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New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
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rTHERE can, then. be little question thar Hetty
i Wesley was precisely the type .i girl derive
amusement by working ON the slrer-,.u.us fears
OF those about her We ind too In tie evidence
itself certain fugitive references directly pointing
To her as the creator of old Jeffrey i- seems that
She had a practice OF sitting UP and moving about
the house long after all the other inmates except
the Rev Samuel, had retired for the night The
ghost was especially noisy and ulalevorea. when IN
her vicinity, knocking boisterouslv o0 -Hc bed N
which She slept, and even knocking under her teet
And what Is most suggestive, two witnesses her
father and her sister SuSannah, testify that on
some occasions the noises failed to wake her, bu,
caused her to trcmbe exceedingly in her sleep
1t must. indeed have been a difficult matter to
restrain laughter at the spectacle of the night
gowned, nghtcapped much bevvildered parson,
candle in one hand and pistol in the other, peer
ing under and about the bed in quest OF The n
visible ghost
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

your lore legs, and to protect the powerful muscles
that put these destructive members in motion vour
mane IS provided. Otherwise they would be stiff
ened by cold or relaxed by heat, and seldom ready
for instant use
But why. asked the Tiger, have YOU given
loved ones we almost tear the skim"
How else could YOU scrape the minute particles
OF flesh from the bones of your Prev"
SAID the Bear, / can complain only of the avl-
ward shutting walk that YOU have inflicted upon
me
And Nature answered, Your defense against
enemies IS principally in your strangng hug and
IN procuring your food you frequently obliged
10 climb tall trees. For these reasons | have not
provided YOU with collar bones. Had done so
YOU could not hug to death, climb trees as YOU
now do. 1t is the absence of collar bones that
makes YOU walk so clumsily."
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

would not be likely to minimize its doings. Mrs
Wesley thus describes the first occurrences.
On the first of December, our maid heard. at the
door of the dining room several dismal groans like
person IN extremes at the point OF death We
gave httlc heed To- her relation. and endeavored %
laugh her out of her fears. Some nights TWO or
three after. several of the family heard a strange
knocking IN divers places. usually three four
knock, at Il time and then stayed little This con
tinucd every night Tor a fortnight, sometimes IT was
in the garrett but most commonly in the nursery.
green chamber
Contrast with this, the portion of John Wesley's
Armlnlan Magazine article referring TO the same
period.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

food Is the coarsest of al the mammdla. HenGe
the teeth with which To properly grind It. Your
walk IS due TO your short legs which were deslSne1
Tor walking on the bottom of the river, not on Hq
The Elephant, the last witness, complained OF hlS
heavy trunk and the absence of neck ,
Had YOU neck proportonate 70 the length OF
Your fore legs, like other animals, YOU would IacN
the muscular force necessary elevate and sustain
your enormous head. rs YOU must eat from inc
ground, your trunk has been provided to colupeh-
safe for the absence OF a neck.
One question before l pass judgment, sand me
Owl Why has every animal reptile, nSh oHu
and insect appointed enemy''
Because birth, life, and death constitute the
order appointed by divine Being, and tie mas
chosen the best means TO a necessary end
Judgment" cried the animals in chorus.
1T is this - said the Owl Accuse not Nature
She has done her part. Do thou but thine.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
he VINDICATION OF NATURE

TNHE animals of the
jungle, the river,
the sea, and the
forest of all climes were
assembled for the final
arraignment of Nature
and to petition for a
redress of grievances.
Each with a plaint,
a charge of neglect or
an accusation of favor
ltlSm, and Nature an
sWered each in turn.
The Owl sat in judg-
ment, and the Secretary
Bird recorded the pro-
CeedingS.
The Lion was the first
to speak. Il have only
one fault to find, Why
has She given me this
heavy, shaggy name
And Nature answered,
" Your power lies in
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

sprigS. Browsing among
the brauches ot the
trees. YOU di~turnagreat
many insects. and II i
was NOT for the StlIt
hairs they would enter
YOUR nostrilS and cause
YOU great auuoyanGe-
Your eneuies usually
spring upon YOU from
behind, therefore your
eyes are placed where
they VIII De OF most
use
The HippopotamrS
complained of his blg,
ugly teeth and awkward
walk,
Your mission IS 10
clean the rivers OF veSe-
table life. which by rea-
son of its rapid growth
would soon choke up the
stream. Therefore your
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21
THE PRICE OF COPPER

Although the histeria over the price of copper is undeniably serious, never tbeless it has an amusing side. Just two years ago the price was about 15c., 1, and everyone thought that was good. We have before us the prospectus of one of the best of the new enterprises that figured prominently at that time,
 in which one set of estimates was bas- ed on 13c, and showing that a hand some profit would be realized at it- as, indeed, we believed would be the case. A few months later, when the price rose to 1Sc.. there was iubilaton and skeptcism as to the long continu- ance of the good thing, because it was feared that consumption would be re- stricted. But even before the price receded to 18c., as it did last month, there were long faces and bewailment over the deplorable condition into which copper production had fallen. It was only about IS months ago that
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21
PUGET SOUND WIRELESS SYS-
 FEM

It may not be generally appreciated that the most complete system of wire less telegraph communication any where in the world is to be establish ed on Puget Sound. The record for efficient and uninterrupted wireless service has long been held in Alaska, where the line between St. Michael and Safety Harbor has for several years been handling wireless telegrams with as much regularity and expedition as characterizes the handling of the old style telegrams in Europe and the United States.
 Rapid progress has recently been made in wireless telgraphy on the Pacific Coast, farther south, and when the efficiency of the Tatoosh Island station is increased, and the route be- tween Seattle and Bremerton is estab lished, there will be in operation a complete system of wireless communi- cation stretching along the Pacific seaboard from California to Washing ton. It is not too much to expect that the wireless method may be used with in the next few years for communicat- ing with the continent of Asia by means of relay stations scattered along the Alaska coast and the islands of the Aleutian chain.
 As already told in dispatches to the Post-Intelligencer, the bureau of equipment of the navy department favored the establishment of the Seat tie station of the attle-Bremerton route on Pier B of the Pacific Coast Company. This wireless route will be in operation within a short time. The department has already shipped to Tatoosh Island ffteen-kilowatt, twenty -horsepower outfit, to take the place of the apparatus now in use there. The old outfit at Tatoosh is of the very low power, and it is possible only to receive messages, and not to send them. as there is no transmitting apparatus. When the new instruments, just shipped by the navy department, are installed and the contemplated station at Smiths Island established, the last link in the chain will be com pleted and the system will be absolute ly the best in the world.
 The stations on the Sound would have been completed at an earlier date but for the inability of the man. ufacturers to furnish the necessary in struments promptly. The stations down the Coast at Table Bluff, Faral
 lone Islands. Mare Island, Point Loma and other places are doing excellent work and are daily communicating with Bremerton. Post -Intelligencer.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

the great rise above 1sc. began. Con- ditions have not changed in the mean while, so that the producers who could mako a great profit then can still do so now, or even at b cents.
 Doubtless it would have been better in the long run if the price had not gone above 1Sc. The market has sim ply returned to more normal and more healthy position. The consump- tion of copper is not going to cease, even though the attitude and actions of the manufacturers for several months have lent some color to that belief. The trouble has been uncer- tainty and lack of confidence; but when knowledge as to the real statis- tical position is available-absence of which is one of the greatest unsettling factors-coniidenc will be restored and business will be resumed on nor- nal lines. We believe that this will not be delayed much longer.
 When this consummation is reached it is to be hoped that the market will no longer have the skyrocket features that have characterized it during the last two years. It is to be hoped, moreover. that investors in copper shares will make up their minds to disregard the mischievous practice of various public advisers of computing earnings per share and percentage on going market price on the basis of temporary high quotations for the metal, which is constant temptation to the unwary and inexperienced. The shares of good copper-mining companies are amoung the safest and most profitable forms of investment. but purchases should be made on the basis of the probable price for the metal over a series of years, and due allowance should be made for the gradual exhaustion of even the big gest mines. Eng. and Mining Journal.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21
VENEZUELA COURTS FINE

When it comes to the matter of fines the Venezuela court of first instance is playing second only to Kenesaw Mountain Landis who recently touch ed up Standard Oil to the tune of nearly S30 GOO, 900. The South Ameri- can court has given the decision in the asphalt case and finds that the Amercian company is in debt to Ven- ezuela in the sum of nearly 8, GOO, GOO.
 Nor is this all. Because, as is al legged, the American company melted and aided the Matos revolution, farm CTS of Venezuela were drawn from their farms and manufacturers from their shops. This loss of trade is at tributed to the company and for that reason damages will be claimed, which in the aggregate, will amount to near ly S10, GOO, GOO more.
 Of course there is vast difference between fning and collecting and we opine it will be several moons before the asphalt company will be handed over to the South American republic. Indeed Uncle Sam may succeed in con- vincing Venezuela that her court has erred in it's judgment.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21
EXCHANGE GOSSIP

-''Stroller," the sage and philoso- pher of the Whitehorse Star, address, es this epistle
 To Theodore Roosevelt, President of
 the United States, High Muckamuck
 of the Philippines Beyond the Sea,
 Advocate of Large and Rapidly h.
 creasing Families and Defender of
 the Faith that is in Him, Greeting ::
 Your trust scrap is so far reaching in it's effect that it has reached even us away up here in the snow-clad hills and dales of the far northland where moth and rust does not corrupt. Your trust war, Teddy, has been the means of closing down some of our mines and ere long there will be frequently waft- ed to your ears the time-honored re- mark made by the governor of South Carolina to the governor of South Carolina.
 But the Stroller, Teddy, is not kick ing. You have his moral support in
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21
WHY SOLDIERS DESERT

We are curious to know how much evidence government officials have in support of GeneralGreeley $ contention that the abolition of the canteen is in large measure responsible for the rap- i'd increase in the number of deser- tions. The general attributes the de- lection to two principal causes-the one already referred to and the small pay which Uncle Sam allows his sold- iers.
 No doubt the soldiers are deserving of an increase in wages, but as long as there was no trouble in getting re- cruits under the existing schedule, congress was not likely to act. Now there are complaints from most re- cruiting stations. Young men are not falling over one another in their eag- erness to don the regilnentals of the government. Tbe fact is that what might have been regarded as fair pecuniary return for bearing arms, is too meagre today. The cost of living is so much higher that there is no dis putting the justice of the soldiers plea for more money.
 But as to the canteen. there is room for debate. It was abolished after a spirited and prolonged fight in which the anti-canteeners proved their met
 ie. They must have convinced con- gress of the merit of their argument. Have conditions changed so as to weaken their case? Most of the army officers are ior the canteen. They in- sist that it is an aid to discipline, to the morals Of the army, and that the soldiers are more content where the canteen is Instituted. If Gen Greeley can demons rate his point, it means a strong argument for restoring the can teen and many people will hasten to revise their opinion. For most of us know that discontent in an army is a near neighbor to mutiny.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21
COAL. FROM NEAR SOURCE

The Victoria Colonist says that the Graham Island Coal and Lumber con- pany, whose field of operation is on the north end of Graham Island, B. C., with headquarters at Massett, only 90 miles from Ketchikan, has III tim per limits, all licensed, in one block, which is said to possess some of the best tracts of spruce, hemlock and cedar on the coast. The company also owns 20, GOO acres of coal land. Once the Egeria completes the survey of the harbor, at Massett, at present un- der way, the company will commence the expenditure of enc million dollars in the erection of docks, sawmills, the opening of their S0-acre townsite- Graham City. Graham Island com pany have placed their townsite in the hands of the Anchor Fruit and Farming company of Manitoba, and this company has already disposed of a great number of lots in the east and has been the means of sending num- Der of settlers to Massett There is said to be B, 900 square miles of good farming land in the vicinity. The Graham Island Coal and Lumber com pany is capitalized at $5, 000 GOO under the laws of Arizona, and in British Columbia is gazetted at $500, GOO. When this company gets to operating it's coal mins, Ketchikan will not need to look so long a distance for its fuel supply.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Bringing the engine to sudden stop he went forward to see what it was, when to his amazement .squaw arose and staggered down the track. Jack asked if she was hurt, but her only reply was "you d. fool all time. y
 City Clerk Greene is doing some frenzied finance these days to meet the current bills of the city. Last evening s2, 7O9.5 of city bills were ordered paid by the city council. The city treasury is out of funds. Federal Clerk Page will today present to Judge Wickersham license matters amounting to about that sum for issu- ance which will by Monday place enough in the hands of city treasurer Behrends to meet the warrants order ed issued. The difficulty is that all the liquor licenses for the current year are held up awaiting a decision of Judge Gunnison as to the amount. A canvass supports the contention that the license should be placed at sl, 900 for the current year. This means reduction of $500 and will have to be passed by the federal judge. This will keep the city and school in ample funds until the tax money comes a rolling in late this fall. In the meantime the city officials are trying to keep the city warrants at par.- Juneau Dispatch.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Victoria "the beautiful,r' has just caught on to the idea of utilizing fire hydrants in street cleaning. The al derman who suggested the idea must have made visit to some nearby viii lage across the line-had never seen an American city even of the fifth magnitude or he would have tumbled to the idea long ago.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Ths President hasn't much use for automobiles, and may never have, un- less he hears that a baby has been born in one.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

How would you like to live next door to the Santa Barbara, Cal, man who has phonograph with ten thous- and records.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Let us all draw long sigh of relief. During the four days stay of Ameri- can warships at Yokohama the sailors were given the usual shore leave, and they had jolly good time without anybody throwing brick at any of them or kicking them on the shins. Haven't had a warlike tale from that direction during the entire time.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

As we have said right along there is DO one who can well help admiring Senator Foraker's political bravery. There is no doubt about his having the courage of his convictions.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

A Louisiana health officer declares that ninety per cent of the crimes of this country are due to bad cooking Drives men to drink, eh?
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Some of those South and Central American countries are going to de- velop a wholesome respect and high regard for Uncle Sam by the time those sixteen battleships and twenty eight coalers get around the Horn, especially if the men aboard ship are given shore leave at Rio Janeiro and a couple of other places on the trip.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Mir. Bryan is finding so much fault with Secretary Taft that it is evident he does not approve of him as presi- dential candidate.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

When the hens begin laying forty cent eggs we dont't have to look at the calendar to learn that the summer is waning.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

China has protested against the agreement between Japan and France. If China had good judgment she wuold wait until her new army learns how to shoot before protesting against any thing.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

:. The price of nearly all household necessities, with the exception of Teddy bears, is still going steadily up.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Mir. Walter Wellman has decided that the discovery of the north pole can wait until next year. Mr. We'll mans judgment seems to be good.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21
SEPTEMBER 21, 1907

"Whiskey labeled paint is already being shipped into Georgia. .' Well, isn't it sort of s'interior finish?'
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Judge Parker must feel sore that anybody should suppose that he didn't know better than to want to run again.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

An Ohio woman refused to tell her age in court, and the judge had to de- eide that she was as old as she looked, and let it go at that.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Mir. Fairbanks would probably feel somewhat pleased if Mir. Tom Platt's endorsement of his candidacy would turn out to be a wild rumor.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

The man who says he was told by the voice of God that the world was to come to an end week ago, has probably decided by this time that the Almighty was mistaken.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Somebody remarks: ''Mr. Foraker does not stand for the Republican party" Neither does he go away back and sit down for it.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

In view of the cost of keeping her quiet, it is quetsion if it wouldn't be just as cheap for Uncle Sam to marry Miss Cube. He could buy her a lot of nice clohes and fall hats with S2. .554. 97O
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Bryan has replied to Taft and has called him a straddler. Hope it won't make the jolly fat man lose his tenn per. Taft may call Bryan another" " but they can probably be kept apart now that Taft is aboard ship and out of the country.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

Alaska has few railroad yarns but here is one from the Cordova Alaskan :: A drunken squaw came near meeting an untimely end few evenings ago by sitting on the railroad track and falling asleep. It was growing dark when Jack Reed, the engineer, pulled old "5O' out to the railroad wharf to take on water. As he neared the long trestle approaching the wharf he was looking out of the cab window for ped estrians when he saw the tender of the engine throw some dark looking object against the embankment,
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21

A somewhat remarkable movement is in progress in New York, where a number of Italians are uniting with the Protestant Episcopal church. Among the number are three Roman Catholic priests. A few Sundays ago twenty four men and eleven women, all previously Roman Catholics. were confirmed by Bishop Potter. This is not the result of proselytizing, and hence the movement is attracting a great deal of attention.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-12-18

/ anu uedln Tor nef ldtIloT. n stream vi
icy GOODNESS struck across her heart.
She found herself calculating in DELHI
GRAFTON which tree it was that held
this thing-death. The biggest one,
shadowing the spring, helping to keep
the pool sweet and cool where Paul
day when-ah if Paul Langford
would only come now.
A wild. girlish hope flashed up in
her heart Langford would come
had he not sworn it to her father
Had he not given his hand as
pledge? 1t means something to shake
hands in the cattle country. He was
big and brave and true. When he
came these awful, creeping terrors
would disperse-grim shadows that
must steal away when morning comes.
When he came she could put her
rifle in his big, confident hands. lie
down on the floor and-cry. She
to cry Cold reason came back to her
aid and dissipated the weak and
womanish longing to give way to
tears. There was a pathetic droop to
her mouth, long, quivering, sob
bing sigh, and she buried her wom-
ans weakness right deeply and
stamped upon it. How utterly wild
and foolish her brief hope had been.
Langford and all his men were sound
in sleep long ago. How could he
know? were the ruffians out there
men to tell? All. no! There was no
one to know 1t would all happen in
the dark--in awful loneliness, and
| there would be no one to know until
| it was all over-to-morrow, maybe, or
| next week, who could tello They
were off the main trail, few people
| ever sought them out There would
be no one to know
AS her strained sight stared out in
| to the darkness it was borne to her
! intuitively, it may be, that something
| was creeping up on her. She could
| see nothing and yet knew it to be
| true. Every fiber of her being tingled
with the certainty of it. 1t was com
| ing closer and closer. She felt it like
an actual presence. Her eyes shifted
| here, there-swept her half-circle
northumberland and stared. Still
nothing moved. And yet the nearness
of some unseen thing grew more and
more palpable. If she could not see
it soon she must scream aloud She
! breathed in little quickened gasps.
Soon, very soon, she would scream.
/ All. A shadow down by the biggest
cottonwood! 1t bodily sought nearer
and smaller trunk Another stink
| ing shadow glided behind the vacated
position. 1t was a CHASTITY presenta-
| ton of pussy wants-a-corner" played
in nightmare. But at last it was
something understanding to do