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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
NEWS ITEMS OF
 YUKON COUNTRY

Dan CadZow, the trader at Ram- part House, arrived at Fort Yukon recently with his steamer, Rampant, for the purpose of laying in his years supplies It was necessary for him 10 go to Dawson in order to do so, as his place of business is over the boundary line.
 Commissioner Fred c. White was awarded the contract for the erec- tion of an addition to the govern. ment school building at Fort Yukon He will also put up new quarters for the government teachers. These constructions will be completed by the first of September.
 To enable the wireless plant at Fort Yukon to get into cOmmunica- tiOn with the stations in the Roy ukuk and the Arctic regions, the government intends to enlarge the plant and also to install new ma CHiAeiy anu eitCt Hc" to"ci' huc present plant has only limited ca pacity, which under certain cOndi- tions is not strong enough to be of any great use.
 Much wet weather has retarded the gardens planted at various places along the river, and unless warmer weather sets in there is liable to be a shortage of garden food during the coming winter Much hail and rain was noted during June, the hail stones at times being half an inch thick.
 Fora the purpose of establishing camp to be used by the crew which will be engaged in grading the Valdez-Fairbanks trail, large load of supplies left town yesterday morning for the siX-mile camping ground. which was used last year by the grading crew.
 The number of men to be engaged in the grading work is not known, but as it is desired to rush the work through during good weather, it is probable that large number of men will be employed.
 After completing the section near est to town the camp will be moved about five miles further out to an. other camping site, the work being taken up in sections of about five miles each. The Case tractor was used in hauling out a large quantity of the supplies.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-15
SEA MYSTERIES
 STORY OF COAL
 SHIP "CYCLOPS''
WASHINGTON, June 15-What be-

came of the missing Collier Cyclops
 Is she a prize in some German port. the victim of treachery? Does she lie disabled Gn some unfre- Quented cove of the tropical seas driven there and helpless by acci- dent?
 Or has she made her last voyage and with more than 300 souls turned up in Port of Missing Men to join seventeen other ships of the Ameri- can navy which have disappeared just as mysteriously since 1781?
 Sailing from Barbadoes in the West Indies March 4, with complement of 295 men, the great 19,O00-ton naval collier has not since been sighted or reported. By order of the navy department all available navy craft in southern waters have been making a dragnet search for the vessel, but daily the conviction among of ficials grows stronger that the great modern mystery of the sea will re- main unsolved.
 But the search for the ship still is maintained with unabated intens- ity. Cruisers and destroyers have retraced her route. Every island among the scores that dot that DOT tiOn of the sea is being carefully scrutinized for any clue. But the unremitting anxiety of the searchers has failed to disclose any trace of a ship apparently plucked in a day from the busy lanes of the South American trade routes.
 To account for the disappearance of the Cyclops there have been sug- gested many theories--all possible, none entirely plausible.
 Was she blown into fragments by heavy charge of explosives placed in her hold before she left port? This explanation is hardly acceptable because wreckage would have GOV cred the sea for many miles around
 Was she torpedoed and sunk with out trace" by a German submarine that had crossed the Atlantic to prey on comparatively unprotected shipping? That theory is discounted because in such a case, at least a few s. O. s. calls could have been sent out before the Cyclops went under. Moreover, floating wreckage certainly would have been found
 Was she attacked and captured by a marauding enemy raider that had slipped into the Atlantic after eluding the British fleets? Even if attacked, it is claimed, the collier's wireless would have put her in com- munication with other naval vessels or merchant shipping.
 Did enemy agents, carefully plant ed" among the ships personnel, seize control of the Cyclops in the night and dismantle the radio to make wireless communication with the out side world impossible? This explan- ation has but little support because it Is claimed that a small enemy force hardly could be expected to re duce to prisoners force of nearly 300 men, many of them naval re- servists.
 Again, if taken by an enemy force abroad where is the Cyclops now? Every bay, every inlet cap.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22

Our boys are defending this country
on the high seas and on the land. Our
own defense against common enemy
is to keep the system clean by Kidding
the body of the toxins. or polsons, which
are bred in the intestines. When you
feel tired, sleepy, headachy, when your
breath is offensive, or pimples appear
on the face and neck, it is time to recog-
niZe the danger and protect your bodily
health by taking something for the liver
such as DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The machinery of the body needs to
be oiled, kept in good condition, just as
the guns or machinery of q ship. Why
should human person neglect his own
machinery more than that of his auto
mobile or his guns? Yet most people
do neglect themselves. Their tongue
has a dark brown color, skin sallOw,
breath bad, yet they fail to see that
their machinery needs attention.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets have
been known for nearly half century.
They are made of May-apple, leaves Of
aloe and jalap, made into a tiny pellet
and coated with sugara They are stand
ard and efficacious. You can obtain
them at any drug store in Walls for
twenty-five cents. Ask for DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets-and get no other!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
CAUSED BY WEIGHT OF SNOW
Simple Explanation Of Odd Shapes OF
Trees, That Has Been q Mystery
to Many.

To the person who is not versed In
forest lore the grotesquely bent tree
trunks that are to be found In almost
all woods are mystifying, and wonder
Is often aroused as to the cause, re-
marks the Popular Science Monthly.
Foresters will tell Questioners that In
the case Of trees in mountainous coun-
try and other sections where the snow
fall is heavy, the weight Of snow Is re-
sponsible in most instances for the
queer twists they assume. When
tree is young the weight of snow that
falls on its branches often bends the
trunk over until 1t is flattened to the
ground. Sometimes it is buried under
six or eight feet Of snow and held in
that position so long that when warm
weather comes the tree fails to spring
back into its normal position. The
summer sun causes the tip of the young
tree to turn upward and If it manages
to withstand the weight of the snow OF
the next winter, that portion OF the
tree will, as general rule, continue to
grow in a normal way. "Hairpin" bends
and other odd shapes result.
A curious tree stands on the top Of
Tunnel hill, JOhnstOwn, Pa, about four
miles from town. 1t Is sugar maple
about one hundred years old which has
prolonged it's own life by grating q
branch into a much younger tree.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
How to Tell Aoe Of Eoos.

There is a simple method of ascer-
tanning the age Of eggs, based upon the
fact that the airy space at the broad
end Of the egg increases with its age.
Now, when the egg is placed in a
tumbler Of water In which any amount
of common salt Is dissolved, 1t will.
with increasing age, tend ever more to
assume a position with its longitudinal
axis in a perpendicular direction. A
fresh laid egg will lie horizontally on
the bottom Of the vessel. An egg from
three to four days old will rise with its
broad end, so that its longitudinal axis
forms with its horizontal axis an angle
of 20 degrees. At the age Of eight days
the angle increases to As degrees, at
the age Of two weeks to 60 degrees.
and at the age Of three weeks to about
IS degrees. When the egg is more
than a month old 1t will float perTen-
dicularly on its small end.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
BECOMES IRKSOME AT TIMES
No Matter What the Nature Of Ones
Occupation, Its Routine Will Oc-
casionaIIy Weary.

Are there times when your work be-
comes intolerably irksome? Yes? Well,
don't jump at the conclusion that you
are in the wrong place when this hap
pens once in awhile. That will be true
whatever work you choose. No matter
how well adapted you are to your Occu-
patton, there will come times when
your thoughts will wander, and the
routine will weary you, and you will
feel that any other work would be
preferable to that which you have
chosen. One Of the best-knOwn woman
writer's of the last generation wrote
an imprisoned warning to literary as
pirants, telling them to do any work.
even scrubbing floors, in preference to
taking up literary career. Undoubt-
edly she wrote at a time when her
chosen work seemed unspeakably irk-
some, but If she had been cornered,
she would probably have acknowledged
that the profession of authorship has
considerable to commend it when COM
pared with scrubbing floors.
This occasional Impotence with our
vocation Is inevitable. No matter how
congenial it is, there are times when 1t
will seem a burden. The people who
change their occupation every time 1t
begins to bore them, are the tramps Of
the business world.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Helpful Ideas.

Buy yard of cambria. cut into
squares and turn tiny hem around
each for the children's handkerchiefs.
Make a neat apron out Of enamel
cloth such as we use for table covering,
and sew tape on for strings and bind
with tape. These aprons can easily be
wiped Off and kept clean. and bit can
be stitched on also. Even an apron Of
this kind is nice to put on child who
is continually sOiling cotton clothing.
Much washing is saved. Two aprons
could be made from three-quarters of a
yard of oilclOth and the tape costs
nearly nothing.
Save the cOlOred picture parts of our
Sunday papers each week. and when a
child is i'll or cOnvalescing it will fur
nish quite an entertainment to it. II
is also well to put away the "woman's
section" for our own future reference.
as we can always find what we want
right there.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22

around the room twice before the
tooth settled back to its old habits.
Then he was pale, and looked exhaust
ed, and Mrs. Bowser exclaimed:
"Mr. BOwser, 1 know you are a very
brave man, but I hate, nevertheless, to
see you 60 through this needless sur
fering. I do not think we have got
anything in the house to help you, but
please go over to the drug store and
find something. I think you have got
an liberated tooth and 1t may lead
to serious consequences If you don't
have it attended to-"
"Of course, do not care anything
about it, but I do not wish to cause
you any anxiety, and 1 will therefore
60 over and have a chat with the drug
gist. We may talk politics all the time
l am there, and never once mention
toothache, but will go over to oblige
YOU"
He went over. He fingered. He
stepped very softly and very slow. He
arrived at the drug store ten minutes
before he intended to. He intended TO
go in with a jovial salutatiOn. and to
talk about the war and other things.
but when he went In there was nothing
jOvial about him. He was so far from
being jovial that the druggist called
out at sight Of him:
"HellO, BOwser. Did they steal the
stone dog out Of the yard last night
and has it almost broken your hearth
"N-nO," was the reply. But, say,
doc"
"Oh, you needn't say it," said the
druggist after Mr.. BOwser had got
through Waiting. 81 know what ails
you. You have got the tOOthache and
you're afraid of the dentist. Here, let
me open your mouth. Bad liberation.
1t will get into your jaw and you'll be
in bad way. The dentist is upstairs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Winters Discipline.

He who marvels at the beauty Of the
world in summer will find equal cause
for wonder and admiration In winter.
1t Is true the pomp and pageantry are
swept away, but the essential elements
remain-the day and the night. the
mountain and the valley. the elemen-
tai play and succession. and the per-
petual presence Of the infinite sky. In
winter the stars seem to have rekin-
died their fires, the moon achieves q
fuller triumph, and the heavens wear
a look Of more exalted simplicity.
Summer Is more wooing, more
versatile and human, appeals to the
affections and the sentiments, and fos-
tiers inquiry and the art impulse. Win
ter is Of a more heroic cast. and ad-
dresses the intellect. The severe
studies and disciplines come easier In
winter. One imposes larger tasks upon
himself.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
MAY YET AST0NISH WORLD
Always Possibility Of Recrudescenee
Of Ghengls Khan In Mysterious
Land Of Northern China.

The wayfarer in China who turns.
south to Anglicized Hongkong, multi
tudinous Canton. or that vivid hybrid
Of East and West, Shanghai, fails even
to brush the strangest and most an
cient mystery Of the dragon kingdom.
That mystery lies in North China, an
immemorial mystery that wraps Pc
king like an imperial mantle. somber
northern inscrutibility that enfOlds the
great wall as impenetrably as the mists
obscuring its turrets, says Asia. 1t
is a mystery so invincible. that once
In q mans blood, there is little choice
left behind him but to follow Its lure
on and on. seeking its source in that
hinterland still farther to the north
From the great wall one can gaze far
over this unknown land rushing swift
" away to the north, not days. but
months, by caravan. Once yellow
armies flooded across 1t as the SUM-
shine floods acros 1t today. Now a
single horseman picks his way along
the trail. Over all brooks the utterly
silence which
marks the home of a people who are
no more. Is there no life now in that
stiffness, which once beat so fiercely
upon the civilization below that a bar
rier must be hurled against 1t over the
mountain tops? What Of these latter
day sons Of Ghenis Khan?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
SATIN IS A SMART MATERIAL
Long Coats and Dresses Of Favorite
Goods Are Quite the Style
in French Capital.

In spite of the war Paris remains the
center of the fashion world and what
ever is worn I'm the French capital be-
comes at once desirable on this side of
the Atlantic. notes an authority.
Therefore when we hear that satin Is
holding sway as the smartest of smart
materials we naturally look upon this
material with Pronounced favor.
In Paris little else but satin is seen
for afternoon wear. Trimmed with
fur. or else with patterned quilting
long satin coats are the rage. and
satin dresses under them are Just as
much in favor. Velvet has n certain
vogue which may increase for dresses.
but it Is more i'm favor for evening
wear. Black and white are always in
fashion, treated very simply; satin
with a deep collar that lies fiat or
closes to the throat In white or gray (;
velours de laine, trimmed with bone
buttons and ivory white collar. or else
gray fur; these are smart comblna-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Styles Optional
For Spring Wear

New Understandable Of
mems dress has already become more
than a mere tentative suggestion. New
York papers carried the story of sug-
pested regulations in mems attire. on
the front page, few weeks ago; along
with the war news. the coal shortage
i'm New York, the thirteen-below-Zero
temperature, and other striking nap
penings of day and generation In
which exciting events have become al
most commonplace. The Importance
of the further suggestions, emanating
from the economy board, was immedl-
ately recognized, and, with front page
space at q premium. as ii Is today. the
story was deemed of sufficient moment
to be given a place Of honor. There
was nothing extremely radical in the
ideas advanced, a prominent fashion
writer states. They included some OF
the suggestions already made at the
now historic meeting of dressmakers,
manufacturers, retailers. fashion writ
ers and editors, and others held at the
Waldorf, to discuss the adoption OF
the slim silhouette. with view to lin
iting the consumption of wool. One
of the speakers, ut that meeting. drew
attention to the fact. that though there
was not a man in the room who was
wearing what might he called con-
spicuous or individual style Of cloth in
his clothes, yet there were in all prob
ability not two suits in the room of ex-
actly the same pattern.
Among twenty men in blue serge.
each will have suit made from diff
ferent weave and dye. This is waste
of effort and material which might be
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22

We have all read Of Thomas Parr,
who lived to be one hundred and fifty.
two. Likewise Of the countess of Des-
mond, one hundred and forty-five;
Margaret Patten, one hundred and
thirty-seven; Thomas Damme, one
hundred and sixty-four; John Rovin,
one hundred and seventy-two; and Pc
ter Torton, who reached the age of one
hundred and eighty-five. But these
cases Of extraordinary longevity lack
proof.
In the days when those persons
lived no accurate chronological records
were kept. and dates Of occurrences
were usually fixed by associating them
in memory with other events believed
to have happened about the same time.
A mans identity was liable to be con-
fused with that Of a grandfather Of
the same name.
Nowadays nobody lives to any such
ages. Why imagine that the extreme
limits Of longevity have shrunk within
the last two or three centuries?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
ChlppendaIe.

Chippendale-that's name to con-
jure with! I mean this literally. for
so many people do 1t or try to; am
sure that every one Of you, reading
this, knows the type Of commencing
connoisseur who ascribes most Of the
furniture of the eighteenth century,
and some Of the early nineteenth-to
this same dominating Thomas Chippen-
dale. But, after all, isn't that tribute
to his personality. a recognition Of the
fact that he, first of all the English
cabinet makers, was able to break
away from tradition; that he actually
recreated his trade. making 1t a pro-
fession, an art; and so stamped his
individuality on all his work that it
became known by his name, not by
that Of the reigning mOnarch?-Alice
Van Leer Carrick, In the House Beau
tiful.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
MUFFLER AND HAT TO MATCH
Immense Scarf Of Black Satin En-
broidered in Spanish Fashion, Match
ing Headgear, Late Fashion.

A letter from London says that the
tRst of the smart women there who. of
course. are engrOssed in relief work.
as are the best of every country, have
adopted the fashion of wearing i'm
mense mufilers of worsted jersey
wrapped around the neck once or twice
and matched up with a hat.
In America this fashion Is growing
apace. Over here We still have an i'm
mense amount Of peltry. and therefore.
II Is not to be expected that jersey will
take its place during the extreme cold
Of this midwinter, but we may look for
1t as a popular fashion after the ice
breaks.
However, the fashion that American
women have taken up along this line is
quite interesting. 1t is an immense
scarf of black satin embroidered in the
Spanish fashion, with a hat to match.
1t is not as serviceable for rough
weather outdoors as the English muf-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
A Milliner's knack.

To fasten on hat ornament, so
that it will be firm, but not rigid, try
this plan: hold or pin the flower or
feather in position. Then bring the
needle threaded with linen or other
strong thread up through the hat from
the underside, close beside the stem of
the ornament. Leave the knotted end
with four or five inches of thread on
the underside. Put the needle down
through the hat close to the other side
of the stem. Do this three or four
times, even going through the stems if
they are clustered and heavy. Then
put the needle through to the under
side Of the hat and tie the enLs Of the
thread.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22

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No. /, Mclean, Nebraska.
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lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
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years and it will well pay any woman
who suffers from displacements, in
flammation, liberation, irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
"the blues" to give this successful
remedy trial.
For special suggestions in regard to
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Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
Of its long experience is at your service.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22

around and screaming half the time.
I have pretty near conquered 1t by
sheer force Of WILL"
"But I think you ought to do some
thing for It," she said, with some con-
Germ.
"Oh, I shall will 1t to 60 away, and
1t will probably be gone in the morn
ing. 1 was just explaining to you why
I was silent"
"Your tooth may grow worse" said
Mrs. Bowser. 'They say that hot salt
will stop the ache"
"But, as I told you, 1t don't amount
to anything, and the man who can't
stand a little toothache hasn't got
much sand"
"Why not try the hot water bagY
"And why bother about a trifie?"
Just then the tooth, having been
getting really for the last ten minutes,
gave a jump which brought a grOan
from the owner. Mr.. Bowser tried to
hide the groan with a sneeze, but he
could not deceive Mrs. Bowser. She
came over to him and said:
MY dear, open your mouth and let
me see the tooth. Perhaps can stuff
some cotton in the hollow"
The jump got through jumping and
Mr.. Bowser smiled and said:
"Of course, I thank you for your
offer, but please don't concern yourself
any more. I was talking and forgot
my force Of will for a moment and
the blamed old tooth took advantage
Of 1t. There, 1t is as quiet as a June
morning. Mrs. B0wser, what book
were you reading7"
"Well, 1t is a book Of romance" she
answered as she went back to her
chair.
"Then It is a love story" he asked.
"Well, I suppose you might call 1t
that, but there are some historical
facts connected with It,"
II suppose that every woman, no
matter what her age, must read more
| or less about lover remarked Mr.. Bow
ser, "but she had better be thinking
of something else. For instance, you
have soft cornsT
"Yes, 1 have had them to my sor.
row."
"But you did not exercise your will
power or you could have made those
corns vanish. Do / ever have cornsi
Nevert WY? Because ! will that
should not have. Here is great study
for you, Mrs. BOwser."
But you have backaches." she pro
tested.
"That is only when my will power
goes wandering"
81 should think, Mr.. Bowser. II yOr
could will all those things you cOult
will most anything. For instance. why
don't you will a full head Of hair?"
When Mrs. Bowser touched upon Mr.
Bowser's bald pate she touched upOr
tender spot, but just now he had
point to sustain and he repressed hi.
indignation and even smiled as he re
piled:
81 do not wish a full head Of hair
have been told by thousands that
look better without any at all. l may
however, try my will power that wa!
some day. Ouch!"
"Does your tooth jumpT she asked
as he rose and held up one leg ant
pressed his hand to his cheek.
The jumping tooth was not salts
fed to jump only once, and to jump
foot or two. 1t went right on Jumping
five or six times. and at the last juml
1t seemed to Mr.. Bowser that 1t Jumpe'
clear to the ceiling. He struck gal
sxnething like q waltz, and wen