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The Washington herald., 1907-07-29
FLATS FOR RENT,

UPPER FLAT, SIX ROOMS; BATH; SOUTH
front: cabinet mantels, furnace gas range and
heater; large attic cellar. yard; S05O. Owner. 1884
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The Washington herald., 1907-07-29
STORAGE,

LENIHAL SIUhAGE HUDMS
1909 II ST NV
Best lighted and ventilated rooms in the city.
See Us. BROWN & FOLSOM. Props.
iy3-30t
75c PER LOAD FOR STORAGE-WE CAN SAVE
ecu money on hauling, packing, shipping Call OF
phone Main Isl Ii. BAUM 4 son. 9I2 Pa, sFe.
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WHY PAY M0REy WE STORE FOR 75o A
load. UNITED STATES STORAGE CO.. 80
20 10Th ST. NV Phone Main s99 iy3-3yt
The Washington herald., 1907-07-29
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Finest Subarb Near Washington.
$50 HALF-ACRE LOTS.
OWNER, 623 F Street N. W.

For SaIe-At KeniIwOrth, ID. c.,
Large 6-roOm house on \ ST.. near Anacostia ave-.
cellar and attic large enough for rooms heated BY
furnace: front OF lot % feet narrow in rear: shed
for fowls Price. s. 80. Terms. SO cash; balance,
50 per month. including interest
Allen ~. MRIIery, I4I= ST. NV.
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FOR sALE-HALF ACRE LOT FRONTING on
Connecticut ave, in the District; natural forest
shade the new S00000 Connecticut age. bridge viii
greatly increase values ia this locality Ewiee low;
terms can be arranged Address BON 30, City Post
Office fy2iI5t
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
value in a tour of the United States.

value in a tour of the United States Though our cities lack the historic in. terest that attaches to those of the old world, they present the most striking evidence of a wonderful progress in which the whole country shares. When they are revisited after an interval of ten or even of five years the changes tell not only of a rapid growth but of very substantial gains. This Is spe- clally notable in the cities of the wild West. which have nothing about them to suggest wlldness. They abound In costly and handsome residences that would excite admiration anywhere and have great office buildings and de pertinent stores that would do credit to Chicago. New York or the capital. of Europe. The supply of fine busi- ness blocks seems, indeed. at first glance to be out of proportion to the needs of the inhabitants, but the build Ing keeps going on to prove that the not in the cities alone. however, that the American learns a lesson from see ing his own country. whether he sees II before or after travelling abroad. If be takes a transcontlnental trip be real izes as he can from no other experi- ence the immensity of Its resources from farm and field and mine. He Is impressed by the enormous extent of fertile land which makes the greatest agricultural empire In the world. He is impressed also by the variety of the products, and through his impressions he comes nearer the truth than he pos sibly could with the aid of pages of accurate statistics. At the same time he discovers that besides the variety Of products there Is variety of climate and scenery to suit all people and that nature has done her best to make America a formidable rival to Europe in appeals to the tourist. There are mountains to match against the Alps, and seaside resorts and lakes and riy- CTS of unsurpassed beauty. But the most impressive thing amid all this variety Is that unity of the people to which the President referred in a re cent speech. The problem of assimi- Iatlon Of which we hear so much when the immigration question is under dis cussion seems to be solving itself with little difficulty. And If we still make distinctions between a more or less imaginary Boston man and 8 more or less imaginary cowboy whom We ac- cept as types, the national imprint is stamped deep everywhere, and one feels the sense of close union with the crowds whether one Is In Boston or Raleigh. N. C., or Chicago or Denver or San Francisco.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19

there's fairly good assortment, but not where they take $50 hats as matter of course. All you've got to do Is to pick out an intelligent saleswoman and mist on something inexpensive. If she brings you anything over $S, say: oh. dear, no. I can't afford to pay that price,"
 Il don't see"
 Well. you will. You'll see that he'll Insist on seeing something better and you'll see that he'll be about as helpless as a babe between you and the sales woman, and he'll see that the only way he can assert himself Is to urge you not to consider expense. Don't tell me he won't. I know 'em. You can have any hat you want and he'll go out of the store under the impression that he selected 1t. And you don't want to dis abuse his mind, either. Tell him that you think the hat Is perfectly charm Ing and you are afraid he has been ex- travagant and the one at S11 would have done just as well. See If he doesn't tell you that It's economy in the long run to get good thing, and that you will get more than S5 worth of satisfaction out of the difference in the price. But don't ever let him con vince you"
 "Why not?"
 Because it wouldn't do. But don't fall to tell him how your friends raved about the hat and how surprised they seemed when you told them It was his choice, and how they said they would hate to have their husbands pick out hat for them and how you thought so, too. but didn't say 1t. And men, tion casually as the thing goes on to any company you have that you always let William select your hats on account of his exquisite taste, the only draw back being his criminal disregard of price. Same thing applies to gowns or anything else"
 But It would be awful to have to be everlastlngly taking him around"
 You won't have to- said the elderly woman. Don't you worry about that He'll get tired after the first few times and let you get what you want your self But you won't hear any more talk about your extravaganza. He'll have got his horizon extended. But don't on any account let him lose his own good opinion of his taste'
 'It seems little deceptive" said the ahut a1 I'll try it."-Chicago Daily News.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19

a year, Is concluded, and 1t proves that the city owns S52O,OOO,OOO worth of real estate. Adding 30 per cent makes the real or market valuation $676,OOO GOO The bonded debt Is less than SoOO,UO,OOO. This real estate Is behind the debt, of course, and the clty's bor- rowing capacity covers 10 per cent levy on the assessed valuation of all the real estate in the city.-Sprlngtield Re publican.
 King Frederick of Denmark presents the curious spectacle of father who has become king at later date than his own son. When King Haakon of Norway was lately at Copenhagen King Frederick is said to have asked him: How do you like being king?" Il will rather ask you" replied Haak- on I've been King longer than you have.' Haakon was elected King of Norway by the Storthlng on Nov. IS, 1905, while Frederick, his father. did not succeed to the throne of Denmark until Jan. 20, 1906, on the death of King Christian.
 Perhaps the most remarkable Memo rial day address in the country was that delivered at Marysvllle, Kan, by Dr. Williamson F. Boyakln, who was the Grand Army orator on the tooth anniversary of his birth In matter and manner and delivery the speech Is said to have been far above the aver age. Dr. Boyakin was born In North Carolina, and when he was a year old his parents removed from that State to Tennessee in caravan of one hun dred two-wheeled carts, and in con structing the whole outfit there was not pound of iron used.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
MY TREASURE.

have hidden away from the light of day A treasure I sacred hold; And it flashes not with the diamonds ray, And it is not yellow gold; And it is not beryl, nor sapphire rare As blue as the tropic sea This treasure, guarded with love and care, Is worthless to all but me! It is not the ghost of a rosebud pale, Or of rose full-blown and red; Nor a violet plucked in some messy dale, With its fragrant sweetness fled. 'Tis no leaf by lov1's touch made dear For me it has memories none Of that springtime of joy and hope and
 fear
 When my heart was lost and won. But 1t brings me the sound of baby feet, And the lisp of a silent voice; And the small moist hands that my own
 hands meet
 Make my empty heart rejoice. In the holy calm, when the bright stars
 shine
 The deepening azure through. There is kiss of mine, there is tear of
 mine
 For my treasure-a baby's shoe.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19

face came Into the bright glare of the reading lamp on his study table, and there was on 1t look Of unmitigated astonlshment
 You know that" he cried. Then in another voice: Well, what Of 1t? took Harrison for business purposes, and it Is legally my own now"
 We'll pursued the blackmailer in smooth tones, helping himself from a box of cigars on the table as he spoke, ''call 1t business purposes If you like. For the present. we can drop Bob Wilde, but''-drawlng his chair nearer and speaking in an impressive whis- per-"what about that robbery in the bank at Carberton, on November 15, some thirty years agoT
 You know that, too? You know that?"
 ''I know you are the man who ab- sconded with 1900 of the bank funds that night, and that it's not too late now to tell the whole story to the po- lice, or for you to be arrested for it.''
 ''Don't-don't be hard on me-" plead ed the rich man, in faltering voice.
 Hard on you .'-with a confident laugh-"I like that. Now, I look upon you as my little bank, and I intend you to help me-"
 And If I refuse"
 "Then goodbye to Robert Harrison of the park and enter Bob Wilde. the bank thief"
 Have you no mercy?' pleaded Mir. Harrison, pathetically. "Who are you How did you find all this out! I have never seen you before"
 You'd have seen me dozens of times before If you had kept your eyes open. You see, I work at Williams, Carber- ton. I've been there good many years now, slaving away at miserable two pounds a week; but, naturally, I've al- ways been on the lookout for some thing better. We'll, In the attic at the top of the house there's a lot of old boxes been there goodness knows how many years. I soon found keys to fit, and after going through a lot of musty old clothes and books, I came on a bundle of ancient letters from old Will iams' brother In America. We'll, of course, sat down to read them"
 "Of course," murmured the million aire, faintly.
 "In the very first letter I opened I read, T do believe I saw Bob Wilde, who robbed the Carberton bank, in the streets here last week. Further on, in another letter-but here, I needn't tell you how I ferreted 1t all out; but in the end made out that Bob Wilde and Robert Harrison are the same person, and you've owned 1t now"
 Well, If l give you f500@
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
THE RICH MAYS ANSWER
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 You see" said the blackmailer de cidedly. T have you in my power"
 The rich man shifted uneasily in his seat so that his face was thrown into deeper shadow, but he made no reply.
 Yes" continued the blackmailer, it just amounts to this. You come here, as If you had never seen the place be fore, figuring at Robert ". Harrison, the great American millionaire; you buy Livingstone park, and think you're county gentleman, and your girl comes over from her Paris school and appears as Miss Harrison, of the park, the great American mlllionaire's daugh- ter"
 Who says I am not a millionaire?" interposed the rich man. His face was still In the shade.
 ''Oh. no. Mr.-er-Harrison No one says you are not that. I took care to make sure Of that before I came here"
 Then what do you want?"
 Merely a little share Of your prop erty, Bob Wilde"
 He who was known at Robert Harri- son started violently; for moment his
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
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"He isn't stlngy." declared the young woman. rather indignantly. I'm sure he's as generous as he can be In most things, but"
 "oh, know" said the elder woman. Your father used to be great deal the same way"
 "Pa" exclaimed the young woman.
 Until he got educated" said the elder woman. "I had to educate Will fam. Arguing isn't any use.'
 T know" said the young woman, sadly I've tried It."
 And crying isn't any use," said the elder, with some severity.
 The young woman blushed and glanced hastily at a mirror that hung on the wall.
 "No, your eyes aren't red" said the elderly woman reassurlngly, but you've been crying, and I tell you it won't do and coaxing won't work one time in a dozen."
 "Then how?'
 Use your common sense. There are lots of ways. Take him to shop with you the next time you go. That's one pretty good way of making him realize that a woman can't dress on nothing"
 The young woman shook her head. You don't know William as we'll as I do," she said. I'd be worse off than ever, and besides. he wouldn't go."
 "Oh, yes, he would" said the elderly woman, confidently. "He will if you manage him properly. You tell some woman friend what exquisite taste he has when he's around and notice how he'll begin to swell up. I never knew the man who didn't believe that he knew more about what was becoming to woman than she did herself. Then follow that up by asking him to help you select hat. He'll do 1t fast enough If you can make him really believe you depend on his Judgment"
 But, mother.'
 "I suppose you think he'll pick out some s horror or something that doesn't suit you at all.'
 I'm afraid he would"
 Well, he wouldn't. You begin by wanting him to go to some S1.9S milli- nery store and watch him rebel. Look In at the window and comment favor ably on one or two of the shapes If you can't do anything else especially If some other people are standing by looking In. He'll insist on your going to some decent place. Don't take him to Elise, though. Go any place where
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
One of Then.

A foreign tourist who had received permission to visit one of the large asylums for the insane h this country Tas surprised at the neatness, quietude and good order that prevailed within the walls of the institution. He asked If it was always like that, and the polite attendant who was showing him through the buildings said It was.
 We have what w- call our violent wards, of course, but I presume yov would not care to see those"
 q think not"
 Tt is just as well. perhaps. They are rather noisy, although, of course, ge exercise the same care In providing tor the welfare of the inmates that you see in this part of the institution. We also have a section where we keep the incurables.'
 These inmates, then, arc considered -urable."
 Their cases are at least hopeful"
 "I am greatly interested" said the visitor, but I will not take up any more of your time. You have other duties to attend to, have you not%
 "Yes, sir. This is merely one of my recreations. In one of the rooms In the main building am engaged, during most of the time, in pursuing what may be called my life-work."
 Your llfe-work? May I ask what that lsT'
 Hadn't you heardf" said the attend ant, in a tone of astonishment. II am compiling an index 10 Webster's Die tIonary."
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
Shy on Smelts.

"Great Scott. what do you call these, Helen?" asked Dan Foss. He was gaz- ing curiousIy at an elaborately gar nlshed platter, which held two tiny fish
 You wanted smelts. I didn't know how big they were; I never heard of smelts In the West You know I got two mackerel last week, and they made a nice little meal, so I thought two Snelts would be enough. Our hsh mans been 30 sarcastic since that day I 'phoned for a halibut and he e1- plained a hallbut was too large for two people-it occasionally weighed 100 pounds To-day he began to be funny about the two smelts- I got freezingly dignified and hung up the receiver. The boy had gone before I looked at them. I knew right away, Dan, had made a miserable blunder; only boiled eggs, you see, to make out a meal"
 All right, little woman," laughed Dan They're a nice appetizer. Only, next time order twenty anyway; If. teens about my limit on smelta"- Success Magazine.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
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The giants of Tlerra del Fuego, the Ona Indians, are stunted in intellect.
 The transparent glass ruler, an inno- yatlon, Is of great assistance to drafts men in their work.
 Lucknow, India, boasts the largest room in the world without columns. It Is built of concrete.
 New York city pays $75 a year for the rats and mice that the reptiles of Bronx Geological Park eat
 At Fushima, Japan, there Is a gold lined well, affording abundant water supply to a garrisoned castle.
 Engineers say Victoria Falls could supply enough power for all the needs of Rhodesia and the Transvaal.
 An equal division of the water used daily In New York city gives each h. habitant forty-nine times his own weight.
 The Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, Mir. Rockefeller's church, in New York, Is not nearly large enough to hold the neople who desire to hear the new En- glish pastor, the Rev. Dr. c. F. Aked.
 According to the coroners records, asphyxiation Is the favorite mode or yuIclde in New York city, there being an average of one suicide each three days, while there Is about one In four days from shooting.
 officials of the New York custom house promise the highest annual rec ord of receipts for the current fiscal year that has ever been known at this hort The figures will be little under $500. 900 for each business day.
 Don Carlos, King Of Portugal, is said to be genial, sunny tempered, kind hearted and generous. He Is a man of exceedingly broad-minded and liberal ideas on the subjects of government and of religion and is happy in his home life.
 One of the latest novelties In dress material Is reported to be cloth made from spun glass, and It can be had In white, green, lilac, pink and yellow. The inventor of the fabric is an Aus trian and he declares that 1t Is as bright and as supple as silk and Is none the worse for being either stained or soiled.
 The Russians manufacture a fabric from the fiber of a flamentous stone from the Siberian mines which is said to be of 30 durable a nature that 1t Is practically everlasting, The material Is soft to the touch and pliable in the extreme, and has only to be thrown into a fire when dirty to be made abso- lutely clean.
 The revision of the valuations In the controllers office in New York city, which has been going on for more than
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
Stylish Cruelty,

It was one of the coldest days of the recent alleged spring weather, but the little boy was In full summer at tire. He trotted along, holding to his mothers hand while she stopped along State street to look In at the show windows. He was dressed In Scottish Highland costume. On his head he wore a Scottish cap, with long feath- CT which caught in the wind and made a retaining hand constantly necessary. His short kits ended about half way to the knee. The rest of his legs were bare except for low sandals and socks two inches long. His legs were blue with the cold, but the women who passed saw only his round blue eyes and innocent face, set off by his strik- ing costume. Isn't he cutef" they said. His mother overheard the ad- mirlng remarks and glanced down at him complacently.
 He was "cute" all right, but lrresist. ibly the thought arose to ones mind: Butchered to make mothers holiday. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19

There is no question that the quan- tity of sleep required steadily dimin- ishes from infancy to old age This is a rather interesting exception to the general rule that, as in 50 many mat ters, old age returns to the needs of Infancy. AS regards sleep, old age Is more remote in Its needs from in- fancy than Is any other period of life. If elderly people obtain good sleep dur ing the first few hours, and If they have not lost that delight in reading which we all had in youth, bat which so many of us curiously lose, their case is not to be grieyed over. The special value Of the earliest hours of sleep, by the way. has been proved by psychological experiment. The popu- lar phrase beauty sleep" is well war ranted. It is the early (the deepest hours of sleep that make for health and beauty.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19

News from Europe Is that We shall receive more immigrants this year than ever. Forty thousand are said to be now on the seas or at ports awaiting departure. We received Ia the last two years considerably more than two millions of Europeans, and It Is no less than amazing that they have been in some way absorbed In this broad land, and that there Is still 8 greater demand for labor than can be supplied. The most important part of the announcement is that the bulk of the forty thousand on the way are scheduled for the West and for the farming regions, where labor Is at a high premium.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19

Peace can be secured In more ways than one. The method adopted by the American army in Cuba Is worth think Ing about. The soldiers, who have had no fighting to do, have been engaged in making a typographical map of the Island, upon which the roads and trails are indicated plainly. The ob- ject Is to give to the War Department in Washington such a knowledge of the country that In the event of an- other war the guerrillas cannot hide In any mountain fastneses, the key to which none but Cubans possessed
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-19
OTHER COLD SUMMERS,
Snow and sIeet on the Fourth of July
 Not Uncommon.

Snow and sleet on the Fourth of July
 Not Uncommon.
 The first weather of which I have any recollection was July 1, 1S44 There was a great celebration In the middle of the town of Vernon, yt-it may have had some political signifl- canoe, I do not remember. The men drew pine trees and set them in the ground on Meeting House Hlll to make the pavilion in which the tables were set for the banquet. There were ex- ercises and an oration In the church, a procession. and the local militia turn tionary War veterans were eonsplcu- ouS My father was In the military company with epaulets of silver fringe and tassels on his shoulders and my mother, In a white gown with a white parasol with green figures, marched with the procession and sang in the choir. And I remember that the para. sol gave way for a Highland shawl, that everybody suffered with cold and that there were snowhakes In the air, If not regular snowfall; and of pr. Cyrus Washburne, the marshal of the day, coming to my grandmother, under whose wing was, for cup of hot tea, and making one of his facetious re marks about Providence playing into his hands, that he might have plenty of business for the remainder of the summer-and of her rebuking him for his irreyerence, as he intended she should, there being always some sort Of a lively tilt between the two.
 In June, 1852, there was thunder shower during which there was a fall of snow and sleet that covered the ground to the depth of several incheS remember how my fathers we'll kept garden ln West Northield looked with the corn, peas, onions and other early vegetables sticking up through the snow, and that, as we were walk. ing about In the snow, Eastman Beld- ing came driving along and, stopping in neighborly fashion to exchange ex- periences about the weather, he said 1: Had you heard the news that Frank lin Pierce, of New Hampshire, got the nomination for President yesterday My Republican came just before I left home, and saw 1t In that" And my father said: He will be elected, but he's nobody; why did they not nonli- nate a somebody while they were about iti There are plenty in the par V."
 The spring of 1865 was nearly, If not quite, as backward as this. l remem- Der hearing a man remark that oesti- lence and famine always followed a war, and that the late spring betoken- ed the famine. I also recall that a large garden was plowed and planted that year on July 4, and there was q good crop and a quick one. The vege- tables could almost be seen to grow.
 One Fourth of July in one of the late sixties, think, I remember of hot lemonade being served at our home in West Northf1eld and few days later In Belchertown, where I was on yis- It, remember hearing Mrs D. Thomp- son say that she had not had her stove taken from her sitting room, and of the fire she had on Independence Day, and that previously throughout the season she had had a fire much of the time.-Springfeld Republican.