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Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

SD he became Smith. Soon he was good enough to drive the coach. He went to school a little, and then entered Pills bury's hardware store. Finally Smith went into the store business himself, with Pillsbury as his partner. It was at Herman. Minn., and they sold grain. lumber and farm implements. Every year the young man was gaining busi- aess wisdom. putting more money away, and becoming AmericanIzed
 In few years the country store was too small for h;s activities. He went back to Minenapolis, and the first of the C. A. Smith lumber mills started to cut logs in 1881. The business grew, and the mills with 1t, until they soon were the largest in the world. In 1899 MT Smith bought out the Pillsbury h. terests in the business. Since then the big company bas been composed of but one man. c. 4. Smith, wbo says he be-
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

all know, spreads eontagion which kills some ten to fifteen millions of us ey- cry year. Then there Is the tropical and subtropical mosquito which causes the death of another ten to fifteen mil Nlion. Then there is the common house fly which operates In all the zones and In every climate and which Is answer. able for anywhere from five to ten mil lion of lives annually. If we should count in the various flying bugs, the multitude of insects which fit from place to place, to say nothing of the flying particles of dust, every atom of which may contain a deadly germ, we should be able to add anywhere from fifty to seyenty-fye million to the grand and terrible total. And recent ly we learned by telegraph that in h. dla the rats are carrying off by infec- ton no fewer than 75,oOo victims an nually, which item of information opens new field for the vital statisti- elan. We shall next hear from him with regard to the deadly work done by the cat, the dog the chicken, the COW. the sheep, and the horse-eyery one of which, no doubt, Is carrying on the work of destruction In its own peculiar way, but at rate that would be ap- palllng to us If We only knew the hor- rlble facts. Sometimes it looks to the patient reader as If, could he know all the horrible facts, and know them all at once, be would rejoice to have the worst over and over at once. It is ths uncertainty that weighs upon him. de presses him. and causes him to wonder what Is going to happen next, and whether he Is not likely, as a conse- luence of feeling so well. to be the last creature left on earth when the many plagues all get to working together. Of course, 1t is next to impossible 10 take In the full horror of the situation unless we are already well informed with regard to the number of us who pass away annually as a result of eat ing impure food, or drinking impure drinks, or breathing impure air. We hesitate to go into the statistics cover ing these points, because there are too many Of us suffering from nervousness as 1t is, but We might Sd well all un- derstand. and be done with it. that we are entirely safe only when we eat and sleep regularly. think good thoughts, look pleasant. and forget all about things of this kind
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
Belgium shopkeepers.

Belgium shopkeepers generally are dealers in miscellaneous goods. One man in a small way, for instance, sells beer, foreign stamps, fruit, cotton, bis cults, penkniyes, cheese and second hand hair. Everywhere one finds a mania for glaring lights. One evening when I was out I saw a tremendous light in the distance, and I thought 1t must surely be an advertisement for a music hall. When I got nearer, I found that the light merely conveyed the in- telligence that sardines were sold on the premises.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
woMEMs LEAGUE FORMED.
Equal Suffrage Movement to Become
 National in Scope.

The American men folks are in for It. The suffragetes are coming. The move ment started In England has been taken up in New York. Plans of or ganlzation are under way and the equal suffrage women In other cities are be coming interested. The New York as- sociatlon Is known as the Women's League. It is purposed to make its hi tial salute an agitation such as has had no parallel since Elizabeth Cady Stan ton held her woman's rights conyen- ton. It Is to be launched as federa- ton of the women of the State, looking to a larger national council. and com- mlttee at Albany to lobby for every measure that affects the sex will be vital part of the program.
 The movement Is headed by Mrs. Dore Lyon. who is president of the Eclectic Club and one of the best dress cd women In New York. But behind her looms Mrs Harriet stanton Blatch, daughter of the late Elizabeth Cady stanton. It was Mrs. Blatch who fired the first shot in the proposed campaign last winter, when she organized the League of Self-Supporting Women.
 The plans of the American suffrag- etes Is to conduct a militant campaign such as the women of London carried forward until they awoke all England. At the last meeting of the Women's League Mrs Wells a London member of the fighting women.' told how they "boo-ed' an obnoxious member of par liament from q public meeting
 Mrs. Blatch here arose and said that women had been insulted by promi- nent legislator at Albany recently when they went there to secure certain rights.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
STORY OF A STURDY sWEDE.
Remarkable Life of Little Known
 Minneapolis Millionaire.

Emigrant. coachman, multimill.on- aire These are the three grades in the life of C. A Smith, a Swede who lives in Minneapolis. Smith is only o4' and the next stage In his life will be given up to placing his descendants on rock of fortune that will endure for centuries, perhaps.
 The story of this sturdy, thrifty Swede is one of the many stories of fortune which the Northwest loves to tell. Smith tumbled of an em!grant train in Minneapolis on June 2s, 1867, at the age of II. He was strong boy, without a word of English. but in a day or two he went to work as chore boy at the home of eX-Goyernor Plllsbury. His native name was unpronounceable,
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
IS IT A TREASURE CHEST?
officers of the Alabama Make Dis
 cnxerY in Cuban Waters.

coyery in Cuban N aters.
 While the various battieships com prising the Atlantic fleet were at the rendezvous on the south shore of Cuba # came to pass on one stilly morning in April last that one of these, the Alabama, flagship of the second squad ron. must needs lose an awning stanchion by dropping it oyerside, says the New York Times.
 Now. awning stanchions are not very important part In the equipment of battleship, and one more or less makes no serious difference. This one had gone overheard In about seventy feet of water and at about the same time the crew was going to breakfast, so no effort was made to recover It. But 1t so happened that the surgeon of the vessel. Surgeon L. yon Wede- kind, came on deck just then to smoke an after breakfast cigar, and leaning over the aft rail discerned white ob- feet gllmmering in the depths beneath. Gazing more intently into the limpld depth-the ship just then having swung so as to form lee-the surgeon made out the outlines of another object rest ing on the sea bed some seventy feet under foot, and one which took the shape of a stout chest, iron-bound and apparently incrusted with the parma cles of d hundred years or more.
 The surgeon called others to look, and one or two of his brother officers got a glimpse of the chest before the sea breeze again blurred the surface of the water. Then 1t was that re- sourceful lieutenant constructed water glass, and through this made a careful scrutiny of the chest, and from his observations judged that it had rested there upward of a century or more. The chest appeared to be of very stout build, bound around with Iron bands and one end of it was deeply sunk in the bed of the sea.
 Admiral Davis, the flag officer who flies his pennant from the Alabama, was informed of the discovery, as was also Captain Comfy, who commands the battleShlp. Both came to look, and both heard with great interest the re- port of the lieutenant who had in- spected what is supposed to be some sunken treasure chest. None on board could guess from what galleon 1t had been flung overheard, but all were quite certain that 1t contained many fortunes in pieces of eight. That 1t held vast treasure of some sort all were con vinced, and arrangements were being made by which q diver could be sent down to pass a tackle around the chest when the flagship Connecticut, anchor ed few miles away, made signal for the Alabama to get her anchor and pro ceed to the target range.
 A halfdozen grate bars were hur- riedly dashed together, a long length
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
GOOD MANNERS SECRET.
Two Theories of the AcquIrem m f, Jnselnshness and ConxentionaIIty.

inseknShneHS ana 1onNenttOnaiity.
 Most mothers hold consciously or unconsciously. one of two theories about the requirement. of manners by their children
 One mother says: Manners are only the outward sign of the inner nature If my daughter has a kind heart and a well-tralned mind she will behave in a gentle. charming fashion. I will teach her compassion. respect for age, unselfish zeal for helping with the worlds work Her manners will take care of themselves"
 Another mother says: My girls will never get on without conventional man. ners They shall be taught from baby hood to emulate the speech and bear ing of ladies. They shall be instructed in the proper behavior for every occa- sion. They shall walk and dance and write and speak with graceful perfec- tion."
 Neither method, says the Youths Companion, produces altogether satls- factory results.
 UnsefshneSs Is truly the foundation of good manners. but not the super structure. Many conventional restrlc- tions have grown about social relations. Some can be explained by the demand of kindness and some can not. Could q child infer from his desire to help
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
GERMAN PRINCES IN TRADE.
Various Lines of Business in Which
 They Are Engaged.

various Lines or Business In " hicn
 They Are Engaged.
 The kaiser, who inherited from one of his wealthy subjects porcelain fac tory at Gardiner worth about 6,UO0,OO0 marks, Is not the only royal man of business in Germany.
 The Prince of Lippe-Detmold makes the major part of his income from the sale of butter and eggs from hls estate and bricks from his limekilns His civil list Is small and he keeps up the royal state of his little principality Che looks into three countries from his 1rawlng room window by the revenues from his personal property.
 Prince Bismarck had the monopoly of supplying the telegraph poles for the German empire and had distillery in which he produced a particularly viva cious schnapps which Is said to be "a near thing to torchlight procession"
 Prince Guido yon Henckel Von Don nermarck is not only the richest coal proprietor In the German empire, but is also a silk manufacturer.
 Prince Christian Kraft Yon Hohen- lohe, Duke of Ujest, is not only mine owner but also the owner Of the Hohen- lohe meal factory, the Hohenlohe cake bakery and-horrible to relate-the Hohenlohe corset factory.
 Prince Max Egon Von Furstenberg the richest arlstocrat in Germany and friend of the kaiser. Is a brewer.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
PLAYS PENUcHLE WITH HUBBY
Should Wife Let Him Win Just to
 Keep the Peacef


 "Penuchle is peculiar game" ob- served the married woman. When a woman wins it's because she is lucky, but when d man wins it's due to his good judgment and nerve In holding his cards for big melds. I play the game two or three nights a week with my husband for an opponent, and the way he frowns when things are not coming his way is enough to make one smile. But do not dare smile.
 II do not even dare resent 1t when he says things about my dumb luck when l lay down kings for an 80 meld or when he sneeringly suggests that l should be a speculator If 1 quietly spread out four aces on the table.
 If l win the first game he demands that l shuttle the cards decently during the next game. or if he does the shuf- fling he takes two minutes to do 1t and declares that the cards are going to be mixed all right this game.
 If on his own deal he gets a hand that doesn't look good he murmurs something about the luck being all on one side and looks at me as if I were a criminal if I meld the first deuce and pick up the king or ace of trumps.
 Suddenly his demeanor changes and know he Is getting some good cards. Then he lays down the 150 meld and tells me what nerve he had In holding for 1t, as he had no trumps in the deal, and was halfway through the hand
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
The First Marlborough.

Herbert Paul in his book on Queen Anne of England paints queer picture of the great Duke of Marlborough.
 He was not truthful. He was not straightforward. He was not honest. In his love of money and his capacity for boarding it he rivaled those wretch ed mlsers who have done no more than contemplate their gains. And yet, such are the strange freaks in which nature indulges, this mean and selfish intriguer was endowed with perfect courage, with an irresistible charm ol manner, with a temper which even his wife failed to disturb, with brain that no sophistry could obscure and with a military genius before which criticism is humbly silent.
 He was treacherous even in a treach- erous age. Wholly devoid of cruelty and by nature humane, he Is said new CT to have sacrificed an unnecessary life. He used his fellow creatures for his own purposes, and when he had no further use for them he forgot their existence. He made his plans and car rled them out with the absolute efii- clency of sheer intelligence and the se- rene lmplacabillty of impersonal fate
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

Farming, in theory at least, has been taken from the catalogue of plodding drudgery and placed in that of a voca- ton in which success depends not more upon industry than upon knowledge. The farmers institute Is the outgrowth of this morement-suppleme of the work of the agricultural college and the government experiment station. This being true. 1t Is an institution that has an important place in the evolution of the science of agriculture and farmers should make 1t a point of conscience, looking to the advancement of their vocation and interests, to see that the boys and girls of their households at tend as well as themselves.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

To those who conceive of Alaska as place of cold and hardship and priya- ton there will be an element of sur prise in the advice of Dr. Henry Gan nett of the United States Geological Survey: If you are old, go by all means: but if you are young wait" MT. Gannett gives this reason for his advice: "The scenery of Alaska ls much grander than anything else of the Slnd in the world, and It Is not well to dull ones capacity for enjoyment by seeing the finest sights first" vis- itors to the Jamestown exhibition will have a chance to study an interesting relief map of Alaska which Is part of the government exhibit. It has been constructed as If 1t were a part Of a globe sixteen feet in diameter. The scale Is a little more than forty miles to the inch. and the relief gives prom hence and d!stinctness 10 the eleva- tons and depresslons which a fiat map cannot impart.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
A Lesson in Philanthropy,

A whole souled resident of Harlem the other evening received the Jolt of his career as parent. While reading his evening paper the doorbell rang. and a parcel from a big department store was announced. The cost was 30 cents, and he gave his little bright eyes, girl of 6, a two-dollar bill with which to pay the boy.
 Half an hour later the subject re- cured to him.
 Here, Mabel" he said. "Where's that money I gave you for the boy?"
 Why, papa" was little bright eyes' reply, "I did the same as you did yes terday with the newsboy. I told him to keep the change New York Globe.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
The Term for It,

"My weight said Huskle, Ifs exact ly 25o pounds"
 You mean with all your heavy clothes on?' queried Ascum.
 No, sir, That's my net weight"
 '.Net? Most folks would call that gross" Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
Lightning Flashes.

Lightning flashes In a storm are found by an English observer to be much less irregular in period than they appear. Such storms have usually two foci, sometimes three, from which the flashes radiate and the discharges from each come at regular intervals. The apparent irregularity Is due to the varying rates of the different centers. In one storm noticed the two foci were about a mile and a half apart. and In an hour the northern center emitted thirty flashes at intervals of fifteen, thirty, forty-fye, sixty and ninety sec onds, and the southern center gave six teen flashes at intervals of seventeen. thirty-four and fifty-one seconds. AR other unexplained observation Is that just before each great flash there Is mOmentary faint lighting up of the sky In the stormy region.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

4 Russian colonel has been sent to prison because his regiment refused when le called for cheers for the Car to respond. He would pro 5ably have been executed If he had not called for the cheers. IL is DO joke to be Rus sian colonel.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

The man who tried to ride a pony across tAe country within a certain time failed and lost wager thereby, but the Wyoming Clrl who rode 750 miles across tie mountains to marry 6 man in Montana got there on time. When a determined young woman starts on a journey, with a husband at the end Of it, there is no obs stacle that can stop her.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

of line attached, and at the other end vinegar caSk was made fast. This was thrown overheard to mark the po- Sition of the chest and some day, very soon, these men of the Alabama mean to fit out an expedition at their own expense and go down there, drag up that box and see what It contains.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

According to estimates made by the Department of Agriculture rats cost our farmers about S100,QO0 ,o00 a year. When the green bug ceases 10 terrify there may te a chance for the specula- tors to use the rat in their business.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

The Atchlson Globe wants to know "what has become of the old-fashioned fighter, who claimed that he could whip his weight In wildcats?" We under stand that be is married and has gotten over the fool notion.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

Mrs Blatch remarked that this man would have occasion to regret 1t at his next public declaration because "the women would be there.' That indicates the temper of these new American suf fragettes. There are many well-known women in the movement
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

There are hundreds of young men h this country who are ready to follow King Edward in anything he starts, but the cabled news that he has taken to wearing pink shirts appears to have been too lluel for them.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

Angels don't wear whiskers and pants, or at least We never saw any that did" comments the Nashville American. Has our esteemed conten- porary ever seen any that didn't?
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

That Brooklyn school boy who ap- piled to the courts to have his income Increased to Sl2,000 a year because he found II impossible to get along on SS,- 000 is no doubt the son of a man who would have considered 1t the sheerest folly to pay more than 25 cents for a pair of socks.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

When We consider the number of enemies constantly preying upon tho human race and the vast numbers of us that are wiped out annually every where by other than usual causes, the wonder is that any of us are left to tell the tale. The tropical flea, as we
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

swept about, one being that mutiny had spread throughout the entire army and that 1t would be impossible to check the wnegrowers' revolt Following the assertion of the Seventeenth Regiment, half of the Eighty-frst Regiment, sent against the mutineers, joined them. The One Hundredth Regiment also mutinied. Fresh troops from the north of France were hurried into the dis turbed district.
 The authorities of Narbonne issued orders that specific routes should be followed by those attending the funer- als of the riot victims. The routes were entirely isolated by troops in the hope of preventing dangerous demonstra- tions
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

Word comes from Columbus that the game of checkers is more popular In Ohio than il has ever been in the past. Ohio runs big risk Of getting herself denounced for mollycoddling.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

"I am great dramatist," says George Bernard Shaw. George is un- questIonabIy q great something or oth- CT, but is t dr,>Aa.ist: Many think 1t Is egotist.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

Peanuts are recommended as a cure for certain diseases. It Is to be hoped that Is not a doctors shell game.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

Many boy whose fond parents have picked him out for a future President puts an end to their hopes by rocking the boat.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

4 New York court has decided that oysters are wild animals. Could an oyster kill an antelope by biting It in the neCkf
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

A man who whistles seldom swears," says q Wyoming paper. Hold ing lemon in the mouth will also keep a man from swearing.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

It Is no sign because a guest has the spare room that she has also a wei. come
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

A Russian anarchist arrested in Paris Is named Law. His Initials are not given. but presumably they are o. L. T.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

The question, Does poetry payT' has been revived. At the present high cost Of paper 1t would seem that 1t dppSn't
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
Illusion,

Woman (expectlng a call from her this waiting Is something terrlble can't stand 1t. Gro maid.) Sophie, go outside and ring the bell three or four times, hard Translated for Tales from Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

If the sermon isn't to our liking we think It Is directed at the other fellow,
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12
Balanced.

Miss Fluffy would be pretty good looking girl If her feet weren't so heavy"
 "She stacks up pretty well, though; her head Is light."-Detroit Free Press.
 Being out of job sort of James . man down.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-09-12

The good either die young or poor.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-15
SEALED PROPOSALS.
HEADQUARTERS FIRE DEPARTMENT,
CIfv Hall

Newark. N. J.. November IL, 1907.
Sealed proposals will be receivedN at these
HEADQUARTERS during the hour between 1880
and 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday,
November 20. 1907, and will be opened imme-
diately after the expiration of the time fixed
for receiving the proposals aforesaid. to wit
(ali prices to be metz:
SIX thousand &c, 000) feet 2is-inch, ffty-foot
length, fire hose, three-ply sold woven cotton
cover, four-ply rubber lining. or of a standard
equally as good or better, Samples to be sub
mitted. Couplings to be of brass, the material
tial features to the couplings now used by the
city Of Newark on 2h-inch hose, to contain.
in raised letters, N. r.. D., and In raised
figures, both the number of the month and
year of delivery. The thread of couplings to
be Highie patent. All hose to be delivered
from time to time subject to the orders of the
Fire Commissioners.
front and hind wheel. Engine to be equipped
with Quigley circulating valve. Relief valves
to be such as the commissioners may select.
Two 10 combination chemical engines and
hose wagons. Single sixty (6) gallon tankF
Body Of each to be sufficiently large to con-
tain and carry one thousand Q,00O) feet OF 21s-
inch hose; extra front and hind wheel.
wheels according to the classification OF
The Board Of Fire Commissioners reserves
the right to purchase such type of apparatus
as may be deemed most desirable and best
for the interests OF the city. and 1t further
reserves the right to reject any or all pro-
Nv order Of the Board Of Fire Commissioners.
JOHN B.
President.
Flavel w. Sullivan,
Secretary. novlS-ot