New Dress Silks
"^IlHIS ‘ TORE is now showing a very
pretty collection of plain and fancy
^ Dress Silks that are especially sug
gestive for dance and party waists and
dresses.—Prices will be found to be very
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reasonable.
NUMBER of needed items in domestics
and notions are now in—variegated and
plain colors, in lustre cotton—featheredge
and medallion braids—nainsooks and long-cloth.
Curling irons, wire hairpips, darning cottons, etc.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
VY Want 8trict,y fre#h Egg8’ Butter> Fruit
I Oil Tf alii ant| Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
GERMANY DECLARES COLORED
^ , TROOPS MUTILATE DEAD.
BERLIN, Oct. 11.—The German
foreign office has issued a memorial
protesting against the employment of
colored troops in the European thea
tres of war by France and Great Bri
tain on the ground that they have
brought with them savage-practices
of warfare of their native country.
The memorial charges the Africans
and Hindus with murdering the
wounded and mutilating the dead by
cutting off their ears, which are worn
in strings about their necks as neck
laces, and even severing the heads
from bodies as war trophies.
These charges are supported by nu
merous documents, consisting partly
of reproductions of letters and diar
ies found on dead French soldiers or
French prisoners, and partly of affi
davits of German officers and soldiers
and German women living in France
when the war broke out.
Affidavits from two German women
teachers allege that Sengalese and
Turcos murdered wounded men com
mitted to their care for transporta
tion to hospitals.
The appendix concludes by repro
ducing the famous protest in the
House of Commons by the Earl of
Chatham (William Pitt), against the
atrocities committed upon Americans
by the Indians hired by the British
during the war of the revolution.
The memorial concludes with a
solemn protest by the German gov
ernment in the interest of civilization
against the employment of colored
troops i» Europe. It says this is con
trary to the spirit of all international
agreements of the past two decades,
which make it the duty of civilized
nations to lessen the inherent evils of
warfare.
TOLOVANA WIRELESS TALKS
WITH EUREKA, CALIFORNIA.
Charles L. Stevenson, operator In
charge of the wireless station in the
Tolovana country, reports that the
radio plant is now working well and
that he was able to hear all of the in
terior Alaska' government stations.
He reports that he has succeeded in
talking with the wireless station at
Eureka, California.
Mr. Stevens has written Falcon
Joslin, owners of the wireless plant,
that the receiving apparatus has been
working three points above perfect
for sending messages 250 miles by
day and 500 miles at night, and his
assertion that he was able to hear
Eureka station, is a corroboration of
that fact.
. —a #
KOYUKUK OUTPUT
WILL BE $250,000
Frank E. Howard, ex-commission
er of the Koyukuk country, when in
Fairbanks recently, was asked for his
opinion of what the output would be
for that region the coming year, and
he said that he thought it would be
in the neighborhood of $250,000.
Most ol^the money will come from
Hammofita river, although there wilt
be considerable gold produced on J
creek in the Wild river country and
on Nolan creek.
On J creek there are fiveVputflts
working in open cuts. They have to
depend on the rains for their sluic
ing water and consequently are un
able to take out much money. Up to
the time Judge Howard left the Koy
ukuk, they had produced in the neigh
borhood of $35,000, and if they have
plenty of water this fall will prob
ably produce more.
About $115,000 was washed up
last spring on the lower half of No.
4 above Hammond river by Frank
Smith and Knute Elingson. On the
upper half of the same claim Jack
Holzer and Lee Wilson washed up
about $35,000. There are no opera
tions on Hammond river in the sum
mer by reason of the fact that there
is too much water to handle.
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MOOSE MUSHEftS DANCE
BRINGS OUT BIG CROWD.
The Mushers’ dance given at Moose
Hall Saturday -night by the Alaska
Order of Moose, brought out one of
the largest and jolliest crowds ever
gathered together in Valdez. The
dancing floor of the big hall was
crowded and was unable to accom
modate all the couples in attendance
at the same time. The Moose had
prepared a feed of good old-fashioned
baken beans an'd brown bread which
added greatly to the pleasure of the
guests.
BUNDING SNOW STORM
SWEEPING WEST VIRGINIA
ELKINS. W Va., Oct. 11.—A sud
den drop in temperature yesterday
was followed by a heavy snowfall,
which developed into a blinding bliz
, zard. The storm is the first of the
season and has caught many unpre
pared as well as interrupting street
car traffic.
I NAVAL PAYMASTERS
ARE NOW IN CHARGE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Rear
Admiral Caperton, commanding the
American naval marine forces in
Haiti, has notified the state depart
ment that he has placed collectors in
charge of the ten customs offices in
the republic. Paymasters of the navy
will have charge of the collection of
the revenues of Haiti for a period of
twenty years under the terms of the
treaty recently ratified by the Hai
tian chamber of deputies.
HOW7 TO BEHAVE
IN AN AIR RAID.
LONDON. Because of the numer
ous raids the German Zeppelin’s have
made over the island, a set of rules
have been formulated to be followed
during attack.
To those in the street —Take cov
er immediately. There is danger from
bombs from aircraft and also from
fragments of shells, and from bullets
from guns used against the raiders.
The assembly of large crowds might
prove fatal. The nearest hasdment
is probably the safest place.
To School Teachers—Continue les
sons as far as possible in the normal
way. Remove children from tne vi
cinity of windows. Children should
not be brought from the upper floors
to crowd ground floor cla38 rooms or
basement. In the evdht of damage to
the building children should be quiet
ly marched out as in fire drill.
To those of Government Jifflces—
Continue working as far as possible.
, Congestion might prove dangerous if
the building is hit. Have the firemen
ready. If the building is damaged
follow the same directions as in case
of Are.
To Those in Private Houses—Stay
there—preferably in the basement.
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
on hand at Love-Whltley’s. tf
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
An Unexpected Meeting With a Long
Lost Set of Dishee.
In the American Magazine the story
of a curious coincidence Is told In a
letter written by Elsie B. Hart of San
Gabriel, Cal.:
"In the early days In California very
little china was used that did not come
from the orient. A man whose home
was In Folsom, who preferred the chi
na of Europe, took advantage of a vis
it to England to order a complete din
ner set ornamented with a design of
his own selection. In the course of
time this was packed and shipped to
San Francisco by sailing vessel round
the Horn, but after long delay the ves
sel was given up as lost and was nev
er afterward heard from.
“Years afterward tlje Californian
while traveling In China was Invited
to dine at the home of a missionary.
What was his astonishment to find the
table set with his own dishes, pur
chased so long ago! Concealing his
surprise, he commented on the beauty
of the china, and this called forth an
explanation from his hostess. She told
him the china had an interesting his
tory, as it had been washed up on the
nearby shore, and they had bought It
from the man who had recovered It
from the ocean.
“Surprising as it may seem, he nev
er told his host that he was eating off
his own dishes!”
THE UNIVERSE.
Our Own 8tellar System and What
May Be Beyond It.
In one of the latest conceptions of
astronomers the stellar universe has a
diameter of 10,000 to 15,000 light years,
with a thickness of 2,000 to 3,000, and
our sun has a place a little removed
from the center. It embraces 30,000.
000 to 50.000,000 stars within the range
of telescopic visibility, with dark and
invisible bodies whose number cannot
be computed.
So far as can be determined the stars
are surprisingly uniform in mass, the
range of variation being not more than
flftyfold, but in density the range is
from more than twice that of the sun
to only one-millionth and in absolute
luminosity or brightness from 3.000
times that of the' sun to about one
three-thousandth. The temperature
rises from near absolute zero in the
nebulae to 20.000 degrees C. in certain
giant bo£ stars.
It is suggested that our universe may
be not the only one and that the small
Magellanic cloud, for instance, per
haps 30,000 light years distant, may be
a relatively small universe of about
1,000 light years in diameter.
Another separate star system at sim
ilar distance Is possibly, astronomers
hold, the Andromeda nebula.—Newark
News.
Ants Are Six Eared.
In the matter of some of their sense
organs the ants nre more than ordi
narily endowed. Strange as It may
seem, each ant has at least six ears
Aside from this multiplicity of ears,
they are located in just about the
queerest place Imaginable—on the legs.
They seem deaf to all sounds made by
the vibration of the air, but detect the
slightest possible vibrations of solid
material. This is supposed to be to
their advantage in that such things as
approaching footsteps tell more of the
possibility of danger than such sounds
as nre transmitted through the air. So
sensitive are their feet that they de
tect the impact of a small bird shot
dropped on the table from a height of
about 'six inches and about- fourteen
feet distant from an artificial nest
placed at the other end of the table.—
St. Nicholas.
She Needed Them.
"I wish, John." she said regretfully,
“I had had sense enough not to de
stroy all the letters you wrote me dur
ing the year nnd a half of your court
ship.”
He smiled in a gi-atifled way. "I knew
you would regret that some time,” he
said.
‘‘Indeed I do,”^ie replied. “I need
a little change worst sort of way.
and the man who buys rugs and old
paper was here today. How wasteful
we nre in our youth!”
He looked at her reproachfully, and
almost involuntarily his hand sought
his pocketbook. It is seldom, indeed,
that a resourceful woman has to make
a direct request for ihoney.—Chicago
Post.
Cheerful Inducements.
The following advertisement once
appeared in the London Post:
“A rock built, crenelated castle, buf
feted by the Atlantic surge, at one of
the most romantic and dreaded points
of our ironbound coast, in full view
of the Death stone: shipwrecks fre
quent. corpses common: three recep- J
tlon and seven bedrooms: every mod- i
ern convenience: 10 guineas a week, j
Address." etc.
Nice Business.
“I think I’ll go into the real estate
business.”
“Looks good to you, eh?”
^‘Yes; the real estate business seems
to be one In which two men can swap
property and both make money1.—Lou- :
lsville Courier-Journal.
Natural Sequence.
“The prisoner was sunk In dejection.”
“What sank him?”
“The fact they couldn’t hail him out"
—Baltimore American.
Net an Ornament. N
"Can you give me any ideas about
making my yard more beautiful?”
“Yes.' Remain In the bouse.”—Hous
ton Post
HIGH VELOCITY STARS.
Their Fearful Rate of 8pesd In Ipace
Is Somewhat Puzzling,
The average velocity of stars ranges
from about six-kilometers, or between
three and four miles, per second for
“young" stars to about thirty kilome
ters per second for “old" oneR. Hut
notable exceptions occur. At Mount
Wilson solar observatory of the Car
negie institution some stars have been
found to move with velocities of 141,
150, 179, 233. 316 and even 325 kilo
meters per second, the highest speed
yet known.
These high velocity stars are some
times described as runaways because
they seem to be quite beyond the con
trol of the gravitational power of the
universe. At their speed the attrac
tion of the entire known stellar sys
tem would be wholly insufficient to
check the star’s career through space.
The astronomer, Simop Newcomb,
once calculated that the maximum ve
locity attained by a body starting
with velocity zero at an Infinite dis
tance and passing through a stellar
system containing 100,000,600 stars
each five times as massive as our sun
and distributed throughout a disklike
spheroid of certain extent cannot ex
ceed 40 kilometers per second. Yet the
star “Groombridge 1880” has a speed
nearly nine times this value, and the
massive star Arcturus has a speed
probably four times this value.
If existing velocities owe their mag
nitudes to the gravitation of the sys
tem the quantity of attracting matter
in the whole stellar system would
have to be at least eighty times that
assumed by the calculations of Pro
fessor Newcomb.—Baltimore Ameri
can.
HE ASKED FOR DONALD.
And Much to His Surprise He Got the
Answer He Sought.
Dr. Norman Mneleod, the famous
Scottish divine, before visiting India,
called on an old highland woman in
Glasgow, says a writer in the Scot
tish American. “When ye gang tae
India," he said, “ye'll be seein' ma
Donal’ that went awu tae India ten
years ago an' never sent the scrape of
a pen tae his mither since.”
“But. Katie,” said the doctor, "India
is a very big place, and how can I ex
pect to find him?" ‘
“Oh, but ye'll just be askin’ for
Donal’. What for no?”
So, to please the old woman, he prom
ised to ask for Donald, and he con
scientiously kept his word. At various
ports he made inquiry among British
ships, although it seemed very much
like looking for a needle in a bale of
hay. But it is the unexpected that
happens. As Dr. Maeleod's steamer
went up the Hugll river an outward
bound vessel passed close by. A sailor
was leaning over her bulwark, and.
moved by a sudden impulse, the doctor
shouted out:
“Are you Donald Mactavish?”
To his intense surprise the man an
swered, “Yes.”
Dr. Macleod had only time to shout.
“You’re to write to your mother!" as
the vessels drew apart. The result of
his amazing meeting was that the old
lady deceived a penitent letter from
her long neglectful son.
Not Quits.
“Young man,” inquired her father
sternly, “will you give her a home like
the one she hns been used to?"
“No.” replied the truthful suitor, "for
there will be no •grumpy father to
come home and make every one mis
erable by his kicking over trifles .and
swearing at matters in general. There
will be no mother to scold her from
morning to night for wasting time
merely because she wants to be neat.
There will be no big brother to abuse
her for not doing half of his work and
no little brother to make enough noise
to drive her crazy when her head aches.
There won’t be any younger sister to
insist on reading some trashy novel
while she does all the work. She will
not have with me a home like she has
been used to, not if 1 can help it.”—
Boston Journal.
A Monstrous Tide.
The bay of Furnly forms a cul-de-sac
at which the Atlantic ocean seems to
have taken a special spite and at reg
ular Intervals pours into it an enor
mous amount of water. Take the har
bor of St. John as an Illustration of
what this mighty tide must be. In
most parts of the world a tide of ten
feet Is considered something abnor
mal. but at St. John it rises twenty to
twenty-fonr feet in good weather. In
stormy weather the monotony is va
ried by the high water mark being
pushed up even ten or fifteen feet
higher.
Drawing the Line.
Mrs. de Fashion—My dear, I have
picked out a husband for you. Miss
de Fashion—Very well, but I want to
say right now, mother, that when it
comes to buying the wedding dress, I
am going to seiect the materials my
self. so there!—New York Weekly.
There Are Lots of Them.
. Hokus—Old Gotrox Is devoted to mu
sic. There is n clause in his will leav
ing $25,000 to establish a home for poor
singers. Vokus — How inadequate!
Twenty-five millions wouldn’t begin to
house all the poor singers.—IJfe.
Good Reason.
“So you have written a book on
cemented basements. But why did you
choose such a. subject?"
“Becnuse I wanted it to be among
the best cellars."—Baltimore American.
Knowledge Is power, but It won't
take the place of gasoline.—Kansas
City Journal.
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Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
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Steamer Sailing 15th calls Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
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CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Saa Frandaco every Wedneaday and Sunday* connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
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sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
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From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
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without notice.
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