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Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

was over and above the world, related to It as mechanic to his machine. To-day we have come to the more spir- itual view of God as the indwelllng spirit, who is in and of the entire uni verse. This permits of no doctrine of mediation. It brings each soul as near to God as any man has ever been or ever will be, whether 1t be here today, on the Isle of Patmos or on Sinai.'
 This, apparently, would do away with Christ as the mediator-the cen ter idea in the scheme of Chrsitian nifty. Dr. Abbott also sets the Bible aside when he says that the old idea of di- rect special revelation has passed away. No one believes In it today"
 The doctor is wrong. however, when he says that no one now believes in the inspiration of the Bib,e unless he means by mo one" those of his own particular school. There are millions, many, many millions. of devoted men and women who believe In the lnspira- ton of the Bible. and there will be many millions more who will SO be- lieye when Rev. Dr. Abbott shall he forgotten. The Bible has had mightier critics than Dr. Abbott and appar. ently has survlv lved.-Ctica Globe.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Louelie.t Spot at Sea.

The loneliest spot in the ocean, ac- cording to Sir John Murray, while talk ing with friends at the recent geo. graphical congress In New York, is Rockall, a British possession in the Atlantic ocean about 1ss miles from St. Kilda, in the outer Hebrides, and about POO miles from the Scottish coats. IL Is a rock about 25o feet in circumference. rising to a sheer height of seventy feet from the surface of the sea. It is surrounded by thirty fathoms of water, with neither shoal nor beach. No in- habitant has ever lived on this island. On only two occasions, 90 far as known, has man set foot on 1t. It can. not be lighted nor buoyed for the bene. fit of mariners. The difficulty of get. ting on is exceeded only by the danger of getting or.
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ultimate; that many of its laws were copied from other religions: that the ten commandments did not spring spontaneously from Moses, but were, like all laws, q gradual growth, and that man is a creature of evolution. not of creation. The days of polythe- ism are past. There is only one Energy. That Energy has always been working. It Is an intelligent Energy"
 To many laymen this language will be unlntelligible, and fortunately the majority of lsynen have too much common sense 10 care. But among clergymen the attitude of Dr. Abbott has stirred acute feelings Some noted J'nitarians and Universalists approve: 1: others of different creeds sharply con demn and brand the doctor as a here tic.
 "Dr Abbott" says Rev. Dr. Me Crory, of Pittsburg. ifs an inidel He does not believe in Christianity. He simply utters his true thoughts
 If I were to form cOmpOs.te pie ture of the devil as an angel of light and of darkness I could easily imag- inc Lyman Abbott and Bishop Potter in the composite" says Rev. Dr. Will bur F. Crafts, of Washington, D. C., who, like Dr. McCrory, is a Presby- terian. While both men are clean and probably sincere, their ideas work more harm to the moral world than those of any two men living. l have always found that when a man be- comes loose on theology he becomes loose on ethics"
 Dr. Abbott strongly denies that he is a heretic, or an infidel. He also de- nies that he is a Pantheist, although to the lay mind his language points strongly in that direction "The old Idea of God" he says, was that God
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

one of the angles. But don't let it touch the paper.
 Now an odd thing will happen; the paper will be sure to move on the water until the center of area comes directly under the point.
 You should previously have found where the center of area is by drawing lines from any two angles to the cen ters of the opposite sides. (See the picture The point where the two lines cross will be the center of area.
 Try this interesting experiment.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

The West, with all its growth and progress, has not yet wrested the manufacturing supremacy from the little towns of the East. In spite of handicaps in the way of lack of coal. Iron and other raw material, New En- gland still leads the country in many specialties. Nearly all the whips used in the United States are made in Westfield, Mass, and most of the horn and shell goods in Leominster, Shirley manufactures suspenders in larger quantity than any other town In America. Attleboro leads in the production of cheap jewelry, and New Britain, Conn, in cutlery. How have these comparatively small places at tained this position. and how do they hold 1t in the face of competition and disadvantages: one of the most noted mechanical engineers of France has lately made a tour of the United States. He answers the question. IL is skill, he says-mechanical skill. The workshops are magnificent There are the true mechanics. It is the birthplace of workers, one could even say artists. of the first order, who transmit their skill from father 10 son"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
CALLED AN lNF1DEl.
Dr. Lyman Abbott's Religious Views
 Call Forth Sharp Criticism.

Dr Lyman Abbott, the famous Con sregational clergyman, created a pro- found sensation in the religious world by his utterances before the students of Harvard University. in which he denied the principal tenets of ortho- dox theology. and expressed his idea cf God as an intelligent energy No longer do I believe in First Cause he said. My God is great and ever present force, which is manifest III all the activities of man and all the work ings of nature. believe in God who is in and Through and of everything not an absentee God, whom we have to reach through Bible or a priest or some other outside aid, but God
 who Is closer to us than hands or feet. Science. literature and history tell us there is one eternal Energy; that the Bible no longer can be accepted as
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
He Finds Where He Ia Ar.

Professor Wiley of the Bureau of Agricuiture's chemical department was talking about explanations that do not explain.
 These explanations that make noth- ing clear. these answers that throw no light, make me think of an ac quaintance of my boyhood, Jerome uert of Indiana.
 Jerome Hert had a thick head, \ slow mind. One day he was at work in lonely field when he heard a voice from the upper air.
 Hey. Hey, you" the voice shouted.
 Jerome looked up in smazement About fifty feet above his head was . balloonist. The balloonist, on . wager, was doing a sixty mile journey to Evansville. Now, though, he had lost his way. and from Jerome Hert he wished to ascertain 1t.
 Hey. there he repeated.
 "'Walli' said Jerome.
 "'Where am r. cried the balloon ist.
 "Thereupon Jerome made a reply of that opaque, dark sort that we are speaking of. |, Where are you? Why. up in . balloon,' he said.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Sleeping on . Wire Cot.

A politician. upon his arrival at one of the small towns in North Dakota, where he was to make speech the following day, found that the two so- called hotels were crowded 10 the doors, and was compelled for that night to sleep on a wire cot which had only some blankets and a sheet on it. AS the statesman is a fat man. he found his improvised bed anything but comfortable.
 We'll asked friend, when the politician appeared In the dining room in the morning. how did you sleep
 ''Oh. fairly we'll" replied the states man, nonchalantly. but I looked like waffle when I got up"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
CncIe sam's Stock Farm.

In every country of Europe large sums are expended by the various gov ernments every year in efforts to inn prove the breed of horses not only for cavalry mounts. but also for useful work on farms and for draught pur- poses. In this republic scientific breed ing has been left to private enterprise but in recent years Congress has shown a disposition to encourage upon a moderate scale the bringing together Of choice strains of blood. At the agri- cultural experiment station at Fort Collins. Col, some good work in this direction is in progress.-Nsw York Tribune.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Which VI as Right?

Just before the election old Patrick McGibben, an enthusiastic Democrat, took 1t upon himself to see that his neighbors voted the right ticket His effort with one of them brings out clearly an important difference in the way two foreign-born men may con- slider the race question.
 'All us Irish is fer Parker" he said to Mike Flaherty's son, who had de- clared his intention of casting a Re publican ballot.
 You are," replied Flaherty. But I'm an American"
 You're an Irishman" thundered Pat. Your father and mother were both born in Ireland"
 And I was born in America"
 What difference does that make, then? If them kittens there was born in the oven would you call them bis cuits:"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Just Feeling Rich.

"It's a queer thing, this belonging to club" said the man who had just paid his first dues. But it's fine to feel rich. even once in a while.
 Take the simplest thing in the world-going into the house. All my life I've been used to fishing around for latchkey, wrlggling out of my Overcoat, and hollering to know who was home.
 But when go Into my club-notlce my club can say It easily now when l go into my club, as I say, I don't even push open a door. Some one in livery does that and bows as l stalk past. am allowed to lift my hat off, but that's about all. And ev- eryone says Sir to me until feel as if part of the mint was mine.
 Same way If 1 eat there. Takes head waiter and at least one every day waiter to get me Into a chair And as for wondering what we're go- ing to have for dinner and if Sundays roast beef isn't about finished-why, can have roast beef fresh every day.
 You can do all that in fine hotel or restaurant, but you don't get called by name unless you're more of a rounder than I am-and what's worse Is that you're not expected to sit around and be waited on unless you're spending money when you're in such a place.
 "Oh. it's great to feel rich now and then, and don't know that 1t makes home seem any worse"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
SOME TITLED DoMEsTlCs.
Persons with Royal Blood in Russia
 Who Are Forced to Lowly Foil.

Who Are Forced to Lowly Toil.
 The romantic story of Princess Helene Zulukidse, who is working as bricklayer's assistant in Odessa, is by no means an uncommon one. A correspondent who has studied the cu- rtous phases of life in Eastern and Central Europe reveals some astonish- ing facts.
 The fact that princess should be compelled to seek such livelihood is by no means 30 startling an occur renee as might be supposed. In many parts of the continent the fathers title is inherited by all his children, and there are several villages in Austria, Poland and Russia in which all the peasants are legitimately descended from some princely ancestor. They are legally described as 'princes" in all official documents, and on leaving their homes many of these peasant princes find themselves sadly ham, pered by the burden of a high sound ing title.
 
 however, as they are purely personal ones, and not marketable commodities, like 50 many in Italy and Portugal, and by the police regulations no em- ploye can be engaged without showing his papers" in which his rank, age and occupation are stated. Needless to say, few people are willing to en- gage a workman of legally far higher rank than themselves, and an instance of this hardship came 10 my personal knowledge recently. The newly mar ried French wife of wealthy Rus sian noble was about to engage a Rus sian maid at St. Petersburg, when, on seeing .'the papers," she discovered that the girl was princess and a member of a well-known but ruined family.
 The girl had been vainly seeking employment for months, but the lady declined to engage her.
 On reaching her country seat, how. ever, the lady discovered, to her amaLement, that the housekeeper was countess. the henwlfe a princess while the farm bailiff, blacksmith and coachman were possessed of titles equally imposing. As their homei were situated in the vicinity of my friends estate. says the correspond ent. in the London Express, their real social position as little farmers and psasana was we'll known. Had they
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
LITTLE STORIES
 AND INCIDENTS That Will interest and Entertain Young
 Readers.

Christian of Denmark, and a Danish paper tells the story of one escape of little 4-year-old Prince knut. The It. tie prince is clever little chap, but he had been very naughty indeed. He would not be washed. and to empha- size his feelings had thrown the wash dish and wash cloth at the maid. An gry cries filled the palace, bringing the royal mamma In great haste. Princess Alexandra took in the cause of the trouble at a glance. and said to the little prince in a mild but firm tone:
 'Knut, this Is not the behavior for prince. Go and bring me the rattan immediately"
 The prince obeyed, left the room, and returned in short time. but with out the stick. while he carried some thing wrapped in paper in his hand.
 "I couldn't find the rattan" he said, but here are two stones that you can throw at me"
 The princess surprised Prince Knut in the garden one day playing with a rough stick with which he had cut a worm in two. She explained to him the cruelty of the act, and told him that he must never under any circum- stances do such thing again.
 But, mamma" said the prince, "he was so alone. It made me so sorry that cut him in two Now there are two worms, and see how they both are happy. How they both spring.
 Prince Knut upon another occasion had been asking questions after the manner of a small boy. and Prince Christian had said to him finally:
 Stop your stupid questions. Think over what you have to say and ask something reasonable"
 There was silence for 6 time, when the little prince began again in a soft voice:
 "PapaT'
 Yes, my child" "Is everything dead buried!"
 Certainly
 "Papa?'
 Well, what is it?''
 Papa, why then. doesn't some one bury the Dead sea:"-New York Times.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

one which should commend itself to all thoughtful Americans. That our srandest native animal. not long ago the most numerous large mammal of recent times. has been allowed to al most disappear from the earth is rec ognized as a national disgrace and the knowledge that there is still fight ing chance 10 save him should stir every aturalist-every lover of ami mals in the United States-to action in his behalf
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

Ii is evident from the recent letter of the President to a member of the House of Representative that he will not allow anyone to be in doubt as to the officer on whom the Constitution has laid the duty of distributing the patronage" The member had insisted on having the privilege of naming the postmaste in one of the towns in his district. and said that according to long established custom il was his right Many other men have held s similar view. which has its origin in the custom of Presidents to consult the Senators. and sometimes the mem bers of the House, in regard to ap- pointments in their States or districts. IL is impossible for he Presiuent 10 have frst-hand knowledge concerning the fitness of the candidates for the thousands of offices which he has to ill. He must obtain advice from those who do know. He frequently acts on that advice. so frequently. in fact, that the advisers assume that they, and not he. make the selections. The Senate, 1t Is true. has the constitutional right of veto on appointments by the Pres ident: but no individual Senator has that right. The House has no legal right whatever 10 interfere with the exercise of presidential discretion in making appointments. When the Sen ators from a State are opposed to any nominat tion 10 an office in their State the Senate usually sustains them and rejects the nomination. In some cases President. who had reason to eI- pect that the nomination would be op- posed. has waited until Congress has adjourned before making the appoint ment. At the next session the Sena- .ors who favored the appointment have succeeded in preventing the question of confirming the nomination coming to a vote: and so the man has con tinued to hold office for year or two, or unul the deadlock was broken. Un- der the law the President appoints and the Senate confirms or rejects. All else is custom. which changes in de. tails with different Presidents and diff ferent Congressman.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

Japanese examine the bodies they find lifeless in the field. and. taking from each such valuables and memen- toes as a soldier would be likely to possess, send them in a neat package 10 the relatives of the deceased. Hav- ing cleared up the muss, buried the corpses and shipped the belongings, hostiiities are reopened until there is once more an abundance of material upon which 10 demonstrate that kindly emotions stir the hearts of those at war.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

Cnquestionably the conventional present-day opinion is that the world is going money-mad and that mere wealth never gave to its possessor such influence. He would have more than ordinary hsrdihood who would seek to combat this view. Yet it is greatly to be doubted whether wealth, great as its present power is. is relatively more potent than 1t was In the generations agone. The rich as well as the poor we always have had with us, and eI- cept for limited periods and under ex- eeptionAl conditions have not rich men or rich classes controlled temporal af- fairs!
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
The BestpuiaR of "Contra band, -

During the war between Spain and Holland those powers acted with % much rigor toward ships of every na- tionality conveying goods to the bel ligerents that England felt bound to protest. The resistance provoked by England led to the first use of the term contraband of war, when the treaty of Southampton was drawn up between this country and Spain in 1so5.-London Answers.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
First Direction lmpos.ibie.

The old man sat alone in his cabin, where the hand of woman had never been known and dirt relgned triumph. ant. The conversation turned upon cooking. "Yaas," drawled the old man, T got me one O them there cook books wunst, but I never could do nothin' with It." What was the trouble? 70 asked his visitor, persuasively. Why, every one O them blamed receipts starts off with take clean dish"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
The Floating Triangle

Here is an interesting experiment, boys and girls:
 Take a wet lead pencil point and draw on thick paper triangle (which need not be mathema tically perfectl.
 Take a basin of water and lay this paper on the surface of the water. with the drawing up. Very carefully fill the space inside t.e lines with water. (The water will not flow beyond the lines which you drew with your wet lead pencil poinn
 Next take a needle or pin. dip the point Of 1t into the wet triangle near
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Whereas some women will 20 into

Whereas some women will go into a vast establishment intent on spending a certain sum. say. on an article of dress and will successively scrutinize half a dozen things besides what she originally wanted and retire without any fixed plan of purchase and will sometimes purchase large quantities of goods that he never dreamed of want ing when he entered the shop.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

route in his town from a man who had delivered the papers on foot. Ivor trained his two dogs to act as trotters, and rigged up his wagon with ball bearing wheels. cushion tires, and eV erything else in the latest speed style. He is making money and delivers the papers on schedule time. having made regular express service of it.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
The saengerfcst Joke Book.

First yisitor-Yes, I gave him an. other month on his promissory note for ninety days, and the ungrateful fellow skipped out.
 Second Visitor-Your musical edu. cation should guide you better than that. Don't you know you should never hold quarter note?-Baltimors NeMl
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

A German woman is boasting of 6 bible that has been in the family for more than 300 years and is still in & good state of preservation. Some of the rest of us might have bible equally old and as well preserved if cur ancestors had laid them away carefully instead of faithfully using them every day.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Mystery of Craters.

Everybody who has seen q chart of the moon as drawn by astronomers knows of the curious, irregular. ragged rings which have been ca.Ied moon crsters" for many years
 Now astronomers have raised the question whether or not they really are the craters of extinct volcanoes, as has been supposed for so long. One of them asks:
 How would the ocean bottoms of the earth appear to a man in the moon If all our seas were to disappear?"
 Exactly as the moon craters look to us." Is the answer
 So now some of the astronomers are interested in the attempt to prove that the moons curious surface is not at all volcanic, and that the "craters" are nothing more nor less than coral reefs and the remains of other coral-like structures which have been left high and dry by the evaporation of lunar oceans.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

The practice among Mormons of divorcIng people after they are dead looks like a clear waste of energy. As long as the corpse can't be put in jail for refusing to pay al!mony, what's the use:
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
The New Thames Tunael.

The Ratcllr- Rotherhlthe tunnel now being built under the Thames will take i've years to construct. Its length will be 6,Ss3 feet, with an external diane ter of sixteen feet and two footways four feet eight and one-half inches wide. When 1t is finished there will be three tunnels under the Thames at London.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

Those who know something of what penal seryitude means in Russia will see small tendency toward tendency in the sentence of Sasoneff. the assassin of Won Plehve.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

Tolstoi says constitutional govern ment Is no cure for the evils that sff1ict mankind. How does he know: Has he ever seen a constitutional govern ment that was run in strict accord ance with its constitution:
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Merely Wished to Know.

Miss Passay." be said, there is something have for some time wished to ask you"
 "Oh," she gasped. I'm 90 glad-that .s, I-I mean. is 1t anything personally -Chicago Record Herald
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

A magazine is offering 6 prize to the first person who will correctly guess the most popular book of the year A bank book with the balance on the right side.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Relief in Sight.

Your salary isn't enough to sup port my daughter, sir"
 "Pm glad you've come tp that con- clusion 30 early, sir."-Detroit Frss Fresa
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

Mormons can be married and divorc- ed after death, but they can't draw salaries when the grave has closed upon then
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

When . minister is called to another field the call carries with 1t an increase in salay-otherwiss he possibly would not have heard 1t.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

sought employment elsewhere, how ever, they would, in all probability, like the Princess Zulukidse, have quickly sunk to the lowest grade of so-
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
Tho Philosophy of It.

You think dis world is q friend ter grace?"
 "well-des keep bout a dollar en a half in yo' pocket, en you'll never need ter ax dat question"-Atlanta Con. stitution.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

Are you going to the exposition What exposition: Why. the Lewis and Clark exposition to be held in Portland h 1905?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02
BOYS DELIVERY TEAM.
Pair of Dog. Who Do Service for Their
 Youthful Owner.

The two dogs In this picture are named Jack and Box Car Bill. They are not hitched to the wagon for fun not even for the fun of the youthful owner It is strictly a matter of busi- ness
 The driver Is a smart Western boy named Ivor Gordon. A few years ago
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

The latest museum freak Is pig with two legs Outside & museum II isn't necessary to have four legs 10 be | hog
Alaska sentinel., 1905-03-02

After a girl has refused him twelve times supersttious youth will quit proposing.