me
Clancy
Kids
"Tis Spnng,"
He Exclaimed
When He Heard the Birdies
By PERCY L. CROSBY
| Copyfuftt. bj (be McC'org Newspaper Syod cilr
I J IN TESTING TH6IR
N&W lOSC RAi%<j£ con
i iTHC £"£N£&AL STAFF
;SUOO£Nty OtSCO\'£RS A
lOCfCCr IN Ttfc
McCHAN!5M
i nef?6 APTes rne
Anchor man Ujicc
not takc up THC)
L, R ECO I i r
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A DELUSION
Centipede —
My, with my
shoes all wear
ing out I'd like
to find one of
those "boot
tree*" I've
heard about.
USELESS
Hubby: Don't you think you ought
to keep accounts of your household '
expenses?
Wifey: Why? There's never any- j
thing left at the end of th« week to
account for.
FOOL
QUESTION
Barber—How
would you like
to have your
hair cut. sir?
Uncle Hiram
—Fust rate,
thankee! That's
Jest what I kem
in for.
To Cure a Gold ia On^ Day
Ta*e Grova'g UAXATTVB BKOMO
CUININE tablets. The genuine
bears tli© signature ot B. W. Grove.
SO c0nts.
Wind chaps yield quickly to M«n
tholatum. Qet soma at Kellers.
Old Doctor Would
Reraainln Business
OH Pnelor .Turn-!, who oneu prac
ticed medicine in a New Jersej to.
was known ever.vv 'iere :is a i.otor ■ »
lv had spoiler. !!■• slipped up mi ih.
stniplMt words, and itcople
how hi* managed 10 write proMTii'
tions, especially in medical Lati'i. so
that they could li« read and under
stood. Thoii^li tlx* "Doe," ns In'
called, could not he was. never
theless. accounted a coo<l physi iati
and his patients .-wore hy him. He
sent his prescriptions regularly to u
certain druggist in the town because
tl.is mail was the only (Ini'ju'Ni wii»
could read them. Mow the i!.'1'
succeeded in dola;: It was a uiy>:
to every one.
Everything went uett 'or « 1 <■'• :r
time, then one >';v tI-«» dm- v
taken ill and d'ed. It's fu- - . ' v.-:
largely attended and 1 i
was one of the principal ii'.imier-.
What will >«•<o:ni> of "Pop" now?
Who will lie. cer to lvad h's p-. - r:
tions? were i| *:ii*is on •
lips. It was pre: \v generally :::
that the fm»n< ' ked Mttefe for >U ■
physician, !.m •!• - ttmn "•!: • *(
rheumatism "riwtia'Iz" wrs no>
iliscour; Kt il. T'.e v -ii'i. r the "hsr
qa'es of the i' • t'.e f"'
ttaionneemet't, •••:; t< •' in '••• r-t -i-i i.
appeared in • : c or i''o ph.
niaey: "Pr. J»'i ii.-s loc/hr ih.'s
rtrne store, lie •• M >. "♦'Pi"1 the
ness and t!:i ■ ••• *. • id>
SHE KVSW
BiiTTE!\
You c.^n't b£
I live s' I yoti
read i i t:e
nc\vipap;rs.
I n ae e d . no.
Both my morn
ing papers s?y
th, t suj sr ii
plentiful.
r^BLSWDS
<%. MAM #
BRAND
FLOUR
For Every
Purpose
The Loaf That Stays
Moist ■
Saves Baking So Oftenj
The bread you make with Fisher's Blend Flour
is good to the last slice, with a better color, a better
flavor, and a better texture than bread made with
ordinary flour.
Manufactured in "America's FinestFfouring Mills" by
F1SHER MILLS
FLOURING?lii|fecOMPANY
Home Office, SEATTLE
%
i Admiral Knapp, Investigating
Conditions, Tells Shocking
Tales of Practices.
r. mns, rax blood
Native Is Strongly Superstitious,
Ftsrs Evil Eye and Stands in
G..at Awe pi Voadoo Priests
and Priestesses.
WbM'Ii n. P. C.—Tlmt i)5 per cent
• i. of Haiti believo In lite
A. "It !1 jllUgle t'u'tli of vootlooisni
ii it ■iiili« tlic sacrifice of human
i Ings iiinl Uio drinking of human
• • ■ I* d. I a red b.v ltear Admiral H.
s. Knnnp in his report to the secre
tary of the navy on Investigation of
... r. million*.
Admiral Knapp cites u shocking
< • .• tl:o trial of a vomhn> priest,
io.Is reported to hnvg killed 13 chll
>, \. in -.(• hlo>d was drunk and llesh
. ' /| 'stiiis prevent at the rites.
"Voodoolsiu is prevalent," says the
admiral's n port, "and the farther one
. - rr .ni tlf MNixt Into the Interior
U.c taove o;« nly Is voodooisrti prac
ticed. Vmnfc>o|siii Is essentially snake
worship, iitul in its extreme rites it
. I:vs the saerlficc of liunuin beings
an 1. the drinking of their blood and the
eating of their llesh.
Orgies at Sacrifices.
'The human sacrifice Is called the
'hornless iroatminor sacriliees of
•-•e.rs are made. These relldous cele
brations, If the word 'religious' can
.■ uji;.! i'd to such affairs, end In dis
ei'nl orgies of debauchery. It Is
very dliHcult, of course, to determine
jtisi. how extensively the beliefs are
•d, but souio Haitians themselves
I. .w i-rted that probably 03 per
it or' the total population believes
!a viTviolsni to a greater or less ex
it nr.
"i >f course. the contrary Is strongly
I y s "ologists for the Haitian
aractfr. It seems certn'u. however,
'. whether It be the effect of voo
liot m o: not, the average Haitian Is
iiLrly superstitious—superstitious
. ii t! ■ superstitions of the jungle.
Ho is afraid of the evil eye, or, as it
1 ! re. the 'ouatiKn,' and stands
ii j.-. a: awe of the voodoo priests and
;ses. It Is also believed the
liii-ati-d classes are not free from
i'h of ;';is superstition, even where
1 • v :iv ! clief In or the existence of
^'occlco Followers Feared.
ofllclals high In place will
action against persons ac
. ed i vi.'o I mlfin, whether because
• ? ill ir o ■ 'cllef In It or because of
?<• r !io:n of ilielr own knowledge of
■' ■ o:;:. ; to which voodoolsm Is prev
alent among the population or of In
• 'ir - ::ir enmities. A voodoo priest has
■ ii lately tl'lod atid sentenced, and
•| i. pri tvfillngs of the military com
mission are now In Washington await
ing action.
"Tills man Is said to have killed, at
on° time or another, 13 children,
ttlm.-e blood was drunk and whose
: \ v ^ . ,1011 by persons present at
t! •"•. The practice of similar voo
i. ri*( - is < ntidently believed by
i • most familiar with the situation
In Haiti to lie not unusual in the re
: ].i . although It Is very diffi
cult . i : ii any positive evidence In
0!dn't,G-t Much for Winning.
V."nlti*i> :<y.—Rivalry over the speed
It;' rl . i: 'iisl"litliPS caused Oeorjre W.
\Vny:^:i:i nml Cliarles Cnuiphell to
e * r rnnabouts In a road race
v I i> u nittare, Cincinnati, a dis
o:' 1s miics. Wayinan -ot tlio
. : '! tru.ie the trip Iti :K! minutes,
i l's i"! turned turtle several
1:1 Irs m.t of Cincinnati and was
. i. Tin- wrecked ear was turned
| ver tn the victor.
Sovereign S.arcc In England.
! ,<Ui».—The golden sovereign has
■:r vanished from circulation iff
; i ::rts ' Great I'ritaiu since pa
per cttrre: h;;s been issued, but In
! tl.c v.rst .Wale* ggld is as .plenti
ful as ii v>'"s before the war.
Aftit the .how. Hot Red SnaPI>-,»"
i Hi! i eef Eoulllon. Hot Clam
awe r-.csh Raw Olympla Oystsr ooc
! t' ils li KfeUers' fountain.
| Wonderful Progress Made by the
National Committee in That
Direction.
WORK Ifi PUOLjC SCHOOLS
New York.—.More than 4.A00 sup
porters of tin- work of the National
j Committee fur t he Prevention of
I Blindness were reported at the sixth
uniyiul meeting hi this city. This re
I port shows n remarkable increase
from the 05 charter members in 1915.
The work for the last year showed
j much progress for the conservation
1 of vision In the public schools and col
I leges.
| The report continues:
"Conservation of vision classes In
the public schools are growing in
| number as educators have discovered,
| through the efforts of our committee,
I that it is practicable to open such
j classes even in cities smaller than
the lawst. The present census of
! inch classes Is 02, of which 12 have
| been established wllliin the last year.
So far as known, the classes which
I now support such classes include Illi
I tiois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne
• sota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Washington. There is no more
j hopeful part of our work than this,
and we tire proud to have contributed
a considerable part to the establish
ment of these chlsses.
Blindness in Children.
"Tlie chief cause of blindness
among children is due to ophthalmia
noeouatoruui. The percentage this
I year is 22.5 per cent as compared
: with I."." per cent fur last year of
those who have newly entered the
[ residential schools. This disease is
an inflammation of the eye usually
contracted I>y newly liorn children.
The perceutng® is even higher In the
public classes. We have reason to re
gret this unfortunate relapse. This is
the first year but one that has not
shown a considerable decrease, but we
are quite sure that our figures are
more accurate than iu the years gone
by, nud possibly some of this Increase
is due to the greater accuracy of our
reports. We must faithfully and per
sistently pursue our fight against
babies' sore eyes and continue to re
duce the number of children who need
not have been blind.
"Trachoma's victims (one of the
most dreaded of contagious eye dis
eases) have been discovered in sev
eral stales where it was not suspect
ed this scourge could be prevalent.
Not less than nine states have during
this year Initiated or renewed their
tight against the spread of trachoma.
In Illinois, particularly, there has
been a marshaling of the forces for
systematic operation in the stamp
ing out of this disease. In all cases
it has been the function of this com
mittee to serve a- a helpful agency in
this work.
Caused by wocd'Alcetiot.
"Wood ali'ohol poisoning still causes
nucli blindness through drinking this
substuncc masquerading us 11 familiar
stimulant. This condition was not a
surprise to us. and we l:nd issued a
warning which was used throughout
the United States. Much activity re
sulted because of the newspaper ac
counts iif the dreadful situation, and
considerable work has been done by
them toward eliminating this cause of
needless blindness."
II. F. .1. Porter of the Society for
Electrical Development delivered the
annual address. The subject of Mr.
Porter's address was "Through Life's
Windows." lie showed the great de
pendence of man «n healthy and well
cared for eyes, which he compared to
a pair of motion picture cameras. "In
deed. the motion ijieture camera is
made In imitation ef the eye," lie con
tinued. "The better the condition of
the lens and the better the illumina
tion of the object the better the re
sult of the photographer's effort. Just
so with the more perfect Instrument,
the eye. and It behooves every one to
see that his eyes are kept In good con
dition and free from eyestrain due to
Improper lighting. As it takes a long
er time to take a good picture in poor
light than in good light, so It takes
longer to obtain a good conception of
what is before us with poor eyesight
and in poor light. Employers are wise
who provide against accidents from
poor lighting."
Sucrcj'be for the Dally A'askaa
SKAGWAY'S
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meet* et&ry second and
fourtli Tuesday eyenl»g
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
j l«c breti.«r» cord 1*1!7 welcome,
b. 8. Keller, Arctlo CSiief.
, J M KELI.ER, Acting Arctlo Director
P. & M.
White I»aS8 Lodge P. A
A. M. No. 113, meet* 2d
Mid 4Ui Saiurdar evening:
of each month at 6 o'clock
Visiting Brethren ana w«l
come.
JOHN N HANSEN VT M.
T J STANDISH. Sqcretary.
B. P. O. SliKB
Bkigway Lodg*
NO. 431, B. P. O
Elks meet* every
Thursday at 8:09
p u
Vs't'ng brothers cord'ally welcome
JOHN ORASHAL, £ ft
jr. J. VAWDBWALXi, seortrtary
Pioneers of Alaska 1*1 oo, No. 12,
meet t» A. B. f 1*11 firs* MmiiMy In
-very mont *t 8:8* ft.
• Vlilting Brothm eoMll«Ur *«1
c m*. J. 0. PHELPS, 8*sy.
Fraternal Order ol
Eagle®—
Skagway Aerie,ftNo 25,
Fraternal Order ol
Eagles meet the first
»mi third Wednesday night of each
month at llieir hall on Flftil Ave
due. Visiting brothers cordially in
vito 1 to attend M. E. Kogerc, W. P.
.J. Jr.. Griesbach, Secretary.
N'aoni' Chapter Ko. 9, 0 E. S.
in' 'ts id Xlssonlc Hall fjrst ana
tt'rd KrHay of "aoh month at >>
■P. M. Vi'ltfiiis, iuo.mhers w<-k-ni:,
Charrle Marie Sparks
Worthy Matron.
Leila E. Crow. Secretary.
professional gauds
D& L S. KELLER
imMt
Most Modem Methods
Office Hour»: 8-12 *• m- 1-6 p- m
Building — Broadway
HKAOWAY ALASKA
W- U. 8XOC1
A4 tor it; At L » w
Practice l» *11 courU
la Territory ol Al**ka
HA1ME8 ALASlt\
$100 Reward, ?! )0
The readers of thta paper win bo
pleased to learn that (.liere Id at least
one dreaded disease ' that ' silence hc.3
been able to euro in u'.l Its «tages m.d
that la catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by institution .1 cnn.litl'ona
requires constitutional treatment. Hall'a
Catarrh Mwllclne Is taken Internally' and
act a thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby dfs'roying
the foundation of tt:e disease, riving the
patient strength by building ur< the con'
stltutioh and assisting nature In doing Its
w-jrk. The proprietors have pi much
faith In the curative rovren n' Hall'a
Catarrh Medicine that they of'er One
Hundred Dollars fa: any ase tlii It falls
to cure. Send for !"<t -f tvst'.m mlals.
Address F. J. CHK.iEt « CO., Toledo,
Oblo. Sold by £.11 T'rjrv ■ \ 7;c.
—Afrrnrt »
QUICKLY RELIEVES CATARRH
OF THE
BLADDER
AND ALL
DISCHAR6ES
i SUCCESSFUL
cap- \
of counterfeits
aids to good looks, sound
teeth, eager appetite and
digestion are only 5C a
package SEALED
TIGHT
KEPT
RIGHT
m
The
Flavor
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