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The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
A REAL DINNER
IN OLD TIMES

We're YOU ever in the blue grass re-
ion upon a Sunday when the preacher
as to come home with ma and pa to
timer? on the day before it would
get out to the negro quarters some
ow that the preacher man was
coming, and then the feathers would
Fly The jam and jelly shelves would
be rifled and finally the dinner came
on the table. There would be about
nalf bushel of fried chicken from
which the necks, back bones am
wings had been eliminated, done to a
rich brown color; thanked with mashed
potatoes on one side Gold blue Me
shamrock as white as the driven snow
and as light and pleasing as the
laugh of child; beaten biscuits
Jams, preserves and that oldfashion-
ed apple butter; corn dodger about
the size of your clenched fist with
husk like the shell of a cocoanut
and so on ad infinitum.
We children all had to wait for
the second table, but the old colored
nanny never let us suffer. and l
imagine sometimes we were better
served than the grown-up people. Then
the PIE, 1le pumpkin PIE. Never
served in less than quarter and al
ways with a sprins-cooled glass of
oroam as a CHASER"
Do you know how to eat pun
kim pie? Some of the degenerate
ecions of long forgotten race of
Barbarians clip it off with a fork
and | actually saw fork the other
day in your city which had one of
the tines widened and sharpened so
hat it looked to me like kind of a
shovel, and they use these instruments
TO eat 'punkin" pie with. But no
well-bred citizen would desecrate a
''punkin" pie by treating it in this
manner. The well-bred citizen takes
his piece Of pie in his hand and bites
out crescents of rich. amber-hued de-
liciousness from the pie while the
crust around the pie and the sides
of the pie and the bottom of the pie
are Drowned flakes of ecstacy Half
the enjoyment of eating "punkin'
pie is in smearing some of it over
your face. A pie having the kind of
crust that wouldn't stand alone and
which would allow it's contents to
run all over your fingers and gum
them up would be FASTENED to the pig
9en.-KanSas City Star.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05

to 20 back into the same quarters.
At first he looked around reproach-
fully at the people in the car. Then
he reached up and got his oilcloth
grip from the bracket. The bag was
tied together with a string. ana as
n, took it down the string united.
Then we all discovered that this man
had been on the road for a long time,
with no object, apparently, except to
evade laundries. All kinds of articles
fell out in the aisle. | remember see
ing chest-protector and linen coat,
a slab of seal-brown ginger bread and
pair of stoea boots. a hairhrush and
bologna sausage, plug of tobacco
and porous plaster.
He gathered UP what he could in
both arms. made two trips to the door
and threw out all he could, tried
again to put his number eleven feet
into his number nine boots, gave it
uD and socked himself out of the car
as it began to move. while the brake
man bombarded him through the Win
dow for two miles with personal pro
perty, groceries. dry goods, boots and
shoes. gents furnishing goods, hard
ware, notions. bric-a-braC, red her
rings, clothing, doughnuts. vinegar
bitters and facetious remarks.
Then he picked up the retired snor-
ers railroad check from the seat, and
| heard him say: 'Why, doggone it.,
that wasn't his town after all.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
.HURJA IS CHIEF
S0URD0UCH CLUB

Thirty-two Alaskans and former
Alaskans who are now students at
the University of Washington met
on the campus and organized the
Sourdough club. which they hope will
have nearly fifty members before the
end of the term.
1t was a typical ALASKA gathering.
The lights on the table We're candles
set in bottles; the menu was bull.
around Alaska salmon and baked
beans, the Strawberries of the north.
ana almost everything on the bill of
are was canned. from the milk to
the soup and pepper.
\ telegram was read from Gov.
Strong, of Alaska in which the eXecu-
tive felicitated the club on the good
it could do Alaska through bringing
it in closer touch with the university
Delegate James Wickersham. in let
ter said he looked forward to the time
when there would be University Of
Alaska. Scott c. Bone. the new chair
man of the Alaska bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce.: Charles +.
Taylor, vice grand Arctic chief of
the Arctic brotherhood. and Edgar l.
Webster. new president of the Arc
tic club, also wrote letters of congrat-
ulations.
The club will meet once month in
the Arctic club building on the cam
Dus Officers We're elected follows:
Sourdough chief, f. f. Hurja, of
Fairbanks: sourdough vice chief, Cal
vim IIazelet. of Cordova; totem carver
Secretary, Miss Nina Sowerby, of
Juneau: keeper of the cache tCaSh),
CLYDE Rose, of Fairbanks: musher,
corresponding secretary. Miss Jua-
nita Anderson, of Seward
All parts of Alaska and Yukon ter
ritory are represented in the clubs
membership. The organization boasts
of one faculty member, Lieut.. E e
McCammon. L. S. A, head of the de-
nartment of military science, who at
one time was stationed at Fort Glib
bon, in the Tanana.
"Our purpose" said President Hurja,
"is to unite the students Of Alaska
and the Yukon, to further the mutual
interests of Alaska and the University
of Washington, and to promote &C
quaintance between the university
and prospective students in the north"
Seattle p
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
HAD TO PAY
FOR HIS TALK

When the woman from Chicago had
ended strained relations between her
self and the hotel management yes
ter1ay by telephonins downstairs that
she found the brooch she had said
was stolen and account of which
she had demanded that detective
be called and somebody be arrested
the manager delivered himself very
forcibly for the space of few sen
fences upon persons of that kind. and
said they made most of the trouble
a hotel man had to shoulder.
THAT reminds me of an incident
that happened some years ago in an
other hotel in this town where l was
manager" he said "A man and his
wife who occupied q suite of rooms
in the hotel were very rich, and the
wife had a lot of jewelry, so much Of
it that in one case she lost a ring
one day at luncheon time. She had
worn it to the theater and on coming
back drew off her gloves outside their
door
She and her husband had just fin
shed their luncheon in the main din
ing room the next day when she sud
denly shrieked. After a hurried con-
versation with her the husband called
for the head waiter. Then he demand
ed that the doors of the dining room
be locked and that no person be al
lowed to so out until all the walters
had been searched His wife, he eX-
planned, had just lost a valuable dia-
mond ring, and it must be found at
once
"Of course OBTAINING patrons in the
restaurant would have been unthink
able, but the walters We're all detain-
ed and questioned. Meantime a
search was going on up stairs, headed
by the housekeeper. Luckily, the
chambermaid who attended the room
of the couple looked behind the ra
diator in the hall just outside the
eound there the missing ring, which
before.
THE search in the dininsroom hav-
ing yielded nothing, the husband had
taken position near the cashiers
lesk and was telling everybody who
passed what a dishonest lot of per
sons worked in hotels; that he
wouldn't trust a hotel employe even
with his visiting card, and 50 on
and what he said made me rather hot
Among other things he announced in
loud voice that he would pay $50
to anybody who brought the ring
back
"When, therefore, word was tclo-
phoned down to me that the cham
bermaid had found the ring, I ordor-
ed her to be sent downstairs with It,
When she came, | conducted her ~
to the cashiers window, and had Ter
hand the man the ring. Then told
the cashier to band the girl $50 and
charge it to the mans account.
Gle was pretty hot under the col
lar at that, and said if I had not but
ted in he would have got out by
paying the girl SO or 81 as reward.
| told him l had no doubt of it. but
that the sentiments he had just been
expressing about the honesty of our
employees warranted his having to pay
TO the full extent of his promise.
one of our directors happened to be
standing by, and he backed me up.
The man paid up when his bill was
presented"-N. Y. World.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
FROM the WORLDS STOREHOUSE
OF Information

tHiCory, cultivated in Belgium, the
Netherlands. Germany, Franc" and tn"
United states, is used perhaps NOR
than any other one adulterhnt. In
France the manufacture of Chcory
into commercial product is quite
an important industry. Certain coffee
substitutes. including roasted chick
peas. roasted acorns, etc. are used
quite extensively in several European
countries. More than Toe factories.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
THE WEAKER SEX: MAN.

After a man has told you his troub-
les you know more about his wifes
relatives.
No man earns enough wages to sup
port both his family and a saloon
but surprising large number try it.
1t is easy to please a man: Find
out his hobby and assume a thirsty
knowledge to know all about it.
Occasionally there is a man fond
of joining lodges that he is a mem
Der of everything in the world but
his own family.
Even when nan is n'ayIH@ IL pc
delivered from temptation, he is tell
ing himself it's not going to hurt to
take look at it.
Many men are like the COW that
gives a big bucket of milk, and then
kicks it over.
After man passes 20 he would
rather gossip about wickedness than
engage in it. There is, however, some
doubt about this time limit. Those
more familiar with men place it at
30.
The average man is such a baby
that every time the potatoes are not
fried to suit him, he gets a look on
his face as if he We're playing the
star part in Driven From Home
The fat men need all the comfort
they can get Every picture of the
devil represents him as being very
slender.
When two men are lifelong friends,
each thinks it is due to his forbear-
ance.
Every man makes the fatal mistake
of thinking he can fool his wife as
easily as he fooled his mother
The average man gets so much cri-
ticism that when a compliment is
paid him without "if'' or but" at
tached, he pinches himself to see II
he is just new dead.
The early part of a mans life he
thinks he is the bird: in later years
he is sure he is the worm.
AS soon as a man outgrows fool
ish notion, younger man comes
along and picks it up.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
VALDEZ FREIGHTFR
HAS MANY CONTRACTS

VALDEZ, Dec 2S.-Robert McJn
osh, the local freighter, is now in
Seattle, and from reports received
here he has secured a large number
of contracts for hauling freight by
way of Valdez to the scene Of the
new strike in the Nelchina district.
He left here for the outside several
weeks ago, primarily for the purpose
of securing more horses for his bust
ness in the North. News of his ar
rival in Seattle soon spread among
the former Northerners. and he was
at once besieged with offers 10 deliver
freight into the new dig@inG#. He
will soon start for the North and
will undoubtedly make the trip
through to the Nelchina as soon as
nOScible.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05

selected. should be entitled the Dixie
Of Canada. There is plenty tine
circumstances Will their ma ia,ti,.s'
sons receive A SEPARATE destination
until they pass the age OF II.
If is interesting to note ttaf on, of
the chief industries of RuIp.,ria is TN.
cultivation of the rose for tr.. purDos.
of manufacturing after of roses. The
vast area of fertile land lying between
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05

are in constant request A rajah OF
sococo tastes imported some thousands
to form a center to each minute pane
in the windows of his palace"
India occupies the position of a Gre
ditor nation on an immense scale, a
fact which renders the size of its
gold imports a matter of primary i'm
portance to the rest of the world.
1t seems assured that these imports
last year were not only fresh re-
cord. but will attain a total not less
than Is per cent of the worlds out
out. This total, it is stated, is ow-
ing to the uninterrupted prosperity
of the country, following succession
of good monsoons-Tit Bits.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
BELIEVING HE WOULD DIE
MAN KILLS WIFE AND Kids

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-While suf-
Grin" from a hallucination that he
would die soon, Secretary Knen OF
q Philadelphia Steel company early
this morning killed his wife while she
lay asleep in bed and after writing
his will, turned on the gas and as
tlIyXiatod himself and his two youn"
children Knell was a wealthy man
and a pillar in the church and his
ash act is the cause of much com
nent in the city.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
MUCH TRAVEL over
TRAILS ON COAST

VALDEZ, Dec. 2S.-There is much
travel over the trails in the coast
region now and from present indica
tons much more travel is due in
few weeks Some of the travellers
are bound for the Interior over the
summit, but most of them are headed
for the NelChina, while a few are
headed for the Chisana, going over the
VALDEZ trail and around via Copper
Center to Mccarthy. The trails are
now in good condition, though for
while they were badly drifted after
the heavy snow storm which visited
he coast region.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
MANUFACTURER RUNS
over SWEEPER Twice

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. %. - While
Fastening through the business dis
rrict this morning, Julius Bobsue. a
local manufacturer ran over street
sweeper with his automobile. Excited
over the accident the aged manufact-
urer backed up his machine and again
ran over the PROSTATE body of the
rity employe. Many witnessed the ac
cident. The manufacturer is grief
stricken over the affair and immedi-
ately offered himself up to the police
men upon their arrival on the scene.
having them take him to the station
in his own death-dealing auto. The
streetsweeper was killed and a charge
of manslaughter has been placed
AGAINST the manufacturer.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
EXPRESS COMPANIES DO
NOT MAKE AS MUCH

CHICAGO, Dec IS - The express
companies here announce that the bus
mess handled by them during the
Christmas rush this year is one-fourth
the amount handled by them last year.
Although the Christmas shipments
this year were larger than that of
year ago the decrease in the business
handled by the express companies is
attributed to the inauguration of the
parcels post by Uncle Sam who is
handling the packages at cheaper
rates.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
Employees STEAL
FROM ROYAL BANK

HAVANA. Cuba, Dec. 2S.-The Roy
al Bank of Canada, considered one of
the very strongest institutions of the
kind in the world. lost seven thou
sand dollars through the theft of
employees in the Havana branch. Two
or three of those employed about the
bank contrived to work shortage
game on the institution. and had the
affair not come to light so soon the
loss would likely have grown to many
times the present figure.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
STILL HOPE.

Mrs. McGinty had waited long and
patiently for her husband to come
weeks pay. Finally she decided to
take the matter in her own hands,
and she sailed forth to the police
station to inquire If he was there.
us my Tim here?' she asked.
NO. replied the lieutenant: but
sit down; were expecting him every
minute"
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
MILLION GOATS IN AMERICA.

In a recent issue of Farm and Fire
side appears a most interesting article
about goats-an article full of facts
about the commercial possibilities of
raising these animals. There are a
million Angora goats in America, and
yet we import annually over 80 per
cent of the mohair used in our do
nestle manufacturers. There Is no rea-
son why our farmers cannot maintain
enough goats to supply our domestic
trade with superior mohair. Follow
ing is an extract from the article:
THE banner goat farm of America
is located in Texas, and numbers TO-
600 head of grade and pure-bred An
goras. Last year the owner of this
ranch realized a net profit of 81 per
animal from his flock. There are
several other pretentious goat farms
throughout New Mexico, California,
and Oregon. The largest goat ranch
in the Mississippi valley has 1000
head. but the average flock in this
country is from 100 to 500 animals.
THE custom is to shear the goats
early in April. Ordinary hair sells
from 50 to 55 cents pound. This
common grade of mohair. which com
mands no especially high price, is
that whose length is less than twelve
inches; the ordinary fleece of one
years growth measures about ten
inches in length. The average ma
lure doe will shear from six to nine
POUNDS of mohair each year, while
the full-grown buck will Yield from
ten to fifteen pounds Previous to
shearing. the flock is graded into
classes of does, bucks, kids and weth-
ers. The fleeces are marked accord
ing to their classifications. The
American Angora Goat Association
maintains special mohair warehouse
in Boston. where the fleeces of prac-
tically all the Angoras in this coun-
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
VALDEZ MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
TAKES BRIDE IN THE EAST

BROCKTON, Mass, Dec. 2S.-Will-
A. Soule, of Valdez, where he was
formerly in business and noted the
first man to make the ascent of
Mount Wrangen, was today Joined in
marriage with Miss Mabel f. Iloon,
daughter of a Brockton manufacturer.
The wedding received much publicity
owing to the prominence of the bride
and was largely attended by local
society.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
A BLASTED SHORE
BYBILL NYE.

Sleep, under favorable circum nc
es. is great boon. Sleep, if natural
and undisturbed. is surely as useful
as any other scientific discovery. Sleep
whether administered at home or
abroad. under the soDOrific Influences
of an underDaid nr.achar or tho nm
Welding wooden cellar door that ia
sometimes used as a blanket in tn.
sleeDinp car is a harmless aissin,
tion and cheerful relaxation
Let me studv man fo,, tho first
bour sf,er he has awakened o,a 7
will ipdra hin, moro corract1y tho,
would to watch hin, all ,,in+ar j, tho
Legislature We think we are nrettv
well acouainted with orr friends bn+
we are not tboronehlv convenient win
their necultari1ias until we have seen
then, wake nm i, tho morning bo,.,
often Looked Of tho men meet AMI
tbougbt what a sbock If r,,st no 70
tho wives Of some of +ham 70 wake
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baya had Time to nrerara ,r5 vhi1a
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NEWS CORRESPONDENT
BARRED FROM RUSSIA

KIEFF, Russia, Dec. 2S.-An Inter
national news correspondent named
Berliand, who arrived here today was
ordered out of the country because it
was believed that he has the me-
noirs of Nendell Beiliss, who was
acquitted of ritual murder in connec-
ton with the death of a 12-year-old
Jewish lad. The police accuse the
correspondent of being interested In
the publication of the life story of
ne prosecuted Beiliss in which the
Russian government is severely cri
icised.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
CARY LINES

Look for goodness, look for gladnes'
You will meet them all the while
If you bring a smiling Visage
To a glass, you meet smile.
Alice Cary.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05

At work or at your school;
Do your best with right good will,
That Is a golden rule.
Phoebe Cary.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05
TIE FIGHTER WHO HASN'T
CHANCE

The prize fighter may be a brute,
But there Is a reward in the game:
winner gets plenty of loot
And something that passes for fame;
At least he has something to gain,
Some definite hope of advance.
But one thing is certainly plain,
The booze fighter hasn't chance,
The bull fighter toys with the bull.
There's danger to face in each breath,
His business of chances is full
He trifles with imminent death.
But-there Is a reward in the trade
A portion of gold and romance"
Some fortune and fame" to be made
chance!
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05

It's a game that is certain to lose.
No matter how braVely you play,
And the mightiest Fighters of booze
Are conquered at last in the fray.
It battles by poison and stealth,
1t ruins each plan you advance.
1t breaks you in health and in wealth.
The booze fighter hasn't chance.
Denver Express
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05

One person In five In South Africa
is white.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-09-10

The mistake of the age was to equip war with a se1f-starter.
And now Brussels is O the carpet.
Talk may be cheap. but lots of extravagent remarks are made.
-CO-
Many a girls ideal is shattered when she finds that he is broke.
The fortunes of war are nothing to its misfortunes.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-09-10
A SOCIAL

an invitation and at the last moment urn it down. The n VINO does
it is generally marked and scratched from the lists.
Nevada with great acclaim accepted CALIFORNIA; invitation to par
ticipate in the exposhions at San Francisco and San Diego and space
and land were set aside for her exhibits and buildings. If she renigs
now and fails o make representation won't she be regarded in the
same light as the social outcast? -
The Bible speaks of the time when kings go forth to battle
Modern kings have improved upon that method. They stay safely os
of range and invoke Divine blessing upon the peasants and mechanics
they send forth to battle
-oo-
An Irish hodcarrier fell from a third story scafod in Boston and
killed a passerby. The coroner brought in a verdict of Died from a
pat o n the back"
The Prohibiionsts of New York state will take a little Sulzer in
theirs
No doubt the average poet wears his hair long IN the theory that
there is NJ short ut to fame.
Love is blind. which may account for the fact that considerable
courtship is conducted in the dark.