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A WAR OF AMAZONS
The press news received by tlie
Daily Alaskan yesterday announcing
that i5t>,000 Servian women will
soon line themselves up in battle
array to resist the invasion and
subjugatiou of their coULtry by the1
Teutons, the Bulgers and their her
editary enemies, the Turks, is not
surprising wheu wo come to glance
back over the history and legor.ds
of tho couutry in which thy seems
of coming deadly conflict between
warriors of both sexe-i are to bo
staged. It is, however, rather
eulighteuing, as it seems to cur
roborate in a measure the truth
if the traditions that have been
handed down to us that after a ua
tiou has reached the pinnacle of
culture and civilization it conime ice
to retrograde in a more or loss
marked degree until it again verges
ou the boundaries of the primitive.
Xot that we mean to assert that,
Servfa has reached either sta^e, for
she has become, through her geo-!
graphical situation alone, involved
in a life and death struggle for su
premacy between tho world's powe.s
whereiu she was made the excuse
but wag not the direct cause of the
conflict.
In Greek legend tiiera wag a rate
of women supposed to have dwelt
ou the coast of the Black Sea a:id
in the Caucasus mountains, in the
reg'ou now populated by the people
of Servia and the other Balkan
stales. They were called Amazons,
and their contests, for which it is
stated their right breasts were re
moved In order to allow them fri-e
dom la the use of the bow and jav
elin, were a favorite theme in Gre
cian art and story. They were re
presented as forming a state from
which men were excluded, as de
voting themselves to wax and hunt
iug, and as often iu conflict with
the Greeks in the heroic age.
Cut it is iu the famous legend
of the Amazons that we must look
tor the chief evidence preserved to
us by classical antiquity of the iu
fluence* exercised by the Hitites iu
Asia Minor. The Amazons were
imagined to be a nation of female
warriors, whose primitive home lay
In Kappadokia, on the banks of the
Tnermodon, and not far from the
ruins of Boghaz Keui. From licuc
they had issued forth to conquer til
people of Asia Minor, and to found
an empire which reached to the
Aegean Sea. The building of many
cf the most famous cities ou the
Aegean coast was ascribed to
them—Myrina and Kyme, Smyrna
and Ephesos, where the worship of
the (jreat Asiatic goddess was car
ried on with barbaric ceremonies
into tho later age of civilized Greece
There is also said to have been
a fabled tribe of female warriors
who existed iu South America. This
report originated in an Indian myth
which was found from the West In
dies to Paraguay, and still exists
amonc the Caribs and others.
Famous travelers into Darkest
Africa haye told of powerful native
kings in that region whose main
dependence for supremacy iu
their almost constant war
fare with neighboring tribes
was upen immense armies of
women, who had proved themselves
more efficient fighters than men.
If the European struggle, with its
appalling loss of life, continues for
the years which the present as
pect of affairs promises, will it be
a surprising thing to see the wo
men of tho warring nations, when
their male protectors have been
slain cr disabled, take up arms
and battle as bravely for what
they consider to l»e their rights as
did the men?
AN INJUDICIOUS JITKJK
Under just what exasperation is
not knowta at this distance.
Judge Ben D. Lindsov, of Denver,
much advertised by his activity in
juvenile judicature, threatens to po
gunning for the next man who
traducts him.
"if thero is 110 law to protect my
reputation against perjured affi
davits and criminally libelous state
ments, I will revert to the methods
of the primitive and kill the first
man who assails it again,'' ho is
• moled as having averred. "I am
PHIL ABRAHAMS
JKSTA BLIStI ED M'7
ACCIDENT.™ FIRE
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
CONVEYANCER
NOTARY PUBLIC
4th Avcr.ue
You make a mistake if
you do not stop at
THE
Pullen House
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en SuUe
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking.
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own da:'v.
Fresh Egga, etc
Rales $2.50 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted. Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
No Natural History Expert.
"I got up at daybreak ntid hoard the
birds sing."
"The Wen," exclaimed the Intensely
sympathetic woman, "of disturbing
the poor little birds Just for your self
ish pleasure-!"—Washington Star.
Hows This?
We otft-r Oi:o Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that canr.ot be cured b}' Hall's
Catarrh Curs.
F. J. CHENTT & CO.. Toledo. O.
"We. the undersigns;!, have known F. T.
Cheney for the lasi -irs. and believe
him perfectly honornh'- nil business
transactions anil tint: illy able to carry
cut any "bliiiaiinns id by his firm.
NATIONAL, UANi-1 IT COMMERCE,
Toloilo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is liken Internally,
noting dirertly upon '.!,e blood and mu
cous surfaces of ili„ sj\,t in. Testimonials
sent free. Trice '.5 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Drucslsts.
Take Hall» Family Fills for constipation.
going to get n shotgun and fill lilni
rull ol lead."
liven though tlio judge is again,
running for office, its the v©hamence
ol! his language suggests, this utter
ance must seem decidedly Injudi
cious. An attoruey and jurist should
know better ways thau homicide of
redressing any wrong douo him. It
appeals odd that tho reputation o£
a luau of Judge JLindsey's long
;iroai lieuco iu his community could
bo seriously impaired by irresponsi
ble misrepresentation. Yet, grant
ing that his sensitiveness as to his
fame is justifiable as a politician's
natural concern for his main asset,
i> is difficult to perceive wherein, his
i'ublic repute will by bettered by
j loose talk about resorting to
j Georgia justice and filling souie
bodv full of load.
uiiconi) sinvuY made
ill THK LITTLE TAKL"
Vuldez Prospector: O-pt. Oii
boi't Hude, of the coast and geodetic
Serial No. 024SS.
APPLICATION TO MAKE HOME
STEAD EX Tit V
U. S. Land Office, Juueau, Alaska,
iitSPtember 21, 1315.
j -NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
iUui John James Rath, whoso post
j office address is Haines, Alaska,
lias applied to enter under section
2289 ol tho revised statutes of the
United States, and of tlie Act Ot
March 3, 1903, tuo following des
cribed tract of laud as a homestead,
situated about one iiiilo westerly
from Haines, Alasi-a; beiuy U. S
Survey 785, and beginning at Cor.
N<>. 1, from which. L". S. L. M. No.
0 . J bears ijS0°47E '70.30 chs., idea
tical with Cor. 4 Survey No. 205,
Cor. No. 1 U. S. C;ay Reserve, aud
Cor. 4 Presbyterian .Mission; thenee
-iloi.g the southerly lino of survey
205, \V. 20. chs. to Cor. No. 2.
thence S. 28.10 clis. to cor. No. 3,
thence E. 15.42 chs. to Cor. No. 4,
thence N. 9all'E. 28.43 chs. along
westerly lino of Presbyterian Mis
sion to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 49.75 acres.
! Variation 29°21'E. Lat. 59°14'N.
j Loug 135027'\V.
Any and all persons claiming ad
j versely any portion of tho above de
scribed tract, aro required to file
with the Register and Receiver of
tile U. S. Land Oflir.3 at Juneau,
their adverse claims thareagainst
under oatli, duri'ig tho pariod of
publication of this notice, or within
chirty days thereafter, or they will
bi> barred by provision of the stat
| uto. JOHN JAMES RATH.
j If is hereby ordered that the fore
Koiug notice bo published for the
(statutory period in the "Daily Alas
kan," a newspaper of general circu
! lation printed at Skagway.
1 Date of first publication, Soptom
bcr 30, 1915.
Date of last publication, Decem
ber l, 1915.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
survey boat lias fiuishod Ills Boa
son's work In Prince "William Sound
and h.iB returned to tho States. He
will not return to Alaska noxt Boa
aon as ho haa been trausfored to
the Philippines whore ha will Ibq as
signed to a larger boat and remain
there two years.
During the past summer Capt.
Rude and party made a general eur
! vey of the whole of Port Gravena
| and Port Fidelgo, and the area be
tween Port Gravena and Mools head.
In fact, it was a record year for
the Taku, which made 1000 miles
; of soundings, against 945 last
J summer, which up to that time was
| the largest number of miles cov
• ered. Capt. Kude Intended to
j continue his work from Fort Free
mantle to tho westward, but was
unable to do anythins on account
I of the closed season sotting in.
The Skagway agents for the
Eastman Kodak, films and supplies
are Keller Bros. tf.
LUX contains more real Boap
tbaa five times Its weight In ordi
nary soaps or soap powdor. Get It
•or 10c at Kellers'. tf.
SWAT THE FLY
Don't so fishing without good
| flies. Trout are taking the fly
tbtse fine days, and you'll find the
Igrtatcst assortment of good files ii
; t vra at Keller Bros. Drug Co. A
i few favorite ones we name: Tel
low Jacket, Montreal, Governor
(re<l ilp) Grey Hackle, lilack
! Hackle, Governor Black Hackle
I (peacock body), Black Gnat, Grey
• Drake, English Admiral, Soth Green
I Grey Hackle (greon body) White
Allller, Dusty Miller.
F. A A. M.
Whito rags Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d an<* 4th
F»rL Uv'ga of each
ajon'li Vialtiot brothers are wel
come Phil Abraham*, Secretary.
Klm.-r L. Whoeler, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday evening
at 8:30 o'clock.
| Visiting brotli
j era cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, secretary.
Fraternal Order
Eagles—
Skagrway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
bp.1 Order of
Wednesday night or each month at
their hall on Fifth a-enue Visiting
brothers cordially lavited to attend.
Joh-i C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mc
Alist.r, Secretary.
—— i
Arctic BroWierh«-od.—
Camp Skacwny No. 1
A. B. meets every sec
oii'l and fourth Tues
day evenljag at 8:00 p
o. slitirp. Visiting b rotters cordial
ly welcome. A. J. Achesoa, Arctic
■•hlet, W R. Hillery, Arctlo Re
word W
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