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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11

ruler over no fewer than 60 cities
fenced with high walls. gates and
bars" His. indeed. was a powerful
monarchy: and the conquest of his
realm by Moses is looked upon to this
day as one of the greatest events in
Jewish history.
Og. by the way, was accustomed to
sleep in a remarkable bedstead. not OF
wood or metal, but of basalt-
Whatever the circumstances under
which the giant breed existed in Pales-
tine at the time of the first arrival or
the Israelites, it is certain that in later
years they We're scattered among other
people In political sense, some were
Qike Goliath) Philistines; others were
Gittites, and yet others AmOrites.
Mentally Inferior.
Coming into contact with other races.
they became, it would seem, either ex-
tinct or subordinate. From what little
is said of them in history, 1t is to be
inferred that they were mentally in
ferior. though formidable fighters by
reason of their great size and strength
in an age when mere bodily proves
counted for so much.
If Goliath be supposed to have been
eight and a half feet high following
for helmet and crest), his stature did
not exceed that OF the celebrated Winek-
elmeyer, the rallest man of modern
times. who, born in Bavaria. died not
many years ago. The height of many
giants has been exaggerated, but
Winckelmeyer was carefully measured
by the anthropOlogist Doubles.
A man of less than eight and a half
feet could hardly have worn the enor-
mOusly heavy armOr and accOuterments
described in the first book Of Samuel
as composing Goliath's outfit. The
staff of his spear. we are told, was like
a weaver's beam" the iron spearhead
alone weighing 600 shekels. about 20
pounds.
The Bible reader will remember that
the army Of Israel had occupied a po-
sition along a range, opposite, valley
lying between Goliath came out upon
the open plain that lay between the
hills, and defied Israel, offering TO re
fer the whole war to the arbitrament
Of single combat.
This seemed fair proposition; but
unfortunately, the Israeltes had no
warrior big enough to tackle Goliath,
and consequently they were "dismayed
and greatly afraid"
The formal defiance by Goliath was
repeated on each OF 40 successive days,
with many contemptuOus and insulting
remarks, to the great humiliation or
the Israelites.
1t happened by mere chance that n
young man named David who had been
tending his fathers sheep near Bethle-
hem was sent by his father with a
supply of parched corn and bread TO
his three eldest brothers. soldiers in the
Israelite army Also, he carried ten
cheeses for his brothers regiment
Having appeared thus accidentally upon
the scene. he volunteered to fight the
giant
chance against Goliath in a combat at
close quarters. On the other hand. in
a long distance fight an active youth,
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or knOtty clubs. When Schliemann dug
into the ancient graves at Mycenae the
skeletons of the men were found sur
rounded with weapons and those of the
women with personal ornaments cal
,ulated TO adorn beautiful faces and
figures.
When nature produced woman she
reversed her rule about the relative
beauty of the sexes. Among the lower
animals, the male is generally the more
attractive. Look at the mb-crowned
and bright plumaged rooster and COM
pare him with the plain coated hens.
Among the peafowl it is the male who
carries the glorius iridescent fan with
its Argus eyes. Almost everywhere
among the birds, the males are the
beauties, while the females are plain
and relatively unadorned. A similar rule
generally prevails among four-footed
beasts. But in our own kind il was the
woman who was made to be beautiful
and endowed with the talent for dec
grafton, and man was expected to ap-
preciate the flattery Of her attention.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11

mills will be run under the city to build
up a foundation Of rock. In the town Of
ings has been made along the edge Of the
channel and the base ball grounds are laid
out upon them. There is still some gold
in the sand, but millions have come from
that living inside the diamond.
Ten Miles of PIanked Roadway
The town has about ten miles OF planked
roadways that run up hill and down. The
roadways give no spring to the feet. and
your hips keep bobbing up to your waist
and tire your anatomy.
As I write this letter they are repairing
the street in front Of my hotel, and / can
500 how the roadway Is laid. The hotel
is some distance up the side Of the noun
tain where a bed Of earth and stone has
taken the place Of the piles. The street is
about 30 feet wide Upon the earth and
stone cross beams or rafters are laid, and
three-inch planks are nailed to them run
ming from one side OF the street to the
other They are fitted together almost as
closely flooring. Upon this foundation
a second layer Of planks is put down with
the boards running at an angle to the first
laver. the whole forming a substantial wood
pavement six inches thick.
The street has also sidewalks Of plank
and the central roadway and sidewalks are
so tipped that the water runs off into gut
tcrs OF wood. such streets are costly. They
need constant repair. The plan as TO grad
uauy eliminate them. and make macadam
streets Of the taillngs.
Juneau's Business Section.
Tho business section Of Juneau runs par
aIIel with the channel Close to the docks
street
works and machine shops, and further bacj,
are long streets devoted to stores banks
and shops OF all kinds. 1t may interest
YOU TO know just what business Is done
There are "A stores handling groceries and
four handling hardware. There are four
iewelry stores, five drug stores two shoe
stores and three devoted 10 furniture There
are three department stores each OF which
would be big for a city in the states OF
three times the size. There is a music
store, several cigar stores. three bakeries,
three millinery stores and a number OF pho
torraphic and curiO stores.
The town has uptodato barber shops
cigar factories and steam laundries 1t has
a brewery and bottiing works. II has two
daily newspapers and three job printing es-
II has three banks with re-
sources Of about 100000 and annual bank
cloarings Of something like S26, 900 900. Tho
bank deposits run into the millions. the
pay roll Of two Of the Juneau mines aver
arinR more than $3.50. 900 each month
Chicken Ridge the Residence Section.
The best residences Of Juneau are on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11

ened their beauty by the arts OF dress
ing, ornaRentation and department
Thus they so affected the sensibilities
Of their white visitors that they had
captains and mates, bo'suns and tarry
jacks at their feet. while the hope of
every crew OF adventure in the South
Seas was that they might at least catch
a glimpse OF the charmers of that fairy
island.
with beauty goes taste, the skill and
the innate knowledge of self adorn-
ment The wise man takes his wife's
advice in choosing his clothes WOm-
ans supremacy in this respect began
long before history was written. There
is proof that II existed in the days Of
the cave dwellers. L have seen pictures
from prehistoric caverns in the
Pyrenees where, in spite OF the crudity
of the drawings. the women are plainly
distinguished from the men by superior
and characteristic personal adornment
--chignons, gracefully draped garments
and tho suggestion of more sinuous
bodily movements.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11
How Women Heighten Their Charms
Garrett seris Writes Concerning the
Adjournment Since the Days of the Dwelers
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

THE pictures which accompany this
article are full of philosophical
suggestions All over the world
womans principal occupation when
she follows her natural bent is to add
TO the CHAINS which nature gave her in
order to make herself so much the more
irresistible. To them that have more
shall be given, and from them that
have not shall be taken away even that
which they have.
It is easy for women to increase their
beauty and attractiveness, but when
men try to adorn themselves they usu-
ally make a lamentable failure Of II.
Lok, the Dyak girl Of Borneo, with
her waist-hoOps, composed Of hundreds
Of little brass rings crowded together
on invisible cores Of cane, and adorned
with belts of silver coins, her necklace
Of beads and her hair ornament of sill
zer filagree. No civilized belle is, rela-
lively. a finer sight than she. And so
too, the Kaffir girl. with her wonder
ful chignon, plays upon the susceptible
hearts OF her male admirers with ire
sistible effect
Il is so everywhere. Read Herman
Meltilles account OF the romantic bellies
of the cannibal village in the savage
valley of Typee, or the narrative OF the
early explorers Of the fascinating Pa
cific island OF Tahiti, where the wom
en-. fairer than any one had dreamed
of finding In a Polynesian race, height
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11

JUNEAU, Alaska, March IL am
in Juneau, the capital Of Alaska.
- 1t is the biggest city Of the terri
tory, and its political, financial and
commercial center. It has the resi-
dences Of the governor and the chief
officials. Their offices are in an old
frame structure not far from the gov
ernor's mansion. 1t has a pretentious
frame courthouse Of two stories with
a little dome on the top, and a city
hall with a cupola that reminds one of
the head OF a pearl diver in his diving
suit, ready to drop into the deep.
The most Of the houses OF Juneau
are OF frame. The country about is
covered with timber and there ere
great sawmills at the wharves that sup
ply the building materials. OF late
they have been putting up some con-
crete structures, and the era of stone
has begun. There is one building o.
five stories and a half dozen two and
three stories each constructed Of con-
crete.
Has Population of 5000.
The Juneau OF today has only 5000
inhabitants, but its streets are as
lively as those Of a city of four times
that number in the United States
proper. Every man in the town is a
hustler, and the place huns with poll
ticians, lawyers, tourists and miners
The crowd is Of all classes and Of all
Sorts OF uIebH- many OF the men wear
clothes Of the latest cut Of Broadway
or Fifth avenue, and others have SLOUGH
hats, mackinaws and trousers Of khaki.
Some OF them have on boots that reach
TO the knees, and now and then you
meet one in white rubber pantaloons
TO the waist.
Drays, automobiles and carriages
move about through the city. Juneau
has 80 motor cars. and a motor stage
runs from 1t to the mining town of
Thane, three miles down the channel
At that place are the mills and reduc-
ton plant Of the Alaska G'Astineau gold
properties. Nearby are the Juneau
gold mills, and on the other side of the
channel. in plain view. are the Tread
well mines, with the towns Of Tread
well and Douglas, each having 2000 or
5000 population.
Altogether, there are at least $4,000
people living within a radius of five
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11
A Charmingly Simple Picture of Grace Darling.

would think that he owned a private
mint, and that she never had to count
the cost Of things at all.
other Airs.
You admire her hat, and she says cas-
ually, "Oh, yes. you can get a very nice
little thing nowadays for S75." or you
compliment her on her dress. and sine
remarks that she picked it up at a bar
gain for $3.50. while the truth is that
she's a regular sleuth for marked down
sales, and she got a bit of trimming
here, and a feather there, and some
remnants of silk and velvet somewhere
else, and with her own skillful fingers
put them together and made "A hat and
gown that do look as if they had come
from the SWEETEST place on Fifth avenue.
And this same girl when she goes out
with a man is bound to have a taxi, and
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miles of the courthouse, and the quartz
mines alone are now giving EMPLOY
ment to more than one-third of that
number. The place is a great mining
center and a fishing center; it is the
chief port Of Alaska and il does busi-
ness with every part Of the territory.
Is In "A Land of Great Distances.
Juneau is in the heart Of southeas 81 =
ern Alaska. 1t is 500 miles north Of
Seattle and 1900 miles from San Fran
cisco. 1t is farther from Nome than
from salt Lake to New York, and its
distance from Fairbanks is greater
than that from Boston to Omaha
The town is beautifully situated If
lies on the mainland, at the head of the
Gastineau channel, a narrow strait
which separates it from Douglas Is
land, just over the way. The channel
connects stephens passage with the
Lynn canal, at the northern end Of
which Skagway is located II Is very
deep and the harbOr is so good that all
of the ships that pass through A1astssn
waters, excepting those that pIv he
tween Seattle and Nome, cali al .Junea1,
During the summer there are boats
north or south every day, and tons Of
thousands Of tourists pass through at
that time.
Juneau is right on the water with
wooden piers extending into tbe Gasti
neau channel II lies in a nest in fine
almost
dicularly behind it to a bei@bt 20 20,
haps 1000 feet. The walls of .Iu1ean
are covered with a vegetation as g-ree1
as the valley Of the Nile. The, are 60
steep that it would seem as though the
trees could not find roofing places. But
they cIlhg 10 me PERCEPTIONS cliffs and
are so imbedded in moss thar fbe,S I've ne
the place a background OF verdure
Is Cut Out Of the Rocks
. M clty ls cut out OF the rocks or rather
II is propped up by them Tho -nes,t 20 tbs
houses and streets stand upon stiifs -rbe
irregularities OF the rocky foundation have
been leVeled by a trestlework an niles Tbe
wharves are on piles, and from, tbc eI.,rei
as me uae rats they make you think OF
ocean Jul 10 IN
It is now planned to give tho cIt,, d. .,,b-
stsntlal foundation by filling in the space
~ 81, ne ples with the tailings from
contain great masses of low grade cola orc
and the waste rock dust from LII I'D
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11
1t You're Not

calmly announces that she wouldn't
marry any man living who didn't have
at least $4,000 a year.
The result is that she scares off men.
for no poor man could dream Of sup
porting a wife whose hats cost more
than a weeks salary. and whose dresses
would send him TO the poOrhouse. Ana
no rich man wants to marry a girl that
puts his money before him. And all the
time the poor girl is just bluffing, and
she'd be glad enough to take the poor
man and go on making her own clothes.
Another Sort.
And there's the other girl who thinks
il is interesting to pose as scOrning all
the domestic and wOmanly things. She
calls babies brats and says she'd rather
have a snake around her than sticky
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11

Don't permit yourself TO doubt that
there was society" in those days, and
that the women managed to make
themselves queenly even when they
had no better materials to work with
than skins. furs, bone needles and hair
pins scraped out Of the RENDERS horns,
or plucked from some long-thorned
bush. The Eskimo women Of today show
what female genius can accomplish in
that way with the most primitive ma
terials.
When man adorns himself it is with
something that heightens the appear
ance, or at least the suggestion, of cour-
age and fighting ability. It was
doubtless so in the Stone Age also. In
1872 the skeleton of a powerful man
was found In a cavern near Mentone on
the Italian Riviera. lying under a thick
coating Of limestone which must have
required many thousands of years for
its deposition, and around his head was
a chaplet of sthgs' teeth. 1t required
courage TO kill a stag when there were
no weapons but crude flint arrow heads,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11

suitable dwarfs in this or that valley,
he is likely to come across a huge man
tless often a wOman) who will serve
his purpose, as collector, just as we'll.
Giants are never in demand where they
grow; they are too big to be Of much
use, and so are readily enlisted for the
show business.
Why are some people big and some
little? In families heredity seems to
govern the matter. Where races are
concerned it is not so easily explained.
We are accustomed, by the way to
think Of the Chinese as of inferior
height; but that is because our piStailed
immigrants nearly all come from the
south of China. The people of north
China are tall. and occasionally ap-
proach the gigantic.
"GiantIsm" Disease.
Circus giants are not uncommonly
sufferers from a disease called giant
ism" which in the long run is invaria-
Oily fatal. 1t appears to be due to some
thing wrong with a small gland at the
base of the brain, which. in mystic
rious way, governs growth. strange
thing about this affliction is that the
victim may be attacked long after he
mas become adult and has ceased 10
groW IN normal way. A man over
81 years OF age may suddenly begin 10
gets OF the fact being the discovery
mat he needs larger hat and bigger
boots and gloves.
Ihere are, however, occasional giants
VINO are simply people of extraordinary
size, in other respects normal How to
account for them nobody knows. Much
more remarkable are the giant fam
lies. which are found in the Caucasus
reglon-though most individuals OF
such families are not big enough to be
worth while for show purposes. For
circus exhibition a giant ought not to
be less than seven feet six inches tall
With that stature, plus boots with thick
soles and a high hat, a man may be
safely advertised as touching the eight
foot mark.
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w YAsHINGTON, D. C., March IL
AA/ The region of the Caucasus
mountains, where the most i'm
portant fighting has been going on of
late, is for some reason wholly unex-
planned. productive of giants and dwarfs
in such numbers as perhaps to exceed
all other parts Of the world put to-
In the United States native-born
dwarfs. small enough to he in the
freak" class, are almost unknown. On
this account Tom Thumb, though by
no means very little as human pig
mics go nowadays, proved a great
drawing card when brought to this
country by P. 7. Barnum, half CEN
turv ago Minnie Warren and CommO-
dore Mutt (the former became Mrs.
Tom Thumb) were highly profitable at
fractions under the same management.
both being only slightly less stature
than Tom Thumb himself
Today these small persons, or others
of their size would excite little atten-
ton. for the reason that within the
last few years a new standard has been
set in dwarfs. On the stage of the
New York Hippodrome, couple of win
tiers ago, were assembled about 80 pig
mics Of both sexes, the tallest of whom
would have made Tom Thumb or Min
ME Warren seem quite gigantic.
New Source OF Supply Found.
The principal circumstance that
brought this about was the dis
covery, in the Caucasus regions,
Of wonderful source Of pigmy
supply. Circus agents so thither
to pick them up, travelling from
valley to valley. and offering pay for
their services that seems to them fab
uIous Hence the remarkable number
Of them gathered together for public
exhibition. Recently a whole troupe of
them has given Biliputian stage-plays
in our principal cities.
But the Caucasus is not only Pig
my land; Il is also Giant land. If the
circus agent does not find one or two
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11

little hands, and as for cOoking-dear
me. the very thought of the kitchen
fills her with such disgust she almost
swoons. She proudly boasts that she
can't boil water without scorching it.,
and that making up a bed is a mystery
beyond her power to solve.
How can any girl imagine that pose
renders her attractive? You'd think
the most elementary intelligence would
make her see that it is death to her
chances of marriage for no man know
ingly marries a woman who ioathes
children and can't keep house.
On the other hand. how attractive is
the girl who is simple and sweet. who
meets capably the situations in which
she is placed. and makes no pretense
of being other than what she is.
Don't bluff, girls. 1t doesn't pay.
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Such giant families are not unknown
in history. JOsephus and other pro
fame" historians indOrse the statements,
found in many places in the Bible, in
regard to the giants Of Gath-from
which locality, it viii be remembered,
Goliath hailed.
The Bible put the stature Of that re-
douhtable champion at six cubits and
a span,' in other words. about three
inches short of 10 feet. This would
human being, even allowing that the
measurement was from the ground to
the crest of Goliath's helmet
Goliath Was n Type.
Goliath was no mere abnOrmality of
over-grOwth He was simply an indi-
vidual representative of n giant breed, ."
which was numerous in Palestine as far
back as the lifetime of Abraham, and
presumably much earlier.
This breed of giants is repeatedly
spoken Of in the Bible as residing in
Palestine, especially in Gath and Heb
seemed as grasshoppers by the side of
them hyperbolic eXaggeration. OF
course.
Goliath was not the only one of them
with whom David fought. His encoun-
ter with another of these huge men
is related in the second book OF Sam
mel. chapter p. The giants name was
Ishbi-benob, and David (whO overcame
Goliath only by "a lucky shot was no
match for him. He would have been
killed but for timely succOr by "a COM
rade-in-arms.
In the same chapter are mentioned
two other giants, one of whom was
named Saph, the other being unnamed,
but described as distinguished by the
possession of six fingers on each hand
and six toes on each foot.
Og the Most Celebrated.
The most celebrated Of all the giant
breed, not excepting Goliath, was Og,
king of Bashan. At the time when the
wanderings of the Israelites in the will
derness were brought to a close, he was
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the young men have gone back home for
their wives. and the girls who are born here
usually stay.
The population is not transient as is Oft
en- supposed. I meet daily men who have
been in Alaska from Is to 30 years. and
find young men and women who expect
to spend their lives here. Such people
are even now buying homes here and pay
ing for them on the instalmcnt plan through
the building associations.
Civic Pride Evident.
There is much civic spirit in Juneau and
the town believes in municipal ownership.
1t owns and operates the principal wharf
and IL has its own fuel depot. where IL
supplies coal TO the citizens at the rate Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-11

SO per ton. Before the city went into the
coal business coal was bringing S14 a ton.
and at the same time gasoline was selling
at IS cents a gallon. The mayor began TO
sell in competition and the price OF gaso-
line dropped TO p cents The city has also
aided in the building Of a cold storage
plant with a freezing capacity Of $4,000
pounds a day and storage rooms for, 150, 600
pounds Of fish.
Juneau has electric lights and water
works supplied by springs and streams in
the mountains. 1t has a telephone system
and a service OF ferries which connect Il
with the several towns the channel All
OF the latter are run by private corpora
tons.