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Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Farm Notes,

To have clean. smooth-barked trees l whitewash them.
 A lighted lantern under the lap-robe on a very cold day will help to keep you warm.
 If you did not. cut out the borers from peach, quince or apple in the summer or fall, do it now. Equal parts sifted coal-ashes, salt and clay moistened with a very little water will cement cracks in stoves.
 Do not let the apples freeze either in bins. or on the way to market They may tell you 1t will do no harm. but 1t will.
 Small apertures in the walls of build- ings often admit draughts of air suffi- cient to cause great injury to stock, especially the dairy cow.
 Some people study how to get along with but very little feed in the dairy barn. It is far better to study how much can be given to good cows and have them assimilate it. The more feed digested the more butter.
 Give geese dry shed from damp ness and drafts. They will stand al- most any amount of cold if their quarters are dry. Whole oats and corn, some cabbage or boiled vegeta- bles and plenty of pure water make the best rations.
 A woolen rag moistened with castor oil rubbed over the harness will keep mice and rats from gnaw ng them.
 Be sure the colts have strong. we'll fitted halters. If the halters are not well-fitted. they will soon learn to rub them of. and a habit is formed that Is almost impossible to cure.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Grants four children, the only one with her when the end came was Mrs. Sartoris. Gen. Frederick D. Grant was in Texas, where he commands a department of the United States army |; and Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.. and Jesse Grant were at their homes in San Diego, Cal
 Few women whose husbands were men of action have been so intimately identified with the careers of the lat ter and have shared their experiences to such an extent as did the woman who united her fortunes with those Of an unknown army captain and lived to see him the head of a nation, to be greeted by the nations of the world and to enjoy with him the hospitality extended by crowned heads. Her father was a judge-Frederick Dent, who occupied prominent place In the political and social circles of Missouri at the time his daughter was born January 20. 1926. Her brother was a classmate at West Point of Ulysses S. Grant, and when Grant was sent to Jefferson Barracks as a lieutenant he carried letters of introduction to the Dent plantation and there the roman tic event of his life occurred. The daughter of Judge Dent had just re- turned from an eight years stay at a boarding school and the young off, cer found 1t a pleasure to call often where he could enjoy the girls com pany. Eventually they became en- gagged, but before the marriage could take place there came the war with Mexico. When the soldier returned. with the title of captain, earned at Chapultepec and In other battles, the wedding took place. August 22, 1S4S. Mrs. Grant was with him at Sackets Harbor and at Detroit, and when he went to the front during the civil war she Joined him. She was with him at yicksburg. which she called the generals greatest battle, and else where she heard the cannons booming and saw the bullets fly.
 The war over and Gen. Grant in- stalled in the White House, hls wife entertained on magnificent scale. When her husband went on his tour of the world she accompanied him. and sat at the tables of Kings. Elm perors and Queens. After his return, when the shadows gathered about him, when physical and financial difficulties darkened his days, her devotion in- creased and her confidence In his abil- ity to weather the storm never way cred. After his death she made her home in New York and Washington. She also spent some time in Canada, and once visited her granddaughter. the Countess Cantacuzene, in Europe. The government gave her a pension of $2,000 . year. All her children survive.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Oiling Harness,

Unbuckle every strap. and wash care fully with water, castillo soap, and sponge or cloth. Allow to dry for five or ten minutes. Then oil. rubbing every part of the harness. except the patent leather, with cloth well soaked in neatsfoot oil. or pour out two or three quarts of oil into pan and draw each piece through it slowly, bending and rubbing the strap. The buckle holes should have a little extra oil, also the bellybands, breeding and the straps that buckle to the bits. To give the leather a new look. add to one pint of oil large teaspoonful of lampblack and an ounce or two of beeswax- Field and Farm.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Not often has the public had so good
 an exhibition of the characteris ic at
 titude of the medical profession
 which includes the profession of sur gery-its feeling of responsibility, its
 unselishness and its fidelity, as has | been afforded by the great Austrian
 surgeon who has lately been operating l in this country. He was called to Chi cago to attend a child who had suf- | fered since birth from a dislocation Of ghe hip. The child's father. man of l large wealth. brought him. at great expense, to Chicago. because he was considered one of the greatest special ists in the world in cases of the kind. No sooner was the operation com
 pleted that the surgeon sought the hos pitfalls of Chicago, St. Louis and other cities. and there, entirely without pay. ment. he treated the children of the poor. Other physicians came to wit ness the operations, so that not only has the skill of this man changed the future for many small sufferers, but 1t will be disseminated In geometrical progression: for the doctors who saw the operations will, in turn, teach oth.
 CTS. The course of pr. Lorenz has at-
 tractod n,orv than the usual attention
 only because the man himself Is so
 well known and because he came to
 this country under peculiar circum-
 stances. The standard of conduct of
 the medical profession is something of
 which one can hardly write without
 glow of admiration. No profession is
 the world has a higher code of ethics.
 The Hippocratic oath is no longer ad-
 ministered, yet physicians still observe
 it's obligations. They make public all
 discoveries and inventions which may
 benefit the race and take no patents
 upon nor profit from them. They give
 the same faithful service and exercise
 the same skill for a small fee as for a
 large one. and the amount of work
 which they do gratuitously Is known
 only to themselves and to the recip-
 tents of their charity. The medical
 man Is indeed a noble figure in our
 fife. We take of our hats to him.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
POST BOXES IN STREET CARS.
Every Car in Washington Is to Be a
 Moving Letter Box.


 A plan for converting every street car in Washington into a moving let ter box has been submitted to the first assistant postmaster general from the office of the superintendent of free delivery. The project was advanced to the department by George B. McAllis- ter of Baltimore, who is the inventor, and was referred by Postmaster Gen. eral Payne to a special commission of his subordinates about October 1st. That commission has now completed its report and transmitted it to MT. Wynne, who, as first assistant post master general, supervises all the fea- lures of mall delivery and collection.
 By vote of the commission It is proposed that tie plan shall first be tried in Washington, where the ofti- cials of the department can observe 1t in practical operation, reports the Washington Star. It Is thought this course may be followed within the ensuing six months.
 Mir McAllisters device, as manifest ed in models submitted to the depart ment, consists of waterproof drop let ter contrivances which are to be so built in the sides of the street cars that letters may be readily dropped into them while the car are passing crossings The mouths of the recep- tacles will be perfectly open to admit of the free dropping of letter Into them and adequate provision will be made for preventing rain or snow from finding its way Into the letter compartments. The plan includes the transferring of the mall from car lines not directly connecting with the post office to one or more lines making this connection, and variety of ingenious mechanical arrangements IS provided for doing this in periods of time rang Ing from three and four to five and sev- en seconds.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR TROUBLE.
sensibl Advice Given by a Believer
 in Work.

in Work.
 Never since the first sick man grum- bled have there been so many cures for the body known in the world as now. That man Is the exception who has not been cut to pieces and mended up again. There are a dozen schools of healing for every disease. One phy- siclan attacks the liver. another the bone. a third the skin. They assail you with drugs, with heat, cold, mud. magnetism and prayer They lock you up in a box and bake you, or turn swarm of bees in on you, or bathe you in purple light.
 So much do we care for the body. But who cures the hurt soul? What patent medicine will dry tears?
 You have worked hard and honestly in life, perhaps, and suddenly you are struck down on the road and thrown aside-a failure. Or the being dearest to you, your wife or the boy who was flesh of your flesh, your one care and hope in life. Is dead-was put out of your sight, yesterday In that cut in the muddy ground wonder. Never to come back home-never to speak to you or touch you again. What are you to do? The hours and days and years must creep on and on before you can go to him. Or perhaps the hurt Is not vital stab like that, but some mean, belittling shame. some vulgar disgrace that has fallen on you by no faults of yours. You think that you never shall lift your head or look your friends in the eyes again.
 What can you do? You are young and strohg: is life over now and dead? No doctor prescribes for these hurts; no drug touches them. Yet there are homely prescriptions which do give re- lief
 First, don't disguise the wound to yourself. It Is there, real; 1t may never heal. When Pope was an old man he wept bitterly at his mothers grave Not all of the long years, he said, had healed the hurt of her going away.
 Don't touch your wound. But your physical nerves are weakened, your yl- tality is lessened. Go to work there.
 Is there any occupation or amuse- ment which you especially relish? Take 1t up. Be 1t the theater, or novel; reading. or photography, or cookery go to it. Don't mind what the neigh bors say. You will be surprised and perhaps a little ashamed to find how soon your pulses will grow regular and your thoughts sane.
 Next. stiffen yourself to carry your grief alone. Don't drip the black flood hourly on to your neighbors. Be sure each of them has his own load to carry Look for It. Give him help ing hand with it
 And after year or two of this com- mon sense nourishment of yourself you will suddenly See that going through the vale of misery you have made it straight road to the heights.-Satur- day Evening Post
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

A proposition that warns ones heart is that which, it is reported. a wealthy Westerner has made to his five sons, that they unite for business purposes in a corporation in which each of the six men shall have an equal share. "I want all my sons to be successful and all to advance together" he says. "I don't believe in this thing of one get. ting rich and another working for a small salary. The boys will have con trol of our family syndicate, when il comes to a vote. and will elect their own board of directors and president. Perhaps can be more seryicea ble than some, in the way of counsel, but there will be no 'bossing' and no jealousies. and all the profits will be divided equally" All this suggests the way fin which fathers and sons-and moth CTS and daughters. too-should pull to- gether. Will contests, and other un- seemly squabbles in and out of court. would be fewer if more families were guided by the Western mans views.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Did as He Was Told

4 little freedom Is a dangerous thing, but it is a most luxurious one, thought young Alfred, who. according to the Utica Observer. went to party under instructions from his father not to walk home If 1t rained, but to take a cab.
 It did rain. and great was the fa- thers surprise when his son arrived home drenched to the skin.
 Why didn't you take a cab. as I told you?" asked the father. sternly.
 "Oh. did" was the sage reply. But when I ride with you, you always went on top with the driver. Say. dad, it was grand"
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Generally Used,

A discussion has been started in Ger, many. urging that German children drop the words mama" and papa" in favor of '.Mutter" (mothery and Water" (father). How" say they, can anybody prefer the unmeaning mamma to the deep and impressive 'mutterT Nothing can replace for a German the word 'Mutter.' certainly not the French mamma A certain philologist. however, asks how it can be suggested that the word mamma is derived from the French. see ng that 1t is probably to be found in all Ian guages of the world. In the numerous dialects of Africa, and in India. the word is mamma which is given as a title of honor to every elderly dame deserving of esteem and respect Mamma and papa (baba) are so gen. orally used in all parts of the world that they probably date back some thousands of years"
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

The discoverer of a new element or the investigator into the records of the past may be conferring as great a blessing on mankind as the business organizer who has built up a big fac tory. Men have an unsuitable craving for discovery, for progress of every sort. It is as legitimate to devote ones self to reaching the north pole as to spend ones life refining oil. The ex- istence of art galleries. or parks. of universities, of scientific organizations of all sorts is testimony to the fact that the life is more than meat. It is quite possible that a few hundred years hence the name of the discov- erer of the north pole may be remem- bered when that of the organizer of the steel trust is forgotten.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

two sons. socially. he was the ideal family man. He was banker and broker. leading member of q church, liberal in his contributions to charity. and to all appearances a high-toned gentleman. There was another side to this man. Away from home he was intimate with gamblers. owne3 race horses on which he risked heavy bets, belonged to a club which promoted all sorts of questionable sports and had capital invested in one of the most notorious pool rooms in New York ] City. Of course he was discovered It is only strange he was not found out long ago. And this case affords occa- sion for saying. There Is in every man a dual nature. Some years ago pr. Sequard-Brown promulgated the the ory of the dual brain and 1t Is said that his Idea set Stevenson to thinking | along this line of duality. resulting in the conception of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mir Hyde" And it may be said that every man has within him. whether in his brain or not. dual self He may not develop either to its outcome. II is the business Of education and religion. to merge the two. resolving the worse propensity
 into the better forming what we call the character. Every person has cer- tain reputation. That Is the pr. Jekyl part-what one appears to be. Every person has a certain character. That
 Is the MT. Hyde part-what one really
 Is. The Dr. Jekyl Is honored and re- spected until 1t is discovered that he is really the stealthy. ferOcious MT. Hyde. Then comes denouement and surprise. "A man in high station fall en-" says the headlines. It is not true. There has been the struggle of years between Dr. Jekyl and MT. Hyde. The former hates. fears. abhors the latter. He turns sick with apprehension at the mere mention of the name. The two fight for the possession of the man. If Jekyl wins Hyde disappears If Hyde wins Jekyl disappears.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
How to Cond CT a St ok Sale.

4 brisk demand for well-bred stock of all kinds. particularly of the beef breeds. has encouraged the sale of such stock by public auction. the prices being quite satisfactory. These live stock sales first became popular ill the West. but are now fairly common ey- anywhere in the stock-growing sec tions A cattle dealer Of long experi- ence lays great stress on preparing ani- mals especially for the sale. Even if an animal is well bred, has good out line and other requirements, if its con dition is unsatisfactory in any way. its good qualities will be overlooked. The cattle must be fed into good flesh and must be we'll groomed and thoroughly cleaned. This expert believes ill judi cious advertising as means of proinot- ing T sale. He advises that the sale be held under cover, in order to be prcpar- ed for any kind of weather. The con- struction of temporary sheds of few boards and props will make the buyers comfortable. Before the sale begins. coffee and sandwiches, or food of d sim liar kind. are passed around. We'll fed people make lively buyers. Finally provide a good auctioneer. one who knows all about stock and pedigrees and how to describe them to the best advantage. Good assistants should be provided to handle the animals in the ring The sale is carried on brisk,y; no unnecessary pauses. These sugges- tions apply to general public sales of any kind.-American Cultivator.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
SOME EARLY RAZoRs.

WheI the perukes went out of fash ion the boards followed them. During the '40s of the last century boards began to make their appearance again, though at first only modestly. Grad ua.ly they assumed larger proportions, and finally, during the last 10 or more years. there is practically no restric- tion in regard to boards.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

A priest of Naples gave his congre- gation such a realistic picture of hell that a panic resulted ill which many were hurt. Now and then page from the dark ages manages 10 get itself bound in the enlightened history which We are supposed 10 be making.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Emperor William, on his recent visit to England. led the First Royal Ora goons in cheering for the king. and did 1t. the papers say, with snap and gusto The American boy will appreciate the difficulties under which monarchs la bor when he remembers that the call was Three cheers for His Majesty King Edward" not Rah, rah, 'rah, E-d-w-a-r-d.''
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

A German critic has been compelled to pay s25 for the luxury of saying that a certain actress moves as grace fully as a hippopotamus. We have known cases where the hippopotamus would have been the proper one 10 bring action.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Considerable interest would attach tU the proposed visit of President LoubeI of France 10 the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904, not ouiy because he Is tue head of friend ly power, but because il was France that sold the Louisiana territ ry 10 the United States.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

IL may be wrong to question the motives of a high official, but the pub lie is already wondering what excuse the Postmaster General can offer for Issuing a l3-cent postage stamp.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Whats in 6 Name?

"She is Russian countess,' said one of two speakers whose conversa- ton is reported in the Yonkers States man.
 Indeed" said the other. Has she much in her own name"
 Has she2 She's got the entire al- phabetv'
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

A New York young man who .rher- ited Slu.Uo0,uUU has gone down iuto the poor district of the East Side and joined university settlement Tor the purpose of working among the poverty stricken. That's almost as good 2s teaching a fashionable Bible class up on Fifth avenue.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

If person who feels inclined 10 tell somebody all about his iii of sickness would talk into photograph and then listen to il himself he might under stand how exciting and interesting the account is to his friends.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Billions in Agriculture.

Tn the industrial progress made by the United States during recent years there has been no more conspicuous feature than the growth of agriculture
 The amount of fixed capital invested in agriculture is about s20.OOO. 100000. or four times that invested in manufac- lures. More than half of the people of
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Mixed to Him.

Your speech is very stra nge," said the foreigner "I went to the foot ball game and sat in the grand stand and others had a grand time standing up."
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Confession.

Singleton-IIow long have you been married?
 Wederly-Six months.
 Singleton-And of course you think your wife quite an angel.
 Wederly-No, not quite-but then l have hopes.
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bacon, and if one is in position to risk quite few dollars in the process of learning how to raise this bacon, after a while he will reap gratifying returns s.-Indianapolis News.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

General Corbin says that marriage makes a man a better soldier That stands to reason. The first requisite Of a model soldier is to obey orders.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Sitting Bulls son Is working as a section hand on a Western railroad Can it be doubted any longer that re- publics are ungrateful to their princes ::
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Chicago's cigar-smoking dog is dead. Somebody shot him. If he had smoked cigarettes shooting would probably have been unnecessary.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
MRS. JULIA DENT GRANT.
Her Death Leaves but Two "White
 House Widows"

House Widows"
 Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, who died at Washington. of bronchitis, Bright's dis ears, and valvular heart trouble, was ole of the three White House wid- ows" Her death leaves Mrs. Me Eirley and Mrs Garfield as the two surviving widows of Presidents. Mrs. RInjamin Harrison cannot properly be included. inasmuch as she did not marry Mir. Harrison until he had left the White House, which makes her an ex-Presidents widow. Of Mrs.
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the United States i've on farms, and more than third O. all the people en- gagged in gainful occupations work on farms. In one year the products of American farms have reached an ag- gregate value of neirly S5.000.OOo,0O0
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

When a woman has had nine chil- dren she begins to have suspicious about some of the beautiful passages in love stories.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Prof. Garner Is still working his monkey language graft. The only thing seriously feared is a book of monkey poems in the Uganda dialect.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

If the home team wins it's owing to good playing; but if the other fellows win it's simply an accident.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Fireproof Railway Trains.

All the new trains on the Central London Railway are to be of fireproof construction. steel and asbestos being largely used.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
PUBLISHED WEEKLY

A mans second love nearly always owns more property than his first one.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Franklin Stone. of Philadelphia. has for years been living a double life. To thoss who knew him and his wife and
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Green Fnod for Poultrx.

If you doubt the importance of green feed for fowls In winter. hand them a sample and see the yoracity with which 1t Is devoured. When in doubt as to chicken feed. ask the hens about
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Shortest Name Known.

G. Uz of Sargent, Mo-, has possibly the shortest surname on record.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

The Mormons refrain from attempt Ing to defend polygamy. This shows progress.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

As a physical exerciser. the old fashioned woodpile never had an equal
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

The inference is that Pat Grove went to South Africa disguised as a Missouri mule
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

Of course brains count-but they ire quently get mixed up in their calcu- lations.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

A famine of silver dimes annoys the average man more than the scarcity of S1 900 bills.