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THURSDAY, JULY 10, MM3.
GAMBLING IS DOOMED.
Gambling is doomed. Gam
bling with 'cards and wheels and
dice was long ago relegated to
the limbo of the disreputable;
gambling in lottery tickets is in
dictable; gambling at race tracks
persists in such a feeble way at
a few outlying resorts thdt a re
cent attempt to revive it in Mary
land shook the state with scan
dal.
It is only a matter of time, on
ly a matter of the vigor of public
opinion, when gambling in stocks
and the necessaries of life will
likewise be doomed. For, after
all, the evils of the gambling
house and the lottery and the race
track affected only a small frac
tion of the population; but gam
bling in stocks and gambling in
foods and other necesaries in
the land, draw their unlawful
tribute from every man, woman
and child. And in time these
enterprizes, too, already disrep
utable in the public eye, will be
condemned and swept away.—
Philadelphia North American.
Duck suits would be better if
they were oiled the way ducks
wear them.
In Chicago, music lessons and
even Herman lessons are given
over the telephone.
Tainted money is that which is
received by exploiters of fake tu
berculosis cures.
And many a young man has
gone In the bad trying to make
others believe he is a good lid
low.
Those English are the enthus
iastic lot. A little, old cricket
game attracted a crowd of 121,-1
00(1. _
Those low heels women are
wearing nowadays mean ijuite a
come down for the fair sex.
As for language reforms, we
personally are of the opinion
that there are too many commas
in the English langntage.
One advantage, of the vest .ess
season is that a man (“an show
more than six cents’ w n th of
his lift.y cent tie.
One of the great drawbacks to
war is the number of unexplod
e'd mines it leaves floating around
in the seven seas.
A Whooping Cough Cure.
Paris,—The possibility of the
discovery in the near future of a
cure for whooping cough was
held out today at the Academy of
Sciences by Dr. Emile Roux, dir
ector of the Pasteur institute,
and a member of the Academy of
Medicine.
Dr. Roux was merely trans
mitting the report of Dr. Alfred
-Coner, bacteriologist of I he Bel
vedere Military Hospital at Tun
is, where, with the collaboration
of Dr. Nicholle, Dr. Coner pre
pared a colution containing liv
ing whooping cough bacilli, which
they injected into 122 children
suffering from the diselase, re
peating it every two days.
Thirty-seven per cent of the
children recovered in less than
three weeks, whereas under or
dinary treatment the mildest at
tacks last two and sometimes,
five1 and six months. Of the rest,
40 per cent, improved greatlyi,
while Ihe remaining 23 per cent
were not affected either for good
.or bad.
Dr. Roux while declaring that
the experiments thus far were on
too small a scale to make a def
inite pronouncement, said he be-*
lieved an affective cure for
whooping cough was in sight.
BALANCE OF THE SEXES.
Reason* Why Women Outnumber Men
In Almost All Civilized Lands.
The fact that in almost all civi
lized countries women outnumber
men has been ascribed to the higher
birth rate of girl babies, yet sta
tistics show that 105 boys are born
to every 100 girls. According to
figures compiled by a European stat
istician, the girl has a better chance
than the boy of attaining maturity.
He finds that from the third to
the fifteenth year the mortality for
both sexes is the same; from the
fifteenth to the nineteenth year, the
critical age for girls, the girl’s
chances are slightly better than the
boy’s; from the thirtieth year to
the thirty-fifth the mortality among
women is smaller than among men,
and it continues smaller until the
seventieth year. Then, for a dec
ade and a half, the sexes once more
have the same chance of survival,
but above eighty-five years of age
woman again stands a much better
chance than man. (
To account for this difference the
statistician points out that woman
has greater resilience in shaking off
diseases than man. It is true that
the physical strength of man is
greater than woman’s, but a wom
an’s power of endurance is more ro
bust.
One reason for this is that wo
man possesses a finer perception of
her power of endurance ttan a man,
and when her perception warns her
of fatigue, 6he stops. A man does
not stop until his power is exhaust
ed. His nervous system is not as
finely organized as a woman’s, and
as Mosso, the Italian physiologist,
has pointed out, men and women
are entirely dependent upon their
nerves for caution not to overexert.
While it is true that women more
easily contract many diseases, par
ticularly nervous and mental dis
eases, than men, they overcome
them more easily.—New York Sun.
The Famous Kew Gardens.
The pre-eminence of London’s
Kew gardens in the botanical world
dates from 1773. In the preceding
year George III. was induced to
send one of the gardeners to the
Cape of Good Hope, “provided his
expenses do not exceed £200 a
year,” and he brought back 400 spe
cies of new plants. This collection,
being entirely new to Europe, plac
ed the gardens at Kew above all
those on the continent. Similar ex
peditions were sent out at the ex
pense of the government to India.
China, Brazil, Fiji, Australia and
the Philippines. Before the close
of the eighteenth century Kew gar
dens were generally admitted to
possess the finest variety of plants
in Europe. Till then this distinc
tion was claimed both by the Paris
Jardin des Plantes and the Upsala
botanic gardens.
Dieting the Iron Chancellor.
When we recall Bismarck’s ter
rific achievements in the way of
food and drink it should not be for
gotten that he had eventually to
pay the penalty. Cancer was feared,
but Dr. Schweiningen discovered
the truth by a series of questions,
which Bismarck angrily' resented
until the doctor remarked that if
he did not want to answer questions
he should consult a veterinary sur
geon. Then Bismarck was put upon
a diet of salt herrings for six weeks,
to which a little butter, bread and
potatoes were presently added. And
hardest of all, drink was at first
absolutely forbidden, relaxation
presently coming to the extent of a
few mouthfuls of spring water an
hour after meals.—London Chron
icle.
Men and Women and Poetry.
A public librarian recently gave
me evidence that man’s regard for
poetry is greater than woman’s.
Many pupil teachers and other stu
dents frequent hiB library and come
in quest of books to help them in
the study of literature.
He finds that when set to study a
poet the male student usually bor
rows that poet’s works to read for
himself, but the female says: “Oh,
1 don’t want to wade all through
that; give me a book that will sum
marize his ideas and tell me what
1 ought to think about him.” And
the usual way is to give the girl a
book that tells her what a man
thinks she ought to think about
poetry.—London Spectator.
Early Humir.
Gladstone when a boy was visiting
in the country, and the farmer was
showing him around. Coming to a
field that contained a large black
bull, the farmer said, “There’s a
fine, strong bull there, Master Wil
liam, and it’s only two years old.”
“How do you tell its age?” que
ried the ,boy.
“Why, by its horns,” said the
farmer.
“By its horns?” Young Glad
stone looked thoughtfully a mo
ment ; then his face cleared. “Ah,
I see. Two horns—two years.**—
Boston Transcript.
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ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a bargain.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for lesl than lumber
cost.
CITY EXPRESS
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When in a hurry call on me.
"QUICK ACTION"
i* my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Schedule for the Donaldson.
The following schedule“for’tiIe
launch Lieut. C. V. Donaldson,
will take effect today (June 19).
All orders to the contrary are re
voked :
Daily, Saturday and Sunday ex
cepted.
Leave Fort Liscuin at 8:15 a.
m. and 1:15 p. in.
Leave Valdez at 10 a. in. and
5:30 p. in.
SPECIAL TRIPS.
Tuesday, leave Fort Liscuin 5
p. in., leave Valdez 2:30 p. m.
Saturday, leave Fort Liscuin
1:15 p. in. and 7 p. in.; leave Val
dez i p. in. and 10:30 p. in.
Sundays, such trips as may he
ordered.
There will lie no trips for the
launch on the second and fourth
Fridays each month, these days
being used to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of
abov will be made without no
tice only to meet the exigencies
of the service.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
L. A. KUNZIG,
First Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
L m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
The Order of Alaskan Moose
Postoffice Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
To H. Muir, your heirs and ad
ministrators, and to ail whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified and
will take notice that I, the sub
scriber, T. E. Dougherty, have
expended during the year A. D.,
1912, one hundred dollars ($100)
in labor pnd improvements upon
the “Minnie” lode mining claim.
Said claim is situated and lies in
the Valdez Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, about six
miles from Shoup bay. The no
tice of location thereof is of rec
ord in Book 8 of Records, at page
370, in the office of the United
States Commissioner for the Val
dez Recording Precinct at Val
dez, Alaska, to which book and
page reference is hereby made for
a more particular description of
said claim. Said expenditure was
made for the purpose of holding
possessory right and title to said
mining claim under the provis
ions of Section twenty-three hun
dred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
States and the amendments there
to, providing for the annuert la
bor upon mining claims, said
amount being the sum required
to hold said mining claim during
the period ending the thirty-first
day of December, 1912.
If you fail or refuse within
ninety days from the personal
service of this notice, if person
al service be had, or within ninety
days after the publication of this
notice to contribute your propor
tion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your proportion, being in
the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy-five cents ($18.75), your
interest in said claim will become
the property of the subscriber,
who is vour co-owner, and who
has made the expenditure and
improvements as above mention
ed pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, April 23,
1913.
T. E. DOUGHERTY.
Date first pub. April 24,. 1913.
Date last pub. July 20, 1913.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
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Supplies
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Draying Co
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building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
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