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WEDNESDAY, FEBRRUARY 11, 1914
CANADA’S LATEST WAR SCARE.
Admiral Mahan- the greatest living
naval authority outside of the Brit
ish Islands—writes as follows in the
London Mail:
“The British navy cannot abandon
the Mediterranean without disaster to
the empire, but cannot hold the Mecii- I
terranoan without disaster to Great
Britain.”
What is the answer?
The overseas Dominions must help:
and must help now. If they contin I
ue to shirk their plain duty, this dis- i
aster will very probably fall upon the
British empire either at one point
or the other. The result will be that
the Dominions will have no empire to
shelter them, and must scuttle for j
protection under the lee of the stron
gest neighbor in sight.
In the case of Canada, that stong
est neighbor is obviously the United
States.
There, then, is the situation on the
word of a great American naval ex
pert.
We must do our duty; or prepare |
to be annexed.—Montreal Star.
That’s the talk. If we are going to
have a war scare, let’s have one
worth while. What’s the use of both
ering about with Mexico, Cuba or go
ing to the mat with the Japanese ov
er the Philippines, when we can get
real big game and plenty of action
by undertaking the annexation of
Canada?
But, after all, nothing of the kind ;
may happen. It is just possible that
the British empire may decide not to
abandon the Mediterranean, in which
case, these nation-gobbling Yankees
may pause before tackling the job of
annexing Canada. It is possible, and
likewise .probable, that if the prov
inces do not chip in and help build
those battleships, the British will
build them anyway and take their toll
out of the provinces by some other
method and we won’t get any chance
to annex Canada after all.
As a matter of fact, we like Can
ada so well as a neighbor that we are :
not anxious to risk the disappoint j
ment which might follow making her ;
a member of the family. We hope:
she will continue to do well and pros -1
per, buy and borrow from us as her
needs demand and just keep right on |
being friendly, in which case we feel I
safe in promising her that there will!
be no annexation, until she makes the!
overture.
The record for high jumping was
recently broken by a Vincennes girl.
There was a mouse in the room.
The woman who goes through her
husband’s pockets regularly is bound
to find something some time that will
cause her to wish she hadn’t.
A perfect woman's waist should
measure twenty-nine inches. A per
fect man’s arm should be twenty-nine
inches In length or thereabout.
A college education doesn’t sAmi
to improve a girl’s education. She
will come home after she has grad
uated and step off a street car back
ward.
Goose pimples are now in style
again, and many people, all of them,
in fact, in this country, are wearing
them. They are at their best early
in the morning.
A little tragedy. Mother tells child
that an angel >s beautiful, has wings
and flies. Child tells mother that
father called the hired girl an angel.
The hired girl at once flew.
A close observer says that one rea
son the world 's so busy is because
half the women are working to re
duce their hip measurement, while
the other half are working to increase
It.
"Shorty McCabe? says that the rea
son they have music at the swell
dinners all over the land is to make
a noise so that the other guests can
not hear the newly-rich eat their
soup.
POLARIZED LIGHT.
Why the Rays of the Moon May Chem
ically Affect Foodstuffs.
Moon rays are said to make men
go blind and mad, and to turn food
stuff bad. There is even quoted by
the London Lancet a death the cause
of which was officially stated to be
exposure to moonlight. Apparently
the food most seriously affected by the
moon's radiations is lisli. and seeming
ly trustworthy statements have been
made as to the ill effects produced in
persons who had partaken of fish
which had been freely exposed to
moonlight.
10. (1. Bryant, writing from l’ort Eliz
abeth. South Africa, suggests that a
possible explanation might lie in the
well known fact that tile light of the
moon, being reflected light, is more or
less polarized, and possibly polarized
light may exert a peculiar chemical
action. Polarized light was obtained ,
by him from a powerful metallic lila
ment lamp, the light being polarized
by means of a pile of sheets of plate
glass bucked with silver and placed al
the correct angle.
The experiments showed certain
marked results when fish were submit
ted to this tight. When two slices cut
from the same lisli were hung, one in
the direct light and the other in tile
polarized beam of light, the latter in
variably began to decompose before
the former, though the temperature of
the polarized beam was several de
grees lower than (lie direct light.—New
York Press.
TWO FACED RONCONI.
He Could Depict Tragedy on One Side
and Comedy on the Other.
In “The Memoirs of ail American
Prima Donna," by Clara Louise Kel
logg, there is a good story of Itonconi,
who played second cobbler in “Cris
pino e la Coniare.” We are told that
he was one of the finest Italian bari
tones that ever lived and succeeded in
getting a degree of genuine high com
edy out of the part that has never been
surpassed.
“lie used to tell of himself a story of
the time when lie was singing in the
Royal opera ,at St. Petersburg. The
czar—father of the one who was mur
dered—said to him once:
“ ‘Ronconi, I understand that you are
so versatile that you can express trag
edy with one side of your face when
you are singing and comedy with the
other. How do you do it?'
“ 'Your majesty,' rejoined Ronconi.
‘when I sing “Maria de Rohan” tomor
row night I will do myself (he honor
of showing you.’
“And accordingly the next evening
he managed to turn one side of his
face, grim as (lie tragic mask, to tile
audience, while the other, which could
be seen from only the imperial box.
was excessively humorous and cheer
ful. Tile czar was greatly amused and
delighted with the exhibition.”
Pelicans and Their Pouches.
The pelican is not an attractive bird,
lie offends both file eye and the nose.
Bill he is eoinmeiidably regular in ids
habits. Tile parent birds catch fish
and after eating their (ill deposit the
others in their pouches under their hills
and carry them to their young. These
punches will hold from three to eight
pounds of fish. They arc clastic and
when distended to their utmost nearly
touch tile ground. When empty the
pouch lies close up under the hig bill
and is merely a mass of wrinkles. It
Is tins pouch that gives the pelican his
characteristic and disagreeable odor,
caused by particles of decaying fish.
Tlie pelican's legs are short and strong,
and its feet have large webs. It is not
a fast swimmer or a rapid flier, but it
is practically tireless in both air and
water. On land it is awkward and un
wieldy.
The Actress’ Retort.
Georgette Iyeblane, the actress, wife
of Maurice Maeterlinck, was on tout
in a French town, where the local
company "supported" her in one of
her husband's plays.
But the support was weak and halt
ing. The poet's lines were mangled,
and several characters seemed unable
to understand what they were saying.
Mine. I.ehinuc sought out her man
ager and spoke to him.
“A writer like Maeterlinck should be
treated with more respect.”
"Madame," lie answered. "M. Mae
terlinck is not the lirst to suffer. Soph
ocles, Moliere. Racine. Shakespeare.
Goethe and other great dramatists are
daily murdered in the same way.”
"Possibly, but they are not murdered
alive, at any rate.”
Anything to Please.
Speaking of accommodating hotel
clerks, the best 1 ever saw was in a
certain small town. I reached the ho
tel late in the evening. Just before I
retired I heard a scampering under the
bed and saw a couple of large rats just
escaping. I complained at the office.
The clerk was as .serene as a summer
breeze.
"I’ll fix that all right, sir.” he said.
“Front! Take a cat up to room 23 at
once."—Exchange.
Expensive.
“No: I’ve decided never to- accept
friendly advice any more.”
“Why not? It doesn’t, cost you any
thing."
“Well. I’ve found out that it almost
Invariably costs you your friends.”—
Exchange.
No Rehearsal*.
Wife (pouting)—You have censed to
love me. Hub (enjoying cigar and
newspaper1)—No. my dear: I’ve only
censed making love to you. — Boston
Transcript..
Brave actions never vant a trumpet
Italian Proverb.
UMBRELLAS ARE ANCIENT.
But They Were Ridiculed When They
Firet Appeared In London.
Umbrellas were described in early
dictionaries ns “a portable penthouse
to carry in a person's hand to screen
him from violent rain or heat.”
Umbrellas appear in the carvings at
Porsepolis. Niebuhr saw a great Arab
ian prince returning from a mosque, lie
and each member of bis family having
a large umbrella carried by their side.
Old chinaware shows tile Chinese
shaded by umbrellas. They were first
used in Ibis country in Baltimore,
brought from India, in 1772. It is said
that the first person who commonly
carried an umbrella in London was the
benevolent Jonas I Ian way. who died
in 1780.
John Mclionald. a London footman,
who wrote his own life, said that lie
had "a fine silk umbrella which he
brought from Spain.” but he could not
with any comfort to himself use it. the
people calling out: "Frenchman! Why
don’t you get a coach?” The hackney
coachmen and chairmen were clamor
ing against their rival. The footman
says he persisted for three months till
they took no further notice of this nov
elty. Foreigners began to use theirs
and then the English.—Kansas City
Star.
DENTISTRY FOR TREES.
All Cavities Should Be Treated as Soon
as They Appear,
Whether it is a shade or fruit tree a
little judicious treatment of a cavity
will often save the tree for many
years of usefulness. Whether it be a
branch or the main trunk the treat
ment will be the sumo. First all de
cayed or apparently decaying or dis
eased wood should be removed with a
sharp chisel or knife until perfectly
sound heart wood is exposed. Immedi
ately wash the wound with a solution
of copper sulphate in the proportion of
one pound of sulphate to five gallons
of water.
As soon as this lias been done fill the
cavity with a thin mortar made by
mixing one part of cement with three
parts of clean sand. When it inis be
come stiff, but not hard, face it. on the
outside with thin cement, using a
trowel to smooth the cement over all
parts that have become Injured. If a
cavity or split should occur near a fork
of the tree it would be an additional
safeguard to put a long bolt, through
both branches so as to hold them to
gether. When the cement hardens in
a cavity the trunk will be perfectly
solid, and decay will be arrested.—
Farm and Fireside.
Table Manners In Old France.
Could we restore for half an hour thf
dinner table of old France and obtain
half a dozen instantaneous photo
graphs of a ro.val banquet at any era
between (lie reigns of Francis I. ami J
Louis Quutorze such a "cataract ol !
laughter" would he heard as might j
disturb the serenity of Louis in para ;
disc. The duchess, her napkin tied sc j
curely round her neck, would he sect j
mumbling a bone, another fair crea j
ture scouring her plate with her bread j
a gallant courtier using his doublet 01
the tablecloth as a towel for his lin J
gers and two footmen holding n yard I
of damask under a lady's chin whil» I
she emptied her goblet at a draft, bur J
iiig a feast of inordinate length it was j
sometimes necessary to substitute a
dean cloth for Hie one which the care
fbssness or had manners of the guests
had reduced to a deplorable condition
—"An Idler In Old France."
London In 1784.
Ill 1781 M. La Combe published a j
book entitled "A Picture of London."
in which, inter alia, he says. "The
highroads thirty or forty miles round
London are tilled with armed highway
men and footpads.” This was then
pretty true, though t lie expression
"tilled” is somewhat of an exaggera
tion.
M. La Combe in another part of his
book exclaims: “How are you changed.
Londoners! Your women are become
hold, imperious and expensive. Bank
rupts and beggars, coiners, spies and
informers, robbers and pickpockets
abound. The baker mixes alum in his
bread. The brewer puts opium and
copper tilling in his beer. The milk
woman spoils her milk with snails."
Honest Surprise.
•‘King Lear is a great character,"
remarked the friend.
"Yes." answered the actor. "1 sup
pose you remember my performance
last season?"
“No. I must confess I have never
seen you in the part."
■‘Indeed!" was the rejoinder, in a
tone of gentle surprise. "Then how on
earth did you know it was a great
character?"—Liverpool Mercury.
Diverging.
Husband—I'm afraid I'm becoming
cross eyed, my dear. Wife—The idea!
Why do you think that? Husband—
This tiling of trying to look at my in
come and our expenses at the same
time is slowly but surely getting its
work in.—Chicago News.
Heartbeats.
The heart of a standing mnn heats
ejghty-one times a minute, of a sitting
one seventy-one times. When the man
is lying down its beats are reduced to
sixtyTsix per minute.
, Falkland Islands.
There is an entire absence of all
forms of tuberculosis, malignant dis
eases. rheumatic fever and infections
diseases In the Falkland islands.
One South African gold mine is one
mile in depth.
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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 anti
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 ineor
pointed town, the same being more
than one-fifth of the number of votes
cast at the last municipal election in
said 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, i 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 be 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 tie given by posting printed
or typewritten copies of this order
in three eonspicuoous 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 lo 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 genera •
circulation published nearest to said
incorporated town.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 7lh day of January. 1914
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last 1 uhlicatKn February 14. 191:.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In ihe United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex-ofiicio 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 Feb. 17.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
A.B
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'ciocu II
Kayle Hall. All members are re<ijested to
attend. T. <!. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. M<'NJKCK. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alaska
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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 9th, 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. Schnvdt and
Jennie Raymond, I have, on this 9th
day of January, A. D. 1914, levied
upon the following described real es
tate, situated in the town of V tdez,
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 file
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 h'ghest 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.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $ti.oo we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the
year front date of your ticket, when
incapacitated by injury or sickness.
See W. H. Ziegler.
Cable Office Hours
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays anil holidays 9 to 10 a. m
and 5 to 6 p. m.
Members of the crew of the Tan
ana and Yukon river steamer, Flor
ence S., have libeled the vessel for
$1,174.16. which they allege to be due
in wages for last summer’s work.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
■Washington,* D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 JIFeurteen yearsTia
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phono .9 THE dentist
OlHce rooms over < >\\ l Drutr store Oflieo hours
i* a. in., to ti p. in.. 7 p. m.. to .) p. in. Sundays
!»y appointment All work trust ranteed
DR. C. H. VANCE
THE
OSTEOPATH
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Mineral Surveyor
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