Iditarod pioneer., 1913-12-20
H. DONNELlEY General Merchandise
DISCOVERY, OTTER

l~~~oo~o,,ooo D>scoy5Ry, ~~ oIIER ~ ~o~~~~} the 22d the 2l but reasonably safe guess that the time the 2lst so honored will be in leap year.
 In the year 4O0O which should be leap year. they will have correct the calendar by dropping out the 29a o February and ing the year ordinary and hs may throw the dividing inc be- the Zs and the Ed days o December o whaCA tha thereafter he shortest day will be usually the 2ls However, lets woy And anyhow" the present calendar will have been for gotten by that time and the word will be running metric time sy with hourly corrections by wireless rect from the
 Theoretically the shortest day hereabous should be about three hours and forty minutes of unlight-check up and see
 Of places the earth not greatly favored in the difference between the long and the short of it, but history wtanng the short hours for working, has left very notable marks memorial of the shortest day of the yearDece5er 22
 In 775 the American naval affairs the hands of marine committed and the navy eorgnzed by making Ee Hop ms commander and John Paul Jones lieutenant Hopkins dd good work with his hps but the whole have been much bet ter politician than seaman while Jones decidedly
 In l7S9 North Carolina let go congress all her rtory, including all of that which Tennessee.
 In 1907 congress passed the second embargo tying all Amer ships their harbors for the purpose of killing off England and France in mercantile The embargo 6zze of the first
 In 1895 congress voted Lafayette $2000 900 and 2400O of fertile land Florida for and expenditures during the uon And yet appears to have accused Lafayette of graft n this connection.
 In lS45 Texas annexed
 n 1862 Jefferson Davis issued proclamation offset the paton proclamation and directed that federal officers serving with armed slaves be held for outlaws any held the execution failed to come off.
 In 1864 General William Tecur1seh Sherman ended hs march to the sea. Sherman left Atlanta Ga the l2h of November. and reached Savannah the 3h of December but dd the finishing touches his work and make his report Lincoln until the shortest day.
 In 1869 the Ocean Grove camp meeting esabshed and the Georgia legislature refused to rahty the 18th amnedneat probably of and effect, though the camp reetng end of it certainly strong the 18th amendment e2franchIsng the coored brother.
 In 1870 General Robert ochenck London teach he bcnghted Bthers how play poer and merely incidentally. 10 act as the American minister to St, James,
 In 1874 resumed specie payment acting Horace Grees advice that the proper Id ward Payson Weston also sumedhs six days walk making 500 miles just inside of the time.
 In 1875 earthquake visited Richmond Va the most terrible consequence being that E. P Roe The Earth Irembed
 In 1891 United States troops broke up Mexican rebel they apt to do about the shortest day of hs
 And last of a that record dscloses, 1893 Governor Mitchell of Florida buted and busted the Cobettche fight Probably dd fancy the idea of Mitchell that ne of business
 The income tax which effect, expected to yield $62298O0O from 425OOO persons taxed Every single c foregnbo whose annual exceeds 5000 and every married with income above $4O0O expected report his her receipts detail the government agents March of each on March l. 1914, and will incomes from March l. l9l3 toI December 3 and the first payment of will be for received during this period
 The fun, good fellowship and relaxation provided by gath eng such the A. B. smoker Monday night good for muny of vre who have perhaps little much leisure time during the long months. While the hypercrca n complain that the features of the highest oder the spirit of the occason-he desire and please the and ability of eac-shod be encouraged 1t IS appreciated