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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
A New Wrinkle in Fans.

An addition to the ordinary electric
fan Is an arrangement by which 1t
may be made to supply perfume to
thelroom. The spokes Of the fan wheel
are Of fine wire screening and they
whirl through a small tank of per-
funed water, placed at the base of
the wheel. If desired disinfectant
may be substituted for the perfume In
the water. Thus the city living room
may be given the tang Of the pine
woods, the spicy perfume of the trop
les or the salt breath Of the SEA.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
Futile Strategy.

Bridget had proved to be all that a
servant should be in regard to her du-
ties, but, unfortunately, her energies
never seemed to extend to keeping her
own face clean.
Her mistress desired to tell her to
wash her smutty countenance, but, not
wanting to offend such treasure, she
resorted to strategy.
"Do you know, Bridget, she re-
marked in a confidential manner, III
you wash your face in hot, soapy wa
ter 1t will make you beautiful?"
"Sure, an it's a wonder We niver
thried it yersilf, ma'am," was Bridgets
surprising answer.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
Important to Mothers
Getting Around a Difficulty.

Automobile manufacturers of the
United States do not purpose allowing
serious matter, such as railway traf-
fic congestion, to interfere with their
business, if they can help it. When
the big freight tieup first began to
look formidable, automobile makers
faced a prospective loss running into
many millions of dollars, because, ap-
parently, they could not secure deliv-
cries. Not until then did 1t occur to
them that, if an automobile was worth
anything at all, it should be able to de-
liver itself. And now what is known to
the trade as the driveway" has been
inaugurated. The cars leave the fac
tory and arrive at their destination
under their own power. drove of
81 cars was recently sent from Cleve-
land to Chicago in this way. 1t is ex-
pected that the "drive-away" will be-
come a fashionable thing during the
coming summer.-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
B0SCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used for fifty-one years in all
towns in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and other countries, for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung trouble. 1t
gives the patient good nights rest,
free from coughing with easy expec-
toration in the morning, giving nature
a chance to soothe the infamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health, assisted by
pure air and sunshine when possible.
Trial size Csc and 75c family size.
Sold in all towns in the United States,
Canada, Australia, and other coun-
tries.-Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
Mothers. Advice for You'll

Cleveland, Ohio.-"Dr Pierce's Fa.
vorite Prescription helped me so much
during expectancy. / was so nauseat-
ed that l couldn't eat and / became
very weak and miserable. Then my
sister advised me to take sFavorite
Prescription and the first few doses
made me feel like different woman.
1 was so strong and well all the time
and my baby was healthy 101-lb.
boy. This medicine has been used
by other members of my family and
with just as splendid results. We are
always enthusiastic in recommending
Pierce's Favorite Prescription to ex-
pectant mothers."-MRS. NJ. MFAD-
DEN, 1912 e. 93d St.. Suite 4.
Favorite Prescription has been IA
vorite with women for nearly fifty
years because it contains no alcohol or
any narcotic. 1t is put up In both liquid
and tablets and is to be found in any
drug store, or send DR.. Pierce, Inva-
lids Hotel, Buffalo. N. T., $1.O0 for
| tablets.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
Customer Had Change Coming.

A man bearing small basket OF
potatoes on his arm went into a gro
Gerry store to make purchase. He
could not produce enough change by b
cents and, handing the clerk a medi-
um-sized potato, started out. The
clerk called to him. saying ::''You have
forgotten your change" and walking
back to a sack, picked out two lima
beans and passed them to the custom
er.--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
Baseball in Sculpture.

One of the attendants at an art gal
lery is baseball enthusiast, fact he
generally manages to conceal there,
though it did come out once.
One afternoon a director came bus
Ting into the room where this attend
ant was Mt the time and demanded.
How is it that Shakespeare's statue
is standing on the pedestal marked
Sc0tt?''
"Well, sir, answered the attend
ant, che must have got his base on an
error"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
Still at II.

"They kept company a long time
before they were married, didn't theyT
Eyes, and they've kept company
most of the time since. Her relations
seem bound to live on them"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
Mrs. Kieso Cured After Seven Months Illness.

Aurora, Il-"For seven long months suffered
from female trouble, with severe pains in my back
and sides until became so weak could hardly
walk from chair to CHAIR and got SO nervous
would jump at the slightest noise. was entirely
unfit to do my house work, was giving up hope of
ever being well, when my sister asked me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. took
six bottles and today am healthy woman able to
do my own housework. I wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound, and find out for herself how good
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
HMedicine
For Forty Years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has Relieved
the Sufferings of Women.

1t hardly possible that there is in this
country who continues to suffer without giving Lydia E.
dence that is continually being published proving beyond
contradiction that this grand old medicine has relieved
more suffering among women than any other medicine in
the world.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
The Reason of It.

$50 he's an author. What a poor
carriage he has !"
mo wonder. He's hack writer"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07

Though you are bound to love your
enemy, you are not bound to put your
sword in his hand.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
The Result

Had a fine speeding auto trip?'
81 should say SO! Nothing else but
finest"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07

Cincinnati OhoI want to know Che good Lydia PINK
hams Vegetable Compound has done for such bad
health female troubles that could hardly get of bed
had been doctong long time and mother said want
to try Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound So did, and it
has certainly made we'll woman lam able to house work
happy expected around the do again.
others to know what Lydia Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound meM JOSIE CoPER 1868 Harrison Ave.
Fairmoun Cincinnati Ohio.
you special advice write to Lydia Pinkham Med
cine condena Mass Your letter will be opened,
and held in strict confidence
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
Explained.

"My daughter, don't use powder on
your face so much. 1t is so loud"
"But, ga, this is noiseless powder"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
The Reason.

"The young officer you introduced
to me appeared to be blue"
Naturally. He is sub marine"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
woIfe,s Sash to a Museum.

A new and valued addition has just
been made to the museum of the
Chateau de Ramezay. 1t consists of a
cabinet containing portion of the
garnet silk sash worn by Gen. James
Wolfe on the day he became the "vic-
tor of Quebec" in 1859. In addition to
the sash are the original letters that
prove Enthusiastically the authenticity
Of the Montreal Star.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07
oopyrisns By Lw. Mp}nor
us Tales and Legends Told in Brief Form
ny J. M. MULLER

risks, managed to secure the keys and
unlock the chains.
The guards decided that good heels
were better just then than many pairs
of hands. AS soon as they had fed,
Don csulxote barred the ex-prisoners'
road gnd demanded that they go with
their chains on their shoulders to pre-
sent themselves to his lady and give
her a& exact account of his achieve
men,
''Tyo expect this Of u.s." said the big
,gest / galley slave, ais to expect pears
frorns elm trees"
He winked at his fellows and picked
up stone They fell back to right
and l@ft and sent such a shower Of
mineral All Don Quixote that his shield
was MO protection, and he tumbled to
the ground where his armor kept him
effectively pinned fast, while poor
Rosihante quiyered In anguish as the
stones drummed on her bony sides.
The grateful band sprang on the
knight and stripped him. They took
everything except his stockings, and
they would have taken these, too, had
1t not been for the iron leg-armor,
which they could not remove.
Sancho Panza, being unprotected by
irontnongery of any kind was easier
to skin. When they went away, he
had nothing left except his hide.
The knight and his squire looked
dolefully around. Sancho Panza's
donkey, Dapple, stood In melancholy
reflection, hanging his charming head
pensively and still shaking his ears in
evident dread, as If stones still
whizzed around him. Rosinante, weary
of the world, had fallen down and
seemed immersed in hopeless gloom.
II have always heard it said" sighed
Don Quixote, shat to do kindness
to the unworthy is like carrying water
into the sea-"
'Don Quirote' was written ID
ridicule not true knighthood nor the
true deeds and ideals of the golden
days Of chiva1ry, but to exhibit ana
parody The fGlsehood and stupid,
n,audln ,entimsntality of the books
| that had 5sea Written on the model
| of aAmadis Of Gaul." KnighthooG
and chivalry already had disap.
pedfad. 1t wGs the driveling non
t4s eo1lancss that mere BE-.
tag wrttten about this past epoch
that aroused the svratb of Ceramics
4 He, himself, could haze been thu
last of men to ridicule the profession
of arms or anything that called fo'
courage or clean honor; for Migue
de- Ceramics SdGvedrG himself was
soldier and had a career as wildIy ro
mantle as that of any knight.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07

Only One "BRoMo oUININE"
To get the genuine, call for full namo LAXATIVE
BR0MO OUININH. Look for signature Of n. w.
GROVE. Cures q Cold in One Day. 26c.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07

In hunting dangerous game, don't
shake the bushes to scare the quarry.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07

itis."-AIRs KARL A. KIEso 500 North Ave, Aurora, Ill
Could Hardly let
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-10
NEW BATTLESHIP DESCRIBED

The dreadnaught Mississippi, which will be one of the worlds most efficient and powerful fighting machines, was launched at Newport News, Va, on January 25. Only the shell of the great sea fighter took to the water, but even without armament and ma, | chinery 1t represents an expenditure oi nearly SS00O000 When she IS ready to take her place in the battle fleet the gov ernment will have spent almost twice that amount on her.
 The Mississippi will be a duplicate of the dreadnaughts Pennsylvania and Arizona, al | ready commissioned
 The new battleship will have a maximum speed of 21 knots will displace 32,00O tons on trial and 3300O when fully loaded, and will have length over all of 642 feet. Its engines will be of the Curtis turbine type, productive of an estimated horsepower of 32 O0O Like the other latest battle craft,
 it will be equipped with oil-burnng boilers.
 The main battery of the Mississippi will be twelve II inch 50 caliber rifles placed three to the turret In addition there will be twenty-two 5inch, 5l-callber rapid-Gre guns, four 3-inch anti aircraft rifles, two 2l inch torpedo tubes, submerged, and the usual salutlng guns.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-10
SOME INSIDE INFORMATION
 ABOUT THE KUSKOKWIM

"The impression prevails that the next big placer stampede in Alaska will be to the kuskokwim valley. recent strike was made on Quin Hagak creek, where miner took out $500 in ten days. Two natives assisted him. Good strikes also have been made on Canyon, Bear and Aniak creeks, in the same section, about eighty miles up the river from Bethel"
 This statement Is attributed by the Seat tie Times of January 14 to Duncan McMil- Ian, who was sent to Bethel by the bureau of education to teach the natives, and who had recently arrived in Seattle on his way to the East. Some of his practca joker friends, hearing of the recent order or rec ommendation that it was advisable to get married for the Alaska service, passed the word quietly around that McMlan was look ing for wife, and he has had humber of applications. These ranged from widow who wanted a mortgage lifted to young miss looking for adventure.
 Tt Is against the policy of the trading companies in the Kuskokwim valley" con tinued McMillan, Ito have any news of strikes get to the Outside world l know very little about mining, but l believe that the country some day will support a great population The natives and Laplanders are doing splendidly with their reindeer herds.
 Besides indications of placer gold, there & cinnabar mine l25 miles up the river from Bethel He was offered $30000O, but Is holding it for S500,000.'
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-10
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION

Notice is hereby given that at the hour of 10 o'clock on the 22d day of March, 1917, the registration books will be open at the office Of the municipal clerk, i'll the United States commissioners building, on Secoud avenue, in the town Of lditarod, Alaska, for the purpose of registering all male and female persons, of twenty one years of age. who are citizens of the United States, or who have declared their inten- tons to become such, and who have re- sided continuously one year next preceding the date of election in the territory of Alaska, and six months next preceding the date of election within the town of Idttarod- All persons desiring to vote at said cleo tton must, before voting, register their names and qualifications with the town register Of the town or IdtarOd.
 Registration books will be kept open every day, except Sundays, beginning March 92 1917, during the hours of 0 o'clock a. m. and D. m, The said registration will close on March 3t, 1917.
 The said election will be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1917, for the purpose Of electing seven (7) councilmen and one CD member of the school board.
 G. G. GERAGHTY, Municipal Clerk
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-10
CONQUEROR OF MALASPINA
 WAS VICTIM OF SNOWSLIDE

James Barclay, better known as Jimmy the Bear" who was killed recently in a snowslide near Mccarthy, was one of the best known characters in Alaska, says a coast newspaper. He met his death while doing assessment work on mineral clam on Bonanza mountain. Barclay IS most widely known as the man who first crossed Malaspina glacier.
 He was given the name of Jimmy the Bear" in the Washington state logging camps in the early days. He WAS cook. He returned to the cook house after trip in the woods, while the men were away one day, and as he entered the place there was loud "Woof, wool" and a large sized cub bumped into him and rushed out.
 Jimmy" got to his feet. It was some what dark in the interior. With another "Woof, woof," second cub knocked him down and rushed out. Scarcely had he reached his feet when the mother rushed out Then followed the male bear. Jimmy continued to sit on the floor, and when some of the men returned he asked them to please look and see if there were any more bears in the place.
 The appeIation of Jimmy the Bear" followed him to Alaska, and many knew him by that name and did not know his real name.
 Barclay was the first white man to cross the Malaspina glacier. He had mined in early days on the Yakutat beach and con- ceived the idea that the gold, instead of believed and still believe came from the h. terior through glacial action. His compan- ions of the beach called it crazy idea, since short excursions into the ice fields showed many dangers and difficulties.
 Barclay, however was determined Few men in Alaska knew how to live better 'of the country" He had been on long trips on numerous occasions when all the grub was gone, and lived on roots and game. Barclay had a wonderful knowledge of the nutritious qualities of many growing plants and herbs
 The Malaspna glacier extends to the base of Mount St Elias, with occasional breaks, as he found on his trip. It also connects with the great Miles glacier, which extends southward from the Copper river valley at Mile 50 and in that section of Alaska are the most extensive ice fields, reaching to the Alaska range.
 Barclay kept diary of his trip, and it tells wonderful story. Many times his life was in danger. He came across samples of quartz which were extremely rich, but so surrounded by ice fields that no one else ever visited them At one place he camped near lake He was awakened from sleep by a terrible roaring sound, and saw sight permitted to few men, An immense lake stretching before him suddenly dissp peared. It was one of the lakes that are continually forming in the glaciers, only to break loose when the ice gives way. A few hours before he had been in the track of this raging flood.
 Barclay had prospected nearly the whole coast of Alaska.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-10
YUKON RIVER MEN IN SERVICE

Vancouver, B. C., dispatch says that the first four Canadian officers to go to Mesopotamia with the transport service are all old time British Columbia and Yukon river men, known to thousands of people who have travelled in the North and on the interior lake waterways of British Colum- bia All four left Vancouver last summer with Captain Scharschmidt, who raised a company of pioneers which was sent direct to England as draft reinforcement After having been in service for some time each of the four men was offered commission In the transport service, and all are now on active duty somewhere in Mesopotamia '' Each of them holds 8 second leutenant's commission in the Royal Engineers They are: John Halifax, marine engineer, for, merly in the Canadian Pacific Railroad kootenay lake service; Gordon Mahon, cap tains papers, and was mate in the Canadian Pacific Kootenay lake service; Dugal Pat terson, Yukon river steamboat captain, for merly captain of the steamer Strathcona, and Thomas Montgomery, Yukon river steamboat captain, exmaster of the Hudson Bay Company's steamer on the Stlkine river
 Captain Scharschmidt, who arrived in Vancouver recently from Ottawa, has opened a recruiting office, where he is signing on men for the inland water transport serv- ice in the different fields of action Pre- sumably many of the men will be sent to Mesopotamia, but many men are now being used on the river and canal system in France and more will be wanted. Captain Scharschmidt is taking contingent of 800 men, and has opened offices in Eastern Canada as we'll as in the provinces. He will go to Victoria to open an office there.
 Speaking of the recruiting he IS engaged in, Captain Scharschmidt said:
 This service affords great opportunity for many men who are anxious to serve, but have been turned down for the army by reason of some slight physical defect. The age limit in this service is from 19 to 56 years. The type of men most de sired are those who have had some experi- either as sailors or engineers and firemen. Gas boat men, men who can operate gas engines, gas engin mechanics, longshore- men, and any robust handy man will find his billet in the inland water transport"
 As men are enlisted they are sent for ward direct to England in drafts of ten or twenty or more. They will not be uni formed until they arrive in England, though on pay from time of enlistment It is Captain Scharschmidt's expectation to com plete recruiting his 800 men soon. Appll cations in considerable numbers awaited his arrival.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-10
FORFEITURE NOTICE

TO E. Vent. E. Crompton and C. Smith, their heirs, administrators and assigns: that the undersigned has expended In money, labor and improvements during each of the years 1909, 1910, 1911, iet2, i913, 1914, 1915 and 1916 the sum of one hun dred dollars (si00) upon placer mining claim known as the Last Chance Associa- 1ion, at mouth Of and on Cane creek, 8 tributary Of InnokO river, in the Innoko mining and recording district, territory of Alaska, in order to hold said claim under the provisions Of the law respecting annual labor on mining claims.
 And if within ninety days after the last publication of this notice you, or either of you, fail or refuse to pay your proportion of such expenditure, your interest in said claim will become the property of the un dersigned OOwner, according to the pro- visions Of Section 1924, Revised Statutes Of the United States.
 ARTHUR VALENTINE.
 First publication, Dec. 9, 1916.
 Last publication, March 10, 1917.