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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19

When the hearing was called be
fore former Judge Franklin Ferriss
sitting as special master, E. G. Bene
dict Of Greenwich, Conn.,, was called
as the first witness. Questioned by Mr.
Kellogg Mr.. Benedict said that he and
Anthony M. Brady, as the Manhattan
OIL company, had an oil producing
plant near Galatea, o. Mr.. Benedict
said that there was a pipe line con
nected with the company.
Refreshing his memory from a slip
of paper he said that in October, 1898
ne sold 1,175 shares Of Manhattan oil
stock at 500 share. He could not
recall who was the purchaser of the
stock, but after further questioning
Mr.. Kellogg brought out the fact that
the Standard Oh company now con-
| trolls the Manhattan company.
Charles M. Pratt, a director of the
Standard Oil company, followed Mr..
Benedict on the witness stand. Mr..
Pratt said he had been an officer of
the Standard Oil company since 1899,
is now secretary and has charge of
the company's books. Mr.. Kellogg
showed the witness list of securities
held by the Standard Oil company or
Sept. IA, 1907, which had been fur
nlshed on subpoena by the company.
Mr.. Pratt said the list was made up in
the comptroller's office and he could
not say whether the statement shown
him was correct or not.
g -
company do you know anything about
Its acquisitions of other companies?"
he was asked.
Much Information Sought.
mot necessarily" replied Mr.. Pratt,
Who further stated that his knowledge
OF the company's holdings was only
general. Asked if the Standard Oil
company controlled the Ohio Oil com.
pany the witness replied that it did.
Mr.. Pratt said that the Standard
owned 1894 shares of stock Of the
Solar Refining company, which was
all but six shares of the company's
entire stock issue. Mr.. Kellogg then
asked Mr.. Pratt to produce statements
~O :" AAAS 'IAO OilC0IS duu UlI0CLOTS OI
the Standard Oil company and of all
Its subsidiary companies, together
With the officers and directors of all
companies in which the Standard Oil |
company had a stock interest, Mr..
kellogg also asked for statement of
cap1talizations of the various COM
panies.
MIR. Pratt, referring to his duties in
the Standard Oil company, said that
he was an officer Of the Standard Oil |
company Of Kentucky, whose prin-
clpal business was the distribution of
OIL south OF the Ohio river He said
the Kentucky company obtained it's
oil chiefly from the Standard Oh COM
pany of Indiana
MIR. Kellogg questioned the witness
at some length about the Pratt Invest
ment company, the stock of which was
shown to be held by the Standard OIL
company. He said the Pratt com.
pany represented the stock of the Wa.
ters-Pierce Oil company of Texas.
which he was holding for the Stand.
ara OIL company. Mr.. Kellogg devel-
oped the Information that the G. M
Pratt Investment company came into
existence at the time that the Waters.
Pierce OIL company was having diff.
Guilty with the state Of Texas. /
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RESERVOIR FLOODS TOWN
Thirty Persons Lose Their Lives in
Japanese Disaster.

Toxic, Sept. 1S-Thirty persons
we're drowned and 100 houses burned
at the Kosakabl mine near Kotaru. A
fire started in the mining works and
while attempts We're being made to
save the mine the water reservoir
was broken, flooding a portion of the
village. Many women and children
were among the victims. -.. r.
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HEARING FINALLY ON
Taking Of Testimony Begins in
Standard Oil Case.
MUCH INFORMATION SOUGHT
Attorney Kellogg, for the Government,
Questions Witnesses at Length Re.
garding the Methods of the Octopus
and Subsidiary Companies.

Questions Witnesses at Length Re-
sardlns the Methods Of the Octopus
and Subsidiary Companies.
New York, Sept. 1 Profits aggre-
eating $499,S15,934 were made by the
Standard Oil company in the seven
years from 1899 to 1906 Testimony
to this effect was given by Assistant
Comptroller Fay Of the company in
the federal hearing here. In the same
period the company's gross assets in
creased from 5000, 791, 1928 to $371,664
b31. This is the first time the COM
pany's earnings have been made pub
lie.
New York, Sept. 1S.-Taking of tes-
t1mony was begun during the day in
the federal suit against the Standard
OIL company of New Jersey. The
hearing here in the federal suit, which
was brought in St. Louis last Decem.
Der, has twice been adjourned at the
request of counsel for the defendants.
In the meantime, however, Frank B.
Kellogg, who is in charge Of the gov
ernment's case, has obtained many
books and papers from the Standard
Oil company, which has enabled him
to proceed expeditiously with the case.
MIR. Kellogg intimated that the gov.
eminent would also inquire into the
character and nature of holdings of
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey. us we'll as its Affiliations, if
any, with railroads. The United States
government has named not only the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey
as defendant but also seventy sub
sidiary companies of the main cor.
porat1on and the following individ-
uals: John D. Rockefeller, William
Rockefeller, Henry H. Rogers, Henry
VI. Flagler, Oliver H. Payne, Charles
M. Pratt md John D. Archbold. Only
William G. Rockefeller and Charles
NJ. Pratt have been subpoenaed to ap-
pear before the hearing, though Mr..
Kellogg may subpoena the others
later.
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Barker's Drug Store
ONE CENT A WO.R d.
HELP WANTED,

WANTED-For u. S. army, able
bodied, unmarried men between
ages of 10 and IS, citizens of the
United States, of good character
and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and write English
For information apply to Recruit.
Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji,
Mimi.
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thirty years old; she two years his
Junior.
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FOR SALE: REIMBURSEMENT of
12O acres with $4,000 of improve
ments. Address Lock Box sol,
Bemidji MINI.
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WANTED-Good girl for general
house work. Good wages. In
quire COS Minnesota Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-09-19
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE: One rs horse power,
compound, traction New Giant
Engine, used only two seasons, in
fine working order, good as new,
at snap figure. Engine can be
seen working. For further inform
alton call at Pioneer office.
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WANTED - Millinery appren.
tees, apply to Mrs. f. ]. Jones at
O'Leary and Bowsers.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Inquire at
Armstrong Restaurant.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

PUBLIC L1BRARY-Open Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays,
ESQ to e p. M, and Saturday
evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also.
Library in basement of Court
House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, ibrar-
ian.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT or 5 room cottage.
Inquire at Remore Hotel.
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FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind of a
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
TUX oALE-IM dgII 1IICcIII InUUSc
head mounted; will be sold cheap.
Inquire at this office.
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FURNISHED.

FURNISHED.
FOR EFNT-NO $50 22D ST: COMPLETELY
furnished house of twelve and two tiled
baths. Price. 81 500 per annun. Inspection by
appointment. X. L. BRADLEY. 14lS 81.
oc3 81
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Or RENI-BY SHANNON & LUCHS,
1OA 12fh n w ,Phnne Main 2SAa

FOR RENI-BY SHANNON 4 LUCHs,
7O4 18th NV. Phone Main 2345.
HOUSES.
1924 a NV lsr, ab, l7I2 Corcn. Or. b. 80. so
per year 81. 0O0. 90 615 10th NV. Dr. b. IS Is
2117 Bancroft l0r Is 90 3343 Pros l2r b. 35 so
1900 Fairmont. lSr b. 10 90 472 NV, Or b.. ..32 IS
1873 NV, 11r b. 90 472 NV. Or. b.. 80. Us
1740 NV. lar. %. 1000 l443 NV, Sr. b. 80. SO
Sl3 2lst NV, lOr b.85. 90 l44l NV sr. b. 80. so
1927 NV. 1Or. 2b. 90 80 1906 Park pl. 6r bel so
1905 Fairmont14r. b. 60 90 1917 Or. so
1906 NV. 1lr. b. 90. % 1903 Md Or b. %. so
1862 NV, 10r. b. 80. so u av, Or, b.. $3.50
3O5 NV. 12r. b...50 90 l445 Pa se,6 ,b22. so
1928 14th NV. Tor b. As. so 1921 sw. Or b.. so
1912 NV, 11r. b...45. 90 go Myrtle me- Or bl1 so
2434 Pa av, Tor, $50 Al Myrtle ne. CRIB III so
1O5 I'd ne, 1lr 40 Is 1898 Duncan ne 6r bic. so
6O3 Q NV, ST. b. 40 90 1913 18th ne, 6r,w.l4 so
l717 Euclid Tor, BIO. 90 1900 Wis Ar w.l0.00
1901 9th NV. Or. b. so
l0l Seaton st. NV. rooms and bath. - 80
1908 Farmont st NV. AR b. per year.. 200. 90
1905 Fairmont NV. lar. b., per year. 81 200
APARTMENTs.
49, gh sT k. MS as s. nv 5i
Flat e. 81. oo 7os 18th nv. sr. b. p 50
Flat sr: b. .ol asS NV. sr: B. g g %
20 NV. IT. b.: 30. 20 y seaton NV SRI q 80
1888 willard. Or. b. 90 lss4 se Or. b. key
i14l Corcoran. 81. q SO I'd n........: e. SO
FOR GOOD COLORED TENANTS.
1901 9Th NV, Dr. b. 1880 1921 Or. b.. 20. so
1880 Church. 5r 90 sol $40 Del sw, Al. b. 90
SHANNON & LUCHS,
70i 18th 1t. nv
Look for our Green and White Sign.
au31 -aa&w,tf
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FOR RENT-BY B. B. 8
1920 7th nw,store. Zoo. 90
1885 7th NV, sto, cel1O0. 90
828 K NV. sto, cellar70. 90
400 18th, 1Sr, Co 0
1857 81st, ar. b.. 90. 90
1901 9th nv. sto. DIV .bS. 90
1851 elst NV, 1R, b. A. 90
1917 Sth NV. 1lr. b.45. 90
1922 9Th NV, 11r. b.42. 50
40S T NV, Tor, b.. AGO
178S Riggs NV. 1T. b. 40. 50
612 Mass av NV, Tor, b40. 90
l411 Col Ut NV ,Sr. b. 80. &c
1929 18th NV, l0r, b.86. 80
1922 9th NV, u, b. BIS. 90
1893 10th. Or. b. =. .83.60
e2l P NV, 7r, b. =. 81 50
It'll & Morton. sto. Ut ADJ 90
1913 N J av NV ,sr. b. 80. 80
$40 g ne. Or, b. 80. 90
801o Camb'se pl. Or. b2S. 50
ass Fla av NV Or. b. %. 90
1918 L NV, II, b. .27.5O
1892 eth NV. 10r, b.T.6O
Oil L NV. Or. b. ..N. 50
1929 9th NV, Or, b, sta25. 90
LIST and Decatur SITS. d.
warehouse. electric ele'
aa0l 90
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FOR RENT-FURNISHED.
INSPECTION BY PERMIT ONLY

FOR RENT-FURNISHED.
INSPECTION BY PERMIT ONLY.
18TH ST. NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE-l4 rooms
snd baths; steam beat; rent, per month. 5000.
FIST AND sTs-12 rooms and baths; 500
2IST ST. NEAR o SIP rooms and baths;
steam heat; ifnt, per month, $3.50
ST NEAR 18TH Nw.-14 rooms, baths;
stable; rent. per month, Sl25
CORCORAN Sr.-12 rooms; 800.
/ ST NEAR conn. AVE. N.w.-I2 rooms 2
baths, hOt-wster heat; $3.50.
COLUMBIA ROAD. NEAR TIE HYLANDs-
22D ST. NEAR Q ST N.w.-1O rooms 2
baths; Aotwaler heat; $40.
ST. NE.-1O rooms and bath: 800.
BHTMoRE Sr.-1O rooms. baths hw.h ;
New furniture; electric lights; 500.
CoI,rORAN STD rooms aud bath; $3.50.
ST, NV NEAR 10TH ST.-lo rooms and
bath, steam heat; $50.
18TH ST. NEAR NJ ST. N.w-9 rooms and
bath. $50.
GRANT PI-ACE-1O rooms and bath; 500.
l05 SEATON SIS rooms and bath; $50.
FURNISHED FLATS.
THE CECIL, 18th End SITS. Or. and b.. sI25
TIE rORrNER. 18th and SITS. Or. and b.. SIS.
THF oNTARIo-3 rooms aud bath; $3.50
Furnished Flat. THE ALBEMARLE. 4 rooms
AM bath; $50.
Furnished Fiat. THE ROCHAMBEAU, 8 rooms
snd bath; $3.50
STONE FAIRFAX. 1872 New York ave NV
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AUL CO., TTH & L NV.
sl2 Kennedy ,sr. b, sta25. so
% P ne, O.. b. $3.50
CSC Ua Az NV Or, b. n. 50
1884 sth NV. Or. :. 20. so
COL N NV. store. :. 20. 50
100 r l av NV Or, ". 10. 80
l1T 18th ne. Or. b. .17.50
6l5 N NV, r.. 90
u N se, Or. b ......1.M
s08 7th ne. store 1890
POOL 18th NV, 1r, I'd
door. ONCE. $3.50. 1890
r o25 N ] av, 4 stls. u. 50
~ N NV. store. =. .12.e0
2084 TIL NV, sto. &.12.W
7l6 9th ne, store. .12.00
1913 N ] Az -, Or. ". 1900
Rear 1923 T Ut nv,
stable, gas and w.10.@
e1e Il ave, basement; 40
2229 9Th NV. stable. 8. 90
COLORED TENANTS.
452 II NV. II. w....S.OO
2219 Water. Or. 81. 1900
B.. new and modern
Tatof. etc. ........:%.W
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FOR RENT-HOUSES,
UNFINISHED.

FOR RENT-vERY DESIRABLE ELEVEN-ROOM
house; one square from Capitol and Library In
Quire OF OWNER, 101 I'd ST. ne. iN30-6t, eSus
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FOR RENT-$45. 50-ONE OF THE BEST HOUSES
and tiled bath; dining room and Kitchen first
moor; hot-water heat: perfect repair; excellent
~. nel6-tf
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14o7 10th. 16r. 3b. $500 1914 Hopkins Or b.47 30
2e4O Newark. Cleve 1911 Ross pl, Cleve-
land PIX. Or. b. fur 100 90 land Park As. 90
1880 vt Az. lar Oh 1888 1893 10Th NV Or ~. 90
each .............eO 90 1905 r NV. Or b. 80 80
1918 10th Tor b. So 90 S2I y av, 1r, b. so
2431 18th Tor b. Al so 5O4 Mont'a ne Or bis 90
FLATS
1878 Irving st. NV, 7r and b.. upper. $50 so
1916 9th st. NV, rooms and bath. ....... 30 90
1874 Irving St NV, rooms and bath. n 50
4Slh Tenn. ave. ne, rooms and BATH. 1880
APARTMENTS
byshire.'' etc, i751 to 1851 Columbia road;
NEW; 5 and rooms and bath: porches
The Natchez, l44o W ST. 5r. and b.. .S37 SO
321 Md ne
rooms ana pain .'.........-....- 1910
rooms and bath. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SIT 90
1871 ne. rooms and bath. S25 so and S27 30
STORES.
d3ii II ne cellar, heat etc..--......... 100
2113 l4th, rooms new. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81. 90
se2S- sa&w,tf
FOR RENT-121s PA. AVE. NV, ROOMS AND
bath: will b. put In lrst-class condition for de
sirable tenant, either for business or dwelling
purposes. Rent, $50 n month.
MOORE N HILL. INC.
1888 ST. NV.
se2s s.m&w-3t
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FOR RENT-T15 ODD ST. NV.
This desirable house of 8 rooms and bath. in
perfect condition. can be rented by small fam
lily for only 5000 per month.
MOORE HILL, Inc.
se2s-eod st 1893 G st. nv
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FOR RENT-NO. 1884 AND 1885 18th 81.
store and ~ rooms above; baths; cellar under
lunch room and boarding house. ANTON HEIT.
MULLER, COS 14th st, Sd floor se2s-7t
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FOR RENT-PRESSED BRICK HOUSE CON
tanning . large rooms and bath with two-story
brick stable in rear; located on Sd St ne, near
car lines. Rent, including stable $50. 80.
MOORE 4 HILL. INC.
1888 ST. NV.
sapS Sy
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THE CONNECTICUT.
One Groom unfurnished apt, with baths; one j.
apt. with bath; furnished or unfurnished
from Oct. /. These the handsomest and
most convenient apis. IN the city and have just
been vacated. Caterer In building meals
TO private dining rooms. Parties should apply
promptly at the office. se2S-u
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FOR Observation-Disclosures 2STORY GROOM
HoUSE FURNACE HEAT, IN BLOOMING
DALE. TO TRADE CLEAR OF MEMBRANES
FOk 2-STORY APARTMENT NORTHWEST
OR THE HEIGHTS. NOT OVER S. 800
..6 MOORE 4 HILL QNCJ, 1888 G ST. NV
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FOR RENT-A SEMI DETACHED HOUSE FOR
SlI.5o; Il rooms and bath; porcelain tub: side and
back yards; all outside rooms; bright and sunny;
C'G flCkfOrd st. ne near Sth and + SITS ne.
ocl 1t STONE * FAIRFAX 134i New York ave.
FOR RENT-NEW HOUSES; ROOMS AND
bath; reception hall; dry cellars; furnace heat;
back porches; large yards; $50 so. 500 and 3l2
{, STONE < FAIRFAX,
DEL 81 1912 New York NV.
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I5L L. 1tak, "a w. <o-OV
I'd a. front. 5r. b. 80. 90
Sd a. rear. Or. b. 80. 90
The Nansemond, 22A
and y SITS
Ar, b, LIST f.. 81. so
l55 G NV, I'd fl, Or. b 80. 90
1903 + NV I'd fl. Or, b. IS. 90
1745 T nw.2d 1857, b32. so
1874 Monroe, Or, b, 2f30. 80
1772 Willard. 5r. b. 1928. 50
300 Fla av NV. ID fl.
1918 Oregon av.5r, b, 22.50
lT19 4th NV. Ar, 20. so
2325 \. If, or, b. 1850
1927 n, III, 5r, b. 1880
OFFICES.
1892 G NV, Sd A.. 80 90
80 l4th nv, Of. 3r. b. 80 90
80 14th NV. 81, Pr, b. %. 80
STORES.
1873 18th NV, 1st 100000
1892 g NV (ht fur. 1900
1922 1Ith NV, 12r. b
cheat Mrl. .......15 90
32l7 Mt Pleas av, after
LIST q mos. ...... 1000
S2lI Mt Pleas ay. LIST
Z, mos 90
90 14th NV ,basem' to 90
13iT l., 3r, base. %. 20
HALL.
mi Pa av NV, I'd q 300
e., 90 14th st. NV.
Phone Main $40.
y. E; s LARGE ROOMS
n; rent only $3.50 per
X PHELPS uncD,.
80 14th st. NV.
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FOR RENT-1T33 18TH ST. NV
BRICK DWELLING, 10 ROOMS AND
BATHS; HEATED BY HOT WA
TER AND HOT AIR; SUNSHINE IN
ALL ROOMS. PRICE, $50 PER
MONTH.
TYLER & RUTHERFORD. INC.
c1-3t 100 18th 1t. NV.
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FOR RENT-HOUSES.
UNFINISHED.

THREE SETS OF KEYS TO EVERY HOUSE
WE HAVE FOR RENT.
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EUH REM
BARNARD & CHILDRESS. Inc.
1912 st. NV.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-10-03
The Secret of Strength.

There Is very famous vine at Hampton Court, London, which has at times borne thousand or more punches of grapes, and the secret Is that the vine sends It's roots hundreds of yards through the ground to the Thames, where It gets Its moisture and nourishment. Another vine, to which great interest has been attached, Is sit uated at St. Gabriels Mission, Califor- mia, and Is estimated to be the largest and oldest vine In the United States It Is 105 years of age. The stalk Is five feet six Inches In circumference, and Is said to have borne two tons of grapes in one season. The roots are said to go down 300 to 800 feet from the stem, and 1t Is believed that they are fed from some subterranean stream of water.
 The man who Is In communication with the water of life has the secret of eternal life. He has the guarantee of much fruit" The tree that Is planted by the rivers of water must bring forth his fruit in his season. There Is nothing that Will as we'll prove the authority of Christian experience as Its productiveness.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-10-03
A Double Life.

Not many years ago the president of a large loan company in Canada was convicted of fraud. For a long time he had been speculating In stock until his defalcatlons grew to hundreds of thousands. To keep the facts from the auditors, he had been obliged to handle a double set of books, one for his own personal inspection, and the other for the inspection of the stockholders. The difficulties involved in this double life increased until the situation became un- bearable, and he went into bankruptcy.
 There are many men to-day who are living double lives The part that the world sees Is plausible and respectable. The other part Is unclean and repuls- i've. Robert Louis Stevenson's classic entitled, "Dr. Jekyl and MT. Hyde" Is an Interpretation of these dual tenden- cies. Dr. Jekyl Is a physician of re- pute; MT. Hyde is the personidcation of his baser parts, and he Is debauched and brutal. These two lives lived in the self-same town by the self-same in divldual finally betray their author ship, and the mask of responsibility Is torn away. It Is always thus. The se- cret sins will inevitably express them selves, and the veneer will soon cease to conceal the truth. The life that is prostituted to sin leaves It's traces, and train of hldeous penalties follows in itS wake
Alaska sentinel., 1907-10-03

crobes. Following his own researches Lister attended clinics given by Syme, the foremost physician of the day.
 In 1860, Lister was appointed profes- sor of surgery at the University of Glasgow. It was while acting as sur geon to the royal infantry that he made the discovery which initiated the new era in surgery. Before that time al most all wounds, accidental and sur gical alike, underwent process of in- iammation and suppuratlon, accom- panied by much pain and loss of health. The most trivial operations were not infrequently followed by death. Many patients died rather than face the hor- TOTS of an operation. Erysipelas te- tanus and hospital gangrene were al most constantly present in hospital wards.--
 There was no knowledge of the causes of these diseases. They were considered to be constitutional. The physician took no blame or responsl' bllity. Death was simply the victims misfortune.
 Such an appalling state of affairs acted on Lister and he decided to solve the trouble, if possible. At about this time Pasteur demonstrated the fact of the existence of the germ and that putrefaction and decomposition were caused by certain micro-organ- isms that came from without Lister applied this knowledge to the cause of wound diseases.
 The great deductions which Lister made were CD that "putrefaction' in wounds was caused by microbes, (2) that these were introduced from the outside, (3) that ''putrefaction' might be prevented by keeping the wound free from germs. (4) that this might be effected by the employment of some substance which would destroy tile microbe. The antiseptic system was founded on these principles. Starting, then, with the Idea of destroying, by an antiseptic substance, the germs in the wound, In everything coming in contact with the wound, such as iR struments, and in its surroundings, Lister made his original tests with car bolic acid-a fortunate selection, for 1t Is still regarded as one of our best germicides.
 He gave his method thorough trial. It proved successful. Now cases of gangrene and the like rarely follow operations. Thousands of lives have been saved by this one discovery. It has revolutioniZed surgery.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-10-03
A Brides Dilem ma.

A humorous romance Is reported from Natal. where youthful Hindoo bride was recently called upon to choose between her husband and her jewels The case came before the Dur. ban police court In the first instance where the brides parents, says the Natal Mercury, nccused her husband of abducting her while under thirteen years of age. The bride, however claimed to be eighteen, and the magis- trate dismissed the case. Outside the court a tug of war took place between the two parties for the possession of the bride in the course of which 1t ap- peared that what her parents particu- larly desired was not herself, but her jewelry. A sergeant of police then sat In judgment and decided that the jew elry belonged to the parents, and the girl must choose between her husband and her bracelets. After some cogita. ton she chose the husband, who promptly unfastened the bangles from her arms and handed them to her parents
Alaska sentinel., 1907-10-03

Cream well together one cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar, add one pint of molasses and one pint of four. This will make a thin batter. Have flat pans well buttered. Drop few spoonfuls on each pan and place in moderately hot oven. The butter will run together. Bake until the mix ture begins to stiffen around the edges, then take from the oven, cut quickly into squares and roll at once on the stick.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-10-03
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Living in Hope.


 The habit of living in the future should make us glad and confident. We should not keep the contemplation of another state of existence to make us sorrowful, nor allow the translency of this present to shade our joys. Our hope should make us buoyant, and keep us firm. It is an anchor of the soul. All men live by hope, even when 1t is fixed upon the changing and un- certain things of this world. But the hopes of men who have not their hearts fixed upon God try to grapple them- selves on the cloud wrack that rolls along the Hanks of the mountains while our hopes pierce within that veil, and lay hold of the Rock. of Ages that tower above the flying vapors. Let us then be strong, for our future Is not dim peradventure, nor vague dream, nor a fancy of our own, nor wish turning itself into a vision, but It Is made and certified by Him who is the God of all the past and of all the present. It Is built upon His Word, and the brightest hope of all Its bright ness Is the enjoyment of more of His presence, and the possession of more of His likeness. That hope Is certain. Therefore, let us live in it.-Rey. Alex ander MacLaren.