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Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
TALKING MACHINE IN CHINA.
Almo a Riot When It Wouldn't Work
 in One Upcountry Village.

Aim oat Riot When It Wouldn't Work
 in One Upcountry Village.
 Those who have rsyiled the talking machine" said Henry M. Blackwell, an engineer who visited the railway exhibit, would have been properly rebuked If they witnessed a scene that sttested its popularity with the heather Chinee.
 Three years ago I was with a small company of surveyors who were lay. ing out the line of the railroad be- tween Hankow and Canton, and one day found us at Chushachow, a small but populous village. A talking ma. chine happened to be part of our equipment, as 1t had proved more eff. 1cient in placating the celesdals than squad of soldiers.
 Though our party had taken a long jump into Chushachow, 1t became plainly evident that news travels from mouth to mouth as quickly as by tele- graph, for a crowd of several hundred chattering Chinamen gathered outside ot our quarters and awaited a concert They didn't make any request; they simply waited for what they consld. cred their rights.
 "One of our military escort told us what his compatriots wanted, and when we unveiled the talking machine with great ceremony 1t received more reverence than an ancestors tomb. But the machine kicked and refused to play. Whereupon we informed our self-invited guests, through the inter- preter, that the entertainment was of. "Muttering arose from the crowd and a spokesman addressed the inter- pretsr, declaring that there had been unfair discrimination, and that if their sovereign rights were withheld they would get hunk When the little file of soldiers attempted to disperse them the uproar became deafening and the engineers rushed out to find an incipi. ent Boxer outbreak.
 "Several coolies made hostile movs toward the house, probably to take the machine apart and extract the for elgn songs from 1t. The Chinese sol. d!ers kept their heads, strange to say, and when the ebullitlon of Chinese curiosity began to evaporate they dis persed the rioters and hauled off sev. eral ringleaders to the lookup.
 "No prima donna ever got the trib- ute paid to that weather-beaten talk ing machine. We sat up half the night tinkering around the mechanism until It rasped of the records of coon song and comic opera trifes.
 "The next morning a larger crowd was present at the concert and depart. ed grateful, awestruck, and satisfied. This musical event was unattended, however, by three of the riot leaders, they being detained in the calaboose as the magistrate had sentenced them to be suspended by the wrists for forty eight hours. Every innovation is bound to have its martyrs"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
Rolled cream Dressing.

Many families do not like olive oil, and for those who do not eat salads on this account boiled cream dressing made as follows viii be found deli cious: Add a tablespoonful of sugar. half teaspoonful of salt, fourth of a tablespoonful of white pepper, tea spoonful of mustard to half a cupful of vinegar; place in granite ware basin over the fire, and when hot beat in cupful of cream or milk, two eggs, a tablespoonful of butter; let become cold.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
MISS ELLA OFF, INDIANAPOLIS. IND. SUFFERED FOR MONTHS
Pe-ru-na the Remedy
 That Cured.

Miss Ella Off, ll27 Linden St., In. dianapolis, Ind, writes;
 'I suffered with run down constitution for several months and feared that would have to give up my work.
 "On seeking the advice of a physician, he prescribed tonic. 1 found, however, that il did me no good. On seeking the advice of our druggist, he asked me to try Peruna In few weeks began to feel and act like different person. My appe- tite increased, did not have that worn out feeling, and could sleep spIendidIy. In a couple of n,anths l was entirely recovered. thank you for what your medicine has done for me."-Eila Off.
 Write Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for free medical advice. All corre- spondence is held strictly confidential.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
eytER SroR'S


 Norway has company of men who drill on skates or skis in the winter. It is said that they can get about the country about as quickly as cavalry.
 All native-born and naturalized Danes over sixty years of age receive pensions of los to 1Ss per month, if unable to support themselves or their families.
 A German newspaper states that within the last decade the population Of Europe has increased about thirty eight million. of whom Russia contri- buted fourteen million and France less than one hundred thousand.
 A plan Is now on foot to connect some of the scattered islands in the South Sea by wireless telegraph. Ii is thought that it will be of great bene- ht, as there is now no means of con- municar rion between them.
 William Andres and William Jones, two prospectors. report the discovery of another cave in the southwest DOT ton of Nevada. The cave has been explored to a depth of three hundred feet and shows evidence of a prehis- toric race. Between the myriad stall actites that hang from the walls, hier. oglyphics have been found. Some stone seats showing signs of use have been discovered. Efforts are now being made to explore the innermost cayerns
 John G. Carlisle has discovered down In the fastnesses of Setauket, L. l.. a man with a new attribute. MT. Car llsle spends his summers there and takes more or less interest in the farm ing operations. No" said the head farm hand to MT. Carlisle. in discuss ing the hiring of new man, T wouldn't bother to take on Frank. He wouldn't suit" Why not?' Well, because you couldn't place no depend ence on his stickin' to the Job. He's such a freckle-minded cuss he never stays at any one string"
 Two Germans have discovered a method by which they can hear plants grow. In the apparatus the growing plant is connected with a disk. having in its center an indicator which moves yisibly and regularly. and this on a scale fifty times magnifed denotes the progress and growth. Both disk and indicator are metal, and when brought in contact with an electric hammer, the electric current being interrupted at each of the divided intersuces of the disk, the growth of the plant is as perceptible to the ear as to the eye.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

of the blood and gore melodrama, If not past, is dying, and people every where demand cleaner plays than they did, say, five years ago. 'Off-color' plays used to be popular, and pro- duction that went as nearly as possi- ble toward violating the law was an assured success in many quarters.
 Now even the burlesque is being cleansed, and a person may go to al. most any theater without meeting anything objectionable"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
JOHNNY LET GO,
Pleasant Anecdote of Our Rouxh-and.
 Ready President,

Ready President.
 President Roosevelt, on one of his hunting tours in the Adirondacks, spent a very long day in restless pur- suit of big game. By the time sue cess had finally Justified the chase, he made the discovery that he was a very hungry man. At his urgent request, the guide conducted the party to the nearest inn the wilderness afforded. The journey was not a brief one, and, by the time the modest hostelry was reached, MT. Roosevelt was still more hungry.
 When informed that the only fare obtalnable at the establishment was corned beef and cabbage, involuntarily he made use of the expression which has long been famous:
 "Delightedr'
 Amusement was created in the Pres idential party when the chief execu- tive, whose identity had been kept a secret, was given a seat at the family board. It was increased when huge portions of corned beef and cabbage were passed from the head of the ta- ble where sat the host. The first plate to make Its appearance was heaped very high. It reached a small boy and got no further. The President sighed to express his envy and disappoint- ment.
 Johnny" exclaimed the host, sharp ly. "thet bent fer you; thet be fer the stranger"
 Much to the amusement of all the President seized the rim of the plate on one side while Johnny held the other.
 There was a moment of doubt
 Then the President, softly. and with a twinkle in his eye. but with ine1ora- ble decision, leaned over and spoke Into the red, resentful face of the hun gry boy:
 Johnny" he said, "let go."
 Johnny let go.-Success Magazine.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

The ordinance experts of the United States army are said to have practic- ally decided that the siXteen-inch gun. not practicable as weapon and 3 decision by the war department to abandon the type iS anticipated. Only one of these guns has been made so far and that one is now at Sandy Hook. The experiments. while show. Ing that the gun could do all that was expected of il in one way, have never. theless ronyincel the experts that aI , weapon it is too costly.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
The Investment Secure.

"Whatw demanded the dismissed husband, after his wife had shown him the door. Do you mean to tell me that I have no voice in this matter"
 "Oh, yes; you have voice in 1t. But 1t needs mending.'
 Have I no share in this property?' ?' again demanded the dethroned mon, arch.
 "One share, and that very much be low par," replied the rising woman, pointing to little Willie, who sat in a mud puddle. e."-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

Patriotism has become the basis of great American industry. Because of the amazing increase of patriotic sentiment in this country during the last decade the manufacture of Amer lean flags has quadrupled. More than three million Star Spangled Banners annually are made of silk and bunting but these form only q small portion of the total number of United States flags that are born. that live and die between January and January.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
The Marrying Bee.

A certain Atchison girl has a trunk in her room, and in 1t she folds care. fully away every new piece of ribbon, lace or embroidery. and also every fancy piece of underwear given her. Every once in a while she opens the trunk, gets down beside 1t on her knees, and carefully takes every arti- cle out. touches 1t fondly and puts 1t back again. We know what is the matter with her. She has the marry s>g bee in her bonnet A girl always
 sgins to save things" when the idea z marriage occurs to her-Atchison f5fohp
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
Pofato RaIis or Marbles.

After pairing your potatoes thorough ly wash them and cut into balls by the use of a French cutter. Boil in water in which you have thrown little salt. Have ready a white sauce composed of two tablespoons butter and two of flour with one cup of milk and a sea- soning of salt and pepper. When well blended pour over the marbles, adding a tablespoon chopped parsley and serve.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
Sweet Potato Scones.

Mash sweet potatoes tboiled) until there are four cupfuls, and mix into quart of four in which has been sifted two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Mix this with milk enough to make n dough, turn out on to the board, roll and cut in eight pieces. Bake in a quick oven for ten minutes.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
High Postage Rates in Italy.

The postage rates are becoming one of the burning questions in Italy, where they are the highest in Europe, and the circulation of letters and post cards, by consequence, the lowest. The lowest postage for any letter is 4 cents, and for post card about 8 cents. This heavy rate has often been made the subject of complaint, but now something like an organized movement for a reduction has been set on foot. As chambers of com. merce are taking the question up, il is probable that something will have to be done.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
Strawberry Dlincs,

Roll out layer of cream of tartar biscuit dough very thin; butter and spread very thickly with ripe straw. berries which have been rolled ir sugar; then roll the dough up, pinch the edges tightly together and steam for three quarters of an hour. When done, serve immediately. cutting slice, from the end, Jelly-roll fashion. An egg sauce or whipped cream is de llcious with this dessert.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

FriendshTp-Friendship reveals the secret of the universe, for God is love" and he who is unselflsh in be- nevolence knows God. There is a meaning at the heart of the world and that meaning is goodness.-Rev. c. R. Henderson, Baptist, Chicago, III.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
No sfisrepresentation.

"See here," exclaimed the irate pur. chaser to the typewriter agent, didn't you tell me the machine you sold me was so strong you could drop 1t out of a window, go down and pick 1t up and go right to work on it?'
 "I did"
 "Well, 1t fell out of the window ac. cidentally yesterday, and I had to send 1t to the repair shop"
 Well you could have gone right to work on it yourself if you'd known how to set about fixing 1t couldn't youT
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
CURTAIN FOR FlREMEN.
Portable Shield Which Protects the
 Flame Fighters.

An ingenious Omaha inventor has designed an entirely new fire fighting appliance. While its use is entirely restricted to fires in buildings of small proportions, such as low stores and dwellings, etc, the portable fire shield will no doubt, fine many advocates. It consists of a wheel truck carrying a folding fire screen Of flreproof mate rial. When collapsed the entire outfit
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

mtelHgcnce.-Brains and discipline count to-day. Deceive not yourselves In your temptations or along any line by the inclination to underestimate what you have to contend against Rev. S. E. Young, Presbyterian, Pitts- burg.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
Ages of Actresses. Here Is a list of the ages of a num-

Some of these statistics will be sur prising to people who think they know all about sage matters. Miss Russell, for example, generally is supposed to be over 50. This fallacy Is due to the fact that she has been before the pub lie most of her life.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
Globe
Haa OrfRinalitY.

Uncle George-I have read your ar ticle over, and I must say 1t shows great deal of originality. Arthur Thanks, I'm sure. I iattered myself there were some ideas in 1t. Uncle George-Oh, I was not speaking of the composition, but of the spelling.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
Between Two Oceans

Colombia is so very indignant that shes going to build her own canal"
 Well, she needn't be So awfully in- dependent. She'll have to borrow the water to fill it."-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

The treat Teacher.-Save Jesus alone, there never has been. and there never will be. teacher to whom all the world turns at last in its longing quest for truth. Neyer.-Rev. k. j.. Burdette, Baptist Los Angeles. Cal.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
GAS ORIA
 For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought slsssss5s sssss sss of &Hz2zzSx

ruIers.-r IS me Unrsrlan-s dury 10 train himself, to educate brain, hand, eye and tongue to be skillful at some thing. In this busy world we have no right to be idlers or to be useless.- Rev. I. J. Van Ness. Eplscopalian, Nashville, Tenn.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

TITO Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness FIIO after first days use of Dr. Kline reat Nerve Restorer send for Free S2 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. k. II. Kline, Ltd. e3l Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

The SurrIyaI.-The doctrine of the survival of the Attest" obtains In the commercial world, while the doctrine of the survival of the unfittest" is the keynote of the teachings of Christi Rev. J. H. Fakes, Methodist, Atlanta, Ga.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's sootht { Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

A cynic Is a man whose head Is sore from putting 1t against facts.
 The church member Is a nuisance when he wants to be the whole body.
 The higher a man climbs in knowl- edge the greater the unknown he sees.
 Wool-gathering wits never get to- gether enough to make them any cloth.
 Even the wedge of righteousness has a better chance If you use the right end.
 Riches do not always bring blessing, but Gods blessing always brings riches.
 A man can trust God with his affairs when he remembers that he is Gods trustee.
 Let it pass" is considered more apt as applied to a doubtful dollar than to | real injury.
 The will of God is soon forgotten when you get anxious about keeping the good will of men.
 Every man may be born with his feet in the dust, but he Is born with a heart that longs for the Divine.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

Piso's Cure is good cough medicine. It has cured coughs and colds for forty years. At druggists, 9 cents.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
TRUMPET CALLa
Ran's Hern Sounds . Warning Note
 te the Uaredsemed.

ANY a man thinks he Is elo- 'quent when he is only evaporat ting.
 The decision of a another life may depend on the pre- c Is 10 D o f yours.
 The robe of righteousness Is not made so as to be worn by a turncoat.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

The girl is never satisfied with her newest dress until she discovers that her worst girl friend doesn't like it.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

And 1t might be remarked thst the beef trusts cipher code doesn't read like a code of honor.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
KHAKI SUITS SAYS,

We have in stock a fine lot of gov ernment Khaki coats and pants which Ee are selling for s275 a suit They are just what you want for hunting mining. fishing, camping, prospecting eanching and numbering.
 W. s. KIRK, 1909 lst Ave, Seattle.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07
THE DAIsYFLY KILLER destroys ali th

destroys all the
 flies and affords comfort toevey home-in dining
 room, sleeping room and all
 places where flies are trouble some. Clean, neat and will
 not soil or iniure anything. Try them once and Tf mt kanf hv
Alaska sentinel., 1905-09-07

There Is a lot of fool talk.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22
FACTS ABOUT RHUBARB.
Well Known and the Plant Is
Ornamental Only.

Rhubarb, commonly known as pie
plant" is very good article of food.
Everybody knows the plant with it's
broad, green leaves and pretty red
stems. 1t is the stems that are used
for food. They are SO nice and juicy,
says Medical Talk for the Home. The
fiber is somewhat stringy, but when it
is thoroughly cooked it becomes soft
and very digestible. The flavor is
quite tart, but that is really one of it's
good qualities. We eat so much sweet
stuff that good tart vegetable. like
rhubarb, is a splendid thing once in
awhile.
In some countries, Germany, for in
since, the wholesome qualities of rhu-
barb are not very we'll known. Indeed,
it is not used for food at all, but is
simply raised as an ornamental plant
on account of it's large, snowy leaves.
In America, however, this whole
some vegetable is fairly appreciated.
1t is one of the earliest of the spring
vegetables, and little patch of rhu-
barb is to be found in almost every
garden. IN the country, where fresh
fcSStdDIcS dr. SCdICc through Tie Wlus
ter, rhubarb makes a very welcome
dish in the early spring. The farmers
wife gathers the young, tender stalks
and makes them into sauce, or, per-
haps, pies. 1t is better, however, we
think, to use it as a sauce 1t is just
about as popular with the city people,
too. and great quantities of it can be
seen on n arket.
Rhubarf, is mildly laxative and is,
therefore, very useful in cases of con-
stipation. A dish of rhubarb sauce
and slice of brown bread and but
ter make splendid breakfast It
gives tone to the digestive organs and
insures the daily evacuation SO neces-
sary to health. We feel sure it is a
great deal better to eat little rhu-
barb sauce every day than to take
those drastic compounds like rhubarb
and calomel. which make you sick
and really do more harm than good.
1t is great deal pleasanter anyhow.
The rhubarb that the doctors use in
their powders is obtained from the ORR
entail countries, generally Turkey. 1t
differs little from our rhubarb. They
get the root and powder it. 1t has a
very bitter taste and is not at all nice
to take 1t is so much pleasanter and
the good part of the rhubarb than to
fix up the bitter part of it and take it
as medicine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22
TRAINING GUN POINTERS.
Great Care Is Observed in the Selec.
ton Of Men-Use Of the
'sDotter.o

When China fouLd herself arrayed
against Japan, she offered $500 cash a
month for skilled gun pointers, but in
all great navies gun pointers are trained,
not bought, and when the fight is on 1t
too late for instruction, says writer
IN Worlds Work
How does man become an expert gum
aer? Diligent drill and constant train.
ing are not enough, without a certain
amount of natural aptitude One man
after another is tried. A few days trial
the turrets eliminates all except the
.alrly promising. For the talent OF
eye and nerve which makes the born
gun pointer the government pays from
two to ten dollars month in addition
% the regular pay. This premium Is
lot confined to any race, creed or color.
On one vessel in the navy one of the
gun poiterS is a negro.
Selecting gun pointers is one of the
most important duties in the navy. Hav-
ing selected the men for gun pointers.
the next step is to train them. Two
methods are now in vogue both having
the same principle, but differing in de-
bore guns the invariable rule-and the
only rule the gun captains knew-was
this: Fire at the top of the downward
roll Gust as the ship begins to roll
toward the targeD, and aim at the en-
emy's water line
This rule lasted far into the age OF
steam and turret guns, and has only re-
Gently been supplanted by continuous
aim firing" or the art of keeping gun
trained on the target, regardless of the
oscillations of the vessel. during the
whole or portion of the roll.
The method of training men by the
new system-by the use of "dotter"-
was devised by Capt. Percy Scott, of the
British navy. The dotter is mechan.
ical device which causes a small tar.
get to move across the face of gun, with
combined vertical and horizontal mo-
ton. The gun-pointer must make the
sights are on the bull's-eye he presses
button. This causes a pencil to dot the
target. That is his shot. The other
method of instruction is with the Morris
tube, which consists of small gallery
rifle fitted on the gun, to take the place
Of the dotter's pencil.
So proficient have the bluebackets be-
come in handling the turret guns that in
actual target practice on board the Ala
bama 13-tnch gun is loaded and fired in
SO seconds. Two kinds of target prac-
tice are employed now in all navies, one
in which the target is stationary and
the ship moving; the other in which both
ship and target are moving.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22
Ought to BE Grateful.

This story is told of Mr. Mac, a
well-known humorist residing at Rock
cliffe, Can, who combines the duties
of station agent and postmaster.
Having given satisfaction. by acting
postmaster, but without pay, the M.
P. for the district procured his ap-
pointment and the head of the depart
ment wrote him that he had much
pleasure in confirming his position
'the salary to be the same as hereto
fore"
In reply Mr.. Mac wrote:
81 feel honored, as in duty bound,
by the confirmation of my appoint
ment, and am glad to know the salary
is to be the same as heretofore, name
ly, nothing a year; for I'd hate like
fury to have to pay anything" -Phil-
adelphia Public Ledger.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22

The belief of good luck and bad luck
coming from certain omens is almost
universal, and even people who con-
slider themselves enlightened have pet
superstitions. Sometimes, too, it seems
as If they were justified in holding
them. For instance, woman warned
a friend not to walk under a ladder,
which was propped over the sidewalk
against house, because it would bring
misfortune The injunction was not
needed, and the bold defer of bad
signs was soon after showered with
the contents of pot of paint which a
workman above had carelessly tipped
over. This spoiled her new spring
suit, and now she AYERS that there is
some wisdom after all in portentous
sayings Boston Budget