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The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-05
ALASKA
 NOTES

VVIIV The management of the C F. R. has announced that sufficient steamers will be placed on the southwestern Alaska run during the coming season to assure a round trip twice week between Victoria and Skagway. This is a material increase over the prev ious year but it is said that de- velopment of the north warrants the increased service.
 Five hundred and thirty dollars have b1en raised in Anchorage by the Red Cross Society of Ser bians. The money is for the re- lief of the distressed and needy people of Serbia which has been devastated through the ravages of the war.
 Mrs. J. H. Nolan, postmistress at Nolan, on the upper Koyukuk river, established a new agricul- tural record last summer for the faftherest north mining camp of Alaska. She raised a ton of cab bage, five hundred pounds ot potatoes, three hundred pounds of carrots and two wash tubs full of tomatoes. The latter were raised in a hothouse and the choice ones sold for 50 cents apiece. Nolan is away up in the Arctic.
 The police at Whitehorse, ac- cording to the Star, are active in breaking up ring which has been peddling whisky among the natives. Joe Royal, laborer, and James Kennedy, a tailor, were the first whites to be gath cred in.
 The Cook Inlet Pioneer says that Anchorage will naturally be the. base of supplies during the construction days of the trunk line from that place to interior Alaska and that the town is due for unbounded prosperity, in all lines of business.
 tAdvices from Warranton, Va, state that the mother of R. Irwin the game warden who lost his life last fall when the launch Frances R. was swamped, died from grieving for her son She had been opposed to his coming to the north.
 It is reported that number ot the residents of Seldovia are kicking against the postmaster there. But there is always some one who is dissatisfied with con ditions as they are and it does not do any community good to keep it in a constant turmoil.
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 C. Huelstonk of Seward, left on the steamer Dora recently to take a chance on the placer strike which IS reported to have beer made near Cold Bay. He is . placer miner and thinks enough has been discovered to warran the trip btu believes it would b. a mistake to start stampede.
 The Ruby Record reports tha one hundred and thirty three reindeer slaughtered there to sup ply fresh meat for the miners or Long creek. The herd were. par of that of Boyne and Klemetsen who say that they have located ideal grazing grounds Unalaklee where their fifteen hundred ani nals are thriving.
 Dawson News: Reports from the Mayo district state that mel are doing winter prospecting oI mining on quite number of new creeks. The most attractive new placer creek is Johnson, wheri
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-05

Five hundred and thirty dollars have bten raised in Anchorage by the Red Cross Society of Ser bians. The money is for the re- lief of the distressed and needy people of Serbia which has been devastated through the ravages of the war.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-05

Dawson News: Reports from the Mayo district state that men are doing winter prospecting or mining on quite a number of new creeks. The most attractive new placer creek is Johnson, where men are working on claimed nea. discovery. They reported having so cent pans. The creek is small but what there is of it seems quite promising.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-05

The police at Whitehorse, ac- cording to the Star, are active in breaking up a ring which has been peddling whisky among the natives. Joe Royal, laborer and James Kennedy, a tailor, were the first whites to be gath cred in.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
LIME EOCK

Mrs. N. A. McNeiI is seriously ill with pneumonia.
 J. Ii. Welch las been on the sick list t)r the past two weeks.
 Mrs. Wilbur Butler is slowly i'm proving.
 Wallace Dickinson. of Falls Village. has been substituting at the station during the absence of Fay Chaffee, the regular clerk.
 Heady's wood job at the station is progressing slowly.
 Fred Bushey has given up the job of draw ing wood.
 Carroll Burkett was on the order wagon again last week after u week < vacation.
 Harold Collins. of New Milford, was Sunday visitor in town.
 Andrew Humes eyp,cts to move into tine house occupied by Eoyt Simons in the near future
 Mrs. Mary Belcher and Mrs. ]. w. RoAier were in Canaan, Friday.
 Mrs. W. J. Roster Was in Lenox quite recently.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
PRESIDENT PLEA1S
 FOR Lh...GGST NAVY
Completes Tour of Middle
 West In St. Louis.

President Wilson finished his pre- paredness campaign tour i'll St. Louis. where he was chcercd by thousands In stirring plea for speedy action toward national defense he emphatic ally stated he wanted an unconquer able navy for the United States
 The president also said he intended the record of his administration to hr one of genuine neutrality and not ljrr tended neutrality"
 The audicncc. several thousand of whom were of German lineage, ap plauded the declaration until the Coli scum rang.
 ''I am ready to make allowances for both sides" the president said. And l have tried to think so far as is possible from the point of view of the other side
 'I know" he added s0lemnly, "how my own heart would burn and how my head would whirl if 1 saw my country in danger.
 Tn speaking of the navy the president said that to adequately protect this country's coast lines ''I think our navy should be the greatest in the world"
 When the president and Mrs. Wilson entered the hall the great crowd rose to it's feet and cheered them for two minutes. Before the president was in. trOduced q chorus of 1900 voices sam" ''The Star Spangled Banner.
 ''I came into the middle west to find something. and I found it. the presi- dent began. II had been told that the midwest was not warm for national defense. But 1 know that the people here are as true to the spirit of the country as anywhere else.
 The facts are very easily and briefly stated. America is at peace with all the world and desires to remain so. It is not a shallow peace-it is a funda- mental peace. She is at peace because she entertains real friendship for all the nations of the world.
 Tt would tear the heartstrings of America to be at war with cny of the great nations of the world. If great issues were involved. however. where it was necessary to defend ourselves. we would not be at peace. The heart of this country is sound. made up of the fundamental principles of human ity. It is not guided by the impulses of any man or group of men. No man can lead America anywhere where Amer ica does no, desire to be led,'' he added, and the crowd applauded.
 'NO man need preach peace among us. We are disciples of peace already But I am also a disciple of domestic peace" tThe crowd laughed, and Mrs, Wilson smiled) "The danger. however is not from within, but from without and that danger is constant. immedi ate. The danger comes with every turn of eventS.'
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Could Eat as We'll as Write.

DT. Johnson was d great tea drinker. It is stated that he would drink thirty or iorgy cups of tea during an evening. Yet lr lived to a fair age and appar- ently suffered no very ill effects from his great thirst for tea. He was one of the mogt notable of feeders and ate his food in what we should now think rather a l)iG%iSh fashion. making great grunts anI groans of satisfaction or enjoyment the while and going the round of the menu very thoroughly.
 Charles Readc. the famous novelist. is reported to have been one of the strangest feeders on record. A cuntcm- porary, writing of h:S I@ca's at the Gar rick club says: He took caul- flower. flanked by jug of cream. as his first course, and great salad to follow. washed down by curious drinks of the shandygalf order. TIr would drink coffee associated wi;h sweets. bla>li pudding 2ul tolStC,l cheese. to the anlaZemCnt Of any onl3oEer."
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
ON
 APPAM LANDED
British Liner Captured at Sea
 by German Raider.

With the German naval ensign flut charge of a German prize crew the British South African liner Appam. which had been given up for lost, took refuge in Hampton Roads, bringing q story of seven vessels having been de StrOyed by German sea raiders off the African coast.
 After lengthy negotiations between the United States, British and Ger mans. the passengers and crew. num- bering about 400 persons, were taken ashore ill boats and given their free dom. The prize crew was kept aboard.
 The secretary of state. Robert Ian sing. has held that the PruSsian- Amer ican treaty governs the case of the Appam. but the interpretation of the pact is yet to be agreed upon.
 MT. Lansing conferred with other high officials of the government in an effort to fix the time to be allowed the Appam in American waters.
 German officers in charge of the steamship have been quoted as saying that the vessel would be sunk if forced to put back to sea.
 The Prussian-American treaty guar antees to a German prize the right to come and go freely in American wa ters, but does not fix the length of any continuous anchorage in q United States port.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
The Expandinq Stone.

In the rock of St. Gowan's chapel. in Wales, was natural cavity upon which the name of the expanding stone" was bestowed by popular tradi. tion, because the strange fancy prevail ed that this stone automatically adapt ed itself to the size of any one who entered the cavity.
 The legend ran, as quoted by MT. George F. Kunz in "The Magic of Jewels and Charms," that once, dur. ing the pagan prosecutions. when a fugitive Christian, hotly pursued, reach ed this rock it opened up of its own accord so that he could slip into it and then closed about him so as to hide him effectually from his enemies This expanding stone was believed to manifest it's magic power by bringing to pass the wish expressed by any one who entered it, provided he did not change his wish while he turned around within it.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Remedv For Anuer,

The greatest remedy for anger fs de lay Beg anger to grant you this at the first, not in order that it may par don the offense. but that it may form q right judgment about it. If it de lays it will come to an end. Do not attempt to quell it all at once, for its first impulses are fierce. By plucking away it's parts we shall remove the whole. We are made angry by some things which we learn at second hand and by some things which we ourselves hear or see. Now, we ought to be slow to believe what is told us. If you were about to give sentence in court about ever so small a sum Of money you would take nothing as proved without a witness, and q wit ness would count for nothing except on his oath. You would allow both sides to be heard; you would allow them time-Seneea.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Mans Limitations.

Man has done wonders since he came before the public. He has navigated the ocean, he has penetrated the mys- teries of the starry heavens, he has harnessed the lightning and made 1t light the great cities of the world.
 But he can't find a spool of thread in his wifes workbasket; he can't dis cover her pocket in dress hanging in the closet; he cannot hang out clothes and get them on the line the right end up. He cannot hold clothespegs in his mouth while he is doing it either. He cannot be polite to somebody he hates. In short, he cannot do Il hundred things that women do almost instinc- lively.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Tho Eskimo Baby.

The clothing of the Eskimo baby is often very scanty. In fact, one oooa- sionally sees Il baby being carried in its mothers hood with only Il cotton shirt on, despite the fact that the ther- mometer registers 20 degrees below zero. The mothers hood is the baby cradle. Being made of seal or deer skin, it is warm and wind proof. The infant also has the benefit of the heat of its mothers body and is out of harms way. If it were laid in q bas- ket cradle in the tent it would be very much in the way and would always be in danger of falling Il prey to the wolfish Eskimo dogs that prowl round the door by day and night, ever ready to pick mp a dainty morsel.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Dumas, Father and Son.

A story is told about the two Du- masses, father and son, which illus trates the pleasant relations between the two. The son had written his first successful novel, and the father wrote him Il letter of congratulation, which he began in the formal manner of Dear Sir" This letter throughout read as though addressed to a total stranger and merely thanked the au- thor for the pleasure the book had given him. Dumas fills answered in this manner:
 Sir-I thank you most heartily for your kind letter. Praise from you is especially appreciated by me, as I have always heard of you as the most enthusiastic ad- mirer of my father, who also makes some pretension of being a novelist.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
4 Very Old Rule.

The oldest mathematic book in the world is believed to- be the "Papyrus Rhind" in the British museum, pro- fessed to have been written by Ahmes, a scribe of King Ra-a-us, about the period between 2o00 and HOO B. C. This "Papyrus Rhind" was translated by Eisenlohr of Leipzig, and it was found to contain a. rule for making n square equal in area to a given circle. It was not put forth as an original dis treafse 800 years older still, which sends us back to approximately 25O0 B. C., when Egyptian mathematicians solved, or thought they had solved, the problem of squaring the circle.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10

Survival of tLe Fittest Among 5irds.
 The struggle Of life among the birds and other wild creatures k so severe that the feeble and malformcd, or the handicapped ill any way, quickly drop out. Probably none of them ever dies from old age. They are cut off 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 unerrin% 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 k calculated to be eight or ten years, but probably not one in thousand reaches that age. Not half dozen times ill my life have I found the body of a dead bird that did not show some marks of violence.-John Burroughs in Harper's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
SOUTH CANAAN AND HUNTSVILLE

Mrs. A. $. Dean is recovering from the grip.
 Mrs. Mary Barnes, an old resident of this place, died at her home under the mountain, last week Friday night and was buried Monday afternoon, Rev. Mir. Hazeltine officiating.
 Mir. and Mrs. Levi Ganser and R. E. Pendleton went to East Canaan to at. tend the funeral of Edward Webster, which was held at the church at 1880 D. m. Tuesday.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Pascal's Early Observation.

Blaise Pascal, who wrote Il remark able treatise on the laws of sound, was constantly observing the familiar occurrences about him even as Il boy. When he was only ten years old he sat at the dinner table one day strik- ing his plate with his knife and then listening to the sound.
 What are you doing with that plate, Blaise?" asked his sister.
 See" he replied. When I strike Hark!
 Again he called forth the sound.
 When grasp it with my hand SOL he continued, "the sound ceases. I wonder why it is."
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Henpecked Sparrows.

Female sparrows are especially ty- rannical toward their partners, espe- cially at nest building time, when they frequently attack their husbands fierce ly on account of their laziness. Al such times the female voice can al ways be detected. both louder and shriller than that of her mate. as she pecks and tousles him until ha beats an ignominious retreat. Hen black birds and thrushes are often very over bearing and even spiteful toward their mates when their houses are in course of construction.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
DIR. HAISELDEN CLEARED.

Charges In Bollinger Baby Case Are
 Dropped by Health Board.
 The Illinois board of health will take no action looking to the revocation of the license to practice medicine of Dr. Harry J. Haiselden, who declined to perform an operation on the defective Bollinger baby. At secret meeting of the board an opinion by Attorney General Lucey was read holding that as Dr. Haiselden had been the consult ing and not the attending physician ill the case he should be released from re- sponsibility for the death
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
JUSTICE LACOMBE QUITS.

Noted Jurist Served Nearly Thirty
 Years on Federal Bench.
 The resignation of Justice E. H. La combe of the United States circuit court of appeals at New York was re. ceived by Attorney General Gregory in Washington.
 Justice Lacombe announced severa, months ago that he intended to resign early i'll the present year. His retire ment is effective Feb. 15.
 He has served almost thirty years on the federal bench and retires because he has had such long service and is eli gible under the law.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Winninq Both Ways.

The Zulu young lady, when suitors are not forthcoming, takes the matter in hand herself. She leaves home takes a discreet friend of her own sex and presents herself at the home of her favored swain. If he regards hel with satisfaction his parents receive her as his future bride. Should he however. be unwilling to accept hel he makes her a handsome present in stead.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
CRUSOE FOR MONTH CRAZY.
Rancher on Island Lashed Himself to
 Tree Against Waves.

Marooned for thirty-fOur days on q small island ill the Pacific ocean was the experience of Everett Fitzpatrick. a rancher, of Flores Island, B. C. He left Ahousat, where he had purchased provisions, alone in a canoe, and when near a small uninhabited island he was caught in a squall, and his canoe was swamped.
 Fitzpatrick managed to save q sack of flour. a package of oatmeal and q few matches. A case of coal oil also was washed ashore. On these prOvi- sions he existed for more than month. Big waves washed over the small island, but by flashing himself to one of the few trees he managed to hold on. He was found in demented condition by two PesquOit Indians.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
NO BREACH LIKELY
 OVER L-USITANIA
Agreement In Submarine DiS- .~ pute Expected.
WASHlNGTOA IS HOPEFUL,

Berlin Interview by pr. Zimmerman indicated Germany Would Net Yield.
 Now Held Killing of Americans Was Illegal, but Sinking of Ship Justified,
 While no decision has been reached by President Wilson as to the policy to be followed by the government of the United States as q result of the failure of the German government directly to ,disavow the sinking of the Lusitania there are tangible evidences that no break will occur between the two gov ernments.
 The most important new disclosure is Chat Germany has expressed a will ingness to disayoW the killing of Amer icHnS or board tho Lusitania without permitting this disavowal to extend to the attack upon the ship herself. ac- csEfling to a Washington report.
 Germary's refusal to go further than this is based upon her unwillingnesS publicly to concede the illegality of the submarine operations which began with the Lusitania attack. The Ger man government is said to feel that it has done all it possibly can do to re tain the friendship of the United States sn making the concession just noted.
 The fact that Germany had gone as sar as to disavow the killing of Ameri- can citizens on the Lusitania was re- eefYed as a new element of optimism n the situation.
 Only One Word In Dispute.
 fn the way of an agreement between sefe United States and Germany stand ssay these seven letters, expressing the conception which President Wilson and Secretary Lansing insist must be em- bodied in the German formula express ing regret for the loss of American lives aboard the Cunarder.
 Virtually no other difficulties in the way of settlement remain, and the neW instructions forwarded to Ambas- ssfor von Bernstorff contained merely the new formula by which it is hoped to satisfy Washington without humii- atfng this country. Although the sug- gested sentence, according to a reliable version, consists of only eight words and does not contain the word lille gall or characterize the sinking of the Lusitania as such, it goes otherwise to the furthest extent possible toward meeting American desires.
 Attitude of Berlin.
 Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, undersecre- sary for foreign affairs, in an interview expressed the hope that the new form ula forwarded to Ambassador von Bernstorff would offer possible basis of settlement. However, he made no effort to conceal the gravity of the sit uatbn and was most explicit in his statements that Germany had reached tie extreme limit of concessions and under no circumstances would concede the ilegality of her submarine cam pai&n in the war area.
 'AFhe government is willing to do everything i'll it's power and has done everything ill it's power to meet Ameri- can wishes," he said, but there are limits beyond which even friendship snaps.
 N1 do not understand America S eolrse. We had thought the submarine issue settled and the Lusitania ques. hon on the way to arrangement-had agreed to pay indemnity and all that when the United States suddenly made its new demands, which it is impos- aibIe for us to accept.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
15O SNAKES IN NEST.

Southport (Conn.) Man Found Them
 While Digging Cellar.
 A nest of snakes in which there were estimated to be not less than 150 was discovered by $. Maiewsky of South port. Conn.,, while excavating for d cellar The second shovelful brought up snakes and the succeeding ones still more The snakes, which were of the common striped variety, were dor mant and averaged about eighteen inches in length.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Political Note.

"Pa, what is meant hy 'emoluments of ofIice|"
 That's q high sounding word used frequently by politicians to denote their pay, my son. and it's like char ity."
 Flows that, pa?
 "It covers Il multitude of sins."-Bir- mingham Age-Ucrald
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
Nurse Browns Herself,

The body of Miss Hazel Schoenfelt aged twenty. of Altoona. was fount floating ill the Allegheny river at Pitts bur&h. Miss Schocnfelt, who was $ student in the school for nurses at the Allegheny General hospital gave med lcine prescribed by one of the hOspita physicians to the wrong patient.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
SPIES BLAMED FOR FIRE.
New AeropIanes Destroyed When Aero
 drome Near Berlin Burns.

Fire has virtually destroyed the Jo. hannisthal aerodrome, just outside BCr lin. according to telegrams from Mu nrh and Stuttgart received at Basel Switzerland. Six or nine new aero planes are reported to have been de Stroyed ill the bl"ze, which is said tt have been the work of spies.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
BOTTLED UP IN ERZERUM.
Field Marshal won der GoItz and ao,oo0
 Turks Besieged.

Petrograd report says that Field Marshal vOn der G0ltz is now in com mand of the Turkish forces at Erzerum and that there are SO,00O men locked up in the city. with provisions for only 8 fortnight The Black sea fleet is sup porting the operations of the Russian forces on land.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
The Old Greek Cuirass.

The Greeks had cuirass made of linen or woolen fibers which was i'm. penetrable to the sharpest darts or spears. That, by the way, is one of tho discoveries that have not been redis- covered, for we do not know the secret of its manufacture.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-10
SUBMARINE KS SAFE.
Craft Became Lost in Fog on Way to
 Key West.

Key West.
 The navy department at Washington announced that the submarine. K-5 is safe.
 Captain Simpson of the Sterrett, one of the searching vessels, reported to the radio station that she had been sighted five miles east of Fowey Rock. a lighthouse station. ten miles from Miami, Fla.
 The KS was seen proceeding south at ten knots an hour and needed no as, sistance. She has arrived at Key West Because the undersea boat became lost in the fogs and did not respond to wireless calls it was feared she was bost