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Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

the Colonel, when he was ready to start, there's nothing much to be done, yon know. We need stenographer; you can attend to that
 What kind shall I get" asked Frank.
 ''Oh, get a good one-twenty a week ought to get tirst-class one"
 Man or woman!'
 "Oh, get girl, Frank. Get a good locker, one with sense and bit of style by the way, that reminds me. Mrs. Blaisdell, Judge Blaisdell's widow, said something about getting a place for her daughter. They're awfully poor and you might look her up. Good family, you know, and all that. If the girl has half the talent of her mother she ought to do, and l guess she'll be all right on looks. That's all. Good-by, Frank. Don't worry. I'll be back in four weeks al the latest"
 So Frank Dudley sat down alone and indited a little note to Mrs. Blaisdell, mentioning the firms need of stenog rapher and suggesting that Miss Blais- dell, If she cared for the place, might call about 10 in the forenoon.
 Dudley was hardly prepared for the visitor, who sat in the reception room In the morning. She was tall, a young Juno In physique, radiant gray eyes, with long lashes that darkened them, light hair that hung in unusual profusion about her shapely ears and tt, lttCfr o.t rx.ith ha black lace of her hat. Her manner was confidently modest and properly posi- tive as she rose with half smile, came toward him, and with a tiny engraved card in her extended hand said:
 MT. DudleyT'
 He bowed, glancing at the card and wondering at the singular beauty of her large, shapely hand. and answered.:
 "Yes, Miss Blaisdell Will you step in here?"
 He led her into his private office raised the window, lowered the shade and sat down opposite her, his eyes fixed upon her extraordinary eyes. She looked at him with the frank expect ancy of a well-bred young woman of pul ue ndo lOI luitc minute.
 "I came about the place, MT. Dud- ley" she began. Mamma showed me your letter. It was very kind of you and Col. Houghteiing to think of us.'
 "Can you write shorthand and-do you wish the position. Mss Blaisdell?"
 He asked the question as If he feared she might say "No," but when she said, "Oh, want to so badly. Mir. Dudley" he could not suppress an answering smile of ingenious satisfaction.
 Were dreadfully poor. you know" she went on, pulling her chair closer and sitting in an attitude naively confi- dential Tt will be lovely for me to be with friends-that Is. the gentlemen who knew papa. It's my first position, and-and, you'll be patient with me at first, won't you, Mir. Dudley"
 And 80 they came to terms. She
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
The CoIonel's Stenographer.
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@ RANK DUDLEY hadn't been In
 lH the office two weeks when Col. o Houghteling started for Europe. Houghteling X Dudley, attorneys at law, was the style of the firm, but as Frank was just out of law school, and as the Colonel already had an immense and important practice. everybody knew that the junior member didn't cut much of figure so far as the busi- ness went. But Dudley could afford to wait. Rich in his own right, with yet greater expectations. % years old, so- ciety pet, handsome and capable he had little reason to expect to be measured by the strict exactions placed upon less fortunate beginners. Then Col Tough telling was an old friend of the family, apt to be a partial critic and willing mentor to his new partner.
 Well, will be saying good-by," said
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
THE WORD THAT HOLDS.

saw him peering through the bars,
 His eyes were small and red; His face was marred by many scars,
 And was thing to dread. His lips were coarse, his nose was flat His jaw was wide and square; His brow was low beneath a mat
 Of stiff and tangled hair. 1 drew away from where he stood,
 Remembering shamefully The ancient ties of brotherhood
 He still might claim with me. With only hatred in my heart,
 watched him where he swayed, And wished him evil for the part
 I knew he must have played. A scream rang down the corridor,
 And then woman hurled Herself before the grated door
 That barred him from the world. As if touched by a wizards wand,
 I ceased to see the knave, But saw a child clutch at her hand
 As if she still could save. I heard him sobbing "mother"-then
 Hot tears fell where I stood One word God gave to hold all men
 In the ties of brotherhood.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
Meaning of Girla, Namea.

Frances is "unstained and free;"
 Bertha, 'pellucid, purely bright;" Clara "clear" as the crystal sea;
 Lucy, "a star of radiant light;" Catherine is pure" as the mountain air Henrietta, a soft, sweet ''star;" Felicia is happy girl;"
 Matilda is lady true;' Margaret is shining pearl"
 Rebecca, with the faithful few;' Susan Is a lilly white;"
 Jane has the willows curve and
 grace;" Cecilia, dear, Is "dim of sight,"
 Sophia shows wisdom on her face;" Constance is fire and resolute;"
 Grace, delicious, flavor meet" Charlotte, noble, good repute;"
 Harriet, a fine ''odor sweet" Isabella is 'lady rare;;"
 Lucinda, constant as the day." Marie means "a lady fair:"
 Abigail, joyful as May" Elizabeth, "an oath of trust;''
 Adelia, mice princess, proud;" Agatha 'is truly good and just;'
 Letitia "a joy avowed;" Jemina, "a soft sound in the air;'
 Caroline, "a sweet spirit hale;? Cornelia, harmonious and fair;"
 Selina, "a sweet nightingale;" Lydia, "a refreshing well;" Judith. "a jewel none excel;"
 Priscilla, ancient of days" The Monitor.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
Home Cooking.

A number of ladies began to discuss the virtues of their respective hus- bands, when every other topic was worn threabare.
 My husband" said one, never drinks and never swears-indeed, he has no bad habits"
 Does he ever smoke" some one asked.
 "Yes, he likes cigar just after he has eaten a good meal. But suppose on an average he doesn't smoke more than once week.
 Some of her friends laughted, but she didn't seem to Bits.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

What's the use of crowding. anyway? There's no need of anyone being jos tied off the map. There's plenty of room. When the crowd begins to push and shove and the struggle for stand ing room grows strenuous and the strife for dollars becomes too fierce just step over into Labrador. This Is an age of expansion. If there isn't room enough for you to expand in our new insular possessions Labrador, with its vast expanse of unoccupiei terrl- tory, holds out its icy arms to you and says, Come" The census returns for 1901 show a total population for Labra- dor of 3,634, which indicates falling of of 472 from the returns of the pre- ceding census. AS Labrador has an area of 100000 square miles it will be seen that there Is plenty of room for the ambitious young man to grow up and expand with the country. In fact
 there Is more room In Labrador than there was in 1891. for 472 persons have
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

A mining expert recently described lode as traversing "a metamorphic matrix of a somewhat argilloarena- ceous composition" This means, liter ally, "a changed mass of a somewhat clayey-sandy composition" This in its turn may be translated into plain En- glish as mud Why choke puny fact with murderous polysyllables? Hux- ley and Darwin, Lyell and Faraday could so write as to be "understanded of the people" and there is suspicion abroad in these times that the big words so freely used by small men are a device to conceal ignorance and inex- act thought rather than a proof of su. perior knowledge
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

Bishop Potter says that when he has been travelling in Europe or visiting public places he has never heard loud or harsh voice raised above the tone of others around him without turning with shudder of apprehension to find if the voice were that of fellow coun- tryman. Are Americans in so much haste that they do not take time to modulate their voices? That conclu- sion is more probable than that the air of freedom is not favorable to an agree able utterance. A man is known by the voice he keeps. Identification Is just as practicable when a woman speaks. In the cultivation of good manners the vocal chords must not be forgotten.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

Hitherto, when the time has come around for taking the national census, the entire force engaged in the work, from the director down to the humblest clerk, has been assembled at short no tice. Few of the many thousands em- ployed have had previous training or experience in the peculiar duties of census. When the work was done the force was disbandad '--'ins only ...-.-.-r--.s 10 enable the next corps of workers to profit by Its knowledge and to avoid Its errors. This method is so wasteful that repeated efforts have been made to establish a perma- nent census service, which should carry along some branches of statistical in yestigation in the intervals between censuses, and be capable of expansion for the full census work when the de-
 cennial year arrived. This suggestion was made before the eleventh census was taken, but without result. The proposition was renewed before the twelfth census was taken, and bill embodying It passed the House. but failed in the Senate. The bill upon which both houses of Congress have now agreed, although 1t Is open to criti
 cism from the civil service reform point of view in its provisions for covering present employees into the classified service, Is highly commendable in its main purpose. The bill confines the de
 cennial work of the bureau to the sub
 jects of population, agriculture, vital statistics and manufactures. and leaves the other subjects now covered by the census, and some new ones, to be dealt with more deliberately by the smaller permanent force. The new system will make 1t possible to broaden the census inuuiries without increased expense or delay in the publication of results. A permanent census bureau can cooper
 ate with States and local officers, and can open up new fields of study. The next enumeration will be more difficult than previous ones. because it will in
 clude the insular possessions of tn" United States. It will be a great gain to enter upon that work with an al
 ready organized bureau, directed and largely manned by experts, instead of committing it to an improylsed force.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

All methods fail without right mo- tiyes.
 Throwing old crusts to the poor Is not casting bread on the waters.
 The best evidence of Christianity Is Christ made evident in the Christian.
 He who is wise In his own conceits Is apt to be foolish in his own concerns.
 He who loves Him leans on Him and he who leans loves Him more and more.
 It is no use asking God to warm your heart while you are living in the Arctic of sin.
 The grace to do small things may be greater than the gift of doing great things.
 The wise man will hide his knowl- edge where fools are laying out their ignorance.
 Every groan or Gods grindstone may mean greater glisten in His pol ished stone.
 The prospect of big Sunday dinner has spoiled the preaching of many a good sermon.
 Some men are kicking up dust In the church to hide the dirt they make in the world.
 If We are nothing but sponges depend upon it God will sends us the pressure of pain to squeeze us.
 Gods heroes are known In heaven whether their pictures appear in the papers of earth or not.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

President Eliot of Harvard in his ad- dress conferring the degree of doctor of laws on Prince Henry spoke of the venerable American union" and the young German empire" and thus wisely called attention to a fact hith- erto unrecognized in Europe, that the American republic is not on trial but has proven itself worthy to live by 125 years of glorious history in war and peace.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
None Open Now.

Weary Wiggles - Lady, can't yer help poor feller wat de coal strike has knocked out of his livin'i
 Mrs. Kindart-Here, take this quar- ter; and so you're miner, eh?
 Weary Wiggles-No, ma a'am. make speciality O fallin' down open coal holes an suin' fur damages. phia Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

Again comes the old question, What is the good of money If it will not buy the things that one desiresT A wealthy lady of Chicago has more money than she can possibly use. She can draw big check as easily as most persons can spend a nickel. But the thing she wanted was child, laugh ing rosycheeked cherub, to put both arms around her neck and make her realize the real, deep meaning of love; to round out her life and make her happy. So she looked around and found a bit of a boy, who had cap tured sunshine tangled in his hair and and a sturdy little figure. He was one of seven children. and he didn't know that his mother, widow, was wearing out her life to provide food for the seven. The rich lady borrowed the boy for a time and carried him away to fairyland. She bought fine clothing for him, toys enough to stock store, and loved him, too. She had a great artist paint the child's DOT tIait, and she discovered that 1t was going to be very hard to return this human blossom. One day she called on his mother and offered S5,0O0 for him. ''I'll adopt him. I love him. You have so many, and l have none" she ventured. And the widow looked over her flock and said: Il can't spare one; no, not for a million dollars" and she drew her baby to her heart. The good wife of New York garment trimmer presented him with triplets. It raised his family census to nine. At the very best the father can earn SIP a week. That Is situation that would drive some men to suicide. But he said: I'm glad they came. God has blessed me with them, and we will get along somehow. l haven't one too many" Child-love dwarfs every oth- CT human passion. It makes men and women carry heavy burdens without a murmur; 1t makes them accept self denial patiently, and glorifies lives. There is scarcely home in the land, no matter how great its poverty, where, for mere money, man or woman would part with even one of a little flock, and the reason is human love for its own blood.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
Appropriate Expression.

"Im at loss for the proper word" walls the novelist.
 "To express whatF"
 "To indicate the splendor of the heir. ess' eyes-to express their richness"
 Why not say 'coal-black' eyes-the word coal will express costllness per. sonitied. ."-Baltimore Herald.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
Needle Bores Penny.

To pierce a penny with a needle seems difficult, especially when the sewing needle is a fine one.
 c.,,t ,,o noosie lcnSthwise through a cork. allowing the point to project a little. The other end of the needle, if 1t projects over the cork. is cut off with a pair of nippers. Place the penny and
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

moved out. It Is difficult to account for this decline in population. Labrador has plenty of space and a bracing at mosphere. It's cold storage facilities are unsurpassed except in Greenland and in the office of Russell Sage. The people who are cramped and crowded and who clamor for more room should cast their eye toward Labrador.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

"Is the press degeneratipg" asks the Literary Digest. We think not. The reputable press seems to be hold ing its own, and the yellows cannot de generate
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

the cork on a soft board, or. as shown in figure, on two pieces of wood, and hit the cork sharply with a hammer.
 The cork keeps the needle from slid ing to either side. and as the steel of the needle is harder than the copper penny, the coin is easily perforated by the needle.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
Insanity in Berlin

There are 300 new cases of insanity in Berlin every year. A new asylum is. under construction, and the Tage- blatt says two more ought to be begun at once.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

An editor wants to know what would happen If Prince Henry and Admiral Evans should ever meet in battle. We give it up. What's the an- swer!
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

In order to be at her silver wedding anniversary a woman is willing to ad- nit that she isn't as young aes she used to be.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

An esteemed contemporary says that any attempt to run down Niagara Falls is lese majesty in this country. More often it's suicide.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

Sir Henry Irving has launched the keenest criticism against the Baconian theory and it can be pitt in a sentence
 He says that 1t took an actor to write Shakspeare's plays and that no mere
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

All the pulpit and platform elo- quence in the world doesn't make as much for good government as little wholesome activity before and at the primaries.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
Nothing Better Required.

One day my sister Floy was sent on an errand for some things for my mother.
 There was a traveling man there who was selling carpet spankers, and he asked her:
 Has your mother got one of these spankers?'
 ''No, sir" she replied,
 What does she use? he asked.
 Her hand" was the prompt reply The Little Chronicle.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

The indications are that Uncle Sans door will not swing inward" on its hinges as readily in the future as it has in fha Tn order tn i'- '.s1---'. ted the immigrant will have to give the password. Fitted for good citizen shin"
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

Ping to me only with thine eyes, and l will pong with mine." That's the way they are playing the game over in Lunnon.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
To Judge the Width of a River.

It is necessary to make use only of the eyes and the brim of hat to measure the width of an ordinary stream, or even of good-slzed river, and here is the way to do 1t:
 Select part of the river bank where
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
RAMS HORN BLA9Ts.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to
 Repentance.

BITTER crawl to heaven than hy to hell.
 To reject cor rection Is to re- fuse wisdom.
 Secret sins are the secret of nearly all sin.
 Dialectic darts will never deter the devil.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

Under The Hague treaty prisoners of war may be employed by the state capturing them. History may contain the thrilling def: The old guard dies, but never works"
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

He Is a wise father who knows his own child was as much at fault as the other mans
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

It is probably safe to say that no ti- tied European will be able to marry Hetty Green for her money.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

Some men are kept so busy main- taining their dignity that they haven't time to earn a decent living.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18
Not Good for Anything.

Cholly-Doctor, l want something for my head.
 Dr. Gruffly-My dear fellow. would n't take it for gift-Judge.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

If there Is only one unpardonable sin 1t must be insincerity.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

In one way bad habit is like a bill collector. It is hard to get away from.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

The best way to punish the brgands will be to cut off their missionary sup ply.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

The fare on the Congo railroad for 25O miles Is $10O, or 40 cents a mile.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

Sometimes the woman that's rattled gets in the best work.
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Alaska sentinel., 1902-12-18

"Please, Mir. Joynes. there's a little boy at the back gate to see you"
 At the back gate? Bring him In, Irtr.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-11
A HOBO "0FflClAl"
COMES TO GRIEF.
A Bum Assumes the Dual Role o,
Night Waterman and hoid-up.

After Marshal Baldwin had listened
patiently 70 tho aldormanie eontab till ! 2
o'clock Monday night and gone homo to
bed Swiully tired. he was reused by an
excited ring Of the telephone. and Night
Watch Galway told him, from tho down
town office. that there were gang Of
hold-ups over at the stock yards who
needed looking after. a man had just
come in from that quarter with his Jaw
swollod and his eye BACKED and reported
that gang Of toughs. down NJ the yards
had gone through his pockets and abused
him. Galway left the injured man at the
marshal's office and pinned Baldwin at
the yards and together they secured the
country. Baldwin going as far east as
Swink on his wheel in the wind and dust
Of Monday night. and waiting there under
the impression that tho williams would be
coming in about daylight to catch the
early train at that point. Galway made
the rounds Of the station yards and ware
houses and the electric light and water
plants and succeeded in gathering in no
less than nino more or less transient res
idents Of tho town. who everyone told an
extraordinary story Of having been put
under arrest by a fellow who protested
to be the night Waterman Of the town.
and who had gone through their pockets,
kicked and ouffod them and then ordered
them to leave town. Galway was more
surprised when he got back to the office
with that portion Of his catch that he had
not landed in the look-up. to find that
the fellow he left there in a wounded
condition was Identified by his prisoners
as the man who had personated him and
done a Wholesale business Of holding up
the homeless and INDECENT stragglers
about town. But he did not get on to
the true inwardness Of the situation until
one Of his prisoners, Paddy Duffy by
name, unfolded his story Of the situation.
II was this way he said: 81 was over at
the depot beyant when one o the byes
come up an told me fellow that said he
was night police o the town was
knockin' down the byes an goin through
their pockets an tellin' Elm to git. to
Fave town. or he'd run EN- in. | askt
EN-. fur-by. what kind lookin' fellow he
was. an | told EN- knew him, an he
was no policeman. I knew by the de-
scription il was this fellow Marco. for I'D
took supper with him over in the west
part of town. an told EN- Id settle it
with him. So they took me down where
he was, east o town here. an as soon as
saw him ! said: It's you, Marco. is itq
tort So An what the hi are We dom
with the buns An with that let him
have one right in the jaw, an followed it
up with another in the eye; an told him
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-11
The County Commissioners and the
Railroads Taxes.

Tho county commissioners convened in
regular monthly session Monday morn
ing. Tho first days SESSION was taken
Up eonforring with tho tax commissioners
and attorneys Of tho Santa Fo and Mis-
sour Pacific railways relative to ADJUST
ing the taxes duo from those corporations
for tho year 1901. C. e. Gas, Of Pueblo
and Tax Commissioner Blythe represent
cd tho Santa Fe. and they submitted 4
proposition Offering 10 pay for the year
1901 the same amour, Of taxes as was
levied for tho year 1900. BY accepting
this proposition tho county would realize
sbou, $1,000 moro than will DO produced
by tho valuation fixed by tho state board
Of equalization for tho year 1902. Tho
railroad would no, demand receipt In
full for tho taxes due for tho year 1901.
but simply roeeip. for tho amount paid.
on account. Other counties in tho state
have accepted this proposition. but the
commissioners Of this county arc as yCt
undecided what to do In tho matter.
Tho Missouri Pacific. represented by s.
1. Highloymsn Of ST. Louis. tax commits
ssoner. and T. n. Doyino Of Pueblo. at
tornoy. made a proposition TO pay taxes
on double tho valuation for the year
1900. which was taken under advise
mont--LaJun;a Tribune.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-11
Valuable Ecrtilixing Experiment.

a. p. kouns, at tho suggestion Of Su-
pcrintendent Griffin. has boon trying
something new in tho way Of a fodder
crop and a fertilizer. The fodder has jus,
gone into stack. bu, the fertilizer is yet TO
come. Tho fodder consists Of eombi-
nation early planting Of oats and peas. II
the April and May water supply had been
UP to tho average the fodder crop would
have matured several weeks earlier. and
would have beon finer crop. As Il is,
tho yield is about three tons TO tho acre.
and this Of tirst-elass feed. tho oats
having headed out before cutting and tho
peas gotten into tho early pod stage. The
proposition is to follow now with seed
ing Of COW peas. which will DO turned
under fC- fertilizer II the usual July
showers follow the seeding promptly
there is every reason for believing that
a good fertilising crop will be had for
turning under this fall.