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3 *
rails PLAN
A BIGJANOUET
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 30.
—A hundred former Alaskans now
located In this city, where they have
purchased large property holdings
with money earned in the northland,
plan to have a grand reunion in Jan
uary.
A big banquet will be arranged for
and the affair will be one long to be
remembered) by the former sour
doughs, who have forsaken the golden
north to settle down to the p aceful
life of farming.
QUEEN SOPHIA
PASSES AWAY
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 30.—Queen
Mother Sophia, the wife of King Os
car, died here today at the age of
78. The Dowager Queen was loved
by all the people of her country, who
have shown unmistakable signs of
deep sorrow at her death. The body
of the beloved queen will lie in state
for two days, after which it will be
interred beside the body of King Os
car.
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Tuesday, December 30, 1913.
Wortmans, cloudy, snowing 56
Summit, snowing, calm ... 53
Beaver Dam .
Teikhell. snowing, calm . . 60
Tonsina, snowing, calm 9 16
Copper Center, cloudy, elm 10
Gulkana, cloudy, calm .... 7 12
Hogan, cloudy, calm ..... 12
Paxson .
Monday, December 29, 1913.
Wortmans, cloudy, snowing 55
Summit, cloudy, calm .... 47
Beaver Dam cldy elm snow 18 40
Teikhell, snowing . 56
Tonsina, cloudy, calm .... 10 15
Copper Center, cloudy, calm 10
Gulkana, cloudy, calm .... 7 12
Hogans, clear, calm . 15
Paxsons, absent
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
James Fish, the mail contractor,
reached Willow creek last night and
was expected at Copper Center to
night.
Masquerade costumes made to or
der for the New Year’s ball. See Mrs
Gunther, in the ICrau building. tf
LOCAL BREVITIES.
1 One-thirrd off on Cut Glass, China
and leather goods for one week on
ly at Blum’s.
Cook wanted by Mrs. Carleton at
Fort LiscUnt; call or phone Mrs. Car
leton.
One-thirrd off on Cut Glass; China
and leather goods for one week on
ly at Blum’s.
The launch B. F. M. is en route to
| Port Wells with supplies for the Gran
ite Gold Mining company.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
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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
Christmas Gift. Come in and see how nicely it works.
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VERDICT OF THE AUDIENCE.
Ordeal Which Budding Actors In Nor
mandy Must Face.
It Is not without fear that an actor
makes his debut in the capital of Nor
mandy. A debut In the French prov
inces Is by no means an easy ordeal to
pass through. An actor has a right to
choose three different parts, says Mme.
Rhea, which must be plnyed lusl(le of a
mouth.
The first und second debuts have no
significance; he may be received coldly,
critically or enthusiastically—it has no
meaning: the third one decides bis
fate. That night after the play the
manager, very solemn In bis dress suit,
appears before the audience and says:
“Monsieur or Mile. So-and-so has made
his or her debut. The management
wishes to know the verdict of the pub
lic.”
Then he produces a placard on
which is printed In large letters the
word “Accepted.” If the actor pleases
the audience applnuds: If not, it hisses
until the manager produces another
placard with the word “Refused.”
Then the applause starts again, with
out regard for the feelings of the poor,
broken, hearted girl or boy who has
been waiting in the wings for the ver
dict of that tnbumarr Jury called the
public.—Argonaut.
LEAP OF A KANGAROO.
Never Over Four Feet High, but May
Be Thirty Feet Broad.
Precisely Uow far a big kangaroo
can jump is a matter of some dispute.
A writer in Cassell’s Natural His
tory says that they can leap "over ten,
fifteen or more feet.” Mr. H. R. Francis
tells us that be has “known an 'old
man' to cover nineteen feet at each
bound for full half a mile,” and be
believes that he does leap "an average i
of full twenty feet”
Mr. Lydckker is of opinion that the j
great kangaroo leaps “not far short of |
thirty feet,” and Mr. Thomas Ward j
gives it ns "at least thirty feet” Prob
ably Mr. Rudyard Kipling's "twenty- I
five feet to a bound” is near enough
as a general rule.
But with this more than Olympic
leaping power they seem commonly
either unable or unwilling to rise any
height from the ground. Their spe
cialty Is broad Jumping only. Mr.
Ward says that they “cannot clear an
obstacle greater than four feet” and a
five foot fence is commonly high
enough for any kangaroo paddock.—
London Times.
Memory In Old Age.
Ways of the memory In later life ex
ercised the famous Dr. Jowett of Ox
ford when he reached It. but be found
consolation. “At fifty-five you fall to
remember things—words, pictures, per
sons— after six months or a year's In
terval. Yet the circle of objects which
you recognize Is ever becoming wider,
; and this power of recognition is a
great'£ift If cultivated. There is the
greaff-st value In ’forgotten knowl
edge.' instead of the stores of mem
ory oppressing you, with a little trou
ble you can recall all that is useful or
necessary.” And to Lady Wemyss, re
covering from illness, he wrote: “Like
you, I read u book through and do not
remember a word of it. 1 think, how
ever, that the reading of the book has
an effect, and if I read it again l un
derstand It better. I believe that as
■ we lose our powers of memory we may
| increase the power of reminiscence—
! that is. of recalling what we want in
small quantities for a short time.”
Did the Romans Smoke?
“Why is it that smoking never crept
into Homan literature?” 1 have asked.
To which a correspondent answers that
it has crept. It is mentioned by Pliny
iN. H. xxvi. C-lfil. He records the use*
of coltsfoot for smoking and recom
mends smoking the dried roots and
lenves of this plant ns a remedy for ob
stinate colds and coughs. From this
the botanical name of the coltsfoot
(tussilagoi. which means ‘‘cough easer."
has been derived British boys who
have neither coughs nor colds still
smoke coltsfoot surreptitiously and find
that it makes them satisfactorily sick.
—London Spectator.
Bad Calculation.
John, who was going to bed one
night and having no light, was grop
ing his way (the bed being one of the
old fashioned kind, with high bed
posts). John, in feeling for the bed
post, missed it with his hand and
struck it with bis nose.
“Ach!” he yelled. “That Is the first
time I knew my nose was longer than
my arm’’—National Monthly.
Guessing His Trouble.
“I sometimes feel as if the world
had little use for me—that things would
go on just as well If I were out of it”
"Come, cheer up, old mnn Before
this time tomorrow you may meet some
girl'who will look just as good to you
as the other one ever did.”—Chicago
Record-Herald.
Bad Form.
Brother—What did you say to that
old chap Just now? Sister—I only
thanked him for picking np my bag.
Brother—My dear girl, you must learn
not to be so beastly grateful. It’s not
done, you know', nowadays— London
Punch.
Her Life Long Passion.
A girl baby begins to flirt wttb men
when she Is about two years old. So
far as we can determine slie keeps It
op ontil she is about ninety.—Albany
Knickerbocker Press.
He la the truly courages as man whc
never desponds.
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