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Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
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Six years ago s daughter of Dr. w. Seward Webb began an experiment in stock breeding on SheIburne Farms. Doctor Webb's countryseat on Lake Champlaln She was sure sine had some business ability, and could make money If her father would give her d chance says writer in Country Life in America.
 This her father agreed to do. and the young girl invested twenty dollars of her own money in brJDd SOW. and with her fathers permission made ar engagements with the shepherd to care for the SOW and little pigs. As there was an abundance of skim milk, this was given to her without cost, but all the grain was charged for at market prices. From this single investment she cleared ninety dollars the first year. two hundred dollars the second and three hundred dollars the third.
 By this time the stock had so in- ereased in number as 10 Outgrow its quarters. and was proving sO profita bie that Doctor Webb thought 1t advisa- ble to buy her out So at the end of the fourth year he took over the stock at market prices. and gave her check for seven hundred dollars. which rep resented the years profits.
 From this start the present piggery on Shelburne Farms has been deyel- oped. IL is the most profitable depart ment of the place. Two hundred or more pigs are sold yearly. averaging from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds in weight. and bring ing one-half cent per pound more than the ruling market prices because of the superior conditions under which they are kept. The piggery is a model of it's kind. The building Is in keep ing with the others on the place in ex. terior style. and the interior is finished with hard pine, cement floors and iron troughs with fixtures.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
Dolls in Heaven?

' TITLE JESSIE HATFIELD of Kansas City, blind and
 still in babyhOod. dying The mother stood by her | bedside speaking cheerfuly while the that ran I down her face weied up from broken heart Mamma when l am gone said the child, groping in her poor blind way touch her mothers face II want you to bury my dolly with When l get to heaven then I her and oh mamma to you love her SO. The poor mother. almost fanting her grief. promised the child T love dolly mamma and though hate to leave you glad die because what my dolly looks like She and have been play mates long time
 Treadng softly. the mother took the doll and put it Into the of the dying child Fondng dolly with her weak arms she spoke words tenderness And thenthat "od. old ia shion. death touched the girl she slept.
 And afterwards as she lay in her little white coffin in her simple white dress the doll dressed pure white, laid upon her breast and her wasted arms folded It. And those who and looked upon the child could scarce see her for the rain of tears.
 And look you: Who will say the child will be disap pointed in her wish: Who would put his fingers upon those sghess to keep them forever from seeing what dolly looks nke: They be kind where she going they here Can they refuse her peadings dolly ?-Des Moines News.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
Why Russia Occupied hanchuria.

@ RITlSH opinion the whole take the U view that the Russian occupation of Manchura and | of Port Arthur in particular act of wanton D aggression. principally the work of prancng pro consuls and ambitious generals. whose proceedings have been reluctantly endorsed hy government far removed from them arrest the execution of their projects and that the government would be only too glad to be quit of the whole enanglemen This We believe to be notion in France but 1t deduced from inaccurate premises The expansion of Russia ill the direction Of China has been the hand work of adventurous spirits whose proceedings could have been easily dsayOwed If unsuccessful It is, the trary. deliberate and welthoug scheme compe satnu for checks in Europe It Is recognized by Russian statesmen if not openly ayowed that projects of develop ment in the Near East likely prove tive for time if that China offers
 far favorable d for their energy If this be the il is easy for the immense efforts made and expense incurred in cvizng Manchura building and railways which the last few years The British people had indeed spent deal less in money and labor in the development of South Africa before the than Russia had spent Manchura before the outbreak of with Japan Why should Russia then be any the ready to retire from Manchura If Kuropa kin be decisivey defeated than present, than the British give up the struggle liter Colenso?-The Saturday Review.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
MANAGER AT IA.
Julius Diel, Whose Parents Are Ex-
 pert Operators, Begins Young.

Julius Diel. Ii years old, on Oct. 1 became manager of the Western Union telegraph office at Madison. N. J. This place requires an experienced opera tor. and one who ls well yersed in all the details of an office. but Julius is well qualified for 1t.
 Born within sound of the telegra ph, he says there never was time when he did not know what the sounds of the instrument meant. He worked the telegraph key as soon as he was able to spell. His mother and father were both telegraph opera tors.
 Last spring Julius father disap- peared. and Julius had to assist in earning living for his mother and a little baby brother. He became a mes seneer at the Postal Telegraph Con- pany's MorristOwn office. A few days ago he told w. H. Linder. manager of the Western Union office here. that he was going To apply for 8 place as operator. MT. Linder knew that the place in Madison would become va cant. and wrote to the Western Union urging them to put Julius in there. At first the New York office thought it was joke, and laughed about il over the wire, but when they found that the joke was absolutely serious. they were thunderstruck. The idea of put ting boy of 14 in as manager of an office did not appeal to them. They began telling Mir. Llnder various things over the wire. Julius was there. and. hearing the converse tion, concluded to take hand in It himself and sat down at the key. In fifteen minutes he convinced the New York office of his ability.-Letter to New York Tribune.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26

10 do but study to read up on political economy. \ great many wise books have been impracticable in relation to business affairs. If society is going wrong in putting the gentler sex in the lines of employment that were former ly exclusively for men. the mistake will manifest Itself some day in seri- ous way. Money panics result from over-wrought ambition 10 get rich quick and then follows the travail of liquidation. And so it is with other affairs. Enquirer.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
WOMEN AS WORKERS.
Some Figures that, After All, Are Not
 DiscouraRing.

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 4 statistician has gone to the trouble to ascertain that 55 per cent of all the divorced women. 32 per cent of the widowed and 31 per cent of the single women are engaged in gainful pur suits. Only about per cent of the married women are similarly situated. While the great body of married wom- en are at home attending to the do mestic duties which are naturally set down for them, there is some hope still that the old order of things Is not going to be completely oyerthrown. The world will not be without homes. The figures indicate that 9i per cent of the married men are supporting their wives. though the women are, of course. doing their full share in maintaining domestic establishments which are bulwarks of morals and good order and which keep the race from dying out.
 On surface analysis it may seem wonderful that 94 per cent of the mar rled men find enough 10 do 10 support families, when so many women are In mems occupations: but the earth is big. and the ordinary attempt at compre- hending the things to be done and the number of people to do them is puny Indeed In the long run there appears to be room for eyerybOdy-the home woman, the new" woman, the man. nish woman, the bachelor woman, etc. likewise for the womanlsh man and the men who depend on the labor and shrewdness of their wives to keep them going. The mixture of the sexes in the active business affairs of today would have scared writers on political economy twenty-five years ago. It seems plain enough. for example. that when a man on a salary gets work for his daughter in the same occupation at perhaps smaller compensation than he receives, he is sapping the foundation of his own employment and prosperity: that. in the long run. he will be simply dividing up his salary among the meIn bers of his own family and driving other men out of employment.
 The results of widespread changes of this sort look, apparently. to an entire revolutionizing of society. But people are not stopping to study the text books. They are going ahead with the fashions of the time, leaving the psssimists and those who have nothing
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
GREAT TOMS OF coNFUcIus.
Burial Place and Its Approaches Are
 Scenes of Remarkable Interest.

The city of Chufuhsien. the Mecca of the believers of Confucianism. is in the province of Shangtung. one of the most populous districts of the Orient. Here Confucius was born. and here his sacred bones lie buried. The tomb, which Is located in one of the largest cemeteries in the province. three miles out from the city above mentioned. is one of the most imposing m the whole empire.
 The grave itself is surmounted by an earth mound l2 feet in height. the whole surrounded by cluster of gnsrled oaks and stately cypress trees. Before the mound Is tablet feet broad and 20 feet high. upon which are inscribed the names and deeds or the great founder of tonfucianism. religion adhered to by 4D0.pO.Oo0 hn- man beings. The burden of this in scription, according to reliable transla- tion. is Perfect One" Absolutely Pure" Perfect Sage" First Teach er." Great Philosopher" etc.
 The avenue which leads up 10 the philosophers tomb is even more inter- esting than the actual place of burial itself. On each side of the avenue are rows of figures of huge animals cut in stone-lions. tigers, elephants and horses. besides numerous mythical creatures, such as animals half dog and half frog, beasts with four legs and twice as many wings. besides a multitude of unna mable monsters that never lived on earth, In the water or in the air. Taken altogether. the burial place of Confucius is one of the chief spots of interest in the Orient
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26

' 0omlnSS0ner ton regarding common schools shows that ] been marked diminuton In the proportion of male teachers in those institutions IL asserted that while the masculine instructors formed more than number only about twentysix per Roughly speaking there are three female teachers for male teacher the common schools throughout the country.
 IL is not especially difficult understand the probable causes for this change One of them undoubtedly rapid industrial growth of the nation making profitable for young of intelligence and ambition seek fields of employment in which compensation only greater but where there prospect that would increase the worker proved his worth and acquired skill
 question less easy answered Is whether 1t Is better for children of both to be taught rule by Some of the British investigators visited within the have expressed the opinion that there danger that American boys might become "feminzed by instruction of this Home Ob servers of the average male youngster likely think that such process has gone very far yet what less dreful possibilities the future may have In
 In any there signs that tendency of women ID ill growing proportion of teachers positions has any present probab bty of Women enter ing the ganfu occupa tons greater relative numbers concerned il looks if they might eventually pretty nearly the whole held thenlselves-rhia letil.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
Beauties Near and Far.

A Frenchwoman who has devoted much time 10 the study of Americans says that she finds them delightful Especially is she pleased with the American grandmother, wEo, having no exacting ties, may travel and amuse herself at an age when tho French grandmother, with too cling ing affection, has begun to crowd tho nest. The New Orleans Times Demo crat gives this little illustration of the difference:
 You have children" asked Frenchwoman of an American whom she had met for the first time.
 The Americans face lighted charm ingly Four she answered, and twelve grandchildren"
 -Four children and twelve grand children. and yet you are in Europe"
 "Oh, they don't need me-
 No. perhaps not but in your place I should need them"
 "Rut why"
 The question caused the French woman s visible shock.
 Every evening"" said the American, "I write to my children. I tell them what 1 have done. My letter leaves on Wednesday. Every mail brings me news from one of them. have "ycel lent health. I want to profit by It. There are so many things 10 see"
 What thngs:'
 Sweden and Norway first. l shall 20 there this summer visited Japan in the chrysanthemum season. must return for the cherry blooms"
 oh"
 The Frenchwoman's face was inter esting to see. A woman of fifty-fvs, the grandmother of twelve children. was talking about returning to Japan 10 see the cherries bloom. Such thing was unheard of in her experi- ence.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26

The latest report of the Department of Labor and Commerce Is interesting as showing the growth of manufactur
 ing in the country and the increased domestic consumption of breadstuffs
 For the first time in our history we are exporting more products from our fac. tories than from our farms. While the shipments of our farm products have gained by 38 per cent in the last de cade. the exports from our factories have mounted up to 14e per cent The
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
CuOKS To HE GREAl.

Although there are nearly fifty per sons employed in the BrhLsh royal kitchen, beginning with French chef whose salary is well over four figures year In pounds sterling, King Ed ward himself. says London Answers, seems to profit little by their skill. A thin soup, such as jullenne, some sort of white fish, and a delicate dish com posed of chicken of other birds form one of his Ma esty's typical meals. It is to his guests that most of the dainty dishes go.
 Despite all that Is said about ths German Emperors Spartan habits, there are few monarchs who keep more laborate tables. He has four chefs, of different nationalities, and in addi- ton there is an individual who may be described as sausage to the Kaiser"
 His Majesty is very fond of the huge white Frankfurter sausages, and has a supply of them made fresh every day in his own kitchen. When engaged in maneuver.ng bis army on big field day. these Frankturters and bread in variably form the Kaiser's lunch
 The chef 10 the Car of Russia leads a dogs life. 1t Is said. thanks to the monarch's habit of ordering special dishes to be prepared. and then refus- ing them and demanding something else Elk. In ten fashions" was one of his extraordinary orders-counter- manded in favor of black game after the menu was put before him.
 King Carlos Of Portugal is the stout est of European monarchs. This may be due to his love of English foods, Nothing delights him so much as sim pie roast joints and poultry, with plain gravles and sauces. When he is dining alone his evening meal frequently coh- slsts of few oysters, a portion of 'a pOrterhouse steak, and a little GruyRre cheese,
 Macaroni may be described as, the staple food of King George of Greece He insists upon having 1t on the table and partaking of it at every meal, tn some form or other. and he alone Of European monarchs employs a mac aroni chef" an Italian. who is not only expert Al preparing the food in every possible way. but also at build ing It into all kinds of shapes.
 The young King of Spain is extreme ly partial to goats flesh. As he couples with this strong Mixing for the garlic beloved of his countrymen, his chefs ingenuity is frequently taxed to pro vide something new In the way of dish es. Goose stuffed with chestnuts Is an other favorite of Alfonso
 The Scandinavian monarchs are sim pie in their choice of foods, and their cooks have easy times. The King Of Sweden and Norway, in particular, Is partial to cold meats and fish. Her. rings with tomatoes are fayorite mix ture of his, and reindeer flesh, which Is a popular food in the country, al- ways finds a place on the royal table.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
-OlD-= FAvORITES
Fsithlesa Nelly Gray.


 Faith1ess Nelly Gray. Ben Battle was soldier bold And used to wars alarms, But A cannon ball took of his legs So he laid down his arms. Now. as they bore him of the field Said he: Let others shoot, For here l leave my second leg And the Forty second foot" The army surgeons made him limbs. Said he: They're only pegs. but there's as wooden members quite As represent my legs" Now, Ben he loved pretty maid. Her name was Nelly Gray, So he went to pay her his devoirs When he devoured his pay. But when he called on Nelly Gray She made him quite scoff. And when she saw his wooden legs Began to take them off. "Oh, Nelly Gray! Oh. Nelly Gray!
  The love that loves scarlet coat Should be more uniform" Said she: "I loved a soldier onca For he was blithe and brave, But l will never have a man With both legs in the grave. Before you had those timber toes Your love did allow, But then. you know. you stand upon Another footing now" "Oh. Nelly Gray. Oh. Nelly Gray! For all your jeering speeches. At duty's call left my legs In Badajos' breaches" "Why. then" said she. you've lost th'
 feet . Of legs in wars alarms, And now you cannot wear your shoes Upon your fpats of arms" "Oh. false and fckle Nelluy Cray know why you refuse. Though I've no feet some other man Is standing in my shoes. "I wish ne'er had seen your face! But now long farewell! For you will be my dea th-slas' You will not be my Nell" Now. when he went from Nelly Gray His heart so heavy got And life was such a burden grown IL made him take a knot Thomas Hood
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26

London is perplexed over the unusu- ally large number of unemployed found on her hands. Each year the question comes up in London how to care for the idle and the hungry, but this year the case is serious and VII! be met with more than ordinary diffi- culty. Meanwhile France is shown to he on the way 10 race suicide; that is' the number of births Is decreasing. al though the population q little more than holds its own because sanitary conditions prevail more than formerly. and the number of deaths among chill dten is decidedly fewer. Desirable as good number of births may be, 1t is far more important that those who are born should be well born and with an ability to secure a livelihood. In France there Is not the extreme pow erty found in England. Paris is not disturbed by the hordes Of unemployed and needy that throng the streets of London. The French are by nature more economical. more skillful in get ting living and making both ends meet than are the English. They can make an attractive. palatable meal of what the Enzlishman would throw away. They understand the art of simple. inexpensive but wholesome liv- ing Where this is the case II becomes a question whether the situation In England. 30 far as number of births go. is better than in France. It Is true the world is wide and capable of sustain ing population not dreamed of to- day. but there is no immediate need of densely populating the earth. and there is great need that those who are born should be born kith capacity of earn ing a livelihood. So long as the life limit is being heightened at the rate II has becn in the last twenty years there need be little anxiety over race suicide. Even in France. the country held up as an example to avoid. there is progress rather than retrogression. while in England there is good cause for -erious apprehension.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26

Some things are fixed. The multi. plication table. for example. has not been revised since it was made. and no education reformer. however rad ical. proposes to amend it. But the geography of 1890 is not the geography taught in school nor that which ia studied In the office to-day. There have been many changes in the polltI. cal and physical divisions of the earth fin the past fourteen years. It has been suggested in one city that the study of Manchuria be postponed till the pres ent unsettled state there Is cleared up. If one began to postpone study for such reasons. 1t would be difficult to de- eide where 10 stop. for overnight the latest and most accurate geographical Knowledge may become out of date
 That happened a year ago. when the republic of Panama was set up. Ten year-old maps of Africa are out of date. The Dutch republics have be- come British colonies. and many other changes have taken place. Maps of
 tue West Indies and of Asia. that are not yet old. need revision. as Cuba and Porto Rico have ceased to belong to Spain. and the Philippine Islands have become American. To come to the United States itself Oklahoma did not appear on any map until 1890. and the maps made next year may show Ari- Zona and New Mexico as one State Instead of two territories. But the changes are not all political. The shape of Mont Pelee In Martinique has been affected by a volcanic eruption. The course of the Yazoo river has been shifted to give Yfcksburg a water front 10 take the place of that which 1t lost when the Mississippi left the city two miles inland. Only q short time ago the Rio Grande left Brownsville, Tex, and returned to its old bed. But the Rio Grande changes its course SD often that the United States and Mexico. finding it difficult to keep track of the shifting international boundary. have set up stones to mark the permanent border between the two countries. The map-makers cannot prevent their maps from getting out of date in this way. and they have to print new ones
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26

There has existed. and still exists to some extent. false sentiment that labor is degrading or belittling. The contrary Is true. An Ideal condition of society can come only when every member of it recognizes that he Is bound 10 exercise whatever skill or strength or faculty he possesses to its full capacity. not seltishly or for the sake or gain merely. but for the benefit of all. And there should be no restric. ton on anyone, either legal or social or through association. in regard to his labor or its fruits. If by patient application or natural endowment a man possesses more skill than his fel. low or if be chooses to be more indus. trlous he is entitled to the full benefit of it.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26
4 School for Brides.

is in Philadelphia that school for brides Is be
 opened. The prospectus isn't but the supposon
 that the institution will fill long-f In lives | of young who simply couldn't wait be ma r. and neglected of the pepa ratoy steps
 There such They look mighty clad n white. smiling divinely and saying T wl' in ulous whisper. while slips down pink cheek For little while they rd Ii is unsatisfactory. There isn't much home it. and it takes O of loving the coffee spots the tablecoth and make the soggy biscuits like angels food. There nothing that
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26

The greatest hoard of the yellow metal ever gathered in any country could not buy one years harvest of the American corn and wheat. To buy one seasons corn crop would take all the gold ininted in this country in six years. In the last seven years all the gold mines have produced only enough to buy one years yield of our siX leading cereals.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-01-26

IL is matter of common observation that al the passing of the great men of each generation there is a pessimis- tic feeling prevalent that there were giants in those days But the feeling has never had any warrant In the actual deficiencies of the oncoming generations. Orators have come and gone and statesmen have come and gone. and sometimes their immediate successors have not been discernible
 But in time the Inen have emerged who have taken their places and who have improved upon the patterns they left.