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The daily Alaskan., 1905-06-06
Modern Repair shop FOr skaEway

C. H. Turner, an expert machinist has opened a repair shop in the ouilt- ing at the corner Of Fourth avenue and Broadway, opposite r. H. Clsyson X Co. He will repair music boxes, phon- ogrsphs, cash registers, typewriters, Slut machines and bicycles SatiSfac- tion guaranteed, Try Sim. 6Su
The daily Alaskan., 1905-06-06

Muir's ice cream parlors are open The best in town,
The daily Alaskan., 1905-06-06
Wanted Woman or Girl

Wanted Woman or girl to wait on table. Lnopire at Railroad Restaurant.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
Gold In Sea Water.

The report that syndicate had been
formed in England for the purpose of
extracting gold from sea water is con
firmed by the United States consul at
Nottingham A new process has re-
ceived the sanction of no less a person
inent chemist, whose researches in the
field of radium and the radio active
elements attracted worldwide atten-
ton. The process is patented, but no
further description Of it is given than
that it resembles the treatment adopted
in the mines of the Witwatersrand, in
South Africa. 1t is said that the syn
dicate has been quietly picking up IA
vorable sites Oh the English and Irish
coasts until it controls some fifty miles
of foreshore rights. Experiments have
shown that gold in minute quantities
is dissolved in many rivers and
streams, while the amount of gold in
sea water is placed at about one grain
TO the ton. A grain of gold being
worth cents and the tons of water
in the Atlantic ocean being estimated
at G0,000,OOO 100000, it is evident that
the new company, if it can do what it
processes itself able to do, has unlim-
tied possibilities before it.
1t will be recalled that an American
company some years ago established
an elaborate plant ON the New England
coast with the same announced inten-
ton as the English syndicate. 1t turned
out, however, that the real purpose of
the company was to sell shares Of its
stock to visionary investors and that
the only gold it removed from the sea
had been previously deposited therein
in accessible caches by the employees
of the corporation. The president of
the company, one ferguson, was at
last reports sojourning in foreign
lands extracting sunshine from cucum
bers.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

AS a rule. business does not adapt
itself to manners, but manners often
play most important part in an in
dividual's success in business life. 1t
was said in the case of General Am
brose E. Burnside that "matchless
manners" made an army commander
and United States senator out of All
ob3cure tailors apprentice. Burnside
had ability but manners paved the
way to opportunity when ability could
count.
A youth who expects to rise on
capital consisting solely of manners
will get an early fall down. Society
polish. the knack of posing, of shaking
hands properly and the gift of fiatler-
ing speech pass current in drawing
rooms. No one objects to them in busi-
ness haunts providing that they are not
exaggerated.
An all around easy manner is the
best asset for business, and that comes
from sympathy and self control. Time
will cure the awkwardneSs OF the plow-
boy or the apprentice If he has "some-
thing in him." If he sees through the
situation and fits in. The basis of good
manners is self respect. He who re-
spects himself will respect the rights.
the feelings and the opinions of others.
On the other hand, selfish regard of
self cannot be covered up by veneer
of politeness. Manners put on and Off
for occasion are easily seen through,
and the man behind them is stamped
as superficial. Business is largely Il
matter of confidence. A man to sue
ceed must be genuine to the core, and
the manners which introduce him must
be sample, not an imitation.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
Trade With Our Outside Territory.

The merchandise exports from the
United States to our noncontiguous
territories in 1904 were valued at $780,
603,4 ,425, and the imports from the same
area were $50,247, 1888 in the same Pc
riod. The noncontiguous territories in
clude Alaska, Hawaii. Porto Rico,
Philippines, Guam, Midway and Tutu-
lia, here named in the order of their
Importance as buyers of goods from
this country. The exports to Alaska,
Hawaii and Porto Rico were about the
same and amounted to $11.000000 in
round numbers for each territory. Ex-
rorts to the Philippines were about
S5000,000 and to Guam, Midway and
Tutulia but little over $225, 900 all told.
Our sales to Alaska consist of gen.
cral merchandise adapted to American
wants. The Alaskan purchasers take
foodstuffs in large quantities, but only
Il limited supply of agricultural imple-
ments. They buy more woolen goods
than cotton. more smoking tobacco
than cigars and more potables than
literature. Hawaiians buy largely of
foodstuffs. rs much liquors as the Alas
kans, more tobacco by almost a half,
large quantities of cotton goods, and
next to foodstuifs fertilizers are the
most significant item in their imports.
Porto Rico's bill for breadstuffs
equals in value all her other imports.
Porto Ricans do not want our shoes,
but buy heavily of iron and steel and
wood and articles made of wood. The
largest item in our exports to the Phil
ippnes is iron and steel goods. Prob
ably the larger part of the sales to the
Philippines is for American dwellers
in the islands. The exports from the
United States to these areas last year
amounted to about 81 per cent of their
total imports. Exclusive of Alaskan
bullion 10 per cent of the exports from
these territories came to this country.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
Pay of Uncle sam's Soldiers.

A military expert is out with chal.
lenge to the proposition that the United
States soldier is the best paid soldier
in the world. in { recent number of
the Army and Navy Journal this au-
thority reaches the conclusion that the
American soldier is the poorest paid
volunteer in the world and gives fig
ures to prove it. The German, Austrian,
Russian and japanese soldiers are paid
u mere plttance in comparison with the
earnings of British and American sol
diers, but their service is due to the
state, and theoretically they receive an
equivalent.
British soldiers are volunteers, like
the American, and may draw good
conduct pay" and service pay in ad-
dition to 'regmental pay the latter
being $7.14 month as against $13
drawn by the American soldier. The
writer in the Army and Navy Journal
assumes that the average enlisted man
remains in service from three to ten
years, and a comparison of pay on this
basis of service and increment of pay
due to service shows the following re-
suit:
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
A Monthly Magazine and The Echo
for al.5O Per Year.

With the Juna number will begin
The Paciti; Monihly's seri OF special
editions for the year 1905. They wi |
comprise a mum Der for Portland, for
Seattle, for Southern California, for
San Francisco and the souvenir number
of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. also
u special automobile number. The
articles OF Dr. Wolf Won Schierbrand,
six in number, on "The Coming Supre-
macy OF the Pacific" are also promised.
and the plans contemplated by the pub
fishers will without question, placs
The Pacific Monthly far in advance,
not only of present competitors, but
also into the unreachable c'ass OF period
ical literature on the Pacific Coast
The Pacific Month y is sold 10 regular
subscribers at the extremely low price
of 81 year. We have made arrange
ment with the publishers by which we
are able TO off it in connection with
the Echo (both publications) for 81 90
a year
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

Chinese laborers who have been at
work on the new Russian fortifications
at Vladivostok say that the czar's en-
gneers believe that they have made
the place impregnable. The channel is
lined with forts and planted with tor
pedoes, and all the approaches from
the sea are defended by forts, subma'
rine mine fields and submarine boats
of American build. Even though the
Japs cut the railroad and isolate the
place, as they did Port Arthur, the
main citadel may be a long time in
falling.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
Credibility of Evidence.

A French philosopher recently inves-
tigated the credibility of human evil
dence. using in the experiment twelve
women and twelve men. The conclu-
sion reached is that faithful evidence
is the exception, every witness bolster
ing up memory by Imagination. State
ments drawn out by suggestion from
others are longer than voluntary ones
and less trustworthy. Evidence, the
expermenter thinks. improves by prac-
tice, an indication that the witnesses
mean well, but do not know how to
state the particulars with accuracy.
Women are declared by this authori-
ty to be more truthful under eXamna-
ton than men. and on the whole about
one twelfth OF the statements made
under oath are incorrect. One-twelfth
is not a bad showing for false evidence,
since it is well known that two per-
sons seldom report an incident in ex-
actly the same way, especially If they
were deeply interested or under eX-
citement at the time of the happening.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
France, Germany and Morocco.


Germany was not formally and Off
sally notified of the terms of the An
tlo-French agreement at the time IL
was concluded year ago, but the re-
cent speech of the kaiser about main
tanning 'the integrity of Morocco can
not be taken seriously as protest
against that agreement. The arrange
ment with England gives to France
the exclusive right TO control and de-
yelop Morocco, and subsequent
agreement made between France and
Spain specifies that Spain shall not
cede any of her possessions along the
Mediterranean to any power but
France. Previous to this last named
agreement Spain had steadily opposed
French authority in Morocco.
While the dominant party in Eng
land vigorously defended the agree
ment with France, there were men of
prominence to score it in terms equal
ly vigorous. Lord Rosebery declared
that mo more one sided agreement
was ever concluded between two pow
ers mt peace with each other" France
h.-led the agreement as great dip
lomatic victory. Were the designs of
France in Morocco menace to Ger
man interests no doubt the kaiser
would have lifted up his voice long
ago. There is reason to suppose that
his attitude of silence at one time and
Of veiled protest at another was the
result of farseeing design. He want
cd the agreement to stand, but would
have it understood now that he is look
ing on, and Germany may have to be
placated later.
The kaiser is not a man to waste
time over dog in the manger" poll
cy France can keep order in Morocco,
and no other power has the incentive
to do so and the means combined.
France has possessions all around that
troubled and backward state. and,
while the world may believe with the
late Lor'ee 'alisbury that her holdings
consist largely of sand, she Is rapidly
developing the desert and covering
vast territory with railway and tele-
graph lines. Morocco itself has been
disc of anarchy. No authority holds
good there save that of man with
a gun" There is no administration,
no government of any sort In the mod
ern sense. In common with other ma
tions. Germany is interested in hav-
ing order kept in Morocco.
The agreement between Spain and
France that the former would not cede
her African possessions to any power
but France really scored against Ger
many, for that nation wanted to ac-
auire from the Spanish a coalng sta
ton on the coast of Morocco. The ar
rangement shuts Germany out. But 1t
Is on the cards that Germany wants
Holland far more than she wants
coaling station on the Spanish posses
sions In Morocco, and the time may
come when she can peacefully per-
suade France to let her alone in the
Netherlands, just as she is going to let
France alone in Morocco, in spite of
the kaiser's lofty speech. The ''integ
rity Of Morocco" is a good asset for
the diplomats Mt Berlin to keep
string on. That is all there is of 1t.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
Net earn Net earn
ings u. S. ings Brit.
soldier. soldier.

The allowances outside of pay vary
in both armies, but on the whole are
about equal. There are other consid-
erations besides the rate of pay which
should enter into comparison of the
compensation of the soldiers Of the
two countries-as, for instance, the pur-
chasing power of money in the land
where the service is rendered and the
prevailing rate of wages for men of
the same class in industrial employ
ments. In this respect the British SOL
der would also seem to be the better
off Of the TO-
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

The city of Glasgow has tried both
kinds of municipal ownership-that Is
TO say, owning and leasing and own
ing and operating. In 1871 the car lines
were leased to one company for a
term OF twenty-three years, and the
city received an average profit of $10,-
900 a year. The city also manufac-
lures everything which makes up a
traction plant. Under municipal own
crshlp the fares in Glasgow have been
reduced over 40 per cent.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
Wonan's Rights In France.

Although the influence of women is
paramount in France and the sex In
that country has shown remarkable
aptitude for executive work, admins
tlative affairs and business, the legal
status OF the Frenchwoman is that of
an lmbecile or an incapable. French
women are wage earners to an unusual
extent, yet French wife has no prop
erty rights which her husband is bound
to respect. Not until very recently
was 1t permissible for married wO-
mnu to attest deed In court. to give
evidence or witness n marriage. An
unmarried Frenchwoman controls her
own property during life, but must be-
uueath it to her natural heir or heirs.
The question OF woman suffrage is
but little agitated among the French.
which Is somewhat surprising in view
of the fact that the government is re
publican in form and the ballot grad
nally attaining Importance in the eyes
Of the populace. But the rights of mar
ried women in the control of their own
property is a subject of great and
growing interest. and the laws are
changing in their favor. There is vast
field for improvement in this respect,
for the statutes are still far behind
tie times, and French women inherit
and acquire property In greater ratio
probably than the women Of other Eu-
ropean countries.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

Maxim Gorky used to say that Tol-
stoi was the freest man in Russia
that is, the freest in the use of speech.
But Gorky finds that there is no room
for second Tolstoi, at least not in the
younger generations. There is all the
difference in the world between the
rawlings of an old man and the shouting
of lusty young knave able to carry a
gun.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

Several improved and unimproved
ranches with water, within one-hals
mile of railroad, school house. store.
and post Office, mt from S5 per acre up.
on easy terms. Enquire OF the owner,
S. p. Beeeher, Peshastine, Wn. iii
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

Now that a permanent rise in the
price of breadstuffs is threatened, the
advice glver is jumping on to the farm
er. lie is told to raise more wheat
and sell 1t cheaper. If people who talk
that way would try hand at farming
they might wonder why the price of
wheat Is not still higher.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

The Hon. James Bryce, a Britisner
who says complimentary things OF
America because he digs deep and
can't help it, now declares that the
changes in this country during the last
twenty years are due partly to sort
Of contaglon spreading from ku-
rope 1t is high time that we look
TO our quarantine regulations.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

Lay in your years supply of fire
wood now. See those large loads of
wood delivered by the mil company. II
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
SI.OO Per Year
Obsolete warships.

obsolete WafSnips.
Public attention has been called
very forcibly TO the epbemeral charac-
ter of the modern warship by the re-
cent sale us junk of $l5.O00,000 worth
of British vessels The oldest ship Of
any size put up at this marine auction
was the cruiser Warspite, which was
laid down in 1891. only two years be-
fore the building of the new American
navy began, while other vessels sold
were laid down as late as 1890. In all
ten cruisers and eighteen other craft
were disposed of as obsolete for total
sum of $6JO,000. None of these vessels
can be used again for obvious reasons.
In fact, every buyer was compelled to
sign a bond which insured the speedy
demolition Of his purchase. The ad-
miralty will be represented ut the
breaking up of these ships, and every
precaution will be taken to prevent the
secrets of their construction from
reaching possible enemies. Classed as
Junk" from the naval standpoint, the
discarded vessels are nevertheless ex-
tremely valuable commercially. for
their engines, boilers and other tit
tings as well as for the immense
amount of metal in them. 1t costs
about $4,000 to break up a large mr.
mored ship and perhaps $4,000 more
to prepare the material for further
sale. Adding to this the average pur-
chase price of $4,000, 1t becomes APP
parent that the warship broker must
get back $190,O00 before he begins TO
see IL profit. Stlll buyers are not lack
ing.
The United States has disposed of no
warships since the new era sn naval
construction began, except such an
tiquated vessels as the single turret
monitor Canonicus and its sister ships
and one or two unsuccessful freak
craft. OF the American vessels whose
doom the action of the British authori
ties would seem TO have sounded the
oldest, excluding the earlier double
turreted monitors, is the cruiser At
lanta, which Is still la commission, at
tached to the south Atlantic squadron.
Practically contemporary with her Is
the Chicago, flagship OF the Pacific
squadron. Both the Atlanta and the
Chicago were laid down in 1888. These
two vessels have been largely remodel
ed, however, since the date of their
original commissions.
The British cruiser Pearl, which fig
ured in the recent auction, was two
years younger than the cruisers Bal
timore Philadelphia. San Francisco.
Boston and Newark OF these the New
ark is the flagship OF the Caribbean
squadron, the Baltimore is ON the
Asiatic station, and the Boston Is serv-
ing in the Pacific under Admiral Good
rich The Philadelphia has been re-
tired to the position of receiving ship
at the Puget Sound navy yard. The
Topeka. whose keel was laid In Eng
land in 1881 and which Is of the same
age as the Warspite, Is with the At
lantlc training squadron. Few IL any
American vessels built since 1883 are
permanently out of commission. 1t is
apparent, however, that the years OF
many of our sea fighters are numbered
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12

A movement to drive American sill
yer coin out of circulation In Canada
does not meet with success. The people
will keep it moving in spite of the
resolutions OF the associations of bank
ers and manufacturers. AS the banks
themselves receive American bank
notes and are glad to get them. the
masses are not In a hurry to give up n
medium which suits them,
Sporting goods, tobacco and all the
popular brands OF cigars 1T the post
office novelty store,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

The earliest mention of the use OF
carronadcs IN actual warfare which |
have met with IS contained in the Edin-
burgh Advertiser for April -, 1910,
where accounts are given Of an action
fought March II, 1779, in st. Georges
channel. near the Tuskar rock. between
the British privateer Sharp and the
American privatccr SkyrOcket. The
former was armed with carronades,
short guns Of a new construction,
made at Carron." One of these ac-
counts is from Captain Macarthur, an
Englishmau, who was at the time n
prisoner on board the Skyrocket and
was IN position to speak Of the dam
age sustained by that ship.
On April 10, in the same year, a
spirited action was fought in the chan
mel between the Spitllre, a British pri-
yateer armed with sixteen eighteen
FOUNDER carronadcs, commanded by
Captain Thomas Bell and owned by
John Zuiller and others, and the Sur
veillantc, n French frigate Of thirty
two guns Gnd a large crew The Spit.
fire was taken after an obstinate fight,
the Survcilante sustaining considera-
Bile damage-Notcs and Queries.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19
Washington After Retirement.

George Wu~huuol's life, after he
retired from public service and went
TO live on his beautiful estate. Mount
Vernon. was simple ami methodical in
the extreme. Every morning hc rose
early, made a plain toilet, ana, al
though he haI n body servant washed
and shaved himself. Before break
fast It was his custom 10 write few
letters with ms fayo"itc gold pen and
then visit the stahI1s He kept his
own accounts very carefully, and his
handwriting was remarkable for neat
ness, accuracy ana uniformity Of
stroke His breakfast usually con
sisted of Indian cakes and honey and
tea or coffee After. lciSurcly partak
ing of 1t, he daily mounted his horse
and visited every corner Of his prop
erty. His appearance on horseback
was most imposing, as he always wore
n riding frock Of handsome drab col
ored broadcIoth, ornamented with
plain gilt buttons and waiStcOat Of
fine scarlet cloth trimmed with gold
lace and gilt buttons His special at
tcndant Bishop, in .carlet livery, NJ
ways rode behind him.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-10-19

wife. And that was her last word.
He should have known.
The bracelet, very handsome one,
was of rather an uncommon pattern,
and Beresford had no doubt of being
able to trace It, yet his effort met with
no success And then one morning
Mrs. Bercsford, languidly opening let
ter postmarked Boston, uttered a little
shrek
Listen. oh, listen" she cried. IT'S
from the cook! Listen"
Dear Madam cannot hope for your
forgiveness, and yet / think II you knew
tho whole story you might be littlo bit
sorry for me I am q widow with two
children 20 support, ono Of whom has been
III for n long long time. And Illnesses
are terribly expensive. All l own In the
world is Il small property that my hus-
band left heavily mortgagcd, and the
mortgage was coming due. As | stood In
the station that day. having come to New
York In tho vain hope Of finding some one
70 help me, | was half mad with fear and
anxiety. How l TO meet the mort
gage2 What was to become of my chill
dren? And then your husband spoke to
me. Can you utterly condemn me that /
l camo. You know the rest. l can cook.
I did my best with the dinner. And then,
pleading sicincss-and God knows that
was not entirely untrue; l think l must
have been crazy-I got upstairs, and when
your maid went to fill the hot water bag
It was easy enough TO seize the bracelet
off the dressing table. 1t seemed as
though II had been left there for me.
And II saved us. But here IS the pawn
ticket, and If l work my fingers to the
bone you shall have the money too. Try
TO pity me. MARY MAIHEWSON.
Mrs. Beresford, whose sweet voice
was by this time shaking suspiciously,
laid down the letter.
"Oh, poor thing" she cried. What
did tell youf felt somehow all the
time that she was all right"
"Oh, did your circulated her hus-
band In some Indignation. well, you
took a queer way of showing It."
But Mrs Bercsford, reminiscent
look creeping into her face, heayed n
regretful sigh.
Yes" she murmured yearnlngly,
'she certainly was a good cook"