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Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
Santa Claus in Luzou.

An officer stationed in the town of Canamay, Southern Luzon, tells, In the Port Antonio Express, of the great progress made in public school work in the Philippines. He speaks particu- larly of the Christmas celebration, and of an effort made to introduce Santa Claus to the little islanders.
 A collection was taken from the Americans to give the children of the different schools royal treat A Christmas tree was duly decorated, and the children were assembled in the schoolroom.
 After a few songs and recitations the time came for old Santa to make his appearance. All at once there was a tinkling of bells on the stairs, the door opened, and In rushed the first Santa Claus the children had ever seen, clothed in red, and gesticula ting in the customary manner.
 AS soon as Santa Claus came in by the door, the children went out by the windows. Somebody had yelled, "El diablo a qui"-"The devil is here"- and that was enough for the children. They ran to their homes, screa ming and frightened. It took some time to quiet their fears and get them back to the schoolroom. Santa Claus had to take off his whlskers, and the small boy in the town of Canamay will tell you that he knows just who Canta Claus Is.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
sLocUM DISASTER MEMORIAL.

Long Island. The contract for the monument which is to cost Sl0,OO0, has been placed, and 1t is expected the monument will be in place In time for the unveiling on June 15, the first anniversary of the disaster.
 Though marking the burial place of the unidentified dead, the monument Is intended to stand as general me morial of the disaster. It will be of granite, bearing on one side a bronze plate with the burning steamer in bas relief. Four lIfe-slze female figures will ornament the monument One on the right of the central shaft will rep resent Memory, that on the left Grief, while the other two figures at the top of the shaft are to represent Faith and Hope. Mounted on base eight and one half feet square, tho monument will rise to height of twenty feet.
 The catastrophe which the monu- ment Is designed to commemorate was one of the most awful in recent Amer ican history. About 10 a. m. on June 15, 1904, the steamer General Slocum, crowded with men, women and chill dren, on their way to Locust Grove, Long Island. where the annual picnic of the Sunday school of St. Mark s Lutheran Church, Manhattan, was to be held, caught fire in midstream when near North Brother Island, and
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
Fortune Worries washwoman

"The wealthy do havo their wor- rtee," said Mrs. Cynthia Nicholson. who is worth $50,00o, looking up to-day from the steaming washtub over which she had tolled for many years to sup port her family, and which she finds 1t difficult to leave in spite of her snug little fortune. "I have whole lot of money now, and I don't know what to do with It." she continued. II have put it in bank; but, goodness, burglars rob banks, and so do bank officers! l want somebody to watch the bank of- flcers and somebody to watch the watchers"
 Judge Henry c. Stephenson the other afternoon sought out Mrs. Nich- olson, who is widow, in her rooms on the third floor, rear, of tenement house in Harriet street, says Bridge port (Conn) special to the New York Herald, and told her that her uncle. William Germond. of Middletown. had died, leaving an estate of which her share will be between S40OO0 and s5o,OOO and handed her a certified check for S1,oOO as the first install ment of her fortune.
 "I toiled for forty years" said this energetic widow, who is now 59 years old, without being able to save sin gle penny for a rainy day, and I never can get used to having money. It
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

Naturally he was blamed for every thing that occurred in public life that was detrimental to the country at large. The good that he did was for gotten or unpublished. In consequence his term of office is one distinguished by discord and dissatisfaction.
 He boldly took the unpopular side of several important questions, because he believed them to be the right side, without fear and without favor. Against the pressure of wealth, against the influence of his closest friends, he determinedly held out for an elective judiciary, negro suffrage and the sub- treasury system. Some of the reforms long ago became an integral part of the government. Others have not yet come to pass, although there have been indications that public opinion seemed to yeer In their direction.
 When the time comes that all this is remembered and associated with his name, Martin Van Bureu will be ap- preeiated as a great President.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

If whipping bill should pass in a neighboring Legislature, the boys of that State will be thrashed In school only when the principal has obtained the written consent of parents and lin the presence of a majority of the school trustees" We fancy that by the time the poor principal has gone through these formalities he will be glad enough to call the exercises of. In the blithe days of our childhood we were well licked before we recollected that we had any parents or that there were any school trustees, and five min. utes later the emergency had vanish. ed. We cannot recall that during this reign of terror any of our little class. mates were permanently injured" but there were two or three dozen of us who have since confessed that we were permanently benefited.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
His Moneys Worth,

In the myriad minor changes that have come about since war-times, it happens that negro, who formerly belonged to the family of a Missis- sippi Congressman, has become pro- prietor of small kindling- wood shop in New York City. When the Con- gressman visits New York, says a cor respondent of the Boston Post, he al ways calls on his old retainer.
 The negro seemed unhappy on the occasion of their last meeting, and the visitor hastened to show sympathy. Whats the matter, Uncle Lafe?" he asked.
 "l's just been done out O some money. Marse John," was the reply. Had a terrible misery in nah toof, and went to dentls' and got hit pull ed, and he chahged me dollah-a whole dollah. Why, once down in Tenn'see, I went to ole Doc Tinker and he pulled two toofs and broke nah jawbone and only chahged me 50 cents! Is been buncoed, Marse John.
 Nothing is so uncertain as the cer- kat tvtr nP tot In,
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

In this day of the presentation Of fiabby and inane, if not worse, stage stories It is worth while to commend a play that teaches n wholesome les son. Such is "A Messenger From Mars" which contains an ethical teaching as old as the tragedy of Job, and as universal in its appeal. The play presents all the sadness-as well as the grim humor-of the sin of com placent selfishness. Self, self, self Is the curse of this wretched world,
 says the messenger from Mars. The messenger speaks true. All the his tory of humans confirms the declara- tion This. briefly, is the run of the play: Horace Parker is the apotheosis of selfishness-unwitting selfishness. He is sincerely selfish. So self-center- ed that no impulse of pity ever comes to him. save self pity, he is calmly i'm bedded in self love and self indulg- ence If anything goes wrong with him-as seldom happens to such one he feels himself much abused man. Parker Is not bad man nor especially wicked. He Is not bad sort of a husband In sense. He Is too high minded for gross violation of morals. His self respect keeps him from stoop- ing to low things He Is honorable in way. He is eminently respectable and eminently satisfied with himself In a crisis he would doubtless sacrl- flee himself for his own. But at ev- cry turn he unconsclously inficts suf- fering upon the women of his house. hold and upon his friends. In short, regarding himself as impeachable, he Is guilty every day of offenses that break the hearts of his loved ones. Little less than a miracle will open the eyes of this sort of man. The Mars messenger comes to him and says, You train your dogs with hunger and whip. I must try the same system with you" Then comes an excellent apprenticeship to clear sightedness- he Is put in the place of others. Hun ger and cold and wretchedness are his teachers. He drinks the cup of mis- cry to the dregs. At every hard hearted utterance the man mutters, I've said the same thing many time myself" Then pity comes to him. His eyes are opened and he hates the old self. A soul is born within him. The lesson is for men and women. For there Is no sex in selfshness. It is an old drama-this evolution of life. And 1t is re-enacted every day. To some comes the messenger of fate and in a great crisis of pain or of sorrow the lesson Is learned. Others learn the teaching when 1t is too late, save for remorse. And still others will never learn the better way until they are face to face with the lesson other where-somew where i'll that outward sweep of the future that We call Mys- tery.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

After years of the hardest sort of work, one of the greatest engineering feats in the world has been finally ac. compllshed. The Slmplon tunnel has been formally opened. and the first trains have passed through. Not only Is 1t the longest tunnel In the world, but its course Is beneath a greater weight of mountains than any other. There have been numerous disappoint. ments and heart breaking delays In the work, and upon one occas sion 1t was thought that 1t would have to be given a subterranean stream of hot water was encountered, which compelled the cessation of work, and the difficulties encountered In blocking this under. ground hot river were prodiglous. Added to the other difficulties, 1t ap- pears that the geologlsts and engineers who did the preliminary work were very generally mistaken in their proph. ecles as to the character of the soil which would be encountered. The strata of rock, 1t seems, dipped in most unexpected directions, and before the work was well begun the original plans had to be almost entirely re- vlsed. Of course the work took great deal longer than was at first expected
 Such enormous engineering undertak. lngs usually do. But 1t has been free from scandals throughout which
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22


 the Union center. Just at noon a fearful artillery duel began. While the clouds of smoke rolled away, fifteen thousand COnfederates, formed like a vast wedge and led by General Pick ett were seen moving across the val ley.
 Nearly a mile away the Union forces under Hancock were viewing the on coming lines of gray coats. Half the distance was passed when the Union artillery began it's fire upon the charg- ing columns. Although great holes were torn in the Confederate ranks, they never faltered, but continued steadily on their way,
 The ranks grew thin; the long line of Union rifles kept up its constant rain of death; but Pickett and Pick ett's men never hesitated until they had come into handto-hand combat with the opposing federals. Then at last the charge was broken. Lees army was defeated. Pickett sounded the retreat; but unforgotten is the rec ord of the brave men who fought and died for the cause they served.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

Be reasonable" said the shirt sleeved man, taking his cigar from his mouth. If you sue me, 1t will be matter of expense to you and expense to me. You can't possibly sue, get judgment and levy on my goods and chattels inside of week. If you wait week you will save yourself great deal of trouble and very probably get your money. When a mans pockets are empty"
 The man in his shirt sleeves put his cigar back in his mouth and with dramatic gesture jerked his trousers pockets inside out. A bunch of keys. a penknife, piece of plug tobacco and folded piece of paper fell to the floor. The collector stopped quickly for the paper.
 Aha" he exclaimed, trlumphantly, "a s billy"
 T didn't know 1t was In that pocli- et," protested the debtor.
 T believe you" said the smiling col lector Twenty cents coming to you Much obliged. If you've got nickel now in some other pocket, I'll give you quarter and your receipt"
 T might take advantage of you,' said the shirt-sleeved man, but I won't. If you'll return me that Con- federate five I'll try to have United States silver certificate of the same denomination ready for you a week from today"
 Well, I'll be darned" said the col lector.-Chicago Daily News.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

troubles me. It makes me suspicious and l keep thinking every one is try ing to swindle me out of 1t. I would like to build myself comfortable home, but l am afraid of the real es- tate agents and builders, and I know l could never trust a lawyer.
 "Of course I am glad haven't to work any more, and the children will be able to live well on the money when am gone, but was happy enough before l became wealthy. Now I am worried half to death."
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
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 T said I would call" said the col lector, as he presented himself at the door.
 Was 1t the 10th I asked you to come around?" asked the man in his shirt sleeves.
 The 18th was the date" said the collector, cheerfully. See? I've got 1t marked on the back of the bill. I'll write you receipt"
 You're good fellow" said the man in his shirt sleeves, gratefully. All the same, mean to pay that bill some time"
 You're going to pay it to-day, aren't you" said the collector, with his pen cil poised. You told me you'd pay 1t today"
 You want to be more exact" said the debtor. T think I told you that I felt certain that would be able to pay you to-day. That was the way felt then" Come, it's only s4.so," urged the collector. You can pay that" "Only S4 8O:" That's all. It's been due two months"
 T thought 1t was S4S5," said the debtor. "Still, I'm sorry to say that you are mistaken about my being able. As a matter of fact, I haven't that much change about me. If you'd be willing to wait week"
 No, sir" said the collector, we've waited long enough. You know that. We'll have to sue you, that's all"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

When anything occurs to arouse tho patriotic enthusiasm of a German city 1t seems to expend the impulse il erecting a statue In memory of Bis marck. One hundred and ninety-foul statues have been completed up to thu present time, rty-eight are in pro cess of construction, and the possibili ties of the future are of course limit less. Yet to see a grander, more en during memorial than any of these one needs only to contemplate united Germany.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
A Boosting Place.

A witty but not altogether respectful native of the British Isles described an American mugwump as the sort of man who in England would sit on the hyphen between Campbell Zimmerman It is interesting to learn from the Schoolmaster that juvenile British mind has all unconsciously evolved a similar use for the hyphen.
 A short time ago teacher was talk. ing a lesson on the function of the hyphen. Having written a number of examples on the blackboard, the first of which was "bird-cage," he asked the boys to give reason for putting the hyphen between "bird' and "cage."
 There was short silence. Then a boy who is unjustly reckoned among the dunces said:
 Ut Is for the bird to perch on, sir"
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Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
Handing Out a Strong a,n,

Say. doc," insinuated the man who was trying to get little free medical advice, "supposing you had a case of chronic dyspepsia, now; what'd you consider the best course to pursue?"
 Well, sir, if I had such a case should treat 1t according to my profes. sional ability, and then charge what I believed a fair fee. Do make my. self plainT'-Cleveland Leader.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

before she could be beached had been reduced to total wreck and hundreds of lives were lost through burning and drowning.
 The official police report on the catastrophe showed the total number of persons who perished was 1,03l; the dead recovered, 93S; the missing, 93; the injured, 179, and the unlnjured, 226.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

Do suckers bite? The question, asked by New York newspaper. has caused many of its readers to revert to their boyhood experiences. The man who denies 1t declares that suckers merely swallow the bait without bit ing. As a matter of ichthyological crit icism this seems carpng.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

cial panics t b a { ever came to the country happened during his adminis- tration. Van Buren reaped the whirl- wind W h e r e the financiers of Jack s o n s administra- ton had sown the wind of specula- ton. The President became the target for all kinds of po- 1IYtaoI oaa,cn Anno
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

A man in Paris is reported to have suddenly shrunk In height two feet. He must have met his wife as he was getting home some night very early in the morning.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

Cole Younger Is reluctantly compell- ed to admit he has scored a failure in the show business. If anybody knows any other way in which a man without reputation can make living without work Cole would be glad to hear of It.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
TO CATCH THE MAIL.

Wire Basket Arranged Under the
 Lever Drop.
 A hammock mail receptacle Is yer itable novelty, which also deserves at tention because of Its many merits In the first place, 1t Is readily attached to or detached from the usual letter-drop opening, the advantages of which are obvious. In the second place, 1t shows at glance whether there Is any mail to be removed, and its character. In
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

Three centuries after the appear ance of "Don Quixote" a statue of It's author Is to be erected by Havana, a city freed from Spain by a country unknown in Cervantes' time. Whirl- igig time at work again.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

has taken It's place in the worlds history as one of the most val iant ever made. "Pickett's Charge" was the high tide of the Southern Confed- eracy.
 General Lee had massed the best part of his army on the slopes of Seminary Ridge for a last des- narata nSSot,1t ,innp
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

What would Christ do?" asks a cor respondent of the New York Herald If Rockefeller offered his $100.OO0 tc him" He ate with publicans and sln ners, according to the record, and, Il may be assumed, asked no questions as to where the meat came from. Still 1t is a fair question.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
THE SLOCUM DISASTER.
to Be Erected Over Grave
 of Unidentified Dead.

Under the direction of the Organiza- ton of the General Slocum Survivors popular subscriptions are now being received for granite monument, which is to mark the one grave in which sixty-one unidentified victims of the Slocum disaster were buried in the Lutheran cemetery at Middle Village,
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
THE KAISER AS PILOT.
Emperor William in His Favorite Role
 as Steersman of the Empire.

as Steersman of the Empire.
 Clad in oilskins and steering the German ship of state through tenn pestuous seas, Kaiser Wilhelm figures In a new picture entitled Our Pilot" which has become the most popular likeness of the Emperor obtainable in the Fatherland. The picture is the work of the Munich painter, Nathan ael Schmitt, to whom the Kaiser gave series of sittings for the special pur- pose of idealizlng him in his favorite role-that of the real guider of the
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

Children may not be "destroyers of home life" but they certainly work fearful destruction sometimes in the pantry department of the home.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

speaks well for the administrative ability of the Swiss and Italians. On the whole, if the United States makes as good a record in Its great undertak- ing, the Panama Canal, as have the Swiss and Italians in building the Sim. plon Tunnel, congratulat ations from the rest of the world will be in order.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
4 Little Lesson
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Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. ."-Daniel Webster.
 Probably no President was ever as unpopular in his own time as was Mar tin Van Buren. One of the worst finan-
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

King Edward is declared to be the safest ruler on earth. But why should anybody wish to kill as gentlemanly and harmless monarch as he, any wayf
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

New England may succeed in form ing a crustacean trust, but there will still remain q large supply of inde- pendent Holsters in the community.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

Judging from the number of them that have been arrested there must have been an enormous supply of ter rorists in Russia at the start.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

A Kansas congregation voted 4 to l against the acceptance of Mir. Rocke- feller's gift of s100,OOO. But this was not the congregation to which the gift had been offered.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
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Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. Webster.
 On July 3, 1863, in the battle which determined the future of the American Union, there occurred A charge which
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
Az Others See Jys.

Biggs-Is Smawley a man of i'm portance in his neighborhood?
 Diggs-Well, he's of almost as much consequence as a thermometer on a pleasant day.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22
Anxious Moments for Both.

Brother-You can't think how ner- vous was when proposed.
 sister-You can't think how nervous she was until you did.-Town and Country.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

No self-made man was ever known 10 express dissatisfaction With the job.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

No wonder women at 40 are cranks. See how they have to hustle to look as young as they say they are.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

A Kansas man killed himself b.. cause his trade had fallen off. Why didn't he advertise?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

A lot of men go broke just before the day breaks
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

It Is the little cur that is always trying to get even with the big dog.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-22

Nothing is so uncertain as the cer- tainty of certain politicians.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-09-12

for saving the 5000, 1000 that the state
has in it. 1t is constantly laying in
more stock a clerk has recently or
dered II million labels.
The time has come when the peo-
pie OF South Carolina ought to say to-
Governor Hayward, We are sick TN
to death OF this kind OF thing He
has power to remove from office
those three men, and the time has
come, in my judgment, when he ought
to do it. He has made lis a good gov
ernor, and he has now an opportuni-
ty to strengthen himself with his.
people. What do you think about
that?" he asked the crowd.
Take vote," suggested a citizer>
"Then, III state the propositions:
Under the constitution, the governor
has authority to remove these people,
and there is enough evidence of cor
ruption to make il necessary for him
to do so at once"
They pretty much all held up their
hands, acceding.
Brice made brief reply. He said
the people of the county knew his
habits. In the legislature last year,
I never bought drop Of liquor"
"1f you were in touch with those
dispensary people," interrupted Till
man, drily, from his seat, "you didn't
need to buy any"
Brice said further that the devil
cites Scripture for his ends, and Quot
ed from Richard III.
"And thus I clothe my naked villiany
With old odd ends stolen forth Of
holy writ,
And seem saint when most l play
the devil"