The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Tattier.

Tattier.
 
 from the minister who married him,
 When one of the local ministers was asked a few days ago if he had paid the regular fees for recording marriages. he said that he had paid in each case the B fee demanded by the government, though in one the recording fee required by the territorial laws.
 80 you see" explained the min ister, T was forced to pay the two dollars out of my own pocket, and this was in the face of the fact that the bridegroom did not pay for my so."
 This In the home of Mir and Baby Is Mrs. Ed. Clausen there OoJ IS utN bdDN ltdl lS the pride of his sister who Is about five years of age. The proud sisters name is Norma, and she finds her greatest pleasure now in telling her friends about the lit tie newcomer at her home. A few days ago. Mrs. R. s. Me Donald called to see the new baby at the Clausen home, and at the door she was met by little Miss Norma As soon as she returned the greet ings of the visitor. the little lady said:
 We have little new brother Don't you want to see him ?"
 "A new baby, Well, isn't that nice?" responded the visitor
 Yes" said the little girl with great deliberation. And he's boy. too"
 He Caught Fire in Ones Cloth Fire From ing.'-"Don't run-espec- ms ripe. lally not down stars
 or out of doors. Roll on carpet or wrap in woolen rug or blanket
 The above, found in Helpful Hints in Case of Accidents" ap- plies to an occurrence in the mar shal's office the other day when Deputy Marshal John Wood mad vertently put his pipe in his pocket while it was loaded" and burning
 Each member of the marshal's force was very busy. MT. Wood, in fact, was so busy that his brain did not work we'll enough along pipe lnes,' 10 enable him to per form the involuntary action of knock ing out the pipe after he had fin ished smoking.
 suddenly someone ill the office. probably the stenographer, smelled the fumes that issued from fire Nobody could tell where it was coming from as MT. Wood was seat ed in one of the big chairs, and had placed his pipe in the hip pock- ct of his trousers. The fumes became stronger and it was then that the more curious members of the mar shal's force dropped work long enough to institute search as to the origin of the fire.
 MT. Wood, however, worked on All at once smoke was seen to is sue over the back of his chair and it was not until then that he dis covered that he had neat hole burned in the seat Of his trousers. Woman Since Adam blamed Eve In The for inducing him to eat Case the apple in the Gar
 den of Eden, women have been blamed for all sorts of things. Indeed, there seems to be a ten dency to put the blame on women for things men do not like to be held responsible for In Fairbanks, 1t seems, woman is to be blamed for the loss of the newspapers left at the door of w. H. Gilcher's of flee
 Subscribers for The Citizen have been complaining of late that their papers were being stolen from their doors. MT. Gilcher seems to be hay ing the most trouble in this regard, and it was decided to put a man to watch the place last Monday morn ing.
 The guardian of the paper ar rived at MT. Gilcher's office only a little while after the paper was left there. but it had already disappeared. The next day he wrote out a report of the case for The Citizen and ended it as follows: T believe this matter to be Seri- ous. because I believe that woman is in the case"
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