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The daily Alaskan., 1906-09-18
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY

The question of reciprocity between the United States and Canada, is one that is attracting mere and more atten- ton from the people on the line as time goes on. Canadians have always favor cd it. Now nearly all the American border states favor it, and others are seeing the necessity for it.
 The disposition is to treat the subject separately from the tariff question in general. It is supported alike by re- publicsns and democrts, by free-trsders and protectionists. The republican "stsndpatters" of Massachusetts placed 2 demand for it in their platform last year. By that wsy only did they save the governorship which they lost the year before because they did not have 1t there while the democrats did. The republicans or Michigan anu Minnesota favor it. So do nearly all the great newspapers, republican and democratic, in the vicinity of the line between Boston and the Pacific coast, favor il.
 It is urged everywhere that free trade between Canada and the United States would mean more trade and more profits for those of both countries, As better and cheaper transportation facilities and more trade between the east and west helped those on both sides of the Mississippi so would the removal of the barriers to commerce help those both north and south of the imaginary line between the English speaking peoples of North America.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-09-18
ORDINANCE No. 78

An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. T entitled an Ordinance fixing the amount of compensation paid to certain officers of the Town of Skagway. Be it ordained by the Common Coun- cil of the Town of Skagwsy: That Section l of Ordinance T be amended by adding thereto Health Ofic& at a salary of S30O.O0 per year, effective September lst, 1906. Passed the Common Council Sept. 4th, 1906.
 F. J. SHAW,
 President of the Council. w. J. MCKEAN,
 Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-09-18
GREATER GALVESTON

Ths Daily Alaskan is in receipt of 8 special edition of the Galveston News containing much special matter con- earning the city of it's publication. Notwithstanding thssit is only six years since the city was practically destroyed by an inundstion resulting from hnr
 ricsne which carried the waters Of the
The daily Alaskan., 1906-09-18
Ladies Aid To Moot

An important business meeting of the Methodist Ladies Aid Society will be held at the home of Mrs. J. A. Cooling tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock sharp. There will be committee re- port, and full and prompt attendance is requested.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
COLOR BLINDNESS OF POET
Whittier Bought Flaming Red Necktie
for One Of Olive Tint.

II is we'll known that the poet Whittier
was color blind and unable TO distinguish
red from green. He once bought himself
a uecktie which he supposed TO be Of a
modest and suitable olive tint and wore
it-once He never wore it again, for
his friends soon made him aware that IL
offended against the traditional quietness
of costume cnjoined alike by the habits
OF the Friends and by his own taste. The
tie was Of flaming scarlet.
On another occasion, when he found
little girl In distress on account OF q new
gown made over from her elder sisters.
which was not becoming to her coloring
and complexion, he tried TO console her
II wouldn't mind what rude boy says
about It, Mary" he said; kindly. Thee
looks very well. indeed, in it-like an
Dread, Mary. dressed all In green"
Unfortunately Mary was not dressed In
green. She was red haired and her dress
was red; that was the trouble.
Once on a day In March, when out walk
ing with a Friend and deeply engaged In
conversation, Mr.. Whittier approached
too near for safety TO place where
blasting was going on, The danger Sig
nal was shown, but neither Friend noticed
il until workman. violently waving his
arms and shouting, leaped before them
and warned them back.
Il didn't see the flag at ALL said Mr..
Whittier's companion,
II saw it," rejoined the poet, with a
twinkle IN his eye, but ] thought 1t was
in honor of st. Patrick-thee knows my
defect. I can't tell Erin from explosions,
except by the harpi"-Youth's Com
paui0n,
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What Really Happened.

When DimpIeton reached his home, after
rothor trying day al the Office, he was met
nt the door by Mrs. Dimpleton IN hutteT
Of excitement and lace rufiles She heid
something behind her back.
Just guessl' she cooed delightedly.
''Not guess left" Dimpleton said, as no
hung up his hat. He had been guessing ut
Erie oil day.
"Its something nice" she said cosxing,
w. as she slipped hor arm around him ana
led the way to the cool library.
mot an invitation 10 some house party
that we will have 20 occepti he questioned
in sudden alarm.
siOf course not-as il I would think any
thing was nice that would take US away from
homol' she protested Indignantly.
well I'm prepared for the worst what
is it'll" he said, pulling her down upon ms
knee.
sho held up tho letter shO had been con
eealing,
here tomorrow TO stay month! She eried
triumphantly.
No. Dimpleton didn't start a rough
house. break any furniture, so of to the
club and stay out nll night, or do any Of the
things that the funny writer has so long
relied upon to bring howl OF mirth. His
fsce lit UP with real pleasure.
.'Is that sol" he said. wall, certainly
will be glad to soc the old lady, l haven !
had O good, long talk with her since before
we were engaged and l would come around
to the house Of summer evening aao nho
you out with somo other fellow.
For this happened to be about an aver
age mother"in~law, and Dimpleton liked her
ns is not uDoommon.-Puck.
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She Was Frank, Too,
views

This story Will appeal to hostesses
whose visitors drop down upon her at
their own sweet will and stay past the
limits Of hospltable patience.
It's heroine, according to the BalLi-
more News, was Quaker lady. She
had been invited to spend a short time
with a relative. and had come bag and
baggage, apparently prepared for long
siege.
One day at the dinner table. there
fore, her host decided to explain mat
ters to her In his own sane and sensl-
BILE way.
"Theo has been with us long time
now, Cousin Martha" he said. "and
we have enjoyed thy visit very we'll.
but now thy room is needed for other
visitors and so thee must leave to
make place for them"
There was a long silence after this.
but finally the spirit moved Cousin
Martha TO make reply.
Thee has been very kind to me dur
Ing my sojouru In thy house, Cousin
Josiah" she said "and [ appreciate
the fraukness with which thee hast
spoken to me. l will be equally frank.
1t does not suit me to leave thy house
now. I am comfortable here, and II
pleases me to remain for some time
yet. When 7 am ready TO so | shall
give the full warning so that thee
may invite the. other friends, but that
is not yet"
And she stayed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Clock Speaks Like Father.

They are making clocks now hat
speak the hour instead OF striking it
They do this through an ingenious
adaptation Of the phonograph Idea.
When a young man who is calling at
i late hour hears the new clock re-
mark In clear and cutting tones,
Twelve o'clock" he will be very apt
to gasp and ask the young woman if
that was her fathers voice Even
after you get used TO the talking clock
there will continue to be an element
OF surprise in his remarks. This will
be more noticeable when the clock
happens 10 run slow or fast-lt makes
no difference which. To hear a clock
emphatically inform you that 1t is 2
o'clock when you feel very sure itis
4, will add another element Of interest
TO the new timepiece.
No doubt the invention can be util-
lied as an Improvement on the alarm
clock. BY the application Of mechan-
ism the hour you have decided to rise
can be shouted In your ears with Wig
orous ferYor-and repeated several
times II necessary. The clock could
also be taught TO say, Get up II You
want 10 reach the train" or some
thing like that,
But 10 make such a clock available
as an uplifter of boyhood 1t will. be
necessary 10 closely echo the words OF
a father who is used to being heard
and obeyed, Not soft spoken Jimmy,
it's getting late" will do. What is
wanted is the good old-fashione]
James, you tumble down those stairs
quicker n scat, Do you hear nle?''-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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In the publication called Truth" and
have no more to do with its statements
respecting you. or, indeed, any other mat
ter. than you have had yourself. Your
reference to the paper as my personal
organ Is wholly unwarranted, because
wholly unfounded In fact. And / know
OF nothing which could properly give rise
TO such an idea in your mind II is like
wise absolutely untrue that ] have ever
sent any person or intimated desire to
any person to maligu or speak Ill or
you or any one else. or that any per-
son, or any clique or faction or publ
cation, is authorized TO speak for me In
any matter whatsoever. Whatever / may
have 10 say about anybody or anything
l say personally and take the RESPONSE
bIlity for II, and you nor any one else
can truthfully say that l have ever car
rled on a political or other contest ex-
cept in the open. | am not responsible
and decline to be held responsible for
what any one except myself may say
about you or anybody else.
II is quite true that your letters about
Thomas and Hobbs were within my gen.
eral invitation TO write me with refer
ence to any such matters, and they were
answered, | think, with courtesy and
promptness. II is, however, not true
that copies Of my answers were sent TO
others, except that one copy OF one let
ter was sent TO one man, not TO be
shown TO others, nor with the sugges-
ton that " should be shown. but for
different purpose entirely, which you are
at liberty to know if you have any curl
osity on the subject,
You seem to have written under some
stress of feeling, occasioned by an at
tack upon you which you consider un-
Just. and I therefore ignore for the pres"
ent certain insinuations contained In your
letter which I should otherwise resent.
do not answer them, and I did not re-
ply to former letter of yours because,
without desiring 10 be offensive, but only
to be candid, ] could not understand
upon what theory you conceived It to
be your business to write me as you did,
and therefore considered that the ordi-
nary courtesies did not require me to
answer.
If should undertake TO deliver a
written lecture TO you concerning the Idle
gossip the ill-natured criticism. the
lying scandal. which may have been busy
with your own name from time to time
land you deceive yourself il you think
you have escaped what other men in
public life with no more reason have
suffered) you would. in my judgment, be
justified in consigning the letter to the
waste basket as piece of intolerable
impertinence and ill-breeding on my
part, and in advising me- II you replied
at all. that my time would be more sat
isfactorily employed attending to my own
affairs and undertaking to correct my
own shortcomings. However. that is
purely n matter OF taste. and you are
welcome 10 your own views on the sub
ject.
If I have overlooked any matter ln
either OF your letters in which you are
personally concerned, I shall be very
glad at any time 10 discuss IN with Won
Yours very truly.
GEO SIfnIII Erl2I A
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Doesn't Like Shocks.

No woman was ever so foolish as to wish
that some power q gifte would gle her TO
sec herself as others soc her, She does not
like shocks OF that sort.
This pago knows woman who considers
herself uncommonly digni1ed. She Prides
herself on her resorve and her nusteTity OF
manner She often FOOLS that ohe is too
sevoro, too uunpproachnblc, What was her
discontinue, therefore, recently TO cvorhear
hersolf spoken Of as that 'hoity toity per
sou" ''At least sho's hoity toity in some
OF hor moods - went on her assailsnt,
"Hoity.toityl" "Some OF hor moods! -
'Hoaversl'' said the woman, bitterly, and
went at once TO the dictionary,
According TO the dictionary, 'hoity-toi:y
means "elated, giddy, highty petulnnt'
huyy.'
Ii she had thought for years it would
never have occurred 10 her tha. any one
with particle Of discrimination could
havo applied those odiectives to her Ana
vet this person she had always thought en-
dowod with discrimination,
she had IathOr 6o sailed thief '. than
either; so shc Is stu enduring bit:9rness OF
spirit over tho afront, but tho incident only
proves that no one is competent to choose
his own Observation-Disclosures News
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Mistaken Identity.

The other day Secretary Shaw and Private
Secretary Slater were returning to Wash
ington from Ellins, w. Va, where the for.
mer had delivered q speech. In the Pullman.
opposite Mr. Shaw, sat schoolboy going 20
his home in Texas from Princeton prepar-
atory school.
Tho chap gazed critically at Secretary
Shaw's long coat and broad -brmn,ed slouch
and engaged him in conversation.
From the Westl'' he began, leaning for
ward in 2 friendly way.
'FnrInori'
'Yes -
Thought So
spirited conversation then began about
crops, aud the young fellow learned that the
man with the bronzed face and slouch hat
knew the difference between sjlo and filed
choose. He Quissed Shaw at great rate.
Finally. as the train pulled into the depot,
Secretary Shaw took his turn ut question
Ing, ,,
Ever been in Washington
Yes
Ever visit the Treasury department"
No
"It's an Interesting place. Next time
you in the city call there and ask for
me-
'.win the man Al the door know who you
arelm NJ s,.u
handed The boy a small card with tho words
under his name, 'Socreisry OF tho Treas
ury. -.
gazing after tho rotreating form OF the Sc
NAL Secretary and thonsht he was a
farmer "-B-ooklyu Eagle,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
How Alcohol Is Made.

Alcohol, usually the product, rather
educt, Of fermentation, is made by pro-
cesses, involving three steps. The de-
tails differ in different countries. First q
saccharine fluid is prepared by the &C.
tion of dilute acids or alkalies, diastase,
or other engines on a number OF raw
materials. like starch from potatoes (as
IN Germany, corn lin America), or any
cereal; sweet potatoes, yams, cassava
sugar in molasses, sorghum, beet-root
residues, maize stalks, grapes, apples,
pears, peaches, figs, berries, mountain
ash berries, melons, gourds; cactus,
honey, milk, etc. Second, the mixture
is fermented, by which step the sugar
IS converted into alcohol, And, third,
tho alcohol is separated by distillation,
Roughly, one hundred parts Of starch
products are obtained varying with the
raw material, ferment, and other con,
ditions, as temperature md the number
Of redistillations. Some residues, as
schlempe, vinasse, etc, are excellent
foods for cattle; some yield potash
salts, an essential constituent of ferti-
lizers. The fertilizing materials re.
moved from the soil by the crops are
thus returned TO it. From Germany
where apparently the production of al.
cohol and saving of the by-products
have reached the highest perfection
over three hundred metric tons Of fusel
oil (largely amyl alcohol) were eS-
ported in one year to the United States
TO bc used in the manufacture Of anvil
acetate. varnishes, explosives, per.
fumes. etc.-Charles Baskerville. in the
Review Of Reviews.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Spartan Mother Squirrel.

| was snipe shooting in northwest
Missouri this spring when two boys
came along on their way home from
town. The shooting was not so good
but that there was time TO stop and
have talk, and before we parted
they had told the following story.
They had caught a gray squirrel and
her four young ones, in the usual way,
by stopping up the hole in hollow
limb. .'..
"We wanted 10 raise the young ones,
and took the mother so she'd raise
them; but when we got them home and
put her In a box with the young ones
she killed every one of them. Bit each
one once through the heart. First she
took hold Of a little girl squirrel, and
she acted kind of as IL she didn't like
to kill it, being as II was girl, so she
dropped 1t and went and smelled an
other one. and it was a he, so she
killed IL, and then the other he's. aud
then she killed the girl last"
what did you do with the nother?"
I asked.
'Wen. sir, after she treated her
children that away we didn't want her.
and we turned her loose, Forest and
Stream.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
The Amazon Region.

Brazil, be it known, Ia not lowland
country, quite three-fourths OF her ter
ritory having au altitude of more than
500 feet. There Is, of course, the vast
woodland plain OF the Amazon, aptly de-
scribed by a recent writer as her ter
raqueous domain" there are the pampas
bordering upon Paraguay and Uruguay,
In the basin Of the Parana, and there Is
the ribbonlike strip running practically
the full length of the coast, the whole
aggregatlng. perhaps, 800. 900 square
miles Of which seven -eighths at least,
lie In the Amazon country. Thus we find
a huge, irregularIy shaped mass extend
Ing from the borders OF tho Amazonian
plain to the State OF Rio Grande do Sui.
a distance OF quite 1900 miles. In the
main this may be described as vast high
lands of varying attitudes traversed by
innumerable watercourses, mostly the
affluents of one or the other OF the great
river systems, and by irregular mountain
ranges, two of which conyerging In the
vicinity OF Rio Janeiro, form high
plateau third longer than Italy, which.
indeed It resembles somewhat in con-
lguration.
Politically Brazil Is divided into
twenty-one States dncluding the Federal
distrct), but so unequal Is the division
that three OF these embrace practically
her entire loWlands, as we'll as portion
of the western uplands, and exceed in
area the remaining eighteen, which lie
within the highland region above de-
scribed except for their narrow margins
upon the coast These latter, however.
contain more than SO per cent OF the
population, so that we have the amazing
spectacle of three States, VIZ, Matto
Crosse, Amazonas and Para-occupying
a territory larger than China proper,
with a population considerably less than
that Of Connecticut.-G NJ. l.. Brown and
Franklin Adams in the Review OF Re-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Ono Example Of Economy.

Odds are on the woman's side when It
comes to a question of whether she la
moro economical than man. AT least one
woman says so. when n man buys a
hat" she rises to explain. ''he wears Il
out and 1t ends in the ash barrel or is
given TO tho old clothes man. But a
womau's hat is another story. Flowers,
ribbons. laces and plumcs often are util-
tied year after year, no matter what the
vicissitudes Of fashion. Take those mon
ster sleeves that kept the cartoouists
busy, When they went out OF style the
economical woman ripped them out aud
from each one she constructed pair OF
those short baby sleeves. New York
press
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
The Mothers ''No. -

There are few things moro condue.ve 30
d,sobedicnce and stubbornness IN childEen
than the constant usc OF the words no
and '.don't,' The mother should hesitate
moro than onre before saying them. Iistea
patiently to, Il little one request befoce say
ing mo, " no matter how trivial il may seem
TO you. II may moan much TO him III the
reouest is reasonable, even though II may
cause you some little inconvenience, Try 70
grant IL. II, however, suying ''yos' to the
child ia going TO cause a grea. deal OF as
comfort 10 soma oae else, ii IL is. not for the
child S good, il after deliberation what rs
asked seems wrong in your judgment. glye
the child short but Intelligent reason tor
a denial; then lgt no amount of teasing
change your decision IL is not necessary
TO be stern in this matter, but Arm. and tho
child will soon learn 10 accept your 1uoS
ing that YOU know best Always think twice
before saying mo but once said. stick y
1t; do not retreat.-Marianns wheeler, ~
Enrper's Beser.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
HIS VARIED EXPERIENCE
Seedy Individual Thought He Had the
Qualifications.

There were number OF the usual type
Of village loafers summing themselves one day
general store in Springness. Among them was
seedy.looking individunl. who said he came
from Punkvlle. and he was telling OF the
many different occupations he hod attempted
during an apparently checkered career.
An l tried school teachin', too he
onded. trunphantlys "Yes. Stree, tried
How long did you teach - inquired an
interested auditor.
'wel, not long; I reely only went to
Did you hire QUIT" persisted tho curious
''wal, no, I didn't hire out; 1 jos went
to hire out
wal, I gave it up becus-you see, |
travelled to n place an l henrd EN- say the
school teacher was leayin', so, thinks ]. !
tin pots; so | asked who TO ply to, an
they told me to go TO Trusty Sneckles. Wal,
looked him up, 1 told him my ooJeo nm.
showed him by muskel, then ] asked him
would ho let me try my hand tho un-
rooly boys Of the destrik. 10 wanted u
know ii I reey thought wus At to tackle
en-, an told him J wonIdnt mind mind, MI MS
an jography or | SAID I'd show him m9
han 'writin'
T'He said no, not to mind he could always
tell O reey good teacher by his gait. Let :
see you walk off o little ways, seq he an
kin tell jess wells il Ia examined you
SCI he,
''Hs sot down by his door as ho spoke
so 1 turned kinder quick an walked or as
| smart as I knew how. He snid he tell mS
whom to stop, 40 ! KEEP on till thought J. d
gone far enough then I looked around-tht
door was shot an Snecklcs was gone
Did you go backf chorused MS au
dience
''Wnl, no, ] didn't go back
Did you apply for another school
No. said the gentleman from Punkyills
| ''no, 1 didn't apply for another school
ruther judged that mobby my walk Wa'
agin mel l'i-Woman's Home Companion.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Diet in tuberculosis.

Horbcrt Maxou King declares that dis
turbod motnbohsm is essential to the do
velopment OF tuberculosis. II, in all re-
spects. the cell is normally nourished, IL
will bo sufficiently resistant TO tho invasion
able TO trace errors in nutrition sntedating
by months and often by years the probable
period OF infection in a given case. The
diet question in the cose OF tubcrculos
invalids is moro than OF calorics. u
cannot be solved moroly by arriving at
theoretical standard amounts and relations
OF proteids fats and carbohydrates. The
tastes, habits and peculiarities Of the pa
tients and thor heredity arc important fao-
tors. Variety, preparation and the mau'
ner Of serving foods are all important.
Psychotherapy is moro important p diet pre-
scriptions perhaps than anywhere else. In
thu study OF these cases tho food require
nents should be determined and met, II pos
sibe, and the dangerous error OF overlooking
should be ayoidcd.-Msdical Record
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All a Lion Would Care For.

ooh. that's mere quibble." said Walter
Camp. Yale's athletic adviser, during a
discussion OF football rules, "It reminds
me OF two boys OF friend Of mine whom
visited last summer.
Here said their mother TO the older
OF them one day; here is 4 banana; d.
vide it with your little brother, and see
that he gets the lions share
THE younger child n few minutes later
set up great bawling,
Mamma he shrieked, John hasn't
given me any banana
whats thls?' said the mother. hur-
rying in.
Its all right explained the older
boy. Lions don't eat bananas -
Woman's Home COMPANION.