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seems to be passion with them. A woman will 3wailow ma-oiJier house representations as cas- fly as dish of ice cream. If she ia fooled by one which invariably she is-she will try another and another, and there are thousands of them. To smooth over their disappointments, they have all sorts of excuses the best of which is, I can't get it in town.' However, they persist in getting ''it from the mail-order houses, and succeed in getting it" in the neck every time. But they try to be economical anyhow which is a great deal more than we can say of the men.
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WOMAN'S LOVE.

The che thing in this world that is constant the one peak that rises above all clouds the one window in
 oh he light forever burns the one star that darkness cannot quench, is woman's love.
 It rises to the greatest heights it sinks to the low est depths II forgifes the most cruel injuries It is jeremiah Of life and every climate Neither eoldness nor neglect harshness cruelty can extin gush it.
 woman's love is the perfume of the heart This is me real love that subdue the earh the that has wrought all miracles Of art; that gives us music all the %aF rom tho cradle to the grand closing symphony that bears the soul away wings fire love that
 greater than power, sweeter than life and stronger Ian death.-Rober G. Ingersoll
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kETcHikAN CAMP, NO. 20. A. B.
 Meets every Monday evening at 8 p. n. Visiting brothers welcome Geo. Morrison, A. C., D. Smith Harris. A. R. fHall for rent. apply to J. D. Rounsefell.)
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IMITATION

is the sincerest form of flattery. that is why it pleases us to hear that other laundries claim to do work just like of our laudering which we fully ap- preciate. But why not have the origi- nal? Send us your washables and you won't have to say they are as perfect as ours. The work will be ours and the real thing.
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FOR THE FIRE
IN THE CRATE

We have special grate coal which you will do we'll to use. It burns evenly and with a glow that brings many pictures to the mind of the behrlder. It is splendid heat producer, to).
 Seated before a grate fire, fed with our coal, there is a charm anu con- fort that only a grate fire can create
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.

Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska
 Subject for May ::
 EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT" Regular services sunday II q. n Wednesday evening reading and song services 7;30 ?. n. All are welcome
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

:. Mir Newman wishes to an- |. : nounce that or or apout the 10th |. :. of next Month he will open with . :. new Stock Of Wall Paper and !: : Glass all 1917 Patterns and prices |. Z 10 suit your bank roll |.
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SCANDINAVIAN M. E. CHURCH.

Sunday school at f0 a m, Preach
 ing service at Il Q. IT,, Prayer Meetin. every Thursday evening at o'clocA in the different homes. The Ladie. Aid Society meets every two week. cn Thursday at 2:30. The Sunda> Services are held at Gibsons old hom In Nevtown. All Scandinavians ar. cordially invited-A Sleipues. Pastor.
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FIRST Ri. E. CHURCH.

Sunday church service at Il a. m and 7:So ?. m. Thursday prayer meet. ing S:9Q p. n. Friday choir meets at s p. m- First and third Wednesday af ternoon at 2:30 Ladies' Aid Society," C. NJ. Van Marter, Pastor.
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When you hear man always complaining about the way folks him. and claiming that all he wants is usea yon may be pretty he is getting all the jus ice that is due him but the folks whom he has re- ons are not unless they keep their eyes on him every minute of the time.-Seward Gateway.
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KETCHIKAN CIVIC CLUB.

Meets every first and third Tues day evening at 8 P. IT,, at the Coun- cil Chambers. All women interest ed in the welfare of our city are cordially invited to attend.-Sec. B. P. Dickinson, NJ. D.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-27
Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
copyright. 1916 National Newspaper Service,
.'CntchinE COId.-

The general public" writes a California
laryngologiSt depends newspaper medical
writers for It's Information about the OF
the ear. nose and throat. For example, a cold
in the head is still considered "A trivial COM
plant and an 'earache' is just beginning
10 be recognized by the public a serious
symptom. Yet prompt attention is still being
delayed by the use of '!audanum drops. and
also delay ed by the ignorant belief that to cut
'Rhnitis tablets have taken the place once agree
ably nlled by suear-coated pills splitting, ia
taboocd and regulated against 1sic). but sneez-
ing St!li occupies polite place in the publc's
manners" And and forth for several
pages--the leading article III issue Of
The Journal Of the American Medical -associa-
ton, which evidently has surplus supply OF
quotation marks on hand
What a dreadful public the doctors must have
10 contend with on the coast! And the news
paper medical writers out thcrc--what con-
sentative iot they must be- still teaching what
all doctors praCticed long ten twenty
years ago.
Possibly tho eminent specialist doesn', read
TO read i at all At any rate. we will wager
that he hasn't read this particular half-column
of this very particular newspaper on Mondays
for thcs" last several months
WI" is responsible for the cold" dcusions
of tn" poor old public? The doctors. Who is
'coryzar tablets: The doctors VINO cIinrs
tooth and nail to the notion that "ca itching
cold should he accented on the second word?
The doctors. Who insists that exposure, damp
ness ana drafts are important contributing
causes Of respiratory infections which are not
carefully identified c'colds). and ignores these
factors when teaching people how avoid
other respiratory infections which carefully
identified tdiphtheria and tuberculosis)? Why.
the grand old medical profession, course.
All the popular health delusions Of the day are
the medical beliefs Of generation ago.
Tn" general public will go on thinking colds
are trivial complaints as long AS certain emf
ncnt medical cling 10 the catching cold
dclusioii Infection Will be only sort OF second
though in the popular conception of nose. throat
and car troubles as long as the medica! pro-
fcssi"n continues taking all sides OF the CUES
ton Of the dangers of living in the open air.
MoliycOddlcs Will always believe in taking
"cold'-and We have lots Of mollies In the pro-
fcSsion
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-27
ltchIkc Richly NIeIifnL

HAT r"buke President Wilson admin
lS't''" 10 inc Baltimore delegation which
accompanied its argument for compulsory
military service with bitter criticisms OF the
National Guard and the guards service on
the border was richly mcrited No progress
toward an adequate system OF national do
Tense is 10 be achieved by such ill-considercd
means
What the delegation referred 10 as the
spectacle now presented on the Mexican
border has been acclaimed by the chief Of
stan OF the army himself an arden, advocate
Oh universal scrvicc-as the agency which
freed me country OF the menace of bandit
raids and probably made Unnecessary armed
intervention in McXicos internal affairs
III - quite true that this experiment has
mace ihnumeEable converts 10 broader con
ccPt and policy OF national! defense. but not
Tor the reasons the men from Baltimore
STRESSED. There we have men doing police
duty said their spokesman. who ought
never TO he called for military service
away from their homes, except as a las, re-
sort As a matter Of fact these soldiers
were not called on, except as IA last resort. -
moreover. exactly the same objection might
well be applied to border duty performed nm
der any scheme of compulson which has bcon
recommended seriously for adoption by this
country
1t ought to be remembered also when the
Hay bill is being attacked that Congress- vac
not called on to choose between tina; measure
ana universal service, but between that meas
IRE ana Mr.. Garrison's Etopian continental
army Even now, 10 get Congress to enact
ana the country to approve universal service
VIII be a task for Hercules. TO have forced
through such measure year ago everybody
Knows 10 nave been wholly impossible
Those who believe with The Times Disnatcl
lhat universal service is demanded by every
SouhH consideration OF public welfare can
NOT hottcr exhibit the strength Of their con
'lc'ioh IMAM by sane moderation in it's cxpres-
SION. Inc other sort OF talk will make more
enemies than friends
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-27
News Of Fifty Years Ago
UFrom the Richmond Dispatch. Jan -. 1863

Tho Farmers Bank OF Virginia. through its
GG e. M@ am ,"as oar
y. Mayo, has made a deed of ass cnmcnt to John
"ndn and ID Samuel 5 & H9 hH to Wind up
Gent 10 wind up the affairs with clean bal
sheet
Confederate deserters and other offenders. IA
being rapidly fitted UP nv Captain John ~.
same purpose for which it was used before the
General +. II. Smith. of tho Virginia Military
legislative committee in the interest Of the
institute.
The name of II Duca dc Maglcaus Of Rome
Yesterday. The duke is on q Sightseeing trim
through America. and. OF course: hc could NOT
had not seen Richmond
The General Assembly Yesterday elected Cen
second Huditor Of the comm"mwcai ith'S' 10 "s
Tn" Till giving suffrage to tho people Of all
the Territories; regardless of color. became the
law Of tho land yesterday by lapse Of time. and
not by the signature Of the President.
The Legislature of Maryland yesterday passed
III" ~ restoring; to cx-Confedcratcs the right
wil howl sure enough.
General Griffin. OF the United States Army,
weston Tex has forbidden the proposed honors
TO General Albert Sidney John son. late Of tho
Confederate army. on the arrival Of his remains
at Galveston to-day.
!. ". liunnicutt made inccndiary speech
10 a large crowd of negroes in II colorcd church
in Alexandria night before last Judge Under
wood sat in the pulpit and heard tho haranguc
The address Of IImnnicutt was rambling. ilogi-
cal cgotiStical. inccdniary. dcmacogical fan :
faronadc says the Alexandria Gazette.
Brick" Pomeroy the famous "coppe rhca d."
SgT G rmro of in the n cTosse Wis
said that he is Il vigorous talkcr the live
questions Of the day.
not single railroad train is moving in
the state OF Wisconsin.
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Reunited in WASHINGTON

HERE cannot be many more great re-
unions OF III" United Confederate Vet
Grams More than fifty years have passed
since their banner vas furlcd. ana year by
year they are crossing over the river and rest
ing under the shade OF tho trees untl as
each reunion Is held the marching ranks are
thinner, and those Who I'll the gaps in their
brave old age arc erayer and more bent and
feebler.
1t is, therefore. a fine ming that before
the army of the Coniedcracy Shall become only
history and rcycred memory il should rcuni,n
in the capital OF their reunited country. and
should march toward tho dome that stands
Tor North, South, East and West. now one
In hope and aspiration. Since they wcro
fighting men. they have. after the manner of
fghting men, freed their hearts OF bitterness
and anger. Until they die. they will honor
the cause for which they gave all and their
children and their childrcn's children win
hold II and them high In equal honor. Bat
none the less because they fought against it.
do they honor tho nag of tho United States
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and its purpose is TO increase peoples
desire to sing, 10 show that the study
or singing is OF practical value in
everyday living. and to prove that it
is intelligence that makes tho singer
rather than accident OF birth favurinG
one with rare voice.
ny many OF the early historians and
biographcrs Washington has. as a
modern writer has said been lifted ND
into lonely greatness and put out
side the range of human sympathy.
responsibility came to him carly in
life, when lie was scarcely more than
a boy, for AT the age when our young
men Of to-day are about leaving COL
lcGe, Washington was in command Of
troops and fighting battles. Such A
life made him grave and thoughtful
besides giving him q knowledge of
men and Affairs. All this made him
seem TO many cold ana unsympathctic.
1t is true that he was not a DEMON
strative man, hut those who were re-
lated to him, or knew him i'm his pri-
vatc life. have recorded many proofs
of his warm hcartedness and affection.
showing that he was AS great in those
qualities as in character ana ability.
From the time of his marriage to Mrs.
GUSTS, the young widow with two lit
tie children, WashinGtons particular
affection for young people was one OF
the strongest interests in his life, ac-
cordinE to r. a. Ogden, the illustra-
tor Of revolutionary subjects, who ia
said TO have gathered together Il sur
prising number OF stories in proof OF
his argument.
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost nny topic except.
ing on icEnl nnd medical subjects nrc hnsWrrc"
Tree by The Times Dispatch Information u"-
renu. Through Washington Hrnnrh we arc
fortuhntc In having ucccas to the unparalleled
resources Of the various Frdcrni government
depart mcnts md tho Errnt Library or IonEres''
which furnish Information OF priceless vntue
TO the public. As NIL inquiries nrc answered
directly by personni letter. irrcspcrtNc OF
whether printed. u .-rcnt stamp IL required Tor
return postage. Writers name must nc tur-
nished tinitinls VIII not answrrb md port -onire
"ddress must TIC plainly given. Address The
Times Dispatch Information bureau. RlrhmOnt'
Va.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
Also Owed to the Cigarette,

with apologies to a. r. B.l
ALI. Cigarette. my precious pet.
You're duo too soon to pine and fret.
For West Virginia may not let
You roam abroad. dear Cigarette.
Forgetting all Virginia's debt.
Which we have tried SO hard to get.
y legislator you ne'er met
Would get your goat. my Cigarette.
No moro his whistle he may wet.
However toll his thirst may whct,
And so. with husky cpithct,
He lights on you. loved Cigarette.
1t seems a shame he should forget
And grace like yours with traps besct.
And still, I'll make Il trihing bet
He Chews II cud, my Cigarette
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To-Dn,.. mcst unnd-pIckca IoL.

The old salt who took small parties out bv
the hour in his cocklcsheil boat had been n,uch
annoyed by tho loud and fatuous remarks OF
AIRY. who had come down for the day
When just beyond the mile limit the old
wreck began 10 leak. The boatman, however.
treasured the party-told them that there was
no danger and was confident that they would
reach tho shore before the leak developed TO
allaN amy further fears. he handed around lifc
belts The party consisted of five, and there
We're only four belts
I'LL Where's minc?' asked tho terrified
cockney who had dropped all his cheerful
chipping OF the old salt
Don't worry. my lad said the boat
man. You don't need no life belt. \ Teller
with cad 'ollcr yourn can't sink"'-
Chicago News.
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Boosting Ashury Park

= GOD. Legitimate community boosting.
~ without any Of the objectionable features
common to that sort Of enterprise. is the plan
of Asbury Park citizens 10 present Shadow
Lawn" to the nation, on condition that ii be
used permanently as summer home 10y tho
President OF the United States The pres
cnce, for several months every year. OF the
President would be a valuable asset TO -\sbury
Park, or any other town
There is only one flaw in the scheme: Con-
gress can accept the gift for the nation. and
President Wilson may be willing TO spend his
summers there for the next four years. but
II the next President prefers some other place.
at his own expense. Congress can't make him
expose himself and his family TO the ravagcs
of New Jersey mosquitoes, even for the sake
OF Asbury Park.
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NDuHaIO Dill.V

A genial soul has gone. 4 man
Who spoke men fair while passing
on his way
Strong life was his. and for full
many a day
The virile currents OF his being ran
As mcrrily as when they first began.
His speech was kindly--his extended
hand
Warm with good feeling. In earth's
furthcst ends
He counted both true worshipcrs and
friends:
Thus was his home in many a cline
and land.
And now about him FREQ the winds
shall play,
While in the glory OF each silent
The moon will guard. with all her
golden light
The fitting tomb where. mayhap. in
his rest
The old scout watches still. high on
tho mountains crest
-Lurana Sheldon, in Now York Tlmsx.
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of America, and none the less quickly would
they fight for ii now with what OF strength
is left to them.
Ana there is another side: they will show
TO thousands who have only read Of them
the FAST going remnants of an army that
fought and accepted defeat as did never an
other army in all history. AS symbol OF
what is and will be. and as glorious re-
mindcr OF what was, the reunion in Wash
inGtOn will be memora blc-always.
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auestion. md Answers,

Condensed Baby-I feed my three his old
baby condensed milk. She weighs thirteen
pounds. and seems healthy. but She is con-
stlpatcd. Kindly suggest what ! should give
her MRS. J. X
Answ"r-Givc her fresh milk. diluted with
half and half barley water Condensed milk
contains little no TAT, though perhaps an cx-
cess Of sugar. and it may make fat baby, hut
rickctv one: anacrnic. constipated with poor
resistance. " your milk delivered is not
certified o above suspicion, boil II.
Fran Coohies.-Are bran cookies suitable for
children four years old who are con-
stipa'"dr T.. a. NJ
Answer Yes.
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Al Root
Of
Pork Evil


upon the Federal government the cost Of i'm
pr"vcmcnts which it should not be called upon
To bear. The false belief that the nation should
do for the state the community what the
state or the community should do. and had bet
ter do for itself. is the root of the pork evil"
and this belief has been strengthened by success
so often that IL has come to be regarded as a
true conception of the contract upon which the
national federation is based Constituencies
have long expected their Representatives In
Congress ito bring something home from
Washing ton. and Congressman from certain dis
'ricts have long believed that their success
as statesmen could best he established by
bringing things home" In reality such
achievements; as have been scored in this respect
may he counted for loss. rather than gain by
the districts concerned. Through dependence
on Federal appropriations the people of the dis
tricis have. in numerous Instances. neglected to
do for themselves those things that would have
turned the tide of prosperity in their favor.
waiting for Congress" to do ething ac-
counts for arrested progress in many a once
promising community. Rivers ncglcc ed.
canals arc left unfinished. harbors remain
improved everything waits until such timo
as Congress shall grant an appropriation Mean
while. the alert, independent and self dependent
rival community has gone into it's own pockets
ana made Its own improvements. and has grown
and become rich-Chrstan Science Monitor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-27

To thn tHItDr Of The Times DE patch
S!r,-Thc members or the Administrative
Board are right--what the city needs is not an
expert TO tell va how To money, but moro
money. That's II. money and more OF It, What
matters II 10 The Administrative Board IL taxes
on real estate are raised. thereby increasing
rents that ar" already high? Are they not get
ting their $4,000 per gear? BY all means give
,n"'n more money. more money 10 increase sala-
fl"h mat are already nigh. money en-
pi"F dHHi'Iph"I clerks more money to spend
nnu"""a"ary things what matters II to them
~ INC people ~ the suburbs - wading through
mud ankle d""pr Have they not an automobile
III which 10 travel about the city? Don't talk
aDout economy 10 the Administrative Board.
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board wants is money and plenty

OF it,
nevertheless. the people OF the city are talk
ing about economy. and thinking about II u
great zeal more than they are talking about u
anu the opinion is growing that one OF the m"st
ecohoinlcal things that can be done is To abol,sp
.hlS administrative Board All the voters ana
"NpaEers want Is chance To swat II AT IN"
polls. and they will teach lesson in economy
ana common sense that those at the head "i
forget. VOTER
Richmond, January %.
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Lesson TO American manufacturers

a ENCOURAGEMENT that the British govern
ment has refused to allow Iladield's
Limited, TO fulfill its contract To supply shells
TO our Navy Department is not surprising
The surprise was in the beginning when a
munltlon concern in bclligercnt country
which is supposed to be strainng every re-
source TO meet German efficiency put in a
bid for munitions for a neutral country II
Is true the British navy has expended com
paratlTely little ammunition and apparentlv
the principal business OF the English company
was the manufacture OF shells for the nayy's
guns Nevertheless. il was TO have been as
sunieu 'hat plant equipped TO turn out shells
TOT tie navy could have been utilized to make
shells for the land forces And in any casa
the raw material is the same
1t may we'll be, however, that the award
TO the British concern will teach "A salutarv
lesson 10 me commercial understanding OF
the American bidders. since il is evident that
patriotism did not enter into their calcu
lations
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-27

MISS u VI. y, SOUTH IflII. NH.-The custom OF
Kissing under the mistl"toc' is taken from
Scandinavian mythology. wherein the lniStletoc
is dedicated to Friga the Venus OF tho Scandi-
ravians. It IS generally thought that tn" con
nection of mistletoe with christmas 10 duo to
the old northern legend az Bladder. tho god.
who was slain by ;wig OF mistictoe. The
the sun overwhelmed by the gloom OF winter
The gathering OF mstlctoe was important
ceremony with the ancient Druids. acconpa MED
by tho people. 1t took place at the cud of the
year. and the parasitic was distributed among
the people at the first day of the AS
it was supposed to possess the mystic virtue
Of giving fertility and a power to preserve from
poison. tho ceremony OF kissing under tho mis-
tletoe may have some reference to this original
belief
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7. Il NJ. 1ynchhmrr. Na-You will ind tho
expression in ShakcSpcarc's '''IIamlct." III. y:
F." Ills a knavsh piece OF work: but what o. that :
Your Majesty and I. We have free souls: It
touches not: lot tho CALLED jade wincc: our
withcrS arc unwrunr" Wherein tho word "un-
wrung." which puzzles YOU. is merely the anti
thesis ~ CALLED" viz: mot wrung" mot
CALLED mot pinChcd'