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Evening star., 1916-11-12
Bells to Announce
Meteor Shower,

phenomenon. The astronomers had
estimated that it would take place
some time during the night of Novem-
Der 1914, but in view of the uncer-
tainty as to the time. and especially in
view of the possibility that the earth
might pass through the meteoric
stream during daylight hours, special
arrangements We're made to arouse the
people for observation. The Star of No
vember II, 1866, says:
THE board of fire commissioners,
with view of arousing those of our
citizens who wish to witness the
meteoric shower. have requested Supt.
Talcott to strike on the alarm bells
when the phenomenon commences. A
signal will be given by twelve strokes
on the large bell, and it is requested
that at this signal the various bells
throughout the city be rung. At the
National Observatory they seem to
think it probable that the display will
take place between 10 o'clock this even
ing and dawn tomorrow morning. The
constellation of the Sickle, generally
the focal point from which the meteors
seem to emerge, does not rise in this
latitude now until about 10 pm, before
which hour a flight of meteors would,
Of course, be below the horizon and in
visible here.
Evening star., 1916-11-12

Tammany was successful, as usual, in
keeping New York city from falling
into the clutches of the political enemy.
Evening star., 1916-11-12

Some of the back counties keep on
counting votes long after the election
is over.
Evening star., 1916-11-12

Some of the progressives insisted on
assuming that they we're engaged in the
same old elephant hunt.
Evening star., 1916-11-12

No national convention hereafter is
likely to squander valuable time in
framing up a one-term plank.
Evening star., 1916-11-12

"High prices can't spoil thanksgiv-
in" said Uncle Eben. "De more de
turkey costs de more thankful you
ought to be dat you kin afford it."
Evening star., 1916-11-12

The Thanksgiving turkey will pres
peace.
Evening star., 1916-11-12

Following anti-ally demonstrations
on the part of the anti-entente Greeks
in which Admiral du Four
Marines net and the French minis
ter were hssed and jeered
Landed. in the Municipal Theater,
15O marines were landed and subse
Evening star., 1916-11-12

Figures will not falsify, but they do
change their minds.
Evening star., 1916-11-12
Meeting Cold
to the King.

| rifles in honor of Greece's ally. A re-
ception was given by the new govern
ment at Government House. and was
attended by the consuls of the allies.
The portraits of the king were re-
moved from all public places, and in
the eyes of the Cretans Constantine is
no longer king. Today Crete is wholly
behind her great compatriot, Venizelos.
The main points of the proclamation
of the provisional government consti-
tute comparison of the Greece of
today with the Greece of 1912-l913.
This proclamation is dated September
27, 1916, and is therefore subsequent to
that issued from Saloniki september 3.
The proclamation from Canea. signed by
Venizelos and Coundourious, said, in part:
The application of the personal pol
icy of the sovereign. victim of bad
counsels, has resulted in a rapproche-
ment with Greeces hereditary enc
mics. the violation of the constitution,
internal anarchy and isolation and
contempt for Greece, which the allies
consider hostile because she refused
the Serbs the facilities accorded the
Bulgars.
The victorious army of 1912-1913
abandons the territory conquered by
fleeing before the invaders; war ma
terial has been given to the Bulgars;
Greek soldiers have been sent to Ger
many by way of Sofia, and patriots are
regarded as traitors.
To-day is not the moment to estab-
Iish the responsibility. Our duty is to
save what there is still time to save.
To attain this it is essential to re-estab-
lish national unity by an immediate re-
turn to the policy dictated by the ma
tional conscience, namely: Range our
selves on the side of the allies and Ser
bians to eXpel the invaders.
1T would be a happy event if at the
eleventh hour the king should decide
to take the lead of the national forces
In a contrary event, 1t is our duty to
do the needful to save the country
from the threatening ruin. We are en-
tering the struggle convinced that the
nation independently of the state will
accomplish the miracle and bring the
country back to the status of eighteen
months ago"
Evening star., 1916-11-12
Demands of
the Allies.


hibition of Greek citizens from carrying
arms, the stoppage of war munitions to
Thessaly, the lifting of the embargo on
the transportation OF Thessalian wheat.
The government of the king submitted
promptly to these conditions, rendered
necessary by the discovery of a con-
spiracy on the part Of the anti-entente
Greeks to organize in Thessaly, in the
rear of the allied armies, troops, NUM-
tions and naturalization inspired to
guarantee the allied armies against a
traitorous attack in the rear. Likewise,
to this end the allies We're obliged to
assume control of the Piraeus-Larissa
railway.
NJ. Venizelos, interviewed at Saloniki,
denounced the conduct of the king as
responsible for the deplorable Situa-
tion. NJ. Venizelos outlined at the same
time the plans Of the provisional gov
ernment, which included the raising of
an army corps to fight on the side of
the allied protectorate against the Bull
gars.
1t is only now that the veil of cen
sorship has been lifted since the de-
parture of NJ Venizelos and Admiral
Coundouriotis from Athens. We now
learn that September 26 NJ. VeniZelos
and Admiral Coundouriotis landed at
Suda, where they were enthusiastically
welcomed by the populace assembled in
expectation of their coming. The troops
stationed in Crete, together with the
gendarmerie, lined the way to the bar
and the basis established of the future
provisional government for Greece un-
der the unquestioned leadership of NJ.
Venizelos.
Evening star., 1916-11-12
Counting
Birds.

of the birds on many farms
1oe' of the country, made dur
ing the summer of 1914. was so salts
| factory and the information obtained
so important that the survey decided to
make a second count in 1915.
Returns from the 1915 bird count
were on the whole very satisfactory.
AS in 1914, the largest number of reports
from any single section came from the
northeastern states-that is the states
| north of North Carolina and east of
kansas-but they are particularly graf
| flying, it is said. because Of their close
agreement with returns OF 1914 from
| the same section.
Inasmuch as the most important fac
| tor of bird life concerns its relation to
human beings, the principal question
| of these two years has been. what kinds
| of birds and how many pairs of each
kind nest on the farms in the area sur
| veyed and remain on or near them dur
| ing the middle of the summer. when
crops grow fastest and also suffer most
from insect enemies?
The reports show that so far as the
farms Of the northeastern states are
concerned. the average of the 1914
counts was about one pair of birds to
the acre, the 1915 work agreeing with
this Nearly 500 pairs of birds to the
square mile were found in this same
vicinity.
In northeastern United States the
average farm contains 108 acres. If
the counts in 1918 covered sixty-four
acres, showing a bird population on
this part of the farm of eighty nesting
pairs. and probable forty-four pairs
on the remaining forty-four acres. a
total of 124 pairs might be credited to
the farm Of 10s acres
An average of the returns of counts
shows that on farms where counts
were made in part OF the plains region
and in the whole of the southern states
for the part of the farm surrounding
the farm home there Is almost exactly
the same density Of bird population
for the former 1875 and for the latter
l31 pairs of nesting birds to each 100
acres-but the counts so far received,
experts of the survey say, do not fur
nish a sufficient basis for estimating
the birds on the remainder of the farm.
The data received. it is said tend
to indicate that the western part of
the plains. the Rocky mountain region
and the Pacific slope contain a smaller
number Of birds per acre than the
eastern states, but as yet no numerical
! statement has been attempted.
The number of active mineral springs
in this country in 1915. according to
| figures which have just
Mineral been comp'led Dy experts
of the geological survey, was
Springs. smaller and the production
| was less than in 1914. The statistics
| reported from s29 commercial springs
show that the total production was
5435g4ss gallons, valued at $4.s92.32s.
| The decrease in production was 2.444.-
s3s gallons. or per cent. The increase
| in value Of medicinal waters was
, $50. sos, and in the value of table
waters s1S5,s66: thus the total increase
| in value of sales was s246,466. or 5 per
| cent The increase in business is slightly
! Iess than the decrease in imports of
| foreign waters, and this. coupled with
| the increase Of price per gallon from
Evening star., 1916-11-12
GREECE STILL AT THE CROSSROADS

quently 1000 French and italian blue.
jackets debarked with machine guns.
Admiral Fournet handed to the gov
ernment Of the king a new note OF an
extremely grave character. A Reuter-
dispatch in reporting the incident said:
"A procession of some 1000 malcon-
tents. headed by the Greek and Ameri-
can flags. stopped outside the Ameri-
can legation. protested against the
landing of foreign marines and de-
manded the protection of tho American
minister. who WAS absent. The demon
strators then paraded the streets sing
ing the Greek national anthem"
Just why the American flag should
have been made a feature of this dem
onstration has not been disclosed. Cor
tainly the Greeks in America cannot be
accused OF being in sympathy with the
Greek manifestants of Athens II an en-
thusiastic meeting Of Greeks Of New
York which assembled there October
II and acclaimed Nenizelos may be
taken as evidence.
At this meeting 10000 Greeks ac-
claimed NJ. Venizelos, who was elected
honorary president OF the Hellenic
, Liberal Association. and General
Daugter, the former chief OF stan of
the Creek army. was likewise elected
member. both of whom accepted the
| honors by cablegrams.
1t was said at the meeting that more
than 300 900 Greeks in america were
ready and anxious to become members
of the Hellenic association and con-
which so per cent were ardent par
tisans. and who will support the pro-
| visional government.
Evening star., 1916-11-12

The great gathering received the ref
erence to King Constantine in silence
Evening star., 1916-11-12

1t is recalled that on October IL Ad
miral du Fournet addressed note to tn
Evening star., 1916-11-12

During the civil war much work was
done in Washington in the making OF
Evening star., 1916-11-12

The adherents of the provisional gov
ernment meant business. When the
Evening star., 1916-11-12

meteoric shower was expected to
occur at about this time fifty years
Evening star., 1916-11-12

For the allies it is a question OF Sc
curity. Have they taken measures to
Evening star., 1916-11-12

Notwithstanding discouragements in
the matter Of raising stock subscrip-
Evening star., 1916-11-12

Constantine In silence.
Finally, when Serbia
was mentioned. there
were ringing cheers
and a salvo from 5000
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-04

For Seldoyia: Aryid Wik, w.. smith. G. Miller, Frank Kraemer A. C OoW.ug
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-04

A fine new line O; ice Skates Brown & Hawkins, Quality First
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-04

Waterfll < Frazier wn!sSey s' The Branch"
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-04
PASSENGERS FOR VARIOUS
 POINTS ON THE ENAN

The following Were passengers on the Evans for the places before their names:
 For Seward: II. P. 1mIcr Peter Ramstad. D. Danie,sou. Gcr, Ee.ukc. Tom Wolfe. James Reid A. GaSkcn. l.. N. Lowell. Miss A',bea Teiss. E. Y. AIdicb E. r. Nop.er G. A. Thay- cr G. B. Ecnrcy, T. Hide. John Olson. J. w. Frame. Jr. John l.. Lawrence. Mrs. Frank K'acmer. Miss Lather F.. F.. Ritchie
 For Kodiak: G. c. Robertson. Eliz Cbichcnor, d.. Erodthorb. Mrs. R. KardHoT. Julia NannoT, Peter Heit- man.
 For Ia Touche. F. IT, lGche1 Mrs. A. Tomoau. J. F. Clary. Gus Lanstrom. Vim. Sa'suom
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-04
SEWARD. ALA8KA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1916

Some people outside have foolish idea that Alaska s colder than places in the States. We have seen here m the month of Decembe for the past week or two weather of which California might boast Hardly sign ot snow can been seen on the level that means on the level ground Some people might say that the snow has been blown away by little breezes that from time to time but those breezes have hardly been strong enough It might be we'll to remind outsiders that We are having delightful weather here in Alaska and in the month of December Anyone living in Seward bear this out and cross the hearts and cuSS.
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-04

The figures from Fairbanks today show that Suzer has been elected Delegate Congress- There can hardly le any doubt of this now What revolution of feeling 1t means Who could have thought the WickerSham star could have suddenly fallen? But Mr.. Wickersham need not complain. Since he came to the territory he has drawn from the government salaries that in the aggre gate cannot have been very much less than hundred thousand dollars He has also been successful in mining How very few AaskanS have been fortunate. But now that he has fallen he will probably become embtered against the territory and its people. Let us watch how long he will reside amongst us. Such is human nature.
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-04

The travel during the last few days through Seward shows that the winters here in future will be busy seasons The Northwestern today>ook out nearly hundred peo ple and if a Seward man looks the names he will recognize only very few Seward passengers Seward is the Gateway to the territory and is giving proof of the fact
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-04
SPENCE WILL COME FOR
 THE SALE OF LIQUORS

Word has been received from Judge Brown that District Attorney Spence will come to Seward to be present at the sale of liquors by the government It is not officially so stated but an in rimation has been given that the li- Qdor will be sold after all in large quantities and not in small quantities to attract private purchasers.
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Fine Healthy Child
Convincing Evidence
Simple inexpensive Remedy CHECK
Early Tendency TO
Constellation.

4 About the first thing impressed on
the young Mother is the necessity for
regularity in her baby, which brings
up the question Of the most desirable
laxative for children's use.
Mrs. Jesse Richardson. Philpot, Ky,
says she has used DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin for the past year and that
there is no medicine in the world like
1t. She writes, my little son, VIII
liam. Jr., just loved 1t because 1t is
so pleasant to take. and everybody
talks about his. being sucn fine
healthy boy"
Dr.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
compound Of simple laxative herbs,
free from any opiate or narcotic drug
and is the standard remedy for con-
stipation in thousands Of homes
throughout the land. Drug stores
everywhere sell 1t for fifty cents a
bottle. Get bottle Of this excellent
remedy. and have it in the house.. A
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lsition In San Francisco. The stock
holders in that concern not only lost
all the money they put into the com
pany. but now. they are to be called
upon, under the stockholders liability
act, for a sum which will approximate
Sloo,O00 says the Santa Ana Blade.
The Combined Amusement Co. con.
itrolled the Dayton Flood, the Sub.
marines, the Horoscope, the merry.
igo-round and the alligator farm and,
judging from the beautifully illustrat.
ed and cleverly worded prospectus OF
the promoter, F. w. Swanton. of
Santa Cruz, the stockholders were
certain to get results. They got the
results, all right, but not Just what
they had dreamed and hoped for.
Some 273.179 shares of stock were
sold to 243 stockholders, and, In order
to give good measure, the promoter
presented them with an equal num-
Der OF shares, making the issue 546,-
1853 shares at 81 per share.
On the list of stockholders there
are a number of well known and
hard-headed business men, and some
OF these, we are assured by the Oak
land Tribune, have the reputation OF
recurring surgical operation to sep
arate them from their coin without a
full equivalent, and then some. But
In this great amusement project they
wrote their checks with reckless
abandon. Many took 1000 shares,
some took 5000, and a few took TO-
900. All of them were about half
sore, when the exposition opened. be-
cause they had not invested more.
And then the bubble burst The
Dayton Flood was a complete failure,
the submarines never Summarized, the
alligators were removed to a mora
congenial and better-paying climate
and the only thing the company had
that anywhere near paid expenses
was the merry-go-round. In August
the creditors named a committee to
take charge, and since then there has
been just one glorious round of trou-
BILE for the stockholders. Attorneys
for the creditors have uncovered IT.
regularities that may warrant more
serious proceedings than merely re-
covering from responsible parties the
amount Of the outstanding liability,
and prosecutions under the blue sky
law are limited
It all goes to demonstrate, once
more, thSe it never pays to play an
other mans game, and, IL you have
more money than you need in your
business, you better consult your
banker and put 1t to work through the
medium of investment in first class
securities.
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WIN. J. RICHARDSON. JR.

down cellar, Also" 1t ought to b
there somewhere and he likes to hunt
for 1t just to please you. II your
friends don't write, cuss the post
master and his clerk. They are the
only ones to blame. If he tells Won
there Is no mail for you. put on a
grieved expression and say, there
ought to be some. He Is probably
hiding your mail for the pleasure Of
having you call for 1t three or four
times a day. Ask him to look again.
The Nauvoo "Skiddoo or %" club
will give another social dance In the
Nauvoo opera house on Thursday
evening. Jan. 20, and four piece
orchestra will play. This club. CON-
posed OF our young men. have delight.
full times, for these socials are not a
money making scheme but arranged
for delightful social evenings en-.
joyment. They invite their friends to
come and dance with them.
Judging from the past several days
appearance. Old Sol has determined
not to join the Sunshine club.
Nauvoo's city council should con-
slider the passing of an ordinance
specifying the weight for loaves of
bread The loaves sold here are
surely small enough and for awhile
you could not get six for quarter
until competition came forward and
forced the six for a quarter sale.
From now on the pound loaf at Nau-
WOO should weigh sixteen ounces.
Who can remember the days when
all the girls were named Piety, Char
ity, Patience and Prudence and there
were no divorce problems.
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go with it, for there will be q break.
ing Of the ranks that will be keenIy
felt by each one-but pshaw, girls
will marry.
Try and Danish from your mind the
mistaken idea that all good things are
away or In some other locality. Give
your town all the praise 1t can legiti-
mately bear. It wlu cost you moth.
ing and certainly do you no harm.
and above all. patronize your homo
institutions. This is some real good
sentiment.
John Replinger, the Nauvoo garage
man. Is running sort Of jitney bus
from Nauyoo to Keokuk and FIT. Madi-
son. It Is run on the livery order.
He goes when called upon and the
trip justifies in financial way. It is
a great accommodation, however, at
this season Of the year.
Did your father complain about my
staying 50 late last Sunday night,
asked one Of Nauvoo's young men Of
his best girl. On the contrary. said
she, he asked mo how could be
SO rude as to let you go away with
out your breakfast.
We are under obligations to our
friend Geo. Dachroth. Jr., assistant
cashier of the First National bank,
for some large, handy and convenient
calendars.
Nauvoo's postmaster ought to post
notice in the Office to read like
this: mo letters will be delivered I'M
til they have been received. II you
don't get letter or paper on the
day you expect it, have the post
master look through ell the boxes and
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a Million Mothers behind
the Purest cleanest, most nu-
ditious of all cereal foods
Shredded Wheat. They have
tested it and found it best
for Youngsters, best for
grown-ups "a food to work
on, to play on, to think on.
Contains the life of the wheat
in a dgestible form puts
gimp and ginger into the
Jaded body. Delicious for
breakfast or for any meal with
milk or cream. Made al
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
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COUNTING APPLES.


The fields have beloved with grain,
The orchards bent with their
spheres;
Fire on the hearth, frost at the pane!
The farmer reckons losses and gain.
And weighs the gifts of the years.
Yes, you can count apples
So Chinese brother-wit-
Utters mans mother-wit-
But you can't count tie trees in an
apple!
The drums of the war lords peat;
The banner of blood is unfurled;
The roads trembIe to marching feet,
And shouts Of victory and defeat
Ring in the ears of the world
All, men can count apples
How the dry pleasantly
Smacks of earth's pleasantly
But they can't count the trees In an
apple.
The cobDler tolls at his last;
The mother strives for her brood;
In the burrows of time their deeds are
cast,
And heaven links the life of the past
To a far off, final good.
Pause, We who count apples
These in obscurity
Wait on futurity.
Which brings forth the trees from the
apple.
Dora Reed Gooda1e in the Spring
field, Mass. Republican.
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So great is the contrast between
our present war order prosperity and
the deplorable depression in which
we iabored prior to the outbreak of
the war. that most Of us forget 1912
and compare our present business
status with 1913 and 1914. We re-
joice that Christmas business was
better this season than last. Still, if
bank clearings are any indication,
our prosperity is still spotted as
compared with 1912 Reports from
seven of the leading cities show that
New York and Philadelphia are the
only ones of the seven that report
bank clearings as large for the week
ending December %, 1915. as for the
corresponding week in 1912.
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A New York grand jury is looking
into skin game operated among
the poor that has all similar ho1dups
beaten mile. According to the COM
missioner of weights and measures.
a syndicate of twelve men control
1000 small dealers in coal and wood,
and exact from each a tip of 81 a
day, and this compels them to sell
coal by the basket or bushel at
from $50 to SIS ton. The syndicate
is capitalized at $4,000 and it scoops
in 100000 year, says the Omaha
Bee.
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Roger w. Babson, head of sta
tistical bureau in Boston, declares
that 80 percent of the prevailing pros
perity depended upon the war. And
we have been led to the belief for
months that it depended upon Secre-
tary Redfield and Doc Pratt of the
departm ent of commerce
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Many Iowa druggists, it is antici-
pated, will attend the short course
for pharmacists which is to be held
at the University of Iowa Jan. IS
and 10 under the auspices of the
pharmacy college and extension di-
vision. A strong programme of ad-
dresses and talks on subjects of in
terest and Importance to the profess
sion has been prepared. The bust
ness side of the pharmacists activity
will receive chief emphasis. Experts
have been chosen to handle every
topic.
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If you don't like the stamp taxes
which cause you a dollars worth of
inconvenience and two dollars worth
of irritation for every hundred cents
worth Of stamps you lick, just spend,
six cents for three postage stamps
and put them on letters to your sena-
tors and congressman and tell them
what you think about it. That use
of stamps may bring relief