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Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
RECKlESSNESS IN MlD-AlR.

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 That familiarity breeds contempt of danger is shown by an article printed in the Pittsburg Leader. See thatf' asked an engineer of the East River bridge, pointing to small ladder set into one of the steel piers at an ele- yation of more than two hundred feet above the street. So closely did the ladder cling to the smooth surface of the steel that if seemed almost impos- sible to get the fingers between the rungs and the pier.
 Those steps were intended to he used only under the most pressing cir cumstances, continued the engineer, and then only with great care Yet the men would leap for the ladder from platform about three feet away. snatch at d rung and climb up rather than use a safe and guarded scaffolding erected for the express pur- pose only q few yards away. Warm ing notices were posted that anyone who did 1t would be discharged, yet the very day the decree went forth man jumped for the ladder He struck the side of the steps with his head. and was dashed to the ground. Of course he was killed instantly.
 That stopped the ladder climbing, but the men still do all sorts of reck- less things. For instance, they climb out on narrow beam projecting over the river from the very top of the structure, and stand there on one l"g to be photographed.
 Not long ago one of our foremen found man taking an after-dinner nap on the girder at a height equal to that of a twenty story building. The 10 lie on, and there was nothing hut air between him and the ground. Yet he was quite indignant when the fore man woke him up and threatened to discharge him
 "Our window cleaners are as rash as any workman" said the superintend ent of skyscraper. Each of our win dows is fitted with heavy iron eye bolts, into which the cleaners are ex- pected to snap steel hooks attached to broad canvas belts that are buckled about their waists.
 You would not imagine that any man would dare to stand on the ten inch window-silI without seeing that the belt Is hooked into the eye-bolts us firmly as It will go. There is absolute ly nothing else for the cleaners to hold on to, and in front of them is the smooth face of the glass The men stand bolt upright and even lean back little. Yet every day we catch one or more of them climbing out on those narrow sills, twelve stories and more above the sidewalk, with the belt un- hooked"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

remarkable fight during the campaign, considering that he has recently suf- fered from severe attack of illness, displaying great energy, force and splendid power for man of his years. His political tour through the provinces was marked by unbOunded enthusiasm and his speeches were the best of his political career.
 Sir Wilfrid Laurier was born at St. Lin, Quebec, In 1S41, was educated at Assumption College and later studied law. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1864 and practiced his profession in Arthabaskavile for number of years. He entered the Quebec Assembly in 1871 and entered the House of Con- mons first In 1874 He was appointed A minister of the crown in 1877 in the Mackenzie administra ton. He was made Liberal leader in 1877 and called upon to form the Liberal government in July, 1896. This will be his third term as premier of the Dominion. He is immensely popular throughout the Dominion and has proven an able lead
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
A FALSE ALARM.

A gentleman from Buffalo tells this a native of southern Florida whom he hired to TOW him several miles down the Miami river. After many futile endeayors to interest the native and entrap him into expression of opinion, the Northerner brought up the subject of the supernatural.
 Don't believe in it." said the native decidedly, though l will say l most did at one time. thought was ys- ited by spirits once. l was in my cabin one night. when l woke up and heard something a-slipping and a-slid- ing across the boards. listened and then I gave yell. The noise stlii kept up kind of creepy and scary l knew it wasn't any ordinary critter, so l says. I don't care whether you be human or spirit. do something SO as I can know definite. l hated to have 1t unsettled. but I was sorry said anything Jest as soon as opened my mouth there came rattling noise like bones cracking together
 You were scared. l suppose 1t was a cat" said the Northerner
 Il was scared-most blue-Our 1t want cat. l began to believe in spirits. 1 had heap of faith in 'em just then, and I let out q yell you could hear mile. Then l jumped clean out of bed and across the room"
 What happened then? What was it?"
 "Why. lit a match and found ont was scared and all nerved up for nothing, and I haven't believed in spfr its since. 1 was terrible ashamed of myself when l found out what 1t was The thing want nothing but just a big, common, mean. sneaky rattle snake"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
LOubet's First Love.

An affecting incident was the recent visit of President Loubet to his mother at Montelimar. The mother of the French President is a humble market woman in the little village, and de- spite her sons endeavors refused to leave the place where she was born and has lived for three-quarters of market place as she drove up in her little cart loaded with vegetables As sisting his mother to alight. President Loubet gave her his arm and escorted her to her accustomed seat. Then plac- ing over her large umbrella to shield her from the threatened weather. he sat by her side and mother and son en- joyed a long talk together.
 We can learn more of President Lou bets true character from this little in- phy that might be written. No man worthy the name of man ever forgets his mother. She is his first love. and to her he remains true throughout the year. Married or single, old or young. he Is still her child. NJ. Loubet is one of the most popular men who ever occupied the Presidential chair. The people feel that he is one of them: that he can enter with sympathy into their life; that he Is man after their own kind. The incident which we have just related will bind NJ. Loubet more closely than ever to his loyal people.-Housekeepe
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
LITTLE STORIES
 AND INCIDENTS That Will interest and Entertain Young
 Readers.

about . inches long. 21a inches wide and high. Cut similar piece. only thinner, for the back and two pieces of broom handle, sawed ? inches long for arms. Cover the back and seat with a layer of cotton wadding and then with any scraps of plain green velvet or other suitable stuff from mamuas piece box. Put the covers oil with tiny tacks and sew the velvet OF the arms When all the pieces are neatly covered. tack the back on the seat and sew the arms into place.
 Big easy chairs and small straight chairs without arms can he of brocad ed satin or velvet made in the same way. Dinlng-room furniture is th" hardest to make. but little thinke; can plan very attractive room. The bedrooms are easy. A block draped with lowered dimity answers for bureau and dresser and a large anu lower block well padded makes luxu- rlOus bed. Pillows and chnirs explain themselves, cretons and dimities talk Ing tie place of sa tins for coverings.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
An Odorous ComparIson.

Plutocracy and it's automobile now monopolize the wit once directed to- ward responsibility and its gig" The following is late instance from the London Chronicle:
 "Thatll be powerful machine, ' said a native of the north of Scotland to a motorist the other day.
 "Yes, it's a splendid car" replied the owner, proudly.
 "I suppose car like that will be nearly hundred horsepower sug- gested the countryman.
 "Oh. mo-" said the motorist. modest ly; it is only ten horse A hundred horsepower car would be much larger"
 "I wasn't going by size" the High lander dryly explained. "I was going by the smell of it."
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

Albert Fisher, whose career of crime recently ended In the electric chair at Columbus, Ohio, left this brief but pregnant message for persons inclined to follow in his course: Don't do 1t; 1t doesn't pay" Fisher was qualified to give expert testimony on the fruit of a life of crime He could speak with authority, because he had experienced crime in all its stages up to murder. He had run the whole gamut and found nothing good in 1t. A little ob- servatiOn will prove to anybody of ay- craze intellect that what Fisher says is true. Who ever knew of profes- sional thief who was comfortably rich Who ever knew of confirmed crimi- nal who enjoyed peace of mind-that wealth richer than money? The sue cessful criminal may get possession at times of large sums of money. But it slips through his fingers Ill-got gains have wings. The criminal, like the gambler, may be rich today and poor tomorrow. The criminal 10 al- ways on the defensive. The hand of the law Is ever reaching after him. He must submit to blackmail and he must help pals out of trouble. He may lead a dozen lives and there is no peace, no confidence in or sympathy with his fellow men in any of them. He must hide and dodge, trying ever to get away from his real self. Con sidering it purely as a business propo- sition. there is precious little profit in a life of crime. Nine out of ten pro fessional criminals caught are without funds for their own defense. The criminal reformed" and retired" Is always a pauper. The man of crime takes the biggest risks for the smallest gains of any member of the human family. He undergoes more hardships and privations, more physical strain and more mental anxiety than any other man. We pity the human beasts of burden who for paltry pay toll in deep mines and tunnels that any mo- ment may become their graves. But such men manage to have homes and loved ones and the respect and sym pathy of their neighbors. Such lives, pitiable as we commonly deem them, are fruitful and sweet compared with the lives of men who sneak ever in the shadow of the penitentiary or the gal lows, whose small gains slip from them, who can have no fixed home and settled associations. whose purposes are out of harmony with humanity, of themselves. No; crime doesn't pay. And nobody realizes 1t better than the old criminal himself who has gone through it all and comes to the end with empty hands and sick heart.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
No Time to Lose.

There are many current examples of mental vigor in old age Queen Victo- ria successfully learned a little Hin dustani when the years of her reign were many, and there are others who have taken up and carried through work of equal difficulty.
 An Englishman is said to have learned the alphabet at 50, and quite lately, says the St James Budget, a man hustled into south London branch of the Young Mems Christia n Association and asked to be ilnme- diately enrolled.
 The honorary secretary wondered why there was such haste and ven tured to ask.
 We'll returned the applicant II must be hurrying with anything I'm going to do with you. You see I'm getting on for "A years of age."
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
Doll House a Girl Can Make.

The little girl can make an inexpen- sive and elegant doll house from two orange boxes, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat. Get two nice. clean orange boxes from the grocer. They have q partition down the middle. Clean them carefully and place one on top of the other. Don't fasten them together.
 See what possibilities this house has It has two stories. with four rooms Ask mamma for some pieces of wall paper, and carefully paper the rooms Then little white muslin curtains can be tackled to the walls where the win dows should be. Ora wn back and tied with pretty ribbons. they look like real windows.
 Now for the furniture. For a sofa for the parlOr get a block of wood
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

their business, were to prescribe a course of Cervantes or Moliere or Bal Eac or Sterne or Dickens or Shak- speare, and as strictly enjoin thorough ness in this course as they would If the treatment were a matter of diet or medicine, many of them would begin to mend from the first moment that these magicians had given them for forgetffulness of self Half of the sick ness in this world is but form of ego tism-the too persistent breeding over ones own troubles. A dose of reading will often prove the best remedy.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
A Fan Clock.

A remarkable timepiece is clock fan manufactured by Swiss jeweler, The clock consists of twelve leaves hinged like an ordinary fan. The num- Der of the hour is marked from 1 to 12 at the end of each of these leaves. The fan timepiece starts at 6 o'clock, and expands regularly for twelve hours, when it suddenly closes up and starts all over again. The half hour Is indicated by the leaf of the fan be- ing only half extended.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

will stick in it. Although you try many times and stand very near the target, you will not succeed, for the needles will refuse to stick in the pa per, but will fall to the table.
 Now put short piece of thread, say four or five inches long. in the eye of each needle and note the result When this is done you can throw the needles ever so much farther and straighter and they will stick into the target al- most every time.
 When you have accomplished this much you can have lots of fun seeing how close to the bulls eye you can come with your novel darts.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
From Raapicker to Senator.

From ragplcker to United States Senator is pretty big jump, and yet that is just what the new Senator from Massachusetts has made. Not "ragpicker" exactly as we might un- derstand 1t, but almost that. His grandfather, Zilnas Crane. founded a small paper mill at Dalton, in the western part of Massachusetts, and his father, also Zinas. succeeded to the business. When Murray Crane was 17 years old he left the public schools to take place in the mill. beginning at the lowest place, that of rag picker.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
BANON TOBACCO CHEWING.
Edict Issued Nearly POO Years Ago
 Against the Habit.

In the code of laws passed by thC towns of Windsor, Hartford and Weth- erstield in the years 173S-39 may be found the following on tobacco chew ing:
 "Forasmuch as it Is observed that many abuses are crept in and com. mitted by the frequent taking of to- bacco, it Is ordered by the authority of this court that no person under the age of 21 years nor any other that hath not already accustomed himselfe to the use thereof shall take any to- backo until hee hath bought cer. tif1cate under the hands of someone who are approved for knowledge and skill in physicks that it is useful for him and also that hee hath received a lycense from the courts for the same.
 And for the regulating of those who either by theire former taking it have, to theire apprehensions made il necessary to them or upon due advice are persuaded to the use therof, it Is ordered that no man-~ithin this col orye after the publication hereof shall take any tobacko publiquely in tue streets, highways or any barnyards or upon training days, in any open places, under the penalty of sixpence for each offense against this order in any Of the particulars thereof, to bee paid without gainsaying, uppon conviction by the testimony of one witness-that t is. without just exception-before any one magistrate.
 And the constables in the several towns are required to make present ment to each particular court of such as they do understand and can con vict to be transgressors of this or der"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

In the extremely cold climate of northern Russia all classes of people wear linen underclothes instead of woolens, and such malady as cold is unknown. The Russian of those attitudes does not understand the meaning of rheumatism, bronchitis, ca tarrh or consumption. Japan is coun- try essentially humid and rainy. There are from 1S0 to POO rainy days in the year. The changes of tempera ture are sudden. The winter Is cold The houses are exposed to every wind. The dress of the natives leaves the chest naked, winter and summer, and the legs uncovered. The ordinary folk do not wear hats. The country people pass half their lives with their legs in the water of the rice fields. This war has shown that the Japanese are the hardest nation on earth.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
And the Dog Laughed.

The proprietor of store in New York City owns little black kitten that cultivates a habit of squatting on its launches like A bear or Kan garoo, and then sparring with it's fore paws. as If 1t had taken lessons from pugilst.
 A gentleman took into the store the other evening an enormous black dog. half Newfoundland, half collie. fat, good-natured. and intelligent. The tiny black kitten, instead of boltinS ut once for shelter. retreated a few pAces sat erect on it's hind legs, and put up its fists in an attitude of defiance. The contrast Tn size between the two was immensely amusing. It reminded one of Jack the Giant Killer prepar- ing to deinollsh giant.
 Slowly and without a sign of eXcit ability the huge dog walked as far as his chain would allow him, and gazed intently at the kitten and its odd pos ture Then. as the comicality of tue situation struck him, he turned his head and shoulders around to the spec tators, and If animal ever laughed in the world that dog assuredly did 50 then and there. He neither parked nor growled, but indulged In Il low chuckle. while eyes and mouth beamed in merriment.-New York Telegram.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
WASHING THE BLOOD.
Science Searching for a Perfect Filter
 Dilution VIII Not Do.

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 The search for a physical process which would act directly on the circu- lating blood in case of intoIication In order to extract the poison which It may contain Is not new thing, two methods up to the present having been tried-transfusion of the blood and washing of the blood. The transfusion has given proofs of its worth but the difficulties are such that the applica ton of the method Is necessarily re stricted There has been little success hitherto with the washing method on account of the difficulty of adjusting the speed of injection to the narrow limits of cardiac tolerance. The chief difficulty has been, however, that the simple dilution of the blood does not render the renal filter permeable to the poisonous substances.
 M Ch. Repin has just constructed an apparatus with which he has expc"i mented on animals, the method being to extract H large quantity of blood from the organism and to mix 1t with elBut oI leu uHuoS itS 'oiuibe ol Hh isOtOnic saline solution, This mixture sufficiently incoagulable for the needs of the experiment-is sent into centrifugal separator, which is com bined in such way that all the blooI globules are united almost instantly at a single point, where they are passed into pump which injects them into the animal. The working of the ap- paratus is automatic and continuous, the result being to extract the plasma with all the matter dissolved therein, and to replace 1t with artificial serum; globules. for which short passage outside of the orga nism is not injurl- ous.-Revue Scientihque.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

When a confidence man, or three card monte man with shell game plies his trade and is caught he Is put behind the bars as swindler. When @ man sends out an alluring prospect us containing false promises buttress- ed by the names of great financiers and thus receives money by false pre- tenses he goes scot free and Is called 6 promoter. Why the difference?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

nat al tue odNOs Hotel, to remain yet in the center of things, if no longer of them. My beautiful house." she said to friend while walking through the stately, silent rooms. look at it! Look at mew And still, for all her fifty years, in her beautiful gown and picture har, she looked radiant like young girl. Here l am. yet no one comes to see me. l. who had duchesses lowing be fore me; I, who have had all the world at my feet; here I am. left en- tirely alone without soul to speak to. Discarded by my daughter, I have no wish to stay here any longer Since the day of her marriage I have never once seen her. Her child Is a perfect stranger to me. Once I did go to their house at Hampstead to see the little baby, but the mother was out, and so did not see either of them. It Is no good. though for all the acknowledg- ment I ever received from my daugh- ter was post card saying she was sorry she was out when I called. This, yes, this is the greatest grief of my life. And now have decided that my house shall go"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

Indications of the spread of civiliza- tion in distant parts of the world come In many guises One of the most cheer ing is in an advertisement in an Alas kan paper: Poplar Street Bath House; hot and cold baths, Friday and Satur- day, 25 cents; extra baths through the week, 50 cents.' Evidently enough Alaskans have passed the "once a week" stage to make it worth while to advertise these extra bath" facilities.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
CUBA TO SAVE STEEL INDUSTRY.
Island Will Supply the Deficiency of
 Russian Manganese.

A threatened shortage of manganese is lowering over the mineral market, according to the Philadelphia Record Few of the laity really know what manganese Is for the reason that 1t Is metal rarely seen, yet almost univer- sally present as an alloy ln iron md steel. It occurs in nature as soft. black mineral. which is not the metal manganese. but the oxide. This black oxide of manganese not only is an i'm portant adjunct to steel, but also en- ters largely into the fabrication of paints. It finds further application in chemical works in the making of bleach and chloride of lime.
 This dirty. black mineral is worth nearly $9 ton. and we have to i'm port nearly all we use. amounting to nearly a million and half year. Russia has heretofore supplied us with a large part of our manganese, but last year the supply from this source was largely cut off There are, how ever, enormous and easily worked de- posits of manganese In Cuba. and this supply must be drawn on more and more to be the savior of our steel in- dustry.
 In the mountains back of Santiago de Cuba are the Ponupo mines. The ore here is soft and black, frequently occurring in plantlike growths called flor de manganese" (tiowers of man. ganese) The country rock is finty limestone and the ore Is mixed with more or less clay. The ore as mined is crushed and washed before ship ment. so that the beautiful fernlike growths are never seen In the ore as received here for our furnaces.
 The POnupo mines are run by Penn sylvanians. and the bulk of the ore comes to this port from Santiago de Cuba, where 1t is hauled by rail from Ponupo.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

CT. His course as premier has been marked by profound wisdom and a progressive spirit that has redounded to the incalculable benefit of the peo pie In whose hearts he Is enshrlned.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

Kilts are advocated by an English physician as the healthiest form of dress for boys. Kits for clothing, oat' meal for food and the catechism for mental training have turned out some pretty canty chiels, all right.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

Chicago laymen and physicians have organized a society to teach workmen how to render first aid to the injured Many books and articles have been written on the subject, but never be. fore has free class, conducted by regular physicians, been opened for the instruction of factory employees and other in the simple and necessary things to do for an injured person be- fore a physician arrives.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16

Whats the use of the Carnegie hero commissions worrying itself so much to determine who really are heroes Why not take the word of applicants for itf It would be heroic to claim to be hero, surely.