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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21

He and we're quite similar H.
height ami weight. Yet | could no,
reach a. Ire could and had 20 uso a
bridge. Our attitudes and our deli,-
cries "ege radically different -
,sr, orr methods.
when bill ard PLAYER sos 10 a
new table in a match or tournament
he Is F=rlleAed ana uneasy. Heanes
not know what conditions he has
10 meet. The resiliency of the i,ory.
the texture and tension Of the bed
cloth and The action OF the cushions
viii have TO he learned BY practical
experiments before he can become
confident or even comfortable.
The late Or. 4. L. Ranncy used
10 dwell on the difference between
he human structure and a mechani-
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21
ADVERTISING AND LUCK.


Some people say that advertising
IS all matter Of luck; that you can
not tell what advertising is going to
10. Or whether or not i is aolng to
pay. This may be true. but it i
very strange that man who gives
INTELLIGENT hou"ht 10 his advertising,
ln3 does i IN an Intelligent, stra sh'
forward Wy, usually has luck OF his
site. He IS iucisy iii his advertising
because he has reaueed il 10 .
science. Advertiser s is just as Ger
tain a paying rent Advertising i.
governed by just as much COMMON
sense business lines as govern the
purchase Of 4 lotZof potatoes Or
Goldfish.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21
We Eat Too Much Meat
And Not Enough Cheese
-l-Ez-aa.S.>-s-u.-sz

According 10 the Department oi
Agriculture At Washington. We "a.
rather 100 much meat and altogether
90 little cheese. Statisticiaas fl ahi-
department have CURED il ouj li.as
he average man in this count. i
eats one hundred and seventy rounds
II expensive meat every year, 5ut
only four pounds of cheese Il year.
1t is claimed now, through dis
department at Washington Tia
cheese is really digestible and MOI
derful article OF food For a lore
time it has been held that cheese
is indigestible, and there usei 70 bs
saying that cheese S eaten al lie
end of the meal as an all to
digestion because it dieests cler.-
hing except itself
But this is putting cheese il &
rather bad light. AS a WHOLESOME
food it has few equals, The Swiss
who are an extremely healthy people
eat very great deal of cheese In
stead OF meat they eat cheese with
their bread This is also a custom
i'll Germany. whence came the well
known saying, Bread and cheese. =
In this country it has always beer
crackers and cheese" and We ca,
cheese with our coffee after dinner
and have toasted crackers with ii
eating only a little cheese, as it is
used more as a delcacy and .
dessert. But at many of the res
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21

rete. 2op tons OF reinforcement steel
ana 80 tons Of steel sheet-piIins.
tinally, the building which, With its
furniture, etc, Will e'gh more than
-';5,,a9e tons. ill have cost When
complete. some So .Goo.eoa.
The building covers a plot 15.i feet
ny 2o9 feet II is C.shaped in plan
with two wings, 50 by g. feet. fac
ing on Barclay street and Park Place
The shorter side of the plot is that
on Broadway There are thir'y
stories in the main build ne the
roof Of which stands four hundred
feet above the street From tie
center of the Broadway facade and
flush with it. rises Il tower measur-
ing 81 by Sc feet. which extends
for an additional twenty-five stories
above the roof The building is car
red on GO concrete piers, sunk
through gravel, sand and hardpan,
everything of solid rock, which was
found at an average depth of about
- feet below the eround-wator level.
These foundation piers are of solid
concrete. The majority are circular
and vary in diameter from to 10
feet. \ few OF them are of rectangu-
lar cross-section.
Until the hardpan was reached, the
sinking of the caissons was quickly
and rapidly done. and one, 612 feet
in ameter, went down so feet in
less than a single day.
ERECTING THE STEEL FRAME.
Although the vertical axes of the
majority of the columns coincide with
the axes of the concrete piers below
hem. this is not always the case.
Several of the columns are support
n upon two piers, the piers being
banned By Orders with the columns
resting at about center Thus, IN one
column the load of nearly five thou
sand tons is carried at center Of
girder feet deep, 6 feet 9 inches
vide, and % feet long, which It's
self weighs over one hundred tons
Ordinarily between the piers and
he loot of the columns is a grill
age of several tiers of 24-'nch Ebeams
Naturally. the columns in Il building
Of this height ran up enormous dim,
ensions and weights in the lower
stories. Usually. they were built
in two-story lengths, and were OF
entirely inclosed box-section consist
/ ng usually OF two channels with coy
er plates on both Ranges. The
I lrgest column measures "a inches
/ by 80 inches, and its eross-sectiona1
area is 600 square inches; that Is
say, the metal in it, if compress
ed into solid square bar, would
measure % inches on each side. II
! IS easy to understand from these di
mems 'ons that the total weight o.
the structural steel reaches $4,000
tons.
TO RESIST WIND PRESSURE.
. When it is borne in mind that the
storms which sweep across Manhat
tan Island, chiefly from the ives
aud southwest, rise at times t,
cyclonic force and blow at velo
city of between so and 80 miles al
hour, i can be understood readil,
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21

that special provision hal 20 he
made. II designing SO lofty Il tower
ia safeguard it acaiuss o.,.trrnina
or asa.rs. failure in is stool Franc
iue to the enormous lcudins Stress
rs engendared It is considered
fha, for building Of This mapnitnd.
Z is sufficient to estimate tho
average wind pressure n maximu,,
velocity As %4 mounds r,+or ever.
square foot Of surface exrosa5 #
We DISREGARD tho sbalter afr,r5od IN.
tho low buiIai,,s -. t. h. ,,
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21
u. S. Won Every Battle
in Mexican War of 1848

III in single lay by ono-thirl lis
Ike. Fully loo Mexieaas rafs
killed. 2.auo made u. scuers# a.,
'hirty-sevcu pieces Of cannon ear.
turel on that memorable DAY. III.
Americans lost Loo in killed an
wounded.
Scott advanced unon the civ eff
Mexico with 4.6ao mer. ara ~,
Santa Ana with his 1f.o8o =. Vs.5a.
del Rey. The Mexicans left la.
dead upon the field: the Americans
les. 500. The lofty battlcmanfea H3f
of Chapultepec was doomed !,
was the last place TO be dofan Eel
qnd on September - the tmer.s...
flag waved over its shattered e,==f.
The Mex cans had fed In ,as. .as
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21
DICTIONARY OF SPORT
PROPOSED FOR FRANCE

France Is 70 bsFa q dictionary OF
sports. an official dictionary. that is.
complied by shn Academy Of Sports
The terms of Sport have in many
cases been borrowed from the Eng
l.sh. and, 50 far. il addition to tax
ing over the &orl, people have more
or less veEtured ufou what they
conceived 10 b The pronunciation.
But now that Standardization seems
imminent, the question is being ask
ed, Why not standardize a French
form of the mord?'
Why not do as Madame de Seyigne
did when she was confronted in her
Gay With bowling green, write "boul-
inerin," and pronounce il as such?
Why waste precious hours in the lost
cause of spelling and pronouncine
dead heat" upper cut and drive
in the way the English are able &c
do, but the Frcreh neyer-at ieast
hardly ever?
Why. indeed. The English and
Americans Who have appropr ated
the French nomenclature of motoring
and aviation without any thought OF
seeming to give either vowel or con
sonant its Continental value, unless
where that cotngile1 with the English
should be the last to complain.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21

The Mexican war OF 1NI5-lH torn
II an epoch in he United states.
/ Il Awakened military ar.lor and
patriotism and milifar, a~lor AID
stirred the Imagination of aha rar.&
ern soldier to deeds Of daring qra
endurance but it resulted in fear
fnl loss Of lie. unspeakable hard
sh ps. horrors and starvation. Amer
can merchants had been imprisoned
vessels seized. American rragar.ie
valued at 100000 600 hal been ar
lsonFjafea ny the Nexfaars. and
border skirmishe4 hal fesferFl hat.
red between Mexico ana the lnf,ca
States.
Excitement vas At fever haat
throughout the states. the honor Of
lie American fla must he yia1f.
,ated and life and property protected.
The anneXat on OF Texas caused an
immediate rupture With Moxi=o ard
President Polk in July. 1Sf5. or
Tered General Zachary Tavler 10 &c
to Texas to take a position near the
Rio Graade 10 protect the western
border in command OF a force 1.5oa
strong. known as the army Of occu-
aaljon.
Open hostilities began when gen
pral Arista. with a Mexican force of
ION men. clashed n five-hour
battle with American troops on the
field at Palo Alto. and nisht fell
with the Americans victorious. The
battle of Resaca de Ia Palma. to
which field the Nexicans had re.
treated. was one of the most cele-
brated American victories of the
war TAYLOR fought with such gen
ius and indomitable courage that he
was acclaimed the hero Of America
and two years later made its prcsi,
dent
War was Officially declared NAV II.
1896 and congress authorized the
president to raise 10000 volunteers
and appropriated s10,0AN6H0 to carry
on the war.
Early in 1877 tSanta tna. thu
Mexican president and commanders
chief led force Of 2o000 men
against TAYLOR, who had but a
fourth Of that number, The forces
clasbed at Buena Vista. in the
Mountains and after DAYS battle
tha Neyic3ns retreatad General
Tavlor crossed the Rio Crarde drove
he Navican troons from Matamoras
and took nossessfOn Of the town
Then with more than e,0Go troone
ba moved to Monterey defend
cd NV General Amnutlia with 5000
troons and = three DAYS siege ended
in the capture by Americans of the
town
In the meantime, after a desert
march of geo miles. ACCOMPLISHED IN
less than fifty DAYS. 1858 volunteer
Missourians under command of Col
a,el Alexander Donipban entered
Santa Fe took possession of the
canital and hoisted the American
flag without the loss of single
life An American feet with the
HELM of Colonel Fremont had con
ouered California.
Colonel Don phan was then sent
'by General Kearney with loco men
TO ioin General Wood in reducing
chihuahua. The great battle of
Frantic. upon which rested FL Paso's
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21
CUE kIMk sLOSSON TALKS
ABOUT THE BILLIARD ART.

Charley" Peterson, of St. Louis
wrote to GEORGE r. Slossen. asking
the latter what he considered the
most important thing in billiards
the primal factor. Slosson after de-
lierating on the question. has finally
concluded he is not quail fled defin-
itely to answer it.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21
"OXONIAN SWING"

Reports that an English coach
and an English boatr'gGor We're to
be engaged al Yale this year We're
set at rest b. Captain c. y. Snow
den and Coaches James o. Rodgers
and William A. Hartman. of the Yale
Rowing Camp, who recently returned
from visit to Oxford. England. All
three declared that Oxford rowing
methods would be tried at Yale the
coming season, however. Particularly
the "Oxonian swing" will be develop
ed. and they declared other valu
able points had been CLEANED from
Their close-range study of the Ok
ford crew at work.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21

columns ny double knoce braces
From the twenty-eighth nnar a I'll.
street. heavy solid plates Of steel
or portals" IS they are called. ~.
top of each opening or panel II the
Steel work. II was these portals that
gave an appearance of eaoeuaH
width to the columns before th,.
We're closed in by the terra eaets
and stone work On the Broadway
front the portal girdcrs are iou1l
as far up as the fouth floor. ami
they are no less than four feet En-
depth
FIREPRooF CONSTRUCTION.
The floors of the basement aai
first story are built of reinforced
concrete slabs. and the floors aloFo
of hollow terra Gotta The STRUCTURE
steel is protected aeaisn fire bv o.
coating of concrete not less THAI
one inch in thickness. or else IN
three inches of terra Gotta. Woo
as material of construction -
tirely excluded The windows. til
Trim the doors are OF pressed steel
and furthermore, the exterior Win
dows whore exposed are @}aze3 MI
Wire glass, In addition TO the tHa=.
'y-siv elevators there are four vic
stairways. \ description of the in.
stallation of steam hoaf. ventilation
apparatus. plumbing. drlinage. et4
would make a long story - i+saIt
Scientific American.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21

When a woman goes il cisa'
store with a man she feels ia h -.
he does when he has % take luLrS
With her in a department store r.
aurant
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21
The Woolworth Building
The TaIlest in the World

For thu present at Least tho al
est office building in the Nor1 ~'l
~ found on The western si:e#-p
City Hall Park, where the tove,ire
HoolWor;h building Els It's glitter
ing steel and terra Gotta sgra. tuc
trough n sheer height Of - fael
above the sidewalk This rc,
only the lofticst office buildiag tHt.
+ We except the Ehftl tower, il $
the tallest structure Of any Kind
rs yet erected by man Two othor
notable buildings n This city vi
18th the WoolHorih tower III altitude,
its nearest competitor being ne
Metropolitan tower at Madison Squara
with a total height Of just over -"
feet. and the Singer tower bull
like the WoolWorth structure o.,
broadway and only few city blocks
TO the south Of il VIII oh has 20
al height above the sidewalk Of f12
eeet. Mention should also be made
Of that remarkable structure on the
opposite side OF CitY Hall Park, hi
New Municipal Building; the top
of the bronze figure with which j. is
now being crowned VII be 500 faet
above the sidewalk
AS the eye ranges up through The
multitudinous stories. of the Wool
worth Building 10 the pyramidal
structure at its top, the question
arises as to what is the limit of
height to which a habitable hu Id
ing can be carried The answer
is to be found in certain restrie-
ton laid down by the Building Code
Of New York city. which states that
on rock foundation the load NAY
reach but not exceed u tons to
the square foot 1t will surpr Sc
some of our readers to learn thai
on this basis. it would be possible
on a plot of ground 2o0 feet square
10 erect an office building 2,000 feet
in height. and to build it moreover
so that it would be perfectly secure
against the fiercest hurricane and
because of its elast city, even agairs'
the altogether improbable event Of
N earthquake shock.
SOME DIMENSIONS
AND QUANTITIES
The Woolworth building is taller
than it looks. To reach its lowest
foundation. we must go down in one
place TO a depth of 800 feet beneath
| the sidewalk-for that was the depth
to which it was necessary to sinh
the pneumatic caisson in that partia
ular spot before the sold rock o.
Manhattan Island was reached. This
would make the total height OF tbs
| building from lowest foundation tC
summit 9G5 feet Just here. while
touching on the question of dimen
sions and quantities. we may state
hat the building contains 23,o0t
tons of structural steel, 10000 9t
cornmon brick. 1900 tons of terra
Gotta 100000 square feet OF flooi
tiles, 100000 square feet of parti
ton tiles, and $500 square feet o
cut stone.
The construction of the foundation
etc, involved 10000 yards excava
ton the use of $4,000 yards of con
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21

Good line of eencil and ink era saas
# the CT zen office.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-21
TO RESIST WIND PRESSURE.

When it is borne in mind that the
storms which sweep across Manha,-
tan Island, chiefly from the west
aud southwest, rise at times to
cyclonic force and blow at velo-
city of between so and 80 miles an
hour, i can be understood readily
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05

God Ia no rcspecicr OF persons.
The middle wall of partition has
been broken down" There II no d!f.
ference And the kingdoms OF this
world TALL OF thcmb are to become
the Kingdoms of our God.
Rather let us think Of His glory
AN consi~tin. of glory Of character
and spiritual life and ultimate tr.-
umph OF the Christ Of God over NIL
the power Of darkucss and sin and
the eternal display Of the bcautic.
aud advantages of holiness aud pur-
Ity. ms Inherent In Him and enjoyed
by all His people.
This prayer and the attitude al
Christ revealed In II are for all time.
"Hc Ia the same yesterday. today and
forcvcrmorc.'
I'VE have an ahvOcaic with the
Father. even Jesus His desire as
here made known is that We may bc
pure and separate frou, sin. unset.
fiahncr and kind. yet aggressive
aud hopeful In the work OF the king
dom knowing that each day of ser
vice will reveal the glory of the
Christ and that the end will witness
the glorious triumph Of the Lord Of
hosts aud hts followers.
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05
At the II. Z. Church. South.

Al the ~. r.. Church. SsHith. thr
pastor. ttcv. x. u. Waidravcn. spoke
upon the subject. ''hTc Prince oi
Peace aud rncompromisinE War
rior.'' from the text. Think not that
an, To send peace upon the earth.
bua n sword" because God II upon
the throne Of the universe. nothing
il settled finally. TIL I, Il settled
right. This mcanH eternal warfare
against all wrong. and that all wrong
must be finally. till II Is settled right.
This mean. eternal warfare against
all wrong. and that all wrong must
he finally bani.hcd from the right
The declaration of the text In not In.
consistent with Christs credentials
as the Prince Of Peace when wc re-.
member that His peace can come Nply
after a warfare. with and victory oycs
Satan aud all sin and the human
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05

Episcopal church last evening was
on "Enoch". from the text. by Faith
Enoch was translated that he should
not see death: and WAS not found, he
cause God had translated him. He
brcws. 1l:5.
Rev. Brctnall said In part:
The Bible IL record OF lives.
showing the trend and bringing out
tho salient facts. EnOchs life is one
Of these things. During his life he
walked with God and his translation
was fitting climax.
Tho times In which Enoch lived
were bad. A knowledge of God cx-
listed. handed down by Adam who was
still living. His description Of con
ditiOns before the fall would give
reality to this knowledge. Knowl-
edge OF God aud obedience toward
God are not synkon0mous. Tho peo-
pie were ungodiy-without religion,
Like many today who never read tn"
bible or pray and to whom tho
thought OF God In religious sense
|is quite foreign. For sixty-five yeas
Enoch lived u life like this. but on
the birth OF his first born he began
to walk with God and walked with
him for 500 years. Though We have
no account of his conversion yet his
experience was one Of faith. He be-
lIcvcd that God existed. How can
one believe that God ix aud be totally
void OF religious life? He believed
that God rewards the diligent seek
er. God is not all Law God is part
love or no sinner would ever find
peace and have hope.
God Was pleased with him. pleased
with his vital faith and his agreeing
walk with himself. The bold and un-
compromising stand OF t:noch pleased
him The dclusc was prophesicd be-
forchand. Mcth,nelsh. his first
born. means when he Is dead II
shall come" The year OF Methuse-
iah's death the flood came.
From the day Enoch named his son
and began to walk with God he
preached unto the unxodly people
amonK whom he dweli. So well
pleased was God with his uncompro-
missing stand IN the midst OF n people
continually growing wors. that he
translated him. His life Is lesson
OF faith aud works.
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05
rrit Presbyterian Church

The theme OF Rev. Il. 4. Chand-
icr's discourse on yesterday morning
Was The Strategic Movcmrnt." His
text was chosen from FRS, Kinxs.
:O:iO. ''ss thy servant was busy
hero and there he was gone
"Ahab. kfnG Of israel. had failed
In the staKctic movcmcnt-thc move.
meat Of the surrender OF his old Gu
cmy .Hadad. King Of the Syrians.
Tho prophet Of God appeared In dis
Ruisc representing soldier In whosr
hands had been eomn'itleti the keep
Ing Of dangerous foe. but who bus-
led himself With trivial affaiss sboui
the camp while bis captive s~rsgrd.
Later tho Syrians canc sxain
against the lsraciitrs and Ahab Lost
his lifr and sacrificed the lives oi
thousanda. all because he overlooked
the xtatrsic movement. We arr not
| altogether different from him. Will.
the school hoy is busy here and there
his chances for an education In gone
aud with them hts chances for suc.
CEN. In life. The employer In hus,
here and there with -crscntisls
until he II iulr0siuccd tO his success
.0r. The Christian is bsssy here aud
there With trivial affairs. neglect.
INK the wcixhticr matters Of the law
until he finds his opportunities "a
serve srr I'as~s-i. Men engage In
tho sinful pleasures Of the world.
forgetting that procrastiuatson T.
the thief not only Of time. but oi
every noble aspiration aud even ol
tho spiritual srnsr itself. until at
lust he fac,r the neglected "pportu.
nifty In judgment The time to pui
your friend into the poOl II when
the waters arr troubled. u will bV
too late to buy oil when the herald
announce. the approach Of the bride
groom.
Some years since the astronomer
Of the world gathered at = sivcu
place In Africa To watch a trastt ol
Venus. When the auspir lou. mo-
mon, arrived all lenses were focused
aud all Photographic films adjusir'
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05

Yorkshire PuddInT.--Put two
thirds OF u cup of sIficd Hour In II
bowl with u pinch OF salt. Mix well
and stir In n cup OF sweet milk a2I
three wcli-bcatcn c.gs. Make u per
fcctiy smooth batter. Bake in II
shallow pan well creased with beef
diippinks. when done Gu, into smai,
squares. aud when the roast II half
done lay the squares around the meat
and bastc with the dripping. Cook
about thrcc-auar,crs Of an hour and
serve very hot.
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05

heart. and perfect submission to God.
aud the settlement Of every question
therein. right.
ChrIst's dcclsCation IL that of, un-
rcIcntinE warfare upon all evil. and
there can bc no peace within the hu-
man hear, or among nations I'LL sin
II ovcrthrown.
Satan strives for full control. but
will finally plead for u compromise.
aud We arc living In the day Of com.
promise with sin. or Kind Of . halt
saint, half devil order Of things.
wherein men make u difference be-
tween their office life and church
life. The lips and the heart arc not
In harmony.
To prevent our utter ruin. Christ
refuses all compromises With Satan
aud proceeds To agiia,c the question
Of sin. and stir up thinks moral. I'LL
wicked mon aud devils cry out. Let
us alone. what have VIC TO do with
ihcc-'' Every Christian knows how
his heart cried out the same thinE
when tho Holy Spirit wsx stirring
hts heart with deep conviction. To
lead him to- repentance. and life.
The same cry comes today from the
saloon element. and political xraficr.
aud srarirt woman. aud white SLAYER.
aud all the worxhipcrs Of iiacchss.
They offer to unite with Chrisi'S
church and bc His. In name. II ti-
will let them have peace. Upon the
mount Of temptation Christ refused
nStan's urgent offer to roiaprumisc
the matter of human redemption.
knowing that for Him II meant
|Gcthscmsnc. and Cavalry. and rcjcc.
lion Of mon. hut He is great cap
tain. and from that day 10 this lie
wages His relentless warfare against
all sin aud wickcdncrs In high piac-
c~. The fight IL on til the cnd Of
| time. but His sword shall conquer.
and the end IL peace. everlasting
peace.
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05
TESTED RECEIPTS

Cream Cookics-Takc one and one
third cups Of sugar. half cup OF but
ter. one cup sour cream. three eggs.
half u steaspoonful baking soda and
three cups OF flour. DO not roll too
thin. as the cookies should be u quar-
ter OF an inch thick or more when
baked.
The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05

Divinity Candy.-Thrc" cups gran
ulatcd sugar. cup corn syrup. !
cup cream. l pound English wal
nuts chopped fine. iioii sugar. cream
and syrup until IL forms u soft ball
In cold water. Take off the s'o'"
and beat II until very thick. and
put In nuts. Butter pan and pack
down with tn. hand and let stand.
Better to stand J or I days. Flavor
Ing if dcsircd.