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Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
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It Is to be a great season for the mo- hair family.
 Plain white silk parasols are for the girl in white.
 Skirt tucks are larger and in groups of two or three.
 The black-and white check promises to be ubiquitous.
 Plque coat revers and cuffs come for half q dollar a set.
 Creamy pink and white carnations are new in millinery.
 Trimness and . plain look generally are the distinguishing points.
 An edging of tiny balls is the smart est establishment for net or lace.
 Dainty little lacs-trimmed slips of colored silk are to be had ready made.
 Gloves of vivid green or red, as you choose, come in the oubls-tipped silk sort.
 Blue and green and lavender roses may wound ones sSnss of the fitness
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
The HappI Wife.

You ask me why I'm happy when so
 many wives complain, And say their husbands only live 10 give
 them endless pain? My secret you demand to know; you've
 seen my happy nook. And you quiz me not s little. but-re-
 member l can cook. When other wives are envious and tell
 my husband dear. My gowns are very out of date and At
 my wardrobe sheer, have no fear. only smile, care not
 how l look. know I've but to whisper. Dear. re-
 member I can cook."' My love has often said to me, My dear
 l know you're plain, But married life with you. my sweet, has
 brought me naught but gain. Let other women sing and dance. or even
 write book. Yet you're above them all In charm-re-
 member you can cook. And always. when I'm begged by girls to
 tell them by what art captured such a handsome man, and
 won quite all his heart, merely say, My dears. I'm sure that
 all the pains l took Was asking him to dinner-for remen-
 Der l can cook.' And all you modern women who are
 anxious to be wed, Be wise, throw up your arts and crafts
 and learn to bake your bread For be certain that no husband will for
 get the vows he took. If his wife will only please him by re-
 membering how to cook Home Monthly.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

schemes of one kind and another. The gage and marker for garments illus trated herewith is not the first attempt that has been made to solve the prob lem in a mechanical way, as 1t should be done, but the introduction of the platform, that makes its use so much more convenient, is a decided step in advance. The measuring bar reyolvss around the central stand support, and the guide arm, with Its scale, is adjust able with great accuracy. The marker may consist of only a steel indicator, or 1t may carry piece of chalk to leave a graphic record of the finished measurements. Strange to relate, the invention is the work of two New York men. One would have expected some bright, adaptive woman would have hit upon the idea.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
The Inevitable,

Whatever you do and whatever you say. somebodys going to kick. If you even attempt to give money away. They will VOW it's some kind of a
 trick. You may struggle and toil to evolve a
 new plan For meeting the needs or the pleasures
 of man. But when, with some pride, your en-
 deavors you sean, Somebody's going to kick. If refuge you take In the fsr-distant
 stars. Somebody's going to kick If you hint that perhaps there are people
 in Mars, There's ridicule following quick. The man who is mentioned when history
 is read Is the man who went straight aud sin
 cerely ahead. For you may ss we'll know that till after
 you're dead, Somebody's going to kick. Washington Star.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Pu..le for French War once.

A singularly rare case under the law of universal militsry service is now engaging the attention of the French war ofice and of the public. among them the mainstay of a very poor family of eight other children and their mother, who are swept at one stroke from the workshop to the bar racks. One Is mason. one a painter and one an agricultural laborer. An other point arises as to which should be exempt If legal excuse Is extended to any Even their own mother is ignorant which of the three saw day light first and 1t Is quite impossible to say which is the eldest and which is the youngest.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Limbs and joints should be large and well formed. Those who resemble their mothers may expect to live longest, and the frst-born Is longer lived than the other children. Out If million persons 225 women reach the age Of 100 years. Only s2 men in the same number are privileged to see century Of life. One of the secrets of long life is to have plenty of sleep. and other rules gre: To sleep on the right side, keep the bedroom window open all night, take bath of the same temper
 ature as the body every morulng. don't have pets In the living rooms, take daily exercise In the open air. watch the three D's-drinking water, damp
 ness and drains: limit your ambitions
 keep your temper, worry less, work more, ride less, walk more, eat less
 chew more, preach less, practice more.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

The implements of the sartorial art. ist have been very largely augmented during the past few years, the ancient tape measure being no longer the sole mechanical assistant of the cutter and filter. In the feminine world one of the greatest difficulties of the litter is to secure an even cut of the bottom of the skirt, 1t being difficult to calcu- late with any degree of accuracy the actual length, owing to the curvature of the fitted form and the take-up due to the introduction of trimming
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Conditions have changed in relation to the farmer. No longer Is he segre- gated from his fellows. His is not now condition of irremediable loneliness or isolation. With the advent of the interurban trolley car, the telephone and the rural mail delivery the entire condition of his existence has changed. To-day the farmer has his daily news. paper. his added facilities for core spondence and his telephone that brings him within speaking distance of his neighbors and the great outside world. The nature of the farmer has changed with the changed conditions that surround him. He has become a business man who h in constant touch with his markets and is well versed in the varying circumstances of trade in the commodities that he produces. The old days of loneliness are gone forever. The man with the hoe has triumphed at last. He has come into his own.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

A man who is recognized as emi- nently successful in business has hang ing over his desk 6 little motto which says: Do the Hard Thing First.' T ca me across that motto years ago,
 he says. "at a pivotal dms in my life. l suddenly realised that had been in the habit of putting off the disa- greeable duties, of evading the un- pleasant tasks, and they had formed ghost which haunted me and beld me back. tackled up that motto and set tied down To work on the disa agreeable duties I had pushed aside. Soon had them out of the way. and ever after wards I attempted the hardest thing first. gave my freshest efforts to the work I dreaded most, and owe what is called my success largely to this awakening and change of tactics" Many . man who has done much good work has fallen short of success be- cause some disa agrseabl thing lay in his way which be would not overcome. A bookkeeper who complained that he was not advanced as rapidly as he thought he deserved to be had 1t point ed out to him that his handwriting was bad. Practice in handwriting was repugnant to him, and he remained in the minor position. Many people fail because they refuse to do the small things, and these mount up in the final reckoning forming q barrier between then, and suceess. If you have not met with the success you think your efforts merit do not rail against fate. but just east about for the disagree- able portions of your work from which you have shrunk. You may not at tach any importance to them. But you can never know how your neglect of them has changed the current of your life. Somehow or other 1t seems that the hard things are the important things. Maybe their importance makes them hard. The road to success is a rough one. Flowers bloom at the way side. 1t is true, but he who would get on must roll the stones out of his way first and lie among the nowers after ward. Lots of us lie among the flow CTS nrst. thinking that when we weary of that we will go to rolling stones. But the longer we lie the more dis tasteful and hard stone-rolling be- comes. He who defers an unpleasant duty does 1t twice. Anticipa ton of It may become | continued torture. IL is wise to be done with 1t in the first place. and then contemplation of 1t be- comes a pleasure.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

We are convinced that 1t requires too much stratning of point to dis tinguish between pure and impure money when the purpose to which 1t is to be devoted is commendabIe. With the large and ever increasing field for the employment of money in the relief of suffering and the spread of educa- tion. religion and general enlighten- ment, we suggest that churches and charitable organiza lions would do well to measure the good that may come from the proper use of money against the purely ethical question of source of the money to be thus employed.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
A womau's Chance.

Every woman has the signs which tell the experienced whether she will live to be very old. Here are some of the supposed signs of longevity. The woman who appears taller in propor. ton when sitting down than when standing has a good chance of long life
 If the body is long in proportion to the limbs, tine heart, lungs and digestive organs are large. The pulse should beat with q full and normal stroke.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Ru,a for 0irla.

Don't frown.
 Don't get angry.
 Don't speak untruthfully.
 Don't withhold the kind word.
 Don't forget that wealth of character is far above all riches.
 Don't depend upon others to make you happy, but try to make others happy.
 Don't fall to see the happiness in the lives of toilers with whom you come in contact.
 Don't fail to make new resolutions when old ones form themselves into bad habits.
 Don't let 6 day pass without adding at least one stone 10 the building of your character. |.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Rulea for the Maid.

The rule of "a place for everything and everything in Its place" must be enforced. The maid must keep her kitchen cupboards in as good order as her china closets. and If she does In little while she will become so famil- lar with the location of each utensil and each piece of china or glass that she could find 1t in the dark. There should be no liberty allowed of keep Ing thing In one place at one time and in another some other time. This may seem trife, but all these trlhes do their part In creating an orderly and systematic habit of mind. Do not permit the maid to leave the dishes standing around arter they have been washed, but teach her that 1t is as es- sential to put these away as soon as they are clean as It Is for her to wash her dish towels and hang them out to dry once a day.
 Try to cultivate system h your maid In other ways. Impress 1t upon her that she must let you know as soon as the supply of any article Is exhausted and not walt until there is need for 1t again before she discloses to you the fact that 1t is wanted. To help her in this hang in your kitchen q small pad of paper and pencil and instruct her that as soon AS she uses the last of any provision she Is to write the name of this on the slip that 1t may serve as a memorandum when you go to mar ket.
 If your maids memory is poor, en- courage her to make notes of the items of tue wOrh shs has to perform. In a way this may not develop her memory 50 we'll as charging her mind with the details, but there are many of us whose remembrances need a crutch now and then.-Harper's Bazar.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

her forward; doubling down with the backward motion-always slanting to the wind, whichever way.
 The cream of the journey was when, at the end of the backward movement, there came rapturous pause. Just in that instant was crowded a whole life time of delight: for at that highest point All could see out. away over the rim of the world. It all lay before her; first the neighboring gardens. then the far meadows, then the farther hills,
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Mir. Roosevelt Was Wounded.

The Spanish war veterans have been discussing the historic question of whether or not President Roosevelt was wounded in the Santiago fight, says a Washington special to the Kan sas City Star. Numerous statements and misstatements have been made in the matter. Captain William E. En- glish, an aid on the stan of General
 Wheeler at Santiago, corrects the va
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who r,ads the photograph was enjoy

who made the photograph was enjoy. Ing ( morning tramp through the heather in the highlands in search of grouse. h the moment that hs stood alone and posed for the photograph he doubtless experienced ( feeling of per sonal safety unknown to him at any other time or place. There were no cares of court or state to weigh upon his mind and body, no treacherous menial to betray him to his enemies. no lurking anarchist to hurl his soul into eternity without warning. Above him was the gray sky of Scotland and about him the wind-swept moor of the highland, and for company two honest freemen. For tke time being he WAS a man among men, with no occasion to suspect or fear those about him. What grateful sense of relief he must have experienced can only be con jectured, but unless he be lacking In human emotions be must have tasted momentarily the delights of the calm. restful. simple life of the highland peo- pie about him. Of all the uneasy heads that wear q crown, none lies so un- easily as the Car of Russia's at this time. The picture which shows that monarch relieved from his worries, cares. doubts and fears. even for the moment as it was, is 6 pictorial preach ment to all men who seek to gain or exercise unjust power, and who, like the CEar of Russia, never experience the joy of the simple life but for neeting moment, and then only to in- crease the misery of their daily exist ence through its loss.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Frock of old-blue mohair with full skirt tucked at top, shaped founces at bottom, with stitched band same for finish. Blouse waist square in the neck, with stitched shaped band and stole tabs; puffed sleeve with tucks and double founce reaching below the elbow; also at top, forming epaulette effect
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Raising a Girl in the Wrong Way.

Raising a Girl in the Wrong Way.
 An Atchison girl of fifteen gets up in the morning, eats breakfast which her mother has prepared, goes upstairs and takes care of her room and then goes downtown, sometimes taking two hours, to buy spool of thread. She eats dinner which her mother has pre- pared, wears clothes her mother has made, spends the afternoon reading story books or gaddins with her friends, eats supper her mother has prepared and spends the evening with her girl friends. She has done noth- ing wicked all day. and her mother Is satisfied that she is bringing her up right. But is she?-Atchison Globe.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Several years ago an English news. paper published a picture of the Car of Russia taken while he was shoot. ing on a Scottish moor. At the time the Czar of all the Russias was on . visit to his relative, the late Queen of Great Britain, and in company with . single gamsksepsr and the attendant
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

A young man who has been doing some experimenting reports that carv- ing chicken is like courting a girl he was sure to get each of them into his lap before he got through He may learn with practice to overcome the difficulty in the case of the chicken.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

The United States government paid fine of $50 few days ago because the smoke from the government printing office defiled the air of Washington. Thus did Uncle Sam make one hand wash the grime of the ether.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

It may be true, as medical scientist declares, that the drunkard is victim of disease. but the drunkard Is not passive sufferer. He Is always willing to be treated.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

A St. Louis man who has four daughters offers prize of s10,oO0 to the one who shall remain unmarried the longest. The average man who has four marriageable daughters on his hands will be likely to question the mental soundness of this Missourian.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

The lead supply of the country has been captured by s trust. The Rus sians would doubtless rejoice If the trust should cut Japan from Its list of patrons.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Prof. Loeb says that all the sea UT chins need to sustain life Is little salt mixed with vinegar. That's all right. but what We would like to know Is, do they wake up in the middle of the night and cry for iti
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
High In In the ALT.

The swing was flying through the air. as high as ever 1t could climb.
 All clung to the ropes and balanced herself. fearless as a bird. Leaning far back. with her little feet straight out, AS the rush of the swing carried
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

A church has refused a gift of s1o0,- eco from John D. Rockefeller. It might be well 10 transfer the blIndtold from Justice 10 Charity.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Some of the scientists are inclined fore been called the canals on Mars are long stretches of farm land. But may they not, in fact, be pipe lines'
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Mrs. MaybricA's opinion of the American attorney Is evidently on par with her opinion of the English judges. She has had experience with borh
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Mrs. Chadwick Is writing her auto biography. The librarians will, of course. list 1t among the technical works on high finance.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Race suicide should be discouraged. but there should be more attention paid 10 improving the quality rather than the quantity |.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Appropriate Weapon.

Police Judge-With what instrument or article did your wife inhict these wounds on your face and head?
 Michael Mooney-Wid motty, yer aner.
 Police Judge-A what!
 Michael Mooney-A motty-wan O these frames wid God Bless Our Home" in it.-Cleveland Leader.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

General Lew Wallace used but four sentences in his will He evidently improved upon his Ben Hur" style of writing.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

The congressman who has lot of postoffice contests to wrestle with thinks 1t a misnomer 10 call Ii q vaca ton.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

At any rate the mothers Of America cannot dispose of President Roosevelt by telling him to go and get reputs. ton as a father.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Dr. Patton says that language is thoughts pottry." IL Is used very largely in the manufacture of family jars.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

guess the man what 'scovered work
 Want born yet. in that day. And everybody lived to eat
 An just forever play; Old aunts. I s'pose. were not about
 To poster every one. An scream. Now. John, be keerful. boy
 Jist put away that gum They had no kindergartens then
 To ketch a kid so young, An make him spell such fearful words,
 To twist feller's tongue. The man that wrote the 'rithmetic
 Had not yet hardly started To make those tables that are fit
 To make one broken-hearted. They didn't have to comb their hair,
 An keep their hands so clean, An when a boy ate twenty cakes
 They didn't think him mean: wish we weren't so civilized,
 An just lived full O joy. As everybody did way back
 When Gran'pa was boy. Thomas Curtis Clark.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Andrew Carnegie HOW says he has TO intention of dying poor. Has the needles eye lost its teTrors?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

''I have avoided cigarette smoking for twenty six years." young man said to-day, but no one ever com mended me for it, and intend to be- gin."
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
PUBLISHED wERKL,

Once more the Supreme Court insists that the Philippines are part of us.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Now that they are 10 have legis- lature, politics will soon be enumerated among the products of the Philippines.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Paper kettles.

The Japanese are clever people, and not the least of their wonderful inventions is a kettle made of thin pa- per.
 Every soldier carries one, and when he wants hot water he simply fills his paper kettle. But before hanging 1t over the fire he lets the water run down the sides. This acts as a pro- tection from the heat. and in ten min utes the water is boiling. The cost of the kettle is only a cent. and with care It may be used eight or ten times.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Every man may have his price, but 1t differs greatly from what his neigh. bors think he is worth.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Couundrums for the Wise.

Conundrums for the Wise.
 What black thing enlightens the world? Ink.
 Name something with two heads and one body. A barrel.
 Why is bread like the sun? Because 1t rises from the yeast
 If you were to ride a donkey. what fruit would you resemblef A pair. What Is that which is heightened by being cut at both ends? A ditch.
 What coat is finished without but tons and put on wet? A coat of paint Why can't King Edward be buried in cIvtionds p~vaueS hS isrs't dead.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
LITTLE STORIES
 AND INCIDENTS That Will Interest and Entertain Young
 Readers.

ana beyond those, through cle1t ID the uplands, there was divine glimpse of blue. Sometimes there would be a sail upon II. or wisp of smoke. Still beyond all that there was always the sky that encircled the world, and the clouds that foated in it.
 Every time the swing flew back un- der Rays vigorous pushing. Ali would brace herself to try and remain al the magic spot. But no: the glimpse was always as feeting as the foam on a wave-crest
 'I am a wave" sang All. "1 am wave of the blue sea out there. 1 rush, like the glad water. down through the hollows of air; and down low all is common and everyday. Ray gives me a push-that is the wind pushing the sea-and I fly forward In a great curve. I so down. down: then up, up again; and just as think I am to break loose and sail of into the sky, the swing stops me. That Is the un- dertow Back, back l am dragged; down, down; then up. up: and as I climb can see farther and farther. The world grows large, and suddenly I break into flying foam and leap above the wavecrest. Then I see the worlds rim.
 There Is something beyond. I know. Something more. something wonderful, something great and grand. Some day shall go and find it. but not in swing. The swing Is just to let me know that there Is something to find. I will go out and hnd-Life.
 Ray, you may let the Old Cat die"
 The swing went slower, slower. till at last 1t stopped.
 Ray" said All, "I have seen the rim of the world. Tomorrow let us start very early in the morning and go and find It."
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

Bookkeepers are merely ngureheads in the business.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
When Gran,pa Mas q Boy.

The world WAS just big play
 When Gran'pa was boy. An every day a picnic time,
 With no work 10 annoy: In those old times when he was young.
 The sun was always bright; An mothers never called from play
 Because twas getting night.