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CORBOYA POSTMASTKK IS \ KIIY
IXDltJXAXT
ilurry Steel?, the postmaster at
Cordova, is also oue o£ the publish
ers of the Cordova Times. In a re
cent issue of that paper he makes
a "savago onslaught" ou the posi
al inspector and he evidently was
unaware of the fact that the ad
ministration had decided to take off
the heads of all G. O. P. post
masters whenever sighted. This is
how the Times speaks of In
spector Neil
"With an utter disregard for the
public Fostal Inspecor Neil, upou
his recent visit to Alaska, laid down
sorae new rules, the enforcement of
which would have worked a hard
ship, as well as a great inconven
ience, upon the patrons of the Cor
dova office and the local postmast
er refused to put them into ef
fect. This government "gum
shoe" man insisted that uo busi
ness be transacted at the post
office after office hours, from S
a. ra. to 5 p. m.,; that no stamps
shall be sold or money orders writ
ten or I aid, and uo registered let
ters be given out or received af
ter regular office hours. The
order was even more sweep
ius and included the distribution of
mail from the boats and trains,
whl-h he- concluded was unneces
sary, ij not received before office
closed.
"While no specific order was is
sued in Cordova, by Neil, against
the posting of bulletins or notices
iu the pestoffices, he mumbled his
disapproval of Vh's practice, but
cot within the hearing the post
master. At Seward, however, he
asserted his authority, and then
some, by making a clean sweep of
the wall3. He personally tore down
all noticts, governmental, legal, ju
dicial, municipal, ctc. Among the
many documents destroyed was
President Wilson's proclamation
calliug en Americans to be neu
tral in r*s.ard to tho war in Europe,
which was prluted in four lan
guages."
THE NEED FOlt THRIFT
Anticipating the present and cora
ln? need of America, not only to
finance its own capital necessities,
but those of a large portion of the
civ'lized world, the American Bank
ers association is planning a thrift
campaign, designed to impress upon
individuals the need for laying
away surplus funds. It is fitting
that such a campaign should be
undertaken during the centennial
year of the founding of the first
savings bank in America.
An era of commercial and in
dustrial expansion in 1S16 brought
the need for the first savings insti
tution. The people of the country
then numbered 9,500,000, and there
Catarrh Cannot 13a Cured
with LOCAL -• ' riOXS. as they
cannot reach the s« at «u t:. disease. Ca
tarrh is u blood or constitutional disease,
and in ord r cur • •- *"<>u must take in
ternal rented U s. -I's Catarrh Cure is
taken internaiiy. and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface. Hall s
Catarrh Cure is n it a -U mcdicine. It
was prescribed by one of the best phy
sician; in this country for years and 13
a regular prescription. It Is composed of
the best tonics !;n>v;n. combined with the
best blood purifiers. tir.sf directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina
tion of the two infredlents is what pro
duces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggls's. j ' • 75 \
vtHirm Family nils for constipation.
were but 246 baaka in all tlie states
Iu 1S20 there were tea savlngB
banks; now there are 2,100. To
! day our national wealth approxi
mates ,§1S7,000,000,000, and we
have $4,700,000,000 in savings
l banks belonging to ten and one
tut If million depositors.
Though the savings have baon
H'rge, the United States is near the
end of the list in the percentage of
savers, to population. This condi
tion, and our opportunitke anil
j obligations of world position in
! finance emphasize the need of
| national thrift. America is the
j most wasteful of nations. Under
close scrutiny of our expenditures,
and a regular appropriation of earn
ings and savings to bank accounts,
this country would have capital to
i finance the civilized world.
I The American Bankers associa
tion has undertaken a nation-wide
§ campaign in thrift for a purposo
that should benefit every citizen,
and it will have tho co-operation of
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion and other organizations in its
aims, as well as thoe individuals
wb'i sense the Importance of the
propaganda.—Seattle P.-L
— • —
MAYOR OF BRUSSELS
IS RIGIDLY CONFIXED
Paris, Dec. 30—"I greatly fear
I shall have lost completely the use
of speech before the banquets which
you speak of my presiding over in
th > future," saya Burgomaster
Adolphe Max, of Brussels, in a let
ter sent to a friend from the Ger
man fortress at Glatz, in which
he has boen confined for the last
year.
The burgomaster, whose dis
agreement with the German mili
tary authorities at Brussels led to
I his imprisonment, Gaju in his let
, U'i that army officers imprisoned
at Glatz are permitted to mingle
freely, but that for some reason he
! is unable to fathom, he has not
been allowed to come into contact
with them.
Paris newspapers, in publishing
the letters, asked whether Presi
dent Wilson, King Alfonso or Pope
Benedict cannot Intervene to alle
viate the lot of the burgomaster.
Take a
•fexaM'(?id5frB3a>
Tonight
It will act as a laxative in the
morning
Wm. BrifU
EVERY OWNER OF
A SD WELLING
Should Have
FIRE INSURANCE
Now is the Time to Act
Reliable Companies are
Represented by
PHIL ABRAHAMS
Agent
4tH Avenue
TESTING J SHELL
Ordeals Through Which a Big Gun
Missile Must Pass.
THE SOFT NOSE PROJECTILE.
Its Ability to Bore Its Way Through
Heavy Armor Plate Without Explod
ing Until After Us Impact Was Dis
covered by Accidcnt.
Everybody knows that the modern
shell 1st one of the most diabolical of
man's Inventions, but bow many of us
realize that It Is alio one of the most
delicate and complicated?
Recently some linns holding con
tracts for making high explosive shells
took upon themselves to "correct" n
detail in the specification, nnd, as a re
suit, a certain thread was "Improved."
They will never do anything of the
kind again, because ull their work was
rejected. The apparent absurdity—It
Is, In fact, an absolute absurdity, from
an engineering point of view—is de
signed of set purpose.
There Is a somewhat similar nnom
alv in the big shell for penetrating
armor plating, which was introduced
In consequence of an accident One
day a test shell was fired at a piece of
armor plating from the soft side, and
the projectile went dean through It
and exploded after Impact, whereas a
similar shell flrod against the front
the hardened and tempered side—shat
tered and left an indentation of only a
few inches.
This singular Incident set somebody
thinking, and in consequence tbe lilgb
explosive armor piercing shell is now
given a soft nose. To I ho hard point Is
attached a cap of soft metal, with
which addition It will go through the
toughest piece of armor plate. What
happens on impact seems to be this:
The cap spreads, holding the point and
so enabling it—remember that the shell
is revolving rapidly—to force Its way
unbroken through Ihe hard face of the
plate by a sort of boring action.
No less curious is another fact con
cerning the points of such projectllcs.
After the heads have been worked the
shells are left for weeks before they
undergo the next stag*1, because, strong
as they look, they are liable to snap.
Why? Think of the razor. Constant
stropping twists tbe grain, with the re
sult that the steel gets "tired" and will
not yield a keen edge. But If you put
the thing away for a few weeks the
grain will return to its normal state,
and you can get a satisfactory shave,
in a similar way the grain of the steel
Is affected by working, though 'A course
to a much greater extent, and until It is
"set" the makers must go cautiously.
Steel shows a like eccentricity in the
making of test gauges. Some of the
measurements of shells are very fine,
and the instruments employed are so
delicate that they have to be used
quickly lest the heat of the hand causes
the metal to expand.
Now, when a groove Is cut In n piece
of steel which Is to be used as a test
gauge tbe work is laid aside for weeks,
perhaps mouths. Why not finish it at
once? Because the groove, though dead
true when cut out. may be otherwise in
a short time, even though it has been
absolutely untouched.
As a concrete proof of the elaborate
nature of projectile making take the
case of the shrapnel shell. The steel
portion undergoes about a score of op
eratlons. and the brass cartridge case
attached to the base requires about six
teen. countlug from the disk of sheet
brass to the finisheii article. Then
there Is the fuse, the delicacy of which
resembles watchmaking
Altogether the shell is subjected to
about forty inspections nnd may be re
jected at any stage.
After a shell has survived this ordeal
To Cure a Co!J One Day
rake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
'.ablets. Stop tfce Couj^h v.nd Headache
and work off tlie Cold. Ilrugtjists refund
money if it fails to cure. IS. W. Grove's
signature is on each box. 25 cents.
It ough! lo lw. one would think, per
fect, bi t n test shell is taken from
every 12'> and actually flred from a gun
Into n I >nk of wind. It Is then again
examine), and If the contour about the
powder pocket Is expanded away rocs
the whole hatch, because If they were
fired the grooving might be torn out of
the gun.
Perhaps the most striking Illustration
of the minute care exercised In projec
tile making Is that every shell Is weigh
ed over and over again. If you produce
an eighteen pounder high explosive
shell It must be only a few drams over
or under Its normal weight; otherwise
It is rejected.
in this connection It may be of inter
est to note that an explosive shell that
weighs only about seventy pounds will
break Into a shower of some 1,200
pieces. A single one of the monster
projectiles flred from a fifteen inch na
val gun will weigh 1,050 pounds. It
takes twelve seconds for the projectilo
of a twelve inch naval gun to reach its
point of Impact when tiring at a range
of live miles. To fire a battleship
broadside costs about $20,000.— Ex
change.
Literal.
'Top, tell me some conundrums."
"Conundrums? Why, I don't know
any conundrums, my son."
"Oh, yes, you do! I heard mother
tell Aunt Mary the other day that you
keep her guessing most of the time."—
Boston Journal.
Been Through Them.
Mr. Bacon—Do you know, dear, I
have only two suits of clothes to my
name?
Mrs. Bacon—Yes, John; 1 have no
ticed that you have very little change
in your clothing.—St. Louis Tost Dis
patch.
Fretful thought has more to do with
discontent than all the troubles that
can assail us.
What Happened.
"What is the cause of the rumpus
ever there?"
"A promising young playwright held
the mirror up to Nature. Nature took
one look and fell in a Ut"—Judge.
A Bald Head Only Indicates
that the scalp lias been neglected. We
recommcnd that you use
Hair Tonic
Kills the germ that causes the hair to
fall out and will keep the scalp healthy.
Wm. Brin.
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F. A A. M.
Will to Paos Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meete 2d 4 th
?rt. Er'g3. of each
mtin'ti ViB.tiub brokers are wei
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. WbselT, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431. B. P. 0.
E. meats every
Thursday evening
at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting broth
era cordially welcome.
IiOWAKD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, secretary.
'rv>£"*^
Internal Order
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
i -;ag:os nieete the nrut and third
I Wednesday night of each month at
, ihBlr hall on Fifth ayenue. Visiting
brothers cordially iHyitiid to attend.
I John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mc
: Alist.r. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:00 p.
m. sin it- Visiting brothers cordial
I ly welcome. J. M. Keller, V. Arc
j tic Chief, W. R. Hillery, Arctic
| Rc-rorder.
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THE B M. BEHRENDS BANK
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President Vice Fret. Cashier
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