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The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-24
Best 25 Cont Meals

Railroad Restaurant has the best 9 cent meals in town, equal to 50 cent meals other places. Second Ave. and Broadway, opposite depot. Private rooms for ladies.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-24
cLEANLY WOMAN,
ErrOneousIy Thinks by Securing Her
 Scalp That She Cures DandruH.

CIeanly woman has an erroneous idea that by securing the scalp, which re- moves the daudruf scales, she Is curing the dandruT' She may wash her scalp every day. and yet have dandruH her life long. accompanied by falling hair, too. The only way in the world to cure dandrufr Is to kill the dandruf germ, and there Is no hair preparation that will do that but Newbro's Herpicide. Herpi- eide by killing the dandruH germ. leaves the hair free to grow as healthy Nature intended. Destroy the cause you remove the effect. Kill the dan druf germ with Herpicide. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The HerpIcide Co.,, De- troit. Mich.
 Wm. Britt, Special Agent.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-24
Building For Sale Cheap

The Washington state building at the Portland fair, which cost S35, is offered for sale for Sl,OO0, It has been suggested that it be purchased for the proposed exposition at Seattle in 1907.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-24

The Pack Train Restaurant will serve wine with dinner orders, free, in place of tea or coffee. Come on boys.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-24
ShAEway Laundry

For frst-clsss work try SkagwaG aundry. Twenty-Five years eXperi- co. Telephone S9. tt
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-24

Oyster cocktails, Olympia or Eastern at the Pack Train restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-24
Only Place in Town

The only place in town at which you can get Jos. Seagrem's White wheat Whiskey is at the Seattle Saloon
The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-24

In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and the official seal ot the Town of Skagway this 4th day of Sep tember, A. D., 1905. ~ IL. s. W. S' MChEAN, Clerk of the Town of Skagway, Alaska.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
LET HIM BE PUNISHED.

There Is now being worked up a strong effort for clemency to Senator John Nipple Mitchell. and 1t is argued by some that nothing but a fine should be imposed on him. They point to his age. his long public services, and the position he has occupied. and argue that 1t would be cruel to send the old man to the penitentiary.
 All this sentimental sympathy Is mawkish and undeserved. The fact that the man had been honored by his people makes his offence the more un- pardonable. Whether it Is exactly right or not, the fact remains that we expect more from those who occupy high and responsible positions. The assumption may not in all cases be proper, but it Is a fact that we elect -or are supposed to do so-because of their high character and attainments. and we expect them to be a credit to their office and to the country. We expect them to set an example of in tegrity and honesty in office. and when tHey Idll tO uO SO, the pcOpIe are Hd- turally shocked and disappointed.
 This man Mitchell cannot claim ig- norance as an excuse. He knew that he was violating the law, violating his oath of ohice and bringing discredit on the Senate and the people He cannot riead ignorance as many a poor crim- inal does. but the poor man is told that ignorance of the law excuses no man." and so he Is punished. It is not possible for Mitchell to claim that he sinned through ignorance. He was well aware of the laws and regulations he was violating, and is thereby es- topped from putting up the plea of ig- norance.
 It Is one of the reproaches of our tu- risprudence that the poor and ignorant are punished while the rich and power- full go free. That there is some ground for this charge is seen in the courts all over the country, and if Mitchell es- capes 1t will add one more example to the many already existing. The pun ishment of one man in high station will have a more salutary effect than the punishment of a dozen of the poor and friendless will. More depends on the honesty of the great than on that of the poor and obscure, because more Is ex- pected of them by public sentiment, and their example is of more importance. When a Senator of the United States is accused and convicted of grave crimes and goes unpunished, what excuse can we have for sending the poor and ob- scure criminals to prison? John Nipple Mitchell should be forced to take his medicine. The dose may be bitter one. and good people may be grieved. but their sorrow and regret should be because of his crimes and not because of his punish ment. It is an old and not a bad adage that the strong lance of justice will break against the armor of the rich and great, but a straw will pierce tae armor of the poor and friendless. If Mitchell is punished as he deserves, 1t will be triumph of justice and may be a timely warning to others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
Good old Cure for Evil Impulse.

Minneapolis Tribune.
 A Council Bluffs boy who was arrest ed the other day, attributed his numer- ous thefts to impulses which he cannot control He says he has to do every thing that suggests itself to him, no matter what 1t is We have seen boys like that Swimming suggests itself and To. they were off; they chanced to catch sight of a cherry pie In the pam try and they were impelled by an IT, resistible impulse to eat 1t. and though psychologists did not look into their cases and take mysterious notes after feeling of their heads. we venture to assert that the same cure if applied to the Iowa boy, would be as effective In his case as 1t was in theirs, strong pliable switch from the orchard. Treat ment should begin early and be con tinued until marked improvement is noted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Interesting Notes About Some of the
 Persons Talked About.

Toilstoi spends much of his time 'p roaming througl the woods.
 Rastamji Manekji. native of Bom- plains of the heat he has to endure tn ere.
 The Czar of Russia, according to a French inter- aticnal almanac, draws annually $4o,ooo.ooo from the national exchequer.
 Princess Hatzfeldt, adopted daughter and heiress of the late Collis P. Hunt ington, Is the recognized leader of Anglo American society
 J. Howard Larcomhe, the one-time associate of the railroad king, Tom Scott, and of Andrew Carnegie, the ironmaster, Is a clerk in the Pension Office at Washington. Il years old yesterday. and passed his birthday with the Rev. w. S. Caughey, pastor of St. Stephens Church, South ampton, l.. I. ready has received letters addressed to him as MT. Napoleon, Secretary of the Navy" In signing State documents he writes his name in full.
 is to push scient tific farming in the Ha- waiian Islands in behalf of Uncle Sam: He was formerly in the employment of the Australian Government in New South Wales.
 The Empress of Russia's toilet water Is perfumed with violets which are gathered specially at Grasse between 5 and o'clock in the even.nJ-the time when Her Majesty declares their per fume is most delicious.
 Lady Dufferin of India was once ad- dressed as your enormity." An Abys- sinian missive once came to the late Queen Victoria. addressed to the queen of Kings. Empress of the Great Red say: Come ava in and sit doom. Queer Victoree. .-- ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
Chinese Invasion Nonsense.


 To set up man of straw and then knock 1t down Is a favorite exercise of some folks. ...
 This recreation is now being indulg- ed in by certain people who exclaim against unrestricted Chinese immigra- tion. We are told by such people that If the Pacific Coast is to be the habitat of a Chinese colony our civilization is in danger.
 We are also warned that it will be far better to give up all idea of secur- ing Asiatic trade than to pay the price involved in opening our doors to hordes of Canton coolies. :.:. =.-@.'4 %.. Y
 All these dismal imaginings would be more impressive if anybody had pro- posed to open the doors to unrestricted Chinese immigration. It would. indeed be a serious mater to make Chinese province of the Pacific slope. In such contingency there would be great force to the historic inquiry of Truth full James:
 Is our civilization a failure
 And Is the Caucasian played out?
 But what are the facts Certain inn migration inspectors, inspired, no doubt. by misdirected zeal. have been enforce ing the provisions of the Chinese. ex- clusion law against Chinese who are expressly exempted from these pro- visions by the terms of the act itself. This has excited resentment in China and disapproval in this country.
 Setting aside the somewhat vague and tenuous talk of a boycott of Amer ican goods in China as a result of this treatment of Chinese merchatnS and students, the principal consideration Is whether a few immigration inspect ors are to be permitted to make immi- grafton laws to suit themselves-for that Is what it amounts to. There is not and has not been any demand for letting down the bars. Nobody has proposed such thing, Hence extravagant talk about giving over the Pacific States of the Union to yellow horde" is purely and simply nonsense.
 Even that high priest of anti-Monso- lianism, Denis Kearney, who is proper ly described as a demagogue and an unmitigated ruff1an, did not object to Chinese men of letters and inoffensive travellers passing through the uhueo States.
 That has been left for the new school of advanced thinkers who shiver with apprehension at the thought of a Chi- nese invasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
NEW ORLEANS VIEW.
The Way Her Press Talks of Crushing
 Out the Fever.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
 Common sense having thus shown it. self In regard to quarantine, 1t should rid of the disease at the earliest pos sible time. We have everything in our favor In this fight, and 1t ought to be Is limited to a special district a small area of i've squares. It has been under treatment there for several days with encouraging results Knowing as we ton and propagation-of which we were completely ignorant in the past we can carry on the campaign against It under conditions a thousandfold bet ter than ever before, New Orleans Is a rich city. with so much at stake. that all the funds needed will be promptly
 It Is wholly unnecessary now to dis cuss the manner in which the disease was introduced here beyond taking ssen stePs S S will Ws Msn shs ss Is to crush 1t out at once.
 The fact that the fever is restricted to district of only few squares rem ders 1t possible to carry on the sanita- ton and disinfection under much bet ter conditions than heretofore.
 Finally, knowing as we do now that species of mosquito--rare among our mosquitoes. yet sufficiently numerous to spread the disease unless they are got rid of.the campaign simply re-
 
 minating these disease spreading mos quitoes or preventing them from reach ing those who are sick of yellow fe- yer.
 This is not a difficult task. and the splendid stccess that has crowned the efforts made by Havana in this mat and other Cuff ports. If the Cuban capital. which we have been wont to can get rid of the yellow fever by kli- ing It's stigomyia mosquitoes or screen ing the fever sick from them. New Or leans should find little difficulty in ac- complaining the same result. No worse infected city existed in the world than Havana. there is none healthier today. Yellow fever has no terrors for 1t. The disease has been introduced several times since, but the adoption of the simplest methods has crushed 1t but. We must do the same, and should not even regard 1t as difficult; The work has already begun on the district whece the feTer has made its appearance; 1t should be carried out throughout the city-a persistent war on the mosquito. on all mosquitoes. but on"the stigomyia in particular.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
sidewalk Penei1ina$
Captain Powers Talks.

John F. Powers. when at home Sher- if of Mobile County and when the First Artillery is in camp, Commissary and Captain, is out at Electric Park feeding the men who are commanded
 It may be said incidentally that Cap tain and Sheriff Powers is one of the most popular citizens of Mobile Coun- ty. The number of times the people of that County have voted him into of- flee attests that fact. Captain Powers is Chairman of the Can't Get Away Club. an organization of great good and usefulness in times of epidemic He Is both an immune and yellow fe- yer expert, so far as a layman can be the latter. He had the yellow fever when a young man and in every epi- demic since the war he has nursed yellow fever patients and assisted in the control of the disease in Mobile. Out of his fund of experience he has evolved some definite ideas upon the question of yellow fever.
 The trouble the South has with vel terday, comes from New Orleans fruit trade with Central American countries during the summer Every time yellow fever has broken out. 1t has broken out in New Orleans where 1t was brought by the fruiters plying the Gulf of Mexico. Either a ,more rigid quarantine ought to be placed on these fruiters in the summer time or they ought to be stopped from coming into New Orleans when they come from the countries which have yellow fever. Mobile maintains more rigid quaran- tine on these fruiters than New Or leans does. They are not oblige1s 10 have bananas in New Orleans if they have to take yellow fever with them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
IS YOUR COAT DUsTYv
You Probably Have the White ScaS
 of Dandruff on 1t.

If your coat or shoulders have a white dust upon 1t, the chances are that 1t Is from dandruff. The only way to permanently cure dandruff Is to re- move the cause, which Is a germ. Newbro's Herpicide kills the germ. Every toilet table should have such a hair dressing that contains also the destroyer of the dandrufr and hair fall ing germ. It stops all irritation. keeps the scalp sweet, pure and wholesome. Remember that something claimed to be "just as good" will not do the work of genuine Herpicide. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The Herpicide O.. Detroit. Mich. tu-frt
 For sale by E. G. Fov~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1905.
SMASHING THE IDOLS.

The New York Times seems to take delight in the work of idol-smashing and no legend or tradition is sacred against attack from its hammer. Some days ago 1t took contemporary to task for speaking of the lost art of tempering copper. It doubts If there was ever any such art. and doubts that the ancients or any other people could temper copper as we understand the term in connection with steel.
 Well. perhaps they didn't, to the ex- tent that is sometimes claimed. It may be that neither copper nor bronze could be so hardened and tempered as to make it equal to the fine steel that we now are familiar with, but there must be something more than legend or tra- dition in all that has come down to our day on the subject. The workers and warriors of the days before steel came into use could not have done all that they undoubtedly did unless they had possessed harder metal than the cop per as we know it, The Times may smash and doubt. but we deny that 1t has made it's point.
 Another famous and favorite belief which forms a target for our contem- porarys blundgeon is the sword of Damascus, about which we have been reading in song and story ever since we quit the primer. No romance or story of knights and crusaders Is com plete unless 1t rings in some of these blades. No poem of the brave days of old" could be properly rounded out if the keen blade of Damascus was not made to do duty in it, The blade that could cut n single hair like a razor or could chop the handle. or even the metal head of a foreman's spear, which was polished like a mirror, yet pre- sented the wavy appearance which has come to be called "Damaskeening" is too intricately interwoven with history and romance to be pried loose by the doubting pencil of one who writes. as The Times has done: ::...:
 Probably some of these stories are true and the rest have something in them" but we have several not very timid suspicious that these famous swords owe their reputation more to the skill with which they were used by men who devoted their whole lives to
 
 to any now inimitable merits in the weapons themselves. Many of the feats for which tradition vouches are eyi- dently nothing more than sleight oi hand and they tell about as much con cerning the temper of the steel as du the tricks of the modern tuggler con corning the composition of the cards with which he amazes his spectators There are not a few Damascus blades in the museums and they are the prod ucts of good work, but so far we know there Is nothing aboubAthem ex- cept just possibly the decoration that would give the best modern artifcers many sleepless nights before duplica- tion-or bettering-was achieved.
 That is enough to discourage any one who wishes to retain faith in some of the stories of former days. The Times naaY .--zot as much as 1t will. but we insist on believing that the ancients could temper copper and that the swords of Damascus are something more than an unfounded tradition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25

We naturally expected The virginian- Pilot to get on the other side. and here 1t is: . ~: .: .-+ ...s-. -~-. ~..'. /"
 We agree with The Advertiser in it's praise of the cat except when 1t says that the cat Is the friend of man. The horse and dog are friends of man but the cat never. It will eat his food, warm itself at his hearth. purr in his lap by the hour-and end by scratching him without provocation. All that the cat has Is a sense of local attachment of personal attachment 1t has nothing whatever
 Then it winds up its indictment of felrs domesticus by saying that "even in its affections it is savage and treach- erous" We have known some few people that even a cat couldn't remain on good terms with. They are know ing animals and can generally tell who are their friends and they govern them selves accordingly. There must be something wrong with the digestion of any one who cannot enjoy the perfect content and happiness of an old cat lying on the warm carpet before the fire and purring It's grateful thanks for present blessings. Scat. fiinty heart!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
you.u.t.r.. Mixed History.

Around the great striking nBures Uf historv the small boy weaves curious answers. The Century Magazine gives the following recent example: "Moses's mother pitched his little cradle wihin and without with pitch and left him there in the pool of Siloam. But-when the daughter of solomon got the green leaf from the dove she hastened and brought food convenient for him. and the babe crowed thrice and grew up in her court"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
cetterS tc tbe Gdftcr
CLEAN UPg
Flush the Sewers Frequently and
 watch Every Corner.

watch Every Corner.
 Editor The Advertiser: .~----.*
 If you will allow me, 1 desire to i'm press upon our city authorities and every citizen to immediately and wig orously push the matter of thoroughly cleaning every hole and corner of the city, especially let the city freely use the vast amount of water at our com sewers throw out an odor to the passer- by that is certainly menacing to health. and many cellars along Commerce. Dex- ter Avenue and Perry Street are in con- ditions from the stench arising from them" for certain food for fever of any character. We have got to be very viz liant if we keep yellow fever out of Montgomery No discount that 1t IS now spreading and time will disclose 1t. oil the stagnant ponds around the city also: there are many. Citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
The Thing to Do,
Dothan Siftines

DOtnan SlItInSS.
 We haven't lived as long as some men but have beel here long enough to learn that the best thing for poiiti cal aspirants to do. is to go to work On a reputation as soon as they are out of the 'adle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
Limited Knowledge.

Judging from the coments of the State press the impression prevails that the Supreme Court of Alabama are high judges of law. but their knowledge of arc hitecture IS limited. This is becarse the court outvoted the others of the commission when 1t came to the selec- ton of a plan for the addition to the enlargement of tn, State House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
One on Him.

Detroit Tribune. ".~ .*..
 What on earth is the matter with this bed?' asked the new arrival at the country boarding house. Why the lin- en is patched and darned until it re- sembles a crazy quilt"
 The told me you are joke writer, replied the landlady.
 What of that?"
 why. thought you were used to funny sheets"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
A Good Change.
Troy Messenger

Troy -Nessen8er
 what a change since this time last summer! Then all the un occupied store rooms were wanted for ten pin alleys, end many brawny aims were engaged in rolling the Dig balls. Now there is no alley and no vacant stores and the boys are all at work. Good!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25

duct it." says The Queen City Courier. Naturally 1t does. and as 1t seems that we must choose between licensed sa- looms and blind tigers. we look on the saloon ss the lesser evil
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
A Get-Rich-Qu uick Scheme.

Dallas News
 These get-rich- quick fellows all seem to be getting into trouble"
 "Yes, and their schemes are all slow CT and more unsafe than mine"
 Gee whiz! Put me next. What is yours?"
 Marry 1t, my boy; marry it."
 well, wouldn' that be getting into trouble, too?'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25

The mosquito never had many friends and should have none at this time. If they are good for anything. we have not been notiefd of 1t. and 1t seems beyond doubt that they do much harm. Let them be exterminated. and the sooner the better
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
 Getting Ideas,
TuscalOosa

Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette
 It Is said that while Professor Loeb has not discovered exactly what life Is, he is beginning to get some lucid ideas on the subject. Some few editors might vouch safe him the interesting informa- ton, If the Professor would excuse Sunday School words.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-25
According to The Guthrie State capi-

According to The Guthrie State Capi- tai, the farmers of Oklahoma are up against a serious but unusual obstacle. The ears of corn are so plentiful and so large and long that the farmers can't walk between the rows and are
 oubIed to know how they are to gather the crop. That is a difficulty that rarely confronts the corn grower.