Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

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Written Exclusively fer The Evening Star.
Most people have only an imperfect idea
as TO Alaska and its climate remarked
a gentleman who long held an official po-
sition there. land / confess that until
went there i had the wrong idea of it my
self. My Impression was that the people
there lived snow balls and melted icycIes
and other cool delicacies. and that they
went about wrapped up in sealskin coats
with fur collars and all that sort of thing.
This is true about that part of it away up
near Russian North America. but in the
part OF Alaska that is most thickly settled
IL is colder in the winter than in Mime
sofa. and in other parts of the year the
weather is not unlike that of this section
of the country. 1t is as warm in Sitka dur
ing the hot season it is in Washington.
In my garden in Sitka l have raised sweet
corn large and fine / raised
1t in Virginia and had it on my table with
new potatoes the Fourth of July. OF
course. up in the country where the gold
excitement now prevails it is cold very
cold. and there Is plenty of 1t during the
winter. which is very long. 1t has been
known for years that there gold up in
the Yukon river country. and the orly
expense of getting it. The history of Cal
ifornia has been that it has cost s. to
get out each dollars worth of gold which
has been secured. for the reason that The
failures exceeded the findings. 1t has
cost even more than s. for each dollars
worth of gold that has been mined in Ne
.yada The same rule has prevailed In Grip
pie Creek and other places in Colorado.
where some men managed to strike IL very
rich The company which has done more
rhf.n
was organized in this city two years ago
last March Warren b. English. who
served term from the Oakland district
of California Is the active man in the
company. much of the capital of the COM
Iany having been subscribed by some of
his congressional associates an eX-mem
Der from Massachusetts being the largest
subscriber English had spent some time
there and was very well informed to
the possibilities. and he convinced his
friends that it likely to pay. If 1t
turns out TO be a great find he will be en-
titled 10 as much honors were given
Colonel Suter. who first found gold in Cali
fornia- You may remember that Suter
got more fame out of his find than any
thing else He got the fame and others
the gold or at least that what the gold
secured To some extent therefore this
gold excitement is of local origin. the
movement which brought 1t about having
been. as 1 nave stated. organized and capt.
talized in this city
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Dangerous weapons. " explained Po-
lice Court judge to a Star reporter. is
almost an understandable term. 1t is unlaw-
full for persons TO have dangerous weapons
at certain times. though if the same per
sons had the same weapons at other times
no attention would be paid to it. For in
stance. wood AK. Ditchfork. crowbar or
sledge hammer is ordinarily not danger
GUS weapon. described by the law
though if parties were carrying them Dur
ing riot or while melting riot, or when
acting in disorderly manner, / would i'm
pose the penalty of the law on them. Like
wise club or even heavy walking cane
or stick is not a dangerous weapon ordi-
narily, but no judge would have any
trouble to impose penalty and declarin;,
them to be such if they were carried or
used by persons engaged in violating tine
law. or in unlawful assembly. Many
think that they are safe if they carry So
called dangerous weapons openly, under
the idea that the penalty is only for carry
ing concealed weapons The law prohibits
the carrying of dangerous weapons
whether concealed or not. In all such
cases. however. the person who carries the
weapon and the circumstances surrounding
the case have to be considered To break
up the habit of carrying razors by a
tain class an extreme penalty has been
FOUND necessary. and 1t is pretty generally
imposed as many have found to their cost.
sary. / do not think any court would fine
merchant who might be carrying box of
razors through the city. Neither would
any court impose a fine on a barber who
might be engaged in carrying a box of
razors TO the cutters to have them ground.
II would be different. however, if the same
merchant or barber arrested on the
street drunk. or disorderly. day or night.
and a razor found upon him. If he
had not threatened TO slash the life out
of some one. 1t is. therefore. the circum-
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that makes weapon dangerous There is
also popular error that the chief of police
or the heutenants of the police have the
legal power to grant permits to persons
to carry dangerous weapons generally pS-
tolls revolvers- The chief of police or
the lieutenants have no more power in such
cases than have the members of the white
wing brigade who sweep Pennsylvania
avenue. and ! have never heard that they
ever claimed any such power. No one has
the right to violate the law or to assist
others in its violation. 1t is entirely diff
fercnt. however. If a person arms his house
against invasion himself against attack.
All this can be done IN a proper manner.
though nothing but common sense can
grant the permits
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"Housekeepers like to be reminded now
and then" remarked a Well-known lady
10 Star reporter "of lets of little things
IN connection with their affairs. 1t is not
that they do not know of them themselves
but with the thousands of other little
things 10 remember they forget. 1t is for
that reason that 1 would like to remind
them that cucumbers are the most effect
ual destroyers of reaches of anything that
L know Of 1t is not necessary to cut up
the cucUmbers. for the ordinary trimmings
from them when being prepared for the
table Will suffice Simply scatter the peel
or trimmings about In the places where
the reaches are seen. The roach eats
them and thereby ends his existence. In
case the roach does not feel hungry enough
the first night and the cucumber fs not