or style, fit and Material
-real tailored goods
Wear a “benjamin
hand-shaped fronts, set up necks and
elegant backs; a piece of work any
tailor would be proud of.
Suits and Overcoats, from $20 up.
P. S.—We are not the Sole Agents for
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
FINE CLOTHES
though we have some real values in those suits, from
$18.00 to $25.00
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
Wh DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Steam Heat Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furni.hcd Room. All Modern Convenience.
S.V.: THE BUFFET --'
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
SNative and I I TR^DUD and Budding
Puget Sound JLU1V1D£J\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. .Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Travel East
OVER THE
“MILWAUKEE”
The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, the Bitter Root Mountains and Montana Canyon, trav
ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
“The Olympian" and “The Columbian"
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE. MILES CITY. SIOUX CITY.
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL. MILWAUKEE nd CHICAGO
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc.,
cal on or address
C. H. Kraeiner, General Agent,
Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co., Valdez, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee tc St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C.
Second Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle
CITY EXPRESS STORE
\I/C Buy Anything
W Ej Sell Everything.
LYNCH & SPENARD
VALDEZ HARNESS SHOP
HARNESS and SHOE
REPAIR WORK
DOG HARNESS MANUFACTURED
We Make or Mend Any
thing in Leather.
Workmanahipl Guaranteed
Prices Reasonable. Shop in Swaa Block
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
(Leave* once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK: for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
Quicksilver is used for many well
known purposes, but an interesting
and increasing use in Scotland is the
floating of the lights of lighthouses
upon a body of quicksilver. The met
al is not consumed, of course, and the
loss in use is insignificant. The com
missioners of northern lighthouses,
Edinburgh, have in their charge 90
lighthouses on the coast of Scotland.
Up to the year 1900 the revolving
lights were bom on rollers. The
‘float’ system has been gradually in
troduced, however, and is now in op
eration at 30 coast stations and will
be used at all others. The lighting
machinery rests on a pontoon which
runs on quicksilver in a groove. - The
quantity of mercury required for this
purpose in a lighthouse is from 7 to
8. flasks of 75 lbs. eaeh. As the
waste Is trifling, the total present de
mand for this purpose is small.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10 a. m.
and 5 to 6 p. m.
Never do a thing concerning the
rectitude of.which you are in doubt.'
—Pliny the Younger.
ENTERTAINMENT
FOR TONIGHT
The Catholic ladies have arranged
for a splendid entertainment tonight
at the Orpheum Theatre. A varied
program will be provided to the pat
rons. Lovers of music will have arm
pie authority of hearing a number of
splendid numbers, vocal and instru
mental. The proceeds are to be used
for church work. Admission will be
fifty cents. The first two rows of
fieats have been reserved for the
children, who will be admitted for
twenty-five cents each.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fresh Seal shipped oysters on ev
ery boat for Frye-Bruhn Co.
One-man Harvey is fixing up the
launch Minn.
Fancy Meerschaum Pipes specially
priced at the Valdez Drug Store.
—
The Valdez Drug Co. has an elegant
stock of Hammered Brass Ornaments.
Hev. W. H. Ziegler is confined to
his bed suffering with la grippe.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 189.
POSITION wanted by experienced
woman as camp took. Inquire at the
Prospector office.
Frank Millard is confined to liis
bed suffering with a severe cold.
S. Blum & Co. are showing the
(largest line of Xmax goods in lown.
The launch Brighton reached Val
dez last night from Port Wells.
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Chinese Chop Suey and Noodles at
I the Valdez Cafe, after 7 p. m. tf
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The directors of 'he Cliff mine yes
terday declared a five per cent divi
dend.
! WANTED—An experienced ironer,
apply Independent Laundry.
Buy one of the nifty combination
purse and card cases at the Val
dez Drug Store.
E. B. Wheat, vice-president of S.
Blum & Co., will be an outgoing pas
senger on one of the next boats to the
states.
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Fresh Seal shipped oysters on ev
ery boat for Frye-Bruhn Co.
S. Blum & Co. are sole agents for
Hart Schaffner & Marx fine suits.
Mrs. Wendler and children will
leave on the Northwestern for east
ern Oregon, where they will spend the
winter.
Nothing more appropriate than a
box of Lowney’s dainty candies as a
Christmas gift. Valdez Drug Store.
FOR SALE—A tine piano,' reason
able. apply to Lieut. Sherrard at
Fort Liscum.
The cottage being built for Father
Van der Pol between the Catholic
church and the convent is now almost
completed.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 189.
Fine watch and jewelry repairing.
aP work guaranteed. H. V. Hern
don, wifj Owl Drug Co.
Mrs. George Treat is now in New
York visiting relatives and Mr. Treat
will soon leave Valdez to join his
wife in the east, and together they
will make an extended tour of the
southern states, returning to Val
dez in the spring.
Fresh eastern oysters at the Val
dez Cafe. tf
Just received, a large consignment
of furniture at Rudolph’s. ,
Weather Report.
Dec. 2, 1913.
Barometric Pressure .29.022
Temperature at 7 p. m.26
Maximum Temperature .37
Minimum Temperature .23 -
Mean Temperature .30
Precipitation. ..101
Cloudy, calm, jwlnd N. E. three
Tuiles. mix snow and at night snowed
from 8:16 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
L. JONES.
After a woman has learned to
sharpen a pencil she begins to feel
that she could get along very well
without men. v,
The world Is largely made up of
people who think that they could do
the other fellow’s job better.
The office that seeks the man has
probably been blindfolded by the poli
ticians.
HATS AND BALD HEADS. -!
A Combination In Which Woman Haa I
tha Boat of Man.
Iialdncss is a matter of headgear.
The doctors are fairly well agreed
upon. that. Men grow bald more
frequently than women because of j
the hats they wear. It is true that i
women wear bigger and often heavi
er hats than men, but they attach
them to their hair and not to their
scalps; hence they permit ventila
tion and do not constrict the veins,
while men’s hats, with their hard,
tight fitting brims, not only permit
no air to enter, but constrict the j
blood vessels all around the head, j
Consider; the scalp of man. It is ■
a thin layer of muscles covered with j
thick skin, stretched over a hard, |
bony surface. Through this How ,
small arteries leading to a network
of capillaries which end in veins.
The skin is full of the follicles or
roots of hairs and of glands which j
secrete copious supplies of grease |
and perspiration. These hair roots i
and glands need a plentiful supply ;
of blood, and anything that tends j
to cut oir this supply tends to im- j
poverish the hair.
The tight band of a hat constricts '
all the arteries, but to a much lesser i
extent, as these are more deeply i
seated and have strong muscular i
walls, while the veins are close to j
the surface and have no muscle in
their thin walls. The checking of
the flow of blood through the veins ;
causes it to stagnate in the capil
laries, to back up, as it were. And
the top of the head is just that part
of the body which the blood finds
most difficult to resist, as it has to
be pumped up higher there than
anywhere else.
Thus there is congestion of ve
nous blood in the scalp. The hat
also keeps the head hot, another
bad condition. The scalp, again, is
that part of the body which is most
exposed to dirt. A woman’s hair
gets dirty also, but it is so thick
that it protects the scalp from the
dirt. A man’s short hair, on the
contrary, catches all the dirt, but
does not prevent it from reaching
’ the scalp. And the scalp of the
; average man, with its grease and
| perspiration, is an ideal culture
| medium for the growth of microbes.
The remedy for baldness, then,
is light, well ventilated, soft brim
, mod hats and scrupulous cleanli
; ness.-—New York World.
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A Livingstone Memorial.
! Perhaps one of the. most curious
' memorials of Livingstone is that
! known as “Name Tree,” near the
I Victoria falls, on the Zambezi. On
; the trunk of this tree Livingstone
cut his initials and the date 1855
■ on the day of his first visit to the
i falls. In ’his hook, giving an ac
count of this, Livingstone says:
! “This was the only instance in
which I indulged in this piece of
vanity.” A large notice board has
been placed against the tree by the
authorities giving the information
and adding, “Visitors arc requested
to assist in preserving this relic.”
One wonders whether the great cx
i plorcr foresaw the day when parties
1 of tourists would come by train to
• the falls and be able, if they wish,
j to continue their journey by rail
j into the far north.
Why the Sea Is Salt.
The rivers of all the world [iour
their water into the sea sooner or
later. They wash down vast quanti
ties of solid matter, and much mat
ter in solution of which the greater
part is salt. This may be in such
small amount that it is impercepti
ble in the river. The waters of the
! seas arc evaporated by the sun, but
none of the salt is taken up into the
clouds. So the water that returns
to the earth in rain contains no salt,
but by the time it reaches the sea
again, after soaking through the
soil and flowing down the rivers, it
has another load. Consequently the
oceans are receiving salt all the
time and never giving up any of it.
Fourth Finger For Wedding Ring.
The wedding ring as a symbol
dates to far. back times, probably
baling its origin in the days of Tu
bal Cain. It was at one time cus
tomary for marriage rings to be
worn by both sexes, and this custom
is largely followed on the continent j
today. Our ancestors put the ring
on the left hand because they found
it more convenient, and they chose
the fourth finger because it is less
used than the rest and more capable
of preserving a r.ing from damage.
—Indianapolis News.
An Unfortunate Name.
In some cases abbreviating a name
improves it. Ip others it doesn’t.
For instance, the Tubbses thought
they were doing honor to the father
of his country, as well as to their
firstborn son, whom they named
George Washington Tubbs.
But when he grew up the handle
proved too long, so everybody drop
ped the George, shortened np the
middle name and called him limply
Wash ISibbe.—Judge.
BEAUTIFUL, BUT DEADLY.
The Bushmaster Is the Most Venomous
Snake In the World.
“About the latest thing among
snake novelties is the bushmaster,”
writes the London correspondent of
the Chicago News. “This snake, ac
cording to Laron H. Leijonhufvud,
F. Z. S., F. It. G. S., is one of the
rarest and shiest in the world. It
is at home in tropical South Amer
ica and occurs in Trinidad. It has
the greatest venom of any of the
large poisonous vipers, and as much
as 1150 milligrams have been extract
ed at one time from the bushmaster.
The dreaded rattlesnake, ineluding
the large diamond, does not give
more than half the quantity of ven
om. Attaining sometimes a length
of twelve feet, the bushmaster is
the largest of all the poisonous
snakes of the world. The pattern
is beautiful; pinkish yellow ground
color, with rhomboid regular de
signs of darkish brown, having a
tinge of purple and terra cotta. In
each darker pattern is a brighter
center, spot. Its Latin name means
‘the silent rattlesnake.’ It was giv
en this name by Linnaeus on ac
count. of its tail, which is tapering
and horny, made of the same ma
terial ns that of the rattlesnake,
but without the segments and con
! sequentlv silent.
I “Charles Watcrton, the famous
! naturalist, who made three journeys
to South America, describes the
bushmaster in bis notes of the first
journey in 181:2 as follows: ‘Un
j rivaled in his display of every lovely
! color of the rainbow and uninateli
i ed in the effects of bis deadly poi
I son, the “Connacouelii” glides un
1 daunted on. sole monarch of the
! forests. Loth man and beast fly be
I fore him and allow him to pursue
j an undisputed path, lie sometimes
j grows to the length of fourteen
: feet, 'file bushmaster’s head is cn
i tirol v heart shaped, and when rous
I ed the serpent does not get into
j the position of the other vipers, but
i keeps the head slightly raised with
1 S shaped vertical bends of the body,
i In striking it lets out these bends
like a spying and can in this way
; reach verv far. Its food is the com
| mon rat, the rabbit and the agouti.
! “In Central America the Inisli
| master is called bv the Indians the
! pineapple snake because its scales
| are round and similar to the outside
i of a pineapple. This exceedingly
| delicate snake, which is killed by
| the slightest change of climate, is
j not nearly so aggressive as its small
er cousin, the fer de lance, and
i does not affect materially the nmr
jtalitv on sugar, bananas or coffee
i plantations.
Motion of the Sun.
Owing to tlie revolution of the
I earth tire sun seems to make its
| daily circuit around us, which of
; course is not the ease. 1 Jut the sun
I is revolving about its center quite
j as truly as the earth is. It was one
•of the conceptions of that most re
j markable man, Sir John Ilersehel,
I that the whole solar system had a
I motion in space and was advancing
I toward a point in the heavens near
the star Hercules. Sir John’s con
i ception—as hold an idea as ever en
I tered tho human mind—is now gcn
' orally accepted by astronomers, and
j the opinion is quite universal among
them that the entire system is trac
ing our a curvilinear path in space,
a course around some mighty cen
ter, probably at Hercules.
Putting It In Plain English.
Miss Jennings was hearing the
grammar and rhetoric class. She
wrote a sentence on the board and
called upon Abner to i;ise.
“Thomas can ride the horse if lie
wants to,” she read, pointing to the
board. “Now, Abner, rewrite the
sentence in another form.”
Abner surveyed it somewhat du
; bionsly for a moment; then inspira
• tion came to him, and, stepping to
' the hoard, he wrote:
i “Thomas can ride the horse if the
j horse wants him to.”—New York
' Post.
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J c; Musical Marvela.
Sir t - Halle was only four
when s played in public;
Hum • hi< first appearance
at tlm ■;: • of five. Mozart at six,
Chopin •' • ! I.’uhinstein at eight.
Mozart ! c composing when only
five, while Samuel Wesley wrote a
march for one of the guards regi
ments at the age of seven. Sir Ed
ward Elgar was twelve years old
when he composed his first music
for a child’s play—a shameful lack
of precocity!—London Chronicle.
Nico Discrimination.
First Customer—1 wish to select
a vase.
Floorwalker — Yes, madam.
James, show the lady to the crock
ery department.
Second Customer—I wish to se
lect a vawx.
Floorwalker — Yea, madam,
George, (how the lady to the bric
a-brac department. — New York
Weekly.