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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
EPIDEMIC OF WEDDINGS

A new kind of an epidemic has struck the vicinity of Bayview ana Craig, according to arrivals from the West Coast. The epidemic is one of weddings and here is a partial list of the nuptial knots recently tied:
 Jim Armour and Ruby Walters of Bayview, married by Rev. Brom ley.
 George Wood of Juneau, and Eliza beth Benson of Bayview.
 Mayor Sam Davis of Hydaburg and Miss Julia John, married l9 Craig by Judge Martindale.
 Fred Grant and Sarah Enihoff both of Hydaburg, married by Judge Martindale.
 Fred A Thiclc, radio operator al Craig, married to Nellie Young.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
ACTIVITY IN CASslAR REGION

Five well known mining men ar rived at Wrangcll on the last trip oi the Princess Mary and have hit the trail by dog team for Deloire Creek, 100 miles northeast of Telegraph Creek. The men are associates of Capt. Sid Harrington, who two years ago took over the claims of the Mitchell Brothers in the Cassiar re- zion. Work will be done on this property during the coming season. The mining men now on their way to the location are A. w. N. Smith George Noonan. Matt Noonan, Ed Fisher and R. D. Brunn.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
SHRINE CLUB DANCE
 THURSDAY TO BE AN
 ENJOYABLE FUNCTION

The second regular monthly dance of the year 1921 under the auspices of the Mystic Shrine will be given Thursday evening February IT, in A B. Hall The event will be patriotic in character, falling as it does be- tween Lincoln's and Washington 5 Birthdays.
 The decorations will bristle with the beauty and enthusiasm that only the Stars and Stripes can create, and scenes in the lives of Washin gton and Lincoln will be depicted The Shrine Quartette will dendel selections during the evening and the entertainment committee hopes to have ready a speciality or two. A number of new dance selections will be played by the Larson orches tra Nobles wishing to extend ;nvi- tations will send in the names of pro posed guests to Secretary L. L. Harding of the Club, that he may get the invitations in the mail al once.
 Shrincrs must wear the fez. Elab crate preparations have been made by the executive committee for the dance Thursday night. It will be ur to the usual high standard of all Shrine social functions.
 Arrangements have been made for special ferry to leave Thane at s o'clock for Juneau calling at Tread well and Douglas enroute.
 Next months event, to be held on the 10th, will be the big Legis lative Ball complimentary to the Alaska Legislature, then to be in session.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
FIRE AT HOPE

According to passengers on the Admiral Watson. which passed south bound last Sunday, a disastrous fire occurred a week ago at Hope, on Turnagain Arm. Martins business block, including the post office, mer chandise store and apartments. Ma thison store building and residence of H. Pratt and Al Perrin were de stroyed with all contents.
 l0nG reduction. Boston Store .-adY
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
CHSsIFlEDADS
I H E E M P l K E
Is THE MEDIUM

n IS THE MEDIUM ;, Through which the general public can always have its wants supplied.
 Closing time for classified edvertiseme nts: 2 P. M.
 Closing time for display ad- vertisements: II A. M. s CLASSIFIED AID RATES
 Ten cents per line first in- eertion.
 Five cents for subsequent in- sertion.
 Special rates by the month.
 Count five average words to the line.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
COURT LIBRARIAN LEAVES
 HOSPITAL FOR HIS HOME

J. r. Hurley, Court Librarian who has been at St. Ann Hospital for the past several weeks recover ing from an operation, had improved enough to be able to leave the hos pital for his home yesterday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
THE JUNEAU AND SEAVIEW
 APARTMENTS

Newly furnished housekeep- ing rooms, fully supplied with all modern conveniences. includ- ing light, water. baths. All outside rooms Splendid view of the Channel. Two. and A. room suites suitable for private families Special winter rates.
 THE SEAVIEW
 Has clean, cozy apartments in 2, 3 and i-room suites for bachelors looking for clean quarters Running water in all rooms. Rates very reason able for the winter. Phone 766.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
CLIFF APARTMENTS In tha cliff nQYf tn tha Nntrrf

On the cliff next to the Court house-"The Cozy Corner of Juneau;" 2, 8, room apart ments fully furnished for Housekeeping. Clean and re- spectable. Suitable for small families. ladies or gentlemen. Each apartment a home by it, self. Strictly private in every respect. including linen, lights, baths, etc., Telephone services. Warm and comfortable. Reason able rates.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
FOR RENT

FOR RENT - Steam heated day and night. Office or store room 18x 45 feet, next door to cable office. Pacific Coast Co., Phone 412
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15

Old papers for sale at the Empire office, 25 cents a bundle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
PALMSTS
BOAT FOR CHARTER

Power seine boat ''U and P' for charter; 5S it., 19 ton, 40 h.p Standard engine, good acommoda- ton. excellent service for towing, carrying passengers and freight; also good for cannery tender. Ad- dress Samuel G. Johnson, Killisnoo, Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15

1O@o reduction, Boston Store.-ade
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
FOR RENT-nouses

FOR RENT - Furnished houses Inquire 214 Fourth Street.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15

1o2s reduction, Boston store.-adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15

FOR RENT-House. Mrs. Mont gomery Davis, Sixth and Seward.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-15
FOR SALE
LOST AND FOUND

LOST - Eversharp pencil last Thursday. Inquire Empire office.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
LIQUID MANURE is VALUABLE
Nitrogen and Potassium Should Be
Carefully Preserved and Used
for Improving Crops.

The liquid eXcrement from farm
animals contains nearly half the nj
trogen and potassium voided by them
and should be carefully preserved
When steers are fed on cement floors
the value of the manure produced is
more than 81 per year greater for each
animal than when fed on earth floors.
Open barnydrd manure is about one
half as valuable as stall manure. The
least amount of nitrogen will be lost
from stored manure if animals are
kept on it OF it is kept in a moist,
we'll packed condition. Manure used
in connection with continuous crop
pings will not maintain the maximum
yield, but when used In connection
with crop rotation it increases the
yield of all crops grown in that rota-
ton. Manure used in conjunction with
complete fertilizer high in phos-
phorus will give better returns than
when either Is used alone.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
WHY-====
1t Is Good Policy to Allow
Children to Shop.

The wise home manager who teach
es the children to help with the mar
keting Is giving them training which
will be valuable all through life and
Is Tightening her own steps with each
new lesson In marketing.
Some of the things to be gained for
the child are the study of reliable
omy and thrift, business methods and
a sympathy and interest la the things
mother Is doing. The first step in
good marketing will be study of
brands, as the greater number Of
foods are now purchased in package
or under brand name.
knowledge of food brands is help
full to the busy housewife in many
ways. 1t makes her more independ-
ent in marketing. Her requests for a
spect by her grocer, whether given
personally or by the child. She is
protected against the lust as good"
products of unfamiliar names. And
her family is saved disappointing
food experiments.
Now that ready-tO-serve foods play
such an important part in the prep
aration of everyday meals, the home
wOman's eyes are opened to the i'm
portance Of food labels. When she
finds nationally known brand of uni
form high quality she buys every
food she can under that one brand,
knowing that substitutes are never as
satisfactory.
The boys, as well as the girls, like
to be "mother's helpers; they are
happy in establishing their own cash
and-carry system from the markets,
applying their lessons in mathematics
TO the household accounts, studying
ways to save mothers steps and be-
coming the purchasing agent for the
home.
With the increasing popularity of
the lunch box, the question of what
to pack is assuming all the impOr
lance of the two meals eaten at home.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Ductless Glands in Coilene.

Ductless glands, said to be RESPONSE
BILE for epilepsy, feeble.m indedness,
cancer and other diseases, will be the
subject of special study at the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania. A chair in
end0crinOOgy, the branch Of medical
science dealing with ductless glands,
has been endowed at the university,
and it is said to be the first ever es-
tablished in the world.
Experiments Will be conducted at
the ear, eye, nose and throat hospitals
of Philadelphia, the various clinic.
under control of the university medi-
cal school and other places
SO important do the physicians of
the American Therapeutic society re-
gard this step that the chairman of
the society's council was instructed
to appoint q committee to formulate
a curriculum for the teaching Of en-
d0crinOlOgy to graduates and post
graduates in every medical school In
the United States.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28

A Hoosier minister's wife was get
ting ready to go to the hospital for
an operation. Her husband and chill
dren had been solicitous of her all
day, everything around the house had
been very quiet until late that evening,
when she heard the seven-year-old
twins quarreling. She asked her hus-
band to see what it was about, and he
summoned them into the room to give
them a lecture on worrying their
mother.
at was all your fault, daddy" Flora
retorted
Floyd nodded his head and the min
lister asked what he had done. I'M
agine the feeling when Floyd replied:
mfr. Long said he didn't see where
you would get another wife if mother
died, and l said you would want Miss
+, and Flora said you would want
her Sunday school teacher because
you called her your helping hand all
the time. indianapolis News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
How Great Sentiment Originated.

Charles c. Pinckney was one of
three ENJOYS sent by the United States
to France in 1897 to settle disputes
which had arisen between the two
countries. The American grievance
was caused by the seizure of Ameri-
can vessels by France The French
grievance was that commercial priyi-
legas had been granted TO England.
Talleyrand. the French foreign minis
ter, refused to receive the ENJOYS, but
il had been conveyed to them by
secret agents that before any settle
ment could be reached it would be
necessary for the United States to pay
q large sum of money. which was, i'm
fact. little more than bride. 1t was
then that Pinckney mane his famous
declaration that the United States had
millions for defense, but not one cent
for tribute"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
HAS MADE NEW PROFESSION
Philadelphia Woman Makes Excellent
Living Arranging Details for ANA
teur Entertainments.

pin-money career, for one Phila-
delphia woman, was the outcome of
her refusal to drill some children for
an Easter program. On previous oc-
caslons she had thrust upon her" the
responsibility Of planning and prepar-
Ing various kinds of entertainments,
home-talent plays, cantatas, etc, for
different organizations. AS this work
required much time and strength, she
was offered remuneration for her serv-
Ices and accepted the money. Now
she has work ahead in that line all the
year round. She assumes the RESPONSE
bility Of miscellaneous programs, plays,
etc, for all ages, for Sunday schools,
lodges, clubs, etc. She arranges time
and place Of practice, and assigns
parts to each one in drills, plays, dia-
logues, cantata, solo, duet, quartette,
chorus, etc. Superintendent In the
schools often call on her to help In
such lines, and various organizations
OF the city. Much of the work, as the
practicing, Is done in her own home.
She receives from 20 to 40 cents an
hour. Free-Will offerings from
church organization have also been
generous, as the manner of paying her.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
How to Attain Old Age.

Refusal to worry is one of the
secrets to long and happy life, said
Chester X. Woodford of AVIAN, who
is one hundred and seven years old,
says a Winsted (Conn.) dispatch to
the New York Tribune. He is the
oldest living eX-member of the Con
necticut house of representative and
belongs to a long-lived family. His
mother lived to be ninety-seven years
old and his grandmother to he one
hundred and two.
Going to the Middle West in 1888
as a clock peddler, Mr. Woodford met
Abraham Lincoln when the latter was
a country lawyer in 1871. Mr.. Wood
ford bought farm of 100 acres at
the foot of Talcott mountain and ever
since has raised tobacco and dealt in
dairy products.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Coal From Spitzberuen,

A few months ago the first Holland
contingent of engineers and coal
miners embarked for Spitzbergen to
work the extensive coal properties re-
Gently acquired by a group Of we'll
known Holland commercial men. The
first cargo Of Spit2l orgen coal arrived
at Rotterdam, August H. direct from
the mines of the Netherlands-Spitz-
bergen company. Notwithstanding the
high freight rates. It has been shown
that Spitzhergen roal can be laid down
in Holland at price lower than that
paid for English or German coal.
Easy access to the coal beds and eco
nomcal working of the mines make
these, cheaper deliveries TO Holland
possible Enormous amounts of coal
are available.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Stopped at Last.

AS little Harry came in the back
door, he was saying to himself, "Well,
l got the best of him that time"
His mother happened to be in the
kitchen. Harry, have you and the
neighbor, boy been fighting again?"
she asked.
Harry was quick to reply: Not
this time. You know when he was
over here last week we made a kite
and you made me let him take il
home with him. Yesterday we made
a birdhouse and he got to take it
home. SO today we dug holes and
he didn't take them home with him"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28

for the Samese New Year on April
l, and afterward could have five
months of sightseeing before reach
ing Arabia for the Mohammedan
New Year on September t. He could
then cross the Red Sea and make a
quick journey into Abyssinia to take
part in the New Year festivities of
that country on September 10. Re-
turning to the Red Sea and taking a
steamer north he could easily reach
Jerusalem in good time for the He
brew New Year October 3.
1.-THE holiday hunter would now have
taken part in all the principal New
Year celebrations of the world and
could return to the Western hemiS-
phere to spend the Christmas with
which he is most familiar at his own
hearth side. In six days less than
year he would have chalked up
seven New Year and two Christmas
solicitations to his c''~'''
"1'he worlds multiplicity of New
Year Days and ChriStmastdes is due
10 the fact that our calendar is largely
an arbitrary device. The earth re-
wolves around the sun in 800. 2422 DAYS,
which makes the true year a very odd
measure of time. And it is almost
as difficult to choose a logical be-
ginning for the year as it is to find
the starting point Of circle. Different
peoples have selected different start
ing points and have also assumed the
wear to be Of slightly different lengths.
This has not only resulted in the
wears beginning at different times
hut hos also caused the times of be-
ginning to vary in their relations to
one another from year to year. Il is
as though clock had half a dozen or
more hands all moving around the
dial from different starting points
Tile most logical starting points for
the year would seem to be summer
and winter sOlStices and the spring
and autumn equinoxcs; and all of
them have been made TO mark the
BEGINNINGS of the years in some parts
Of the world. The Greg0rian calendar
that is now in use in the United
States and throughout most of the
Christian world, is the Julian calendar
slightly modified. When Julius Caesar
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28

NgAW1N history that VIII go on TO
be bound with the thou
sands of other records we call years.
May 1922 bring us cOunterparts of the
happiest days of the year just closing,
and a heart for ANY fate" and may
we all learn the lesson of how "to
labor and to wait"
Now for a jolly New Years eve
party that you may like to get up.
Send out invitations for a watch
night" party or remembrance"
party, as one girl is going to call the
intimate little affair she is arranging
for New Years eve. If you can SKETCH
draw an hour-glass, Father Time
or clock face with the hands at mid
night or the last leaf on the calendar
with "December 81" done in scarlet
Ask each one to tell of their happiest
day in the year that is past and in
what month it happened.
You may play cards, dance or rem
iniscences," just as suits you best.
Have a cake with u candles sur
rounded by wreath of holly and mis-
tletOe and the favors symbolic of the
years special days; for instance,
calendar for January, a Cupid or
heart for February, kite for March,
a tiny umbrella for April, a posy or
bouquet of artificial flowers for May,
or wee May pole; a doll bride or
basket of roses for June, firecracker
e T,,J, nj
for August, bunch of grapes or a tiny
washtub for September, the latter sig
nifying Labor day."
Represent October with a wee jack
O'-lantern cut from an orange,
pumpkin or football for November or
a turkey and for December a minia-
thre Christmas tree. These articles
could be procured in duplicate and be
used to find partners, or they may be
placed in a Jack Horner pie made to
represent the face of clock. red rib
bOns going to each place.
This is an occasion when the for
tune nuts may be used, taking perfect
English walnutS and removing the
meats. inserting narrow strip of
paper bearing a pleasant prophecy for
the coming season, and then gluing
the shells closely together. These
may he gllded and passed at the
table A wise hostess who knows her
guests well viii be clever i'm making
these forecasts right.
Much merriment ensues when the
girls ask the boys to dance, invite
them to supper. and in general reverse
the usual order of social conventions.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28

Nf-ZZSNT.TlHiHN IAN . udy 1911 WiidL
NNsAWIIN it used to be. This is in
NKA3N a small way attributable to
Dr4s$$&tH the addition to the Consti-
UlNSYIZNN tuition of some dry reading
matter. In still greater
part it is because the international OBJ
session for celebrating whenever Fa-
ther Time takes fresh start in pilot
ing the earth around the sun is thou
sands Of years old. The manner of
observing the day has changed greatly
through the centuries.
The urge to give presents at least
once year was felt even before
Christmas and Santa Claus came into
the scheme of things, and the an
cient Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians and
Romans rendered their gifts to one
another on the first day of the year.
Kings got into the habit of receiving
extra gifts from their subjects on
these days and liked it so well they
began eXtorting larger and larger
sums. This practice got so bad in
Rome under the Caesars that Clau-
dius called halt.
II spread to other countries, how
ever. and the English had their New
Years celebration spoiled annually
by rapaciouS sovereigns until Queen
Elizabeh's modest demands of her
subjects cut gifts down to a mini
mum. In those days the celebration
of New Years day HAD become world
wide. With variations to suit all ma
rionalities, it consisted everywhere
of eating, drinking and motley merri-
ment.
Christopher Columbus, so far as
is known, was the first white man
TO jubilate on New Years day in the
western hemisphere While his ships
were undergoing repairs on January
l, 1893, he enjoyed .sumptuOus din
her with two savage monarchs on
the island of Haiti. After this meal,
history SAYS, the diScoverer of Amer
lea had his first smoke of tobacco.
Whether he enjoyed it is not recorded,
but he left it to a later generation
Sir Walter Raleigh is generally cred
tied with the funCtiOn-to introduce
tobacco to Europe
The Pilgrim Fathers and the first
families of the older states of the
Union enjoyed a quiet holiday as each
year came around. They Toasted,
but not until they had attended re-
ligious services.
For % years up to the dawn of
1920 and the era of wartime pro
hibition, the celebration in large cit
les became noisier and more expen-
Sive each year. Thousands used to
crowd into places Of merriment, while
principal thOroughfareS were packed
with throngs Of merrymakers with
'squawkers, clappers, bells and confetti
Every hotel and most of the res
taurants were jammed with gay
diners. In 1908 it was estimated that |
SlOOO,0O0 was spent in the New York |
white light district on New Years eve.
After that statisticians gave up try
ing to figure out the sum.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28

A Sheep Parasite-5ack View Of Fe-
male Sucking Body Louise (dighly
Enlarged.)
While the actual treatment Of disease
Is primarily matter for veterinarians,
the information given in the new bulle-
tin will enable sheep owners to recog-
nize symptoms early in their develop
ment and thus avoid losses to their
flOcks. Altogether 81 kinds Of diseases
and ailments are discussed.
The sheep industry of the country
has suffered severely from the ravages
Of infectious and noninfectious dis
eases. In addition to the scientific
names, the bulletin gives the common
names by which the various diseases
are known. A convenient arrange
ment of cause, symptoms, post-mortem
appearance, diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention makes it possible for sheep
owners to obtain a practical knowledge
of the best means for preventing and
controlling sickness in the focks.
Numerous illustrations add to the
clearness of the discussion.
AS a companion bulletin to Diseases
of Sheep" the department is distrib-
uting also Farmers Bulletin HOO, en-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
lMPART COLOR TO THE NILE
Green Has Only Recently Been
Explained.

"Green sea" on the ocean and
green water" on the Nile have two
quite different meanings The clear,
unbrollen wave that sweeps over the
deck has no relation to the unpleas-
ant product of the upper part of the
great river.
About April 10 the Nile begins its
annual rise. month later the effect
is felt at Khartum. A most curious
phenomenon accompanies this in
crease in the appearance of green
water"
1t used to be thought that the color
came from the swamps of the Upper
Nile, lying isolated and stagnant UNI
der the burning tropical sun, and pol
luting the waters with decaying vege-
table matter. With the spring rise
this fetid water was supposed to be
swept into the streams to make it's
appearance in Egypt.
This theory was abandoned some
time ago. The green water Is caused
by the presence of innumerable num-
bers of microscopic algae, offensive to
the taste and smell. They have their
origin way up in the tributaries, and
are carried to the Nile, where under
the hot sun and in the clear water
they increase with amazing rapdity,
forming columns from go miles to 500
miles long.
The weeds go on growing and dying
and decaying until the turbid flood
waters put them to an end, for they
cannot exist save in clear wafer
New York Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-12-28
Neu' qear
Parties

Here's to the old gear, drink boys,
drink.
Here's to the days that have fled,
old friends, old acine, old memories;
Drink to the joys that are dead
Here's to the NeW Year stretching
ahead,
TO the days that are bHthesome
and gag,
May the joys of the old be the joys
Of the mew,
Its SORROWS fade gently array.