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Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
ITALIANS THRIVE IN TEXAS.
Flourishing Colony Where All Are
 Happy and Growing Rich.

Flourishfns Colony Where All Are
 Happy and Growing Rich.
 Bryan, Tex, is an example of what is being done in the South by colonies of Italian immigrants. There are ip that township 2,5OO contadini under the spirited guidance of young Siciliap priest, Father Giovanni Militello.
 They raise mostly grain and cotton either on their own lands or on rented farms, which they get at s5 an acre a year. They save from S100 to S1,0OO year and live comfortably on the rest
 Father Nilitello was able to collect in few days SLIGO to cancel the debt on the local church. His parishioners embelllshed the church with a number of statues and presented their pastor with safe and buggy and team. Once a month he drives to the farthest point In the township and celebrates mass in a tent
 Living is cheap; flour, meat, sugar, coffee and oil are at low price. Meat sells at 5 cents a pound. State and county taxes are very light and the climate Is like that of Sicily. Land ls 80 abundant that its use Is given free for two years to those who will clear It of timber. The Italians cut the tim Der and sell It at g for eight cubic feet raise grain the first year and get crop of roffoD fha caoond
 "It was encouraging to see along the road the vast cotton and grain planta tions," says a visitor. Those kept by Italians could be distinguished because of their freedom from weeds. As we drove past the priest would call out to some of the farmers by name and they would leave their spade or blow and come running to us, hat In hand. Be hind the farmers came the farmers wives and the children; and how many children! I found one mother with eleven of them."
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
When BIondin Was Afraid,

One of Blondin's favorite jokes was to offer to carry some distinguished spectator across the rope with him on his back. Everybody naturally refused, and the great equilibrist with a gen. ial smile, would say, "I am sorry you are afraid should drop you" But he was hoist once with his own petard.
 He was exhibiting in Paris and was about to cross the Seine on his rope Cham, the great caricaturist, had come to make a sketch. Blondln, recogniz- ing him, at once invited him to cross with him.
 With pleasure" replied Cham, but on one condition"
 And that is"-queried Blondin-
 '-That I shall carry you on my back" answered Cham.
 Not If know myself" answered Blondin-
 "Ah," triumphantly exclaimed Cham, ..this time, NJ Blondln, 1t is you who are afraid"
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
CARAVANS OF THE DESERT.
Gold Hunters and COnsumptfves
 Found Travelling Side by Side.

Gold Hunters and COnsumptfves
 Found Travelling Side by Side.
 Ever journeying across the desert sands and climbing the arid peaks ami foothills of the far Southwest are two caravans-one seemingly rugged and healthy, though afflicted with disease called goldomania, the other emaciated by the great white plague.
 One Is scarcely more optimistic than the other; one procession seeks gilt tering yellow dust that means riches, the other a more precious thing health. Though the trail may be long and the water holes infrequent; though tue desert sun may be blistering and tho tongue swollen with thirst; though the mountains may be steep and the patti strewn with cacti, there Is the gllttering substance In the sand lit- tie farther on for the argonaut; lease of life at the horizon, when the red desert sun announces the dawn of an- other day, for the white plague's vlc- tim.
 To many seeking their wonted vigor the hope that ever carries them ont ward Is sometimes as futile as the race after the will-o- -the-w wlsp that lures the argonaut
 But the procession moves on and on the pilgrims cannot leave the sands un- til tine mountain air aud sunshine have healed the scars made by deaths chief ally
 The main trail of the weak-lunged leads from Pecos to Yuma. For more than 1000 miles prospector and plague ridden traverse It's tortuous course. In the caravan seeking gold nearly all are poor. In the caravan exiled and fight ing for health there are rich and poor. high and low, democratic and fraternal in thelr Ills and expectancy.
 To some this hope Is as uncertain of realization as the prospector's pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. But many who have early joined the pill grims, after years of travel by day under the scorching sun and sleep by night in the pure air of the mountain top, end their allotted exile and return to the old home 1000 or more miles distant.
 But the ranks are soon recruited. And some there are who must travel along the great highway until the end
 Oftentimes the bones of prospector and plngue-ridden are found bleaching In the canyon. The skeleton hand of one is outstretched up the hillside, where others reach the goal-and gold; the bony fingers of the other point honlc.-St. Louis Republic.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
SUGAR MIGHT BE CHEAPER.
Suggested National Policy that
 Would Reduce the Price.

suggested National Policy thai
 Would Reduce the Price.
 Including Cuba, whose interest is vital, four different groups are con. cerned by the American sugar situa- ton. There are CD the American gov ernment, which receives little more than $50,000,OO0 year in revenue from the tariff on sugar; (2) our do- nestle and our insular producers, to whom that tariff Is direct benefit to the extent of about s5O,OOO,OOO a year i; (3) the consumer, who Is interested In lower prices, and (4) the Cubans, who are so largely dependent upon the American market for their livelihood In an article in the Information Ed ward F. Atkins of Boston, the owner of large plantation In Cuba, works out this problem along an interesting and probably correct line.
 With a general assumption of the continuance of present political and fiscal conditions MT. Atkins says:
 ''To all appearances our importations of foreign sugar, other than Cuban, will soon end and from that time, If do nestle and Cuban production keeps pace with Increased consumption, as Is anticipated, a differentIal to Cuba would protect her against other coun- tries and reduce cost to consumers in the United States" He holds that "the protection of even the Cuban rate (about 1855 cents a pound) now gives the domestic sugar producers so large a margin of profit that they can well afford to drop prices below Cubas cost in order to market their goods" He claims that In the almost certain event of the reduction of competition to our domestic product and the Cuban prod uct a very material reduction could be made in the present Dingley rate.
 Should that be done two results should follow: There should be reduc- ton In selling prices and important in- crease in consumption. The initial loss of revenue to the government would soon be offset by increase In imports from Cuba. Increased demand should stimulate domestic production. The Dlngley rate, practically a maximum rate, would keep out the sugar of other countries If Cuba were given a differ ential, or what might be regarded as minimum rate. This dfferential would virtually assure to Cuba mar ket for her product and So divide the market between her output and our domestic supply.
 The argument Is certainly worth a careful consideration by the authori- ties.-New York Sun.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
OI0 Tauuritra

Morning. But who the melodies of morn can tell1 The wild brook babbling down the mountain side? The lowing herd; the sheepfold's simple bell; The pipe of early shepherd. dim de- scried In the lone valley, echoing far and wide The clamorous horn along the cliff above; The hollow murmur of the ocean tide; The hum of bees, the linnet's lay of
 love, And the full choir that wakes the uni
 yersal grove. The cottage CUTS at early pilgrim bark Crowned with her pail the tripping milkmaid sings: The whistling plowman stalks afeld; and
 hark. Down the rough slope the ponderous
 wagon rings; Through rustling corn the hare astonished
 springs; Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy
 hour: The partridge bursts away on whirrins
 wings; Deep mourns the turtle in sequestered
 bower, And shrill lark carols clear from her
 aerial tower. James Beattie.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

There are some stories about John D. Rockefeller now going the rounds that are fakes pure and simple. For h. stance, a Washington story says that hs is planning to give s50,OOOOOO for the purpose of lifting the Chinese in their own country to the plane of civ ilization of the American people. A New York story says that he Is soon to give sJ0,OOo0 for educational and charitable purposes In that city. An other story from somewhere says that be is to will s25O, ,OO0, ,OOO for education. al purposes, etc. These stories are to be discounted considerably, If they are to be believed at all. In the first place. Mir. Rockefeller himself recently placed bis wealth at s30O.0O0,Oo0. If these stories are to be believed he is going to give 1t all away. That Is not at all
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
Illustrious shOemakers.

ShoemakIng Is a calling which has given the world some very great men. One authority asserts that the majority of cobblers have exceptional brains; that their attitude when stooping over their work tends to a cranlal develop ment in the part where the intellectual faculties are seated. Some one has written a book of illustrious shoemak- ers In It are Sir Cloudesley Shovel, Clifford the Terrible, Bloomfield, author of the well-known Farmers Boy :" Carey, the orientallst; Admiral Myngs. George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends; John Kitto, the biblical schol- ar, and Sturgeon, the electrician. The list of illustrious shoemakers runs into ecoreA
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
That we need a national song as an

That we need a national song as an expression of patriotism Is generally agreed, and the time will come that will produce one to answer all the re- Qulrements. What more fitting monu- ment to any American composer than a song that would serve such a splendid purposei Who can sit in an English audience and not be stirred when, as the strains of God Save the King float out from the orchestra, every man, woman and child rises in silent rlb- ute? Or who can witness the demon stration which "Heil dir i'm Sieger- kranz" creates In a gathering of Ger mans without thrill! Men have gone down to welcome death with the words of La Marseillaise" on their lips. By all means honor the memory of Francis Scott Key, but let us hail with joy the advent of some genius who will give us 6 better national song than The Star Epangled Banner"
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
AEDITORIALS|


also manifested in another swing of the pendulum in the shape of religious revyas which come and go re- gardless of the immutaby of eternal punishment and rewards
 It will be interesting to note the effects If any of this In Missouri. Whatever the outcome, the law represents the sentiment of large majority of the peo- pe and speaks well society in this State that this sentiment Is the side of Christian mercy and charity, based we'll, it hoped. intelligent concep- ton of the duty of society to its criminals Certainly the antis say. The poorest to make of man Is to hang hm"-Kansas City Journal
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

all The other option. life Imprisonment Is in harmony with the growing tendency of modern society mercifu and reformatory methods in dealing with criminals, while capital punishment Is growing more and to be regarded relic of barbarism cruel and murderous, stupid and intellectual.
 However, although the bill passed the House by vote of 99 23 than four the debate disclosed the fact that many educated persons still cling to the Mosaic standard of justice "an eye for eye and tooth for tooth" Regardless Of the fact that this makes the law instrument of revenge many those who advocate this of justice doubtless sin cerey believe that In its practical operation constitutes the best deterrent crime Whether this be true be proved by statistics In this country. In States that have abolished the death penalty capital crimes have decreased, while In just many others there has been increase Thoughtful opponents cap punishment ascrbe the increase in such to for tuous circumstances and point the fact that crime periodically sweep certain localities and nnuntes either phenomena superinduced by which have relation to the operations Of criminal jus tce Such concurrent manifestations of human
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

safe hands. Maj. George Washington Goethals, who will direct the work, is graduate of West Point, and was on the staff of Gen. Nelson A. Miles as engineer officer of the Department of Columbia. He served under Col. Mer- Till at Cincinnati in the construction of dams, dykes and locks, had charge of the Mussel Shoals canal, Tennessee river, and was instructor of practical military engineering at West Point. During the war with Spain he was chief of the First Army Corps.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

It Is the atmosphere that makes the sky look blue and the moon yellow. If we could ascend to an elevation of fifty miles above the earth's surface we should see that the moon Is brilliant white, while the sky would be black, with the stars shining as brightly In the daytime as at night. Furthermore, as a most picturesque feature Of the spectacle, we should take notice that some of the stars are red, others blue, yet others violet, and still others green in color. Of course all of the stars (if we bar the planets of our own system) are burning suns and the hues they wear depend upon their temperature.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

Ike John D. In the second place, when Mir. Rockefeller gives away money be places 1t in the hands of men whom be knows and whom he can trust. His ac- quaintance in China Is very limited. In the third place John D. Rockefeller is too shrewd a man for a moment to cal culate that s50,000.oo0 will do very much toward the uplifting of the heath en Chinee. There are about 5OO. 900, 900 Of them, which means ten cents apiece. Ten cents will not do very much u2llft- ing. Finally, If John D. Rockefeller wills money for educational purposes, be will have the care and dispensation of It pretty definitely determined before his death. So far as Is known, no one has been approached on the subject. That MT. Rockefeller may have some plans h his mind Is barely possible. Stories like the above, however. are cir culated without authority. and un- doubtedly have very little basis in fact. Mir. Rockefeller has given away a large sum of money already. and It might be just like him to conclude that he has given away enough.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
gineering projects which already stand to their credit

gineering projects which already stand to their credit.
 High up on the roll of notable en- gineering projects with which the army engineers have been successfully Identified Is the work at He'll Gate, once the worst obstruction In the east ern approach to New York harbor. It WAS under the supervision of Gen. John Newton, a West Point graduate and an officer of the engineer corps of the army. that this obstruction was undermined and hurled from Its foundation. At the time that the work was begun the predictions were gen. sral that 1t would prove unsuccessful. At that tiIne, as now, criticisms were heard about the slowness of the work of the army engineers, but Gen New ton blew up Hell Gate, and few people are aware to-day of the sensation caused in the engineering world ct the
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

large scale There Is smaller department of the field that Is almost entirely neglected. Along the road sides the hlsides of New England numberless trees which have sprung up by chance and of what variety chance determines tree of value such black walnut hickory, to only two varieties, makes more demand upon the soil and requires more care than of red or scrub pine. In spite of the increasing of concrete and steel for big build ngs there is falling of n the demand for cabinet woods by the makers of furniture carriages furnishings.
 If the farmers of New England would plant trees of the proper kind on land waste fence and along the roadsides, in few years they would of Income that they do not appre- ciate By planting nutbearing in large numbers there opportunity for Income before the trees reach maturty.-Boston Globe.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

An Austrian military officer has witt ten a pamphlet in which he expresses the opinion that It would be compara' lively easy for Japan to smash things on our Pacific coast. While It would be foolish to Ignore the dangers to which our Pacific coast might be ex- posed in case of war, We may as well remember that the Austrians thought Spain would be able to whip us with put calling on any of her reserve forces
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
None Lost.

Sand Bar Ferry, near Augusta, Geor- gia, is a fatboat affair, frail and rick ety. Two tlmid ladies, hesitating to cross, piled the negro boatman with questions about 1t.
 And are you perfectly sure no one has ever been lost herep they demand ed.
 "No, missIs," replied the ferryman "No one sin't never been los here. Marse Jake Bristow done got spilled out and drowned last week, but dey found i'm again mex day. We ain't never los nobody, no, ma'am."
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
Concord-Aprf1 19.

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled. Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the
 world.
 The foe long since In silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward
 creeps.
 On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day votive stone, That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, or leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
How to EboniEa.

Picture frames, chairs and other fur niture may be ebonized by washing them four times, thoroughly drying between times, In a boiling mixture of strong logwood and water. Then wash the wood in solution of acetate of iron, which Is a mixture of iron filings and vinegar.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

A Colorado weather prophet who had predicted a blizzard committed suicide because sunshine came Instead The government would have trouble in the weather bureau all the time If this sort of thing were to become epidemic
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
OUR ARMY ENGINEERS.
Digging the Panama Canal Has Been
 Placed in Fit Hands.

Although the supervision of the con- struction of the Panama canal will prove far and away their greatest work. the army engineers have justl- fled the faith which the country has manifested in their qualifications for this gigantic task In many difficult en-
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
SOME LoNG-LIvED PROFESSIONS,

Musical Composers and Men of Let
 ters Reach . Sound old Are.
 The Psalmlst's three score years and ten" are not the average mans life, but are named as the average limit of those who arrived at a normal old age. The average life of men In various occupations appears in the ap- pended table:
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

Somebody recently paid s2,co TOT the original manuscript of a poem oy Robert Burns. It came little too late, however, to enable Bobby's publishers to make him one of the six best sellers.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

If Mir. Rockefeller had given his un- divided attention to the accumulation of money, however, he might easily have been a rich man.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

Mrs. sage's s1O0oo,0oo gift to society |, to be handled systematically. A great disappointment to persons who hoped l, would be a case of go early and avoid the rush.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

time by the complete success of this difficult project
 Illustrative of the professional yer satility of the army engineers Is the fact that, in addition to their so- called civil duties-the entire super vision Of the improvements of the rivers and harbors of the country are such monuments to their engineer ing ability as the Washington aqueduct, Cabin John bridge, the Washington
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

"Is 1t wise to let sleeping ancestors lieT' asks a Philadelphia paper. The trouble Is the wide-awake descendants do all the lying nowadays.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

Americans are said to be the most profane people in the world, but the man or woman who makes that asser- ton should be compelled to swear to It
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

Edgar saltus thinks everything on this earth will be properly adjusted oy the year 5000. That's about the time Elijah Dowie is due back here, isn't tt
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

Breaking record at billiards re- qulres a skill and energy which would accomplish something worth while, If properly directed.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

With this as a basis, the average age of the musical composer would be about Il approximately the biblical al. lowance.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

Persia has only one railroad, ana II Is but ten miles long. If Persia wishes to secure the services of an able rali- road promoter we are willing to lend Hartman for an indefinite period
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

A London preacher says he IS go ing to get the devil down and out or the Bible" The members Of the Down and Out Club may as well prepare to receive another distinguished member.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

There will be some real trouble In this country If two of the panics pre- dicted by our great railroad men ever come together In head-on collision
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

The man who lays his hand affec- tionately on your shoulder when he talks to you, has to have a very in. teresting message if he gives satisfac. ton
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
NO HANGINGs IN MISSOURI.

iPITAL punishment has been virtually abol- lshed In Missouri. The bill which has passed
 both houses of the Legislature leaves the option to juries to assess the death penalty
 at their discretion, but It Is reasonably cer- tain that this authority will be rarely exer- cised-only In extreme cases and probably
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

One trouble with an insanity plea Is that 1t can't always be stopped at convenient place.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

A widow has many surprises, and chief among them is the number of times she has to sign her name In set ting up an estatA
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

MT. Hartman says everybody hates . successful man. Not 1T he Keeps nis foot of everybody's neck.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
INDIVIDUAL FORESTRY.

1CAUsE of the rapid exhaustion of native lumber, large territories are being set aside as forest reserves, while lumber companies already have created a demand for trained
 forestry experts that Is greater than the supply of graduates from the few forestry
 schools. This Is a matter of forestry on a
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

A politician in strathroy, Ont, was stepped on by fast trotter. That was . horse on him.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20


 almost drowned him ln the campus lake.
 President Rooseyelts recent address Harvard-now known as the "mollycodde speech'-in which he In- weighs against femninty In college students rings true Every fulbooded American boy should, and will, find outlet for his surplus energy. Hazing, however is to be countenanced heathul exercise Superior ity In the number of the assaants the at- tackled any chance of defending himself The practice s dangerous More than that 1t Is cowardy throughout No schoolboy escapes being "mollycodde" by taking part in a haZng bee. Rather does he stamp himself as and cowardly when he helps to torment fellow student who cannot fight back.-St. Louis Republic
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20
PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Senators Platt and Depew must have q poor opinion of Senator Spooner.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

Mothers care not who does the love making if they are allowed to do the
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-20

classes of non-professional work. Mu. sical composers, however, are said to live longer than persons engaged In oth- ar occupations, In proof of which this eminent list has been prepared: