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Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

mint honey In one season. But this Is decidedly exceptional. Fifty pounds of comb honey or 100 of extracted would be considered a good average yield. The latter sells, at wholesale, from 4 to cents pound, and retails at about 10 cents Comb honey wholesales from 10 to 13 cents pound, and retails at about 16 cents a pound.
 But apiculture does not live to Itself alone. It has been proved, beyond the shadow of doubt, that many crops or fruits, vegetables and grain are greatly improved, both in quantity and qual- lty, by the agency of the bees In bring ing about perfect fertilization of the blossoms. Some flowers remain abso- lutely sterile unless pollen Is conveyed to them by some mechanical means from some other blossoms. In the sweet springtime when the wide-spreading branches of the apple trees are almost hidden by masses of pink and white promises of future frultfulness, many of us do not realize that all of this beauty, this sweet perfume, the tiny drops of nectar nestling among the petals, are a part of natures plan Tor securing the attendance of those mar riage-priests - the bees.-1ndianapolis News.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

New York City Is making an experi- ment In the disposition of street refuse. Most of this is always paper, which is unsightly, and when loaded on the street-collecting carts, easily blows away to litter other streets. The gar bage- e-gathering cans are moved about on a pair of wheels to which is attach cd an iron rack or frame for holding the can. The experiment consists in putting two sheet-iron cans together, one inverted above the other. The low CT one contains a grate and perfora- tons for draft; the upper one door for the receipt of the refuse. A con- stant fire Is maintained In this fur mace, as 1t Is wheeled about, and the refuse Is consumed as 1t Is thrown in. Besides insuring more thorough work, this plan enables cleaner to cover a much larger territory, for he has to make no trips to the dump.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
MOST EXPENSIVE OF HATS.

Sombrero Presented to Grant and
 One Owned in Pittsburg.
 The most expensive hat In the world Is a Mexican sombrero on exhibition In the national museum. Washington. It cost $500 In gold and was present ed to Gen. Grant while in Mexico In 1882.
 Samuel Sherard of Pittsburg, Pa., probably has the costllest hat owned by any private individual It cost $1 100 and Is made of spun glass. It was made by an old Alsatian at Pittsburg He invented process for spinning and weaving glass, and the hat has consid- erable elasticity, being as hard to break as an ordinary Panama.
 MT. Sherard has owned this unique headpiece for ten years and occasion ally wears 1t because in . good-natured
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Citizens of New Hampshire town which Is infested with moths have shown that they know what patriotism means and what the flag stands for. One article In the warrant for the town meeting called for an appropriation to sxterminate the moths, another for money with which to buy new flag. The first was accepted, the second re- 5ected. The people agreed that the old flag could serve every purpose of a hard-working and able-bodied flag for at least one more year; but they knew that the moths would not wait
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
Of old Icelandic Books.

The University of North Dakota has added to Its Scandinavian library an almost priceless collection of ancient Icelandic literature. The books are written in good red blood, and, though over 300 years old. the letters still are clear and plain. They are not written In human blood but In OK blood, which was the only ink in the early times in Iceland. The books are bound in rough strips of beechwood, re-enforced with brass and copper clasps.
 The paper is faded and brown, but the curious old Morse letters, carefully penned with a good gray goose quill, are still clear and distinct, although the bright crimson of the blood is some what dimmed. These volumes are on religious subjects and consist of psalms, Bible verses and spiritual teachings
 These curious old Icelandic books are part of a collection of over 1900 volumes of Icelandic, Danish, Norws. gian and Swedish literature, in large part donated by the Scandlnavians of the State, although some of them were purchased in Norway and Sweden with money voted by the trustees of the uni. versity.
 Except at Cornell there Is not such another collection of books on this con tinent-St Paul Pioneer Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
NO SUCH RECORD OF TALK.

Fifty-ninth Congress the Most Talk.
 alive in the .COuntry's History.
 Completed records made by clerks of the Senate and House show that the last Congress-the Fifty -ninth-did more talking than any other In the his tory of the country. Their researches go back fourteen years, or to the Fifty. second Congress. The latter Congress filled 2,620 pages of the Congressional Record with. Its talk, as against 4,S1O for the Fifty-ninth.
 In the Fifty-second Congress 10, 1928 bills were introduced, but the Fifty ninth set new figure with 25,S97. The Fifty-second Congress was In session 340 legislative days and passed 89s public and 324 private bills. The Elf. ty-nlnth was in session 227 legislative days and passed 692 public and e,24s private acts. Most of the measures known as private acts are for the cor rection of military records or the grant of pensions
 No Congress ever passed the number or bills that were made into law as the Fifty-ninth. It appears that such a thing as dlshonorable discharge from the army or navy, uncorrected by leg islative act. will soon be positive curl osity. Congress Is not only generous to the nations fighting men in the matter of pensions, but 1t Is also charitable in the matter of expunging from the rec. ords anything set down against their conduct
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
Poultry In Pennaylxania.

On the basis of personal experience the author of a Pennsylvania bulletin discusses the feeding and care of poul- try, artificial incubation, the raising of ducks, turkeys and geese on the farm, poultry diseases, and related questions
 A combination of fruit growing and poultry raising Is especially recom- mended. Locate your poultry houses if possible 80 that the runs will be in an orchard. The fowls will dest- y thousands of harmful Insects, thus
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
America now leads the world in tn

America now leads the world in the manufacture, sale and use of automo- piles. This Is the declaration of a French expert who has been keeping a record of the automobile business. Five years ago the United States built only B14 automobiles of all classes, while at the same time France built 23.711 ma chimes. Last year the production in the United States was 60,0O0, In France b5,OO0. in England 2s,OOO, In Germany 22.0OO, in Italy 19,OOO and Belgium 12,- 900. In nine years In the countries named there have been manufactured, sold and used 55O,OO0 automobiles, rep resenting more than $1,00O,O00,OO0 of money.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
To Root Shippers.

Authorities say in order to comply with the pure drug and food law, roots can be bought, sold or handled only when the package in which they are placed Is branded with its exact con- tents; in other words, contents of the package must be strictly what Is named by the brand. Roots of all kinds lex cepting ginseng. perhaps) must Dc cleansed and washed of all dirt before drying, and all tops. stems, etc, rs- moved.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
] |k:fDI1oRlALS{$z Opinions of Great Papers Important Subjects.
 

practice the market whole, find the exchange
 sound register of the state of the country. The things that all human beings fear, crop failure war; strikes, depress the market That is why were afraid when the market 'broke not so much because they for the stocks that they feared the signs of the end prosperity. Fortunately the market cred, and there panic But for a few days all intelligent persons watched the market with respect and attenton.-Youth's Companion.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
VEGETABLE WASHER.

devised the plan illustrated for remoy- ing the soil and then draining. The tank Is little more than a water-tlght box with a plug In the bottom for drainage. The shelf Is attached to the box with . hinge, likewise the legs, % that folding in smaller space Is possi- ble.-Prairle Farmer.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

decline of stocks calls attention to the market" realize how little thought most of give to 1t day by day It remote from the interests of the of small But the central stock market Is solid and important institution, and the conditions which 1t indicates at the end of each days trading almost signs the state of the countrys production and commerce.
 It Is true that a great many of the transactions the stock exchange gambling and represent nothing than the turning of money from mans pocket into anothers 1t Is also true that in legt trading there is fever and hystera which per yerts not only commercial values but life values.
 Nevertheless, most of the chicanery and madness of stock transactions ourshes not in the central market nor In the offices of those who guide It. but In the suburbs of the business, in offices not related the exchange to any reputable banking house.
 Real stock transactions bear definite relation to the business of the country and after due allowance is made for the artificial manipulatlons, difficult to
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

greatly benefiting the trees and increas- Ing the prospects for fruit, and the fowls will gain great comfort and bene- Tt by the protecting shade of the trees Plum trees and cherry tres are espe- cially benefited by the presence of the fowls about their roots. Peach trees will grow most rapidly and soonest give an abundant shade"
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

That Philadelphia man who Is ac' cused of marrying 15O women must have been spending tidy sum for mar riage licenses and ministers fees
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Henry James insinuates that Ameri- can women are poor takers. The trou- ble with Henry Is that he saw the la dies only when he was on the platform and they had paid for the privilege or listening.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Mir. DeGraw, the fourth assistant postmaster general, having examined the recordx of all the rural carriers In the country, awards the palm to Maine woman, who has made her trips sin the face of rain and snowstorIns which kept the entire community with In doors"
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
Weeds in Pasture.

Weeds in the pastures should not be allowed. Cattle consume certain kinds when the young plants are appearing. and assist in destroying them. but oth- CT kinds will be rejected and go to seed. Sheep destroy many weeds. but where weeds are uneaten by animals they should be removed by hand
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Prof. Brander Matthews thinks ehak- pears is out of date. Uncle Toms Cabin" and East Lynne" continue, however, to go on In the even tenor of their ways.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Both houses of the Transyaal parlia- ment have passed an ordinance provio- ing for the exclusion of Japanese and other Asiatlcs who are emigratng to South Africa in large numbers. There are so many blacks there that the whites evidently regard one race prob lem at time as quite enough.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
FalloW Cropa.

Fallow crops do not pay. Naked soils are more exhausting of the nitrogen of the soil than a summer crop. A crop of ragwesd on a stubbls soil may b. . nuisance in one respect, but 1t protects the soil from the heating rays of the sun In summer, at . time when the process of nitrifcation Is at the great. est activity. A green crop, to be plow- ed under, Is an excellent protection to tho sou at all timeA
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Again a learned college professor has been warning young men against the "irreparabie mistake" of falling in love and marrying before becoming estab- ushsd upon . solid footing In life n
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

A Michigan mother broke her arm the other day while spanking her son. In her case 1t must have been true that It hurt her more than 1t did the boy.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
Russian Farmers Coming.

A crowd of Russian farmers, the first of this class of immigrants to arrive at Philadelphia in any considerable numbers. reached there recently on the American liner Friesland, from Liver pool. There were many who had fought for their country against Japan and who still wore the military r~.- forms in which they had been dis charged.
 There were In all $50 of these much sought-after farmhands, nearly all of whom are members of the Greek orth- odox church. Most of the immigrants left last night for Illinois. Minnesota, Nebraska and the Dakotas. Though illlterate, they are industrious and thrifty. The leader of the party stated that, owing to the political and eco homie crisis, 100000 farmhands- will leave Russia thls year for the United States, coming principally from the Dneiper and Don districts, the richest farming districts of the country.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

leased Then she carried her threat Into execution and now the young people who engaged in their pas time of annoyance overwhelmed with regret
 This tragedy carries impressive lesson, applicable to great numbers of people who do not realize the sen stveness of others Of all subtle crueltes is abomnabe than the persistent reference to subject that Is painful to another. Yet this form of torment is induged In constantly. Parents tease their children about things that may trifing to them, but are serious and important to the little folks They great suffering of mind by thus necessarily "poking fun at the youngsters whom they supposed to cherish guard from pain The expression Is often heard "Oh, 1t is good for her. She Is too sensitive She get used being criticised and leased while she Is young" Yet this very treatment is cal cuated render the child keenly susceptible to mental torture than before. It may not be doubted that many chllds nature Is warped by injudicious jocularity the part of Its eders-Washington Star.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Yellow Is a favorite color this year and suicides who insist upon taking Paris green will not be considered at all fashionable.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

mainly to city life to the overpacked and unnatural crowd but 1t is applicable in modified form to country life The people who live among the and brooks do get In spite of themselves certain relaxation yet they need what they do not ge-he useless sport the relief for portion of each day from trying make ends meet."-New York Independent.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
A Sole Theory.

"A shoemaker is the most paradoxi. cal of human beings"
 ~"Why sop
 "Because his first word Is his last r Baltimore American.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

If you wish to use a higher priced medical term for "brain storm" call 1t psychokinesia.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

When a man observes conventional hours In calling on a girl, 1t indicates, among other things, that the affair im't very seriouA
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01


 the direction of the boys parents we'll work for hire. The intent Is to keep of the streets the boys who are not in school.
 The street Is not the place for boy under 16 Habits likeness unfit the boy for serious work and give him dlsaste It. No phase the criminal history of the city disquetng than the increase In the number of adoescent criminals during recent years This h. due than anything else to the failure of parents 1t that their boys kept under dis cpne after they have reached the of A. The gang that the saloon Is not good company for the boy who expects to make success of life Boys who will be be made ruined by the habits into which they fall before the of 16 Idle ness during of the important of the formative years is likely to lead to incompetence and failure If nothing serious It Is better for boy to enter upon life fully equipped for the struggle possible To boys two years more of school would be in- valuable help To others earlier start n business a trade would be important. But to in health two of the lessons of the street be anything but hurtfu.-Chcago Tribune.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Grover Cleveland Is TO years old. How these boys do grow up, as Henry G. Davis of West Virginia would say.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

ANY persons think of the New York Stock Exchange as a seat of commercial iniquity, and have been encouraged In this view by magazine articles picturesque and expert In phrasing, but not 50 accurate as they ought to be.
 When somethino unusual like the recent
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Letters that may hurt in later years are never burned or lost
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
PLAY A NECESSITY OF LIFE.

HE gospel of play will, we are confident, win for itself hearing as the gospel of whole someness and fuller life. It will 30 far to create better race of manly beings, a
 better social state and throw a new light on the piety of grimness and "other worldli- ness" What we have said has been applied
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
Wash Tank and Table.

A vegetable gardener who prepares good many vegetables for market by first washing and then drying has
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
The Tobacco Crop.

That the United States has become the largest producer of tobacco in the world Is shown by an official bulletin containing an estimate of the extent and value of the crop raised last year. In all about 796,O99 acres of tobacco were grown, producing an average yield of S57.2 pounds to the acre, or a total of eso, ,42s,53O pounds The av- craze value of the crop was 10 cents per pound, or a total of about s6S, ,232,- CAT. While 1t Is almost impossible to comprehend the magnitude of the val ue of the manufactured products of tobacco, a glance at the total figures may convey some idea of the develop ment of this great and distinctive American industry.
 In 1900 the total value of the manu- factured products of tobacco was S2S3, ,O76,546. In the manufacture 142,- TIT people were employed, who earned total wage of $49,s52, ,4s4.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
TRAGIC TEASING.

YOUNG woman drowned herself near Will
 mlngton, Del, the other day because she could not endure the playful taunts of her associates about trivial personal matter. She had begged them to stop, but they per sisted. She then threatened to end her life If the persecution continued, and still they
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01
BOYS AND THE STREET.

HE Illinois Senate has passed bill which
 will have the effect, If 1t becomes law, of requiring boys between IA and 16 to be law. fully employed during school hours or to be in school. Some latitude will probably be allowed to the Interpretation of the word "emnloyedn ao that if may cover useful
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-01

Every man has society mannsrA and the other kind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-14
NEW YORK.

Trade conditions continue to improve,
the tendency in this respect being the di-
rect antithesis of that displayed in the
stock market At the moment country
buyers are in the larger markets in good
ly numbers and the volume of house bust
ness done is of excellent proportions, ex-
ceeding in some lines even that OF a year
ago. when business was exceptionally
brisk. Dry goods. millinery, hats and
caps and, in fact. all wearing apparel are
in the forefront of spring trade.
In such lines as cotton goods, some of
which tend to further advances, it is not
a question of procuring business. but
rather one of making deliveries on orders
booked months ago. As regards manufac-
turing lines, it is the old story of heavily
filed order books and of capacity being
worked to the utmost, despite which de-
liveries are backward. Collections, though
satisfactory in some lines, are. on the
whole, very backward. the tightness of
money and the enormous volume of bust
ness outstanding being the main factors.
Business in foundry pig iron, taking The
country as whole, is of fair proportions,
but, nevertheless, the disposition of buy
ers is to await concessions before buying
for future wants. At the South business
is somewhat more active for second half
delivery, and where contracts have been
booked the basis was $3.50 for no. 2
Birmingham. There is still n paucity Of
steel billets, leading concern finding it
necessary to purchase 5000 tons from a
new eastern plant, but. on the other hand,
prices are of 80 cents a ton at Pittsburg.
In finished lines activity is the keynote
full or overcrowded order books.-Brad-
streets Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-14
CAR AND OTHERS DOOMED.
Gigantic Conspiracy to Destroy Roy
al Family and Chief officials.

Premier Stolypin, other of Russia-s
cabinet officials, the grand dukes and
even the ear himself may be doomed
TO death-and that within very short
timely new conspiracy of appall-
ing proportions which has for its OBJ
ject the humiliation of the imperial
family and all the chief officers and
supporters of the autocracy.
The opening OF the new douma was
made the occasion by the terrorists
and revolutionary societies, which are
reported to have formed this conspira-
cy, for a monster riotous demonstra-
ton that struck terror into the hearts
of the emperor, his ministers and the
grand dukes. Premier Stolypin, it is
reported, did lot dare .eave the Tau
ride palace to return home because it
was known that hundreds of terrorists
swarmed III the streets waiting for an
opportunity to kill him.
According to report, the police gain
ed an inkling of this plot and warned
the car and his relatives in time to
prevent their attending the opening
session. Terrorists, the police learned,
have been elected to the douma for the
express purpose OF assassinating the
car or any of the hated grand dukes
who may appear before the lower
house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-14
DEATH TAKES DOWIE.
"PROPHET" PASSES AWAY AT
TER LONG ILLNESS.
Dies at Shiloh House in Midst of
scenes of Greatest Victories and
Defeaf-FoIIowers Are Awed by
Leaders Demise

John Alexander Dowie, founder of
the Christian Catholic Apostolic
Church of Zion. self-termed Elijah Ill.
and prophet of Divine selection, died
Saturday morning in Shiloh House,
Zion City, ILL.,
The death was lingering, the faithful
prayed until the very end that he might
be spared. He led them continually in
their applications until at last his
feeble voice ceased and he breathed his
last. About his bed stood several of
the faithful and one or two men who
have fought him with great vigor in
his last months of life. These men re-
pented at the death bed; they asked
him for forgiveness.
Even to the last breath the aged
prophet showed his indomitable will,
his spirit of love for the struggle. His
last word plainly indicated this feeling.
He said: Il have fought a good fight.
i His lips ceased moving. His
eyes closed.
Neither his wife nor son Gladstone
were ut his bedside He did not ask
for either OF them. He had had a vio-
lent quarrel with his son. There was
no forgiveness. He died with no sign
of forgiveness for the wife and son.
DIR. Dowie came to his end i'm a
house from which he ruled the strang-
est city the world has ever known
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-14
From Far and Near.

A. r. Washington, a negro, was hang
ed at Bastrop. Texas, for the murder of
Jennie Moore. colored.
Harrow hall, one of the buildings of
the Lincoln Memorial university at Cum
berIand Gap, Tenn, was destroyed by
fire. The loss is about $4,000.
Tax Commissioner Frank f. Healy was
removed from Office by Gov. Woodruff of
Connecticut for improper conduct as a
State officer. He was charged with offer
ing to secure a Hartford county commits
sionership for Howard U. Steele upon
payment of $1,000.
Jesse Fitzgerald, a negro, was executed
at Barbourville, KY. for the murder of
Mrs. Robert Broughton. Fitzgerald's re-
quest that the black cap be not put over
hi, face was complied with.
Herman Boshaw, arrested at Cheyenne
on a charge of bigamy, has consented to
return to Buffalo to stand trial without
requisition. An alleged fifth wife was
discovered at Cincinnati.
An 1S-months-old baby was checked
in the women's cloakroom at the Nanhat-
tan opera house, New York. He Is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lewis of
Winnipeg. They had seats for "Rigo-
lstto."