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Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

While we are inclined to critlcise English railroads with much freedom, they have record in one respect which our own railroad managers must look upon with respect. The gross earnings of the English roads never showed an unfavorable fluctuation, as compared with a previous year, of over 11a per cent. With all the talk of poor rail- way management, of decadent indus tries and of the economic evils of war, 1t is confusing to find that the commer- cial development of Great Britain, measured by her gross railroad traffic, presents an almost unbroken record of advance. Net earnings. however, have been badly cut into by the rise in wages and by the higher cost of fuel.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

fElEh CoofEh' taught m h e American people needed nancy instru- ments with which they might make life more capable of great achieve ments. Peter Cooper lacked schooling and capital when he started in life. Yet he accomplished deeds which were the envy of those who had been equipped with both of these. Having made his fortune, he devoted his life to the conduct of his great philanthropy ic enterprises. He established Cooper Union in New York, making the insti- tution forever self-supporting.
 His Americanism was intense and mastering. He believed In the people and the future of the United States. Ills concern was that the great masses of men and women who do the work of the world should receive the reward of their own labors. He was a patri- arch who practiced all that he believed "a man for whose living the world is better.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24
Best Sort of Man.

The average girl does not look for an ideal man in these days, and for this reason: She knows that he does not exist; moreover, she is aware that, even did he exist, and she had the chance of capturing him, he would not be practical; he would be a cut above this very prosaic age. She pays no heed either to the good looks. eN- cept she be very young and inexperi- enced, for she knows that the most perfect face will not compensate for a poor table, and she is cute enough to understand that the good-lookfng man Is a poor hand at keeping the larder full.
 What your girl of to-day wants is | man who can keep her in comfort, In the first place; comfort in married life she believes, Is really the most important of all factors In making marriage q success. Naturally, then. a girl looks out for capable man; either of business or profession; a brainy type of man. one who shows promise of being able to better him. self in the world.-Brown Book.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

from that vague orld-loneliness' which is not the less tortufng because 1t is so inexpressible and SO insuper- able
 Maeterlinck describes one aspect of 1.-the isolation of mankind among the other animals of the earth "We are alone" he says, absolutely alone on this chance planet and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one excepting the dog has made an alliance with us. A few creatures fear us, most are unaware of us, and not one loves us."
 It Is not only that we are unable to establish communication with the bird or the deer, and that we find the wind and the flower and the wave and the mountain dumb to our speech. but that our friends do not respond to our mute entreaty for companionship.
 The woman who comes nearest to finding society even in the midst of world solitude Is doubtless the mother whose children's arms are round her neck and their voices sounding in her ears. But even for her, and for all other women who struggle under the burden of their own isolation in a world crowded with other isolated lives the only motto is Sir Philip Sid ney's inspiring word, They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. s."-Youth's Companion.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

f25, ,0OO,O or more annually. It is impossible to prevent all this waste in some respects the worst that fire can cause, because 1t takes years to replace it-just as 1t is impossible to establish conditions whereby all other forms of property shall be protected against this agent of destruction, but 1t undoubtedly Is possible to enforce policy or policies to very sppreciably reduce the danger and the loss If once the public is brought to realize the gravity of the situation. In Germany and France these experiences are guarded against in large measure, be, cause the governments have strict for. estry laws, and the forests are well policed and vigilantly cared for. Here the general government can do little except on its own preserves and the work of protection must be left to the States, which as yet do not seem to have risen to a sense of their rsspon- abilities.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24
Why Women Fail in Bu.iness.

The ambitious girl can overcome ey- cry obstacle if she will only keep stout heart, writes Mrs. Ella Rawls Reader. have had my ups and downs and have learned that good rule to follow is: If an undertaking fails take your medicine like a man and get something of value out of the experi- ence.
 Individuality Is one of the most inn portant things for the up-to-date girl to develop. It counts a lot in crowd. The idea of one sphere for man and another for woman was always re- pulsiye to me. A girl who Is anxious to get above the dead level of ordinary work can command the attention of influential persons if she puts the trade mark of her personality on all her work.
 When a girls employer appreciates the fact that she can do certain Kind of work better than anybody else be- cause she puts her heart in 1t, expan- sion has begun. The point is to get somebody's eye by faithful effort, The rest follows in natural order, The energy of President Roosevelt appeals to me It fits these times. It can be acquired by men and women alike. The young girl who decides to enter upon business career must not think that it is necessary to become mascu- line in her manner.
 I have been associated with hun dreds of men in various business schemes. Many of the men knew a great deal more than l did. l never permitted them to think that l wanted to be regarded as "one of the boys think that a day is close at hand when women will have to be reckoned with In almost every kind of endeavor. The majority of girls are too prone to consider themselves inferior to men in business pursuits. They are satisfied to be slaves to daily grind which has no future.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24


 American liberallty to education of all grades is the admiration and the envy of educational and social obsery- CTS of all other nations. Yet the con- plaint is often made by discontented Americans that higher educa ton after all remains here, as elsewhere, a priyi- legs of wealth and something at which the wage-workers son has little or no chance. A recent bulletin of the Mas sachusetts Labor Bureau throws inter- esting light upon this complaint. It shows that in Harvard. often called "a rich mans college" nearly 10 per cent of the young men and nearly II per cent of the young women are the chil' dren of people classed by statisticians as wage-workers. In Boston Uniyers- lty, the largest Methodist institution Of New England. over 85 per cent Of the students are the sons and daughters of wage e-workers. The record of Clark University is even more remarkable This Is devoted entirely to post-gradu- ate and research work-that Is, to the kind of study which must wait longest for monetary returns. Yet nearly 27 per cent of Its students are from wage working families. Of course, 1t may be said that the number of students from wage-earning families Is by no means proportionate to the number of such families for higher education pro- portionats to their number. Before the qualification can be sought or had the desire must exist Of course, all nor nal parents wish for their children easier or more fortunate lives than their own. But the ideals of parents differ according to what their own lives have been. The father who has gone from the common school to work with out repining and who has won what he deems success, is apt to think that higher education is . useless If not a pernicious luxury. There are always exceptions, but that is the rule. Charles NJ. Schwabs objection to higher edu- cation for a business career, based on his own success without 1t, illustrates tAo pOlAt' ohis tiOsc pdlShtS "Ao have had themselves some touch of higher educatlon-who have obtained some inkling of the joys of knowledge for its own sake-are apt to inspire their children with real desire for 1t. That Is the rule whose workings cut down enormously the proportion of wageworking families which feel any deprivation If their children do not get it. If in Massachusetts, where social distinctions originally produced by wealth, whatever their present basis, are more real and binding than in any other American state, 50 many children of wage-workers are getting higher ed ucaton, what must be the conditions elsewhere-in States where society has not become anywhere near SO firmly strat1fed? The answer to the charge that the poor boy has no chance of higher education is the simple fact that wherever he and his really desire 1t he Is getting 1t.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

One result of the Russo-Japaness war is to restore the bayonet to its old prominence as weapon in all armies. When the Krag model of rife was adopted for the United States army about fifteen years ago tho bayonet was shortened and so changed in shape that 1t might be used as an intrench- Ing tool If desired. But the night fight ing in Manchuria has repeatedly brought the Russian and Japanese forces into close quarters. where baye- nets have been used on both sides with tremendous effect. Consequently the army general stan at Washington has determined that the United States bay. onet for the new rife adopted in 1908 shall be four inches longer than the Krag bayonet and preparations ars sl- ready under way at the national armo- ries to make the change.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24
all. The first lot of water turned in

hAis Ahb hkbk lOk VI nuNCh hhAhE0 bu takes out 50 per cent of the sugar, and the second lot takes 50 per cent of the remainder. This is repeated ten times, and in the end has exhausted all the sugar from the slices to within one tenth of one per cent. The slices re- maining after this process are dropped from the tanks and run through large presses, and the partly dried pulp is deposited in cars and wagons to be used for feeding cattle, 1t being great milk and flesh producer.
 The juice remaining is of 6 dark brown color, containing much organic matter not sugar. It is run into tall tanks holding a couple thousand gal. Ions, and here the lime solution which takes out the organic matter, Is add ed. It now goes through a series Of bollngs, Altering and clarifying pro cesses which leave the fluid a moder- ately thick syrup, ready to be boiled down to sugar. The syrup Is pumped up Into large round vacuum pans. h. side these pans are coiled large copper steam pipes. and a large air pump produces high vacuum and removes the eyaporated water so that the syrup boils very rapidly and at very low temperature. This boiling mass is watched through glass windows in the sides of the pans, and when small grains begin to appear they are fed by adding fresh syrup until they reach the required size When the size is right, and the water evsporated sufficiently, the steam Is turned of, the pump stopped, and the mass Is allowed to run Into the tanks below, by opening valve at the outlet in the bottom of the pan.
 The syrup at this stage has the ap- pearance of dark molasses, thickened with granulated sugar, and is so thick that 1t will barely run. This Is put In. to the "centrifugas," large whirling drums having their sides perforated, and lined with gauge. AS these ma chimes whirl around. the sugar rises along the sides of the drum, and the
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

molasses Is thrown out through the holes in the sides, leaving the sugar sticking to the gauge. The sugar Is washed by spraying cold water and air against 1t as 1t whirls, q little bluing being added to give 1t brilllancy. The machine Is stopped and the sugar now white and moist, Is dropped from the bottom of the machine and conveyed to the granulator, where 1t Is dried. This granulator Is large horizontal, revolving cylinder, heated by steam. While drying is in process, the fine dust of sugar Is drawn out by a sue ton blower. The sugar passes out of the granulator through screens at the end, which removes the Jumps The sugar is now placed in bags ready for shipment.
 The molasses which has been thrown from the centrifugals, is either mixed with fresh syrup and boiled again, or Is boiled alone and once more passed through the machines. The brown sugar resulting is refined by mixing with fresh syrup.
 III all poct IaCVorlcS, CuelHlCalS play an important part, and the laboratory might be called the heart of the fac tory, as 1t is through the agency of chemicals that the sugar Is extracted from the beet All beets, juice, syrups and boiled sugars, are tested, and the analysis of every pound of sugar Is known, and every loss located and ac- counted for. The values of different soils and fertilizers for beet growing are tested. as are also all coal, coke and limestone used
 At Rocky Ford, in Southeastern Col orado, Is located one of the largest beet sugar factories in the country. The buildings are built of brick. and are surrounded by nne grounds and fine residences. where some of the officers of the company live. like all other factories this one runs day and night, seven days In a week, and only stops in case of an accident or to clean up.
 This factory. on an average, converts HOO tons of beets into sugar every twenty four hours. One ton of beets will make 26O to 275 pounds of sugar, and from LOO tons, this means about 1oO tons of sugar each day.-Williams- nort iPal Grit
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

There Is no let-up whatsoever in the popularity of those dainty and con- venient separate blouses, and every week that passes affords new designs in this line. The built-out shoulder characterizes the new models, and the sleeve is frequently made to run up to the collar and entirely conceal the shoulder seam. The one in pink radium messaline is so fashioned, the fronts turn back slightly to show a lace chemisette. The roll collar is bound with a pinkish purple velvet, little lace cravats appears on the revers, and the sleeve Is succession of lessening puffs from shoulder to wrist. The fullness is gently dropped into the deep ceinture of the purplsh velvet, and the colorings, both in silk and velvet, follow the sweet-pea tints.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

A New York club woman said a few days ago: The worst fate that could befall woman, 1t seems to me, would be to marry man of inferior intel lect" Does the club woman desire to shut up all of the female colleges? Where, for instance, would one be able to find man of other than inferior intellect as compared with that of graduate of Vassar, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr or Lucy Cobb? The dear girl graduates will have to go right along marrying men of Inferior intellect or do without husbands.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24
Health and Beauty Hints.

Curl a short bit of hair over each ear to make those tiny fascinators now the fad.
 Don't dry the hands carelessly af- ter washing; use soft damask towel or a silk handkerchief and dry thor oughly.
 To remove walnut and fruit stains from the fingers, dip them In strong tea, rubbing the nails with 1t with . nail brush; wash In warm water; the stains come out instantly.
 Stains of varnlsh on the hands are sometimes very difficult to remove. As soon as possible, rub with a little al cohol on a soft rag; afterward wash thoroughly in soap and water.
 Wear heelless shoes. . flat, large hat and a short bolero, if you fancy your self too tall; or wear high French heels, a tall turban and long, tight fitting coat if you think you are too short
 Comb your front hair over your fore head and ts 1t down with a narrow ribbon before pompadouring it to make 1t stay in place. Aftsrward the ribbon is slipped out, leaving the soft roll
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt sleeps but i've hours out of the twenty-four.
 The last relative of Mozart-the Baroness Berchtholdzu Sonnenburg-is dead
 A Miss Ryan is a Canadian govern. ment official in the arctic regions, be- ing an inspector of gold dust
 Marchioness Oyama, now 42, was educated at Vassar, and Is one of the most versatile women In the Mika. dos empire.
 Mrs. Jane Germon, a veteran come dienne and cousin of Joseph Jeffer son, has Just celebrated her eighty. fourth birthday at Baltimore.
 Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, only surviving child of Dr. Lyman Beecher and sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, is S3 years old.
 Princess Louise Duchess of ArgylD is the only member of the English roy. al house who walks unattended. She frequently Is seen on foot in the west end of London.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

horse and culuvates two rows at a time. It is mounted on two wheels, each about 80 inches in diameter. Be hind these wheels are two horizontal bars, connected by two other bars to the axle, on which they have free up and down motion. There is also 6 pivot which allows a side motion, con- rolled with handles by the operator. With the cultlvator are several sets Of knives, shoyels etc, any of which csn be fastened to the horizontal bars, the grower using whatever kind is adapt ed for the kind of cultivation he wish ek
 When plants are couple Of inches high they are thinned out, leaving plants six to ten inches apart. This work is usually done by contract the price paid averaging from se to $7 per acre.
 In removing beets from the ground, a large blow or litter is used. This blow has a depth of IS inches or more, made necessary by the great depth to which the beet penetrates the soil. It Is drawn by three or four horses, and raises the beet partly out of the ground, 50 that 1t can be picked up by the topper.
 The beets are taken by local freight to the factory, where they are dumped Into long ditches, which have a stream of water flowing through them. These ditches, which are lined with cement, dope toward the factory building, near which they converge into one large one, The water in these ditches serve the double purpose of carrying and partially cleaning the beets. At the end of this large ditch, the beets are raised from the water by an elevadng apparatus, which deposits them In large washing machine. This consists of an immense spiral revolving in round iron box, placed in horizontal position, and with stream of clear water flowing through 1t. The beets, rolling and tumbling, are pushed for ward through this water, and coming out free from dirt, are deposited in a screw elevator and carried to the top of the factory, Here they find their way into an automatic weighing ma chine, then dumped into the slicer where they are cut in small pieces. On the next floor below the slicer is located the diffusion battery, which Is composed of number of iron tanks, placed in a group. The tanks are con nected with each other by large pipes, and each tank Is capable of holding three or four thousand pounds of the slices. The first tank is filled with slices, and has water turned into 1t. This is allowed to stand while the second tank Is filling with slices. Then the valve connecting the first tank with the second is opened, and the water in the first tank, having absorb cd some sugar from the slices, Is forced into the second by fresh water being pumped into the first This water passes from tank to tank ab- sorbing a little more sugar from each tank, until 1t has gone through them
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24
The Girl Who Pleases.

The girl With laughter in her eyes, a plasant smile for everybody, of kind words and gentle deeds, will be much more charming though far less beau tiful than the girl of pretty face, who Is stuck up," supercilious, disagree able and has an exalted opinion of her own importance. While there Is charm in the pretty face, there must be back of 1t womanhood In its per lection. The art of being woman is indeed a great one. There are wom- en who always do things right, and there are others who always do them wrong. How often do we see this in public? A woman imagines, often without reason, that somebody Is en- croaching upon her rights. She cuts loose with a volley of angry words, making herself instantly disagreea ble. whereas if she had spoken softly she would have accomplished far more and there would have been no sting in her words-Chicago Daily News.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24
A Biographical Dictionary.

One of the most helpful books to keep upon your table, ready to be con- suited as you read other books, Is a biographical dictionary. Then, when you come to somo historical character about whom your knowledge is a little faded, 1t will require but a moment to refresh your memory and make your reading more intelligent. You have right to the acquaintance of these dis tinguished men and women, and should keep up at least friendly relations with them, If for no other req son than in gratitude for what they have done to make your life pleasant-St Nich- olas.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

A Delaware man has been crippled for life by kneeling often and for long periods at prayer. Let not the skeptics forget that many other peo- pie have been crippled for life while engaging In impious practices.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

Dr. Morrill, says the devils dollar is worth more than the stingy saints nickel" No, Dr. Gladden., and MT. Rockefeller of course, he didn't mean anything personal.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

King Edward is reported to be los ing his teeth. Still, they might be going even if he were poor, over worked, underpaid laborer, so where's the moral?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

many because of the association of his name with some of his benefactions, was Cooper. His charity covered schemes of he lp caref f II y planned and intelli- gently worked out. 1t never was his pur- pose to give mere aims. He helped men to help themselves.
 His own career
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24
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Hats are queer.
 Every thing is lowered.
 Frocks are overtrimmed.
 Green is exceptionally good
 Tulips blossom on some hats.
 You cant have too many organdtes.
 Both narrow and wide belts are worn.
 The black patent leather sailor is hobby.
 You cannot have too much lace about you.
 Some parasols look as If the suR would melt them.
 Buy a stamped hat pattern and em- broider your own hat.
 Net insertions make silk blouse look wonderfully smart
 There are separate black and white check skirts for runabout
 Very taking is the new envelope handbag in scarlet or green.
 There's a lovely embroidered white pongee coat for less than $20.
 Lots of the French gowns might properly be called studies in bows.
 A cascade of lace tumbles off the back of some of the most irresistible hats.
 shaded silk girdle is about the prettiest thing in womans wardrobe just now.
 Old-fashloned chlntz patterns and colors are duplicated in some of the prettiest silks.
 Some of the most picturesque hats have large painted miniatures, set in gold, used as buckles.
 Oneof the loyellest afternoon dresses is of eolienne in a shade between reseda and apple green.
 Those quaint old crocheted purses with rings in the middle dividing the copper from the silver are 'in" again. 4 nice parasol to Haunt abroad on July days is of white silk with deep border of great splashiHg crimson peoples.
 It would never do for the masculine hat to affect the disslpated angles adopted by feminine headwear this spring.
 The taffeta checked in blue and white and red and white are exceed ingly modish. Green and white has scarcely as yet appeared.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

The woman who Is to have S400 . month alimony, even if she marries again, will probably not have to ad- vertise in any of the matrimonial journals for the purpose of finding a new affinity.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-24

A fashion authority says that women should buy hats to match their hair. But 1t Is not every wom- an who can afford more than four or five hats In year.