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Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

To help supply the demand in Amer ica for good servants and also to help Italian immigrants to good places, an Italian banker of New York City pro- poses to train Italian women in model houses before they leave home. He pians to open in northern Italy practi- cal schools of domestic service equipped with American laundrles, kitchens and dining rooms, where girls may learn free of charge the work that will be required of them. Then they will come to this country, where they will easily secure places on the strength of their practical education. It Is thought that persons of influence In both countries will be ready to help this work, which l. philanthropic in the best sense In that 1t promotes the efficiency of the worker and insures good service to the employer.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

all of whom are of tender years-they are to be given over to their father, a man of vile habits. two days In the week, one week at New Year and Easter and a month In summer of each year. During these times they will be with their grandmother, who is bit ter enemy of their mother and under the influence of their father. If the countess succeeds In making even de cent Frenchmen out of her boys under these conditions both she and they will be exceptionally fortunate. A mother must indeed be of strong character and determined will to~counteract the in fluences that will be set ct work against her personality and teachings in such a case.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

hours without sleep. I believe steps, legislative If necessary, should be taken to prevent engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen from remain ing too long on duty. A man should have from ten to twelve hours rest between trips If he Is to be an efficient servant of the railway anu constant protector of lives"
 The Interstate Commerce Commls- sion says In recent Accident Bulletin that in the last quarter of 1905 there were two thousand collisions In this country, of which about two hundred and seventy affected passenger trains, and In which thousand persons were killed and seventeen thousand injured. The list of casualties Is larger than that of the preceding quarter, and the commission ascribes one of the causes of increase to the fact that the em- ployes are kept on duty longer.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
DAYLIGHT AHEAD.
The Latest Stage in the Evolution of
 the Electric Light

Firefes are still in advance of man. kind in the matter of economical light producing. The phosphorescent glow which they give off is nearly pure light. Very little of the energy is wasted in heat, while in the case of the lighting devised by man more power is used up in producing heat, which is usual ly not wanted, than is converted into visible light.
 The nearest We have yet come to following the firehies Is the mercury vapor light developed by American in- ventors, which, In the form of long. glowing tubes, has been seen in our shop windows as advertisements for two years or more.
 They produce more light at less cost than any other practical method of H. lumination, and would be extensively used if it were not for the color of the light. It contains no red rays, but Is strongest in the violet end of the spec trum, extending far beyond the limits of visibility in that direction and in- cluding an abundance of rays that We can photograph, but cannot see.
 This mercury glow light has made the while you wait photography of the pleasure parks a possibility, but 1t Is too ghastly for common use. IL will turn parlor into a morgue or a seance room.
 But recently 1t Is reported that Ger man chemists have overcome this diff. ficulty by putting into the electrodes other metals besides mercury, thus changing the character of the light and making 1t approach the light of common day.
 Zinc with 10 per cent of bismuth and a trace of sodium is used for this pur. pose. If this proves practical We shall have our houses cheaply lighted by softly glowing tubes arranged in all sorts of artistic designs on the walls and ceilings, instead of one or more points of light too bright to look at al. rectly,
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
VALUE OF THE ARCHITECT.
Public Not Generally Informed as to
 His True Worth.

Public Not Generally Informed as to
 His True Worth.
 The real necessity for education in architecture, in our minds, Is not to teach the public what Is good archi- lecture so much as to bring them to closer appreciation of the function the architect plays in public work. To many people he Is still sort of upper craftsman, less businessllke than a ma son, not as practical AS a carpenter, but one who Increases the cost of building from some unknown reason and keeps the builders all guessing.
 Any one who looks back over the progress of the profession In this coun- try for the last quarter of century can readily appreciate how modern a thing the American architect Is and how little he Is understood. The nation. the cities, the individuals have thrown opportunities at the profession with both hands. The profession has never been quite equal to 1t, but has made a brave fight and Is fighting stlll.
 When we say that the public appre- clates architecture we do not mean that the appreciation Is a knowing or an intelligent one. It simply likes 8 large, handsome piece of building con- strucuon, and, generally speaking, the public that goes by on the street will take kindly to the really good archi- tectural monuments.
 There is, however, beyond question a great work to be done, and the sug- gestion to educate the public by means of the creation of museums of architec- ture Is one which deserves careful con- alteration and which If carried out very generally would undoubtedly do a great deal to bring about the desired results
 It Is safe to say that the collection of architectural casts In the Metropol,- tan museum at New York Is studied and admired more than any other one feature of that magnificent collection, and there ought to be similar collections in all of our large cities. Whether the time is yet ripe for them to be inde- pendent collections Is a question. Even now nearly all of cur muse ums have a more or less general collec- ttop of architectural casts and If these could be enlarged 50 as to be more specific in their illustrations-to In. clude models of complete buildings of the best type, with examples of decora- tiona of furnished interiors and with perhaps in connection herewith exhibi. tions of architectural drawings-they would become powerful educational | agents.-Brickbuilde
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
ASLEEP AT HIS POST.
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Last winter a collision between the last section of an express train and fire. ght train resulted in the death Of several employees. The passengers In the heavy Pullmans were unharmed. The cause of the wreck, given to the public, was the violation of despatch CTS orders by the freight train crew. The real reason, says writer ln the Outlook, Is that the crew had been on duty fifty-nine consecutive hours, and were unable to stay awake and count the sections of the express train that had passed. The writer, who was con ductor of a freight train, tells of an experience of ffty-two hours of steady work.
 After two consecutive runs of six and twenty-seven hours respectively, thirty three in all, the freight was on siding fifty miles from Chicago, at three in the morning.
 1.-TWO meat trains, night express and special were due to pass. The rear brakeman was asleep from ex- haustion. The meat trains and the night express thundered by, but no spe- cial 1 felt the caboose lurch forward and knew that the engineer had for gotten the special, and was pulling out of the sidetrack into the jaws of death.
 "I sped over the car roofs, giving frantic signals to stop.
 "'Don't get mad, neighbour said the engineer, as l clambered into the cab. I must ha' dozed off, and woke up sudden with the idea that special had passed He reversed and backed the train to safety.
 "Fifteen hours later we pulled into Chicago, to find string of refrigerator cars waiting to go out. Heavy traffic had sent all the crews East. To delay the freight meant losing the haul to another railroad; and yet by the terms of our wage schedule we were entitled , to eight hours rest.
 "One brakeman wanted to go back because his home was at the other end of the line and his baby was sick. I agreed to go, too, stipulating for two hours sleep and a fresh engine crew.
 That return trip was a nightmare. We left at midnight. The two hours cat-nap In the caboose only served to intensity our stupor.
 '"Thanks to good luck, to the char acter of our freight, to a fresh engine crew, to a message I sent the despatch CT, warning him of our condition, we were able to finish fifty-two hours of service without accident and to stagger home to bed
 Freight train crews are often on duty from twenty-four to thirty-six
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

Bigness is said to be a quality which appeals especially to Americans. How. ever that may be, purely scientific interest justifies the spreading of in- formation contained in a recent bulle- tin of the United States Geological Sur vey about the size of the United States. The area of the United States proper, exclusive of Alaska, island dependen. cies and the Panama strip, Is given as three million twenty six thousand sev. en hundred and eighty-nlne square miles The absence hitherto of an ofi- cial standard resulted in discrepancy between the computations of the Cen. sus Bureau and the General Land Office. A conference was called be. tween these departments and the Geo logical Survey, and the bulletin of the Geological Survey is the result.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
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the purpose of the passenger trains of railway Is to carry from point to point rapidly as possible Secondly, the time table amounts to advertisement that at certain times trains may be taken at New York for instance for Boston, and the company virtually en- ters into contract with the purchaser of frstcass ticket to furnish him the train with the ordinary frstclass railway accommodations of such journey unless of course, the train be advertised limited one.
 That railway is at liberty if 1t chooses to hold such ticket holders because he refuses stand the journey between New York and Boston, which would be the logical conclusion If the contention of the New Haven officials sustained Is plainly absurd-New York Globe.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
Football Bucking strap.

Football practice Is already In full
 swing. One of the latest contrivances used for teaching the players being a "bucking strap the invention of for mer college gridiron star. Its object is to drill the players in line bucking, and to teach them to watch and prop erly take the openings or holes In an opposing line through which they are to run. It also aids the players to carry the ball without fumbling, be- sides making him strong on his feet
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

ID tratlOn, tnIS nONeI Idea Is used In connection with a small case of matches, at the present time distributed by restaurants, etc, and containing advertisements. These cases contain about twenty-five or fifty matches In a pasteboard cover. The matches are not attached to the case In the usual manner, but are reversed, with the head of the match invisible. Pressing against the heads of the matches is an ignition strip. It will at once be obvious that when the matches are withdrawn the heads will rub
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
Got What Was Coming.

q wish you'd write this letter over and correct the spelling" said the off, cious man who had neglected to pay his stenographer for three weeks"
 'That's the best I can do for the money I get," she replied.-Detroit Free Press
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
Bettee Than Nothing,

"I suppose you are glad to have es. capped all notoriety in connection with these financial exposuresT"
 "T dunno" answered Mir Cumrox sometimes I think mother and the girls would rather see my name in the paper that way than not at all"
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

There Is a thoughtful lady in Phila- delphia who wants the family physi- elan to arrange betrothals, 80 that there may in future be less mismating. The question now arises, would the doctor charge for a house or an office call?
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

of wire rods bent to shape. An addi- tional advantage lies in the fact that this ladder Is made in sections. At the top of each section Is threaded opening to receive corresponding threaded extension at the end of the section above. In this way the ladder can be made any desired length very quickly.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

which the matches ignite as they are withdrawn from the case. Smokers, especially pi p e smokers, who use more matches than others, W i'll ln- stantly recognize t h e utility a n d usefulness of such an article. As shown in the illus
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

According to Dr. Senn, of Chicago, more people die from eating food than from drinking intoxicants. And yet 1t Is not easy to find satisfactory sub stitute for food, even if we replace 1t with breakfast food.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

MT. Rockefeller says he trusts i'm pncitly In Providence" It has been the popular impression for some time that MT. Rockefeller's trust was in the Almighty. That Is to say, the AL mighty Dollar.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
METALLIC LADDER.
Much Firmer and Easier to Climb
 Than a Rope Ladder.

Than HOpe LHuuer.
 Only those who have had the ex- perence of going up or down a rope ladder know how trying It is. It would be almost impossible for any nervous person to attempt it without falling. Being light in weight, the ladder naturally swings to and fro, es- pecially If the end is not secured to something. Generally It is not possible to do this. A ladder which, theoreti- cally, seems to be far superior to a rope ladder, has recently been patent ed by a Brooklyn mechanic. The ac- companying illustration clearly shows it's construction. It is series of al ternate hand-holds and steps, made out
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

than the two. But W when one tool can be used for nine separate purposes, 1t Is sure to create interest. Such Is the one shown be- low. The inventor, a resident of a small town In Wisconsin, calls 1t a "desk tool.' It does not present o ottronfiy-a an-
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

In spite of all the scientific theories that have been advanced 1t seems prob able that the matter of betrothals and marriages will be settled, as heretofore, by the young persons chiefly concerned
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

Possibly the kaiser deserves great credit for being an optimist, but one could pick out two or three persons who really would have more excuse than the kaiser for giving way to pes simism.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
Most of It on Him,

"Why, that's a regular little print Ing press, isn't it?" remarked the visit. or.
 "Yes," replied Mrs. Popley, "Willie's uncle gave 1t to him on his birthday" What a complete little thingl It's self-inking, isn't it?"
 "I don't know; but Willie ls.-Phila- delphia Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

Richard Croker has been offered e1O0,OOO for his autobiography, and from now on he will be receiving let ters beseeching hlm not to tell all be knowa
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

against the ignition strip, the friction causing the matches to ignite. Each match Is enclosed In separate socket, so that one match In lighting will not cause the remaining matches to do like uisn
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

It appears that the "debrutalized' class rush contents itself with break Ing a collar bone instead of a neck. We certainly are advancing.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

The sons of the Count and the Count ess de Castellane are the real sufferers from the mercenary marriage of which they are the issue. While the mother b given the custody of the children
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

not sing with any particular distinc- tion, but now her voice - a basso profundo of ex- traordinary range, power and timbre lis said to have no superior and perhaps no equal on the operatic stage
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

Andrew Carnegie offers to donate q 100000 to the cause of universal peaca It is hoped that there will be no unseemly Quarreling among people who desire to handle the money.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

sary for the transportation of letters It Is robbed mercfuy by the railroads It has had nine postmasters general within the past twenty years of them perenced in the work and many of them absolutely h. capable of transacting the departments business. The department whole is preposterously mismanaged.
 And yet public opinion would not consent to allowing the department be conducted by individuals however costly and inefficient conduct by politicians may The business of transporting the peoples correspondence may be inrusted to individuals but must be retained by the peoples government This may be only sentiment but it Is powerful and will persist There is object private ownership of of letter trans portaon any than there is to private ownership of railways express companies But belief that gov ernment should the letters of citizens Is so firmly established that it will be overthrown Time will remedy the abuses in the Postoice Department the meantime Uncle Sam is rich enough to afford the annual defct-Chicago Journal
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

In a town where every home Is con. nected with the sewer, familiar back door scene Is missing; that of a wom- an throwing a wash pan full of dirty water on the dog.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

Two Warsaw anarchists recently threw bombs at an actress. If her advance agent isn't making the most of the Incident she ought to fire him and employ a good, live American
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

If the independent and prosperous farmer 'gets the worst of It," what are the rest of us getting7
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

By the courts decree the Countess Castellane gets what she wants and gets rid of what she didn't want
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

The search for the best book is end less. There are almost as many best books as there are readers.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
Serves Nine Purposes.

An implement combining two tools In one and that c1n be used for two distinct purposes Is obviously better
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

No use talking, 1t is very hard to feel just right towards a friend after you have heard him praise your enemy.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

Most of the objection to trial mar riages come from men and women who have passed through marriage trials.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
Novel Match case.

A matchbox is very convenient ar ticle to have. but New York inventor goes one better and brings out one in
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

The year 1906 promises to be an un. usually prosperous one for the big law. yers.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

"Debrutalized" football has become almost human.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
A REAL TRllBY.

Girls Marvellous Voice Brought Out
 by Hypnotism.
 Miss Edna Murray, of Texas and New York, is a Trilby in real life. Until a year and half ago she could
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

cause furnished them The officials of the road given out what IS called an opinion to the effect that carrier of passengers is bound to furnish reasonable accommodations for the average number of passengers carried by it. passenger has right to a seat in train, but he has not right to a in any particular train. The opinion goes on to state that the passenger insists having seat he must wait until a train comes along with one vacant.
 This opinion open to criticism In the first place
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
WOMEN, MEN AND FOOD.

HATENER woman may be In her hours of ease-perhaps uncertain, coy and hard to please-wheneyer the world goes wrong and trouble hangs black above the home 1t Is she, nine times out of ten, who looks into the face of the future most severely.
 Mark Twain in his autobiography now In
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

of publication pays this tribute to his wife who died several years ago in Florence: "She always cheerful, and she always able to communicate her cheerfuness to others During the nine years that we spent poverty and debt, she always able of my despairs and find bright side to the clouds and make see it. In all that time I never knew her to word of regret concerning our al tered circumstances. did know her children to do the like For she had taught them and they drew their fortitude from her"
 Too many get discouraged too easily. They should learn lesson from the women. When business goes to the bad grn and the quicker will fortune be retrieved There is better medicine for shattered health than a sunny spirit. The discouraged is beaten before the battle begins; the cheerful always has fight ing chance.-Boston Globe
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

hundred gowns year, every three or four days In addition to her house dresses Then she has to the purchase of shoes stockings ribbons, hand kerchefs hats veils gloves and the other things that make up womans wardrobe say nothing of furs and clothing for out of doors there only three hun dred and sixty-fve days in year. it is apparent that she must give up her whole time to dress.
 What life be worth to woman of this sort? What room is there in intellectual exercise for learning for emotional excitation pleasure? When does she get time think? She must be automaton, shifting her clothes continually Does 1t not astonishing that a human being gifted orginaly with brain, sent
 into this world between eernites staying here but a moment can waste her existence in this empty fash ion thinking only of her little vanity, deyong all her time to decking her body? Such creature is as low in the scale of real existence amoeba wrggng feebly in the sea-Indianapolis Sun
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
DOES A TICKET IMPLY A sEATp

a railroad legally under contract with the I&I purchaser of ticket between any two sta lESu tions along its line to furnish the traveller kSQke a seat? This old question raised again kS6dNNAN the other night the New Haven road by uSDNsEI the refusal of ex-Goyernor Chamberlain and
 two companions to give up their tickets be
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

self At all events, he has empoyments and duties and responsibilities and it is the want of these that makes the rich uneasy Man is working animal, and If for tune or accident deprves him of the power to work he degenerates It is the hardship of finding substitutes for work that keeps the busy and sad They travel they dance they eat they ride they surround themselves with others who travel dance eat and ride they make of dressing an employment and of dining religion but through all there is more or less clear realization Of the futillty of a and pleasure becomes unpleasant when it is repeated constantly. The man who inherits riches never whistles at his business of pleasure The farmer hoeing potatoes in the afford to whistle for he doing his little best for the world and Is living to a purpose.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
A WOMAN AND HER DRESS.

NEW YORK woman has been talking with a reporter about her clothes. She says she spends S200,O0O year on them, and consid- CTS that she is not extravagant There is no end,' she added. ito the amount l could spend If I wished to do so l think l am very moderate"
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

HE Postoffice Department is managed with reckless extravaganza such as would not be
 tolerated for a single day by private enter prise. It carries advertising matter in enor- nous quantities at a great loss, at the re- quest of a powerful lobby, and charges the people twice as much as Is actually neces-
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14

A child's first impression Is usually made by the paternal slipper.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-02-14
THE DIscoNTENT OF THE RICH.

HE rich are constantly trying to get away
 from themselves. The poor man may want to do this. but for obvious reasons he and himself must remain on terms, and if he is merely poor in pocket, and not in mind and resource, he will find that he can be rather pleasant and profitable company for him