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FRANCE’S FRIENDLY PROMISE.
Tin1 dispatches tell us that the French are going to turn
r to Uncle >Sani all tli“ business heretofore done with Ger
ly.jrMfffisvcry nice in France. lint. France is all bet up
^Jw, and isn’t thinking about economics. After the war
fnce will do just what all other nations will do—buy where
can buy cheapest and best, and the United States will get
t as much of her business as business rules command, and
more.
it is well to hear the promise merely as an evidence of
•nch desire to hold the goodwill of the United States
ougli the war, and not borrow any money on it. At the
to time those among us who possess the sapiency of keen
iness men will be figuring how we can manufacture as
aplv and as well as other manufacturing nations. We shall
re the edge on Germany while French hatred is being as
tred by the softening influences of time. But even through
t period most of the French merchants will buy where the
. 1 ng is best. America should make America the best place,
s :i great opportunity.
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Many a blank check is feeling the scratch of Santa Claus.
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faitbanks is a candidate for the next Democratic territorial
ivontion, and claims to have the support of Nome in secur
• the coveted meeting.
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At Seward the postmaster is allowed $2,200 a year for
rk hire, while the allowance for Cordova, which handles
hty per cent of the mail that goes to interior Alaska for
ht months of the year is only $2,000 per annum.
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ELIMINATING GAMBLING TIPS.
Christmas piety has reached’ Wall Street. The charity
it is supposed to extend over all, will embrace, for the time
ng, even the lambs that really seem to enjoy a shearing in
tempered winds. The stock exchange has notified its mem
's that they must not advertise their “tips” in newspapers
I magazines.
Wall Street long has had sharp rules against this prac
(>, but violation of them has been winked at in recent
piths. And th(> wink has enabled some brokers whose
■uples are not discernible, to unload a lot of war stocks and
lor stuff that may not be worth as much after while as they
„ now.
The rule is valuable and its strict enforcement very desir
le. Any means by which the present tendency toward insan
in stock buying can be checked, is a godsend to the sound
osperity of the country. Recent weeks have witnessed a
•ions reversion to Wall Street gambling—and thousands
ve loaded themselves with the ingredients of almost certain
master.
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There is nothing more pitiful in the world than an empty
Hiking on Christmas morning. Be a “big brother.”
How humane New York is getting! Doomed wretches in
e death cells at Sing Sing have been given spring beds in
>ad of hard slats.
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The scriptural declaration about the Lord taking up those
lose parents desert them has a wodern instance in the Port
nd nurse who adopted a little defective girl given away by
tiler and mother.
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THE AFTER SORROW.
Very old people recall among their earliest recollections
e coming to their parents* houses, at stated intervals,
,'arthy tramps bearing each a dirty paper on which was
ritten a statement that the bearer lost his home and many
ndred by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and closing with
i appeal for help to bring the few remaining members of his
mily to the United States.
When it was told the little children of tin* family what
<■ paper said, how they wondered what the eruption of a
ouutain meant, where it could be and how it could be when
world was so calm and nature wore only smiles.
But Vesuvius has extended all over Europe, and through
it western Asia now; there are burned cities and dead men in
c wake of the cataclysm everywhere, and the hearts of men
id women who have survived are under a shadow like that
death. That upheaval will cease after a while and then our
iople must prepare for another invasion of men bearing cer
;icates that they lost all in the fiery upheaval.
That will not be the worst of the sorrow; those creatures
ill eventually merge with our own people, something of the
irkness in their blighted hearts will attach to the clear air of
tr land, something of the rage and grief and despair in their
nls will find expression and give an unrest to our own
ople. *
If possible they should be received tenderly and given
‘iployment, something to occupy hands and bring them with
1 possible comforts, the fatigue to cause them to sleep at
ght, else thousands of them will be plotting more and more
lily, how on the wreck that has come to them, they can easiest
ist. Our sorrows from the great war have not yet come.
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To date none of them has been able to get Switzerland’s
at or goats.
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Gun barrels, not pork barrels, are.the thing this year at
e national capital.
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Uncle Sam is still gunning for bootleggers at Anchorage,
d succeeds in bagging a little game every few weeks.
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THE first century of colonial life
saw few' set times and days
for pleasure. The holy days of
the English church were as a
stench to the Puritan nostrils, and their
public celebration was at once rigidly
forbidden by the laws of New Eng
land.
New holidays were not quickly
evolved, and the sober gatherings for
matters of church and state for a time
took their place. The hatred of “wan
ton bacchanalian Christmases” spent
throughout England, ns Cotton said, In
“reveling, dicing, carding, masking,
mumming, consumed In eompotatlons,
in Interludes, In excess of wine. In
mad mirth,” was the natural reaction
of Intelligent and thoughtful minds
ngnlnst the excesses of a festival
which had censed to be a Christian
holiday, but was dominated by a lord
of misrule who did not hesitate to In
vade the churches In time of service
In his noisy revels and sports. English
churchmen long ago revolted ngnlnst
such Christmas observance.
Of the first pilgrim Christmas we
know but little, save that It was spent
as was many a later one. In work.
By 1C59 the Puritans had grown to
hate Christmas more and more. It
was, to use Shakespeare’s words, "the
bug thnt. feared them all.” The very
name smacked to them of Incense,
stole and monkish custom. Any person
who observed it as a holiday by for
bearing of labor, feasting or any other
way was to pay 5 shillings fine, so
desirous were they to "beate down ev
ery sprout of Kplscopade.”
Judge Sewall watched Jealously the
feeling of the people with regard to
Christmas and noted with pleasure on
each succeeding year the continuance
of common traffic throughout the day.
Such entries as this show Ills attitude:
"Dec. 25, 10.85. Carts come to town
and shops open ns usual. Some some
how observe the day, but are vexed, I
believe, that the body of people pro
fane It, and blessed be God no author
Ity yet to compel them to keep It.”
When the Church of England estab
lished Christmas services In Boston a
few years later we find the Judge
waging hopeless war against Governor
Belcher over It and hear him praising
his son for not going with other boy
friends to hear the novel and attrac
tive services. He says, “I dehort mine
from Christmas keeping and charge
them to forbear.”—Alice Morse Earle.
Yule Log Must Be of Ash.
In Devonshire the Yule log, to be a |
luck brlnger, must consist of a bundle |
of ash sticks bound around with bands
of the same tree, nine In number, no j
more and no fewer. And every time
the fagot cracks In the flamea the
good host must furnish a fresh bowl
of liquor to his guests.
I THE LITTLE FELLER’S
| STOCKIN’ | j
OH, it's Chriatmaa eve and moonlight
and the Christmas air ia chill,
And the frosty Christmas holly shines
and sparkles on the hill.
And the Chriatmaa alcighbella (ingle and
the Christmas laughter rings
Aa the last stray shoppers hurry, takin'
home the Chriatmaa things.
And up yonder in the attic there'a a little
trundle bed
Where there'a Christmas dreams a-dane
in’ through a sleepy, curly head.
And it'a “Merry Christmas!" Mary, once
ag'in far me and you.
With the little feller'a stockin' bangin’ up
beside the flue.
9'V'ISNT silk, that little stockin', and it
isn't much far show.
And the darns are pretty plenty
round about the heel and toe.
And its color's kinder faded, and it'a
sorter worn and old.
But it rcclly ia surprisin' what a lot of
love 'twill hold.
And the little hand that hung it by the
chimbly there along
Has a grip upon our heartstrings that is
mighty firm and strong..
So, old Santy, don't forget it. though it
isn't fine and new.
That plain little worsted stockin' bangin'
up beside the flue.
AND the crops may fail and leave us I
with our plans all gone ter
smash.
And the mortgage may hang heavy, and
the bills use up the cash.
But whenever comes the season, (est so
long's we've got a dime.
There'll be somethin' in that stockin'—
won't there, Mary?— every time.
And if in amongst our sunshine there's a
shower er two of rain.
Why, we'll facs It bravely, smilin', and
we'll try not ter complain
Long as Christmas comes and finds us ,
here together, me and you.
With the little feller’s stockin' bangin' up
beside the flue.
—Joe Lincoln in Saturday Evening Post, i
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Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
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V STEAMSHIP CO.
Feet and commodious ateamera ealllng between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway. Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Salle from 8ea^le— from Cordova—
December 10 . ALAMEDA . December 19
Oecember 21_NORTHWESTERN_December 30
Regular freight aervfce ror Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglae, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Exploe
Ivea, 8. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
Thla company reaervea the right to change achedule of eteamere
without notice.
Tlcketa on aale at up-town office Alaaka Steamahlp Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
T. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC 8. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next ealllng from Seattle will be <
VDMIRAL EVANS . December 15
VDMIRAL FARRAGUT . December 26
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau. Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
] Copper River & J
| Northwestern Ry. j
Effective October 4th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and gj
| Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making |j
t- connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving |j
| from Seattle. gj
g Trains leave Cordova depot, at foot of Second Avenue, jij
Mondays and Thursdays. |
| Leave Kennecott, Tuesdays and Fridays,
jg Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays, j;!:
jg Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays,
ijji The above schedule subject to change without notice, jjjj
Dining Car in Connection With ail Regular Pessenger Train* Be
tween Cordova and Chitina. jj£
•g Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 1’. M.
Tickets on sale it Depot or up town office, Alaska *
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Superintendent Cordova Agent gj
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