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Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
Destroying Burdock.

Like all biennials, the burdock Is cas- lily destroyed in cultivated fields. It is in by-places, such as fence sides, lanes, corners around the buildings, pastures, and the borders of woodlands, that bur docks give trouble. But even In these they are not difficult to destroy. Farm CTS who go over their fields twice a year will soon have no burdocks. In cutting them care should be taken to strike below the crown. Every plant cut in this way must die. The cutting may be done at any time of the year when the ground is not frozen, and It is, of course, much more easily done when the plants are young. While 1t is not difficult to cut off small tap root with the knife, 1t is much more difficult to accomplish the same when the root has attained a diameter of an inch or more. Two or three years of persistent cutting will remove near ly all burdocks from the by-places of farms.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
To Destroy Insects.

The grayish black squash bug Is difficult to manage. Gathering the eggs and the old bugs early in the spring is laborious but sure, if thoroughly done. The bugs will crawl upon piece of board laid among the vines, and may be gathered and caught. The use of poisons will do no good in the case of the bugs, as they do not eat the leaves, but pass their peaks through the outside of the leaf to suck the juices, and will not consume any of the poison. In a series of ex- periments in the method of prevent ing the attacks of the squash vine bor- CT the preyentatives employed were paris green at the rate of half tea spoonful to two gallons of water, corn cobs dipped in coal tar, and the kero- sene emulsion; the application of the paris green and the kerosene was re- peated after every hard rain until September; the cobs were dipped in coal tar again once in three weeks. All three of the applications seemed to be beneficial, with perhaps a little something In favor of the corncobs as being cheapest and most convenient. The odor of the tar has no effect on the insects. but sometimes repels the moth, causing her to lay her eggs else where.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
WIT OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Sunday School Acknowledgements what does 1t signify when they say a man Is above reproach? Augustus-It signifies he's dead.
 Mamma-Don't you know tbat King Solomon said Spare the rod and spoil the child?" Tominy-Yes but he never said it while he was a boy.
 Teacher-Tommy, what are the diff ferent kinds of time In use? Small Tommy-Sun time, standard tlme fly time and monkey parrot time.
 Johnuy-I guess my mother Is crazy. Willie-What makes you think SO? Johnny-'Cause she won't let me play in the rain, but she makes me take a bath.
 Small Elsie-Papa, wat to ask you an important question Papa Well, what Is 1t, dear? Small Elsle- If man eats too much pie will he be- come piebald?
 "Now, Johnny" said the Sunday school teacher, "can you tell me what happened to the giant. Goliath?' "Yes, ma'ah," answered Johnny. David rocked him to sleep"
 Mamma-Margie, I'm surprised to hear you talk so ,udely and order Stella about so when she has come to play with you. Margie-Oh, It's just make believe, mamma. We are play ing she's real lady and I am her new cook.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
The French Idea.

The Frenchman of the middle class sacrifices everything in order to obtain for his children some official position or other, a mean one, perhaps, but a sure one. leading after thirty years of penury to a pension verging on desti- tuition. This Is one aspect of the decay of the French race. It is easy to un- derstand that two races are not evenly armed for the struggle for life if one be made up of aspirants to official po- sltion and the other of individuals pos sessIng initiative, daring and energy. For this reason do Latin races decline, while Apglo-Saxon races grow and null tiply.-Paris Steele.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
COUNTERFEIT COIN.
The Way Uncle Sam's Officials Treat
 Spurious Money.

The Way Uncle Sam's Officials Treat
 Spurious Money.
 Sometimes 1t doesn't pay to be con scientlous," said the man who had a scruple. but lost 1t. "0ne day found half dollar In my pocket-I don't know how it got there-which didn't have sterling written on it. Said to myself philosophlcally Uncle Sam Is scrupulous fellow. He doesn't like bad money in particular. So he has es- tablished subtreasury where he ex- changes bad money for good money don't know why thought this. I SUD- pose I must have read It somewhere.
 When I had finished speaking, found myself looking into the weather beaten face of Washington on the steps of the subtreasury. So I entered. Be- hind a cage I found a clerk. Here is half dollar I think is bad. Please give me a good one for it," I said meek ly The clerk took the coin. carefully placed It on die and brought mallet down on 1t with resound!ng blow. Then he tossed the coin back to me and continued to count pennies. I looked at my coin and swore then and there would never be so conscientious again, The face of liberty was battered into big e." which plainly meant coun- terfeit.-New York Times.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
The New Farmer.

The Presidents address last month at the Michigan State Agricultural Col lege Is so clear an expression of the conditions of modern farm life that a future historian may turn to it to read our times. All national leaders have told us that the farmer is the backbone of the nation. Washington and Jefferson were farmers, and good ones. The Illinois that bred Lincoln was one vast farm-Chicago was then only a small town. The President or today, not bred in farm life, although he has been a practical ranchman, is the first to express the unity between farm labor and all other kinds. The farmer to him is an expert mechanic and business man, whose problems are precisely those of the workman in the town, who depends for success on in- dustrial and social cooperation. lie must be an educated, aggressive par ticipant in the work of life, competing with the farmer of Europe, inviting to his workshop of many acres the most skilful young men, learning from technical students and the practical ex- perience of his neighbors the best that is known about his business. City workers, meeting in the friction or crowded life, have always learned their craft from one another. The farm CT has until recently been in social and business isolation. Now he Is a citizen of the world, often closer in point of time, to the nearest city than his grandfather was to the farmers Of the adjacent town. The difference be- tween the townsman and the country man in educational and intellectual opportunities and in industrial respon- sibility is rapidly diminishing. That means the diminishing of the old real or fancied disadvantage of farm life which drove ambition and initiative to the city for opportunity to show them- selves. The advantage remains and increases, for no matter how near to- gether modern instruments of unity, the trolley and telephone, bring city and country, broad acres still remain broad, and produce the conditions of free and independent life.-Youth's Companion.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

Strength uncontrolled Is weakness.
 The devil can make loafer do any thing.
 A contented man Is harder to find than an honest one.
 The biggest debt we owe the world is to do right while In it.
 The man who never praises his wife deserves to have poor one.
 It is no harder for lion to roar than 1t Is for a mouse to squeal.
 There are days when Holding the Fort" Is the right song to sing.
 It Is not what we have. but what we do with 1t, that knocks the per simmon.
 When the Lord puts a man in hard place It shows that He isn't afraid to trust him.
 There is plenty of feeling in re- ligion for the man who does the right kind of believing.
 Bad news had a way of flying though the air long before the lnyen- tion of wireless telegraphy.
 The difference between a wise man and fool is that the wise man does his thinking today and the fool puts his off until day after tomorrow.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
BANKING BY MAIL

Medical gentlemen continue to assert that tuberculosis Is not hereditary, but they hasten to add that a weakness of tissue which invites the disease may be inherited The difference, to the lay mind, appears to be that 'twixt tweedle- dunn and tweedledee. The main fact In the matter Is that children of tuber- cular parents are likely to contract tu- berculosis and 1t Is of no practical im- portance whether they inherit the dis ease or a susceptibility to 1t. We may add that the problem presented to the medical profession Is that of curing tuberculosis. Splitting hairs about its origin Is not helpful.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
Is Pe-ru-na Useful
 for Catarrh?

Should a list of the ingredients of Pe- runa be submitted to any medical ex. pert, of whatever school or nationality, he would be obliged to admit without reserve that each one of them was ofun- doubted value in chronic catarrhal dis eases, and had stood the test of many years experience in the treatment oi such diseases. THERE CAN BE NO DISPUTE ABOUT THIS WHAT EVER Peruna is composed ofthe most eficacious and universally used herbal remedies for eatarrh. Every ingredient of fPeruna has reputation of its own in the cure of some phase of catarrh.
 Peruna brings to the home the COIL BINED KNOWLEDGE OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE in the treat ment of catarrhal diseases; brings to the home the scientific skill and knowl- edge ofths modern pharmacist; and last but notleast, brings to the home theva and varied experience of pr. Hartman, intheuse ofcatarrh remedies, and in the treatment of catarrhal diseases.
 The fact is, chronic catarrh is dis. ease which is very prevalent Many thousand people know they have chronic catarrh. They have visited doctors over and over again, and been told that their case is one of chronic catarrh. It may be ofthe nose, throat, lungs, stomach or some other internal organ. There is no doubt as to the na- ture of the disease. The only trouble is the remedy. This doctor has tried to cure them. That doctor has tried to prescribe for them.
 BUT THEY ALL FAILED TO BRING ANY RELIEF.
 Dr. Hartman's idea is that catarrh remedy can be made on a large scale, as he is making it; that it can be made honestly, of the purest drugs and oi the strictest uniformity. His idea is that this remedy can be supplied direct ly to the people, and no more be charged for it than is necessary for the handling oft.
 No other household remedy 80 uni. versally advertised carries upon tn label the principal active constituents showing that Peruna invites the flu inspection of the critics.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

1429-English defeated by Joan of Arc at Patay.
 1497-Cornish rebels defeated at Black heath.
 1535-John Fisher beheaded for deny- ing the supremacy of Henry VIII. 1643-IIampden killed at battle of Chal- grove.
 1675-First stone laid for St. Pauls cathedral in London 1S12-War between England and the United States commenced. 1S13-Wellington defeated King Joseph of Spain at Vittoria. 1S15-Power of Napoleon I. crushed at the battle of Waterloo. 1S17-Waterloo bridge. across the Thames at London. formally opened. 1S37-Hanover separated from Great Britain by the accession of Queen Victoria.
 1S3S-James K. Paulding of New York became Secretary of the Navy. 1S42-Shanghai captured by the British. 1S4S-Isaac Toucey of Connecticut be- came Attorney General of the United States.
 1S49-Russians defeated the Hungarians at Pered.
 1S56-Republican national convention at Philadelphia nominated John c. Ere mont of California and William l.. Dayton of New Jersey. 1S84-The Alabama sunk by the federal gunboat Kearsarge. 1SS7-Steamer Champlain burned in Lake Michigan 22 lives lost. 1SSS-Republican national convention at Chicago nominated Benjamin Harri- son and Levi P. Morton. 1S90-Mary Anderson, the actress, mar ried 10 Antonio Navarro. City of Fort de France, Martinique, nearly destroyed by fire. .. England ceded Heligoland to Germany. 1S93-Lizzie Borden acquitted of the murder of her parents at Fall River, Mass.
 1S94-Mauy persons killed by an earth quake at Yokohama and Tokio, Japan.
 1S95-Harlem ship canal, New York City, formally opened. Jury in the Laidlaw-Sage case returned yer dict for the plaintiff for S4O.O0O. Baltic canal opened by Emperor Will liam. |. The Rosebery Liberal min istry in England resigned. 1S97-Queen Victoria began the celebra- tion of her jubilee. spectators drowned at launching of the British battle ship Albion. 19O0-Republican national convention at Philadelphia nominated Mckinley and Roosevelt. First attack on the legations at Pekin by the Chi nese. -. .Taku forts in China captur- ed by the allies. .. Baron von Ket- teller, German minister to China, murdered by a mob in Pekin. 1901-Gen. Chaffee appointed military governor of the Philippines. 1902-Serious riots at the strike of silk dyers in Paterson, N. J. 1903-George White, negro murderer, burned at the stake in Wilmington, Del... Great strike of textile opera tives at Lowell, Mass, ended. 1905-Eight persons killed in wreck of the Twentieth Century limited train in Ohio.
 1906-United States Senate approved of the lock canal for Panama. :. t. King Haakon VII. and Queen Maud of
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
SfOO Reward, SfOO,

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages ana that ,.i IS GataGrn: halrs Catsftn tte m edical fraternity. Cstarrh being a constitu- tionel disease, requires & constitutional treat ment. Hall s Catarrh Cure is takeainternally, acting directly upon the Hood and mucous suriaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing it's work. The proprie tors have so much faith in it's curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

weed cutter and gatherer, as shown ln the accompanying illustration. The cutter Is adjustable, and is operated by a lever which terminates close to the handle of the implement. The gatherer is placed in the rear of the cutter. In front of the cutter are pair of small, light wheels. It will be seen that after bringing the implement close to the weed a pull on the lever is all that Is required to operate the cutter. As the implement is pushed on to the next spot, the weed is gathered up by the rake and carried on.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
Cabbage Rot.

Black rot has been very destructive on cabbage and cauliflower for several seasons, and means of relief, even slight, will be welcomed by growers. Recent investigation by the New York station at Geness show that the germ of disease may be carried over winter on the dry seed, a fact previously doubted bJ scientists, and that these germs may produce the disease when inoculated Into the healthy plants. It is, therefore, wise precaution to dis infect the cabbage seeds, as removing one possible source of infection. This can be done very cheaply, easily and safely by soaking the seeds for fifteen minutes in corrosive sublimate solu. tion of to 1000-strength.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

minute. Nevertheless Missouri stockman tackled the problem and sue ceeded in planning an apparatus by which the pigs are given a good wash ing before they are slaughtered. It should also prove equally as useful at other times. The construction and op- eration of the dipping tank, as 1t is called, will be plainly evident by a glance at the accompanying illustra- tior. Resting on the ground is the wa ter tank, which Is connected to an in- clined inlet and outlet. On the in- cline of the outlet are tiny stairs to assist the pig in ascending. In prep aration for his annual" the pig is forced down the incline into the water. and If his common sense does not di- rect him on the incline, he is prodded from behind with bar. In fact, in time this device may become very fashionable with pigs, and it would not be surprising to hear of them talk ing their daily dip" hereafter.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
There's a Reason.

Bill-Why Is 1t you never hear of football umpire getting slugged like the baseball umpire?
 Jill-Because the football players are too busy slugging one another.- Yonkers Statesman.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

Germs In lquids," we are told by a scientific journal. 'are being killed by electricity" What about the germs in the germs that are killed and then the germs in the germs in the germs that are killed? How can we be sure that they are all rendered lifeless?
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

A California college president has re- fused an offer of S15,0O0 a year to be- come the head of a Boston educational institution. He must think he Is worth as much as first-class ball player or third-rate jockey.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
0Xild Silk.O

Among the peculiar products of Man. churia, which are becoming better known to the outside world since the opening of that country, Is wild silk" l" produced by an insect named Antheroea pernyi, which lives upon the Mongoll- an oak leaves in southeastern Manchu- ria. The annual production for a few years past is estimated at 15,OOO, 900 CO., coons. Tn Shantung this silk is manu- factured ints pongee.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
AAIu 5IU n,

Woman (expecting a call from her ioyer)-Oh, this waiting is something terrible! I 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., 1907-08-22

and spelling the
 appearance of the lawn. A Massa- chusetts man has invented an imple- ment intended to help him solve the problem and light en the labor of stopping and dig. ging up the roots.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
Exnerience Teaches.

"Of course, the more children a cou- pie have the longer their doctors bill becomes"
 Don't you believe 1t! The more children they have the less likely they are to become alarmed at every little thing."-Philadelphia Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

not entirely the fault of the pig. as his environ ment is generally accountable f o r h 1 s cleanliness. Pig raisers sell dom attempt to give the pigs a bath, as 1t is al m ost t impossible to catch and hold thar,, aran for a
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

A St. Louis university has estao- hshed chair for chauffeurs. In New York State they have an electric chair at Auburn that Is likely to be filled by a chauffeur or two If the killings con- tinue.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
Care of the Hedge.

When the hedge plants begin to die out the cause may sometimes be traced to lack of plant food. There is con- siderable wood removed from hedge plants every year when the hedges are trimmed, and this annual loss cannot be sustained by the plants unless they are assisted. Apply wood ashes freely every fall
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

A newspaper headline declares that 'Trolleys may cause bloodshed iH Chi na." They wouldn't be trolleys If they, didn't; at least thus runs civilizations
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
Sure Thing.

By the way, Jack" said the dear girl, dreamingly, "don't you think you'd better speak to father this evenlngY'- Philadelphia Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked
 to Repentance.

The man who Is slow about saying, "Get thee behind me, Satan, is in for a long walk with the devil.
 The man who has no fixed pur- pose in life is go- ing down stream, whether he knows 1t or not.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

A man mistook the sound Of a lawn, mower for an automobile and broke his leg getting out of the way. Most men think a lawn mower makes noise more like a days work.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
vermont's s1,OOo,OOO Sugar Crop


 Various reports indicate that this has been the best maple season for years. The average sugar per tree tap ped ranges from ? to pounds Last year 5,OOO,0OO trees were tapped, and as large a number this year. Five thousand tons of sugar worth S1,OOO,- GOO is a crop of importance to the Green Mountain State, remarks the Country Gentlemen, especially as the national pure food law (which ranks second only to the oleo bill as bring ing about an immense reform in the direction of common honesty in mer- cantile transactions) absolutely forbids the selling as Vermont maple sugar syrup and product that which is not actually and entirely what it professes to be.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

EITo St. Vitus' Dance ana all Nervous Diseases I'll O permanently cured by pr. klne's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE g trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline. Ld. 9S1 Arch St., PhilA Pa
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
To Give Pigs a Bath.

The unfortunate pig has always had the reputation of being the most un- cleanly animal In existence This is
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

Mothers will find Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
Weed Cutter and Gatherer.

Weeds are constant source of trouble to the gardener, cropping up quicker than he can cut them down,
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

HOWARD E. BURTON. Assayer ana Chemist, II Leadvilie, Colorado. Specimen Prices; Hold. Silver, Lead, $lO0; Gold, Silver 75c; Gold oOc; Zinc or Copper, Sl. Cyanide Tests. Mailing Envelopes and full price list sent on appllca- ton. Control and Umpire Work solicited. Ret erence: Carbonate National Bank.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22

FOR SALE: New and second hand Guar anteed Fire and Burglar Proof Safes on easy Monthly Payments. 20 per cent less than you can Purchase from any dealer. Give inside dimentions you want and we will quote you our lowest Prices. Address P. O. Box 27, Seattle, Wash.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
REAL ESTATE
EAST GREENACRES.

The only tracts on the market where you can contract to sell your crop. Ten trains day. Abundance of water. Price N5000 per acre-easy payments come in or write for particulars.
 BEECHER & THOMPSON. Spokane, Wash. l1o Stevens.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-08-22
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