ation of certain described territory to
the incorporated town of Valdez, in
the Territory of Alaska, Third divis
ion; and it appearing to the court
that said petition is signed by forty
eight qualified electors of said incor
porated town, the same being more
than one-fifth of the number of votes
cast at the last municipal election in
sjiid town, and by live actual resi
dents and owners of substantial prop
erty interests in land in the territory
proposed to be annexed and verified
by two of the signers of said peti
tion; said petition setting forth the
boundaries of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to said town, an
having attached thereto a plat based
upon an actual survey by a compe
tent surveyor, setting forth the lim
its and boundaries thereof by metes
and bounds, and stating the number
of inhabitants therein:
Therefore, 1 appearing to the court
that said petition is in the form re
quired by law; it is ordered that said
petition be heard and considered by
the court on the 18th day of Febru
ary, 1914, at 10'o’clock a. m. of said
day, at the court room of this court
in Valdez, Alaska, if said day b« a day
of jurisdiction in said court, or if the
same be not a day of jurisdiction,
then said hearing shall be held on the
first day of jurisdiction thereafter. It
is further ordered that notice of such
hearing be given by posting printed
or typewritten copies of this order
in three conspieuoous places within
the limits of said incorporated town
of Valdez, and by posting such cop
ies in three conspicuous places with
in the limits of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to and included
within the limits of said incorporated
town, and by publishing a copy of
this order'once a week in the Valdez
Prospector, a newspaper of general
circulation published nearest to said
incorporated town.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 7th day of January, 1914
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last rub»cation February 14. 191;
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex-officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Rob
ert Martin, deceased. Notice to cred
itors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Robert Martin, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them with the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez. Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
tion of the business of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 13th
day of January, 1914.
W. H. CASWELL,
Administrator of the estate of Robert
Martin, deceased.
Date of first publication Jan. 14.
Date of last publication Peb. 17.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
^X.ET
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'ciocK In
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. T. (J. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. M^’NIECE. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
| the local quarters back of
j Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store
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| L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alaska
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TIDE TABLES
Saturday, February 7.
High tide 9:12 a. m. and 11:16 p. m.
Low tide 2:52 a. in. and 4:45 p. in.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
United States of America, Third Di
vision, Territory of Alaska, ss.
Public notice >s hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of execution, dated
January 9tli, A. D. 1914, issued out
of the District Court, for the Third
division, Territory of Alaska, on a
judgment rendered in said Cour,, on
the 5th day of January, A. D. 1914,
in favor of the United States of
America, and against James Fish, ad
ministrator of the estate of Louis Ca
m'cia, deceased, Angus Chisholm,
Frank Gustafson, Max J. Schnrdt and
Jennie Raymond, 1 have, on this 9th
day of January, A. D. 1914, levied
upon the following described real es
tate, situated in the town of Valdez,
Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
Lot nine (9) in Block B; lot three
(3) in Block two (2); lot four (4)
in block twenty-four (24), of the
Valdez Townsite, according to the
official plat • f said townsite on tile
in the office of the recorder for said
precinct, and that I will, according
ly, offer said real estate for sale, at
public vendue to the lrghest and best
bidder, for cash, on the third day of
March, A. D. 1914, at two o’clock p.
m„ at the front door of the Court
House, Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, January
9, 1914.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
IT. S. Marshal, Third Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last publication February 21, 1914.
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entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the
year from date of your ticket, when
incapacitated by injury or sickness.
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