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Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13
STRONG LIGHT HURTS EYES.
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 initiative Have Serious Effects.
 One occasionally meets people whose vision Is affected but who speak with pride of the fact that their eyes have been so strong that they could look at the sun for several minutes at a time. Such people have no conception of the danger there Is In such a practice and not only to them but to all the follow ing instances may be of benefit.
 Professor Nader, while working in a rather dark corner of his laboratory last year, broke a low resistance cir. cult In which an electric current at voltage of 300 was flowing. The arc formed was about a foot from his eye and appeared like a ball of fire more than six inches in diameter. Imme- diately there was a feeling as If some thing had given way in his right eye, though no pain was experienced. Short ly afterward he noticed that part of the retlna was permanently affected, the injured portion being in the form of a square. with the center of vision in one corner. The sharp outlines of the field could be easily distinguished and upon closing the eye fan-shaped flashes of violet color spread out from one corner at equal intervals of several seconds, the recurrence being entirely involuntary. After being for some time in the dark the flashes of light ceased.
 The oculist who attended to the pro- lessor mentions a second case, where an eminent astronomer who had been imprudently observing a partial eclipse of the sun h the east, with his eyes unprotected in any way, found late in the day that on looking over a hillside he saw apparently a flock of eight or ten redbrds, whose movements were cratic. Since the birds appeared wher- ever he looked he carefully examined the field of vision and discovered that the sun had formed crescent Image on the center of the retina of the left eye. The color of the image was green, with narrow red border. The injured area seemed to be quite blind and par allel lines diverged around 1t, this ef- feet being just the opposite of the pre- vious case. The injury Is still notice able and annoying, especially in read Ing.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

People who do not live in earth quake zones are quick to congratu- late themselves every time they think of San Francisco, Valparaiso or King ston. Still nobody can tell when the train he's on is going to try to run over another train.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Superfciality Is the bane of the day and backed up as 1t so often is by colossal self-esteem and forwardness it adds formidable contingent to the must-get-on classes Of people. No one wants to plod nowadays; the getting on must be rapid, and in trying to attain money without having to work for 1t falsehood, dishonesty and heartlessness creep in
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13
The Bachelor Maid,

One day I asked Bachelor Maid,
 What is the reason you won't wed?' "I wish to live freer life,
 And fight for woman's rights" she said But soon I learned that she had wed,
 Your fight for rights Is o'er," sighed. ITO change ones minds woman's right,
 And so I've gained my point" she cried Princeton Tiger.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

name she never heard without a start Uncle Bob!" It brought back many unpleasant memories of a summer long since dead, though by no means for gotten.
 That other Bob-Sir Robert Dug dale. She had never seen him, though she had read of his approaching mar. riage some weeks after his departure from Ireland to a lady of title-a cousin. This same paper informed her that 1t was a family arrangement, which would be the means of uniting two estates as well as two hearts And she had understood why her love dream had ended So disastrously, and why her lover had branded himself as worse than a cad.
 And she set herself to forget him, as much as 1t was possible, for she had forgiven him long ago. Love knows no limit to Its forgiveness; 1t Is not of the earth--lt is from heaven above.
 But forgetfulness Is another matter altogether-ones memory Is apt to be so long-so dreadfully hard to kill.
 Uncle Bob Is coming today" one of her charges announced ore after noon in late December, as they sat at tea In the schoolroom at the top of the house. Hes been over in Ireland, and he comes back tonight"
 Molly poured out the tea with a steady hand
 T am glad for your sakes he Is com ing,' she said; you are all so fond of him."
 "Oh, he comes here lots and lots, really" they told her; but just lately he's been awfully down on his luck, mother says, and 80 he's kept away. He is very fond of coming up to this room, which he says is the incest In the house."
 But Molly, thinking of other things, did not attend, and the children dropped the subject.
 She was sitting alone in the school. room after 9 o'clock tea, when a mans tread sounded on the stairs outside, and the door was flung open.
 Molly" cried a well-known voice t; lat last my darling.."
 Don't" she implored. "Please- please, go away"
 "Go away" he echoed, strdins across the room, and standing in front of her, tall and commanding, and twice as handsome as even her memory had pictured him. "What nonsense! At least, will go away if you like, but I mean to take you with me, if you will go. Molly-Molly
 Molly pushed him from her with all her might
 Do you forget?" she said imperi- ously. Do you forget Lady Clemen- tine?"
 Lady Clementlne, blessing on her heart, ran away with her groom a month before we were to have been married, and I have searched for you ever since, little dreaming should find you here. Molly, before you ask me another question, answer me. Tell me, will you marry me? Will you love me, and be engaged to me in earnest this time, darling? You owe me that fifty pounds. but I'll take your heart instead May I, darling|
 Molly looked up, her smiles fighting with her tears.
 You took that-long ago." she said shyly.
 And then and there he gathered her into hls arms, and the schoolroom be- came an Elysium.
 People when they heard the news said that 1t was the end of a charm ing Irish ldyll, but the two people who were most concerned in the affair de- clare that It Is only just the begin ming g.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

But the day came at last when the idyll was brought to an abrupt ter mination. Dugdale received letters from his solicitors which necessitated his immediate presence In England, and he communicated the fact of his impending early departure to Molly as they sat together on the ruins of the old castle, at whose feet the sea of the Atlantic swept in broad rollers In the summer sunshine.
 Just for second the girls cheek blanched, but she pulled herself to- gether again with all the inborn pride of her race Sorry that he was going away, was she? Had she expected him to stay forever? Don't the swallows flee before the winter weather? Are the roses always in bloom?
 But in that moment she realized what his coming and hls going meant to her. She knew that what had begun in play had rlpened into earnest. She loved. Not for an hour, or a day, or a week-or even year-but for her lifetime, and beyond that into an end less eternity.
 She loved.
 The man at her side was selfish enough to want to hear 1t from her lips, though he knew that 1t was futile
 Molly" he cried, possessing himself of her hand. 'Is It possible you are sorry-that you will miss me when I am gone"
 Molly breathed hard.
 T shall miss you, of course," she said, slowly, but I knew all along that we should have to say good-by some day; that 1t was all just make believe"
 "Was 1t? Is 1t all make-believe on your partf" be broke h. "Oh, Molly Molly"
 He stretched out his hands, big and brown, and they closed over her slim fingers.
 Then he bent little nearer, intoxi- cated at the sight of the soft sweet color sweeping her pure cheeks. He was close to her, very close, his heart almost beating against hers, when sud denly, sharply, he drew back.
 Forgive me, Molly" he cried pas sionately; forgive me. I am a cad worse than cad, and I am not-free -forgive."
 Without a backward look he rose and strode away, and Molly sat long till the sun set into the sea, Its rosy colors mingling with the blue waters.
 She loved-ah. how she loved him. Woe to her broken heart!
 First prize, Miss Molly O'Moore. Daddy" The slim figure, grown a little simmer during the past three months, knelt by the old vicar's chair.
 Daddy, I've won fifty pounds. Aren't you glad, mayourneenT'
 Only the sound of her own voice broke the deathly stiffness of the poor ly furnished room.
 Molly drew back from the figure bowed over the writing table with a cry of fear. Her cheek grew pale. What was the matter?
 "Daddy-oh. daddy! I have just heard" she cried Rejoice with me, darling; I'm longing to buy you all the things that you love-the books and the coat, and, oh, you know you ought to rejoice, for you have wept with me, tool"
 Suddenly she bent down and touched his shoulder. Then with an exceeding bitter cry, which reached the faithful Biddy in the kitchen, she sank on to her knees.
 Patrick O'Moore had gone where the writing of many books and much study have an end.
 
 Molly O'Moore picked up the threads of her life, and went to London as governess to a family of ignorant. noisy children. who nearly killed her between them.
 But it semed there was one person
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Charles Curtis, who was lately elect cd to the United States Senate from Kansas, Is more completely American than any other member of that body. His mother was full-blooded Raw In. dian. MT. Curtis has served in the House of Representatives for fourteen years.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Although she never joined the philan- thropists' union, Mrs. Russell Sage doesn't feel that duty demands of her to work more than eight hours day giving away her wealth
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

One Texas woman can ride fifty miles in one direction without getting of her own land. Imagine the predica- ment of a book agent making for the front gate with a bulldog after him.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13
The Good Things.

He seems to be making money. h that article he's manufacturing really a good thing"
 .well-er-eyery one who pays for k b."-Philadelphia Press
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13
Fast Enough.

Church-What do you think of this scheme of sending bills by telegraph
 Gotham-They can come plenty fast enough by messenger boy to suit mac Yonkers Statesman.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Jules Verne Is so far out of date that 1t Is possible to go around the world now in forty days. Of course you have to have the money.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Naturally. a country that is given to such mild sports as prize fighting looks with horror upon the Cubans' brutal cock fights.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

A London physician says people would be healthier If they ate less Under the present schedule of prices, they would also be much richer.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Mrs. Russell Sage has given a mill lion to a college that didn't ask for It The silence among the other colleges is now vociferous.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

An esteemed Washington contempo- rary seems to be trying to nag Mir Carnegie into founding and endowing a school for sImplifed spelling.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13
of him.
Change.

For wisdom men were once revered,
 They studied hard and told Their knowledge, and were thus endeared Unto the world of old. They lifted up their heads to speak
 Where all mankind might view, And cheered the strong and helped the weak
 By telling what they knew. But now the man who claims success
 In all this strife for gold, Is stoutly struggling to suppress
 Some fact that might be told. The man who claims the public eye
 By some financial plot Is, for the most, distinguished by
 The things he has forgot. Washington Star.
 There Is one advantage in being your own boss; you can work overtime and on holidays If you want to.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about that case of the New York man who was found to have been afflicted with fifteen different diseases Is the fact that appendicitis was not one of them
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

What If the supply of coal does look as If 1t would give out in POO yearsf You will have 175 years before 1t will be necessary to worry about it.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

With bis new white broadcloth even ing togs Mark Twain will be able to give the summer girl some lively com npfifiOn
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

If trains of cars are to run sixty or eighty miles an hour. Is It not impera- tive that coaches should be made with . special view to such speech Ths
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

America ships lemons to every coun- try except Russia. Japan recently hand ed to Russia all the lemons that coun- try will need for a good many years to oomp
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Mir. Rocke. eller's gifts make some Of the other philanthropists' contributions look like street car fare.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13
Late Staying

Hes one of the most easy-going chaps I ever saw"
 "Easy-going. You ought to have c daughter he calls on, as l hava"- Houston Post
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

The price of foreign title Is often more than the mere money.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Most baoies are homely little things. but 1t isn't well to say so to their moth-
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

The Parish Church of Kingston which dated from the late seventeenth century the coonists cher
 ished antiquity. The main part of the building orig
 inal but the side aises of later date. first reported that the of Queen Victoria had been turned completely round but the photograph shows that this It twisted to angle of about 45 degrees from its original position and shaken the
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

It's hard on the aeronaut whan hs takss . drop too much.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

Home made advice Is usually just as unsatisfactory as any other brand
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-13

edge of the pedestal but not thrown down. The Myrtle Bank Hotel presented Lord Dudley remarked the ap pearance of grotesque shattered house One wall shaken down. leaving the open to view. At the hotel Sir Alfred Jones and his party had unched just before the catastrophe After the shock at the military hospital and forty soldiers the West India Regiment lost their lives.
The daily sentinel., 1907-08-03
SAYS GIRL
IS GUILTY
\ VERY NOVEL DEFENSE
Will be Made by Robert Sassaman Who Charges
Sweetheart With Crime Credited to Him.
A Most Remarkable Murder Case---Details
of the Crime and the Strange Defense

swollen stream and on the night of
May so at the camp fire, Sassaman
slew the old man, crushing his skull
with an AK. The alleged motive was
the possession of Aliller's team and
wagon. A heavy stone was fastened
to the body and It was thrown into
the old we'll. Sassaman and the
woman proceeded to Kansas. spend
ing some time in Topeka. In Sep
tember Sassaman. according to Miss
Bentley, deserted her to go to North
Dakota with the intention of killing
of a sweetheart of hers of whom he
was Jealous. She Immediately re-
turned to Missouri and informed on
him.
Sassaman's story of the crime puts
the crime on the woman. The night
of the murder, as the old man leaned
over the fire to light his pipe, the
woman, according to Sassaman.
struck him on the head with an ak,
killing him instantly. She then said
to Sassaman: "From now on, Bobby,
you do what l say or you will get a
dose of the same medicine. | am n
woman, and if you should tell that
| killed Miller nobody will believe
you. If l say you did 1t. they'll be-
lieve me and hang you. If you mar
ry that girl in st. Louis or have any
thing more to do with her I'll lay this
murder on you the day you get mar
ried."
After several quarrels with Miss
Bentley in Topeka, Sassaman lef, her
and went to st. Louis, where he mar
ried the girl of whom the Bentley
woman had been jealous. The couple
were married in Kansas City. and mo-
tice of the issue of the license was
published in the Kansas City papers.
Miss Bentley read it and Immediately
made good her alleged threat to ac-
cuse Sassaman of the murder of Mil
Ter
Owing to its unique features, the
case has attracted wide attention, and
popular opinion is about equally di-
vded as to the guilt of the man or
the woman. while many believe that
both had a hand In the murderous
affair and are now attempting to shift
all the blame on their partner in
guilt.
The daily sentinel., 1907-08-03

The gambling which was once the
attraction for thousands OF sports
from all over the country will be
only a memory during the coming
racing season at the Spa. The au-
thorities have announced in DEFINITE
terms that those VINO desire to WOO
tbe goddess of chance by means OF
cards and wheels will have to go
elsewhere. Not only have the gllded
naIaces been closed, but the "bllnd
tigers" as the partially concealed
gambling parlors are termed py the
gaming fraternity, Will not De az
lowed to run as in past years 1T Is
admitted that some sneak games
the name given TO private caro-
and roulette parties where every
player is known to the dealer-iiiay ,.at.
succeed in eluding the Ylsllahce' Du'
harsh treatment awaits those 50 t u,t-
fortunate as to be caught in the act
saratopa's reputation as wide open
town" bids fair to go gllmmerlnB'
Tbe authorities say it is next to i'm
nossibIe to entirely stamp out the
asneak games," but that they intend
to do their best to accomplish thai
.end When a delegation OF citlzehs
recently called upon Governor
hughes to put an end TO gamDllhS
at Saratoga, he made no promises
tal,inr the stand that it was not nee
eesary TO officially request him to DO
What the constitution points out as
his duty. 1t is known, however, that
The Governor has put bug in the
oars,' Of the district attorney ana
sheriff of Saratoga, and TINS may
have something to do with Ihelr " "
niarotions that they will make raids
and arrest all offenders If the least
sign of gambling manitests ltselI uur-
ing the coming racing meet.
The racing at the empire traeh i.sr,
during the Saratoga season Will keep
many hundreds who have made II
custom In the past to journey TO the
Tatering palce, and some Of the resi-
Gonts % of Saratoga who believe in
vide omen town are 6egslnnlhg 10
,vorrv orr about the future. The season
at Saratoga this year would othef-
H ,vise promise to be long and proht-
able one. ,-t,l,os some of
them among the richest OF the sea sea
son. son will be decided during the meet zee,
50r' ing The principal event is the me saIr ar
.He, ntera handicap, worth $4,000, OF
,rbjcb a1p the winner viii get the neat
snm M of $500. The Saratoga cup
The daily sentinel., 1907-08-03

Is for 3-year-olds and upwards and
has $500 added money. The dis
tance is a mile and six furlongs. The
Champlain is a handicap for 3-year-
olds, with SO 900 added. and will be
run over the mile and a furlong
course. The Delaware handicap, also
for 3-year-olds and upwards, is to
be run at a mile and has s 500 add
ed money. The Amsterdam and the
Catskill are both for 3-year-olds and
upwards and are selling stakes. Each
has added money to the amount of
81, 500, the distance of the former
being a mile and of the latter seven
furlOngs.
There are four attractive races for
3-year-olds, which have drawn re-
markably good fields. The first is
the Saranac, handicap with $4,000
added money, at mile and a fur
long. The Huron handicap has
$4,000 added and is at a mile and a
sixteenth. The Seneca and Mohawk
are selling races. with 81 500 added
money each. The former is to be run
at six furlongs and the latter at a
mile and a furlOng.
There are five well backed races
for the youngsters. The best Is the
Saratoga special, by subscriptions of
$1,000 each, piece of plate of the
value of $500 having been added
by the association. The Adirondacks
Is a handicap with $4,000 added
money, and will be run at six fur
longs. The Albany Is a handicap with
$4,000 added and will be run over
the six furlong course. The Ken
tucky is a selling race for fillies and
has $500 added and the Troy is a
selling race of the same value. Both
will be run at five and half fur
longs.
The meet at the Empire City track
owned by James Butler, will signalize
the end of a legal battle with the
Jockey club which has been hanging
fire in the courts for many months,
While a final decision in Buffers ia
yor was made too late to allow pre-
parations for a first class meet, the
Yonkers track will attract thousands
of New York lovers of the racing
game who have not the time or the
money to go to Saratoga. The EN-
pire meeting will begin Monday and
last to August 80. Butler will have
good fields of selling platers, and II
the meet is a success the track VIII
be put in good shape and a hrst
class meet held next year
The daily sentinel., 1907-08-03

Warrensburg, Mo-, Aug. 3-Charg-
ing that his former sweetheart,
Anna Bentley, committed the murder
of which he is himself accused by the
girl, Robert Sassaman will present
the most novel defense in the crimi-
nal history of Missouri when he is
placed on trial Monday. The case
was called in June but the venire of
sixty men was exhausted without Sc
curing a jury, and a continuance
granted to August 5. Owing to the
great popular interest in the crime it
will probably be exceedingly difficult
to find twelve men who have not
formed decided opinions.
The case against Sassaman rests
upon the assertion of Anna Bentley
that the accused man. who was once
her lover. killed Carl Miller for pur-
poses of robbery. Against this
charge Sassaman will declare that
Miss Bentley committed the deed and
informed the authorities that he did
it, through anger at his marriage to
another woman. 1t is only the old
story of a woman scorned, if Sassa-
man is to be believed-a woman who
did not stop at murder and perjury
to obtain revenge. Sassaman is of a
wealthy family and some of the best
attorneys of this section have been
employed to defend him.
Carl Miller, aged GO, was killed
May 80, 1904, two aud one-half
miles west of Holden, and his body
thrown into an abandoned we'll.
Nearly five months had passed be-
fore any inkling of the crime be
came public, when Anna Bentley
made the startling accusation against
Sassaman. Officials went with Miss
Bentley to the scene of the crime,
and in the Shiny water of the aban
doned well the decomposed body of
the old man was found. On the evil
dence of the girl the coroner's jury
rendered a verdict that the victim
had come to his death at the hands
of Sassaman.
According to the story told the of
fcers by the woman, she and Sassa-
man made the acquaintance of Mil
| Ter at Holden and persuaded him to
accompany them on n camping trip
to Kansas. They were delayed by n
The daily sentinel., 1907-08-03
NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned Board of Directors
of school District No. 1, of Mesa coun-
", Colorado, will receive sealed pro-
posais for the construction of cement
sidewalks around the High School
and Lowell school buildings in city of
Grand Junction, the said sidewalks
to conform to the following measure
ments:
Along Fifth and Sixth streets, to
be ten (10) feet in width; on the
north and south side, along Rood
and White avenues, to be eight CS)
feet in width, and also a fourteen
(l4) foot walk on the east side of
the High school building, to extend
from the side walk on Sixth street
to the east entrance of the High
School building; all of which said
walk is to be constructed in accord
ance with plans and specifications
which may be inspected by prospec-
tive bidders at the J. A. McCulloch
implement and Feed company's store
in the city of Grand Junction.
All bids must be in the hands of
j. A. McCulloch, secretary of the
board, by not later than six D. m. OF
August 3. 1907, and must be accom-
panied by a certified check of ten
per cent of the amount of the bid as
a guarantee for faithful perform
ance on the part of the contractor.
five year guaranty bond in the
sum of one thousand dollars, guaran-
teeing the work, will be required
from the contractor. The board re-
serves the right to reject any and al
bids.
This the 27th day of July, A. d
1907.
School Dist. No. l., Mesa Co., Colo
BY. GEORGE R. WARNER, Pres
Attest: ]. A. McCULLoCH, Secy.