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Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
DEAD LETTER OFFICE BUSY.
Eleven Million Pieces of Mail Mat
 ter Sent There in . Year.

For a number of years the Post Office Department has endeayored to Impress upon the public the importance of exer- cising care in writing addresses on let ters, etc, sent throug the mails. Al though this campaign of education has been effective in a measure, the fact that more than II 100000 pieces of un- delivered matter were handled in the division of dead letters during the year 1905 indicates that there is still con- siderable carelessness in this respect.
 MT. De Graw, the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, appreciatlng that much remains to be accomplished in re- ducing the number of dead" letters to a minimum, recently obtained authority from Postmaster General Cortelyou to adopt a plan of procedure which 1t Is believed will materially aid In solving the problem and thereby benefit the general public and relieve the depart ment The plan contemplates inclosing
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
Keeping Cool.

A popular article of household furni- ture among Americans in the Philip pines Is said to be the "refrigerating stove" This stove Is designed to keep people cool insead of hot. Just as we heat our houses In the States in winter with coal stoves, so the wanderer who has set up housekeeping In the Philip pines cools his house with cold stove.
 These cold stoves are made to look something like an ordinary stove, and. being fed with ammonia and chemicals, give out radiations of cold waves in- stead of heat One can imagine fam fly gathering around the refrigerating stove for coolness on hot night In the Philippines just as on cold night in the States they had been accustomed to gather around the parlor stove for warmth.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18


 Twelve thousand four hundred and thirty three immigrants. making over per cent of all who applied to us for admission In the last fiscal year. were debarred as paupers, diseased persons. or for other reasons. They were forced 10 go back 10 Europe st the expense of the transportation com panies that brought them over. The percentage was about the same ss in the preceding year. but considerably larger than in any earlier year of the ifteen-year period since 1892. with the exception only of 1898 and 1892. The lowest percentage of rejections in that period was in 1898. with .24 per cent he highest in 1898, with 1.32 per cent, while the figures for 1905 and 1906 are respectively l.15 and 1.13 per cent The watchfulness of the immigration inspectors is in part responsible for the great number of the debarred. but ex tra watchfuIness has been made nee essary by the interruptions eagerness NiIl WHICH some or llt etedLlslll Coui panies have drummed up immigration business. Even when the companies have to return the debarred passengers free. they have at least put into their treasuries the passage money west ward. and they feel that they can af ford the expense as an incident to their gains from full steerage lists. The system Is a very undesirable one. be cause of the unceasing vigilance Il Imposes on the inspectors at our home ports and because of the injustice to the debarred unfortunates who are sent back pennileSs to their old homes It should be changed by providing for better inspection at the European port: and by penalizing the companies when they have stimulated immigration with out giving proper warnings against the possibility of debarment. Congress al lowed the pending immigration bill tc lie over al the close of last session but it should not neglect 10 pass Il next winter. The provisions for the exclusion of undesirables should not be relaxed Rather they should be made more strict than they are. But they should be enforced in a less bur densome manner.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
Ch,cken, at sunday school.

A bright and winsome little girl, daughter of one of the editors friends, was sent out to the hen-house one day recently. to gather and bring In the fresh eggs, but she came back almost immediately without any eggs, and when her mother asked about them, the little one answered:
 Well, mother, the chickens were holding Sunday school, and I would not disturb them"
 The mother afterward found out that the hens were all cackling at the top of their lungs. and this made the Sunday school.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
The Lobster's Color.

Did you ever hear of the young housekeeper who refused to buy a fresh lobster at the market because It was not bright red In color? And of the poets bad blunder, who called It "the cardinal of the sea:" The point of the joke Is that the young house. keeper and the poet both though that red was the lobster's natural color. As most of you know, perhaps, the natu- ral color of the shell Is mixture of two pigments, red and blue When It is boiled. the blue washes out" and the red remains.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
LOSING BRAZIL TRADE,
Lack of Merchant Marine Puts Unfit
 ed States Far in Rear

Lack of Merchant Marine Puts Unfit
 ed States Far in Rear.
 Brazil Is a country of varied and wonderful resources and, with the in- troduction of proper machinery and up- tc-date methods. it's development would he extended so that within few years It would produce enormously and take rank among the leading commercial countries in the world, says the New York Tribune. It's export trade Is ad- vapcing now at very rapid rate, es- pecially that in rubber. which amounts to millions of dollars annually.
 The introduction of the bicycle, the automobile and other rubber-tired ye- hicles has given the rubber production an impetus which has caused It to forge to the front as the leading ex. port of the country.
 The coffee trade Is also being extend ed rapidly, having healthy growth to It's credit The United States purchases one-half the coffee exported from Bra gil. which, during the fiscal year ended with June 30, 1904, amounted in value to s48,922, ,974
 Of the three leading nations which sold their products to Brazil in 1904 Great Britain ranks first, with $34. .976.- 2GG to Its credit or 2s per cent of the total amount of her imports. Germany comes second. with s15,975,11s, or 12 per cent, and the United States third, with s14,o31 gro. or II per cent. The great disparity of the amount of goods sold by Great Britain and the United States to Brazil presents a problem for the manufacturers and exporters
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
A Veteran.

A member of the bar of Baltimore relates how a witness h trial suit in that city once "got back" at the lawyer who had been endeavoring to rattle" the witness by a severe cross examination.
 At certain point In the proceedings the witness suddenly interrupted the cross-examining lawyer by exclaiming ::
 Look here! You needn't think you kin rattle me by askin' all them ques- tons"
 .NoT" was the sarcastic rejeiRder.
 No, sirree" came In emphatic tone from the refractory witness. Your questions don't bother me at all. I've raised three sons an two grandsons, an I've been In training a good many years."-Harper's Weekly.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
Rich Indians.

If It be permitted to call an Indian tribe a people" as that term Is used in statistical matters, some of them, It Is said, are the richest in the world. According to figures that the editor saw recently, the English are the rich est civilized people in the world, with an average, per capita. of Sl,266. France comes next, with an average of s1,102. and the United States third. with an average of S1,o29; but some of the Indian tribes out west. by req son of the sale of their lands to the government, are worth It Is said, from 5000 to s1o,OO0 per capita.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
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chested. splndle-legged boys among the Greeks. The Persian bey was taught to speak the truth, to run. ride and shoot the bow.
 The English boy Is encouraged to run. In fact. at some of the great English public schools, boys of 13 and II years of age, like Tom Brown and East at Rugby. can cover six and eight miles cross-country In the great hare and-hounds run. Every Toy Is turned out twice a week and made to run and fill himself full of pure, fresh air and sunshine.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
Cold Bus1ness Fake,

Trade Journals, devoted to the inter. ests of retail druggists, are well sup. piled with advertisements, offering, for a consideration. formulas that will pro duce "ice cream" at a ridiculously low price. Whether such connections will pass inspection as articles of pure food may be quite another question.
 One of these advertisers, doing busi. ness in Mississippi, says: T use no eggs, no gelatine. no cooking. My cream is rich. highly favored, smooth as velvet, heavy body. Cost. not to ex. ceed 42 cents a gallon. Receipt for g ,
 Another says: Ice cream made with my Is as smooth as velvet, adds richness to poor cream, cheaper than good gelatin. Cannot be detected where gelatin can. Replaces egg whites in sherbets and ices.'
 Yet another says: - improves quality, decreases cost: the only pro. duct that does not taste in Ice cream. when a liberal quantity is used; de creases cost of ingredients. increases bulk" etc.-Indianapolis News.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

and likewise at Washington when be vas charge d'affaires there. It was In Washington that their only child, Miss Elizabeth, now a sprghtly girl of 16, was born. Baroness Rosen is the daugh- ter of Gen. Odintzoll, a famous Rus sian soldier and governor of Mini Nov gorod- She takes prominent place in Washington society and has made many friends both for herself and her hus- band by her cleverness, tact and great beauty.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
For Q Party.

When your little brother or sister has a birthday party and you want a novelty as a centelpiece for the tea table try the "Enchanted Pumpkin" and see what fun 1t will make for the guests.
 It ought to be a prize pumpkin and big one. Scoop out all the inside ; that will do well enough to make pies out of for grown-up people on days that are not birthdays. Then stuff 1t full of toys tied up in mysterious-look- ing bundles.
 To each package tie a bright ribbon, letting the loose ends fall out over the sides of the pumpkin. Then carefully
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

These college professors may not be % very far ahead of future legislation. We spend through Washington now S7,OOO.0O0 a year in developing plant life, but not dollar to discover a pre- ventive of pneumonia. In ten years the department of agriculture has ex. pended nearly s50,OO0.000 in develop ing products of the soil, but there is no bureau with money for the develop ment of the more than 100000 infants every year. It is true that Drs. Wiley. Atwater and Benedict have done won derful work, but within a limited sphere. In the preservation of infant life. While they have worried for little money to carry on experiments, | million has gone in stamping out chol- era among swine Professor Norton estimates that during the next census period more than 6,OOO.OO0 of infants under two years of age must succumb, yet with proper knowledge of prevent able diseases this number could be cut in two.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
The President's Flag.

The President of the United States has a special flag IL was designed and first used by President Arthur. In 1888. It has blue ground. with the arms of the United States In the cen ter. Whenever the President Is on ed at the main.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

She Is the eonfi- dant and adviser of her husband and nothing Is done by
 the latter unless the baroness Is first consulted. The lat ter is well ac- q U a ! D t e d W [ b American W a y 8, having been with her husband when be was consul gen. o~al of Nau- varl-
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
Run, Boys, Run!

Every American boy should learn to run. In Greece, in the days when men and women took better care of their bodies than they ever have since, every boy. and girl. too. was taught 10 run
 just as the American child Is taught to read. And so far as We can judge by the statues they have left behind them. there were very few hollow
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Rudyard Kipling in his latest poem refers to England as Freedoms chosen land" We can see very plainly that Rudyard is trying to regain the pub lies attention by starting up all argu- ment with us.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Edison says he is going to make 1t possible to build a S25.oo0 house for $500 by simply pouring concrete into molds It isn't likely. however, that this will put an end to unhappiness. People who have s25,O00 houses will worry because they can't have s50,OOO residences.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
Sadness of It.

Singleton-The only relations I have are distant
 Wedderly-Huh! You're in luck. All mine are near enough to visit me. Chicago News
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

It would seem about time for the czar to discharge the sp!ritualist me dium who Is giving him advice and hire one who can recognize foregone conclusion when he sees 1T on the other side of the street.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
Writing by Proxy.

Newman-The idea of saying that Pennan doesn't write the books that are published over his name! Why, be keeps two secretaries busy!
 Criticus-Yes, one writing and the other dictating.-Translate for Tales from Le Figaro.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Count Boni frankly states that he does not know when he will be able to pay his bills. Naturally. be will not be able to act until the court fixes the amount of his alimony.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

There are too many Helen's babies of mature age in Russia who are fool ing with a revolution merely to see the wheels go wound
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

King Edward certainly made a mis- ada. It would have done him an ines timable amount of good to get that close to the United States.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

It has been ascertained by expert ment that diet of pickles and vinegar, If persisted In long enough. will remove not only the fat. but likewise the lean, from the scene of action.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Wealthy young socialists who are eager 10 get back 10 the soil' will have little difficulty in exchanging worldly lots with ambitious farm hands
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

has accomplished what he owes him self and society. From an address re gently delivered by President Marks before the National Association oi Clothiers, at Cincinnati, the following common-sease sermons are quoted
 "We forget that the telephone and the typewriter have crowded two days eff forts into every days task. Have Vt the right to work at such high pres sure day in. day out. and at night come 10 our homes exhausted? Have wife and children no claim upon us which a tired brain will not fairly satisfy? Has society no claim; Va cations are the coupons on the bonds of industry that mature seml-annually Cut these coupons regularly, so that they. In turn, may be yitalIzed and earn interest The months rest makes man brighter. gives him reserve strength, makes his business more at tractive to him, and makes him more attractive to his business. Some mer- chants hare the conceit that they can not be spared. Let them go away and their vanity will receive a shock. If, however. a mans idea of his lndispen- stability Is really well founded. his business organization is failure" He who loves outdoors and who believes life has something for mans benefit better than the grlndstone. Is the man who finds life worth living and who helps to make It so for others.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Necessarily the man who leaps before he looks doesn't take much stock in the theory that procrastination Is the thief of time.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

John D. Rockefeller says be Is not a pessimist- Having had his digestive apparatus put into good working order, why on earth should he be a pessimist! :!
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Consul J. C. Kellogg advises farmers who wish to get rich to take COWS to Panama, where milk Is scarce. This seems like a good steer.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Business men-successful business men-are becoming converted to the idea that recreation Is profit paying investment, and that the work-weary
 man who cannot afford to take time to rest generally wears out before be
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

If a man make a change In business against his wife's wishes, and 1t proves a mistake, how he does catch 1t for the balance of his llfss
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

A St. Louis girl lived on diet of pickles and vinegar for the purpose of reducing her flesh. She has succeeded in getting rid Of it altogether.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
Overshot the Mark.

Mrs. Houston-I don't believe you ever want to work.
 Weary Willie-Oh, honest, lady, many's the time. But I'm such a stren- uous feller that every time I start ter go ter work I go clean past it-Phila- delphia Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

The gallows is the legitimate cure for the homicldal mania that has become almost epidemic these days. Ii is old f.. ..iorcI. lnt effective.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
BEAUTIFUL AND CLEVER.

Baroness Rosen One of the Most
 Popular Woman in Washington.
 One of the most beautiful and clever women in Washington Is Baroness Ro- sen, wife of the Russian ambassador.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Jabez Wolfe has failed to swim the English Channel. Jabez may now re turn to his regular job.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

In his manifesto Nicholas of Russia writes of our imperial will'' as glibly as If he actually had one.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

The Tennessee man who asks legisla ton barring peek-a-boo waists ought to wear binders
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

If he doesn't watch out, those Rus sian reyolutionists will get after Stoly- pin with a rolling pin.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

With the kind of game he Is play ing. 1t is very natural for the czar to have cold feet
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

When the stork brings girl>afte girl to a farmer, the only way he can break even Is to plant his grain fields Into fruit, something that girls can handle
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

The Russian Declaration of Inde pendence seems to be next In order.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Loafers seem more out of place around bank than anywhere else. And loafen are out of place anywhere
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

Learn to swim and then avoid deer water. ~
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18
A Spring Story.

Once more we hear the story
 That was told so long ago "The umpire was 'agin us,
 And we didn't have a show" Washington Star.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-10-18

One way the married women have to prove they are satisfied Is to talk about an cid maids lonesomeness.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-05
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
VINO SAVED CANAKEA

cANANEA. 6-pnora. Mexico.
July "A soldier of fortune, a
man with nerves of chilled steel
aud commander Of one Of the most
daring and unique organizations Of
fighters ia the entire world. saved
Ganauea from the Mexican rioters
Who for a st-Sg ravayed the great
copper camfNs6f " g Greene
tie Is Emilio koateIllttky. who
who has seen service Ia many eoun
tries aud whose name is known IN
the widest and most barren
reaches OF the great state OF sonora.
The command nf which Kostorlitf.
ky Is the head II known as the
mraiea Literally translated this
" Guild mean country police
iut Just what the rangers meant
tu Texas aud the other border
states Ia the early DAYS. the raralcs
mean Go Sonora They arp the best
armed fighturs IN The world The
repeating rifles which they carry
are Of the best and most effective
type Zach carries @)hracc Of 90.
ealiber siN shooters cner the POM
mel If every saddle there Is the
lafiaC aud the furalca are akilllul
rope thruWerH
The brain and The heart thfob Of
the ruralcs Ii Emilio kUstegltHky
kostetliltky IL a lieutenant colonel
II the regular army Of Mexico.
That was his title when he was
placed in command Ot the fnralca
Danger he recognizes. but he fears
Aalhlnx The Yaqui Indians o.
In him as death Outlaws ride
DAYS % 1seid hlm.
A man 81 the physique Of the
tiscg family. lean and 1.-THE rather
Na,n Nlky. and powerful llke the
-aalF bear. iron gray. q linkuist.
man of the world a drawing
rom type IN spite II hts more than
g. wears. Emilio koateflltfkY = an
unique character O
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-05
WOMAN DIES
FROM BURNS
MRS. A. 7. lAMoN or VAN As
sULr suecuMas TO lHJuRIGs
--LlNeERup IN GREAT AGONY
UNTIL YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON.

Mrs A. r Lnmen died yesterday
afternoon at her home IN Van 40
self ftom bufna received while ne
tempting To light a fire with keru.
aene Mrs tamon WAS terribly
burned Monday evening. aud lin
gored tn great agony until FrHier
day
In preparing the evening meal on
Monday Mrs l.amon poured kcros
20 into the ataYe Tho can oAs
piaNTd. setting her dfcen on fire.
She ran screaming 90 the door
md. uu. the advice OF her husband.
rniled(ab the grass She was IN.
able - sxtineuihh tho flames and.
by the time her husband was abi(
10 reach her. she WAS fatally In
iurpd. Mr. l.Amon put out tho
flames with tub Of water. Nnd was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-05
CHICAGO BAKE
SHOPS FILTHY.

CHICAGO. July g. Men sleeping
beside their ovens and pastry rooms.
toilet rooms venting into baksfY
easements. lack 81 washing nclii-
Ties and signs warning the employees
about cleanliness. those were some
~ the things found b. Chief snnlz
tary Inspector Hedfick iu an inyes-
tigation which he bna begun into the
many bnkefhipr Of Chicago
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-05
EXPO. BOARD
TAKES ACTION
TRUSTEES or FAIR RAriFV &C.
TON or THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE IN ADDING PA
CHIC TO THE OFFICIAL
TiTLU.

rho baard ef trustees q the Alas
IA. Yukoa Pacific exposition held a
meeting today az noon Ia the cham
her 81 Commerce aud ratified the
action VI the executive committee
an addiug the word Pacific te the
ofneial tItls owhc exposition
Tho executive committed ~ meet
tonight Al o'clock in N Alaska
cIue rooms 10 hear che report "
the ways and mer'7, committee. Tho
executive ecmuN-.Ie has been az
wors(o5 some plan to be- adopted in
issuing the exposition sJesk.
rhr pfess and publicity bureau
VIII siso "a a repeFt cutilnins she
work ana N-luus accomplished M
a. che present time
The citizens 81 the north end -
seattle have inVited the beard ~
directors 60 a banquet 10 be given
Friday evening" az sac o'clock 90
the university dormitory,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-05

Many stories have heen spread as
90 the origin and early history Of
kosterlltahy He Il said 60 have
been a fuasiays> prince. Polish
prince aud aae1lalian nohleman.
None at these can be absolutely
verified, hnt Il Is regarded An evr
tnin that he comes 81 noble AuH'
Brian blood lie waa a Younger son
with taste for adventure, and
after q brief time 81 service In the
army Of his aaS7S country he
sought EiufY as y soldier II Tor
tune Ia the army OF France Pate
pat him into Mexico Ia time 70 d
the fall II MAMMALIAN. Then no
erffad ia a frontier regiment Of the
ulltsa States az noneons hutS
dAbgod back 20 Mczieo
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-05

VANCOUVER. y. G.. Jaiy t~-The
Dominion government came in fef
a warm roAst az ere meeting q the
hoard of works iass uikht fesDn,ts
ins no i@uance q crown EtasT 70
tiasiands. Alderman Mofte@rhaFgea
that kFaft existed
sit's the man who rays i@nds
saneIx towards the government
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-05
IS WORTH
sO,OOO,0OO

BERLIN. July 6.=The engage-
ment wna announced today Of bar
bura Krupp. younger sister 81
Bertha Krupp. 10 Tyio Won WIZ
mofhl o. subordinate In the ministry,
By the terms Of her fathers VIII =
dowry Of 100000 is settled
upau Barbara.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-07-05
IRNAR CHIEFS eeIAg TO EIRe
EDWARD TO De AovAG INVITES

funds that sets the erant~ hs sid
Three Indian chiefs left here yes
tsfaay for f.uRiagO Thsy lHtsnd 20
SO - buckingham palace 80 see
King 20 ara aud % protest against
" hlts men rohbinE them q their
land ana thsl@nnhinE and hunting
ffEhta