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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913.
PATIENT AND LONG SUFFER
ING.
The newspapers of Southeast
ern Alaska have been quick to
see the humor in the government
sending the “Rapid Transit” up
from the Soulnd to repair ithe
broken cable. The Rapid Tran
sit has the speed of a salmon
scow and the lines of a militant
suffragette,- 1 Her cable splicing
equipment consists of a hairpin
and a package of makin’s for
each member of the crew.
The Burnside, that noble craft,
which costs Uncle Samuel a hun
dred thousand dollars a year to
keep housed In dry dock, when
she is needed in the field, is still
sleeping in Mr accustomed
place, undergoing her daily,
weekly, monthly and yearly man
icuring, and having cold cream
applied to her stern. The reason
is now clear why ships are al
ways mentioned in the feminine
gender. The Burtnside is a per
fect lady when it comes to paint,
spanker gaffs, main braces, back
stays, rnizzen caps, sheets and
sister keelsons. In fact the only
thing masculine about the Burn
side is her whisker boom.
The government recently re
fused to lower the cable rates
because it costs too much to keep
this dry dock toilet set in bed.
(The latest reports of the Rap
id Transit is that she will arrive
on the scene of the break about
the time some other portion of
the cable has worn in two by
the slow processes of erosion.
Thus another charge will be
made against the Alaska opera
tion and hold against the reduc
tion of tolls. The people of Alas
ka are willing to quit talking
about better rates. If the gov
ernment will get, our messages
through at any old rate we will
be pacified. The same is true of
opening our coal lands and rail
roads. At first we) wanted pri
vate operation, then we were
willing to stand for government
operation, now any kind of op
eration will be acceptable. We
are squelched, browbeaten, hu
miliated, sandbagged and slug
ged into insensibility, and will
swollow without murmur any
thing but conservation and
death.—Skagway Alaskan.
The lobbyist is non-partisan.
Getting out of the old ruts i's
the lirst step in a good roads
program.
A man appointed to -a post
masfeship in Illinois, at $4,400
a year, has refused to accept.
His democracy will naturally be
questioned.
If yet remains to be determin
ed whether the Balkans have ac
cumulated assets or liabilities in
getting control of a lot of Turk
ish territory.
“Colonel Roosevelt is worth
$200,000,” says a telegram from
New York. That, of course, is
exclusive of the 0 cents he was
awarded by that Michigan jury.
A Shelbyville, lnd., man is su
ing his wife for a divorce, his
allegation being that she threw
him down and took his mopey
away from him. The wife who
cannot get money from her hus
band without resorting to such
rough house tactics deserves an
action for divorce.
Johtn Armsttrong Chaloner,
who was declared insane in New
York and sane in Virginia, may
now get his New York estate of
$1,500,000 by applying for .it
through the New York courts.
A/nd the chances are that Chal
oner will lose his case in the New
York courts by trying to recite
some of his recept poetry to
prove hi*s sanity.
MAN DREADS DEATH.
Yat Under Proper Conditions, It I*
Said, Ha Would Waleemo It.
"It is a curious fact that no ani
mal except man seems to be aware
of the fate that is in store for him—
to know that death is the inevitable
destiny which awaits all living
things,” observes Hereward Car
rington in his book, “Death Defer
red.”
“Inasmuch as man is so keenly
sensitive to all that most concerns
himself and has so lively an imagi
nation for the disagreeable side of
the future, it seems a cruel fate that
he should have the power of this
foreknowledge of death all his life,
while other animals equally mortal
are without it.” It ha6 been argued
that there must be something wrong
with the course of nature to allow
such a state of affairs to exist, and
Mr. Carrington quotes Professor
Dastre as saying:
“The greatest discrepancy of all
the kinds which exist in nature is
the knowledge of inevitable death
without the instinct that makes it
longed for. Man knows and under
stands his destiny. He has with the
animals the instinct of self preser
vation, the instinct of life, and at
the same time the knowledge and
the fear of death. This contradic
tion, this discordance, is one of the
sources of his woes.
“Whether it be an accident or
the regular term of the normal cy
cle, death always comes too soon. It
surprises the man at a time when
he has not yet completed his physio
logical evolution; hence the aversion
and terror it inspires. The old man
does not regard death with less
aversion than the young man. He
who is most like the dead dies with
most regret. Man knows that he is
not getting his full measure.
“Further, all the really natural
acts are solicited by an instinct, the
satisfaction of which is a need and
a joy. The need of death, then,
should therefore appear at the end
of life, just as the need of sleep ap
pears at the end of the day. It would
appear, doubtless, if the normal cy
cle of existence were fulfilled. Death
would then be welcomed, longed for.
It would lose its horror. The in
stinct for death would replace at
the wished for moment the instinct
of life. Man would die without re
gret.”
The fact that we have not this in
stinct for death proves conclusively,
according to Mr. Carrington, that
death takes place prematurely. We
don’t live out the cycle of years na
ture intended for us. The reason,
he believes, is in our general meth
ods of living, the fundamentally un
sound methods adopted by the ma
jority. If we lived properly exist
ence would be prolonged until we
felt the instinct for death.
The Atom a Little Solar System.
There are thousands of sub
stances, but all can be resolved into
about eighty distinct elements—that
is to say, substances whose mole
cules contain only one kind of atom
and so cannot be further analyzed.
A molecule is the smallest particle
of a substance which exhibits the
individuality of that substance. The
atom, however, is not the smallest
particle of matter of which we have
cognizance. The most recent ad
vances in radioactivity indicate that
the atom in itself is a complex sys
tem consisting of a positively charg
ed nucleus around which are group
ed numerous negatively charged
particles of infinitesimal dimensions
called electrons. The electron is
now described as the unit of the ma
terial universe, the basal ingredient
underlying all forms of matter.—
Christian Herald.
Bermuda’s White Houses.
Bermuda is the original home of
the White House. The simplest
bungalow is built of the same ma
terial as the most pretentious villa,
in almost precisely the same way.
White coral blocks cut from' the
backbone of the islands are used for
all building purposes. Many of the
well to do negroes live in lovely lit
tle white coral bungalows and cot
tages, which for vivid, radiant
whiteness would surpass the execu
tive mansion at Washington. Paint
cannot rival the dazzling luster of
Bermuda’s lime washed coral build
ings, shimmering as they do in the
brilliant, subtropical sunshine like
pillars of light.
— t
The Ruling Passion.
The taxicab driver was about to
receive his sentence.
“Prisoner,” said the judge. “I
am satisfied there is no reasonable
doubt of your guilt. The evidence
shows that you drove the deceased
about the city in your taxicab for
two hours, then took him to a se
cluded place and strangled him and
stole his watch. Have you anything
to say before sentence is pronounc
ed?”
“Yes, your honor.”
“What is it?”
“Fd like to know, your honor,
who is going to pay the cab biro?”
1 —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ARCADE
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RAICFRY INZCONNECTION
» everything good
JACK CAliJN A CO.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry'call on me.
"QUICK ACTION”
m my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leave* once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK for
PORT WELLS and
Way Port*.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
BARGAINS
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.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, 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 tohight.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to iO
.. m. 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 the 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 filed in the above court
on the 14th day of July 191'L 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 liber 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 the 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 District
Court for 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.
Shushana Shoes
The shoe to land you at the new
diggin’s is the
HUNKIDORI
A new line just received that
will stand the wear
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Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all pans
of the interior. General Trucking
&d. Wood, • Proprietor
McKinjey St. Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford 1
Wall Street Phone 159 j
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Plate glass, window .glass, roofing and j
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce- |
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders* 1
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds j
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Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish- j
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse St Co. 1
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing. Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Point*.?
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Vsdves,
Iroi °ipe, Fittings.
fJ*up Horn
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iNTmnwiormcnT,
135llm»sMtoillMii-MSii»ulMC
Wedoa
general
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay </Vr Cent Interest on lime Certificate at Deposit,
IRONING WORRIES^
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE_ EPHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Lightsj
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good Tur DIICCCT 6 ° °d
Goods M£ uUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I ¥ IMDUD and Building
Puget Sound uUIVlOcJ. Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
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