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TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1915.
OUR NEW JUDGE.
Charles E. Bunnell will be the new
judge for the Fourth division, and The
Citizen, which devoted its energies
in Mr. Bunnell’s behalf previous to
the last election, feels that the com
munity should feel complimented.
JVlr. Bunnell’s clean campaign for del
egate to congress earned for him
the respect of the people of Alaska,
and it is to be expected that his
services as judge will be just as far
above criticism as was his political
campaign.
There was a host of candidates for
the judgeship, and many of them were
creditable, competent men. Thus there
were other men who applied for the
job that could have filled the judge
ship creditably, but no one will prob
ably attempt to say that Mr. Bunnell
was not as good as any other aspi”
ant for the position.
Knowing Mr. Bunnell’s previously
good record and his high sense of
duty, The Citizen is ready to guar
antee that he will be an unbiased,
conscientious judge; that he will keep
the back door of his office closed to
attorneys who attempt to reach him
by its means improperly to influence
him; that he will refuse to become
affiliated with any political faction in
Fairbanks; that he will enter heartily
into the social and progressive life
of the community, and that he will
become a party to no political job
bery whatsoever.
If Mr. Bunnell fails to come up to
the foregoing standard, The Citizen
will be quick to condemn him. But
there is no danger that Mr. Bunnell
will be found wanting, for he has
made it evident previously that he
is a man of rare good judgment and
of high ethical sentiments.
It would be political suicide for Mr.
Bunnell to forget his ideals at this
time. His career is now in the mak
ing, as it were, and if he so far for
gets himself as to become affiliated
with men of questionable reputations
or becomes a party to plans for pro
mating the ambitions of undeserving
politicians, he will lose caste. Upon
Mr. Bunnell’s own strength of char
meter and upon his tactful ability to
(follow the course of duty without cre
ating enemies will depend his future
success.—Fairbanks Citizen.
A SENATOR LECTURES ON EDDY
ISM.
It is to "senatorial courtesy," of
course, that the country owes the deep
humiliation just inflicted on the sane
fraction of its inhabitants by Senator
Works of California. For deeply hu
miliated certainly were all included
in that fraction by the revelation to
a world half astonished and half
amused of the fact that the members
of what is theoretically our highest
and most dignified legislative body sa*
patient and helpless while for hours
and hours one of their number preach
ed to them the maniacal doctrines of
Christian Science.
As a matter of fact, only a few
of the members did anything of the
kind, “senatorial courtesy” not going
the length of requiring these grave
personages to lend their ears to each
other longer than they choose, or at
all if they do not choose. Still, this
exponent of Eddylsm is a senator,
his speech was delivered to, as well
as In, the Senate, and, so far as the
records will ever show, it was heard
by our most distinguished and re
sponsible statesmen with respect and
satisfaction.
The consequent comments will
wound American pride severely, for
not only will we have to explain to
home and foreign critics why a sen
ator representing one of our great
states should have made public pro
fession of his faith in a religio-phll
osophical delusion that violates every
law of reason, every lesson of exper
ience. We must also explain why
a man so highly placed should elicit
not a single answer from his col
leagues when he attacked medical
science with hot revillngs and clam
ored against the establishment of a
much-needed governmental agency for
putting the benefits of that science at
the service of the public. And recent
discoveries, the value of which to
humanity has been as well demon
strated as the accuracy of the mul
tiplication table, he dismissed with
contemptuous words like “filthy,” and
the real doctors of the country he
glibly charged with the ambition to
i build up a tyrannous monopoly!
There is no need to question the
sincerity of the senator’s belief or the
excellence of his intentions. The epi
sode remains none the less absurd—
none the less of a reflection on Amer
ican intelligence.—New York Times.
DANGEROUS TO FRIEND AS TO
FOE.
From present happenings the de
duction seems fairly safe that Turkey
will suffer as much, if not in quite
the same way, from alliance witn
Germany as Belgium has suffered as
a result of putting herself on the oth
er side by resisting the violation of
her neutrality.
We have, indeed, heard too often
since this war began of decisive vic
tories that later proved to have decid
ed nothing to assume with any con
fidence that Turkey’s defeat by Rus
sia settled the conflict in that par
ticular "theatre,” but the Russian re
ports on military operations, though
they have often concealed reverses,
have never exaggerated successes,
and it can be taken as a fact that
a considerable part of the Turkish
army in the Caucasus has been de
stroyed and the remainder very se
verely handled.
As this was accomplished without
materially weakening the Russian
forces to the northward, the Turks
canot view the situation that con
fronts them with less than the grav
est of apprehensions, and not many
of them can now be thinking that the
outlook is promising. Retirement into
Asia Minor, their long prophesied
fate, is still open to them, but they
can have no assurance that the gla
cial advance of Russia will stop at
Constantinople.-—Ex.
parisIefenses
NOW COMPLETED
City Is Surrounded By An In
trenched Camp Sixty Miles
In Diameter.
PARIS, Jan. 19.—The army of ex
cavators who, early in September,
began to dig Paris in when a Ger
man siege was threatened, have com
pleted their work.
The General Confederation of
Workers alone sent 5,000 volunteers,
who provided their own digging tools
and were merely recompensed by a
daily ration of food. Thousands of
Belgian refugees hunted from their
own land have , also assisted in the
work.
The city now lies In the centre of
an intrenched camp, whose diameter
is about sixty miles and whose cir
cumference is nearly 200 miles. This
is surrounded by row after row of
trenches, thoroughly covered in with
logs and turf, through which loop
holes have been left for rifle fire. All
of them communicate with each oth
er and contain traverse banks of
earth to prevent them from being en
filaded by infantry or machine gun
fire. Out beyond them are rifle pits
and barbed wire entanglements, plac
ed in all positions where an attack
might originate.
Still other precautions have been
taken in front of the advanced line
of trenches by the digging of deep
ditches, whose existence is hidden by
a light covering of branches and turf,
making them invisible to approaching
cavalry, infantry, or artillery, and
forming veritable traps into which an
attacking force might fall a prey to
the defenders’ machine guns and ri
fles.
The approches to the trenches from
the rear consist of subterranean gal
leries which permit the reliefs to be
made without any exposure of the
men.
All along this front posts of ob
servation have been established, each
of which is constantly occupied by
at least three men provided with pow
erful field glasses and in direct tele
phonic communication with head
quarters and with the artillery bat
teries In the immediate vicinity. The
emplacements of these batteries are
known only to the headquarters staff
and to the men who serve the guns,
all of which are buried in the earth,
only their muzzles protruding. For
the benefit of the gunners the ranges
of all prominent objects In the front
have been measured.
Behind the lines of trenches runs
a light railroad line for the purpose
of bringing up ammunition and food
and also, if necessary, reinforcements
of men to any point which may be
menaced. Further provision for the
conveyance of reinforcements is at
hand in the large numbers of auto
mobiles of all kinds which can make
the journey speedily from any point
to another, carrying groups of arm
ed men.
The existing forts have also been
strengthened, but now only serve as
supporting points and depots for large
bodies of troops resting from their
trench duty.
The Parisian delights in making
■Sunday trips to observe the works in
tended for his defense, and, although
he is not permitted to learn many of
.the secrets of the arrangements, he
has been able to see enough to in
spire him with confidence.
IDOLS OF THE ANCIENTS.
Those That Gave Their Names to the
Days of the Week.
In tiie museum at Berlin there are
representations of the idols from
which the names of the days of the
week are derived.
From the idol of the sun comes Sun
day. This idol is represented with his
face like the sun. holding a burning
wheel with both hands on his breast,
signifying his course round the world.
The idol of the moon, from which
comes Monday, is habited in a short
coat, like a man, holding the moon in
his hands.
Tuisco, from which comes Tuesday,
was one of the most ancient and pop
ular gods of the Germans aud is rep
resented in Ids garments of skins, ac
cording to their peculiar manner of
clothing. The third day of the week
was dedicated to his worship.
Woden, from which comes Wednes
day. was a valiant prince among the
Saxons. Ills image was prayed to
for victory.
Thor, whence comes Thursday, is .
seated in a bed, with twelve stars
over Ids head, holding a scepter In his
hand.
i'rlya, whence we have Friday, is
represented with a drawn sword in ids
right hand and a bow in his left.
Saeter, from which comes Saturday,
•las tlie appearance of perfect wretch
edness; he is thin visaged, long haired,
with a long beard. He carries a water
pail in his right hand, wherein are
fruits and flowers.
READY FOR A WRECK.
The Careful Man Who Believed In
Taking Every Precaution.
Two friends boarded a great trans
atlantic liner and set sail for Cher
bourg. One was a good fellow. The
other was a niggardly man. The first
night out they went to their state
room.
“Say, Bob,” said the niggardly man,
“I wish you’d step out on deck while
I undress.”
“That’s a remarkable request,” ob
jected the good fellow. “Why have
you developed this streak of bnshful
ness at this late day? X never saw any
signs of it before.”
“Never mind about that,” said the
niggardly man. “You get out!"
After a long and acrimonious argu
ment the good fellow went out on deck
aud stayed half an hour. When be
returned to the stateroom the niggard
ly man was stretched out in the up
per berth. Moreover, he was dressed
up like a Christmas tree in a berib
boued nightgown aud a woman’s bou
doir cap.
“Say," exclaimed the good fellow,
“what in thunder is the matter? Why
have you got that makeup on?”
“Ijook at mo aud be wise.” said the
niggardly man. “Remember the rule
•In case of a wreck women and chil
dren first.’ I’opular Magazine.
Peru the Source of Cocaine.
There is a shrub in high Peru which
docs not bring the blessing of the po
tato—I mean the cocoa tree, whence
comes cocaine. The leaf is chewed by
young and old. Some doctors say it is
very bad for the people of Peru. The
infantile death rate is high, and they
say few old persons are to be found.
Other doctors aver that the cocoa leaf
is very good for the peasants. I am
inclined to take a view between the
two opinions. I met a man in Cuzco
who was running a grocery store, and
Professor Glessecke told me they had
very good proofs in that town that he
was a hundred and fifty years old. He
sold me chocolate and also cocoa
leaves. 1 chewed the leaves to try to
cure an ulcer in my stomach, and they
helped me more than all the medicines
of civilization that I had tried.—Peter
MacQueen In National Magazine.
The Dream Lion.
A Vienna professor is credited with
saying that dreams are usually wish
fulfillments. Maybe so. What about
that childish dream in which the fero
cious lion comes bounding along be
hind you, and you run ns boy never
ran before, and the lion closes the gap
little by little, and then, all of a sud
den, your legs grow limp and . your
muscles turn to water and your feet
fray out and the lion leaps and you
awake with a yell if your voice isn’t
paralyzed, and everybody in the house
wakes with you? — Cleveland Plaiu
Dealer.
The “Antique’’ Craze.
Those of us who can afTord it steal
and borrow and beg the arms, the
dress, the emotions of Greece and
Borne. Too often we hang their rot
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of their origin, unacquainted with their
meaning and not even sympathetic
with the emotions that produced them,
bent only upon the paltry respectabil
ity that their presence argues.—World’s
Work. _
Noah Identified.
"Why do you sign your name
Norah?” asked a teacher of one of the
Chinese boys in his class. “Don’t you
know that Norah is a girl’s name?”
“Oh, no.” was the reply. “Norah is
the name of the fnrnous American who
built the ark.”—Youth's Companion.
A Safe Proposition.
I lay it down as a safe proposition
that the fellow who every little while
has to break into the baby’s bank for
car fare isn’t going to evolve into a
Itaron Rothschild.—Philip D. Armour.
Historical Sayings.
Teacher—What were Webster’s last
ivords? Pupil — I don't remember,
aia’am. but they all began with Z.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Plane Trees of Cannosa.
Not least among trees which have be
come celebrated are two giant plane
trees at Cannosa, near Ragusa. that
“pearl of the Adriatic.” Within three
hours’ walk of Ragusa, on an elevation
above the tideless sea, lies the famous
garden of Count Gozze. From a prim
itive landing place a path leads up be
tween olives and pomegranates, myr
tles and oleanders to the level spot
where the two colossal trees have stood
from time Immemorial. The effect
of the larger tree upon a spectator
standing beneath it is positively over
whelming. it takes twenty-five paces
merely to walk closely round the trunk,
while the spreading branches reuch
horizontally for from thirty to forty
paces and then bend upward and fork.
A good sized public meeting could be
held in the shade of either of these
immense trees.—Wide World Magazine.
Got Away From the Odd One.
A curious story comes from the peo
ple of the Niger. A very rich man
died, leaving the vast fortune (for Ni
geria) of 20,001 cowries. It fell to the
lot of the king to divide them among
three sons, and he was at his wits’
end to know what to do with the one
cowrie. A wizard was called in, who
gained boundless credit by doling out
the cowries one by one until only six
remained. These he divided Into three
lots of two each and gave a lot to each
son. The king to this day attributes
this very satisfactory outcome to con
juring.—Independent
Food of the Chickadee.
The food of the chickudee is made
up of insects and vegetable matter in
the proportion of seven of the former
to three of the latter. Moths and cat
erpillars are favorites and form about
one-third of Its food, while beetles,
ants, wasps, bugs, grasshoppers and
spiders make up the rest The vege
table food consumed is composed of
seeds, largely those of pine, poison Ivy
and weeds.
Sky Effects.
“This scenery Isn’t what It was,”
complained the artist.
“I can’t see a bit of difference,” de
clared the old farmer. “What do you
miss?"
“I’m looking for a cloud like the one
I painted last year.”—Seattle Post-In
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New Rule In Belgian Relief.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Ambassa
dor Page cabled the State depart
ment from London today that the
British foreign office had Informed
him British naval authorities here
after would undertaae to facilitate
the voyage to Rotterdam of only such
charity ships as contained whole car
goes of food for Belgian relief.
He said that certain societies and
committees continued to ship contri
buttons of food In ships that carried
other cargo. It was important, the
ambassador reported, that the charity
ships should not contain other car
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