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Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25

time the gathering begins to allow the use of horses or oxen. The latter are still frequently employed and they add something 10 the picturesqueness of the work. Roads are broken out in every direction through the woods, and along these the horses or oxen draw stout sled made with wooden shoes so al to go with almost equal ease over bare ground or snow. Upon this sled Is fastened A big tub called the draw tub" Into this the sap Is gathered, being poured from the buckets at the trees ard brought to the sled In pails
 The draw-tub Is made largest at the bottom, so as to sit firmly upon the sled, and chained down. When the gathering team reaches the sugar house the contents of the draw-tub are pumped or dipped out and carefully strained into huge tubs called holders. Thence the sap Is put into the boiling pans and after several hours boiling the contents become syrup-a thick brown liquid half way between sap and molasses. The syrup is then taken out, carefully strained and put away in clean wooden tubs to cool and settle. If the product Is to be marketed as maple syrup. 1t Is simply boiled until of the required thickness, and then put into the gallon tin cans in which 1t Is to be shipped. If sugar Is to be made, the boiling Is continued for length of time which varies according to the form into which 1t is to be finished.
 There are various ways of telling when the sugar Is boiled enough. An experienced maker can tell by the thickness as 1t drlps from the edge of a wooden paddle which he has dipped Into 1t. When 1t has reached a certain consistency snowball held firmly and dipped into 1t comes out capped with a thin brown coating, delicious to be eaten. This Is called waxing it," and Is the favorite form for eating. When the cry goes Up from some watcher who has been experimenting, Its ready to wax" the visitors leave their various occupations of whittlng
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story telling, ct cetera, and crowd into the sugar house, bringing with them buckets which they have filled with clean snow from some belated drift. The hot brown syrup soon cools upon the snow where 1t Is poured, and it ls then eaten with a small wooden pad, dle. He who has once eaten it under such conditions and surroundings will ever taste anything quite so delicious elsewhere.
 Going from the rc-lghted interior of the sugar house to the outside Is like going into another world, a fir, sh. pure world, of which most of Us know nothing. The air is crisp, and clear, and cold. All about stand huge trees of the original forest, no one knows how many years old, their gray white trunks rising In the dim like pillars in some vast cathedral. Far above, the stars shine through the interlacing branches. Or perhaps the moon i5 clear out, flooding all the place with n clear light which disslpates the turk ing illusions of the starlight, but re places them with bewldering tangle of light and shadow which is no less beautiful. Unless there is a murmur- ing brook near by, the silence is in tense, until, far back on the mountain side, an owl sounds forth his deep, reyerberating call
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25
TELLS WEATHER BY GOOSE BONE
Maryland Man Predicts Rain, Sun.
 shine and Cold Accurately.

Maryland Man Predicts Rain, Sun.
 shine and Cold Accurately.
 M. l.. Wroten has hanging up in his office in Easton, Talbot County, Md, the breastbone of goose, according to the Washington Star, by which he says he can tell the kind of weather that will happen in less than fourteen hours. He can look at the bone at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and tell whether 1t will rain, hail, snow or be clear the next morning.
 He says that when rain or snow Is coming the bone will become moist or dark in color; when the weather is go- ing to be clear the bone is perfectly dry and white and when a drop in the thermometer Is impending 1t will turn purple. It Is necessary, he says, to have new goose bone every year. He has watched the different focks of geese and always procured the wealth CT goose for the last thirty-fve years and has never known 1t to fail to ac- curately indicate the character of the weather.
 In every flock of wild or domesti- cated geese, according to this author ity, there Is one goose which always takes the lead and the others follow him wherever he goes. Upon this goose there is peculiar mark, which does not appear on any other goose in the flock and this goose is known as the "wea ther goose"
 In the early part of the winter his goose bone indicated that there would be twenty-nine snows this winter. He says there Is a secret in knowing what bone to pick out of the "wea Ter goose' as a weather indicator. but he refused to tell the secrets. He has been of fered Sl5 for his bone, but refused to take 1t, saying he would not sell 1t for S100.
 Many people visit his office daily to find out what weather will prevail the next day. He says he has no use for the weather bureau.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25
Care of the Toothbrush.

The care of toothbrushes is not suf- ficiently observed. In our houses they stand in their cups or hang on their racks above the set toilet bowls day and night, absorbing any disease germs that may be floating about. They should be washed frequently at least about twice a week-in some antiseptlc solution, strong salt and wa ter or bicarbonate of sodium and wa ter being two good and readily pro vided cleaners. Tooth washes and pastes should also be kept carefully covered
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The cartoonist and those addicted to other forms of humor have been mak- ing much sport of a certain learned man, who has declared that every man has outllved his usefulness at 40 and should not be permitted to live at all after 50. One may suggest, In the same spirit of sport that he now says moved him, that there does not seem to be any sound reason for conceding that useless twenty years between 40 and 60. If man has passed his use fulness at 40, why not chloroform him then and save the cost of living: The curious fact In the situation Is that this suggestion of statute of Limitations for mans life by learned man of this country is received by an almost un- broken chorus of derisiye laughter, while when another learned man, of Europe this time, recently suggested the chloroforming, or Its equivalent, of the incorrigibly vicious and the hope lessly diseased In body or in mind, he was attacked seriously, sometimes say agply, and nobody made any sport at all Perhaps 1t may abate the strange ness of this difference If one supposes the reason of 1t to be that while 1t was felt that Prof Haeckel had some plausible pretense of reason for his suggestion for the elimination of the diseased and the criminal, the other man had no sort of pretext behind his age suggestion, and 1t therefore de- serves nothing but ridicue. If all men looked upon speculations like this in a rational way there would be no oc- casion for anything but rldicule, or, better still, the contempt of complete silence. As matter of fact, the spirit that prompts men, learned or not, to make declarations of such fantastic ab- surdity, declarations that run counter to the whole experience of the race, is purely and simply the sensa tional, notortety- craving spirit. Men of com mon sense know that, except within somewhat uncertain general lines, age has little to do with mans capacity for usefulness Keats was great
 
 continued great poet at four times that age. Mozart was a great musical artist when little more than a baby. Beethoven was far greater when five or six times as old. No two men or women are precisely alike in gifts or endurance. One ripens early-knows enough before he is old enough to vote. Another never ripens at all. For pre- cisely this reason-of difference of na- tive endowment-all men are not men of common sense. They often prefer to lay down hard and fast rules by the dictum of some one whom they re- gard as specialist. They are as like ly so to regard the sensationallst as any other-rather more than otherwise and out of accepting his dictum comes gross injustice. The traditional bull in china shop Is not capable of half the mischief that may be done by the yellow professor finging about his scientific deductions.
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could scarcely conceive than this has- gard. wrinkled old lady posturng as a maiden of blnshing fifteen" What her object was l cannot imagine, for she would surely never have the cour- age to present a copy 10 any of her friends
 Another good lady called on me one day and announced her intention of being taken in the character of Juliet -a part which it seemed she had play cd in some historic past. When I tell you that she would certainly never see her tiftieth birthday again, and that her weight was not much less than that of Hans Breitmann's lady who weighed zwei hundcrt pounds" you can imagine that l had difficulty in keeping my conntenance as she gazed tenderly down from my improvised balcony at some imaginary Romeo un- der the floor.
 X lady may always be trusted to know exactly in what aspect she looks her best. One young lady. who had a lovely head of dark hair. q fine pair of eyes. and a beautiful nose, but whose beauty was completely spoilt by an ugly mouth and a weak, receding chin. was always taken with the lower part of her face concealed behind a fan. over which her dark eyes flashed CO., quettishly. Il was q most effective picture, and gave one the impression nf an eXquisltely beautiful Spanish girl.-New York News.
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It is unlawful in Norway for women or girls to serve in public houses.
 The coronation robe presented to the Empress of Russia was of fur. It weighed only sixteen ounces, yet was worth $G,O0O or S315 per ounce.
 Among female Moors birthday cele- brations are unknown. A Moorlsh woman considers it point of honor to be absolutely ignorant of her age.
 Turkish women do not come into control of their private fortunes until after marriage After that they can dispose of one-thlrl of 1t without the husbands consent.
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her coming out in Washington. fash tonahle society of that city was inter- estel by Miss SartoriS' rep5rtel rn- gagemeut to Jack ITibbert. a hand some young Engishman whom she met on the shores of the Mediterra- nean. Miss Sartorls at last formally denied the truth of the report.
 shortly thereafter it was runored that she would wed Lieutenant John Wright. L. S. A, the son of the late General Marcus Wright. who had fought her grandfather in many bit ter battle during the Civil War. This engagement. too. was promptly denied.
 Miss SartoriS k q beautiful girl. an accomplished musician and a talented IinguiSt. Her debut ill Washington five years ago was one nf the most brilliant of the seasons functions. Young Nelson is related to Lewis C. Nelson, who iS Il brotherin-law of for mer Governor Lon V. Stevens of Mis- SOlri
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having been located upon little rise of land, 80 that the water from the melting snow will drain away. If the snow Is not deep, a well-trained horse, or a yoke of oxen, bas been brought Into the woods, with stock of hay and grain to feed 1t, and is comfort ably quartered In shed, built against the side of the sugar house. If Its help can be employed, the work is made much easier, for, hitched to a stout sled, 1t draws the buckets about the forests to be scattered to the trees, the sap as 1t is gathered. Very often, however, the snow for the first week or two is too deep for horse or an OK to get about, and all the work must be done by men on snow shoes. Mounted upon his stout coarse snow shoes, which are strongly strapped to his thick boots, the sugar maker polses upon one shoulder a stack of buckets as heavy 8 he can carry and starts off with them, leaving one or two at the foot of every maple tree. As soon as the sap begins to flow 1t must be gath cred and brought to the sugar house 10 boil. In this work sap buckets" as shown in the illustra ton, are en- ployed.
 Gathering the Sap.
 As general thing, however, the mow has melted sufficiently by the
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Got His Second Sight.

a year ago." said Mrs. Oldboy, you were constantly telling your friends that our marriage was the result of love at first sight on your part, and now you are always finding fault with me"
 Yes, it's true that 1t was a case of love at first sight when I met you," re- piled Oldboy, with large, open-f ced sigh, 'and I'll never forgive myself for leaving my spectacles at home that day,"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25
Curious Vanities of Women.

It Is amazing how few stters are content to have their pictures do them simple justice and fail to grumble if their portraits are not much more pre- sentable than their actual selves, de clares prominent photographer.
 Some subjects, women especially, I am afraid, carry this craving for a flattering picture to ludicrous extent. For instance, early last spring one of my lady clienus, who must certainly have figured in the census of 1S4O, was photographed as Queen of the May" In white muslin frock with a blue sash, and wearing a coronet of blos- soms. Anything more grotesQue you
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FASHION NOTES.
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SUPERINTENDENT.

Broderle anglalse appears on the new parasols.
 French crayats of white kid, em broidered in colors, are new.
 Sunshades of heavy linen bid fair to be popular with the summer girl.
 Elastic belts covered with velvet are about the closest fitting to be had.
 Deep, circular collars and cuffs of -plaited lawn are modish and launder well.
 Some of the embroidered evening wraps rival Joseph's coat for diversity of colorlng.
 Truly astonishing is the diversity in sleeves. Your choice depends only on your fancy.
 The girl who sports an opera cloak incongrulty.
 In the wake of the elbow sleeve come long silk gloves in elbow length, finished like kid.
 The real old-faShiOned little sailor hat comes in white with a bunch of flowers at the left front
 Certain exquisite little French blouses are very simply made, with only tiny tucks and lace edglng.
 A soft felt hat with bunch of pea. cock feathers stuck jauntily through the band is sI.art for morning.
 The polo hat is little box tur- ban, merely crown, with plume or flower cluster at the side.
 A buff silk petticoat with lots of
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little black lace ruffles put on with wide black velvet bands Is quaint.
 A hat to finish the season can he had now for that intiuiteslmal sum of money known as a mere song.
 The skirts of the latest models fit snngly over the hips, devices for at taining this end being innumerable.
 Half-long coats of heavy renaissance and gulpure faces are to be greatly in vogue with the ornately dressed.
 \ new dotted net, the dots so heavy as to give the impression of little balls, comes in white. black and evening shades.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25

The celerity with which under mod be dug Is indicated by the estimate of the chief engineer that with 100 steam shoyels installed. with complete sys- tenn of tracks serving them, a yearly record of 3o,0OO,OOO cubic yards of cx. cayation may be reached without re- ouiring a greater output per shovel or greater speed in working than has al ready been attained. And the magni- tude of the undertaking is shown by the statement that, at this rate of progress to complete sea-level canal, with a tidal lock 1000 feet long and 100 feet usably wide, at Mira flores, will take from ten to twelve years.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25

Paraguay should be rich and pros- porous. It's territory Is twice the size of Uruguay and 1t has many natural sources of wealth, as in its immense forests, its mate plantations, tobacco and orange estates and its vast cattle ranges. The country has iron, copper, kaolin and marble. But 1t Is afflicted with the professional politician. as Is also Uruguay, where there are mutter- ings of another revolution. Argentina
 will not have rest till some way is found to abolish the power of its pIo- vincial caciques, whose only conception of government is plunder and who often defy the central administration at Buenos Ayres. The provinces owe prodigious sums abroad. largely in
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25
MAKING MAPLESUGAR
INDUSTRY WHICH FLOURlSHES
 IN THE EARLY SPRING.
hnch of the Genuine Product Is Made in the Green Mountain State-Teams Sometimes Employed In Gathering the ap-Picturesque Sugar Camp.

The little brown loaves of maple su- gar which find their way Into market Ire made up in largest quantity fin the woods of Vermont. The making of the sugar is not confined to that region alone, for wherever maple trees are found In sufficient numbers to make the tapping of them profitable, the sap s drawn therefrom and boiled into sugar. Then. there is the maple" su- gar manufactured from corncobs and
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ordinary broom sugar, but that is an other story.
 However, much of the genuine ma pie sugar used in this country is made In the Green Mountain State.
 The industry is no longer as pic turesque as it once was, because many of the least practical features have been eliminated, and there Is not so much of sport connected herewith as formerly. but from a description given
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The World Needs

Women who are gentle, courteous and kind.
 Women who have not lost the an cient art of loving.
 Women in whom the maternal in- stinct Is not dried up.
 Women who believe they have higher destiny than a life of idleness and luxury.
 Women who consider 1t beneath their dignity to either drink or smoke. Women who will never speak un- charitably of the less fortunate of their sex.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25

The midshipman who deserted be- cause he thought that warship was no place for moral gentleman" can hardly be regarded as a loss to the service. It isn't usual for pr1gs to come out of Annapolis any more than out of West Point.
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It Wlli Indeed.

Willie-Pa, how many quarts does 1t take to make peck?
 Pa-It all depends, my son. Less than one quart, for instance will some times make peck of trouble. ."-Phil- adelphia Public Ledger.
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ly reported. is the youngest daughter of Mrs. N elli Q Grant Sartoris and granddaughter of C e n era Ora mt. This Is the third
 time that rumor has announced her to wed under rO- mantle ire Il m- < { a Il e Q <. r q Il r years ago. only q
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Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25

Russell Sage characterizes the pur- chase of an automobile by John D.. Rockefeller as "a piece of foolish ex- travagance." Uncle Russ" probably forgot that MT. Rockefeller can get his gasoline at a discount.
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An interesting side light on the Welsh revival is cast by London journalist, who has counted the at tendants at meetings and found that the proportion of men to women in the instances he noted ranged from two to one to five to one. Scoffers have been wont to say that religion is for women." but in Wales 1t appears to be reaching those who need 1t most.
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Those stories of the millions of microbes which infest our paper money will not have any effect upon the gen eral situation. The man who likes to hang on to money will not be deterred by few extra risks, and the man who likes to spend 1t as soon as he gets 1t will only be given another excuse for 10 doing
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25

A man has sued for a divorce be- cause his wife said he looked like a monkey. Instead of getting mad and going into court, he might have in- dulged in some cutting repartee con- cerning her taste and the hopelessness of her case when she accepted him.
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Say, young man, you with the swol- len caput and chesty bearing, did il ever occur to you that there Is hardly blank paper enough in the world on which to print the sum total of what you don't know7
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Skirt with ten gores. Inverted plaits between the back and side gores, ex- cept on either side of front where they are cut away, rounding at about yoke depth and stitched over the front gores, which are scanned in the middle and plaited at sides; finished with stitching and buttons. Suitable for cloth, panama sudng, taffeta or pongee.
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Poor Consolation,

Dreamy Dick-Dey say dat fortune knocks wunst at ev'ry fellers door.
 Plodding Pete-Huh! Dat ain't much conserlatlon fer us guys wot ain't got no doors.
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England, and show no signs of ever meeting their obligations. And, more over, many municipalities are head over heels in debt. These are the sick sisters of the south.
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One of the latest stories concerning John D. Rockefeller is that he is about to build new home. If you do, Mir. Rockefeller, don't move into 1t. At your age 1t would be tempting fate.
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Washing Stockings.

It Is recommended that little vine. gar be added to the water In which stockings are rinsed after being wash ed. The stockings should then be drled wrong side out. Colored stockings will be unfaded and black ones will re- tain their original luster.
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Mir Hay says the United States does not intend to swallow Haiti and Santo Domingo. It has eaten enough of the dark meat to last 1t for good long lime
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Miss Hallie Ermlnle Rives has re- written the most worthy novels of Charles Dickens. Thus, long after his death, Dickens Is at last attaining real fame
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Costume of panama suitlng in

Costume of panama suiting in navy blue with circular skirt, which has a double box-plaited f1ounce at half length joined with stitching and q stitched point and band at top of each plait trimmed with buttons. Bolero coat with tuck seams back and front, which form box plaits below the girdle at the back. Neck finish, inverted re- Ters and flarlng cuffs of velvet. Stitch cd points and straps finish the fronts; full sleeves, plaited at top.
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Two million dollars worth of gold is used every year to i'll the teeth of the American people. It must bother John Bull good deal If he knows there is so much gold that he can't all mex.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25

A California astronomer has found another moon for Jupiter, which the latter may have if he will call and identify his property.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-05-25

Japanese officials say that 1t Is not to be expected that Russia will sue for peace yet-with good deal of em- phass on the word yet"
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An Eastern paper refers to her as "old Mrs Chadwick" She undoubt. edly deserves punishment. but ought 1t 10 be as severe as this?
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Can yon think of anything more de Iiclous than roast rhinoceros, served hot, and garnished with sprigs from a lar
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Dr. Oslers suggestion that men should retire when 60 years of age will not be applauded by Russell Sage, who has been working overtime for twenty eight years.
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We have positive proof that cer. tain boy Is the smartest boy of his age in the world: his mother told us 90,
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Trouble is breaking ont In SO many places that the map of RuSs4a will soon look as if il had the measles.
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A New York womans club is dis cussing the question, Should married women pay their bllls?" If they do they'll be no better of than their hus- bands. They'll be broke all the time.
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General Grants Granddaueb.er.

Miss Rosemary SartOriS, whose en- gagement 10 l. NJ. Nelson, a prominent young broker of St. Louis, was recent