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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25

Iof ptarmigan. driven down to the foothills by recent snow storms are making the Fair banks gunner happy.
 EXplorer Stefansson. who re- gently returned from the Ar ctic regions north of Canada, severely arraigned the mis- Sionaries to the Eskimos. accus ing them Of being merciless to their charges.
 The Alaska goose Is to be con served. this action having been determined upon by the nation al association of Audobon so- eieties. Soo00. has been sub- scribed for the purpose. Jack Brooks, formerl. resi- dent of Juneau. has been nom- mated for the Alaska senate by ] the Socialists at Fairbanks.
 Gold has been discovered on Lynx creek, on the upper ko- bulk.
 Seward Peninsula gold pro- duction fell off s400,000 dur ] ing 1911. according to P. s. Smith of the United States Geo logical survey. The production of tin materially increased dur ing the same period. <++
 Major !. H. French or Nome i> now taking an active part in the campaign for woman suff- rage in New York.
 +++
 The Bon Voyage, whose long iiangie of litigation was united l by Judge Lyons at Nome re- gently. is again in the courts.
 230 children are attending l lhe Nome public schools this year and the Nugget says this lis the same number that at tended the schools last year, lb proof Of the statement that Nome Is not shrinking back ln- i to her boots
 Seward is about unanimous [ in the hope that the govern ment will take over the Alaska Northern railroad system and ! complete 1t to the Yukon river. This Is what will happen, too, according to the signs of the zodiak and other favorable man If ilfestations.-Gateway.
 Some of the bones of a great ma-todon were brought to Nome recenty from Teller. They were found by the peo- pie who are prospecting for graphite up there. The hip bone is a little more than four feet III length and has a cur conference Of 30 inches. ] The Skeen-Lechner Mining l company will work throughout 1.-the winter i'll the development Dl IL. DfS picP1Lts Ch creek.
 ! +f <
 Ed Berg. a Fairbanks miner has struck gold on Ester creek which averages 5 to the squai foot of bed rock
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 C. \. Kirstein. Of the land of- l free at Fairbanks. was recently Host on tahe trail to Hot Springs After two trials. succeeded III striking the right trail.
 
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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25
Knives Sharpened-Joe Watts

Five reels of new pictures al the Gross Picture show tonight
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25

Noodles and Chop .5ucy spec ialfy at tlie Owl Cafe. tf
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25

resulted III the loss of the tip of his middle finger on his right hand. Zott was working on the planner when his finger got caught. Dr. l.. Q. Egginton sewed up the wound, which will incapacitate Mir. Zott for sever al days.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25

IT you are thinking of buying q new gun, better call in and look over the large line al Wal ker & Co.'s.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25

HOT Cocoa, HOT Chocolate, at the Drug Store with the Yel- low front.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25
GAS BOAT FOR SALE

For sale, the gasoline launch Gretchen, 27 feet long, 9 feet beam. fully equipped. Five h. ? make and break Camden cn zine. Cheap for cash. apply at Miner office.
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 food Solid Comfort at the Dream. adr
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25

Two pet black bear cubs own cd hy Colin Mcpherson at Cha lanika, were put to death by lead poison. It k said the eN- ecutioner was an irale miner whose cache the bears had rob bed.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25

The Nome Nugget estimates that more than 100000 people have travelled between that place and Seattle since the dis covery of the camp. During the same period 10000 claims have been staked.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25

' | % | ' ! < : ' ' + ' NORTHERN HAPPENINGS '
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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25
FROM THE DISPATCH

Large and numerous flochs Of ptarmigan. driven down to the foothills by recent snow storms are making the Fair banks gunner happy.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-10-25
HALlOW ZEN DANCE |.

St Johns Guild will give a lIallo Fen dance at Red Men {. Hall, October 3fst, also a sale Of fancy articles at the same
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09

.:sOME ANECDOTES OF :.
JAMES WHlTCoMB RILEY. :


James whitcomb Riley whose
birthday yesterday was widely cele-
brated throughout the country. enjoys
the reputation of being the most con-
genial of men. He loves a joke, even
though IL is on himself, and he is not
ed as a story teller. 1T doesn't make
any particular difference what the
story is about" one of his old friends
remarked recently. IF Riley tells it,
it's funny, and the best thing about 1t
is 10 hear his own laugh. His eyes
light mp, his mouth expands and then
follows an outburst of mirth which is
just as good for the soul as one of his
most beautiful poems"
When Mr.. Riley was boy in Green
field, Indiana, he was a typical boy,
and there are many people still living
in that little town who recall the
pranks of yesterday. They all realize
that II the boy they knew had not set
his name beside that of Longfellow.
he would have set il with Booths For,
from his earliest infancy the theatri-
cal always appealed TO him. He was
q declaimer by birth, as he was a poet
by birth, and he also possessed the
ability to initiate. Many an i'm
promptu gathering has been enter
tanned by the hour with young Riley's
limitations of the town characters, and
t,,,,
plete unless Jim" Riley had a place
on the program.
There has never been anything for
NAL about Mr.. Riley. In Lockerbie
street in Indianapolis, which has been
his home for years he knows every
man, woman and child, and it is moth
ing unusual for him to drop into the
houses of his neighbors without
knocking. He may find the family at
dinner, but he knows he is welcome
70 make his way back to the dining
room FOR a visit. Perhaps he has
come TO borrow tobacco, his own sup
ply being temporarily exhausted.
No poet, il is said, was ever better
paid for his work than Riley. Much
has been made of the amount paid
TO Kipling for single word. but Riley
has received much more. As high
as $25 a word has been given
for his poetry, yet Riley has remark
ed that the profession of literature was
not highly remunerative. A woman
once heard him make this observation,
But, Mr.. Riley" she said. surely you
have no cause for complaining You
must Oe very rich man. under
stand you get a dollar word for all
you write"
"Ye-e-es, Madam" said Riley with
his slow drawl, but sometimes / sit
all day and can't think Of word
not even q dialect word"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
FlOWERY COURTSHiP,

In remote Swiss alpine hamlets and
villages, especially in the Bernese
Oberland. there still exist ancient and
pretty customs of proposing marriage
by the language of flowers. If maid
accepts bouquet of edelweiss from a
man she at the same time accepts him
as her lance, the idea being that the
man has risked his life to obtain the
flowers for the woman he loves, though
or course bunch of edelweiss Is not
very expensive. Another method
which also exists In the canton of
Glarus, Is for the young man to place
flower pot containing single rose
and note on the windowsill of the
girrs room, when she Is absent from
nome, and wait-perhaps days-for a
reply. III the maid takes the rose, the
young man boldly enters the house
to arrange matters with her parents.
but IL the rose is allowed to fade away
the proposal Is rejected without
single word having been exchanged
between the couple. Sometimes
tickle girl will keep young man
waiting a day or two for an answer.
but whatever 1t may be, It is consid.
cred final.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
RELATIVE FREE TRADE.

Governor Wilson makes light OF
free trade. And very few Democrats
IN this day and era want actual free
trade. Yet relative free trade may be
the result Of Mr.. Wilson's election
and the relative schedules may prove
as fatal 10 American industry as ac-
tual free trade could do. For il does
not matter what the rate Of import or
export duty is, SO long as it protects.
American manufacturers and products
Drop it below the required rate and
the thrush Of foreign manufactures
and products-and consequent decline
Ct the same things in America-will be
as frightful as though actual free trade
existed.
1t is just here that the parties differ.
Mr.. Taft wants lower rates. but he
does not want TO rush headlong into
a panic by revising the schedules in
haste and ignorance. Perhaps. on calm
consideration, the three great parties
want about the same rates, but Mr.
TAFT wants to be sure he is right be-
fore he goes ahead. and Roosevelt al
ways goes ahead before he is sure of
anything. and Governor Wilson's no
tons Of the tariff seem hazy.
The tariff has again been made the
chief issue. other issues are as i'm
portant but the politicians have made
the tariff paramount. In this insist
ence the Democrats and the Progress
sives have done Mr.. Taft a real favor.
For on the tariff he is their master.
and the longer the common people |
think it over, the more inclined they
will be to stand by the president in
his theory Of facts before revision.
1t is difficult TO see how Colonel
Roosevelt can get any support on his
tariff enunc!ations. During mis- seven !
ears incumbency, most Of the evils |
VI protected monopoly" grew up and |
the tariff was the one issue he kept in |
the background. What assurance has
any voter that, with his marvellous
faculty for explaining things away,
he Colonel would not If elected, toss
he tariff onto a shelf and forget all
about it for another four years?
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
KNEW WHEN TO QUIT

Several years ago a Missouriai
moved out TO eastern Colorado and
took a homestead. Things looked prct.
ty good out in that country when hi
located but the next season turned
of dry and windy. He hung on. hop-
ing for change, but the second yeai
was worse than the first. He had q
notion TO leave. but finally decided &c
stick one more year. The third year
which was the last season, was the
worst Of the three. He hitched up a
team Of poor mules he still had left
got his family into an old wagon and
started trecking eastward. Finally he
met n friend VINO had known him be-
fore he left Missouri. who asked him
why he was coming back.
well" said the Missourian. IL stay
ed out in that blamed country till my
salivary glands dried up. and I says Il
myself burned IL propose to stay In
country where 7 can't spit"-Kansas
City Journal
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
A BULL MOOSE ELEGY.

The curfew tells the knell Of parting
day;
The lowing moose winds slowly Ger
the lea;
The plowman homeward plods his
weary way,
And leaves the world to Theodore
and me.
Peoria Journal.
Vow fades the glimmering landscape
on the sight,
And all the air a solemn stiffness
holds.
save where La Toilette wheels his
growing flight
And scolds, ana scolds, and scolds,
and scolds, and scolds.
Chicago Tribune.
Save that from yonder outer-looking
tower
With lofty speech the Colonel doth
complain
)f those who, fretful of his grab for
power,
Modest his longing for another reign.
New Bedford Standard.
Behind those cleaning teeth and Cog
gled eyes.
Where heaves In mighty throbs the
wondrous brain.
The hidden wisdom of all ages lies.
Alas wen never see his like again!
Springfield Union.
The boast o: honesty, the love of
power.
And AL that Perkins. all that Nun
sey gave,
wait alike the inevitable hour.
Tho third-term movement leads but
to the grave
Charleston News and Courier.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
SPEED MANIA IS DISASTROUS
Public Has Gone Crazy Over Matter of
Rushing, Says Traveller, Who
Soon Forgets Himself.

Yes, sir" said the man who had his
ieet IN chair in the smoking com.
partment of the car, you can trace
nearly every railroad accident to the
mania for speed. Safety is a sec
ondary consideration. The first OBJ
Ject Is to get there in hurry. Look
at the advertisements OF the differ
ent railroads. You'll see that speed Is
always emphasized. III one road can
make the run from New York to Chi
cago In 20 minutes less time than il
taxes on some other road the fact Is
played up in big type, as IL It were
the most important thing In the world
The public has gone crazy over this
matter of rushing. Get there quick is
the great object. We've got to be edu.
Gated up to the idea that speed Is not
the only thing which should be con-
sidered. The man who thinks his time
is so important that the gain or loss
OF an hour is vital ought to be chuck
ed into well and allowed to cool off.
Say, porter, how are we running?
Seems to me this train is merely
creeping along"
Yes, sab. We're about 20 minutes
late. The heavy rains have made the
track unsafe along here and we got
to so kind of careful"
"Cohfound this road, anyhow! I'll
never travel on It again. Why the
dickens can't they get people In on
time!"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09

ma would be the first place attacked
unless our defense Of IL is obviously
impregnable.
In Panama the United states viii
give a hostage Ia fortune such as slc
never gave before. Panama will fur
nish an incentive and invitation TO at
tack. as no other Of our possessions
ever has done--because il is a great
prize, and because it stands isolated
from our shores, but not from aivan-
tageous attack, as do the Hawaiian
Islands. IL must be remembered what
a bone OF contention the Isthmus was
in the days Of English, French and
Dutch harsssment Of the Spanish
Main.
Our people must accustom them
selves TO the thought OF the great re-
sponsibility which Panama viii be.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
A COURAGEOUS CAT.

"A gray and whtte striped kitten that
happened to get in the way saved a
child from the attack Of a supposed
rabid dog in Newark. n. ]. The mon
yrel ran yelping and frothing through
he streets, killing cat and biting
four dogs. The animal, chased by a
rowd. ran south on Livingston street
to Waverly avenue. The 4-year- old
child of Charlie Martin was at play
on the sidewalk in front of her fathers
butcher shop. The animal made for
her. but as it was about to leap. the
kitten darted between the dog and the
mud. The doc, while killing the kit
ten. was stunned by a blow on the
mead from Henry Balzer Of q Living
si'n street. Before 80 could recover u
p'Iicemgn dispatched 10 with ID bullet
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
THE RUNAWAY BOY
ny James Whitconb Riley

Wunst | sassed my Pa, an he
Won't stand that. an punished me-
Men when he was gone that day,
/ slipped out an ruined away.
/ looked all my copper-cents,
An climbed over our back fence
In the jimpson- weeds at growed
Everywhere all down the road.
Men I got out there. an men
RUINED some--an' ruined again
When l met a man at led
A big COW at shocked her head
/ went down a long. long lane
Where was little pigs a-play'n';
An a grea- big pig went "Booh!'
An Jumped up, an skeered me too.
Men I scampered past, an they
Was somebody hollered Hey"
An I ist looked everywhere,
An they was nobody there.
l want TO, but I'm 'fraid to try
To go back. An by-an'-Sy,
Somepin' hurts my throat inside
An want my Ma-an' cried.
Men a grea' big girl come through
Where's a gate. an telled me who
Am 1? an ef | tell where
Ny homes at she'll show me there.
But / couldn't list but tell
What's my name: an she says well.
An she looked me up an says
She know where / live. she guess.
Men she telled me hug wife close
Round her neck!-an' off she goes
Skippin' up the street! An men
Purity soon I'm home again.
An my Ma, when she kissed me,
Kissed the big girl too. an she
Kissed me-ef i p'omise shore
I won't run away no more
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
BUCKING A GIANT MONOPOLY
wan with Bullying Brow Relates Eek.
eeedingly Interesting Expert
ence He Had With iceman.

II had an interesting experiences
WIN my iceman the other morning"
said the man with the bullying brow.
SHe wanted you to pay for your
coupon book fore he'd let you have
any more ice, reckon" hazarded the
man with the dubious nose.
Don't get smart For a long time.
you know, I've been suspecting that
he didn't give me full weight SO
when he came this time | was ready
Tor him. lie had put what he called
a 6o'pound chunk in the box, and was
about to go.
foid on minute said. You're
sure that's 80 pounds. are YOU?
Yep he says.
Well, we'll just measure Il and
see' N
mad a one foot rule I'm nv hand.
! measured that chunk carefully. Then
multiplied the length, breadth. and
thickness together. and got the di.
mehsions in cubic inches. / showed
him the figures.
Is that right? asked him.
guess So he said.
Weii' you see, there are just 1880
CUBIC inches in that piece. Now.
divide IL by 30, and-hold on, Nv
George. there's
Yep, he says; there's 81 nounds
In 1t, Thank you!'
70, ihen what do you think he didY
II De blamed If he didn't take his
steei PICK, chip off pound chunk of
ice, ana carry it back to the wagon
WIN MN! What's the use of bucking
against the Ice trust. anywavp"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
LIFE LENGTH OF LoWLY THINGS

IL mas been computed that the day
ny lives "a hours; the May fly six
weeks; the butterfly two months. as.
alas, also does the flea; the fly three
10 four months; the ant, the cricket
and the bee one year each; the hare.
sheep, six to ten years each: the
nightingale IL years; the wolf ~ TO Is
years; the canary bird Is to 20 years:
the dog 10 to rs years; cattle 25
years; the horse 25 to 30 years: the
eagle 80 years; the stag 35 to 40
years; heron, lion and bear 80 wears
each; the raven, so years; elephant
turtle, parrot. pike and carp 100 years
each. The ivy outlives 200 years. the
elm 300 to $50 years, the linden 600
to 1000 years; the locust tree and the
oak 400 years; the fir 700 to 1000
years. and the palm trees 1900 to
5000 years. "
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
HARLAN AND BEOE.

Colonel Roosevelt has been put upon
the defensive and the experience has
not been an enjoyable ono for him.
After he had planned his trir
through the Rocky Mountain and Pa
cifc Coast states. the Taft managers
arranged 10 have him followed by
John NJ. Harlan Of Chicago and for
mer Representative ]. Adam Bede OF
Minnesota. who viii speak at the big
Republican rally at the Calumet Light
Guard Armory tomorrow evening.
They have been handling the Colone.
with gloves Mr. Harlan has been
dealing slcdgc-hammer blows and Mr.
Bede has been singing the Third
FERN candidate with shafts Of wit
ana satire The puouacity OF the Taft
orators. together with the fact tina.
they punlured Fyosevelts vulnerable
record with criticism and ridicule.
aroused great interest everywhere.
Mr.. Harlan emphasized Rcoscvelts
violation Of his Third Term pledge,
exposed the intimate relations between
Roosevelt and George w. Perkins, di-
rector Of the Harvester trust, de-
Hounced him as man who was at
tempting 20 wreck the Republican
party in order to crafty personal am
bit.on ana revenge. and said that the
rcd bmdanra winch Roosevelt had
adopted ass his emblem was really tn,
Tag Of anarchy. Mr.. Bcdc pointed
out ttat Roosevelt had been rooa
Republican until Doe was defeated FOR
The nomination oscr he suddenly dis
aoeeror that the Republican party was
not good enough for him. Mr. Bedc
-Iiauled Colonel Rooseyclrs preten
sious 70 similarity with Abraham
Lincoln. Lincoln" said Nh Rede
made 90 sroat party for the good of
all, Roosevelt is striving to destroy
hat PARTY for Tire glory Of himself.
Colonel Roosevelt has plainly evi.
aeneed tho fact that the attacks upon
him are getting upon his nerves.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09

The American people have got along
without Roosevelt during the past -four
..srs. ard got along very ven .Fresi-
dent Taft has not been devotiug him-
saif 20 Growing, as his predecessor did
but the sun has risen day after day
since the it'll OF March 1909, just as
Il did when the nan from oyster Bay
was swaggerins in the White House.
'fhe quiet but forcefuI administration
a President Taft has bec4 more adj
vantageous 10 the country than was
the brass band administration Of
Roosevelt.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
PANAMA A RESPONSIBILITY.

10 has been arsued that with tn.
.ompletion Of the Panama canal ON,
litigation to build two battIeshIps a
year Will lapse. ON the contrary. A.
lone as We ire putting money into N.
canal construction. no power Will dis
turb us. Panama becomes valusbJ,
My after the lsthmus has been sever
"a by world water route.
Could England hold Gibraltar. sroz
Singapore, except by force Of guns
As well may We expect to hold pans.
ma by paper title. which may be derec
tive.
And Panama, when the canal is fin
ished, will be our weak point in a mill.
tary sense. Nobody really wants III,
philippines, not even Japan, or Of
east not yet, and were the Philippine.
sercsted from US, the loss would mo-
impair cur strength. But Panama Wr
he a prize, essential to our safety lr
both oceans. In case of a congic,
with a great sea power. England Ger
many or Japan. we may be sure Pana.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
Still Had Homes.

What was your sons social stand.
ing in college?"
on, very fair Why. he almost got
into the Gibber and Squeak society,""
Indeed! How was that?"
why. you know. they always hit
them on the back as a sign they have
been'selected, and George was hit ON
the back with such force that It knock.
ed him down"
Mercy"
Yes. indeed. He thought. of course.
he had been chosen, but he found out
afterward 1t was the class bully who
hit him because he didn't like the set
OF his collar But even that's a great
honor"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09

The celebration of the 1.0OOth ami
versary of Constantine's victory at
Milvian bridge, and the FORMULATION
Of the edict of Milan. which gave le-
sal recoSnitiOn to Christianity, will be
made the occasion of imposing pilgri-
images to Rome. The bishops OF the
entire Roman communion have been
invited to participate in fetes that are
being prepared for on Il large scale by
local Roman committee. The sue
cess of the celebra ton seems already
assured. The program will be marked
by a series of religious ceremonies To
take place in the various historic bas-
licas and catacombs. \ large extent
of ground is to be bought outside the
Porto del Populo near tho Milvian
bridge. and On it will be erected a new
basilica commemorative the victory Of
the cross. The city has been rapidly
building up in this direction of late
ears and the new basilica will serve
IS parish church fer this new neigh
borhood.-The Churchman.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09
Making Sure.

"A commercial traveller at a rail-
way station In one OF our Southern
towns Included In his order for
breakfast two boiled eggs. The old
. uarkey who served him brought him
a.. Uncle said the travelling man.
WI. why IN the world did you bring me
two" o'"o'eu
Yes, sir" said the old sarrav
Lowing ana smiling. Il know you
uld order two, sir, but I brought
.hree' because l Just naturally felt
ia. one OF dem might fail you, sir"
-Harper's Weekly.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-09

Miss l.. Averill Ccle. of Boston. is
said TO be the most successful woman
bookbinder in the country. Her worl,
fetches the highest prices and the de-
nand is always far ahead Of what sho
can supply. She first studied her pro-
tession at home and then went To Ber-
in. BRUSSELS and London. she spent
eight years studying abroad. three Of
them under Louis Jacobs, the famous
art binder of Brussels. In 1905 she
Won the first prize i'm book binding at
he international exhibition i'm Brussels
over more than two hundred compcti-
tors. After this she went 10 London,
where for several years she had class
IS in book binding. In 1905 she as
sumed full charge of one Of the largest
book binding establishments in this
country.