The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-16

 farr of mankind. and concentrate upon the moro vital polnts---falth. hope, love and charity" he breaches from the pull nit of the Church of England doctrines that have been tenderly voiced and elo- auently urged by James Martineau. William Ellery ChanninE and Theodore Parker. The wcightler mattcrs of tho law are not incense and theological subtlctIcs." but In the gentle graccs that adorn humanity. touch the hearts of the people and appeal to their un derstanding.
 EDITORIAL PICKUPS
 Santos Dumont's plans stlll seem Co b' in the air
 Perhaps Admiral Schley win get his his Thanksgiving dinner.
 If fashion follows the usage In the White House. the pink tea win soon be seuccccded by the black lunch.
 Roosevelt's message win be the first work he has composed for some time for which publishers have not fought
 When J. Bierpont Morgan gets control of the warship trade the sultan will be able to get a navy only by paying cash in| advance.
 Admiral Dewey has done little talking during the sessions of the court of in- 1uiry The Admiral has sufficient sagaci- ~ to profit by experience.
 \ New York woman says she has curcd . eat by Christian Science. She would attract morc attention lf she were able Co kin a few cats by the same process.
 Weyler may become Premier of Spain. Poor old Spain. In a thousand years it has never had government ft for a white man Co live under.
 It Is said that whiskcrs are going out of style tn Texas Far-slghtcd people have long predicted the dissolution of the Pop ulist party in that section of the country.
 The Bulgarians charge the abduction of NfSi Stone upon the Turks. and the Turks lay the crime upon the Bulgarians or Macedonians: and they are an such liars that nobody knows who. if anybody. is thclling the truth.
 on December next President Roosc- v.lt and wife will reach the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding. They ", re married In London at St George Chapel. Hanover Square by Canon Cam mndgc. who Is cousin of Mrs. Roose. welt President Roosevelt and his wife have large acquaintance in England. wh.rc they have been frequent gusts in soih of the best families of the kingdom
 Miss Sadie Benjamin. of Tomn Vista. T,x.. is the heroine of perhaps the most rcmarl,able clopemcnt on record The daughter of wealthy merchant. she fcll in love with a youth named Garland. and visited a circus. they mounted a huge Nsiatic elephant and suborned the beasts trainer Co urge the elephant Co top speed Tn, long strides of their strange steed soan carried them beyond pursuit and Co the spot where clergyman could be found
 In December. iS9S. the President of the United States and the Governor Of Ala baina were entertained socially at Tus- kerec. Ala. by Mir. and Mrs. Booker T. Washington. and In rcferrnE Co the event the correspondent of the eNw Orleans Picayune said: No white hosts or host essrs could have been more courteous in at ,nding Co and more thoughtful tn fore staring every want of their guests than W. .. these refined and educated Africans du ing all the time of our visit
 Finr Alfred of England. morc than a thousand years ago. formed the nucleus of Britain's subsequent navy. and laid the foundations for British naval supremacy th1t has existed ever since. But if Klng Alfred. fro mthe battlements Of Heaven coild look down and see the new British ,h'p named after him. the largest cruiser ever constructed. at cost of over S.ep.- 1Uo he would not recognize in this pol ished monster any likeness Co the craft thit he constructed Co beat or the invad- inv Danes
 -he Los Angeles Express claims pop ulation of il2.O0O for that city. and as it enrolment Of school children is over 70 a0 the claim seems very moderate Les Angeles made a phenomenal growth daring the decade iS90-iSo. and K grow
 now faster than ever. so that 1t eN pests Co be a city of 9o.OoO by 1910. And ten or twenty years laterthesouthern Cal if, rnla city may be giving san Francisco a close rub for metropolitan honors. 
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