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The Alaska prospector., 1904-10-20
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.

ENDEAvOR CONG. CHURcH-Cor. Glacier Avenue and Hobart Street. Rev. G. Burnett, Pastor Services every Sunday at 1O:3O a. m. and s p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Christian En- deavor Society meets Sunday even- ing at : o'ciOck.
 E CHURC OF THE EPIPHANY-Cor. Glacier Avenue and Hobart Street. Services on Sunday at II a. m.- and s p. m. Rev. F. $. Tay- Tor, Rector.
 ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD, Camp Val dez, No. 10. Meets first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. T. G. Quinn, Arctic Chief: A. J. Adams. Recorder.
 ORDER OF ALASKA MoosE, Pioneer Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
The Alaska prospector., 1904-10-20

BROTHERHOOD OF ALASKA PIONEERS,
 J. r. Johanson, Chief: A. Fried Olin, Secretary.
 Headquarters, Afognak. Alaska
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs CLUB-W. A. Rystrom, Pres, Wm. Whittlesey Sec. Meets 1st and Sd Monday of each month in Odd Fellows club rooms.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-10-20

Seattle, Oct. 19-The registration books are now closed. The total number of voters registered in the town is p 300.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-10-20
This chill, damp weather need not deter you from enjoying your customary baths if you patronize the
 DOCK BATHS
 Fine Porcelain Tubs. Warm Rooms. Privacy.

Boring sea the boat encountered nine days of regular hurricane gales. The sea was running very high and it was continual fight night and day to escape destruc- tion.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-10-20

Vienna, Oct. 1S--It is reported that Cunard liner. with 2,OOo emigrants aboard, has sunk off the Spanish coast near Plume. Fur ther particulars are not obtainable.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-10-20

Recciver-P. Mullen.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
Loved an Indian Woman.

Advices have been received from
Kitcatlah. a village on the northern
British Columbian coast, of the rescue
of an Indian who was about to ha
killed by fellow trbesmen, who sus.
pected him of practicing sOrcery.
The prosecuted Indian, known ne
Daniel Watabee had put ball Of fat
bound with hair and pieced with fish
bones. in his shoe as a charm. which
he hoped would bring him the love of
an Indian woman. Fellow tribesmen
accused him Of sorcery and planned his
death. Word was sent to the Indian
agent at Port Essington, who took y
number of specials to the village by
canoes and rescued the Indian. His
prosecutors were arrested and taken
to Port Essngton, where they were
fined and bound over to keep th
peace.-Indianapolis News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
While the Dew is On.

| A small plot of ground was divided
equally between the hired lad and the
son of the farmer, and to each was to
be given the entire proceeds of his
! labor. They planted their plots with
corn and laid a wager as to which
should make the biggest crop. At har-
vest the son came out bushel or two
behind. He could not understand the
reason, as he had hoed his twice every
week until it was laid by, while he had
not seen the hired lad cultivate his
at all, and yet the latter had gained the
wager.
1t turned out that the winning crop
had not been cultivated as frequently
as the loser, but it was done before
his rival was out Of bed in the morning
Providence, it seems, had followed the
hoe Of the early riser with a special
and increasing reward.
Now, to our mind, it is not at all
certain that the II ere fact of the early
cultivation accounted for the gain in
production. Is it not likely that the
lad who was enterprisng enough to
turn out of bed so early in the morning
while the other one was asleep. was
also more careful and thorough in his
cultivation?
We believe that this is the true ex-
PLANTATION; that. in other words, the
very early rising and the hoeing while
the dew was on were merely the ac-
compartment Of success and not its
cause.
Farmers who believe in early cult
walton for the cabbage, which is hardy
enough not to be affected by it, know
that the bean and some other plants
are very impatient of hoeing at the
unseemly hours when people ought to
be in bed They show their resent
ment very decidedly; the earth which
is spattered on the leaves stops up the
pores and they become the victims Of
rust, which is simply the indication
that the leaf is deprived of BREATH
Florida AgliculturiSt
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
Protecting Strawberry Plants.

A great many different things can be
used as protection for strawberry
plants. At the South we have in pine
straw an ideal covering 1t should be
applied so as to be about one-half OF
an inch deep after settling. What is
sought is to cover the plants just deep
enough to greatly lessen, but not en-
tirely prevent, freezing. If the cover
ing is so deep as to entirely prevent
freezing there is danger that the plants
might be smothered or bleached. The
crickets and other harmful pests. es-
pecially at the South. are more liable
to take refuge in the thicker covering.
Crickets sometimes do considerable
harm to plants.
Where pine straw cannot be pro-
cured, wheat or oat straw or different
kinds Of long, coarse grass can be used
to some extent. The objection to grain
straw is that it is liable to blow off
unless chopped short or weighed down
by small quantities of earth or small
stones placed at intervals. Forest
leaves can also be anchored in the same
way. Corn stalks. or any coarse stalks
of that kind, can be used. In the far
North, where 10 other protection is
obtainable. several inches of earth is
thrown on the plants to protect them
Coarse stable or barn yard manure
protects plants ard at the same time
enriches the soil. A top dressing of
hard wood ashes. followed by liberal
one of stable or barn yard manure.
will insure fine crop Of berries at the
next fruiting time.
While not essential, it is better
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18

probably particularly directed. It's vic
lent contact with that rapidly moving
member insures wide and firm at
tachment.
The moth, finding itself fast, f1utters
violently in an attempt to free itself
but the assailant drops quickly down
from its trapeze and sinks it's fangs
into vital part In its descent it fol.
lows along the bolas line, but is sup.
Ported by new thread which it spins
as it goes-an admirable provision
against fall. By reason of the poison
injected the moth is soon paralyzed.
after which it is carefully enswathed
in bands Of silk.
Some effort has been made to learn
what means the spider employs to
bring its prey within reach. Whether
it is some agreeable odor emitted by
the arachnid or from its weapon or
whether the prey comes accidentally
within reach is a problem of some in
terest. While the evidence gathered
is wholly negative. it seems to support
the conclusion that the spider dc@s
emit such an odor.-Scientific Ameri
naD
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18

the /. lread continues to its point OF at
taehme Mt to the main line. the uppel
portion 1ore often remaining slack
The two /, orelegs extend HORIZONTALLY
to their full length like the shafts OF
a wagon, save that one is above the
other
If the writer's d. scription is clear
the reader now perc. ives the spider
holding in its hand, as It. were, line
to the lower end of which is attached
a globule, the whole formina a most
singular and ingenious cont"tyance
designed for useful purpose
In this position the spider may remain
by the half hour scarcely moving ex-
cept to lower its weighted leg for
brief interval from time to time. pre-
sumably to rest it. Should the spider
remain in this attitude for thirty or
forty minutes the verdant observer
may be astonished to see the ball care
fully transferred to the spiders mouth
and disappear forthwith. | have tried
20 find reason for this action, and
think one may be found in the impaired
yiscidity of the globule due to expos
ure as this, transferred to a piece of
glass, seems to show deterioration at
The end of an hour. Should the ball be
swallowed new one is made, usually
within a few minutes, and hung out
Q was the other.
If now the observer is to be rewarded
he will see, by the light of the moon.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
SOUTHERN :. FARM :: NOTES,
d--p@ .u--D
TOPICS 0FSTEsEST srocgNAW TRUCK ca0Wrs

wherever practicable to cover the mid
die and all. No matter what kind Of
covering is used, it will be necessary to
remove part Of it as the growth be-
gins in the spring, which in the lati-
tude of the central parts OF the coun-
try is early March At this time the
straw litter, or any kind of covering
that is used, can be raked from directly
tween and around them to serve as a
mulch to protect the berries from grit
ut ripening time.-O. W. Blaclnall, in
the Practical Farmer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18

The Gairy heifer should be handled
constantly. This is essential in order
that she may be kept gentle. The So
called breaking" of a heifer to milk
is an evidence of improper manage
ment If she comes in contact with
the herdsman often enough and is
properly handled she will be so gentle
that there will be no trouble about
milking her. even for the first time.
The necessity of having to tie up a
heifer and break her with milk stools,
hay forks and other implements Of tor
ture is not only inhuman and non
senSical, but a useless waste of energy
due to the neglect of the early edu-
cation and training of the heifer. 1t
is necessary that the udder parts of the
heifer be handled from day to day,
or as often as possible, SO as to induce
flow of blood to that organ and thus
develop at the earliest possible date
the maternal instinct which is so
closely correlated with the capacity
to give large yields of milk. The
gentle kneading of the udder from day
to day is a point of more than passing
Importance. It does not take long to
perform the operation, and the benefit
of the practice is now we'll established.
The average man says: 81 have no
time for such things. These are the
notions of theorists, and as such are
not worthy of my attention. There
is where a serious mistake is made.
Why should people enter into the
breeding and development OF a dairy
herd if they have not time to pay at
tention to the fine points, in other
words, if they have not time to prop
erly train up and develop their animals
SO as to bring out the desirable in
stincts in the most perfect way? The
attainment Of perfection in the devel-
opment of the dairy heifer requires a
systematic course of treatment, and
the man who is not willing to give the
necessary time to the education Of
his animals can not hope for the best
results.-Pro"c.--r NJ Solo,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18

large moth approaching, flying slow
ly along as though searching for some
thing AS the marked victim draws
nearer the spider gathers itself for
supreme effort The ball-supporting
leg points straight down. The body
swings about, if necessary, to assume
a favorable position with reference to
the moth. AS the insect comes within
the carefully measured limit the spider
draws back the bolas supporting leg
and with a pendulum-like movement
swings it rapidly forward in the direc-
ton of the moth. The ball is directed
with almost unerring aim and finds
lodgment on some portion of the vic
tim. In nearly every instance ii
strikes a wing, part to which it is
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18

ways in the same place, 'curled up be-
meath leaf, limb, or fence rail. For
this reason it is almost impossible to
find it until it reaches maturity, when
its conspicuous egg cocoons tell of it's
proximity. These, three to five in
number, are hung within a few inches
of one another fully exposed to the
sun. They areamade one at a time at
Intervals of tel or fifteen days. At
nightfall the spider crawls out to one
of the outermost branchlets and there
engages in a most wonderful operation.
The branchlet selected is always one
that retains a clear space of at least
two or three inches below it when de-
pressed by the spiders weight A few
short threads are first placed irregu-
larly about the extreme tip of the
oranchlet and along it's under side for
distance of several inches, while adj
1itional threads are carried out to adj
jacent branches to lend stability to
the part.
The spider now hangs back downward
oyits legs to the lower threads stretched
along the under side of the branchlet
Attaching a new thread to one of the
others near one end. it crawls along
the horizontally inclined threads be-
low the branchlet, drawing out the ne "
thread the while from its spinning or
gan to the length of about two inches.
The thread naturally falls below the
others, the spider taking care that it
shall remain free from ENHANCEMENT.
The spider with its newly drawn
thread still attached now eXudes q very
small quantity of viscid matter upon
the thread at it's juncture with the
spinnerets. No other part of this
thread bears any viscid matter, nor is
any subsequently added
Pressing the tips of its hind legs
firmly upon the thread it pushes each
leg backward, alternately allowing
the thread to slip between the short,
stiff hairs which clothe them. With
each extension a small quantity of
viscid matter is pushed outward and
away from the abdomen as far as the
leg will reach. At the end of about
twenty seconds, during which time
each leg is extended eight or ten times,
there results a globule averaging about
3-32 inch in diameter.
This finished, the spider undertakes
to release itself by severing the line
between it's body and the globule. OBJ
fviously to release the ball suddenly
fastened as it is to a nearly horizontal
line, would be to allow an oscillation
which might readily result in some sort
of ENHANCEMENT and the consequent
destruction of the pendulum To guard
against such an occurrence the spider
first lengthens the line by playing 1t
out hand over hand, as it were, precise
" as a human might perform like
operation. save that legs were used
in the place of arms, the foot being
well fitted to grasp and hold a thread.
The ball having been carefully low
cred until it's supporting line hangs
vertically, or nearly so, the thread
running TO the spider is severed by
deXterous movement of the clawed
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE.

I'VE used to think she was a lazy
girl
Yes; that was when she was DOOR"
"How about it now?"
why, now that she is rich we mere.
ly note the evidence of lassitude and
ennui."-Chicago Post.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18

foot, the free end losing itself in the
-giobule. AS soon as the thread is cut
the spider turns about and approach.
ing the pendulum thread seizes it from
above with its legs. In this act the
performer hangs by two or more of
the legs of one side to the horizontally
inclined thread to which the pendulum
thread is attached.
Reaching well down with one of its
dong. arm-like forelegs, it grasps Nthe
nendulum thread between the claws
with which the leg is tipped, about
half an inch above the ball. By a few
we'll directed movements of the other
limbs the upper part of the thread is
quickly passed under one of the short
palps or mouth appendices from which
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
THAT NEVER HAPPENS.

Kwater-"It's more or less true that,
as the old saw has it, charity covers Il
multitude of SINS"
Hardhead-'But never if it's our
charity and ether peoples sins."-Phil.
adelphia Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
THE CoNoUERING HERO.

Alice-"Arthur is an abominable
dancer, why do you give him so many
dances?'
Edith-"Why, you seem to forget he
is the star half back on the college
eleven"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
THE PROFESSOR.

Bertha-"What a queer man that
young professor is"'
Ethel-"Yes; talked about new
books, and he said he hadn't got
through reading Shakespeare yet"
Detroit Free Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
n BOLAJ~T hROWING
,rPIDER.
-~3A%3>---
BY CHARLES E. HUTCHINSON.

&ScI%>, HE spider known as Ord
wv Y garius cornigerus Hentz is
9 spread widely over the
y a y United States, but, strange
TCF~ to say, its habits have new
ef oeeh described. 1t seems to exhibit
ilttie choice in its selection of a perma-
nent site, though have found it less
rarely on low-branching cypress trees.
IL remains secreted during the day al
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
CONCEALED WEAPONS.

The famous portrait painter threw
down his brushes with a sigh.
what is the matter?" asked his
elderly blossom of a customer.
Its no use" he cried. IT can never
reproduce your loneliness" -Cincinnat
Commercial Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
THE PROPER PLACE.

Edltor-"Oh, yes; I'll publish your
poem
Ethel-"How good of you. And in
what part of your paper will you put
it?"
Editor-"Oh, I'll put it in right next
of reading matter" Judge.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
AS IT RELATED TO PA.

Teacher-"What is this wordw
Tommy-"I don't know, ma'am."
Teacher-"What does gentleman re-
move when he enters a house"
Tommy-"Well, if ma is awake he
removes his shoes. Chicago News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
CAUSE OF TEARS.

Constance-"Why so lachrymose,
Gertrude? Is there any perceptible di-
minution of his love"
Gertrude-"No, but of late he evfnces
a Discrimination to talk about his
Town Topics.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

Manager-"Doctor, come into the
store quick"
M. DIS it serious case?"
Extremely so. A woman
bought $40 worth and didn't ask foI
single sample and the clerk is now .
gibbering idiot. Butte Inter-Moun
tain 49,.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
A PROYIDENT MIND.

Hell think I'll go and speak to your
father at once. He can't do more than
kick me OUT
She-"It seems a pity to risk it, dear,
in that good subtitle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
PROVED AN ALIBI.

He-'The injured woman must have
been out shopping"
She-"Impossible. She had money in
her purse"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
6be 1er1nY
II idle Of
Life.

LOON OUT FOR THE STICK.
And D man very oft
Will shoot APP like flame,
And we all gaze aloft
With admlring acclaim,
Bur the favors OF tate
Are a cheat and trick. -
The rocket is great
. But look out for the stick!
: Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18

Queer idea that Of calling a man
and wife one well. when they are
married they are practically one"
Nonsense: it takes two to make
quarrel. 'l-philadelphia Ledger.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18

Teller-"But the check is not signed,
Mrs. Smith,
Mrs. Smith-"Oh, do they have to be
signed? What an awful lot of red tape
there is about the banking business
New York American.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-03-18
Garrett Diagnosis

She-"It's really wonderful how
mucn that Coctor knows"
He-"Why so?"
Sbe-"He asked me if l ever heard
buzzing noise in my ears
He-"Well"
She-"That's just where l do hear
it.-Yonl,ers Statesman.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-01-25
HOLDS UP ITS END.

The circuit court of Harrison county
holds up its end of the string very favor.
ably, when ii comes to matter of con.
victing vfolators of law, notwithstand-
ing the fact that from one court to an.
ether there are some who indulge them.
selves continually in lIowling about the
court and officers not doing their duty,
Yea! They go even further by intimatin2
that petit jurors do not do it, although
they try the case according to the evil
dence and tile law. They put UP base,
less criticism. The reason is they have
conceived the idea they can prejudice
the people against the officers by adopt
ing that method and further their owr
interests or help the enemy they love S,
well. Such tactics should be CONDEMNED
by every fair-mindcd man and it is hi
duty to fully investigate tine mattei
for himself
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-01-25
ADVERTISED LETTERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

List OF unclaimed letters in the clarks-
burg, W. Va. post Office, advertised,
january %, 1901:
W. France Elspaugh. Miss oorie Cot
teral, }. D. oJtren, Mrs. Emcline Carr,
Mrs. Houer /. Can, Miss Virginia Carr,
Bertha DlIrymple, Miss Blanche Evans,
Miss yiIlio Henderson. Miss Bertha Jen.
ms, Miss Bertha Jenkins, W. II. Lem.
mond, Bruce Mitchell, j. NJ. Mitchell,
Miss Leona Price, Mrs. Laura Pence, +.
II. Reeger, Miss Bessie Reed, Mrs. Jas,
Rector, j. R. Rutherford, Peters Roman,
Ray Richards, Chas. o. Suagar, Chas. G.
Smith, 7. W. Twineman, Mrs. T. E
Thompson, Miss Mae Thorne, Millloyier
rgnacrnah, Willie Ullun, 3, Miss Iona
Watson, Miss Blanche Williams, Andrew
Wynocker, Ed. Wendling, Ed. Williams
Edward Williams, Mrs. N. X. wylie
Mrs. Ollie Williams, Robert willards.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-01-25
SCARE THEM SOME MORE.

There may be crook or two here yet,
but from the large amount of burglary
committed Mt Weston the past few days,
it Is evident that Mayor Criles deter
mination to free Clarksburg Of then
presence has had the desired effect, al
though he did not succeed in soaring
them very far away. Those who have
had the nerve Ito remain will likely be
seized with sudden surprises in the near
future, in fact, that is more than pro.
bable to happen any day. They think
they are not known, but they are sadly
mistaken. They do not seem to know
they a-e being watched, but they are
nevertheless. The Telegram does MOI
advise their precipitate exodus from the
city, but that does not mean that II
wants them to Stay here. To the con
trary it would be glad 10 see them leave
but more glad TO see them behind the
oars, where they properly belong.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-01-25
AspIRANTs KNOCKED OUT.

The action of the Republican confer.
ence at Washington, in appointing a
committee 10 look into the tax question.
along the lines for which the Telegram
has ever contended, mot the tax com.
missions report, which has long since
been deserted by those who first advo-
Gated it), has blasted the hopes of Ger.
tain Democratic aspirants to the guber-
material nomination, and especially one
or Two who are so. closely associated
with the interests that bitterly fought
all legislation on this subject and even
had paid Representatives in the ''third
house" of the last Legislature. Some
of them have committed themselves in
public addresses as being bitterly oppos.
ed TO tax reform in any shape and these
are the ones whose chances went glim-
mering when the Republican leaders in
Washington determined to adt in the
matter. Ut was sad blow, but they
ought 10 have had sense enough to know
at the start that the Republicans would
do the proper thing at the proper time.