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The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
OF A SPORTING NATURE

wonder there Is such cratic pitch ! ing and lack of control. Matthewson's total innings brough i him up to 34 games, which Is sui i ficient for veteran of 15 cam 1 paigns.
 But most of the pitching talen was underworked. rather than ove ] eXerted Which is at least partl, i shown by the fact that most of tn, i best pitching was done by thost ! vhC were out there working oftel enough to develop steadiness, eX ! perience and control under fire. It.! no flabby cinch to discover an + inch plate in a nip and tuck com bat when you have not been ovel | route for a week and have for gotten the shortest way across.
 One year with the Cleveland club Lajoie had seven star boXmen, head ed by Addie Joss and Bill Bern hard. For a while three of these were badly out of condition and foul were worked out in turn. wit re suit that Cleveland soon swept out ahead. TT other three later re turned to form, with the result that when all seven were employed tC suppress the foe, none of the seven was nearly as effective as the tJu had been when absorbing enough work to move at top speed There are certain players, ot course, who are unable to work ot tener than once every five or si days. Al Demaree belonged to class But in the main, a husky athlete in good condition and usin, his noodle properly. can certainly
 de 55 ball games from E game schedule
 "How about Connie Mack, then?'' comes the inquiry. Connie used about seventeen pitchers last year and none of them worked thirty full games.
 Mack won through an offensive machine, not through any great de fensive strength. Mack, defensively was no stronger than the Tanks who had better pitching all the year.
 But 1t would have been no greg stunt for one-armed Chinaman to step out and pitch a ball club tc victory that was getting as many runs as he needed to win
 IL took an artist as a pitcher tc lose ball game for those rampanf Mackmen last summer before they began to ease up and drift in with the current
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
Prepares For Season.

Among the arrivals on the steam. CT Mariposa yesterday was A. H, Bryant, superintendent for the Val deg Creek Mining Company who vii leave in few days for the in- terior, says a Cordova paper.
 MT Bryant brought with him five men from the states and will take five additional men from here. These with the fifteen who are now at work assisting in freighting the sup plies to the creek, will constitute the working force on the property this summer
 The supplies for the season, in cluding large amount of machin- cry and piping, was shipped north some time ago, and is now nearing it's destination. Included in the ma chinery was Keystone drill. for prospecting, an air compressor and machine drill for breaking up large boulders.
 Mining operations will start as soon as possible after the party reaches the mines, all preparations to this end having been completed last summer. and the new machinery will be installed without interfering g with the mining operations. An electric light and power plant was installed last year, which will sup ply all the power necessary for the mining operations.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
SPIRITUAL DYNAMITE.
(Sermon Story.)


 Rev s. Edward Young is chair man of a committee of ministers and laymen of New York who are considering the matter of bringing MT Sunday to that city, and he has been collecting testimonies as to Mr. Sundays work in other cities, espe- cially as to the permanance of the results. He has received more than one hundred lettres from Philadel- phia, Pittsburgh, Scranton and other cities, and the evidence as to the good results of the meetings and the stability of the converts is over Whalming. Provost E. F. Smith, of the University of Pennsylvania, wrote The man has sincerity that touches everyone; it convinces me as nothing else could convince. His personality is simply wonderful. I cannot understand why people do not want to hear him." A restaurant man of Philadelphia who asked Dr. l Young not to publish his name, 5i.t the same things more picturesquely. 1 He wrote: Billy Sundays meetings are still going on here and his work | is greater today than ever. The preachers talk to the people in un- known tongues; Billy Sunday talks to them in the language of the streets He can say things that any other preacher would be run out of the church for saying. Why? Be cause 1t Is all in the way you say it. Am I plain?" Selden H. Kings. bury, Scranton, Pa. lawyer, writes that the results of Sundays work are lasting to a remarkable degree;" l that the most conservative church in the city has received TOO new communicants, and that Il could show you part of the city which before MT. Sundays coming was any thing but safe or pleasant to pass through, where two saloons and a pool room were put out of business for want of patronage and where one of the saloons is now the church club of a group of rail hitters. !" He also writes that many corpora tion heads will testify to a much greater efficiency of their employees" Like testimony was received from this city There lis no small stir" Wherever MT. Sunday goes, and much division of the people because of him." but so it has been with great preachers from the Master down to the present day. Sturgeon was once called the biggest fool in the world" /" and he replied that he was glad to be the biggest anything in the world. Dynamite creates stir but it does things that nothing else can do.-The Presbyterian Banner.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05

animation was made and 1t was dis covered that Fred shot himself by
 placing the muzZle of the rifle un- der is chin the bullet penetrating upwards to his forehead. Fred had been drinking all win ter and was probably Respondent.
 No one knows where he is from or
 who his folks are, but 1t is suppos
 ed that he came from New York state. He was a woodchopper here and also cook
 On Monday, March l5 Pompal
 & Morrison discovered that their sa- loon lad been broken into, and
 about S150 taken from the cash reg
 ister and several bottles of whisky
 taken.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
Details Given of
 Circle Tragedy

More details of the finding of t! { dead body of Fred Villeneuye al Circle are given in a communication from The Citizens correspondent at hat place. as follows:
 CIRCLE, March 22.-On Monday afternoon March 18th, Gus Peter. son went to Fred Nilleneuye's cab in knocked on the door, and get ting no reply, went in and found Fred laying on his bed with a 30-30 rifle in his hand and laying on his breast
 At the coroner's inquest gash was discovered about ? incl es long in his throat as though cut with a knife, so it was decided to send for the doctor at Ft. Yukon. Upon the arrival of the doctor another ex-
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
BY THE REV. G. G. BRUCE.


| the earth. ir mems and women's l hearts. and they are growing now
 all over the lands where the gospel
 has gone. Every true Christian life
 Is little bit of garden where
 love. joy, peace, long-suffering. gen tleness, goodness and other spirit
 ual things grow.
 | The reason men have so little of
 Christ in their lives. and are so little like Him, Is because they
 have so little of Christ's word dwell ing in their hearts. You know home by the house keeper, a busi- ness by the business man, a garden by the gardener. these things are
 what the keepers make them. If the word of God lives In us, it will be house keeper, business man. garden CT in the life and it will be a real
 life of real worth.
 If the word of Christ dwells in us richly, 1t will make us helpers of others. It will so saturate the life and sweeten the thoughts. dispositions, temper. feelings and cravings, that the love of Christ will flow out in all the speech and service. It will make our words gracious and kind: our works helpful and abiding. In no department of the life do men need more training than in the use of the tongue. Many naming the name of Christ seem never to learn the fine art of Christian speech. Even in the effort to do good they hurt wien they want to help. make
 wounds of sore grief when they want
 to aid with full comfort
 Another of the results Of the in- dwelling of the word of Christ will
 be joyful life. The indwelling word puts psalms and hymns and spiritual songs in the heart and on he lips. Good cheer is a Christian
 duty. EXhortation Is given that we comfort one another with the words
 of Christ. Doubts, wailings, com plainings, murmurings and the like. can not be part of his makeup, for such things mark the pathway of failure
 In such countless ways does the
 word of Christ indwelling richly make the life reveal itself It as sures of comfort in sorrow and be- reavement, of strength in weakness
 and approaching fear. It makes
 faces shine. causes the soul to sing songs in the night" and the life to
 radiate constant warmth of good 1 things. It makes men Christian patriots, and women patient, kind
 and thoughtful, it teaches children
 the fear of the Lord which is the
 beginning of wisdom, it enrches and
 beautifies the life Of him who per
 mits it to dwell in his heart richly
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
General Mining News

{ in the gold mining property located have organized new company which is known as the Kelly, Price and Leslie Gold Mining Com
 pany. The owners bought fine team of seven dogs yesterday and
 will leave tomorrow with large outfit to begin work. The property will be operated in an extensive
 and expert manner and important
 results are assured The property
 is located in the gold belt along
 the Alaska range.-Seward Gateway
 Claims Bonded.
 /
 I/ CORDOVA.-Four gold quartz min
 ing claims, known as the Camel
 Eack-@+eup, and owned by Norman
 Rice and R. R. Beebes, of this city, have been bonded by outside capi-
 talists, through the agency of Capt Wm N Armstrong. The purchase price is $40,000.
 These claims are situated in the Mckinley Lake district, and are said to be very valuable. So far nothing but the annual assessment work has Abeen performed In the way of de Selopment, but remarkably good slowing has been made.
 Nnder the terms of the bond,
 work on the property must begin not later than June l, and must be pursued continuously, winter and summer, with not less than two men
 employed. The parties taking the bond have also agreed to put a
 mill on the property if the devel- opment work sE all open up suffi
 cient ore to warrant it's installa- tion.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05

West Point has one of the strong est basketball teams in the country. From the standpoint of the athletic prestige of the Military Academy. 1t is unfortunate that the cadet teams are not allowed to take an occasion al trip away from home. The mid shipmen at Annapolis also have an exceptionally strong five this season.
 Having transferred his allegiance from the United States vixen the mother country decided upon secur- ing his presence here by a simple balland-chan device, Jack Johnson became a citizen of France. When his new country went to war and hiuted delicately that Monsieur John son as citizen of France might be of great service to the republic by juggling forty-two centimeter shells. tLe impulsive MT. Johnson took a steamer to Cuba and is now applying to be enrolled as a Cuban
 
 reconceutrado. Senor Juan Juanson. of Havana Cuba has stood for some awful things pugilistically but it looks as though the islanders were about to draw the line. No body knows into what nations eel ag ,Ae bis negro will next drop.
 Because they did not meet the league dues and assessments esti- mated at from $750O to $10,000, Bill Devery and Tom Fogarty have I.st their Jersey City franchise in . International League. Barrow says a suit will be instituted for the money which is owed the league.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
FOR A BAD BREATH.

A bad breath is due either to a disturbed stomach or decayed teeth. Anyone suffering from the complaint should first ascertain the cause and then consult a physician or dentist.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
PRESBY BRIAN BILLBOARD.

Mine is the total.abstinence platform for both liquor and tobacco. -Home-Run Baker
 Abstain from all appear ance of evil. Thes 5:22
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05

Your teeth are in pretty bad con dition." said the dentist. They must be-" sighed the patient. You look so happy. ."-Ex.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
Walter Johnson Leads.

In the National and American leagues last season there were 100 slabmen who could be chased as
 .t.es- sas- a2 e ( aEea. l.Eacu seven per cent. of these worked out full games or about one tlll game every fourth day. Tn the American league Walter Johnson was the only pilc- ing entry who handled 35 com- plete affairs in total innings, while in the National the 35 game list embraced James and Rudolph of the Braves, Alexander and Mayer of the PhnHes; Tesreau of the Giants, and Pfeffer of Brooklyn
 To hold and carry continued eff fectiyeness. a pitcher should work at least one game every fourth af ternoon. Yet only ' out of 100 reg ulars handled this much work. No
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
After Paystreak.

After Paystreak.
 Valdez rospector:-George C. Wilson, the printer-prospector, ac- companied by Norman Lewis. re- cent arrival from Wenatchee, left for Lowe river this morning. where they will spend several weeks pros pecting. Wilson prospected in that district years ago and believes there is a paystreak somewhere and hopes to find it this trip. He believes this good time to get to bedrock. as the ground is frozen to depth of about two feet and surface water has not yet began to trouble. The ground is shallow.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
the campus to recitation.


 Manufacturers of baseball supplies are laughing at a report which gained circulation at the outbreak of the European war to the effect that the national sport will be sert- ously handicapped next season ow- ing to the insufficient number of baseballs for major and minor league use. According to the report, the hide of the Siberian pony was the only leather suitable for baseball covers, and since the war had shut off the supply of skins the world series might have to be played next October with defective balls, if play ed at all investigation has proved that plain American horsehide is the only skin used for covering base balls and that the usual supply is in sight.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05
W eWs From Outside.

News Fron Outside.
 The government of Ontario, Cana da, is offering $25,000 for the first discovery of radium in the province.
 The total gold production in the United States from 1792 to January 1. 1914, is estimated by the United States Geological Survey at S3,549 799, 400; the value of the country $ silver yield for the same period is given at $1,709, 500.
 Cripple Creeks mining output for January was the Leayiest monthly yield for ten years. The total out put was 75,65O tons of ore with a gross bullion value of S1,621,S SS4. The tonnage for December was somewhat greater, but the values for January were higher, and in some instances far above the aver age. Cripple creek is prophesying
 a Cutput ol at least $2J,000,0 ,0OO for 1915.
 According to bulletin recently issued by the California State Min ing Bureau, there has been consid- erable activity in developing old geld mining properties, which have been idle Some estimates of the amount of gold remaining buried in the ancient river channels run as high as $1,000 ,000. It is regard ed as certain that great amount of gold can be prohtably extracted by hydraulic methods.
 Under the auspices of the Mining Mems Club, assisted by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, the North west Mining Convention was held in Spokane Washington, during the week of February P. The technical program was in charge of the Spo- kane Engineering and Technical As sociation, assisted by the Spokane sections of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers and Columbia section of the Ameri- can Institute of Mining Engineers. The regular sessions of the con- vention were held on February 24- 26, closing with a banquet on the evening of the 26th at the Spokane Hotel-Mining Congress Journal.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05

Followers of international sports have not very lively year in antict- patton. So far the following imDor-
 tant events have been called off: The Henley regatta, the Davis ten
 his competition, the British nation
 al golf championship, all important
 racing fixtures in Europe, the inter
 national yacht race, and, probably,
 the international polo tournament About the only international events to be exjected, even remotely, will be between the United States and Canada, except a few cases of iso- lated individuals.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05

New Company Formed.
 Kelly and Leslie have bought out the interests of Price and Weaver
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05

We'll. the jinx has certainly been the constant companion of Ad Vol gast. Ad seems to be the unlucki- est of lightweights and declares that he is through with the ring for q time at least. It will be months be fore the plaster cast can be removed from his broken arm Wolgast has successiyely been afflicted with a cauliflower ear. appendicitis and broken hands.
 The Duke of Portland has with drawn his racing entries this scd- son and some of the papers have declared that, as d result, the Der by and the Oaks have been declared off in England There seems to be some mistake regarding this matter, however. A a matter of fact, the Duke of Portland withdrew his six candidates for the Derby on what he considered question of princi- pie, but there are 4z9 GHe-ye# olds still eligible from which the usual high class field will face the starter.
 Baseball was abolished at the Car lisle Indian school because of the peculiar temptations which seem 10 surround the game in its semi-pro- fessional manifestations and to which Indian youth seems to be par ticularly susceptible. Now the game has been restored and We shall see a number of Indian players in the minor leagues after a year or two.
 John Daily the veteran bantam weight, who recently retired, has taken under his management Danny Foy, the Irish featherweiglt champ ion, and Richie Stockman, the clever New York lightweight, who replaces Eddie Smith as the pride of the New York district He would like to match them against any boys of U cir weight in the business.
 Tom Keene has worked up con- siderable interest in Syracuse Uni versity in fraternity relay races. Un- known talent is sometimes revealed n relay races cG this kind. Jack Moakley has discovered champions by watching Cornell men run across
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05

Among the latest students of Le- land Stanford University is R. A, Fortune, who for the last five years has represented all Ireland in inter- national rugby football games, play ing right wing three quarters. For tune is transfer from the Medical University of Dublin. He is also a sprinter of merit.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-05

Before his appointment as assis- tant secretary of the New York HigH- flanders, Mark Roth, a well-known newspaperman in Gotham, was an inspector of smells along the Long Island shore opposite Barren Island. Marks principal task was to con vince wealthy residents of Rocka- way and other shore towns that the odors detected came from a horse abbatoir on Barren Island, rather than from a plant owned by some persons connected with big league baseball in Greater New York.
 Because of the approach of sum- mer and the revival of aquatic sports, courses in rescuing drowning persons and first aid treatment are being proposed by number of the well-known athletic clubs in the East The movement was started by the Y. M. c. A and is spreading to other organizations.
 Tom Downey. utility player of the Kansas City Blues for the last sev- en years, may manage the Topeka Club in the Western League this season if George Tabeau will con- gent to let him 20
The Washington herald., 1915-05-16
UNCLE RASTUS HAS VIEWS
The Way an Old Man Looks at Things.

ments in de odder. an sometimes feels
so good dat he'd like to douse me In
de rain bari.
IF 1 wanted some onion seed I'd
am de belief dat he was bon fur a
great preacher lie walked all ober
him hundred times. but Tze neber
stubbed my toe agin dat con. I've
sot down wild him an, praised de build
mouth. an his pose an gestures. an
I've stuck to de char while he talked
an cavooted fur straight hour. If
| wanted onions. he'd fall down cellar
to git EN- fur me.
IF you come across a man who i'm
agines dat he am an orator doan' gibe
his booms. 1t won't hurt anybody to
let him keep right on finkin' so. but
IL will make him your deadly enemy to
out fur blacksmith Oar am people
who write stuff an call it poetry. lie
got naybur who writ fourty-four
varses of SIGH stuff las fall an read
II to me. an aXed my candid opinyun.
Did l tell her it was bosh? Did I jump
second verse? Not much. ] listened wild
de utmos' diligence, an when she An
ished de las line | advised her TO
publish book o poems. De mex week
fust on de groun' wild chicken brof
an currant jcll.
When | meet man who has made
up his mind dat our city guv' ment will
go smash if he don't git office. ! in
courage him. I Encourage de young to
old to hang on till de world has to
recognize deir greatness. word at
dc right time means de loan of a dol
lah-means thirty off when YOU want
busheI O. lime free gratis-means 4
recommend IL Won want to line de pur
The Washington herald., 1915-05-16

lece fo'ce. Tech my CONS an I'll want
to kick We. All men are de same. Call
'em cons or call 'em hobbies, but he
who goes slashin' aroun' widout carin'
whar' he puts his feet. will make
twenty enemies whar' he gains one
friend. Study your man. Take him
apart-put him toGedder-fin' out
whar' his cons lay. an den step high
an softly.
When de saw-buck was invented
some folks ina gined dat de limit was
reached. but il was only twenty-nine
days before de world was convulsed
sprung into life. AFTER de buck saw
come dc horse-radish CRATER. an upon
de heels of dis came de glorious news
dat genius had given us de far
soundin' tinkle of de cow-bell Some
men wanted to fold DER hands an
die. fnkin' de end had come. but
genius plumed her break an 10, we
had taller candles. Light shone in
dark places, hut IL was no time to
stop. Wild one wild swoop of her raven
wings genius left at our doahs a jug
with handle an de wheel-barrow So
il has gone. We didn't stop wild de
ciothes-pin. but sprung ford to de
ha'r-pin. de tove-ha ndle. de jack
knife, de dictionary. ice cream. lager
beer. an odder splinters of genius
Der stop. What am new dis var will
he ole de mex. Genius will not be
content wild replacin' de BEDFORD by
springs. or de stage by de locomotive.
but will go on an on until buttermilk
kin be drawn from cherry hitchin' post,
an seven-cent sugar scooped in from
de roots OF cherry lamp-post."
The Washington herald., 1915-05-16

We were cncamped in valley about
mile long and half a mile wide-a
cave. you might call it, which was
surrounded on three sides by the walls
of the Guadalupe Mountains OF Texas.
and the fourth side was open to the
green prairie which went rolling away
to the east for n hundred miles with
out a break. 1t was 4 bay or lake
"A nook sheltered from everything
but the skies above. II was summer
time, and the mountains were covered
with green to hide the ugly rocks:
cascades of the purest and coolest
water poured down into the valley
at intervals, and the carpet which ma
ture had spread for our feet was
mast the handiwork of man. The grass
was about six inches high. of dark
green and mingled with it in the
Erandest profusion were the flowers
OF the Western prairie in endless va
riety. while here and there the grass
blushed with patches of red ripe
wberries.
One morning. whenN we had been in
camp about a week. and just as the
sun was rising out of the prairie and
sending a flood of golden light into the
valley to khs away the shimmering
dewdrops, we were startled by a shrill
neigh and the sound of galloping hoofs
and VIC turned out to behold one of
the grandest sights of prairie life-a
wild horse. He was all alone and he
had come in from the open prairie
to investigate us and 10 treat US to
such an exhibition as only the oldest
plainsman ever saw.