A Prophecy
Br CAROL H. PIERCE
Copyright by American Pt?? Asso
ciation. ItU.
When the civil war was coming on
Enoch Artnsby, a Connecticut Yankee,
who had taken tt into bis bend to ran
a plantation on tbc Mississippi river
some twenty miles south of Wks
burg. found himself a northern man
with southern interests. Despite the
differences between bim and his neigh
bors they didn't drive him out. His
son. Zeke, who bad lived in the south
longer than in the north, enlisted in |
the Confederate army, and this dis
posed the southerners more than ever
to let the father alone.
Enoch Armsby told his southern
friends that there were reasons why
the north would prevail.
"I guess." he said, "nothln' can
stand against the south for flghtin',
hat it Isnt fight in' that's goln* to win.
The northern people are full of re
sources. When they come down here
youll find that they wlU convert a fer
ryboat Into a man-of-war, bnlld
bridges with cotton bales, and when
they capture one o' your railroads
they'll gtt out a time table and run
It nearer the schedule than you fellers
eaa do tt in time of peace."
"I reckon one sovtthe'ner can whip
five Yankees." would be the reply.
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"S'|><!sii"i tbi\r do S'jv?tn tne.v mii
three mn ?> the five Yankee* and
aiake prisoners of the other two. The
two they d ro't kill will Invent some
rt'HT o citlin' om o* jail and go on
fl;.htln\ They will I* Joined by three
more Yindtns and l>e us strong as
ever. That'll go right on"
The l-Ydei-Hl forces slowly imtde their
way down the rtver and In time the
groat event of tho war In that rt?g1ons
the slep.* of Vicksbrrg. beguu Zeke
| Arnisby |>?rti?-lpated In the ti^hilng
that t?x>k place In the rear or that city.
w:im cnpciretl mut outlined Willi a i?t
of Confederate prisoners ot war In a
UMUiifiictory of undertaker* supplier
VX'liea tl.e nev.s reached his father the
nelRhlwrs said:
"Mr \ ruisby. reckon yer ?son 'II hnve
a chance to -how that Yankee ingenu
tty yn' been" braggin a bom now
Reckon he'll And a way fo' grttln out ~
"I gliess /eke II pit out If any one
< an "
"How's be goln' to do It? l'bat fac
tory is on a point o laud ctlcktn owl
Into the river. I'hctv s a high wall on
one side an, J writer on the oiher The
Yanks halr't <mh fools ns to jrfre
their prisoners borts, are they V
"I gue^s not." the father admitted
"Writ, we ll sp* wb.it Yankee into
nulfy 'II do There's several hundred
southerners In that building, and II one
northerner Invents a way to Kit out
we'll give up the polift about the su
perlorlty ot yo' people."
One morning one of Mr Artnsbv's
neighbors stood on the bank looking
ap the river, shading bis eyes wtth his
hands. Another in-rson saw blm. and.
bavins nothing to do. walked slowly
ont to see what the.tfrst was looking
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j From Alajka I* a Curio, a 8ouvenlr
And an Ornament
| The interest ihovu by the tourist
I In the various souvenirs is greater in
j regard to the Rnell Ivory than any
j other specimen of curios which are
| offered for sale by the numerous
stores in the town of Alaska.
Aside from its beauty as an orna
ment, surrounded as It Is with the
gold nuggets, natural In shape and
color, the Interest seems to be en
hanced by the fact that, the Ivory Is
thousands upon thousands of years
old.
There are three kinds of ivory found
in Alaska? Mammoth, Mastodon and
Walrus.
The Mammoth and Mastodon, pre
historic animals, (according to our
?scientists) lived a hundred thousand
years ago, and today Is found In the
ground by the natives, on the shores
of the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea and
the North Pacific Ocean, and occas
ionally by miners in shafts and drifts.
The fossilized coloring is caused by
minerals contained in the earth, where
it had laid buried for thousands of
years.
H. D. Klrmse has the finest collec
tion of Old Fossil Ivory Jewelry In
the entire district, and it Is well
worth one's time to inspect the beau
tiful stock now on display In this pop
ular Jewelry emporium.
at Another and another Joined the !
party, and Anally Arms by himself ap
peared
"Somep'ti quaar?" asked one of the
party.
"Powerful quaar. I'd reckon It was
driftwood, only fo' somep'n shlnln' on
It Thar? did yo' see the flash V
Every one saw It and wondered The
driftwood or whatever it was came
rapidly nearer, for the current of the
Mississippi is by no means slow, and
as the thing approached many were
the comments made upon it. Some
said it was a log that bad been
squared, some that it was an oblong
box. while others noticed that It was
smaller at each end than in tbe middle.
As it rolled something, either glass or
metal, occasionally caught the rays of
the sun and sent out a flash.
"By gum. it's a cofflnl" exclaimed
one of tha watchers.
"A coffin?" exclaimed tbe others.
"What can a coffin be dolif sallln'
down the river?"
"It Is a coffin. stao'."
While these remarks were being
made the cuffln? for such it was? was
approaching the bank on which tbe
party was standing.
"There must be a co'pse in it." re
marked one. "or It would roll over."
"That thing that reflects the light Is
the plate."
Tbe coffln floated by. and as It did
so the upper part of the lid was lifted
off by tbe said corpse, and a pale face
rose and looked at tbe party with
frightening effect
"By Jlng." exclaimed Armsby, "Its
my boy Zekel"
j "Reckon," said several others,
j "Dad," cried the young man. "come ?
j out In a boat and git me. I haven't
\ got no oars."
Armsby ran downstream to where j
a boat was tied, rowed out to the cot
; fin and towed It ashore. Then Zeke
I told them that in the undertaker's sup
| ply manufactory (his prison) be had
discovered a pile of coffins. lie had
: launched himself in one of them be- '
j fore daylight.
i "Feller citlsens." spoke up one of tbe !
! party, "wa'll neve' conqu#' slch people !
| as that as long as Ood Almighty lives." j
A conference was held, and it was j
i decided that tbe people of tbe county
: be recommended to have nothing to do
j with the war. They felt assured that ,
I a people who would use coffins for |
boats Instead of burying corpses would i
be found invincible. Enoch Armsby j
simply said. "1 told you so." and when
tha Confederacy collapsed became the
most influential planter in those parts
NOW IS THE TIME
Now la toe time when one's
thoughts naturally tarn to dwell upon
ALASKAN SOUVENIRS and when a
desire to possess such takes an un
controllable hold on one. WE ARE
IN BUSINESS TO SATISFY THAT
DESIRE. Alaska souvenirs of all
kinds, ancient and modern, souvenirs
that appeal to the tastes, that satis
fy both the eye And the pocket-book,
we have. The presentation of one to
a friend In the States to the south
of us will make a friend for life.
We sell watches, clocks and all
kinds of Jewelry AT PRICES THAT
ARE RIGHT.
In our repair department we make
WATCHES AS GOOD AS NEW. We
absolutely GUARANTEE SATISFAC
TION.
We are opticians and make examina
tions free.
J. IKUTA.
Jeweler and Optician.
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Fresh Oysters on half shell or Skag
i way spring chicken at the Pack Train
1 Restaurant tf.
ERIIP TIN CAUSED
TCHRittESUFFEfilNG
Baby's Body Covered with Large
Sores. Seemed to Itch and Burn,
Finger Nails Fell Off. Little or
No Sleep. Used Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. In 6 Weeks Cured.
"When my baby boy *u sit mon^? nld. !
Ms body W*? COmpl?tr|y Kill, large j
?ores that wmed to Itch Mid ham, and |
terrible suffering. The erup- |
tton l>egan In plmpies whlrh I
woaM open and run, making j
large wre*. Hit hair came
out and finger natU fell off,
and the *ar?s were over the
entire body, causing little or
no deep for baby or myself.
Great scab* would come off
when I rtmored hi* alitrt.
"We tried a great many j
remedies but nothing wonld i
help hlra, till a friend In
duced me to trf the Cutlrora
Soap and Ointment. 1 used
the Cutkmrm Soap and Oint
ment hut a short time before j
I could see that he wax im- ]
proving, and In alt weeks'
time be was entirely cored. Tie had snfferwj 1
about all weeks ln-fore we tried the (. utfc-ura j
Soap and Ointment although we had tried
sereral other things, and doctors loo. I
think the Cuticura Remedies will do all that
Ik claimed for them, and a great deal more."
(Signed) Mrs. Noble Tubman, Dodsnn, Mont, |
Jan. 2S. 1011 .
For more than ft feneration Cutlcnr* Snap
and Ointment bare afforded the most ecrv j
nomfcal treatment for affections of the skin j
and scmlp of infants, children ftnd adults. A i
single cake of Outlcura Soap (25c.) ftnd box i
of CutlcuTft Ointment (80c.t are often suffl- i
cient. Although sold hy druggists ftnd dealers I
throughout the world, > libera! cample of
each, with 32-p. book on the skin, wilt be j
cent five, on application to Potter Drug A !
Cbem. Corp , Dept. ISA, Itostoa.
8urs It W*i Hit Wlfs. '
Three o'clock *i? the very earliest j
I bo man could gel up to the store. to
bta wife asked him to mwt her then
"I don't knot* Id what department 1
nhnli be at that lime.*' she Mid. "bat
Just before 3 I will telephone lo tbe
clerk n( the lnf<?rnuitlon bureau near
the main entrance, and If yon will Just
step over and ask him b? will tell 7011
where I am "
At two mlnutea past S the man
nought Information aa to tbe where^
about* of hla wife.
"I bare a montage," Mid tbe clerk,
"from a woman wbo aald her husband
would Inquire for ber about 3 o'clock.
Maybe It I* for you. She aald to tell
fou that abe haa g*me to Blank'* at ore.
over on Sixth avenue, to finish ber
shopping because the clerka In this
atore are Impudent, tbe place la III ven
tllated ami ahe couldn't find anything
abe wanted bore anyhow and never
has been able lo And anything bet*
and thla la posltltely the last time
abo will ever try to find anything ,
here Of course thnt might hare been
your wife"?
"Ob. yea." aald the man; "that was
ber all right"? New York Sun
Cochinsal Inwcli.
Before mnny years cochineal scarlet
will bare become a thing of history
only, like tbe Tyrlan purple of antlqui*
ty. That Is the conclusion of M. t^eon
Dlguet, who has been studying the
atate of tbe cochineal Industry In Mex
ico The first specimens of cochineal
were taken to Europe by tbe Spanish
adventurers In the sixteenth century.
The Indians had cultivated tbe coccus
cacti, from which tbe color is derived
in pre-Columbian times, and after the
Spnnlsb conquest the Industry devel
oped rapidly. The city of Oaxaca was
the center of the cochineal country In
tbe days of Humboldt, but only a few
plantations of tbe nopal ttctns, on
which the Insects are fed. now remain.
The female Insect* only are used to
form a dye. and they are gathered by
brushing the branches of the no pel as
soon as they begin lo lay their eggs
Tbey are then desiccated lo ovens or
killed with boiling water.
Dust With Horsewhip*.
A novel bnt bmfal fbrtn of dnel be
tween two carters took place at Baja.
Hungary. Being both In love with the
daughter of tbe farmer who employed
them. 'they decided to tight for ber
with their heavy horsewhips, tbe girl
agreeing to act as umpire and accept
the winner. In order to Insure that
there should be no running away, they
first fastened themselves to two posts
In the ground Tbe girl gave the slg
nal to begin, and the two men. who
were stripped to tbe waist, began to
belabor each other with such fury
that long bleeding welts soon cov
ered tbelr faces, arms and bodies.
Unable to bear the horrible sight tbe
girl ran away for help. When she
came back with some of the neigh
bors tbey found the two men lying on
the ground covered with blood and
exhausted. Tbe duel was declared a
draw.
A Luseious Morsel.
A speaker at a literary dinner In
New York said.
"He wbo writes for posterity can
only expect tbe approval of posterity.
To his own generation his work will
be as unpalatable as German carp?
and yon know tbe recipe for cooking
German carp?
"No? Well, then, this Is It:
"Catch a German carp to a stagnant
and muddy stream. Clean It Imme
diately and bang It in tbe son three
days to dry. After It Is thoroughly
dried nail It to a spruce board and
cover It with a paste of salt and mud.
Let It stand two days longer. Now
bake it forty-eight houra. Remove tbe
nails, scrape ofT the salt and mud paste
carefully and then eat tbe board ?
never eat the carp."
All kinds of second hand fir lum
ber for sale. R. B. FVwter, 11th and
Main. tf.
Alaskan Reader* Can no Longer
Doubt The Evidence
This grettfa] ctticea testified k>wg
AgO.
Told of a quick relief -of * feattnj 1
benefit
The facta are now confirmed
Such evidence Is complete? tl?? ;
evidence conclusive.
It forma convincing proof of merit.
F. A. Satiwi, Hoyt and Went It*.,
Salem, Ore., aays: "far ten or twelv
yearn, kidney trouble wait the plagn?
of my life. I anffered intensely from
a pain In the small of mjr back and
was often unable to more. I doctor
er and tried a number of remedies
but to no avail, and I vh in a bad
way when I procured Dnan'a Kidney
Pill* They benefitted me at once i
and after I bad taken the contents, I ?
was free from every symptom of kid
ney complaint. My health la now
of the best and for that reason I c*n- .
not recommend Doaa'a Kidney Pills
too highly (Statement given Jan i
St, 1906.)
RE ENDORSEMENT
On Nov. 22, 1909 Mr. Sutton c?n
firmed his former statement, saying j
"I willingly relterale all I have said j
previously In praim> of Dwin'? Kidney
Pills. This remedy cared me three j
yars a?o and I have had no return |
of kidney trouble.
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