davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
CURIOUS THINGS

A bee can fly twenty per cent fast
er than a pigeon.
Japan is so mountainous that only
about one-sixth Of its land is cultivat-
ed.
The installation of incandeseent
lamps near their nests is said TO in
crease The egg-laying procliyities Of
hens
In the United States there is one
doctor 10 every $50 persons. in Eng
land one TO every 1.250 and in France
one to every 2.i00.
A fresh-water flying fish which
sails through the air at night in
pursuit of insects has been discover
ed in an African lake.
The tree from which the navel
orange originated still is growing AMI
bearing fruit, protected by a high
iron fence. at Riverside. Cal.
Servia seems to be land favor
able to longevity. her population of
less than 100000 including more
than 500 persons who have lived
more than century.
Chopped hair has been successfully
substituted for skin in skin grating
by French surgeon. due to the fact
that hair cells can be transformed
into skin cells.
Drawings of human beings and
animals found in ancient caves N
Southern France are cited as proof
that man was right-hainded as far
back as in the Stone Age.
A convex mirror has been designed
for motorcyclists. who. by attach.
ing it to one wrist by rubber band.
can lift the hand and see what is
coming behind them.
In the King of E,ngland's prisons
on Cornation day special diet. con
sisting of one-half pound of bread,
one pound of potatoes, one-half pound
of beef and one-half pound plum pud-
ding was served TO prisoners of all
classes.
An oil can spout can be extended
TO any length and made i'll any de
sired shape by fastening piece of
wire to it and covering the wire with
small rubber tubing
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
TRY YOUR LUCK,

Would you believe it. citizens of
this great and glorious Golden
Heart of Alaska? Well, before go
ing any further, you've certainly
heard of the Submerged tenth
and the great unwashed." Well.
right in the midst OF us. gentlemen.
we have the great unkissed, not
figuratively. but literally Yessir,
Never in his whole life has this
healthy, wholesome gent. of a mat
ter of 80 Summers or so, been kissed
by maid Now what dye know about
that, eh? To look at the unkissed
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
PREDICTION PROMISES

Wise men change their minds
sometimes; fools, never Honest
men keep 10 their promises as they
would their bonds; liars. seldom.
! Prior to the school election Mr..
| Moody assured his friends that he
would comply strictly with the re.
concentrations of the principal of
| the school so far as appointments
were concerned. This promise he
/ says he has done so far as we have
/ elected for the next term" The
/ people of this camp know when Mr..
Moody made his prediction prom
/ Use that that promise was meant
entirely for Mrs. d. ]. Fairburn, but
now. probably after consulting with
his legal friend and adviser, or
perhaps Il would be better to say
boss" they together have found the
+ loophole whereby they have beer
able to crawl with satisfaction te
themselves. out from under their
i shells
/ They have not deceived anybody
! in their action of trying to elimi-
nate strife" at the school house by
passing a resolution barring MARI ed
women from holding positions.
There can not be any possible
complaint or fault found with mar
ried women. in general. nor Their
ability. nor actions, and the question
that is puzzlng all fair minded per
sons is. What is the difference be
tween a married and a single teach
er so long as both attend to their
duties and deliver the goods"
Are married women meddlers, all
! of them? That is the impression
that the majority of the school
board would leave. and surely it Is
! a fine compliment that these two
men pay to their wives and mothers
for they have had both.
If the teacher at whom the attack
| was directed Is lneHlcleHt, d Hltu-
dler. or in any way unworthy OF
holding the responsible place o!
teaching in our public schools, why
didn't they have courage enough to
say 50? Simply for the very
reason that they knew they could
not be substantiated in their state
ments by the principal of the school
who at all times has maintained
that Mrs. Fairburn is one of the
very best teachers in the school
building.
Mr.. Moody is right in his commu-
nication, printed in the Times, that
there has been considerable strife
and meddling at the school house
but he should have made further in
vestigation and he would have laid
the blame at the right door-that OF
Director Adams. the would-be Sultan
of our seat of learning.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
H0LMQUIST ACCEPTS
LUND'S CHALLENGE

Last Monday morning. in The Citi-
zen, Roy Lund issued challenge
to all long distance runners of the
district, and especially to Sven
Holmquist the Olympic marathon
runner who recently arrived from
the Outside.
The challenge has now been taken
up by Mr. Holmquist who offers to
run Lund a 15-mile race on the
Fourth of July. Aside from Holm
Guist there have been several others
who have taken up the challenge
and at present the following have
signified their willingness to enter:
E. l.. Mack, M. Grljevic, o. Carlson
(Wyoming Kid, Arthur Hyde and
Matsen.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
USES MOTORCYCLE TO DRIVE
NEWSPAPER PRESS.

A motorcycle played an important
part In furnishing power for the
printing OF newspaper in Elgin.
H.. when sleet storm threw the
electric-power service of that city
out of commission. says the May
Popular Mechanics Magazine. The
motorcycle was first harnessed up to
trimmer, shaver and reuter- for the
finishing of the plates Then the
motorcycle. along with a small por-
table gas engine, was belted to the
shaft of the big press. The combined
power grunted and chug-chugged.
giving off much smoke, but turned
out 100 eight-page papers per min
ute, which was about half the speed
the press usually makes.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19

In London there are few men
among those prominent in literature
whose faces are more familiar to the
public than that of Pinero. generally
His is a face which, when one has
seen it once. ii is not forgotten. Keen
observant. almost hawklike in its
alertness. ii is the face one might
imagine of an acute lawyer. Yet as
he stands talking. cigarette be
tween his fingers. something in the
poise of the figure and the gesture OF
the hand are suggestive of the stage
AS a child pinero had, like most
children. histrionic turn. but he
went further than most children in
that he wrote plays His father, how
ever, very sensibly held that the
stage is by no means desirable
profession for a young man, and
the boy was placed with solicitor
IN Lincoln's Inn Fields But law
yer's office was by no means to Pin
eros taste and in short time he
had turned his back upon it. and tax
en- his lfe into his own hands. In
word he ran away. Poetic JUS
tee demands that he should have
come nigh starvation, or at least
have lived on husks But although
in the Edinburgh stock company. In
which he found a place, the work
was hard and the pay small, he
never suffered any particular hard
ship. For seven years he stuck to
the sage, playing many parts by
might and trying his hand at dram
attic composition by day.
Then Pinero determined to keep
to the writing OF plays and to per-
NIT others to act them He began
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
SOME GOOD WORK.

Last Friday we received a tele-
gram from Delegate Wickersham
informing us that Secretary Lane
had that day formally approved the
government construction of rail
road in Alaska, and that it would
become the policy of the Wilson adj
ministration to further that project
with all possible speed. and that it
was more than likely that the Wick
ershamC Chamberlain bill would pass
the house at the present session.
We are much obliged to Mr.
sending us the news, but we are
more thankful to the delegate for
his untiring efforts and the very
able manner in which he has hand
led this situation from the start.
If ever the people of Alaska owed a
debt of gratitude to anyone they
certainly will owe one to Delegate
Wickersham more than anybody else
for the railroad which will come to
Fairbanks, and which will. in our
opinion, be started sometime within
the next twelve months.
Quite in contrast to the conserva-
ton policy of Teddy the righteous,
and of the dilatory Taft, is that of
the Wilson administration. who, in
a quiet and unspectacular manner is
proceeding with the work of opening
up this country. and who has really
accomplished more in two months
than was done in the last eight
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
.ENCL|SHMEN WILL
CONTINUE DREDCE

Good news came to the camp last
week in the form of a cable from
London stating that the Alaska
Exploration company had been re
organized. and that it was the inten-
ton of the company to send Engineer
Aarons back Immediately to take NJ
that had already been wasted by the
various representatives of the com
pany who have heretofore had the
handling of the work.
Originally a man by the name Of
Lemmons had charge of the work
and made complete fzzle of every
thing. Later Engineer Rowden was
sent out. but was unable to straight
en- out the muddle into which the
company had been thrown by Lem
mons. 1t is thought that one of the
reasons for Mr. Rowden's failure
was because the company still al
lowed Lemons to take hand in
the management of the company,
Mr. Aarons has been for years in
the mining business, representing
various English corporations in South
Africa and Australia, and both the
company and the people of this dis
trict. who met the latter when he
was here last fall feel certain that
he will make the dredge a paying
proposition. This will be the first
large enterprise to work, on big
scale, the low grade ground of the
Fairbanks district
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19

one. you'd never guess. But. say,
To ~homsoeyer shall walk MP to
him, tap him on the shoulder and
say. You're il, Oh great unkissed
one will receive a present. Try
Your luck. But this is open to gen
tlemen only. as ladies' would have no
chance. Hes suspicious of them
and can hear the rustic of a skirt
by intuition as it We're Anyway.
he's wary of the sex since a das-
tardly attempt was made on him the
past winter while he was mushng
a dog team. advantage being taken
of his being heavily wrapped in
furs. SUBSCRIBER.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
OFF FOR WEEKS OUTING

The launch Billy left early this
morning for a point about IS miles
up the river, carrying as passengers
Fred Van Raes, foreman of The Citi-
zen office, Paul Borak, Gilbert Rink
Ter and Bill Thies.
The boys are taking a weeks sup
ply of food, tent, hammock. etc,
and in addition to jolly vacation,
expect to store away years supply
of health.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
Interesting Items
From Stageland

Charles Richman. who has 4 seem
ingly strong passion for champagne.
in the character of Robert Stafford.
the part he assumes IL George
Broadhurst's foreefu comedy-drama.
Bought and Paid For" has given
to the stage a new type of drunken
man. There are no cXaggeratiOus
associated with Mr.. Richman's bac-
ehanalian byplays His carriage. his
stare, fumbled speech. and stagger-
ing demeanor. are studied out TO a
nicely and sustained, for fully three.
quarters of an hour. without deyiat-
ing from the character.
Mr. Richman advances the follow
they the termed in the yernacuar
of showdown Il know of no Charact-
er that can he more readily overdone
exaggerated. or made ridiculous than
that of stage character ASSUMING
intoXication. Few there are who do
not overact such parts to a degree
of Stiffness. To srarl. rainfall about.
upset furniture. and carry on like
a bad man from the had lands.
might have been acceptable in the
earlier days of the dramatic art.
when such characters as Joe Nor
gan in Ten Nights In Barroom'
We're regarded as finished BITS Of
acting. but today audiences are more
eyac;ing, and an actor must be CON
sistent to he accepted
The temperaments of drunken
men. not associated with the stage.
differ as widely as do the tntoX-
icating beverage that transform them
from seeming DR. Jekyll 10 a Mr..
Hyde. but at all stages the imb Der
whether he be periodical or habitual
has his limitation. Some grow NOR
ose and others remain silent; then
| there is that annoying type. when
stimulated. who talk necessarily and
insists upon becoming confidential,
1t makes the coward brave the timid
courageous; the miSer liberal and
the buffoon grave, and in many eases,
the more gentlemanly man when
sober. the more obnoxious and brutal
he becomes when under the influence
of liquor"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Take three pounds of chocolate
creams pierce each end of each
chocolate drop and blow out the
cream Melt the chocolate oyercoats
thus secured and thicken with Man
ia rope. chopped fine. flavor with
picked lines and when hard lay the
slab on the chopping block and cut
With the family AK. when it is ready
10 servo
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
STEAMED MoLAssEs PUDDING.

Take two cups of molasses and
cut in strips. butter each side Of
the strip and baird them. Coil this
brad around a bunch of rasins
and tie with timber macaronj Wrirr
towels out of boiling water and wrap
around this pudding until It is steam,
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
HERE ARE some
RECHERCHE RECIPES
OYSTER BlS0UE.

Lead seven adult oysters out bacl,
of the barn and shoot them After
plucking them and removing the feet
the strip and braid them Coil this
With GRUMPY bread and bake Var
nish with dill pickles. add hot air
and nerve
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19

Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Davidson re,
turned from a trip to the creeks on
Saturdays train.
K. A. Finlayson returned to Vault
Saturday having arrived in town to
attend to some pressing business on
Friday.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
CORRESPO NDEhGE

ohdef 'hls heaa he AiaSNa oili
zen VIII ee pieased 10 paotiSh com
muhieatlohs on SUBJECTS oil general IN
'erest' All letters shoQia Dear Inc
name ana address OF the Writer not
necessarily Tor puDaeadoh' pat io'
reference ana as d guarantee Oh
soou iai'h' II Paoiiea'ioh Oh name
= ''o' uese'' gu d penn '''''e 7i'o''u *
t AZ Il Gu
Editor Alaska Cftizon.
cl1.,..t..a,. ,f,. -,
So ~ ~ '''',.' 'i''''' ''=''7 ne =
come oat n ne oPef, or taIl ed Il ~
personally. Ao}hlnE HIeasgs me bel
ter fhan te be oul IN the ej'en fresh
arr mere S.ftfe TN s,iat OF Cod
bfeathes greet upon mankind. aho
mere more th1R ar " ne else,
am influenced b Power Divine.
SO that Nov iAoasat i PRlas
dld STR up a tittie tRmhus III Nonl
tn nklnS tup. N that - reje' q
NOW rolher. 'e' ne l1'aar= III OF
our hear' 10 i'afl taiN' because
II concerns All. ne &fea1 es'
New houshilst OF an S-tht
great Nazarehe- sala hese signs
snail loIio" them tif1t believe. re
! SNAIL l1N n1nu< on he SICK ant
they snail recoN err And 10 MS DIS
clples: TO out and preach Inc
Gospel and heal the sick.
NOW brother puiplt-pOnnders. Wha'
do you say about this? You confess
to be Christs disciples. and il yot
are and believe in Him. Why do you
shirk this-Ilis command?
You think you follow the teachings
of Christ and His religion. but you've
only got the liver complaint-that's
all the matter with you.
You all preach TO us about man
SONS in the skies" promise us end
| less rest in the palaces above, bu1
all the time most Of us are worked
to death and live in psgsties hero
below. Oh, yes, the priests and
preachers are strong on poverty
chastity and obedience-for the 9th
err felow-and sing us to sleel
with their siren song of a good time
in the hereafter. But YOU bet youl
life they want theirs now. Man
sions in the next world may be
good enough for the poor dubs who
pay the bills in this, but the preach
ers will take their manse and theii
ease today here below, thank you
they're afraid the mansions in the
skies may all be rented out wher
they get there.
Why are all the churches and
EairhankSq Il sbor1d 10 oh,na,
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
SAlRRED EGGS.

Take SIX denaturalized eggs, peel
carefully remove the yolks and
haste the whites together with No
90 cotton Cut the yolks into quart
CT sections and sew strips of the
whites of these.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
. CUSTARD PIE.

Beat SIX eggs until they yell for
help. add one-quarter pound of loaf
sugar; if il isn't too busy loafins,
one can condensed milk. first re.
moy ~ Ire can Pour into this a
rust made of boiled linoleum and
when cool serve to the bill collector.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19
TOMATO CREOLE.

Seald seven tomatoes until they are
blistered. turn them wrong side out
and add thin slices of ice, thicken
With laundry starch. add a dash OF
washing blueing and serve with a TOP
dress NJ of Portland cement.
CABINET PUDDING
Undress eight apples, add one raj
sin. chastise two eggs. pass yourself
a lemon. add one glass brandy, drink
two more thicken with almost-flouY
and when boiled saw in slices and
serve with a nut-cracker
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-13
T FUMES
KILL OLD
COUPLE
Grandmother, While Tucking
Babies in Bed, Accident
ally Turns on Jet

An aged woman's love for her
grandchildren brought death yester-
day to Daniel ]. Sullivan. a retired
painter. and his wife. Hannah Sulli-
van. both 81 years old. They were
found asphyxiated in bed at their res
idence. 2o5s Hayes street. at o'clock
this morning. A gas jet was wide
open.
The couple retired at 10 o'clock
last night. At midnight Grandmother
Sullivan awoke. looked over her
sleeping grandchildren and gave them
a kiss around. In returning to bed
she is believed to have brushed
against the gas Jet and tufnedA the
feed cock wide open.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-13
Marriage Put Up
Job" Saws Millionaire

CHICAGO, Nov. 13.-Each charging
infdelity, the wife naming three
women and the husband naming two
men in complaints. Refine r. and
Harry Y Whitbeck are due to appear
today before Judge Baldwin for trial
of their divorce case. They have
been living apart for a year. Wit
beck is the only son of the late John
witbeck. who made 1.0e0.0oe in the
lumber business. He shares the es-
tate with two sisters and Is said to
have an income of about $4,000. Wit
beck refers to their marriage IN San
Francisco seven years ago as the re-
suit of a put up job" between his
wife and her mother.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-13
Can Not Stop States
Using Whipping Post

WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.-The de-
partment of justice has decided that
1t has not the authority to prohibit
states from using the whipping post
for the punishment of persons con-
victed of certain crimes
Representative Evans, Montana,
asked the department If it could not
prevent the whipping of convict
in a Delaware prison which is to take
place next Saturday The man has
suffered already a part of his punish
ment. Evans has introduced a reso-
luton to prohibit in all the states
this form of punishment.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-13
ri BODIES TAKEN
FROM WRECKAGE
Passenger Train Loaded With
Excursionists PlungeS
Through TreStIe

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 13.-
Twenty-one bodies have been recov-
cred from the wreckage or passenger
train No. IL on the Central Railroad
of Georgia four miles east of Clayton.
Ala. according to a long distance tel
ephone message from Clayton received
today. Two hundred and twenty Ave
tickets had been sold on the train and
there were at least that many people
in the five wooden coaches when the
engine and three cars crashed through
a wooden trestle into the rocks 40
feet below. Two coaches were left
standing on the rails.
Among the more seriously injured
is JEFF Clayton, millionaire brother Of
Congressman Henry D. Clayton. Ala
bama. Many bodies are crushed all
most beyond recognition.
The fatally injured may reach 40.
at least
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-13
Ptomaine Poisoning
Scattered by Cheese

Ptomaines, lurking In eastern cheese
retaiLed in Berkeley. have caused a
large number of poisoning cases,
which are keeping doctors of the
town and of the University of Cali
fornia busy night and day preventing
serious consequences to life or to
health
So far. 40 cases are known. In the
university two house clubs shelter
victims. From the Enewah club an
organization of women students
prominent in college affairs. there are
nine patients, the two most seriously
affected being Miss Marth Koenig and
Miss Alcesa Lowe. The Campus club
also served the cheese, with illness re-
sulting.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-13
Police Grab "Ex-Con''
As Lakeside Burglar

That they have arrested the Lake.
land police following the sensational
capture yesterday of John Brown,
alias Charles Moore. a former convict.
Some time ago Brown was in the
employ of a patrol service.
He was captured by U. L. Mcvicker.
AS McVicker was turning Brown over
to Detective Riley he broke away at
the city hall and was recaptured after
a hot chase through the crowded
street Several shots were fired.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-13

When Christy Mathewson, world s
greatest baseball pitcher, appeared in
the lobby of the st. Francis at 5
o'clock this morning. with his wife
hanging to one arm and his year old
boy, Christopher Mathewson. skipping
about them in circles, they were the
center of an admiring crowd of
friends. moving picture men, news
paper photographers. hotel employees
and a host of those who claimed that
I'VE knew Christy when he was living
in such and such plaGe.'
Mrs. Mathewson is accompanying her
famous ball player husband for the
first time on one of his journeys. She
sat in plush seat. charmingly dressed
in black velvet, with a bunch of
chrysanthemums pinned to her coat.
And she waited exactly four hours to
get in a word with Christy after his
friends had borne down upon him.
CHRIsTY JR. is SOME hoy
II don't know whether / am glad
he's famous or not" she said, laugh
ingIy, after the clock had struck ~
and Mathewson had failed to appear
for lunch. II had no idea q ball
player had so many friends" and
Christy's wife endeavored to pacify
young "Christy," who was calling for
papa in no uncertain tones.
Now. that boy is some boy, as
Mathewson says himself.
Am 1 going to make bali player
Of him?" repeated Mathewson. We'll,
not unless / have reason to believe
that he will be a topnotcher.
certainly wouldn't want him to be a
mediocre performer. He is too young
for me to busy myself with making
plans for his future. but If he de-
velops symptoms of the baseball germ
I'll encourage him to the best of my
ability
There is certainly no cleaner sport
on earth than baseball, and / would
not hesitate to see my son a profess
sional player; but he must show me
that he's got the ability to rank No.
l. Otherwise ! will train him along
other lines"