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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-06-25

The Catholic church Is preparing to erect a parochial school and parish hall at Juneau. The building will be two stories and basement. A How ard Peterson. is, the architect.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-06-25

The issue of s75.000 school bonds for building the new Juneau school, will be sold In Juneau.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-06-25
ALASKA
 NOTES
tFrom Our Exchanges,

About thirty fishing boats are now making their headquarters at Juneau.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
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NAME CHANGED
Nevada Van yaIkenburgh, Ten Million Dollar Widow, Now Nevada Chapman
Said Name, Van Valkenburgh. Made
 Trouble for Her n Italy

Mrs. Nevada Van Nslkenourg, known as the Sl0 900, GOO widow be cause she is said to have inherited that amount from her second husband, !, William Hayes Chapman, who died in 1907, and who subsequently, married Phillip Van Vaikenburgh, gloot trotier and member of one of the oid est New York faniiies, from whom she obi aired n divorce in the Superiot court in Putnam, F bruarS 21lh, 1914 appeared before Judge Joseph !. Tuttle at the short cai-nd1T session or the superler court ia eataim Il 1adt ty afIern)1n ani asxtd th1t sls 0s nj lowed to change her name to Chap man. The petition was granted.
 Mrs. Van VaIkenbufgn gave as the reason for wanting to change her name that she owned property in Italy and that she experienced inconvenience and difficulty because she was thought to be of German extraction on account of the name Van Valkenburgh.
 Mrs. Van VaIkenourgh testified at her divorce proceedings that she had maintained Pomfret, Conn.,, as her res idence since the death of her husband {, because she had son in school there and she found the income tax laws of Connecticut more advantageous 10 her. It was told during the trial that after the ueath of MT. Chapman his widow became well known in Europe because of her lavish expenditures, spending $l00,0O0 year on bare necessities it Is said. Among her suitors were for eign noblemen of all degrees.
 Mrs Van Valkenburgh met her hus- band in 1909 on ship from Cherbourg to New York. On the arrival of the vessel here MT. Van Valkenburgh, who was 55 years old, proposed and was accepted at dinner one evening. They were married at Greenwich, Conn, that same night, November 23, 1909 Sae was then B years old.
 Mrs Van Nalkenbur2h said Mon day afternoon that she had intended returning al once to Europe where she has made her home since oOtni ning her divorce, but that present war condt tions might force her 10 change her plans.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Woodstock January School Report

The banner this month goes to the South grammar school which had 99 percent, splendid record for winter month. The South primary stood sec ond with 96 percent. Only one scho' fell below 90 percent and the averas e for the town was 93 l.
 The record of words learned by the flrst grade pupils during JanuHfy shows an average of 10l words. n e four best records were: Skinner, IA words; South, 130 words; Elmvale, l20 wofd>; and Center, 112 words. These are fine records.
 Al last the stove jackets have all been placed and the heating conditions for the rest of the winter will be much better. In the following districts the stoves have been moved into the north. ern part of the rooms which greatly improves the heating: Harrisville, East, Red White, North, Center and Chandler.
 On the evening of Feb. IA, at 7:30, pr. Valeria Parker of Hartford will give her lecture, The Story of Life, in the Swedish church. There will be short ID usicsl program and the school supervisor will speak briefly on the subject, Behavior as the End of Edu cation. Everyone is cordially invited.
 Signed, F. W. Barber.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Thompson School Report for January

The banner this month goes to East Thompson which had 9S.3 per cent, fine record for such bad month. The Mechanicsville Grammar stood second with 964 per cent. Eight schools stood above 90 per cent. Nine between 60 and 90 while one fell below 80. The absences have largely been caused by illness We are sorry so many have had bad colds.
 A record of the number of words learned by the pupils in Grade 1 shows an average of s9 words. The three best records were: Wilsonville 159 words; Little Pond, ll9 words; and New Boston, l12 words. These were splendid records.
 An appeal may be made by the teachers for the cooperation Of the parents in paying for few subscrip- mons to useful magazines to be placed in the schools. A few cents from each would do this and the value to the schools would be great.
 Signed F. w. Barber.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09

you. Everyone began wondering whether he wouldn't try to get back to town to hide, and there was all sorts of rumors afloat. They were talking about it in fathers office one evening, all the men who used to play cards with Booth. I hope he won't come here and ask me to hide him. said fa- ther, for of course, I'd have to hand him over to justice.' Just then there was the sound of voices far off down the street, and sharp rattle at the door. He has come back cried my father. They're after him, too Hide him behind the door, said one man. No said father, in the safe Then he opened the door. The voices had died away, the threshold was empty. The wind and not hunted criminai had rattled the latch. Those men weren't thinking of Booth, the crim- inal, but the quiet, pleasant young man they had grown so fond of"
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Thinns lincoln Said.

If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are.
 I have changed my mind. I don't think much of q man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
 By a course of reasoning Euclid proves that all the angles in triangle are equal to two right angles. Now if you undertook to disproye that proposition would you prove it false by calling Euclid liar?-Circle Nigga zine.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
i inooIn the World Over.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled recently in Chrisuania, Nor way. There is a Lincoln street in Palermo. Hardly great South Ameri- can capital is without some reminder of the liberator president. His meIn- ory is cherished around the world New York World.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Lincoln Patriotic League.

A Lincoln Patriotic league will be organized throughout the United States following the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Lincoln Memorial university at Cumberland Gap, Md, February 10, II and 12 John Wesley Hill of New York, who has just resigned as gen. eral secretary of the World Court league to become chancellor of the university. made this encouragement.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
MRS. MELONS LETTER
 Tn Tired Worn-out Mothers

Jackson. Miss" shall feel repaid for writing this letter if can help any tired. worn-out mother or housekeeper to find health and strength as l have.
 asI have a family of i've, sew, cook and do my housework and became very nnch rundown in health. A friend asked me to try Vinol. dld so ana no" | am well and strong and my oid une energy has been restored. slnoi nas no superior as a tonic for worn-out, run. down, tired mothers or housekee pers- Mrs. J. N. MELLON, Jackson, MISS
 J.F. Donahue, Druggist, Putnam
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
GettYshuro and Lincoln.

As long as this republic endures or it's history is known, so long shall the memory of the battle of Gettysburg likewise endure and be known; and as long as the English tongue is un- derstood so long shall Abraham Lin colns wonderful address be remeIo- bered.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09


 two officials step aside and leave him alone. After few minutes had passed by, one of them, out of curiosity, looked to see what had taken place, and there sat Lincoln, with his head bowed on Jefferson Davis desk, his face In his hands and his tears falling. And l say that the angels of God never looked down from the battlements of heaven on a holier scene than that His great, sympathetic heart saved the republic. That was the greatest vic tory in the Civil war; that settled the struggle; that bound the North and South together and Abraham Lincoln, like his great Master, died of broken heart. It burst with sympathy. The greatest victory in those days of strug- gle was that Christlike sympathy. The greatest victory that is ever won on any battlefield of human life, in the hour when the struggle goes on, is WOE through the wonderful element that comes down from the heart of Jesus Christ-his own divine sympathy for struggling umanity.-Cortland Myers.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
National Bird.

Most of the choicer turkeys New York eats at Thanksgiving time hail from Ohio, Michigan or Indiana. Mary. land furnishes many of luscious flavor, while Rhode Island birds are compara- lively flew and far between"
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09

excitement We had q lot of queer ex- periences and met a lot of strange people. Among the young men who came there was J O h n Nilk e $ Booth. He came to try his fortune in the oil field. My father had an of flee on the main street and Booth took q sudden lik- ing for him. One day he q sa D. peared without a word, and the next thing we heard was the news of of LincOln's assas- sination.
 There was a deal of excitement, tben I can tell
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
seIf-helpIna.

Gardener tvoluntary helper. packing eggs collected for wounded soldiers)- T be allowed to keep ali the cracked eggs, and if there ain't enough cracked as to cra.g 'eIl myself. Puck.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Fault Finders Folly.

He who seeks only for faults sees nothing else. and will be So fully con. seioUs of the faults of others that he will be at fault himself.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Poker and Politics.

Poker is different from politics. When you are asked "What have you got?' in poker, you can't refuse to an- swer hypothetie questions. .r-Phila- delphia Record.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Edith,s Portion.

"So the lawyers got about all of the estate. Did Edith get anythilg7' -Oh, yes: she got one of the law yers.r-Boston Transcript.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09

entry into Rich mond. There shall
 be no demonstra- tion just now" He made his way to Ri oh III 0 n q and walked through the city alone. There never was such a triumphant e n try as that in all the annals of history. He walked with his head q O W n, with heavy step and sad heart, and
 when he reached
 the southern capi-
 tol and went to Jefferson D avi s room. he bade his
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09

stormy days of the Civil war. Abra- ham Lincoln left Washington im- mediately to go to the front. and when news finally had reached him that Lee had surrendered and the officials began to make preparation for the en- try into Richmond, just as immedi- ately Lincoln put his foot down and
 said, "There shall be no triumphant
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
WOULD HAVE HIDDEN
 LINCOLN'S ASSASSIN
Pennsylvanian Tells How Gath ering of Former Friends of Booth Heard of Maniac's
 Deed at Washington.

T@WO old men paused in front
 of the portrait of Abraham
 Lincoln in one of the great
 New York picture galleries. ''There is the nobest man America ever produced" said the eldest. Yes" said his companion, thoughuully, "and every time l see Linc3ln's picture l think of the evening We meant 10 hide his assassin" Several bystanders drew little closer. q lived in West ern Pennsylvania when I was boy" he began, "and in the days of the oil
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
VIEWED lINCOLN'S
 GREATEST VICTORY
That the President Mourned Over the Sorrows of His Opponents Is Touched For by an
 Eyewitness.
TELEGRAM which announced

IIIdt Ltt Wds dUUUI ID sWIItl- der, came to the White House in Washington during the
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
CURIOUS FRENCH DUEL.
Whsn Msn sna vile Tried - sstsis /.
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challes ruyfeau sltus 4 Assmel. .
French lset and mN lan ~ the seg
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his Adventures tH1i hls fHthrr and
mother wefe 0hs dab eHaaasd III . die
tussion upon questions of lnw when
q dispute Hfust between them with
regard ~ the Precise siRulueatlan aud
bearing u provision ia 1ustinian =
code with respect tu the rights N
brothers.
Ultimately the quarrel waxed 50 furi
ous that the disputauts lost all control
~ themselves. dehel each other 10
single combat and proceeded to settle
their difference and determine the
mind of the ancient legislator by a
light with swords
This singular duel took place IN their
sons presence. Coypeau pere was an
advocate by profession aud mem.
ber of one of the French parliaments.
Madame was exceedingly dimluutiye
aud had to wear exceptionally high
pattens to approach the ordinary stat.
ure of women. but she was fierce aud
domineering In temper The combat
appears to have been drawn battle,
and the sense of Justlnian remained
as obscure and debatable as ever
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
Nc khfW A GOOD PLAY.



One daf brought 10 my rooms IN
Twenty third street bux uf old mau.
usCflpis lieath aud Trap. a bulldog
aud fox terrier. stood by aud looked
on IDLY while ~ idly looked over the
plays suddenly Trap few at heap
~ manuscripts aud seized a printed
book. We tried TO get Il from hIm
lIo dashed about the foom under and
over The bed
The landiady opened the door out
went Trap, nearly upsctting my land.
lady. My brother Sam aud rushed
after the dog Trap headed down
Twenty-thlrd street direct TO the Ly.
ceum theater play In mouth In and
out among cabs and ears, pedestrians
and jehus, that wonderful dog went
directly to the box office of the theatcr.
Frank Bunce, the business manager,
beheld him. "What has he got thereF'
said he. "A play said |. Does he
want me to read ity' said Bunce. IF
you please replied. Take it up
stairs to Mr. Frohman," said the busi-
ness manager
Twas done. Frohman read 1t. lie
accepted and produced II. The play
had been written twenty years before
for my father by Madison Morton and
Robert Reece. They called 1t Trade"
Frohman christened it The Highest
Bidder The play was a great sue.
cess and started both Dan Frohman
and myself on the waters of prosper
ity.-Edward II. Sothern's THE Mel
ancholy Tale Of Me-"
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
Castle Garden,

Castle Garden was built by the Unit
ed States in 1907 from the plans of
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Williams,
G. E., and was called Fort Clinton. In
1922 it was ceded to New York city;
in 1924 it became place of amuse-
ment and about 1926 got its present
name; in 1915 there were Ethiopian
minstrels there; in 1919 theatrical
companies played there; in 1850 Jenny
Lind sang there; in 1856 it was closed
as place of amusement, and the com
missioner of emigration took 1t as an
emigrant depot; in 1870 1t suffered
from fire, and on July o. 1876 it was
burned to the ground. 1t was rebuilt
at once. In 1892 the depot was moved
to Ellis island, and Castle Garden re-
verted to the city, which in 1896 open
ed an aquarium there.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
As Blind as Lnua.

As the German army approached
Brussels in August. 1914. it was re-
ported that the invaders might shell
the city. In high state of alarm the
Chinese minister went to see our min
lister, Brand Whitlock, to see what
Whitlock meant to do in the event of
bombardment.
II do not believe there will be any
assault said Whitlock. MY infor-
nation is that the authorities will sur
render Brussels to avoid any possibil-
ity of damage. But if there should be
an engagement, and the Germans
should use their heavy guns, l shall
hoist the flag of my country over this
building, and | shall call upon my fell
low countrymen to come here for safe
ty and protection. | advise you to do
the same thing with regard to your
people"
But, Mr.. Whitlock," murmured the
Chinaman in his polite but labored
English, "the cannon-he has no eyesp'
Saturday Evening Post.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
A Useful Storm.

Professor Cleveland Able, the Amer
lean meteorologist. was generally cred
tied with being the father Of scientific
weather forecasting. The possibility
of predicting the weather was first
considered at an international confer.
ence at Brussels in 1853, but the nee
essary impetus to the movement was
given in 1894, during the Crimean war,
by violent storm in the Black sea,
which caused havoc among the allied
British and French vessels. One French
warship was wrecked, and in conse-
quence of this disaster the astronomer
lie Verrier (the co-discoverer of Nep-
tune, appropriately enough) was com.
missioned by the French government
to Investigate the meteorological con
ditions at the time of the storms.-
Westminster Gazette.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
Bewailing Conditions.

We heard a mighty good farmer
bewailing present conditions only a
few days ago in about this wise !:
"We can't milk our cows because we
have no buckets without holes in
them to hold the milk; our hogs are
too numerous to remain in the pas
ture we already have; our horses are
too fat for real hard service; we
have plenty of corn but need that for
the year 1917; yes, we have more
hay than we ever had before, but we
can't eat that, neither can our hogs;
our chickens were never finer but
the trifling roosters won't lay; yes,
lots of turkeys but they are so high
that we can't afford to eat them and
we are afraid to sell them lest the
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
The Height OF Trees.

When one is out for walk 1t is a
very common thing to wish to know
the height of a particular tree which
happens TO catch the eye. When the
sun is shining il is possible accurately
to measure the height of the tree from
the shadow it casts on the ground. In
order to do so a stick must be set up
right in the ground so that its shadow
falls beside the shadow of the tree.
Then, as the length of the sticks shad-
ow TO the sticks height, SO is the
length of the trees shadow to the
trees height. For example, suppose a
two aud half foot stick shows a
shadow three feet long and the trees
shadow Is eighteen Zee, long. There.
fore the tree Is six times as high as
the stick which shows that the height
of the tree will be fifteen feet.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

market goes up and The man who
buys them makes more out of them
than we do, Cotton--don't make
much because of the dinged boil
weevil brought here by those devehsh
Texans and we are not getting for
the cotton we made that we ought on
account of some Internal combine
somewhcre-everybody combining
against US down here anyhow. Don't
know what we are to do next year,
we are sho up against it. The blamed
banks are busting with money but
won't loan it without security-my,
my, about to forget to pay my taxes
my land and mules assessed higher
this year than ever before" What
do you think of this mans digestion?
Exchange.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

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Anxious to Save Him.

What are you doing therep
Figuring ON the upkeep of an auto
mobile"
"You can't afford to buy an automo-
bile"
Il know it. I'm just getting up some
data with which to convince a friend
Of mine that he can't afford to buy one
either Birmingham Age-HeraId.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
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The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

Al their regular meeting aH hast
Monday hght, bee Colamhus Male
Chorus closed fana b hi ID ale
sometime daflnR The week 81 March
9Th The concert Win BE- given uu.
der The auapieos ~ the College Spec
tator
Quartettes solos, ch0ruses and
readings wlil give Columbus people
a program such as has never been
heard before Walel this paper fol
date
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
Our First BattIeship.

The first American battleship was
the old Texas of Spanish American
war fame She was authorized by con-
gress in 1856 and was completed six
years later. The original battleship
was little over 800 feet long and had a
displacement of 6,315 tons. The pres
ent day Texas is 554 feet long and has
a tonnage of 270o0 tons. fhe old Tex
as ended her days as a target for navy
practice. Exchange.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

Fifty-two copies of The Post
bought by the copy would cost you
$3.50, Twelve copies Of The jour
nal, $50. Total $4.40. Ny price
$500. You will save $1.40 il you
subscribe. will make that much in
salary and commission if you give me
your orders What do you say? Let's
each make $1.40. ]. T. Senter, phone
222 or 1S4.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
Then He Drifted.

Miss uppson-Mildred said the
poor but otherwise honest and ambf.
tious young man, Il have padded my
own canoe for years and feel sure |
can support you WIN you be my
wiref"
Nothing doing in the canoe line"
replied the naughty maid. If you
had sailed your own yacht for years |
might have considered your proposal"
Chicago News
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
| ate Repentance.

"You should never take anything
that doesn't agree with you," admon-
ished the physician.
The patient glanced around ruefully
at his wife.
"If ! had always followed that rule,
Lizzie, where would you be e?"-Chicago
Herald
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
Weather or No.

Now tell u.s." sternly demanded the
young legal luminary. whose brow
overhung like the back Of swapping
turtle, addressing the covering wit.
ness, what was the weather If any.
upon the afternoon In question:
London Saturday Journal
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
Well Named.

"A wonderful man is my uncle,v said
little Binks, so very original and
witty"
He says he called his dog Sausage
because 1t was half bread. his goat
Nearly because 1t was "all butt" and
his prize cockerel Robinson" because
1t "Crusoe. Exchange
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
Hs Was Short.

Early one evening frail little girl
entered candy store and asked for
cake of chocolate After she had
the candy she put four pennies on the
counter and started out.
The storekeeper, though averse TO
frightening the little thing. called aft.
er her In gentle voice:
You're a penny short"
NO: you're penny short" she call
ed back as she disappeared
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

The board Of supervisors Of
Lowndes county will meet IN regular
oa on next Monday The city
councilmen viii hold their monthly
meeting on Tuesday night.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ], lines have
moved to their residence northeast Of
Columbus. Mr. lines viii assume his
now position as engineer Of the city
watcrworks today.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01
A Sure Winner.

i've been stuck at different times on
cotton, tobacco, oranges and corn
"Well 2"
Now | think I'll invest in a coal
mine. That crop is never failure, and
there's always demand for the out
put. Kansas City Journal.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

We have received a splendid stock
Of new spring goods, bought six
months ago and we will sell them at
old prices. No advance.
LlpSEY & CHAPSkY.
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

um u q fionmsiHsrs numerous
friend. regret e. learn hat ne hal
ths misfortune lhe past week % faIl
and break IN arm
The Columbus commercial., 1917-02-01

Mr., N, d, Robinson left the first
of the week for Chicago, where he
is attending the annual automobile
show held in that city.