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Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
Irrigation in the East.

That irrigation may be employed as usefully in the humid portion of the United States as in the arid section 1. announced by the Department of Agri- culture. A bulletin has been issued showing the results of many expert nents In this field, in which a steady water source was drawn on as an auxiliary to an irregular rain supply.
 Near Poughkeepsie, N. |, where rain is ordinarily bountlful for the crops, grower of strawberries nas found that the addition of plant for irrigation enables him to insure a per feet stand and rapid growth of new plants. Spraying, and irrigation be tween the rows, put in fine condition for marketing crop of berries which for lack of rain at the critical moment had colored and hardened withou, sweetening.
 Market gardeners in many other parts of the East are having similar results. The experts at Washington believe that as the country becomes more compactly settled and more in' tense gardening is required 1t will be found necessary to depend more and more upon irrigation as an insur- ance against drought and consequent crop failure.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

coast and another smaller area around Korsakoysk in the south of the island. Alexandroysk Is the big gest prison center.
 The stockade prison is the center of Ale1androvsk, which place seems to exist for the prison. The few mer- chants stores and the Iron foundry are for the prisoners the wooden houses are the residences of the off1- cials. Besides the prison, the church h the main street and the market place there is not much to call for at tention.
 According to MT. De Windt, who visited the southern portion of Sak- halin, there are 5000 criminal con- victs located at Korsakovsk, only about 1.200 of whom are actually under lock and key. The town con- sists of one long struggling thorough fare, beginning at the landing stage and abruptly terminating at the huge prison.
 The conditions existing in the island are almost beyond description. Al most everyone Is criminal and the worst type of Russian criminals at that Besides convicts, ex-convicts, their wives and children. and the ofi- cials and troops of the garrison, there probably are not dozen free-born individuals on the island. It has been estimated that at least 5000 murder CTS are held there.
 The whole of Sakhalin is under mar tial law. In one of the prisons, out of q total of 600 prisoners. 500, mostly chained, are kept in enforced idleness, % that many so mad. The convicts term of confinement in Sakhalin Is fol lowed by six years enforced residence in the island as exile settlers" and a further six years in Siberia as peas ants," after which they are free to re turn to Russia, but as matter of fact nine-tenths of the convicts never leave the island. Insanity Is very common Crime Is rampant, even under the very eyes of the officials.
 The island Is heavily wooded, vast forests sweeping away for hundreds | of miles. These forests are the home of great bands of bears, wolves and escaped convicts. of which the latter are not least dangerous.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
NEW INCUBATOR IDEA
Man's Effort to Improve on the Esl's
 Method.

Considering the apparent simplicity Of the operations of setting hen, IL Is remarkable how complex mans me chanical devices for duplicating this work have become. Thermostats, ven tilators, thermometers and dozen other devices are necessary to replace satisfactorily the simple life processes of the mother hen. Those who know, or. at least. those who endeayor to ex- plain the failures sometimes recorded with incubators, lay particular stress on the necessity of daily turning the eggs. manipulation which the faith ful hen instincuvely performs. A Chi .ago man. at the expense of consider able complication. proposes to build ir.eubators. and he has patented his idea. so that the eggs are In contnu- ous rotation during the period of incu- bation. To accomplish this he pro-
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
ISLAND OF SAkHAlIN.
Russia's Penal Colony Which Has Been
 Taken by the Japanese.

The island of Sakhalin. Russia $ penal colony in the Far East, which Japan has captured, Is 59o miles long and from IT to 150 broad and has & population of 8o,000.
 For the most part the land Is GOV cred with primeyal forest so dense that the rivers are the chief native highways, navigated by dugouts in summer and crossed In dog or reindeer sledges in winter. With the opening of winter the narrow Straits of Tar tary. dividing Sakhalin from the Si- berian coast, are frozen over, and so far as water communication Is con. cerned the island Is cut of from the world. and the mails are brought across from NIcolaievsk on the main. land by nsrtas or sledges harnessed with long teams of arctic dogs.
 In addition to the Russians five dIt. ferent peoples are to be found on the island. these including the Orochons Anus, Gilyaks, Fungus and Yakuts There are altogether about 5000 na- tives. of whom the largest number are Gilyaks.
 The Russian occupation Is practical ly confined to radius of thirty miles around Alexandrovsk on the west
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
John Moore's Busy Evening.

The family of John Moore, in north ern Comanche county, went to a place of refuge from a tornado the other night only to find that they had gotten into a cave barefooted with a rattle snake The interior of the cave was in complete darkness when the in- mates were startled by hearing the un- mistakable sound made by a rattler. MT. Moore hastily struck a match and by its faint glimmer saw the snake in the attitude of striking. The match went out and the family began to scream. Another match was lighted and the snake was still visible, and rattling furiously. Then Mir. Moore made a flying leap for the steps, jump ing over the snake, opened the door and secured a pitchfork Then while his wife held a match he killed the rattler, which measured over three feet long.-Kansas City Journal.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
ANIMALS SHOW NO REASON
All Their Acts Result of Instinct, Says
 Writer.

When bird selects site for Its nest 1t seems on first view as if it must actually think, reflect, compare, as you and l do when We decide where tc place our house. I saw little chip ping sparrow trying to decide between two raspberry bushes, says writer ir Outing. She kept going from one to the other, peering, inspecting and ap- parenly weighing the advantages of each. l saw a robin in the woodbine on the side of the house trying to de eide which particular place was the best site for her nest. She hoped tc this tangle of shoots and sat down. then to that, she turned around, she readjusted herself, she looked about she worked her feet beneath her. She was slow in making up her mind.
 Did she make up her mind? Did she think, compare, weigh? I do not be ileve l. When she found the right conditions she no doubt felt pleasure and satisfaction, and that settled the question. An inward, instinctive want was met and satisfied by an outward material condition. In the same way the hermit crab goes from shell to shell upon the beach, seeking one to its ik- ing. Sometimes two crabs fall to fight ing over a shell that each wants. Can we believe that the hermit crab thinks and reasons? IL selects the suitable shell instnctiyely, and not by an indi- vidual act of judgment. Instinct Is not always inerrant, though 1t makes fewer mistakes than reason does.
 The red squirrel usually knows how to come at the meat in the butternut with the least gnawing, but now and then he makes a mistake and strikes the edge of the kernel, instead of the flat side. The cliff swallow will stick its mud nest under the caves of barn where the boards are planed so smooth that the nest sooner or later Is bound to fall. It seems to have no judgment !n the matter. Its ancestors built upon the face of high cliffs, where the mud adhered more firmly.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
Accounts for the Mystery.

And so the Romans once invaded Great Britain" said Miss Gllligal, to whom her Uncle Charles had been reading of Caesars conQuests. That accounts for 1t, then"
 Accounts for what" asked Uncle Charles.
 For there being 50 many Latin words which resemble our English ones. The Romans very naturally picked up good many of our expres- sions while in England. Wonder I never thought of that before."-Bos. ton Transcript.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
Washing Made Easy,

If the following preparation Is used, the clothes require little washing, and the scalding and boiling are entirely done away with. Three quarts of boil ing water, five pound bar soap cut into shavings, one ounce of saleraius and half pint of benzine, four ounces liquid ammonia, one ounce of concentrated lye, Dissolve the soap in water be- fore adding other ingredients When the mixture is cold and firm, put one pint in a tub Of cold water for the bed and table linen, and one pint in another tub for wearing apparel. Soak overnight In the morning wash and rinse through one water, run through bluing water and hang out Do not boil or scald the clothes.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
Positions Guaranteed.

When some newspaper correspond ents asked the Secretary of the Navy for permission to go on a battle-ship during the recent maneuyers in Chesl- peake Bay. he declined. saying that the department had learned something from the Japanese. It had decided that If the war game disclosed any weak points in the coast defense it was better not to have the world know them, for If such a discovery were made and discussed in America it would surely travel across the sel. Secret-keeping Is one of the most diff cult tasks of free government in deal
 ing with an alert newspaper press and with public that wants to know" what Is going on. Japan has been as tonishingly successful during the war In keeping its secrets The destruction of great battle-ship was not known till months afterward. Togo's where
 abouts were quite unknown until he bounced on the Russian fleet. No won- der that nearly every correspondent who went to Japan to report the war returned disgusted because of the small chances open to him for news getting
 Japan could not afford to conduct war for the sake of furnishing a spectacu- lar exhibit to the world. It Is often the part of patriotism to help the na- ton keep Its secrets. American news
 papers have sometimes recognized this; i; more frequently they have not done SO
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
By Leased Cable.

The anarchist had just hurled the bomb.
 Simultaneously the democratic head of President Loubet and the royal pate of Alfonso XIII. ducked to avoid the flying fragments.
 M. le President" muttered the boy king, which one of us do you think that fellow was after"
 With true Gallic politeness, Loubet disclaimed the honor
 After you, my dear Alfonso" he murmured. lowing deeply.-Cleveland Leader.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

yides within the warmed chamber a wheel, with peripheral pockets, each large enough to carry an egg. The lat ter are held in position by incloslna bands. As the wheels are balanced, t takes but comparatively little power 10 impart a speedy rotary motion to the wheel, so that the germ, to quote the inventor, "is brought successlvely ill contact with all sorts of the nour. ishing material of the egg"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

Right Liying-The trouble with us all Is we live too much in the base ment of the house personal. The dIngy cellar kitchen, the lowest room. where satisfactions are prepared for the ap- petites of the body. We seldom come up Into the parlor and library. where the air Is purer and the attractions higher and the friendships more satis- flying to mind and spirit.-Rey. II. R.. AlacDonaId- RantlSt Rranllvn
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
Conquest I ,. Great American Desert
Es.aa6naaG

Has Nevada always been an arid and desert region? Its geological records, as indelibly carved in sandstone and granite. showing the shore lines of ancient lakes proclaim that it has not, but that at one time vast body of water, as great in area as Lake Erie, covered & portion of the State. To- day, however. the aridity of the coun. try Is unquestioned and the 350,000 acres. to part of which Uncle Sam is to apply water. will practically double Its well irrigated area and its agricul- tural population.
 Neyada's ancient inland sea Is one of several great prehistoric lakes distributed over the Great Basin of the arid region. among them Lake Bonneville. of which the Great Salt Lake was the deepest portion. Its area was nine times greater than the Great Salt, or almost as large as Lake Mich igan, and much deeper
 The contracted remains of Lake La Hontan In Nevada are found in Pyra- mid Lake and number Of other small enclosed lakes which were the deepest portions of the ancient lake. Since these large prehistoric lakes were iand-locked and did not overflow. 1t follows that the rainfall which fed them was much heavier than 1t IS to-day.
 Should conditions revert, many of the important points situated in the Great Basin would be hopelessly flooded, such, for instance. as the Nor. mon Temple, which would stand in if ty feet of water while roo miles of railroad would be submerged.
 These prehistoric lakes are said to be of very recent origin-that is. recent by the geologists' count-perhaps 30. o0O or 10000 years old. Fossils have been found showing the presence of primitive man along their ancient shores and entertainments which in many instances are as perfect in con- tour and al distinct as if the waters had receded only a few years since. These lakes included such arid and fear-insplring localities of to-day as the Black Rock Desert. Skull Valley, Death Valley, and score of other places where the bleached bones of man and animal attest 10 an awful lack of water.
 When the State was admitted to the Union, in place of receiving the usual donation of alternate school sec tions-16 and 92 in each township she secured a flat grant from the gov. ernment of two million acres of public land to be located wherever her law makers saw it. The State Legisla- ture passed as much as desired of this great and valuable resource into pri- vate ownership of stockmen. at as low figure as 25 cents an acre. These lands have been located up and down the sides of every river and stream and around every spring and water hole in the State. so that while Nevada has to-day some 60,Oo0.0oO acres of public land, there is not quarter sec ton of 1t upon which homesteader could make living. The land grant ed to the State for school purposes disposed of by the State for a mess of pottage-controls the lands of the State.
 The governments irrigation, when worked out will immediately double Se7ada's population; 1t will provide new ufeblood of settlement and citi- Eenship for region of unsurpassed agriculture.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

~oMMODORE Somerville Nicholson O of the United States Navy. in a
 letter from 1887 R street, t,Sorthwest. Washington, D, C.. says;
 "Your PeFuns has been and fs nov used by so many Of my friends and acquainfanceS ds { sure cure for ca. farrh fhaf ! an convinced Of Its curs. tive qualities and unhesitatingiy rec. ommend h 10 all persons suffering from that complaint.
 Our army and our navy are the natural protection of our country.
 Peruna is the natural protection of the army and navy in the vicissitudes of climate and exposure.
 We have on file thousands of testi- monials from prominent people in the army and navy.
 We can give our readers only slight glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited endorsements pr. Hartman is con- stantly receiving for his widely known and efficient remedy. Peruna.
 If you do not derive prompt and sstis- factory results from the use of Peruns, write at once to pr. s. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Santarium. Colum bus, Ohio.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

ity in the same class with Governor La Toilette. Then he became q mem- Der of the teaching staff and later was appointed to the chair of geology He Is connected with several scientific so- cieties, and is the author of many mon- ographs that have won attention at home and abroad.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

Growth and Change-The body reaches It's limit about the twenty fifth year, the mind its meridian about the hftieth, but the growth of the soul con unues with the oldest saint and In the next world Is changed from glory to glory until crowned with honor and glory, the redeemed soul stands but ut- tie lower than God.-Rev. w. J. ThamnSau Methodist RraaEIvn N Y
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

s 2 o r Q d tainted money. has been president of the niv ersity sine e 1902. He Ls noted as an educator and is one of the most 1istin guished of liv- ing geologists. Dr. an Hise was born al Fulton, Wis, in 1857, and was grad uated from the Wisconsin I-Dirars
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

The Same ThIng-Glory to God and good will toward men are one and the same thing. There Is no true sanctity that is not loving. and no abiding altru- ism that is not worshipful.-Rev. Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worcester. Mass
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

President Roosevelt. appointment of a committee to investigate all the executive branches of the government with a view to placing them on mod ern business basis promises to create a revolution at the capital where red tape has been supreme and precedent unchallenged from time immemorial The committee consists of representa-. tiyes of the various departments and It's instruction Is to find out" It is evident that the President has learned enough about the running of the gov ernment machinery to convince him that there Is an abundance of waste and extravaganza. It is current talk that there are thousands of people on Uncle Sam's pay roll who do little else than draw their breath as a warrant for drawing their salaries. The Presi- dent could take up no subject that is nearer the people than this one, and the time is especially opportune when our expenditures are exceeding the re- ceipts by several millions.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
Cab Horse Wins Races.

Found in the ranks of London night cab horses and purchased for s25, a 6ne old animal, Lottery, has won eight int-to-point races for its new owner.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
Strange, Indeed,

4 woman from Sault Ste. Marie
 Said: "Painters who dault pte the sic Don't tint the waves blue, AS I think they should do;
 They use green, or they seem tault tau mic"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

Mernods or srudy-Tne desire 10 know the thing In itself, rather than the printed description of the thing, has reyolutionized all our methods of study.-Rev. W. H. Faunce, Presbyte- rian, Providence, R. I.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
He Spoke Thoughtlessly.

He said he'd never marry a wo- man for her money"
 That was before he knew what it was to need t-"-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

When every one sees the words conscience fund" in paper, he wishes that people who owe him would make him ono
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
OUTS SIDE IN \
THE DAISY FLY KILLER destr

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 flies and anords comfort toeyey home-in dining room, sleeping room and all places where flies are trouble some. Clean, neat and will not soil or iniure anything. Try them once and Wa
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

Charles Richard Van Hise, who at the commencement exercises of tue of Wisconsin at Madison.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

FTTo Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness fIIo after first days of .Klines Great Nerve
 Restorer. Send for Free S2 trial bottle and treatise
 Dr. k. H. Kline, Ltd s31 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

Mothers will find Mrs. Windows SoothtI z Syruv the best remedy to use for their children during the tsething period.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
AcApEMY OF THE HOLY NAMES

Full ACademic and Prep Q ' ' courses. thorough instruction in English and coordinate branches Plain sewing and Needlework taught without extra charge. Glasses will be resumed Sept 5th Boarders are requested to be pres ent Sept. 4th. For particulars address, SISTER SUPERIOR. 1th Ave. So. and Jackson St, Seattle. Wash.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

It is mighty hard to do business fol people who doa't know what they want
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12

Piso Cure is a remedy for coughs, colds and consumption. Try it. Price 25 cents st druggists.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-10-12
BeufeI
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TACOMA, WASH, and EVERETT, WASH.

Tuition low. Living expenses cheap er in Tacoma than in any other city in the Northwest. Facilities unsurpassed. Correspondence courses. Catalog free.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-21
S1aDlesOns Ruse.

When MapleSon the operate mana
ger. was on tour III Dublin, Miles.
Salla and Anna de Be.occa were in the
company. On arriving at the hotel both
ladies chose the best suit of rooms IN 1t,
each saying, "These will do for me-
II shall have Them said Salla. Il am
prima donna There are two prina
donnas," returned Belocca, myself
and Patti" This began a furious
quarrel Mapleson went to the hotel
keeper and ascertained that there
were some other rooms nearly as good.
He enjoined the man to declare that
they were FOR Lady Spencer, wife Of
the viceroy, and stand to the state
ment. He then called him up and said
loudly: Both these ladies must have
equally good rooms. Where are the
others:" THE only others as large are
reserved for the Countess Spencer" re-
turned the hotel keeper. But we
could see them?" exclaimed both sing
ers ut once. "Oh, yes" said the man,
leading the way. Belocca instantly
flew upstairs past him into the suit
and. locking the door in their faces,
shouted through the keyhole that Lady
Spencer must get on as best she could,
leaving Mapleson to congratulate him
self on the effect Of his stvatagem.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-21
GInss Houses.

There were whole streets in Tyre en-
tirely occupied by glass works, and
it Is stated that the first glass houses
We're erected in Tyre. The glass houses
OF Alexandria were highly celebrated
for the ingenuity and skill of their
workmen and the extent of their man
ufactures Layard, in writing about
his discoveries among the ruins of
Nineveh and Babylon, says: I'm one
chamber were found two entire glass
bowls, with fragments Of others. These
bowls are probably of the same period
as the small bottle forNd in the ruins
of the northwest palace during the
previous excavations and now in the
British museum. On this highly in
teresting relic is the name Of Sargon,
with his title Of king Of Assyria Ill
cuneiform characters and the figure of
Il lion. We are therefore able to fix its
date to the latter part of the seventh
centu,. =. G. 1t is consequently the
most ancient known specimen of trans
parent glass"