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Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
DOG WAS HARMLESS.

Brave Policeman Missed Chance to
 Get . Medal.
 The occupants of the residence at l46 Hale street came to Policeman An derson last night in dire distress, tell Ing him in jerky sentences that huge mastiff, or bulldog, they didn't know which," had taken refuge under the company bed" and that all their ef- forts to dislodge the canine from It's adopted stronghold had proven unsuc- sessful, says the Augusta Chronicle.
 The officer, ever on the alert to ren. der any assistance necessary to the people on his beat, repaired hastily to the house In question, picturing the while to himself the mortal combat which was destined to take place when
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

dolent to put two and two together or else after he had put them together he was afraid that he had made a mis- take and that they made something else besides four. A logical mind, ever on the alert to benefit the owner, al- most without his conscious volition, Is a product of careful training. If you are complaining that you never have had any lucky lunches, set yourself now to grasp the full meaning of every minute incident that arises In connec- ton with each days work. Do this every day. Do not let each day be complete in itself. Relate each day with Its complex activities to each other day. Soon you will discover that some incident of to-day has a direct bearing upon some incident of some other day. You may be the only per son who has made this discovery. If you are energetic you will use 1t to your own advantage. And there you are. Your lucky "hunch" has come. Try 1t. Don't be enyying other lucky dogs. Make yourself an object for envy.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

If Their Husbands Are Engineers They Are Always Uneasy. When railroad wrecks occur the fire man may jump, but the engineer, if he is faithful to his trust, must stay by the throttle. To do this means death inmany cases. No one knows this better than the engineers wife. The engine men say that they become indifferent to danger and lose all dread of acci dents and death. Their wives, h seems, are the ones who live most is fear.
 Engineers wives are not happy-if they love their husbands Many of them will admit that shadow rests on their lives If you ask them in con- fidenee. Their husbands, perhaps, do not know It.
 q do not care to make my husband miserable, what little time he Is at home, complaining of his profession" |" said an engineers wife. "I never knew
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ooh, I just had a hunch." That is the way the successful man often ex- plains a particularly wise and remun- erative move on his part to the friends who want to know how he did 1t.
 Lucky dog" the less successful ones remark as they walk away. Was he lucky? Or did he simply use a little Of the ordinary amount of brains with which he was endowed? Where did he get the hunch? His Lucky" inspira- ton came from habitual, intelligent use of brains. The "lucky dog" simply put two and two together and believed that they made four. He combined logic with confidence-and won. The man without the hunch Is what he Ia for two reasons. Either he is too h.
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correct idea of the habits and tastes of whole communities which b ave long since passed away. A striking instance of this is the chair,
 of which the above is a correct sketch.
 It belonged to John Carver, who was one of the band of slngle-hearted men
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

If John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., were to die today, John D. III. would control wholly or in substantial part approximately 475 great industrial, commercial and finan- cial corporations. These corporations have capitalization of S5,239, ,09S, BOP This Is the wealth of John D. Rocke- feller, the elder. In such of those cor poratons as he would not own ma. jority of the stock, his word would nevertheless be law, since opposition to the Rockefeller wishes means . de structive fight.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
INDIAN GIRLS COMING oUT.",
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"In the early part of one Septembe I announced among the Apaches thu my daughter, Eva, having attained w manhood, should put away childis things and assume her station as young lady," says Geronimo, the f nous old war chief of the Apaches, the story of his life. At dance of tribe she would make her debut, a then, or thereafter, 1t would be proj for warrior to seek her hand In m riage.
 Accordingly invitations were lssl to all Apaches and many Comanc dance on the green by the south b3 of Medicine Creek, near the village Naiche, former chief of the Choke Apaches, on the first night of the moon in September. The festivi were to continue for two days nights. Nothing was omitted in preparations that would contribute the enjoyment of the guests or the l lection of the observance of the re ious rites
 To make ready for the dancing, grass on a large circular space closely cut. When the night came singing was led by Chief Naiche; { Geronimo, assisted by his medicil men, directed. the dance. o1u q women and danced once round t campfire; then, accompanied by aI other young woman. she again d vanced and danced three times TOUT the campfire; the next time she ar three other young ladies advanced ar danced four times round the cam fire. This ceremony lasted about 6 hour.
 Next, the medicine-men entere stripped to the waist, their bodi painted fantastically, and danced u sacred dances. They were followed l clown dancers, who amused the aud ence greatly.
 Then the members of the tribe joi ed hands and danced in a circle rouI the campfire for a long time. All tl friends of the tribe were asked to tai part in this dance, and when It W, ended many of the old people retire and the "lovers' dance" began" The warriors stood in the middle the circle, and the ladies, two and tw danced forward and designated son rA rrinr to danes with them. The dan
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But aI the despondency that trIumphs ID this way the weakness of the few Is nfniesimal compared with that which Is dominated and beat down by brave hearts day of the Those who want take their lives have monopoly of this feeling Thousands thousands of feel 1t them at times The of 1t Infinite. But they do not yield to It because they cano afford to. The husband with wife and children to provide for bravely puts 1t aside for their sake and his The woman whose life is often mechanical routine fights 1t down that those whom she loves may be infected with her cheerlessness
 These are the silent of which do not read in the newspapers but in which men and women reach the supreme heights of heroism. The other kind of has of noise and pageant and music But in real grandeur 1t cannot compare with the victory of single human soul the weakness that leads to despon- dency the despondency that ends in deathChicago Examiner.
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cost S2,6OO to kill.
 In the Boer each Boer killed cost England $25o00 The daily expense of the war amounted to than sO0O0o0 every day the Japanese side while the Russians had to foot bill for $2500OO day-and this for period of eighteen months Now try to figure out what ths cost Russia and Japan.
 To the actual cost of carrying must be added the expense of preparation The greater European tons spend many hundreds of millions of dol lars each preparing for It $5OO0OO0 to build modern battleship hundred-ton cannon costs $75, O00-a single discharge of these monsters burns up $15oo, and they be discharged only few hundred times, then they out.
 Is this not insane waste of both human lives and money? Why do nations go to war, anywayf Because of jealousy mostly The great commercial nations, pecaly mutually dstrustul always afraid that the other will gain greater wealth and territory Japan Is looking with Jealousy upon America since have ter rtory (the Philippines its doors England is 1eal ous of Russia Germany and France always ready to fight should the other extend its influence in Africa-Illustrated Home Journal.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

ing was back and forth on line from the center to the outer edge of the cir cle. The warrior faced the two ladies, and when they danced forward to the center he danced backward; when they danced backward to the outer edge he followed, facing them.
 This lasted two or three hours. and then the music changed. Immediate ly the warriors assembled again in the center of the circle, and this time each
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

RdIlOn Dy tue HUT derous Boxers, the name of Edwin H. Conger was famll- far to everybody. Recently Mfr. Con- ger died in Pasa- dena, Cal.
 MT. Conger was a native of Illinois and was GA years of age. He served through the civil war and rose to the rank of major. Aft
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Sun.
Their Mecca.

But, dear" said the caller, q don't see why you should care to change the name of your charming little country place. Idlewhlle is so romantic. It seems to signify dreamy likeness"
 That's just the trouble" replied the housewife. Tt was 700 suggestive"
 'In what way"
 "why, 1t attracted all the tramps in the county."-Chicago News.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

Before we use criminals for the pur- pose of producing antitoxins perhaps we would better make sure that in ad- ministering antitoXins derived from criminals we will not transplant crime germs into the systems of honest peo- ple.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

Nicola Tesla has publicly admitted th at he can invent anything he pleases. If be wants to make hit, he slouid invent a few new excuses for the use of men in the habit of staying out late at night.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

A farmer has litter of seven pigs, each with six feet. If nothing hap pens to them, the outlook for the pickled pigs feet crop will be promis-
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

A professor of something or other declares that we shall know some thing about the spirit world in POO years" It may be true, and then, again, the professor may simply have wanted to say something cheerful.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

''Mr. Roosevelt never overlooks an opportunty to praise motherhood" says a Baltimore paper. And why shouldn't hd praise motherhood? Without 1t where would Mr. Roosevelt be to-day :?
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

Walter Wellman Is going to take hin D on his trip to the north pole AS for us we would prefer a nice porter house, medium.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

How many men do you imagine there are in the country who blush when the question of who Is the greatest Ameri- can is asked?
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
Heenly So.

"Are you interested ln the vital is- sues of the hour"
 "Intensely. Say, can you lend me 50 cents to get some lunchT"-Balti- more American.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

Dr. Osler says hope is one of the best medicines people can have. A good thing about such medicine Is that one can hardly take an overdose of 1t.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

The Sultan of Morocco Is said to be very chummy with his dentist; but what could be more natural, since the man undoubtedly has a pull?
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

The French artist who has painted President Rooseyet's portrait "in . restful pose" must have portrayed him in a sound sleep.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

onstrated that automobilsts class will not protect the offenders the demand for restrictive legislation will become general than 1t has been The autist needs to exercise common sense well the author ties.-St Paul Pioneer Press
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

A Lovers Club has been formed, to study love. We don't know how 1t is with women, but most men know too much about love already.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

Professor Zueblin says Americans are becoming bloodthIrsty. That may come from eating too much breakfast food.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
THE COST OF WAR.

VERY century lives are wasted in war at the rate of 20,OOO0O0 In Europe alone-an
 average of 100000 every year. Two and a
 half million men fell on European battle fields during the first half of last century alone; and this slaughter cost Europe the colossal sum of S0,S5O GOO, GOO. Each victim
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

This years poets are complaining of a lack of suitable rhymes for "Poca- hontas."
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
lsseeeseeesesssssssssssses
Marvellous, a < Quaint and Curious.
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Chair Brought in the Maynower.
 How frequently do we obtain, from the ordinary articles of domestic life which they were accustomed to use, a
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
THOUSANDS FIGHT AND TRIUMPH

ARDLY a day passes that the newspapers of this city do not report one or more sui- cides or attempts at suicide. In the vast majority of cases "despondency" is given as the cause. That one word eloquently sums up the story
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

persons who gain reputation of being most agreeable people because they talk sympathetcay to anyone with whom they brought into Juxtapostion at dinner other social function there others deficient In this gift who only say Really Indeed and Oh people" the writer afrms "are the despair of the dinnergiver But these people do not constitute species Lord Edward BuwerLytton in of his essays, more than half century ago, complained that "Humming, having and drawlng the three of our conversation
 To prepare for talking must begin thinking A a who Is interested In people, in events In books should have difficulty in finding subjects of conversation In making observations likely to be we'll received The best takers naturally people of cul ture, but culture may be acquired out of college well in The days of the French salons to return. The habues of the salons and women picked for their brilancy of mind and speech for other trait that them interesting in society But not all of them equally gifted of them better listeners than takers There Is refuge for the individual addicted to society, but without hope of succeeding talker-et him ls ten synpathetcally to others who talk and he will not lack pprecation.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

The scientist who says the moon is green must be mistaken. The silvery orb has looked down upon too many spOony couples not know what's what
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

It would take him day to do with horse and buggy
 1t Is just idle to attempt to suppress that advantage by legislation to attempt to suppress the introduction of railways any other laborsaving device The reasonable the law-and by that we do not mean the lenient but the greater the liberty allowed consist ent with the rights of the rest of the communitythe satisfactory will be the results to the billing portion of tho community. An excessively high speed ought be tolerated where endangers but the occupants of the automobile but what const tutes high speed ought to be measured by the per formance of some broken-d down cart horse.
 On the other hand any automobst who habltually and unnecessarily puts in jeopardy the lives of others who at high speed over narrow roads where the shying of startled horse may upset, who dashes through crowded thoroughfares past cross streets where the approach of another vehicle Is ob scured ought not only to be dealt with hy the courts much severely than is customary but to be made to feel that he Is outlaw among representative auto mobilsts. An enlightened selfshness dictates such matter how disagreeabe 1t may be; for the conduct of those automobilists who do offend Is and lnexcusable that unless 1t Is clearly dem
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

A man never cares great deal for the pictures taken of him when he was a baby.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

A fashion hint is about the only kind some women will. takA
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

Very few things that happen in this world seem intended for the relief of nervous people
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08

Even q sure-thing gambler is apt to lose out in the matrimonial gamA
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
PLAIN SENSE FOR AUToMoB11sTs.

HE automobile Is not going to be regulated
 by persecution It has come to stay. It may be largely used for pleasure just now,
 but its practical value is manifest and in sures its permanence. When a business man can cover twenty to thirty miles in an
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
WAS IN THE SIEGE OF PEKIN.

E. H. Conger, ex-Ministsr to China,
 Who Died fin California.
 Only a few years ago, when the Flu ropeans and Americans In Pekin, China, were being besleged In the foreign le-
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-08
THE ART OF CONVERSATION.

0 people so greatly change? Is sprightly con- versation a lost art? Was there a time when everyone in society was gifted yer bally? One of the chapters of the revised
 edition of Manners and Social Usages' is devoted to "Society's Small-talk," and con- fains the observation that while there are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Story Of IRVING.

Irving memories continue to spriHs
up. Lionel Barrymore played ON The
stage with Sir Henry the night Of his
death and he told of the last moments
of England's greatest actor as fol-
lows:
Il noticed said the actor thai
the little child who played Geofrei
that night had too much red On BIZ
cheeks, and | said to myself that Is
soon as the curtain fell on the ac'
l would speak to the child about u
was crossing the stage to overtsSs
the little one and make the correctlol
In his makeup when | heard IRVINE
who was walking in before me, say
Leo, you've got too much red on YOU
face. That was As minutes before Dc
preathed his last. and, as l afterwaIV
learned from the doctors, he was liter
ally dying all through the perform
ance."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
LIFE INSURANCE A SACRED
TRUST.
Responsibilities of Officers and Dl-
rectors.

Evidently President Kingsley of the
New York Life Insurance company
has learned the great lesson of the
times with respect to the responsible
ity and duty of directors of corpora
tions. Speaking to the new board of
trustees, on the occasion of his cleo
ton to the presidency, he emphasized
the fact that life insurance is more
than a private business, that life in
surance trustees are public servants,
charged at once with the obligations
of public service and with the respon-
sibilities that attach to going bust
ness which at the same time must be
administered as a trust"
He also realizes that similar respon-
sibilities rest upon the officers OF the
company. 81 understand" he says,
your anxiety in selecting the men
who are day by day to carry this bur
den for you, who are to discharge this
trust in your behalf, who are to adj
minister for the benefit of the people
involved the multitudinous and exact
llE uCbciAlD " hliiGu II 10 IllDODSlUiC
for you to give personal attention. My
long connection with the New York
Life-covering nearly twenty years
my service in about every branch of
the company's working organization,
gives me, as / believe, a profound APP
not merely of the heavy
burden you have placed on my Shout
ders, but of the standards of efficiency,
the standards of faith, the standards
of integrity, which must be main
tanned at all times by the man who
serves you and the policyholders in
this high Office"
Best of all, perhaps, he feels that
words are cheap, and that the public
will be satisfied with nothing short of
performance. my thanks, therefore"
he continues, "for an honor which out
ranks any distinction within the reach
of my ambition, cannot be expressed
in words; they must be read out of
the record make day by day."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
PASTURE FOR SOW AND PIGS.
Half Acre Tracts and Movable Houses
Work to Good Advantage.

have found it a good practice to
construct a number of half-acre lots,
placing a portable house in every
other one and giving a SOW and her
pigs an individual house, says a writer
in Orange Judd Farmer. By the
time they will have eaten or stamped
down all the green stuff on this half
acre, the house can easily be lifted
over the fence to the next lot and the
hogs moved where they will have
plenty of fresh, green pasture.
The lot from which they have been
taken can then be plowed up and
sowed in rye or forage crops that
grow comparatively fast BY the time
they have exhausted the second lot
they can be returned to the original
one. Thus the two lots will support
the SOW and pigs until the pigs are
old enough to wean. If properly
cared for they will support the sows
the year round
have also found 1t good practice
to have larger lot, If possible OF
from five to ten acres, to turn all the
pigs into after they have been
weaned allow them to remain
there until they are four or five
months old | feed them in the mean
time and allow them plenty of ground
and exercise so that they may develop
bone and muscle. They will then be
in good. healthy condition to go into
the feed lot.
In building these portable houses
there is one thing that must ever be
borne in mind, and that is, no matter
how or where they are built, they
should provide good, clean, dry sleep
ing quarters, and. above everything
else. be sanitary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
PIGS AND GLOVER.
A Little Grain Should Be Fed During
the Summer.

Pigs should not be carried through
the summer on clover alone. A little
grain will be required to balance the
green clover 1t is claimed by some
that pigs can make just as good growth
on Alfalfa or clover alone as they
would If little corn were given with
the green forage.
While 1t may be true that the pigs
will make a profitable growth on al
falfa or clover, it Is not true that they
will do as well on these green feeds
alone as they viii if given a little
grain In addition The grain is needed
TO int rease the number of pounds Of
food clements without corresponding
iy increasing the amount OF dry mat
ter.
Several years ago the Nebraska sta
tion made an experiment to learn what
proportion Of grain to alfalfa was
needed to make the most economical
ration for growing pigs. 1t was found
that the cost of producing 100 pounds
Of grain on alfalfa pasture alone. was
about $3.50 On Alfalfa pasture with
an addition of one and one-third
pounds Of grain the cost Of 100 pounds
of grain was lowered to $274 per 100.
When the grain ration was increased
to two and a half pounds per day, The
cost was lowered to $245. Ii can be
seen By feeding only one and third
pounds of grain ration per day. the
cost Of producing the 100 pounds of
gain was lowered nearly one-half.
While one single test should not be
taken as reliable. it certainly shows
that pigs should not be expected to
pass the summer without little grain
ration
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03
Lucid.

Finally Archimedes. who for an hour
had been patiently guiding the mind
of his pupil through demonstration
OF an abstruse mathematical problem,
was rewarded by the CLEAN of intelli-
gence that appeared in the young
Athenian's eye.
And dost thou see the light, lad?"
Perfectly" was the enthusiastic re-
spouse. 1T had me stumped at first,
III admit, but it's really absurdly sim
pie. The whole thing is like Greek to
me"-Puck.