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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

ROM the dawn of
one New Year
day until the next
m an V ( h i II g s
transpire in the
world of III Q n.
The big things
in a year-the
events that make
history. those in
W n &c h are in
volved great prin-
ciples Of the ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

Even the courts OF justice were not
immune from freak happenings. Witness
the unusual spectacle last February in a
in the midst of hearing a divorce case to
marry a couple impatient to put their
heads in the yoke. Another Judge. this
time in Pueblo, Cal. a month before
that, arrived at his courtroom ten
minutes late and fined himself $40 for
being tardy: he did SO tn be consistent.
as a short while back he had visited a
similar penalty upon an attorney.
But a Chicago Judge drew the prize
package for the unusual in court pro-
cedure the same month when man sum-
moned for jury service inquired:
DO you want my brother or me?'
John X. Courady is wanted here said
the judge.
We'll. that's my NAME answered the
prospective juryman. but 1T is also my
brothers. Which OF us do you want.
your honor?"
The court scratched its head for a
moment, looked helplessly around and
then handed down its decision: You
are excused, for there is no way or prov
ing that YOU are the owner Of the name
drawn
In the same city, month later, a man
supposed to be lost" was found in Jail
He had been sentenced to imprisonment
for disorderly conduct and his sentence
expired September Il. But, somehow.
that fact was overlooked by the authori-
ties. He told them he should be released,
but the only reply youchsafed him was,
That's what they all say!" friend.
visiting another prisoner. discovered
him and procured his release.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

Pleiades: i'm the course of the year it will
reach a point only little to the left and
above the bright star Aldebaran, i'll the
group Of the Bull. Consequently, as this
gradually withdraws from
the evening sky, Saturn will disappear
also During April and May the planet
will be too near the sun to be observed;
it will enter the morning sky May -. but
toward the close of the year. when the
winter stars again become visible, the
planet will again be seen among them
shining in the evening sky.
Thus, for the first three months OF the
year, both Venus and Saturn will be with
us. Then for a period of about two
months we will see no bright planets at
all, until (about June II Jupiter will
enter the evening sky in the east. This
planet will remain visible until Decem-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

The other, when similarly fed changed
his mild conversational remarks 10 wild
declarations that would have made his
sea-faring neighbor even greener with
envy that he was of plumage, had not
that worthy "bucko'' been as dead to the
world as though he were deep, deep
down in "Davy Jones locker" Even
the goldfish were treated TO bath in
the product OF the grape. Not being able
to voice their opinions OF such doings
they turned over on theC sides and
died IL is averred that some of the
the ankle of fat man who had look
cd so long on the champagne that he
thought they must be mosquitoes bother
ing him.
In number Of other instances animals
are accredited with having done several
quite unusual things during the past
twelve months. There IL Il Scotch collie
dog for instance, down in Missouri that
delighted his owner by taking his place in
the fields along with the hired hands and
hisking corn. When the husking began
he followed the men about the field with
apparent interest.
Suddenly he ran TO ono OF the corn
stalks, stobd up on his hind feet, pull
ed down the stalk. seized tho car of corn
in his mouth and broke II off Then
with teeth and forepaw, he husked the
ear and bore IL 10 his master to he
thrown into the wagon. And the remark
able part OF IL il that the dog did this
not once but over and over again each
day. husking many bushels of corn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

adult. It's appearance on the surface OF
the ocean is a mystery, for as rule
bodies buried at sea are encased in sacks
and heavily weighted.
Returning again to the church.. the par
son Of Minneapolis congregation Illus
trated his sermon on Praise Him With
the Dance by having two chorus girls
dance the Turkey Trot.' the Angle
and all the rest of the .'Oh-oh
dances right in the pulpit. He then stated
that rag dances of that sort were not
the kind he had in mind: in fact. he de-
clared they would make the devil blush
and hesitate to introduce them into hell.
* ::
Even where children were concerned
several things of unusual character We're
chronicled. Up New England way a little
three-year-od boy has been smoking his
grandfather's pipe ever since he was one
year of age. and evidently enjoying it, too
Whenever his mother caught him in the
act and took the pipe away the pre-
cocious little shaver would get hold of
knife and white away at piece OF
wood in a vain endeavor TO make it a
substitute for his "hod" Moreover. he
PUSHES out of the house quite frequently
and begs tobacco from astounded old
gentlemen passing by who stop dead in
their tracks and eXclaim, Bless my
soull'
Another three-year-old prodigy was dis
covered in Cincinnati last February. But
this one performs many marvellous aero
battle stunts among them the feat OF
dslocating his ankles and wrists at will
and, bending backward with hands and
feet on the floor supporting 80 pounds
on his chest. His father had the babys
ankles and wrists broken when he was
ten days old with the express purpose Of
fitting the child for an athletic career
In much lighter vein. a certain young
man over in Geneva last January thought
he would amuse himself by making up''
as a monkey and frightening children He
did so-for while-to his hearts content
SO realistic was his performance that
even big dog came along and was like
wise deceived. Alas for the mans salts
faction at the quality of his acting, h, -
ever. the dog refused to be scared.
!. !:
Instead, he evidently imagined there
was some relationship between the mon
key and the cat families. for, after he
got through with the monkey that
much enlightened individual had to be
taken to a hospital. And, irony of fate
he was put to bed in the children's ward.
From London, England, came the story
of a surgeon who operated on himself
for inguinal hernia. He injected half
centigram of morphia into his left thigh.
presumably to deaden his left leg: used
a hypodermic syringe just over the seat
of the trouble; passed warm solution
of cocaine hydrochlOrate under the skin,
and then calmly got busy with his knife
Last June, in Urbana, y. Y, a little
boy fell down stone stairway and hurt
himself badly that his parents be-
lieved he had fractured his skull They
rushed the nnOna
physician from Hammondsport. The doc
tor sprang to his automobile, threw on
full speed and made good time until about
ten miles from Urbana, when his machine
broke down.
The anxious physician was deep in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
THE New Comets-Venus
1 Is Climbing Upward in
the Heavens Rapidly and
Growing Brighter-Remark-
ably Early Occurrence of
Easter.
By Prof. Eric Doolittle Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.

1HE first month of the new year
begins with an evening sky
which is full of interest to
those who study the heavens.
Besides the brilliant midwinter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

The owner is delighted with his four
footed "hand," especially since he can't
give any back talk nor does he stop to
look up at the sun every fifteen minutes
10 sec if II isn't about time for the din
ner horn.'
From Waco. Tex, comes the story Of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

Three years ago ST. Paul woman.
now twenty-four years Of age, but a
dwarf, started to write a book under
what seemed almost insurmountable OBJ
stacles. Last summer 1t came from tho
presses, a neat, commendable work.
Every word OF it was written on tho
typewriter with one foot. Stricken With
spinal meningitis in her youth. she can
not use her hands. So, with a pencil
tucked between her toes. she clicked Off
the thousands and thousands Of letters.
striking the keys with the pencil. More
over, the book-11o printed pages-was re-
written three times before she was con-
tent TO send il to her publisher.
In Lodz, Russian Poland, last January.
the timely arrival OF the police was the
only thing that prevented "A band of
fanatical women from crucifying man
whom they considered their savior.
They urged him to consent to the ordeal
and prove the tenets of their strange
faith by his resurrection. But his faith
wavered. so the thirty women took him
by force and We're in the midst OF his
immolation when the police swooped down
upon them.
In March last an emetic administered
hy podermically to a man in Nashua. y
IL caused him TO cough up hve-doilar
bill and then a ten-dollar one. lie was
charged with having stolen the money
from a roommate and then swallowing IL
at the police station. Literally as well As
figuratively, this was a case or a man
coughing up the long green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

From Paris France, in November. came
the story of a man who beat the ponies
by accident and not through conscien-
tious study of a racing form. Betting ac-
cordng to the mutuel system in vogue
there. he asked for 81 ticket on No. 13.
BY mistake he was handed one for horse
No. 4. He noticed the error in a very
few minutes and hurried back to the
bookmaker to have it changed.
''I can change it, the bookie objected.
"only when somebody comes along and
puts up 81 on No. A.
But no one came. The race was run,
and Minnet the Third, whose number was
four. galloped home in a romp. The lucky
gamester cashed in S466 as his pick
ings'' on the race In future the bookie
will make no more mistakes, or at least
he will hasten to rectify them IL he does.
1t came to light in Chicago in the same
month that the Chicago Walters Asso-
citation has purchased a library of 2.Oo
volumes for its clubrooms from the pro-
ceeds of selling champagne corks saved
by the members in their daily duties.
They sold the corks for $3.50 thousand.
and the books cost many thousands OF
dollars.
In October. as the result of a remark
able run OF cells in the Sawkill river. the
towns of Red Hook, Tivoli and Madalin,
y. Y. We're thrown into darkness nearly
every night for quite a while The lighting
company has three intake pipes laid out
in the stream. and into these the cells
glided in droyeS, working their way UP
and clogging the machinery. They even
got through several various kinds OF
screens placed on the pipes to exclude
them.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-12-16
BRYAN ON GREAT
MERIDIAN ROAD
Runs from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to
GaIveston--Secretary Hewitt an
Official of Gulf Division.

The log of the great national high
way running from Winnipeg, Mani
toba, to Galveston, Texas, has been
completed, and Bryan is on the route,
ON what is known as the gulf division.
The route of the gulf division is from
Waco to Marlin, Calvert, Hearne,
Bryan, Navasota, Hampstead, Houston
and Galveston. The following account
of the organization of the gulf division
is taken from the Houston Chronicle:
At a meeting in the Houston Cham
Der of Commerce last night the gulf
coast division of the Meridian Road
Association was organized and the fol-
lowing officers elected: w. A. John
son of Galveston, president; G. w.
Hawkins OF Houston, vice president;
L. NJ. Hewitt of Bryan, secretary
treasurer.
"The executive committee chosen is
composed of the following: H. 5.
Wilson of Harris county, chairman;
c. H. McMaster of Galveston, Mr..
Brown of Navasota C. B. Monday OF
Marlin.
"The other members of the associa-
ton are E. B. Rogers of Galveston,
J. E. Kaufman of Galveston, Charles
p. Macgill of Galveston, H. T. d. Will
son of Houston and Adolph Boldt OF
Houston.
"The meeting was called to order
by John c. Nicholson of Newton, Kan,
| who is secretary of the Meridian Road
| Association. and who had just COM
| pleted the log of the proposed Nerd
! ian road from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to
| Galveston.
THE party of 'pathfnders' left
Houston yesterday morning for the
last lap of the trip, begun about three
months ago at Winnipeg, 1000 miles
away. The automobile in which the
party completed the official log of the
| long highway was decorated with pen
nants of every important point on the
route. The trip to Galveston was with
out mishap of any kind to mar the
| PLEASURE of the occasion.
| Upon arrival in Galveston the part!
| was welcomed by J. E. Kaufman, sec
| rotary of the Galveston Commercial
| | Association.
| During the day a telegram iron
the mayor of Galveston to the mayo
of Winnipeg announced the compile
| ton of the log of the Meridian roa'
between Winnipeg and the Gulf o
| Mexico.
| after spending the day in Calves
ton the party returned to Houston, al
irving about o'clock"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-12-16
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES.

The |. & G. n. Ry. will sell holiday
excursion tickets at one and one-third
fare to Texas and Louisiana Decem-
Der 20, 81, %, %, "a, %, 26, 81 and
January 1, limit January 6; to Arkan-
sas and Oklahoma December %, "a,
%. 81 and January 1, limit January 6;
to Mexico December 81, % and %,
limit January IS; and to ST. Louis,
Kansas City, Chicago. Washington,
D. c., all points in the Southeast, and
to Colorado December q, % and %,
limit January 10, 1913 For further in
formation see ticket agent.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
CAMP FLAT TO GIVE
 ANNIVERSARY BALL

Camp Flat No. 7o, A. B., will be a year old Sunday week, the camp having been instituted January IA, 1oII.
 To celebrate the suspicious event the members of No 26 have de. cided to give grand ball, which will take place at A. B Hall, Fiat City. Saturday next, January E
 As 1912 is Leap Year, and many ladies are anxious to show their inettle, the organization and man, agement of the dance have been left entirely ill their hands. They will decorate the hall, arrange the program, and prepare repast such as will tickle the most fastidious palate. As the price of a ticket ,c admit lady and gentleman is onl, s 50 (including supper). the dance will be within the reach of every. one.
 Last year quite large number o1 Iditarod people went to Fiat to at. teud the first ball given by No. 26, and their happy recollections of tha, affair should ensure repetition oI she trip next Saturday.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
MUD RIVER
 PROSPECTS

Crosby Keen, & well-knoHn Noneite and kougarok pioneer, returned to the Iditarod from a trip to Mud River yes .erday and speaks favorably of that section Of couatry.
 Mr. Keen spent several weeks in tho Kaiyuh mountains and intends return ing with boiler and supplies to pros psct the ground he has acquired.
 Keen speaks conservativeiy of the country and makes no assertion that would cau.e a stampede, other than il, 3sa very promising region in which to prospect.
 During his trip he visited all the men prospecting on Mud River and its tributaries. They state that water conditions do not allow of any holes being bedrocked without the necessary appliances, but pans from to 4 cents are quite common.
 Tho gold is coarse, with paystreak indications, and gives encouragement for further work. There are many of tho oldtiners from the Innoko camp in the Mud River section, where they will remain for the winter
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
FINDING PAY
 ON BENCHES

The bench-channel theory on Flat creek has got big boost. During the past week the laymen on the Wildcat benches have been tearing out pay dirt which pans from 10 cents to Sl00.
 On the lower end of the old Mading lease Shorty Brigham and partners are in good pay, and the ground, though spotted, looks as if regular channel carrying values will be struck further from the creek.
 The pay is mostly in the bedrock, which is of soft slate, much disturbed, ard is easy to handle. In one of the drifts it goes to depth of feet and colorE can be seen from top to bottom. The gravel does not carry any values as yet, but further work may uncover the old channel so much prophesisd by oldtimers.
 On the lower end of the Wildcat, Blair and partners are hoisting dirt which will go from s2 to s5 to the foot, and have got quite dump out. They arc working six men and intend put ting on further hslp the coming week.
 Norman & Major, on the upper end of the Mading lease, are crosscutting the creek to the right limit, but as yet are not in the money.
 The benches below The Forks ars now receiving the attention of few of the wise ones, who figure on con. tinuation of the upper pay, ss well as a probable run from Fox Gulch.
 Considerable stalking ou this limit was done on New Years, and the new owners of the ground are going to give it full test.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
TO OUR PATRONS

Begnnn, with this issue of the Idarod Pioneer M acobgaar will have charge of the papers business affairs the Creek Route succeeding Mir Nat Lyons who has filled that position since the first number of the publication Mir gaard headquarters will be i'll Flat City, and he will hope become mighty all business and social community which tend to the general good He oder in the North and wide circle of acquanances through out the land As writer of advertisements acobsgaard had wide experience and patrons will receive the advantage of that knowledge.
 Lawrence Auten very promising youth of litarod, will hereafter have charge of the city circulation great journal and that each subscriber will weekly hreside companion goes without saying.
 The Hired Hand of the Pioneer unwillingy the minor and multarous duties heretofore performed fully by the departing Lyans and thusly putting upon pairs of shoulders the weghy responsibilities borne long and
 and-andg gallantly (yes gallanty, III this particular nstauce) by Nat The Pioneer g- mering hope of ultimately handling the proposition the satisfaction of the public and to ourselves.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
STORY OF MRS. PRATT

Mrs. Augustus Pratt, who arrived in Iditarod from Takotna Dec. 24 with an infant few months old and 8 boy of 10, is sick and destitute. There Is no provision of law for the care of such cases, and charitably disposed ladies are providing for the family. It is said the womans condition is such that she must be sent to the hospital.
 Mrs. Pratt has the manner of having formerly been surrounded by conditions of decency and refinement, but the story ot her recent life is linked with a lower order, for which she may de- serve more pity than blame. The Pratt family went from Nome to Yan- kee creek in the Innoko district. A man named Horton was mixed up in the family affairs. Last fall Mrs. Pratt realized that she would soon give birth to child and went to Takotna for the accouchement. Horton either accom- panied her there, or appeared on the scene very ShOFtly.
 Commissioner Green finally arrested Horton for unlawful cohabitation, and notwithstanding Pratt came over and testified favorably for the accused, he was held to the grand jury in the sum of $1 ,0OO and sent to jail at Ophir. The commissioner at Takotna is physi- elan and attended Mrs. Pratt at her confinement. The woman had no money, could get DO nurse, and her present physical state is consequential.
 6 That is the story. Law is law; but would or would not the interests of humanity and the behest of God have been as we'll served by leaving Horton free 10 render such help as he could and would, at least until the woman had passed the crisis?
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
DEPUTY MARSHALS;
 ONE FOR FLAT CITY

Deputy Marshal Tom Howell, wlo was stationed in the Koyukuk for the past eighteen months, has been as- signed to duty at Flat City and reached his new post this week. This will relieve the pressure of work that has heretofore devolsed upon Deputy liar ry F. Sheppard alone and will permit of concerted and efficient action in cases of emergency. The new arrange ment ought to meet with public ap- proval, as well as be moro satisfactory to the marshal's office.
 Capt. J. J. Donovan will go into the Koyukuk upon his return from Outside, where he went with prisoners.
 Deputy c. A. Vawter is at Panama.
 Harry R. Siebe resigned the deputy ship of the Kuskokwim district soms weeks ago and the vacancy has not been filled. The district is a large ons and ought not to be left withou, an officer long. The facts that have re- cently become known indicating that two well-known men were murdered on the Kuskokwim last summer em- phasize the need there of some one au. thorized to make an investigation. It is believed possible that the truth about the fate of the Nelson brothers might yet be learned. But up to this week if Deputy Marshal Sheppard had gone to investigate the matter his own district would have been left without deputy. Not only that, if he had gone, or should yet go on his own initiative, it appears he would have to foot the heavy ex- pense of the trip, amounting to 1t least $500, without much hope of re- ln 3ursement,
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
BALL WAS A FINANCIAL SUCCESS
The A, B masquerade proved d great financial success, resulting in a surplus of $:eo 50
MERRITT EXPOSES ROCKEFELLER

Washington.-Test before the house committee that is Investigating the steel trust, Alfred Merritt of Du- luth, related the story of his fieecing at the hands of Rockefeller and his ac- complices. He asserted that he was induced by F. D. Gates, the secretary of Rockefeller, to pledge his holdings in the Mesaba mines and railroad, val ued at seven millions, as security for a loan of less than million dollars. When the time arrived for she pay meat of the loan, says Merritt, the steel crowd so manipulated matters that he was unable to raise the ueces- sary cash, and he forfeited nli Of his holdings.
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Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
KELLOGG SUES
 HIS OLD PARlDS

Fairbanks, Jan. 5.-E. E. Kellogg has commenced suit against Brumbaugh & Hamilton for an accounting. He claims he is entitled $33 OOO, and alleges that during the settlement following the dissolution of part nershp Brumbaugh represented to him that the firm practically nsovent, whereas there surplus of $1oO Oco Kellogg says that account of his part ners representations he accepted the steamer Samson which equalled nothing when the debts against the vessel were taken into consideration.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
WIRELESS BREVITIES

A Kansas City dispatch says the Middle West is in tue grip of a blizzard.
 A blizzard is sweeping over Colo rado.
 Earthquakes are reported from Chicago and Milwaukee.
 Lima Cavalieri has divorced Bob Chandler
 King George V and Queen Mary are visiting Calcutta.
 General Rafael Reyes has been thrown into prison at Mexico City His trial has been set for February
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
FIGHTING BOB" EVANS DIES SUDDENLY AT WASHINGTON

Washington, D. C.: Jan. s,-"Fightng Bob'' Evans died here yesterday of indigestion, after illness ony two hours He will he buried with full naval honors this afternoon
 Robert Dunglson Evans, admiral United States navy born in Floyd county, Virginia August IS Is6 He tue oi Dr. Samuel Andrew Jackson Evans and educated in the public schools of w. hingon He appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy from Utah, and graduated from that institution n 1863. He appointed
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-01-06
NO NEWS OF NELSON BROTHERS

Mrs. Frank Dawson, of Flat City, sister of Gus and John Nelson, the men believed to have been murdered on the Kuskokwim, having received no an- swsr to message sent to members Of the family at Speeds Station, Cal, inquiring if the brothers had been heard of there, Deputy Marshal Shep- pard took the matter up and sent a query to the authorities there this week. No word had been returned up to noon today; nor is there any other development in the case.