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The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-09

Survival of the Fittest Among Birds.
 The struggle of life among the birds and other wild creatures Is so severe that the feeble and malformed, or the handicapped in any way, quickly drop out Probably none of them ever dies from old age. They are cut of in their prime. A wedding out process goes on from the time they leave the nest A full measure of life, the perfection of every quill and feather and unerring instinct carry them along. They are always in the enemy's country; they are always on the firing line; eternal vigilance and ceaseless activity are the price of life with them. The natural length of life of our smaller birds is calculated to be eight or ten years, but probably not one in a thousand reaches that age. Not half a dozen times in my life have l found the body of a dead bird that did not show some marks of violence.-John Burroughs in HRrper's Magazine.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-09

Zenith oil for clocks, watches and typewTiters. Thin in body 1t quickly reaches the finest parts Of these delicate meChEEisms, lu5ricat- ing them correctly without gum ming; cleaning those parts and preventinE rust. 1OC, 2Fc Soc bot ties. Keller Bros sole Sk2gway Agents.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-09
One DE the Other.

SilHcus-So they are divorced. eh? I suppose they separated because of a misunderstanding?
 Cynicus-Either that or because they understood each other too welL-New York Mail
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-09
The Clipping
state CT ohio. City of Toledo. j ss

Lucas County,
 Frank J. Cheney makes Onth that he ts -rIior partner Of ths IrD Of 2. J. Cheney & Co. doing business In the City of To- lelo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev- cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by tie use of HALLS CATARRH CURE,
 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In ny presence. this 9th day of December, A. D. 1886. - (Sear A. W. GLEASON,
 Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts directly upon the blood and mu- COUs surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c, Take Halrs Family PillS for constination,
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-09
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

There will be a Republican Prim- ary election on Saturday, March II, at which there will be elected four delegates to the Territorial Re publican convention, to be held in Seward, Alaska, April 18th, 1916. I have appointed John M. Keller and Willard R.. Hillery judges of said election, and the polls will be at Keller Bros. store, at the corner of 3rd and Broadway. Polls will be open from till 5 o'clock p. n.
 HOWARD ASHLEY,
 Committeeman for
 skUgTay district,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-10
QUEER GIFTS TO ROYALTY
Odd Ways in Which People Have
Shown Their Devotion to the Race
That Ruled Them.

New Year in the fifteenth century
was not an occasion which was well
coined without some regrets, for many
were taxed to meet the requirements
of royalty on that day. Each titled
gentleman had the form and value Of
his gift to the king prescribed. Regu-
lations provided that an earl should
appear at the royal presence chamber
at eight o'clock New Year morning
to deliver a five-shilling purse contain
ing 20-shilling coins to the lord cham
berlain for the king.
Next the earl visited the jewel-house.
where he received a ticket which en-.
titled him to a gift of 18 shillings 6
pence, the pence of which he was re.
quired to give for box for the ticket
The same morning he went to another
Office to select a piece of silver plate
weighing about 80 ounces, but left it
until afternoon, when he returned for
it. At that time he gave the man who
handed it to him 40 shillings in gold
shillings for the box and pence to
the porter.
A young prince ten years old is said
to have given great pleasure to his
father in 1904 by presenting him with
volume of short Latin poems. There
is record that in 1910 dainty little
eight-year-old princess, having a spe
cial liking for sweets. received New
Year present of pair of fat oxen
from the Corporation of Coventry
Exchange.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-10
BEGIN HOT WATER
DRINKING IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
Says glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisonG

II you wake up with a bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; II your
head is dull or aching; II what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid in stom-
ach, or you are bilious, constipated,
nervous, sallow and can't get feeling
Just right, begin drinking phosphated
hot water. Drink before breakfast, q
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in 1t.
This will flush the poisons and toxins
from stomach, liver, kidneys and bow.
els and cleanse, sweeten and purify
the entire alimentary tract Do your
inside bathing Immediately upon aris-
ing in the morning to wash out Of the
system all the previous days poison
Gus waste, gases and sour bile before
putting more food into the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your druggist or
storekeeper a quarter pound Of lime
stone phosphate which is inexpensive
and almost tasteless, except for a
sourish tinge which is not unpleasant.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so hot water and lime
stone phosphate act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels. Men and
women who are usually constipated,
bilious, headachy or have any stomach
disorder should begin this inside bath
ing before breakfast. They are as
sured they will become real cranks on
the subject shortly.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-10
FOOD FACTS
What an M. D. Learned.

A prominent physician down in
Georgia went through a food expert.
ence which he makes public
1T was my own experience that first
led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food j;
and I also know from having pre-
scribed it to convalescents and other
weak patients that this food is a won
derful rebuilder and restorer of nerve
and brain tissue, as well as muscle. 1t
improves the digestion and patients
gain, just as I did in strength and
weight, very rapidly.
Il was in such a low state that
[ had to give up my work entirely and
go to the mountains, but two months
there did not improve me; in fact |
was not quite as well as when | left
home. My food did not sustain me
and it became plain that l must
change.
Il began to use Grape-Nuts and in
two weeks could walk mile, and in
five weeks returned to my home and
practice, taking up hard work again.
Since that time have felt as we'll and
strong as l ever did in my life.
AS a physician who seeks to help
all sufferers consider it duty to
make these facts public"
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when
the regular food does not seem to sus.
tain the body will work wonders.
There's a Reason" Name given By
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Ever read the above letter. A new
are genuine, true, and full Of hwrnma
interest. =
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-02-10
CHAPTER IV-continued.

Towards the end of the voyage Alix
faced, wide-eyed, the revelation that
the stakes of the game she and Alan
had played were body and soul.
"Alan," she said one night with drOop-
ing head, "I've had enough. | don't
want to play any more. want to
quit" She lifted tear-filIed eyes to
him. The foil of artificiality had been
knocked from her hand. She was all
woman and defenseless.
Alan felt trembling in all his
limbs. Il want to quit. too, Alix," he
said in his low vibrating voice, "but
I'm afraid we can't You see, I'm
beaten, too. While l was just in love
with your body we were safe enough.
but now I'm in love with you. It's
the kind of love a man can pray for
in vain. No head in it; nothing but
heart. Honor and dshonor become
mere names. Nothing matters to me
but you"
Tears crawled slowly down Alix'
cheeks. She stood with her elbows
on the rail and faced the ocean so no
one might see. Her hands were locked.
In her mind her own thoughts were
running. Somehow she could under
stand Alan without listening. If only
Gerry had done this thing to her, she
was thinking, the pitilesS wracking
misery would have been joy at white
heat. She was unmasked at last-but
Gerry had not unmasked her. Not
once since the day of their engage
ment had Gerry unmasked himself.
Alan was standing with his side to
the rail. his eyes leaving her face only
to keep track of the promenaders so
that no ofticious friend should take her
by surprise. He went on talking. Our
judgment is calling to US to quit but
1t is calling from days ago." he said.
I'VE wouldn't listen then and it's only
the echo we hear now. We can try
to quit if you like, but when | am
alone I shall call for you, and when
you are alone you will call for me.
We will always be alone except when
we are near each other We can't
break the tension, Alix. 1t will break
us in the end"
The slow tears were still crawling
down Alix' cheeks. In all her life
she had never suffered so before. She
felt that each tear paid the price of all
her levity.
Alan" she said with quick glance
at him, did you know when we began
that it was going to be like this?"
mo" he answered. " 1 have trified
with many women and l was ready to
trifle with you. No one had ever driv-
en- you and l wanted to drive you.
l thought l had divorced passion and
love. I thought perhaps you had too.
But love is here. l am not driving
you. We are being driven"
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Not the African Variety.

Snooks was one of those conceited
make-believe, bold hunters. and was
always spinning his yarns about hir
experiences in Africa, and he gener
ally wound up by saying he never yet
saw lion he feared One night, after
he had finished EARNING, he was little
taken aback by one of his audience
who said:
That's nothing. have lain dowr
and actually slept among lions in thess
wild, natural state"
II don't believe thai. I'm no fool.
said the bold hunter.
Its the truth, though"
"You slept among lions in their wild
natural state?"
"Yes, | certainly did"
Can you prove it? Were they AT
rican?"
well, mot exactly African lions
They were dandelions."
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CHAPTER
( 4AAHQ&E3= = I

Gerry stood in the hall outside Alix'
room for a moment hoping to hear
sob, a cry, anything for an excuse to
go back. Instead he heard the scratch
of pen but he was too troubled to
deduce anything from that. He went
slowly down the stairs and out into
the street. The biting winter air
braced him. He started to walk rapid
ly. At the end of an hour he found
himself standing on a deserted pier.
He took off his hat and let the wind
cool his head. Il have made q woman
cry-AliXw He turned and walked
slowly back to the avenue and into his
club but he still felt uneasy. A waiter
brought whisky and soda and put it
at his elbow. Gerry turned on him.
"Who told you to bring that?" Then
he felt ashamed of his petulance. Its
all right, George he said, more geni-
ally than he had spoken for many a
day, "but | don't want it. Take it
away"
He sat for long time and at last
came to a resolution. AliX loved roses.
He would send her enough to bank her
room and he would follow them home.
He went up the avenue to his florists
and stood outside trying to decide
whether it should be one mass of blood
red or a color scheme. Suddenly the
plate glass caught a reflection and
threw it in his face. Gerry turned.
A four-wheeer. was passing. He
could not see the occupant but on top
was large. familiar trunk marked
with yellow girdle. On the trunk
was familiar label. He stared at
it and the label stared balk at him and
finally danced before his mazed eyes
as the cab disappeared into the traffic.
Gerry stood for a long while,
stunned. He saWta lady bow to him
from carriage and afterwards he re-
membered that he had not bowed back.
Somebody ran into him. He looked
back. at the flowers massed in the
window, remembered that he did not
need them now, and drew slowly
other side of the street Gerry braced
himself, nodded to them and hailed
passing hanson. From the direction
,Alix' cab had taken he knew the sta
tion she was bound for. AS he arrived
on the platform they were giving the
last call for the Montreal Express.
He caught sight of AIix hurrying
through the gates and followed. AS
she reached the first Pullman, some
body raped on the window of the
drawing room. Gerry saw Alan's face
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all, what was there in America for
such men to do except make more
money?
For the first time he was struck by
the narrowness Of American life.
There was only one line of effort.
The whole people thronged a single
causeway. They made a provincial
demand that all should dress alike,
look alike, think alike. They pressed
on in a body to the single goal of
wealth and when they got there they
were lost.
Individualists were rare AID U1Wel-
come. Boys stoned Cinnamon because
they were different; they followed a
turbaned Asiatic, strayed to an un-
friendly shore, with jeers; an astound-
ed Briton, faultlessly dressed, found
his spats the sensation of street.
Each of these incidents Gerry had wit
messed with amusement and dismissed
without thought Now they became
SO many weather-vanes ali pointing
the same way. How was 1t Alan had
summed up the history Of America
"Men, machinery, machinesr
With the thought Of Alan his brow
puckered. Here he felt no impulse to
Indulgence Some day he would NEE;
Alan and when he did he would break
him. The scorn he had expressed to
Alix for Alan and Alan's nature was
without understanding but it was gen.
uine. He knew there were such men
and he aseribed all, their acts to a de
basement beyond regeneration and
none to temperament From moral
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CHAPTER
3aSB5z8H7l zaC]

Between the hour of writing her
she stepped on the train Alix had had
no time to think She was still driven
by the impulse of anger that Gerry's
words had aroused. She did not reflect
that the wound was only to her pride
Alan held open the door of the draw
ing room. she passed in and he closed
it. Alix threw back her veil and
looked at him. With quick stride for
ward he caught her to him and kissed
her mouth until she gasped for breath.
With a flash she remembered his own
words, "If ever kiss you l shall bring
your soul out between your lips" To
Alix' amazement she did not feel an
answering fire. The kiss had brought
her soul out between her lips. Her
soul stood naked before her and ones
naked soul is an ugly thing. The kiss
disrobed her, too, and from that last
bourne of shame Alix suddenly re.
volted.
Gasping, she pushed Alan from her,
Their eyes met His were burning,
hers were frightened. She moved slow
ly backward to the door and with her
hand behind her opened the latch.
Alan did not move. He knew that II
he could not hold her with his eyes he
could not hold her at all. The train
started Alix passed through the door
and rushed to the platform. The pOr-
ter was about to drop the trap on the
steps. Alix slipped by him. With all
her force she pushed open the door
and jumped. The train was moving
very slowly but Alix reeled and would
have fallen had it not been for pass
ing baggageman. He caught her and
still in his arms, Alix looked back
Alan's white face was at the window,
He looked steadily at her.
"Ye almost wint with him, Miss, u
said the baggageman, with a full
brogue and a twinkling eye.
"How did you known" said Alix,
dazed.
At the strange question the baggage.
mans longer upper lip drew down to
gravity. where dye think l was
whin We stipt off the thrain into me
arms2" he asked solemnly.
(TO BE CONTINUED0
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y 1dFFl

AliX and Alan were in tie grip of a
fever that is hard to break save
through safety and ruin. They were
still held apart by generations of sound
tradition but against this bulwark the
full food of modern life as they lived
it was directed.
1t was only year ago that the table
talk one night had turned on what was
society's religion and Alan had said,
Society has no religion nowadays;
it has given up religion for corrosive
philosophy of nonethics." He had seen
clearly then but not clearly enough to
save himself. He had played with the
corrosive philosophy until he had di-
vorceG flesh from the soul and now it
was playing with him. He found him
self powerless in the grip of his desire
for Aiix.
With her, things had not gone so far.
From the security of the untempted
she had watched her chosen world play
with fire and only now when tempta-
ton assaied her, did she realize the
weakness that lies in every woman
once her outposts have fallen and her
bare heart becomes engaged in the bat
tie. Not many days had passed after
their retUrn when Alan'S constant at
tendance upon Gerry's wife became
the absorbing center of interest to their
part Of town life. People said little
enough. Their eyes were too wide
open watching the headlong rush to-
wards catastrophe.
One early morning Nance sent for
Alan. He found her alone. She had
been crying. He came to her where
she stood by the fire and she turned
and put her arms around his neck. She
tried to smile but her lips twitched.
"Alan." she said, 81 want you to go
away" Atl.-E
Alan was touched He caught her
wrists and took her arms from around
his neck. "You mustn't do that sort of
thing to me, Nance. I'm not fit for it."
He made her sit down on a great sofa
before the fire and sat down beside
her. "You remind me today Of the
most beautiful thing ever heard said
Of yeu-lby a spiteful friend.'t @s
"What was it?' said Nance, turning
her troubled eyes to him.
'She said, She is only beautiful In
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himself and got up to go. Il wish we
could, Nance" he said gravely and
then added half to himself, half to her,
'I'll try"
For some days Alan had been pre-
pared to go away and take Alix with
him, should she consent Upon his ar
rival he had had an interview with
MCDale & McDale in the course Of
which that firm opened it's eyes and
its pocket wider than it ever had be-
fore. When he left their Offices he had
contracted more or less on his own
terms and McDale, Junior, said to the
Senior. Hes only twenty-siT--a boy.
How did he beat us?"
by beating Walton's record first"
replied McDale, Senior, "and how he
did that time will show"
AS he walked slowly back from
Nance's, Alan was thinking that after
all there was no reason why he should
not cut and run-nO reason except
Alix.
11C lCdChCu hlo 1OOlnS. [Ab hC ClOiS0Vu
the threshold he saw that he had
stepped on a note that had been
dropped through the letter-slip. Hc
picked it up. A thrill went through
him as he recognized Alix's handwrit-
ing. There was no stamp. 1t must
have been delivered by hand. He tore
it open and read: "YOu said that a
moments notice was all you asked.
will take the Montreal Express with
you today"
Alan's blood turned to liquid fire.
The note cOnjured before him a vision
of AIix. He crushed it and held it to
his lips and laughed-not ieeringly but
in pure, Uncontrolled excitement.
1t was not a coincidence that Gerry
had sought out Alix at the very hour
that Nance was summOnlng Alan Ger
ry and Nance were driven by the same
forewarning of catastrophe. Gerry had
felt it first but he had been slow to
believe, slower to act. He had no
precedent for this sort of thing. His
whole being was in revolt against the
situation in which he found himself
1t was after a sleepless night--a most
unhe9rd of thing with him-that' he
decided he could let things go no long
er. He went to AliX' room, knocked
and entered. .aa
Alix was up, though the hour was
early for her. Fresh from her bath she
sat in a sheen of blue dressing gown
before the mirror doing her own hair.
Gerry glanced around him and into
the bathroom looking for the maid.
Good morning." said Allx. "She's
not here. Did you want to see herr"
He was standing beside an open
window. He could feel the cold air on
his hands. He felt like putting his
head out into it. His head was hot.
"Aix," he said suddenly without look
ing at her, 81 want you to drop Alan"
But l don't want to drop Alan"
replied Alix lightly.
Gerry whirled around at her tone.
His nostrils were. quivering. To his
amazement his hands fairly itched to
clutch her beautiful throat He could
hardly control his voice stop play
Ing, Alix,' he gulped. There's never
been a divorce among the Lansings
nor wifebeater and one is as near
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tiled roofs. Giant plane trees cast blots
of shade on the cobbled esplanade
of the boat quay. In their shelter
negress squatted behind her basin OF
CONSCIOUS and another before a tray
of fried fish. Around them lounged
a ragged crew, boatmen, stevedores
and rlffraff, black. brown and white.
Beyond the trees was line of high
succeed houses, each painted a diff
ferent color, all weather-stained, and
some with rusted balconies that threat
ened to tOpple on to the passer-by.
One bore the legend, "Hotel d'Europe."
There Gerry installed himself.
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c0PYQIG7T BY TIE cEVZZ1gY ca

her own home / never understood
it before. It's a great thing to be
beautiful in ones own home"
"Oh, Alan" said Nance, catching his
hand and holding it against her breast,
''it is a great thing. It's the greatest
thing in life. That's why | sent for
you-because you are wreckiug for
ever your chance OF being beautifu! in
your own home. And worse than that,
you are wrecking Alix' chances. Ycu
and Alix cannot do this thing. 1t isn't
as though her people and ours were
of the froth of the nation. You and
she started life with nothing but
Puritan to build on. You may have
built just playhouses of sand, but deep
down the old rock foundation must
endure. You must take your stand on
that"
Her eyes had been fixed on the fire
but now she turned them to his face.
Alan sat with head hanging fOry&1i,
his gaze and thoughts Gar beyond the
confines of the rSom. Then he shook
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laxity there was no appeal beyond the
sin itself.
The landfall OF Pernambuco awoke
him from reveries and intrOspection.
He did not look upon this palm-strewn
coast as a land Of new beginnings-he
sought merely q Lethean shore
The ship crawled in from an oily
sea to the long strip Of harbor behind
the reef. Above, the sun blazed from
bowl Of unbroken blue; on land.
the multlcOlored houses spread like a
rainbow under a dark cloud Of brown
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than ever was and recommend your
remedies to allmyfriends. Mrs. LENA
WYNN, 2S12 E. o Street, Richmond, Va.
While Change of Life is a most crit
ical period of a woman'S existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
it may be controlled, and normal health
restored by the timely use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Such warning symptoms are sense
Of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread Of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
of the heart, sparks before the eyes,
Irregularities, constipation, variable ap-
petite, weakness and inquietude, and
dizziness.
For these abnormal conditions do not
fail to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
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HeInfuI Fable.

Once there was village editor who
wrote stinging hint item about ths
misbehaVior of an anonymous certain
man." Ten different men whom the
editor had not heretofore suspected
of malefaction were SO certain they
were the certain man that they all
came up to the Office and beat him.
Moral-From this we should learn
that when we denounce certain man
we should be certain that we are not
taking in too much territory. Kansas
City Star.